Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 28, Ligonier, Noble County, 14 October 1897 — Page 7

- THE HOME COMING. ' The day’s work done, my homeward way Beneath the elm trees’ shade | 1 wended; near the gate my fay" : Watched for me while he played. : i Oh; he was fair to see! ‘A winsome boy was he,’ 5 A . With eyes of heavenly blue; - ; "A-soul no stain that knew. : And soon. as he adown the street - - My coming did espy, - - Forth would he speed on eager feet, ! Bounding with joyous cry, . To grasp my hands and give his Kkiss, And tell what he had done . e Or seen the while tlHrough that or this His sportive hours had run. | Oh, his was guileless art, " ¢ The way from heart to heart! i Thoughtful amid his glee, -~ . -A loving’ child was he. Seh . .Now many a year that fair young head. < . Has rested ’neath ‘the sod, - x And I the homeward way still tread - -To where he lives in God— A An unknown way; but when I near, «At last the shadowy gate, : Of lacking welcome I've no fear; - = For me my.child’s await, 2o lziature in heavenly grace and lore, ; {To greet me as my guide, _: And ope for me my mansion’s door, < And aye with me abide. . : > And so, the while a tear: - A 'Dropson the sod so dear, .~ ~ » Still home with cheer I farey i My child awaits .me there. = ; < = —Christian World.

;maémmamw-% § Fragments of an Evening. § Rececccceccececceccceeced

T HIS is simply a fragment torn out .‘of an evening. The reader will please uprear before his vision a bedroqm; a gas jet burning at what might be called the middle register of illumination, a bed upon which a small{ white figure reclines, if burrowing and writhing may be- brought under that head, and a man bending over the ensemble- of nightgown, twinkling feet, brownie doll and copper cent. : [Note.” The copper:cent has been given as a bribe to induce a willingness togotabed] . . ° First Voice (small, piping, but extremely cheerful)-Tet’s play circus, Papa. 2 ¢

Second Voice (firm, but gentle)—No. Pépf‘s boy - must say his prayers and go to sleep. 2 : First Voice (adding nothing whatever to the original proposition further than a little stronger tincture of persuasion) -—Let’s play“circus, papa. :

. Second YVoice (its proprietor evidently determining quietly to ignore the suggestion)—Begin now, sweetheart. Put Jyour hands together that way. *“God bless mamma’— = ° . : “Gaw bless mammwa®™— = - | “‘And papa’ "— - : “An® papa. % € ¥ If T say “Gaw bless papa’ will you play circus?” “Maybe so. Now, honey mustn’t talk Zbout anything else when he is saying Lis prayers. ‘And Sister Ros’ "— ~

' A suddenejaculation of delight as one of the wee feet, plunging upward at a right angle with the bed's surface earries with it the counterpane and sheet, A{orming thereby. a very insignificant looking 'pyramid of cevering. = : **o-oagl Circus tent! Papa be elerhant!? = : : : : Sternness on the part of the sehior. A quick.leveling of the pyramid by simple process of extracting the center pole and straightening out the architect to his proper length of two feet three inches. . s “Now, go on. {God bless:Sister Rosie and’ == v . ~ “O-! Papa’s a bad boy. Spoiled my circus.? X A - : . ‘Sister -Rosie and grandmamma and! "— = e Silence. : i ' “Don’t you know whatbecomes of little boys that won’t say their prayers?” The reluctant one looks defiantly out into the adjoining room, from which a celebrated and especially fiepdish frog is supposed to come when called upor for the purpose of carrying away little boys who de not say their prayers. “§ou b'oke my circus.” - - MAH I'i¥ht.. I’ll turn down the lamp. Then we’ll see what happens.”, " The rebel manifests a disposition to . hedge, provided he can do so with dignity and untarnished honor. : ° - “‘Gaw Dbless Sister Rosie and'—am I a good boy, papa?”’ o St - % iAnd prandmempma’ @ Lo j Dut this skimming over and neglecting a vital proposition is not to be permitted.” ok ~+ “Am La good boy, papa?”’ ... “Yes, I guess so. Go on, now, little ~man. {God bless Sister’ "—" ° | - “If the frog comes to carry away your good boy will’you whip him ?” - The elder of the couple concludes that by making a vehement declaration and continuing it-on through many words ke will be.able to lead the dévout one back to his supplications, even unknown to Him. = : e “Well, I'should say so. - A nasty, big frog that g{w"ou]d come to carry away ‘my boy when he was just saying his prayers as nice as anything'—l should - think I would whip him.. And sowould ‘grandmamma punish him, too,anddrive him away, because grandmamma is good to her little man and loves him—‘and so let’s say: ‘God bless grandmamma.’ ” e - : : iy _ “Gaw bless——would you whip him - with a stick?” G “With a stick and a switch and—and a curtain-rod.” - o i ~ “An’ th'ow stones at him?” . First Voice — (its owner awaking to the fact that the doctrive of physical force is in danger of overshadowing the matterof orisons)—Now.my boy mustn® talk so much about other things. Go g.on with your prayers.. Now— - . Second Voice—Oo-a-i-u-e-a-o-i-a-e! . ~This is not the name of a Hawaiian lddy. Tt is the chronicler’s poor, futije effort to make the very accommodating Roman alphabet cover antd describe the ~ejaculation and wail of dismay, sorrow, ~ despair, gloom, dolor and lugubtious“ness which rose when the supplicator discovered the awful truth that his _cent had disappeared. ' st r First Voice—Sh! sh! What's the frouble? .- - - o 4 . Secend, Voice — My—cent — all— J - Third Voice (by ‘the ssund feminine, byfkfimvmfl*w:'flafi his. _copper ‘cent in the bedclothes—mammeadilingt e e RAMR SV B RS VR TR, Ml THIO HC DU

