TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, AUGUST
FINED A FRANC
What That Meant to an American Who
Was Living In Paris.
When you are fined a franc in Paris
An Old Legend Tells How It It means that you pay 12 francs 73
centimes, or just over half a sove-eigu
Found Its Way to Ireland.
Thia is the only conclusion to which
one can come after reading the curi­
experience of an American citizen
THE MAGIC OF KISSING IT. ous
wbo is staying In Paris to complete
Origin of the Quaint Belief That It Im­
parts to the Lipa That Touch It the
Power to Utter Honeyed, Coaxing and
Delusive Speeches.
the education of his sous. He Ilves in
an apartment near the Arc de Tri-
onipbe, aud the other morning one of
bls servants committed the Impru­
dence «f shaking a carpet out of the
window after 9 o'clock. A lynx eyed
constable saw her and immediately
climbed the stairs, rang the beil, en­
tered the apartment and drew up a
summons against the tenant. The
American was called and gave bls
name.
"I did not know it was a breach of
the law.” he said, "But as I have
broken it 1 must pay. How much is
itr
"You will be fined 1 franc,” replied
the policeman.
“There you are." answered the
American, and be held out the coin.
But the "agent" refused to take It.
“Later oft,” be remarked as be wl’*>
drew, “you wl1! be summoned before
I
the Justice of the peace."
Borne days later the delinquent was
Invited to appear before the “Juge de
palx” and obeyed the summons. He
was obliged to wait three hours in an
antechamber. Then he was admitted.
“Do you admit," asked the magis­
trate. “having broken the law?”
“I do,” was the reply.
"Good. You are fined 1 franc.”
“There you are. then.” And the
American again beld out the franc,
But the magistrate would have none
_----------------
A PEDDLER’S JOKE.
One Fish Didn’t Grow.
A number of men were telling of re
msrkable catches off Atlantic City, and
one of them said that one day he
caught a very small cod. and, not car
Ing to take home sueb a little fellow,
'«e to-'k a piece of copper wire, ran It
hrrt.’gb the tail of the fish, and on one
end of the wire he attached a copper
trg with his name sc.atcbed upou it.
“The next year when I was off there."
continued the man. “I got a heavy pull
on the line, and after Ive minutes'
fighting landed a twelve pound cod.
and there on Its tall was m.v tag "
"That reminds me of a similar ex­
perience off there.” said another man
"I caught one of those small cod. and
1 wanted to hang some sort of Identifi­
cation on It, but I couldn’t find any
thing In the copper tag line from one
end of the boat to the other. I did
Ind. however, a little tin whistle In
one cf my pockets, and. runulng a wire
through the tail of the fish. I hung on
the whistle and threw the cod back
Into Cm water.
“The following year I got a most pe­
culiar bite on my hook, and after pull
trg In the Hue I g-t the surprise of my
life. There wau the same little cod.
He h'dn't grown an Inch, but hare
■ng on hl< lull waa a long fog horu."—
Philadelphia Press.
«
A Bibulous Lord Mayor.
Had . Sharp"Turn That Took AH
th. Fun Out of It.
One day a pettier of
at a country house In New - £
„nd leaving his horse and ««,on a
the gate went to tbe door, wbtre
me gave.
rather pleasant
iX’^hlm H. totter what be
it
bad fXle and succeeded in *s£
iag Of half a dozen articles to ber.
Then she said that she bad not money
enough to buy more.
.... mni
“Well, ma'am." said the peddler,
tal e rags If you bave any "
• I have uone to sell." answered tbe
Any one with a love of queer names
should study tbe names of past lord
mayors of Ixindon. Besides oue or two
that are merely uncommon and did
not belong to men of any distinction,
such as Sir Richard Spaa, mayor in
1482, there are some that deserve no­
tice also for tbe sake of those wbo bon.
them. There was Sir John Brugges In
1520, whose ancestor fought at Agin­
court. when, curiously enough, the
name had the more modern form of
Brydges. There was Aiderman Mica-
Jah Perry In 1739. wbo laid the first
stone of tbe Mansion House, and Sir
Benjamin Hamet. who was fined il.000
In 1797 for refusing to act as mayor—
positively a cheap way of getting out
of it.
