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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-09

STEAMSHIPS.
HlRG INA STEAMBOAT COMPANYS
JAMES RIVER LINE
EORTHE SEASHORE. CHEAPEST AND MOST
PLEASANT ROUTE 70 NORFOLK,
PORTSMOUTH. NEWPORT
NEWS, CLAREMONT
AND JAMES RIVER LANDINGS.
CONNECTIONS:
At NEWPORT NEWS and NORFOLK for
Hampton, Old Point and Smithhcld, Va. Wash
ington ID. c., Baltimore, PhiladeiDhia and New
York same afternoon; also at Norfolk for East
ern North Carolina and the South
At CLAkEMONl with the Atlantic and
Danyille Railroad for Nayery. Hicksford and
a. ''"'''' ONLY ALL WATER ROUTE.
JAMES RIVER BY DAYLIGHT
GREAT TOURIST LINE
JAMESTOWN DUTCH GAP. AID WAR
SCENERY.
RATES LESS THAN HALF CHARGED BY
RAIL LINES.
FARE TO PORTSMOUTH ANDNORFOLKsIJ
$3.50 ROUND TRIP; 81 SECOND-CLASS.
FIhSICLASS MEALS
The elegant aud fast steamer
ARIEL,
CAPTAIN DEYO,
carrying United States maiD
leaves Richmond every
MONDAY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AT z A
NJ. lSTkEEI-CARS 90 DIRECTLY TO STEAM
Frs WIZARD for above named places. Return
ing, the steamer leaves Norfolk and Newport
News on alternate days. arriving at Richmond
about go Z NJ
Through tickets on sale on steamer and a.
CARRIERS Agency. No. 90l Main street baggage
cIanFaf fhrouuh
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work RIVER LINE VIA WEST POINT
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-09

YNARNYHIE AND POWHAtAN bAiilet,, ~
/ COMPANY General ONCE 40. ,l5 tA.' f''
street. Schedule so ehec, November -o' -''
LEAVE RICHMOND;
-''~ 80 - nanvIile railroad ~
tafm1ilr anl o."
points west Oh Ao'''
les Junction
iOo5A. NJ, via Atlantic Coast Line iof iei' ,a.r.
is.t0 81 Nj via atlantic Coast Lane t. ni~''''
peck AMI intermediate '1s4l0"'
ARRIVE RICHMOND.
s.AM via Richmond aud Dsnsll.e fslio '..
from Farmyillo and inieim-1'N@
statIons 20 Moseley Junction ,yi,
,,.sA Nj VIA Atlantic Coast tine FROM -
''N' 80 ferpock aud intermediate s'Ali'ns, "a.
s.csp Nj via Atlantic Coast Line iro' ~
muda .oa
Tor further information apply 60 "' .'''e,.'
and Danvilie and Atlantic 1o3s' LIN
!. ~ CARRIERS ticket o.hCe. " 20 ,,t,coy
General Freight and tassoases AsSpss,
JANIS H. WEgrA. General ManassF'
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No. IO12.
OCCUPIED BY DIR. d. A. KUYK.

Corkery x Millwardl Decree of Richmond
va Chancery Court entered
Mcclure and ais } December g. 1891.
In execution Of decree in the aboye-named
suit the undersigned special cOmmlssloheI ap-
pointed thereby will proceed to sell by auction
upon the premises on
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metropolitan Hall at 81 Delaney street is a
ioomy; old-iashioned three-story house s
Iarek has a saloon on the ground door TIE.
- dnnce hall on the second floor and Tia
thrd noor IS occupied bva family. On FRIDAY
nights and Saturdays the dance hail Is used
~ synagogue by the Congregation Moeen
Abraham Anshei Ostrolenko. The members
are Polish Jews, and the translation is Men
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STATE-ROOMS ENGAGED FOR DAY OR
NIGHT.
q

freight received daily tor Norfolk Ports
mouth Smithfeld Hampton. old Point
Mayerly, Hicksford and Alexandria Va; Wash
ington, ID. c.. Newborne. Washington and Tar
boro, \. G.; all stations on Atlantic and Dan
yillo. Seaboard and Roanoke. Norfolk Southern
and Farmyille and Powhatan Railroads, and
Eastern Shore Of Virginia and all regular land
ings on the James and happahann0ck rivers,
at LOWEST RATES. and through bills issued
LICIEN b. IAIUA, Nce-President.
No. lll7 Main street and kOckotts
lRvIN WEIsIGER Freight and Passenger Agent
my 29-tf
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Is. S:i5 A. VI. .i'' %
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
They Caught Their Lawyer.

