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1 : s t re- -d ;i g sni colli nvt ,
all -l a IHI t of tllft jjillS-
covered ii. jits cnnt
their
I Ummi, ' i.itit'r would n't tufli iu her
I itiinuli! it'H.j'it h mi-.tii, thmtp'i, fir
i thn loiii'"it to Ink, ns it ) t i r lirr In
j kirk. '!! eM l-yH-i-; ! Well, I
I must y I'm w .'!, h- !- ived ill (he
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tin'! -iiii;iltiim '.vcro tr.nrvelti in
v. n v . ti,i iu. bo.'i". tticli liitil
j 5;.l';M'a. t I t'p'xn i.S'ic'i-m t
fcois cnuiky friincjh mm timf Ik:
I I'.cr. 1 jn-l !i')l kick hi
Itiri" I,i;:.ky fur mi i ovci h.-;u J
lion, I !i: H it
f roti.tm"itl ?i!i.i
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liiti btcn tut out
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hink
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the s'.i.ys of tin! eel" ii
:,.',.:! ;vm all ?- 11 J'ct
vciicf iir a. aivci 1 Sil.'H'i! lly 111 tl
rt-ilcclcii back
' filll in 11 (Hull-
liiv.'- to tiio ho
llo fi-lt thru urn v!ct l:o kr.c
Jcnoy' rittlt", ii !e cih! rain
ha'i'l ii'i v.niH I f-'rr lie cii mi rj
bin rival M' tho 1 '.-nroa cither.
A week mi--el by, run! Jenny
v of
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p ! Ta 1 me
iv tiriiute i"
yriii.
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it :rt, i'l 'ic-i-
Ha !c!t lhc-e a i.-.i otinT suiy (ban
tn makfi a :h nn hrcn-t of it, su lie
aii!iciai iiii.f iiiii Mnry HI r,ncp. Vv'or.i
('or vovif ho re! ni cil t!io cunvcrfntiii)
oci , ' w.',--. n T-'-i ,,, in t 1... if
iivar Ki'::;;-."ri, au-.i iv.-i-ij him what
bn'iir,- he. !ia i i.i i!.
" DsHih-, sir, l.n tincv. rcr.::, .l tha
oi l f-ri i Um", n. 'ln ou kn'in, rti-,
thai, t't'-s is my r-t u rv bent .'1'
" ' I -,;;!i'i v." 1--.V4- 1, ,!,. ',ii,, I I
can yen iiavc n:iy nu-aiieFa in a !ea
sii re .i,'--it 'i
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litm st'iij.l
w.is i hn Imii li' iirii in the, h;i: iiynrd, arnl the
Oiltl i i'-iwcl it h,t,i Uj-,ii hiill. IaU swts dcc:i-
thio" r'4'i'ect t" t'ii" I t!ll.y ll8 v;'"t to l',n vil'iiiji!, Kiel wiiihj j lv in c-nrncr-t, an-1 in ciostng, ha luua-
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unci lur t!a tun cf us
iilrli tl.o hdlitx i,l" !! tew
cxuity !nvu f-,r s Inn ' tint" known
i.f li.n'm.t iicai,c,ker or ..
aaclcr Ih-lli. I BUI ,n-i,!lf 1 t'l t.H
ki,:,,,r,i), .miiitiif Hic.t B;va
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f, Efiir I I iHl. j, -i a ,,
to l.e h-aua an icliy
a t a v t f .
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:.:u.l,.t t'Ji J.
til!
an -ocb
,;an a singular 'art (it nerv
n tt'ernilii ion nimp?-, v hieh
rci'a'crei! his rt pne-fi rrniro (it once rhC
ulotis av.J iv,kv!irl. trcpidilion
y.-:ia in mi wh-o c-;-ic nc-,1 by the Er.blon
vision of a rtl h'-mh'il rchin watch
iiiir him from the barn iloar, ani who,
tt) tiio loum njijiront hcil, with an even
iv iut ninp; grin, gjicd oil' in tbo direc
tion of the farm hot'e oicl dbnr-penr-t-d
lliroitcrh tho kiSihcu iVior. lliram
wan caticious a minute or two nfier-
w.iriis of hciiift th tar
e! iy.cn j-nirs of t-yta t!
t.r:; r com ':; ! ,'Vi, ;i
a 1 en r 1 i nary f.! it i
jCiii to Jrivo J it -1
hi,,-., I H i;cr I l,i.i
c,-a !-.!!. !!.
rt a k i', ai .1 la i , i t a
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tor
bait
l the tit
rcj'i'rc'l ici on hi;?
