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I LESSOR SPilSH
How Tourists In Mexico Wrestle
With the Language.
A QUEER RESTAURANT ORDER.
The Way an American Woman Shock
ed a Waiter With a Demand For a
Dieh That the Cook Would Not Pre
pa re.
“It’s no wonder that men who go
from the States down to Mexico on
business do not get along better,’’ said
a returned New Yorker. "They don’t
study Spanish as they should. In the
clubs half of the stock stories are
about these half educated Americans.
“It was In a restaurant where only
Spanish la spoken that n party of
American tourists assembled. There
were a woman and her two daughters
and, of course, the attendant and pa
tient papa with the wad.
” ‘Let me order,’ said the mater. *1
want to use my Spanish.’ And she pro
ceeded to pull out a handy book of
conversation. ‘Let me see,’ scanning
the menu; ‘we want oysters, I’m sure.
A small fry for each would be just the
thing.’
“Running her Augers through the
leaves, she found that ’chlqulta’ means
‘small’ and ‘frlta’ meana ‘fry.’ Perfect
ly simple. ‘Chlqulta frltas” would
mean ’small fries.’ She held up her
Augers to Indicate four and said com
placently to the expectant and polite
wftittrs
" ‘Chlqultas frltas.’
“The waiter’s eyes bulged out, and
his Latin politeness got a shock. ‘Oh,
no, senora,’ he cried as be backed
away; ‘no chlqultas frltas?
“ ‘Why not? returned the patron.
‘Don’t you have ’em?’ for In her sur
prise she had fallen back on her ver
nacular. Then she remembered her
role and consulted her book.
“Nothing doing. No end of gesticu
lations on the part of the waiter.
“'Nice country where one can’t get
fried oysters,’ piped the woman, and
she added, ‘I wonder why?’
“‘You can get ’em, ma’am,’ said a
man’s raucous voice at an adjoining
table. He continued: ‘You ordered
fried babies, and they don’t serve ’em
in this, part of the republic. The
word “chlqultas” means babies, a
term of endearment, but you’re all O.
K. as to the frltas. If you had asked
for “ostras ” the order would
have gone th: b all right’
"And she red ’em, though she
looked dag# .t the stranger, who
was a New er and had lived In
Mexico for twenty years.
“It was the same sort of woman,"
continued the •traveler, “who tried to
air her Spanish by asking the amount
of her bill after ahe had taken her
dinner In a restaurant in the City of
Mexico. With a bland smile ahe ad
dressed the head waiter with ‘Como
mucho? Intending to ask how much.
“Now, the word ’como’ not only
means ‘how,’ but also T eat,’ so that
the woman had remarked to the wait
er, *1 eat a good deal.' This was as
much as to say that tho dinner was so
good that ahe had eaten all or more
than ahe ought In fact it was a
compliment and such a compliment as
is highly appreciated In any Latin
country. _
“With a deep bow the servitor ex
pressed his delight that his bumble
viands should have found approbation
In the sight of the most excellent
senora. It was expressed In the
choice phrases that so readily lend
themselves on such occasions through
the Castilian tongue.
“But my lady didn't understand a
word of the lingo. She meant busi
ness, and she repeated In a louder
tone: *Gomo mucho? Como muchoV
She was sure of her correct Spanish,
but somehow she couldn't get the wait
er to do anything bat bow and scrape
and smile.
“The pnssle was solved when the
proprietor, hearing the excited voices,
entered and learned that the lady
merely wanted to pay her bill. Had
the known that not 'Como mucho?'
but ‘Quo es la cuenta?’ (‘What la the
account?*) la the correct expression she
would have been saved trouble and
mortification.
“Time and again United States con
suls have set forth in federal publica
tions the advantages of p real knowl
edge of Spanish to the business man
» The need la growing more emphatic
with every day, as our relations in
trade are growing with Mexico dally.
But I guess that federal publications
0 don’t hit the people at large as a gen
eral rale.
