OPELOUSAS

Female Institute,Opeleasa, St Landry Parish, La.

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Discipline firm and based on sound principles,ennobling and developing character.

lonorand Self-Respect Promoted

lifethods of training and culture thorongh."he curriculum prepares the pupil for Uni-versity practical life,

Certificates and Diplomas Conferred.

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YRS. M. M. HAYES, Principal.PHOF. E. W. MrcLENDOc. iMss. LVcv IIARVEY MCLENION, A!s'ts.

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AN PAPER HANGER,S* *.e Wk Saraunteed at Low Prisees

G. . CHAaHERE,

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SQUIRE RTUFIS ANDER&Picks Up a Good On* rom Ben.

Chrh* Weaver.

A Country "Greenle in the Hands of aGambler.-". Hibh Roller From the

I Country."-Brought toa Great ret mad "Con.

feslonment" wishFlne Clothes

4 ,,%iofidwr, 1894.1

"Do you know,Rufe, some-times I wish meand ,yo'u cuidbaa pair dfyearlin boyoncst niore9"aisv hen ChrisWeaver the lasttime he stoppedby in passn tospend the rightat b n, nouse.S"Of course inorderment toRis tihat deep into the past we wouldhaturally have to turn loose and giveip a heap of pleasant things in thepresent time. but seems to me like Iwould be willind to turn around and gOback and start over and try it on ft, at

few days anyvhow, Don't you kno•'would be burly tuo for us boys jest tslip the bridle for a little spell and ruout with the dry cattle, as it were?"

Then it looks like a busy silence setied down on the front porch. I wbusy--monstrous busy-smokin andthinkin, and I reckon nc doubt 1enChris was busy thinkin and smokin.But presently he broke the spell andwent on;

N it rlttch To ie Greth"As you know, Rufi, tI ~i a farmer

and nothin in porti•hlar but a farmer.I don't have much time for readin, andabout the best that I can do is to givethe papers a lick and a promise. But Iread that long rigamarole you had inthe papers about the way in which youand Susy Ann Stringer weaned 'BunkWeatherford and Rosebud Castleberrand bustod up the camp meeting withine clothes, and it put me to thinkliIt made me think of how I went off ona wild goose chase oncst upon a tintsand brought my fool self into a greatfret and a mighty ontfsionment withfine clothes.

It was say back there in our boyhooddays, and if you remember right, whilstWe lived up in the hill country myfather had a big plantation down on theriver, where he raised corn and cottonand niggers from who laid the bottotmrail. From the general appeaiLnent treckon the old genleman had toak ip anotion that he comld ~take a great law-yer. or a doctor, or a preacher, or apresident out of me, so he fixed upthat summer to send me off to college.I fold him it want no use and I knowedwhat I was talkin about, cause I wasthe sam Ben Chris Weaver then that Iam today, only I have got more age onme now. I didn't likow nothin then-- and I don't know nothin now-ex-treptin niggers and taules, but I'll bedadburned if I don't know them morelamer than a scholar knows his books

"But my private opinions in the casewouldn't go down with the old gentle-man. He had took up a notion-likemany and many a noble and good man-that money would git anything, whilstthere is one thing that money neverwould buy and colleges never couldmake, and that is brains. So the oldfolks went to a whole lot of trouble andexpense that summer- fixin me up to gooe to college. Mother made me two orthree new 3ean suits-red and gray andbrown. They were home spun clothesof course, but as good and as pretty asanybody in them diggins could put onat that time.

"And along in the last days of Julythe old gentleman put a hundred dol-lars in my pocket and sent me over tothe river landin and left me there totake the first up boat and go to college.Now it so come to pass that the firstboat to come along was a down boatheaded for Mobile. But it didn't makea blamed bit of difference with meWhich way the river run, whether I,'wentep stream to college or down stream tosome other seaport. I knowed the cap-tain and he likewise also knowed me,and I was soon at home on the boat.

