SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W, M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. VIII.
There appears to the New York Com
mercial Advertiser to be some ground for
the suspicion that some great, power is
guiding the strikes in Europe, which nil
seem to bear the uppcarance of concerted
action.
It was a big drop that the New York
Legislature made in the remuneration of
the Sheriff of New York, observes the
New Orleans Tunes-Democrat, when it
fixed his salary at $12,000 a year. Under
the fee system it has been nearer
850,000.
The most prominent experts in dogs in
this country are firm in the belief that
thoroughbred dogs are less intelligent
than mongrels. Nearly all the dogs ex
hibited on the stage are cross-breeds and
dogs of low lineage, if they can boust
known parentage at all.
The Kansas Financier is convinced
that "one of the greatest afflictions that
can befall a State or community is to
have a boom. The recovery is worse than
h plague. Steady growth and honest
business methods should always be en
couraged, but none other."
It will surprise many readers to know
that Castle Garden, New York, is noth
ing less than a fortress extended and built
over, and that in the early part of the
century it was considered a stronger
building than Castle William, which
fronts it across the way on Governor's
Island.
The young Apache children taken to
the Ramona school, at Santa Pe, New
Mexico, promises to soon adopt the ways
of civilization. The only way to tame
the Apache, asserts the San Francisco
Chronicle, is to begin with the children,
and it is doubtful whether much advance
will be made with these it they are per
mitted to return to their parents. It is
to be hoped that some idea of regular
work may be impressed upon these youuej
savages, for this is the first step in any
permanent redemption from their old
life.
The latest fad of the famous manufac
turer. food reformer and politico-econo
mist of Boston, Edward Atkinson, is the
production of new. cheap and whole
some food from such cereals as oat and
corn meal, raw wheat, barley and rye.
The material is cleaned, steam cooked
and pressed into blocks. Out of these
he proposes to make dishes that will en
able a man to live well at a cost of a dime
a day. He has also invented a number
of cookers, wherewith a housekeeper can
prepare the daily dishes of a family at an
expense for fuel of three or four cents a
day.
It is rumored that New York thinks of
celebrating the landing of Columbus all
by herself. "Such a show in 1802
would," in the estimation of the New
Orleans Picaymit, "be a serious blow to
Chicago's fair the following year. The
idea is for New York to get up a big ju
bilea with a lot of aucicnt looking ves
sels. There would be many picturesque
effects. Columbus and his followers
would have to be gorgeously dressed in
order to attract the crowd, but as the
Indians in the show would require no
costumes at all, the expense would not
bo much."
Possibly to show how fertile the
French soldier is in the way of resource,
M. Edmond dc Goncourt relates the fol
lowing sensational incident in the fourth
volume of his "Journal." just printed:
"During the Franco-Prussian war the
wheel of a gun got out of order, and an
artillery officer directed that it should
be greased. Being unable to find any
grease, one of the gunners went up to a
'slovenly, unhandsome corpse,' split the
skull with his ax, took out the brains
and clapped them, all hot, on the wheel.
This is very horrible, if true, and is
very powerful if it be fiction, and might
be recommended to Rider Haggard.
Eight more frontier forts have been
designated as useless as military posts,
and will be übandoued as soon as the gar
rison can be withdrawn. They are Fort
Maginnis, Montana; Fort Bridgcr. Wyo
ming, Fort Sidney, Nebraska; Fort
Crawford, Col.; Little Rock Barracks,
Ark., and McDowell, Thomas and Verde
in Arizona. In the case of some, civili
zation has got so far beyond them that
they ore no longer on the frontier, and
others are to he abandoned in pursuance
of the policy of concentrating troops in
sufficient numbers to make more impor
tant posts schools of instruction. The
military reservations on which the forts
stand will probably be devoted to the
use of Indian i&UouLs.
WHERE THE APPLE BLOSSOMS
BLOW.
Meet me where the apple blorwoms blow.