“One of the easiest ways to learn a
foreign language Is to read good nov
els In that tongue. Yon get so Inters
ested In the story that yon Just have tq
go on to the end to learn whether the
hero and heroine come out all right
“Students of Spanish don’t adopt
that method In New York, t guess, for
you can’t find any Spanish novels on
the secondhand bookstore tables up
or dawn or across the city. The only
specimens I have found have been
Spanish novels translated from the
French novels. It Is strange, too, for
there are many excellent novels nowa
days by Spanish writers.
“Of course an Instructor Is needed
to qftibln the correct pronunciation, but
on itattng Mexico with a good, ready
knowledge of the language yon can
soon gcaulre the needed pronunciation.
In fact, you' have to do It In ordgr to
get along.”—New York Sun.
4qy coward cap fight a battle when
bale sure of winging, but give me the
man who has plupk to fight when he’s
sure of losing.—George Eliot
HIS MISTAKE.
It Was Costly, but Cured Him of an
Irritating Habit.
Bunsen was always a great bidder.
He isn't any more.
Bunsen is a lawyer, although, of
course, he is known by a different
name. Don’t ever get the Idea, though,
that this didn’t really happen Just be
cause Bunsen’s real nomination isn’t
mentioned.
As we were saying, Bunsen used to
be pretty much of a bidder. He would
even kid his own patient little wife.
Those who care to read on down a
little farther will learn why be ceased
to be a kldder.
One evening last week when Bunsen
got home his wife bad a new hat to
show him. It was some hat. Any
body could have seen that it was the
final phrase in female headgear.
But Bunsen started In to make fun
of it. He said it looked as if it hud
been trimmed by a cross eyed milliner
on an empty stomach. And he made a
lot of other disparaging remnrks that
were extremely harassing to poor Mrs.
Bunsen.
“D’je buy it sight unseen?” he In
quired. “Say, how much do they pay
the girl that sold you that? She ought
to have a raise. Any girl who could
put that one over a customer must be
something of a smooth saleslady, I’m
here to remark.”
Mrs. Bunsen was almost in tears.
Bunsen had to go into the other room
to have a quiet laugh at her expense.
Oh, he was the great kldder, all right.
The next day, though, be had forgot
ten all about the hat.
The day after that he was reminded
of his little Jokefest Mrs. Bunsen
handed him a slip of paper when he
came home to get his victuals that
evening. It was a bill for retrlmmlng
that hat; $18.34 It came to.
Bunsen paid It without a murmur
and said the revised edition of the hat
was Just exactly right. He isn’t mak
ing fun of hats any more.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
NOTED ANAGRAMS.
Ingenious Transmutation of Name* of
Well Known Persons.
Anagrams that transmute the names
of well known men and women are
often startlingly appropriate. What
could be better in this way than these
announcements, evolved from two
great statesmen’s names when the
reins of power changed hands: Glad
stone, “G leads not!” Disraeli, "I lead,
slrl” Quite as happy is the comment
on the devoted nursing of Florence
Nightingale, whose name yields “Flit
on, cheering angel.” Among those that
are most often quoted we may men
tion HOratio Nelson, “Honor est a
Nllo;” Charles James Stuart, “Claims
Arthur’s seat;” Pilate’s question,
“Quid est verltas?” ("What is truth?”),
answered by “Est vlr qul adest” (“It
Is the man here present”); Swedish
nightingale, “Sing high, sweet Linda;”
David Livingstone, “I). V., go and visit
Nile;” the Marqnlss of Rlpon (who re
signed the grand mastership of Free
masons when be became a Romanist),
"R. I. P., quoth Freemasons;” Charles,
prince of Wales, “A11 France calls.
Oh, helpl” Sir Roger Charles Doughty
Tlchborne, baronet, “Yon horrid butch
er Orton, biggest rascal here,’’ and
many shorter specimens, such as tele
graph, “great help;’’ astronomers, “no
more stars” and “moon starers;” one
hug, “enough;” editors, “so tired;”
tournament, "to run at men;’’ peniten
tiary, “nay, I repent;” old England,
“golden land;’’ revolution, "to love
ruin;” fashionable, “one-half bias;”
lawyers, “sly ware;” midshipman,
“mind his map;” poorhonse, “Oh, sour
hope;” Presbyterian, “best in prayer;’’
sweetheart, "there we sat;” matrimo
ny, “into my arm.”—Chambers* Jour
nal.