Tbe lGambler anmd the O•e•nae."Don't you remember Red Stokes,

Rufe? If you don't remember him inperson, no doubts you have heard tellof him. Red was a famous man on theriver in them days. He was a mightygambler and abo'it the most slickestlard inthedeck. He wasonboard of thesame boat with me that trip, and whilstI didn't play sporty any to speak of, Ihad stood treats with the crowd two orthree times and it soon loaked out thatI was a greenie with a right nice wadof greenbacks in my breeehes. Pres-ently Red Stokes wanted to know if Iwouldn't like to take a hand in a quietlittle game of stud poker with the boysC't to pass off the time,' as Red put it1ow as to me, Rafe, you know gooiand well that I want raised and trainedup as a gambler, and yet at the sametime I want nobody's natural-born durnfool by a whole lot. But I play&e greenand pulled on the bits considerable tillat last I let Red and the other boyssorter hornsnoggle me into a game. Ididn't know much about the game tostart with-it didn't pay me to knowmuch-but I was powerful peart atlearnin' and when we landed at Mobilethe next morhin I was about fifty_ dol-lars ahead of the music. I had saw thetrick and beat the game as slick as abutton and -s clear as a whistle.

"Well bylhis time it seems like RedStokes had took a terrible likin to me.Nothin would do but I must take mybaggage and put up at his rooms andbe his comany as longas I stayed inthe city. Then he wanted me to go inkeranooks with him and bust the townwhich the same he lowed we could doas easy as fallin off of a greasy log, withhis long experience and my green lidcsand nigger luck. It was a monstrousbrnhe and catchin pieture that Bedpa.._ted for me. It was enough to ropehn most any country boy fresh from thehill eoo•y. Solt son figgered it outthat bu a fewi bank and gittinrich in tWo or three weeks was way- -better than -going of to

.olege anl tryluato make a bgi mananda seholar out of ayearlin boy thatddtkh wnsownthhgmuch but niggersrand diars. eAd so itre aktly came

topa thatsi Iwet in erUnoka withsed ee the wc e wat to work andzgduar -e and siet the pegs to

bgst t town and giteric The panmcatfions wosawout lolyu fare

week me anlerl we about sew hun-dred doflars ahead of the banks, andstesr of the curt.io to speak. We

lade-e. and baGefla l thq I -- fwim;iofr richn? ttr isa. Iwas

N o. e n o rpn, afthr wehadsWt

can tom and ou tosa gar eath

o nia =mania cr way

cute ittle and a sw- oes are a

prilddskr d eus

toes, bhd waknow at the whither nethptv"Ceioes thereof."

Slakiu a spread and puttin on dogwas somethill new to me, but Red hewant along with me and took the leadand showed me bow.. We went to thebiggest dry goods stor, in town, andbe called for the finest suitof s •ptiflclothes that they had thi had d. •-tir it 'was a ul.. tig~streaked fi

ttrlped ratzle-dazzle, Rufe. As.nea r4SI can remember the colgr of that suit, itW as ood cross betweeii the tltitedl tales fki itiid t fittiesnake water-ftelon. The vest was cut way down tothe last button in orderment to makerobm for a ruffle bosom shirt, and therings and streaks and stripes on thebreeches made my legs look like a pairof barber polls. Then red made megit a pair of high heel calf skini bootsand a broad brim white hat, and a fullset of diamunt shiit stud buittons lS bidas glass .mable3t When iWe gdt outisat day i feckon [ must of been aboutthe most richest dressed man that hadever walked the streets of that townRed knowed all about how to sl'readout and put on dot, tlna with plenty ofaunnt li my pocket and nigger luck onmy side, I didn't give a durn for ex-penses. I had already built up consid-siderable name and fame as a coolplayer and a steady winner before Ibloomed out in that razzle-da zle suitof sportin elothes. antd heiicefviwardaafter that i. was uuown of men far andid' the high roller from the hill

country."Now it want so very long after that,

Rufe, before I learnt this lesson-it is ablamed long and lonesome road thatnever had a washout nor a smash up.It made a thunderii big hole in mypile to travel the gait that Red Stokeshad set and put on a whole lot of dogto keep up with hi: Thei about thehest thing we knidwed luck was run-Ting dead square the ot'ner twa~: AndInside of another iteek we woke up flat

stn d iand dead broke. I had stakedhaid lost everything I had, even to mybaggage with my boka and collegeclothes. Red lowed we would jest sim-ply have to forage arbund as best wecould and wait for the wind to changeand raise another stake. But thatdidn't suit me a single blame bit, Rufe.You see Red was of usened to it andI want. I was powerful bad brolke upand let do•wti and kei'hmmxed-twohundred miles from hostd with nary adollar and narry diiae, idi nothin thatI could call tny own but that confound-ed fing-streaked and striped, razzle-dazzle suit of sportin aloes.

