The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-11-13
The Women CT BeIaium.

dCdNIly anu prominence Oh the WO-
men. Over the doors of shops of all
descriptions the name of the owner or
owners is frequently followed by
"SOeurs" or "Veuve" You find them
proprietOrs of hotels and restaurants.
They are often custodians of the
churches. They are employed to tow
the boats along the canal banks. They
cut up the meat in the butchers shops,
and they are even to be noticed shoe
ing horses at the forge.
The Lily of France.
There is a pretty tradition about the
lily of France Three black toads form
ed the curious device on the shield of
King Clovis, but one night as an aged
hermit sat musing in his lonely cell
there appeared an angel before him
bearing shield of wondrous beauty.
On its azure front three golden lilies
shone like radiant stars. This shield
the angel babe the hermit deliver to
queen Clothilde. Receiving the celes-
tial shield Clothilde gave it to the king,
whose arms thenceforth were always
v1ctOrious.-St. James Gazette.
How Cat Caught Two Rats.
1 once had a cat who did a rather
remarkable rafting feat He stalked
two young rats on the caves of a low
fiat stable roof and caught one in the
usual way. The other jumped on to an
elderberry tree just below.
Bob, however. not satisfied with the
one. grasped it firmly in his mouth
and then jumped headlong for the 9TH
er. Either he was very lucky or ex-
traOrdinarily agile, for he fell to the
ground with one rat still In his mouth
and the other in his paws and prompt
ly killed them both.-Scotsman.
Alphabet In Bible Verse.
In the twenty-first verse of the sew
enth chapter of Ezra can be found
every letter of the English alphabet.
1t runs thus: "And /, even 1, ArtaX-
erxes the king, do make a decree 10
all the treasurers which are beyond
the river that whatsoever Ezra the
priest, the scribe of the law of the
God of heaven, shall require of you, it
be done speedily"
But, still more wonderful in the
eighth verse of the third chapter of
Zephaniah is contained every letter,
including finals, of the Hebrew Ian
Westminster Gazette.
Ancient GIsssmaking.
When the council of ten ruled Ven
ice they issued a decree regarding the
art of glassmaking. 1t runs: IF a
workman carry his art beyond the linn
its of his country to the detriment of
the republic, he shall be desired to re-
turn. If he disobey, his nearest rela-
tives shall be imprisoned. II, in spite
Of their Imprisonment, he remain OBJ
stinate in his wish to live abroad an
emissary shall be told off to kill him."
ScotIand's Strange Birds.
From the small island of st. Kilda,
off Scotland, 10000 young gannets and
an immense number of eggs are annu-
ally collected, and, although this bird
lays only one egg per annum and is
four years in obtaining its maturity, its
numbers do not diminish. Obviously
such birds must reach a great age or
they would long ago have been exter-
minated.
Hymn 333.
A youth named Harry Jordan sat at
an examination at one of the eastern
colleges. When he learned the result
he telegraphed to his people:
flynn 333, verse 5, last two lines.
Harry"
The anxious father turned to his
hymn book and read the comforting
cOuplet:
Sorrow yanquished, labor ended,
Jordan passed" -Philadelphia Ledger.
A Partial Acquaintance.
Mrs. James, who is very tall, almost
six feet, had called upon Mrs. Brown
and, while sitting in her parlor, had
made friendly overtures toward little
Junior Brown. The child had gone
out of the room before she arose to go.
Meeting him in the street the next
day, Mrs. james said, "Don't you know
me, Junior"
81 know your face" answered Jun
Tor, reering reSolutely upward, ''but
not the rest Of you. II didn't s'pose
there was so much of you."-Woman's
Home Companion.
Temporarily Indisposed.
One of the workers in Chinese mis-
sion became much interested in two
Cinnamon who, she found, owned a
f1ourishing laundry business in her
own home neighborhcod. She looked
In once in awhile to see how things
were going with them and one morn
Ing found Sam smiling and cheerful
as usual, but John was missing.
"Where is John this morning?" she
asked.
"Oh," answered Sam amiably, ''Chlis-
ian gentleman hit him in the head
with a blick, and he all same In hos
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