Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 27, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTNRNOON, A A A A A A A A A A A AN OFFICIAL PAPER---CITY OF BEMIDII A A A A A A A A A A A AN BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. CLYDE J. PRYOR | A. 0. RUTLEDGE Business Manager Managing Editor Tntered in the postofiice at Bemidit. Mink., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM Gave It Up. A friend of the writer recently made application for a public appointment in a small Scottish town, aud, thinking that his chances of success would be greater by a little judiclous canvass- Ing, he resolved to call upon a few of the town councilors, in whose hands the appointment lay. Of the civic dig- nitarles’ position In private life he knew nothing. Journeying to the town In question, he hired a cab at the rall- way station and requested the jehu ‘to take him to Councllor Blsset's, the treasurer. The councilor was found in his blacksmith’s shop shoeing a horse. “I'll see somebody of more impor- tance than this, anyhow,” said the can- didate to himself, and, turning to the driver, he said, “Drive me to Councilor Maitland's office.” The cabman thereupon drove him to the local joiner's shop. This was worse even than the smithy, and in despair he ejaculated: “Drive me to Councilor Gray’s.” “I am Councllor Gray, sir,” replied the cabman. The answer staggered the candidate. He quietly paid his fare and disap- peared, resolved to leave his fate in their hands without prejudicing them in any way in his favor. — Loudon Standard. When Life Was Little Valued. The 223 capital offenses which the old English law recognized as punish- able by death did not keep down crime, and with the abolition of the death penalty for all crimes but murder crime in England, as well as every- where else all over the world where the death penalty has been modified, lessened markedly, notes the Boston Traveler. Edmond Burke said that he could in his time obtain the assent of the house of commons to any bill that car- ried the death punishment. A man’s life was not very valuable in those strenuous days. If he scratch- ed his name on Westminster bridge, if he wore a wig or false mustache or any other disguise on a public road, if he cut down a young tree, if he stole property worth more than $1.25, if he had been transported for crime and re- turned a day ahead of the expiration of his term of punishment, if he wrote a threatening letter, if he stole a hide from a tanner’s, for any and all of these things and for 200 more than these he was hanged by the neck until he was dead. Loading Freight by Cards. “I don’t know whether the practice 18 still kept up in the far south, but I rememher how tickled I was at seeing the method used In loading goods into freight cars down in Mississippi some while ago,” sald a railroad man of St. Louls. “A lot of strapping black fellows will be on the job under the supervision of a white man, who will be issuing or- ders with great volubility. aboard the king of dlamonds; take this to the ace of hearts; load this on the ten of spades; this to the jack of clubs,’ and so on, and then you'll notice each one of the long line of freight cars has tacked on it some one of the fifty-two cards composing a full deck. The Sen- egamblan loafers for the most part were ignorant of letters and figures, but every man of them knew the paste- board emblems which he had often handled in games of seven up. That mnext to craps is the chief diversion of the colored sports of Dixie.”—Balti- more American. Cruel Spring. The talk in the village hostelry had been on the subject of vegetable freaks, but at length it veered round to goats. “Did ever you keep a goat, BIll?” inquired a gray whiskered gentleman in a corner seat. “Did I ever!” answered the little man addressed with rustic familiarity. “I bought one last Christmas what nearly brought me to the work'us. Eat anything, from tins o’ blackin’ to flatirons, that goat would. Lucky thing for me the spring killed it.” “I didn’t know the seasons affected goats,” observed the gray whiskered gentleman. “Who's talkin’ about seasons?” came the reply. “It was the spring of our alarm clock what 'e made a meal of one day as done it!"—London Express. Generally the Cas “I wish you would mention this to Jinks. It is highly fmportant.” “I'll mention it to him today.” “But how do you know you will see him today?” “I'm bound to bump into him. I owe him money.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press. No Mercy. Mistress—Sarah Jane, what has hap- pened? Sarah Jane—Oh, mum, I've fallen down the stairs and broken my neck! Mistress (firmly)—Well, what- . ever you've broken will be deducted from your wages.