Softly now the fragrant boughs are swing
ing.
Greet me when the moon begins to glow.
And in the pines the whippoor wills are sing
ing.
With loyal heart a beat,
Oh, haste with flying feet.
And shame the sluggish hours that wing too
Blow.
The day was long and dreary.
My heart is worn and weary.
I count the laggard moments as they go,
Love.
Oh.
Meet me where the apple blossoms blow.
Meet me where the apple blossoms blow:
T-iet the floating petals flake your tresses,
Breathing us a benison below.
Crowning our betbrothal with caresses.
Far in the upper deep.
The stars are now a-peep,
The drowsy river murmurs tn its flow.
I hear its voice repeating:
"Life's blossom-time is fleeting."
Ah! let us catch the fragrance ere it go,
Love.
Oh,
Meet me whore the apple blossoms blow!
—Samuel Mint urn I'cck.
A DEBT OF GKATITUDE.
The 'lay I arrived in Adelaide, Aus
tralia. I was twenty years old, and my
pocket contained a dollar for every year
I had lived. I had exactly four pounds
to begin life on in the colony, and that
was more than some of the English hoys
who had come out with mo could boast
of. We were a queer lot who had sailed
from Liverpool—gentlemen, loafers,
clerks, lackeys, whole families, single
men, servants and what not—all bent on
a new life ill the wonderful island of the
Indian Ocean. We had come in a sailing
ship and been knocked about for months,
and a happy lot we were to be set on
shore in the then small and straggling
town I have named.
Luck was with me. On the second
day after landing I hired to a sheep
raiser who had a ranch on the Murray
River, near its junction with the Darling,
and on the third we started off up the
country. We had two ox teams—that is,
we had two covered wagons,each loaded
with supplies, and each drawn by three
yoke of oxen. A part of the goods were
to be left with settlers along the route,
and a part belonged to Mr. Davidson,my
cmployer. He did not hire me, not being
present, but the teams were in charge oi'
an overseer named McCall, whom I soon
found to be a good-natured, good
hearted fellow. Each of us had a native
to assist in managing the teams, and,
though neither of them could speak ten
words of English, they were valuable
men, and had no diliiiultyjin being under
stood.
It.was about Christmas time, anrl the j
weather was very sultry, and we aimed
to make only fifteen miles a day. We had
a full week's j»urncy before us, and noth- .
ing of much interest happened until ,
the fourth day. We went into camp a
little earlier than usual on that afternoon, j
as one of the wagons needed repairs. < >ur
vehicles, afer coming to a halt, stood j
about tweuty-five feet apart. While I
was Imi I ding a lire to cook supper by one
of the hlncks went oil after rabbits, and ;
McCall took the other with him to help
cut and bring back a lever with which to
raise the wagon oil' its wheels. I was
thus left alone lor a few minutes, and
they had scarcely disappeared from sight
in the scrub when a man burst out of the
thicket on the other side and came run
ning up to me. His face and hands
were scratched and bleeding, his clothing
in tatters, his hat gone, and he had such
a wild and terrible look that 1 should
have run away front him had I been able
to do anything but stand and stare with
mouth wide open. McCall had told me
of escaped convict 3 and hard cases who
had taken to the bush to make a living by
robbing, and the man had come upou nie
so suddenly that I was knocked out for
the. moment.
"For God's sake, young feller, give me
a bite to eat!" he said as he stood before
me. "Don't be afraid of me—l'm a
sheep herder who has been lost in the
bush for three days.' 1
I stepped to the wagon and handed
him a piece of bacon, some hard crack
ers, aud a handful of tea, and then
found voice to ask:
"JJut why not stop with us for the
night?"'
"Thanks, but I'm in a great hurry to
get back to my herd. I know where I
am now, and can get there in three
hours. Any matches?"
I gave him some, and lie looked all
around to make sure that we were alone,
and then said:
"Young feller, do me a greater favor
still. Lend me your pistol and knife un
til to-morrow, when you will pass my
station. And, furthermore, be kind
enough not to mention to one that i
was here. Do this and you shall never
regret it."
