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Middletown transcript., 1878-05-04

The Agricultural Society Of Melun,
France, publishes an interesting report
Of its experiments on different meth
ods Of cultivating beet root, as carried
out upon eight equal-sized plots of
ground. The general results arrived
at are, that early sowing is advisable
when late frosts are not to be feared !;
that roots grown in rows close togeth-
er are richer than those in rows wide
ly separated; and that the superphos-
pilates, or, better still. the superphos-
pilates in conjunction with nitrate of
soda, Or with sulphate Of ammonia, act
favorably on the production of sugar
in the roots, though these themselves
are Of less gross weight than under
other kinds Of manure. Pure sulpbate
Of ammonia and nitrate of soda pro-
duce heavy crops, but the roots are
poor in sugar.
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Smyrna Bra,ch Trains-Additiona TO those
above leave Smyrna for Clayton 10 As a m
z 40 and 45 pm. Leave Clayton for Smyrna
I % m, 90 and 10 m, to make con-
necilon ne with trains North and South from
Clayton
CONNECTIONS:
At Townsend, with Queen Anne's aud Kent
Rail Road. At Clayton, with Maryland and
Delaware Rail Road. At Harrington, with
junction and Breakwater Rail Road. At Sea
ford, with Dorchester and Delaware Rail Road.
AT Delmar, with Eastern Shore Rail Road, and
WieomicU and Pocomoke Rail Road and Wor-
ceSler and Somerset Rail Road.
dec. 2-tf H. F. KENNEY, Sup't.
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GHuRCHES-

FOREST PREsBYTERIAN.-Rev. John Patton,
D. D., Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
at TO- 80 a. m and 100 m. Sunday School
at 9.I5a.m Lecture Wednesdays at 100 P
m. Sunday School in the Chapel a; Arm
strong's every Sunday at 200 p. m.
ST.. AENE's Protestant EPIsCoPAL.-Rev.
G. W. W. Lewis, Rector. Sundays-Morning
Prayer, 1920 a. m. Evening Prayer, 7:3O
p. m. Sunday School, 9 a. m. Evening Prayer
on Fridays at o'clock.
METHODIST EPIsooPAL.-Rev. 7. E. Martin
dale, Pastor. Service every Sunday at 80
L. m. and 73O p. m. Sunday School at 200
p. m. Prayer Meeting on Thursdays at 7.3O
p. m.
CoLoRED METHODIST. F. J. Lee, Pas
tor. Service every other Sunday at 1870
p. m; and 8 p.m Sunday School every
Sunday at p. m.
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Sgritultural.
Corn Meal and wheat Bran.

The following paper was prepared
by Isaac Eyre for the Bucks county
Agricultural Society;
If a ton of corn meal is $40 for feed
ing dairy COWS or fattening stock, what
is the value Of a ton Of wheat bran for
the same purpose? The answer TO
this question depends very much on
the manner Of using the two articles.
If they are to be fed separately, the
bran IS not worth much if any more
than corn meal. But if they are to be
mixed together and fed to milk cows,
the bran is worth the most by about
fifty per cent. Of the excess Of the bulk
OF the bran and the bran being twice
as bulky as the meal, the difference in
favor of the bran will be in the neigh
borhood Of So or Sc per ton, | mean
by this that two quarts of corn meal
and three quarts of bran, given at one
feed will produce quite as good results
as four quarts of corn meal; and, as
the three quarts of bran will weigh
about two-thirds as much as the two
quarts Of meal, the difference in favor
of the bran is fully SIS per ton. I
made this difference when fed to milk
COWS, but.if feed to steers for beef |
consider the proportions should be diff
ferent. That is, three quarts of meal
should be mixed with two quarts of
bran, to produce the best results. But
one of the most valuable uses for which
coarse wheat bran can be applied is to
laying hens about once day, chang
ing it on alternate days from the morn
ing to the noon or evening feed, by
mixing it with pure water or with
milk. It has been found that hens fed
about once a day on wet bran, and
once day on corn or oats, will many
more eggs in given time than if fed
entirely on one kind of feed; there
fore, bran for feed for that kind of
stock is worth fully 20 per cent. more
than corn or corn meal. But if the
bran is to be the only feed, then the
meal would be the more valuable
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The BENEFIT OF L1ME.-Although
lime is found to be most beneficial the
second and third years after its appli-
cation, its effects are known to last
much longer. The larger the crops,
however, the sooner the lime Gas we'll
as all other fertiIizing matter contain
ed in the land) becomes exhausted,
and therefore the greater the advan-
tage Of its frequent application on a
large scale. It must be borne in mind.
however, that the application of lime
on land, destitute Of vegetable matter
will do no good. There must be veg
etable matter of some kind in the land
for the lime to act upon before its ben
efcial effects can be seen. Or, as the
poet aply expresses it:
Lime alone without manure
Will make both land and farmer poor.
But lime applied with good manure
Makes wealth Of land and farmer sure.
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MASONIC.

