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Parts Is still patiently waiting for
Simon Sam to unpack his $10,000,000.
Probably it was remorse that drove
the author of "Goo-Goo Eyes" to
drink.
A nation that becomes drunk with
prosperity is sure to wake up with a
headache.
Probably you think you know what
perityphlitis is, but do you know how
to pronounce it?
It is a fortunate reformer whose
promises are not followed by a heavy
crftp of apologies.
The crown of Great Britain is like
King Edward's vermiform appendage
—in a detached state.
A pickle trust with $30,000,000 capi
tal has been formed. This is one of
the sourest doses of all.
It will be by no means an insignifi
cant accomplishment for the king to
disappoint the superstitious.
Will the yachting experts kindly no
tice that it was an American boat that
won in European waters also?
Kipling has rescinded his gift of a
drill hall to Rottingdean. Perhaps the
villagers were using it for ping-pong.
The combination of a Kansas farm
er, a shotgun and a harvest field ap
pears to have solved the tramp ques
tion.
Mary MacLane is going direct from
Butte to Boston. Is this from the
sublime to the ridiculous or vice
versa?
The postponement of the corona
tion was a great blow to the peeresses
who had provided themselves with
new gowns.
The automobiles in the Kansas
wheat district cannot pass each other
in the lanes on account of the mow
ing machines.
A New York merchant advertises
“real pseudo panama hats.” The ca
pabilities of the language continue to
be immeasurable.
No matter what the scofTers say. the
fact remains that the girl graduate is
as clever as she is pretty, which is
saying a good deal.
It is not difficult to trace the origin
of King Edward's ailment. He was
a member of twenty clubs, most of
which had men cooks.
The first winner at the interna
tional yacht races at Kiel was the
Uncle Sam. There’s something in a
name now and then.
Richard Harding Davis says the
Spanish empire is not tottering. King
Alfonso’s legs must be a good deal
stronger than they look.
We are not likely loon to forget
that King Edward remembered the
poor of London even while the sur
geon's knife placed his crown in the
balance.
Patrick F. Sheedy has gone abroad
to form a company to engage in the
mining of emeralds. He cannot break
himself of the habit of working with
green things.
i _
That Cincinnati woman who is urg
ing her sisters to adopt a reform
dress that costs $1.25 is in a fair
way to become very popular with the
sterner sex.
An Englishman traveling in Siberia
was astonished to find that “all Ir
kutsk should have gone out of town
for the summer just as if it were New
York or Naples."
Now that a learned Judge of Jersey
City has defined the making of goo
goo eyes as an attention without in
tentions the world can go on with a
new sense of security.
The Chicago milkman who dis
proved the charge that he sold poor
milk by exhibiting in court half a doz
en fat babies fed from his dairy prod
uct knew the value of circumstantial
evidence.
The New York state minister who
sued for a $t> funeral sermon fee and
proved that his effort was worth $5
must have put on the pedal when he
used the adjectives descriptive of a
deserving life.
Frankfort, Kentucky, is somewhat
alarmed over the wonderful prepon
derance of female babies there. This
Is the first intimation ever given that
such a thing as too many Kentucky
girls could be possible.
Is it not a trifle late to worry over
tte religion of George Washington?
George was a rather useful and re
spectable citizen, and the chances are
that he has been well taken care of.
The pessimist who reads of that
stabbing affray between two of our
schoolgirls may be pardoned for ex
claiming, "Whither are we drifting?"
They say it was overwork that made
King Edward sick, but he may have
had a look at Alfred Austin’s ode be
fore it was giver out for publication.
SHOULD RECALL 1892
THE FOLLY OF ENC<T»URAGITG
TARIFF REVISION.
Republicans Warned Against Playing
Into the Hands of Their Adversa
ries by Tinkering the Tariff Under
the Pretext of “Hitting the Monopo
lies.”
For forty years the free trade ques
tion has been the main hope of the
democracy. The great campaign of
1892 was won on the tariff or free
trade issue, under conditions much
resembling those of the present time,
it will be recalled that the country
was in a condition of prosperity in
1892 that up to that time had not been
equaled. The country is in a greater
?ondition of prosperity at the present
time. Some people are seemingly
anxious to make some sort of tarifT
revolution. As in 1892 all are doing
well, but there are jealousies arising
between various interests, each seem
ingly willing to take its chances of
self-destruction by attempting to des
troy somebody else.
