Chippings.

The appeal was too touching to be successfully resisted , and I never saw the mother of a family hoist in a dozen fried at two o ' clock iu the morning with greater determination . The next morning I had to shell out for Tommy and Gussy and the pew rent .

AN EXPLANATION OP THE LETTER G . — Some years ago a flashily dressed individual made his appearance one evening in the reception room at the Masonic Temple at Boston , and intimated his desire to visit the lodge then in session . It so happened

that a well-known Brother was sitting near the door chatting with the T yler and keeping his weather eye open for impostors , in accordance with a habit he has acquired from many years' experience in keeping watch over the strong boxof the

Grand Lod ge . He greeted the new comer cordially , and invited him to be seated until a committee should come out and examine him . "Oh ! it ' s no matter about that , I ' m all ri ght , " said the applicant , making strange passes with his hands and curious contortions of his visage . " Oh ! yes , " said Brother Mc , " I ' ve no doubt

of that , but they always examine strangers who desire to visit the lodge . It ' s a mere matter of form , you know . " " Well , I ' m ready for ' em , " said the visitor confidently . "Certainly , " said the watchful Brother , " you ' re all right . I should know that at

a glance . By the way , that ' s a very handsome breast pin you have , " said he , examining with great interest a huge gilt letter G , which the visitor had conspicuously displayed on his shirt bosom . " Ya-as , that ' s a Masonic pin , " replied the wearer ,

puffing out his breast . " Indeed ? Letter G ? Well , now , what does that mean ? " " Letter G ! Wh y that stands for Gerus . ilem —a sorter head quarters for us Masons , you know . " The committee found their work had been performed , and used the letter G rather freel y . They advised the visitor "to get up and git . "—New England Freemason .

The family jar is frequentl y a jug . Bored , yet Happy—A girl with her first pair of ear rings . An old lad y thinks that a good many of our modern " songs" thoroughly deserve to be call " strains . "

A western paper announces the death of a lady celebrated " for the purity of her character and complexion . " An exchange informs us that the authorship of Beautiful Snow has at length been definitely settled . It is by J . Frost .

A young widow in New Orleans , being asked after her husband ' s health , answered , with a soft , quiet smile , " He ' s dead , I thank you . " If a man really wants to find out what ' s in him let him go to sea . The first rough

weather will generally enable him to ascertain it . An old maid suggested that when men break their hearts it is all the same as when a lobster breaks one of his clawsanother sprouts immediateland grows in

y , its place . "How many regular , steady boarders are there in this house ? " asked a census taker of a servant girl . "There ' s fifteen in all , sir , but not morn ' n four of ' em is steady personssir , "

, "Is Mike McCloskey in the ranks ?" asked the commander-in-chief , as the army stood in line of battle . " Here , gineral , " said Mike , stepping to the front . " Then

let the engagement begin , " said the general . That is the way Mike tells the story . " I say , Sambo , can you answer dis conunderfum ? Suppose I gib you a bottle of whisky corked—shut wid a corL how would you get de whiskout widout

pully in' de cork or breakin' de bottle ? " "I gibs dat up . " " Why , push the cork inyah ! yah ! " A plain-spoken woman recently visited a married friend , and said to her , " How do you contrive to amuse yourself ?"

" Amuse ! " said the other , staring , " do you know that I have my house-work to do ? " "Yes , " was the answer , "I see you have it to do , but as it is never done I conclude you must have some other way of passing your time . "

A traveller in Vermont , stopping at a hotel recently , ordered supper . The meal was a very inferior one , and at its conclusion , which was soon reached , he stepped up to settle for it . " Well , " said Boniface with alacrity" I hope had a

, you good supper . " "Yes , " replied he , musingly , " the supper averaged first rate ; the butter was strong and the tea was weak . "