Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-28
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.

SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
HOME sweets never can be preserved in
the family jar.
DID you ever swiftly slip from winter to
summer-from- snow-topped knolls to moss
covered and fowercrowned hills? i hope you
have, or will before you glide from the dark
| ness to the Light. Thanks to that greed for
speed which has developed genius that scorns
the mountain, laughs at the sea, leaps the
gorge and penetrates the tree-hidden land and
the sunless jungle. the transition from cold to
heat, from twittering sparrow to chattering
parrot, from black to blue sky, from short to
long day, from ice-chilled waters to sun-bathed
waves, from lingering twilight to swift night
fall, from fur-clad folk to cotton-costumed peo-
pie. from white to red-and-green gardens. from
storm-doored homes to latticed living
rooms, from booted boys to barefooted and
bronzed children of the sun, from frigid blight
to troDic bloom. is merely matter of hours.
But from the deck of the ship heading for
the white-caped waste out beyond the
ice-teethed mouth of the frost embroidered
bay the summer land seems afar of. Winter.
like maritime law, claims Its leagues seaward
there; but not so very many seemingly. The
and shows winter her heels. A chilly night
fades on the edge of sun-tempered morn, and
you soon enter that mysterious river of the
ocean which seems to say to the frosted winds:
Thus far shalt thou go, but no farther" Then
the sea depths seem bluer, the sky brighter.
the air sweeter, the summer nearer. On and
on toward the paradise of the birds and the
flowers you fly with the hours, the snow behind
and the sun before. Yesterday seems far, far
away, for it was winter then and it is spring
now, with summer sure tomorrow. You seem
to be reveling in the delights of dream that
has come true. On the edge of the frost-nfpped
sea that washes your winter world you laid
your troubles and your cares. Stripped of the
burden, you enter the sunshine. Under the
shadows of quaint trees, in which bright
plumaged and tune-throated birds mate, you
lie down. You smell the flowers and hear the
sea. Southwark fly your thoughts, northward
never. Winter has dropped out of your life,
the sun dances on shimmering flower filled
spaces, the scented and soft breezes narcotic
like draw the lids of your eyes together, and
you sleep. And your dream is no fairer, no
sweeter than the awaking.
FANCY can paint the face of the ideal
woman, but not the face of the common every
day girl.
A DOG show draws better in New York
than prayer meeting.
A WISE acher-The decayed wisdom tooth.
IF theatrical managers posted drawing
paper perhaps the box Office receipts would
swell.
1t is limited at Harrisburg that the Bird
Book ringsters feathered their nests.
dT merely costs time to spend an evening,
but time is money, you know
SOME woodworkers have managed to carve
out fortune.
MRS. O'SHEA's pony chaise is now
owned in Philadelphia, The tire-escape is still
in London.
WHAT is the difference between the first
sergeant and the tenor drummer One calls
the roll and the other rolls the call
IF the poll tax could be so amended as to
tax the telegraph poles out OF sight cities would
be beautified.
leads in Philadelphia.
THE wife of the Highlander wears the
either.
WHEN paper hangers go to the wall their
creditors do not suffer.
The clever artist is always designing
Individual.
No, Miss Clara; waste baskets will not be
worn at the seaside next season.
THE ashes of Nero's nurse have been
found in a Roman tomb. Our children's chill.
dren may some day find the ashes Of George
| Washington's colored coddler.
SHARP deals are often made when the
market is dull
The scenter of population-The perfumer.
FRANCE is excited over the solution of
the problem of reproducing colors by photo
praphy. Down South color has been photo
graphed for years.
THE serviceable bass drum is always in
| sound condition.
| THE London aristocrats who cheated al
| cards are now trying to cheat justice.
| THE Louisiana lottery drawing rooms are
not as well patronized now as they used to be.
THE green room is often painted red.
| NEW YORK Cinnamon are wild over q
drama so years old. How's this for Gel estial
| chestnut?
WHEN the signal service hits wind
storm center they shouldn't blow about it.
THE lunatic can always find an asylum,
even if the world is considered cold,
WOMEN who get misfts from their dress
makers fly into fit of anger.
THE average run of heirs would soone,
see the testator lose his soul than his fortune.
BLOWS are not always exchanged when
you strike an acquaintance.
WHY is photograph like race horse?
Because il has to be mounted
PERTINENT question is very often ar
impertinent one.
THE Congress that dies next week will
not leave enough money In the treasury te
it.