In Iowa, men are anchoring them
selves on present prosperity to de
mand a change in the schedules that
have brought this prosperity. The
proposition is made in the interest of
tariff reform, as it was made in 1892
for the purpose of “hitting the mon
opolies.” In 1892 the blow was aim
ed at Carnegie. In 1902 it is aimed at
Pierpont Morgan. It did not hit Car
negie in 1892, but hit nearly everybody
else. It may not hit Morgan in 1902,
but it may hit nearly every one else.
Some of the man in Iowa who have
made hundreds of thousands of dol
lars in increased values of real estate
are the chief agitators for the present
disturbance of the tariff. They think
everything is so securely established
that congress could go pell mell into
the tariff question without hurting
anything or anybody. There is dan
ger to the country and to the Repub
lican party in this agitation which,
seemingly, has its home in Iowa. Re
publicans are every day heard rav
ing against the tariff, just as they did
in 1892, when people scarcely had
time to add up their profits.
It is a cute piece of politics that
the Democrats or tiugwumps are
playing in Iowa, rock-ribbed Repub
lican state as she is. If a “tariff re
form" plank can be put into the Re
publican platform of Iowa it will be
a greater victory for mugwumpism.
Iowa has the speaker of the house,
the leader of the senate, and two
members of the cabinet. A voice
THE WRONG MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
from Iowa would sourd like the voice
of authority coming directly from the
administration. The Republicans of
Iowa might well stop and think and
also analyze the source from which
emanates the attempt to put a tariff
reform plank into the Iowa Republican
platform, a plank that might be
measurably right in itself, but one
that would be construed as a letting
down of old time principles and be re
garded awr.y from home as giving aid
I and comfort to the enemy.
Remember the ides of ’92.—Des
| Moines Capital.
Who Would Benefit?
A few days ago a statement was
made to the senate committee by a
gentleman who had investigated con
ditions in Cuba that a large number
of sugar plantations in the island are
owned by Americans. It is highly
probable that officials of the Sugar
trust are among these owners, in fact
constitute a majority of them. The
president of the trust has admitted
that he invested in Cuban sugar lands
and it is altogether likely that others
in the trust have done so. These men
would get a share of the $8,000,000
which Mr. McCall says the 20 per cent
tariff reduction would give Cuba. That
all of it would not go to the island is
absolutely certain. We think there is
no doubt that the sugar crop of Cuba
is very largely controlled by the trust
and that the corporation has put it
self in position to practically control
In the future the Cuban sugar Indus
try. In regard to the island’s other
staple product, tobacco, there has Just
been Incorporated In New Jersey a
$35,000,000 company to take over sev
eral Important tobacco interests in
Cuba. The new company is organ
ized in the Interest of the Consolidated
Tobacco company, commonly known
as the trust, which now controls most
of the tobacco manufacturing business
of the United States and is preparing
to control a large part of the Cuban
lobacco Industry.
It Is perfectly evident that Cuba Is
to be sxploited by the Sugar and To
bacco trusts, and It 1s these which
will chiefly profit from any tariff con
cession on Cuban products. The peo
ple of Cuba would be benefited very
little, if at all, by the proposed 20 per
cent reduction.—Omaha Bee.
Beet Sugar.
There was a period when the pro
duction of beet sugar in this country
received the warmest attention of
protectionists. Through the Dingley
tariff beet sugar received an impetus
that has rooted beet sugar factories
in a number of states and enhanced
the production to such an extent that
in large stretches of territory the
Sugar trust has cut the price of its
sugar below cost, that thereby it may
force the beet made sugar out of the
market. It is claimed that in the
last reduction made by the trust to
three and a half cents a pound for
granulated sugar at Missouri river
points, the price named was below
the cost of raw sugar on the Atlantic
coast.
It is intimated if the plans of the
trust succeed in forcing the beet sugar
factories of Nebraska, Kansas and
other western points and the Pacific
coast out of joint, it will then turn
its attention to the eastwards and
give the people cheaper sugar for a
period so that the beet sugar factories
of Michigan and some other beet sec
tions will be forced to lay down. But
it is a singular thing that protection
ists who originally contended for a
good tariff rate upon sugar to protect
American industries should now be
found attacking the beet sugar inter
ests. If one American industry is
worthy of protection, so are every one
of the others. Protection cannot be
twisted around to convey the idea that
beet sugar people are monopolists, for
most surely if the growing industry of
beet sugar is fostered monopoly, what
are all the other industries built up
in this country through the operations
of protective tariffs?—Racine (Wis.)
