Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-15
POEMS OF PLACES.

The Vermont spruce-gum- crop is a
failure this seas on. Due notice of the
suspension OF Vassar College will be
given.
1.-The Nashville man. who was fined
$500 for kissing a school-teacher. need
not complain. 1t was good deal cheap
er than marrying her.
Boston dentists enucleate teeth. New
York dentists extract them, >Philadel-
phia dentists pull them and Chicago
dentists yank 'em out.
A Paris genius has discovered how to
make imitation oysters, but he will not
make any money at it; there are no
church festivals in Paris. i a.!
A Wild man has been discovered in the
woods of Ohio. He thought Mr.. and
Mrs. Hayes were still in office, and was
afraid he would be appointed tn some
thing.
New York physicians are so busily ell
gagged in fighting over their respective
codes, ETC.. that the health of the CITY is
said to be in remarkably fine state of
preservation.
Ifyou want an illustration of what
siumpiDg atR,conclHion" is, it is, said
that 4 st. Louis audience at de end Of a
Matthew Arnoid lectore affords a very
good one.
Salt Lake is the first small city in
America to adopt the cable tramway.
but then it takes three or four cars 70
haul one family in Salt Lake, and some
such system is necessary.
A nan who has invented tn. ee light
ming rods is living in poverty and OBJ
security in Detroit.-New York CONNER
cial Advertiser. He ought to be thank
full that he is not dead.
Thsf6dstllsf 0suief,iouifal heads
ed writers Distilled Thoughts" The
word distilled catches a Kentuckian
every time.
1t is said that Mary Anderson is draw
ing such crowded houses in London that
every night noble dukes can be seen
hanging on the outside of the windows
of the theatre by their teeth.
The heather Chinese make their idols
as ugly as possible. This makes their
women look pretty by contrast. In this
country il is not unusual for a beautifti
women to idelize homely man.
New York dudes are now having their
lady lovers prefles engraved on their
thumb nails. This Is fortunate custom.
it being absolutely necessary to wash the
nail before any engraving can be done.
1t is said that Aimee is meeting with
great success in the West. We would
ike to say in connecfioniwith this fact
that when the wind is southerly this
country knows French actress from an
English lecturer.
A deputy sheriff in East st. Louis fired
q pistol at two fleeing thieves who were
making of with pair of stolen boots,
and hit woman in the foot. Had this
occurred in Chicago ie would not have
been 30 remarkable.
| The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
referring TO a. Chicago contemporary
says il is 50 matter-of-fact that il can't
take joke. Our experience with Chi
cago papers Is that they can take Jokes
by the column and not half tryurII ,
A Western paragraphist who has been
decidedly free in the use of his shears,
has retired from journalism and entered
the ministry Tits a change of location,
not Of occupation. Sermons can he sto-
len as easily as paragraphs.
A Philadelphia Liam has invented a
Thermometer foruse in Dakots. Beneath
the bulb there is basement and sub
cellar for the mercu y to crawl into on
cold night. A Specimen will shortly be
ssnt to the Bismsrk Tribune to test.
tis said that one Of the hishest-sal.