The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, May 09, 1895, Image 4
"'UIEH1IU-AND- ZNUSTML1
The fy lays four times each simmel
And eighty eggs each time.
ATheesAoendants of a single female
wasp will often number 25,000 in one
season.
Female fish' of all species are con
siderablymore numerous than males
with two exceptions-the angler . and
'the catfsh.,
#The giant of the planetary system is
Oupiter, with a diameter of 275,000
ies at the equator, a~d a volume
F234 times as great as that of the
Theweight of a molecule of hydro
gen is approximately 0.000,00,000,
000,000,000.04 of a' gramme; the
atomic weight of -iron is 0.000,000,
000,000,000,000,002.2 gramme.
The blood-in its natural state eon
Jins an amount of pure water that is
really astonishing.to one who has not
given the subject attention-nearly
seven-eights of its entire bulk.
A non-venomous South African
pnake lives entirely on birds' eggs.
!ach egg is swallowed whole, and by a
rauscular contraction of the gullet its
pontents now into the stomach, while
the shell is rejected by the mouth in
the form of a pellet. -
It is stated that ordinary bricks
boiled in tar for about twelve hours,
or until they are satuated with it, are
increased about thirty per cent. in
weight, are much harder than common
ones and unaffected by frosts and acids
pa well as perfectly waterproof. They
Yorm an excellent flooring for work
ihops or storerooms, particularly in
h6emical establishments.
There is a remarkable sympathy be.
Iween the eyes. So much is this the
ease that any serious injury to the one
Ia almost certain to effect the other,
hence the necessity which often arisea
for the 'removal of the injured eye
manly for the sake of saving the
other. This sympathy -has been shown
to extend so far that color perceived
pone eye alone excites the retina of
heother.
In the colliery fields of South Staf
fordshire, England, hundreds of acres
of land are covered with shale or waste
material from mines. It is a kiud of
slate-colored clay. This ,material,
whenground and otherwise manipu
lated, proves to be an excellent ma
terial for the manufacture of bricks.
These bricks, when taken from the
kiln, are as uniform and rich in color
as those made from red clay, and their
qualities are of such a nature as to
assure an industry of considerable pro
portions.
Frogs, whether blind or not, become
dark green or black if they are kept in
a dark. vessel in a sparingly-lighted
room, but when a larger branch with
green leaves is introduced into the
vessel, they all recover their bright
green color, whether blind or not. In
some way. unknown the reflected greer
light acts either upon the nerves o:
the akin, or-what seems more prob
able, if Steinach's experiments are
taken into account-directly upon the
pigment cells. Moreover, the sensa
tions derived from the toes have also
an influence upon the change of color.
When the bottom of the vessel is
covered with a felt or a thin wire net,
the frogs also become black, recover
ing their green color when a green
branch is initroduced into the vessel.
' ot on der Rdad. -
. -One night we were coming in on
the train when we encountered the
alercest looking,. storm I ever saw. I
knew the conductor of the train very
irell, and ha knew I wanted to see a
cyclone. So he took me forward and
put me on the engine, telling the en
gineer to show me the first cyclone
$hat crossed our path. The great
black cloud was streaked ever and
imon with lightning as forked as a
nak~e's tongue. I could hear the
ar of the wind above the tremend
Das breathing of the engine, it was
grand and terrible scene to me.
~he engine seemed to be driving
i1ght into the storm center. I looked
svery moment to see the smokestacks
twisted from the boiler and the cow-'
latcher hurled Into black night. I
lose4 my eyes for a moment, for is
. eemed to m~e my time had come.
$Yhen I opened miy eyes the sky was
plear. The stars were sparkling like
pliamonds, and the storm lay In the
Jak groundlike a monster that had
een overpowered. I looked at the
bngineer. He was as calm as if he
had been at a harvest dance. As
. soon aslIcould catch my breath I
paid to him,
,"No cyclone yet?"
He gazed at me fixedly a moment,
then he asked,
"Have you been asleep?"
N~ot so far as I can remember," 1
answered meekly.
ECYoung man," said he, solemnly,
"no cyclone ever tackles this engine.
They get out of the way when they
see It coming. One tried it once and
agent out of the business the next
flay. If you were on the- road
you would have seen the cyke. It
loves to daily with that road, not
with our'n. Sorry we can't accom
pnodate you. Conductor ought tc
have known better than to take you
on-in."
"So I go back home with no cy
dlone story but this, hey?"
