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HOPE AND FAITM. nope is the scrmtod flower Which, In tlio breast implnnted, Whe wjiuli have awept the bosom's bower Mill blossoms like a thing enchanted Life sweet Inheritance and dower. Faith la the gtcady spark For journeying mortals lighted, BtiU beaming slnrlike tlirough the dark On high where erst by sorrow lighted And itill where lifted eyea may mark. Alfred Hr. Harris, in the Current. THE MAJOR'S STRATAGEM. Major John Brindon, a member of the Arkansaw Historical society, was re quested to read a paper relative to the days of the code within the memory of men now living. The major cheerfully responded in the following: Arkansas had been a State some ten years when I became one of her citizens. I was a very ambit ions young man. De voted study had failed "to win for me a name of any distinction in the East, so, in this wild country, I was determined to get a living if nothing else. Know ing nothing of the State, I had no par ticular point in view, but mounted on a good horso, I struck out for some place to suit my fancy. One evening, when the winter's sun, losing his glare just above the tree tops, sank down like a ball of dull lire, 1 stopped at a large double log house. The surroundings spoke of refinement. The yard was a perfect wilderness of shrubs and flowers, and the fields lying adjacent bore evi dence of a line state of cultivation. "Get down, sir; get down," said a polite old gentleman, coming out to the fence. "Here, Abram, take tho gentlo iniin's horso. Come, in and havo a seat." Tho room into which he ushered me was large and comfortable. Tho furni turo was old fashioned, and as I held out my hand to tho blaze, I wondered how the great old brass andirons had escaped the cannon moldcr in the early days of tho Amoricnn revolution. My host, I soon learned, was Judge Blake, an emi nent jurist of that day. When I told him 1 had come to practice law, his face beamed with pleasure. "Young and ambitious, of course," said he. Well, I shall not discourage you. Wo have need of youth and ambi tion in a country like this. The ability that would often go unrecognized in an older State, many times meets with bril liant success iu a country where oratory has a peculiar charm and where logic, although an audience may be unedu cated, finds an appeciative conviction. Let mc introduce ruy wife and daugh ter." I arose and bowed to a pleasant middle-aged lady and a girl of surprising loveliness. "Mr. Brindon will remain over night with us,' said the judge. "Houses are scarce in this (section. My dear sir," turniug to ine, "my wife brings me the wclcomo news that supper is ready welcome news indeed to me, for I have, as no doubt has been the case with you, ridden several miles to-day. Come." At the table, the young lady whom they called Jassamine, sat opposite me. I had ample opportunity for studying her face, at first a pleasure and then a fascination. She would occasionally steal a glance at mc, and my eyes, fall ing, would rest on the cld roast of a bear into which my appetite, despite my admiration, was making something of an incision. After supper we sat around the log tire. I found Jassamine to be proud and well educated, though she did npt affect that super-refinement which prompts so many young people to despise their surroundings. "If you are going to practice law," said the judge, "I don't know of a bet ter place thun this. Our county seat is about four miles from here. It is not much of a village, but its legal business is large. The letters of recommendation which you have shown me" which I had shown, too, rather proudly "will admit you iuto the best society. Tho oue from Judge King shotdd be treas- ured as a precious document. I am go ing to town to-morrow, and if you de sire it, will assist you in locating." I thanked him warmly. 1 fancied Jassamine's eyes rested on me in ap proval. The village was indeed small, but, as the judge said, there was a future before it. There was evidently not much of a past behind it. The court house and jail were log structures, very much alike in appearance, I thought. The business hout-es were small, and seemed to be tilled up with the skins of animals. I decided to locate. Offices were few, but after much persuasion, I found room with tho county dark. A boarding house was the next question. This was even more dillicult than finding an office. "Young man," said the judge, "if vou don't mind the distance, you can iioiird at my house and ride in every day." I was delighted, and shook the judge's band with a tight gra9p of gratitude. I was anxious to know what Jassamine would think, whether or not she would like the idea of admitting a boarder, and especially if she would like the thought of my being the boarder. That evening I found her alone in the sitting-room. Her face showed no surprise when I told her. "I hope you have nonobjections," said I. disappointed. "I'f