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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-13
Children Cry for
 Pitchers CastorLa.

Buy your Xmas presents at bazaar, open December IS to 22, in Y. M. c. A. building, corner 4th avenue and 18th street. Benefit First Method iSt church. I2-I3-2t thu-su
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-13
Remarkable.

A housekeeper up town says that her grocer is so slow with his delivery that when she orders eggs the boy brings chickens. Philadelphia Record.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-13
An Interesting Statement.

Some ono who profcsses to know states that runaway accidents seldom occur in Russia. The means used in preventing them is very simple. It is asserted that in Russia horse that is addicted to the hab- it of running away has thin cord with a running moose, around his neck at the neck strap, and the end is tied to tho dash board When horse bolts, he always takes the bit in his teeth, and the skill of tho driver is useless The moment the pressure comes on the windpipe the horse knows he hrs met his master.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-13

The Miles Brothers have no superiors in wrestling, tum- bling and acrobatic work. Don't fail to see them next Thursday evening, Decem Der l3, at Y. M. 0. A., for benefit of Ladies' Auxiliary. Admis- sion only 25 cents.
 dec G. enr 6I hr
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25
Ell BARON AMER10ANo

DescoHoCido no, e ndividuo en- question haba, sin
alCaBzOx Ia Minnie inclinando linda cabacits
angnlo del murO.
-IOhl-dIo retroCediende-8i eg fBUiidioao Scono
DACrsB, el hOmbre del Vesupio.
Dos minutes despuss Oy6aa el gran tumuIto que he.
rsferdo, el ruldo lNCha me4Cada de mpreaa
clones grtos furoso Pero e Combs fuS de Corta d
rac6n deGpuss de t,Eminado, AubO Atervalo dc s-
lenCio.
Kitty, mas muerta que viva. murmur6:
II Ls han muertoI. lSubeA Ia osCalersl al Els.
tamoa PeHdluasI
Oy6 el ruldO de puerta que abra en- il habits
Ci6n Contigua IL nuyas
-Nusstra 6ltiraa esperanza desvanece- -suupir6
Mad Wllongoy pUnto de desvaneoerBo ella tamben.
mo veO pOr que lloras-dijo Minnie; e;-ninguR de.
tenia de sAlvAaa por ese hombre Otro vendr6
Minnie deCiA eRto coRviCc6A. Mas que ma
igsrexR lnfantl las anteriore8 paabras Ia
de fe protanda No poda dlsCutir con ea
Todo volvio 81 Rilenco, BnSncio abrumador po
sado, I6brego siencio de prisi6n.
LoB bR adde's haoiSn vasto bsiar, deando sin duds
a prislonero en- Iugar seguH0
Una bora trannCurrl6 as; luego Kitty ey6 de nuovo
sntraG en- ID CsBs rumoE de vocsB lego haats ella.
subiaR u eBcalera; abE6ae Ia pusltR apaEeCi6 m
hombro.
Levaba ma kmpara psqueas, euya lus oOultaba con
% Ooloc6Ia 6ngul0 dc 10 habitac6n aCOE
ekndGas aa dos harmsnas:
--eehoraa- aa uliO con o. voa mas melcaa, cpa Cd
tono mag hp6eEitatango asnslapato a. aauneiagol
aVs me b Yista pEealAAap RamhAE A saapuQi6a a
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25

Bssusvde ustsd que Las grAaseI tsstts-
FlA1 , quineaias de u R6mEa y D satAh esta.
blscido Ospitsl Gale 'e l. @ u2 nd as, 4 20.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25
AL PUBL.IOO

BLACN -VARNIsH. Meior que pintufa
para conservar toia clasa de hisrrsa y maderas {
"a iptemperie, ofrsce il Empsesa del Gas BLAoH.
vARNrsH ST. Cuast.rola, mitA4 de precio qus
vendia antsriormeste ssh Juan PueRto-Rico.
IA Febrero 1894. L. A. Scott
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25
245 BB11ornoA DE ola CoRangroNDnNorA DE Pro-R1oo"