I handed him knife and pistol, prom
ised what he asked, and he shook mo by
the hand and disappeared in the scrub.
Ten minutes after he bait gone I figured it
out that he was a bushman who had been
hard run by the police, but it was all the
same to use. lie could have taken what
he wanted for all of me, as I felt per
fectly helpless, ami 1 wws thankful that
he had coine and gone without knocking
me on the head. Just as MCOMII came
up with the lever there was a clutter of
hoofs, and I looked up to see five
■uiunUsci w.'U tide into taniu. Thev were
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1890.
in the uniform of the patrol, and the ap
pearance of the horses and the men
showed that they had had a long ride of
it.
"Well, Capt. White, what is it?" asked
McCall, who seemed to know every one of
the five.
"Been after Ballarat Sam again," re
plied the Captain as he dismounted.
"And lost him?"
"Yes; curse the luck! We struck him
near Dobney's yesterday morning, and he
led us a chase of fifty miles during the
day. Wc killed his horse about dark last
nistht aud had him surrounded in the
scrub. He got out, however, anil we
did not get his track until about noon to
day. We followed it to the creek, two
miles above, and there lost it. Haven't
seen him here, of course?"
"I only wish There's a re
ward of £SOO on his head, I hear."
"It has been increased to twice that.
Show me his body and I'll make. a rich
man of you."
The patrol turned their horses loose
and had supper with us, furnishing a
part from their own rations. Then there
was general talk and story-telling until
about 10 o'clock, and then all but one
man turned in for sleep. I had been in
troduced all around, but had taken very
little part or interest in the conversation,
being sure, from the first words spoken
by the Captain, that 1 had met Ballarat
Sam and aided him to moke a fresh start.
I thought at first of telliug the whole
story to the patrol, but they were serious,
sober-looking chaps, and I had a fear that
they would give me an awful raking
down, even if they did not lug me off
and seek to have me punished as aiding
and abetting. 1 remembered, too, that I
had solemnly promised Sam not to betray
him, and so I decided to keep a still
tongue aud let the case work out as it
would.
The patrol left us at daylight, but their
work for the next three days was thrown
away. They coulll get no trace of .Sam.
We continued on up the country anil
finally arrived at the ranch, and for the
next six months I was hard at work as H
slice]) herder, and neither saw nor heard
much of the outside world. Then one
day I was called iu off my range, which was
about five miles from Davidson's house.
Each of his herders had from 800 to 1500
sheep under his care on a range by him
self, and each lived alone with his dog in
a hut. Once a week the "relief," as we
called him, made the rounds and left
| rovisions and heard our reports. Sev
eral nf the natives had visited me—harm- -
less fellows, who wanted matches or to
bacco, but no white man excepting the
relief had come near me for three months
before I got the call to report at head
quarters. I went into find a couple of
visitors there—two gentlemen who had
lately arrived from England. One of
them, a Mr. Cullen, was from my own
town of Shrewsbury, and the other, a
Mr. Williams was from Manchester. They
had come out to Australia to take up a
range and go into sheep as an investment,
neither of them intending to remain, but
to do the business through an agent.
They had purchased 2000 sheep of .Mr.
Davidson as a starter, and had taken a,
range above us on the Darling Kiver. My
flock was togo, as also that of the
herder to the south of me, and we had
been called into receive instructions.
Both of us herders were.to enter into the
employ of the new arrivals, who had already
secured their land and built the house
and stables for the overseer. This man
had come up from Adelaide with them,
and was a Scotchman named McFarland.
The other, who was an Irish lad of
twenty, was O'Hara.