Why should I have? Whatever father docs is right." I "Don't you get very tired of living i iiere in the woods? I " Oh, I suppose we all get tired living Wywherc. It is the mind rather thuu the abode that makes lite agreeable." I " Then," said I, iu au attempt at com 'pliment, "life should bo agreeable to you for you have moro mind than more mind than " "Abode ?" she immediately suggested. Finding that I could not finish the sen tence as I had intended, I dropped it; and catching up a handful of little noth ings, discussed them. While we were talking, a footstep aroused Jassamine, and I fancied she changed color. She went to tho door and said "good even ing," in a cordial voice. A man entered. She introduced him as Dr. Gray. I did not like him. I thought that he rather overdid the work of smiling. Every time Jassamine said a word, he would turn to her and smile. He did not smile at me but two or three times, for I frowned at him. After this ho grinned at mo in a cold, merciless way. "Have you been here lonrrf he asked of mo when Jassamine had left the room. ".No." "Sort of a lawyer, ch ?" "I am a student of the law." "Iain a kind of a doctor," said he. "If you ever need my services, call on me." "I hopo that I shall never need you." "Probably not, but in a country town like this a smart young chap never knows how soon he may need a physi cian." "Sir I" said I, arising. "lie seated. Supper is not ready. No, he doscn't know how soon ho may need a doctor. Such a peculiar atmosphere in this country." and turning his face full upon me he grinned like a 'pos snm. "Tho other day," he continued, "I bad to fill a smart young man full of stitches. Lawyer, too, I believe. Kept fooling around a knife. Yes, sir, they need a doctor every now and then. Don't forgot mo, sir; incase you should get hurt." "Sir, I amnot a ruffian. " "Oh, no, of course not. The ruffians don't get hurt. Only the smart men lawyers, mainly. strange, isn't it?" "I do not care to talk to you, sir." "It'a only through politeness that I am talking to you. Tho physician's business is to carve rather than to court a fool." I sprang to my feet in a rage. Just then Jassamine entered. "What is the matter, gentlemen!" she exclaimed. "Oh, nothing," replied tho doctor. "This young Bicon wants to fight. I have not thought much of the subject, but I will consider it. Chancellor," turning to me, "my friend will call on you." "For what purpose? " "To make suitable arrangements, my dear Chancellor." "To fight a duel?" !,Ye9 to arrange a mild encounter." "I will not accept," I exclaimed. "I am no shot, while you doubtless are." "I will cive vou time to practice or, perhaps you prefer the sword. The choice of weapons, you know, my dear chief justice, will be left entirely with yourself." "I will not accept. I was taught to look upon the code as an arrangement of murder." "Then it will be my painful duty to post you as a coward." l ou are ngui. n m uoa fi"u duty." "What will the jurist no;" "If vou refer to me, I can tell you. He will bjat you with his fist beat you within an inch of your life." "That is the way cowards fight." "It is the way cowards meet with just punishment." Jassamine, without excitement, sioou. regarding us. "Y'ou certainly do not refuse to fight him?" she said, turning to me. "I will fight him in a civilized way," I replied. "Yes," be suggested, "anu wnn ine weapons of a brute." I could no longer stand his taunts. With a blow which he did not expect I knocked him down. Jassamine screamed, but by the time the judge and his wife had run into the room, 1 had given the doctor what the men in the east would have called a sound thrashing. " I soon learned that the doctor boro the name or a desperate character. He had fought several duels. 1 expected tnai he would nost mo as a coward, and ho did so, but he kept out of my way. The people, I saw, attached great importance to what they termea tne ueiense oi honor. No matter how promptly a man resented an insult and knocked the other down, he was not to be taken into the fold of brave men until ho had shown his willingness to burn danger ous powder.. When anyone reproached me for not fighting the doctor, I at tempted to laugh it off, but to my sor row I found it was a serious matter. "He would have killed me," I said one day to an acquaintance who sat in my office. "Presumably," he replied. "Well, then, do you suppose I want to be killed " "Of course not, but what is life unless it is honorable?" "Do you mean that since I have re fused to fight a duel with that desperate man, my life is no longer honorable?" "The fact that people do think you have acted dishonorably, you cannot deny." "I don't believe that Judge Blake thinks so." "But 1 warrant you that Miss Jas samine does." My blood tingled; my face burned. "Why should she pay any attentions to tho unfortunate affair?" "I don't suppose she pays any more attention to it than she cdn help. Gray loves