—Sydney (N. S. W.) Bulletin, He Could Not Will. “Can you lend me a fiver, old fel- low?” “Surely I can.” . “But will you?” “Ah, my will power has utterly de- serted me these days!”—Town Topics. Motoring. “Motoring is the very poetry of mo- tion.” “Except when you have a Smashup!"t “No; even then—it's blank verse!”— London Opinion. Two Enigmas. “Why don’t we see men like the nov- elists describe?” “I give it up. Why don’t we see girls like the illustrators draw ?”"—Louisville Courler-Journal. 3 ‘Put this - 8poiled Their Waltzing, In her memoirs Mme. de Bolgne glves some interesting glimpses of English social life. For instance, she writes: “In 1816 no young English lady ven- tured to waltz. The Duke of Devon- shire returned from a tour in Germauy and observed one evening at a large ball that a woman was never seen to better advantage than when waltzing. I do not know whether he was anx- fous to play a trick, but he repeated this assertion several gimes. It was passed from mouth to mouth, and at the next ball all the young ladies were waltzing. The duke admired them greatly, said that it was delightful and gave proper animation to a ball. He then added carelessly that he, at any rate, had decided never to marry a lady who waltzed. It was to the Duchess of Richmond and at Carlton House that he saw fit to make this revelation. The poor duchess, the most clumsy of matchmaking mammas, near- ly fell off her chair with horror. She repeated the statement to her neigh- bors, who passed it on, and consterna- tion spread from seat to seat. The young ladies continued to walts with clear consciences. The old ladies were furlous, but the unfortunate dance was concluded. Before the end of the even- ing the good Duchess of Richmond was able to announce that her daugh- ters felt an objection to waltzing which no persuasion of hers could ever overcome. Some few girls of more in- dependence continued to waltz, but the majority gave it up.” After the Honeymoon. “Pa,” inquired a small boy on the Oakland boat, “what’s a simoon?” “Huh!” grunted the man without looking from his paper. “Simoon’s sand storm on the dessert, dreaded by travelers.” “And, pa, what's a honeymoon?’ “Honeymoon’s rice storm on a train, enjoyed by travelers.” “Then a honeymoon’s something like & simoon, ain’t it, pa?” “Guess so. Keep quiet. Don’t ask 80 many fool questions. Look at the sea gulls.” “But ain’t they a good deal alike, pa ~~simoons and honeymoons?” “Ugh, huh, both full of hot air! Most honeymoons become simoons in a few years. When the honey’s geme the sigh’s left.” “Pa, were you ever on a honey- moon?” “Percy, iIf you don’t stop pestering me with questions I'll never bring you over to the city again.” “Well, ma said she had a honeymoon, and it was like a dream, and all the rest of it's been a nightmare.”—San Francisco Chronicle. Life Saving and Law. The Roumanians are as curious in some things as the Chinese. A girl who fell into the river and was swept down by the current finally seized a bush .on the bank and drew herself to shere. The owner of the land on which the bush grew immediately claimed a reward of 4 shillings because his bush was there and had saved her. Her father refused to pay, and there was a lawsuit. What the law has to decide is whether drowning people can make use of bushes on the bank with- out paying for the same or whether the assistance of the sald bush is worth a certain sum of money. In China if a person falls into the water no one must help him out, but at the same time a spectator can be im- prisoned for not advising the vietim to stay on dry land. The Navel Orange. For a product of nature a California navel orange as it graces the breakfast table or the push cart s about the most artificial thing In the world. It is also a very striking illustration of the fact that while beauty may be only skin deep it counts for a whole lot. To begin with, the navel orange of California is an exotic, reaching its present habitat after devious wander Ing. And, be it ever so sweet tasting, if its skin has had its beauty marred it scarcely ever gets farther than the orchard where it grew. Not only that, but even the most comely ones befors they are boxed and shipped are brush- ed by machinery and polished and otherwise fussed with to. give them a beauty which mere nature never would have provided.—Willlam R. Stewart in Technical World. £ Ignorance Not Blfss. “There i{s a certaln gnawing uncer tainty about calling on people who speak a different language from their servants,” remarked the woman who does. “You can never tell whether they are saying, ‘Make another cup of tea, Katle; I have company,’ or ‘She always drops in about tea time, con- found her! Pour some more hot water In the pot’ ”—New York Press. Saw For Himself. A man carrying a looking glass sald to a newsboy, “Come here andlook into this glass and you will gee a don- key.” E “How did you find that out?” retort- ed the boy.