ADoNIRAM CHAPTER No. 5, R. A. NJ. Meets
in Masonic Hall on the second and fourth Fri
days of every month at o. clock, p. m.
UNION LODGE No. 5, A. F. A. NJ. Meets on
the first and third Tuesdays of every month
at o'clock, p m. Masonic Hall.
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Mention is made by the Chatham
Courier of corn-grower who, in Sc
curing seed, always breaks the ear
open in the middle, and if he finds the
chit of the kernel plump, he Knows
it will grow without any mistake"
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STAGE LINES.

Stage for Odessa, with U. S. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival Of the O.42 am and I 7.38
p N mail trains.
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival of the 1912 m
train.
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If you want to keep your hogs, hor-
ses, cattle and sheep healthy, give
them salt regularly. There is no bet
ter vermifuge than salt. Much Of the
so-called hog cholera is due to intesti-
nal worms. Plenty Of salt would pre-
vent the accumulation Of these worms.
ALI animals desire salt, showing that
it is a want Of their nature, and un-
doubtedly for wise purposes.
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CONSUMPTION


POSITIVELY CURED /!
All sufferers from this disease that are anx-
ious to be cured should try DR.. RLSSNER' S
CELEBRATED C0NSGNPTIYE POW-
DERS. These Powders are the only prepar-
alton known that will cure CONSUMPTION
and all diseases of the THROAT AND
LUNGS indeed, so strong is our faith in
them and also TO convince you that they are
no humbug, we will forward to every sufferer,
by mail, post paid, FREE TRL1L BOZ.
we don't want your money until you are
perfectly satisfied of their curative powers. If
your life is worth saving, don't DELAY in giy-
ing these Powders trial, as they will surely
cure you.
Price, for large box, So co. sent 10 anv part
OF the United States or Canada, by mail, on
receipt of price Address,
ASH & ROBBINS,
april ely $50 Fulton ST.. Brooklyn, N. Y.
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AGR(CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

PENINSULA AGRICULTURAL& PoMoLoGIcAL As
soclATIoN. R. Cochran, President and
Chairman of Board of Managers; J. B. Nau-
dain, Secretary. Fourth Annual Fair will be
held on the ID, Sd, 4th and 9th days of Octo-
ber, 1873.
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One intuitively begins to think
about planting Strawberries. The gar
den without Strawberries is a break
fast without coffee.
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WARREN S. MARS,

