Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1890 — THIS AND THAT. [ARTICLE]

THIS AND THAT.

People who carry pistols sometimes quickly fight to a draw. Some weep .because tbevpart, And languish broken-hearted; And othe 8— O, my heart! Because they never parted As a general rule, that society where flattery is acted i=i much more agreeable than that where it is spoken. When life hath run its largest round Of toil and triumph, joy and woe, How brief a storied page is found To compass all its outward show! The American fondness for base-ball is seen in the fact that when they can afford it they add ballrooms to thein homes. A Chicago man got even with an enemy, not by shooting him, but by deliberately giving his name to a book canvasser. “Well, little girl, you are growing old very fast; you are almost seven. ” “Yes, I know it: I grow old much faster than sister Mary, who has been only twenty-two ever since I can remember.” A Good Boy.—Caller—ls the editoi in? Boy—No. Caller—When will he be back ? Boy—l can’t tell you. Caller—Why can’t you tell me? Boy —Because he told me not to tell you. St. Peter—“ Were you enumerated before you left?” St. Paul Spirit—- “ No.” St. Peter—“ Did you make any effort to have your family counted?” St. Paul Spirit—“No, why should I?” St. Peter—“lt was your duty. Just take a seat on that toboggan there and slide down below.” “Pbay what is your age ?” said ye census man sage; And ye da- sal spoke never a word. “Are you foolish, insane, deiaf, humpbacked, or lame?" And she smiled at a thought so absurd. •Do you powder or paint?” and her smile it grew Ist nt. “Do you snore, miss, and have y<u cold feet?" Ye damosel yet shs spake not. you bet, But ye man he liy uead in ye street. “Thank heaven!” said Shakspeare’s ghost, “and blessed be the cyclone!” “W'hy so grateful. William?” said the spook of Queen Elizabeth. “Because, your Royal Highness, the papers say that the cvclone has destroyed several Hamlets.” Who can set to a wo-d The least song of % bird? Or can lay claim to a thought, The faint ray we have caught Of the truth that’s above us. Beside us and under — That breathes through the calm And speaks through the thunder? With the exception of sheol and St. Louis the hottest region inhabited by sinful man is that part of Persia lying on the Persian Gulf. For months the mercury never falls below 110 degrees night or day, and not unusually rises to 130 degrees at midday. Sojne portions of Africa are said to be equally salubrious. ‘DuChaillu, the explorer, lived for weeks with the temperature at 130 degreaa