-1Qui6n podrA ser9-pregunt6 Minnie quien este
circunAtano1a p4EeCia preocupar exclusivamente.
-lOhi IMinnsI
-SQo6 pAsa, Kitty?
No hay nj una gotta do sangEe en- mis- venas; tengo
miedo.
-gY poR que? 70 no 10 toEgo.
isl le veal Isl o. cogido musrtol
mo, nO-diiO Minnie dGndoss importanCa- ESQ no
pueda SuCeder. lAhl bien saba que aguen vendriAI
Estk v8to cuanto me halo pegrO Biemprs sucode
10 miHmo slempre es seguro el 6xto Van SalvarmO
90 indudaols. to Bavar&R tsmbi9n, mi buena her
mana. y to sOatraras Ia stuacl6n que 10 me
cuando to hayan Savado Goa freCuenCa
como& mi Va mo decla 20 que era muy extranO que
hubieraR venido todavia
No 10 81, nj importa gabsrlo. Sempre hay aIguno
dgpuestO aalvsrme. Pero Ahora que reCapscito, 81
saliva todas Las trlbulacones de nuovo.
Else que vene ahf W levarme trav6s de los boCqueg;
me arrOjar6 sobre nm inc6modo caballo har6
char tdo gslope ..y luegos manana Ctballaro
psdI& On matrimonio aegaRdo de1echos aQa6 hare
sutoAcea, Kitty, que hGr62
Mad Wiloughy no eBCuchaba lss cuitas nfautlss de
Minnie. Repstia: lPst lPsitI apretando 10 dc
hermans.
II Apue1tO que es ell-exClsm6 cali en- voz alta Il
imprudante nina
-lQui6a7-prsgunt6 Kitty impsciSntada
portado como enc sBpantoaO cOnde hubeEa onconta
do,una ailla.
--lPaEo, ckllste yG!
Ne, daaidiaamsRta' no quiago qpa ma aalva N ax'
tgahp' 81 aaaepRaade
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25
Para Jalgados Huniiciipales

venden tpografa lie La CoRREsPoNDEEo1A los ST.
guientes impresos
Hoias dobIes de demandas $3.50 81 lOO DecIaraciones
de nacmientos 81 Ell Cerfcados de Defunc6n 81
100. Actas mat1moniales 81 Ell OO pedirlas debe re-
mse el mporte, mas centavos por cada cientO para
framuneO.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25
IT. CAPRIGHO AoD1e soh Dn IS. sA4Aa

Tiene 3 Ia disposition del pdblico BleganseD
una verdadera ErDosScS6n de sombreros capotas,
capotitas pelerinas todo de alta fantasia 10
mas 6no que 50 to6rsca on Paris. Tambi6n encon-
traran el fno tercio-pelo de Beda en- todog los co
lores para fabricar copOtGs rSjS0s. Ei CapsFchO
es nm establecimiento de modas, dirigido por J6-
venes industriales laboriosas que SO proponen
desarrollar en- esta IsIa La lsdsstrSG SOnsbreTeTd
Ia altura de Europa. GuatO y Elegancia, no
mas aMticuallas.
NOTA.-se ensens cortar 4 Ia medida preciOs cor O.
vencionalas. 92-9s
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25
PAsA z 1E M Pos

Soluei6R u quisiCosa de aver: MsBa, mesa,
miss, masa y
Idam & la fuga de voGales: 's--Madye, llsmar
con af6n-A IN pobre Il pnerte he visto.-Hi-
jo IA pobre 81 !. !. JesusTisto:-Dale an peda8o
de pan"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25
Va1en su peso en- oro-
cOnserva si meeanismo en- Busa sstado.


