Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1881 — me Yankee and the Philosopher. [ARTICLE]

me Yankee and the Philosopher.

It has been truthfully said that the course of the British Government in dealing hesitatingly with the law-break-ers in Ireland recalls the indecision of Buchanan and his fellow-politicians in their vacillation in 1861. To the latter the following story would have given as strong a hint as it does to the former : A shrewd Yankee and an English philosopher were traveling together in South America. One day they sheltered from a storm in a large hut, in one corner of which was a stack of wood. They had not been there long when three or four snakes, attracted by the warmth of the fire which the travelers had lighted, came out of the stack of wood. The philosopher immediately began -to descant on the “ final cause” of the creation of poisonous reptiles, and to ask whether man was justified in destroying them. The Yankee cut his discourse short by remarking, “I guess we had better smash the critters first, and you can orate about them afterward,” and proceeded to knock the snakes on the head with the butt end of his rifle.— Harper's Weekly. The cheapest method to cheat the undertaker (who is generally around wheu Coughs and Colds prevail) is to buy and use pr. Bull’s Cough feyrup. It always cures. • -