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XTVX. M. JONES, Notary Public,
I U KLensburg, Ia. apr. '20.
yt7iL.l-.lAM K1TTELL, Attorney at
J Law, Lbcnsburg, Pa. I
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I T'-::N"' FENLON, Attorney at Law, I
Sf! Ebensbnrsr. I'a.
I'i f on Ilirb street.
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'i 'I KOiluE M. KEAJ)L Attorney at
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'Al'ON Aii iJANK j Warren Dagon was a brilliant eonver-
OF ALT0ONA. : ationit, and few men couM be more fas
i.AA .V7A Cl, j (.;Mating than he, for he had traveled ex-
j ; i) STATES. land' when he choose to exert himself to
o V "i-giMil mid A-mie Bta., North I please, his dark, eloquent eyes, pure clas
:v;:zi : : UAL $300,000 On
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allowed, R8 follows :
i'- 'perrort . ciw . , .
I i t prt. . v0C to 200, 3 per cent.:
I tci rovarda, 4 per cent.' angl3 ,
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i.. . Ebknsecro Ta i
h in tv" "a',mror''n5r, and Hair-dressing
Sa'V00" Rr:ialic Bt.vle- 1
hcttse.tt tlrfcctlj opposite the "Moun-;
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TI0NAL SOAP AND CANDLE
1 ri5n, at city prtce
sr., JOHNSTOWN TA.
VIoEct Time.
Violet time is come ngain ;
Once more laughing through the rain,
filing with sunnj crown advances.
Sunshine glittering on hid laces.
Long live Spring ! the rainbow arch
Greets his coronation march ;
Green his banners, t'ree and brave,
From each tree top rustling wave.
Birds before him fly in crowds ;
East above him fly ihe cloudo.
Swifter run rejoicing rivers ;
Sur.l-enm ua.rts arc in his quiver.
Where he treads primroses rise,
And the daisies ope their eye? ;
Itlackuirds sing in every bush,
Answering the merry thrush.
Swu'1'j-.vs are his heraLU fleet,
Fater.than the pu!iJC3 beat ;
ISullt-i iiie between the showers,
'i'tll tLe glad news to the llawer.
Our old Monarch, Ywnter's dead ;
liij crown 1 on another head ;
Sr.ubciiir.d chase the envious rain ;
ViuK-t tiim; is come agtin.
mh, THE PARBLE-HEARTED.
tiu (.;:o uanoitiL' v.ith L'.'Slie: Du you
k,'.W ht-r, V;:v. V
'J !i0 Vt.'II) tl:;Cl :. J.liVSSoJ US Paul T&' :d
to
Jti. - j fc-i;!aj-s n.l luoked luiiraii.l steadily at
e vt u.ig gill, atid replied, '"That is 3lira
t iit; mart le-heai-ted."
l.-v ih vtui rail her the marl le-heart-
id." It k:oii!S a
a ttraiiue name io hi
tow
- jn beautlllil woman.
"Hv;, it u a strange name, but very ap
.pviute for Vt-ndci' lady, who, as th..- stu-
g-vs, :s Jie tae lecberi's oi the i'oiar
i d. i..'.t f'r.ostu.n
th,
lit i: ti-s of the
;r.;:::c; I oniv usk why it v.n given her.
l.ij .
fhi.' is bj;:u:iful." rej.lied Paul,
iearils ..i she is pretty. She has
'mi :
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v-'iitiemt'ii ju
s rootn
J,...r i'a-t. l-iit treats them all alike," said !
bitter!
c'!ie is heartless, and is a
m-ftterv to us a.i
V.':i'i"v !l i-'-
; i itr. Vj-o me, Paul. 1 like her appear
j u::C0. i.'iU I am a stranger to all present.