Tbe most appropriately uamed lord
mayor seems, however, to have been
the cheerful Sir Robert Viner, who en­
tertained Charles II. and drank the
king's health so often as to become un­
duly merry. The king tactfully sought
to retire, but Viner plucked him by
tbe sleeve and vowed he should “stay
nnd take the other bottle!" Charles
II., never at a loss, complied, murmur­
ing, "He that Is drunk is ns great as a
king."—St. James’ Gazette.
Libby
Prison Diarrhoea Re­
lieved.
Mr. Edward E. Henry, with th,
United Stat“* Express to, Chicago
write*. "Our General Supeunteii&M
Mr. Quick, handed me a buttle of <
berlalli’aUolio, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy some time ego to check an
attack of the "Id Libby Prison diarrhoea,
I have used it since that time and cured
many on our train* who have Is-en mck
I am an old soldier w ho ►erved with
Rutherford B. Hayes and William Me.
Kinley four year* in the 23rd Ohio
Regiment, and have no ailment «xerpt
Libby Prison diarrhoea, winch this
remedy slops at once." For sal, by ad
Druggists. ____________
There la more Catarrh in thia wetiou of th«
country than all other dieea.ci.put together
aud until the last few years was -uppoud to
be incurable Foe a «rest many years doctor«
Irrououuced it a local disease, and prescribed
ocal remedies, aud by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, proiroum ed il incurable
.Science has proven catarrh to Ire a eoattitg.
tionaldisease and therefore teuulrei coaiUla.
tional treatment. Hall s Catarrh Cure, mine-
tui-tared by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo,Ohio is
the only constitutional cure on the market U
is taken internally lu doses from io drop« to «
teaapoonful. "it acts directly cm the blood ud
mucous surfaces of the system They ofteroue
hundred dollars for any cane it fails to cure.
Bend for circulars and testlmoniale.
Address.
F J CHENHY ft CO. Toledo,0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Hall's ► amily Fills for constipation.
The peddler saw at least a dozen
The blarney stone takes its name
children, all small, about the house
from the village ol' Blarney. In County
and tiie yard, and he suddenly thought
Cork. Ireland, near which stand the
of a joke that he might play on tbe
ruins of the famous Blarney castle
woman.
, ...
dating back to the fifteenth century,
“You seem to have plenty of chil­
and the groves of Blarney, which en
dren." he sail. “Maybe you might sell
joy an equally wide reputation. A rlv
me one of them and take the pay in
vlet flowing through them bears the
tins re
some name. The name Blarney it
• What will you give?" said the wo
from the Irish “blalme." a little field,
man.
........
the Gaelic form being “blair" or “blar.
“I'll J Ive
said the man. all lu
a plain. The village Is four miles north
the lest tinware.“
"Well, sir.' said the woman, "it s a
west of Cork and has a few hundred
bargal: : take your pick of the lot.”
Awed by the Beau.
Inhabitants. In the groves of Blame..'
The peddler was surprised that his
When Beau Brummel the celebrated
stand, the ruined castle. In one tower
Joke
was
working
so
well,
but
he
kept
dandy, was. In consequence of bis
of which Is the world famous stone,
a very serious face, and, selecting a fallen fortunes, residing at Calais, he
Put Through His Paces.
tl.e kissing of which Is .-i-,,ate(l to
The wealthy Briton is coufessedl- very bright looking little fellow of had occasion to visit Paris. Through
sax 1111111] piuui^mu VUe
endow one wltjh .ne'glft of coaxing.
the most fastidious man living as to six years, be took blm up and put him the kindness.of the consul at the for­
nnd fluttering
is erecting a plant at
the quality of his personal domestic on the seat of the wagon and then mer place he was enabled to accom­
The true stone is declared to he one
PORTLAND, OREGON
service. The concentra ed energy with gave the woman $10 worth of such pany a king's messenger to the capital
I-J the castle wa'I. a few feet below
whir b an Englishman will rebuke his articles as she wanted.
