IVANTiE'I). W.anI I fte-A d wifre o enn. t I'haie a I.broon . ) To brutsh down the cobwvbs and weep Ih the roon ; To make dk-eent bread tlit a fellow call eat. Not thev horrible cmpil)il you every Who knows- how to broil, to fry. :nd to roa!it Make a Cuip of good tea an1d a phatter of t oast -; A womaln who wa.Ses. Cooks, irons, and stitehes, And s w tlh' rips ill a fellow's ob1 breecebes, All inamkes her own warillents-al item which1 is So horr.id expensive as every one knows; A conunon101-sens 1%,C r 11eature, ontd still with a ill To teach and to guide-exalted, re tilled; A ort of ali angel aid Iustetaid comfl bined ! T. (ANDIDATE.-.- lon. S. S, Cox. il thIe 'youth's Companion. aAs An ncidlent of the personal ities of the 'stu mp' was related to me by Gen. A. G. Scales, a mem her of Congre.-s from North Caro lina. sidth 'When a you1g1m'n,' said the general, I ran for legislat.ure in my tative countly. At one of the p re (Iincts, aS I passed by a crowd, I noticed a imian--onie Sam Stewart whom I had known from childhood. Ie was engaged in earnest talk wvith the crowd, anld as I passed I heard him say, -I adIn agin all lawers. and though I like A. G. Scales--who is one I will not Support him (11 that ac Cont.' 'I walked boldly ip to the croiVd a1(1 asked what engaged them so arnestly. Sam 7 repeated his lan gnageC. I sai, 'Yout tilled me wiith amnazeimnt. I am a~s much surpr)Iised as if it cameC from my own father. You have known me from an inifatt have dandled meC on your knee, andi. your wife has fed mec out of the same spoon1 with her own boys. I have hunted, fished and( played with your eldest boy, whuo was my namesake. You had just as wellt vote against that son.' 'Ile hesitatedl a mfomenCit, anid then turning to the crowd, said, 'Gentlemen, themi are facts; just as little A. G. has said. lHe was alters honest boy ; and I know he is not lawyer enough to hurt. We can all go for him. 'And they (lid,' ---A young man who dropped in unexpectedly upon his girl, the o)ther evening, found her in tears. Poor thing, she had beenl peeling onions. (lay a Detroit pakwbrokAr v 1d a call fro a yoi ma ft f'th the tan and freckles of Colutry on his face and nose, and ai. old fash one( bull's-eye watch in his hand. Yhere you lif ? ask the broker. Oh, out. here a few miles. Vhere you got dot vatch. It used to be dad's but he gave it to me. The broker looked him all over with suspicious glance, and asked him and received his name, and then added. ly you yhants to pawn dos v'hatch, el ? Well. I needed a little money. Dot looks suspicious to me, andi I guess I call der bo'eece. Suspicious . Police ! repeated the vounlig manl. Say, mister, if vou don't know the difference be tween a thief selling plunder and a young1 nuuJ inl town with his gal, and that gal wanting peanuts and canldy anid Soda wa'ter and st reet Car rid''s muntil she's letaned him out of his hist cent, vou'd better go and start a sicep ranch 00h, du-t vo4shl it. ('h ? VYhell I1 gif you tree d(llar. Dot makes it all ash blaini as der face on II 1 nose, un1d I hope you hiaf some goot timies.-Ilere, two und one make -A ig istake.-'Ah ! hoxw de d?' exclaimed the hotel clerk (e li.htedly. grasping the hand of a strangzer anmd giving it a vigoromis Shake 'I Suppose you will prefer the second 11l)or frniit suite ; mag iificient partmtent, iiand cheap. too, only k80 a day.' '$80 a what ?' gasped the strar geLr. 'A day. WXil yi ou go uip nlow? 'iNot so fast, not so fast, young man ,'said t he siran tger. '1Don' t you think your t ermis are jiust a little Igh ? .1 aim a hanker, but mIy in.. com)te is onmly $80,000 a y ear.' 'Oh ! I see, see,' said the clerk; -the~n a fifth floor $4I room w ill suilt you. I mistook you for an editor -Evening ('all. TREE.--m'I hear youtr unclde is dead,' said a sympl~athelle neigh bor to Mr. Twomnly, an Austin gentle man, 'lie is,' replied TJwomly, grave ly. ,Did he leave any testament?' 'Yes, three of them.' 'Three of them !' exclaimed the neighbor, wonderingly. 'Yes, the Old Testament, New T'estament, and the Revisedl Edi tion .'--Siftings. ---Some of the Kentucky papers want a whinning post. Eaisley A6ddemy. First Session for 1884, will begin January 14th, and continue Six School M1 onths. TEmI~s. Primary Dep'm'nt, per month, $1.50 iteirmediate " " 2.00 Academic " " 3.00 Select, Course, "5 2.0 In1cident ii Fee, per Session, 50 Music extra. Board in private 'famililes, per Month,............................ 10.00 Eaich 41ol'sil% pro 'a1ta of lublie 011n(l will be de lteIl ' from h's Til 1ion