When Judge McCreary. the member
from Kentucky, was a rising young
lawyer in his native State he was en-
gagged once by three gamblers to de-
fend them in a criminal action before
a Circuit Judge. The case was such a
poor one for the defendants that Nc
Creary advised them 10 let him plead
guilty for them and pay their fines.
This was agreed 10, aud when the case
was called McCreary arose and said:
II appear for the defendants and
plead guilty"
The presiding Judge noted this down
and replied; MIR. McCreary appears,
pleads guilty, and is fined"
"But." protested McCreary. II am
doing this for the defendants, and |
have not yet received their fines"
That makes no difference, retort-
ed the Judge. You have been fined
by this court aud you are committed to
the county Jail until the fine is paid. :"
The future Governor saw the wis.,
dom of speedy settlement and drew
on his private purse Tor the amount.
The best part of the joke was that
when the gamblers found that they
were to be fined so heavily by the
court they made their escape. leaving
their confiding counsel several hum
dred dollars out of pocket. Judge Nc
Creary there and then resolved never
again to defend any gamblers. And
he has kept his resolve.-NeG0 York
Tribune
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13

sNow, look here. YOU dressmaking
girl. said the harsh voice Of Markham
Fernley. as he advanced from the inner
apartment none Of your impudence.
Leave the dress or I'll send for n
policeman and teach you your proper
place In short order
II would not do that Mr.. Fernley.n
said Ettic, who had by this time re-
covered her Self-posscssion completely.
II am not dressmaking girl, but
intend 10 collect the money that my
friend has earned.
Struck by some accent Of her tone,
Markham Fernley paused n second,
then lighted the gas. Ettie Hall de-
liberately threw back her veil.
.s.rhe fair Henrietta, she quoted,
with shrug Of her shoulders.
Miss Hallw
"You have said 1t. And now let me
have the money for my friend, Miss
Maynard"
.'certainly certainly" stammeretl
Markham Fernley. fumblmg In his
pocketbook. And
"Thank you, with regal inclina.
| tion of her head. '.Good evening"
s'But yon will let me accompany you
homep' he pleaded.
Il shall do nothing Of the Sort she
resolntely replied. n she deposited the
bill safely in her little silver portmon-
maize. And let me advise you, Mr..
/ Fernley, TO waste no more of youf
valuable time and powerful intellect
in the unsatisfactory business of heir
ess hunting"
That was the last time that he ever
saw Henrietta Hall.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
His First Experiences.

