Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 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 Finder; “for it’salways going on *tick.’ ” “Aid 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 Governors house to see one of Lord Napier’s family. Mis lordship, hearing Mr. Seward complain of feeling ill, asked him if he would not like to see the doctor. Mr. Seward replied, “No, Governor, I can not meet s doctor to-day. lam not feeling well, and I hope the doctor will excfffee me.* A tedious examination into the causes of the bad odor of the drinking water in the city of Manchester, England, led to the discovery of an unusnally 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 riew water-works are not necessary, and that all they have to do is to supply the reservoirs with a feir hundred good-sized fish who will enjoy? pond-snail spawn as a diet. —,