He Comes to Hlmself."About that time I reckon I must of

come to my senses, Rufe, and I am hereto tell you that the rebound was 'some-thin tough and terrible.' All of a sud-dent I wanted to go home: and by gol-ly.s I watited to go bad. I didn t saySothin about that totRed, bat as soonas I could git up and it out at sbledoff down to the w It seems likemy nigger luck hadn'tigene cdean backon me yet, Cause there was the sameboat and the same captain that hadbrought me down the river when I leftthe home landin. I come right out flat-footed and honest and let the captainhave all the facts in the case and hetold me I could git on board if I wantedto and go back with him.

"Did I go? You can bet your Sundayboots and side whiskers I went. Rufe.I didn't go around town to shake thepartin hand with the boys-I didn'teven take time-to say good-bye to RedStokes-but you bet I went, and themost painfulest part of the whole busi-ness was that I had to go home withthat blamed fiery flashin suit of sport-in clothes on. Honest, Rufe. the oldgentleman didn't know me when I gotthere. He was settin out on the frontporch readin of his paper when IWalked in." 'Good mornin, sir.' says he to me,

cold and stiff and offish like."'Good mornin, father.' says I, and

hang my cats if he didn't jump out ofhis chair like shot out of a shovel.

"Well. I didn't make out. like I wasGeorge Washington the secont, b, Iknowed darn well that it want the.rtghttime of year for me tolieout-of troubleso I opened up and give' cutthe plain,naked, unwashed truth'. lother wasso glad to see me till she cried and awhole drove of little niggers come upfrom the qurrter to pit'l peep at themsportin clothes of mnme. I had counteddead certain on a hard'and heavy flog-gin when I roun ed ;p at home, andmy mind was Ice riup to take it:.andtote it as best I could. But if you re-member the old gentleman had somepowerful precurious notions, and seemslike he had more ifays than one tobreak a dog from succkin eggs. Thebest that I could dos-was..tohustle., intoa suit of plain clothes and wait forsomnethin to happen.

The Fret aad Contfuloeaent.

"'Benjamin, my son,' says father tome soon the next mornin, 'I would loveto have a little t lk witr;a p ,$ nwe take a walk downtt6h

"Did I go? To be catkoihdi* tdi eI went. I lowed the old gentlemanwould go by the carriage house andtake a buggy trace along, which thesame he didn't do-but anyhow I wentwith him.

" 'Benjamin, my son,' says he, quietand gentle like. 'you see that roan muleDolly don't you? Well, 1 put Nelse, theboy that has been plowin that mule,with the hoe hands this mornin. Takethat mule, my son. and go down to theplantation and find your place with theplow hands. A better mule than Dollynever peeped through a collar, and ifyou keep up with hef I reckon you willearn your rations. The sun is mion-strous hot I know, but if you wouldrather plow than go to school it is allthe same with me. But you must keepthe mule turnin in a reglar, steady gait.If you hunt the shade, or ride the plpw,or play off any I will find it out. andthen you will have to take what wouldnatcherly come to a coo6mon plow handon your daddy's plantation.'

"Rufe, did you ever follow a good,peart mule back and forth through a

field of swamp coden in layin bytime? Well, if you have you knowiomethin about, the reneral cirenmfer.once of my calamity. -Bet 4that watallby a big lot. I toughed it out withthe plow hands all of that week, andwhen Saturday night eome I dlt like Imonght maybe make up my mind to go-o eollege in a pinch.

"Brigt and early Sdnday monin theold gentleman called me out on thefront porch, where he was smokin hispipe and readin the good Book asusuaL , / r i 1

" 'Benjamin, my son,' says he, 'meand your mother are gon over to Ebe-auerehrse b'to meaetiR ldayi 4nd youmust saddle your mule and go with us.'

That wasperfectly all rigt with mebt aoothetime I got readyto mountand ride off, tholi d genU

.. myaoii, >waudonA't' yajgetmdy~f onehescb7'' .- w,

"'I am , wflla end.

' afattther,' t

and hin Mhee you had ecome? a d pat on th ..: elc s,

BeajamiR. W90, geeSn. stasce bsghtweiryl 'ry best dujt:o hurch with

was hatT to hch? I

went to chu .h. Twear tshat ras-ledd zla sal '.I were that rassle-

dseale suit, btI g# J7 ii was lIke

payin taxes or sheddin eve teeth. Iwas a plum show to the whole entiresettlement that day, and everybody,from the little niggers along the roadto the preacher in the pupit, had someslack remarks to fling out about me andthe clothes I had on.

