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i VOLUME XXIX, CAPE MAY CITY. NEW JEBSBY. SATOBDAY. JDNE 16.1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1509.

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Oathaani.no ^ .^eim wuhw^lhwa. TYaucrlpI . asisaKBgy i ps«riajssi"~"' j OkScto is. (twi roll foul o! Mn. 1 taaaaieu bw_«irc a^roo ciay. , \ Marrlaxa. • i a DC- a weekly paper entitled Marriott, t Anil dctoted in i be promotion of thai e lappy caute by l>riogin{ togetber the i •onderod hil.ro of hominity, ki.ro the a appropriate quotation. : ( VTate the daughter of a good mother.— 4 isxyssstvesNti^ \ If you wrili n> marry nitably, marry a your equal — orud. Never inarry but for lovr. but aee that c tbou lores what ii lovely . — WiZUoa * Pnn. ^ ^ lyqmobe^idt^a'^iV tnaaro pailSa 1° 7 -CWpee. ' J1 Hrmember tbal if tbou many for . Prouty only tbou tiiodcu Uiyaelf all ihy ' life fw that which perchance trill neither * tbou hu il, u will lie t" thee of no price j] at all ; lor the rtroirr dietn when ill. a'- , tamed, and tbe aflorlioo per»b. ili when * ii la aliased.— Sir WalUr Pairicl, Try to appear cheerful and oiotenled. . and your Luaband aill be so nod when " you ba^ made him happy you will lie an, not in appearance, but reality. Tbe akill ' required la not ao great. Notbiag flauero a man a much a. ibe bappioea of mi ,, wife ; be la always prnnd of biouelf u _ tbe »u roe of iL-Juafu Mo*r. ^ Marriage la tbe beat Mate for man in " fn praportioo a be ia uosl for the married '* atale. — j.Aaaoe " It doea nol appear aaeolial thai in , abtKi'd' be 00 each aide a parity of weadlh, . but that In dlapoalUoo and ntusai they ° abooid be alike. CbuUty alaMat; " form tbe beat dowry a parent can barlow, j Tire reason wiry so few marriages arc '' happy n hecauac young ladlea apend their rime in making neta. not In making cagro. b Leery effort ii made ia fomnng malri- o mooial aHiraero to rreoorile mattero rota- " ring 10 fortune, but my Utile ia paid to tbe congeniality of dtapnaitioni, or the , accordance of hearts.— MiuaUm. n perior to tlirmwl ero are not as truly bus- , bands to their wi.ro aa they are unawares , made slave to tbrir |uriiwis — fhiloeeA j, i pity from my heart tbe unhappy man who Iras a bad wife. She is slwekles on his fret, a party to his hands, a burden on . bit shoulder, smoke to bis eyes, vinegar 10 bis teeth, a ihcrn to bis aide, a digger to * bis bean.-(mmw. " Tbe best lime fur marriage will be to- , ward thirty, for as tbe younger times are unfit, either lo choose or governor a wife . and family, to if they slay long, thou _ shah hardly aee tbe education of thychll. drto. who, being left losLrangwA an in d effect km; and better were 11 not to be f: unborn than ill dried; far 1 hereby tbe poa- . terity ahall either perish ot remain « ahame to thy name.— sir WalUr Italagh. . By tbe bride which 1 man ariocu does ,, be sliow tbe q uglily of bu soul, sod what , value be puts dpno it. — OselAe. d tywy have a great deal e( fuu 00 Ibe f •oast of Florida with sharks. a shark <1 will swallow aaytbing that is thrown to u like a politician. People go out 00 * excnnlona, armed srithamall alarm docks, i about aa big 11 a barn ball, and throw to tbe abaifca whjili aprm about Ibe c boat, looking for something 10 eat. The * shark swallows tbe alarm clock, which la art In go off a few minutes later. Pretty • soon the alarm strikes, and aa it gats in • its work the shirk begins to flounder il around, looking soared, trying to throw a the clock, and aa be turns pale and 'i aayt bit "Now i lay me," all tbe lime « lumping out of tbe water and begging to n ire forgiven, tbe people on the boat is ugh 0 uotil tbeir aides ache. It is rough so tbe n •hark si first, but we understand some of