t tlx iro Th t:U tbe to h. fro I a. dor: tnnudT volted ' count tou Jl' mm hoj art rr ma llii a. la ml o, of otl rwj. 1 l!nk tb w Ton wo-ma'te. rave rf I) tbe Knobi d. Mm S them four fc ; thsra mwtk . ' rHE M1DDLEBURGH POST. T. &. ITARTZR, lorres. kwv PaVm. MII'DLKW'RiJH. PA. IM'.C. T. Up to date America. tiM led the. world in devising rapid-fire gun. Lord Rosobcry, at a recent dinner in London, to Sir 15. W. Duff, re marked that wherever in tho world there was a Rood thing there would be found a Scotsman sitting by it. The new Congressional Library in Washington will, Librarian Kpotford estimate, accommodate copies of all the book of the world for one linn dred yearn to reran and r-t ill lenvo seven-eighths of its available space ap plicable for oilier purpose. Sir James ('. Browne, ft London ex pert on brain disease, says insomnia ia Dot so I -ad as claimed. Tin1 brain take real in short spells, and one part of the bruin ret while the other keep at work. A r I no literary men, though getting little sleep, have their Lraiu rest anvwr. A lui been anticipated, observe the Boston Journal, orange culture in the t'nited St.ites lins outgrown the ability of the country to consume tho production. It is estimated thut the coming crop will exceed the demand j by at least one million botes. Of the , whole production, Florida is expected j to furnish 4,."0i),0i)0 boxes ami Cali fornia 'J,. "00, III)') boxes. Hold nunc in Nevada, California, Arizona, Sex Mexico, Colorado, Mori- tana and clewhere where gold mines are known, have taken a new ntimulus. ' The output of gold this year will double that of last, predicts the Chi- rago Herald. Tho suspension of silvct ruihin? will reduce the output of th-il ; metal equal to the increase of gold. ' Old mines that worked only irregular- : ly have now iuercascd their capacity, j and are turning out a brick a week i where the average was one n 3oUtaet . less. Count I'. P. SehnvnlotT isthefortu- note possessor of tho only diamond ' fields in P.usxia. On Lis estate, com- ! prising ;V)t),t)0i) hectares, five genu wtre accidentally found last year. The first diamond was picked up on the place in 18:10, aud in the years since hen about 130 bav$ Iko sVn-u ,eied. The Count has decided to carrr on diamond hunting with vigor in the future. He is among tho wealthier landed proprietors in Kussui, and re- , lated to the Russian ambassidor in Berlin. Howellett's "Queer Facts and Cu- ' tions Fancies," says that the irt blackboard w made at Loudon in ; the Tf ar IT'.I'!. and was used at a smull , educhtionsl institution near Padding ton Green. H. A. Wood, an uuthori- . tstive iuvestigator, snvs: "The first ; Llacklumr.l ever used for the purpose of instruction was made by Colonel Claudius Croet.ont- of Napoleou's olli- i cert., find afterward teacher of uiathe- rustics at West Point. Tho board was made in lhlrt." Which is right? asks j the Chicago Herald. ! There have recently been somo very important discoveries of got. I in tho West. It in stated that at Cripple Creek, Col., gold ore worth $7000 a ton Las been found, but its quantity is as yet unknowu. Several other valuable new mines are reported aud some of the old ones are to be re-opened in tbe hope that improved methods of working the ores will make them profitable. The Atlanta Journal called attention recently to the fact that tho gold regions of Georgia and North Carolina are attracting the attention of practical miners. There are millions of gold in tins region and we expect to see the gold product of tho South j greatly iucreased. j This year surpasses any one in -tho history for railroad accidents. From November, to November, Ih.I.i, i 318 persons Lave been killed on the i ailroads, and -000 persons have been naimed and crippled. These figure 1 include those persons who Lave met with accidents on street railways, and there are over 200 of them iu th United States, Brooklyn heading t U "kt with fifteen persons killed on the I rfaco track alone. The greatest cidents in which thia country wu I neerned were the loss of three or .r Trans-atlantio steamers. It