The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-11
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From a Vancouver B. c. daily


From Vancouver B. c. daily
A GIRL TO HELP ON PANTS. AP-
"A ply street west. Parent
Under the heading of Wanted IN
an Irish paper
CHOEMAKERS TX . good hand-sewn
men. Constant employment and
good wages to suitable men.-Raphoe.
Queen Margherita of Italy has given
her ddaughter beautifully carved
dressing case containing a toilet set of
solid gold. Thid.
What between American trusts, Amer
lean jockeys and American heiresses, we
appear to have got the United States
everywhere but in onr political parties.
-Thid.
The King ofItaly received twenty-six
thousand tetegrams of congratulation in
the first day or two after the birth of his
daughter. He also received over twenty
thousand requests for money in honour
Of the event .-Thid,
The japanese Department of Agricul-
ture and Commerce ordered Momotaro
Tsushima, president of the Fujiro can
ned meat factory in Bekkai, Manure.
Hokkaido, to 60 to America III order to
study the canned meat industry
don Mail
A great academic wit was at an iril-
promptu smoking concert when he was
told by the last singer that it was his
turn either to sing or tell story. "If
must tell story" he said. 81 can only
say that should like to hear you sing
again. - Scotsman.
The Queen Dowager of Portugal, the
sister of the late King Victor Emmanuel,
will be the godmother of the little Prin-
cess. 1t may interest some readers to
know that the baby weighed little un-
der eight pounds when she was BORN
Thid
"Och, ia h wild yer club dochtor, :"
snarled Mike. "D'ye moind the pills he
gave me an said, TAX wan av these
three tonnes day. Shure, took wan
of them wanst, but show me tn Liam
thot kin TAX one av them three tonnes
begobsp'-Thid.
The event of the week in the theatri-
cal world has been the appearance of
Mime. Sarah Bernhardt and NJ. Coquelin,
the two greatest players of the French
stage, in M Edmund Rostand's play
"L'Aiglon" at Her Majesty's Theatre.
They have been received with perfect
Juror of enthusiasm, and their visit is
already a tremendous success.-Illus-
trated Mail.
WEDDING ON WHEELS "A very thor
ough cycle marriage has taken place at
Pullman St. Mary, Not only the bride
and bridegroom, but bridesmaids and
guests, making party of about twenty,
rode to the church on gala-decorated
machines. The bride was in spotless
white, nor were the orange blossoms aud
veil left out. The bridesmaids, also in
white, were crowned with wreaths of
pink roses. Happily, the weather smil-
ed on the event.-London Daily Mail.
A professional burglar i'll Berlin found
new and original way of adding to the
ordinary profits of his profession. After
each burglary he sent full account of
it to one of the daily newspapers, and
for this he received payment in the usual
way. But he tried his plan once too
often. The editor became suspicious
and gave information to the police, who
soon found how this amateur reporter
was able to beat all rivals in the way of
early information.-T1lid
A story is told OF All English school
master who offered a prize to the boy
who should write the best composition
in Ave minutes on "How to overcome
habit.
At the expiration of FIVE minutes the
compositions were read. The prize went
to lad of nine years. Following is his
essay
'sWell, sir, habit is hard TO overcome.
If you take off the first letter, it does
not change 'abit' Ifyou take off another
you still have bit left. If you take Oh
still another. the whole of it remains.
If you take off another, it is not wholly
used up; all which goes to show that II
you want to get rid of habit you must
throw it off altogether. "-Thid,
This is the latest Juvenile examina-
ton yarn.
The question asked was as follows
Describe the three periods of life. >
Answer: The first period of life is in.
fancy. During this time we think of al
the naughty things we shall be able to dc
when we are grown-up, and how we shall
enjoy them. This is the age ofinnocence
The second period is when we are grown.
up and are doing all the naughty things
we thought of when we were young
This is the Prime of Life. The third
period is when we are very old, and are