Eust at any rates it eooked me, Ru•e,mud i*ttioked iih durli•er than crack-lin. I never did gt$ to college, cause IUever got anothet- chance. And fromthat time henceforwards I never see ateainboat but what I feel a comin ap

tite 1b gc off find kiek my fool self. IIdon't wear nothin but plain clothesand but blamed few of them, and Idon't know nothin much but niggersand mules till yet."

RUrus SA SDERB.

AN OLD.TIME HANGINQ,

t Wi i blaae & Gaik 6jeasion and HelpedTlad&.

Executions were not then restricted,as they now are, to thb prisoti yard; i6ithk pirsence of a limited number oywitnesses, but were celebrated con-spicuously on an open field, before alarge and often rollicking and tumul-tuous crowd .---

Sucha body I remember to hav-seengathered on Mnch s$ mnphitheate'more than sixty years ago to witniessthe hanging of a murderer. The manwas a farm hand. and well knowrnWhen under the influence of strongdrink he was sullen, truculent, andlan grous; but when sober. he was sopreverbially quiet and inoffensivethat he was the easy-goingbutt of his assoaiates. While at workone day in harvest-time, mowing ameadow neti' to*1t; he diank freely;;and became tipsy; hiereupon one ofhis comrades indulged inlong-continuedand rough horse-play at his expense,till in an access of passion inflamed byrum he turned upon his tormentor andslew him on the spot. Of course he wasimmediately arrested. an( never shallI forget the wave of horreo that sweptover the little town when;the news ofthe murder was bruited, and the victimwas tarried to the home of his parentson a barn door. During the trialof the himicide the courthousewas crowded to overfl,•wing withpeople, who flocked in from t ecountry for miles around to listen tothe grewsome details of the slaying,and to gaze upon the murderer as hewas escorted to and fro by the consta-bles between the jail and the court-house. For several days immediatelypreceding the hanging (that was beforethe day of railroads, it should be re-called (multitudes from the country fortwenty and more miles around flockedto the town to see the execution, andsome of them "to turn an honest pen-ny." On the fatal Friday the "BigField" surrounding the gallows wasfringed with booths and tents for thesale of cakes, pies, small beer and otherrefreshments, interspersed at frequentintervals with farmers' wagons ladenwith watermelons, muskmelons, ap-ples. peaches and other fruit, the enter-prising venders of which drove a brisktrade under the very shadow of thefatal tree. It was estimated that onthat tragic summer day over twenty-five thousand people, a large propor-tion of whom were women and chil-dren, were clustered around the gallowsto witness the dying throes of thewretched man. And, thoughtless boythough I was, I was shocked by thehorrible indifference to the dread eventfor that poor soul which was mani-fested, and by the still more horriblejesting, profanity and drunken com-bats that were indulged in. It was asaturnalia of brutishness and indiffer-ence never to be forgotten.--Charles D.Deshler, in Harper's Magazine.

A BRILLIANT WANDERER.

The Historie Comet Which Appeared thiFirst Year et the War.

The wonderful "War Comet" of 1I61sprang so suddenly into view andblazed as to astonish the astronomersand frighten those unlearned in come-tary lore half out of their witc. Theunlearned declared that the civil war,which was just getting well underheadway, must have something to dowith it. Howeverthis may be, it burstforth. unheraled and uninvited, shin-ing with greater brilliancy and magni-tude than any phenomena of a similarnature which that generation had everseen. On, the night of July 3 of thatyear it exhibited a most wonderfulspectacle. In the evening the nucleusdid not appear to be larger than a starof the first or second magnitude. Asthe small hours of the morning ap-proached, however, the nucleus visiblyincreased in both magnitude andbrilliancy. The tail waved back andforth over our little world in amost threatening manner, at timessending rays almost to the zenith. Onthe morning of July 5 the astronomersannounced through the daily papersthat the head of the great comet wasonly separated from the earth by a dis-tance of 12,000,000 miles. According toa report sent out from the Cambridgeobservatory the comet appears to havepassed its ascending node between the27th and the 29th of June, in longitude279 degrees. the longitude of the earthbeing 277 1degrees at the same time.

On October 10 its tail extended over aspace of 50,000,000 miles, and at severalpointswas not less than 10,000,000 milesin width.

At first it was generally concededthat it was the famous comet of 1556,the one which caused Emperor CharlesV. of France to resign his imperialthrone, he taking -it to be a warningfrom God. 'All' sutmisee were subse-qunently set at rest by the discoverythat it was the famous Thatchercomet,discovered by Prof. A. F. Thatcher atthe Rutherford observatory in NewYork city.--St. Louis Republic.

Early Rialang.