h is n a year of great mourning, foi loss of lives au l the fluuucial panic t'e made it one of general suffering !, in spite of the fact that it ba J.o a year of so great sorrow, trial d sac ft flee, it Las been without auv ft religions revivals, They ar ,Jljf always to follow close on ti. kl (t great panic and diaastera. AMBITION'S TRAtL, If all the end et this eontlnnoaa striving Wera simply to attain. Bow poor would iim the planning and eon trlvlne, Tha endless ursrln an I the hurried driving. Of tly, hnart and brain ' Bat ever In the w ikn ot trna achieving, Thre thine thin glowing trait , Bona other soul will be spurred on, con calving , Ksw powr and strength, in Its own self be lifvlmr Bemuse thou didst not fail. Hot thin alone tha (lory nor tha sorrow If thou dot mine the (toil. Cndreauedot lire In many afar to-morrow, From tii thnlr weakness, or tholr force shall borrow i On, an, ambitious aoul ' Ella Wheeler Wlleov, la Independent, THE FAIR UNKNOWN. nicnARt rnrcn. N one of Lady Oeorge Athol'a "lirst Thnrsday" her rooms were fill ing to overflow. Barn street was Moeked with car riage. Ladv Oeorge stood on tho big square land ing at tho top of the stairs, anil gave her hand so often that, after a time. it seemed no longer her own. The peo- nle throtiL'eil no arvi ntv The enm-nt appeared unending, and sho felt ao jf the circle must be complete, and the string of guests must be revolving, a in a child's toy the figures th it are gummed on to a tape and go up to the mill move in endless succession up, uud Up. ana up. Her tongue was tired, too, and so was her smile, but each was kept in active work. "How do you do?" "How do you do?" How do vou do?" "Your sou not with vou ? No? I "rry. "What lovelv flowers!' "How do you do?" "How do you do?" "No, almost cold." "How do you do?" "Yps, stifling." "Ah, Mrs. Keith I scarcely thoimht you would get away. Pull was it ? What, none of the right people? Pidn't suppose for au iu stant there would I.e." "Let me stand here for one mo ment. I want so much to know who some one is who came iu just before us. A bountiful woman. Quite too lovely." "Mrs. Venables, probablv. Not Mrs. Venables? Fair? Lad'r Fleet? No? MissAdair? No? Then I can't tell yon till I see her." "She is coming up now. There, with the fair hair. No in frout of the Brabazons." Lady (leorgo had the mischance to drop her bouquet, and in the momentary confusion a name was lost. Tho lady who Advanced behind tho nnheard name was fair to whiteness almost. V Her hair was of a peculiar hade ofi yellow, Hk pa sulphur. Her eyes were of the lightest gray. Lady George gave her hand and said: "How do you do?" The Bra bazons occupied her with some elab orate explanation uc to why they had been nuable to dine in Baru street, ami in t b-? meantime the lady, with a mur mured word, had passed ou. Lady George looked after her. Khe was bowing to some one. hho xraa bowing again and now again. Apparently he Lad niauy friends in the room. Mr. Brabazou was talking to Mrs. Keith, who, as soon as ho hail moved way, turned to her hostess. "She is handsome. I hope your flowers were not spoiled. I didn't catch the uame." The lady was lost! in too smart crowd. "Neither did I," said Lndr George, blandly, "and I dou't know "her from Adam. She must be some friend of the girls. Joan or Muud must have sent her a card my memory is so bad. I can't leave this; if you come across either of my daughters, you will send her to me, Mrs. Keith? " Oh, here is my husband. George George go into tho room and tell me who the striking woman with tho yellow Lair ." "TLere are dozens of 'em. WLieh." "I'll show you," said Mrs. Keith. She was interested. Tho two moved awoy, but, like the raven from the ark, they did not re turn. Lady George, after ten minutes or o, felt that she Lad done Ler duty, and sho left the top of tho stairs. She forgot the unknown lady, and it was half an hour before she came across one of her daughters. "Maud, I had something to ak yon and I forgot what. Oh, yes. Who is I cau't see Ler now yes, there she ' is that woman with the yellow Lair landing