He loved her-very much. He
Thought he had never loved half so
much before. Aud she? Well, she
may have loved him; that he didn't
know-he hadn't asked her.
She was 20. She was the most beau
tiful creature he had seen. Her hair
was black-as ink; her skin was white
-as milk; and her eyes-how brilliant
they werel They seemed to look into
his soul. And he wondered if she
knew it.
He had never seen anybody so raw
ishing to look at--not even IN fancy.
He had never before left his food half
tasted on his piate-not even at a coun-
try hotel. He had never before found
it task to close his ewes at night-not
even when he had been sick with fever.
As for her, she looked upon him
with favor; she would take his hand
as they walked along the beach. and
when the water spread farther than
she expected on the sand she would
cry: Look out. Harry, dear!' or the
like.
He presumed he ought to be happy
there was no reason why he should
not be-others in his position would
have been.
All. YES II WAS Wcll euOu8H-uuIll
the o'clock express from New York
came in. Then she would be dressed
in something wonderful in blue aud
gold. or in gray and black. or in pink
and white; and she would sit upon the
broad piazzas Of the hotel and chat
and gossip with the men. OF course
when he came up she treated him civ
lily. decently, and he had no fault to
fiud-no fault, that is, in order. Yet
he asked himself sometimes if she was
treating him as one individual or as a
! species.
Ell bien! One day fourteen Saratoga
trunks were loaded on the blue ex-
press wagon at the side door. A good
many of the trunks belonged to her.
She was going away
He sat idly in an l. of the piazza
with his patent-leathered feet on the
railing.
She came to him. She was dressed
for travel in a tailor-cut gown with
plaitings of Indian cloth on the front
of the waist. and with black veil that
could not haze the sparkle of her eyes.
She held out her hand. aud then inn
| pulsively she took his head in her
hands and kissed him.
What thrill went through himl
He looked up-she was gone. Short
/ ly he heard the rumble of the stage.
/ Then he heard nothing-except he i'm
| agined that he heard his heart beat.
| He was all alone. and he let his head
drop forward on his breast, and he
cried as though his heart would break.
For, after all, he was only 6 years
/ old.-Katc Fietd'S Washington.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
KILLINo RArs eY eLEcTRIcITY.
The Remarkable InventIon of a Scientist
at st. Paul.

The reporter followed the electrician
down the stairs. An underground
apartmeut-about 40x60 feet-was en-
tered. Like terrible giant, dynamo
was revealed in the darkness. Little
flashes of electricity were seen spark
ling on the ends of the brushes. Great
pulley wheels. over which the leather
betting was rapidly gliding. hung just
over their heads.
"Come this way and let me show
you my mysterious apparatus.
Together the two men CROPPED along
until they reached the side wall. Here
they stopped. The gentleman seemed
to the feverish fancy of the reporter like
magician. He reached up somewhere
in the darkness and turned on the cur
rent into an incandescent lamp. There
was not much disclosed. A simple
wire with hook upon the end, and that
was all.
Wait moment please, and I'll
show you how the things works. said
the electrician. He reached up in the
darkness again and brought down a
piece of cheese. Taking this and a
saucer full of sawdust to faucet in
the wall, he dampened them thorough
ly, explaining that water was good
CONDUCTOR. returning, lie piaceu lne
saucer of dampened sawdust on the
ground under the wire above mention
ed. and stuck the cheese upon the hook.
He explained the modus operandi of
rodent determination thus:
You see Mr.. Rat walks up on the
damp sawdust in the saucer. Con-
cealed in that is Il wire connected. as is
also the upper wire, with the dynamo
yonder. The one has the negative and
the other the positive current. When
the rat gets into the saucer he scents
the cheese. He reaches up for a nib.
bic. The instant he touches his nose
to the cheese he completes the circuit,
and that does him up.
He had hardly finished his explana-
ton before it was verified. A gray old
veteran of the order of rodentia mount
ed the sawdust, completed the cir
cuitn and expired instantly.
The electrician is something of a
wag and considerable of a punster.
He gazed at the electrocutedy rat and
soliloquized:
sHf gone ohm (home3 to dyna-
- more). - Which the re-
2'oneer-P Press.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
Noshane % say.

Eothtn 10 say my dnughtcrl Nothin' at all
Glras chats ii lovc. I've noticed, ginerly has
Yer mother dId. nfore you. when her folks OBJ.
aecteh 10 me-
vat here am. and here YOU airi and yer
mother--whcfe IL shct
You hook lots Hike your mother; Purity much
Rnme IN Hfzes
Ana about TIE same complccted; and favor
About the pyES.
Like her. ton about Nyin here. becanse she
couldn't Rtays
1tli most seem IKE you was dead like herl--
but haint got nothin 70 sayl
san loft yon her little Bibie-writ yer namo
aorost the page
And lett her cafsbobs fer You, et ever you
come OF age.
L allus KEEP en- and gyanrded EN-, but II yer
roin away
Nothin' 10 say, my daughter! nothin' 20 sayi
You don't rikollect her. I rechonp No; you
vast a year old thenl
not "twentyr' wheng
And yer mex birthdays IN Aprile2 and you
wan 10 get married that aay9
. I wisht yer mother wna livinI-but--
hain't got nothin 10 sayl
Twenty yesarl and as good . sirla parent ever
There i 4 straw ketchett onto your dress there
IN bresh it otf--tarn round.
gfier mother was iest twenty when us too ran
Noshin' % say, my daushterl Nothin' at nj
James James 'whitcome Rney in the Century.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
Mr.. Eisseldorr and the water pipe.

