The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-06
PUNGEyT PARAGRAPHS.


Boston girls never giggle. Tho I
merely express their delight by a
dreamy, far-away north-pole smile. =
Chicago Times
-"You snust be quarrclsome fell
low" said phrenologist to man
whose bump he was examining. Say
that again and I'll knock you down, :"
was the response. Y. News.
"A Southern gentleman has trained
q pair OF pet snakes to catch mice.
His premises are free from mice, and
the snakes are family pets. taking food
from the hand fearlessly. Detroit
Post. ftss M
--"Ma. is Mr.. Thompson respccta-
blep' Certainly, my child. Why do
you ask that question: Because he
wears such poor clothes. y You should
not Judge persons by their clothes; none
but silly people do that Then every
body's silly--ain they, map Harper's
Bazar.
AT the close Of a missionary SER
mon preached in a country parish, the
whole audience was affected to tears,
except one peasant. On being asked
why he was not affected like the others,
he explained that it was because he
was only visitor and he did not be-
long to that parish at all.--Baptist
Weekly.
Young George Vanderbilt, fourth
son of the millionaire, wants to be
newspaper reporter. There it crops
out again--the natural, educated and
hereditary greed for. gold; the insatia-
Bile thirst for wealth, the passion for
amassing millions by the easiest and
quickest methods, and reaching fabu-
lous competence by the shortest ways.
It's family trait. - burlington Hasok-
eye.
Over the sunderng sea- whose wind-blown
Sweeps backward to his home fond adieU,
Comes a tall stranger; once by much the
Assthetc IN England. Though the hair IL CUT
Round his mild face even the stern shampoo
Will not wear out the brains that yet remain
In former times our voice must pierce be-
neatH ~ =. la f
Locks that hung thick as the white winter
Down the calm front Of sheep on stormy lea,
Ere we could guess what treasure there lay
hid.
Life.
"A Concord school philosopher has
shown that "reality signifies existence
in and for the world Of phenomena,
while actually is reality, plus POSSIBLE
ity of potentiality. That's plain
enough now. These Concord philoso-
pliers are pretty smart, but we don't
believe they can tell the age Of a dough
nut from the corrugated appearance Of
its back. - NOTvistO,Cn Herald.
IL brought my. aunt inter the city
to-day to show 'er round, : said a rustic
TO 2 Boston police officer, land She s
got kinder tired walkin', so l wanter
find some place where she kin sit down
an rest a bit an have bite of suthing
toeat. Kin yer direct me ter any placer
Certainly responded the representa-
tive of Boston's aesthetic and literary
police force. ssWhat you want is rest
your aunt. Go right into that eating.
saloon The pair went in Boston
Transcript.
Mr.. Brown took home a splendid
doll one day for his little daughter. II
was provided with that wonderful piece
of mechanism which enabled it, on be
ing squeezed, to emit the squeaking
sound supposed to initiate the human
voice, SO dear to childhood. That same
evening the little puss was sitting on
her fathers knee, and several timex
pressed her small fist upon her parent s
shirt front. Producing no effect, she
looked up in the paternal face, saying:
Papa" Eyes. What is it, my childpS'
he replied. stWhy don't you squeak,
papa "- Hayper's Bazay.