The prayo at I he daily opening of the KOimi of 11* Sew York SUte Aaoevublj AMCtnbly c»i» juat W, worth of goodocre in lb* body .—Bottom PfL The great dteadvantage of a country editor doing bit own crrandi and awerping out ia that it iffTa bia riral a cbano Ui alar I be llrat mentioned man'a paper by raying U i» ediied by the oOce boy. — Bottom Poti. When Adam "fell." and tfccarae Ihorougbty cogr.rtnl of his disgrace, bow keenly he moat hare felt his poaiilon wb. n be abeorbrd the diaireaaing thought Ibal be couldn't Imitate a defaulting bank cashaer and take the next at tamer for Europe '. — : —jnr.mrma. An Auatrallan man "bodied left ♦?,- 000 in be expended in maawa. and the aatiafled that I here is u purgatory. ll would be lather difficult to olitain any direct lea! irony acceptable to the court, unleta the > lecntor should die and aend lock an alB lavit after be get! through.— A New 7 nrk luuaie teacher raja be baa taught lifts s-n hundred lioya to play the violin In ti e laat fire yean. We auapcc". lie i« on liia death-bed, ctr be w ould not Juat btdoo dying, Ui»t\l,e murdered a aelect aawsrtinent of her family and rrle bcStad. —A'swr. I/. rut, I - "Have you evaporated applet?" the "Sot any on band ^saat now. ma'am," "Don't you keep them ?" "Well, I act out toufmt 1 got ditcouragad. I rolled a barrel of Baldwina ool In front one morning, and before noon ball the lot bad evaporated and ilirappeared. 1 prefer to deal in the aolid fruit."— Ax. A young man ol thla city- who waa invited by bis mother to lug up^a bod of atriking out blmaelf and aubatitnting therefor bia father, atatlng as a reaaon that be lad Juat returned from a aeren . days' vacation, and that it war a wellknown pinpoaition, laid down by UreeDw helming! J voted down, and original motion prevailed by a aolld vole on both J lev. Mr. Talmagc aays the human race started with men ten feet high and now the avenge ia lire feet six inches. At this rate of shrinkage we suspect that a few mill! bin years hence ineh will not be any ■ahortcr"- wbcn aakrd to pay a bill- ] It waa a wise proriaion of nature to re- . dace a man's height from ten feet to Are feet six Inches. In olden liinea he couldn't enter a daor without tumping bia bead and spoiling hi. bigh silk bat or ebe , doubling himself op like a croquet wicket. , .Vorr. JlrnM Oh, yea! the manager of the opera i troupe was much annoyed because his i and refudng to sing every few nights. So i lie got a little girl with a pretty fair voire to learn the same parts and sing when the ( pslma d jpna had a cold. Then he went < lis the critics, who are alsraya ready to as- s slat la any laudable enlerpriar, and got s them, when the prima donna refused to > sing, lo praise ll* substitute's singing as s the Hot* erer heard. And the prims s 1 donna got well enough to sing the next night, and luun't bad a cold since, and hates the little substitute like poison. J Great racked. — Er The .Jbrr tlay a unalUixed colored K him up After the abuse bad continued >' man said to the party of the second [art : „ "Wly don't you pick him up and mop | "Then why don't you J" ~ "Waal. I was ecuaideriu'. If we have 1 a bout 1 slaill probably be 'rested. If I'm * 'rested my name will be in de papas. If J street who o. us de bouse dal I moved r out of in do night will know wbar" to J lion <U be wan la de four mouths' back ' rent."— Drlraff FVrr Pro. The only way lo deal with a Use is to beat him at bia. own game; thai ia, of courar, unless be is ll* editor of a pious a ptw»|iapcr. What alerted Ibis Itrrn ra • to Europe and who waa telling a friend. , who knew be Was a liar, about his trip t arenas the Atlantic, and how. on tbe 85th i at tbe month, "they encountered a swarm ' of locusts and the loeuau carried rvery , stitch of canvas off tbe ship " Tbe list- i, then raid, beaitaliugly : Yea. I guoat we day, the USth. Evcty kjcuau had ■ r r aelf. — Peck's Sum. ^ ; ing allowed to run at large in society pasture* without any yokes on them- They , mustaches: they are fatbefl of twins l<- ■ years •** Ooraairmally one of there gosling marriages turns out all right, but , it tea ckar case of luck. Iftbvn-wasa tew against young galocsa sparking and marrying before 'bey hw cau all their < "evade a in some war. but tbrtr ought p, be a swUnsal ajeainai K. It it lime < Boding . petted when tbey have raised mo«y«K»*b^o boyabundteof laths " giri wk huts cunnirg. and tbey are afraid Ibeee are not gnsag to ha girls euosigh So go around and then they begin to gat ia their work real 4*7. and bcfoit Sr^5s?F. hod— g thsy havamrgapl, ahaaigk, «^T ran ^d »"»«# hneci- vn,"