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,r o or u.nen to
."a
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taiii hf)U-o to t-lte
at of nil. vi.sitars
ii arc flw nivto
i i?atii to ri. t ul
or in a (;irna:;!i wlirn wnmct) nro
wau-l:';.?, Rtil ah itouj'h H'rnm 1 'i'l
j ruiiaioy never iuoum oi tuo lai i
1 Cij-o" ,'iicc.l Us truth, ns,
- f i - ' ctociiy from
1.3 I t ' e.I on t e
Vi . 'el t , i it 'tie our i - i. . i. " i
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( well luce i
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lotiiition (if tli'a
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tal.fl) in !.',! S'.iO llltiwt n!v,
1 l.o !
3 I
4'J'ii i.ivs to ) iL.'oun 5 t ) the barn
i iuinatni wash my hatuls hof I
ecu go in," he shi, I to himself. "1 sup
pose thoy are having their fun in tho
hotise now. Confounii it, I wish I
hmill't f'UllOil."
As l.a a -fn-ii the cioor of t'.is hnr.sa
buru w'nieh was portly open, he hta.ril
the bound of voices. lie listened, ntnl
hi heart sank ns ho reccp nixed 'the
tones cr
lall U'l;;,
a. vi"y 1 aia.:: na v a a i
-ccaaan' .ve-MOia .i,a-
,,n n' Uil Ktll-1. tin VCli
.uij, lo room for t'om-
i i.- t:
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at- Im pcx-a-sMial o, um I ..
Rll'I wili lea ha l tw to colartnin l.il
cntomtr. 5iii,i anv jiumla.'rof lie
Uo4 aeooni 'ooita! aiusi ior gee:-,!',
si(lent tiii'tiaiit'.
k lei, !
Ian clii
,v ones.
KO't
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l-.a-i fiCl.aal
fWlll Hi I": ti-t
I'ron n.si oi i a! I a
Jraccrv ,
N'!.,,,,. tl.
IN' it: - "T-
A fill!
Tal.fC'CO, Ch.a- '
lUil'l-o ,'!-! ,''.
niyiaeittii an-l
'..ai ci.ai o -a' i.l
jiui i'i' acaoi a
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ft. ,
', wt.-, I
' 11 H i'Aia
a I
(in n fVAItll at- CO.'H Store, Tioncstu, l'a.)
I'liAOTICA!.
,4 i 1 Hi,.ift.ill W w j. ' u 3. L i i (
; VU.I. !
1 1 A Y .
Li.
ii. ur i
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i -.tors
.. i.i-.
mill
CUi-C-l4
A.1-F.K IN
I want her bad," li was eatin?,
"isha just suits mo, You can't always
have her, you know, and you hal bet
ter mil tins thine; eeUiod."
"I don't kno'-v ahout that," answer
ed tha Peacoil doubtfully. "1 had!
alwavs fa'd, come what would, I
wouldn't part with Jenny. You haug
on bo, I don't know"
'So y it's bargain, Di-acon. I hove
tliOiM'ht it over a fool vh:b andJen
y i nuiKt havo. I'll treat her well,
you may be assured of that."
Tho Deacon hesitated, blew his
iiuao, nd finally mad: "ilia's got
sonio litllo ti'n that nobody kno.vs
nothing about hut mo, and I don't
want to impnau on a iioij-.i.bor."
"Oh, pshaw! that's only an excuso,
Irr."?-!. I'm willing it." '
".-.',hts Liekud re.e hi the stomach last
winter, and bit littla Sammy not more
than six weeks ;;'. I can eltow you
the sear now.