i.y tue mantlepiece? "In white? I don't know." "But neither do I. I thought yoa ! would bo able to tell me. Fiud Joan and send her to me." It was twenty minutes before Lady George's second daughter appeared before her. By that time the lady had moved her place. "I know the one you mean," said Joan, "but I don't know who she is. She haa very curiout hair and she is in white." "Yes." "Well. I don't know." Mrs. Keith came up. "Lord George doesn't know," she said. "I can easily find out," said Joan; "she Las been talking to Charlie Yin eeut for the last ten minutes; I'll ask Oim." Hhe moved away as she spoke. Youug Viueeut was leaning against a pillar and laughing heartily. He was the butt for the moment of the chaff of two of Lis friend. Joan heard a few of their remark. "He didn't mind, doa't you know awfully pretty woman Uke that. K either would you." "ttaid sue met him at Nioe, and dear old Charlie's never been oat of the country in his life." Vincent caught Miaa Athol'a eye. ''Are yon going to let roe t ike jon down to anppert" he said to her. "I will ace later on," said Joan. "Just now I want yon to tell me some thing. What is the name of tho lady yon went .taking to a tow minutes ago?" He began to laugh. "At whit?" said Joan. "Well, the whole thing. Thoso two cliapa have been chaffing me like any thing, a it is. You mean the hand some woman with tho fair Lair?" "Yea." "I was standing near her when she turned round and put out her hand She said, 'Mr. Vincent, isn't it t' and I said yea, and then she said that she hadn't seen me for ever ao Ion), and I didn t like to pretend that I did not know her, so I said that it was rather a long time ; and then we talked for nl.it." "And yon don't know who she la?" "Never saw her before in My life. Who is sho?" "Where did she think she had met yon?" said Joan, without answering hi question. "Well, yon see, that didn't eomeont till quite the end. She said it in nut bo two years since the days at Nice, and by that time I was so steeped in deception and I had allowed my rem iniscences of our former acquaint ance to go such length in order to coincide with hers, that I Lad not tho j fc to tell her that I had never len ut Nice in my life. Shu mistook me for some one else ; I knew that after tho first hulf-dozen words; but you seo I had woven such a tangled web that I couldn't get out of it, even if I had wanted to, aud those two chaps say I didn't." Joan laughed. "She is very handsome," she said; "but I am not quite sure that she is good style." Miss Athol went back to her mother. On the way, she passed the fair un known talking to Mr. Brabazon. "I watched that," Mrs. Keith was saying; "sho dropped her fan. Well, Joan, what Lad Mr. Vincent to tell you ?" "Nothing," sai 1 Miss Athol; "the mystery reicaius mystery. Khe mis took him for some ono else." "She bowed to Lady Beckonham, I think. Here is Ladv BeckeuLam. I will ask her." "Not to me," said Lady Jecken ham. Lady George explained the r. Na tion. "If I were in your case, I should go to Ltr myself, said Lady Beckeu Lam. "I must, I think," said Lady Oeorge, and she aought her unknown guest. "You will pardon mo," she said; "but I did not hear your name, and my memory is bad. I do a jk recall I your lace. "I am Mrs. Diiahlre.JT?!1 my f.,; lady; "I was so .orry not to return. Jj, 1". AayoB.J your call on Monday. It was good of you to come ami see me so soon. "Darbishire! Cull!" Lady George looked at her vacantly. Tho lady caught something of Ler hostess's expression. "Can there bo any mistake?" she said ; "I don't know yon, of course, because I did not seo you when von called. Yon heard from my ie:ir friends, tho Van Liudens, of New York, and you came to see me aud linked me to your party." Lady George looked more vacant. "You are Mrs. Sefton, surely," said the lady. "1'her.e is some mistake," 6aid Ladr i George; "I am Lady George AthoL" j Mrs. Darbishire started to her feet, i "How cau I suflioieutly apt logize?" sue saut ; "i Bin a stranger in London, aud I arrived from New York only last week. I had an introduction to" Mrs. Sefton. 