The Newtown bee., 1879-04-08
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Head lincs-Wrinkles.

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 A pound party-The pugilist-
 Motto of the tailor-Prcss on.
 Can you get bark from T ships log:
 Some people pitch balls. and otheIs pitch-fcrks.
 Woman's sphere-That she will never get married.
 Did you ever observe an inkstand up for its writes?
 The Chicago Jony-naI calls prize-walk- ing miled insanity.
 Trees begin to die at their tops-mem begin to dye there, too.
 The average price of milch COWS in the United States is S26.il.
 The Boston Foa calls the New York elevated railway palace cars ' castles in the air"
 "Gris" says that W hen estimating the speed of professional walhists yoE must take them as they run-
 The number of Greeks in all Turkey is about 2,5o0, ,00o, while the number in Greece is only l,ioO,coo.
 Why are vour nose and chin constantly at variance? Because words are contin- unlly passing between them
 Leadvillc, Col. is nearly two mile higher than the tevel of the sea, and lumber with which tc' rect houses there is higher yet.
 "I want one of those long felt hats. papa." said Toledo girl to her father The indulgent father forked over the money. and her head now fills the long i felt want.
 Mary: "Oh. sissy this tiresome loose tooth I declare Il pull it out " Sissy: "Oh. no, Mary, don't; mall make me wear it" Sissy gets all her sisters cast-offs
 Rhetoric is entirely out ul place, but natural eloquence invariably asserts ItS ! brusaue supremacy when the tinkers apprentice lifts soidering-iron ny the ] wrathfiIl cxtremity.-NcfC Fork Nc,cS
 A writer on style says: 1t is the fashion in France for ladies to take their tea in bonnets and gloves" One ohiec- ton to this is that some of the new boa nets do not hold more than lump of ! ugar.-PicdyuHc.
 It does not take long" says an ngri- cultural writer. to fork over an acre Which is gospel truth. ThouSands "I acres have been forked over to tiie mort gagec- the past year ar two- in double quick order-BoSioR Transcript An exchange says: You can't advcr- tise enough in q week to last H whole year. any more than you can eat enough in seven days io last 365; and yet some so-called business men and boarding house keepers seem to think So.
 Of many great generals it may be snid. Victory is their ruin. The feeling of danger and the sounds of battle bTaco their nerves and clear their intellectual vision. but the sound of the. worlds ap- plause intoxicates ard maddsns them.
 The disinfection of letters containing paper. money during the height of the Russian plague panic was effected on :he Prussian border by exposing them for six hours in peculisrly-consfructed closed vessel to the fumes of sulphuric acid. It was not considered necessary to open or puncture the letters. since 't was proved by experimcn; that the vupor of the acid penetrates the pores of paper. however firmly made.
 Two trembling culprits, sad and pale. before his honor stood; one said: :" Mine is thrilling tale: l shed my neighbor 3 blood: but then he tempted me to shoot. because he practiced on the flute" The other lowly dropped his head: " Mine Is crimson crime; I took pistol and shot dead young man in his prime ; but then l freely shed his gore because could not stand his snore-" His ho'"F then, sedatc and wise, his chin upon hiS palm. in deep reflection closed his eyes as solemn ss a clam. Then softly said 10 each: "Go free, there is no la7F Tor such as thee"