for the manufacture of their
and thus travel free of expense. When
the summit of the tower. To reach
servant for an offense so slight that
world famous
Never doubting that tbe mothei the messenger returned, the consul was
r id osculate it It Is necessary for one
the average American fails to observe would repent of her bargain and give curious to know how be nnd bls aris­
PORTABLE WELL
t > be beld over the parapet by the
It bears out the above statement I him. to redeem the boy, $10 la money tocratic companion bad fraternized
DRILLING MACHINES
heels But so many persons traveling
Those who propose changing servants the minute she saw him starting off. upon the road. "What kind of a trav­
for water, oil, gas, etc., etc.
In the Emerald Isle desire to report
are not content with references and a he climbed up on the seat, touched up eling companion did you find Mr.
that they have kissed the real blarney
A moderate amount of
perfunctory interview with the man his horse and drove off. He drove Brummel?” asked he. "Oh, a very
rtone that one In the top of the wall
money will atart yon in
or maid under consideration, but In­ very slowly, however, for he expected pleasant one. Indeed, sir; very pleas­
11 held to be sufficiently near the real of it
sist upon a full dress rehearsal of both
a proStable busineaa.
tlilnq for the Action to be maintained
“You will pay the sum later. Tou manners and appearance. The serv­ every second to hear the woman call ant,” replied the messenger. "Ah! And
STAR PORTABLE
that It la the true stone with alt the will be advised when. You may wtth- ant tn livery Is put through all his him back, for bow could he think foi what did be say?” "Say. sir? Noth­
a moment that a mother would sell ing! lie slept the whole way.” “Slept
powers of the original. And even to draw.”
DRILLING MACHINES
paces, must display the size of his her child for a lot of tinware?
the whole way! Do you call that be­
aged and Infirm persons one near the
The American took his departure, calves, the haughtiness of his pose as
have been proved by
But she did uot call blm back, ing pleasant? Perhaps be suored!”
castle entrance Is declared to he the considerably surprised at so many for­
Competitive Tests to be
well as breeding In handling a card, much to his amazement, while, as for
original. On the true stone..near the malities In connection with a franc
The messenger acknowledged that
The Best In '1 he World.
announcing a guest or serving at the tbe boy. he was In high glee, for he
top of the tower, a half effaced tn- fine. A few days later he received a
Brummel did so, but Immediately, as
table.
Nothing
Is
taken
for
granted
For full particulars regard­
was going to have a drive, Presently If fearful of casting an Improper re­
ecrlptlon reads. "Cormack McCarthy stamped paper inviting him to pay.
ing well (trilling maihines,
The master and the mistress sit by the peddler, fearing that the Joke hid
Fortis Me Fieri Faclt. A. D. 1446
first of all, 1 franc, the amount of bls
flection upon so great a personage, he
tools, supplies, etc., write to
Of the blarney stone Father Prout, fine, plus 25 centimes, the amount of and discuss the points of groom or but­ been turned on him, drove back to the added, with great gravity. “Yet I can
ler
as
they
would
those
of
a
high
gate.
Lifting
the
disappointed
little
THE STAR DRILLIN6 MACHINE CO.
the Irish poet, declared that It was the the declmes, plus 11 francs 48 cen­
assure you. sir, Mr. Brummel snored
palladium of liberty for Erin, He de­ times. the amount of the costs, making priced horse or valuable dog. Domes­ follow down from the wagon, he went very much like a -gentleman!"—Argo
k
POKTLanD, OREQON,
tics
are
taken
with
great
seriousness
with him to the door, where he found naut
scribes the stone and relates a number In all a total of 12 francs 73 centimes.
AKKON. OHIO.
by
the
upper
class
Englishmen,
and
that the woman had Just finished ar­
of legends regarding It. one that It The American paid, but as be left the
for
that
reason
nothing
Is
left
to
luck
was brought to the Island by the police court he remarked:
ranging her new tins nicely on her
Ths Flight of a Great Nebula.
in peopling the servants' hall.
