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THC ROOSTER'S SPEECH.
Cock w disslle-do. <s*ck-a-*lio»dlr do,
CCCk-ii-diHMtle-chx" said Mr. Rooster.
"We hear you.” said the other helix
and ro«wters.
“Then pay attention, please, to
1 have to say."
”1» It of any Importance?“
naked.
"1W great Importance.” he «mid.
“Why?” they Inquired.
"Because everything' I sag I* of Im
portative," he added proudly ns be
strutted about the hanijanl.
"Well, there might be a difference
of opinion about that," said Mr. Red
Top Rooster.
"Yes. there might be n difference of
opinion." »aid Mlns Fidgety Fashion
able Heu.
"Just as there Is a difference nt
opinion ns to whether n caterpillar 1»
popular or not.” said Mrs. White Ih-n
“Other catertrillnrs might »ay y va. | m **<
pie might say no."
“Ridiculous talk. .Mrs. White Hen."
said Mr Rooster. “I’m surprised nt
you."
"You needn't be." satd Mrs. White
Hen.
* “You needn't be surprised at any-
thing." said Master Pig. who was in
an open shed near the bam. He had
gone there for he had found It cold out
of doors und now he w as looking under
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| trom New York, \then the vessel
By RUSSELL BROWNING
(United Press Staff Correspondent.» ■docked in Dublin harbor. It was
I boarded by a British customs officer. I
Cork. Dec. 11—(V. P.I—An Eng-
lUhwriter laments that the Ireland! who •erT*d not1« on *?• c“>ta,n of
of Celtic twilights and delicately!the ’>“P th“
would n0‘
*»«’•
phrased love son« has passed The!«1 “» dtocharge hl, cargo until the
young swains have forsaken their ?°rt °f *»,rr «•««• °f Uvorpool
colleens, to woo dry books on mill- i hartor Rnd freightage had been paid,
tarv tactics, and formerly contented notwithstanding that his ship had
clerks In the small businesses ot, never sighted Liverpool When that
Cork and Dublin are now dreaming; officlal
3,ked * ,he consignee
of the part thev will plav in forcing ;
hp hsd to P*-T UT“rpool entries
the concession to Ireland of her °n h1’ «»«»• when
were d,s-
rtrhtf .l place in the commerce of embarked at Dublin, he was told
nations, according to Liam de Roiste. th»‘
’hould h»r* Wn sh‘r“’*d
Sinn Teln M. P. and president of vla Liverpool anyway.
the Irish International Trading Cor-
"*• ,ook th,s ‘»rident up with
poration. who explained to the Unit-i
United States Shipping Board
ed Press the trade aims of Sinn Fein but »««»»“»
Hwwr ’*
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,
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have succeeded in getting the Ameri-
We seek to free Ireland from
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. i can Moore-McCormack line to put in
unscrupulous trade methods of Bri-
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a trans-Atlantic and coastwise ser-
tish firms who are concerned in a
<o IreIr|nd an(J
“I’m Surprised.
monopoly of Irish business by tm-.^ wU, a<
t f<> ,afelnlird the(r
derhand help of their government.
the
bars
of
hl* ahed, putting hl« hend
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,
interest henceforth acalnst matters
way out and looking this way and that
said de Roiste.
We do not wish to . . , . , ...
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,
..
.
, .
, of this kind.’
with his funny eye«.
fnterefere with the natural channels ,_____________
He could hear what was going on
of commerce, but only to remove the
and as there was now no food uround
artificial restrictions that result in
he was quite Interested.
profit to England and loss to Ireland
“Of course." he explained. "1
and the free nations that wish to
wouldn't, be Interested If there were
trade with her.
any food around, I'm only n pig and
“At present 98 per cent of Ire
after all pigs are pigs and love Uielr
food."
land’s external trade passes through
“1 heard." «»Id Mm. White Hen.
British hands and makes profit for
"that Pinky Pig was much posited the
Englishmen In Txmdon. Manchester
Berlin, Dec. 11.— (A. P.)—(A Ger-' other day because he found bls mother
Origin of Yuletide
or Liverpool. Any attempt by Irish
man school of political science, the sitting In front of some pigweed and
men to take the commerce of the
dream of the former Chancellor. Dr. j not touching It. He couldn't make It
country in their own hands meets
Yule was the mime of the ancient
Von Bethman-Holweg, long before out becauy* she said that she was not
with failure, because of the embargo
Scandinavian festival held at the time
111.
the world war, at last has been es
weapon, cable tapping, port regula
dreadfully upset I of the winter solstice. The word la of
"Poor Pinky
tablished in Berlin. The dedication j
tions. regulated to suit the British
didn't bother to ■ uncertain origin, «ays The Housekeep
about
It.
though
he
of the new school was made the oc
corporations, and similar‘discrimin
think
about
how
upset
he was until er. but It probably Is taken directly
casion for much congratulatory talk 1
ations
after he had enten It all himself, but from the Icelundlc word “Joi.” menu-
by high German official» who expres-| he did worry then.
