Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15
and justice, beside which, his own ideals
are dark, he will fall in every loftief form
Of ambition, and ought to fail. j., ,,a.ss 3
,Shnhe and, n onseass. sla4..

Many will give advice; few will give help.
Measure ten times, you can cut only once.
u A worm on the hook Is worth two III the I
mNdlY ei.ti NUA t'saaE I. fsaI GI0ai !!
,, 0qr ACTIONS are our own; their consequences
There is boy in Chicago So q bright that
his mother looks at him through smoked
- lwpuld not live alway,9l care not tosstay, z
s III to- much for whing' wearing three
II whois powerful: He WHO can can control his
passions. Who 10 richi Hcswho ia contented
with what he has s. -
! u, 4; granger! observed a lady kick up her
skirts yesterday, and ,sxclalmedi," Lor'' pye
q COW that Tan do thatl 'I'''@'''~ '''''' -
III One Of Jasparsiiconverts is frank enough
ligion or notify me wild chickupH"
"What is patienccy' asked teacher OF !
class Of children. wait wee. and dinna
weary, answ ered a little Scotch girl.
A'shopkeeper Of great experience says that
however laxative clerks may BID during the
cay a,y they tare always ready TO shut pp.at
!. Practical observations by the Worcester
but the humble pasta.poti is g,ea,er than he
that taketh city" ,,s,,i, r.....- $780,.
The closest shave in the way OF joke re-
Gently. is the observation that tie grass is 20
short in ColOrado, that it has to be tlathered
before i can be moved. ..n;. .,.,.n,,.,y,I
One extra strong. minded woman has, re-
marked that an old bachelor is = man who,
through selfish motives, has refrained from
making some woman wretched. { l.; Y.
=. The Detrpit llTee Press asks;s HAre. water
melons healthy" They are not. They arc
drorsical, md never attain d '"ripc old age,''
seldom living over six months.:i -tis2i st
A Maiden school teacher kept a, youth Is
minutes after school, and the boy asked her
to make it half an hour, as he thought she
was the prettiest teacherin town. -" r>1
beg pardon for stepping on your rtrain;,'''
s saS top at e tae SHgh ht to
caught.a cal, !" said the'young lady I.
a: Mr.. Peats Of Ohie, ged t,one' hundred
years. is missing from home. His friends
should look FL Elm in the dead letter office,
where he is probrbly held for Post age.
!, "Thousht ia leave iny measure on your
HOpr, "saia AMMAN who fell down, in a barroon.
Ne necessity fQr that" said the barkeeper;
: The Russians give their dogs the powdered
larvae. OF the rese-beetle as a preventive for
hydrophobia. The same remedy is given to-
human beings who have been bitten byrdogs.
Success in life is very apt to make; US forget
the time when we weren't much. Tt is Just
SO with the frog on a jump; he can't remetn-
Der, when he was tadpole--bnt other. folks
can. - -: - -, -
These are days 81 progress. It took Moses
forty years to travel through the wilderness
The: average bank cashier OF to-day would
cover the ground In about twenty -four
hours. fu1D%, -tH.} 81 -. : -
The following sentiment is attributed to
Napoleon Bonaparte: "A handsome woman
pleases the eye, but good woman pleases the
heart: The one is'a Jewell the other
trsasufe:H... ,,.:A; r
Angels in the grave will not question thee
as to the amount Of wealth thou has 'lcftbe-
hind thee, but of good deeds thou. hast idone
in the world, to entitle thee to seat among
the blessed, :.,., ..s.....
" wietider where those clouds are goingn
/ sighed Flora, 'pensivcly, as she pointed with
in the sky, 81, think they are going to thund-
err said her brother.
Women are not very proud of their auces-
I try; not nearly so much as meh. You will
find a thousand men named Adam where you
| Will lind one woman. named after her illustri
| Gus grandmother, Eve. ...:4...,....