Ten rears i t a f.re;gn l.-md ler.ders one a
:-lran--er to -..u l ami I v. -Vov wav
Any
am a ?tr..i:g r here."
i v.'iii in traduce y..u v;tn plctsuru :
but I caution you ana kindiy aditionu ii Jou
unti ble. ai.d vour heait will havu to Ta
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i i;.g u.T, 1 '1 IVIilCUiUer Mlei ia
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i-'-.-ei oil,
i aui ; Mm uac e-tuu.Jiicu
io my d in.irer, and I still remember
tho old
act. lire
forewarned is forearmed.
I ;n:i n-,t a boy, Paul, to break my heart
f.r a woman."
'.-.' he. ills often bend when men's
Li'Cuk, ' s id I 'aul.
M.a ;iv,.:iii whs prettv. and r.n oniv
u.-.uy ::ter. iter silent,
t. rounued tuiai was
1 i i i ret
lir s n.meti v.
Her small mouth.
even, v, hite teeth, half seen when her
ro.sy l;i-s uimple-l into smues, lier rich.
black hair, which rippled over a broad
'.shite brow, was looped up from her face,
uv.d ta? failed :;t the back in a mass of shi-
u 1 1 . :r tai ls, and gave a very beautiful effect
apiv-aranee.
She was also very
j.v ttilv dleS'-d, being attirediu crimson
v.'ith an overdress of rich black lace
f-ened at the neck with a rcariet gera-
n'um blofsom a cluster if the same
gl j .n.ing i:i her hair. Mira cared more
f..r buds and blossoms than for pearls and
,iHrnoiid3. She was gay and brilliant, yet
vy'u0M ..,- fp l,er lovers whij-peicd of the
-Vraiid passum, sue would Le a very
she would be a
'ln ,iCr " a Ugh ty self-posession.
AVarreu Dagon wa.i introduced, : nd was
vcrv soon floating wich her through 'the
i;Ufj0;ite n;..zes of the d inee. He raid
her the most
..i-'.us -.ittcntiou thr ough-
out the evening. Mira knew him by re
port to be a gentleman of unbounded
wealth at:d extensive travel. In bis com
pr.nv. as the hours swept, swiftly by. her
, i interest detrcned all the while in her 110
; ble admuer. Her voung heart beat as it
sic language ana high-bred elegance of
manners, were irresistably charming.
He evidently desired to please Mira, and
his manners toward her implied as much.
Mira listened, spell-bound, to his beau
tiful conversation, thereby awakening the
;e.tlous indignation of a dozen other less
. mm w i
lortunate acmircrs. 1 ney ieit inemscives
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aggrieved, for she always treated them
with such cool indifference. One lady,
resplendent in brocade and diamondi.
muttered to herself, "The marble-hearted
warming at last.
Mira cared little for admiration, and
cfc8 for tbc opini0n of her fashionable
friprula on froe.Itf exnressod. She was
walking in the cool piazza in the moon
light with young Dagon, listening to his
musical voice, whose low, sweet tones
were stirring a strange, wild melody in a
heart that never before vibrated with loyo.
She was listening to a thrilling descrip-
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 6,
tion of Rome, the -'eternal city enshrine;
on the seven hills. lie delineated. 'w.'i
an artist's enthusiasm, her grand old mar
bles and inspired paintings, over which
the dust and decay of ages rest, like the
grey shroud on th e bo.soni of the dead.
In eloquent language he described the won
ders of disentomed Pompei. lie pictured
temples, theatres and dwellings where
lived and and loved the people of two
thousand years ago. lie told her, in glow
ing language, of the graceful minarets,
feathery palms and grand and solemn pyr
;iniJo, UUJ while listening, tho seemed'' to
scale with him the dangerous parses of
the Alps, andj-tx.din breathless ; we look
ing up the dizzy heights eruwued with
ice and snow. And in imagination sie
wondered down the golden Nile, and ad- ;
mired the rich beauty of its fertile val- ;
leys, rendered gloriously beautiful by its
frequent inundations. His voice took a
deeper" and sweeper tone when he des
cribed the ruined cities of the far East,
the f.ettid arches and vast cathedral aisles j
of the Old World, made grand by the j
w;rk (if art. and rainbow painted windows, 1
whosj artist's, dying, left immortal names !
