| Show clarkson N potter we invite the attention of the men of til this is part of the west to the name ofa of aman a man with which they aro are already somewhat familiar that gentleman well deserves it we refer to clarkson N patter potter one of new yorks ablest and soundest representatives in congress concerning his action as a member of the L louisiana Otlis otiis W lana com committee miti when grants soldiers invaded the tild legislature of that state and ejected its members from their seats at the tile point of the tho bayonet the world says atthe the manly and high spirited refusal of mr potter of new yolky york to recognize the insolent usurpation in louisiana of tile the r nights rights of the legislature of that state by a body of f federal fedee I 1 soldiers under direct orders of president Gran teven by y consenting to thus appear in the halls balls thus violated was worthy alike of the man himself and of the great state which lie tie BO so worthily represents at washington this ia 13 just praise of an able and true man mr potter is 18 virtually a stranger to us but in listening to a short speech from him on a recent occasion we formed forred a hebr mehr li liari iri lri tf mate of his character and n i new york my may well be proud of its clarkson N potters mr is ii a man of power and rising influence he ife has much to do no doubt in the opinions of his colleagues on oil the louisiana subcommittee sub committee to whom the tile country owes so much for darin daring to tell the truth omaha 1 ferard ferald jan gran 21 circumstances alter niter cases for instance when a virginian aro aroe aroc e in church and said 11 lieres heres a hundred doliar dolear bid for the old hoss boss the this I 1 lul lui bulpit pili pill I 1 no one thought of hattid putt ing him out washington irving once to a man of superior pom polly is aa a great man and in his hia own est imam estimar inam i n n man of great weight when lie goeb lu iv lle ile li e wc wat t he thinks the east tips up 1 I cant say as he went to heated heaven remarked a fort scott citizen ofa ora cd ed townsman but he be paid a bill of eleven years standing on lythe only tho the da day dav v be fore he died and tou you can judge for yourself r A pirl girl foury cirr cirs old created a rippie ripple by remarking to the teacher of the sunday school class oun oar our oar dogs dead I 1 bet the angels was scared feared when they saw him coming up the walk lles lies cross to the strangers A georgia paper a man who went all tile the way fron from casstilla Cas Caes ville sTIlle to atlanta on oh his return be ne looked solemn with the weight of garner garnered cd wisdom and said if the world Is as big way as it Is that les its a whopper 1 the pail pall mall nail gazette comments as follows on the ren sen sentence tence pass passed edryl an an endlish workman for killing his wife 11 this Is very disagreeable for irritable husbands hus hub bande who when 46 thras thrashing hina bina their wives wili will run ruit frightful risks of injury unites protected by the law in a recent breach of promise case in england it was in evidence that the defendant told the girl that she might use his toothbrush tooth brush hrush until his return the jury very properly found for the jilann pla pia n tiff and gave pave her adages a enough to k keep eap her in toothbrushes tooth brushes during the remainder of otner life A correspondent of mimes times records it as his conviction that the men inen pf af the south as a class arc are quite as loyal to the united states government as are arc those of new england or new hew york but some borne of tile the women find a 8 melan choly pleasure in declaring that hey they are unreconstructed rebels rebel 4 1 and they I 1 hate yankees awful I 1 awkal enough to marry them irving in his history of or the reign of governor wouter yan van Ts twiller viller says rays be settled his policy by placing a few wooden runs puns on the old dutch fort which frowned de deblance defiance flance on absent foes our classic president in the document he signed and sent to con cong Uong gross rays the american navy com comparatively ively small as it is 18 will be found at any time powerful for the purposes of a peaceful nation no part cart of the tho system sleeps except the brain braid how when your foot is asleep what cant bo be cured cared must mast be sold fresh Is what they say in polls A rochester paper declares that a man who cint rent a church pew has no right to be pious the portland lie lle me argus says 11 st patrick is 16 as good a man as as fourth 0 I 1 july somebody says that xing king koffee la Is a wreck I 1 somebody else bays says that all eim kim kings s arc are ran bes R A cloia close ronnia room 4 a hot stove and a tobacco chewer rhia riia kea powerful bouquet in this kind of weather the st louis louie glob globe a advises advise s the white hite Lou llana ilama to raise more sigar and ana less lees h 1 11 it thoy they to be happy the editor of a juve jure juvenile lille paper in new york recently received the following flattering testimonial P please at stop op your paper onn annie annle dic on n monday after reading your last num number ber 11 the sweet zirl eirl of new orleans seminary ry received the degree of mald maid of science sometime some time hereafter she will probably be entitled to at iother another degree that of matron of scions an ian editor down at harrisburg says the tho williamsport Willlam William sport bulletin has got a flying machine the f got knocked off the name narse in bome some way but he goes right on using it just the same sau van ex experienced erlen erien ced teacher says that it is impossible for a sunday school fc cholar with a boll boil to satisfactorily fasten his mind down even upon the simplest exposition of the scheme of salvation C W who used