Aurora observer., August 21, 1924, Image 4

Redbird Got Its Name
From Church Dignitary
Tongue Twisters That
Have Become Classics j
Pleasant for Auntie
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All Life a Struggle
Little Margaret was spending a holi­
Life is a battle all through, physical- j
day with her aunt in Cornwall. Now, ly as well as morally. Everything Is ;
Some time ago there appeared in the j auntie was a spinster, and not in the ; struggling to endure, and the more j
At first thought it is difficult to see
British comic journal Punch, a partieu- j first bloom of youth. In fact, an un­ successfully we struggle the stronger j
the relationship between the common
larly effective tongue twister, which j kind person had onee been heard to i we become against a we&kening j
redbird, or cardinal, and the hinges of
ran something to this effect:
refer to her as “ old,” and we believe r enemy. The plant that is badly nour-
the front door. The explanation is
A lady was walking down a country ■ the other word used was “ cat.” Any­ | ished, that slacks and flags in the ■
simple enough, however, when the
lane when she met a tinker. "Ah,” she j how, she was >not young.
words áre traced to their source. The
| fight is the one all its enemies fasten |
said. “I see you are copper-bottoming j
Auntie was determine J to give her j upon. The weakly animal Is the one j
redbird was originally called a card­
your pots.” "Oh, no,” he replied, “ I’m j little niece a good time, and she ar­ I that sickness most easily attacks. The j
inal because his plumage bore the
coloring of the hat and cassock of a aluminiuming ’em, mum.” As a tongue ranged several pleasure trips In order I battle of life is generally to the strong.
twister this is pretty hard to get, j to give Margaret a chance of appreci­ The early wheat in the best prepared,
cardinal of the Roman Catholic
church. The use of the word “cardi­ though perhaps the American form of j ating the beauties of the Cornish finest land makes the better stand, in L
nal” as denoting a dignitary of the the words is Just a trifle more difficult scenery.
most cases, against blights And other
to wrap one’s tongue around: “ I’m I “ When I take you to S t Ives I will afflictions. Often the finest character,
church came about through the poetic
show you the school that I went to also, belongs to the best fighter, per- |
fancy of an early pope, who spoke of aluminum lng ’em, mum.”
There are, of course, many thou- | when I was a little girl,” promised haps to the one who has had most to
the cardinals as “ the hinges by which
sands of these traps for the unwary kind auntie one day when they were fight against.—Montreal Family Her- |
all tilings are moved”. In connection
with church government. In the Latin floating about. Here are a few. The ! out for a walk.
aid.
language “ cardo, cardlnis,” is the | test is, not merely to say them, but to ! “ Oh, auntie, is ii still here?” asked
manage to repeat them quickly, say a | the child, innocently. “ I expect it’s in
equivalent of the English “hinge.”
For this reason the dignitary was ¡ half a dozen times without getting 1 ruins now, isn’t it?”—London Answers.
SA L E AN D W A N T A D S . j
called a cardinal, as signifying his j one’s tongue tied up in a knot.
function as one of the “hinges” of the j The sea ceaseth and it sufficeth us. i
Insect-Eating Plant
A growing gleam growing green.
church. From this early usage “card­
I will commence picking my late)
inal” came to be applied to anything j The bleak breeze blighted the bright j An insect-eating plant Is the sun­
dew, so called because of a shining Crawford and Elberta peaches about I
of prime Importance, including the bloom blossoms.
She took a switch at Smith’s fish sticky substance secreted by glands August 27th. Also have a good supply j
cardinal numbers, the cardinal points j
in the sunlight like a rare gem, says of melons on hand. Gerd Eilers, Jr..
of the compass and the cardinal vlr- ! sauce shop.
the Detroit News, By means of the Aurora Route 3.
tues. The use of the word as apply- ! Flesh of fresh-frying fish.
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High roller, low roller, lower roller. sticky mess, the sundew attracts and
•lng to a color came about from the
A hox of mixed biscuits, a mixed entangles its prey. Then the edges
fact that the color was the striking
NOTICE: -The sale season is at hand
of the leaf curve inward, forming a
feature of the dress of a cardinal.- ; biscuit box.
