Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 3 January 1917 — Page 2

HOST HAD REASONED WELL Couldn’t Afford to Sacrifice Reputation for Veracity by Backing Up Hla Gueat'a “Tall" Story. A well-known diplomat told at a dinner in Washington a aiguificaut parabl*. “They who expect the men In authority to do a great deal for them — they who expect the liupoexible —should remember the grlzzly-beur story. "A funioua grlxzij-bear hunter gave a dinner, and one of the guests told of a bear hunt that he hud once shared In with his host. It Imd been a remarkable hunt. The bear had been killed under almost incredible difficulties. Although his auditors looked skeptical the narrator did not spare them any of those difficulties. He counted on the host, you see. for corrobo ration, “Then, when he had finished his strange but perfectly true tale, he said: " 'There, thut's the story, uud, gentlemen. our host will corroborate every word I say.' “‘No. George.' he said, ‘I don’t remember anything of this sort at all.’ •'Tableau! “Maddened by this tableau, the guest, at the end of the dinner, took his host aside and hissed: “ 'Why didn’t you back me up in that bear story? You know every word of it was true.’ “ 'Yes.' said the famous hunter; ’yes. it was all true, but 1 saw that everybody round the table thought you were lying. If, them I hud sup;>orted you. the oniy result would have been they would have set me down for u liar, too.’ ” EARNED OF “DARK HORSE” Phrase That Has Become Famous Had Its Origin in a Race Meet in Tennessee Town. The first use of the phrase, “a dark horse." has been traced to a turf oracle named Judge McMinamee. A man named Sam Flynn owned u black stullion called Dusky Fete. He was not n "likely boss" In appearance, but he could travel at u rate that put most of the annuals pitted against him to scorn. It was Flynn’s custom to ride this horse into a town where a race meeting was being held, and enter him in a race, Dusky Pete didn't look particularly good, and Flynn could always get a goodly number of bets low at excellent odds. Seldom did I’ete fail to romp home far ahead of the local favorites, to the enrichment □f his owner. One day Judge McMinamee was appointed judge ut a race meet, ami among the entries he observed Dusky I’ete. “Gentlemen." he said, "there's a lark horse in this race that will make ye sick.” After that it became a saying to “Look out for the dark horse.” Left Vicar’s Wife Thinking. The vicar’s wife was tireless in discouraging the use of tobacco. According to the good lady, it was the weed which made a veritable wilderness of h<- rose-garden of life. "Well. Annie," <he remarked to one of the village lasses about to get married, "I hope your chosen is one of the non-ehimney var'ety—sloes not smoke.” "He ain't what yoii'l call a slave to the habit, ma'am,” replied the girl, “but he ain't exactly a atranger to it. I don't feel called on to put a stop to it. neither. You see. I want him to be happy and comfortable about the house when we’re married.” "Surely he would be lust ns happy without that dreadful tobacco?” advanced the lady. "F’r’aps he wouid, ma'am, and p'r'a; s he wouldn't,” came the unswer; "anyhow. I wouldn't like him to keep on findin’ jobs out o' sight every few minutes, then eome in eatln’ corfy berries, like the poor wiear.” —London Tit-Bits. Man Who Knew Everything. Thiers, tlie French statesman, was fi victim of many whimsies. None had stronger hold ou him, says Mgr. Gabriel Hnnotaux in Contemporary France, than his desire to get everybody to recognize his universal competency. Os an applicant for the post of director at the Sevres manufactory Thiers said: "He is no more made for that part than I so and then he stopped. “Ah. oh' M. Thiers,” said his interlocutor. "you find it hard to say what you could nut do." “That’s the truth!” That’s the truth!" cried the statesman gleefully. ' One day Thiers said, speaking of a nian who l ad been raised to a high function: "He is n<« more suited for that office than I am to be a druggist. And yet,” he added, catching himself up. “I do know chemistry!” Freedom’s True Friend. The true friend of freedom does not wish to bo insulted by the supposition that he believes each human individual an erring man, and that nevertheless the united clamor of erring men lias a character of divinity about it; nor does he desire to he told that the voice of the people, though legitimately nnd institutionally proclaimed and justly commanding respect and obedience. is divine on thut account. Ht knows that the majority may err. and that he has the right and often the duty to use his whole energy to con vince them of their error, and law fully to brlaS ebent a different set of la ■». The true and stanch Republlcas wants liberty, but so deitestiea either ci' him-sslf or others. —Emerson. - ;