Journal.
Coming to Their Senses.
The Republican majority in Con
gress is beginning to come to its
senses, and shows a disposition tc
listen to those who advocate the let
ting of well enough alone. For a while
past men posing as protectionists have
been doing all in their power to eon
tribute to the gratification of those
anxious to strike down the Dinglej
act, but as the closing days of the ses
sion approach they are growing more
considerate of the platform upon
which they were elected. The pros
pect of meeting their constituents face
to face has a great (leal to do wltl
their accession of reasonableness.—
San Francisco Chronicle.
Tariff and Trust Issue.
In respect to a revival of the tarifi
Issue it may be assumed that th«
American people know a good thinf
when they have it in hand. Thej
will not soon forget the paralysis o.
American industries caused by the
tariff the Democrats formulated whei
they last had the opportunity. It re
quired some years, even after thf
Cleveland-Wilson tariff was abolished
for the country's industries to ralij
from its blighting effects. But gradu
ally, under the revivifying influence
of a Republican tariff, normal condi
tlons were restored, and as a conse
quence we to-day see the era of great
est prosperity ever enjoyed by th«
American people. It is equivalent t<
an intimation that the people have
"gone daft” to assume that thej
would be willing to exchange presen
tariff conditions for the paralyzing
system that wrought disaster before
So far as the trust issue is con
cerned, it would be a lucky though'
but for one fundamental drawback
That issue was promptly pre-emptec
by the Republican party at a timt
when the Democrats spurned it. Th«
anti trust measure, known as th*
Sherman act, was passed by a Repub
lican congress, wa3 totally ignored bj
a subsequent Democratic administra
tion, and now it 1b being vigorouslj
enforced by the Roosevelt administra
tion.—Los Angeles Herald.
That Generous Trust.
The Sugar trust doesn't see how i
can be Justly accused of a selfish in
terest in the bill to lower the tari*
on Cuban sugar, as it owns only a lit
tie over 99 per cent of the sugar.—
Salt Lake City Tribune.
Men and roosters sometimes lost
their heads by crowing too soon.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON IV. JULY 27; EXODUS
32:1-6, 30-35—THE GOLDEN CALr.
Golden Text—"Thou Shalt Have No
Other Gods Before Me"—Exodus
20:3—Subject: A Lesson in Obedi
ence—Trust and Duty.
The first lesson In the wilderness train
ing school was trust; the second, duty.
It was necessary that after the giving of
the Law should come a lesson In obedi
ence. and that Is what we study to-day.
The people had ratified the covenant,
crying with one voice. "We will be obe
dient." They had entered Into the most
binding of all relations, the "blood cove
nant." Then Moses was called up higher
Into the mount, to receive instructions
concerning the Tabernacle and other sa
cred matters, and for forty days the peo
ple lost sight of their leader. Then came
the great disobedience.
I. The Causes of Disobe-dience.—V. 1.
There were two causes of the Israelites
sin. The first was the prolonged absence
of Moses. 1. "And when the people saw
that Moses delayed to come down out of
the mount." It was an absence of forty
days (Ex. 24:18), on the most important
of all errands, communion with God.
God often tests our faith by compelling
us to wait. And how we rebel! We
want our prayers answered at once.
God’s providences are waiting for us on
the mount, but we impatiently make our
own stupid, calf-like providences on tho
plain. We fall Into dlsohedlence, just at
the Hebrews did, because we will not
trustfully bide God's tli%e.
The second cause of disobedience was
the people’s longing for Idolatry, which
Moses' absence gave them a chance to
gratify. We are told (Josh. 24:14; Ezek.
20:8) that the Israelites, during their long
stay In Egypt, “the very metropolis of
the world’s Idolatry.” had become in
fected with that sin.
Such were the true causes of the Great
Disobedience.—Impatience and faithless
discouragement at Moses- absence, and a
longing after the easy religion and base
ceremonies of idolatry. The people, how
ever. were ashamed to own the real
causes, so they spoke as follows: "Here
is this Moses, who has already got himself
lost; how shall he guide two millions of
people?” If you want to sin, the silliest
excuse will satisfy you.