WARREN S. MARS,
A DARK BROWN, SIX M
IA teen hands high, Of very {
fine style and action years q
old, sired by Mars, h. hy Basil csEsss2ska ~.
ny Mariner, ont Of Cassaudra Mariner by
Shark, cut Of BonneJs o'Blue, Shark by
American Eclipse Cassandra Out of imp.
Priam, by Flittiila Mars dam, Platina :;
she by Beverly, out Of Eliza Boyce; Beverly
by Antrobus, out of Ellen Hooe; Antrobus
by imp. Priam; Eliza Boyce by imp. For
eigner. lst dam-Countess, she by Felton's
Black Hawk, Ticondcroga ID dam-Al-
giers Sd dam-Comet For further particu-
lars in regard to pedigree apply 10 The sub
scriber
Persons wishing the service of Il good horse
will do well to see Warren s. Mars, before
engaging the services ofany other horse
Warren s. Mars will stand alternate weeks
at MAXWELL'S HOTEL, Middletuwn. aud
B. b. L0NGLAND'S HOTEL, st Georges,
Delaware.
Season commences the 18th of March, and
ends he l2lh OF June
TERMS-Si0 Single Service $50 Spring
Season $50 10 insure. Single service money
due at time Of service; season service money
due ut end Of season. insurance money due
when mare is ascertained to be with foal.
Amy one parting with an insured mare will
be neld responsible for service money.
GEO. W. NAYLOR, Prop'r.
ALEX. MAXWELL, Agent.
Middletown, Del, March l6 1878. If
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When the Princess Helena was
born, it was told the Princess Royal
that she had got a young sister. 90
that is delightful p cried the innocent
Royalist; "do let me go and tell NAM
ma"
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BUILDING AND LOAN.

MUTUAL LOAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLETowN-
C. E. Hukill. Pres; A. G. Cox, Sec.
retary Meets on the third Tuesday Of every
month at o'clock, p III.
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OFFICERS OF CITIZENS NATL
RANK

DRECToRs. s.-Henry Clayton, B. Gibbs, B
T. Biggs, John A. Reynolds, James Culbert-
son, E. G. Fenimore, N. E. Walker, ]. B.
Cazier, Joseph Biggs.
president. Clayton,
CAsHIER.-J. R. Hall.
TELLER.-John S. Crouch.
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Passenger trains going North leave at 7.54
ll.O7 m and 336 p m; going South at
1910 m, 2.23 and 1888 p m.
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SJtliddletoun 4iretturp.
CORPORATION OFFICFRS.

CORPORATION OFFlUEKS.
JUSTICE OF TIE PEACE.-James b. Naudain.
Town COMMISSIONERS. W. Lockwood,
President; Joseph Hanson, Secretary; Geo.
Echenofer, Thos Massey, Jr., R. n. Elason
ASSESSOR G. E. Anderson.
TREAsURER.-W. A. Comegys.
LAMPLIGHTER. R. Rothwell.
CHIEF Or PoLICE.-W. R. Rothwell.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
I. O. O. F.

DAMON LODGE, No. IL Meets every Friday
evening at o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall
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FITS, EPILEPSY,
FALLING SICKNES S

4 ~ AAASNAACA4S1y Wi L1O II
bug-by one months usage Of
DR.. Goulard's Celebrated InfaI-
lible Fit Powders.
To convince sufferers that these powders
will do all we claim for them we will send
them by mail, POST P4dLD, FREE
TRIAL BOZ. As DR.. Goulard is the only
physician that has ever made this disease a
special study, and as to our knowledge thou
sands have been p PERMANENTLY Y CURED
by the use of these Powders, we will guaran-
tee permanent cure in every case, or refund
sou all money expended. All sufferers should
give these Powders an early trial, and be
convinced of their curative powers
Price, for large box, SO 90, or boxes for
$1,000 sent by mail to any part of the United
States or Canada on receipt of price, or bv
express, c. 0. D. Address,
ASH & ROBBINS,
april ely $50 Fulton, St, Brooklyn, N. Y
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Coon SAMARITAN LODGE, No 8. Meets every
Thursday evening at 73 o'ck. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
John A. Reynolds.
HOARD OF EDTCATION.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.
E. W. Lockwood, President; VIM. Green,
Clesk: A. G. Cox, Treasurer; Henry Davis,
Nathaniel Williams, Capt. Samuel Pennington,
D. L. Dunning, John W. Jolls, John R.
Hail.
Principal OF PUBLIC SCHooLs.-A. S. Wright,
A. N.
ASSISTANT TEAoHERs.-Mrs. A. S. Wright,
Miss R. Annie Maxwell and Miss Sarah
Taylor.
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DIRECTORS OF TOWN HALL co.
JIM. Cox, Pres; Samuel Pennington, Sec;
]. r. Hall, Treas; R. A. Cochran, Jas. Gull
bertson, Jas. H. Scowdrick, Wm. H. Barr.
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gfliatellaneous Adu'ts.

