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Show THE LAblKS. ': The test 61 tiw lovo in Wiaconsin U in permitting a young man witb tho measles to kUs hiu Hwootheart. ' Anna Dickinson may at loat cou- 1 gratulate hereolf on a conquest. In her old age she has nearly broken a Hurt. ' . . (j. ; It turuB out now that, in the eastern war, there's, as usual,-' a woman in the cane, and her name is' Boss Arabia. iA highly regpocted yuung lady in Waahinglou teriitury took up 1(30 aQrtrd ol land as a homestead, built on itland lives on it,. ,( ,, disinterested generosity wan conspicuous con-spicuous in the case of a Boston girl who raised a subscription or a. letter-carrier letter-carrier and then married him, ;, .Olive Logan declares' that she will "remove the mystery that surrounds Iho girls;" Whereupon . the Lou in villa Courier says: "Ttie real of you may shut your eyeuf but hanged, if .we will." . . .. i . , To keep the-vail down when visit ing ia not now considered a breach. of etiquette, and 'there are in - consequence conse-quence Beveral novelties in preparation, prepara-tion, but the most bocommg vaUs are either n!ain whitfi tulla nr blank with chenille Bpoti. j "Mr. Jones, don'tyou think women are more sensible than men?" asked Miss Smith. And Jones, after scratching his favorite bump for a moment or two, aaid : "Why, certainly, cer-tainly, they are they marry men, and men only marry women." . Miss Smith beat a hasty retreat. ' " A facetioui physician, an old bachelor, bach-elor, said the other day to a single lady: "How can you with a clear conscience answer St, Peter when you reach heaven's gate for your heart-, leesness in refusing so many marriage oflerB ?" The lady archly replied: "I shall tell the apostle that" Dr.'- did not ask me." "At last' broke out our jollied friend, as he burBt int the office, "I havo struck upon a plan for malting 3ush times." "How is it ?" earnestly inquired our financial man. "By courting a bashful girl I" exclaimed the joking friend. And dodging an unfriendly chair, ho departed down tho fire escape. Eleven years flgo Mary Olemmer Aimes began writing for the New York Independent, and it now pays her 30 per week. The Cincinnati Commercial also payB her $30 for ever letter she writes for its columns, and, besides these regular salaries, she has all the transient work she can do at her own price. "I know why you won't give me that $50 new bonnet to wear on Easter," said a Chicago wife to her husband, spitefully, the other day. "And why won't I, my dear?" asked he; and immediately answered his own question by adding, "it's because I can't aflbrd it." "No, it isn't," declared the wife; "it's because you are a bad man an infidel and unbeliever, un-believer, aud don't believe in religion." |