The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-25
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LITTLE APHoRrsxs


!, Is hard to get :, the baked truth Of a bear
story,-Nsv York Herald.
aEEy a has made a goose ef himself with
"A single quili.-Philaaelphis Iaqairer.
Many a nsn makes a good reputation On vhs; is
not found ogs about him-Sas Franslsco Bulletin.
Tks man who Is alone with his Thoughts often
II surrounded By the deepest soIiiu6s.-fsonas sea
sinsl
The nan whe combs his hair in the middle con-
sldsrs his part in life Of scme Importance Barling
ton HAwksye.
1t being more blessed to give than to receive.
people generally aasslnshiy accept the minor bless
iRg-Blnghamton LsGder.
Working for relations has many Of the uass,is-
factory conditions that attend eating soup with
foTk.-Nlwaukee Journal
The Eise prove and the foolish confess by their
conduct, that a life Of employment is the only life
worth uyiRs-Paley,
When earaing Is esrioined With piety, II Is Ike
the diamoad slittsring and sparkling In setting
Of gold or Ike golden apples in dishes Of silver.
SERVER.
A modest person seldom fails to gain the good
will OF those ne eonTsTses with. because nObo.y
envies q man who does not appear to be pleased
with himseli-Stsele.
OF all the causes which eonsp.re to blind
Mans erring Judgment and misguide the mind,
What the weak head with strongest bias rules
Is pride. the nsyer-failins vice of fools.
Pope.
Love is that powerful and prevalent passion bY
which all the faculties and incnatiOns Of the soul
are determined and in which both its perfection
and happiness depend.-seougal.
Dark as a VOLTS mouth" Pitch dark. Is
mouth in this phrase a corruption OF month!
Wolf s-month is January, and dark January
or dark as winter is common expression.
Campbell says Dark as winter the nOv Of
Ises rolling rapidly. 'Hohenlinden."
May this piecs Of bread choke me. IL what
say is Rot true" In ancient times a person ae-
eused OF robbery had a piece Of barley bread On
which the mass had been said. given him to sSal-
low. He put 1t In his mouth. uttering the words
given above. and IL he could swallow 1t without
being chOkad he pronounced innocent. Ira
dition ascrbes the death Of the Earl Godwin 10
choking with a piece o. bread. after this solemn
appeal.
''Fire away, Flanagan" A taunt to boastir.
4 threatening you, says he will do this, that.
and the other: you reply. Fire away. Flanagan"
Cromwell marched against a castle defended by
Flanagan, who threatened 10 open his cannon on
the ParlismentaFians unltss they withdrew. Crom-
we'll wrote On the corner of the missTe sent TO
him, Fire away. Fishagan," and the doughty
champion took to his heels Immediately.
"Claque; Claqueurs." Applause by elapping the
hands: persons paid for doing so. NJ Sauton. In
1920 established in Paris Office to insure the
success Of dramatie pieces. He was the first to
organize the Partisan elaque. The manager sends
an order 20 his Office for any number of claqueurs
sometimes for 500, even more. The class is d-
yded into cOmmssars, thOss who commit the piece
10 memory, and are noisy N pointing out its
merts rieuTs, who laugh at the puRs and jokes
pleureurs chiefly women, who told 10 hold
their pocket -handkerchiefs 10 their eyes at the
ing parts: ehatouiiIeurs who are 10 keep the
dience in good humor. and bisseurs. who to
cry CbiS) encore. The Romans had their Laudi.
cOenf
''Fankenstein' g sylD young student who
made a sOuess monster out OF fragments OF men
picked up from ehIrchyards and dissecting
and endued it with life by galvanism. The tale.
written by Mrs Shelley, shows how the creature
longed for sympathy, but was Stunned b. every
one. It only animal life. a parody the
creature man, powerful for evil and the instru-
ment Of dreadful retributiOn on the student who
usurped the pFerogative Of the Creator.