Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-12-19
ODDS AND ENDS.


them to be more!
ODDS AND ENDS.
The ungallant Graphic says: 1t is now
thought that the thirteen-inch footprints
in the Connecticut sandstone were made
by Chicago girl-baby.
TEN miles of wire are now in use in
London for the purpose of synchronis-
ing clocks, princi pally in the city, where
108 clocks are kept in time by one stand
ard.
"Lufe God abufe all, and vi NEIGHBOUR
as yisclf," is the inscription yet to be
seen upon the front of the house in Ed
inburgh in which John Knox lived and
died.
We were very sensitive about good
behavior when boy. 1t always brought
tears into our eyes to see naughty boy
in school put red pepper on hot stove.
IN Y. Mail.
AS if the lightning-rod agent did not
have enough to answer for on his own
account, the great Cincinnati body
snatcher proves to have sold lightning
RODS IN the summer Time.
A LITTLE boy was shown the picture
of the martyrs thrown to the lions. He
startled bis friends by shouting: "Ma!
o, ma! Just look at that poor litte
lion way back there. He won't get
any"
AT coroner's inquest in California
a Chinese physician of high repute
among his countrymen testified that a
man has seven lungs. The heart, he
said, usually has five holes in it, and its
principal use is "to catch air in"
Mrs. CAROLINE A. WYETH, a wealthy
New York woman, made her coachman
happy, when she broke up her Newport
establishment the other day, by present.
ing him with her horses, carriage and
sleigh, valued at $4,000.
AT Dublin a young woman, described
as governess, of lady-like appearance,
was lately tried and sent to prison for
f; stealing luggage at railway station.
| She used to 90 and lay claim to trunks
as the trains came in, and take them
away, which she could never have done
under the check system in this country.
A BEAUTIFUL English woman was
walking in Reu de la Paix, when a
French puppy greatly annoyed her by
pertinaciously DIGGING her and glaring
at her. She turned upon him and said !:
"Really, | nave not single SOU to give
you"
NEARsIGHTED Mrs. McCaferty, point,
ing her index finger at an owl hanging
up, asks: Chow much for that turkey ?"
Marketman--"T hat is not a turkey,
madam; that is an owl?" Old lady,
energetically--" don't care a - how
ole he is, how much for that bird ?"-
Touched for By The Lewiston Gazette.
The rector had finished the morning
service, and had retired to his study tx
don his surplice for the sermon. Ht
left the door partly open, and little
Charlie, who was at church for the first
time, was so placed that he could lool
in. There was very decided sensation
when he informed his mother, in {
whisper so loud that it was heard al
over the church, that he could see the
minister changing his shirt.-7ronscrip
Causerie.
! THERE is revival going on at Dry
Greek. One Of the ministers, an unmar
ried man, went around and talked very
pretty to all the young misses, and 60
them in turn to get up and say, Il low
Jesus" There was one who was over
looked. She evidently felt sighted, AM
rising, said very snappishly, at the sam
time bringing her fist heavily down OF
the back Of the seat, II love Jesus, too
Ministers should be careful and use al
the sisters ke.-Potta,c0tonaie Kan.
! CHIEF.
i A S1LEs1AN farmer named Polka wa
recently sent large and thick lette
fastened with tape and marked "To bs
| delivered to no one but himself" Thi
> naturally stimulated her curiosity, an
| she proceeded to unite the tape. At tn
first pull at the cord Frau Polka wa
knocked down and seriously injured AM
every pane Of glass in the house wa
. smashed, the letter having contained al
. explosive cartridge with a cap ant
needle, to which the tape was fastened
Or all the sad scenes of this sad world
that must have been the saddest il
which that stricken Mormon in New
York played the central part when h
found that two of his wife had forsake1
him, and only three of her left. T
have been made two-ffths widowe1 a
one stroke was too much, and he rem
his raiment and sat him down arrayet
in sackcloth, his head covered will
ashes, and refused to be comforted.-
Boston Transcript.
ONLY few more weeks and the mai
who is now ashamed to carry home
quart of dried apples when he has on hi
best clothes may be seen Juggling alon
an armful of bundles of assorted sizes,
large paper parcel and rocking hors
under his left arm, dolls and jumping
jacks and balls and trumpets bu1gin
out his coat-tail pocket, and clutched il
his hand a nine.pound turkey with it
head trailing along the pavement. An
he will feel proud and look happy toe
Norristoqcn Herald.
A RETIRED army officer had not at
tended divine service for years. On hi
return to the fold, the first Sunday il
church the lesson for the day commence
thus: "And Joseph was brought dow
to Egypt, and Rotighar; an officer of Phs
raoh, captain Of the guard" etc
"What! exclaimed our military friend
"a captain still? Why, he was a cap
tain when I last heard of him years ago
l thought he'd surely got his promotion
before this"
BOB BURDETTE observes: "Do yo
think" writes young student of huma
economy, "do you think the human rae
is decaying?" Not at all, not at all
Part of it isn't decaying because it is ye
alive, and the portion of it that is dea'
doesn't decay because the medical stu
dent don't give it a chance. Oh, no, tn
human race was never, in all history, s
we'll protected against decay as at pres
ent. Be thankful that you live in q
age when the grave has been 50 shorn Q
its power that it can't hold man s
long as sieve wauld hold a spoonful o