The National tribune., 1886-10-14
PERSONS AND THINGS.

Sam Jones likes nothing better than TO pitch
into those professed Christians who play cards
dance go to the theater and attend baseball games
and he tells this story To illustrate the point An
aged negro, comparing him and sam Small, said:
" sam Small breaches de Gospel Just like anyb body
else. But Jones he's got sympathy with poor
culled folks. If n man has stole "A watermelon or
chicken where there's plenty more ieit, sam Jones
never says anything about IL He's got sympathy; I;
but these hghfIlutn sins-dOn't he make the devil
come right on the Slip"
Speaking of paiindromes there Is what may
be called natural one in Yreka. Cal 10 is the sign
Of baker and reads. "Yreka Bakery"
A bee hunter Of NermOntvile, Mich, discover
ed n bee tree In which the honey in n limb sir
inches in diameter and co feet from the ground
The owner Of the tree would not permit him to cut
down the tree, so the hunter cut or the limb by
firing 20 bullets into it.
Farmers in Clarendon, y. r.. set n trap for
bear that had been siaughtering their young stock
fence was built around the trap, 50 that when
the bear got over he must put his foot in 10. Brun
was as smart as any fox. He didn't get over the
fence, but dug under IL, overturned the trap. and
got the bait The firmerstried again, this time set
ting second traPin the hole tn 4 the bear had dug
This was too much for him. and in the morning he
was found raging, but firmly held by the jaws Of
the trap that he had not seen.
Seven thousand dollars In silver. the proceeds Of
a fair were being taken to the bank at Mount
Pulaski, H., recently, when the horses ran away.
the wagon WAS overturned, and the money scat
tered in the street. Citizens gathered it up, and
when counted ut the bank there was but 60 cents
missing.
Maxwell. the condemned murderer, who Is
awaiting execution in 81. Louis, Is said TO have be-
come completely unneryed, and to show in every
movement his distress. lie rolls and tosses all
night talks and starts in his sleep and is said to be
haunted by vision of the murdered Preller.
"A 81. Louis bank cashier says that this Is the
way TO tell a % from a 2O-cent piece: "On the
quarter the eagle s looking over its right wing and
on the 20-eent piece over the left wing" The
chances are 25 to % that If that eagle looked him
straight in the eye the cashier would skip to
Canada.
-"Good morning, Bridget" GOOD morning.
miss. It's very oleaeinous morning this morn
Bile oIeaginous morning. miss" where did YOU
get 'oleagiuous' Bridget?" "Sure an Michael
told 1t me last night. He's n great reader is
Michael and he says he got il out of the Saneho
Pedro!' The encyclopedia has at last got a pro-
nounceable name.-San Francisco Chronicle
-Duelist-How the thought of my young and
beautiful betrothed unnerves me. IL / fall.
I'll marry her.
-Bismareks big toe is swollen 50 badly that he
isn't able to gout.-BoSton Herald
Miss Rose Cleveland: IL Is not the rejected
manuscript that will trouble your readers half as
much as the accepted ones are likely to.-Boston
Post
well ought to be satisfied" half musingIy
remarked George Gould's bride as she sat with her
husband looking ut the word Gould" which she
had playfuly written on his cuff. There's Gold
and there's little u in the middle.-Cotumbus Dis
patch.
Our Yankee friends could not capture Charles
ton during the war, but they have done ii now IL
Is city that had TO be shaken before taken.-Ma-
con (Gd.) Telegraph.
DO not be discouraged because you are not a
man of genius. An emisent scientist declares that
genius IL a form of epilepsy.-TsTds Siftings.
-Geronimo evidently thinks that il Is going to
be hard Winter. He has come in for his usual
Winter supplies.-Boston Post.
=" "Jessiel" "Yes'm." What are you crying
for? Laura hit me on the head" where !"
That's the matter. tried to keep the mark till
got home to show you, and, boo-hooI it's gone
way.'-Cticdgo Ledger
First gent-Lets return. Miss Otherage has
begun To sing. Second gent-Thanks; rawther be
excused. First gent-Wbatt Refuse homage to
the belle of the bail? Second gent-Not at all it's