The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-13
r, oliand Customs.

3
In many owns bulletins are affixed
to the door, !, of houses in which PEI,
sons are sicl in order thar their friends
ma; be app ,rised of the state of the1f
health with out knocking or ringing,
anG iB Eaa riem the birth of child
is announced by means of a smap
placard ad otned with red silk AMI
lace
Tommy to the Rescue.
Tommy's idea of punishment is being
sent up to the school principals room
When he went 10 Sunday school the
well meaning teacher asked him if he
knew where bad little boys go
Yes. sir" Tommy promptly re
sponded.
And do you know about the terrible
being who rules there: the teacher
went on.
Tommy stared in surprise.
Gee" he indignantly cried. "our
principal amt so bad as that.'-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Won His Opponent.
In 11f1 Mr.. !obI Brown was invited
to become tie pastor of church ut
Hinghan. There was but one oppo-
nent TO bis settlement Il mnu whom
Mr.. Brown won over by stroke Of
good humor. He asked for the grounds
of his opposition. II like your person
and your manner" was the reply, "hut
your preaching. sir. | disapprovc."
Then said Mr.. Brown. I'VE are
agreed. ! do not like my preachin.
very well myself. but how great fol.
ly it is for you and me to set up our
opinion against thai Of the whole par,
ish'' The force of this reasoning an.
pealed 10 the man, and lie at once with
drew hi, objections. London Satur.
day Review.
The MaseIIanic Clouds.
The Aiagellanic clouds are two
,ouGy masses of light oval in shape
and unequal in size. seen ut night in
the heavens in the vicinity of the
south pole They are supposed to be
nebulae. or dense a@gregatoBs of
STARS. so far distant rs TO give to the
unassisted eye the Impression of cloud
like masses. They cover areas of II
and 10 square degrees respectively and
are so named In honor of Ferdinand
Magellan, The great Portuguese uavi-
gator who first observed them in 1920
during his voyage around the globe
New York American.
Asking Too Much.
The mother OF little six-year-old
Mary bad told her n number of times
not to hitch her sled To passing sleighs,
feeling that it was a dangerous prac-
tice. 1t was such fascinating sport,
however, that Mary could not resist it.
and one dag her mother saw her 60
skinlnina past the house behind
farmers bob.
When she came in from play she
was taken to task. her mother saying
severely: "Mary. haven't l told You
that you must not hitch on to hobs!
Besides, it is against the law"
Mary tossed her head. oh she
said, don't talk to me about the law.
It's all can do to keep the Ten Com
mandmentsN-Wom Home Com
paniUn.
A Slight Mistake.
An engagement between handsome
young Philadelphia woman and an i'm
pecunious young man about town was
suspended several weeks recently be-
cause of slight mistake by boy in
the florist shop where the young man
was in the habit Of buying blooms for
his prospective bride. Being in hur-
ry one morning. the young man hasti-
ly penciled two cards to the florist
One was brief compliment to his
sweetheart to go with the flowers. and
the other was directed to the florist
1t read, DO the best you can for -
cents"
The mistake occurred when this card
was attached to the efiowers.-Philade.
phia Times.