1 do not know her personally, so I diil not diaeover my mistake. I came in a hansom, and I suppose the driver mistook my directions." Lady George smiled graciously. "The mistake is easily explained if Mr. Mrs. Seftou live in Barn Square." "That ia it, I think," said Mrs. Darbishire. "And this is Barn street." "I am so distressed this shonld Lave Lappened," said Mrs. Darbishire. "Not at all," said Lady George; "you found some friends here, I hope, aud it ha given us the pleasure of your company." The lady, with reiterated apologies, bowed ami took her departure. A man who passed her on the stairs looked at her fixedly aud Lurried up to his hostess. "Will you tell me that lady's name," he said. Five min'it.'s ago I might have asked yon, Colouel Westou. She is Mrs. Darbishire, I believe Her cab for Barn man mistook Baru street Square. "You know nothing about Ler?" "Nothing." "Then excuse me." Colonel Weston hurried down to the hall. Mrs. Darbishire wo coming from the cloak room. "Mile. Le-itoeq will permit me to see her to her hotel?" he said, quietly. The lady started, then uiled and bowed. . "Monsieur est Lien aimable," she said. He followed Ler to the hansom and got iu. He spoke up through the trap. "Drive slowly to the end of the street and I will direct you." lie turned then to his companion. "We meet agaiu, mademoiselle." "Oui, monsieur." j "Mademoiselle Las, perhaps, few friend in London." "Not many, monsieur.' "Mademoiselle, however, start well under such a wing as that of 'Ladr Oeorge Athol." i "Without doubt, monsieur. H L "A more softly feathered wing than that of the law, mademoiselle. You shonld know." "Monsieur la facetious." "I should like to see what you have in your pocket, mademoiselle." "Mr handkerchief, monsieur." "What else?" "A meagre purse." "What else?" "That is all." '"That figure clad in dark Line I ft policeman. What else, mademoiselle?" "Only this," said Mrs. Darbishire. She handed him a email diamond brooch as sho spoke. "Only that?" "That is all, monsieur. I Lave hn.l no luck." "You are sure that is all. A word to my friend in blue" "Save yourself tho trouble, mon ienr. That is all." "Good-night, mademoiselle. Good night for tie old sake's sake." "Oood-niiht," said Mrs. Darbishire. Colonel Weston called another cab and drovo back to Barn street. "A chance likeness, perhaps, to some one I met in Paris," ho said to Lady Oeorge; "one is easily mistaken. I have just picked this up," he added, placing the brooch in her Laud; "do you know whose it is?" "Some ono is sure to claim it," said Lady George. A few days later, it chanced that Lady George Athol and Mrs. He f ton met. "I suppose yon heard from your friend Mrs. P.irbishire of her coming to my crush in mistake for yours," said Ladv George. "Mrs. "Darbishire!" sid Mrs. Sef ton ; "but she came to me the night before last for you. Her cabmau mis took " Lady George opened her eyes, "When did that happen?" "On Wednesday. I have good Tea son to remember the day, for I lout an emerald bracelet. " Argonaut. 1 Mill Encouragement. "There's nothing like giving a boy a little eneonragement once in a while," said i wealthy downtown merchant the other day. "I know I owe a great deal to a remark a crabbed old farmer made to me when I was quite small. "I was trying to split a cross-grained hickory log, and as our wood-pile was close by the roadside, my effort at tracted the notice of the farmer, who stopped his team to watch me. "I was greatly nattered by Lis at- intiou, because he was the crossest and surliest man in tov. n and never took any notice cf ua boys, except to sit in Lis orchard with asLotg-u in his hand when the apples were ripe. So I put in my best licks and covered my hands with blisters, but the log re fused to split. The blamed thing seemed to have no grain to it. I hated to bo beaten, but apparently tuere was no help for it. lhe old man Ley to give it up !' Le said, with a chuckle of malicious delight. "Those words were all I needed. "I made no reply ; bnt the way that ax-head went into that log was a revelation to me. As I drove it into tho knots they