—London Express. Opposites Often Wed. “Miss, you are a hoiden. Nobody will ever care to marry a boisterous girl.” “Don’t worry, mother. I'll find some nice, girlsterous boy.”—Kansas City Journal. Externally. The Doctor—You - understand, don't you, that this is only to be used ex- ternally? The Patlent's Wife—Sure, sir, I allus makes him get out o’ bed: to drink It!'—London Scraps. * 4 It is better to hope and to work than %o grumble and quarrel and shirk.— WPaltimore American. Inquisitive. e “Tll send my boy to a boardin; school.” *“What for?” “Oh, he asks such questions. He wanted to know last night if a shoe maker could breathe his last.” There is nothing so true that the damps of error have not warped it— Tupper. If thou addest little to little and Qoest 80 often soon it will' become & great heap.—Heslod. A 2 S nin — The Wife of the Cat. Nasr-ed-din, the Persian shah, was an intensely superstitious man and be- lleved that his luck lay In bis beauti- ful black Persian cat, which was a re- markably handsome cat In a land where cats are nearly all handsome. The shah never allowed the black cat to be away from him, and it was given In charge of one of his wives, Amin Agdas, who was styled “the wife of the cat.” When the shah went on his long shooting expeditions, the Persian cat was put into a decorated basket and carried by a special attendant directly behind his master. Unluckily one day an accident occurred, and the black cat came to an untimely end. The shah was In despair at the loss .of his luck bringer, but the clever “wife of the cat” exerted her influence and brought her nephew under the shah’s notice. The lad was sharp enough to make the most of an accident (planned by his aunt) and save the shah's life, and the monarch was so pleased that he gave the boy the name of “the cherished of the soverelgn” and in- stalled the new luck bringer. Perilous Boating. On the west coast of Ireland, mear the mouth of the river Shannon, are several large sea caves which open Into each other. The visitor seems to be floating through a submarine palace of many halls whose roofs are either as green as grass in the sun or blood red. But the visitor needs a good guide and a good boatman, for the sea s insidious and the labyrinth of caves intricate. On one occasion, writes Au- brey de Vere in his “Recollections,” soon after a party had entered the boatman suddenly shouted, “Bend down your heads for your lives!” No one saw any danger, but the boatman felt the placid water insensi- bly rising and knew that the tide had turned. At last the visitors knew this, too, for it was not until the boat had ascended within a few inches of the roof that it began to descend. “Pull your best!” exclaimed the man at the helm. “If the second wave reaches us, we are lost!” But before the second wave reached the cave the boat had issued from its mouth. “To Eat Crow.” Although the use of the expression “to eat crow” in a metaphorical sense, meaning to eat one’s words, may well have dated from the time of Noah, when the bird was first looked upon as unclean and not fit to serve as food for man, it seems to have arisen from the old tale of the officer and the pri- vate. A soldier, having shot a tame crow belonging to one of his officers, was discovered by the owner with the bird in his hand. Seizing the private’s gun, the officer commanded him to eat the bird as a punishment. With the fire- arm pointed at his head, the soldier fell to, but no sooner had the officer laid aside the gun than the culprit grasped it and compelled his superior to join in the distasteful banquet. The private was court martialed the next day, and when he was asked by the examiners what had occurred he replied, “Nothing, except that Captain Blank and I dined together.”—Wash- ington Star. Collegce Chums. A rich and weil known citizen of an eastern city boasts of an extraordinary collection of books wherein the au- thors have inscribed their autographs. It is rumored that the envy and fre- quently the skepticism of his friends have been aroused by the flattering in- scriptions in question, and some cynics bave even gone so far as to hint of a similarity in handwriting throughout the collection. The citizen recently purchased a rare edition of Montaigne’s essays. One evening at dinner the costly volume was passed from hand to hand, and for a time the owner lost sight of it. ‘When, however, it did finally come back to him he was astonished to find on the fly leaf this inscription: “To John Blank, From His Old Friend and Classmate, Mike Mon- taigne.”