When we made ready to start, the two
gentlemen were mounted on horses. The
overseer drove the bullock wagon, as
sisted by a black, and O'Hara and my
self were on foot. Some of our neigh
bors had been troubled with bushracg
eis, but we had seen nothing of them,
and as the police patrol in the district
had lately been increased we felt no fear
that the rangers would meddle with us on
our journey. The weather was now
pretty cold, but as the country was bad
we had to let the sheep pick their way
and go slow. In the first three days we
made only about tweuty-seven mile*, but
this was thought to be good progress un
der the circumstances. On the third
nig'ut, when at least ten miles from any
settlers, and more than that from any regu
lar highway,we found a natural valley in
which the sheep could be herded, and
our own camp was made in a grove of
ironwood, near a waterhole. We had
finished supper and were grouped about
the fire, when one of the dogs barked anil
we looked up to find ourselves covered
by live rifles. There were five strange,
hard-looking mon forming a half-circle
about us, having crept into the grove so
softly that the flogs had not heard them
until the last moment.
"Brail up or under you go!" shouted a
voii e, and every one of us threw up his
hands.
"Now. then, the first one you who
makes a shy move will get a bullet!
Close in. boys!"
The five advanced to our feet, each
I keeping his gnu leveled, and when I
could see the man who had spoken I at
! once identified him as Ballarat Sam, the
| man whom 1 hail befriended months be
j fore. He recognized me almost as quick -
| ly, and, taking a step forward, said:
; "Well, boy you did me a good turn
I that day, and I'll not forget it. Move
' over to the left. Now, then, gents who
! are you?"
The gentlemen gave him their names
j and told him their business. They were
: pretty Imdly frightened, as I could see,
i while \hc overseer trembled like a man
in a chill. As he was a big, strong fel
low, anil had laughed at the idea of
bushrangers meddling with us, I could
not underctand his fear until Sam spoke
again.
'•Better and better!" he said, as a
fierce look came into his eyes. "Boys,
here's that overseer who set the patrol on
our track down below, and who wasn't
satisfied with that but must turn out to
help them. I think we have mr.de a
good haul of it."
All of our arms were in the wagon, and
we were helpless to offer any resistance.
The first thing they did was to despoil
the two gentlemen :ind the overseer of
everything of value, and then each one
was lashed to a tree. O'Hara was ordered
to sit down beside me, and the black
took matters so coolly that nothing was
said to him. The rangers signed to him|
to turn to and get supper, and he
fully obeyed. When they had eaten and
drunk and lighted their pipes Sam
turned to mc with:
"And so you didn't tell the police that
you gave me food and a pistol?"
"No, sir."
"I know you didn't, for I was that
tired out that I laid myself down for two
hours almost iu your camp. Even when
they told you who I was and that a price
was set upon my head you hadn't a word
to say."
"No, sir."
"Well, you boys have nothing to fear.
We have nothing against you. After a
day or two you may go free."
There was no sleep for anybody until
after midnight, ami I don't think the two
gentlemen or the overseer slept at all. I
know they were wide enough awake
when 1 opened my eyes in the morning.
All of us bud a bite to eat after the out
laws had finished, and then the wagon
was robbed of whatever they fancied and
hauled off about thirty rods and upset in
a deep gully. The oxen were turned
loose with the sheep, and when we set
out Sam and two of the men rode the
horses and the rest of us went on foot.
One outlaw on foot went ahead and the
others closed up behind us, and the gen
end direction was to the north. Every
mile took us into a wilder and more un
settled country, and it was so broken
that I felt that I could not get out even if
turned free.
At about four In the afternoon we
reached the rangers' camp, which was in
a wild and desolate spot. I don't think
they intended the gentlemen any harm
from the start, but that the overseer's
doom was sealed we all felt certain. Ho
realized it, too, for I observed that he was
constantly on the watch for an opportun
ity to bolt. It came as we entered the
camp. Realizing that they meant to pay
off the old acore, he suddenly dashed for
a thicket. He took them off their guard,
and if an accident had not happened him
he would have got clear off. Half way
to the thicket a stone turned under his
foot and threw him, and as he got up one
of the men shot him down in his tracks.