She stood at the gate welcoming him sort of stomach into which an acid and I am prepared to handle all kinds {
This explains the use of the word in
In.
secretion is poured to digest the meal. of sales to your satisfaction. When |
naming the redbird.
She sells sea shells on the sea shore. The portions which cannot be digested ready, call Will Heinz, Auctioneer, j
Which switch is the switch, miss, for are later thrown out and the trap is Aurora Route 1, or Canby 13 16. 34tf.
Relic of Roman Era
set for the next victim.
Ipswich?—Kansas City Star.
Among the Interesting curios to be
The sundew seems to know when
LOST: Kit of auto mechanics toois
found in the museum at Oxford, Eng­
food is near, for If meat is placed
Will
Be
Record
Bridge
land, is a huge stone sack. It is carved
close to it the plant slowly reaches Saturday night. Liberal reward fori
What is to be the largest arch ' out for it. If a portion is placed their return to the Observer office. It
as though fresh from a man’s back ; it
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bears the mark of a rope which once bridge in the world, costing more than within a few inches of the plant the ' ’ ■ —...... .
encircled it in two places, and has the $15,000,000, will be constructed across leaf will bend toward It until the tiny
Dr. Osmar K. Wolf, Woodburn, Ore.
usual puckers at the mouth, where the the harbor at Sydney, Australia. The hairs enfold the delicacy and the is fully equipped to fit your eyes with
string once secured the opening. All total length will be 3,700 feet, more sticky substance completes the grip.
proper glasses.
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over the stone can be seen the marks than half a mile, while the single
arch
in
the
center
will
have
a
span
of the coarse sacking which once cov­
Oldest W ork of Fiction
ered it. Its history is curious. Some of 1,650 feet. The head from high
“The Tale of Two Brothers,” so far DANGER—Lurks in all wires j
years ago it was fished up in the water will be 170 feet, allowing the
Thames below Loudon bridge, where largest ocean liners to pass beneath. as anyone now knows, is the oldest You never can tell when they
• existing piece of fiction. It was writ­
it must have lain for centuries. Some —Popular Science Monthly.
are hot, telephone or Elect­
ten 32 centuries ago by Enana, a scribe
workmen in the time of the Romans
ric.
Warn your children.
of Thebes, who was librarian in the
was carrying this sack of cement from
palace of King Manepta, identified by
Demons and Storms
a moat to the shore, when the burden
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slipped from his shoulders into the
Evil spirits and demons W e r e ' held some as the pharaoh who held the
water. There, under the action of the by the ancients to be responsible for Israelites in bondage.
water, it became solid and, as years great winds and stiwnis at sea. Hor- ' The tale, which is written on 10
F^r Sale—6 room house with bath,
passed away, the sack at last rotted ace, in his writings, lamented the sheets of papyrus, appears to have 24 lots; three chicken houses; some
off, leaving only the hardened cement rashness of those who tempted the been invented to entertain the oldest fruit; opposite Lutheran Church. Louis
within.
fates by trying to pass the boundaries ; of the princes who subsequently as­ Siebert,
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that the gods had interposed between ■ cended the Egyptian throne. This
the continents. The discovery of the I strange old manuscript now reposes in
W ise John
We have plenty of money to loan on
Cape of Good Hope wrts long delayed the British museum, where it is known,
Mrs. Grabb—I can tell without ask­ by the fear of the storm fiends which j as the “ D’Orbiney papyrus.”
farms at 6 per cent. No commission.
ing whether John has won or lost at infested the Afrjean coast; though s Another old book, written more than Reliable Abstracts. Oregon City Ab­
poker the minute he comes home.
only at Peel, in the Isie of Man, have | a thousand years ago, mentions two stract Company.
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Mrs. Gabb—How?
I ever hear»! that the seafaring people breeds of poultry which are still being
“If he has lost, he throws his were astute enough to capture the j raised In China today.
trousers across the foot of the bed. author of all the mischief, which is at j
FOR SALE.—11 one-year-old White
If he has won, he puts them under his
least comforting. — Montreal Family I
Leghorn roosters from Hanson’s 300-
Aurora
is
a
good
town
to
live
in
pillow.’’
Herald.
egg laying strain. Peter Jager, Rt. 1.
and there is room fo r you.
Hubbard, Oregon.
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