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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-17

maravilla. Dice: "Esa magnifica
lente la escogimos nosotros mismos,
en- casa de Tiffany en- la 5a. Ave-
nida.."
Invito a esa Redacci6n Sc file en-
la marca de fabrica. Es possible
que en- alguna orillita Sc lea 10 81
guiente: ''Made in Germany.
Acaso sea la companera de la que
us6 ell Kaiser al declarar la guerra
q los Aliados cuando vio su I'm
perio aduenandose del mundo.
j Cuanto haibra sentido haber con-
fiadO en- su magnffica lente! Sc
guramente la habra hecho afiicos.
LIE aconsejo haga I'd. 10 mismo,
senior Redactor, pues cada vez que
la usa es un fracaso mas que le
suma al ntimero de los va sufridos.
No es possible tratarles de con-
veneer mientras sigan chifiados con
el poder Y la magnifcencia de su
lente. El inteligente lector, que.
como nosotros, We las cosas tai CO.
mo elias son, sabra apreciar la in
sen1atez de sus rodeos Y sofsmos a
la vez que la cordura de nuestras
aserciones.
A no haber sido porque le cita
mos el diccionario Hispano-Ameri-
cano para que leyese la defnici6n
de S'juicio" en- la acepci6n que
desde un principle usamos, no hu-
biera tenido material con que lie
mar sus cuartillas. En- el referido
diccionario leyeron todas las def
niciones de la palabra en- question.
Sabemos, mejor que "El Mundo
las m1ltiples acepciones de esa pa
labra, y sabiamos la que "El Nun
do" ignoraba: este es. la de
que es una FACULTAD de la men
te en- virtud de la cual el ninO pue-
de distinguir 10 bueno de 10 malo;
discernir la verdad del error. Pre-
cisamente a esa acepci0n nos re-
feriamos Ell nuestro art1culo origi-
nal y NO a la .operacion del cere-
bro que consiste en- conlRarar dos
ideas para determinar las iElacio-
nes. Si a I'd. lc conviene tomar
FL por B insistc I'd. en- clio para
salir de su atolladero, "alla I'd. =,
Sigue Gel Mundo' confundido.
Leamos 10 que nos dice: Isl toda-
via no Sc convence, busque la eti-
mologla de la palabra. iUd. sa-
be manejar ell diccionario griego?"
Antes de proseguir, permitase re
comendar los maestros que ense-
nan ell grado cuarto en- las escuelas
pnblicas sometan la correction
de los niiIos en- una clase de caste
llano la siguientc expression: 'iUd.
sabe manejar ell rdiccionario?" VI
desearia 10 hicieran en- presencia
del Redactor para que Sc conven-
ciese que los ninos de cuarto grado
de hoy conocen el modo de EXPIRE
sar una pregunta mejor que mr-
chos poetas y literatos del antique
cuno.
SCree I'd. a. la palabra ''juicio
Sc deriva del griego? I'd. puede
creerlo, pero va lie hemoa dicho
que una cosa es su opinion Y otra
cosa es la verdad. La palabra
juicio" Sc deriva del latin: sin
dicinm". Es que con su n,agnif-
ca lente donde dice "latfn", lee
I'd. griego'', v vice-versa. I'd.
nos. va a obligar ser poetas sin
haber nacido para clio. ALA va
esta decima en- versos de siete 81
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-17