W. H CcMSTOCK. sdorrsOwn, N Y.
EsmadO "PIdoras Morse' son
lorganismO
vida rsO rgn deieadOl mecannOs
resutadOI-Prmeri
equena differ nes peePbe deese sband NADIA; M
obstruction urldad
hasta pudO facimente
entOnces muchO mas abaO uidaO sego.
tuc6n humansUn desaregO abandona,
aumenta mpercephbemente pieo despues
pudO principle de ra
baO, vuelve cas fatal Para eV
purifquen tOmandO las PdOras As
COnserVaran Vgor Vitalidsd.
q. =. HATWELL
Ei iSGIVG- GIardiq del N1ier0.
Ansagaudus Pond, NJ s., EnerO 1880.
". a. C0AEST00R, MOrristOwn, N. 7.
Muy Sr moPOr muchO he sidO scerimo paridaro
de " dOras de Raiz Indiana del Dr.
cegs que tengo elias por que para
hechO
de sur sObe vsOr mertO. Mis-
muchO tempo fuera de mi cOnsidea
pe complete me negaan fatar las doras del DR.. Morse
r. MoZHEx
On arhcUlO de ment0 So VeHde bieH.
BOraGhOir Har6Or, NJ s., EnerO q de 1890.
". H. C0MST0CK, MOrristOwn, N, Y.
Aprecabe S-Es para que soy
ncluyendO varias de Pdoras
iz Indiana del DIR. Morse tOdRs
Las OTss juntas su Venta aun en- a1mento.
s. s. s.
MI NICHOLSON.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25
ProfeauI da Inl.
julian Silva

San SEBASTIAN 80, eBquina l. de ID Oruz
Dep6sito de MAO mas DE COsER. Compra, venta
aIqUer. Accessories aguias de todas cases para al
mismas; ademas compran y venden muebles uaados.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1894-02-25
Ell FISCAL
.(FABULAl

Ell FISCAL
,(FABULAl
CompEobsndU una eoplG
cierto BsllOr fScsl impertinente,
pdsoas eorlegir de mano pTopia
tres f4ltas que not6 del escribisste,
descuidos Ortcgra6co0 ligeros.
RaHp6 10 equivocado;
pelo cen tai desms fa 8 tSl enfsdo,
q1e en- sl papel ah1i6 tres aguisroS
y vi6RdoIo inEervible,
10 orasg6 10 tiF6; bsTri6 81 Criado,
y al muladar 10 ech6, revuelto en- tFcz0,
Censor hay de gaBiAl tan apaei' Ie."
s'que no ha ie corTsgir q no de t. 3
JUAN EUGENlo HARTzEMBUsCH
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12

went to the Carnavclct museum on G
Thormidor to study, so far as is possible,
from pictures and relics, the pcrsonagcs o!
the drama in which Robcspicrrc fell ana
Tallicn, Barrns and Bourbon camc to thS
top. Robcspicrrc was jealous and viii,
good reason, of tho army. \ few compa-
MICS of gcndarmcs vanquished him. All
who could profit by the revival of fashion
and frivolty rcjoiccd mt his downfall.
a portrait of Robcspcrro, done when he
was 20, gives one the impression of COM
monplucc, smirking provincial beau He
had then pink and white complexion,
luscious rosy lips and was just the per
son to write IL poor sonnet in honor of
some ladys canary. His sister Charlotte
was as distinguc rs he was the contrary
To sec her portrait is to be haunted by it
for days. She had physical beauty, grace,
graciousncss and expression.
The wonderful difference between hez
and her two brothers is explained in u
letter from Robcspicrrc jcune to Robe
sphere aine. There is not drop of our
blood in Charlottc's veins. a decided
course must BIO taken against her" She
knew there were bad marks against her
and retired abroad.
Your hatred, my dear brother" she
wrote, is so blind that 1.-Two in dread
lest it should fall on those who have be-
friendcd me. ''-London Truth
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
For One Legged Cyclists.

One of the latest novelties in cycles is Q
safety bicycle which is claimed to be spc
cially suitable for one legged cyclists. The
special feature Of the machine is that il
may be propelled either entirely by the
hand or in conjunction with pedal driv.
ing. Instead of the usual handle bar, this
Is bent round so far MS to run tho two
handles into one, and this handle has IN
up and down motion, which, by means
of cranks, causes toothcd wheel fixed
about half way between the handle bar
and the axle of the front wheel to rcvolvc.
The front wheel is consequently driven by
means of chain running round the tooth
wheel and one fixed on tho hub of the
front wheel similar to that on the hind
wheel of an ordinary safety. Fur
nishing Review.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
Advantages of Advertising.