yielded. There was a cheerful crackle ; the gap widened, and aoon the two halves lay before rue aud the farmer drove oft' in discomfiture. "But I never forgot that scene. When I first went into business I made mis takes, as every young man will. But wheuever I got caught iu a doubtful enterprise I recollected that my friends were standing around waiting for the chance to say : 'I thought you'd have to give it up.' "But they never got the chance. I knew what they were watching for and prophesying, aud that knowledge gave me a bull-dog determination to curry the thing through. "Iu spite of himself, that old farmer gave me the key-note of my success. "So you see that if boy has any grit in him ho is bound to profit by the right sort of eucouragemeut ; and, in that connection, I may remark that a well-placed sneer is sometimes worth more than a whole barrel of tatVy." Puck. The Tenderfoot Hot a Valuable Pointer. One day, while a gang of miners were toiliug in a gulch near Shasta, a stranger, evidently ignorant of min ing, came along. The uiiuer near him took out a five dollar nugget, and anxiety overcame the stranger's re ticonej. "Say," he asked, "where can I go to diggiu' to find it like that?" The hardy miner stopped hi work, aud, giving the wink to all the boys, pointed up to the barren rocks where no gold had ever been found. "You see that rough-lookia' place?" "Yes," said the new hand. "Well, thar it is rich. Jes' you stake out a claim au' go to work, au' when wo finish here we'll come up, too." The new hand thanked the miner, aud the boys ail grinned their appre ciation of the joke. That afternoon a solitary figure was seen picking ou the rocky hillside, aud every time the mi ners looked up tuey roared with laugh ter. But the next day tha aew miner struck a pocket and took out several thousands cf dollars iu gold. Theu he came and thanked the miner who had sent him up there, and weut dowu to the city aud bought house ami lots aud thing, while the other miners dotted that same rocky hillside for day without fiudiug a pocket. Ar gonaut. Complete List ot Hi DlNftbllltle. A blind old English soldier aolioitiug aim at a church door, has a board hung round his neck with the following notice : uso tssooo a accident. Wouod..... r?...T I Total ,, ,ija....,W HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. rant) cmcsRsr. Clean and rut the chicken the ntna ft for a fricassee. Dredge each piece thickly with salt, pepper and flour. Put three tablespoonfuls of oil or lard in a frying pan, and when very hot put in tbe chicken and fry slowly until it ia done. If young (aa it should be) it will fry in three-quarters of an hour. Watch it carefully that it may not burn. When done arrange the pieces on a hot dish, Fonr all the fat but about one tableepoonfnl from tbe frying pan, then add a tablenpoonful of flour, mix and add a half pint of milk or cream, stir, season with salt and pepper and pour over the chickeu. St. Louis Republic. KSnvtJM OTST2TW. To scollop oysters use a grating dirh ; butter it, and cover the bottom with bread crumbs; then put in ft layer of oysters which you have al ready drained , add bits of butter and more bread crumb, and so on until you have used all your oysters; the top layer must bo thick bread crumbs, and tho bits of butter must be gener ously distributed. Pour the oyster liquor into the dish before the last layer of crumbs. Bake half au Lour in a quick ovon. Of the niauy way of serving raw oysters not one is better appreciated by bon vivant than the simplest on the half shell. Wash well before opening, pour all the liquor into one side of the shells. Arrange upon a lnrgo salver and servo with sliced lemon and pepper vinegar. When you fry oysters the liqnor ii left; boil it ami thicken it with some flour and butter rubb)d together, add a little cream and pour it over hot toast for a breakfast or luncheon dainty. But be sure you boil it be fore setting it away if it is not to be. used until the next day ; otherwise it will not keep fresh. Any cooked oysters left over may be added to a breakfast hash for giving