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linen in search of the faraway Klondike where treasure nestles. Atlength the money is found. - n ! - The head of the house is impressed by an idea. . - - S . ¥Now, you'll lose it again if you try to hold it in your hand. Let me pin it }in a fold of your nightie. There! Isn’t ‘that fine? You can’t lose your money now.” He had formed a véry bunchy f,wen, upon the front of the garment, ‘the core thereof being#she copper. ' “Go on with' your prayers now. “Grandma. and—'"” : ~ “Papa, did you fix my money so I can’t lose it 2” s - ~ “Yes, you needn't be afraid rany ‘mere.” S G ~ “You good boy, papa! Let me kiss yourtol The little arms are extended after the 'manner of a letter v, and at the sight of the honest admiration which beams out of the bright and very wideawake ‘eyes the parent in his heart forgives this little interruption of the holy function. His boy will be too big even to want to kiss-him some time, and it is best to.accept the sweet fruit of child love while one may. But austerity follows affection, and order proclaims it self: . % : ko - “Now papa’s boy mustn’t do anything at all but say his prayers and go to sleep. .Go ahead at ‘grandma.’” . M* # # And grandmamma an d Auntie Ruthand * * * Aunty Ruth bought me a’shicken.” “‘And Auntie Alice.".” ‘ “Auntie Ruth bought me a shicken, Shicken with eany in it.” Third Voice (the voice of wisdom from -the: outer room)—lf I were you I'd nostice "his chicken, or you'll never get past it. ® That's the way I managed Rosie, and she’s asleep now. “Notice it? How—oh, yes; so Auntie Ruth bought you a chicken full of candy, my, that was nice! . Did you give :Sister Rosie some of it?” | Eeekst | : v T Therer is somet%ing drawn out ahd protrficte@ and sleepy about the response, and the man at the bed looks closely. : . X .

“He's about gomne. Dear, little old chap! Well, I'll rush it through and not keep him awake too long. I'll bunch it. Sweetheart, say ‘God bless everybody.’ - | ¢ . _

The sweetheart revives with analacrity evidently born of the belief that emancipation is to be cheaply purchased. Saavian

~ “Gaw bless ev'body. Watch me turn a summerset.” E

“Why, you little possum! No, sir. No somersaults till you have finished, You must say: ‘And make Rosie a good girl and Ted a good boy,’ before there are amny somersaults.”?

| _Silence.” One foot kicks upward over the edge of the covering, where it is discovered like a mew country, and a joyous “land-ho” of delight is uttered. i - *Look at-my foot, papa.” . ° - | “Now, sir, I insist that you finish ; your prayers. This has gone far enough. ' The -frog will come, and so will the big _dog. And besides,” as a heaping up of sorrows, “God doesn’t like little boys who turn somersaults in the middle of their prayers. No, sir. Not the least bit.. So,” with amazing severity, considering the -size -of the adversary on whom he was “picking,” § ‘Make Rosie a good girl and Ted a good boy.” & Mm too tard 2 ' . ‘

