The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The difference between horse races
md walking matches seems to be that
in the former the contestants score be-
fore they start, while in the latter they
must start before they can score. Idea.
"A New York woman recently APP
peared at the theater wearing blue
waistcoat, with gold dollars for buttons.
It is said that she did not appear to
mind the sensation she created.
The Oakland Tribune recommends
keeping a goose in the chicken-roost
ns guard against the depredations OF
| professional chicken-thieyes. The goose
will "squawk' on the intruder every
time.
The Sweetwater dam Just com
pleted ut San Diego. CAL, at cost Of
$500. 600, is said to be twenty feet higher
than any dam in the United States. 1t
is ninety feet from its base to its crest.
''Ya'as," said young Mr.. Sissy,
sucking the head of his cane, II nj an
Anglomaniac; but only in mild form,
y knaw. Yes she responded, by
way of keeping up the conversation,
sort of an Anglolunatic, as it were,
Mr.. Sissy
"A farmer in Gratiot County, Michi-
gan, .plowed up fifty-pound cannon
ball the other day. There is no record
of any battle having been fought in
that vicinity. and the people arc
wondering where the big cannon ball
came from.
Brunswick, Ga, has invested in a
new fifty cent Bible for swearing wit
nesses on. The reason for this is that
the old Bible has had the first four
chapters of Genesis kissed away, and
the lawyers are in doubt whether an
oath made on a Bible minus its first
four chapters is binding.
The woman who welcomes bright
weather on Monday on account Of
hanging out clothes to dry, is greater
than the woman who takes advantage
of the same bright weather to 90 shop
ping. This is rather clumsily expressed,
but we've got the wisdom in as usual
BRAKES Magazine.
1.-THE laughter of girls says De
Quincy. ''is. and ever was, among the
most delightful sounds on earth. !"
Judgment on that. It depends whether
the girls are laughing at your best joke,
or because you have just taken n header
from your bicycle, and are trying to
think which end of yourself to pick up
first.
"A Dallas County (Texas) preacher
has issued circulars declaring himself
to be the Waterman spoken of in the
twenty-third chapter of Ezekiel Among
other assertions, he alleges his ability
to prove that the Bible shuts out all un-
married persons over twenty one years
OF age from the kingdom of heaven I'M
less good excuse can be shown. .
Scatter ashes along the rows of the
young strawberry plants as soon as
they shall be large enough to work.
Stir the earth, take out all grass and
then apply the ashes on the surface,
and the rains will carry them down to
the roots. Fertilizers for Strawberries
give the best results when applied near
the surface and not worked into the
soil, as the roots feed near the surface
instead Of penetrating deeply.
Have you seen papa's new dog,
Carlo, she asked, as they sat in the
parlor. Yes" he replied uneasily;
i have had the pleasure of meeting
the dog isn't he splendid? He is
SO affectionate.' Il noticed he was
very demonstrative, returned he. as
he moved uneasily in his chair. HE is
very playful, too. Inever saw more
playful animal in all my life.'' II am
glad to hear you say that ..Why?''
Because was little bit afraid that
when he bit that piece out of me the
other evening, he was in earnest. But
if he was only in play of course it's all
right. Lean take fun as well as any,
body. - Singapore RevieW.
~ fisherman, while on Plymouth
beach one day., captured large gray
sea gull in a rather peculiar predica-
ment- Firmly pinched upon the birds
bill was a sea clam about the size of
the palm of a mans hand. The clam
weighed enough to keep the head Of
the gull hanging downward, and thus
effectively prevented any long flight,
while it was evidently nearly exhausted
in trying to escape from its strange cap
tor. It is thought that the gull, seeing
the CLAIMS snout protruding, en-
deavored to seize the dainty morsel,
and was in turn gripped by the hard
shell of its intended victim.
There IS turning point in the love
of 4 wife for a husband which should
be carefully watched. Iii some it occurs
very early, long before thirty. especially
if the match were one of impulse or
family convenience; but in tile majority
of instances its appearance manifests
itself about the approach to the middle
age Of women, from thirty five to forty
two. There is q revulsion in the whole
moral and mental being--a kind of
chilling, cold indifference, which the
slightest unkindness on the part Of the
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