The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28

meath his heel; twas 4 brick IN the
sidewalk, hard and red, aud the young
man ground il beneath his head. t72s-
e0go l'rSbef7se.
-A Western critic speaks OF a Ger
tain singer as having q voice A.as sweet
f as a seventeen Year locusts s. But as
a singer the locust gives the most satis-
faction, Itonly appears once IN sew
enteen years. llor9sStos0as Herald.
DO it again:
There was 8 young lady ia Lynn
Who said she thought kissing & sym;
But whan her new beau
Tried to see II twas seau,
She said, ooh, please do it agynn.
Lun37 Union,
y Dung Miss Boston to Harvard
oarsman. 81 suppose you have read
George Eliot's Mill on the Floss ?"
Fl, O, (suddenly Interested Well,
now, it's funny / never heard Of it, and
| read all the sporting papers, too.
Was George knocked outg''-N Z,
UsrGid.
Mississippialls are sometimes phil
osophicaI. A Tiekshurg man chopped
off one of his small toes. When some
one expressed sympathy he said: oh,
this amt notiain. You ought to have
seen my father before the war, He
chopped off his big toe '-44raQ7as0eo
IraUs}er.
ITO clean the teeth use q mixture
Of emery and sweet Gil, following it
with plenty OF Kerosene" This would
seern TO be queer advice, but as it is
taken from q machi.ists magazine,
and from chapter relating to circular
saws, we have no doubt it is given in
good faith. Boston Post.
Gus De Smith is well known as one
of the most adroit liars IN Austin. At
social gathering at the Ierger man
sion Gilhooly said to Gus: That's
not true .sWhat's not truep' "What
you said Just now ..But | didn't say
anything That's all the same.
What you were going 20 say is not
true = 1eras Ssjtj,egs.
--Father-s.Y lou are not sending
George any more money, / hope? At
the rate be is spending money his edu-
cation viii cost him more than it will
be worth. Je resorts to all sorts OF
excuses to get money Mother but
this money IS for an actual necessity.
lie writes me that he is Just beginning
to study German and must have a Ger
man student lamp right away. ~ Z.
Times.
Old Judge Saunders is a great
brag, and has told about dozen differ
cnt stories IN regard to the weight of q
certain big catfish that he caught. A
friend, trying to entrap him, asked:
Judge, what WAS the precise weight
Of that big fish you caught?" Judge
Saunders to colored waiter): "Bob,
what did ! say yesterday that catfish
weigheda'' What time yesterday,
boss--in &c naWning, at dinner time,
or after supper - Christian at Work.
Have another piece OF cake, :
said JohnnY's mother to female
friend, who was taking dinner with
her. No, don't YOU do IT," put in
Johnny, st will make you sick.
why, johnny, amt you ashamed of
yourself to talk that wayp' well,
mother, that is what you always tell
me when 1 want another piece, and I
bet [ kin get away with four times as
much as Mrs. Green kin. - Chicago
tribune.
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PERSONAL AND sse'PERsoNAi--..
IA Cleveland .1,eadef writ.
John II. Mclean with being the rt~es 8 =
man in Cincinnati, worth at least SIX
million dollars.
A nephew Of Bismarck, who left
Germany because Of a difficulty with
another officer Of his regiment, is living
in Hohoken, n, j.
Mcs Black Bear. a Piegan sqnaw,
lied recently ut the Blackfeet reserya-
lion, Montana aged one hundred and
twenty-four years.
4 The Tycoon who was deposed IN
9aavor Of the present Mikado OF Japan
by arevo,,ltion which cost one hundred
thousand lives, is living quietly IN
Sidsuoka, a small Japanese country
town Tie is iifty-five years OF age and
comparatively poor
HI B. Phillips, OF Big Rapids, Pa,
celebrated his marriage recently by
presenting TO his bride histeething ring,
the first lock of hair cut from his head
and the first tooth hecut, and receiving
in exchange one-half interest i'll q pros
porous grocery store.
IA son Of q Mr., Robbins, of Fish
Greek, is twentv-one years old and only
weighs about thirty three pounds. He
talks. walks, looks and acts like a
grown tnan. and is about the height OF
q common three-year-old child. His
parents have had several offers Tor hirn,
but obey viii not let him go on exhibi-
SN,I1 ataa1 HIM
foch3Gaaa (Ne.) Gazette,
John Wilkes Booth was shot in a
barn near Bowling Green, Va. April
26, 1865, Twelve days after the assassina.
tion OF President lincoln by Boston
Cotbett. His body was first buried in
the arsenal at Washington. In 1866,
st the request OF Edwin Booth, the re-
mains were removed to . cemetery irI
Baltimore, and were inferred by the
side of those Of his father and other
members OF his family. Chicago Her
aid.
To show what q Girl can do. it isl
related chat Miss TAYLOR, who came
10 Wahpetan, u. T., three years ago.
took = presumption and had an offer OF
marriage the first year. The second
year site took a homestead and a tree
claim and had four offers to line
farms. She has now g section Of land,
tWenty-sevea cows and innumerahle
calves, and is ready to consider the
offers 10 marry 50. Pastl {3Hiasa. J
G!obc.
In recent interview Christine
Nilsson said: AS for me. lead al
sriangular lite between London, Paris
aud the United States. All receive me
oharmingly. and the Americans always
seem delighted to see me again. But