Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-09
SURFEITING.

Painting in the surf is said to be popular at seaside resorts this summer. One trial at that sort of thing would be 8 surfeit for most girls, we should think.-Lowen Citi- zen.
 Misfortunes never come singly. politi- cal campaign is upon us, and the announce ment is made that the supply of earbolic acid in the country is nearly used up.-Boston Transcript.
 Some reward should be given to the intel ligent compositor who set "a froth of July speech'' He probably had something strong CT than the froth on the great natal day Texas Siftings.
 A census of boarding school of forty-eight girls showed that one could make bread, one knew how to fry oysters, three knew how to broi1 beefsteak, fortyeight could embroider, and forty-seven dance.
 The wearing of fruit by ladies instead of flowers, not alone fruits but the genuine thing is said to be Washington fashion of growing popularity, and it deserves to be en- couraged Green apples do no damage when worn on the outside. Philadelphia Call.
 A young man travelling by stage coach broke up the monotony of the journey by kissing a young lady who was fellow pas senger He quieted her indignant objections by explaining that it was only stage kiss, and therefore merely conventional. al.-Burling- ton Free Press.
 The following testimonial of 8 certain patent medicine speaks for itself: ''Dear sir-Two months ago my wife could scarcely speak. She has taken two bottles of your Life Restorer, and now she can't speak at all. Please send me two more bottles. l wouldn't be without it.
 How to keep pledge-Pete Fowler, al though somewhat addicted to drink, had considerable literary taste. He was 8 bor- rower of books, but he rarely returned any, owing more to carelessness than to anything else. His friends had frequently got him to sign the pledge, but he invariably went back on it. He was complaining one day to friend of his inability to keep his pledge, when the latter said t'Ill tell you, Pete, how keep the pledge p asked Pete, swinging helplessly to a lamp-post. Easy enough The next time you borrow book put the pledge in it. Then you'll keep it for good" Texas Sftirgs.
 RattIesnake is favorite article of food in some parts of North Carolina. A visitor, during conversation with an old negro, said: IT thought that rattlesnakes were poi sonous?'' FfDa is sah, mighty p'isen of yer let lem bite daselfs. Slip up on lem an cut de heads off CT manage ter kill dem fore da stick CT toof inter daselfs, and den, let me tell yer, das monstrous fine eatin'." ''Does it ever happen that people make a mistake and eat them after they have bitten themselves" ''Oh, yas, sahl' ''It proves fatal sometimes, does it not?'' ''No, sah, doan' b1ebe it do, but tell yer what it do do: It kill CT pusson so dead he kain' kick k''-Arkansaw Travel Ter.
 Come, sweet mosquito. pray be not so shy; Draw nearer whilst thou sng'st thy lullaby Art thou in love with me? Then be not coy; To hold thee now would make me wild with joy. Thou holdest back, but ceaseSt not thy lay; Thou art too bashful, draw thee nearer, pray I love thee, yes-swoop, slap ali doubt is past I wooed thee well, thou'rt mashed on me at last
 -SonervilIe Journal