“Too tired! Oh,” in an excess of grief and sorrow, addressing the brass ball at the head of the bedstead, *‘was there ever such a sinful little, boy? Breaking-his poor old papa's heart by hiswickedness! Won't say his prayers! Poor, poor old papa, who loves him so much—" ‘ bt ' Second Voice (from far, far, far away) —"“And make papa good girl an’—an’ —an’ Rosie ,bless——e\”bofl;):j—:xn'——n—n,. ] e - Silence! (oi The self-described one of the broken heart bends over and notes the sealed eyes, the little face nestling into the depths of the pillow and the tranquil, regular breathing. i . : “Amen!” he says, very gently.—Chicago Record. .- : s

: ¥ “Pretty Nearly.”

The dreadful uncertainties of agriculture are graphically expressed in an incident reported from Kansas City. A t< somewhat rzigge(l man, with an honest | face and calloused hands, was charged in court with being a vagabond and having-no visible means of support. The court questioned him closely. .. ““Where have you been recently ¥ he was asked. . : - I’ve been out'in central Nebraska fox 13 years,” he answered. : “What have you been doing out there 2’ : - “Working for a living.”.. & “No quibbling, sir! Teli'us éxactly what you wWere doing in those 13 vears.? . “Well, vour honor, I was on a farm, and T raised 13 crops—prettynearly.”” " There was a world of pathos and experience in those last two words, and the unfortunate man was discharged.— Youth's (,'ompanhon_. i W ——— s e Diamonds Recut. ! < The woman who hesitates is won.- " "Man ‘wants but little here pelow. and keeps on wanting. : Fools make feasts for wise men to eat and get'the gout. In the reproof of chance lies the true proof of a good bluffer. . [ My party’, may she always be right; but, right or wrong, my party. ‘ The evil men do lives after them; the good is oft interred in their wills. - :Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some become aldermen. . . _ ‘ - When poverty comes in at the door love goes home to papa and brings hubby with her. - P e ~ Home-keeping youth hath ever homely. wits—which may explain why Weary Willies say so many witty things ig comic papers.—Edward Clayton Savage, in Judge, e - : S ——— v s e i ot . = 2 - Lost His Name. L One may, it seems. lose one's wits without altogether losing one’s ~ wit. The late Henri Meilhac, a French { dramatic author, who always had come clever thing to siy, was troubled in his last days by a sad loss.of memory. One day he exclaimed to J friend who ealleds « - g ~ “Hurrah! I've got my name vack! “Why, nobody forgot your name—" ~ “Yes, 1 did; and I should say that WAk GuiteßmiEn!l Y . 'fm?‘i? leithat's last joke. Tle died within a few days—Youth's Companc TRLEL s e SR e FM W Rae el e B L et g

THE FARMING WORLD. - MODEL COW. STABLE. Labor ot_Feecling and Cl‘eanlng?‘l'te- : duced to a Minimum. The illustration shows a portion of the cow stables, built on at the north end of the barn, the feeding floor being ten feet wide and each side 12 feet, for stable. The main barn is 60 by 40; the cdttle barn 60 by 34, with a milk room on the west side 12 feet square. The cow stable is a one-story structure, with a 14-foot monitor roof, five window ventilators on each side overhead, three doors at the north end (two for pattle to enter), a smooth, clean floor, the Buckley basin watering device, regulated by IS A‘J\l‘ N 2 - : : :.__-“ \. -’ e N 7’ = | ==l2 § | ~ — = INl'| =) 1 = |iF Bt L 4E = T SR R ) TS IT— T I 1 ] =LI ._— = =T N ——— - /4' = ——ay it _f:"_——' L s‘\< ; MODEL DAIRY BARN. a tub of water in the milk room, Smith’s swing stancheons, and a manure gut.ter in rear of cows. The labor of ventilation, watering, feeding and cleaning the stables is reduced to a minimmum. Manure is dropped under the stable. The main barn is pacKed full of hay annually. It also contains stables for six horses, bedding material for cows and feed. A ecircular silo, 40 feet 'in diameter and high to hold 150 tons, will be built this summer, to open into the main barn. Last winter’'s cow ration- consisted of ensilage, hay, oat fodder, corn fodder and corn meal, gluten meal and bran, all except gluten and bran being raised on the farm. - On this 125-acre farm, of which ten are in weodland, 60 in pasture and 55 in thorough cultivation, things #e made to move all the time. The six horses are kept busy at work except during winter, and three men are employed all the time, others as'needed. Milk is the main crop being sold direct to cont sumers in the neighboring cities.—Ol- - Judd Farmer. '

HOW TO KEEP ONIONS.