behii.d them, "way marks for other gifted
eplrii s, who are destined to follow them j
down the broad aisle of coming aes. J
.She drank in the tones of his softly I
modulated oke. making no note af time. 1
When suo'ier was announced he led her
the tabic. Jniriiiir tiie repast sue
watched him narrowly, and whon wine
was served she btcune pale with excite
ment. .She offered him a glass with a
smile: he gave her a searching look and
refu.-ed it. calling fur water in its stead.
1 r-amot pledge you with wiie, for I
dj nit drink it ; but with this glass of
water, Nature's purest beverage, 1 drink
to you. May love and happiness be your
portion in life."
' Thank you." It was all she suiJ, but
alright smile rewarded him better than
word?. Miru had indeed met her afi'iity.
Love budded in their hearts that night,
and ere the year had passed it blossomed
into a hymenial wreath.
It was moonlight upon the liaison.
The home to which Warren Dag.;ii iuuk
his young bride was heautuul with vines
;inJ
summer blossoms. lie and Mira !
wcre walking arm iu arm on tlo i'o i
WTt f,.nv..----c -- .i.w j. - milling ,
bright dreamy f the future long years !
to coisu, crowned wiih earii.ly liappiness. i
I never cou'd com p rebuild the reason j
that your friends called you marble-h Jart- !
j j. You were never eold to me. darling,"
,.id he, drawing hcruown to ;; Leat bv his j
j
It is a sad story, dear husband : let j
us sit here in the moonlight, iv 1 will
tell you of my fair yaung sitt ;r who died
three years ago. 1 shall never again meet
a spirit like hers, so proud, so jure aud
free. Elsie was but seventeen whed the
gave her heart to Atwell Chandl. r. He
loved the vvii.e cup better. He was uo
ordinary man ; many and rich were t V
gifts bi stowed upon him by nature.
was a dark haired mm. with eyes oi i ;re
deoth aud feeling. He was verr hat
o'.me; in manner he was geulienjatily and
jdeasiug. We all htved him ; father loved
him as a son. and no gave him illsle.
They were married and went to dwell in
his beautiful heme i-i the South, and for a
few years they were happy
J hvn At
.ii uegan u lie-i eel iiis t .;
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ncss for a uownwaiu -ath, v.hieh ti. i.u
in the diuiikard's grave. Five years from
her bridal Elsie came home broken-hearted.
Atwell died by his own hand, for
they found him in the summer-house
with his braius blown out by a pistol &hot ;
and mv dear beautiful sistor came to her
girlhood's home broken-hearted ; came
home to die.
Tt was just such a night like this, a
beautiful night io midsummer, when El-io
u ed. She lay up m her pillow looking so
shite aad fair. Sii3 was perfectly calm ;
ik. fe..r of death turiKtd her pure spirit;
I.LI lac-S nuuiu nue ii.auueu iu u.a
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was so spiiiti:al in it childiiko beauty.
If ilic Miiuels 00 the other shore are fiirer
taau E.sie in her dying hour, then indeed
wi'-l heaven be glorious in its brii;htne-s.
"I knew that she was dying, fr I saw
the hue of doulh tteal over lier leatures.
Her bright eye weie growiug dim to earth
ly sight, )ct they had a s'.iauge inward
liyht, as though tier spirit had peueSru'ed
the gloom of the iLtmoital diy, which
thines with etcroal Mimmers iu the city
ol (Jod. As I sto.'d by her bed.-ide m dat
eiii.. her bps with water, acd wiping the
cold dews of death from her forehead, her
leij silken eye-lashes were lifted for a
moment, aui fixing her eyes upon me with
un cxpicssion of earnestness and tender
ness, she twid :
"Mira, si-ter, this is death. My weary
feet are even now treading the brink of the
river that rolls between the other world
and this ; 1 do not fear to dio ; 'tis joy un
utterable to know that I am almost home.
