Show fried pried froth A man who played the violin violi n very wretchedly was eaid said to be smart in that be he sawed several chords per day A cross counter jim aldstock Old stock were very proud of our ancestry you ou know tom parvenu yea 1 yest A know no w but how kow would your ancestry anc i estry feel about you digby has bas been working lard hard at italian all winter and resolves to try a little on a newly Pur late 11 aliano emigrant arrah I 1 now what are ye giving us be gorra herr most assure assures his fel that wages are very bad things they are so bad that he never will cam earn them but ho he seems to be willi willing t to 0 have the wages of others find the of food be d to keep his miserable carcass in good trim its lowell who asks what is so rare as a day in june juner is it not well now if lie had only stopped to think a minute he be might hare have known that the of of february Feb ruari was the answer to the riddle an interesting oil transaction took place in the third ward yesterday though the little boy a bull and said he could not bear it the old lady cornered him and made him ta take ke it it was castor oil A south carolina man rode twenty three miles to stab and destroy a prize pumpkin which his enemy was rals ing to exhibit at the county fair yet there are some people who believe that hat t there is no enterprise in the south western union telegraph operators are paid from 50 to fw W a month this for men only women operators are r paid from 20 to 60 this discrimination is perfectly just and Is made because the lady operator at a country station cannot climb a telegraph polo pole to repair a broken wire or disentangle a cross hard you perceive there is a faint suspicion that american justice the creature with sore eyes and a pair of grocery scales I 1 is a gra graceless u elesa dude the not long acquittal 1 tta 1 of dukes and the recent acquittal of the star route thieve by a drunken d mk n jury are pretty thorough evidences that her balances are out of order and the sealers of weights and measures ures should attend to her while the legislature was in aes ee eion sion in austin two members ol 01 the senate drove out in a buggy while driving through the suburbs a little negro ran out and caught on behind the vehicle was going up a steep hill and the road was bad so when one of the senators perceived the little darkey he hit lilt lim him with the whip and called calle dont out you little rascal I 1 jont pont you ou see there are two of us in the MY buggy already A friend of the late jules devised an excellent exec of getting rid of an organ grinder he 11 e took a chair on the piazza listened to him with evident satisfaction applauded applauded at the end of each piece and an called bis his wife and chambermaid to follow his example finally they nil all disappeared red into the t ie house and closed the window I 1 just as the tho italian was as finishing in a piece beco and took off his hat bat for fior a f fee lie le waited a few minutes and then will with disgust painted on his face departed after carefully noting the number of the house he ile was seen there no more mr 31 maples eaid said the junior partner of the house as be looker ever over the expense account of one of his travelers tra velora just iu are just 25 more for two weeks than the I 1 last astifan man on that route Is that bitso so what sort of aman wae was he one ot our best salesmen lesmon sa did he smoke drink and chew Ill he edid did stop at nil all the best hotels yes ym I 1 4 take sleepers and parlor cars yes besl Well Wel lit lt must be that when he lie struck that fat grocer at troy he won 25 at draw poker where I 1 lost it I 1 was coing going to suggest to you that I 1 11 f I 1 was to remain on that route it would pay the ho firm to hire some one to 0 o give me a few lessons les sono |