The ruling passion cropped out in barber,
who while shaving the face Of dead man gave
the corpse the whole history of the European
war, the rise and fall OF gold, and the pro-
gross OF the rapid transit railroads. 4;ir' it,
& man in: Illinois committed. suicide by
drowning, lately, in six inches off:watcr., He
couldn't have done it alone, but his wife, with
the self-sacrificing devotion and helpfulness
SO characteristic of the sex, sat on his: head,
Sarah Ann: Oh, amt my brother clever
two mohlhs, AM he's got thecatechispa. Eliza:
Wot's that?, Why my brothers. only bin, to
school two weeks ar he's got tEt' ,ucaslcs' !.
As a note of travel-on 1oot-the remark of
tramp who was begging something to eat is
one Of the best on record. He was SO, thin;
he said, that when he had pain he cotildh' t
tell whetheri it was stomach ache or O. back
| che. ,...,..... ..:
The phonograph may bottle UP the voice
and pass It down to future ages; but the
smile that twists the face of 4 man as. he
seeks solitude and gazes upon his hamp in
print for the first tifie, will always have to be
guessed at, ;.j2f,i =. ;,tis: ;-.'ct.f- o. .:.~
A Germantown gentleman mas dog that
will not permit him to enter the house if his
wife his out Of temper The animal foresees
q time" between his master and mistress,
and out OF consideration for the latter prevents
his entrances; 't.~ '!'t"' - ~ %~.'s''
"Aua now, young gentlemen, which Of YOU:
can tell the name Of the greatest of the plan
P san s to iPsa sa
And , hoy Is that; *pray:, .'"Why,; because he
"what's that" he asked his landlady, as she
Isot his cup by his plate Coffee" was the
prom,ptrePly. ABE innocently remarked the
boafdyr. with an air Of interest, "and what is it
made or" And there was lence around the
table for the space of half an hour
One of the great and lamentable mistakes of
many pastors II In not weaving In" some
thing for the children at every public. Sunday
service: las 9 rule, every part OF every service
is beyond their reach, whether it be the pray
ing, reading, singing or preaching. g.5 II,
Mrs. Dennison, says an exchange. has made
money enough out Of .t.'That Husband of
Mine" to purchase q Washing ton residence.
1t Is not strange; many a woman has made
enough money out. OF that husband Of hersto
60 into all sorts Of eXtravaganccs. y; 4 <..,:
Sunday, lat h6nle-.-Mamrna: "Now Jack,
there are: ten commandments you have to
keep. If you took a thing TINT wasn't yours
you would break q: 0mmandment.p, Jack
Qemcm beritg something about some, litte
darkies): and then there'd he nine.",;l,;: .ss,!
Ten dimes make. one dollar, - said the
makeIo one what s''sosr6ey make one mighty
glad these times" replied the boy; and the
teacher, who hadh,t got bis last months sal:
.pisSS{. s0ns'nasd t q { RSoy Va about
Let him who gropes painfully in darkness
Of uncertain light, and prays vebeiaently That!
est to thee, which thou knowest to be duty;
t thy second duty F|A haye1 already become
i, IT'S it becoming ONE ~ asked she;s as she
paraded in the costume ;ofsione hundred
years ago before her husband. Eyes my
dear . said The smeekay. u "Don't. you wish i
could dress this way all the timer she asked
mo, my DEAR" he replied; "but I wish you
had lived when that was the style,'"s w !
!Aee1ebrated actress, whose fresh smile and
ilycry voice favored 1.-THE deception. always
called herself sweet sixteen" She stated
| her age as sixteenth d court ssN4itness Her
son was directly afterward called up, and
asked how old he was. SIX months older
than mother" was the honest and candid
Ereply .s.. \Eglrf !
tttt How did you come to know herr" askedIa
mother of her little girl as she saw her bid
ding 9op4 hya tga poorly dsessei Child at the
church door: why you see, mamma, she
came into our Sunday. school alone, and I
made place for her on nv seat, and smiled
/ and she smiled and thenwo were acquainted. -