They left him lying there and went into
camp, saying that they had meant to tor
ture him with tire,and that he had got out
of it too easy. The two gentlemen were
very closely guarded, but O'Hara and
myself were allowed to walk about as we
pleased. They had taken over £IOOO
from the two and bore them no grudge,
but for five days and nights we were
prisoners and in their power. Ou the
morning of the sixth day, when it was
plain to be seen they were off for another
adventure, the four of us were turned
loose and told to make our way home.
They headed us to the west, which was
the wrong way, and we traveled twenty
miles in that direction before we found out
the trick. We were nearly a week in
in the scrub, living on roots and berries
and decayed wild fruit, before we reached
a settlement, and were then all of thirty
miles from Davidson's. We were a sad
looking lot when we finally reached
home, and, while Mr. G'ullen was taken
with fever to die in about ten days, Mr.
Williams was so broken up that he lived
only long enough to get down to the coast.
A year later Sam and two of that crowd
were caught, tried at Sandhurst, and
O'Hara and I saw them drop from the
gallows.— New York Sun.
Island of Malta.
Malta is a British possession in the
Mediterranean, including the islands of
Malta, Go/.o and Comino, and the unin
habited islets of Cominotto and Filfa, the
entire group lying about six miles south
west of the southernmost point of Sicily
and 200 north of Tripoli, in Africa. The
area of Malta proper is about 100 square
miles, and population about 140,000.
There are neither rivers nor lakes on the
island, and no forests or brushwood; and
most of the surface is a calcareous rock
exposed to the winds from the African
deserts, and but thinly covered with an
artificial soil chiefly brought from Sicily.
This is. however, by careful cultivation
made to yield abvmdant crops of cotton,
greens, beans and grass, and excellent
fruits, of which the orange, olive and fig
are renowned. In summer the heat is
excessive day and night. The sirocco
prevails, especially in autumn, and there
is little land or sea breeze. "But in win
ter the climate is delightful.— Neto York
i JJisjiateh.
The largest steam derrick in the world
| is used by a shipping company at Ham
i burg, Germany. It is kept at the dock <
| and used in lifting immense weights on
and off shipboard. It can pick up a ten
j wheeled locomotive with perfect ease.
When two racing steamers make the
same number of knots an hour, there
; suit, naturally is a tie.— A'ew York Voice.
Terms—sl.2s in Advance; $1.50 after Three Months.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO CLEAN AND CURL, OSTRICH FEATHERS.
A clever woman says:"l clean and
curl all my ostrich feathers, and think
that tho best milliner cannot do it much
better. In a solution made of good
castile soap and soft water (boiled and
beaten into foam) the feathers are washed,
having some time before soaked them in
clear water. After that process, I put
them on a clean table and rub them care
fully with a fine linen cloth, or simply
pass them through my hands a few times;
then I lay them between two linen cloths,
beat them gently till they are dry, when
I pull them apart and hold them over a
bed of red-hot coal to curl. This must
be done very carefully and not too near
the coal, as the downy feathers are very
easily singed. A bit of sulphur thrown
on the coal when white feathers are to
be cleaned, insures a puro white. This
process seems bothersome, but is very
simple and quickly done."
CIIIMNKY CURTAIN.
A handsome chimney curtain to hang
across the fireplace whore there is no fire
place under the shelf, is made as follows:
Take stripes of blue cross-stitch canvas,
twelve and one-fourth inches wide, and
stripes of old red plush, five inches wide,
united by drawn stripes of heavy white
linen, the seams being concealed by rows
of cross-bars. The plush stripes ore left
plain, the rich pile needing no decoration;
the canvas oues are ornamented with a
cross-stitch border in red, white and gold.
