Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1884 — Waiting for a Shortage. [ARTICLE]

Waiting for a Shortage.

“And will you really be married in September, Louisa, dear?” “Why, Lilly, sweet, it is not definitely arranged yet. You know Alfred has been in the position of cashier with the present firm for only two years. ” “So you were telling me, darling; but do you think you will have long to wait?” “I cannot say definitely, Lilly; but Alfred is very energetic, and he says if business continues to improve he hopes within the next three months to accumulate a shortage upon which he can, live comfortably.”— Pittsburgh Chron-icle-Telegravh.f A social philosopher, whose name just now escapes us, once argued, with illustrations, to show that any woman, however favored by fortune, whether old, cross-eyed, humpbacked, or in whatever way opposed to the glamour of love’s young dream, could make any man propose to her if she had him all to herself in a secluded place,-say a country house, for the space of seven uninterrupted days. * * * Loss of power in either sex, however induced, speedily, thoroughly and permanently cured. Address, with three letter stamps for reply and book of particulars, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, (163 Alain street, Buffalo, N. ,Y. “Tight boots cause the blood tooflow to the head,” says the Chicago Sun. That is the reason there is often so much slack in a dude’s pants.— Xewman Independent.