Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-01

ing statistacs, from which il appears that dur
ing the past year 779 channels, bears, eagles,
vultures. 10 OWLS SO sparrowhawks, S24 mag
pies, and one other bird was killed in the Cam
ton of Grisons.
Punch and Judy and the old apple women,
the man with the battery, the peripatetiC vender
OF toy balloons, the telescope and the robins
have come with their usual nnanimity and abb
ruptness. Spring ia here and that il clear
Boston Transcript.
Philadelphia detective named Roderick
is convinced that Charley Ross is alive and
living with family in the mountains of West
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ross Months, "a it We're.
If this theory is exploded what will Roderick
Dhu?-Utied Observer.
There is q lad in Machiasport, Me-, who,
though not more than years old, has already
succeeded in having father, mother, q
grandfather, two grandmothers, two great
grandfalhers, three great-grandmother and
| one eat-grandmother-all alive.
A cobbler has an everlasting job. minis
ter will always do to tie two. still house
that in which mutes reside. Shoemaker s
Understanding out sole leather. Jail birds
| always fly away when asked to Sing Sing.
! Wheeling State Democrat.
Among the Znlus, a nation of the Caffres.
according to etiquette, the mother-in-law can
not face the son-in-law, but must hide, or pre-
tend to hide, when she sees him. In this
country the custom is reversed. 1t is the SON.
in-law who does the lodging.
Egyptian mummies are regularly ground up
into paint. They are used for this purpose be-
cause the asphaltum, with which they are i'm
pregnated, is of quality superior to that
which can elsewhere be procured. They pro
duce peculiar brownish tint, highly priced by
the best artists.
Lord Lytton has given offense to the upper
ten of India by presenting to Miss CroOke, {
pretty circus rider, whose performances he at
tended nightly. a large gold medal. He offend
ed it once before by attacking the fine ole
British habit of invigorating the intellect Of
HindoO servants with club.
The peanut crop this year is estimated a
l, 290, 900 bushels. Will some one of our read
ers, who is good at mathematics, estimate TO
us how long it will take the young men of thi
country to exhaust this crop if they carry
pint of peanuts in their pockets every tim
they 60 to see their girls?-NorristoaUn Herald
Ternyson's ode to the dead princess and hi
poem, the defence of Lucknow" 1877 lines il
all, brought him the sum of $500. This i
fair for a season of distress in England, bein
trife less than twelve dollars line. maj
can afford to take a nations grief upon hi
shoulders and belch martial fire to boot upo
such terms.
An old joke in a new role: "Chawles," Ian
guidly drawled Josephine, looking up from he
book, 81 see one of the studies at West Poin
is trigonometry. What is trigonometry, any
how?' ''Trigonometry, replied Charles
toying with an invalid mustache, sis a-a-i
the science of pulling the trigger, of course.
81 thought SO" said Josephine, resuming he
novel.
A Yorkshire trainer revealed his method c
meeting coniugal storm. His plan, he sale
was to keep silent and nod his acquies cence
everything-no matter what-said by b
spouse. EYES," remarked one of his friend
''but then she has it all her own way" "Jul
SC" replied the Tyke, with satisfaction, San
nothing annoys her SO much. There is notl
: ing women hate like q walk-over."
; An old gentleman without tact, ON meetin
: some ladies whom he had known as girls in b
boyhood, cordially remarked: BLESS m
7 How time flies! 1t is ffty-two years come ne,
D April since we used to go to school together
the old red school house. was little cha
then, you remember, and you were fine your
women" The old man could never undo
| stand why his cordial greeting was received 8
; coldly.
Chief Moses addressed the President, at al
, cent reception, in the Indian tongue, and tt
first word of his speech was Ougtunnequattal
kullummewuttapesittu Acknowledgement. SCI
rotary Evarts retired in an agony of grief an
, modification.