—Harper's Weekly. Reading & “Don’t buy that pig,’ butcher hastily. “Why not?” asked the younger man. “Look at his tail,” was the reply. “See how loose it hangs, like the tail of a rat. That is a sign that the ani- mal is in bad health. “You can read a pig's condition by Its tall. The tighter it is curled the fitter is the pig. And when the tail hangs straight, as this one does, the pig ought to take to his bed and send for the veterinary.” — New Orleans Times-Democrat. ’s Tail. .said the older An Unmentioned Ancestor. Mr. B. i8 very proud of his ancient lineage and never lets slip an opportu- nity to boast of it. At a dinner where be had been unusually rampant on this subject a fellow guest quieted him by remarking: “If you climb much farther up your family tree you will come face to face with the monkey.”—Philadelphia Tn- quirer. Got the Cart Before the Horse. Rich Uncle John—Ah, is this one of your children? Agitated Mother—Yes, Uncle John, that’s our little Johnnie. Kiss your uncle, dear, and then go and wash your face.—Cleveland Plain Desler. 3 A Little Hint. 2 Mrs. Knicker—Henry, do you think a camel can pass through the eye of a needle? ~ Knicker—Dunno. Do you think the eye of a needle can pass through a button? . Men tire themselves In the pursuit of rest.—Sterne. g A Bad Cast. Mr. Lawhead—Why do you treat me 80 coldly? Why didn’t you answer the note I wrote you last- Thursday? Miss Brushley—8ir, I don't wish to have|2n anytking more to say_to you. You began your note by saying you “thought you would drop me a line.” I want you to understand that I'm not a fish. 5 Aspiration sees only one side of ev- PUT OUT OF THE HALL. Mayor of Omaha Creates Scene at Waterways Congress. 8loux Cfiy, Ia, Jan. 2.—Mayor James C. Dahlman of Omaha was led from the hall by the sergeant-at-arms of the waterways congress at its final session at the request of Governor Burke of North Dakota, who was act- ing chairman of the congress. The mayor rose in his seat to talk on the motion to adopt the report of the com- mittee on organization. His attitude was unsatisfactory: to several dele- rates, who declared Mayor Dahlman was out of order because he was try- Ing to inject politics into the congress. There were several cries of “put {bim out” and Chairman Burke finally called the sergeant-at-arms, who led the mayor from the hall. The mayor’s declaration that “You will have to go down to Washington and see Uncle Joe Cannon and Allison about that report” started the trouble. Unknown Schooner Ashore. Hull, Mass,, Jan. 2..—A vessel be- leved to be a three-masted schooner was discovered ashore in Black Rock channel on the Lowell island side. The weather is quite thick and it is not known how long the vessel has been in her present position. DON'T EXPERIMENT, You Will Make No Mistake if You Follow This Bemidji Citizen’s Advice. Never neglect your kidneys, 1f you have pain in the back, urinary disorders, dizziness and nervousness, it's time to act and no time to experiment. These are all symptoms ot kidney trouble and you should seek a remedy which is known to cure the kid- neys. Doan’s Kidney Pills is the rem- edy to use. No need to experi- ment. It has cured many stub- born cases in Bemidji. Follow the advice of a Bemidji citizen and be cured yourself. Mrs. G. E. Moyer, living at 510 Beltrami Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: “I have suffered from kid- ney trouble for a number of years. There was a dull pain in the small of my back the greater part of the time and I coften suffered from pains in the loins which made me very miserable. 1 have used a great many remedies but did not receive any relief until three years ago when Doan’s Kidney Pills were brought to my attention, I procured a btx at The Owl Drug Store. Inashort time I felt bet. ter, but a short time later had an- other attack, Doan’s Kidney Pills gave me just as satisfactory results as in the first instance. It gives ‘me pleasure to recommend them to others suffering from kid- ney trouble.” For sale by all dealers, *© Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States, Remember the name—Doan’s— and take no other, OFFIGIAL Office ot Uity Clerk. -— O%cll%froceedlnxs of City Council January cénnsel'l met at City Hall In regular meet- m, Ing at 8p. m. 7 alled to order by Chairman Gould, Present at roll call: Bowser, McOualg. Smart, Erickson, Washburn, Mayer, McTag- gert. Gould. Absent; Mot of taot mam, d and q. lutes of last meeting read and approved. The following audited bills were on motion and second allowed: Jerrard Plumbing Co., 5 per cent of 5,215, reserved on sewer contract.... 