"You've had the best that we can
give you, stranger."',
3Zura-Keep Away from Showas
She-John, your brother was just
4n here, awfully drunk, and threw
Ithr ee base-balls at the babies.
Ho-Guess he was trying to get
:~hree cigars.-Judge.
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Th
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FICHU CAPE.
Criminal Festiva Ma
niD
The great solemn popular festival Wa
of the Khonds included the annual e
immolation of a victim. After three
days of indescribable orgies, in which Ma
women often participated dressed like tot
men and armed like warriors, the vie- hiea
tim was bound to a stake in the midst e
of the forest, and left there all night og
alone; in the morning the .people re- chij
turned, with a great noise of bells and tor
gongs, singing and shouting;" when ee
the multitude had become well intoxi- the
cated with the uproar, and greatly
excited by disorderly dances, the grand has
priest would command silence and re
cite a long prayer, and would then
slay the victim, usually with a single
stroke of the knife. The multitude, -,0
which had been wai'ting for that mo
ment, rushed upon the quarry with bab
piercing cries, each one trying to tear tw
off a piece of the palpitating flesh, to 1'y'4
hack the body to pieces. 1
A criminal ceremony exists. among blia
the tribes of the interiorof Sumatra, war
which is without doubt the survival i'il
of an ancient and very cruel custom, you
that has passed in the course of time bab
into a civil and religious duty. These5 He,
people, although of rather gentle dis- rj
position, piously and ceremoniously lea:
kill anid eat their aged parent, in the sai4
beief that they are performing a sa
cred duty. At the appointed day the to t
old man who is destined to be eaten
goes up into a tree, at the foot of
which are gathered the relatives and rj
friends of the family. They strike sal
the trunk of the tree in cadence and abc
sing a funeral hymn. Then the old ~He
man descends, his nearest relatives wa
deliberately kill him, and the attend- wit
ants eathiml. pli
With some peoples animals take the bod
place of human victims; but what we ma
had said is sufficient to show that even suc
with these peoples collective crime an
was formerly a solemn ceremony, al- put
though individual crime was already
regarded as something to be con- fai1
demned.-Popular Science Monthly.
pro
Wootni Extz vagance.ha
Deacon Medders--Skipps, the cash,
er of the Onderdonk County Bank, Juc
ran away last night. They say he bac
has been robbing the bank for more
than a year.
Mrs. Medders.-They might have YOt
inown that he was livmng beyond his thi
nrieans. Why, Josiah, his folks act
ually used to sit in their parlor every he
nigh!-Echanrewa
nigb!-~chanre.. a s
A Mystery. ' .. f r~
Mr. Younghusband (coming homes
nds his wife at the stove)-So yor.
are doing your own cooking? Tell -
me. now, what is that you are cooa- )
ing at that stove,.Molly? .fat
Molly-You mustn't have so much
curiosity. I don't know myself yet as!
what it is going to be.-Txas Sift- tic
ings.
Wanted Stationery.
Queer Party-Got any barometers? "i
Salesman-No! this is a book store. bla
Don't keep 'em.
"Excuse met but I notice in the
weather reports that the barometer
is sometimes stationery," - Texas
Siftings. ______
Mr. Hayseed-s Theory.
Noted Physician-Do you know ice
hy it is that city people are straight Inai
and walk with heads erect,* while ha.
country people nearly always bend
over? t
Farmer Hayseed-I s'pose it's 'cause an<
country people haln't got any tall WC
bilnaS to lank un a
TILANE, NDTE GONO
MadeHim espea/e
hehdasrl yugvieta
_ae thIhl aadwe
spk- t h nftidalnga
ah thad mad shrll youn oe atn
s grit their teeth and clutch the
sh backs of the seats in front.
e car was full, and the fond young
rdian of infancy and innocence
upied the first seat. Black to back
h that was the seat that faced
stove, and on tnis undesirable
*t sat a 'thin, old man, with three
:hels and chin whiskers.
'nere was a lull for a efew miles,
. the passengers began to relax
ir~muscles, and breathe freer, when
fusilade suddenly began again.
'Seepy, ittle dirl? Oh, so seepy?"
io response.
'Was oo mamma's wittle yam*
nma's wittle yamnmyjyam? Look
here! Look at me! Oh, you bad.
s oo mamma's naughty bad?"
'hree slaps.
'Oh, you bad, precious, ittle sing.
nma's Daisy Ducktums, her ownie
y trots. Klssumn-.me! Do you
r? Kissum me!"
