West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-03-11
ODDS AND ENDS.
Are bits Of advice presents q mind ;

a glri may Sluut anu ctuios auu 70 un-
willing still.
It's meet and drink that is depriving
many family of food.
It is quite natural to exclaim "Holy
Mosesp' when bull rushes.
One New York firm paysa detective 1000
a year to watch for shoplifters.
The game Of cricket has been diversion
for more than FIVE hundred years.
Cats, says recent traveller, are fattened
and much esteemed for food in Bolivia.
Mr.. Seth Green thinks fish hold CONVEX
sation as regularly as people do.-ED.
Terrible accident in Greece9" exclaimed
the cook, as she dropped the butter plate.
Nearly three hundred thousand persons
are employed on British and Irish railroads.
The beauty of mans parting his hair in
the middle appears to be that it gives both
ears chance to flap.
Three of the five children given birth to by
Mrs. Adam Murray, in Pictou county, Nova
Scotia, recently, have died, but the mother
is doing well.
AS girls advance toward womanhood, many
of their notions undergo change. For in
stance, when small they believe in the man
in the moon; at maturer years they believe
in the man in the honeymoon.
"John, did you take the note to Mr..
Jones?" eyes, but don't think he could
read it," "Why So John ?'' because he
is blind, sir. While was in the room he
axed me twice where my hat was, and it
was on my head all the time"
Stern parent-'Now, Tommy, you have
not looked at this! If you make one more
mistake I shall whip youp' Tommy-T
thought you never whipped us for accidents,
mammal" s. P.-"Well, sir ?" Tommy
"Well, make mistakes by accident?''
The lighthouse Board have decided to
erect on the Delaware shore, near Lewes,
another lighthouse, so situated as to be
taken in connection with the Breakwater
light to form range of lights to facilitate
the entrance to the bay from the outside.
said to my little girl one day: ''What
large forhead you have got. 1t is just
like your fathers. You could drive pony
carriage round it." To which her brother,
five years old, said: "Yes, mamma; but
ON papa's you can see the marks of the
wheels" .s
Mr.. John Fortune, of Fond du Lac, Wis.
consin, recently became the father of twin
girls. When he first looked upon the new
comers he smiled a sort of CHASTITY smile and
remarked: SWELL suppose it's all right,
for it is said that Miss Fortunes never come
singly." is'.-- -
"Now, then, who is the plaintiff in this
case % asked his honor, as a case was called.
81 don't know anthing about plaintiff" re-
piled man in the corner, as he slowly rose,
.sbut if you are asking for the chap who was
chased mile and half and then mopped
all over his own barnyard by two despera-
does, I'm your man.
A story is told of a clergyman in Massa-
chusetts town who forgot his notes on a
Sabbath morning and as it was too late to
send for them he said to his audience, by
way of apology, that this morning he should
have to depend upon the Lord for what he
might say, but in the afternoon he would
come better prepared.
The steady advance of the popular move
ment in favor of the nomination of Senator
Blaine as the Republican candidate for
President shows no signs of abatement, and
appears to possess all the elements of SUBJ
stantial strength, endurance and prospect
i've success. The enthusiasm of his friends
far exceeds that display by the advocates
Of any other candidate.
Glenn Farr lives in Morgantown, N. c.,
and has won renown as pole climber. In
1914 he climbed sixty foot pole at Henry
Clay mass meeting, and from its top waved
the banner of Harry of the West, and twen-
ty-four years later he climbed Seymour
pole and took drink sixty feet from the
ground. Neither of these achievements
seemed to work to the advantage of the can
didates whose cause he espoused.
The Emperor of Austria has lately been
the recipient of unique present. 1t con-
sists of a suit of clothes made from the wool
of an alpaca sheep that eleven hours pre-
vious to their delivery was still alive. The
animal, superb specimen of its kind, was
slain at Gil a. m. Four hours and thirty
three minutes were employed in reducing
the wool to cloth. In two hours and twenty
five minutes the latter was ready for the
tailor, who employed the remaining four
hours in making the suit.
The bridegroom was not present at the
time appointed for wedding at Harmony,
Ga. The bride, who knew his bashfulness,
said his courage had probably failed him.
Somebody suggested that horn be blown
to call him, and this was done. A respon-
sive whoop was heard from the woods near
by, but the young man did not appear until
scouting party brought him in by force.
It was not until he became fearful of losing
the girl, whose patience gave way to anger,
that he mustered enough courage to face
the ceremony.
A woman who is close observer of round
dancing in Washington writes to the Spring
field Republican as follows: "It has become
the fashion for girls to wear bunch of JAG
qneminot roses low in the corsage. Many
of these roses shed their dye when touched
or rubbed, aud SO upon the snow-white shirt
bosoms, encased in low. cut vests of dancing
men, is often to be seen delicate blush
which gives touch of color to their sweet
ly simple costume. In this way there are
some girls at least who imprint themselves
not only upon the bosom of their lovers, but
upon those of many other men. Is it not
charming idea ?" Es
At the Warwick assizes in England on
Feb. 1S, gentleman farmer, by name Hop
kins, was sentenced to three months i'm