There is theory that advertising PAYS.
There are facts which prove the theory
true.
All men who advertise arc not success.
full but, with rare exceptions, all sue
ccssful men have been advertisers
Advertising is the greatest of all mod
ern engines for facilitating business. Be
sido it the telegraph, the telephone, the
locomotive and steamboat are dwarfcd.
If it were not for advertising. these would
not he used. Business would not be of
sufficient volume to justify their employ
mcnt.
The man in Chicago advcrtiscs, and the
man in st. Paul buys-by telegraph per
haps-and has his purchases delivered by
the locomotive. But the advertising comes
first 1t always does.
1t conveys information and an invita-
ton TO buy at the same time.
An advertisement in paper places this
information before thousands of buyers,
either present or prospective. Count the
cost of suitable advertisement against
the possible number of those who will
need some special thing on any day. The
chances will always be found on the side
of the probability of the advertisement
Nine times i'll ten Il good advertisement
Will bring moro than enough in direct
profit to pay for itself, leaving its grca.
cumulative value clear again. Half the
time good advertisement will pay an nc.
tual direct profit, but to do this it must
be carefully tended. Treat the newspaper
fairly and it will pay every timc.-Port.
land Press
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12

CORBETT'S MANSION. now financial
plank into tho pugilistio platform. Tho
result is that Corbctt has saved large
part of tho 500, 600 he is believed to have
mado since his career in tho ring began
One evidence of his wealth is the $23,-
600 mansion ho bought not long ago in
Now York and gave to his vito rs u birth
day present. He has also spent about SIC
600 in furnishing and decorating, making
his total outlay for homo about $33 600
Tho residence is three story brownstono
front, and its number is 1I6 West Eighty
eighth street The broad hall has Il pol
1shcu oak floor covered with dainty Turk
ish rugs, and the imposing staircase is
also of carved oak. At tho rear of the hall
is the dining room with its polished oak
table and sidcboar,l, its leather upholstcr-
cd oak chairs and its cleaning china and
cut glass.
On the second floor is Mrs Corbctt's
boudoir, which is finished in blue Back
of this apartment is the Turkish room
which is the feature of the house As it's
name implies it is a model of oriental lux
uriousncss. The bathroom is another rca-
turc. Ii has II floor of glazed white tile
and u big porcelain tub with silver plated
trimmings. Corbctt, who is II ,srcat be-
liovcr i'll the health giving virtues Of cold
water, takes dip in tho tub every morn
ing and says his bathroom is tho finest he
has ever seen. There is IL billiard room in
tho basement and gymnasium in tho
cellar. Corhctt also owns real estate
valued at SIS, 600, has paid OH $1,000
mortgage on his fathers house in San
Francisco, and is II member of the pros
porous theatrical firm Of Corbctt & Brady.
His new residence is the finest ever owned
by Il pugilist. The champion is not so
great singer he is IA pugiist and
money saver. His wife says that when she
plays the piano in the Turkish room jim
gets the words of tho songs all right but
bctrays II weakness for singing everything
to the same tune.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
The English ROYAL plate.

The royal plate ut Windsor is generally
rcckoncd to be worth about GO, 0O0 600,
and it is no unusual thing ut n state ban.
quot mt the castle to have plate To the val
NC of $500, 900 in the room. There arc tive
state dinner services one of gold and one
of silver. The gold service was purchased
by George ~ and will dine l20 persons.
The plates alone of this service cost over
9l2, 900. On state occasions there are lIsll.
ally placed on the dining table some very
beautiful gold flagons captured from the
Spanish armada, which are now, OF
course of priceless value while the great
silver wine cooler, made by Rundell a.
Bridge for George " and weighing 1000
ounces, always adorns ono corner of the
apartment AS sidcboard ornaments there
arc pretty tribes in the way of Il peacock
of precious stones, valued ut $50, 900, and
tigers head from India, with solid in.
got of gold for it's tongue and diamond
teeth
This wonderful collection of plate il
crown property, which practically means
that it belongs to the country, ana the
queen has separate collections for use nj
Balmoral and ut Osborne, which belong tc
hcrsclf.-London Letter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
luther and the Devil.

