CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY JULY 23, 1892
CHILDREN'S COLUiMN.
A (lump for n llnlny Unjr.
Hnlny days are dreaded liy )otin folks
when they arc oh In the country for the
MinimT. Thryharo uottlir resources of
koine In books nml names, it ml when their
outdoor rniuhlrs nr cut off, tlmu In apt to
hnntf very heavy on their hands. It Is a
relief tlivn to know of sonw occupation
that will Interest nml niuiise. A number
of I hi entertainments that older people
And pleasure In tuny I hi adapted to youth
ful participants as well.
Hook charades nmy Ik.' very readily
played, nml need few accessories of cim
tatu There nru n number of books with
which nil children urn familiar, nml the
tradlnc with which they will shout the
answer will he surprising "Alice In
Womlerlnml" nml "Alice In tho l.ookln
ninss" arc easily shown hy two Alice of
tfie company, oiut looking nt herself In u
mirror, tho other KasliiK nlniut wonder
Uuek, uttering "Ohl" nml "Ahl" In t
surprised voice. "I.Ittlo ltml Fauntleroy'
seeds only n jiiuuty hoy with curl. 11 wish
mmI wldo lnco collar nml culls.
"Susy's Six Hlrthdays" needs six little
girls, to ench of whom tho question Im put,
"What In your iiniiiur" Answer, "Susy '
"How ohl aro you I" Answer, "One yenr,'
the next, "Two years," nml on. Thin I
to please the very lit t lo folks. "Ml tie
Men" nml "Little Women," "An Ohl Fu-li
toned Girl," "Aunt Jo's 8cmp llnKM nil
these nre readily Imllcntetl, together with
rnnny mow which will suggest thcmsclvi-h
Where tho mime cannot ho phiyctl, one or
two characters nmy Im hIiowii, as Aladdin
with hi lump nml Slndlmd the Sailor for
"Arnhlnn Nights," nml n hoy wnijiped up
in it fur rug, with a man Friday, for
"Itohinsou UruMH)." Mm. P. II. Welch In
Urooklyn Standard-Union.
Cul nt Ou Stroke.
Thin In the way to ohtnln the exact shape
of a star with the rays by a single cut In
astralghtllnu with n pair of scissors In n
initio piece of paper:
Taken letter sheet double, folding it to
right, a In Fig. I, according-to tho line
C I), to tlmt the nnglo A U II shall Ihi half
of tho miKle II C I). Then fold tho sheet
according to the line 0 K of Flu. 3.
I2T
in 2
Now double It over ns Indicated by O A
Is Fig. 3. If tho line C E come upon O 0
it will allow that you folded correctly. If
Heomeaallttlo outside or lusldo, modify
tfca first fold, 0 D.
When you are sure tlmt the line O K
cornea exactly on 0 I), cut with your acta
oca along tho straight lino marked hy
dot in Fig. 8, nud unfolding tho paper
you will havo tho star with five rnya, and
earn cut as many thousands of them as you
Uka on the snino plan.
6rlE WAS UEHINDHAND.
A Fortune Teller's (Hit News Not Worth
III I'rlrr.
Tim lady who entered the nparttueuU of
the fortune teller shortly before noon had
red hair and an nlr of reserve fono tlmt
was very striking. It was uvldeiil that the
business on hand was of tho deepest mo
ment to her, Inasmuch im hcrcycN had n
fixed expression and her thin lips were
firmly set.
"Hcvenl to me." sho loftily directed, "my
future."
Tho fortune teller darted a swift glance
Into thn strong face before her and bent
attentively over thu outstretched palm.
"It Is very plnln," sho quietly nbserved,
"you will Im married twice."
The brow beneath the clustering auburn
curls contracted In n frown,
"Yes," the clairvoyant continued, "there
Is a distinct break In thu lino of hymen.
You are destined to bless two men with
your wifely love."
"Twor"
Tho red haired lady's tone was hard and
Incisive, suggesting u trnieof skepticism.
"Ah, yes. Tho llrst husband will die
under sad circumstances, but you will be
consoled and mnile happy In thu devotion
of thu second."
It seemed as If tho ruddy tress which
had escaped from the elaborate coiffure
And depended wltchlngly hesldo tho shell
like ear was trembling, but It might have
been tho play of dancing sunlight.