Air and Water “Cures.”
It la a remarkable tact that, aa with
various natural so called “mineral wa
ters" so with varlons “airs" which
people find beneficial, no one has yet
clearly and decisively shown, In the
first place, whether they exert any
chemical effect of a special kind on
the people who seem to benefit by
drinking the one or breathing the oth
er. Still less has any one shown what
Is the particular chemical Ingredient
of the air or of the water of any given
resort which exerts the beneficial ef
fect attributed to that air or that wa
ter.—Sir E. Ray Lankester In Loudon
Telegraph. 4
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A Habit He Won’t Csnt.-ae*.
A man who signs himself “A Son of
Rest" sends us the following:
“Several people have asked me why
I never work. 1 take this means of
replying to all.
“The habit of working Is like a habit
of taking dope. If a man is a dope
fiend and stops It he dies. Now, if a
man gets the habit of working and
then stops It he starves to death. Same
thing. I shall never contract such a
habit”—Cleveland Leader.
Moral of the Garden.
Nothing teaches patience like a gar
den. ¥ou may go round and watch
the opening bud from day to day, but
it takes its own time, and you cannot
urge It on faster than it will If forc
ed it is only torn to pieces. All the
best results of a garden, like those of
life, are slowly but regularly pro
gressive.—Exchange.
Experience.
“Experience would be a wonderful
asset but for one thing.”
“What’s that?"
“Ton never can sell It for what It
cost you.”—Cleveland Leader.
One day Is worth two tomorrows.
Have you something to do tomorrow ?
Do It today.—B. Franklin.
litem* from the country are solicited for
this department. Mali or send them in as
early In tko week a« possible: Items received
later than Wednesday can not b e used at all
and It Is preferred that they be In not later
than Tuesday. Always send your Dame with
Items, that we may know who they are from
Name of sender not for publication. See that
your writing Is legible, especially names and
places, leaving plenty of space between tbe
lines for correction. Be careful that'what
you tell about actually occurred.!
Phoenix.
Edith Syfle and daughter and Lena
Damero spent a few days with their
mother in Atkinson last week.
Otto Damero and wife came out
from town Saturday to visit rela
Ives here. -v
Isabel McKathnie returned home
ast week from a stay of several
veeks with her mother ifi town.
Mr. Parshall, accompanied by Miss
Jatewood, went to Butte Saturdaj
Doming and came home in the snow
uorrn thit afternoon.
Hugh O’Neill, wife and children of
\nncar, Bert Andersoo, krs. F
lolburn and Ralph and Friend Keeler
uid wife spent a pleasant day ai
lay Colburn’s a week ago Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Stockwell of Butte
re visiting their daughter, Mrs
lay Colburn and family at present.
Laura Stein of Meek, began a term
•f school in Dist. 40 last Tuesday.
Sam Anderson and Leonora Par
,hall spent Sunday at Ben McKath
ule’s. <:
Mrs Flora Coburn stayed with her
laughter Jessie Thursday night.
Bert Anderson returned to his
tome in North Dakota last week
if ter spending the summer here.
Mr, and Mrs Wearne were at
Butte Saturday.
Henry Bartels returned from a
two week’s stay In Boyd county and
is working at tbe Kirkland ranch.
Kola Items.'
Mr. John Kennedy, of Kola, and
Miss Anna Dufflji, of Carson, were
married at Burwtil last week. A
few days after the young couple came
nomo the neighbors and friends
gathered at the home of the groom,
where they were made welcome and
;iad a good time until the wee small
hours In the morning, when every
one voted Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy
ro,al entertainers. We all went home
wishing this worthy couple a long
life and happiness,
Jacob Pfund, Jr. ca&e h&me Tuesday
rrom O’Neill" where he has been
husking corn for Mr. Doyle and Mr.
Calkins for a month and a half.
Msss Louise came with him to go on
her homestead.
Kola school district No. 245 began
school last Monday with George Hol
comb teacher.
