Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-19
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

At the end of Lent in the Arctic regions they have regular north Easter-B0st0n Courier.
 You may say what you please but there is luck in horse shoes. A woman nailed one up against the woodshed month ago, and last
 week her husband eloped with the hired girl. The man had not earned cent for more than two years.- Woman'S Journal. A stock broker returning to his office the other day, after substantial luncheon with l his client, said, complacently, to his head clerk: 'Mr. Putkin, the world looks differ ent to a man when he has bottle of cham pagne in him.'' ''Yes, sir" replied the clerk, significantly, land he looks different to the world. "-Puck.
 lecturer recently invited the street ga- mins of Cleveland to come and hear the story of the Prodigal Son. In that part of the story where the father exclaims ''This, my son, was dead and is alive again. the speaker asked, Was his son really dead p One of the urchins replied, Not by mill site only dead broke!''
 Uncle Nose met very dandifed Houston darkey who used to live in Galveston on Galveston avenue, and who said in very dlgnified manner: How do you enjoy dis. balmywedder sah ?'''tI don't know yer, sah You has me at a disadvantage" responded Nose. ''You cussed ole bow-legged, lantern lawed gorilla yer is de same old mutton headed baboon yer always was" ''Now I knows yer. AS soon as yer quit talkin' like gemman knowed CT right off, and they embraced like Butcher and Wellington on the field of Waterloo GaIUest0n Neacs.
 Consolidation is the topic one oftenest hears in Wall street nowadays, and every- body is expressing an opinion regarding the absorption of small corporate bodies by large ones. A funny illustration of the prevailing mania was given the other day in a way not pleasing to orthodox people, but it was amusing. As two young men were walking down Exchange place, decidedly tipsy, a minister met them and stopping before them said: Young men do you know that YOU are on the wrong road? There are two ways before you, the road that leads to everlasting punishment, on which fear you are entered, and the narrow way that leads to Heaven Which will you take?'' ''Eh, Hal, do you hear that" simpered one of them; The says we must choose between the two roads. what do you say?" Say" answered his compan- ion, 1T say lets wait bit they will be con solidated in a week !"-Spfna1teld Union.
 LIME KILN PH1LosoPHY.-Giveadam Jones then arose and presented the following:
 Resolved, Dat ebery laborin' man ought to have more wages dan any employer kin pay and
 Resolved, Dat if he doan' git em he mus strike; and
 Resolved, Dat any pusson opposin' said strike shall be boycotted; and
 Resolved, Dat while we have muffin to advertise anyhow, we won't advertise in paper which opposes strikes while we have no cash to buy wid, we will still agree not to buy of any merchant opposed to strikes although we borrow our neighbours newspa- per, we will still resolve not to buy any news paper not in harmony wid our sentiments and
 Resolved, Dat as soon as we kin force all employers to combine agin us oblige all cap- italists to denounce us, shut up de factories, drive investors away an force de rich to bank their money instead of putting it into manu- facturss, we shall hab heaps ob money, nuf- fin to do, an lots O time to air our sto' clothes and
 Resolved, An doan' you forgit it
 The resolutions were read second time and laid on the table, and the meeting ad- journed, Samuel Shin was heard saying that he was in favor of law to compel every rich man to have his whole premises white washed twelve times a year.-Detroit Free PyesS