Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-01-17

wisss African pstFeshals.
In some parts OF west Africa the
girls have long engagements On the
day of their birth they are bstrothed
TO baby boy tribe older than them.
selves. aud at the age OF twenty they
are married. The girls know of no
other way Of getting husband, and
50 they are quite happy and satisfied.
As wives they are patterns Of obedi,
ence. and the marriages usually turn
out successes.
Wasted Irony.
"Iiow much money did you have in
the purse you lostr inquired a eallow
barrlster Of the prosecutrix Ia a lar.
eony case reported IN the London Tele-
graph
-Four shillinss. two sixpences and a
sovereign In gold"
"Did you ever see sovereign IN
anything but goldT'
"Yes, once saw King Edward In a
carriage"
nerlns Helss In olass.
Here Ii the plan pursued by an op
tician when he wishes to bore holes
In glass. A drill borer heated to a
white heat Ii dipped into quicksilver,
whereby II Ii excellently hardened and
sharpened by grinding on whetstone.
II the drill thus prepared is molstened
with a saturated solution Of camphor
aud oil Of turpentlne and the bore hole
10 kept rather moist. glass may be drill
Cd like wood. Exchange.
Getting Back.
"No, Mr.. winterbottom." said Maude
Daryl eoldly. II can never bring my.
self to marry man who carries q
horseshoe for luck"
And yet." George winterbottom
muttered. "who can doubt tho irons
efficacy after thisf'
Chuckling convulsively. the young
man passed out into the cold, sad au.
tumn night Exchange.
Rsssmhianee.
At the close Of their usual dinner
time argument Mr.. johnson looked at
his wife admiringiy. my DEAR" be
said. your mind resembles very much
the wireless telegraph apparatus
which they use In the navy"
"Yesr she asked, nattered. "You
mean because II catches subtle nashes
from the surrounding stherf"
"No. my dear. Because II ID often
completely at sea."-Exchange.
hIs iiiustrieus Ancestor.
Mrs. 'Parvenu (patronizingly)- y)-wers
any Of your ancestors men Of motel
Mfr. Fllppant-Yes. madam, I should
say sol One OF them was the most Ia
nous admiral Of hls day and com
manded the allied forces OF the world.
Mrs. Parvenu with altered tone Of
deep respecu-Is II possible. Mr.. Flip.
pantl And what was his namei Mr..
Flippant--Noah. madam.
Timing the chauAsurs.
you will never break up automobile
speeding by timing the automobiles" !"
bantered the stranger in the goggles.
Maybe not. nelghbor." drawled tho
rural constable with the huge star.
"but we have broken up lot OF speed.
Ing by timing the chauffeurs."
Timing the chauffeursr'
Eyes. giving them sixty days time In
the county jaii."--Kansas City Inde
pendent.
A Tough Game.
Jack-say, Bill, we've been In hard
luck lately, amt wef
Bill-we have. old man.
Jack-I'll tell you what ws'll do,
You insure your life In my favor for
$4,000. and I'll do the same for you.
Bill-weli. what good'll that do usi
Jack-Why, wen just load up our
guns and step OF thirty PAGES some.
where and see who gets the money
Life.
Working His Passage.
II was when there were packet boats
on the Erie canal. An Irishman OF.
fered to work his passage to Buffalo.
and they set him leading the horses
that towed the boat He worked faith
fully for two days. doing great deal
of thinking. On the third day he
thought 1t out "By the powers" he
said, II moight as well walk as work
my passage" And walk he did, with.
out even thanking his employers.
Assembly Of Wise Men.
The witenagemot, or assembly Of
wise men. out Of which the British
parliament grew, was brought over to
England by the Anglo -Saxons from
their old home In Germany. Such
council was originally held in each Of
the kingdoms Of the heptarchy, but
after the union Of the kingdoms in q
single nation under Edgar about 900
the wItenagemot became the delibera.
tive and legislative body Of the nation.
Ways Of William Penn.
Simeon Ford recently said at a ban
quet in the course Of eulogy on VII.
liam Penn:
Penn was a man Of peace and al
ways got the biggest one. He believed
In doing right by the Indians, and
when he did them he did them right.