II. The Great Disobedience.—Vs. 2-6. 2.
"And Aaron said unto them. Break off
the golden earrings which are In the
ears of your wives, or your sons and
bring them unto me.” Possibly (Chad
wick) "Aaron thought to save them from
breaking the first commandment by join
ing them in a breach of the second." Or,
very likely, he expected to thwart their
desires by imposing hard conditions. It
was the mistake weak men are continu
ally making,—trying to hoodwink the
devil.
3. "And all the people brake off the
golden earrings which were in their ears.”
The sequel shows that some refused to
join in the sin. but the great majority—
gHiierally speaking, all—gladly consented.
There is nothing for which men spend so
liberally as sin. The direct Income of the
saloon for Instance, is two hundred times
that of foreign missions.
4. "He . . . fashioned it with n grav
ing tool." “Made it a molten calf." A
little later, when Moses was hot against
Aaron for this sin. Aaron made the pal
try excuse. "I cast it into the tire, and
there came out this calf” (v. 24), as if he
would have Moses believe a miracle had
been wrought. Moses knew too well, by
his own experience, that the gods of
Egypt worked no miracles.
5. “And when Aaron saw it (this). Saw
in what light the people viewed his im
age.” "He built an altar before it."
Never think, when you take a start in
idol-worship, that you will stop there.
The idol must have an altar. The altar
must have an offering. The whole must
have a temple. Every sin is self-perpetu
ating. “And Aaron made proclamation,
and said. To-morrow is” (shall be) "a
feast to the Lord.”
6. "And they rose up early on the mor
row." The Idol-worshipers, the mammon
worshipers. rise early, and we. too. must
rise early to succeed with “our Father’s
business,” to get time for prayer and
Bible study and a useful, active life.
“And offered burnt offerings. And the
people sat down to eat and to drink and
rose up to play.”
Modern Applications. Many think that
worldliness is all feasting and fun. while
religion is all fasting and seriousness.
But every one that has tried both Is
eager to testify that there is more real
pleasure in a day of Christian life than
In years of worldliness and Idolatry.
III. The Punishment of Disobedience.—
Vs, 7-1".). Moses, on the mount, learned
from God Himself how the people had
sinned. To test him, God offered to de
stroy the nation and make Moses the sec
ond Abraham of a new and greater peo
ple. Moses stood the test, rejected the
tempting offer, and urged upon God pleas
of mercy. These entreaties prevailed,
and Moses hastened down the mountain
side, with Joshua, who had been waiting
for him. Soon they came in sight of the
abominable idol, and the frenzied wor
shipers dancing, half naked around it.
Indignantly. Moses Imposed on the peo
ple three punishments. First. He shiv
ered into fragments the stone blocks on
which God Himself had Inscribed the
Ten Commandments, the act being a
symbol of their breach of the covenant.
The Israelites were then compelled to
"swallow their sin " for Moses scattered
the dust of the idol on the only water
which the people had to drink (Deut.
0:21). It was Aaron's turn next, and
Moses administered to him a stinging re
buke, after praying to God to forgive
him (Deut. »:2()>. Then Moses turned to
the third punishment of the people. He
summoned to him all that were on the
Lord's side, and when the Levltes, Mnses't
own tribe, responded, he sent them
throughout the camp to slay the leaders
in the idolatrous movement. Even their
own brothers and sons they were to kill,
thus consecrating themselves (v. 29), set
ting themselves apart for priesthood.
V. The Disobedient Restored.—The next
two chapters of Exodus describe the re
storing of Israel to God's favor. In three
particulars: (1) the pitching of the Tent
of Meeting outside the camp; (2) the def
inite promise of God's presence, con
firmed by a particular view of the divine
majesty as Moses stooil in the cleft of
the rock; and (3) God's new covenant
with Moses, confirmed by a renewing of
the stone tablets, and by such blessed
communion through the second forty
days that Moses' face wore a supernat
ural radiance, though he knew It not,
when he returned to his penitent people.
So will it be with us, after our sinning,
if we will honestly repent, and seek
through Christ, our intercessor greater
than Moses, the merciful paidon of God.
Wonderful Work of Tornado.