"Hut I will tunko sure."
"Do so."
Thorcil halria) lady watched with un
feigned eagerness while tho fortune teller
consulted a horoscope and a pack of cards.
"As I thought. Thu fates havo spoken.
You will marry twice."
The red haired lady breathed hard.
"All Imvu their sorrows," gently sttg'
gested the clairvoyant.
Tho red haired lady hit her lluger nail.
"Ono dollar, please."
"lleyr"
"Ono dollar."
"Not by n Jugful."
As thu red haired lady rose from her seat
her manner had not lost a particle of Its
majesty.
"One dollar, Indeedl Well, I guess not.
Do you think I came hero to pay a dollar
for a lot of old Information? Two hus
bands! Tho ideal Why, I myself know
of more than that without anybody tolling
me. Yes, ma'am. You might bo inter
ested to learu that I hurled my fourth
husband as long as six weeks ago. Mar
ried twicel Why don't you try to tell peo
ple something they don't know already?
You make mo drowsy. You ought to have
lived ten years ago. You're away behind
tho times."
Tho sunlight kept right along dancing,
but tho red haired lady was gone like it
dream that has lied. Detroit Tribune.
HOW THE FEUD BEGAN.
MR. OLADLIVER'S MISTAKE.
M m Funny
Year Conquered bjr Kindness.
"What a queer picture I" said Charlie.
"Ixok, niamtua, a man holding an urn
brella over n horse, in the barn tool"
"The atory is true, though," answered
mamma, "A gentleman owned a pretty
hone, gentle and spirited, good in every
way except that alio was afraid of an open
arnbrella. He was not willing to whip the
hone; besides, ho had aenso enough to
know that It would only make her more
afraid and unruly. Ho tried to contrive
some way to get her over her fear. She
waa Tcry fond of Mtntoes. He went Into
her atoll one morning, carrying an um
brella closed, with a potato on tho tip. At
rstslie ahled nway from It, hut with wait
ing and coaxing she came nearer, looked
wistfully at tho potato and finally snatched
It off.
"The Best day he did the same thing,
and ahe took the potato with less (ear.
"So he kept on, and In a few days he
opeaed the umbrella a little way; then
more and more, as ahe grew used to It, till
he would stand atill with it open over her
head.
"But he was not yet sure what sho would
do outdoors. The llrst rainy day he tried
driving on the road. Of course ho soon
met a man with nn open umbrella.
"Instead of shying, alio crossed the rood
toward It, expecting to get a potato. She
had one when aho came home, and never
afterward showed any fear of nn um
brella.
"Kindness and patience are wisest al
ways." Mrs. Mary Johnson in Our Little
Ones.
A Noisy I'sitoI.
One mowing when the milkman came
in the gate Polly was in the window and
said to him, "Get out of herel" The milk
man, supposing it was one of the family,
went away think lug we had a very Impo
lite way of letting him know when we
didn't wish milk. He did not get far
when he heard, "Sweet corn, green peas,
strawberries?" and recognising Polly's
voice, he saw how he had been deceived
and came bock and gave us our milk.
New York Recorder.
Only One Itreed.
"If I understand you," said tho lawyer
to tho man who called to consult him,
"your cow was thrown from tho track nt ,i
street crossing by a locomotive on tho X.
Y. nud Z. road, nud you want to bring suit
agnlnst tho company for damages?"
"Yes, that's right."
Tho lawyer made a memorandum.
"Vnluablu animal, I presume?"
"Party good cow. Hadn't uo bad tricks
Good milker."
"What breed?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know? Was sho badly injured?"
"Iladly injured? Why, sho was killed
domlitr'tt it iitiifilfitreill"
"And buried?"
"Course."
"Why didn't you say ho?" exclaimed tho
attorney Impatiently. "There's only one
breed of cattle In cases of this kind."
And ho made another memorandum:
Breed, Jersey. Value, I1M). "-Chicago-Tribune.
Airuns of tlio 8eusou.
"Edgar, love,'' said tho bride as tho train
moved nway with them on their wedding
journey, "I want you to make me onu
solemn promise."
"Haven't I just dono that, my own?"
counter asked the bewildered bridegroom.
"But this is something elso. I want you
to promise that that"
"That I will never marry again if you
should die?"
"No, indeed. That you always will be
good to dear llttlu Fldo."