Uds. 10 que slgnifica fig. y
Examinar menudamente una cosa.
Desmenuzaron las damas la her.
mosura de Aristela parte por par
te.-Cervantes.''
Uds. wen senores de "El Mum
do" como todo ell este mundo Sc
sabe?
Cuando nosotros buscamos una
autoridad en- Psicologia para de-
mostrarles que ".Tuicio' es una fa-
cultad de la mente, fuimos censu-
radios por no haber lido a un die
ciOnario de la lengua. ~ que di-
remos de Uds. que cuando desean
buscar la definicion de una pala-
bra que NADIA tiene que yer con Ia
ciencia recurren a un textO cientf-
fico9
"El Mundo" esta al reeves. Es
que su lente We las cosas al reeves.
Pero ell lector inteligente que nos
lee We las cosas al derecho y Sc en-
cargara de juzgar "El Mundo".
Cuando vosotros esteis enfermos
de la nariz de la VISTA consul
tad a I'm medico especialista en-
e1os 6rganos. Pero cuando est6is
enfermos del est0mago, no Sc os
ocurra consular a un especialista
en- las Intermediates de la nariz.
Sigamos "desplumando" a nues-
ira "presa''.
Dice 'El Mundo': "En una
contorsi6n dolorosa, ..nuestro i'm
pugnador no sabe como contestar
nuestra afirmaci6n de que ell fin
de la ensenanza cn Puerto Rico no
es aprender a pensar en- ingles."
Es la primera vez que noto esa
ahrmaci6n tai como aqui la EXPIRE
3ais. Y 'por cierto que es una afr
macion bien tonta. lQuien va a
discutirle1 que el fin de la enseEan-
"a en- Puerto Rico sea aprender
oensar en- ingles? Una cosa es la
necesidad de aprender a pensar en-
terminus del idioma ingles para po-
der expresarnos con fuidez en- ese
ldloma, y 0tra cosa es el fin 0 los
flleIs de la eslseSanza en- Puerto
Rico.
He aqul vuestra deseada contes-
tacion en- terminos categ6ricos: Ell
teZto en- ingles debe aparecer ell el
precise momento en- que ell nino
pueda leerlo. cntenderlo Y repro
ducir con mas menos facilidad
10 que ha leido. Leyendo, estudian-
do y recitando en- ingles, despues
que el nilo ha adquirido un extern
so vocabulario durante mas de
cuatro amos de estudio del lido
ma como asignatura, es como lie
CARA ell nino a conseguir, en- ell cur
so de algunos amos, el dominic del
idioma ingles. Y 81 toda esa Re
dacci0n Huiere cerciorarse de la
verdad que afrmo, os reto que
visiteis los grades de quinto en-
adelante para que os convenzais
viendo y oyendo, que nuestros nj
iios progresan en- aritmetica, en-
geografia, en- ingles y en- espanol.
Terminan Uds. sus desaciertos
copiando opiniones del Sr. Astol.
He aqui una de elias: "Que Sc de-
jen los textos en- ingles para los
grades superiores despues del sex
to.
Por POGO cae el Sr. Astol de
lado. Tn grado mas bajo
Y hubiese caido en- nuestro campo
de combate favor nuestr0. Sr.
Redactor. 81 I'd. hubiese sido mas
(Contin1a en- la pagina H.
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FL IDIO'MA'
FL Mundo" ante. nuestra vista.

"El Mundo" continta leyendo labas:
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-17

"Bajo la lente" obscura,
De su cerebro obtuso
Esta "El Mundo'' confuse. I.
Pues SUI cabeza dura
Tiene tanta c0rdMrd,
Que intenta locamente
Que Gamble por su lente
De necio contrincante,
La pluana, que incesante
Que hacer lie da a su gente.
Y decilnos SUI genie, porque, va
no a5lo los redactores, sino hasta
ell administrator ha tenido que in
tervenir para que no Sc ataque mas
a la enseilanza DEL ingles por
cuanto este da lugar que Sc au-
mente el inconta5le numero de sus
simpatizadores. Y decimos DEL
ingles, porque al combatir sin base
Y sin razon alguna ell sistema de
ense1anza del idioma en- question
y como Sc practica en- nuestras es-
cuelas p1blicas y abogar (ya que
no pueden suprimirlo totalmente)
porque solo Sc enseiie como asigna-
tura aun en- los grades auperiores,
es 10 mismo que 81 Sc combatiera
la ensehanza DEL. ingles tai y CO.
mo este debe aprenderse. No es ell
fin ell que ell Milo Sc embotelle'
una serie de reglas gramaticales y
pueda ilustrarlas con oraciones
"embotelladas.' Nuestro fin es
mucho mas practice; que ell nilo
DONNIE ell ingles: que 10 apren-
da a IIABLAR Y a ESCRIBlR CO.
rrcctamente. Y ESQ es impossible
conseguirlo sino mediante ell plan
delineado por ell Departments de
Instruction segiln 10 hemos especi-
ficado en- nuestros anteriores articu.
los.
Y sigue la confusion de LEI
Mundo''. Dice: Don Herminio
Sc extraiia de que digamos 'desme7
nuzando" y no analizando''.
Quien Sc 10 ha dicho a Uds.9 ST
asf Sc 10 han imaginado, yo no ten
go la eulPa.
Y sigue: "Quiere dar a entender
a slls admiradores que "desmenu-
zar" no es verbo castellano".
Si esa es su opinion, tampoco
tengo la eulpa que siempre esten
opinando en- pugna con la verdad.
Os voy a decir 10 que he descu-
bierto simple vista. Cuando lei
vuestra afrmacion: "Desn,enEzGn
es castellano', Y mas adelante la
expression de Cervantes, "Desmc-
nuzaron las damas la hermosura
de Aristela parte por parte'', Sos
peche que, al ids. notar que os en-
cerraba la palabra entire comillas
(simplemente para hacerles yer
que copiaba un termino, no comIn
en- estos casos, usado por Uds.) du-
daron, en- efecto, 81 la palabra era
o no castellana. Y para conven-
cersc, fueronSe al diccionario. No
a un diccionario de la lengua, sino
a 'un texto de Filosofia''. AL Die
cionario HISPANO-AMERICANO
de LITERATURE. CIENCIAS y
ARTES. La eta de Cervantes hi
ZONE entrar en- esas sospechas, pues
Ell los dictionaries de la lengua
que nos referimos no Sc leen esas
citas para ilustrar ciertos termi-
nos. Para cerciorarme, abri el re-
ferido Diccionario, tomo No. 3,
pag. 425, Y he aquf 10 que lei:
"Desmenuzar: = fig. ;Saben
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