p the sharks get in like It. and many have jj go to a Jewelry store and ask for a key to ® wind np tbe clock that It in Ibem. This d may teem like s Ash story, but wt p It from a witness in the Star-mute u trill, and it seems aa though it ought t» b true. 0 a- p Wanted— a Moottay Wrench. t Mr. tr'lisgma bat a sheep ranch 00 the t| a stranger dsuvr up to bit t, place tbe other day. Tbe stranger had p broken anme part of hiawsgua anil wanted h to burrow a monkey wrench. When the t| stranger aboultd "Hello! " Mra. o'liagan p crilagan being away from home; t| " Wle gebu. Dot wan a floe morning t, today, ft »slY monkey wrench i roiled „ find, und dote peoples at dot louse j, pdow duid roc^ already dot yon keeps a ^ "Holy Moses! Rape s monkey ranch! t. Ye dirty spalpcrn Ye miserable, low- d Pfcd hlaggatd. to be accuain' a dareot wo- a ■nan of kapin' ao estahiishmeot av that o character. a monkey ranch it It vc look- a in- for, i'm Ihlnkin' from yer looks that ai about Ibe kind av a ranch you 01 would fed at bom* in. Get out av hero, n an' if ye dua't scatter dirt babiod ye a puny d quick it's an illipbant rancb n wall 1* think to' ye have atroek. an' that •, tbe iilrphanta are mmiwhii* over yer ag^ jj c**afp" ^ S i "Hwceforth we mad a. ■ wronger* f s emlhlt— 1 Brown, in a bl of anger. . ■Thank you. Brown, my dear felktw !" _ gnsked Fogg effusively; "you al ways did h sh5^^"w'be^fcrrteto1sb^ jj ynot cttstlnguMred eneaWenlieo f BoUpo TrmatHpL " a CieveinDd jshnmher gucmomm-p oc- " Ibe men's! exertion of making bis hits _ au«<teidy heavy was 100 much for £ 5 aquiMbrium — rill Citf DrrrasA g

The Milwaukee Bad Boy. j "You look sleepy," seld tbe grocery ' man to the bod boy. as he came in the 1 store yawning and tl ret cbed himself out on lbs OS cur wlib bit brod on a pile of 1 brown wrapping paper, lo reach of a tot of rarsina, "what's tbe matter? Been sit- ' ting up with your elri all night?" "Now! i wish i bad. Wakefulness ! with my girl is sweeter and more Teetfal i than sleep. No. this is tbe rroult of being a dutifdl ton. and i am tired. You 1 >ce pa and ma bare aepa rated. That is. 1 nol for keeps, but pa baa got frightened ' about burglars, and be goe* up into the 1 attic fo sleep. He says it Is to gri fresh i air, but he knows better. Ma has got so < accustomed to pa's scoring tbal be cant < go to sleep without it. and tbe flrat night 1 pa left she dldnt sleep a wink, and yea- ' terday i was 'playing on an old aocorde- ' on that i traded a dog collar for after our ' dog was poisoned, and wben i tonched 1 the low notes i noticed ma dosed off lo i sleep. It sounded so much like pa's soere. ' and last night ma made me set np and ' Ky for ber to alcep. She rested spend id. ' : i am alt broke np. and 1 sold the ac- ' cordeon this morning to the watchman 1 who watches t*ir Mock. ' It is queer what < a different effect music 'will have on dif- ' people- While ma was sleeping the ' Sleep of innocence under the influence of ■ my cnnntrrtlt of pa's snore, the night 1 watchman was broke of hit rest bv it.aod ' bought it of me to give it to the son of an • enemy of his. Well, i bare quit jerking < •eda." t "No. fna don't tell me." mid the gro- i man. as lie moved tbe bos of raisins ' out ef reach. "You never will amount re « anything unless you stick to one trade or ' ^ofeasioo. a rolling ben never catches < Ibe early angleworm." 1 "o. buf i am all rigbl now. lotbeao. r da business, (here Is no chance for genius t to raise miles* the soda fountain explodes. 