Poor Atwell ! I shall eoon meet him again.
The morning of his life was very fair, giv
ing promise of a long and useful day ; but
his sun went down in darkness before it
had reached the meridian, and his own
hand hastened ita untimely setting. I
truet I may him in the land to which
I am goiug. Mira, promise me that you
will never marry a man who is not temper
ate for intemperance ia the fountaia of
uiis'ery. Think how many bright homes
are made desolate by it. Fatheilcsi and
motherless godowuin sorrow to the grave,
and wives aud little children are made to
suffer more than death by intemperance.
O, MiraI would far rather have you die
now, while your heart is pure and Iree
from sorrow, than have jou'livo, and in
the i r.g years to came, iiud minerv and
woe m a drunkard's Lome. Ilemember
poor Atwell, and promise what I wish."
4,l promise, and may heaven help me to
keep my eccret," I replied. She smiled
and whispered, "I urn going io sleep ;
pjaxA .;Kf.t, "-tei." "ic wa3 a very long
good tdght to mo, lor ere the ri-ingof ike
morning star, Elsie, my beautiful tinier, '
Lad irone to meet heriiou.
"There was uot one in all my circle of
friends aud tcquaititaueoa who refused
wine in the festive hails, and many of
them cmbibed freely of strong stimulants.
I turned coldly from them all. There
w&s nothing toattraet my love, and I could
not marry any one of them aud keep my
promise to Elsie. I kept my promise sa
credly uribrokeu, and my coolness to ail
who whispered of love, woo for me the
name of '-marble hearted.' "
'Till I came, darliug," he said, diawing
her nearer to hii bosom.
uYe, till you came; and, though Iluvcd
you dearly, had you drank that glass of j
wine, I should have refused to marry you. j from the French .raiVr, to cut); cloth
Oh, Warren, you cun rsever Lnov what j dealer, for draper ; foot-folk, for infantry ;
unutterable j y I experienced when yeu : riders, for cavalry.
refused the cup I offered you." j And it is another fact noticeable in this
May heaven and the spirit of your sweet j
Mster help me to be worthy ot jgut love,
for it was the happiest hour of my hie,
when 1 met wirh Mira, the 'marble Leart
cd'" eaid he, smilimr.
"Yes, it was a happy hour, anJ I kiow
by the sweet coi teut of my heart to-night,
that the spirit of Ebue n smiling upou me
for having io faithfully kept my promise."
JLSotv Iins are Sliide.
The pin machine is one of the c'oscst
approaches that meehani.-s have made to
the dexterity oi the human hand. A
small machine, about ;'.e height and size
of a lady's f-ewin r.;.-:h;tie, only uv;ch
.;i .:!:.! r. u i. i. i
I bhi
sal', at toe ceil;'1''
iniuc.", laogca ;,, iev;s o:i tnu lioor. (Ju !
lb left ride of our miefiios hangs, on u ;
peg, small reel of wire, that ha beer. 1
straightened by lunning through a co:- j
pound fJStCW oi 13 all roRiTS. 1 be Wire
de.rceods uad !hc end of it enters tho ma-!
chiue. This is the food consumed by this ! through the "ragpicker" a lot of old cloth
stmppish, voracious little dwarf. Ila j ulls j p0,. s attention was attracted to some
it iu and bites it off by inches incessantly,
a huodred aud forty bites to the minute.