The ssAss cay tie Saa Isis Valley
iisrssoe1 ASH. net h The City hall
~ PEI schedule. the psl Nosts. Mes.
u Vista aad L. JsrA sscttoas bsins
represented. ~ The osssins. II vss
dsesds1 70 go segssAss ssaia Jsss
~. ssd - tAs osAstios. ~ - 10
ssssss ths stAss essatess u The Val.
ley ssd make ~ ossly . vaiisy-
vide ossaalsatioa. out % ssseuas
os the anassi Nssoaie peeats bsias
held on the shove date. Il hss bsse
shoaGht bsss 10 pesspoas he ,sst
meeting SAITH two days jaess. TAuss-
day. Jane -. lee ,. N. II tAs City
hall. Monte Vista. We sspsrt ~
outside spsshss for The 1esA.
Soas bsss4sss viii start ~ In
business ~ paying . ieas price for
'hcir female bseedins ssoch: which
Is all veil and esod. en- . vssy ssick
means 70 - sad. hst ~ havsn't.
NIL Of ~. that loas price Ahagia
with. Ns. vsrrea Of ths = Sa-
sionai Rank. Monte Vista. Vokoa.
mends the buying Of tAs noss nod
crate priced ssasiss ssd salpess
xood sire. We I'll hssw ~ y
half the Ass1.~ ~ AAa - ~
sponslbls fss eae1 80 iaAividsai.
her oRspsinG; ~ ~ Tee aasy. TIE
dam will UaaoGn)4 ~ oAoeoetssieeiea
Ia oaiy sss aa1nay. ~ sire 70 ~
maay o9spSings - ~ gsts.
To illustrate further: with the
shorthosns. he oeetch.tops tBatss
OF ssas other non Scotch line cross
I'D with purs Scotch aaiaais) are
moderate In price compared to the
pare Scotch. ssnseslly speaking.
Then Il seems 10 me. 20 long a. We
buy registered scotch-topped fe-
males Of merit and which como with
In our means: then. buy the best
huh. Scotch or otherwise. that We are
able to get. We are Improving our
herd and playing cafe until such
time ~ we are able TO pay the long
priccs for the females. The high
priced pure Scotch shorthorn IL not
always the beat animal. whitahali
Sultan. one OF the greatest Of sisss.
IL . scotch-top.
c. D. HYATT.
County Agent.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

