The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-04-09

when dressed for his part-that of valentine" in
Faust" The played progressed until it came to
where Margaret" b1adame Niltsson) throws her
self upon her brothers dead body in an agony of
remorse. As nilsson did so. and her nostrils be-
came filled with the awful stencil, she rose in
staRtly with her face eloquent with what the audi
enos applauded for grief eontritioa and despair
Those on the stage who understood Swedish, I'M
derssoed IN the most emphatic way that the great
singer was bursting with DISCUS. and rage.
An elephant trainer has been talking of the way
he dootors his charges They are fond of whisky,
but hate 70 take medicine as badly as children do
don't wonder, when one thinks of the size of the
doses For q common case of collie five six gal
gallons of rum and ginger given. A cold Is
cured by giving two or three ounces of quinia,
made up into pill about eight inches in diameter
Think of that, We who find dose of two or three
grains of quinia intolerably bitter pill is given
by being put on the end Of stick and showed
down the animals throat when he opens his
mouth in obedience to orders Sometimes medi-
cines put into the inside of soooped-out tur-
nip.
John swinton says that this has become q Gov
ernment oflawyers, By lawyers, for lawyers.
Norriso,en Herald: And aow a chemist has found
arsenic in clothing Not content with adulterating
eur food, they must put poison into the clothes we
wear. The time seems to have arrived when a
swears off wearing clothes. p. S-We shall contin-
ne to wear Clothes anyway.-poison or no poison.
UNDER A CRAZY QUILT.
He slept, and dreamed that the kangaroo
Had given a fancy ball;
The elephant came with the festive gnu,
The mouse with the ostrich tall.
A funny giraffe. that did nothing but laugh,
Dropped in with q centipede;
And a cricket and flea, that had just been to tea,
Waltzed round with remarkable speed.
A wasp and humble bee had chat
Just over his little nose;
And q boa constructor, upon the mat,
Dressed up in his Sunday clothes
A crow and raccoon in fire balloon,
Paused over his bed to sing;
And a neat armadiilo erept up on his pillow
To dance the highland fling.
Then all, ere they left, made graceful bow,
And out in the moonlight sped
Except q ponderous briudle COW,
Which stopped to stand on its head.
The little boy woke, and grnned at the joke;
Sprang out of his bed with Tilt
81 dream it all over" said he, while they
Me up with this crazy quilt"
George Cooper.
Teras Sifings: Every time we note the death of
some innocent from the escape of gas, our wonder
increases that few solons die during the sessions
of the Legislatures.
Binghamton Republican: Hello, Smith! Sup
pose man marries his first wife's step-sister's
aunt, what relation is he to herr" First wife
um-step-aunt-er- see-I don't know
Bright fellow. He's her husband"
PERHAPS HE WAS NOT ASLEEP.
Philadelphia Neeos:
The old man snored on his corn-husk bed
And dreamed of rails and fodder and grain
But his daughter watched by her window-sll
For the gay young man to come up the lane.
o, love is mighty-and bolts are weak
To restrain fellow that believes III cheek.
"Hither, my dove" in,soft tones came
From under her window. Out in the night
She slid from a clothes-line, all prepared,
And in less than minute was out of sight,
While the rowdy old owl sang out too hoo!"
And they both skedaddleteo Kalamazoo.
The sun up and the old man woke,
He missed his daughter and saw the racket
AS he spied note in her vacant room,
Stuck in the crack of a walnut bracket.
He read ii slowly, and quietly said:
"Doggone good thing that l went to bed"