"th-t-at King" thought Jhrain,
"and hero I was going to pop the ques
tion this very evsuiii. Who cntr
would have thought it'.
a,-7.,
it'
111 it t il , atiit
ia'.vi! (JlUiStif Spec
Uii U a, I'ivtiii Hiring, Cr.
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Ccirm' r
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' Intores
, Coik,';'"i"t':h
(l.DliUl.i -a,
t -1 -
;'.t AS' a i ii ut r
,! I'lcia
Vil! sixainine mi l rcoiiir l-'mo Kia-V'
Sn!,. i,r A a, -an M alclies, mc'l in i
(.,.i,,,,..,,.l,,t Hoc. ni-, Ml
: : v ! -V',-, A,!!c!aSr l
la-i aat'ts auti'wiu tc.i.a nu.y new
tar t: c "0-, t-O' ll IIS M.ll, I '-ia-vM, I
ra: .Aii -av-. nal in !' 't lo,y i'-o t .c a
.VII
'n I l int t si.
ioM(,r ,, Ha, 191, It. latw (iot. tiliu
I'.lnnUirtti K"-ae:i? drovo by wilh the
i ueoli lllai'O.
"J. u'p'HO cow lio's got Jenny he
thinks he's got a r i ;.; h t to tho whole
property," muttcr'al 1 ! irant. "I with
to paosona tha old mare would pat
ht-r ice; tlirongh tho ihi d'hoanl."
That tiij;ht lh. sitiinjj-sohool nict
at. tho aeudemy. Hi ram canio late.
Ha Ufiod to sit wiih the trnor? just ho
hind Jenny iiuto-. Nov; lit) chone a
(liieii iit r:it, and tiled to ton;; bass,
JJe could not however help peeing Kl
nathau Kn;ers pass peppermint lo.en
cei'8 ta Jenny, and nh-o writo some-
thin on this blank leaf of her einjr-ing-book,
which she rvad and nnswer
(...!. "Of ocur-.o h'ii jro home with hc-i1
to-rti' hi," (booyii!, IJiratii. '""It'll bn
tho first time I've missed for a year,
lio's welcome, thonch."
At iii'.ertnissioti he kept his sent,'
aim pretended to bo very hussy looking
f r s !i.;e tana in his fciuging-book,
w)v.'.i i-f."..' J to befouud. Jenny did
not look at him.
Tho ooyolojry closed the sohocl at
t, t ' '. '.ra r a .' "eu-t Lus'i
i C 3cr, : i an eager pusiiii.g
I..'" '- Sisio; - the yonrg tnon, to
n.akc s re of I .eir f vorites. llira i
was trying to n - ke Lis way through
tho crowd, w 1 1 a be found hinisolf i;t
tho elbow .of Jebiiy llatei, and at Vi.a
samo motnenl the hateful volco . id
Ivfliaihau linger was heard:
"May I soa you homo to-iight, Mi.-s
Dates?"
''ifio, sir," was tho prompt reply, "I
shall walk home alone." - -
Hiram was totally unprepared for
tl.'-s.
"lV-rhatis it's ona of her fits," ii
Paid ! hi m -elf. "Tho deacon r-aid aha
had 'em; that nobody knew but him
8, If. I'm c'.ad tho niitloneJ him,
Ihoiicb."
Tho word Diitten reminded Hiram
that ho had left both of his at his
seat in tho school-room, and ho step
ped back just as .the.candlcs were bo
in put out.
"Hero is , Jenny Bates" siuging
bonk," hti heard ono boy say to auoth
tr. "Eho went off' in such a hurry to
nipht sho forgot it."
"'. t'.V"? it to fitf, fnnt llirain. who
remembered what had taken place
that evening, and with eager look ho
iiniiiMit out, the written passages that
bad passed bstwceu Jenny aud his ri
val. They wero aa follows :
"Tell your father ha cheated me
when I bought old Jenny. I thought
by her name she most have been good
for om;tlii"?, hut shn kicks and bites
ten times wnrso than he ever bdd me.