1 It is all wiod, and onegcts tirod of eon- t and fire* a little sweetened wind f and inter in it, unit! the snap-suds fills ' the tumbler, and charges ten cents lor ' tbal which only ocels a cent, a sensible \ sods jerkcr. who lias reformed, feels tbal ' is worse tbsn three card roonte. i ® couldn't stand tbe wear on my conscience. ' ao i have got a permanent job as a super, 1 and ahall open tbe first of September. " ' "Say. wbal'a a auper? It Un'l one of « tbese free lunch places tbal tbe mayor 1 cloaca at midnight, is ilf' and the grocery " "o, tbondcUyou want salt on you. a , auper is an adjunct to Ibe stage. a rape It a fellow that assists tbe Mart and tilings ' carrying chairs and taking up carpets. and aweepipg the sand off tbe stage after a dancer liaa dencod a jig, and lie brings for tbe actors, and helps lace up cor- r sets, and anything thai be can do to add 1 lo the cflec! of the play. Privately, now. 1 1 have been acting as a aupe for a long time,nn Ibe sly, and my folks didn't know < anything about It. lire news broke ma i all up at first, bit pa mya some of tbe i actors in the oounuy were an pes once 1 and some ot ibcm were now, and be t auping jeould be tbe making of < me. Ma thought ray ceing on tbe stage f would Ire my ruination. Sbe said the < theatre was the hotbvd of ain.and brought ( ruin than tbe cborch could bead off. 1 But wben 1 told ber that they alway* gave t a supe two or three extra tickcta for his 1 she said the theater bad snare re- i deeming features, and wben 1 said mv en- 1 trance upon the stage would give "me a 1 xce*u|w'de?m?rorn " the 'actresses, toT ma. r and i Could find out bow tbe actresses i managed lo get number four feet into 1 number one shoea. ma mid she wished i f would commence suping right off. Ma c says there are some things sloot the the* 1 thai are tanl so alfired bad. and abe t wants me to gels seats for tbe Aral comic t opera that come* along. Pa wtnls It un- i derstood with the manager that a supe's r has a right to go behind the scenes < see that no harm befalls bim.hut 1 know r what pa wmta. He may seem pious and f all that, but be like* to leok at ballet girls 1 than any meek and lowly follower 1 i ever see. and seme day you will bear ] muaie in the air. Pa thinks theater*- are very bad. when be has to pay a dollar for r (or nothing aa a relative of noe of tlaT-per- r tbo theater hat many redeeming < qualities. Pa and rua think 1 am going 1 into the businem fresh and green, but i f all about u. Wben i played with a bere ooce — " i "Ob, what are you giving us." said the a in disgust, "wben you played 1 with AlcCul lough' What did you dot i ^jjwhat did^i^do?" Why. you old « around me. Do you remember the aeeoe c in the Ruuian forum, where McCo! lough t addressed the pooulacc of Rome. i was c the populace. Don't you romembtr a j •mall feller Handing in front of the i to- j man oraler taking it in; with n night shirt r with bare legs and arms? That was c and everything depended 00 inc. Sup- • i had goo* off the stage nt n critics i t moment, or laughed when i should have u looked fierce at tbe inspired words of tbe g senator, il wnnld liav* been a 1 give away 00 McCullough. As the populace of Home i consider myself s glittering suecses, and mc took me by Ibe „ when they carried Cawar'a dead body out, and be said 'us throe did ouracltej *; proud.' Such praise ftom McCulloagb is seldom ncconiod to a top*. But i doo'l ° consider tbe populace of the ctty of Home _ my master piece. Where i excel 1s in tbe coming out before tbe curtain bethe sets, and unhooking the car- J pec Some nupro go 00! and turn their ; to tbe audience, showing patches 00 p pacta, and rip up tbe carpet with no •tyle about Ibem, and the dual flies, and the bojs yell -aupe,' and anpe gets nervous and forgets his cue, and goes off tumbling over the carpet, and the orchesleader is afraid tbe supe will fall 00 him. But 1 go out with a quiet dignithai is only raloed by experience, and . i take hold of tbe carpet tbe way Hamlet 1 takes