Just as ho reizes each bite, a saucy littie
h :niuier, with a cancave fa;e, hits the end
of the wire three taps and -upsets" ii to
a head, while he gripes -n iu a counter
sunk hole between bis teeth. With an
outward thrust of his tongue ho then lays
the pin Mdeways in a little groove across
the vim of a small wheel that slowly re
volves j 1st under his Lose. ly th exter
nal ?. re-sure -f a s'ationary hoop these
i.ir,-i in their place-, s they aro ear
ned . dtr two series ot un til tiles, three
iu each. These ti'e-: grow finer taward the
end yf the series. They lie at a slight ia-
titijalioii on ihe pins, and by h series of
clams, levers and spnu;!f, are made to play ! -hich. was ground up in the "ragpicker.
iiLc- lightning. 'i'Rus t!:? piui are -iropp;. I ; ja a small bunch of the debris uken un
iu a Utile showei ia'w a hex. Twenty- regard to the contents, there were
t igh. pounds ate a day's work for one of j twenty pieces with S100 on them. Now
these little automatons. Forty machiaes j thut it is too late to effect anything of con
un tlis floor make five hundred and sixty j sequence in the matter, we learn that the
pounis of pins daily. These are then pol- j finder of those ureenback scraps intends
islu d. Tvo very intelligent machines re- I
ject every crooked pin, even the jdihte.st
irregularity from being delected. Anoth
er &s't maturi assorts hail u dozen lengths
in as moy boxes, all at ouce, and uner
ringly, when a careless operator has mixed
the lontents of boxes from various ma
chims. Lastly, a perfect genius of a ma
ehiuj lianas the pins by the heals in an
4 SiiiMMJ-pbtwa- rrKdh-aa -ta tay -felots
as there are pius in a ro'v on the papers.
Thibo slots converge iuro the exact spaee
seaming the length cf a row. Under
ilieiu runs the strip ol pin paper. A barb
likepartof ihe machine catches oue pin
from each' of the slots as it falls, and by
oue tiovement slicks them all through the
corrtgated ridges in the paper, from which
they are to be picked by taper finders in
boudjris and ail forts of human circum
stances. A Couple of travelers who were look
ing fr land, chanced to "lay over" at a
f:irm hnnsa Jn :i una reel V settled district in
xvansis. ine uouse uau omj unu eni,
and tae accommodations were of the most
primeval character. When bed time ap
proached, a piece of blanket was hung
across the room, the travelers took their
moiety of the apartment, and darkness and
eilence reigned throughout the dwelling.
It appears that the chickens, for want of
a better place, roosted on the flour barrel,
and when it was supposed that "nature's
sweet restorer,, had got hold of the guest,
the good wife thus addressed her liege
lord :
"I say, John, if you're "going to keep a
hotel you must maks sornj different ar
rangements' "Why, Sarah Jane?" returned the
sleepy husband.
"Decause I'm not going to get up in
this fix to turn the tails of them chickens"
18.09.
TSie CJse of Saxou Words.
It is well known that the English lan
guage has received many words of latin
origin, as the result of the Norruau con
quest in 106G, and through the cultivation
of Latin classics. What our language
would have been without the use of words
thus introduced, is a curious problem.
Dean Trench suggests that, confining our
selves to the use of pure Saxon words, we
tnijiht have said - end-waM fur desert;
blood-bath, for massacro ; sin-flood for del
uge ; sea-robber, for pirate ; water-fright,
for hydrophobia ; show-holiness, forhvpoc-
racy ; gold-hoard, for treasurer; well-will-ingness,
for benevolence ; undeadlincss,
for immortality; uutellable, for ineffable;
gtvat-doingiy, for magnificently ; sour
dough, for leaveu ; uncunningness, for
ignorance; eye-bite, for faciuate; eugripe,
for embrace; ear-shrift for auricular con
fession ; dipper, for Baptist, cto.
