The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-21
F~OOLISHNESS.

deal harder.
"A common danger produces unani-
nifty" in every fellow to look out for
himself.
The next time a man at Niagara at
tempts to shoot the rapids he will do it
with a gun.
Mrs. Partington, dear old lady says
there are very few people nowadays
who suffer from suggestion of the
brain"
The happy father of twins sent the
following message to a distant brother
Immense joy-we got twins to-day
more hereafter
An Elk county politician is quoted as
saying: God bless the rich-the poor
can work, beg, steal or starve. Wen
work for awhile on trial.
If a great big man calls you a liar
treat him with silent contempt. IT'S
well, however, TO guard against that
contempt being too conspicuous.
"Are trade-dollars taken at par2" in
quired little Rufus Bolts of his moth
er. mo, but they are taken from pa
when be goes to bed with his boots on"
The largest diamond in the world
weight four hundred karats-has just
been found in India. 1t will be at least
six weeks before hotel clerks all will
wear one to match it.
The Springfield, Ohio, News says the
reason why so few women are engaged
in the post-ofice service, may be ascrib.
ed to the fear that they might tamper
with the mails.
A Boston girl ate two quarts of ice
cream on a wager. The loss was more
than the gain, as she will not have
another beau till the winters icy winds
whistle through her bangs.
Two little boys were playing with
some beetles, and one of them COM
planned that his walked lame, when the
other n replied Break off anozer
leg, Tommy, and make it walk even.".
A Texas woman only n~inety-nine
years old has been married seven times,
and has twenty-six children. What
ever the lady may have been denied,
she did not deny herself Of a family.
A newspaper is much excited over
what it calls the diseased wife's sister
Bill" But what the wife's disease was,
and why her sisters name was Bill, is
not at all plain in the article discussing
the subject.
Uncle Remus on courtship: "Man
want gal, he jes got ter grab'er-dat's
wat. Dey may squall en- dey may
%flutter, but lutter'n en- squallin' amt
done no damage yit es | knows on en-
faint guine ter"
One man was asked by another, with
whom he was on the best of terms,
where he had taken up his abode. "Oh,"
he replied, sim living by the canal at
present. | should be delighted if you
would drop in some evening.
"And how old did you say she was p
asked Mrs. jenkins of the museum at
tendant, pointing her sun.shade at the
Egyptian mummy in a case. -Four
thousand years, ma'am," answered the
man." ado tell; wonderfully preserv-
ed at that age, amt she? Archer teeth
false?"
The scarcity of gentlemen at aneigh-
boring summer resort was so apparent
that a Boston lady telegraphed to her
husband: George, bring down a lot of
beaus for the chop this evening" Thanks
to the telegraph manipplator, George
arrived with a "pot of beans"
A Cincinnati firm had for years kept
in a drawer all the counterfeit money
received in the course of business, and
the other night a burglar got in and
took every cent. 1t is supposed the
burglar will write an indignant commu.
nicatiion to the press upon the subject
as 0 o as he Gains sufficiently to han.
die a pen.
"Whut makes yer ack dat way? y
asked old Nelson of his wife, as she
turned and looked at a woman who
passed along the street. II wanster see
whut she's got on,"the woman replied.
Now amt dat a fine trick? Wanstel
see whit she's got on. Doan think dat
she's. got any OBJ yerse'f's clothes, does
yer? Think dat she's been stealth
somethin'. l reckin. Come on heat
now, an quit er ~tryin'ter ack like a
white oman"
There is more alcohol in a barrel OF
bread than in a whole tablespoonful
Of beer, and is therefore an unsafe diet
for children. BY learning them to use
it internally, the parent is liable to fas.
ten upon his offspring a habit which
will remain with them life. We can
a scarcely contemplate a more fright.
full sight than a man drunk on bread.
Unless the first request in the Lords
Prayer is stricken out, the whiskeyites