Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-08
OVERREACHED.

It is commendable in a man to attempt to reach old age, but highly improper for him to try to overreach it.-Boston Transcript.
 E'Black undressed kids have come into style again. We believe this fashion has never gone out of style in some parts of Af- rica.-Graphic.
 ''Is Shakespeare declining?' asks an ex- change. If Shakespeare is running for 8 political office in sure district it is safe to bet that he is not declining. Norristown Herald.
 when talking of rainbows, ''Did you ever see lunar bow, Miss?' ''I have seen Q beau by moonlight, if that is what you mean, " was the sly rejoinder. Exchange.
 "How are you getting alongs" asked an old judge of younger lawyer. ''Very we'll, thank you" was the reply. T got my first case today" f'Indeed! and what was it?' "A bookcase. ''-Atlanta Constitution. At western school the degrees of the graduating class were conferred under the trees of grove, owing to the intense heat. Twenty-two degrees in the shade isn't so very warm.-Burlington Free Press.
 "Are you the Rev. Dr. B.?' young man inquired of 8 citizen on the street. 'ENo sir, but am frequently taken for him. We re- semble each other closely. I am a lawyer and make specially of divorce cases Has yOuI OOJCCG lA G4IO ICeN DI D. connection with matrimony?" .Well, yes" the young man blushingly acknowledged. "H'm. I thought so Just put that card where you won't lose it."-New York Sun.
 'EWhat is the reason that ladies belonging to the Polish nobility refused to attend the ball given at Warsaw in honor of the Czar?'' asked an Austin woman of her husband, lay ing aside the paper she had been reading. con account of the partition of Poland, which occurred in 1832, when Poland be- came portion of the Russian empire" ''I should think that those Polish ladies would give themselves away by showing that they remembered what happened fifty years ago" :" Texas Siftings.
 EAnd will you really be married in Sep tember, Louisa, dear?" fEWhy, Lilly sweet, it is not definitely arranged yet. You know with the present firm for only two years. !" "So you were telling me, darling, but do you think you will have long to wait?' q can not say definitely, Lilly, but Alfred is very energetic, and he says that if business con tinues to improve he hopes within the next three months to accumulate a shortage upon which we can live comfortably" ''For instance, my dear" said the base ball enthusiast, as he explaining the technicalities of the national game to his best girl, f'Iet us take an example If your father should come up behind us now and kick me oil the front steps, that would be 8 put out for the old man. If the dog should chase me as far as the gate, that would be an assist for the dog; and" 'tAnd what, darling?' anxiously questioned his fair pupil. tAnd if I should ever come around to see you after that, why that would be an error for me. Howell Citizen.
 NO MORE THIS YEAR
 No more the humming-b bird serenely huns,
 And all around the waving lily curves; the blade. held between his thum mbS, The urchin blows to shatter all his No more the snowy lambkn, rapture full,
 With his hind legs the highest fence rail hits; No more, more the inqusitive Durham bull,
 About yon garden like a swallow fits.
 No more the katydid exhausts it's jaw
 Among the vines where fire-fiies used to flash; No more we slap our noses till they're raw,
 In hope the d--d mosquito for to smash. No more the bald head feels the buzzing fly,
 No more the robin in the treetop toots; No more before the the sacred k-yi
 Like summer lightning down the highway scoots
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