Phoenicians, who are reputed to have
shelves.
One of the most striking spectacles
"In America a law which forced a
colonized the region, and that it had citizen to pay 312 when be had only
“I think tbe boy will not do, after revealed by telescopes Is that of the
Wink at Some Things.
long been In the custody of tbeCartha been fined $1 would be considered a
all." said the peddler, aud you bad great nebula In Orlon. In the com­
“When you have mastered tbe gentle better take him back and let me have plexity of Its glowing streams, spirals
glnlans. who from It gained the rep hypocritical and dishonest law. And
iitation for Insincerity which I« trans we would not tolerate it long, you art of winking.” said Lord Beacons­ my tins.”
and strangely shaped masses, inter­
field. “you hold the key to success in
mltted in the phrase “Punic faith." bet!”—London Globe.
“No. sir!" cried the woman. “A bar- cepted by yawning black gaps and
your hands."
aud that before that tt belonged to the
g tin's a bargain, and you must stick sprinkled over with Btars arranged In
IN CAMP OR FIELOAT
Every one's personality Is made up to It!"
Syrians, who were credited with
»
suggestive groups and lines, it has few
MOUNTAIN OR SHO E
HE HAD TO PAY.
of trivial fallings and trivial talents.
speaking with double tongues after
"Why. ma'atn." said the man. "sure­ rivals In the heavens. The Impres­
There Is always ertince
Foster
the
good
qualities
In
your
kissing It. According to the story.
to enjoy camo ehooting
ly you wouldn't sell your little son for sion of astonishment made by the sight
Man
Half
a
Dollar
That
th.
Traveling
friends
and
subordinates
and
wink
at
some Carthaginian adventurers be
TO 8H00T WELL YOU MUST BE EJUIMl M3
a lot of tinware?"
of this nebula Is heightened by knowl­
Hated to Spend.
those fallings so dear to their possess
came enamored of the stone and ap­
A RELIABLE I IRE ARM: the only Ltd w d"
“Oil," answered tbe woman, "I have edge of Its enormous size. The entire
“
The
60
cents
I
hated
most
to
spend."
been meklng (or upwards effi tyysui'
ors.
Not
to
see
everything
Is
a
rule
propriated It. They set sail for Minor
no children, mister. The boys and girls solar system would appear as a tiny
said
the
traveling
man,
"went
to
tbe
which
will
strengthen
friendships
and
ca but. being overtaken by a storm,
Our
Lins: flFLE«, PISTOLS, tKOW,
you
see
here
are
pauper
children,
and
speck Iteslde It. Yet this tremendous
were driven into the harbor of Cork Canadian Pacific railroad. I don’t mind help you to get the best results from as you seem to be a good sort of man aggregation of nebulous clouds and
RIFLE Tr LESSORS. ETC.
paying
for
things
I
get.
but
this
par
­
your
fellow
workers.
Auk your Dealer, nnd iiafcist oo tM
nnd left the stoue In that vicinity un­
I'll
sell
you
as
many
of
’
em
as
you
starry
swarms
has
been
proved
by
the
ticular
expenditure
couldn't
be
In
“He Is no good." said the great Na
STEVENS. Where not *oW by 1>
til It was made use of in the construc­
researches of the astronomers of the
tallers, we »hip direct, expre« pg
poleon of one of his officers. “lie Is want for $10 apiece."
tion of the donjon tower of Blarney dorsed ‘for value received.’
The
peddler
stared
at
her
for
a
min
­
IJck
observatory
to
be
flying
away
pai<l,
upon receipt of Catniof pi**
"A number of us got Into 8t. John. continually looking Into tbe privates'
castle.
ute In speechless amazement, and then, from the earth and the sun at the rate
As to the origin of the belief In re­ N. B, one night Just In time to catch stew pot!"
“I want a mau wbo can keep bls eye turning suddenly toward his wagon, of eleven miles In every second. But
gnrd to the tina titles secured by klss- the night train for Boston. We got
aboard
only
to
learn
that
tbe
train
on
the ultimate result and Ignore little he drove away as fast as his horse so vast is Its distance that a hundred
stone.