'here were beads of perspiration
the face of the man with the
i whiskers, and when the conduc
opened the car door he gave a1
vulsive shiver, .that knocked down
coal shovel.
Conductor," he whispered, "you ~
en't come too soon,"]
'Why?"~]
I'm a desperate man,"
Too hot?" asked the conductor3
hingly, opening the stove door.
Hot? Man, it's that woman anid
y back of me. It's the baby
ddle. I tell you I can't stand it.1
raised nine young ones myself out
oway, and I didn't raise 'em on
t, Git the woman !anything she
its. Git her a house and lot.
chip in, but keep her cquiet. I1!
don't, conductor, I'll brain that
y with this yaller sample case. I
r? I'm desprit!"
he conductor didn't renly. He
ed over to the young woman and
Madam, you must send that dog<
he baggage-car. "-Free Press. 1
.A Pardodable 1iference. (
here had been a homicide in a
on and one man was telling all
~ut it, even to the ininutest detail.
had seen it all and knew what he I
talking about, he said, and not
hstaunding everybody had not im
~it confidence~ in his statenlent, no
y cared to call him to account and
e him show proof. Naturally
h a man would be a good witness
at the examining trial he was
on the stand.
'What do you know about this af
?" asked the court.
Nothin' yer honor," he replied so
mptly as to startle those who had
rd his story.
Didn't you," asked the surprised
ge, "tell a number of people you
seen it all?"
Yes, yer honor."
Then how does it happen that
say here that you don't know any
g about it?"
Well, It's this way, yer honor,"
~ad with a redeeming blush. "I
only a talking then, an' now I'm
wearin'."
he coutaged the distinction.
Daught.
little girl was reproved by her
her for using profane language.
How do you know 21 do?'" she
ed, seeking to parry the accusa
'Oh! a little bird told me," he re
n quick excitement she exclaimed,
know - it-was one of those
nked sparrows. "-Quips
A Hard Winter.
wfe-I don't see what we are go
to do.
lusband-What's wrong?
'The ice man won't stop leaving
until his bill is paid and the coal
n won't bring any coal unless he
the money in advance."
Ur-well, I still have credit at
drug store. Get some phosphorus
l put it on the Ien " - New York
t
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CHANGEABLE VELVET
7 #1
)RESS WITH VELVE~T TRIMMING.
. Coloring Oak with Ammonia..
Some of the best specimens of oa..
or decorative woodwork are now ob
aned, it is stated, by fumigating the
Eaterial with ammoniacal vapor,
rhich effectively produces the dark
~olorng so much desired, in accom
pishing this the method consists of
lacing the material to be darkened
2n an approximatel.v air-tight room,
2n which no light enters; or for small
rork a packing box will suffice, the
>ints or cracks to be well pasted over1
ith paper. In this room or recep
acle for aepositing the furniture or
ther articles is placed a flat porce
ain or earthen ves~el filled with am
onia, the vessel containing the
quid being, of course, set on the
round or floor, that the fumes or
apor may strike to advantage the
~rticles to be darkened. If the apart
rnent is large, two or more vessels
antaining ammonia may be employed
nd allowed to remain until the de
ired effect is secnt-ed. The ammonia
oes not touch the oak, but the gas
bat proceeds from it acts in a pe-r
tliar manner upon the tannic acid
2ntained in the oak, browning it so
eeply that a shaving or two may
ctually be taken off without remov
g the color. The depth of shade
epend upon the quantity of ammonia
sed and the duration of exposure. -
~ew York Sun.
Lack of Expedlents.
First Boy-Grown folks is suchb
ols.
Second Boy-How?
First Boy-Jus' hear 'em mairmg I
ill that fuss 'cause the drinking-water
ells bad since the rain. They don't
em to know 'nough to hold their
oses w'en they drink. .
Queered thi Dog.
"Didn't you enter your big mastiff
t the bench show, Mr. Bezooks?"
"I should say not."
"And why not? He'd be a winner
re."
-'No, he wouldn't; one of the judges
ised to come to see my daughter and
ne night the dog was loose in the
~ard-"
"Ah!"-Omaha World-Uerald.
Carefully Trained.
Little Dick-Mamma, may I stay
ith Billy Beeswax all night?
Mamma-I'm afraid you'll forget
a say your prayers.
Little Dic.-No, I couldn't, 'cause
e has to say 'em himself.. His
amma is just as cross an' ugly 'bout
hat as you are.-Street & Smith's
~ood News. ___
, ~sure to Go. ~
Little Dot-Mamma is going to
ske me with her when she visits
.unt Jenny.
