The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-01-28

posi-. Inc sentry abruptly halted,
shouldered and gave the present.
The young officer was well pleased, but
nevertheless remarked:
Sentry, Pm not entitled to this com
pliment"
Il know you are not" replied the
sentry. ''but thought you were good
enough to practice on."-London Tat
Ter.
Mistakes In Use of Words.
If use can make authority in the en-
ployment of words it is high time that
certain etymologically misused phrases
of our English tongue should be adopt
ed into the family of orthodoxy. The
word necessity" is habitually used as
the equivalent of necessary" instead
Of being its direct opposite. a mai
says: 81 do not care for the luxuries
of life if have the necessities" when
probably he has the necessities" in
calamitous abundance Quite as com
mon blunder is the confusion be-
tween the words expect aud ''sus-
pect" A man says: s'Yhere is knock
at the door. | expect that is the tax
collector" He should say, 81 have
been expecting the tax collector and
suspect that is. he"- Boston Transcript.
England In the Sixteenth Century.
In the Northumberland Household
Book published in 1912. it was stated
that a thousand pounds was the sum
annually expended for the food of
members of the noble family concerned
and that of their retainers. The
amount maintained 166 persons. and
wheat then cost 5s. 3d. per quarter.
The household rose at 6 in the morn
ing. Ny lord and my lady had set
on the table for breakfast at Z O'Clock
in the MOI mag quart of beer, quart
of wine, two pieces of salt fs.--h half
dozen red behring's, four white ones
and a dish of sprats. They dined at
10. supped at in the afternoon, the
gates were all shut at 8, and no fur
Their ingress or egress permitted.
Teaching the Young Idea.
FREDDY, | understand that you sold
your electric top to the Jones boy"
Yes. pa
And the top was broken"
Eyes, sir"
"How much did you ask for it,"
Fifty cents"
"And the top was absolutely worth
iess?''
Yes, sir"
"Do you think any one will respect
you if you do tricks like that?"
Il dunno
Suppose | had a watch without any
works and sold it to a man for $500.
Would you have any respect for me-"
"Huhl I'd have less respect for the
Teller who bought the watchm Brook
Ign Life.
Boomerang Skill,
Imagine hurting a bent stick away
from you with all your strength and
having it return to the very spot
where you are standing. That is what
Il skilled boomerang thrower can do.
More than this, he may throw the
stick so that it will actually fall far
behind him although hurled directly in
front The skill of the little brown
bushmen, of which we have read so
much, is not exaggerated in the least,
for the boomerang welded by an ex-
pert is thing of magic. 1t will soar
through the air like a bird-now high
up, now just Swimming the surface Of
the ground. turning in circles. finally
falling just where it has been aimed to
fall.-St Nicholas
Definite Location.
Every visitor at the capitol at Har-
registration room is expected to write
his name in a big book. together with
his birthplace and present residence,
says the Troy Times. Not long ago,
when a crowd of excursionists visited
the grounds aud buildings, stout girl
started to register.
She paused, pen poised in air, and
called out to an elderly lady comfort
ably seated in big chair, 'Mon, we're
vas | horned at?"
"vat you want to know dat for?'
"Dis man wants TO put it in der big
book"
"Ach," answered the mother. "you
know veil enough-in der old stone
house."
Miles and Knots.
The United States naval photograph
ic Office publishes the following infor-
nation regarding the nautical mile and
the statute mile: In the United States