Page 4 Advertisements Column 1

Evening Star, Issue 5588, 4 February 1881, Page 4

Advice of a girl to a lover who was about to kiaa her. —“ Father may be about. Look before you lip."— ‘ Salem Sunbeam.’ Hera are some words of sarcastic advice from Mark Twain which are often put into an editor’s head by matters noe wholly unconnected with the contents of his letter box j— ** Don’t write too plainly ;Itis a sign cf plebian o Igir, S raw! your articles with your eyes shut, and make every word as illegible as you can. Avoid all painbskking with proper names. We know the full name of every man, woman, and child in the United States, and the merest hint at the name is sufficient. For instance, if you write a character somewhat like a drunken figure S and then draw a wave line, we know at once whom yon mean. How we do love to get boid of articles written in this style ! And how we should like to get hold of the man .that sends them—just for ten minutes —alone—in the woods —with a revolver in our hip*pocket! Revenge is swcei; yum, yum, yam !’’ The Chicago ‘Daily Niwa' of Doo mbar 20 says: —“The doctors are pusaled and interested by a peculiar case on the West Side. A fourteen-year-old son of William Crawford, captain of a lug-boat, has for seven years been sweating blood at times, and lately has had severe attadks which alarmed his parents. His infirmity comes on him usually after taking cold. Great blaok patches appear cn bis body, from whioh exude blood-drops the size of a pin’s head. Blood iiows from his mouth, nose, ears, stomach, and even from his bladder and kidneys. No pain accompanies these discharges, but they make bis blood thin and weaken him. Sadden fright or excitement will easily check the Sow. He is mentally bright, and his father, mother, brothers, and sisters are strong and healthy. The physicians, who have taken an interest in this case, propose sending him to Edinburgh and London lor examination by the Academy ef Surgeons."