Crofton
Croker
says
lng the
years reveal no visual effects of the
didn't
carry
a
diner.
Now.
a
long
fallings,
never mind how aggravating." could take him.
that In 1062. when the Spaniards were
But he left bls tins behind him.— great nebula's swift retreat. If It were
night
ride
without
dinner
Isn't
a
pleas
­
said
Nelson.
And General Gordon once
urging the Irish chieftains to harass
Tittsburg
Tress.
J. STEVENS A Hits 4 1OUL <<*
near by It would seem to become rap­
the English, the owuer of the castle. ant prospect, so we besieged the con remarked that the man who lost his
I». O. Box 4001
idly
smaller.
—
Chicago
Record
Herald.
ductor.
temper
because
a
private's
boot
lace
Cormack McDertnod McCarthy, who
Chicopee I' h II m ,
VE
Hi,
Modest
Request.
“
‘
Why
don
’
t
you
start
on
the
Mont
­
was
tied
loosely
on
the
day
of
a
battle
then occupied It. concluded an annls
Your
regular
"professional
”
tramp
real,
which
pulls
out
just
ahead
of
did
more
to
lose
tbe
day
than
all
the
What H, Did Know.
tlce with the lord president on condi­
has a sharp tongue and Is not slow to
Bt. Thomas' Episcopal church. In
tion of surrendering It to an English us?’ be said. Tt carries a diner, aud enemy’s guns.
use
it
when
occasion
arises.
Fifth avenue, has under Its Jurlsdlc-
garrison. But he put him off from we can pick you up at Frederlckton
A farmer's wife had curtly refused tlon an east side chapel, One of the
Th, Mysterious Gegenichien.
day to day with specious statements, Junction.'
“ 'No danger of your passing us? we
There is visible In the night sky. un- the usual request for a night's lodging features of tbe chapel 13 a gymnasium,
fair promises and false pretexts until
tn which boys are trained in
___ all of the
the lord president became the laugh asked, and he assured us that he der favorable circumstances a faint from a gentleman of this fraternity.
“Well. then, ma'am." said the tramp, branches of physical culture. -------
Ingstock of the ministers ot Queen couldn't very well, as there was only light, rounded In outline aud situated
Some
Dllzabeth. and the honeyed and delu­ one track. Bo we all piled out after always exactly opposite to the place "would you rolud if I slept In that big of tbe boys are quicker in this sort of
meadow
there
behind
your
bnrn?"
leaving
our
baggage
in
our
Pullman
of
the
sun.
It
Is
called
the
"gegen-
sive siteeehes of the lord of the castle
training than they are In tbe more
“No." said the woman In a magnani­ polite talk of the west side boys.
berths.
sebien" and is one of the most inex­
became known as mere ' blarney.
mous
toue.
"you
may
sleep
there
If
you
“
It
was
surely
a
fine
scheme
we
plicable
objects
known
to
astronomers.
The word found Its way Into lltera
The rector of St. Thomas’, the Rev,
tore In Ibe last century In the "Jour thought as we dined at our leisure In According to a scientist. It may be a like”
Dr. Stlres. visits the chapel frequent­
the
Montreal
train.
After
dinner
we
“
One
thing
more,
ma'am."
said
the
sort of cometary or meteoric satellite
nnl" of Caroline Fox. which appeared
ly aud Is fond of tatklng with tbe
In 1885. there Is this use of the word: sought tbe nearest smoking compart attending the earth. He supposes It tramp, "before 1 say good night Will lads about their work. He said to one
"Mme de Stael was regretting to Lord ment In a sleeping car and prepared to •o be composed of a cloud of meteors, you please have me called at 4 sharp? little fellow wbo balls from near tbe
Castlereagh that there was no word In wait in comfort for Frederlckton June situated about 1.000,000 miles from 1 want to catch the cattle train to East river:
the earth and revolving arouhd It In a market.”—San Francisco Chronicle.
the English language which answered tlon.