Master Roy McPharilD, who has been
out here taking care of his father’s
homestead, .eiiior O’JNeni last Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. P- J- Kennedy
were visiting in Amelia last Satur
day.
Mrs. Orabbs, Mis. Howarth and
babies passed through Kuia Us„ Tues
day.
MINOR MENTION
Wanted-Girl for general house
work. Good wages. Enquire of Mrs.
Arthur Ryan. \ 25-2
The W. 0. T. U. will meet at the
home of Mrs. W. E. McRobert, Dec.
16 at 1:30 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thomas went to
Omaha Tuesday to spend a week
visiting friends and attend the great
Corn Show. _
All members of O’Neill lodge No.
153, A. O. U. W. are requested to
meet at the hall next Tuesday eve
ning, December 15. Important busi
ness to transact ^-L. G. Gillespie,
Recorder.
Supervisors 0. D. Keyes, J A.
Golden and J. L. Roll, as a com
mittee selected by the Holt county
board or supervisors, left Monday
morning for Hastings, Nebr., to at
tend a meeting of the State Super
visors’ association. Before their re
turn they will visit Lincoln to pro
cure prices on oak bridge timber, and
also to ascertain upon what terms
this lumber is sold ,to counties by lum
ber dealers.
The Hon. Arthur Francis Mullen
has 'finally succeeded in landing a
piece of pie, in the shape of the ap
pointment as chief, oil inspector which
pays the Jmunlficent salary of $2,000
per annum. During the twelve years
that have elapsed since Arthur has
attained his majority he has held
public office ten of them and haskind
of got into the office-holding habit.
The salary of the new office Is about
twice that he has received heretofore
as a public official, but how any
lawyer, who has any kind of a practice
can afford to cast it aside for a paltry
$2,000 job, outside his profession, Is
beyond our ken. But he has agreed
to accept the place, probably for the
authority connected therewith.
Chamberlain’s MM
Never fails. Bov it now. It may save life.
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Word was received in O’Neill yes
terday that Will Adams, for many
years a resident of this city, died in
southern Texas on December 3, and
was buried at Pecos, Texas, on De
cember 5. Mr Adams was about 40
years of age and had many friends in
O’Neill who will regret to hear of his
untimely death.
W. L. Shoemaker and Miss Marie
Anna Yantzl were united in marriage
at 7:30 last evening at the Presby
terian parsonage, by Rev. Huilborst.
The groom is one of O’Neill’s young
est business men who has made
many friends during his residence in
this city. The bride is the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Yan
tzl, pioneer residents of this county,
and is a yotfbg lady who possesses
many charming traits of character
and numbers her friends by the score
The Frontier joins the young couple's
many friends in wishing them hap
piness and prosperity.
County Attorney E. H. Whelan and
wife returned Tuesday evening after
a ten days’ yisib with relatives and
friends In Omaha^ Mr. Whelan was
an Interesting spectator at the trial
f the Omaha banker, Davis, who Is
charged with having murdered Dr.
Rustin of Omaha last September.
Ed says he was not present from idle
curiosity, but from a desire to listen
to the able arguments and cross
questioning of the learned counsel on
both sides. The case has attracted
more attention than any criminal
case tried in Douglas county for years,
the court room being packed to its
capacity each session.
Last week while in the city of
Omaha we were introduced to one of
Nepraska’s most prominent demo
crats by a democrttic editor living in
the eastern part of the state. After
sizing us up the aforesaid p. d. says?
“Well Cronin, what job do you want?”
We assured the gentleman that we
were not after any political position.
“What,” he astonishingly exclaimed,
“you are not hunting for a piece of
the pie, well, you are the first demo
crat that I have met the past
month from O’Neill who was not look
ing for office; let’s take something,”
and a smile of relief or joy o’er spread
his classic features. After having ig
nited a perfeoto and the p. d. doing
likewise we assured him that we were
not a member of the democratic party
and therefore possibly his joy was un
founded. “Ah,” he sadly remarked,
“I might have known there was some
impediment for in that beautiful city
all are statesmen and patriots willing
to serve their oountry ”
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