Little Dick-She's going to take
ne, too.
"Did she say so?"
"Then how do you know?"
"She'll never leave me here with
hat closet full of jam."-Good News.
asncouragnag; rejury.
Judge-Can you give an instance ot
iciing a person to commit perjury?
Law Candidate-Yes; for instance,
,ha Kuna na Wenm'n hw old she is
riE WAS BALD,
Lnd He Tried to Correct the Working<
Nature.
It was one of the by-laws of th
leartache's Heavenly Hair Raise
hat it be used freely before retiring
ubbing it into the scalp. Just be
ore be 'went to bed that night, th
nan bolted the back door, put the ca
n the wood-shed, came in whistlinj
.he I Fatinitza" waltz, danced up t
he clock-shelf. and, pouring ou
vhat he supposed to be his hair ferti
izer, he mopped it all over his scalr
nd stirred it well in around the root
if his little hedge of hair at the bac]
f his neck.
The glue bottle, by an unearth].
oincidence, was nearly the sam
hape and size as the hair sap bottle
le went to bed.
"George," said his wife. turninj
ter face to the wall, "that stui
ou're putting on your hair smell
ike a pan of soapgrease."
"Perhaps I had better go up stair
nd sleen," snarled George. "You'r
nighty sensitive! You wouldn't e;
ect that a man can put stuff on hi
iead make his hair grow, and hay,
t smell like essence of wintergreen
ould you?"
They went to sleep mad as Turks
This particular bald-beaded man
ike a good many other bald-headet
en, had to get up and* build th
lies. When he arose next morninj
he sun peeped in at the window, an
aw the pillow cling to the back o
Lis head like a great white chivnon
te thought it must have caught on
Lin or shirt button. It looked ridica
)us, and he would throw it back of
he bed before his wife saw it, so h,
aught It quickly by one end an
'yanked."
"Oh! oh!" he screamed, "what'
een going on here? Thunder an
ightnin'!" and he began to claw a
is scalp like a lunatic. His wif
prang up from the couch and begai
o sob hysterically.
'''Oh, don't George! What Is it
Vhat's the matter?"
George was dancing about th,
oom, the pillow now dangling by -
ew hairs, his scalp covered wit]
omething that looked like shee
opper, while the air was re
olent of warlike explosives, as i
titonary bad exploded. With
romn's instinct the poor wife too]
n the situation at a glance, and es
laimed;
"It is the'glue!"
The bald-headed man satdown in
hair and looked at her a moment i
ontemptuous silence, and then ul
red the one expressive word:
"Glue!"
Now began a series of processes ani
periments unheard of in the at
alsof chemistry.
"Jane, you must soak it off wIW
varm water. I've got to go to Utic
o-day."
"I can't, George," she rerlied in
~uilty tone, "its waterproof."
"Yes, I might have known it; an
suppose It's fireproof, too, ain't it.
He scratched over the smooth plat
ng with his finger nail.
"It's hard as iron," he said.
"Yes-he said it was good glue,
epeated she innocently. "Can't yo
kin it off with your razor, George?
"Don't you trifle with me, Jane
~et me that coarse tile in the wood
hed."
It may be imagined what followed
~nd now as the bald-headed man sit
n the office he never removes his hal
'or his entire skull Is a howlin
vast~e of blistered desert, relieve
iere and there by oases of blac
ourt-plaster. - The Christian a
York.
She Only Half Tried.
Modern children - American chil
Iren, especially-are a bright race
)ut now and then they blunder la
netably, as In the following in
tance, where the boy attributed t
kis mother conduct of which shi
ever could have been capable. Tb
tory Is borroiwed from Good News.
"Mamma," said a boy of ten o
welve, "did you tell papa I'd got ti
are a bicycle?"
"Yes, I told him, but he said h
ouln't afford It."
'Of course he'd say that; but wha
tid you do?"
"I told him how badly you wante<
t,, and argued in favor of it, but h
efued."
"Argued! Huh! If it had beei
omething you wanted for your ow'
el, you'd cried a little, an' the.
ou'd got it."
Most Crowded Spot on Earth.
The most crowded spot on earth i
he Manderaggio, which is one of th
uarters of Valetta, the capital of th
sland of Malta. In Valetta itself .th
>roportion is 75,000 to the squer
ile, but in the Manderaggio 254
eople dwell on a surface two acre
Lnd a half in extent, and this gives n:
ess than 636,000 to the square mile, c
.017.6 to the acre. In the most crowde<
own in Great Britain, Liverpoc!