her, and regards you as a rival." "But she cannot love him?" "I don't know. Stranger suriniste havo proved to be truo. Miss Jassamine is rather a peculiar girl. You cannot tell hct by her actions. Once, I thought I could. I thought she loved me. When I asked her, though, she told mo confidentially that she did not. As I rode home, I tried to recall Jassamine's looks and expressions since the doctor had challenged me, but comparing them with her previous actions, 1 could do tcc.t no change. I could disguise it from myself no longer. I loved the girl. As I neared tho home, I saw her walking along the path toward a largo spring that flowed from the foot of the hill. 1 tied my horse and joined her. I shall never forcret the golden light of that evening, falling on her hair. I mado numerous experiments in trying to work myself to a point where I could suddenly break off and make a declara tion of my love, but my tongue was not eloquent. My mind was afire, but its flues were choked. Finally, with a des perate effort I said: "Miss Jassamine, I love you!" She stopped, looked at me calmly and replied: "You have made a mistake, haven't you?" "Oh, no, how could I make a mistake? How could anyone make a mistake in roving you?" "1 don't know, but I do know that I did make a mistake in loving you. Keep away from me. No, you shall not take rav hand. I loved you once because I thought you were brave and chivalrous. I suppos.; if Gray had in sulted me you would have refused his challenge?"" "I would have killed him on the spot." "Very likely. No, Mr. Brindon, it is useless to talk to me of love. I cannot marry a man who refuses a challenge." "How can one so fair be so blood thirsty?" "It is not blood -thirstines9. It is love of chivalry." "You are a curious girl. Good even ing." Late one evening Jassamine and I were strolling in tho woods not far from her father's house. I had not spoken to her of love since the time of her refusal. I knew that she would never alter her de- cision, for I could read determination in every expression of her face. "Let us return. We have walked far enough." "No, let us go to the brow of the hill and look down on the river. I had scarcely finished the remark when four men sprang from behind an enormous log. Each man wore a mask. Jassamine tremblingly grasped my arm. "What do you want?" 1 demanded, drawing a brace of pistols. "Wo have come after that woman?" replied one of the men. Kaising both pistols I fired in rapid succession. The rascals fired at me, but luckily their shots took no effect. Jas samine fainted just as the rutiuun closed upon me in a hand-to-hand encounter. When she regained consciousness the ruffians had gone. She looked up grate fully, and when I supported her in my arms she placed her head on my breast. Ah, delightful moment of love. "I have judged you hastily," she said, as we drew near the house. "Your bravery surpasses anything I had ever hoped to see." I kissed her. The entire country rang with my praises. There were no sensational daily papers in those days, or I would havo been indeed a far-famed hero. The judge took me warmly by the hand when 1 told him how 1 loved Jassamine, and said: "You have made a noble fight, my boy. When you presented those letters of "recommendation, 1 knew that you were generous and brave, even though others thought differently. I have for some time known that Jassamine loved you, but I knew that with her foolish ideas of chivalry, she would not marry you after your refusal of the challenge unless you could do something to redeem yourself." Jassamine and I were married with great ceremony. All the neighbors were invited. Wt-ole calves were barbecued; and it seemed whole distilleries were turned loose. Shortly after our marriage we moved to Little itock, theii a flour ishing town. My business prospered, and within a year I owned a well fur nished house. One day, about six years after our re moval to Littlo Hock, jasper Patterson, with whom I had been intimate during the days of my courtship, paid mo a visit. I was delighted to see mm. ana late at night he and 1 sat in the library talking over old times, as wo termed the first days of our acquaintance. Tho lamp was burning low. We sat by the fire place. My wife had gone to bed, I thought, but I afterward discovered that she was dozing on the sofa. "I never saw anything work so well," said Jasper. "You not only secured a wife, but it made you a hero. Your wife has never suspected anything, has she?" "No, not a thing. The boys played their parts well. I was afraid that Nick Jones would ruin everpthing, for after Jassamine fainted he snorted. He was so full of laugh that he could hardly run away. 1 " Bip! Something struck me on the head. Tho Tooin swam. I saw Jasper getting out of the way; I saw my wife standing near me, und then I sank to the floor. When I recovered I was lying on tho sofa. Ja'-samiue was bending over me. "Oh, don't die," she was