up tbe skull of T oriek. and the so- ! dience is paralited. i kneel down 00 Ibe carpet,' lo uobonk il in a devotional sort , of a way that makes Ibe audience bow , their heads as though tbey were in chnrcb. and before tbey realise that i amj^nly a j; i have the carpet unbooked and march out the way a 'Placopal miniater ? doea when be gnea out .between the acta ,, church to change his shiri. Tbey never j ■guy' me, becatie^x act well my pan. But i kick on buldicg dogs for actres-ea . aupe* think they are made if they " bold a dag. but 1 irave ao ambition * that a pug dog will oat filk i held Mary " Anderson's cud of gum ooce, while she went 00 the suge, and a hen she com* off and look ber gum her fingers touched mitre and i bad le run my fingers ' in my hair to warm them, like a j fellow doea wben be has been snow-ball- , log. Goah, bat sbe would freeze ice cream without aalL i ahall be glad when theatrical aaaaoc open* 'cause we actarsrvt tired of layiog off." * "Well, i'd like to go behind the scenes b with you acme nigbL" said tbe grocery j man. offering tbe had bey an • ran re to b get aclid with mm. in view of future com- 8 pflrwimtary tickets. "No danger, is fc » 'ho danger if you keep off tbe grese. » e^fcwaeerajflmjdej'-sebool j He krepe books in • store end is pretty ' " soon wcA .lays, bat be ceo 1*0 you mere ' b aheul Dank! in ibe lieg e dec on Sunday 1

i than anybody. He knew i ssas solid at i the theater , and wanted me to get lrim j behind tbe scenes one night, and antgher aupe wanted to go to Use sparring match, and i thought ii wouldn't be any harm to ! work my teacher in. ao i gut him a job . that night to hold the dogs for i'trcle Tom's Cabin show. He was in one of lb" wings holding Ibe chains, end the dog* were just anxioos lo go Co, end it was all my teacher could do to hold them. i told him to wind the chains around hlx wrists, and be did so. Just then Eliza beCt r skip across the Ice. and we ticked blood hounds no before my tgscber oruld unwind tbe chains from bit YrriMs. and the does pulled bim right out no tit# "tags on hit stomAeh, and d rawed btm arenas, and be jerked one dog and kicked bim in the stomach, and tbe dog turned qn my teacher and took a mouthful of hi* Oral tali and shook it, and i guess the dog fl some meat, anyway the teacher dim bad up a Mep ladder, sod tfaa dogs trod him. and the step ladder Ml dowa. end we grabbed the dogs and put some Oourt plaster 00 tbe teacher s noee, where the fire extinguisher peeled it, and be said morale i- ; i„ .!• tendencies. i spore it j Stood 0,1 1. » m our Sunday-school lesson ! tire next day. cs rse be was tired were Ibe | dog hit hiei.1 said rick-em.' ia a whisper, j whea bis back was lumrAaad be jumped clear ever to the Bible clast, and put bis j around to his coat tall ss though be ] thought tbe Uncle Tom's Cabin party j Sunday-school lessons were about tbe i dog's licking tbe awe* of LaxaruAaod the j teacher said we mus! not ooofopnd the good dogs of Bible time with tbe savage beasts of the prescot day that wouhl | shake the day liglils out of Iazatus and ! make bim climb the cedars of Lebanon quicker than you could my Jack Robinson and go off chewing the raid of bitter j reflection of Lazarus' coat tail. i don't i think a Sunday-school teacher ought to ! up perwinal reminiscences before a 1 clasa of children, do you? Well, some ' a pair o? afreet iron pants, w itb alnvc legs j ' pn tire iuaidc, and i will take you behind ; 1 the scenes to ire some good moral show. 1 In tbe meantime. If you bare occasion lo | talk with pa. tell "bim that Booth, and Barrett, and Kerne commenced on the ! ' stage as aupes and Salvlnl roasted peanuts j in the loblrv of some theater. i want oor | folks v. fre^ihnl i am taking^lhc right And