.he proportion is only 116.4 to th
~cre. -New York Dispatch.
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DRESS WITH BRETELLES'
Cinnamon.
The cultivation of cinnamon iA
something like that of.a willow copse,
straight young shoots springing ul
round the stump of the plant pre.
nviously cut. These shoots in thehi
- urn are cut every second year-that
js to say. when they are about fie 1
e eet high and two inches in circum. l
erence. A good many of these are
;uld as walking sticks, and find a
5 'ready market on board the steamerq
among the passengers, who.think there
t must be a special charm in a cinna- 1
mon stick, though In truth It is hard
to distinguish it from our common I
hazel.
But of course the real 'tlkig to be
secured is the highly aromatic innei
) bark. First of all, the leaves are 4
L stripped off, and then the bark is
split from end to end with a sharp
' knife, which has a curved point;
with this, aided by the fingers,
the bark is carefilly removed in long I
pieces. These are heaped up and left I
C to soddei, so as to ficilitate the next
process-thatof scraping off the outer
rind.
In order to do this, each piece of I
the bark is placed on a round piece of f
2 wood and carefully scraped with the 4
knife, the almost nude brown work
ers sitting on the ground and using
their toes as an extra hand to steady
l the end of the stick.
- The bark is then left to dry in the I
sun, when it rolls itself up into tight
? quills. These are neatly sorted and
a packed. three or four inside of one I
another, and are made up into bales I
a covered with cloth, and are then I
ready for export.]
i Cinnamon isso extraordinarilysensi- <
"tive that great care has to be taken
-with regard to its surroundings on
board ship, as a bale of very fine cin
namon will lose much of its delicate
aroma if packed aznong bales ofi
a coarser bark. Vnrious expedients
have tbeen tried to remedy this. The
-Portuguese and Dutch isolated the
-bales by packing them in cocoanut
fiber, or in cattle hides; but it is1
founti that the onily reai safety-C
s guard Is to yacic bags of pepper be-.
Stween the bales. .
1'ate as ~hsuranace.
k Window glass was first manufactured 2
t in London in 1557, but for a long timeC
it was a luxury within the reach of the
opulent only. Now, however, its use 1
is universal in all civilized countriL,
-and only measured in extent and qual- 4
, ity by the size of the buildings in which
Sit is employsd for light and ornamer -
- tation.
) Plate glass windows, especially in I
a rn of large business establishments,
e are now used for show purposes, and
are only limited in size by the height
r and width of the store front. So gen- I
3 eral and liberal has their use become I
that it is found necessary to organize1
a coinpanies which undertake, for a I
mokIerate premium, to replace them in t
Scase of breakage, and the growth and
development of these companies, stim
I olated by active competition, attest to I
Sagreat degree the encouragement which
has been given to the plate glass busi- [
ness by the protection afforded to its
1 increased use. -Insurance Monii.r 1
A Pleasure to Use Them.
A lady looking at some apartments
inquired of the landlord "how about
the stairway?"
"Oh, it is exmellent, madamt.
When you are going up it is..so easy
that you imagine you are descending."
-Texas Sittings.
The Work to be Done.]
sApplicant--You advertised tor a1
man with a vivid imagination, sir?
SManager-Yes. Have you one9
I"I have, sir. What is the work*"
S"Making out bills for a gas com
pany."-Harlem Life.
[MMING, AND FASHIONABLE
romy EvidU'y Destined to n an
Ornsment er the steg* ages..
The old gentleWn ha4 boen tryin
o instill into 419 son soroe Ida of
usiness thrift, says she Detroit Iree
Press, and to help the lessons aloIg
ie brought home a toy bank.
"Now, Tommy," he said, "PIl-be
president of this bank, and you'll bx
:ashier. Your mother an4 sisterI
will be stockholders. Christmas we'll
pen it and declare a dividend. We'll
ut something In It every day."
The old gentleman put In a dime,
rommy and his sisters a nickel each,
Lmd his mother a dime.
"Well, let what I put In represent
he Interest on the other depositi,"
vent on the old gentleman. "You
ceep track of what the others put in,
Lad when we open the bank- the in-.
;rest will be dlvided preporitionitelY
Lmong the jiepositors."
Tommy said he thought he under
tobd nd 'put down in a book what
ach one had deposited.
