Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-31

eromatous. De- is taken from the
Latin. Yen hear the priest say De
profundusl' 'Gin' That's Dootch
word, taken from Holland gin"
"Aye, lad," interrupted Mr., Finn. II
often see it on the bottles in Brady's."
Faith We did, thin, father" con-
tinued little Mike. 81 see we have ed
dicashun yerself Era is u Roman
word, m'anin time and 'shun' is Yam
kee word invinted by the temperance
men, m'anin' for yc to go by whisky
! and lave it alone. Well, now ye have
it all explained. Now whin ye have all
thin little words put up agin dich 9th
er, check by jowl, we have word which
manes we are losn' yer grip; ye are
dyin' of ossyfaction caused by chalk, or
lime, which is the same thing. Oh, tits
horrible dis'ase. livery man has it,
and ye have it yerself."
go long, We scut, ye!" exclaimed Mr..
Finn, in alarm. Don't be tellin' lies,
Mickey. L niver had amy sickness in
me life, barrin' rhumatiz and n touch
of a cowld. Does it give ye amy pain,
Mickey?"
"Divvil pain" replied the amateur
physician. at comes so aisy ye don't
notice it. livery time ye breathe yc
make it worse for ye, father. Ould
athero-ma-tous is ilillin' ye BY inches"
Mickey, ye larrup, ye, show me how
I have that dis'ase, or I'll Pave me
heavy hand on vel"
"Well, yc needn't be ballyraggin' me,
father replied Mickey, in tone of in
jured innocence. I'm only tellin' ye
what the schoolmaster told mel"
Did he tell ye that I had the dirty
dis'ase?" said Mr. Finn.
"He said that livery man had it. Now,
if yell sit down and be aisy, I'll tell We
all about it."
Mr.. Finn resumed his seat and an eX-
pectant attitude.
"Ye musht know, thin, it's all on ac
count of your arteries, father" resumed
Mickey. 'If yell put yer hand on yea
neck under yer ear yell find pumpin
goin' on. That's your heart pumpin
yer blood up through an artery to yel
brain. Well, whin ye breathe ye take
oXy-gin inter yer blood, and oXygin is
full o. lime that yere takin' out of the
quarry livery day. The doctors have
another name for the lime; they call il
calcareous salts. It's the stuff they
make clam shells out of. 'Tis not only
air that's full of this lime, but the salt
We eat on yer potatoes is full of it, and
wather is fair loaded with it. Did ye
liver look at the bottom of the kettle
whin twas empty, father? YEN see
it's white as if 'twere whitewashed
Well, that's the way yer heart and yer
veins is. They're all coated with lime
Shure, father, ye've taken enough lime
Until yer body to make a lime man. as
big as yerself."
Did the schoolmaster say there was
lime in beer?" queried Mr.. Finn, anX
iously.
No" replied Mickey, but he said
there was lime in rice, in potatoes, in
cabbage, in bread, and beans, and beef
| And if yc kape on eatin' these things
| yell be that much whitewashed inside
| that ye'll be hard like the wall, ard be
ossyficated."
"Holy murther!" exclaimed Mr. Finn
"what'll l do for things to ate
Miclley?"
"Ye'll have to ate nothin' but car
| honaceous food-that's charcoal. Ye
won't like charcoal at first, father, be
kase it'll lave quare taste in yel
mouth, and it'll blacllen yer teeth But
the doctors say charcoal is good for
maxim hate in yer body and
what the divvil do l want o. hate
in me body and the hate o the season
comm on?" growled Mr. Finn.
"The next thing yell be atm if yt
want to be wan hundred years DID, y
continued little Mike, not noticing the
interruption, sis heterogeneous prepara
inter, dye mind. That'll l1ape yer kid
neys and yer epigastrium in workin
order, bekase if yer epigastrium fops
yer bound for tormint, and nayther
prayers or wishes won't save yer"
"Begorra, ye have me crazy, Mickey
exclaimed Mr.. Finn, wiping the sweat