The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-01-25
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nent to bis settlement, a man whom
Mr.. Brown won over by a stroke of
good humor. He asked for the grounds
of his opposition. 81 like your person
and your manner" was the reply. but
yonr preaching. sir, / disapprove."
Then" said Mr.. Brown. 1--WE are
agreed. do not like my preaching
very we'll myself, but how great fol
ly it is for you and me to set up our
opinion against that of the whole par
ish." The force of this reasoning APP
pealed to the man, and he at once with
drew his. objections. Satur-
day Review.
A Nautical Explanation.
The officers were on the quarter deck
looking at comet and noticed an eager
discussion among the crew forward.
The captain called one of the men aft
and asked him what was the subject
Of discussion.
Eve were trying to make out what
that there thing was" replied the man.
pointing to the comet.
'And what do you imagine it is?"
Dunno, your honor. but Bill Jones
here, as knows most things, says as
how it's star that's sprung Leak
London Telegraph.
Asking Too Much.
The mother Of little six-year-Old
Mary had told her a number of times
not to hitch her sled to passing sleighs.
feeling that it was dangerous prac-
tice. 1t was such a fascinating sport.
however, that Mary could not resist it,
and one day her mother saw her go
skimming past the house behind a
farmers bob.
When she came in from play she
was taken to task. her mother saying
severely: Mary, haven't told you
that you must not bitch on to hobs?
Besides, it is against the law"
Mary tossed her head. .'Oh.7 she
said. don't talk to me about the law.
It's all can do to keep the Ten Com
mandmentsm- Woman's Home Com
panion.
A Star That WInks.
There is in the constellation Pegasus
little variable star that may reason
ably be said to wink. Two or three
times in the course of a single night
this curious star can be seen to fade
and then to brighten like signal
light For about two and three-quar-
ter hours it becomes fainter and
fainter Then comes a change and at
the end Of two and three-quarter hours
more it is as bright as at the begin
ming Unfortunately it can be seen
only with a telescope. Yet it ranks
as a sun.-Harper's Weekly.
AIaric the Goth.
Alaric, the first of the barbarian
kings who entered and sacked the Eter-
nal City and the first enemy who had
appeared before its walls since the
time of Hannibal, is said to have re-
ceiyed as the price of his departure
from the city during the first siege. in
A. d. 4OS) 5000 pounds weight of gold,
5000 pounds weight of silver, 5000
silken robes, 5000 pieces of scarlet
cloth AMI 1900 pounds of pepper. In
order to furnish portion OF the ram
som it became necessary TO melt down
some OF the statues of the ancient gods.
Made 1t Clear.
Jim had never learned to read by
the ordinary methods the face Of the
old eight day clock 1t pleased his
long time employer, however, to ask
him the hour and hear his answers.
Jim. what time does the old CLOCK
say?" he asked one evening when he
had callers. ''Step in the hall and see"
Jim was gone several minutes. but
returned with beaming face.
"Ah-Ah waited jes' minute to
see which'd get ahead, de shot one or
de long one," he said. wen l went
out dey was bofe on de lef han wind
ing place. sah But de long one. she
clip it up good an libely wen she see
me watching out, an now she's bout
a inch ahead, sah."-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Irving's Intensity.
The piercing eyes and intense ex-
preston Of Henry Irving once had the
effect Of making a fellow actor alto
gether forget that he was on the stage
at ALL 1t occurred in Manchester dur
ing a performance Of Macbeth" and
in the scene where Macbeth says to
one of the murderers There's blood
upon thy facew Irving put so much
earnestness into his words that the
murderer forgot his proper answer
('' IT'S Banquo's, then'1 and replied in
a startled voice: ''Is there? Great
Scottr He fancied, as he afterward
said, that he'd broken blood vessel.
Early Birds.
The green finch is the earliest riser.
1t pipes as early as half past l in the
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