Year: 1875




THERE is a noticeable absence Of lace
on hats this season. ~H


THE hoppers are beginning to crowd
the people Of Colorado. srr~nT


A COLORADO man had to ride thirty
eight miles to borrow a fiue comb. p


BAsHFULNEss is often like the plating
on spoons-when 1t wears off it shows the
brass. .tT


THEY hanged sham doctor in Liver
pool recently, and down he went q.
whack.


IF you see Colorado bug Just klllhim
and say nothing about it. No funeral
expenses.


AN experiment indicates that nearly
all kinds of Northern fruit thrive in
Northern Texas.


JUST as human gets woven together
a passable combination of life's affairs,
Mortality is sure to step in and pick the
work to pieces.


THE horseshoe has always been the
symbol of good luck until tfat New York
blacksmith threw red hot one at aman
and killed him.


RICII gifts that are referred To by the
givcr are more undesirable To possess
than poorer things bought outright with
ones own money.


YoUNG ladies, from twelve to sixteen,
who are in the habit of chewing gum,
must be told the painful news that the
practice is going out of fashion.


An old lady recently directed the at
tention of her husband to pair of twins,
remarking as she did so:t How much
these two children do look alike, especial
ly the one this wayp


AMONG the presents at wooden
wedding in Allentown, Pa, lately was
an immense cake--it being reserved for
the last. When they cut it they found it
was only cheese box covered with ic-
ing 7t


AT Western spellinrmaich on a re
cent night only four persons were pres
ent, but the next day on the public
green more than 400 citizens found time
to witness a game of quoits with horse
shoes.


SPEAKING about the ladies' fashions. it
is worthy of remark that there has been
this year revival of calicOes tits said
that Madame Thiers, who now sets the
French fashionsinstead Of the. Empress
Eugene, is responsible for their restored
favor in the fashionable world,


ONE of the savans of the New York
Liberal Club gave a lecture the other
evening, preceded by an entertainment,
at which a practical illustration Of his
theory was afforded, upon brain food"
The entertainment was naturally, at
least it was said to be, The best part of
the lecture. 1t presented, admirably
cooked and served, n number of differ
ent articles, not only containing the phOs-
phorus considered the special brain
feeding element, but particularly adapt
ed to strengthening and sustaining the
nervous system and restore energy with
the least expenditure of force. Among
those were stewed oysters, tripe stewed
with cream, boiled oatmeal with cream,
and the like. Sardines were ON the bill
of fare and new kind of oatmeal crack
ers; in fact, the right kind of oatmeal,
well cooked and eaten with cream, the
lecturer considered of the greatest I'M
portance as II regulator and sustaineT of
the active forces. Cod-liver oil, he said,
was even now obsolete and would soon
be considered a relic of barbarism.
Cream contains all and more than all its
constituents in an infinitely more agree
able form. Cleanliness, of which as yet
we have hardly an idea, fresh air and
proper food are all that are necessary to
make gods of men, and per consequence
-and this must come first--goddesses Of
women