Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-07-22
INA NUTSHELL.

4 stllU wears Twelve. SAkNtI bullOuS 1llstue
in 1874. Had the money which they
| cost been invested at that time, the IN
terest added TO the. principal would
have made them worth S1,264 at the
| present time.--Neap HGnn Pdtiadfups.
What had the life of Jesus been to us,
If We had only the record OF His SER
mons, without the record of His going
about doing good. l think the every
| day life of Jesus touches the human
heart more than the great truths which
he uttered.-Bi&h0p Simpson.
Handle her gently,
Iift her with care
Mollie swallowed hsirpin
While banging her hair;
The carling-iron slipped.
And burned her fair brow,
She gave a wild shrek,
But will wecfa no mere now.
An immense Indian python III the
London Geological Gardens is religious
ly devoting herself to the maternal task
of Matching twenty eggs. She covers
them completely with her coils, and is
herself covered with blanket.
The Marquis of Lorne has Cancelled
all engagements of 4 festive character
made for the week, and will fill only
those of an official nature made pre-
vious to his arrival al Halifax. This is
i'll consequence of the calamity 10 the
United States.
False ears, saws the London iaatsf,
are the new fashionable adjunet" in
Paris, and have already been noticed
IN the London drawing-rooms. They
are described aS ''pearly" and shell
like" The hair is allowed to cover the
ugly things made by nature.
Gentlemen Of the jury" said III
Irish lawyer, 1T will be for you 10 say
whether the defendant shall be allowed
to come into court with unhlushing
| footsteps, with cloak of hvpoeracy i'll
his mouth, and draw three hulloc6s out
of my clients pocket with impunity."
Arkansas is not an inviting State for
Immigrants. Nine men have been
lynched i'll the state within 4 month.
and no efforts have been made by the
authorities to seek out and punish the
murdererS. Where the laws are silent
i'll such cases, II cannot be expected
that they will he well executed in
others.
There is an old gentleman in the
railway station i'll Media, Pa, who, in
stead Of the usual "Show yer tickets"
accoSts the traveller with, "Whar 10.
stranger" Persons going 10 Boston
used 10 be startled ut Springfield by
hrakeman's cry, ''Springtield. swap
cars for the Connecticut river road.
H0ptr'S H'tcl}v.
A Philadelphia man has discovered
that the sun never sets on American
soil. and that before il ceases shining
on the flag on the Alcutian Islands, Off
Alaska. it kisses the broad stripes and
bright stars at Calias, Maine II has
often been said that this was Il great
country, but man can't always believe
what he hears.
Two society ladies are chatting Says
one Il rise mt 10, put ON pcignoir
and proceed To complete my toilet
And that takes us-?" Till noon.
1.-TWO hours "Yes; it is the fault Of
my maid. DO you know how long she
takes to dress my hair?" No" AN
hour" And what do You do mean
while" II take morning walk
Persons who believe that good luck
never goes with the number Is should
llO VI iiitll Sll-
persttion, especially i'll the matter Of
horse races Ii is recalled that last year
the winner of the Grand Prix, nj Long
champs, bore that number, and that
Foxlmll's place on the list this year WAS
No. IL, too. One would hardly plead
that two exceptions i'll succession are
required to prove rule.
Miss Griswold, the young American
who has just made a successful debut
i'll Paris, on the lyric stage, is the
daughter of a Chicago family. Before
the great fire i'll that city her parents
were wealthy, hut having lost in that
disaster nearly everything they pos
sesscd, they yielded TO their daughters
earnest cntrcatics to be allowed to cul
tivatc her voice and earn m honest
livelihood. Mrs Griswold accompanied
her daughter to Paris, where the young
lady studied asslduously FOR three years
in the Conservatoire
No prettier compliment can he given
than that which comes from the warn
heart and quick wit of the true Hihcr-
nian. Mike was laying pavement brick
i'll the hot sun, and the lady of the
house mixed up II nice, cool drink and
carried it out to quench his thirst
After n long drawn swig he wiped his
mouth en- Lis sleeve, and said "Ye'l
be III heaven SEWN years before the
divirll find il out"