"Well, my son. they tell me you won
“Then along comes a much uniform l>eriod of just one year, so that tt^e
to their 'sentiment.' 'No.'. he said,
quite a victory in your last contest
Lacked Relish.
'there Is no English word, but the ed official and demands 60 cents each sun and the meteors are always on op­
with the boys of a rival school.”
A good many of the 8ac and Fox
Irish have one that corresponds exact for the privilege of eating s meal and posite sides of the earth He estimates
“I don't know 'bout that, but w'en
|y blarney'" Samuel L*ver wrote having a smoke aboard his train. We that the size of this ghostly satellite Indians do not talk much, nnd when we went up ag'ln dat bunch from St.
explained
carefully
that
we
belonged
may
be
nearly
the
same
as
that
of
the
they
are
In
a
store
and
see
something
"The blarney's so great a deceiver In
Pat's we put It all over 'em. and dey
one of his Irish novela. President on the other train, had given up the planet Jupiter—via, about S6.000 miles they want they pick It up and pay for ain't never peeped since.”—New York
price
for
Pullman
berths,
and.
further
In
diameter.
James Buchapan wrote. "The general
It. When Tom Hall was keeping a Sun.
hna yet to learn that m.v father's couu more, that we had been sent aboard
drug store an Indian woman entered
this
train
for
the
sole
purpoae
of
get
Court and Witness Agree.
tiyiusn <1 have ever felt proud of my
It and picked up a can of varnish and
Th, Ugliest Beast.
An amusing Incident o curred In oca paid for It. A few weeks later the
descent from an Irishman!. though ting our dinner. ‘Didn't tbe Canadian
Probably tbe ugliest beast In th?
of the New York courts the other day. same woman was tn again and Tom
they themselves do blarney others, are Pacific run both trains? we asked.
“But It was no use We had to pay." The lawyer for the defeuse was mak asked her If she wanted another can world Is a monkey, a grewsome look­
vet hard to I* blarneyed themselves'
Ing a very lengthy cross examination She said no. they couldn't eat the esn ing animal called tbe bearded saki.
Washington Irving In “The Traveler1, -Washington Post.
Thia Is so utterly grotesque a beast
of an old lady when he was interrupt­ she bad.—Stroud (Okla.i Messenger.
wrote. “So he blarney’d the landlord."
that It would scarcely be safe to let a
ed by the judge with the remark.
Bismarck’, Appetite.
James Russell Lowell In “The Fablr
child or nervous person see It The
Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, had "I think you have exhausted this wit­
For Critics" says:
A Golf Outrag*.
ngllness Is not of an amusing kind, but
The cast clothe, of Europa your atatea an enormous capacity for eating and neap.”
The Earl of Wemyss was on a Elfe
man,hlp trie,
drinking He once told a friend that
"Yea. Judge." she exclaimed, "1 do golf course on one occasion accompa of-sn evil, sinister nature The beast
has a sort of beard and a countenance
In the old blarney, and the largest number of oysters be ever
A ixt mumble,
feel very much exhausted."
uled by an old caddie His lordship got unlike anything else In shape and
lie.
ate was 1TB. He first ordered twenty
his
ball
on
one
occasion
so
near
the
lines. The monkey itself Is not partlc-
The name of the old time .-»«tie anti Ore; then, as they were very good,
Quick Chang,.
hole that to play It was. as It appeared
town ha, added s noun, a verb, an fifty more. and. consuming these, deter­
"Who." she asked, "la that scrawny, to him. superfluous. So he simply tip­ nlsrly savage, but Is so hideous that ifyori
want either«
Shuttleor
a Single Thrmdlf***
the natives of Its country. South Amer-
adjective aud a |>artl<lple to the Ian mined to eat nothing else and ordered bowlegged, ridiculous looking person
ped It In with the toe of his boot.
HOME SEWIHO HAM«*
Ics, say that no beast of prey, however TM HtW 8ewlng
gunge The moat tomp"ebenslre dell another hundred to the great amuse­ talking to Miss Ilockln. ham?"
