Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-12

the country Is decayed and mosque
covered. Boston Transcript.
They called the doctor in to s,aunch
The blood that ilowed like .ain,
But artery had tried awhile
He said that il was VEN,
- fonkerS Gazette.
The man whose lame back prevents
him from splitting a stick OF wood or
kindiing a fire is the one who leads an
attack ON pile of ten cords of wood to
help uncover and kill a frightened rab-
bit
We cannot indorse the Communistic
faction who want To destroy all labor
saving machinery until we know their
views about artificial teeth. We must
draw the line somewhere Stamford
Aduocdte.
A Scotch lady had invited a gentle
man to dinner on particular day, and
he had accepted. with the reservation,
eff I'm spared" "Weel, weel," said
the lady, " if yere dead I'll not expect
ye."
Fashion-notes predict long-tailed coats
for gentlemen the coming season; which
Is sweet assurance that i'll the future
we won't be obliged to hunt around af-
ter Il holder when we want to lift n hot
plate Fulton Times
First class in astronomy, stand up.
Where does the sun rise ?" please, SIR,
down in our meadow; seed it yester-
day." Hold your tongue, you Ounce.
Where does the sun rise % 81 know, in
the east" Right! and why in the
east?' Because the east makes every
thing rise
Mamma said wicked youngster,
"am n canoe?' "No, child, why do
you ask p ooh, because you always say
you like to. see people paddle their own
canoe; and | dion't know but may be
| was yours" The boy went out of the
door with more reference to speed than
grace.
After the unique and cautious verdict
rendered recently by coroner's jury
at Tunbridge Wells, all disbelievers in
the jury system should be converted
The verdict referred to was: "The child
was Hlflocated, but there is no evidence
to show that the suilocation was before
or after death. "-LOuisuWe Courier Jour
nui
A Wetzel county man went into a
Wheeling restaurant the other day and
asked for dozen oysters The polite
waiter asked him how he would like
them dressed. dressed" exclaimed
the fellow, "hang it, don't want 'em
dressed at all. l want 'em naked, and
don't you forgit it," This was n nude
departure in the oyster trade Wheeling
Leader.
The proudest moment of mothers
life is Just after she has trimmed the
hair of her young hopeful using the
edge of bowl to guide the sheers
evenly around his intellectual forehead.
IT'S then she gazes on him with the
fondest maternal hopes, aud sees the
future congressman standing out in
bold relief-Nel0 Hauen Register.
There was an exhibition Of tabeaux
in Fond du Lac, Wis, and the small
boy was present. A scene was pres
ented-" The Execution of Mary, Queen
of Scots"-Mary kneeling, with her
head on the block, the executioner
standing with uplifted axe poised for
the death-blow, amid breathless silence.
Suddenly, in loud whisper, the small
boy exclaimed; Pa, why uon't he
chop"
Breathit county, KY, is described in
the Louisville Coau3er-Jownai as:
- a land where revolver and rife
Are used for the purpose OF settling disputesi
Where life Il regarded rs only tribe,
And tits usual for people to die in their boots
1t is a noticeable fact in natural his
tory that when man slips on an ICY
pavement he throws his arms and legs
towards all points of the compass,
frantically struggles to maintain his
dignity, and aims at twenty different
places before he finally comes down, IN
e1tensc, rs it were; whereas n woman
gives one convulsive little start, and
sinks down in a condensed heap on the
very spot on which her foot slipped
NeV York hail
If there is any one thing more than
another that convnces q man OF the
progress of education in our common
schools and the sound practical instruc-
tons communicated to the rising gen.
Grafton, it is to have his daughter bring
him problem something like this: If
oxen consume 12B times the amount
Of food in 5 days required by 1-6 of the
square root of 10 sheep at cost of 90
Is cents, how many oxen will be requlr-
ed to consume the amount required by
Of the cube root Of an equal number
of sheep in AZ days time at cost Of
4.16 of that amount and triumphantly
point to the answer at the foot Of q
whole slateful of figure as being 90, 49, :
800 oxen-x.-BoSton Commercial Btdle-
tin.