psg0. NO0Te oooOsYJoO0S
OooDWeeeN loog9T
The Ilei Nests oAosthofa Grow.
srs' Ass'a. I'M holA their asat ssmt.
sRauai rsssetAg N the TowR Hall.
~, Nero. as ,. -. Monday. Juss
- rhsss are nov ovss forty, ssscA'
osa bsioasias 70 THE Ass'a asl ~
hogs every osobse vii ~ prsssat.
osvsssi sssssiess Of inpestAses vii
~ brought - 81 tAia assetas-
essssioss Which directly ceacssa shis
ASIA. Also. asw msabers will ~
voted upos. provided ~ names Of
the prospective msmbsrs reach The
secretary on or before the shove
date Of the meeting. The msmhss.
ship fees are two dollars for the
arst year. and Que dollar for each
succeeding year.
JAMES r. PENNINGTON.
Secretary. Del Sorte Hhorthorn
Growers Assn.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mr.. William X. Mcneil took charge
Of the candy and leo cream nskisg
department OF the Diamond kaaAy
Kitchen last Monday. Mr.. Mcneil
was one of Bauer's best candy max
erx. In Denver. His wifo Il at pres
snt society editor Of the Cheyenne
Star Leader.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Leafy sandersOn returned home
Sunday from Lawrence. Kansas.
where she had been attending school
the past year. She came from Den
yer with Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Sander
son, In their car.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Charles hewitt and wife. Victor
hewitt and Sophia Riggenbach drove
to Pagosa Springs Saturday. return
ing Monday.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Frank Kimble and daughter Pearl
Of Strawn. Kansas. are visiting Mr..
Kimble's sister. Mrs. Mitch.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Tyner spent
from Sunday until Wednesday In the
mountains camping.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mrs. Mary Wiiiia,ls and son Nor.
man Ut rarminstom. Now MEXICO.
have b~ca visitiaG her father. A. c.
Carroll. for the past two weeks. Mrs.
Williams and so~ sccom? panied BY
Mr. Carroll. left Wednesday evening
for 4 visit at Pueblo.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

DR.. Chapman left Tuesday for his
home. after several weeks In Monte
on business.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mrs. J. II. Relmer and children
went to Alamosa Wednesday. having
rented a furnished home there.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mrs. Elmer johnson and daughter
loft Monday to attend . Sunday
school convention which IL being
held In Pueblo this week.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Charles and William DailOy have
returned home. having been visiting
thcir mother. Mrs. Fulton. during
her sickness.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mrs. +. &. Bunker and baby went
to AlamOsa Monday evening TO visit
several days.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mrs. c. 8. Conant returned We'd
nesday. having spent several days
In AlamOsa.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mrs. =. A. Black and son returned
To Pueblo Wednesday having spent
ten days visiting Mrs.. Robert Davis.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mr.. II. Klccker left Monday oven
Ing for Kansas City. having been Il
Monte visiting.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mrs. B. H. Tarwater and three
children Of Gallatin. No.. are visiting
her parents. MIR. and Mrs. w. J. San
derson.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21
New Books at Fuller Drug Store.

Grandma Fulton. who has been
seriously Ill. Is much Improved.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mrs. Baird and Mildred went to
ALAMEDA Monday evening to meet
Ralph Baird. who was just returning
home from overseas.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Fog real re~t-read good hook
800 ncs9 OAeS ut Fuller Drug 6eOre.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mrs. l.. NJ. Allen spent Wednesday
evening In AlamoaA.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Whra yos % camping sake ssp-
~ VI gOad hooks. Euller Dr1s
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21

Mr.. aud Mrs. 3. =. Robinson ant
son left Monday for Fort Worth, Tex
rs.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-06-21
N0Ssrr,

Summer Hacks NJ Fuller Drug
NeOrc.
The courier-index., 1919-12-12
Red Sails.

Violet seas under deep skies and
dotted on the horizon from Quiberon
TO Belle Isle the red sails of the BRIT.
tany fishing boats. Along this stretch
OF the Atlantic coast red sails have
been known immemorially. They ex-
listed in Caesars time. In the "Com-
mentaries" occurs the remark that the
people of the coast made their sails
OF tanned skins sewn together. Either
they had no fax or did not understa nd
its use, but the more likely reason in
Caesars opinion was that they knew
no ordinary sail would stand against
the ocean winds, owing to the great
weight of their boats. In time the
Breton fisherman exchanged his heavy
boat for lighter one and then he
hoisted the canvas sail. Different in
texture to when Caesar conquered
Gaul, the sails of the Finisterre seas
are OF the same tawny hue. The Bre-
ton Is the most conservative being in
the world. The color of the sails of
his forefathers must be the color of
his sails, and of those of his son. On
this point nobody will be found to
disagree with him.
The courier-index., 1919-12-12
Primitive Ferries.