The design is worked with coarse em
broidery cotton, or twist and gold thread,
each stitch being crossed over two threads
each way. The drawn thread stripes have
a clean linen ground, and are worked al
ternately with red and blue threads. The
cross-bar row beside the red stripe is blue,
beside the blue one red. The hanging is
trimmed at the lower edge with a fringe
knotted of blue and red cotton. The
knotting is as follows: Two red aud seven
blue double threads, uine and one-half
iDches long, are looped in alternately to
the half, so that four red and fourteen
blue double threads are formed. The
red knotting threads are united by a chain
of single buttonhole knots, while the blue
ones form pointed ribs of knots, and then
also seven chains of buttonhole knots.
Line curtain with linen.— Yankte Blade.
iiEnnv RECIPES.
No more healthful diet can be put upon
the table at this season than fruit, says
the Courier Journal. Leibig -says on
this subject:
"Besides contributing a large pro
portion of sugar, mucilage and other
nutritive compounds in the form of food,
they contain such a fine combination of
vegetable acids, attractive substances,
and diuretic principles, with the nutri
tive matter, as to act powerfully in the
capacity of refrigerants, tonics and
antisceptics, and when freely used at
the season of ripeness, by rural laborers
and others, they prevent debility,
strengthen digestion, correct the putre
factive tendency of nitrogenous food,
avert scurvy and probably maintain and
strengthen the power of productive
labor."
Fresh ripe fruit is particularly whole
some if taken in the early part of the
day. That housekeepers may serve
them with variety the following sug
gestions are given:
Frozen Currants—Mash a quart of red
currants, add two pounds of sugar, the
juice of three oranges and one lemon, let
stand one hour, add a quart of water,
stir until the sugar is dissolved, turn iu
the freezer and freeze.
Currants and raspberries—(for tea or
lunch) —To every quart of largo, red
raspberries allow a pint of ripe currants
and a pound of sugar. Put on a pre
serve kettle, bring to a boil, dish and set
in the ice—the juice should jelly.
Currant Sponge—Cover half a box of
gelatine with half a cup of cold water,
and soak for half an hour; then pour over
half n pint of boiling water, add half a
piut of sugar and stir until it dissolves.
Strain half a pint of currant juice, and
put on ice until thick and cold ; then beat
the whites of four eggs, putin the mix
ture, beat until smooth, turn into a fancy
mould, and set on ice to harden.
Raspberry Meringue—Crush a pint of
ripe raspberries with a pint of sugar;
beat the whites of four eggs; stir all to
gether gently until it stands alone.
Raspberry Tapioca—Wash a teacup of
tapioca through several waters, then
cover with cold water and let soak ail
night. In the morning set on a close
fire; pour over a pint of boiling water;
simmer slowly until the tapioca is per
fectly clear. Stir a quart of ripe rasp
berries into the boiling tapioca and
sweeten. Take from the fire: pour in a
deep dish; set on ice: when very cold,
serve with sugar and cream.
Stewed Gooseberries—Stem and top
one quart of gooseberries; put them in a
porcelain kettle; add one pint of boiling
water; cover the kettle close and stew
ten minutes. Add one pound of sugar,
stand on the back of the stove where it
is not too hot for fifteen minutes.
Gooseberry Food—Stem and top a
quart of ripe gooseberries and stir them
in one pint of water until they are
crushed. Pour through a colauder to re
move the skins; add a teaspoonful of
butter and a cup of sugar, and the yolks
of four eggs well beaten, and pour in a
glass bowl. Beat the whites of the eggs
until frothy, and add two heaping tea
spoonfuls of powdered sugar, and heal
until it stands alone. Heap on top of
the Kooseberriu.
NO. 37.
THE VOICEFUL WAVES.
The voiceful waves! I love at night to
stand
Mad with strange yearnings on the shelly
sand.
To watch the foam flowers fade beneath my
feet.
And guess what words the lisping combs re
peat.
Then, if a ship's snars, like a full-spread hand,
Within the round red moon are framed
complete,
I seem to fly to tropic Islands sweet.
Where dusky creatures list upon the strand
The voiceful waves.
At morning, too, when sea gulls, white and
fleet.
