Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-01-03
THE MOROUS PAPERS.
WHAT WE FIND IN THEIR CoICmNs
TO ~MiEE OVER.


4 >nie-Thc naascr ofii-Chanxcs In Husi-
ues-~The isass-Tae stars and tia
Neodpiic-uu the safe Side, Etc ,Ikr.
TUE STARS AND TIE woNppILE
Sometimes As gaze Ato the great
sta--lit girdlo ot earth eld try 10 fathom
the mystery ot spacr, / an lest in the
utter hc.p.essGcss II my littleness,' re-
naskei Mr. JRrphlv. How impossible
il is for the hr,.4an mind 10 comprehend
anything without beginning and al
end 1t IS beyond its capabilities,
however cultured or brilliant that mind
may Sc. For what, then, are opr little
petty ambitions. spites. malices, strug
giles and exertioas? For what DO week
ist? For"
Got that wood chopped yet. Jere-
miah e cried ont Mrs. JArphly from tho
kitchen. ...
I'm chopping it," replies. Aer hus-
band.
,"Well, you'd better hurry. ! reckon
if you have to go without your supper
you won't be wondering what you exist
for. r."-PNSturgh Chronicle.
THE BABY.
! Hes come where he'll have to scratch for bis
| grub,
! And reach out for everything he gets;
He'll weep when they first douso him into tie
/ tnb.
And he'll get shaken up when lie freis.
I They'll think he's smart when lie frs. learns 10
crawl
And tLeyi. go into fits wien he talks;
| And he'll have the most fun when he's very,
+ very small,
For he'll Lave TO SO it alone when lie walks.
Il. j. BURpErTE p
BE SQUEEZED -oUr.
"William Broker" she said to her
husband, very earnestly, as they sat at
the breakfast table, "look me in the eye
and tell me the truth. Are you losing
all your money in fruit speculation
He was scared to death when she be-
gan, but conscious innocence gave him
strength and courage rs she concluded
her question.
"No," he said. firmly, 81 nm not"
Il believe you are, she said, shaking
her mead, "for last night You cried in your
sleep, and said you had lost every chip
you had in the world on one little pear.
Ard then he gasped and admitted thet
he had dropped few cases in little
deal III perishable fruits But it was
the narrowcst escape he ever had in his
life. Hawhuc.
ruE DANGER OF 1T.
Tresome Dpdc:="I happened to, aw,
get hold of an Erie papah to-day, and |
saw the funniest thing in it-too funny
for anything.
Tired Beauty: "Do tell il then"
"Why, it W hs about young lady at a
little town called IEarborcreek. II said
she disloeatea her jaw while yawnng.
Wasn't it stwange2"
Nothing strange, / am sure. The
vonne gentlemen Of Iarborcreek should
he talked to.
"Weally, now, | can't see what you
are dwiving at, ye know"
"O3e Of them probably called on her
and STAYED too late. "-Ihita Can
TAESG CARE or THE SICK.
con, dear, !" sighed farmers vile
YEARLY, ~ she dropped into chair
after larl DAYS work, Il feel Just as
if were going 10 be sick. Ny lnad
throbs, a2d ny back aches dreadfnlly
and p
''Bv gosl. interrupted the farmer,
starting mp and se!zlpg bis bat. "that
! reminds ne forgot 70 give the two
vear-old colt Liz condition powders To-
! night, an he's been wheezia al day,
, and be L1rrie to the barn.
cs TIE SAFE SIDE.
"I'm se-rY, s.r. Int don't know yoa
ALL tl4erc.ort cannot cash that check fol
: vou," sai1 lie cashier. Well, | don
see why :Ls4 letter won, identify me
Ion are too 4+einl altogether" wei
cant 10 il las -aid before ua,ess yea
bring soa-d dae 70 identify yog. war
20 be cu t4.e safe side. - 'Tou waa. Il
be on the aste s.ae, DO you, youpg man
Well. II - Fc you and 50 aEx.o'Is IA l.
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