eaying. "Dont die, for I didn't mean it. I found the paper weight in my hand and I threw before I knew it. But it was cruel to treat me that way." "Yes," I replied, "but it was because I loved you." "Yes, I know, dear," slipping her hands under iny head. "There, now, it's aU right." At I lay there in a semi doze I thought I heard Jasper lean against the house and laugh. Arkantaw Traveler. SELECT SIFTINGS. When a Bedouin lady marries her hus band tattocs her chin. By the Venetian law, giving love po tions was held highly criminal. The Romans believed that the genius of death announced his approach by some supernatural warning. The smallpox was such a terrible plague in old times that its name, was used as an imprecation. When the thermometer is fifty-eight degrees below zero cats' ears become very brittle, and are often broken oil. Invalids are now fed on baked milk. The milk is put in a glass jar, covered with paper on top, and baked ten hours in the oven. A large amount of oil exists in the stormy petrel, and when fat, according to the Brunnich, the inhabitants of the Faroe islands use it as a lamp, obtaining their light from a wick drawn through the bird's body. Some teachers of penmanship now teach their pupils to write with both hands. The method of instruction is to make the pupil write his name in pencil, and then go over it with a pen held in his left hand. Constant practice gives proficiency. Oliver Cromwell prohibited all persona called fiddlers or minstrels from playing, fiddling or making music in any inn, alehouse or tavern. If they proffered themselves or offered to make music, they were adjudged to be rogues and vagabonds, and were to be proceeded against. The heathens regarded the number seven of great efficacy in religious cere monies. An ancient writer says: "De sirous of purifying myself, I wash in the sea and dip my head in the waves seven times, Pythagoras having thought that this number is, above all others, most proper in the concerns of religion." A writer in the Atlantic for March, speaking of the maliciousness of the mocking bird, states that If young birds are placed iu cages where the parent birds can have access to them, they will feed their offspring regularly for two pr three days, and then as if in despair, will poison them, giving them the berry of the black ash. Some years ago travelers in Kalmatia noticed large tracts of land covered by a wild flower near which not a sign of insect life was visible. The bloom was the pyrethrum, whose odor deals death to the lower forms of life, and whose powdered leaves form the basis of "in sect powders." The seed of this flower was distributed in the United States, and a Dalmatian has been growing it with great success in Stockton, Cal. In 1895 a brigantine from Madagasca came to anchor off Sullivan's Island, in Charleston harbor. The governor went on board at the invitation of the captain, and received from the latter a bag of rice, with information of the methods of its cultivation m Eastern countries, and of its suitableness for food. The gover nor divided the grain among his friends, who made experiments with it in differ ent soils. From this small beginning arose the cultivation of this staple of South Carolina and Georgia. A Battle of Florrers. A Paris letter says that among the fea tures of the carnival at Nice this vear was the battle of flowers. Precisely at 2 o clock the gun at tne chateau gave the signal for beginning the hostilities and by 3 o'clock the battle had really be gun. Vehicles richly decorated with flowers, fruits, ribbons, straw and other decorative material paraded the Corso and bouquets fell thick as hail upon the crowds, which extended in a thick mass from one end of tho course to the other. The people on foot responded with vigor to the attacks of the riders, many of them j having provided themselves with large baskets lull oi small bouquets, in tne manufacture of which a whole army of florists had been engaged during the pre ceding day and night. There was a con stant shower of violets, mimosas, lilacs, pinks, anemones, roses, and, in fact, every flower to be found in bloom at the season in that portion of France. Some of the vehicles were remarkably pretty, and among the most noticeable was a victoria entirely hidden with scar let pinks, even the wheels being covered with these flowers. Another vehicle was a cart covered with verdure and vege ! tables aud occupied by three pretty peas ant girls, who threw leeks, carrots, cauli flowers, and even large cabbages as well as flowers among the people. There was, of course, a great variety of cos tumes and the battle was a scene of ani mation and beauty. How the Sultan Looks. "The day before the one appointed for our leaving Constantinople," said Senator Stanford, "I was much sur prised at receiving, through a court offi cial, au invitation' for tho following af ternoon to a private audience with the sultan, during