Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1901 — The Point of View. [ARTICLE]

The Point of View.

“My child, I’ve already to answer strange gentlemen. What did he say to you?” “He asked me if the beautiful young lady there was my mother.” “Indeed! And what did you answer?” “Nothing. I ran away.” “Why, how impolite not to answer when a pleasant young gentleman asks you a question.”—Lustige Welt. The Egyptians were the first human paper makers. Some of the papyri are said to date from nearly 3000 B. C., exceeding in antiquity the earliest Chinese paper by about 1,500 years. Mrs. Austin’s Buckwheat has a world-wide reputation on account of its purity and genuine buckwheat flavor. Don’t forget the name. Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear.—Lord Byron.