The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-09
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 John B. Redmond, at a reception in his honor, was asked for his opinion of a political prophesy that had been printed in London Newspaper. Mir. Redmond read the prophecy. Then he smiled.
 This" he said. "is hyperboiical. It Is as hyperbolical as the mosquito story that>A resident of New Jersey told me the other day. This gentleman de- sired to impress upon me the great size and ferocity of the New Jersey mosquitoes. He said:
 had . valuable COW in the spring, and usually kept her in the stable. for the mosouitoes were growing in size and ip numbers. and feared that they might do her harm.
 One hot. cloudy. humid day. though, I permitted the COW to pas ture in marshy field. She spent tine day in the field. And toward evening went with one of the farm boys to bring her home to the milking. Alas! her skeleton lay beneath a tree. and on an adjacent fence sat a mosquito pick ing his teeth with one of her horns.'
 Sir Lauder Brunton. the noted Eng fish physician, was talking about the nervous ill-temper at a reception that was given in his honor by the Medi- cal Club of Philadelphia.
 After he had described the bene- ficent effect of certain drugs upon ner- vous ill-temper, Dr. Brunton said:
 I'll temper of the nervous. sort is worthy of serious consideration. It makes lives unhappy, I remember g middle-aged woman. of most nervous disposition. who told me with tears in her eyes how she had once said to her husband: 94 slssss- -
 "'John. know I'm cross at times. know you find me unkind often. Some times. perhaps. you think do not love you. But. John. remember. when such unhappy thoughts assail you. that. if had my life to live over again, I'd marry you just the same.
 I'm not so sure of that" John an- swered shortly"
 Senator Tiilman. of South Carolina, has thought deeply on the liquor ques- ton. He it was who originated the dispensary system whereby his State controls the sale of all intoxicating drinks. M
 The other day. in the midst of an earnest conversation about the South Caroline dispensary., Senator Tillman smiled.
 T am reminded of an old man used to know who drank too much," he said. ''He was fine old fellow in other re- spects, and it was pitiful to see him disgracinE himself and his family by the abuse of alcohol. took him to task one day. read him a long lecture on the sin of drunkness.
 "'water. said. is the thing. Stick to water. James,
 st AlA there's only one place in the Bible where a man asked for water. and I guess you know where he was
 The late Senator Hoar was a grand uate of Harvard, and in the reminis- cent mood that always fell upon him when he visited his old home in Con- cord. he would tell many amusing sto- ries of the Harvard of the past.
 One day in Concord the name of an eminent clergyman came up.
 "A Harvard boy" said Senator Hoar. And even in Harvard he showed him. self to, be religiously inclined.
 "As a rule he was a good Greek scholar. Once, though, there was a passage in the Greek testament that he could not construe-a passage wherein the words could hardly have been more confused and jumbled If 1t had been Intended to make a puzzle of them. Over this passage the boy la bored a long time. Then, in despair, he got a Bible and commenced to use 1t as crib.
 He sat at his desk with the Bible hidden in his lap when an instructor tiptoed up and caught him at hls cheating.
 What book have you there.young many" said the instructor, touching him on the shoulder.
 'Subterfuge would have been useless, and the pious boy replied:
 "A book. sir, of which no one need be ashamed ."
 John Drew's father and mother were both on the stage, and the actor. com ing from so historic family, has na- turally a broad acquaintance with stage history. The other day he was talking about prompters.
 "Prompters in the past" he said. "were more fin evidence than they are now. When stock companies produced a new play every week, the best of their performers were apt to forget a line now and then. Hence the prompter would often be seen lodging out of the wings, and his voice, prompting away earnestly, would often be heard.
 My father used to tell about a stock actor who stalked upon the stage one night in the sweeping toga of a Ro- man Senator, struck heroic attitude. there stuck.