a pleaaaut flavor. New lork World. now TO MAKE HOMEMADE CAKE. In large cities the making of cake h almost a lost nrt. There are niauy reosous for this, first and foremost of which is the bakery. Then there are the women's exchanges, whera peo ple fancy they can buy just such cake as dear grandma used to make, but oh, what a delusion aud a snare they proved I "The test of the pudding is in the eating," but the test of bought cakes, either at bakeries or at ex changes, should be left entirely to their appearance, for there alone is their merit. I have a friend who make the most delicious cake I ever tasted. One of the best and easiest made of her almost endless variety of cakes is what she call a luncheon cake. This is how it is mado: One cupful of sugar, half cup of brtter, worked, to a tine i-ream; one egg; one oupful of sweet milk; two cupfuls of flonr ; three tablespoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor with grated nutmeg. Bake in ft shallow pau well lined with buttered paper. Sometimes she frost the top of this cake and decorates with English wal nut meats. Then sho calls it a recep tion cake. Another of her cakes is what all children love. Sho calls it Hpongo cake . One large cup of sugar, four egg beaten to a foam, three tablespoon fuls of milk, two teaspooufuls of bak ing powder, one large cup of flour; flavor with lemon. This makes a small cake. It should be baked iu a shallow, square pan, and eaten fresh. Another of her cakes is rich and de licious ; she calls it wedding cake : Two pounds of butter, two pound of grauulated sugar, twelve eggs. Beat whites and yokes separately. One cup of New Orleans molasses, three table spoonfuls of cloves, one tablespoon ful of mace, two tablespoonfuls of all spice, one uutmeg grated, four pound of dried currants, two pounds of flour and one Leaping teaspoonful of baking soda. Tbia must be tborougly beaten and mixed and baked four hours in a low oven. To frost it heat up the whites of four egg to a stiff froth, add powdered sugar aa long aa you can blend it nicely; also add tbe juice of one lemon. Spread thia over the top of tho cake nearly an inch thick and around the side that thickness. Here you have a cake fit to set be fore a king. It will keep for uiouthd. New York Herald. HOUSEHOLD HniTsi Roll of old flannel should be ready for sudden demand. Open canned fruit an hour or two before it is needed for use. It is far richer when the oxygen is thu restored to it. If the rollers of a wringer are sticky or covered with lint pass a cloth dampened with keroseue between them. Gum arabio and gum tragaoanth, in equal parts, dissolved in hot water, make the best and most convenient mucilage you cau keep in tho house. Handkerchief too much worn for ordinary use should find their way to the "hospital drawer," a old, soft cloth are always of use in the sick room. Persons who travel will find that cold cream or vaseline will remove the streaks of grime ou their face with much greater ease thau -soap and water. When wine is spilled on table linen prinkle salt over it thickly before it i dry, if possible. Vaseline or machine oil should be washed with soap and cold water first. If an umbrella ia wet never stand it ferule down to dry, bnt open it and lay it handle down until quit dry. If it must be closed, stand it ou the handle rather than the feruH WHIN IT'S COLO. Tt nsn neeuies are in your nnirr anrioe When lclcls han from tb snow-man's aos i When the frost on the pane make sugary tres, And wagon-wheels over the hard ground wheef!i When the touiihf nsd old farmnr fling round hi arms Kn If h'd throw them across two farms When ears are ruhhd an 1 no- ar rad, .nd shnts ar Ilk le la tho spira-roora bi When witcr-pipo burst, and wolls frees up, tnd the tea Isn't hot wh&n It leaves th cop j When stray dos coming along the street Kvtr stan 1 f.ir a second on all four feet ' When little boys cry If thy have to be out, and "r j hirl for a full balf-tnilo it tu-y shout t 4 "h-n the d.iy .i ss ckar as tho thoughts that fled Ont into tim world from Hti.tkspnre's head t When thn air about