The National tribune., 1889-06-20
WORKED ACCORDING TO HIS SALARY.

WORKED ACCORDING To HIS SALARY.
orgenblum-Shadrach, What for you led
dat customer ko oud midoud puying nottings
at alIY
Shadrach-Vhy, he wouldn't dake dot cot
tonade suit unless I'd sehwear id vass all Wool
Morgenblum-Vell Why in dc name of kra-
cicus didn't you schwear id vass all WOOL ?
What do bay you your zalary for bud to
sehwear2
shadrach-Now, MOrgenblum, you know I
toldt yon two weeks ako dat wouldn't schwear
dose cottonade suits vass all WOOL for ten tollar
q week. said wouldn't do it for less as feet
teen.
Morgenblum-Yel didn't raise your zalary
to zwelf tollarP
Shadrach-Yes, and since den Pfe schwore
to all de customers dat de suits were more as
half WOOL. OATS de most gan do for zwelf
tollar week. CANT schwear dey're all WOOL
for less as feefteen toIlar.
4 MAN has made painful mistake by tax
ing Mark Twain seriously in anything. The
humorist trumpeted through the press new
method he had discovered for removing warts.
1t was none of the well-known processes of our
grandmothers, such as greasing them with
q piece of stolen bacon, washing them with
stump-water, or burying in a secret place as
many hairs from black cats tail as there are
warts. No; Mark only appropriates or borrows
when he is humorous; he tries to be original
when dealing with serious matters. His plan
was to run hot needles into the Wart and roast
1t, until it was glad to go away. He said that
a day or two after such treatment you could
flip it off with the fngernail. A Rochester man
has tried the recipe, with the result of big and
angry sore ON his hand, which he has to have
treated by doctor. The latter says the hand
will probably heal about July 4.
SPEAKING of the word disaster" it has a
curious etymology. It dates from the time
when the world believed in astrology, and
every happening was attributed to the in
| fiuence of the stars. It is from the Latin dis
| separation, parting from, or untOward, and
GStrEm star.
LOVE, like death, has all seasons and places
! for his own, but the spot which has attained
classic eminence for its sentimental episodes is
Filtration Walk at West Point, an embow-
cred way in the Academy grounds, where the
slim, wasp-waisted Cadets and the admiring
maidens who flock to them from all parts OF
the country find opportunity to whisper their
| VOWS and ask and answer the fateful question.
| No one knows when it was consecrated to this
| tender purpose. Tradition, says a writer in the
| New York World, has it that Gen. Washington
once chueked pretty maiden under the chin
amid its friendly shades; Benedict Arnold is
credited with having done some love-making
there, even while he was meditating the treason
which sent his name down to eternal ignominy
| Aaron Burr wooed one of his victims there, as
he wooed one nearly everywhere that his
wanton feet wandered. Gen. Sherman il
accused of having kissed seven girls there on
one day, now 40 years ago. aud there is not
one of all of the gallant throng who passed out
of the gates of the Academy to honorable,
perhaps illustrious careers under the flag but
had his tender memories of the path, which is
divided into Trysting Place, SpOoning Point,
| Popping Point and Acceptance Hollow. The
Cadets have only 80 minutes after dress
! parade to promenade through this romantic
spot, but it is calculated that each Of them can
make as much love in this time as the average
young man can in three hours or days. There
! have been instances when an introduction was
received at Trysting Point, an acceptance Sc
cured at the last stage, and the happy Cadet
was back at quarters with half minute to
spare of the allotted time. The men who have
done this have sfterward distinguished them
selves in engineering.