They Must Be Handled Quite as Carefully as Apples. !

Half the secret of keeping onions well isyin housing them.in a perfectly dry, sound condition. 1f to be sold before cold weather, keep in anydry place with plenty of air; a loose floor where air can pass up through them is best. For winter use, keep at a low temperature; -if kept from .actual freezing there is no danger of the temperature being too.low. They must be kept dry, but if they becomre frozen they should not be handled, merely covered, and kept in the dark until the frost gradually leaves them. It is not the freezirg which does the mischief, but moving them when frozen, and repeated thawing and withdrawing of frost. Wherever the essential conditions prevail of uniformly low, dry temperature, absence of light and not too severe frost, they may be safely stored for winter. Moisture and heating in bulk should be gwarded against. To avoid gathering mpisture and heating, the bulbs should not be over two feet deep, better less. If too warm ihey grow and rot. X

For winter stoxage, place them in a building with tight floors under which the frost cannot get. On such a floor place scantling, upon which lay narrow boards one-half inch apart. I%pon this drying floor build up-a false partition oxe foot within the outside walls. Thus. arranged, they have a free cir¢ulation of air all around and underthem. When the temperature sinks to 20 degrees it. is well to fill in the space with straw to stop the circulation of the cold air. They can be put in bins of this structure, from two to three feet deep. Cover wiwn hay or cornstalks sufficiently to protect them. Always handle them as carefully as appies, as {even slight bruises cause them to mold or rot.—N. E. Farmer. .

HORTICULTURAL DOTS. Too many varieties ‘of any ‘kind of fruit are usually not as profitable as fewer ones. : Try growing the sugar beet next season if you wish to, but build no castles in the air. - G o Plum trees are best planted. when iwo years old, and the rows had better run nerth and south. ' ' N shuashjyine that is badly infested with the squash vine borer should be pulled up and burn¥@. . ' People around Chicago, even on highpriced land, make money by turning cabbage into sauerkraut. - Carrots make 'splendid stock feed; cught to be grown on every farm, unless the farm has ensilage. A writer says that the use of paris green for cabbage worms is very dancerous, and we think so, too. ‘ Muleh the rose bushes with barnyard manure after the first freezing. Do the same with the grape ¥vine. Burn up the leaves that fall in the door yard or throw them in the barnyard.: Don’t winter-protect insects. Lay the grape vine on the ground at the beginning of winter, and if it is a tender variety furnish protection. . Unfermented grape juice is, we think, greatly overrated as a nourishing drink, but there is a steady market for it.—Western Plowman. : Thin Cream from Cows. 1t does not pay to let cows get very thin in flesh, for if they do both the amount ar'u quality of their milk will be impaired for the easuing year. An cld-farmer once said that when grain, and especially corn, was plenty and cheap he could always look for a profitsble butter yield from hisdairy. There i such a thing as feeding too heavily with corn, thus fattening the cow and flecreasing her milk yield. No good tarmer is likely to make this mistake. There are very few herds of cows which cannot profitably be fed mueh more grain than they now receive. It is for this reason that we urge all farmers to grow corn for home feeding. It will ‘be fed much more freely if grown on

DEMAND FOR CALVES.

It Is Brisker Now Than It Has Been 3 for a Long Time. - :

‘A notalble feature in connection with the leading live stock markets is the strong demand for calves that has prevailed for several months past, says the Nebraska Farmer.: Prices, of course, rule high under these circumstances, and considering the character of such meager supply as is offered for sale, farmers who -are looking for stock to take the place of older cattle shipped out, shouild bear in mind Franklin’s maxim that one can easily pay too dear for his whistle. Speaking generally, the calves that come from the dairy district will not make very profitable beef animals, and in considering the questien whether to invest in them or not, the quality of the young stuff and its probable outcome, in view of the fact that