Speaking of tornadoes, a western
exchange says: “A Nebraska man
tells of having a large flock of geese
stripped clean of their feathers, and
the feathers, carefully ‘sorted’ and
stuffed into an empty barrel.
Froude’s History of England.
Froude passed seven years in col
lecting materials and in writing his
“History of England.” He was very
careful in the selection of data, and
spent whole days in the effort to veri
fy a single fact or citation. _ _ t
THE GRAVE OF KUSHAQUA.
Foreman of Gang of Laborers Imposed
on Or. Seward Webb*
Dr. W. Seward Webb, whose name
has been Ailing the newspapers re
cently in connection with the affaire
of a syndicate in Wall street, has great
talent as a railroad builder. One ol
his achievements was the construc
tion of the Adirondack and 9t. Law
rence railroad, cutting through the
heart of the great New York wilder
ness.
During the building of tills road Dr.
Webb became very much interested in
the location of a hotel at Lake Kush
aqua, an extremely beautiful spot. He
ordered a section gang to clear the
grounds all about the hotel, and to
lay out a smooth, level lawn. The
foreman In charge of this gang was
an Irishman. In the course of his
labor he came upon an enormous
bowlder. To remove this rock would
have involved more labor than he was
inclined to give to the Job, so he cov
ered the rock with earth and laid
over this a carpet of turf.
About two months later Dr. Webb
came to Lake Kushaqua and his eyes
fell npon the mound. He called the
foreman sharply to task.
“Didn’t I tell you,” he said, "to level
this ground?’’
“Yes, sir,” replied the foreman.
"Then why didn't you do it? What
is this hummock doing here?"
“That hummock?” repeated the
foreman, sparring for time; “why, I
didn't think you would want that hum
mock removed. When we lifted the
rock we found some bones under it,
and one of the Indians around here,
whom we asked, told us that it was
the grave of the great Chief Kusha
qua. I thought you would probably
want us to leave it.”
The man received Dr. Webb’s com
mendation for his thoughtfulness, and
to this day the hummock is pointed
out to visitors at the hotel as the
grave of Kushaqua, to the great glee
of the natives thereabouts.
A SPONGE STOCK FARM.
They Are Trying to Breed Tame Ones
Now in Florida.
Not even the sponge can escape the
efforts of the breeder. If the govern
ment succeeds even measurably in its
efforts, there will be a stock farm of
sponges on the Florida coast some
day, whej;e a man can go and buy
eggs or young sponges as he would
buy hens’ eggs or calves now.
Some time ago Dr. H. F. Moore be
gan experiments at Sugar Loaf Key,
about 25 miles east of Key West, and j
at several places in Biscayne bay. j
Several thousand sponge cuttings
were planted at these places under a
variety of conditions. The chief prob
lem confronting the experimenter in
this field is to find some ready means
of attaching the cuttings to a durable
support, Capable of resisting the ac
tion of salt water and the ravages of
the teredo and animals having simi
lar destructive habits, and which, at j
the same time, will not have an
injurious effect upon the growing
sponge. The cuttings live and their
cut surfaces heal without difficulty.
About six w’eeks after the plants
were made they were examined, and,
under favorable conditions, it was
found that about 95 per cent of the
sheepswool cuttings were alive, healed
and apparently healthy. In several
cases, where the plants were made in
places exposed to very strong cur
rents, many of the pieces were torn
loose from their supports, while oth
ers had been killed by rough action
of the currents.
The cuttings from yellow sponges
suffered a much greater mortality
than those made from the sheepswool
sponge, but whether this be due to
the more delicate nature of the animal
or to the accidental conditions under
which they were planted is not yet
determined.
So far as has been discovered, the
more valuable sheepswool sponge
seems to posses greater hardiness
than its cogener.
Berlin a Beautiful City.
“Berlin, the Beautiful,” is the name
bestowed upon the German capital by
the throngs of visitors who pour
through every summer. Those who
Save not visited Berlin on previous
pilgrimages and also those who saw
Berlin a decade ago stand in aston
ishment before the mighty progress
of the kaiserstadt. To Paris still be
longs the charm and the gayety which
attracts visitors from all parts of the
earth, but to Berlin is now awarded
the prize for its artistic aspect, its
immaculately clean streets, well
groomed public squares and its stat
uary and ornamental bridges, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. Add to this that
Berlin is the acknowledged pivotal
center of political Europe and that
upon the Germah empire, with its
vigorous ruler, rests the decision of
peace or war in continental Europe,
and it is no wonder that Berlin is
pressing Paris very closely.