The bridegroom said something, but it
was lost In the rnttlo of tho train and tho
recording angel forgot to put it down.
Detroit Free Press.
Ileitis Oeneralljr Known
Man Doesn't Pay.
Mr. OladllvtT was employed as n
writer on a morning paper. Awhile
ago lio Iwcaino aflllctcd with tho notion
that if ho had half u clianco ho could
preparo somo very funny stuff for read
ur to laugh over.
Ho told tho editor of tho pajwr how
ho felt nlmut it, and said ho thought it
was n real shaino for him to hidu his
humorous light under a bushel when ho
should bo scattering laughter about like
Hunhuaiim to brighten tho wuary, caro
worn souls around him. Ho was much
pleased when tho editor told hint to pro
paro it column for tho Sunday paper,
and in u gleeful half hour's Work dashed
off a number of jokes ho folt assured
worn very clover.
It is truo his topics wero not entirely
original, but that didn't matter to Mr.
Oladliver. Ono joko waa about n cako
1 tho wife baked, ono about tho hired
! girl, ono alHiut tho milkman, otto altout
tho neighbor's piano, ono about tho
mother-in-law and one about tho gran-i-
1 lug landlord and tho rickety Hat.
Ho was very proud of his work as a
I humorist nud signed his numu to it with
a sense of expanding greatness. The
column appeared in thu Sunday morn
ing paper. Mr. O., who was votniielled
to remain at tho office till noon, expect
fil to iind everybody in a lit of laughter
when ho reached home.
His neighbor saw him coming down
the walk and went out and hailed him.
"1 seo by this morning's pajier that
you havo inndo somo very slighting re
marks about our piano and the maum-i'
, in which wo play it. It's a hundred
times liettor than tho old tin pan your
peoplo lMjuud seventeen hours a day. If
it wasn't Sunday I'd teach you"
Hut Mr. CI. escaped inside his own
door, where ho ran against the hired girl
just leaving with it largo bundle.
"Oli, yo dirty sneak," said she, landing
a blow on his short ribs, "I'll tneho you
to slander worrukhi girls!" ami lieforo
he could explain it was only a joko sho
had gouo out into tho cold world, ho
know not whither.
Tho look his wife gave him as he
opened tho sitting room door frozo his
inaiTow.
"You'vo disgraced tho family. I shall
apply for u divorco tomorrow, and Xsir,
dear inn, who has always stood up for
you when no other self respecting jterson
could, is packing her trunks and will
leave in tho morning. Tho hired girl
has gone, and tho milkman left word
that lie would sue you for injuring his
business by saying ho sold moru water
than milk I"
A ring at tho boll cut short further re
marks. Mr. U. ojiened the door, and
there stood tho landlord with n glow on
his faco that somewhat resembled n pre-
mnturo explosion of fireworks.
"It's not tho right thing to make n
business cnll Sunday, but 1 saw your
scurrilous remarks in tho paper and 1
warn you that you'll pay your threo
mouths' ront now overdue tomorrow
morning nud quit my premises immedi
ately, you ungrateful wretch!"
When Mr. Oladliver wus able to leavo
tho county hospital ho found himself a
morose nud melancholy man without a
friend on earth so far as ho knew. He
is now living under nn assumed name in
n cheap, half furnished room in nn ob
scure part of tho city, and ho is thor
oughly convinced ho will never do any
thing more to brighten up this drenry
nud unuppreciativo old world. Chicago
Times.
TIkiiiisiii's Isiy uns Inll and slim.
An pU-UK)' ululi it fool:
Tlionipooii, HiuiikIi, was promt o' film,
Ali'M rntli.',urleMicliool,
IM to tnku li I tn llli lit in when
Ho went to set iiruim
An iirio' "lltlis with men
Tlmt loafed nltnnt tho town.
Nnthlli tickled Tlimiiiroti more
Thau lieiirln Tolile shout.
Bo hu list lo ult I lie floor
An ilrmv the urchin out.
Then lio'd stand, a-liKikiint iruul,
Tliliikln, "Ain't Im smart?"
Nuut nollcinu the croud
Ono by ouu ilrpnrt.
Wnll, ono eve n I n on the street
Thompson showed It 1 1ll off
Wlotur some men ho chanced tt. at.
