Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
SNAP SHOTS in SEASON,
The statesman who votes for a bad law is
the man with the evil aye.

host for all the news along the road and in re
turn heard all the gossip of the surrounding
country. Then they gathered around th'
broad fireplace in the big bare-hoored public
room and talked and smoked and smoked ant
talked. Every happening, from the last hors,
trade to the newest baby, rolled over tn,
tongues there-home church. character, bust
ness were mouthed until the mass became un
distlnguishable, the lights low, the travele
sleepy, the takers tired. The door of tina,
village inn was always ajar, gossip welcome
guest, rumor a regular lodger. But around il
memory fingers. There. in the days when the
earth-childhood's happy world-was en-
braced in circle within the SWEEP
of the eye and bounded by the diI
of the sky behind the hills the road of life be
gan and ended. There the mother wept over
the goer and smiled upon the conner. There
the heart of the village throbbed with joy and
ached with pain. All who went and all who
came stood within its shadow at morn and a,
night. And you see it now as you saw 1t then
long. low, white-and-green. In the big square,
| shed-sided yard the chickens cackled, the
horses neighed, the hostler sang. the pump
creaked. In the garden beside and behind the
many-colored hollyhocks big sunfowers and
spotted lilies cast shadows over well-kept let.
tuce and weedless onion beds. Hop vines clam.
bered to the caves where swallows twittered.
shine. The picture lives, for mayhap it was the
| last spot you gazed at when you turned your
| back on that little sky-bound world and started
on life's highway, which led you further and
further away.
UNDER the light turned on by Littler, Don
Cameron grows littler.
QUAIL always responds to the toast at the
game dinner.
SPORTING men seldom select dyspeptics to
hold wagers, as they are not good steak holders.
JAY GOULD only weighs 13O pounds. He's
worth his weight in gold.
WHY is a dentist like pioneer farmerf Be.
cause he is compelled to pull stumps.
| called forth denunciatlon. He is improving,
| however.
GOOD sign makers-Deaf and dumb folk
VISIONARY individuals are frequently scared
| by their own shadow.
WHY is disabled cable car like disconso-
late Individual? Because it has lost its grip.
TRUTH is purer than fiction, at all events.
MOST all the worlds successful men began
life away from home.
THE pen dipped in honey doesn't trace sting
ing words.
WHEN is lover like touristf When he
takes buss.
THE W World's Fair will be a dismal affair If
the Force bill becomes law.
ELoPERs allow their hearts to run away with
their judgment.
IF the bad lawmakers were treated like law
breakers the country would be better of.
THE society bud with beautiful tresses is
hair belle.
WHY is a sleeping babe like criminal
Because it's a kidnaper.
In Boston they never say "horse talk" it's
equine vernacular" there.
WHY are sailors like gamblers Because
they live between decks.
The average woman pays more attention to
that on her back than TO that which is ON her
mind.
THE Indian will occasionally stand treat. but
he cannot stand Uncle Sans treatment.
The midnight prowler generally works the
growler.
EVEN the sign language fails to enlighten a
man who is deaf to reason.
A MAN is anybody's game when he's up a
tree.
AFTER Mr.. and Mrs Fall. of Boston, married
they decided to proIong the courtship indefn-
itely. They are both lawyers.
In Europe only the arIstocracy 60 to court.
In America everybody goes there. This is a
great country.
1T seems strange, but some people are of.
Tended ii you call them countrymen.
THE shadow of crime-a detective
IF the earth gives you anything thank
heaven.
A GIRL feels bad until she secures a beau.
and if she can't bend it, feels worse
WHY is the Force bill like hollow square on
the battle field? Because it's bristling with
bayonets
IF Uncle Sam wants the Sioux to farm their
lands he should give them plows instead of
guns.
THE Jamaica Exposition will be strictly
English, doncher know.
WHEN Kipling revisits America he should
inspect the streets instead of the sewers.
WOMEN would never do for soldiers. They
would change their uniform every few weeks
and would never grow old enough to be placed
on the retired list.
THE bucket shop gambler always goes against
the grain.
Mr.. MORTON seems to be meeting with more
reyerses in public than in private life,
LOVE will make fool of wise man
A DowNHEARTED individual is the center
of gravity.
SOME statesmen insist upon seeing some.
thing planked down before they take the floor.
LAWYERS are constantly placed in irving
situations. WILLIE WINKLE.