The Newtown bee., 1879-06-10

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 Pressed for time-Mummies
 Ice water and fans are summer re sorts @ a Etl. .-F tass srfa
 About I, loo deaths week take place ill Paris, aa1f al snaana ca
 Ice-cream men freeze in the hotties weather E sslEtF EszE g What is that which always walks on it's head?-A nail in a shoe. a1aH
 A man called his cat "Plutarch," because she had so many lives.
 When your wife scolds, be gentle and say, My dear. I love you stiR."
 A single firm in New York city sold last spring 3oo,o 900 Towering plants.
 Why are boots and shoes like door mats Because they are worn by the feet. --4 r...-e.T
 The number of people in the United States using tobacco is placed at lo,- OO0, ,000. .
 There is one kind of canned goods that goes off quicker than any other-Gun- powder. .a erfs Hn
 The young man who wouldn't fall III love was undoubtedly afraid of being miss-led. rs
 Wemust have patience, as the young physician remarked when he folded up his diploma. raEf
 The Southern Pacific railroad is en- blowing (, GOO Chinamen in the construc- ton of its road. tEauHs
 A Boston belle. of Beacon street, has two French snails for pets- They live in clover and lettuce. 4 Nine acres of a farm situated on Lake Ontario have been washed away during the last twenty-five years.
 "What time does the sun rise thes- mornings?" That depends on ' nus son it is; mine rises at 8 o'cie<ha.
 Shell "pnriis backward. and you vii discover the nature of many T one among them.-Bosto,i 1Tdnscript. The Empress of Germany has offered . prize for the best treatise on diphthe- ria that shall be published within year. s- - ffat ..s -
 Shelboygan county, Mich.. expects to make 6 GOO. GOO pounds of cheese this sea- son Eleven cheese factories were erected ast winter. .t-. -.s-
 This has been good season for the Newfoundland seal fishing. 1t is roughly estimated that 5O0, GOO seals haTe I~,lI ]. -. ,r;,.:-.s srpout l06, 900 cwts. of | c;s- ns erE~ - An editor has one advantage over a king. When the editor goes out riding in his open barouche drawn by four milk-white steeds, he is never shot at by . Socialist. You have probably re- marked this yourself, - N0rr'So'0'' Herald. a ss lzsz 2 .rEasF ss ess
 Parchment was introduced in the third century B. c. Paper was made from rags in Italy A. D. l3li- Letters assumed their present form m the four teenth century. Envelopes were in- vented in 1920. In 1866, Dr. stephan invented the postal card, of which four hundred millions are now annually used in Europe.
 There is nothing more piiiful in this world than the appealing look of q man beating carpets in the back yard, as he
 aises his eyes to the windows in longing
 or his better half to make her appear ance. What sweet music if is to llis ears when at last she does come, and when she wells: "That'll do, Henry. You can bring it in now. I guess it's clean enough" = The process of tanning I human skin has just been accomplished at a morocco | factory at Lyon, Mass. Two skins. about one foot and q half square, of white and black persons who were hanged, were furnished from . Boston
 dissecting-rooni, and the process of tan ming was remarkably successful The skin. as it now appears, resembles apiece : of French kid. .aalSssa Eazsz&N
 A lady in Madrid, Me- was in | house which was struck by lightning. "A val uable gold watch which she wore ;, stopped at the time, and, although jew
 elers have repeatedly examined 1t and
 pronounced it perfect in every particu- lar, it cannot be made to move. It IS so charged with electricity that watch , makers say no part of it can ever be m ad
 to do duty if taken out and put into
 another set of works znw qH zt A small boy had seen his mothers fuI . huff that had been badly eaten bymoths . Shortly afterward he was in his father's stable, watching the process ofcurryine , his pet pony. The animal was shedding its coat, and consequently large bunches ,. of hair came out with each application of the comb With tears in his eyes
 tie little fellow rushed into the. house o and exclaimed: "Oh, mamma. th' Q moths have got into my pony, and Tn 2 afraid he's ruined!n 0 Beside a stssw stack sat a tramp v A jolly tramp, and wise
 " yut.< x~l,lo l,. ,,ofol,rs1 bsc faffpred coat.