Those familiar with the German lan
guage will notice that the Saxon elements,
having but little outside influence to pre
vent their natural expausion iu that lan
guage, have taken nearly the form suggested
above. Thus we have finger-hat for thim
ble ; room man for carpenter ; cutter, for
tailor ; four word tailor means a cutter,
connection, that there are a largo class of
words in which we do now use Saxon com
pounds, instead of borrowed words, that
are to common ears purely conventional
and meaningless. Wo give a few among
the many : Mus.ic-teacher, book-binder,
writing-desk, book-case, watch-pocket, ink
stand, pin-cushion, gold-s'uith, watch-maker,
paper-dealer, etc. Why could we not
sny cloth-dealer as well as paper-dealer?
The merest tyro in our laugua5e would
know readily the meaning of cloth-dealer ;
while wc presume there are millions who
speak the English language, who could not
I tell wnetuer a draper dealt in ciotn or irou,
i or lumber; not ever having seen the Freueh
i word tlrap. So silk-deahr is expressive
i and sufficiently elegant ; but mercer mer-
i tv ! a scholar could scarcely remember it,
unless richer than scholars aro apt to be.
A
fe-w days ago, when one of the cm-
.' T.h,,-.,.., ,,? Chirk X: r.'s rawr mill near
Zy A,!,-..-,iAf, rni"rd in running
bits of greenish paper which had gone
through the machine. Un closer inspec-
j tvn proved to be scraps of green-
, backs, which had been clipped into pieces
ky t'l30 knives in the '-picier !" The man
found a hat full of those scraps, aud in
stead of gathering them up carefully, and
devoting a portion of his valuable time in
fitting the scraps together, he picked up a
portion of the valuable debris, and gave
them to friends as evidences of a cutious
discovery he had made of a fortune which
had been run through a mill ! The scraps
are of the denominations of 65, 810, ?20,
$50. and $100, and an estimate made from
! the quantity of pieces found indicates that
I not less than 3!000 was in thj package
to try aud make a collection of them, and
lit the pieces logemer. j. nc mvvi jr i v...
money getting into the picker, is that the
coat which contained the money was one
of a lot of soldiers blouses, which were
collected at different points; and that the
money was sewed in the breast of a blouse
which belonged to an officer who had died
iu a hospital, and the secret of the green
backs died with him. Bounties the poor
fellows's family often wondered what be
came of his money, and the rag-picker has
solved the mystery, but unfortunately to
no good purpose Dayton Journal.
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Some Western editor has been puffing
a barkeeper. Hear him : "Mr. James
Smitherman, proprietor of the above insti
tution, last week asked us to give him or
it a puff, at the same time handing us a
orftonback whose dimensions we shall not
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mention. V c ao not Know auyiuing aoout
said saloon, but Jim s tys he keeps splen
did whisky T, and never sells mean oh no.
Jim thiuks the weary traveler should fetop
at his ranche and 'wet his whistle,' as it
would help him along amazingly. No
doubt it would help him. to squander his
money, waste his time, destroy his health,
beggar hi family, gain the costumely of
society, embitter his whole life, make a
widow of his wife, and orphans of his chil
dren, cause him to fill a drunkard's grave,
damn his soul and make more work for tb.3
devil. Does this puff suit you, Jim? If
not, wo will refund the money."
A ruined debtor having done his utmost
to satisfy his creditors, said to them :
"Gentlemen, I have been extremely per
plexed till now how to satisfy you ; but.
having used my utmost endeavor I shall
leave you to satisfy yourselves."
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NUMBER 39
Fattier SiuilEi and .Ha'tuu Jonet.
Widower Smith's wagon stopped one
morning before widow Jone's door, and he
gave the usual country signal, that he
wauted somebody in the house, by drop
ping the reins, and setting double, with
his elbowes cn his knees. Out tripped the
widow, hvely as a cricket, with a tremen
dous black ribbon on her snow-white cap.
Good morning was soon said on Loth sides
and the widow waited for what was futhex
to be said.
"Well, Ma'am Jones, perhaps you don't
want to sell one of your cews, no how, for
nothing, any way, do you ?"