seem a still as a rock, And a su Iden noise Is a u 1 leu shock, And the o-irth seems deserted, lonely, and old Vou are r-rtty sur j that It's pretty cold t St. Nicholas, run AND POINT. Getting a shine on your thocs Sit ting in the suu. Hallo. Even a lean person may fall plump into tho water. Lowell Courier. Cnu a hungry man lnnko n sqnnra meal o!T of round stake ? Lowell Courier. The baker who mixes hi dongh properly Las a soft thing of it. Euf falo Courier. The fellow who was married in the Ferris wheel ought to make a good all round husband. Plain Dealer. Th pup w.is cood nalurnd Tint the tr.iups nil turnnd lilm down , bo thy put a margin oa Mm, Au 1 lis terrified tlt town. "Yes, Minerva, there is n difference between getting an option on apart ments ami getting a flat refusal." Elmira Gazette. Tho political workrr ia willing to turn in when wanted au I to turn out at times, but his abhoreuce is ft turn down. Philadelphia Ledger. Khe "It is rank injustice to say that a woman is inferior t . a man in reasoning powers." He "Why?" Sho "Bocauso." Detroit Tribune. In the Klonmlni;. ) my dsrlinr. As the deep'tuui; slmilett adviina", I Will mM you ; tie tile lo up ISO he cannot kksw my p nits. Kansas City Journal. In Lapland tlri style in feminine at tire has not changed iu 1000 year. What a delightful place that must be for married men ! Hartford JouruaL II had an Iron will. thy sld. That n.iv-r eould oh trust!, 4 Tut. Ilkx nil Iron, since he wo. I H j will soeuis to havu rust!. Inlluu:tpol:s Journal. "I hea- you nre going to be mar ried?" "QVf cows to mo." "Some m ---- - you were engage." " l uat diflerent. rittaburg Cuonu cle. . "I insist upon your leaving 'tin house," she said augrily. "Certain ly," Le replied blandly; "I Lave na intention of taking it with mo.'! Fre Press. - Tommy "Paw, what makea thi stars so bright?" Mr. Figg "Oh, these astronomers are scouring th Leavens all tLe time." Iudiauapolia Journal. .Vury had a little lamb." They sumr. Thn youth dented. '.She had," ho sitd, '"a salad Aud a uo.ou oysters, fried." Detroit Tribune. "They say he simply cdectrified Lit hearers at the debate the other night.' "Why shouldn't he? He took th negative aud was very positive." Buffalo Courier. If revolutions never end in South America it should be remembered they come round regularly, aud that thing that are round naturally Lave no end, Philadelphia Times. "You say that my work i easy com pared with yours," said the baud-organ mau to his monkey attachment, "but I tell you it is an everlasting grind. " r.ochester Democrat. Tolice Scrgeaut "What Lave yon run this man in for? Did you find anything crooked about him?" Of ficer McOobb "Idid sor; It was corkscrew. " Indianapolis Journal. A conscienceless murderer has de frauded the legal profession by com mitting suicide. He has lost th chauco of an appeal after conviction, and they have lost their foe. Hallo. H knlt at hr feet In sllpncn, Jlut no tender spiMH'h did he study i Bhe looked fair and sweet, Hut It wasn't a trxnt To put ou tier overshoes muddy Chicago Iuter-Ounan. "How long," suy a contemporary, "can one live without air?" It de pends on the air. Most people could live a long time without kmiiio of the airs which have been popular the past twelve months." Buffalo Quips. Gertie Uushicr-"I dou't see how you can bring yourself to marry him. Hi small statue makes him absolutely iiisigmficaut" Sarah Shrewdly "Yes; but there is nothing of that sort the matter with hi iucouie." Buffalo New. Iutendod a a Compliment Mia Elderly (coquettishly) "The material i very good, but the colors are too gay for a person of my age. " Well meaning Clerk "Oh, I'm sure you are uot half aa old a you look. Texas Sifting. " ' A Texas clergyman about to be ap pointed chaplain of the penitentiary preached a farewell sermou to hi con gregation that had treated Lim rather badly. Ho selected the following text : "I go to prepare a place for you, ao that where 1 am ye may be alao." Texa gifting. Tobacco culture it steadily gaining roun' i- 'ustraUa.
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