the bad boy walked out no bis toes a la Booth. Cos Without Motors. Alderman Harbtaon, of Hartford, has returned from trip through tire oil region of Pennsylvania. Last week, in company with several gentlemen of the Central New York Association of Gas Engineers, he visited the natural gas wells in Bradford, and virininy. He told a Hartford reporter that Bradford was a flourishing little city, full of energy and push, and at well built as Eastern cities of the some olvs*. Tire natorol gas wells are located from fifteen to twenty miles out of the city. In tbe mountains. Tbe Bradford Gas Light and Heating Company draw their supply from twenty-seven of these well* The gts is conducted through conduits to a central reservoir, and thence forced by powerful machinery into The pumpa are running night anddav. sending in 8,000,000 feet a day tu 11.000 people. There is 00 storage reservoir, and only true tingle " holder," fret square by fifteen feet high, is u«ed to regulate tbe preaanre. tbe HartGas Company furnishes about 250,fret a day 10 48,000 people. But Ur-o Bradford people use gal for everything —cooking, liealing. fighting, and in their manufactories. voel or wood can't given away in tbe town. Bonfire* ere mede of old lumber to get it out of the No meters are used. Tbe gas 'fighting, heating and fuel, as our water cosnpanv' does for supplying bim wllh water. The company average about 10 cenls per thousand feet far their gas. Tbe visitor* were shown tbe wsy Ibe 011 is started after the well la bored. a can of nitroglycerine was lowered to tbe rock bottom and exploded. a suaam of oil ahpt into tbe air 150 feet deep, retaining Its force for a tew moments and then gradually dying away, like the stream of fountain. Aa anon as the nil slopped gas csme. It it no uncommon sight 10 see flaming streams of gas burning in (he open air in the day time- Nothing ia thought of waste in this way. dome of these wells are sixteen hundred feet deep. a few of those flrat bored by tbe j bare given out. and yet Uicyflod nothing to warrant working Ibem tbe second time. But tbe company are constantly boriog dcw wells, and as tbey hare as yet covered a very limited amount of territory, they expect lo receive a constant natural supply for generations lo come, and get a profitable return forlbeir tovestmcoi. Mr. h ar hi sou says tbe natural gas is of a very fair quality, though not to good as Hartford people have been accustomed lo utihg. He was from Ibe East, sod if be was not an ex-detective be bad at least a right to be called a philosopher. He was buzzing around tbe Third Btreet Depot tire other day with a suspicious- looking youag man. and making a great show of a 1st wallet, and finally tbe special ufflorr stepped up to him and said : v " My friend, who la the young man i " wm' 1 think he's a pickpocket." was the prompt reply. "Where are you going?" " To Chicago, and be baa just purchased bis ticket for tbe same place." " If you think him a suspicious character why do you train in bis company ?" jj Simply to beat him." " He goea to Chicago because i am go ' log. He roaart to pick my walfcl be- . 1 wren bere and (here. He bad In scrape his pockets to buy tire ticket. 1 have two 1 wallets Just alike. About half way to i shall let him g« bold of ibe 00c 1 Muffed with paper. He will lease the ; train at tbe first Mellon niter. He will . have no money, find no friends, and be mad enough to bust when be area my trick. i'm just cracking my tides over . tbe e'lro * Set.*'" "br0 ** opm About ao bour after, wbeo Ibe train ' departed, tbe MBoer was surprised to 1 are the Joker still hanging around, and 1 this time slooe. 1 " tbre you didnjt jo to Chicago ? ' i closer, " that chap wasn't after my money, ' after all. He simply wanted my watch, 1 and I'll be banged If be Lamt got ill ' Where's the chief of police ? " — DrtroU ] Frtt Prtu. / I Newspaper life ha**s advantages in . if nowhere else, as will be seen ' the following "It M doe lo tbe pub- 1 that I should make a full confession ! 1 retire from the active control of Srithr. 1 procured tbe position mere- 1 ly to secure o&e, and noithal I have j killed two men during my editorial csfor arMrtr I am thankful and deeply 1 ' to this mtmnotrity."— Oil CTly ;