Swim through the mists with measured
pinion beat,
X almost hear in forests old and grand
The unseen winds—l hate this gold-cursed
land,
And they have told me of some safe retreat,
The voiceful waves.
—George Horton , in Chicago Herald.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Conflicting dates—Candidates.
Kidnaping—A sleeping infant.
The huileof fortune—Petroleum.
Shaking for drinks—The trcmuloua
toper.
Can a bird drinking he said to be
liquidating his bill?— Full Itiver Tribune.
Pothumous works should be published
in some dead lunguage.— Pittibu rg
Chronicle.
It is comparatively quiet when so still
you can hear the dew drop.— Binghamton
Republican. «.
A sulky horse can usually be cured by
driving it in some other kind of a vehicle.
—New York Ntics.
Put two doors side by side and the
small boy will go through the one that
squeaks.— Mercury.
The papers at this trying time
All speak of death, the killer:
We're bold to take, in prose and rhyme.
Somebody's sarsaparilla.
—Judge.
The ancients excelled us in many
things. Now, there was Job, a boiler
that never exploded.— San Francisco
Alto.
The humorist seldom gets rich from
his ideas,but he is usually able to make a
good thing out of one and another.—
Puck.
A dentist of this city-puts 'in false
teeth so naturally that they look and
ache exactly like tho originals.—Phila
delphia Press.
The health journals and doctors agree
that the most wholesome part of the or
dinary New England country doughnut
is the hole.— Troy Times.
In ancient times 'twas Ajax bold
The lightning did defy:
In modern times 'tis Kemmier, who.
This feature will supply.
—GoodalVs Sun.
Popinjay (passing store) —"Good gra
cious! What is the matter with that
man leaning over the counter there?"
Blobson—"Got a counterfeit, I guess.—
Mercury.
Bank Cashier (of Hibernian extraction
opening his mail and smelling the docu
ment) —"Hello, this note must have been
drawn in the Oil Regions, 1 see there are
three days grase on it."
Trumble (to office boy)—" Can you tell
me if the sporting editor is in his office?"
Office Boy—"He ain't got any offlis.
He's outside making the baseball score on
the bulletin."— Pittsburg Press.
Mrs. Brown—"Why do you like to
have the doctor come to see you, Johnny?
Is it because you get nice things to eat?"
Little Johnny—"Naw; 'cause I can put
my tongue out at him."— Bazar.
"Girls are queer." "Whyso?" "Why,
when that pauper Bolus was married to
Miss Stockanbonds, the heiress, she
looked tickled to death when he en
dowed her with all his worldly goods."
—Bazar.
Mrs. Jinks—"l declare, Alice Smith is
to be married! It is frightful the way
girls marry nowadays. A woman should
never think of it until she has reached
tbeageof discretion!" Mr. Jinks—"ln
other words, you would rather have
them stay single all their lives."—Law
rence American.
There is a postoflice in Idaho called
Deer Valley, with a mail twice per week.
For six weeks last winter the only letters
received came for a young man from his
girl in Chicago, and the inhabitants fin
ally became so wroth that they arose in
their might and run him out of town. —
Detroit Free Press.
Jack Wheeler—"l say, Louis, how old
do you suppose .Miss Smith is? Her aunt
says she's just twenty-one." Louis Waite
(who has not been in the wholesale dry
goods business for nothing)—" Aw. yes;
marked down from thirty-three; to be
disposed of at a bargain, old chupjfie."—
Mornhi'j Journal.
Irish Moss.
This edible, or rather drinkable sub
stance is gathered around Cape Cod, in
Massachusetts. It is combed off the
rocks beneath the sea, and carefully
carried to the shore where it. is dried in
the sun, packed in barrels, and sent to
the brewers to form an important element
in beer, and save malt. This sea farm
ing yields $75,00(1 annually, and as no
fencing or manuring are required, and
no tax on the land, it should be quite an
independent kind of industry.— The Mill
none. J