Hans. dot water bipe gifts no water
alretty. und you vos peter sent oop
dot blumber To vix i'll vonce more
This remark was addressed to high
ly respected German citizen as he sat
in front of his cosey CRATE. He receiv-
ell the announcement with evident dis
favor.
''Voti Dot water pipe againe l vas
shoost congratuiatin' meinseif dot pc
ice wagon comes no more. und dot new
hat vos paid for. und dot Christmas
vas long vays ahead. und now von OF
dose blumbersi Mein gracious Gretch-
en-. l got no money for blum bers.
/ vixes id myself Joel" ADDRESSING his
ten-year-old son. were vos dot leak?i
Then Joe proceeded to explain that
the leak was under the house. where
the stout frame of his worthy ancestor
could hardly GO.
'.Neffer mind. ueffer mind. You
gets me some pipe and a monkey
wrench aud | save dot plumbers bill.
So the next day jockey got the pipe
and the monkey wrench. and his father.
having diyesied himsolf of all surplus
garments, entered the hole. pulling the
piue after him. Il was tight squeeze.
and after lying on his back to conyen-
fence his position. he proceeded to dis
cover the leak. Very little water was
now coming from it. as he had taken
the precaution to turn of the tap. He
hadn't turned it quite tight enough
and yelled:
Turn off de water"
''All right. fader." replied Joe.
Joe didn't know his right hand from
his left. nor the philosophy of screws
and turned it on.
The old gentleman's mouth was nm
der the leak. He was wedged in. He
sputtered and swore and swore and
sputtered. but his wild yells to Joe
were muffied by the sound of deluging
water and Joe was intent on dog
fight across the way. as he set on ar
empty nail keg and chewed gum.
He looked over his shoulder and saw
the old man with a face of mud. spat
tered red. shining angrily. creeping
from the hole. His clothes clung limp
ly to him and trickling streams mean.
dered down his neck.
Joe apprehended danger and sped
away ut pace that left his corpuleni
father far in the rear. AS the boy sped
out of sight Mr.. Eisseldorf gathered
himself with supreme effort and sail
ed the monkey wrench at the fleeing
form. crying: Mine gracious. do yoI
dink vas tam duck Prom the OF
City Derrick
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
THEIR HAIR TUTfas GREEN.
THE Queer Transform II on worked By
Certain Ores IA Sssads Miners.

The patrons of n hotel in San Fran
cisco. much frequented BY farmers and
miners. were considerably startled one
afternoon recently when tall iudfyid-
ual with bright green hair. whiskers
and eyebrows walked up to the desk
and cnlmiy registered as Charles w.
Long. from Ward. New.
The clerk. used 10 almost any kind
OF strange visitors. stopped short In
the middle OF a sentence intended as
an answer 10 an inauiring guest who
wanted TO know when the o'clock
/ train for the north would leave. and
with puzzled look eyed the yerdant
arrival. The loungers around the
lobby were attracted one by one. and
gazed with wonderment at the green
haired stranger. who. unconscious of
the sensation he created. quietly asked
10 be shown to room. A reporter
ventured shortly afterward to inter-
view Mr.. Long, determined to find out
what business a man with such queer
eofored hirsute appendage had outside
dime museum. aud received the fol-
lowing explanation from the smerald-
bued individuals own lips:
IL have for some time been working
in the Martin White mine nj Ward.
New. aud what appears strange to you
Is common sight where | came from.
We have lots of green-haired people
there. Every shade of green. from the
darkest bottle color 10 the brightest
grass-green. is represented ia the mems
hair at that mine. The reason for it is
connected with the ore. The latter Is
base. and IL is necessary to roast the
whole of IL. During the roasting pro-
able. yet the hair. the boards and the
eyebrows of the men engaged about
the works are soon dyed a bright aud
permanent green.
I'm scores of Nevada mines ores of
various kinds are smelted and roasted,
but at none of them is either the hair
or beard of the workmen changed
from its natural hue.
ut is said there is less arsenic in the
ore of the Martin White than in that
of many other mines. Old smelters
say arsenic has no such effect on the
hair. aud all declare that the green
color impaired to IL il due To the pres
ence Of some unknown and mysterious
mineral or metal.
white, light or sandy beard and
hair take grass green, whereas black
or dark brown hair is dyed deep bot
tle-green. The hair is not injured by
the color, aud retains its original
strength and stiffness
This is the manner in which Mr.
Long explained his extraordinary ap
pearance- He will remain here fol
some time. and even II he escapes the
eyer-vigilant agents for dime museum:
and is not hired as freak for one o.
these establishments, he will certainly
create a sensation on the public street.
every time he ventures out for a walk
San Frdneiseo Chronicle.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
The Kitchen of the Church.