u Old Circuses and n*<sr. r pretty soon tire bill posters' wuThaaround, n and then wc will come to the show and . we will live over tbe old days again." said the good 111 lured old man. aa be took a . fork and transferred some aaurkraot lo his * ol°lhe ssdoau.'aed frliow in ibe ribs, wire ia known as tiw ' kicker,' and who grumbles si everything. . " o, don't talk about il," says the j kicker, as be tpeared some headcheese ' that was trying to bide unttsr a sliee eg onion in a plate of vinegar : " Circuses 1 of to day are no more like they were in <9 and '50. than you are like a school j boy," and the kicker asked far another ' " o, i doo'l know," said tire good OSturn! man aa be ciinkrd glasses with the " kicker. " It all seems the same tome, ' and i am just aa anxious to g* to tba Circus aa ever." - ' "Yea, but tou doo'l go tlH tbaffoon j are open. You don't think nl it. and j > dream *f it from the time the bills are put s j lp till a week after tbe show Is gooe, the J 1 you and i usqd b. set up ail night, tbe ' ti^hi before a circus camr, and watch for . i few wagons that came on ahead, sod wr [ ! by the agent wlkmm&bl bay for the bones, and who qaiM an afmad, as ; Ibongb we never sew a bay horse before . | with# while spot on the tide. We. felt , as proud aa kings to be'tDpWBd jo bold , | fbe tired team while tbe circus man went ; i around behind the buggy to take out tbe . 1 valise , in front of tbe country tavern, and ; to be allowed to drive tbe team to tbe i | barn at mlrtolftht. and beip unharness tbe 1 horses by the light of tRs hauler's Un , lantern, was more bliss tb*p re rial post i days, though we are worth fortunes. . j Egad, 1 would give Wore for the feeding . 1 of happiness 1 hare had in driving a circus, with ibe hnxtVwd'a daughter looking . out of ber window to eat me, i ban i would . i give now for a pointer on wbcaL And, ' daylight In tbe morning and walk out live , i miles on the road Ibe circus was coming : in on, lo meet it, was better than a trip , to Europe would ire now. Bare-footed. ■ trudging along In the dewey grass, with . i eyta strained lot the Drat sight of theele- . : pliant ! Trousers rolled up lo tbe knees, ' i #0 tbey would be clean wben we rolled1 , ! them down wben we got back to Icrwnr o. bui, tbore were days that wUl never ■ come back. Let's lake. another drink.'' Bill wiped a drop of aomrtlrlng out of his eye with tbe saloon napkin and said lie couldn't expect tbore days to come hack, toethey had gene for keeps, and , •' Bill, didn't an elephant loom up of a foggy morning when we met tire circus out 00 the road ? Wc could smell tbe circus half a mile before we got to where . ■ It was resting on the road, and then are ; could bear tire circus men swear, and ' pretty aoon we would he within thirty ' feet of tbe elephant, and bow surprised be looked, and bow stiU-we would keep ' for fear of wakiog up the performers wbo j wire asleep In lire wagoos, and with what ^ awe would look info a carriage and see ' the sleepy face and frowsy bead of one of ; the female performers, who looked so mad * in tbe carriage, and so smifing when nbe ? got on a horse in tire ring.