Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-16
The One That Went Asoray.

The One That Went As1ray.
When the sheep are counted ere the evening
shadows fall
And all but one stray lambkin has heard the
shepherds call,
Sadness settles DER the flock, the sheep no
But bleat in deepest sorrow for the one that
went astray.
When the lamps are lighted in the palace and
the cot,
And tired eyes are watching for one who
cometh not.
Hands stray to eyes there weeping and wipe
hot tears away,
Lips a prayer repeating for the one that went
astray.
When the sheep are counted and the Shepherd
has been told
That many lambs are missing from the prayer
united fold,
The angel who records the names of those
who'll live alway
Will surely drop silent tear for those that
went astray.
IF you are satisfied with your lot you will not
consider life q lottery.
JUSTICE is represented by female because
it is annoyed by SO many suitors.
THE Australian pug who almost killed Demp-
sey is blacksmith. He served striker"
and got points on blows from the bellows.
THE silver men believe in hard cash and
plenty of it.
THE men who wear the turn-down collars are
taking preliminary steps to turn down some of
the silk-tiled statesmen.
SEINE fishing is popular in Paris, but the
fishers angle for corpses instead Of f1nny nib
blers.
THE United States Supreme Court is at sea,
thanks to Fl. B. NJ.
THE stomach sympathizes with the pocket
book When one is empty so is the other.
KANSAS is the home of the ''original PACK.
age" Ingalls,, the Alliance, sockless statesmen,
grasshoppers and periodical droughrs. No
wonder it bleeds.
BLIND people never indulge in sightseeing,
If inebriety is disease and habitual drunk
ards are ill individuals they should be cared for
| like other sick folk.
THE shopkeeper who lowers his prices and
| let's the public know it hoists his sales.
THE advocates of free coinage have secured
| the coign of vantage in Congress.
| INGALLS, believes that the golden bar works
| better than the Golden Rule in practical poll.
| tics
THE law is intended to protect the weak as
well as the strong, but Justice is blind and is too
| apt to take sides with those who can jingle the
coins in her hearing.
SPEECH is silver, and both promise to be free
| in this land of freedom.
| THEATRICAL supes are made from stage
| hams.
| THE dressmaker's motto-An eye for hook
and hook for an eye.
THE poet frequently idyls away his time.
| THIS has been squaw winter both here and
| in the woolly West.
| ACCORDING to Ingalls, George Washington
| had he lived to-day. would have been a bloated
| boudholder, and. presumably. a liar to boot.
| RIrcHIE BROS. is the name of the last brok
| eraee firm to go under in Philadelphia. What.
| in a name, anyway
POLITICAL parties never swear off, but the,
| frequently break the pledge.
IT would be useless for the business man who
| does not advertise to hold revival to conyer,
| his goods into cash.
Iris cold world in winter time, at all events
Pue1L1sTs are blowhards in more ways than
| one.
THE bigamiss evidently prefers the peniten
tiary to the divorce court.
PRINTERS, in speaking of the New Orleans
| into ''pi."
THE English syndicate has bobbed up in Q
new quarter. 1t is gobbling up the spool and
bobbin works in New England.
WHEN broker is cornered he goes to the
wall
A puaIL1sT is an artist when he draws blood
MONEY is undoubtedly the root of the polit
ical evil at present.
EDUCATION and civilization have made
fcrgers out of a number OF Arizona Indians