DARTlES ordering Netting or Seines will
= give the length and depth required when
on lines We allow one-third for rigging,
that is if the Seine is to be one hundred yards
long and ten feet deep, when on lines, we
would make the webbing one hundred and
fifty yards long and fifteen feet deep, stretched
measure.
In absence ofany instruction, We will make
as above
In ordering give full description of what
you want leave nothing to be guessed at
Parties unknown to us, ordering goods,
will lie required TO make i deposit Of one
third the value before we ship them, balance
to be paid on delivery
VIM. E. HOOPER & SONS,
nov lily BALTIMORE, MD.
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LIBERTY

IIBERIY-
DY RYSDYK'S HAMBLETON- "a
II IAN, will make the season ofSfAo
1873, At Middlctown and vicinity. 1Y1EAss
Terms reduced to S25 to insure So OF which
is certain noner
The colts Of this horse show speed, size,
form and good color We invite their in
spection.
For further information apply to
HANELEToNIAN STOCK Association.
mar 30-tf Mi1dfetown. Del.
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POST OFFICE.

OEFICE HOURs.-Opens at 80 m and
closes at 8 p m every day except Sunday
Mails for the North close at 7l5 m, and
800 p m.
Mail for the South closes at 10 Is n.
Mails for Odessa close at 10. % m and Z 80
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Gime GABLES.
PHILADELPHIA, TILJLLNGTON AM
BALTIMORE RAILROAD.
ia M
Del. Division. Time Table.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
soUTHWARp
NORTHWARI

IN and after Monday, NOV 26th, 1877, tsunday,
" ezeepted,l Trains will leave follows:
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Mails for Warwick, Sassairas and Cecilton
close at 1923 m.
D. L. DUNNING, P. NJ.
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DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND
DELAWARE RAILROAD

Meets for practice every Monday evening a
o'clock.
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Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, &C., &c.

large Strictly Medicines
competition proprietary in being
ire prices
Fhysclans Prescriptions are made Speciality,
and are compounded at despatch and they written
scTor nor is anything left
hSs druggists and cannot be had other place be had
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Being graduate during the eleven
which hundreds
will bear testimony
furnish
Old provided the coil
is unnjlre
make up Tor the reduction am compeea
hereafter by
the
application public
III. P. BAKER,
July L. - ODESSA, DEL
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-12-05

The top of the hill is about an eighth
of mile away. There is no locomotive
anywhere to be seen. A wire like a
telegraph wire passing through iron
rings suspended from posts, extends to
the top of the hill along one side of the
track. A brakeman stands on the front
platform of the car and slips big iron
hook into a sling attached to the car
Then coal5egrimmed workman seizes
hold OF the end of the wire and gives it
two or three savage jerks. Instantly
the car starts, and is soon rushing up
the bill at the rate of twenty miles an
hour. There is no visible motive power.
A stationary engine at the top of the
hill does the work. An endless wire
cable runs round an immense drum in
the engine house, and extends over
pulleys between the rails to the bottom
of the plane, as these hills are called. 1t
is to this cable the cars are attached.
The wire gives the engineer the signal
when all is ready at the foot. The en-
gines are reversible, like locomotive.
When the car reaches the top or head
OF the plane there is momentary slack
in the speed. Then the brakeman, or
runner, detaches the hook by dexter
Gus movement that experience alone can
perfect, and the car continues on its
way, the track now running in descend
ing grade. Before the extreme summit
of the mountain is reached eight of these
planes must be descended. The system
of this novel railroad may be described
better by the following diagram of a
cross section:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-12-05