1t Is singular fact that the great Mar
tin Luther, even while fighting supcrst.
ton with 'superhuman effort, as he
himself states, was a believer in not only
personal devil hut in whole herds OF
them. Iii his writings he informs the
readers that man is continually surround
ed with demons and that "thc devil is
nearer to the Christian than is his coat or
shirt. :" Devils, " he says, are in houses
and i'll dense, black clouds. There are
many OF them in the woods, waters and
deserts They send storms, hail, thunder
and lightning and poison the air with an
internal stencil" In one place in his
writings he tells lis that the dcvil sends
oil diseases and plaques among men, and
that we may be sure that when one dies
of plague is drowned or drops suddenly
dead the devil was the cause of it.-St.
Louis Republic
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
GREENRoOM GOSSIP.

Harry Lacy has arranged to star this
season In now play called THO Man
From tho West
1t has been definitely settled that Helen
Dauvray's starring tour in William Gill S
new farcical comedy, THAT Sister of His, {"
will begin on Sept. II.
Dan Emmett, the oldest living minstrel.
now so years old, recently appeared at an
Elks' benefit ut Mount Vernon, O., and
played on the violin his original ami ia
nous composition, Dixie"
Abbey and Grau are reported as having
engaged Mascagni to conduct in New York
next season all performances of "Caval-
lcria Rusticana" and of his lately finished
opera. "&illiam RatcliE.''
There is no hope that Calve will visit
us next year, as she has accepted engage
mcnts for the entire season in Europc
When Comyns Cars drama, liking Ar
thur" is produced at the London Lyccuin
next January, Irving will play the title
role, Ellen Terry Guincvcrc and kllalinc
Tcrriss Elaine. Following will come q
production of Mime. Sans Gene" with
Miss Terry in the title part
"A one act grovcl in the morbid" is a
London critics description of Gayer Mac
kay's The New Life" recently produced
at the Avenue thcatcr.
Jane IIading has rcappcarcd at the The
atrc Francois in Anglers lies Efrontcs.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
The Ararcchal Mel Rose.

There is pretty little history in con.
ncction with the naming of the fashiona.
Bile Marcchal Mel rose, which, as gcncr.
ally known, is named after the famous
general of the Franco Austrian war
When Mel was returning from the scene
of his victories in war, writes an emf
ncnt florist, ''onc of the peasant women
along tho line of march presented him
with Il beautiful basket of yellow roses.
One of these flowers still had its roots
clinging to it, and on his arrival in Paris
Mel planted the flower in his garden.
The rose thrivcd and finally grew 10 Il bush
covered with blossoms. The general then
presented the plant as u gift TO Empress
Eugcnie. She WIS delighted with the beauty
and fragrance of the flower, and on learn.
ing that the rose had no name said signifi.
cantly: Then will give it one. I chris
ten it the Marcchal Mel, and at the sam,
time she bestowed upon the amazed gen
eral the jcwcled emblem that bctokcnc6
his promotion to tho exalted Office Of mar.
shall OF France. "-Philadelphin Times
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
PRISONERS IN MARocco.
How They Fare In That Land OF Almost
Incredible Barbarity.

Whom tho prisoner in Marocco hears tho
doors of tho Jail close behind him, he
knows, If he DO poor and without friends,
however trivial be the ofrenso for which he
has been imprisoned, that he may possibly
not leave those walls alive. 1t is matter
OF indifference to the authorities how
many arc imprisoned, for these wrctchcd
captivcS are no cause of expense to the
state. Tho prisoners have to purchase
their own bread and water and to pay
their jailcrs. Manga man imprisoned for
some light debt, which no has long age
discharged, is still detained because no is
unable to meet tho dcbt ho has contracted
toward his jailcrs, and which his forced
captivity daily increases
In some prisons thcy arc only permitted
to receive supply OF fresh water every
second day. What an amount of suffering
this means in an African climate and in
tho fetid atmosphere of dungeons such rs
those to DO found i'll Marocco 1t Is difficult
for European to realize. In Moorish
prison the captivos sleep half naked on the
mud floor. They arc all huddlcd together
In ono apartment without distinction ms
regards crimo OF innocence, for many ore
simply thrown into prison on account OF
their reputed wealth or prosperity by
avaricious officials, who, by prolonged i'm
prisonInent and sometimes by torture,
nope TO squeeze money out of them or dis
cover where thoy have hidden treasure
OF an evening it is not unusual for the
prisoners to DO all bound together by a
chain passing through an iron collar, which
each captive wears, thus making it ncces.
sary for all to rise or sit or lilo down to.
gcthcr. Open and unclcansed ccsspools
within the prison add sometimes to the
Understandable horror and misery of the
place There is no inspection, no medical
attendance, no alienation in sickness II
n man is i'll and unable to drag himself
to tho hole in tho wall through which the
bread and water is passed, he must trus:
TO the mercy of his fellows to supply him
with food Only when death ovcrtallcs the
poor miserable wretch do tho guards be
stir themselves in their own interest and
remove tho tortured body, which ut length
has found relief from its overwhelming
sutfcrngs. When IL prisoner is an ahsc-
Lutte paupcr aud unable to purchase food,
tho authorities give him daily n small
piece Of coarse bread, provided by religious
endowment, sufficient to prolong the age
mics of slarvation.-Ear of Meath in Nine
tcenth Century.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12

