, 1885-05-09
FOcetiR.

In one OF the Indian languages woman
is 6 Kew. kew-iawjaw." 1t is sOmatiinas
the same in English.
A young lady expl lined to her lover the
distinction between printing and publish
ing and at the conclusion Of her remarks,
by way of illustration, she said. You
may print a kiss ON my cheek, but you
must not publish it"
81 am ambitious said Alonzo proudly
81 cannot plod | want my name to go down
in history" Wei" said ImoSen, alt
will probably go down an low as it can
get" And now they never speak as they
pass around.
"Mary," said a mother to her daughter,
"has Henry proposed yetP Mot yet.
ma but | think lie will before many days"
What makes You think so ~ Because
he asked me yesterday if you expected to
live with me if | married, and | told him
no."
A paper in the far West was describing
a serious accident, and neatly ended up
it, graphic story as fOl.OwS :-"Our rising
Young townsman, DR.. Hinton, who WAS
laying out the new graveyard at the time,
was hastily summoned 10 The scene OF the
unfortunate accident, and under his skill
full treatment poor Billy died peacefully
two hours afterwards
A Newark doctor visiting Il patient in
the only hotel in the place, sands his nm
hrella in the entry, with the following in
~Scription pinned on -" This umbrella be-
longs to a man who strikes ii 2O0lb blow.
Will return in five minutes" On his re-
turn he finds his umbrella gone, IN a note
in it's stead :-Umbrella taken by "A man
who walks eight miles an hour. Will not
return at all.
Charlie, a bright fouryrarold, although
a good boy, as boys go, sometimes gives
occasion for serious reprO0f from his mo
ther. On a recent occasion Of This sort,
Charlie began looking rather sour, when
his mother took him to task for it, aud
told him he ought to look pl aSant. Bat
his face continued to wrinkle, till his
mother remarked" Why, Charlie. Pm
asloniShed 10 see You making faces at
yoIr mother" Charlie frightened up al
once and retOrted-' Why, | intended to
laugh, but, mamma, my face slipped"
At the Elgin railway station the other
day Il gentleman from the COIN ry yielded
to the pressing solicitation of ii persistent
newsboy and bought u paper. But here
was Il ditlculty-a ShillnL &, no change,
and the train was about to start. The
bargain was about to be relaxed when the
boy volunteered to get the shilling chang
ed into pence. "But, says the gentleman,
perhaps you will not return with the
elevenpence." "If you are afraiu Of that"
exclaimed the precocious youth, " YOU may
bave eleven papers in security" The bay
went, bat did not return. The whistle
sounded, away went the train, and it car
ried one man supplied for once with the
news of the day.
You have daughters, have you not, sirf"
said a minister to an old gentleman with
whom he had formed a casual acquaintance
as a fellow passenger. The old gentleman
essayed to answer, but the question
strangely effected him. Il beg your par
don," said the minister gently, if | have
thoughtlessly awakened in your mind re-
collections of a painful nature, the world
is full of sorrow, sir, and perhaps my cues.
ton recalls to your memory "a fair, beau
tifnl girl, whose b~lossoming young life
withered in its bloom. Am / not right,
sir 2" "No, not exactly" replied the old
gentleman sadly, 81 have five unmarried
darters, mister, and the youngest of the
lot is % years old"