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')"—c«, *\ ' . A PITH AND POINT. —%fcard wanted"—aa tho "young . lady said when she eamo to a iriiid-pua- ilo In tho side-walk. —-Thoro is no power on earth that ;an make a good oltlzonof a man who loos not work.—New Orleans Phxloso- olieh ' —"I bollovo," said ono man, speak¬ ing of auothor, "that ho would do any¬ thing—even oat succotash in a strango hotel" —Thoro appears to bo no roason why' the English should not now take kindly to that famous American ballad: "John Brown's body lies moldoring in tho grave."— .Boston Post. —Arlstocratlo ma, ohattlng with arls- tooratlo, visitor, is interrupted by two Uttlo daughters running in: "Oh, ma! ma! wo'vo just soon Unelo Jim! He's upon a wagon, hollorln' barl'sl", • —A Pluto Prlncoss has just married her twentieth husband. A fow enter¬ prising Pluto princossos would soon ox- 'termimlte tho ranlo portion of tho trlbo, and save our Government considerable monoy.—Nori'istoum Herald. .—A Western paper lias an elaborate article on "Some Causos of a Monetary Stringency." If thero aro any jiew causes wo don't want to hear anything about them. Tho old'eauses aro about all wo caro to wrostlo with.—N. Y. Graphic. —A gcnUeman who lias been think¬ ing of buying a hack, having visited a menagerie, eomos home radiant with jpy. "I'm going to buy ono of them ze¬ bras," ho says: "ono of those rifled horses. They must carry much further than the ordinary sort!" —AWn has invented a ohalr that • can be adjusted to 800 different posi¬ tions, and yet a man who suspected his wife was going to ask him where he was the night before couldn't get into a position In that ohalr whioh seemed comfortable.—Boston Transcript. —Latin in a drug store must come down. The groen boy learning tho druggist'B trade \ias tbo good a cnanoo to poison customers by mistake where everything is covered by a language he does not understand.. Medlolne should be taken in straight EngliBh.—N. 0. Picayune. —A 'longshoreman entered a coffee and calco saloon in Barclay Btreet on Friday, nnd, after eating a plate of fiBh cakes, called for "a oup ov coSee an' pace ov poi." "Vot kind uf pyP" asked the German attendant. "Quinz poi." "MinteP" "No, quinz, ye thiek- 'lleaded Dutchman. Do I look loiko a man that 'ud ato mate on Fridayf"— N. Y. fkrald. —No, gentle Cockney, the George Washington, of whom you soom to have hoard for the first time, wus novor "a 'orso breeder." Wo ha\*a an indistinct locollection, however, that on ono oc¬ casion ho took a Bull by the horns and, as tho Irishman fluid, "gavo him a good baiting." Georgo was rather n genius .in that line, and if you will look the -sglory up when you leturn to "Hold Hingliind" you will llnd some roferenco to him in tho Britisli archives.—Chicago Herald. He Had Him There. While David Davis 'was dining one da) at Worinloy's with some friends, among whom was the slim Mr Evatts, the conveisiitlon drifted to athletic apoits and loot-jnces. MrrKvarls.vtith a view to one of ids jtaicaslio Jests, turned to the gleiit tiunk alongside of hun, lioin which he himself may be sup¬ posed lo Innobeen whittled oil ususliv- ei, nnd suggested that shell spoils were something entirely out of his line "Weil, ICuutrt, ' leplletl Judge Davis, ••piirhapsyou think I can I runP Now, look heic, I'll Jiet you a ease of wino I can beat you a hundred yards jf you .nil let nie choose my giutiuil and will g'.einellve varils stint. I'm lit avy, von know, and I want solid tootin %\\ Lvaits was satislled thai lie "Ii I'l'iyl-siuo ihing, ' and ns_ihcfuming hud ndv.incctl the digniln'd Lompanv icsohfd lo unbend ilsell still liiilht i lor the spurt. "Couie on, then, tliu Senator, "follow me!" So aw they wont 'down a' narrow alloy I hut runs betwVi-n Twelfth and Thirtt eiith slici'lt.. Marching into it f'-r u dlstanoo ol live yards, while Ids jnms touched tlio brickwork on each sitle, he quietly observed. "Now, Evnrts, get in behind me, ami take ) inn time. I am going to f»ko mine!"— ll'iii/aiK/foii Untie. ng." ml ll ill lot l lor '•sllollli'lL 1 So aw AT Tlio teeth perforin the duties of the tongue when they chattel. ' ( 'N The pcor mini with kii Idea of poverty Ib itQworse off .than a licit man with a povcrtysjif Ideas. IL CANF1ELD recking & Towing Line, TlHJ8, Hawsera, Lighters, Steam Pumps, Lifting Screws, <&c, .. * t ' To bo had on shotf notlco, by mail or tclegrupb. A. O. WUKEM2R, CHAS. ONEWUCH. Manager. 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