I winh stow I had spoken for the Jenny
in the louae iualead of the ode in tho
barn."
A nd the answer
"I autii the hor.-e is a? frood as yoa
c , rt
deserve zts ir your emonniitg
lulKlliiiVNl, Jtt tH K
iliee. Poor L'iid, the
sbei'lei-, and nh
niir.isier. Tin:
the caQ utit'er d
i'ir-ti'in'fif ece!..'
in
ud,T
'en1'
iati
..ti.i.n rfioii t i ii it i.-:.r tliH OoliVOt'SatiOll.
- l- .rt..t. ..a lie,,, ft f.ar, f floiirl
il .a.t; .-a ti-v... t a - , . i txx-n via' r,iniiimii. vnn lain i.
ril civet her a Ileum tuat wjh la,t i , . ' . ,-,,,, ,,. V.i
me X n t;
her a month
"Lick!" f'nieoktod Hram to him-
4'lf,' iiMotiibad beyouuVl tueasure.
"jaa k Jenny hiitcs 1 " Weil, this goes
jthi-ad tf niiV thing i ever Ta-ard of!
and tha old man doesn't hay a woid!
V, bat lies,! V
A pan-as tn i.cl. which W t l.lt
L.okeo ( y thu Pa aeon :
"We'l. if you imi-t have Iter, you
in,!.-.!. 1 expect the old hidy
Hit,rmitu 111,
her hands to I
l.ilii d him ! 1 Ids hi ni t rose and his
hand was upon the pnto to open it,
when n peal of laughter, louder and
lorrer from being to buii; iient up,
riioj; out upon the niaht ir, Blmcst
stnrtiing him out oi hi boots, and
wakiti't the deacon and his wife from
a souui bleep in the upper front bed
room. Up went tho window, and a night
capped head was thrust out, with atio-mand-fta
to what way the matter. Still
Jenny hu:lu--.l, while ha stood silent
by the gate, anry mid ashamed, not
know in;? whether to advance or re
liiait. At last Jenny poko:
"Clo ho trip, Hi run Jc'l('ir'l),,
she; ".say your prayers and go to
sleep, and if you want to Ka any
thin;' mora to me, como up to-morrow
eveni.'ij alter snipper. 5ut mind, do
not go listening at any horse barns on
your way home," and she went oil' into
another peal of laughter.
Hi ram did Yiot wait to say good
night. Whether he slept or said bis
prayers that ni -ht is not recorded, but
it is an established fact that eight
o'clock next -eveititig found Li in in
Deacon Dates' pailor. The interview
was a long and probably an iiiteresl
rne, and its result wss that "before
Ti "i.ki "iviio' tho tlea 'on had reithor
a , -y in t .e hovrjo nor a Jenny in
t.t:.
That was two years ago, and Hiram
bus since done the towu Borne service
ns a selectman, and is like.viso a dig
nitied Justice of tho peace. Dot in tho
mi'.Lt "of all hiii dignities and honors,
if ho ever hnppcnu to itn-ist upon his
own war, tho brent of tellinj; about
tho horiio barn brines him to terms at
euco. It is tho ono ehcjk to his inuo- j
pciiiTenee, tho maekt ch.arni by virtue
of which Mrs. Hiram Jenkins wields
the household sceptre.
A youpap clorfymnii, at the first
wedding he ever hud, thought it was a
very good time to impress upon the
couple before him She solemnity of the
act.
"I hope, Dennis," be caid to the
coachman, with his license in his
hand, "you have wt li considered this
solemn step in life."
"I hop'u ao, your iev eteuco, answer
ed Dennis.
"It's a verv importont ftcp you're
taUnc, Mai)," said the minister.
"Wis, sir, I know it, is," replied
Marv, whimpering. "Perhaps we had
better wait awhile."
"Perhaps we had, your -reverence,"
chimei! in jUennis.