826077 Doran Bros., tinners’ jobs about 2 % T. city ens sewer records for 1907. 6.00 Report of water and light committee rec- ommend that water meters be installed as first intended and that at the end of three or six months when the readings of the meters are taken, the council can then adjust the meter rate so that no bardship will fall on ‘lany of the citizens of the city. Report ac- cepted and filed. RESOLUTION. Onmotion of Alderman Washburn, seconded by Alderman Smart, the following resolution was introduced: Resolved that the City of BemidJi construct a steel bridge over the Mississippi river at a point where the public highway crosses such river between Lake Irving and Lake Bemidjl in Section 16, Township 146, Range 33. Bel- trami Co, Minnesota, at 8 cost to exceed one elghth of one per cent of all the taxible prop- eriles of said city according to its last equal- ized valuation and not to exceed $7,0.0.00. and that one half of the cost of the construction of said bridge be paid out of the permanent improvcment fund of said city and that a petition be made and filed with the board of County Commissioners of Beltrami Count, Minnesota, as provided by section 4 of chap- tor 423 Laws of Minnesota for the year 1007, and be {t further resolved that the matter of constructing that said bridge be submitted to to the legal voters of sald city at the mext city eiection. to be held in said city on_Tues- day the 18th day of February 1%08, upon call of aye and nay votes, the following aldermen voted “aye” Bowser, McCuaig, Smart, Erick- son. Washburn, Mayer, McTaggart, Gould— ‘nays” none. 'AbsentBrinkman. Resolu- tion carried. Approved J. P. POGUE, Mayor. Attest THOMAS MALOY, Oity Clerk. o It was moved and seconded .that 2,000 cir- culars, to be dictated by the Oity Engineer, be printed and distributed by the City Clerk one week before election, explanatory of the bridge construction, ~Oarried..- Moved seconded that the following Dplaces and the following persons be desig- nated and appointed as Polling Places and Judges of election in thelr respective wards as follows; Ulb%elmmn Feb. 18, 1908, First Ward—Judges, . Mageau, J. J. Ellis, E. Secand Ward Judges. H. Balley, I. B. Olson, D. C. 8Smyth, at fire hall. s Third Ward Judges, P. M. Dicaire, Fred O'Leary, J. P. Omich, at Pogue’s warehouse. Fourth Ward, Jug , Fred Dudley, C. D. Whittle, C. Dalley, at C. M. Bacon’s bullding, d Stres “‘Carried". Moved and seconded the City Olerk pur- chase elght quilts, 3 single mattresses, 2 foot rugs for Firemen's room. ‘'Carried™ loved and seconded the matter of repair ot Oity Dock be referred to Ole? Eungineer to report next meetins. ‘Carried”. loved and seconded the mayor appoint H, Dellg as special policeman for 30 fis\ “Carried”. loved we adjourn. Adjourned. W. A. GOULD, Chairman. THOMAS MALOY, City Clerk. Judged by Their Cats. “No, ma'am,” said an Irish maid of much experience as she returned to a New York intelligence office the other day “I didn’'t engage with that fam- ly. I didn’t like the looks of thelir cat.” “Of their cnt!” repeated the owner of the office in amazement. “Why, Ka- tle, I'm sure they wouldn’t keep a cat that was in any way dangerous.” “Not dangerous, no, ma’am, but a restless, unhappy looking creature that didn’t speak well for the family,” re- plied the girl. “I always judge a fam- ily by their cat--if they have one. A sleek, comfortable pussy who comes up and rubs agailnst you means a quiet, good natured family and one that's not worrying about ways and means, but a nervous, unfriendly look- Ing cat reflects a household which s on the verge of nervous prostration or financial ruin or some other horrible trouble. “I've been living with families and studying their cats for twenty-five years, and I've pever known the sign to fall. A family that can’t make its cat happy is one to make any servant miserable.”—New York Press. Psychologically Explained. Mrs. Flaherty, who earns her living and maintains two clean little rooms In an uptown tenement by going out to do washing and day’s work, has been a widow for many years, and en- tertains a strong prejudice against marriage for any but the young. “’Tis all right at that time o’ life,” she maintains, “but not for old people with gray hairs. Then 'tis onsultable and the height o’ foolishness.” Holding these opinions as she does, it was a severe shock to Mrs. Flaherty to learn that one of her best customers, a widow of threescore and ten, was about to be married for the second tlme.: Almost tearfully she confided her sentiments to another patron. “Think of it! Her a-fixin’ all them fine clothes and takin’ as much pride In it as if she was to be a bride of twenty instead of an old woman that’ll never see seventy again! Why,” and her voice dropped to an awed whis- per, “at her time o’ life I believe ’tis the ravin’ o’ death is on the woman!” —New York Times. A Scotch Excuse. A canny Scot was brought before a magistrate on the charge of being drunk and disorderly. “What have you to say for yourself, sir?’ demanded the magistrate. “You look like a re- spectable man and ought to be asham- ed.to stand there.” “I am verra sorry, sir, but I cam’ up in bad company fra Glascow,” humbly replied the prisoner. “What sort of company?”’ “A lot of teetotalers!” was the. star- tling response. “Do you mean to say teetotalers are bad company?”’ thundered the magis- trate. “I think they are the best of company for such as you.” “Beggin’ yer pardon, sir,” answered the prisoner, “ye’re wrong; for I had a bottle of whusky an’ I had to drink it all myself!”—Reynolds’ Newspaper. Strong Soup. In the life of William Stokes, writ- ten by his son, it 1s told how Stokes was sent over to Dublin during the great famine to show the people how to make soup. Stokes asked a starving house. ~ He says: SONS OF GEORGE C. BOWDEN. Geo. C. Bowden, of Little Rock, Ark., has used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in his family for many years, and is seldom. withoutit in the «Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has proved a great relief to our boys in their throat and lung troubles. ~ A few doses of it will ward off a threatened attack of croup, and a bad cold is quickly cured by its use. I take pleasure in recommending it.” r and croups effected by this preparation, the fact that it can always be de- pendad upon, is pleasant to take and contains no opium, chloroform or other objectionable drug, has made it a favorite with the parents of young children. When you have a cough or cold, try it and see for yourself what i an excellent medicine it is. Price, 25 cents. Large size, 50 cents. - The prompt cures of colds beggar why she did not go and get some of the soup that was being freely distributed. “Soup, is it, your homor? Sure, it isn’t soup at all” “And what is it, then?” inquired Stokes. “It is nothin’, your honor, but & quart of water boiled down to a pint to make it sthrong!” This is the soup maigre which Ho garth caricatured in his picture of the French troops at Calais.— London Standard. Mixed Liquors Barred. Rory MacSnory was the village blacksmith and one of the most pow- erful Bingers in the choir of the kirk at Auchleucheries. To show off his voice to full advantage he would vary his style from bass to alto and from alto to treble in the same hymn. The minister had long observed that Rory’s methods were upsetting the gen- eral melody of the congregation’s sing- ing, and at length he resolved to bring the culprit to book. “Hymn 34, he announced, “and a’ thegither. And, Mr. MacSnory, If ye're tae sing tenor, sing tenor, or if ye're tae sing bass, sing bass, but we'll hae nae mair o' yer shandygaff!”—Dundee Agdvertiser. ‘The Reason. All sorts and conditions of men have excellent reasons for their position in life. Illustrated Bits tells of a tramp who had no illusions about the cause of his own condition: Mrs. Finehealth (at hotel entrance)— No. I have no money to spare for you. I do not see why an ablebodied man like you should go about begging. Lazy Tramp—I s’pose, mum, it's fer about the same reason that a healthy woman like you boards at a hotel, in- stead of keeping bhouse. Compliments A@er Death. There is a German proverb which says, “Man darf nur sterben um gelobt zu werden” (We need only die in order to get praised). This, we cannot help but admit, is fairly true in a general sense, and if we required any proof or confirmation the epitaphs in ceme- terfes, churchyards and churches ‘would readily furnish it. Indeed if we had no other testimony to go by than these pious inscriptions we might al- most fancy that men and women had arrived at such a state of perfection that they were little less than angels. Death, like time, is a great healer of ‘wounds, a great soother of passions, a great calmer of turbulent thoughts, a slayer of enmity, He Is the peace- maker par excellence, having caused the saying to gain general currency that we should say nothing of the dead but what is good. Among the laws of the “Twelve Tables,” compiled by the Decemviri, there was one which, in 'faet, forbade to speak injuriously of the dead. It is in exchange for this doubtless that we are always doubly anxious and ready to vilify the living. —Westminster Gazette. The Irish P 3 Btephen “Gwynn has sald some- where excellently that the Irish priest possesses the secret of Irish life. 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