The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-08
FOOLlSHNESS.


because they seldom hit the same indi-
vidual twice.
An Indianapolis man is writing
"Three Nights on a Roof" With In
dlanapolis authors there seems to be
always room at the top.
The comet of 1912 has no tail. 1t
was probably shot away in the war of
that year. This doesn't speak very
well for the courage of the comet.
College professors favor football
above all other games for students. Af-
ter game of football the students
are generally too sore and tired to play
practical jokes ON the faculty.
why don't you get up as early as
you used to a few days ago?" angrily
asked wife of her lazy husband. "Be-
cause my dear it's sleep year," he
grinned as he turned over for an
other snoose.
"Freddie did you go TO school to-
day?" "Yes'm.' Did you learn any
thing new?" "Yes'm" What was it,
my boy?" 81 got on to sure way of
gettin' out for an honr by sniflin' red
ink up my nose"
The newest color, according to a
Brooklyn authority, is "the inside of a
mules ear by starlight" We think
they've hit this time on shade that a
man can recognize when he sees it, en-
abling him, consequently, to successful
ly match worsteds of that color.
The best way to preserve the piano is
to cut it into quarters, take out the
core, and boil the pieces until they are
about half done. Then make a syrup
of sugar and pour it over the pieces,
after which they can be put in cans or
jars. Pianos preserved in this way will
keep all winter.
A collector of autographs once wrote
to Gen. Sherman for his autograph and
lock of his hair, and received the
following reply: 1.-The man who has
been writing my autographs has been
discharged, and, as my orderly is bald,
I cannot comply with either of your re-
quests"
Among PATHS half-million dollars
worth of diamonds are many that
came from the crowned heads, three
kings and two queens being among the
donors. There is man In Chicago
who used to wear diamonds, who is
now wearing plain jewelry, owing to
his having three kings and two queens
mixed up in the affair. The other man
had three aces and pair of jacks.
In suit of separation the wlfe's law
yer pleading among other motives, the
incapability of temper, and begean to
trace a portrait of the husband: "Bru-
tai, violent. anger" The lawyer for
the husband, in his turn, painted the
wife: wicked, violent, peevish-."
Excuse me-" said the judge, interrupt
ing the advocate, gentlemen, where do
you find incapabllity of temper2"
In family where there were two
boys, one of them brought home
WORTHLESS cur to the disgust of the rest
of the members. At last the eldest of
his sisters offered him a qusrter if he
would give the dog away. When night
came, prompted by curiosity, she asked
the little fellow to whom he had given
the dog, and was told with charming
naivete. "Oh, l gave him to my brother"
In New York, when a horse drops
dead in the street, Uhe policeman on
that beat examines the carcass. and as
certaining it to be actually dead, he re-
ports the circumstance to the rounds
man as soon as he sees him. The
roundsman reports it the sergeant on
duty, who enters a minute of it on the
blotter. The captain copies the REPORT
from the blotter and forwards it to the
superintendent. He refers 1t to the
board of health. The board, through
the secretary, communicate the fact to
the sanitary committee. The sanityres
fers it to the bureau of vital STATISTICS
and this bureau gives the necessary
instructions to a contractor, who, If he
has nothing else to do. and happens to
feel in the right mood, orders q fore
man to order a couple of men to go and
move it. In the meantime someone
has pulled the shoes off the dead ami
NAL and band Of nomadic soap-men
have got away with the rest of the caEs
cass.