There are rivers in India which are
subject to sudden and heavy floods,
and over these it is necessary to main
tain a ferrybost service. In some
cases the method Of conveying a per-
son across the river has remained the
same for several centuries, as in the
following case. A cord having been
fastened to large, elongated gourd,
and a smaller gourd being also tied to
1t, the native gets astride and, laying
his breast upon the larger gourd, pad
dies himself across with his hands
and feet. Women. too, avail them
selves of this singular continuance, un-
der the escort Of a ferryman, who,
similarly mounted. takes his charge
In tow, carries her basket, with per
haps a child In 1t. on his head, and
conveys them safely across.
The courier-index., 1919-12-12

wsnasr II Ky centempiauen causes as
satisfaction to the hero Of the occa-
sion, but lesser ills and woes, and
common things AXE wind and weather.
lack OF money. unpleasant occupations.
4 crumplsd .roseleak in the bed. q
wrinkle in some other wOman's get up
which has escaped her own. turn loose
q stream of fault-6nding disagreeable
and contemplate. We might as we'll
decide that we al have something to
bear in this world and that we will
bear 1t without grumbling; we might
as well subscribe to the truth that
II II Is not one thing. 1t is another.
and set our teeth and say nothing
Caroline Harris Lee.
The courier-index., 1919-12-12
SHOE PRICES TOO HIGH
FOR CASH REGISTER

The high cost of living does not on
all occasions discourage a sense of
humor, even in the most desperately
besieged family man, for sometimes
the joke is on the storekeeper. A
consumer who recently set out to buy
pair of shoes for about So went
into a store in Boston and was finally
convinced that about the best he
could do was to pay $12 plus for a
pair. The salesman went to the cash
register and began to "crank it up"
and ring bells, and when the drawer
opened he repeated the operation,
chuckling to himself all the while.
"You see," he explained to the GUS
toner, when this cash register was
put in here we never dreamed we
should get more than SO for a pair
of shoes, so the amount that could
be registered was limited to that fig
ure; and now, when we sell a pair,
we have to play a tune before we
ring up the required amount. -
Christian Science Monitor.
The courier-index., 1919-12-12
Housekeeping.

We went housekeeping Immediately
upon our marriage, for mother said
she despised these boarding people
she went to housekeeping when she
was married, and she meant all her
children should do the same; and II
their husbands weren't able to go to
housekeeping then they weren't able
to be husbands. and there was an end
OF ity and no two people. she said
brought up In different fashions, could
unite their lives into one without some
Earring. and a third party was sure to
turn that Jar into an earthquake; and
II there we're fewer third parties half
the trouble would be done away with
for she believed half the divorces and
separations and quarrels in the state
were brought about by boarding house
intima cies with third parties.-Harriet
Prescott Spoilord.
The courier-index., 1919-12-12
FRIENDS OF SUNNY FRANCE
4ootsnen for Many Centuries Fought
and Lived Under the Flag
of tho Bourbons.

Until the eventual fixture of the
Hanoverian line ON the throne Of Bri-
tain, there was always n company. at
least. Of Scots In the Royal Guard In
France. When Louis TX made his ia
tai crusade Ia Egypt, q Scottish legion
fought under the Bourbon standards.
Likewise, In all the marches Of Jeanne
dare there were Scottish volunteers.
Scottish schools, academies, hospitals
converts and other institutions -four
ished In France for many years. Queen
Marie, II is said. spent her last years
in exile in one Of the Scottish con-
vents In Paris.
During these centuries. all France
was q land Of pilgrimage for the
Scots Trains of pilgrims were seen
annually assembling at Saint WAIST.
Pious Scots also founded shrines at
Meaux, Rheims and In many secluded
Wales Of Champa gne. AS late as 1910
manuscripts attest the presence or
Scottish emigrants, whose names soon
became confused with French forms.
1t is said that one French king. de-
spairing Of the frivolity of his heir
said to him, IF thou should govern
them badly, would far rather that q
Scot came to rule over them.
The courier-index., 1919-12-12
MOMENTOUS DAY IN HISTORY
Britain on Twenty-seventn Day
OF August