The following calculation is interest-ing: ppose one boy, aged ten years,deteii po rise at five o'clock all theyear ro•nd.I Another at the same age,indolent aid fond of ease, rises ateight, or a~~average of eight, everymorning.~i~ tllhy both live to be sev-enty yezrsold, the one will havegaipedover the lthlser,?iring the.interveningperiod 'L iitt y years, 85,745 hours,which i pqP;I to 2,7393i days. or jistseven and shalf years. if • similarcalculation were applied to the wholeconntry,'bow many millions, of yeJrsof individual Usefulness would it proveto be lost to ocietv?--Good Health.

Cheap for Cash.

"Did Miss Trotters make any. pur-ebases while she was abroady. ,

4'es, indeed: she got an Italiancouniit off the bargain counter id Rome."--4 ies o Tribune.

Complete."D', you ever try the faith cure,

Tompkh4 s?"

"Yes, " It cured me too.""W•hat of?""k'aith in the faith cure.'-Judlge

AGRICULTURAL IINTS.ALL ABOUT DORKINGS.

iome of the Chardeteristes a a VeryPopnlar Englsh Breed.

This breed of fowls is older eventhan the English natidni; by *hom itSis oisldbted tle ideal table fo'L infact, the breed is so popil~d ihi thatcountry that it is generally regardedas an English breed of fowl. Thereiife lout varieties of the Dorkings.viz.:Gray, silver gray, $Ii #nd e•akoe.The cocks of the gray varietY liiv-either a puredlack or slightly mottledbreast, the neck and back being white,striped with black, and the wingsnearly. white crossed by a well-defined

I black bat. The sil1er grays are alwaysaiike in colnr, the male having a blackbreast; • ilt? eings etoesssd by a blackhar and a black tail. The head; neeleand Lack are pure sileiry white, *ithi-out sign of yeloi

4- bct t-aw color.

The white D)rking is not qtgte •olarge as the other varieties which it isconsidered to surpass in symmetry. Itsplumage is pure white and it possesseswhi+a is kiiowd as 'iose comb," theothers having a somewhat largef sibi-

A PAIR OF DOBKIN(s.

gle comba the cuckoo Dorkings havea peculiar plumage, consisting of amarking of bars or pencilings of darkblue gray on a ground of lighter gray.lIt size it is slightly larger than thewhite, but smaller than the other varie-ties.

Dorkings have full broad breasts,broad backs, short legs and are rathershort in the neck. They have five toeson each foot. The male in good con-dition will weigh twelve pounds andthe hen nine pounds. They are fairlayers, good mothers, mature early andgrow rapidly. The great objection isthe delicacy of the young birds, whichrenders raising them difficult. Theclimate, or the soil, or both, in manyparts of the United States does notseem to agree with them. This may,however, be due to too much inbreed-lug, as fresh blood is dinlcult to pro-cure.

Dorkings can only be successfullyraised on a dry soil, dampness beingpeculiarly fatal to them. They alsorequire a wide range. The Dorking isnot exactly suited to the requirementsof the American market, its shanksbeing white, while we generally preferyellow ones. Its skin is also white orpale yellow, instead of the gold colorusually demanded; but for the produc-tion of cross-breed fowls for the tableit should prove of great value.

BEE-KEEPING MISTAKES.

Why Some Men Never Make a Sancess esthe Busines.

In the American Bee Journal awriter says: To think that the manwho never made a success at anythingtried, will make a success with bees.To try to keep one hundred colonieswhere fifty would starve. To neglectto give the bees proper care in springand fall-in fact all the time-andhope for generous returns. To neg-lect to put the bees away into winterquarters in good condition, then ex-pect to find them strong in the dawnof early spring. To rob them of theirstores too late for them to replenish,thus causing them to starve, thenblame them for perishing and curseyour luck. To try to use all patenthives and appliances because someoily-tongued agent tells him to, andexpect to succeed. To ventilate hishives with cracks in the roof and knot-holes in the bottom. To keep plentyof weak colonies on hand, and expectto escape the ravages of the comb grubby using a moth-proof hive. "son-sense!" To fail to put on the surpluscases at the right time, then blameGod, nature and the bees forno surplus. "Watch, work andwait," must be your motto in hop•ing for success. To let thegrass and weeds grow so rank aroundthe hives that the bees can't find them,then expect to become a prince in thebusiness. To use old fogy dog-boxhives, whose internal mechanism youcannot view without cutting out thecombs, then expect to become scien-tific. To allow dirt and filth to ascc-mulate on the bottom-boards of thehives, as a hot-bed for the propagathiof moths. To buy an extractor beforeyou know what to extract from-onepound sections or brood-pCSt. Toboast of your knowledge-talk aboutdrones laying eggs and the queen being the king bee. To try to keep beesand not have some books on bee cul-ture at hand, with which you are wellacquainted, and think yourself abee master. To expect to reap won-derful results with bees without labor,knowledge, patieice and costs. "Noexcellence without labor." To becomecranky and think no one else keepsbees as you d. T his is a progresiveage. To grumble because you have tofeed your bees some seasopa

HINTS FOR HORSEMEN.