Japanese New Woman.
The Japan Woman’s University is
said to have adopted baseball In n
modified form as an exercise for Its
students, says the Japan Times. The
modification made by a gymnastic
teacher consists of increasing the
number of bases to five instead of
four, and of shortening the inter-base
distance. The field will therefore be
pentagonal in shape. The heading of
this note may sound objectionable, but
in using it we do not of course in
sinuate that our "new women” be
have extravagantly, as their sisters in
the West are supposed to do. The
rreation of "new women,” adopted
for national requirements, is an in
imitable consequence of the new state
el affaire in Japan.
• Looking for a Popular Song.
"This year," said a Philadelphia
young man who haunts the theaters
"there doesn't seem to be any on*
popular song that has caught on, tc
the exclusion of the others. This con
dition of affairs is really remarkably
when you come to think of it. ui
course, the summer is young yet, and
it may still come, but the conditions
are against it. In previous years*
wherever you would go, you would
be sure to hear the popular song of
the day, played by bands in the vari
ous parks, whistled on the streets,
sung by the colored boy quartets that
.Make night hideous and ground out on
street pianos. We had lots of good
musical comedies during the last sea
son, with lots of good songs, but no
one seems to have just caught on to
such an extent as to be ‘it.’ ”
A Highbinder His Servant.
Governor Gage, of California, haa
roused a storm of disapproval by se
curing the parole from San Quentin
prison of Mab Noon, one of the most
desperate and blood-thirsty highbind
ers ever caught red handed. Mah is a,
fine cook, and the governor has in
stalled him as chef in his own home.
The Chinaman was sentenced not long
ago to fourteen years for attempting'
to murder another Celestial. He also'
shot and dangerously wounded an of-:
fleer who went to arrest him. The*
governor’s fellow republicans are much
incensed. ^
A Fortunate Postmaster.
Kirk, Ark., July 14th.—Mr. William'
S. Drennan, Postmaster at this office,}
counts himself a very fortunate man.
Mr. Drennan in addition to being
postmaster is a Justice of the Peace,!
a member of the Christian church
and a highly respected and useful cit>|
izen. 't
He has suffered for some time with)
what some people would call "rick-j
etts” or “rigors” of the kidneys—Kid-j
ney disease in a very painful form.
He could not sleep, he had a dull
pain over his left kidney, was con-'
tinually restless, could not lie still,
and had to get up through the night
several times and was also troubled
in this way during the day.
He used a few boxes of Dodd’s,
Kidney Pills, a remedy recently in-,
troduced in this state and advertised|
as a cure for Kidney Disease, Rheu
matism, Malaria, etc., and in a short
time was completely restored to vig
orous, good health. He is very grate
ful to Dodd’s Kidney PilU.
Nothing pleases a man so much as
the inability of others to get on to
his curves.
Wanted Good. Energetic Men
to sell our line of High Grade Lubricating
Oils. Paints, etc., direct to the Threshing
and Farming Trade on a salary or com
mission. Reply with reference and state
territory wanted, and experience.
The Industrial Oil * Supply To..
Cleveland, Ohio.
Success is often a matter of spec
tacular effect.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
It is an easy matter to be good on
a good income.
To Cure 11 Cold in One (lay.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. lioc.
A trifling argument may end in a
record smashing quarrel.
Merely a Graft.
A Paris newspaper relates that a
party of men. sitting in front of a
boulevard cafe, were recently ap
proached by a man who had a clarinet^
in his hand and who said: "Gentle
men. excuse me, I have to make my
living, but I suppose you would rath
er give me sou not to hear me."
They took the hint. He repeated this}
performance, till, one day, one of the,
men said he felt like hearing a tune,
and asked him to play, "I am sorry,"
said the man with the clarinet, “but
I cannot play a note."
Same Kind of a Critter.
This is from a Connecticut woman’s1
diary, dated 1790: “We had roast!
pork for dinner, and Dr. S., who carv
ed, held up a rib on his fork and
said: ‘Here, ladies, is what Mother
Eve was made of.' ‘Yes.’ said Sister
Patty, ‘and it's from very much the
same kind of critter.’ ”
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