which he wished to ques tion me concerning material develop ments of Turkey. There was nothing remarkable about the room, except, per haps, the fact that it was furnished iu French style, nor was there much of Ori ental splendor in the dress of the sultan. He wore a blue undress uniform of Eu ropean cut, the only traces of i-.ustei u costume being adain fez, and a ni i'niti cently mounted scimeter. lie appeared to be a rather slight man, some thirty live years of ago, with an intelligent face that showed a somewhat timid char c ter, I should judge, and a decided ly Jewish cast of features." '7a c Call. New Y'oik city uses up policemen at tho rate of 300 a year. NEWS AND NOTES FOK WOMEN. Under the name of bengaline, Irish poplins are revived. The new spring hats are very high in the crown and narrow in the brim. A Kentucky belle glories in a head of hair which is five feet ten inches long. Yellow plays an important part in mil linery and toilet accessories this spring. The queen of Greece is said to be th most beautiful woman now on a throne. Lace bonnets will be much worn as soon as the weather will permit their use. Ribbons striped in canvas gauze and watered silk come for bonnet trim mings. The new capote bonnets are of me dium size and are very quiet and modest in effect. The duchess of Norfolk has the finest rubies in the world, exclusive of crown jewels. Mrs. Frank Leslie, it is said, boasts of having the smallest foot of any lady in the United States. Mrs. W. E. Dodge, of New York, is worth $4,000,000. She spends her money in missionary work. Stockings are in b?ack and plain dark colors, and are ribbed. Few cloaklngs or stripes will be worn . Queen Elizabeth, of Roumania, has been granted a medal by the Toulouse academy for literary merit. Narrow linen collars with fine embroi dered or hemstitched borders are much worn with house and street dresses. Among the novelties in colors are vervine, a delicate lilac; pactole, a yel low brown, and griotte, alight garnet. The Eton is a new cutaway jacket pointed at the back and very short at the side, where it barely reaches the waist line. Bonnets made of small white natural flowers, and "good for one occasion only, "are in high vogue for bridesmaids' wear. Refined and dainty designs are to be had in prints fur dresses. Some have the effect of corded bands in pink and crimson. Some of the new cashmere gloves have the long wrists embroidered in chain stitch on the closed tops, with silk of a paler shade. For full dress many sashes are lace edged, and in one instance the sash it self, over a surah toilet, was made wholly of lace. A Corean womaa has no name. She is always somebody's daughter, sister, wife, mother. Their individual exist ence is not recognized even by name. Among the splendid novelties sent over from Paris are dress trimmings and embroideries of gold and silver appliques on shaded chenille, and imitation jewel incrustations in relief upon velvet, satin and brocade. Mrs. Johnson, the once radiant Harriet Lane of White House memory, now a widow, is described as "still a glorious looking woman, despite the sorrow ex pressed in the stricken face and the drooping figure." A pretty collarette for the neck is a straight band of velvet with the ends crossed at the front and finished with a wide frill of lace. A ruchiug of lace is inserted round the neck and a fancy clasp holds the crossed ends in place at the front. Crepe de Chine, grenadine and lace promiso to become the favorite fabrics for summer. In the first named are shown Borne really artistic designs beautiful delicate leaves and flowers in pale, faded colors on cream, light blue, rose or lav ender grounds. A rich visiting toilet is of garnet cloth. Around the skirt, which is quite plain, is a deep band representing tapestry work, with Louis XIII. designs em broidered in faded colors. The polonaise is trimmed with a narrow band ot tho same embroidery. Tricotine satin is one of the new fab rics of the season. It is closely woven and tho slight ribbed effect familiar in jersey cloths, and in more marked weav ing suggests knitted stuffs. It is all silk with a lustre like satin, and may bo had of a single color or of two changeable colors. The ex-khedive of Egypt, while in tho height of his power, was visited by the ex-Empress Eugenie. He showed her all the sights, but there was one sight she wanted t see, namely, an Arab marriage. "Y'ou shall see it, madam," he said, and forthwith direc.'cd one of the ladies of his harem to be brought out, aud to be presented to his aide-de-camp. This unfortunate officer, who was as much an Englishman as an Egyptian, and whose dream had been to marry a Eu ropean, had no escape. The royal seraglio of Persia contains no European or male persons over the age of eleven. Each royal favorite has her separate pavilion and her staff of servants, her equipages, her jewels, and her revenue. Tho principal favorite generally has