The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-09-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Burglar-"What would you say II
were to blow your head off for not tell
ing me where your money is?" Mr..
Joker-'Not a word, sir, not o word"
Citizen.
The Difference never saw
my hands as dirty as that!' said petu-
lent mother to her little girl mo,
but perhaps your ma dido" was the
sharp, if not respectful reply.
-Bronson.-'Does your baby talk
YETI" Squildig-"Yes; but you can't
understand word he sHys." Bronson
well, he will do nicely for a train
guard. d."-Harper's Bazar.
Washington died shortly after II p.
m, Saturday, December IA, 1899, the
last year of the century, the last month
of the year, the last day of the week
and within the last hour of the day.
"A tree near Manistee, Mich, thirty
six feet in circumference. twelve feet in
diameter and one hundred and seventy
five feet high, will be blasted with dyna
mite, as there is no saw that will cut it
and no mill that can cut it into boards.
"A Definition. little girl of seven
years was asked what she learned at
school Il learn poetry" she replied.
"Do you know what poetry is?' 80,
yes" she replied quite naturally. "It is
lines which end alike, but which you
don't Observation-Disclosures de Fer.
"A gaily dccked woman, with her
countenance hidden behind a coating of
enamel, walked up Chestnut street yes
terday, the cynosure of all eyes A
small boy had talsen sign from a new
ly colored awning-pole and hung it on
her lace dress. 1t read: Look out for
paint t"-Philadelphia Record.
"A young Scotchman was once halt
ing betwixt two loves, one possessed of
beauty and the other of a cow. In de-
spair of arriving at decision, he applied
for advice to a canny compatriot, who
delivered himself thus: Marry the
lass that has the COO, for there's no the
deeference O. a coos value in any twa
weemin in Christendom."
by a novel device heavy guns can
now be aimed and fred with the great
est accuracy, without exposing the gun
ners and without their e.en seeing the
object to be fred at. The principle
used is that of so training the gun as to
cause the object to be fred at to be re-
fiected upon a screen at the rear of the
gun.
1T Came High.-''So you have been
out in the wild west? Is it true that
they hold human life so cheap out
there?" "Cheap, nothing! When it
comes to paying a dollar and half for
a teaspoonful of beans it does not look
as if existence was very cheap, does it?"
indianapolis Journal
John Geiss, Michigan blacksmith.
got his foot tangled in a rope attached
to a balloon at Wencnah Beach on Sagi
nav Bay. He called to the folks to hold
him when the balloon went up, but
they could not However, he got his
feet untangied before he had gone more
than three or four rods, and, falling in
soft sand, he escaped injury.
"A foolish COW near Thompson, Ca,
that got it's tail caught somehow in
tree, made trouble worse by going
around the trunk until she wound up
like a clock. She then became fright
ened, and giving lunge pulled the tail
out by the roots. Afterwards the tail
was found rs described by the animals
owner.
-Signor Mascagni, the composer of
"Cavalleria Rusticana," which has Gre
ated a furor in Berlin and other cities
on the continent, is described as re-
markL bly, handsome young man. twen-
ty-six years of age. His skin is dark
bronze, his eyes are black and melan-
choly in expression, and his forehead is
broad and high. He is six feet in
height. His face is beardless.
AT the Breakfast Table.-MilIicent's
sister-"Why do you look so down in
the mouth, this morning, Mill?" Mill
cents little brothcr-"You'd look that
way, too, Mabel. if you'd spent a half
an hour seeing Mr.. Cutely to the door,
like Mill did last night" And the
depths of Millicent's coffee cup seemed
to have an irresistible attraction just
then.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Unless their attention is especially
directed to it, few people notice the tiny
letters stamped on the larger silver
coins of our currency at point just
below the junction of the arrows and
olive branch held in the eagles claws
The letters are IS" d" Co.," and &C. c."
nnd stand respectively for San Fran
cisco, New Orleans, or Carson City,
where the pieces were cast in the United
States branch mints. Coins made in
the mint at Philadelphia bear no special
mark, and are indicated by it's absence
"A stray horse entered Brooklyn
candy store to the great terror of the
proprietor, picked up some candy and
held it out to the young woman clerk.
While she was wondering whether the
animal wanted the candy wrapped up
came in and explained that the. petted
beast wanted some one to hold the candy
while he ate it. He was used to being
fed from the hand, and thought he could
eat in no other way.
Have you been invited to q bag
party yet? They are quite the latest
thing. The striped paper used by
grocers is pasted into the form of huge
beg, which envelops young woman or
man, is tied tightly about their respec-
tive necks, and has openings for the
feet. which latter mercifully settle the
question Of sex, the masculine extremity
being easily distinguishable. Another
bag covers the head, is tied about the
neck, and has openings for the eyes. At
given signal the bags burst, and the
butterflies, very much heated, but
radiant, emerge to prove how very mis-
taken every one has been concerning
the identity of every one else.-N. Y.
Sun.
-Vestibule cars are now a familiar
luxury of railroad travel. and seem to
leave little to be desired in the way of
comfort and convenience. A passenger
car Of somewhat novel construction has,
however, lately been patented. and is
described as follows: 1t has no end plat
forms, but at each end of the car are
side doors at the bottom of the ordinary
steps, the doors being flush with the
side of the car. and opening inward.
The steps may be covered by trap
door while the train is running. In the
end of the car is door and vestibule
arrangement, affording communication
between the cars -. ID. =.8#.
-- Wonders of Electricity.