For a couple ot weeks all went
moothly. Every morning afte;
>reakfgabsach areber of the famflj
ras call- upon fof something to de4
)osit in t back. But onE evening
he old ge 4,man had' to go down
own and Q red he had no strbet.
ar fare-,nothifik less tlian a sie bill
,he recalled the change In the bank!
to abstracted a dime and went hig
ray.
The next morning when deposit%
vere called for T6mmy announce4
hat the bank was busted and close
ts doors.
"Why, Tommy, what do you mean?
sked the old gentleman.
"The president's been monkeying
vith the finances," said Tommy, "and
here's a shortage."
"But that was only a temporar,
oan," explained the old gentlmav
:oloring up a little.
"Oh, yes: that's what they always
ay," said Tommy. That's the usua
:ustom."1
"But it will be repaid at once."
"No use," said Tommy,- shortly.
"Why not?"
"Huh! I guess you don't know any.
hing about banks," exclaimed Tom,
ny. "When the gresident gets td
nonkeying with the funds the cash.
er guts the bank, while he has the
:hance, 'cause he knows he won't
iave it long. Only a fool cashier 19
,oing to let the presid'ent get ahead
it him.
"Tonmy," said the old gentlema
eqereiy, as he looked in ife direction
f the woodshed, "do you know what
iappens to the cashier If he It
aught?"
"Yep," replied Tommy, prompt].%
'He generally compromises so a Uo
rt the bank on its feet again. rm
villing to pay ' all the depositors In
ull without interest. Seeing as the
resident put up the Interest in thil(
ase, I guess he ought to lose it
specially as I've only got 15 cents of
t left."
It was compromised on that basis.
mnd the old gentleman has reached
he conclusion that Tommy is des
ilned to be a Wall street broker.
sunsi'ots ad Thunder-stetm*.
Amongethe supposed relations be
~ween sunspots and the atmosphere
f the earth is one in which thunder
torms are concerned. Half a dozen.
ears ago It was notleed in Bavaria
hat destructive lightning strokes
rere apparently less numerous durlig
Smaximum than during a minimum
if sunspots, and Doctor Von.Bezold -
ame' to the conclusion that "high
emperatures and a spotless solar
urface give years abounding*in thun
er-storms."
If this: theory is correct, the sum.
ner just passed should have been comn
aratively free from thunderstorms,
or the sunspots are now approaching
maximum.
Next summer also should, upon the
ame hypothesis, witness relatively
ew thungler-storms. in England
here has,,indeed, been noticed this
rear an apparent tendency to follow
he supposed law described above, as
hunder-storms there have* been less
mumerous than they were a few yeares
tgo, when..the sunspots were near
heir minimum.
Probably, as is the case with all the
ther supposed relations between sun
pots and terrestrial phenomena, the
>roof in this case will be very slow-to
btain and very far from convincing,
mtil we have learned much more
han we now know of the gened'a
aws of the solar action.
Things'i G1R should Eena.
She should learn to handle a goblet
by its stem, and not by Its bowl.
She should learn how to make a
prety bow.
bhe should learn-as she learned
1er alphabet-that a gentleman
hould always be presented to a lady,
iever a lady to a gentleman.
She should learnuthat It is bad fortsI
xo congratulate a bride at a wedding,;
)ne congratulates the bridegroom
mnd wishes the bride happiness.
She should learn that It Is the worst
>r bad taste to appear thoughtfiul oi
isent minded in company.
She should learn, at table, to dip
aer soup from her; to use her forki
miy in the fish course; to lay knife
Lnd fork aside when she passes hen
late; to eat out of the side of her
moon and to fold her nankin,
als circulation aul Eight,
Editor (anxiously)-Well, Doctor
what is the master with me? N'oth
lg serious, I hope.
Doctor-H'm! well, you are in a
bad way, Your circulation is very
ow.
Editor (excitedly) -What? Why,
sir. I have at least two hundred thou.
sand a day. You have been reading
a rival sheet,IsIr.
We Winl cleave to the One.,
Teacher-In what part of the BL
ble is it taught that man should have
only one wife?
Little Boy-1 guess it's the pr
that says no man can serve two ms
trs.-Bostonl Gazette.
An Eye for Business,
'Fool Woman (In railroad train on
cold day)-Pardoni me, sir, but this
window sticks. Won't you under
ake to open it?
Gentleman-With pleasure, ma~
dam. i am an undertaker by proj