Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1886 — Satisfied with the Assertion. [ARTICLE]

Satisfied with the Assertion.

Wife—“ The larder is empty. ” Husband—“So is my pocket-book.” Wife—“ The coal is gone.” Husband—“So is my credit.” Wife—“We have no flour in the house.” Husband—“ And I have no money.” Wife (emphatically)—“Well, we can’t starve.” <■ , Husband (relieved) —“Thank goodness. I was afraid we should have to.” —Boston Beacon. Silver-gbay in silks is the tint dearest to the French heart. It is distinctively Parisian, and the women in the gay capital use it in almost every article of wear. > / Lace table-covers over colored silk at dinner-parties are declared to be only suitable in families where the accumulation of wealth has been rapid. That is regarded by many as'a singnlar freak of fashion which makes ladies in the lightest and gayest of evening costumes wear black-kid gloves. We ate 1,280,000 tons of sugar in America last year. The fool wonders, the wise man asks.