GENERAL ITEMS.
THU old story-History.
THE great works of the day-Fireworks.
krt tie of peas, prepare for more.
MOTTO for insurance companies-" Soc
et u em."
a to keep a hotel-Never part with
it
i 7 1 hier when the head is off?-.
'1' P 4low.*
A 4 s head on broad shoulders-John
ld e'ekead on young shoulders-Uncle
Sam.
Whepci on old shoulders-John
kt of the latest war news from
to be Dutch maddt r.
women are made from the
'al-babies.
u r a captain in his heaviest attire?
6ishe wears his ship.
ACuxL trip can be had, this hot weath
er, by crossing the Andes.
A swocnreo sight-Farmers gathering
their sheaves of grain.
THERE are cottages in Newport that
cost as high as $300,000.
LADIES who wish for heartsease
shouldn't marigold.
THU cook-oo is supposed to make the
birds'-nest pudding.
GOOD RuLE FOR JULY-Never strike a
bed when it's down.
AMERICEs; gills are said to expose the
biggest braids at the Vienna Exposition.
WHAT GOES MOST AGAINST A FARMER'S
GRAIN ?-His reaping machine.
AT what season did Eve eat the apple?
Early in the fall.
THE Pnuxutawney Valley Spirit is the
namq of a new Pennsylvania paper.
Ir you want to indulge in all the indeli
cacies of the season, go to Long Branch.
THE dressing gown is the most lasting
of all garments; it is seldom worn out.
Otie of the. loveliest flowers now in
bloom is the sweet pea. It has a pea-cu
liar beauty.`
LITERARY men can never be sure of
having said a smart thing unless they see
the "proof."
WHAT the pleasure-seeker should do
next month requires the most august con
4deration.
IT is a singulariparadox that in our col
leges the commencement is the closing
exercises.