One of which was UolT,
OolT wits sort o' eruss Hint daf
Wnsn't feelln rlnlit
An I reckon, truth to say,
Wasn't Jest Jicrllte.
Thompson lilmu liy shouted out,
I'ullln OolT nroun,
"Don't jo reckon lie's erbout
Tho rarest boy In town?"
"Vans," snys Oo(T,"ho 'pesrs.tcr be
A little llllilcrdotio:
IM liitku him over, seems tor mo,
F.f I had sccli a son "
That ns forty cars iiko,
Hut ev'ry senro that tilulit
Tho OolT s nn Thompvins linU-d so
They hvas shot at sln'tit.
An only ono Is left todny
He's up In llllnoy,
As rich as mini, I've, lmirtl 'cm say
Which fiuiio la Thompson's boy.
Sun Krunclsco Argonaut.
Local Characteristics.
The conversation turned on the tiestlon
of recognizing a man's native state from
his accent ami general method of speech
, Ono gentleman, who, by tho way, had been
complaining of everything In thu south
railways, hotel service, weather and so on
t disputed any one's ability to do so. Mr
I Pago volunteered to tell wiiero each of his
, threo companions hailed from, and the
gentleman disputed his claim.
"Well," said Mr. Pngc, "this gentleman
I on my right Is from Virginia. How do I
i know? Hecnuso I heard him pronounce
tho word 'South,' ami he gave it that roll
peculiar only to Virginians. This gentle
man Is a Misslsslpplau, for pardon the
j comparison I can close my eyes and be
i llevu I hear one of tho old melodiously
cadeiiccd voices of my father's slaves You
I sir turning to his disputant are from
tho noi th. Somewhere near Chicago. I
j should say."
"well, how in blazes could you tell
that?"
"Because, sir, you are such a kicker."
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Another Culture.
Good ItcMsun,
Chawing lea Cream.
A letter from one of my correspondent
tells me of a kitten up In .Maine that chews
milk. It is a very singular thing for a
kitten to do, but after all how does it ex
ceed in aueerness the habit of some little
girls I kuow' who masticate their ic
cream before swallowing it instead of pro
longing the delight by letting it melt in
their mouths and trickle slowly and softly
down Into their throat? Harper's Young
People.
Little Tommy Qrac.
f$M turn's r
SjSs7 r iWiiBBvs.2in5
An Unlucky Tlace.
A member of the French academy
once called down upon himself n witty
and unanswerable rebuke for rudeness.
In taking the place of M. Furetiere,
whom he disliked, ho said, pointedly:
"In this placo 1 shall certainly say
some foolish thingt,"
"My congratulations," said Fnretiere
calmly. "You have begun well."
Youth a Companion.
that the
on a new
Arl"B
I I Ml III 1 1 I ISf BBBBBSTv V 1
I W HTTivi r
Llttls Tommy Or see
Had a pain In Ids fsco
So bad that he could not learn a letter!
When in came Dicky Long
Slutting such a funny King
That Tommy laughed and found bis
1 uaucb better.
-Utile Om'sUwb.
She That odious Mrs. Nowrltch seems
to think more of her dog than of her boy.
He Ob, well, the dog has a pedigree.
Life.
Supply and Dciunuil.
Hostess What has become of Sandy
Smith, who stood so high In your chus?
Alumnus Oh, he's taken ordeis.
Hostess He's in the ministry, then?
Alumnus No: in a restaurant. Harlem
Life.
Ills One Thought.
Patient (who has been In railroad colli
sion, feebly) Doctor, can I recover?
Doctor What?
Patient Damages, of course. Yankee
Blade.
The Method la It.
We were pluyln a cjulet game of draw,
Muggtns an mo an loooey ten;
Queerest old chap you ever saw,
(Accidents once, and (Its siuco then).
Straight enough, though, wheu bis head waa
right.
But sWcery, you bet. when hi spells came on:
Though things wero runnln on smooth that
ulk'ht.
As tho hinds were dealt and the cards were
drawn.
Lucky old Muggins had won a lot;
I was easy tho lots was Hen's.
Mug hail Jest opeiicd a big Jack pot.
And I had tilled ou a pair of tens.
When all of a sudden lion gave a ell
That lifted our hair and raised the sweat:
Then just what happened I couldn't tell,
For Hen had a fit, an we left, you bet.