The mission chapel has become a
kitchen where the church does its
sloppy work. Hundreds and thou
sands of churches in this country
gorgeously built and supported-that
even on bright and sunshiny days are
half full of worshippers. and yet they
are building mission chapels. because
by some expressed or implied regula-
tion the great masses of the people are
kept out of the main audience room
Now. / say that any place of worship
which is appropriate for one class is
appropriate for all classes. Let the
rich and the poor meet together the
Lord. the Maker of them all. Mind
you. / say that mission chapels are a
necessity. the way churches are now
conducted; but may God speed the
time when they shall cease to be a
necessity. God will rise up and break
down the gates of the churches that
have kept back the masses. And woe
be to those who stand in the way!
They will be trampled under foot by
the vast populations making a stam-
pede for Heayen.-T De Vat Tai
mage, d. D.. In The Ladies Home
Journal.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13

Coos good night. said Mr. Sylvester.
with an effort as he reached his own
house. Hope you won't flnd your wife
sitting up flor you. Mine u.used TO.
but got her out OF that noti pretty
quick. She's sound asleep now. I'll
warrant. and no make-believe. either.
! might fire of Calling gun alongside
of her best ear and she'd never know II. =
Mr.. Sylvester parted from h neigh
Dor aud entered his own house. opening
and shutting the door with some trouble
and good deal of noise. Then he ex-
tinguished the hall light. fell up stairs
one step at a time aud went into the
front room. which wHs dimly lighted
And there lie saw his wife sitting in q
chair by the dressing table. Her back
was toward him and she did not look up
or speak-both bad signs.
.'Lizbeth." said Mr.. Sylvester. with
much dignity. sitting down on the side
of the bed unsleadily. what are you
doing therel'
No response.
'Lizbeth, haven't told you never 90
set EN- up. | mean sei--sii up E met IL
isn't proper. I'm old enuugh To come
home w-when / please. Lizbeth.
c-command You not to do u again Why
Mrs. Sylvester preserved discreet
silence. Mr.. Sylvester resumed:
''Lizbeth. | command you to speak.
| 1t ism treating me with proper respect
TO sit there s mum. What have | done
to be treated like this2 VIII you speak
| LizbethS
There was only silence more pro-
| found.
Very well. Lizbeth you'll be sorry
] for this in the morning, shall now re
/ tire to my-bless my soul. Lizbeth, who
Is this2'
Mr.. Sylvester stood up very straight
and stared at the bed. on the edge O
which he had been sitting. There lay
his excellent wife sound asleep, her bangs
done up in paper. aud smile of con
! tentment on her lips.
Who's that other woman STAN
mered Mr.. Sylvester in sotto voice tone
| Then he took courage TO npnroach and
| pluck her by the sleeve. Pshaw. She
| came To pieces in his hands II was only
! Mrs Sylvester's clothes which she haC
arranged handily in c.se of fire.
And Sylvester murmured; Saved
again, b'goshl' as he tucked himself II
his little bed while his wife continued
the sleep of the iust.-DetrOtt Free Press
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
POISON IN PIPE.


