The gale., 1888-02-10
Ragged Edges
BY JACK GINGER.

The frs; news l wish to tell you, 10
about Mr. Harry Clifford, looking SO
pleasing last week, and | don't wonder
at him looking pleasing, ''for would
too," for its fac boy they say it weighs
nine pounds.
An old collored woman was seen
painting her face few days ago, and
cn being asked not to paint her face,
said Darkies "keeo" like white wo.
men, il de will stop il, lie darke will to.
A good old deacon say a email boy
one Sunday not long ago. out PLAYING
''keops. "Tho deacon reproved the lt-
tie boy and said: Say my little son did
you ever see me do such as on Sunday
when l was boJ9 The little boy
paused minute and said; No how
could | see you when you was boy;
mama said was in holer og den.
Well this is Leap year. and the girls
seems to enjoy themselve finely going
10 the grand hops. wonder # they go
by themselves? 81 guess they do" for
they never have aked me to go with
them, but my time will soon come, for
/ am gong to get me a par OF daddy
,hnbbord preeches to ware, and then !
can get to 60 with 'em
An honest politician has been discov.
cred in Alabama. just after having
announced himself as candidate for
congress and while. standing on The
court house steps making a speech,
some ohe IN the crowd yelled:
Say, what do you think of the tariff
Give US your views
MY friends said the oga'er. I don't
know blame thing abou1 the tariff :
He was elected by large majority
Arkansaw Traveller.
, In q Western paper an item relating
80 the killing of a brakeman got mixet
up with an account of 3 fashonabi,
wedding and the subscribers wer.
somewhat mystified on reading the fol
lowing: "A brakeman on the Yves
bound freight, No 6. was instantly killed
yesterday near Grady's crossing. He
fell from the car and was run over by
MISS Belle Downs, beautiful young
lady, who wore a handsome garnetcol.
Nored silk land carried G large boqust i
white roses.'
The Vicksbafg Herald is estuated
sover the fact Of secret caucusses belra
held by Democrat members of the Lee =
fislature here. Why do the heashern
rage? When the constitutional couven-
ton bill was passed and His Excelency
went over to Vicksburg and had pri,
vate caucuss with an old Radical editor
to find out whether or not he could dare
vote the bill, and to get encourage ment
for such 8 step IN that paper, neither
Dillard nor Walker nor Carter com :.
planned. And they now should caolly
rite complain because good Dem Gratis
N>assembled in caucuss for the prom5tion
>tof good Democratic measures, d not
take into their bosom old RspuoIicans
and tools OF corrupt ofhcials. -Ex. :.
The Colonel had left Birmingham
without being able to get within twenty
feet OF the general delivery window of
The post-office, owing to the crowd of
colored people, and when we got over
to Admission and found 1t still worse he
went out-9ocss and sat down on dry-
goods box aud spent an hour in reflect
ing. By an by he frightened up and
made bee line for printing Office.
ard inside of another hour boy was
going about the street and handing out
to eveIY eolored person he met dode-
eI reading; !,
Don't it! Prof Flea and his cele.
brated cundurapgo will arrive az the
depot at three p. N. the afternoon
Only one ever brought to this country.
Colored people can see it without
charge
At two o'clok went with ths Colonel
70 the post. office. There wasen't a
colored person within block of it and
the postmaster was almost in a doze.
AT two o'clock we went down to the de-
pot, ard shere were seYen or eight
hundred colored people waiting around
TO see the spotted cundurango.
~ How much did it cost your aked
as he sat down on q barrel OF apples to
read his letters,
Only seventy. cents he replied, and
DI got twenty two letters which had been
trying to ind me fer three weeks -
Detroit Free proae