The caddie revolted Inatanter. threw hungry, will tackle It Even a hungry
nltlon of the noun "blarney" Is "ex ment of those present. Bismarck was
Orange, Ma* .
"That Is Count Brls rpicksnltsel."
dowu the clutm and looked horrified. Jaguar will starve In a cageful of sakla.
ce-ingly complimentary language then twenty-six and had just returned
"Ob! What an aristocratic, noble Wuen he found words to speak It
Many
sewing
« «re
Quality,
but machine
the New
He*«'*"**
flattery; smooth, wheedling talk; pleas from England.
bearing he seems to hate now that to say. "i>——
— ' *
Our guaranty nerW J
Ing cajolery." As to the origin of the
be has shifted bls position so that the gowf!” “Hang It, me lord, gowFs
Mined a Chance.
®«i<| by authorised *•***
wont, one lexicographer qnotes Grote
“But, Tommy." said his mother, “you
light strikes him properlyf'-Chlcago
Classified.
FOB SALS W
us crediting the derivation of It from
asked for two cakes and I gave them
One-third of the fools tn thia country Record-Herald.
Satin
A
ehoe.
E. T. HALTON
the phrase "licking the blimey think they can boat the lawyer tn ex­
to you. Aren't you satisfied?“
Small Nellie read aloud from her
stone.” "applied to Incredible stories pounding the law, one half think they
"No. I ain't," growled Tommy. “You
Th, Cowslip.
Sunday school lesson ns follows: “And
told of climbing to a stone very dlfll can beat the doctor at healing the sick,
“I saw a cowslip by tbe river's the king of Nineveh covered himself was so easy I'm kickin' meself now
cult of access In a castle of that name two thirds of them think they can l>eat brim." said tbe long ha Ire. 1 boarder
'cause I didn't ask fur four."—Phila­
with sackcloth and sat In ashes."
I'.i the county of Cork. Ireland.” But the minister In preaching the gospel, wbo bad Just returned from a a troll
delphia Press.
This was a puzzler, and finally she
he added that Dr Jamieson derives It and all of them know that they can
"1 hope ‘twau't one of my cows."
(• >tn the French "bslwerne." "s lie; beat the editor In running the newspa said tbe practical fanner. "Did she said. “Mamma, what kind of ashes Is
Drive* to Drink.
satin ashes?" —Chicago News.
fr's vloua talk." and defines It “gross tee. London Tit Bits
slip clear tn?"
Artlst-My next picture at tbe acad­
flattery: unmeaning or vexations dis
emy will be entitled “Driven to Drink."
Fault Finding.
course (Low».“ But the word seems
•hamelsea.
A Surprise.
Nothing Is easier than fault finding His Friend—Ah. some powerful por­
to have outgrown thia restricted mean
Pereous belonging to the higher
TVben a womau calls her husband
trayal of baffled passion, 1 suppoee?
Ing since the latter part of the eight walks of life are to be seen promenad up by telephone without bls knowing No talent, no self denial, no brains, no Artist—Oh. no: Ife a horse approach­
eenth century Every Irishman south Ing In abort jackets and chimneypot who she Is. she Is always surprised to character to required to set up tn tbe ing a water trough!
of the l.lffey I, popularly supposed to hats without the slightest symptom of ore how politely be addresses her at grumbling bnstneoa. but those wbo are
moved by a genuine deelre to do good
have kissed the blarney stone, and It awkwardness or shame -London Tel first - Somerville Journal
No Haradity About IL
hav, little time for murmuring or com
I
moreover, he hnl had a dip In the lor and Cutter.
plaint.
Gerald—My father was an old salt
Shannon ho is repute^ to have the req
Since time Is not a parson we can
Geraldine—That's tunny. You ore a
ulalts amount of Impudence, or what
overtake when be ta rooe. let ns brnor
young fresh.
Most people who rob 1>ter to
the natives call "vlvll < or rage " New
him with mirth and cheerfulness of rani forget tbs last pt rt of tbs
York Tribune
heart while be la passing Goethe
tract
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