Ing a feast. It.Is curious to note bow
“To illustrate this point: The In
sed the opinion that a line of states
“And It seemed that his mother had many nations of old marked 'he “turn
ternational Trading Corporation has
men would be developed by the new eaten so much and there had been so of the year“ —that is. the December
a consignment of twenty thousand
institution to direct the progress of much of It that she bad actually got solstice—by festivals. The Egyptians,
hides produced here and we have bid
the German republic toward its for ten to the point where she couldn't ent the Hindu», the Persians. the Gre-li<
on them from America that we would
any more. Of course Pinky was glnd
mer high place among the nations.
and the Roman« all had feast« al this
like to accept, but cannot because of
Foreign minister Simons In an ad of that for he had a good deal extra to season, but r«prcinlly Hu- Northern
the embargo placed on hides by
eat
because
of
that
fact.
But
for
a
Great Britain. This would be fair dress declared German statescaaft time he was much puzzled. Cackle, nations—the Teutons, the 8can..lnav-
had alays lacked trained leaders
Ian«, the early natives of Britain-—re
enough if the embargo was enforced
cackle, that was funhy."
thoroughly schooled in political
in England also, but this is not the
"But only natural." said Master Pig joiced nt the event of the sun's turn on
Its, coruse. The festival »in kept with
case. An English firm has no diffl- science and for that reason the peo- from the «hed.
mveh
eating and drinking nnd noisy
pie
had
had
small
faith
in
their
of-
"Weren't you going to say some
culty in getting an exportation per
He hoped that the new thing. grunt, grant?" he added, thoklng Jollity. One of the ceremonies was the
mit. No Irish firm is allowed a per- ficials.
placing of an enoriqpus log of wood
mft. We ran still sell our hides to school would help establish such a j out of bls funny eves at Mr. Rooster. often so large Mint It required the
faith.
“
J
was.
”
»aid
Mr.
Rooster.
“
But
I've
America, but we must pay the Eng
strength of several men to bring it tn
Plans are to operate the school' almost forgotten what I was going to —U|am the h'-iirtb tire Ip the huge fir«—
lish firm a commission and the
along the lines of the Ecole Libre say. Maybe I was going to tell about place. The liurnlirg of the Yule log
freightage on these hides to an Eng
the visit Mrs. Christopher Skunk paid
de
sciences Polftiques of Paris.
lish port, although in reality the
around here Inst night nnd of how she was tbought to Insure good fortune to
goods would never see an English
gave her various wnrnlngs letting the family, especially wh«4i charred
Softens
Paint
Brush,
every
one know she would ««nd forth pieces of the log burned the year be
harbor, but be loaded at Queenstown
fore and kept over for that purpose
Paint
brushes
that
are
hard
and that horrible odor which la her protec
under the permit of the English firm.
dry will soften If put into vinegar and tion. She nlways has a series of warn were used to light It.
"Further illustration of this is the allowed
to simmer for ten minutes. ings to give first!
closing of the port of Queenstown to Then wash them In «ospsuds.
“But no. that wasn’t what I wan go
incoming vessels, when we had suc
ing to say. I was going to speak about
ceeded In getting an American line to
old automobiles which have always
Mental 8nobs.
make tt a port of call. Recently a
bothered me nnd my family.
Some
men
never
respect
the
thing,
merchant in Dublin chartered an
Warrantry Deed blanks at
“I heard that when the fanner’s chil
they are unable to understand.—Chlca
American vessel for a cargo direct go Newt
dren visit«! the »onshore thia sum 'onrter office.
mer they made automobiles In the
«nnd nnd sat In the «and seats they
made nrtd pretended to drive the Band
nntbmoblles along.
.
“That made me mad for It wan pay i
Ing too much attention to the old ail- '
tomoblle and fluttering It. But nt Inst
I am happy, for I hear that automobiles
are very Jealous of airplanes. And I
prefer airplanes.
“I'll t»-ll yon one thing—they ran !
toot their horns all they like up In the ’
sky and we will crow and crow and
never pay any attention to them.
We arc pleoMM to announce that we have secured the agency for
“Ah. I'm glad that airplanes are .
the I’RES r-o-LITE Storage lottery. This we consider the best bat
making the automobiles Jealous, silly
things.
.
tery on the market today. We are also going to accept a limited
I f dust-stirring
"Airplanes will be different if they
amount of general overhanlhig work until March 31st—this we
stir up a few clouds how much nicer
PROUD OF HIS WORK
know will pienae our old customer*, so get your name on our list
that will bo than stirring up dust. And
before it 1.« filled.
we won't be chased from cloud to is the bread maker emrloyed by this i
cloud as ve nr« from one side of the bakery. No wonder! Our loaf is '
CV»me in and make arrangements so we ran hohl a place for you.
rond to the other, for we won’t be there the pride of the town, a real work qf !
t<> ' • r-t>n»od' That makes mo so art. In the bread line. Light, white. I
•»tippy and I can't help thinking about
brown crust, pure and nonrlsh-
It o'er nnd over again. It's worth rich
ing- nll for you.
hearing over ami over again too."
Our new sales room is now open and we are
ready to show and help you anj time you may
call.
We have some nice Xmas presents for the
whole family. Bicycles for big and little, robes
spot lights, flash lights, etc. AH new stock
When in the citv call and look us over
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"Do woi think the baby will tsk<
after his father?”
"No; Ills falher would never leave
any’Blng after him to take.”
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