"Well, there. Mr. Smith, you couldn't
have spoke my miud better. A poor, lone
widder, like me does not know what to do
with so many critters, and I should be glad
to trade if we can fix it."
So they adjourned to the meadW.
Father Smith looked at Roan then at the
widow at the Downing cow and at tho
widow again and so on through the whole
forty. The same call was made every day
for a week, but Farmer Smith on Satur
day, when widow Jones was in a hurry to
get through with her baking for Sunday
and "ever so much" to do in the house,
as well as farmers' wives and widows have
on Saturday, the was a little impatient.
Farmer Smith was as irresolute as ever.
"That ere Downing cow is a pretty fair
cretur" but he stopped to glance at the
widow's face, acd then walked round her
not the widow but the cow.
"That ere short horn Durham is not a
bad looking beast, but I don't know an
other look at the widow.
"The Downing cow I knew before the
late Mr. Jones, bought her." Here ho
sighed at the allusion to tho late Mr.
Jones, she sighed and both looked at each
other. It was a highly interesting mo
ment. ' Old Roan is a faithful old milch, and
so ia Brindie but I have known better."
A long stare followed this speech the
pam:e was getting awkward, and tt last
Mrs. Jones broke cu.
"Lord ? Mr. Smith, if I'm the one you
want, do say so 1
'ihe intentions of the widower Smith
and thewidow Jones were duly published
the next day, as is the law and the custom
iu Massachusetts; and a3 soon as they
were "outpublished," they were married.
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Josfc miliars insures His Life
I kum to the conclusion Intely that life
was 60 unsartin that the only wa for me to
stand a fair chance with other folks wns
to get my life insured, andso lealled on the
ayent of tho Garden Angel Life Insurance
Company, and answered the following
questions which wus put to mo over the
fop ov a pair ov coll spscks, by a &lick,
I t le, fa: old fellei, with a little, round.
j gray head, and az pretty a little ic-Uy ai
I cuny man ever owned :
QUESTIONS.
1. Are you male or female Ifeo,(ate
how long you have been eo.
2. Are you tubject to fits, and if so, da
ycu have more than one at a time ?
3. What i your precise fiteing weight.
4. Did you ever have ccoy anceators,
aud if so, how much ?
5. What iz your legal opinion of the
constitutionality or the 10 command
ments ?
0 Do yi ever have ency nitemare ?
7. Are you mairied, and live tingle, er
are yu a bachelor '(
8. Do yu beleave in a future state, and
if fo, state it.
9. What are jure private sentiments
about a rush ov rata to the head caa it
be did successfully ?
10. Have jn ever committed suicide,
and it so, how doci it feem to affect yu ?
11. Did yu ever have the meezles, aod
if so, how many ?
Afteran9weringthe above questions like
a man, on the confirmative, the sliok lit
tle, fat old fellow, with gold specks on, ced
I was ingured for life, and probably would
remain for a term ov years. I thanked him
and smiled one ov my most pensive smiles.
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Table cf contents - the dinner table.
The oldest woman's club the broom'
stick.
In west Va , 50,000 acres of land have
been sold for 25 cents an acre.
"I am afraid you will come to want,"
said an old lady to her daughter. "I have
come to want already," was tho reply, "I
want a nice young man."
Horace Gbeelt Fays that the darkest
day in any man's experience is that where
in he fancies there is some easier way of
gaining a dollar than by squarely earn
ing it.
Josh Billings says : When a young
man ain't good for anything else, I like to
see him carry a gold-headed cane. If he
can't buy a cane, let him part his hair in
the middle !
Jos Billing s was acked, "How
fat does a sound travel?" and his opin
ion is that it depends a good deal upon
noise you aro talking about "The sound
of- a dinner horn, for instance, travel
half a mile in a second, while an invita
tion to get up iu the morning I have
known to be 3 quirt ea uv an hour going
up 2 pair rf stairs, and then not strength
left to be ht-ttrd."
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