This part of the road overlooks gorge
of savage grandeur. Cars are stopped to
permit tourists to view this weird scene.
Rocky walls, laundering river and wa.
terfall, and q dense hemlOck forest, the
tops of the highest trees of which being
one hundred feet below the spectator,
form the picture. A short distance
further on, and the road is among the
mines where the first anthracite from
the upper coal region was taken out in
1915. The ride from Honesdale to Car
bondale is made on what is known as the
eight track" of the Delaware and Hud.
son Canal Company's gravity railroad.
The road was built to transport coal
exclusively. This section carried the
or unloaded cars to the mines. The re-
turn trip is made on the "loaded track. !"
This track carries the loaded cars from
the mines. The loaded track is operated
the same as the other. 1t climbs the
mountain out of Carbonate by seven
planes, and descends into Honesdale by
four planes and ten-mile level" The
light track is twenty miles long; the
loaded one sixteen. That is why it is
twenty miles from Honesdale to Car
bondale ard sixteen miles from Carbon
dale to Honesdale." The two tracks fol-
low entirely different routes.
1t has been but two years since the
company PIT passenger cars on the road,
although it has been in operation since
1929. The passenger traffic has rapidly
increased. A train leaves Honesdale in
the morning and one in the afternoon.
The latter runs in connection with the
express tsain on the Eeie, which leaves
New York at 9 o'clock, A. NJ. The nov
city of ride over this gravity road
daily brings parties of tourists during
the excursion season. 1t was recently
enjoyed by President Jewett, General
Manager Harris, and General Passenger
Agent Abbott of the Erie railway. Ar
rangements will be mede to bring it into
prominence next season as an excursion
route connected with the Erie.
This gravity road was the first rail-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-12-05

One of the planes is half mile in
length. When the head of the eighth
is reached, the traveller is 1000 feet
above the sea, on the summit of the
Moosic Mountain. From the car win
dow the Catskill Mountains, at least a
hundred miles distant, may be distinctly
seen on clear day. The ride from this
point on to Carbondale is over an unin-
terrupted declining grade. The road
curves abruptly around projecting hills,
cliDgs to the side of rocky lodges, and
spans deep chasms by airy but substan-
tial trestles. On this ride down the
mountain the trains frequently run a
mile a minute. The runner, with his
hand on the brake, controls the train.
He can send it along at the speed of the
wind, or bring it to stancstill at his
will. There is no smoke, no cinders, no
dust. At one point the cars approach
near to the city of Carbondale. A
stranger making the trip would think
he was about to enter the city, although
it lies in the valley hundreds of feet be-
low. But suddenly the car dashes
around sharp curve and tbunders in
another direction along the face of the
mountain, and the city disappears from
view. About two miles from the Car
bOndale terminus of the road the trav-
eler will see track running parallel
with the one he is on, rod or two away,
but several feet below him. "This is
a rival road" is the universal first
thought. 1t is only few moments,
however, before he finds his car on that
same track. This is the "Shepherd's
Crook" Toget around insurmountable
obstacles on the mountain sides, the en-
gineers were compelled TO lay out the
road in this shape:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-12-05
Couldn't Find What He Wanted.

He was a singular-looking customer,
and ia crowd of a thousand you would
not have picked him out tor million
aire. He passed through the market
with his thumbs insertedin the armholes
of his vest, and when he reached fruit
stand, he surprised the owner by OBJ
serving, You may measure me five
quarts of your choicest strawberries."
Haven't any Strawberries" replied
the attendant. Been out of season
four months"
Hum" unused the man. "No straw.
berries. Well, l IL leave you my address
and you may send me around basket
of the best peaches you have.
No peaches in the market" explained
the fruiter. "The seasons over.h
No peaches either?" said the strange
customer, with surprised look. "The
whole country voting for hard, honest
money, and can't purchase few straw
berries or peaches! In the language of
the immortal Shakespeare, whittier are
We drifting?"
Five minutes later he had drifted up
to a meat stall, and was trying to slew
down" ten cents on calf's liver.-Nor-
ristosca Herald.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-12-05
THE PiTENT OFFICE.