MADE “BOOKIES” LOOK SILLY Visiter From Dublin Turned Nest Trick on London Sherks Who Had Boasted Too Loudly. A Dublin man, being on a vacation in Luudou recently, patronized a hotel resorted to by two English book les and, being coutlnually nnd unmercifully twitted by them, decided mi revenge. In the xinokeroom one evening the trio were discussing the ilexferity of pickpockets, when our friend who had adroitly Introduced the sub ject, declared thut there was nothing wonderful about their work at all Any ordinarily smart man could de what they do. “I could easily lift any man. If I so wished.” he declared, "no matter who or how alert he might be." “Bet you fifty to a tanner you don’t lift that toll over there, Mr. Mick or Pat. or whatever your name is,” snapped one of the bookies, at the same time indicating toe only other occupant of the room a gentleman standing at a distant wiudov . “Done.” said our friend, uml the money was taken. He approached the gentleman and spoke to him. at the same lime relieving him of his watch ami chain, tie pin ami pocketbook. The ; gentleman didn’t apparently notice ( anything wrong, but the bookies could ■ distinctly see the operation. Our friend won his bet und the bookie lost his temper next day on discovering that our friend and the gentleman whom he hud lifted were bosom companions who hud arranged the little mutter between them. —London Mall. DIDN'T QUITE GET THE IDEA Library Patron Evidently Was Not Strictly Up to Date in Knowledge of Modern Literature. A student assistant, engaged in reading the shelves at the public library, was-accosted by a primly dressed, middle-aged woman. who said that she Imd finished reading the last of Laura Jean Libbey’s writings, and timt sh< should like something just us good. The young assistant, unable for the foment to think of Laura Jean Libbey’s equal, hastily scanned the shelf on which she was working, and. choosing a book, offered it to the applicant, saying. "Perhaps you would like this •A Kentucky Cardinal.’ ” “No,” was the reply; "I don t care for theological works." "But." replied the kindly assistant with needless enthusiasm, "this cardinal was a bird.” “That would not recommend him to me," said the woman, as she moved away In search of a librarian who should be a better judge of character as well us of Laura Jeau Libbey’s peers.—Harper's Magazine. Tools Egyptians Used. Stone implements and household tools, estimated to be 40.000 years old. forming part of u collection owned by Mlremptah, son ami successor to Barneses the Great, 1.300 years before Christ, have been unearthed In the prehistoric monarch’s palace at Memphis. ancient capital of Egypt. Advices telling of these import discoveries have reached the university museum in Philadelphia from Dr. Clarence S. Fisher, leader of the Eckley H. Coxe. Jr., expedition to Egypt. In a full report. Doctor Fisher descrilies wandering through the spacious halls of tin- great palace that for centuries lay buried In ancient Memphis. Gold ornaments, scarabs, vessels of various kinds and vases were found intact, just as they must have been when the lords of those days departed. Many of the relies found, says Doctor Fisher, date back t<> the stone age. Traces of a tire that must have ravished the palace are found on every side, according to the archeologist.— Exchange. Odd Numbers. A hen is always given an odd number of eggs to be hatched. Why? There is no reason at all except su perstitiou. Salutes from warships, forts, etc. are always given in odd numbers, yet no valid reason can be adduced. It is a remnant of the old “odd numbers an lucky” superstition. Virgil records all sorts of charms and spelis practiced round odd numbers—never even ones. Seven is thr favorite biblical number, and old divines taught that It held a mystical perfection. It is an odd number. FaistalT. in the "Merry Wives,” is entrapi>ed for the third time. He himself said: "They say there is a divinity in odd numbers.” because of the old belief in odd numbers. Physicians of other days always insisted that "bleedings" should be in odd numbers —one, three, five, etc., and never an even one. —London Mail. Sound Thoughts—Sound Body. You may have a well body. but you must begin to build it with your word. Instead of laying up weak aiul sick word in your body, begin now to speak the word of strength and health —and keep it up. Don’t look nt what has been. Lot’s wife tried that, and she never got lieyond the past. ' Cleat out of your mind all this rubbish about uric acid, gallstone, etc., ami you will find that none of them has l-Higment in your body. The tinnight makes the body and determines the condition it lives in. Thoughts of health arc living, eternal things, and they work with their Irresistible power of almightliics tn teas up tae organmin to th: ir own high key of harmony and capability.— Unity. » nee w t=--— t-

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