Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1885 — The Clock. [ARTICLE]

The Clock.

“The clock’s a modest thing,” murmured Fitz, reflectively, “always got its hands before its face.” “It’s a mighty open-faced thing,” snapped the old lady. “And no welcome visitor to the spotcash man,” chimed in Pinder; “for it’s always going on ‘tick.’ ” “And an arrant coward,” mused Sukey. “I never saw a clock of any good that wasn’t always running.” “That’s in order to be on time,” remarked Fitzgoober.— Atlanta Constitution.

That Secretary Seward did not like doctors is shown by the following incident which occurred while he was stopping with Lord Napier, the Governor ■of Madras. One morning, when Mr. Seward was feeling especially bad, the; doctor called at the Governor’s house to see one of Lord Napier’s family. His lordship, hearing Mr. Seward complain of feeling ill, asked him if |ie would not like to see the doctor. Mr. Seward replied, “No, Governor, I can not meet a doctor to-day. ' I am not feeling well, and, I hope the doctor will excuse me.” A tedious examination into the causes of the bad odor of the drinking water in the city of Manchester, England, led f to the discovery of an unusually large quantity of Limnsea or pond snails. These little animals had spawned so profusely as to make the water very disagreeable to drink. The city tax-payers are now delighted to know that new water-works are not necessary, and that all they have to do is to supply the reservoirs with a few hundred good-sized fish who will enjoy pond-snail spawn as a diet.