Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-14
GHOSTLY.

The ghost of a show that we hear so much about may possibly have been the spirit of Hamlet's sfather.-Somerville Journal : Queen Victoria's private fortune is estima- ted at thirty millions. What a time she will have entering the kingdom.-St. Joseph Ga zette
 A Philadelphia man claims that he will shortly fly without the aid of wings It is conjsctured that he will start from bank Chicago Leader.
 "A fellow must SOW his wild oats, you know" exclaimed the adolescent John 'EYss," replied Annie, 'tbut one shouldn't begin sowing too soon after cradling n-New York Sunday Times.
 It now turns out that the flute was invent ed by the Lydians about 1, 200 B. c. This is too long to hold resentment, and we shall accordingly draw the slugs from our horse pistol.-Yonkers Gazette.
 Buttons are going out of style. Now we can understand why it is that a man can reach out for shirt every seventh morning and never find it supplied with the necessary compliment of buttons. He has a fashion able wife.-Yonkers Statesman.
 London has regularly incorporated asso- citation the object of which is the protection of the butterfly. The society should also encourage the baking of the buckwheat cake, which, according to the old joke, makes the butterfly -Norr1stown Herald.
 f'The American eagle still screams" thun- dered a silver coinage orator, holding up a silver dollar so the crowd could see it. "You bet he does, came voice from the multi tude, 'she screams for the other fifteen cents. ."-Cincinnati Merchant Traveller s5
 It is not permitted Mexican to ride in the same carriage with woman to whom he is betrothed. This is probably because there is always more or less danger of peo- pie in carriage falling out. When senor- ita has lassoed a beau she takes no risks Boston Transcript.
 "He's not what you call strictly hand some,' said the Major, beaming through his glasses on homely baby that lay bowling in his mothers arms, f'but it's the kind of face that grows on you." ''It's not the kind of face that ever grew on you" was the indig- nant and unexpected reply of the maternal being Journal.
 ''Do you know old Wiggins of our town? That's he sitting across the aisle there." ''Very stingy, isn't hep 'sStingy is no name for it. He keeps a coffin with a false bottom, and whenever he buries wife the coffin is pulled out and saved for the next one In that way he has made one coffin do for four wives, and it is good coffin yet" Chicago Herald.
 At one of Rev. Sam Jones' revival meet ings Pullman car porter was converted to christianity. Of course his first act was to place his resignation in the hands of the di- rectors of his company. This was a pre- cious boon to poor director, who had been out of work for several months, and whose family was starving. The poor director took the converted porter's place on the road, and the porter was elected to the vacant place in the board. Later-1he poor director has amassed three town lots, tenement house and yacht, and the porter is rapid' lapsing into his former state of paganism.-- ook- lyn Eagle.
 What party lines, papa?''
 His answer did not wait;
 ''They'r lines to fish for voters, child,
 With taffy for bait.'
 Boston Gazette.