The National tribune., 1885-10-15
TRIBUNETS.

Queen Victoria is notorious for her exceed
ingly economical and thrifty way of managing
her household. She rises early, breakfasts at
8, and if you were one of her guests you would
have to be ready to eat with her or go without
your morning meal. The Queen has light
luncheon at p. NJ, and plain dinner in the
evening. The good lady does not exactly do
her own housework, but she keeps close eye
on her servants, and holds them to strict ac-
countability for the proper use of all the family
supplies.
The rich father of Chicago girl banteringly
offered to give her a dollar for every cent she
would earn with her own hands at good, honest
labor. She took him at his word, and went to
work as a common factory hand at 60 cents
day. This drew on the old mans pocketbook
at the rate of $500 week. The girl thought
she had good thing, and worked along as
chirrupy as cricket. Her father stood it for
two or three weeks, and then backed out of his
bargain. She was too plueky for him.
HUNTING PEsCADERo PEBBLES
A private letter to the Editor of THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE from Pescadero, Cal, de-
scribes the eagerness with which the guests at
that great Summer resort hunt the Pescadero
pebbles:
You may have heard of the famous Pescadero
pebbles. The spot the coast where they are
thrown up two miles from here is very limited in
extent, being not more than half mile in length
but the pebbles lie there in heaps and some very
beautiful ones are found. The latter are few and
far between, but it is astonishing the enthusiasm
one can get up over the pebble beach. 1t seems y
little absurd to see a party of well-bred people
lying flat on their stomaehs or crawling about on
their hands and knees in mad search for q GEM bat
they keep at il for five six hours at stretchi
They begrudge even the time given to lunch and
while they hold slice of bread and ham in one
hand, they grub around under the tablecloth with
the other. hoping to get finer pebble than any one
else has found. The poor driver of the beach
wagon has sorry time of it calling his flock in to
get them home in time to dress for dinner. We
generally manage to get thoroughly soaked by the
tide before the day is half over. have found sew
eral lovely comedians, and pink that is espe-
cially coveted.
Boston Budget:
1t must be expensive living
For the angels up in the sky,
For we all know. both saint and sinner,
That rent IN cloud Is high
THE TRUANT GRAPE.
admiration.
Oh. what so handsome as the grapes that cluster
In purple beauty on the dying vine
A touch will give darker hue and luster,
hlle pressure gives the tempting ruby wine.
CONSERVATION
You take a bunch while sitting at the table
And look 1T, in admring spirit DER;
But before to eat the half of them you're able,
You hear one strike the carpet on the floor.
Intimidation.
You know your hostess is a woman careful
And that the sound did not her ear escape
And so you stoop in mood alfmad, half prayerful
And peer about you for the truant grape.
Irritation.
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Your fingers and the truant never wed
And in what spot could pain be more abiding
Than where the table strikes you on the heade
Columbus (O) Dispatch.
Chicago Sun:
Henrietta is gone to Vassar gum, gum, gum,
Louise Is at the singing school, hum, hum hum!
Tom Is III the melon patch, mum, mum, mum!
Bill is i'll the bar-roOnl, rum, rum, rumi
Fathers III the counting room, sum, sum, sum!
Kate and Ned are all alone, yum, yum, yum.
NOrristoga Herald: An article in an exchange
is headed why President Cleveland Diln't
Fish on Sunday" We haven't read it, but SIP
pose it was because he spaded up half an acre Il
ground without finding single worm. We
have frequently been in the same aggrava.i...-
predicament. p. Son a week day.