Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1885 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

When quite young at school, Daniel Webster was one day guilty of a violation of the rulw He was detected in the act, arid called up ty the teacher for punishment. There was to be the old fashioned feruling of the hand. His hand happened to be very dirty. Knowing this fact, on his way to the teacher’s desk he spat upon the palm of his right hand, wiping it off on the side of his pantaloons. “Give me your hand sir,” said the teacher very stermly. Out went went the right hand, partly cleaned. The teacher looked at it a moment and said “Daniel, if you will find another hand in this schoolroom as filthy as that I will let you off this time!” Instantly from behind his back came the left hand. “Here it is, sir,” was the ready reply. That will do this time’” said the teacher, “you can take your seat sir.”—[Literary Life.

Coincidences are at times . triking Cluverius,the Virginia murderer was convicted on cicumstantial evidence, the finding of a watch key, said to be his, near the scene of the killing being the leading link in the chain. It has been found that the French word “cluv'ers,” from which his name is d rived means “key-chain.”