According to calculations carefully
made and mat, at the least. estab-
lish a probable case, August y Is the
anniversary OF the landing of julius
Caesar in the island Of Britain.
In his wars that resulted In the con-
quest OF Gaul, or modern France, Jul
Illus Caesar kept a Journal, in which
he recorded all his operations. He
called It, Commentaries" and II has
been pronounced to be perhaps the
best record OF campaigns ever writ
ten by a general In the feld.
In the midst OF these operations he
found time to cross the channel and
pay a military visit to the land known
now as England. but not so known
then, for the ancient Britons then In
habited the island. He states the year
of that visit. which. according to our
calendar, was So b. G. He also states
other facts which enabled the calcu-
lation as to month and day to be
made.
Caesar In his journal. or "Commen-
taries," relates that he set out on the
expedition when little of summer re-
manned, when the people Of the south
Of Britain are engaged In their bar
vest, and that after a stay OF three
weeks, he returned to GauI before the
equinox. It Ia, therefore, concluded
that the day Of landing must have
been In August.
The courier-index., 1919-12-12
TRUST TOO MUCH TO LUCK
Few Have Proper Preparation fo'
Work Which They Undertake
to Do in Iifa

Many persons go through life for a
long time with a veil, as 1t were, OBJ
securing their clear vision. They do not
understand life as 1t is; they prefer to
try to make OF 1t what they think IL
should be in order to satisfy their am
billions; they do not like the obstacles
that bar their paths; they want the
right of way and cannot understand
why they may not always have IL. II
is a difficult thing to make Roadway In
any undertaking when we are com
PEELED to grOpe in the darkness and
feel our steps We do our best, per-
haps. but even so we make mistakes
and set ourselves far back in our en-
deavOrs simply because we are not pre-
pared for the work In hand. No one
may even hope to accomplish really
worth while results unless he under
stands the needs Of the task In hand
and is prepared to meet them Good
preparation is the foundation for our
lIfewOrk, and unless our foundations
are solid it is impossible to build
strongly uD0n them far the fnfure
The courier-index., 1919-12-12
|Hlp ITS ORIGIN IN PERSIA
w. 1check" Can Be Traced to
I,m Employed In the Ancient
Game Of Chess

ma historical adventures Of the
nj "check" give an interesting ex-
,upIe Of how common term has
aInsd Its present meaning.
comes originally from Persia, and
| ,uociated with the game OF chess.
,hah is a Persian king. and centu-
ds 40 the word shah, or something
Ne It. was used to designate an at
nj upon the king in chess. Under
n influence of the medieval Latinist
Il word underwent curious change
/ Eaccus" and later passed into old
knch as "eschec" or "eschac." From
h French 1t was but a step through
/ n Norman tongue into English as
heck" or "cheque."
After its form was established the
lanlng Of the word began to extend
hun formidable move In a game OF
aS to any stoppage or rebun or
nnething in progress. and gradually
| cane to designate anything which
snroled or restrained anything else,
nd 50 came to mean a token or ticket.
b the early days OF drawn notes." or
tifts the counterfoil or stub in the
knk was called a check" About the
'sgnning Of the nineteenth century
n word became synonymous with
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"ohost" OF Thomas a Beckett.

st. Thomas. the first AgnOstic,"
whose festival was placed on the
shortest day to punish his unbelief,
shares this anniversary with very
militant namesake, Thomas a Beckett,
pilgrimages to whose shrine inspired
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
His specter. known among the
vergers as Thomas a Backet's ghost"
can be seen occasionally in the crypt
Of Canterbury cathedral 1t is real
ghost, and has been photographed.
One photograph showed a dim figure
Of a prelate against a pillar. while an
other snapshot taken from the same
position, but on different day, re-
vealed no such appearance.
Rationalists explain that an ancient
fresco on the pillar. painted out at the
Reformation. becomes visible through
the overlaid material during damp
weather.-London Chronicle.
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THat ~ why so many or us make sucn
sorry failures of life. We have had
nothing on which to build. Tho
nimsy little base upon which we seek
to set our iifework IL not large enough
to bear the hard strain of earnest eff
fort. It gives way under the first
heavy pressure and we find ourselves
In the dark. Again we begin to feel
our way and again we trust to luck to
get results that will be worth having
--CharlestOwn News and Courier.