Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-10

cults. Aloft in his gilded cage sits
Dick, the canary. his tiny blonde head
drawn down between his shoulders,
one eye cooked critically at the teem-
ing seed-box. Cheap, cheap." he
shrills petulantly And he is right;
IL is cheap. Cheap food with an ex-
pensive label is the secret of our dis
content.
rs it weakness of intellect, birdie"
| cried,
Or rather tough seed in your little
! inside?"
| With twist of his poor little neck
he replied:
| "Adulteration,'
The hand that robs the cradle fools
the bird cage. Just as there is moth
| ing too great for business dishonesty
TO throttle. so there is nothing too
small for that Industrious monster to
| despoil. The mill of the graft grinds
slowly. but it grinds exceedingly
small.-Collier's
Teacher-Have you looked up the
meaning of the word "imbibes."
Fanny?
Fanny-Yes. ma'am.
Teacher-Well, what does it mean?
Fanny-To take in.
Teacher-Yes. Now give me a SEN
tence using the word.
Fanny-My aunt imbibes boarders.
Exchange.
Life is too short to waste
In critic peep or cynic bark,
Quarrel or reprimand;
Twill soon be dark
Up! mind thine own aim, and
God speed the marlli
r. w. Emerson.
Wilbur j. Carr, of the state depart
ment, had occasion to call at the
house of neighbor late at night.
He rang the door bell. After a long
wait head poked out of a second
story window.
Who's there" asked voice.
Mr.. Carr" was the reply.
Well, said the voice. as the win
dow banged shut, what do care ii
you missed car? Why don't you
walk. and not wake up people to tell
the mabout it?'-Pittsburg Press.
Mrs. W. S. Pickerill entertained the |
Monday Whist club on Monday after |
noon There We're none but club mem |
bers present and the afternoon was |
very pleasantly spent, SO pleasantly |
that the guests fingered until dark |
ness came and the rain was falling |
heavily. Then the street car whizzed |
by without paying the slightest atten
ton to the frantic calls that came |
from the vicinity of Broollside bridge |
Everything considered, the guests |
have decided that Mrs. Pickerill |
would better consult the weather bu
reau after this. as so far since living |
in Brookside she has been exercising |
her own judgment with unfortunate
results.
ITO be sorry and to commence over |
again-that is life says wise and |
witty Frenchman. Life does not con
sist, however, of just being sorry, and
not commencing over again, as some |
young people seem to think. "Fm so
sorry" is the weakest. most foolish |
thing to say, unless the will TO re-
trieve the fault lies behind it.
Pat-What he yer charge for fu
neral notice in yer paper?
Editor-Half a crown an inch.
Pat-Be the inch An me poor
brother was six feet high.-Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Figgers with newspaper)-I
Do you know, Henry, that every time
you draw your breath somebody dies?
Mr.. Figgers-Well. I'm sorry, but /
can't help it. If ] quit drawing my
breath, III die. too.-Boston Trans.
script.
"Of all work that produces results,
nine-tenths must be drudgery. There
is no work, from the highest to the
lowest, which can be done well by
any man who is unwilling to make
that sacrifice" Other peoples work,
when well done. does not show the
drudgery. but only the achievement
That is why we envy it, and wish we
had 1t to do. But we would find in
1t exactly the obstacle that meets us
in our own work. and makes us un-
worthy of anything better till we over.
come 1.-THE obstacle OF daily drudg-
cry and detail.
From Saturdays Daily.
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