The minister, hardly experdtngsueb
a personal application of his exliorta
tion, and seeing the five-dollar note
vaiiiuhin" before his eyes, betoolfr lum
self to a more cheerful aspect of the
situ ition, and said t
"Yes, of eours.a it's solemn and im-
nortant, you know, tiut it 8 a vry hap.
py time, fitter nit, wnen people love
-onia.il, win) was
a h eal nr;. uneiif. ;
iiml liim stoo'l Ins co n a.'iie. n iti",ii
.. i it.. . ii i
Clonal to 1m a
i .' rv, 1 th.at,
'ion involve;! i
en! law, 'Then,'
said (aiiTan, T can refer your lord:. hip
to a iib'h auti'oi'itv behind in,, who
was onco intended for1 tho church,
tl-oop-U in my opiliimi firif-p far filrt
Sleepie.'
"A noilier was Charles Yotiiir, w ho
was a great practical joker. , A' frood
tale illustrative of this is I'm follow-"
in;;: 1 oung meeting a lnetut in a
busy Londu'.t thoroughfare, told him,
among other things, that he was goinj -to
hare a trine supper, upon which his
friend stated that ho detested tripe.
Youn then said, in a very loud voice,
'Net like tripe! Do you mean to ob
serve, pir, that yo'il don't like tripe','
His poor friend, peeing a c-owd at
tracted by such Joud aud unusual con
versation, heeded .him to bo quiet.
But lie continued the' wore, and tho
friend took to his heels Ycnng crying
out to the c rowd, 'The. ra gois tho man
that don't liko tripe.'"
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ro tho fair Jenny tat in
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havo put the only Jenny you can over
i'i t from m v father.
A iiidit broke in upon Hiram.
"Well, of ail the infernal fools I
ever heard of, I am the Idlest! A
do;' wool,! have had more sense! it
is r..-.t tao j.tt-j yet, tb'tnk. heaven!"
Tho !epiiri.i!;: crowd sbu'ed as
Hiram, with iaa Bimting-hook in his
hand, ra la d il,,wa t!:e Mitirs two at a
tin. a, nod op the read wich led to
Ii,..uii Hat, A If ho w-33 net too late,
fin v-fw le-V'V S'l, t'T Ji-iiirV Witi pi-t
i, ,,(.,;';!" IV :.'Ht.. of tho ii'oot viird.
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on a door
did he draw a Ion
"i l t-ctanS pi. t l.Ktf tt ili'i.-lo," fl.id
lie t i hiniM-h', as ho fchtwly unbuckled
thw hit l ie .-a. "Tv think j JoilllV
hat, s kickioa- her ov, u lalher and bit-
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litllo brother, and the looking
op, ijiii
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nuke y.,0
not bay,!
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havo stolen it,''
a 'eat 0 1- t.'Ul V of e
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and, pant-
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'seat. 1
each other. hail we go on with the
service?"
"Yes, your reverence," they both re
plied, and thev were soon mado one in
tho bonds of" 'matrimony, and that
yon ni? mhiioter is now very careful
how lie brings on the solemn viesv cf
mandate to timid couples.
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taken tha
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aid Jenny,
,;.'aity, aud
r into the
Hit'
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" i e.-is't, J, uny ' AVait wait just a
minute. I know I've acted hl.o a fold
but let mo ex"lnii-."
J uny ii -!! .'( -1 a
another sia'.i t tov, ai d
turned and vitmt b.i
where tho discumi
waiiii);'.
luonu id, Toado
the door, then
k to the pato
1 Hiram Hood
Bho was a romantic young lady, and
ho, her father, took a practical view
of everything, r-be looked up from
her hook in botany, and inqnt'e-h
" V !!n-t, till Vuti feVw 6tu.y tKt'
!1Y?"
"ITd was iiiici-cstcd iu his pr.pcr, and
d'd net reply, and presently sho eon
tinned: ' i'it., what Ih.wcr? do yoa pre
fer?" ' ''! )'ir, ch?" ho replied n he look
ed up, "why, 1 always i;et tbat ma le
fioni winter wheat, if I can I think
it makes belt, r bread !"
hin) t-;',kcd and wi.-.hed tnere wa3 a
young man on the other end of tho
Si.f.l.
