The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-23
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
Her Way.

r1er way.
Ihere was an old darky In Virginia
VINO lived happily with his wife and
seemed to every one to be n model
husband. white man who appeared
TO enjoy less domestic bliss called unon
the old fellow for the secret Of bis
marital success.
Since yo' axes me-" returned tba
darky, I'll tell yo' how All does r.
An Jes' let's huh hab huh own way
an All hab huh way toow
First SumPtuary Laws.
Laws regulating eating, drinking and
dressing are almost as old as history
itself. Nothing ike cxactness can be
reached in the matter, but it Is safe
to say that 1t was in Egypt, as far
back as 1000 B. c., that the first prac-
tical sumptuary statutes were passed.
Among the Romans they first appear
ed in the celel rated twelve tables"
In modern times Charlerarne was the
pioneer In suNptuary legislation.
The Pedant Under the Microscope.
a scholar has a considerable amount
of sound learning, and he Is afraid that
his fellow citizens may not fully ap-
preciate it. SO in his conversation he
allows his cruditiol 10 leak out, with
the intent the stranger should say,
What modest, learned man he is,
and what a pleasure 1t IL to meet
him!' Only the stranger does not ex-
press himself in that way. but rays,
What IN admirable peGant lie is, to
be sure" Pedcntry is a we'll rccog-
nized compound, two-thirds sound
learning and one-third harmless vani-
ty.-S. NJ. Gro. Tors in Atlantic.
race Traits.
The Celt, or the kind 1f man our
ignorance calls Celt, has shown him
self more than any Of his brethren of
other races dogged in following his
ideas, whether in politics. in religion
or in social customs-doggcd and
dauntless, beaten often, but never CIV
ing in, never changing his demand
and not readily even changing his tao
tics.-Dublin Freeman's Journal
A Desperate Charge.
"They charged like demons" said
the retired colonel excitedly. 81 never
saw anything to touch 1t. The wny
they charged positively staggered me-"
Whom does he mean?" WHISPERED
the man who had just come In TO his
neighbor. "Is he talking about enc of
his old battles"
NO. replied the other. Hes talk
ing about the holiday he spent at tho
Swiss hotel. Liverpool Mercury.
"lt I5n't Me-"
The Ottawa Herald tells Of u farmer
who received a telegram from New
Mexico saying that, his son had been
killed and asking what they should do
with the body. The bereaved fathar
sent word that the body should be sent
to him. Next day he received a dis
patch from his son saying. MY corpse
shipped to you, but 1t isn't me."-Kan-
sas City Star
A Disadvantage.
A man was praising the improve
ments made by friend In his dwell
ing. Your house looks a lot better
now that 1t has been all newly paint
ed"
WELL" the man who had been re-
decorating admitted gloomily. at does
look bit better. But we shall have
to wash the windows more frequently
to keep In harmony with itr'-London
Family Herald.
What He Didn't Want.
The stranger with the empty look
on his face went TO the office Of the In.
stitution that said on the front, "vac-
cuum Cleaner"
Approaching the desk, he asked ab-
sently
DO you keep vacuum cleanerY'
YES" said the smart person behind
the desk. 'What do you want-a
L..amEoo"--Chicago News.