Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1886 — Overheard. [ARTICLE]

Overheard.

Two sons of Erin stood at the corner of Market and Montgomery streets. “Pat. ” “What is it, Moike?" “Oi’m awful thirsty.” “So am Oi.” “Haveye got 10 cints, Pat?" “That’s jist phat Oi’vegot, Moike.” “Let’s go an’ get a dhrink.” “Bedad, Moike, 10 cints won’t get a dhrink fur both av us.” “Indade it will, Pat. Give me the 10 cints. Oi’ll go into the saloon an* inqnoire fur whisky. Oi’ll pour out a big glass, dhrink half av it. and say to the mon behind the bar, ’That’s terrible whisky.’ He’ll say sumthin’ about it’s bfin’ good whisky, an’ thin Oi’ll say Oi’ll lave it to yez to decide. Ye will thin cum up to the bar and dhrink phwat’s left.” “Will ye be square, Moike?” “Faith an’ Oi wdl.” Pat gave Mike the 10 cents, and the programme was successfully carried out. “Moike, phat made ye lave me sich a big dhrink?” inquired Pat after the two had regained the sidewalk. “Bedad, Eat, thebarkaper overheard our raymarks, an’ gave us tne turpentoine bottle to dhrink out av.”—California Maverick. According to a Moscow-'paper, only 21 per cent, of the children attending school in Russia are girls. The proportion varies with the religion, being greatest among Protestants, 45.4 per cent.; next among Jews, 34.1 per cent.; next among Boman Catholics, 14.4 per cent., and lowest among Greek Catholics, 12.3 per cent. In Siam the cats have their tails banged and are dyed bright yellow; the forests abound with pink and white albino monkeys; the python and boa attain io gigantic proportions, and the people are singularly temperate.