An Ale- -iiitn iilt-a is that the anpcl
of death eiies a dying man by the
hair cf his head and carries bun up to
lV.ru li so. Tald headed Al
cuui'-e, t;a to tho other pitic
- Two old plowmen down J'uat were
onee telling tough stories cf thotr ex
ploits in breaking up new grouud.
Lp to Ditmout, said one, twenty,
seven years ago this spring, I waa plow
ing iu stump ground with a team of .
nioo pair of cattle for Sol. Cunning
ham; we were going along, making ':
not very smooth work among the rocks
and stumps. V en, one day the point
of the plow struck against ft eunk
sunup four feet through, split !t's',piaro
across tho heart, aod I wjib following
I he plow through, when the thought
pafsed through my mind that tho
pesky Rtump miht snap togtither and .'
nillcli raw ItiiH B,i T ilesl. r,-inlifil llin,1
I . w-, - j--.-- b"l r
plow handles firm,' swung niy f:et tip
out o' thy way, and tho stump sprung
liaek and cateheu tho iilack ol my
pantaloons. That brought everything
up slantlin;;. Well, I tightened ' my
1, unci , jim fv'iUiiu, he ana fcol waa
drivjn', they ppoke to tho cattle, snd
we snaked that stump right out by
the roots, and it had awfui long
ones." "It miB'fivo been' strniniu'
on your nuspeiide.s," said tho othi,
ily wife kmt them, ' was ttie repty.
Verily France is a womleifnl eotin-
try. Willi alt the jncuhus or heavy.
war expenditures resting upon lior.sho
cleared oil' her indebtedness toGernnC
ny with aueh ease and ranidity as to
T; .-ra., ,r.,-.,l l.n l,,l,l - l,r-l
asked for more. And this has hecn
done without csippliiiji; ber resources.
Now tho Id mister of Franco informs
the Assembly and tho world that" tho
revenuo uince the commencement of
.1 it, -') (Hill nilll In dt.
lilt) llcot:ub jcai, o ,eiwv,w. im va-
etea of the estimates. The financial
vitality of Franco iu simply without
precedent, ..- ,
Ixiuisvilio Courier-Journal t More
work for ft. G. White. Tho expres
sion, "h!.fcryihing is lovely and the
goose hangs high," is ft corruption of
tho saying, "Everything in lovely al.d
the goose houh high." The bonk is
the note sounded by the wild goose in
its fli'.'hfs, and is ahortt the only musio
in which that graceful bird tuJulgca.
The mcBiiinirtesa word ''IimmlV uhould
be immediately eliminated from this
beautiful aud popular description of
ho situatiou.
J?r. liergh thinkn lliat tho New
York slaughterers are unnei r:i:-arily
cruel in tiio operattou of killing; tbt-ir .
hon-;. Why don't they put them ua-
der the intlucnce of laughing gas. and"
then, when a ho reiuina to conceioiis
iicus,. ho will find that during bis
ec.iiatic insensibility he has been neat,
ly cut up into shies, shoulders, aud
haiiiS, salted and packed away, and
is already booked fur a tour on the,
CuUi.iiii.il v. . .
On one block in the western part" of
Detroit, says the Free Press, there are
tight ladies who won't go to church on
Sunday beea.nse a ninth lady ha-i an
India bhiittl and they have not. And
the ludy--who has it won't go because
there isfto chaueo lor tier to tnow on
tho chawl Lvfore th'l elrdit, whoi: 0 felt
ii'.as sha will ii!derstanJj.
J.f rs. Livcrmoro in her lecture culo
gues Weuih 11 l'hiliips' devotion as a
hiitb .iid. Put little cotiidence, how
ever, can Iw placed in her "eiHtriiieuU,
for it is the way of some women to
iilogie the hu.-Lan Is of other womei.
nun ct ni'-1'
,.'.iii.i .ii.i. .i,
erians, Ol I one nicy viiuin. imn
I account.