Few smokers fully realize the dan
ger of smoking new or improperly
cured obacco. The medical staff OF
the German army discovered this was
a fruitful source of throat disease.
The subsistence department of ibe
U. y. Army have adopted Seal Of
North Carolina Plug Cut as the Stand
ard Smoking Tobacco for the army.
Beware of limitations. The genuine
Seal Of North Carolina costs you no
more han poisonous limitations.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
PIrHY coLoREn SAYINGS.
Choice Collection of Maxlma from the
Negro People.

Whaifo 20 (wlly do you) chuck ar
rockF Mebbe he fnll down on yo' owl
skull.
Face m OK behImn (behlnd), mule
befo'. but raskll no whnrs; he don't
got 40 safe side.
You tnlk all day. dat no cook 'taler
Black man skoot fru dc bresh. Meb.
be lie elase snake, mebbe snake chase
nigger
sf yo' got no shoe. don't tromple IN
de brambill.
Don't You neber let loose de wildcat
to chase away de house kitten.
Fat nlgger. warm blanket. Denis
fast friends.
Yo' better look sharp when the dog
No make bark
When yo' sings don't yo' never shut
yo' mouf.
Better set In de mud dan fall In de
criek.
Fool around In de canebrake and
mebbe you llnd pipestem.
You call nigger black and you nc
mo white yourself
Case yo' chimbly done quit smoke
IN summer time. no pull her downs
bime-by winter COME
No use bangin' de lame mule.
See here. ease yo' daddy was inions
yo NANNY pepper. dat no reason why
yo' is yam.
When de old man chop wood. watch
out for splinters.
Yo' juss follow buzzard aud yo' boun'
lin dead hoss.
No good tief what no know hide.
'Wh no my bossP' AK de copperhead.
aud de lightwood chunk he say. Il Is. -
nat. h.. 4
him foot. Mister Man bv him tongue.
Dat pig he say. Il belongs TO two
niggers. ease I'm so misbrui."
Wen yo' waits for yo' dinner. bress
de Lord If You get um cold.
| Dat dog sleep. WhaIfo yo' pull hin
tailP
Yo' hear turkey IN de wood. aud h,
say. 'Gobble. gobble,m dat nice. Yo
hear turkey In de skillet. aud he say
'Sizzle. sizzle. dat nicer.
He stone blind aud he say he eve
doctor.
Bad mouf, no say sweet, when ne
sing "fLasses lasses."
Miss Hen she ilew in pa'dise. but sh,
caekle all the same. aud done los hei
eggs.
Look out for folks that takes d,
home track effer canip-meetin'.
DE big crab not alters good meat
Because yo' eat eggs Monday. VIII aifs
yo' banker for hen on TuesdayP
1o' buy shoat on trust he squeal 81
de time.
When pot bile. no fly dar.
DE forwardest pig make de fus
rasher.
Mighty high-lninded eat. DE mill
jug war empty.
A fine hoss amt no wuss for q rop,
bride.
Oar amt NJ tire in borrowed mule.
When de ssy rain meal. yo' amt 90
no use for bag.
Yo' get holt of de handle OF de irwin
pan. den sez you. "Dis yere bacon
got TO be done Jess as | pleases.n
When yo's eookin' an de dogs 1
round, keep one eye on de roast. L othei
on de dogs.
De rich mans pig never break thru
no fences. .-AeW York Times.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-13
Al Turned Around.

A Lowell young woman went to q
church of which she is not a regular at
tendant and was politely shown into q
pew. Soon after man IN Ide his ap-
pearance, and Immediately glared upon
the visitor MS il she were an unwelcome
intruder. He seated himself with the
air of proprietor, and continued to
stare at the fair stranger in the most in
solent manner
Embarrassed beyond measure, the
young lady felt impelled to effer an
apology, which she did in the following
terms:
Excuse me, sir. but do you occupew
this pie?"-LoacelE Citizen.