Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-08
NO. 2oI

cumber sometimes measures three feet six inches in length.-Rochester Post-Express.
 The Washington Post wants to know s'where the mischief is the drafted man to go is case of war if Canada is annexed" Well, he might go to war for a. chsnge.-Boston Post.
 "One of you boys has been stealing raisins again; have found the seeds on the floor. Which one of you was it?' Tommy-It wasn't me. swallowed the seeds in mine-Scran- ton Truth.
 Says the Rev. H. G. Weston: ''Many church es want 8 pastor with glib tongue-a man like the Mississippi river, with no head to speak of, but oh, what 8 mouthI"-Richmond Religious Herald.
 Billy-Our teacher don't thump us boys on the head now when she sees us whispering. Pa-Why not2 Billy-Because she thinks we are whispering about the Christmas present we are going to give her.-Texas Siftings.
 They say that it takes temperature of GA degrees below zero to freeze @ goose. And the knowledge that it never goes quite as low as that here accounts for the appearance of them on our streets now without oyercoats. I-Yonkers Statesman.
 The most difficult feat to be accomplished ! by @ loser of an election bet has come to light. A New York lawyer agreed to tell the l truth for four years if Harrison was elected. He's been obliged to give up his law practice. l-Yonkers Statesman.
 The Popular Science Monthly says that no flying machine will fly until the laws of ! gravity are reversed. It is, therefore, owing to the gravity of the situation that reverses may be expected among experimenters | rather than in gravity itself.-Boston Trans- cript.
 ''What is the weather report this morning, \ my dear" "Clear-warmer-sout ! winds" 'fAnastatial' fYis, sor." "You | may get my ulster, my overshoes and my umbrella ready; put few extra shovelsful | of coal on the furnace, close the damper and \ tell the ice man not to leave any ice to-day" I-Harpers Weekly.
 A Boston woman has invented e new par | Tor game for children. It is known as 'fThe Game of Politics, or the Race for the Presi- dency." The Boston woman may mean well, but parents will not approve of their chil-
 dren engaging in mud-slingine, hurling in-
 vectives at each other and lying worse than 6 gas meter. And children can't conduct the
 'fRace for the Presidency" without adopting
 all the features of the campaign. Fancy
 dozen children in parlor yelling for hours, | "Four-four-foury years more!" and 'No- no-no free tradei: and in the heat of the
 campaign slashing each other over the head with torchesl-Norristown Herald.
 Of Dr. Keste many anecdotes are sfoat | among old Etoniaus. One was told to our
 selves not so long ago. A boy named Rash-
 leigh, with all the others of his class, was set
 to write theme on the maxim, Temere nil
 facias. When the time came for giving in
 the papers Rashleigh appeared without his.
 'Where is your theme, sir?" asked the form idab1e doctor. 1T haven't done it sirl" an
 swered Rashleigh. f'Not done your theme,
 sir2" 'No, sirl" persisted he, undaunted by
 the near prospect of the "apple twigs."
 "Why, you told nae not to do ftp "I told ! air nil
 facias-do nothing, Rashleigh." And the
 head-master was so taken by the Latin pun
 that the apple twigs were allowed to repose l on the shelf.-The Churchman.