Savory Morsels.
The Salvation Army warrior* in Bombay hare had so much attention paid to them as to convince the Mahommedans of the necessity of getting up a better show than the Salvationists. From various parts of the country the " holy men" are coming forward with the performance of alleged miracles to prove that Mohammedanism i« the only true faith. These "holy men" are recognised as the most expert jugglerg the world has known. They are to travel through the country and to do their best to impress the people. As an aid to their sensational attractions, Nautch girls are to be employed in their bewitching dances. The Salvationists may out»do the. performance* of the Nautch girls with a " war dance " by the "Halleluiah Laases," but the conjuring feats of the. fakirs are rather hard to beat. —Exchange. , .-.'■■' .. , When the button comes off the bade of a man's shirt his choler begins to nne.^ 'l
The otltcr evening a little curly-headed three-j ear old child saw his grjfhdmothpr putting somo safety matches in a box on the mantelpiece and asked: 'Grandma, who brought the matches away from heaven down here to us ?' • Why nobody, my dear ! People make them here, and we buy them at the grocer's.' ' No, grandma. I know better, beeauselast night, when the wind blew the candle out in the parlour, Mr Brown said to Mary, " Miss Mary, let us make a match ?" and Mary said *8 Oh, matches are made in heaven ! '
If Shakspeare had belonged to an arch cry club he would have hand out n hut's in an aim.
Mr Oscar Wilde (observes the Pall Mall Gazette) has wandered far, nrn) sought in vain for the beautifnl. He was indeed, good enough to make an exception of the fire the othpr day. The Chinaman, too, almost reached his ideal of color. But he evidently thinks that nature does not know her own business. The Atlantic was disappointing, and now he is advising Mrs Langtry "1o avoid Niagara Falls. " They told rae that so many millions of gallons of water tumbled over the Falls in a minute. I could see no beauty in that except the beauty inherent in bulk itself. Niagara falls seems but simply a vast unnecessary amount of water going the wrong way, and then falling over unnecessary rocks." Mental suasion' for those who think, Moral suasion for those who drink, Legal suasion for the drunkard-maker, Prison suasion for the statute-breaker. During the century just passed the population of the United States has in creased eleven fold, and churches have increased 'thirty-seven fold, and while ICD years ago there was one church to every 1.700 inhabitants, there is now one for every 529.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4406, 16 February 1883, Page 3
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451Savory Morsels. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4406, 16 February 1883, Page 3
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