- And wben j daylight came sad tire procession started ' for tows, how proud we marched along : in front of the elephant, and how we , admired the bravery tf the man who ; punched the elephant with a sharp stick. , And bow we prayod to grow up to be a ' driver of a cage, and bold Ibe ribbous over [ four horses. Somehow. Bill, when we . escorted a circus Into town, wc always , felt that a great responsibility rested on us. didn't we? By gracious, a circus traveling with wagons 11 tbe only way to [ Inspire the people. This going around on - the cars takes all tire romance out of ll " Bill, how many circus horses do you suppoee wc bare rode to water, when we . were boys, after the circus bad got to the ; ground where it waa to show ? How we ' would look now wouldn't we, church ' members that wc are, to go barefooted and straddle a twenty Toan circus horse, and j ride bim down to tbe creek to water, and : lead three more. i 'spose we would be ' churched ' if we did it bow. But wasn't , It happiness ? And then tbe putting op ' »f tire canvass bad to be superintended by ^ us boys, andjiow many pails of water we - bay* carried to make lemonade, of which we didn't get a taste ? Those fakirs who ' concocted lemonade along in *80 wouldn't , know us now if we sbouid happen to vitit ; tbe states prison where tbey are. would : they? If there was bappioees lo these of other experiences, Bill, how shall wc dew cribe our feelings if we would cmbiczzls - ; ourselves into tbe dressing room, where r the performers were getting ready for tbe . grand entree. If we (hould try at hard j 10 gel to heaven, Bill, as we here tried lo lo crawl under tbe canvass of ibe show, " there would be joy in beaven. Bill, ami don't you forget It. Tbe old fasbkmed [ arena took the cake for making hoys happy, and 1 don't suppose we could ' spend ten thousand dollars and have as j much pleasure as we have bad for two abiilhigt on circus days long age. Wby, we would be ao excited we would forget to go borne to meals, and our mothers would think we were lost. We have gone for twenty. four hours without eating t bilh^dld you ^evor ^ have any spring r as a chunk of giog rr brca/ and a dipper t of that red leroooade? Well, if i could t be set back thirty years barefooted, on r the road out ef town lo meet a circus, hefore dayfigbt. with two shillings in my ' pocket, and feel aa i used to, yon could t take all my money and do what you darned please with it. Bill." " But i wouldn't take It, Ike. i would * give all of mine tu be back there with you. and not bsvc a care on my mind. - Bui. let'aaee. There is a vestry meeting this afternoon, and wc have got to be on band, and are about raiting fbe minister's salary. Let's drop the circus for the time being. Ike, and be the staid, pious old delegates that wc are expected to be. : But say. when that show comet we will 1 take It in. elr ? " > "You bet your boots." aayt Ike, and ■ they go out into tbe street looking preUy r young and spry for their age. — Peek's I Sun. Why She Watched Him. j T e xas Strung*. Two Austin ladies were conversing . alMut one thing and another, after the r manner of women, "lira. Hsnspleby has i not been lo toe me in a long time," laroarked one of tbe ledies. "She hasn't got time to mike calk. She has to take , care of- and be with ber husband all the . lime." "Why. is be laid up wllh siokT ncsa?" "0, no-, on tbe contrary, be is in the enjoyment of the best of health. If 1 was tick ibe would not have to watch him." "No, my ion, a knowledge of history iso't nuxasary to man's ahJorng in conversation. All that k requisite k a glib tongue reinforced by copious cheek, r Talk away as fast as you like; Ibe tatier . the better. Not one pereoo In a hundred will know whether you are right or not." —Bosun Tranjcripl. A Good Investment. . rajeu'so.1 la!? "arauafirr'ra^ijluft uy 1 • pwl hlwml jn. t. Tailor.