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Show LKL1'GS. j A misnomer Calling the warnrc in Spain a "civil"' one. Well, there's a silver lining to every cloud. Pittsl-urj; needed a good washing. wash-ing. The little Til tons aro: Floreiwe, tKcd 16: Alice. gti 14; Carroll, v:ed . 11; und Frankie, aed 5. j Sonic-thing entirely freah. A Vt-j em paper iulroduceri ScryLiuit lilies as tlie "iliig-UHing tiend." Uywl. I Why can a person who ha run away from hia creditors be said to te i a man of integrity? Because be ie a 1 I non f man. j i There! who will deny now tliat vir- ' Cue i its own reward? Collina tiravet.! 'has got a contract for rebuilding tho ; i Mill Kiver highwya. rfwiuerland compel every newly married couple to plant six trety ini-mediately ini-mediately after tho ceremony, and to on the birth of every child. If Russia carries the Muscovite eagle into a war with China, she will find the flower of Thibet and tho cream of TarUry arrayed against her. When a man nearly breaks hie neck trying to get out of the way of a "lightning-bug," supposing it to be the head-light of a locomotive, it ie time for him to sign the pledge. Mr. Spurgeon, in his - Sword und Travel, acknowledges the receipt of a letter informing him. that tlie gout was sent as a judgment upon him ior opposing the Church of England, Tho exposure of the Plymouth Church 6ham leads the 5ew York Mail to cry out against "the joy of baeesoula in the butchery of noble reputations." re-putations." This is too thin, Mr. Mail. A prominent public office in Nashville Nash-ville bas this notice posted up, "Don't open this door;" under which some wag wrote the query, "Why?" and another responded, ' 'Because you can't; it's locked." Quin, the actor, being asked by a lady why there were more women in the world than men, replied, "It is in conformity with the other arrangements arrange-ments of Nature; we always see more of heaven than of earth. " "For twenty lone years," says a " New Jersey paper, "the wolf stood at this poor widow's door." To keep n wolf standing that long is no less than cruelty to animals, ana the attention of Bergh is called to the circumstance. circum-stance. - Frederick Bastier, a hatter of Sur. Francisco, declared that he was tht inventor of an apparatus by which a woman can be prevented from talk' ing and at the same time remair happy. He was promptly sent to th insane asylum. . How easily some people obtain no toriety. A perfect stranger raised ai immense excitement in a Lockpor hotel the other day; and yet the ouh two things he did during his stay wai . to reeister ms name and throw him golf out of a fourth-story window. A Frenchman having heard thi word pnss made use of to signify per suasion as "press that gentleman U take something to eat" took ocea sion one evening at a party to use i . term which he thought synonymous and begged a friend tocee; a younj lady lo eing. A hen in this county laid an eg aevon and a hall inches long the othc day. She had swallowed a red llan nel string some time previous, and i is thought this is several eggs strung but the owner doesn't want to ureal the egg to find it out. Hawcsvill Horace B. Clailin lives in Brooklyi and attends Plymouth Church, wher he pays $10 a week pow rent. Thi ia a larger sum than many a faith fii preacher receives for his entire salary but when you aro going to make u $29,000 for Bcecher, heavy figure are required at once. |