ODDS AND ENDS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1012, 21 March 1883, Page 4

ODDS AND ENDS.

V * What conies after T?” asked a teacher of a pupil who was learning the alphabet. He received the bewildering reply— ‘ You do-r-to see ’Liza !’ The grasshopper has relatively 120: times the kicking power of an average man; and yet, who wouldn’t rather be kicked by the grasshopper than the average man ? ' “ Yes 1 the f electric light is a great invention,” muttered! Fub, as he felt! about the- door, -A‘ an-’ every keyhole; should, havd one/’i > ■ ; ‘ One of the‘first-requisitions received ‘from a newly-appointed railway official ; was —‘ Send- me a gallon of red bil to the danger lamps.’ > A Western paper thinks it absurd to talk about the Tedkless extravagance of the Americanpeople, when a Chicago man worked' all ’day to clean a threecent postage -stamp so that he might use it again." : A scientist says that each adult person carries; enough phosphorous in his body to make forty thousand matches. Those . who know how hard it is to make a match of twO persons will begin to lose their faith in scientists. ' “ Time is money,’’ that’s a fact; and; if you wish to know the value of time! ;just get a little speck of dirt in your pocket-chronometer.' and take! it round* to a watch-tinker; he’ll blow in i t, and you five (shillings-foe (repairs;-- - “ Johnny/’;said the r teacher, “ a lie? ' *can be acted as well as told. Now, if ■your father were to put sand in his 'sugar and sell ity he would be acting -aj lie and doing very wrong:” “ That’s / .what mother told him,” said Johnny impetuouslyj' “ and he said he didn’t care!” ■