The report of the operations of the Patent
Office during the fiscal year ending June So
1878, shows no abatement of the inventive spirit
of the American people. The number of orisi-
nal applications for patents was 1867, and
100 new patents were granted. There were
also 627 reissues and I'D patents granted for
designs. Twenty-seven hundred and thirty
seven caveats were filed during the year. The
receipts of the Office amounted to S734, $50, and
the total expenditures were s66s. 9C6. Of the
amount expended, however, $50, 600 was for the
restoration of Il, SOS models injured by the fire
of last year, and, emitting this item, the excess
of receipts over expenses appears 10 have been
$llS9S2 The number of trademarks regis
tered was sos, rs against only gsS for the pre-
ceding year, and the receipts from this sources
and from the registration of 492 labels amounted
to 81, IT,, a sum eight times greater than taas
total expenses of conducting the division.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-12-05
FACETIOUS Flashes.

".F1RsT class toe the mark" said the teacher
Nov tell me the difference between
soldier where the battle louder
And lady in satin and lace?"
Then shouted each infantile creature,
" The difference Is readily seen
Fer one OF them faces the powder
And the other powdtr rs the face /"
On garden wall we hear the waul
Of knightly cat by night;
To him the hymn ne huns to hear
And darkness Is delight
But ah, that herd will not be heard
When our big guns begun
To blazs Its blows. and throw its throes-
Those yellers viii be dun
81. Louis Journal
DON'T run on an errand, little boy
you might injure it with the nails in
your bOOts-Ddnielson Sentinel.
THE winter Is herei ha, ha! he, hel
And white Is the tangled heather,
And soon will the pedagogue snowballed be,
Which is no bald assertion either.
"AwAY, false swan" said the Irish
man TO his pet as she glided across the
lake in Central Park scksnsack Re.
publican.
AN Englishman named Putton has
written book on music. 1t will be
called "Putton Airs" probably.-Pitts-
tsrg Telegraph.
40 FOR q thousand tongues" ex-
claimed a Philadelphia grocer. He
meant smoked Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle Herald.
THERE are two comforts in owning
saw-horse. You can either borrow
your neighbours saw or loan him the
horse.
YPsILANTJ, Mich, is one of the few of
the immortal American towns that can't
poke fun at the Afghanistan war names.
oil City Derrick.
A PARIS reporter describing a duel,
says: "The witnesses placed the two ad-
versaries at an equal distance from each
other"
WHAT is the difference between GER
tain Roman emperor and drunken man ?
Ones Titus and emperor, the other
tight as brick.
If all men were to bring their mis-
fortunes together in one place, most of
them would be glad to- take their own
home again father than make an ex-
change.
SOME of our exchanges are printing
long articles about wax-producing trees.
But, strangely enough, they omit to
mention the birch, which has produced
more whacks than any other variety
Boston Transcript.
WoMAN's dress may be superior TO
mans, but We don't want no garments
around US that you have to stand up in
to get your hand in the pocket-and
then not fnd what you are looking for.
-Keokuk Constitution.
A COMPLIMENT for Quackboss: QuacK
=" So you prefer my medicines to those
of DIR. Pillsbury?" Mrs. Mulligan-
"Och, indade docthor, dear, ye're deal
betther than the other ould humbug."
-Ba, uard Lampoon.
If the two mosquitoes in the ark had
become impairment and bloodthirsty,
and lit on Noah's nose fifteen times
minute, the probabilities are that about
the second night out he would have
jumped out of bed, lit the gas, got
towel and frescoed the ceiling with their
gore. P. S.-We wish he had.-Norris-
torn Herald.