, 1896-04-18

a Bta1ssy. The lord ot this fortress
bei1e required to deliver it up to the
AAo1tsA. made 20 many ingenious ex>
e1ses ,1pr delay that he vas finally PER-
nietsd to retain his castle for his clsv-
eeneosL
~As right = . trivet" il a piece of
hoassAold slang. The trivet was q rod
psAesA across the fireplace for the our
pose q suspeading from 1t q pot over
IL arN. It was necessary that the
tEivst should be exactly horizontal, or
disaster to the pot and Its contents
would result.
ITO catch . tartar" recalls a story,
told It least two centuries ago, of an
Irish exile in the service Of the Aus
TRAN government who was captured by
. Tartar horseman. and who shouted
back to his captain that he had caught
. Tartar. but that the fellow refused to
b brought into camp.
There's many . ship 'twixt the cup
and lip" IL n old as the days Of Ancae.
~. who mi day having filled a cup, set
1t down before drinking, on the infor.
nation that = Wild boar was ravagins
his Aeld. Taking his spear he went out
to slAy the animal but was killed by the
boar.
"A bird in the hand is worth two In
the bush" is a saying credited to the
famous Will somers, Jester of Henry
VIII, but 1t is certainly much older
than his time. being found in one form
or another In the medieval chapbooks
and the literature Of Greece.
ITO run amuck" is properly to run
amok. Formerly in India, Siam and
other. eastern countries, Malay men
driven mad by opium. hasheesh or 9TH
or drugs would run about frantically,
sword in hand. striking at any one they
might happen to meet, and crying
"Amuck, amuck"-kill, kill.
"Robbing Peter to pay Paul" is said
TO have originated in an act of the
church government of England in 1850.
At that date the cathedral Of st. Paul
In London being out Of repair. and NO
funds available. q portion Of the in
como Of Westminster. which was con.
secrated to st. Peter. was diverted to
the repair Of st. faul's.
"At g and 70" II an expression Dor.
rowed from the old-time needle max
era. When neeoles were finished they
were thrown into q box and afterward
sorted out by boys and girls into silica.
Six and seven were the most common
sizes. and a. the needles lay irregular
~, to be At IS and 10 was expressive OF
hopeless confusion.
ITO grin like = chesscat" or Cheshire
cat, u an expression which came into
uss in England in tho early days Of
this century. A cheese manufacturer
Of Cheshire having made an excellent
article. placed on the boxes a. his sign.
or trade mark, = picture Of . cat with
mouth extended from sar to Ar.
ITO kick the bucket" 10 said to have
originated IN time Of Queen Elisabeth.
when . shosmaker named Hawkins
committed Suicide under peculiar cir.
cumstancss. placiag . Bucket hn . table
In order 70 raise himself hgh saough
TO rsasA asfaftsr above. thsn kicAine
sway ~ baekst on which he FOOD.
"a AeA - . March hare" has bssA
axplainsA n two ways. According to
onA ne sxDesaioa y . corruption q
narsA hars. siAss In marsAy districts
~ Aasss nave isss p~rotsettoa aad are
wilder thaA In torsses. According 70
the othsr. March u IL rutttng season
Of tie harss. and thsy ere then wilder
and more restless than Il aay other
time
TO AVE ones bacon" Il . rsminis-
GENOA Of the Dunmow Fitch, which toe
ssvsFaf centuries Vas bestowed ct Dun>
NOV. in England, on married couples
who coald make oath and prove that
for . certain number Of yeaEs tAey. had
lived togethsr without . quarrel. It b
aid that during two GESTURES the
Aitch ~ claimed only thrse timss.
Good wine needs no bush" ID sx-
planned BY the fact that in former days.
both In England and on the coatnnsat,
. bush or living boush. hung before the
door. was the usual sln d . wins roon.
establishments which bsoane notsd
loe the quality Of their liquors did not