? "You are." raLrt~'Ll boy. "pa has 1 hern reading out ol an old bask number Bible. u>d ma and me argued with htm ! about getting a new revised edition. We j - told him that Ibe old one waa all out of j * style, and that all the neighbor* had the] y newest cut in Bibles, with dolman sleeve, a and gstberedrin tbe back, and tbewpwt on ] style ova as, and we could not bold up j our beads in society when ll was known that we were wearing tbe old laat year's Bible. Pa kit kid against a, bui finally the oibre fHlowa bad lo change ti e old w medicine advertisetnenu in it after "ibe „ vcraea P. nerer reads a whole chapter, s[ but reads a i erse" or 1 wo and skips around. b. Before breakfast, it* otber morning, pa . got tbe new Bible and started to read tbe The first thing pa struck waa : 'Verily 1 '" say UDlo you, try St. Jacob's oil for rbeu. malistn.' Pa looked ovre his specks at ma and then looked al me, but I had my fare comcd with my bauds, sort of pious. Pa ? said be didn't think it was right to put ' advertisements in the Bible, but ma said to bare a paten' medicine notice next to " Pa sighed atxl t tuned over a few more * leaves so l read: 'Tbou. shall not covet c" thy nrighbot's wife, nor bia ox. if you 01 lore me as 1 love you, no knife can cut *' our love In two." Tbe last part srai a J' mono that I got out of a paper of candy. Pa said that tbe sentiment waa good, but *' be didn't think I Ik1 revisers had improved pa turned ova and read : "Take a little ie wit* for tbe stomach's aakeand keep a bottle of Heed's Gilt-edged Tonic ooyour aidecbilli and fever.' Pa waa hot. Ha locked al it again, and noticed that the looic comr- mandmcnl waa on yellow papa and the it earner turned up, and pa took bold of it, n and the paste that I stock it on with was >■ not goad and it came off. and when I saw d pa lay down tbe Bible and put hit spectacles In tbe case, and reach for tbe firei. poker, I knew be was not going to pray, K» and I looked out the window and yelled dog fight, and I lit out and pa followed g roe as far as the sidewalk, and it waa that a morning when it was an slippery and pa's r feet slipped out from under him, and he . stood cm his neck and slid around ou bis . car, and the special providence of elect - on the sidewalk saved me. Say, do you . believe in special providence? What was ) tbe use of that alcet on the sidewalk, if it >j was not to save sinners V—PttOt Baa. r Tbe Postmasier at Steel urn, Pa., arres1 led January 80, at about midnight, few re1 laialng money received lot money -orders - and taking money from letters, admits - the "deficiency" hut says it waa an "un- * willing crime." The name of this poat- ' master is August Ncbinger, and to keep - him coder arrest it a sin and a abator. 1 He has enriched He language. What ia 1 Annrmt Pim fofs "convey " try tbe tide of ' Ibe exquisite wotd "drfldeucy," tu veil ■ and soften tbe haysc outline of fact In tbe robbery of lire mails ? ' Jfeficieney" is i sweet. Tbe sound of il lingers oo the I ear like a attain of music boine serosa tbe I moonlit water; but the "unwilling crime" * reaches Ibe limit of poraible expression. It is not of Ibe enrtb, 0"r earthly ; it is the note of tbe skylark hal in ibe nigbt of braven; it is disiioocly Orear Wild ish : and loo utterly* una. Mr. Nebingrr ' aboulil be stifled with pi-rfumee. to the ' sound of Orien'al music, and tbco preserved in a mts*. Earth is loo groaa.it*. : ; Srns. loroi. sni si: s'n.u idTl "*gro|»:..r.. PraekMaad Pimples, im Hmv* cabbmjc aa act cafaer* sre rtHiulerfeil. PrVeSSas. I Dr. Green's Oarxcnatcd Blttera , -Blliiisis 1 Uc rrgutalar. . Tomklos aa a Juryman: "The Idea of putting John on tbe Jury!" exclaimed Met. Totnkius, when she beard that ber 1 husband had been drawn. "They migil well order a now trial right off. Tbey , won't get John to agree to a verdict. He U tbe moft obstinates! man I eva taw. I , never knew him to agree with bis own wife In anything.and it tten't al all likely he's going lo agree with people be doeant anything about- A pretty Juryman he is""— Boston Traiutript. Walnut I.euf Hair Bealorer. pacr. Sktar ami Lewi, sad Vuou ot tUlrer pre•eown. Ask your itnixxwi lor IL EacS b«Ue Agents. rtiltsArtpSla.' sad BALL M BlCXtl. for of tonpcrencc people for twenty years past, but a recent analysis ahosra that tbe nothing 'bm tbe flavor. Nevertbeleaa, u's a waste of brandy, aa nobody cares a lout the flavor of a mince pie.— Dttraft Prre Prtts. Quinine fsnperacvsesi. niermaune " our la ae'tosoterirov B. mlkerraalT aad WareJ A Bcermy. Cape *sj CHJ- ««- rievsra! Texana are in Jail at Leadvllle. 1 where Tcxans' may be they move in tbe I very brat society the place fata.— Texas . «/bwp.. All persons suffering from Coughaj | Trwuacsv or Dr tmciv^as^^rtac^* * "Publish my birgvaphy T~ said tic Okrsado caadidKe fur oOca> la the aewse papeT man; "by Judas lnranot. if you ; at-!i-si3rs&; ^ , T-a.tc Las teen wr areful m our family in

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