to be a sai sal leure and not a shoemak eure ure as incorrectly reported report edis Is a prolific au of dramatic plays he accompanies mrs chan chanfrau frau indianapolis herald compers Cow pens pers celebrated line 11 england wilh with all ali thy faults I 1 thee still was thus parodied by a whisky loving irishman ireland inland with all thy faults I 1 love tily ciul stul si ul an exchange says there Is no more beautiful picture on the face of the globe than the grace and aplomb with which a lovely female sits down suddenly upon an icy lcy pavement A clergyman at karm earn Kawas as city CRY said sal it if there was any one within hearing of his voice who would try to put a stop to sunday dog fighting hed like to have lern ern era rlee u pi fx small imail b boy oland and anold unsold w oman woman rose I 1 I 1 I 1 TIN pl lii lis 1 U anew scholar tenolar at oni oui one oue of f dour tour our public schools was to spell coffee collee this is the way he did it K a up a y the teacher told him that was not right perhaps bli s not replied young hopeful but lil lii 11 pell spell it better when I 1 get the hanz bane of the hool hooi house 11 rev Glen dennings defence la Is that the woman ran after him and showed him too much partiality this tendency or the pirt part odthe of the woo doiran an to show partiality lity fir fon for the pastor is one of the reasons why we have steadily declined becoming a preacher afiz mil sen while a good milwaukee woman was having family prayers one of the kneeling children pulled the cats tall and a prolonged cat howl wa wab was the result the TO other mother arose took that boy over hgr her lap and administered sharp correction coing going on with her ber hea bea tenly renly petition all the time the manchester N H mirror wittily says within a year sear we bave dave kno known wn an adv apparently a rant ay hopeless case of consumption cured by an appointment to a probate judgeship and we dont know of a disease which a congressional nomination would not cure curc 11 A kansas hypochondriac I 1 meditating upon the death of adoc a dog g earcler far cier cler in his Ms neighborhood gives vent to the mournful thought our creat great men are a petering out art gort sort a rapid like these times whisky kills most on tem lem cm some tumbles over board and caslo Casio nally one gets hung 7 A man went into a hutchers butchers shop and finding the owners wife in attendance in the absence of her hu husband shand thought he would have a joke at her expense e and caid cald madam madam can you supply me with a yard of pork yes tes sir sin she said and theme theli turning to a boy she added james jamef give that gentleman three pigs feet the duties of a schoolmaster in 1661 cereas were as follows to act as a court acourt messenger to serve summonses um monses to conduct services in the church to lead the choir choin on Sud sundays days to ring the bell fun fur public worship to dig tho the I 1 he graves grave to take chang e of the school and to perro perfo perform riu rib other oc occasional c 1 duties nence hence the compound n d word oter overworked over worked 11 A gentleman who wedded d ayoung spun lady lidy in her teens desired to offer a w word rd of I 1 caution against such very early ma tu marriages r c lie ire says itis productive of an uncomfortable feeling to have your wife no matter how amiable and lovely going arlind amole amone her g bragging about her poss possession estion of a husband as it if he hd were a new doll dolf I 1 I 1 rev I 1 mr kime mime of columbus 0 aasi iasi as failed the members of the theatrical pro pra bession in sw sweeping language lan ian aage and mrs sarc Sare arzen ent w wire wife e 0 of manager a a er sargent arzen argen 0 of the e athenaeum nea letter replying to mr keene disputing all his points aug ang and aud challenging any imputation upon the character of the ladles ladies ot of the profession prof t sion slon ln in that city she thinks there is method ism la in mr keenes madness 1 the other ther dinett a concert a gentleman buthis hat upon a chair chain to td keep a v place returned to claim it after albort n short absence the hat he found eure enough 1 mod tod been left only there was a stout ady pitting on it madam sald paid 1 he hi yon YOA yon s Mc lumb lUma on my hat bat the lady blushed a 9 little littie turned round and said in in 1 he the bian blan blankest blandest dest manner mannet ohl I 1 beg your pardon im sure I 1 thought it was my ray husbands at an examination in one of the public schools of wheeling west va a youngster was asked to name the different forms of government democracy and hypocrisy was the reply under what hat bat form of government do we live asked the teacher the boy hesitated for a moment and then answered hypocrisy yon you have a pleasant home and a bright fireside with happy children sitting aroid arodd around it you I 1 said the judge yes sir said eald mr thompson who thought ho he saw a way out of the difficulty welvy leivi well weli said the judge if the happy children sit around the cheerful fireside until YOU return they will stay there just 43 days as I 1 will have to send you up for that time delegate mccormick of ariz arizona na made an argument before one of the house committees recently recommend recommending ine lne the building of a penitentiary in that territory the term of the governor will expire wie wig with the present congress and in advocating the appropriation for the building he remarked that he was going out of congress soon and he be wanted to give his people something before he be ceased to represent sent senu them in 1847 1897 potatoes formed the oril only y sustenance of the irish pe peasantry a antry the intelligent intelli cent sent compositor put it thus in 1817 forty eight potatoes formed the only sustenance of the irish peasantry 7 |