some high-sounding title conferred upon her. such as "The De light of the State." The ladies are uever seen abroad uuveiled, save one or two of the handsomer or more flighty of their number, who sometimes, when driving iu their glass coaches, purposely give a rather liberal display of florid charms to Jas-sers by in carriages or on horseback, t is quite certain that no.'mau save the king enters the royal harem, or, having done so, leaves it alive. No machine of travel that man ever invented cau equal the speed of wild fowl. The canvas back duck flies two miles a mimte. The broad -bill goes slightly slower. Teal car: fly at the rate vt 100 miles an hour, tlio wild goo.se about ninety. PPYLLIS AND H EH PASTRY. Fair Phyllis made a pretty cake To ploase her papa's palate; Her parents put it on a stake And usxl it for a mallet. Philculdithia Aruui And then she got him up a pie; He thought 'twas made of leather, And kindly asked her if the crusts Were pegged or sewed together. Chicago Ledger. And then she made a big mince pie In manner new and novel; Her father seized it with a sigh And used it for a shovel .Veto l'wk Journal. At last the gentle pastry cook Composed some taffy-candy, A club of which her father took And used it playing bandy. And then she stirred a pan of dough, And made a mess of biscuit And passed them to her sweetheart, though He thought he wouldn't risk it. Marble Folio. Bho took some yeast and flour and lard, And true to duty's call, She baked them in a lump so hard It made a good baseball. Richmond Baton, Some cookies next she deftly made, All sugared round the edges: ner pop (in the wood splitting business) Found they made stunning wedges. Fall Jiiver Advance. But when she called her pa to eat Some just-constructed biscuit, The old man said his life was sweet He didn't dare to risk it, Somerville Journal. Then next she made a concrete bun, Molded with greatest care; Her father rammed it iu his gun And was loaded theu for bear. Brooklyn Timet And then she made some nice doughnuts And fried them well in fat; Her father used them in the night To plug the old Tomcat. Gorham Mountaineer. She made a darling sponge-cake next, And said no one could beat it; A tough old goat got very vexed Because he could not eat it. Hatchet, HUMOR OF THE DAY. Speaking of spreading one's self, the skating rink seems to be the place of all others to do it successfully. OH City Derrick. The Wisconsin hog which ate two quarts of nitro-glycerine is the American animal which Bismarck should be in vited to kick. Baltimore American. The thief who steals a dollar Can never rest content, And enjoy the blissful poace Of hiiu who earns a cunt, Whitehall Times. It is said that a bee can draw twenty times the weight of its body. But it is not by a pull that a bee gets the best of his victim; it's by his push. Sew York Journal. Y'ou may have youth, beauty, health, spirits, everything that can gladden the bouI and charm the senses, and yet feel like an ordinary human being when you find a hair in the butter. Chicagt Ledger. According to a Chicago paper, " An Illinois doctor has discovered a sure cure for rheumatism in gerauium-leaves." This will be welcome news to geranium leaves afflicted with that distressing trouble. Puck. NOT QUITE RELENTLESS. " Give you a kits," indeed, said she, "Give you a kiss) my goodness! 'Tis strange that you should be so free. I wonder at your rudeness. I could not such a thing endure;" And then with manner nervous Sle added, "Kor I'm very sure That some oue would observe us." Huston Courier. Lndy (to small boy, to whom she has given a sixpence, to console him for the loss of one he has droppedj: "Why do you still cry, little boy? There is nothing to cry about now." Itoy: "Why.a-cause if I hadn't dropped the other sixpence I should have had a shilling now." Sob bitterly. Judy. Now the maiden is returning From her trip across the sa, Aud she wants to uir her learning In tiie lanuae of 1'uree. Now, of course, it is improiier, tio they told her over theie, To say either "pa" or "iopier," Anil she greets hiiu with "inon pere. Then she turns toward tho other, Who can naught but stand and stare, As she hears no longer "mother," But a far-away "ma mere." Fuck: "Jimmy, my child," the fond mother exclaimed, "don't eat so much of that lobster salad. You'll bo ill to night, dear; I know you will." "Well, ma," said Jimmy, as he helped himself to an other plateful, "if I am you'll know what's the matter with me, anyhow." SoimrtdU Journal. "Well, how did you succeed?" asked Slim of O'Dude, when tliel.ittor returned from making a matrimonial propecftiou " Oh, I'm all right, I guess. She said she had a great many offe-s, but she gavo me tho refusal." "For how long" "Oh, well, tho time wasu't mentioned, you know." Boston Times. ROLLER POKTRV. Glide, Wide. ftlod, blodo. Glud, Thud. MORAL. Arnie - Merchant- Traveler.
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