they are dairy calves, must be borne in mind. Of course, when one cannot 'do as well as he would like, he must do as well as he can, but high prices for calves that are inferior from the breeder's standpoint present a condition that makes one hesitate about what constitutes doing as well as/one can. Whatever may be the conclusion as to the most expedient course for the immediate present, the remoter._teaching is not far to seek. Farmers in the beef growing regions should learn from it the unwisdom, so long as they are such heavy growers of grain and forage that must be fed out on the farm, of relying upon others for animals to which to feed them. When the’ beef section of the country is fairly well supplied and-has pretty nearly enough, it can probably rely on other sections for enough to fill out the balance of its needs, since inthat

case, prices of young cattle would not be likely to go skyward under the influence of strong demand, but it cannot permit its home-grown supply to fall so low as to compel it to rely largely upon purchases. When this is done, and good ficld crops are raised, the farmer isat the mercy of the market. - : iy

HANDY FRUIT PICKER. It Lands Apples, Peaches and Pears d Without Bruising. ; 3 * The cut shows a device for gathering ripe’ apples, peaches and pears, without bruising. A A are two rings about four inches jn diameter, on arms of scissor-like device, acting as spreaders for mouths of velvet pouches, for seizing and holding the fruit—one at a time, of course. “C is a spring for keeping the device open. B is-a lever

fow ST % ol R T : s, M {\)\e : : : ”‘,j\\ ’\“. . ) . ¢TR \ : e . ey EXCELLENT FRUIT PICKER. to. which one end of a‘;string is attached; the other end, after passing through the guide loops, E EE, is in the hand of the operator. wl Tightening the ,string, the device closes: Slacken the string and ‘the device opens to let go the ripe fruit which it ‘has seized. D -is 'socket of device screwed on top of the three-foot lengths of bamboo or some such light but strong material, The rod can be lengthened by adding .these three-foot lengths. Unscrewing the pieces reduces the device into small compass for transportation or for storage during ‘winter.—John Saunders, in. Ohio Farmer. . oy 3 .

~ 'ROADS IN ENGLAND. - They Receive Constant Snpérvlslon : and Excellent Care. ¥ Inglish roads are good because they are well built and well cared for ig the conclusion arrived at by a writer who has been investigating the subject. He says they are the finest anywhere in the world. Some of the highways leading out of Bath were made by the Romans, and all the other highways are of scientific construction, with deep foundations and ample provisions for draining. DBesides they receive constant supervision and care.. Every county council has a standing committee on roads, which takes charge of the highways and keeps them in repair.

The committee is divided into subcommittees, to each of which is assigned a district. There isan inspector for each division who employs a force of road menders and holds each responsible for a portion of a road assigned him. The road mender lives in a cottage on the line of the highway which he is required to keep in order. He goes over the road every.day and removes in a barrow everything that is unsightly. After each heavy rain he looks out for breaks, and mends them by dumping loads of flint where needcd. Supplies of flint are kept along the road at intervals, ready for the use cf the road mender. He watches the road the year around, and if there is any neglect, he receives a sharp warning from the inspector. This is the English system of maintaining good roads, and it will be necessary to have a similar system in this country before the roads here will compare with those of the older country. Paris Green a Good Remedy. Paris green and water, used at the rate of about one pound to 150 gallons of water, is perhaps the simplest and best remedy for all inkects that eat the leaves of shade and fruit*trees, It is liable to injure the leaves of plum, peach and other stone-fruit trees, and should be used on them only with great caution; but as a rule it xvill not injure tliem- if as much stone lime is added as paris green, 'lf, however, lime is used with the paris green, not over 110 gallons of water should be used to a pound ot paris gréen. Paris green, you u'fl-l derstand, will, not destroy sucking insects, such as lice and leaf-hoppers. Aai a wash for trees none is. better than whitewash, which can be darkened by soot if desirable.—~Farm and Fireside, G sea e SRR SSs N B 0 e

