New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

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grees The French Agricultural Society had Of
fered prize for the farmer of longest standing
in the Seine InfeFieure This brought to the front
an old farmer named Liot, who, besides proving
that he was the doyen of his district, produced
documents showing that the farm had been in his
family for 227 years. In another neighboring dis
trict a farmer named Bernage produced pedisres
of 217 years. Such instances OF long descent are
far from uncommon in France
BALLADE OF BACK PAGES.
Spread DER the page-the pages, rather say
That guard the hanks of monthly htFature,
Tban those who midst the text place secure
I mean the maids who tell us to procure
This thing or that-necessty fad,
And seem to say the while their smiles allure,
A girl is all you need to boost your Ad
Have vou a tonic for the hair that's gray?
a baking powder that you warrant pure2
OF balms and sarsaparillas, bound to cure9
Quite certain we a.e all in need of bad?
A girl is all you need to boost your Ad.
You need no expert to direct way
Just f' pose beside your choicest goods display
cheerful maiden chic or maid demgre;
Then photograph her smile. Don't try to pad
The text with catchy phrase though trade be
girl is all you need to boost your Ad
Good tradesnan! Though. perchance, you can't
The company OF, giggling girls. be glad
-Puck
During an interval in the June examination at
Belgrade University. according to THE London
Globe" professor saw the boys buying cakes in
the playground. 1t struck him that just bite or
two between whiles would not be amiss. he. too,
purchased one of the aids to Indigestion At
his first chew his teeth met a piece Of paper and
on inspecting it he found that II contained the
answer to one Of the questions in the examination
carefully worked out,
Let not yourself be classified with Mrs Parvenu.
Whose seananship displayed an awful lack.
On her new yacht, when seas We're rough. she to
the captain said
Just s5t. SAL right home-dont 'eke the t1h9 10
The Lewis ana Clark Exposition has naturally
Drought out many interesting facts in regard to
Portland and the Pacific Coast Not least interest
ing among these is the story OF the naming OF
Portland. and IT also. fortunately. is in way on
exhibition In the Oregon Hotel in the shape OF a
big oldtime copper cent dated 1885, the Tipping OF
which resulted in tho name Portland being chosen
as the name OF what Is now great city. The
story goes that a man from Maine, Mr.. Pettygrove.
father OF the present OF the historic penny,
and Mr. Lovejoy of Massachusetts, who the
leaders of party OF settlers who sailed up the
Columbia River in the bark Trenton in which they
had rounded Cape Horn came in 1912 TO the present
site OF the city OF Portland where thoy determined
to start city, MT. LoveIoy wanted TO name the
city Boston. but the man from Maine pre-
ferred Portland. and TO decide the matter they
hipped penny, same now on exhibition. Nat
uraly, the Bostonian chose heads. hut tails won
and hence It is the Maine, and not the Massachu-
setts city which gave its name to the 'City OF
Roses" in which the big exposition is now being
held
come doctors all al once, do they9
EgeeFt-No. by dsErees-tYonkers Statesman.