The Butterflies the frail young fly who
recently won tho great Futurity for
2-ycar- Odds at Shccpshcad Bay, placed $50,
600 in the pockets of her owners, Gideon
IL DAILY in exactly l minute II seconds
They bought her about year ago fo. -,
100, and the Futurty was the third race
In her career. She went to the post tho
favoritc, and unlike most favoritcs took
the SOL, $50 event into camp
The Butterflies was bred by Clay &;
Woodford of kentucky. She is by Sir
Dixon out Of Mercedes Her first start of
the season was at tho Brooklyn Jockey
clubs spring meeting, when she won q
sweepstakes at five furlongs. She won
again at Morris park, beating Ridiculc and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
FAMOUS EXPRESSIONS.
Origin OF Some of the Common Sayings.
Curious Dcviations.

"Ilo was us mad as u halter" is u phrase
often used to Indicate that person has
been very angry. But why should u hat
ter DO moro addicted to anger than the
tailor or tho shoemaker? No ono can tell,
and consequently tho phrase has no intel
liScnt meaning if taken MS 1t reads. Tho
original phrase was mad US an after"
tho last word being tho Saxon for adder"
which gavc it sense, ms tho adder is sup
posed to DO always mad and ready to sting.
Mad as u March hare" is another much
used phrase. Tho hare is not roputcd to
DO fcrociouS at any time Those who havo
given information respecting tho haro as
sert that in March tho animal is perfectly
wild and shy. Consequently tho phrase
can have no meaning unless u sarcastic
allusion to ones lack of spirit and cour-
ago.
Ono often hears "he's dead as n door
NAIL p" yet it is probable that most Of those
who uso tho phrase cannot tell why u door
nail should be any dcader than any other
nail that is mndo of metal. 1t is explain
ed, however, that tho doornail In earlier
times was tho plato on the door upon
which tho old fashioned and now unused
"knockcr" struck to arouse tho inmates
of tho house. AS tho plato or nail was
struck many more times than any other
nail, 1t was assumed to DO doador than
nail struck only when driven into wood.
"All talk and no cider" is IN adagc
which is said to have originated in Bucks
county, Pa. a party WINS assembled to
drink II barrel of superior cider, but the
elders of tho asscmblago engaged in u pol
itical discussion, which lasted SO long
that some who were less interested in pol
tiles than cider withdrew on tho plea that
the invitation was trap to got them to
listen to II political talk rather than to
drink cider. Ono of them said it was
''all talk and no cider
ITO take tho cake had it's origin in tho
cake walk in which colorcd couples partici-
patcd, the prize being ~ cake. Hence any
one who does IL thing conspicuously well,
or, sarcastically and moro usually, ono
who fails, is said ito take the cake
"a little bird told me- is an almost uni
vcrsal adagc, based upon the idea that
this ubiquitous wandcrcr from the van
tagc of the upper air spies out all strange
and secret things and tells them to those
who can understand. Thus in Ecclcsi-
astes Y, 20, Curse not the kng-no, not
i'll thy thought and curse not the rich in
thy bcdchambcr, for the bird of the nil
will carry the voice, and that which hath
wings shall tell tho matter. Now York
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