HOW TO WASH EMBROIDERED ° LINENS. L To wash embroidered linens so as not to fade the colors, fill a tub half full of warm water, to which add a little Ivory soap, wash each piece through the suds: carefully, rinse in blue water to *which a little thin starch is added. Hang on the line to dry. Iron on the wrong side, pressing down heavily to! ‘bring out the stitches, thus restoring their original beauty. ; : ELIZA R. PARKER, ' Seen from the Elevated Road. Riding on the elevated road gives one an ~insxiht into the different modes of existence of the inhabitants along the line. Here are 'some things the writer caught a passing glimpse of one day recentgv: % | A woman cleaning windows and her careful and fearful spouse seated on the floor holding on to her feet to prevent her falling to the street below. A man shaving himself, whjle a little boy held a highly polished dishpan, which was officiating as a mirror. S Two babies asleep on a fire escape, while their mother: was chasing linen up. and down a washboard. | A new colony of colored folk in the once fashionable brownstone front quarter of Fifty-third street, between Sixth and Ninth avenues. A man and woman, evidently playactors, thrusting at each other with foils. A woman learning to ride the wheel on | a “bike” suspended in her boudoir—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. s | . it e i | Try Grain:o! Try, Grain-0! | Ask your grocer to-day to show you a package of ‘GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without] ini'ury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomachs receive it without ‘distress. 1-4 the price of coffee. 15c¢ and 25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers. _..._—.—___~_—__ . : Acting Upon' It. ' : Miss Elder—l have decided to buy a husband. : : Miss Tommey—What on earth do you mean ? fia ; “That_seems to be my only way to get one, and I have always heard that every man has his price.”—Judge. g Shake Into Your Shoes A Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful; swollen, smarting feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and -shoe stores, 25e. Trial package FREE. Write to Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y.

An Uneventful Life.—“ Ever buy a gold brick at half price, uncle?’’ asked the fresh city boarder. ‘“No,” said the innocent old ruralist, ““Z'never had no chance of that kind yit.””—lndianapolis Journal.

Left Destitute!

Not of worldly goods, but of all earthly comfort, is the poor wretch tormented by malaria. The fell sco’ur%)e is, however, shorn of its thong in advance by Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, its only sure preventive and remedy. Dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, rheumatism, nervousness and kidney complaints are al% among the bodily afflictions gvhich this beneficent medicine overcomes with certainty. Use it systematically.

Coxvier—“l'm in here for having five wives.”” Visitor—‘“How are you enjoying your liberty?”’—London Figaro.

, Hall’s. Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price 75c.

How mimE flies from the date on which a man distinguishes himself! . ) L e : Hot or cold, Neuralgia’s the same. . St. Jacobs Qil cures the same. '

“ NoBoDY - says ‘ves;” everybody says “yeh.”’— Atchison Giobe. .

A slip, a fall, a sprain—laid Up. St. Jacobs Qil the cure.

Farmer Summerboard (to his son)— “Enoch, I guess it’s about, time to prune them vines.”” Miss Citigirl (one of the boarders)—“Oh, do you raise your own prunes? I thought you bought them at the grocery!”’—Puck.

“Why this sign not to touch this particular ?iece of statuary with canes or umbrellas?”’ asked a visitor at the art exhibit. ‘‘Because,” snapped a competing artist, “you could -only do it justice ,wi&r an ax.”—Detroit Free Press. ’

“Young man,” said the elderly gentleman, in a choking_voice, “she is the only daughter I have.” ‘‘Yes,” acknowledged the young man; ‘‘that is one reason I tiought I would like to marry her.”—lndianapolis Journal. - : 1

They took four-year old Elsie to see tk‘e elk at the zoo for the first time. ‘“Oh, mam‘ma,” she exclaimed, as her eyes fell upon ‘the monarch of the herd, ‘‘see that cow with a (%hristmas tree on his head.”—Buffalo News. (e : . ¢

Might Have Been Worse.—*lt.was brutal in Nero to fiddle while Rome was burning.” “I don’t know about that: suppose he had played an accordion.”’”—Chicago Record. -

At the Track.—That horse has a firstclass pedigree,” observed his friend. “Yes,” said the man who was not getting a run for his money; ‘““but he’s going to be the last of his race.”—Puck.

“‘Have you caught that murderer yet?” “No,” replied the detective; “we haven’t caught him. But we’ve got him so scared he doesn’t dare show himself when we’re around.”——\\‘.\’ashington Star. e * Twin ]_)ifiiculties.—Fair Visitor—“l suppose, Mr. Palette, that true art is very diigcult to understand?”’ Mr. Palette—*“About as difficult to understand, madam, as it is to sell.”—Deétroit Free Press. 5

Mrs. 'Gableton—“l understand that:your husband cannot meet his creditors.”’ ilrs. Fale—''On theé contrary, he says he can’t help meeting them. That is the reason he goes out so seldom.”—Tit-Bits. . ;

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