Lx case of fire in stdbles," pt a sad-dle on your horse and you can leadhim ort without dificulty. .

J tr•r before driving a light feed ofoats should be given -insteadof a heav-ier feed of amore balky grata.

Tax power and longevity of thehorse are in exzct ratib" to the intelli-gent care and feeding he reg•ives.

Hones recovering or satering fromdebilitating diseases are readily overcome by heat and should net be put toexhaustive work.'

ThE horse waa used as, fjopd by theearly Saxorn settlpr of Britaip, but ascivilization advanced horselesh be-came unfashionable. -

FI• training a colt' the sifest rule is`to teacli him one thinl at 'a time, andbe sure that it is Iearned, thoroughlybefore attempting something. else.

B' using a bit that hurts: yooawillteach a colt to dread the bitand shrinkfrom it. This should never be. Heshould be taught to drive well up o-the bit and yield a quick obediena to

It.'

kijh.s0 of all in Leavening Powcr.-Latest U. S. Gov't Rcpst

Da _ BakingRQY- Powder

AB OLUTELY PUBEA wstisa who had difficulty in keeping

hi th1risfctles' eves fixed upon him during

the eritioo Sove6 tlie difficulty by placin aclock dii etly behind him.-Kansas CityStar.

HtsoaRv HORACs-"Say, gnimme ten centsfor a bed, will yerl' Bergnosk!-"Cer-denlv, my frendt. Vere is der bed i"--

COMPLIME•rHTRT friend-"Verv strikingWorman, Mrs. Van Snort." Mr. V-an inort-"Yes she hit me for ten this very morn-ins.;-udge.

C'RE vooni eM1gh With Hale's Honey ofHorehoujnd and Ta'.Pike's i'oothache Drops cure in one minute.

Ar a ydiiftl ladies' academy.-Teacher-'Who was the greatest conquerors'" Lisette-"Don Juan.• -L'lllustcatnon

Hall's Catarrh CareIs taken internally. Price 75c.

A f.L sees just as well when he leaveshisspecs behind him.-Press.

Mus. TAWrER-"WVhat is the meanini. ofthe expression 'saws wood l" Mr. 'I'. -. Mydear, that is beyond the comnprrhbonsion of awoman."-Indianapolis Journal.

Mixa-"They does be after tellin' me atthe dispensary that I has insomnia. Biddy."Biddy-"Thin why don't yez he after gointo bed and slal)in' it off."-Tid-Bits.

-MAGISTRATE--"The address you gave thepolice was a wrong one: there is notling inthat locality but a building in tprocess oferection." Prisoner - "Exactly. that'swhere I usually sleep at nights."-I)cr Abend.

"Yor look so ntuch like your brother,"said Dennis to Phelim, "that I could tellyes was brothers if I'd never seen aither avyes."

BLINKS--"~inley is a great social light."Spinks-"In what way? ' Blinks--"He iisn't heavy."-N. Y. Press. *

Per a poor man on a balky mule. and `.:ewill quickly realize that lie's better ,*r-Philadelphia Record.

THnER is no lack of good form at Atlanti'City, especially during bathing hours.-Phil-adelphia Record.

Gt'Cst (facetiously)-"There are twospoons in my tea cup. What is that a signoft" Hostess' Little Son--'That's a signthat somebody else hasn't got any spoon."

WAITER-"That's quite possible, sir. Ourbeefsteaks are so small that they easily es-cape the memory."-Fliegende Blatter.

"THAT organ grinder left out a portion ofthe tune." '"That's all right. We're even.The dime I gave him had a hole in it."-Washington Btar.

SBax-"I don't see you with Miss Gotroxany more. Have you and she had a misun-derstanding"' He-"'No: an understanding.She rejected me."-Brooklyn Life.

THa custard pie is the poor nmn's naturaldessert. There is no aristocratyabout theocustard pie. That is to say, no upper crust.-Boston Transcript.

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