Deserted like cowards, and left poor Hen-
Flew through tho window an looK tue sasu
reckon Hen smiled fur u mlult, an then
Walked out through the door au took ttie
cash.
-AjUert B. J'alno In Kansas City Star.
Could 'Afford It.
Strnwber Do you notico
cashier in our restaurant has
gown every day?
Singerly Yes. But 1 um not sur
prised nt it.
Strnwber Why not?
Singerly She's tho wifo of tho head
waiter. Cloak Review.
Didn't flu In.
"Wero you at tho seashore last sum
met, Polly?"
"Only for n day."
"Did you bathe?"
"No. Somebody else was using tho
ocean when wo were there." Harper'
Bazar.
Kurt Truth.
Every man thinks ho will bo nblo to
afford better things in six months from
now. Atchison Globe.
Mrs. Greyneck Why, Mabel, you havo
been crying!
Mabel Oh, mamma, I am tho unhap
plestof women!
Mrs. Greyneck You uhtrui me. . Tell me,
what has happened.
Mabel Oh, J a-Jack
Mrs. Greyneck It can't be possible that
your husband has been unkind to you so
soon.
Mabel Oh, mamma, wo havo been mar
tied now si-six weeks, and 1 can't And out
that Ja-Jnck has been jealous once.
Jester.
Daylight Ahead.
Husband You know that necktie you
got mo yesterday? Well, I just got n tela
gram from homo saying that my grand
mother is at the point of death.
Wifo (wringing her hands) Oh, dear,
dear! But what has tho necktie got to do
with it?
Husband (triumphantly) Why, if ahe
dies 1 won't havo to wear it. Life.
Hrought to Ills Senses.
He had been talking about himself for
hours.
"Yes," ho remarked complacently, "I
was very precocious."
"Wero you?" she rejoined. "How old
were you when you learned to tell time?"
Then he realized that It was 11:30.
Washington Star.
A Sportsman's rarndMe.
Johnson Been away.on your vacatjon?
Jackson Yes; went' down to Mcdocs
kenecasls, in Maine. Lots of fishing and
that sort of thing, you know
"That's the kludl Any game?"
"You bet! Poker every night in the
week. Texas Siftiugs.
Nut Visible.
On Slow.
Customer Look here, I hnvin't had
these trousers a week and they bag at the
knees.
Tailor That's not my fault, sir. yon
shouldn't be o ardent in your proposal
Clothier ami Furnisher. .
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RIDE or WALK?
''WHICH MORE DESIRABLE?"
"WHICH MORE PLEASANT?"
"WHICH MORE HEALTHFUL?"
WHICH SUITS YOU BETTER?"
RIDERS OF
G & J PNEUMATIC RAMBLERS
"RIDE."
They Can be Repaired in Two Minutes
OWNERS OF
Some Kinds of Pneumatics
"WALK"
MUCH OF THE TIME.
Study the PNEUMATIC RAMBLER.
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1540 O Street.
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icouf
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;new lochtion.
039 0 STREFT
I'oor Mink.
Winks Minks has la-en iikIiik very rap
. tuly iluruiK the past few years.
I Jinks Ves, he must be building a hom-e
-New York Weekly.
I Tile WurkliiK Killlorunil the Summer tilrl.
I Ltar the splath of orcun and thu murmur ol
the hills.
The rollliiK or tho rivers and the iuuMc of thr
1 rills;
1 I hear tho uood birds tarollnn their re3tl-
1 r(Himlclft8,
I 1 feel the luxy lunituor of thu coiuIdk summer
days.
Mies Blossom I didn't soo you nt the
Barclay ball.
Miss Budd It was probably becnube 1
was Mirroumleu by men all tho time
Brooklyn Life,
1 read delicious notices of mountains and ut
sea.
Where, summer time U nidi utlme ussumuui
time should lie;
I Ions lth ueurv nUtfulnvbs to lay my latxr
dou n,
And for the (Jod-madu couutry lve up the
man-mado tort 11.
.
I hear a sweet, teductlve Imitation from them
I all,
That beckons me, that eUome me, that
I tempts ma to my fall-
Yet I (ndall- at mydek 11111I imlte loiitentrd
be,
If poets send do trees ou the Summer Uln
tome.
-Will J. Lampion In Life.
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