Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-21
Generalitles.

"A man In Boston IL said to be so
short that when he il III he don't
know whether he has headache or
eorns.
AT late dance in Brooklyn,
Poweshiek county, a dame Of 10
"tuc&ercd out" three persons OF the
mae persuasion In Shaking her
ioot.n a....
The conundrum Of the period
which every man il proposing to
himself, Is said to he "Cau / get all
other wlnter out of this old over
coat?'
"A countryman In n Detroit ma
chine shop made bet with the en-
gineer that he could seize flywhecI
u un engine and hold it, He was
picked up from pile of brick out
side, with window sash for neck
lie.
"A fallaw who tsuowa about farm-
Ing Thinks that why Adam and Eve
had 60 much trouble la the garden
was hecause they ratsud eane before
they got uhle. However it did not
make much difference as they turned
| out tUcR.
"A clergyman last summer visited
the celebrated Hoasac tunnel aud en-
countered a sprightly Irishman, who
In rep:y to the question, "Do you
think this work will pay?" promptly
replied: Faith, no; but then II will
be a great ornament to society,"
One incident OF the occupation
Of Rome 10y the Italians IL dramatic
enough to become historic. The pos
litical exile, Valuziann, who was ex-
PEELED from the city eleven years age,
was the first To leap on the ramparts,
and mt once fell dead, his forehead
pierced by Roman bullet. A mo-
ment later the Italian banner loated
over his lifeless body, and the sur
render of the city Immediately fol.
lowed.
The Sister who il nursing Mar
shal Mcmahon says that he never ut
tered Il complaint during the dressing
Of his wounds. No matter how they
cut and hacked In tho frightful
wound, which completely traversed
h y thigh, and in which y boy ten
years old migat turn his fist around,
not a groan was heard. Whatever IL
given him, whatever is done for him,
his reply isalways Every well, my
good Sister"
AS n train on the Wilmington
and Weldon road reached Warsaw,
North carolina, the other day,
Texas chap on board asked ono Of
the settlers at the station "What
kind of IA country have you here ~
"Oh 7" was the response, eve have
a mighty nice country nh we lack
Is water and good society" The
Carolina man was somewhat com
lorted by the assurances that HI
had the same advantages.
Probably the fastest railway
travelling Oh record occurred last
week on the Pennsylvania railroad
between Rolla ard York. \ heavy
car of lumber got away with two
men In charge, on the down grade Of
so feet to the mile. With each sue
ceeding mile the speed Of the flying
car became more terrific, aud as il
passed the tank five miles west OF
the starting point, the velocity was
more than hundred miles per hour.
Fortunately an up grade arrested the
ear about six miles west Of Rolla, and
the ear was switched Off ut York
just in time to prevent crash with
the freight train east, which being
behind time, had not passed that
point.
The following information IL
worth heading: A lady Of Portlsnd,
Oregon, says that for nine years she
has been burning coal oil without
ever having an accident. She places
small quantity of coarse salt in the
bottom OF her lamps, aud not only Is
the oil purified by this means and
the light made brighter, but, on two
occasions iguited oil lamps have
overturned in her house through
accident or carglessness OF servants,
and yet there has never been an ex~
pIoslon. The plan IL simple one.
and well worth trying for even IL 1t
does not prevent accident, 1t will i'm
prove tie quality of the light. Tho
salt should be changed every three
months. #
"A New Orleans broker, after
spending the day on Carondalet ST.,
went home to dinner with twelve
thousand dollars in bonds, notes and
drafts as kind OF consequence. His
intention was TO eat dinner and re-
turn To Ills Cftlce where they would
be deposited for safe keeping, On
reaching home he hung his coat OH
the back Of n chair aud proceeded to
take nap. While slumbering his
little three year old got into his pock
ct, and discovering the pretty pa
pers, proceeded to make kite OF
them. When the broker woke up
he found his papers" flying In the
air, attached to a string in the hands
Of his youthful prodigy. He made
bot haste to recover his treasurs, but
found them so cut aud defaced as to
be comparatively worthless.
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