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A writer in I . tie HI - ol M>\
era I uicutis will, v.-i.i.-ls i.t ,\...- »;om
fronted when tn.\eliii.Lr i.i < eymh. The
Ull'tlU. lit' NSI > I- ill! I i -1"'! •fll»I»* III'
Junrt to u r. >p» tahl« inn. i,. -i. r«1 u
tier table in < •.. 101 l A: rule tie
bead vervain writes ii .ait and from
bis elementsr\ know!c.U e ol KnulisU
as "she is wrote" springs a host ot
quaint blunders. At the same lime lii.s
fertile oriental brain is ever apt to
add footnotes, which are perhaps his
happiest achievement.
At one lutieh there tigured among
the dishes "roast beef," but it caused
the hostess some consternation when
6be discovered the additional legend
In very small letters, "roast beef,
smelling a little." the parenthetical
note being meant to intimate that the
dish was accompanied by a snuce of
savory odors.
On another occasion there appeared
this following acknowledgment of de
ficiency: "Steak and kidney pie; do
kidney."
It was altogether delightful, con
tinues the writer, to find at one dinner
our old friend Welsh rabbit appear
ing as "Welscb rubbish." The same
genius translated haricot mutton into
"burrygod mutton." Our own boy. he
adds, on the occasion of a hastily im
provised dinner, was unable to accom
plish a dessert. Consequently he put
the word "plates" at the end of the
menu.
A COSTLY TRIFLE.
It Brought Bankruptcy to an English
Iron King.
it was a common penny postage
>itamp that brought Hobart, the great
British "Iron king." to his ruin. At the
time of the Whltwortb period, when
there was a big crisis In the iron trade,
he had agents In all parts of the world
who kept him posted. Sometimes they
telegraphed news to him In cipher,
but those in Englabd were nearly al
ways instructed to write. At that pe
riod his principal agent, who was also
Ids chief partner, was In Sheffield and
wrote him from there warning him to
sell out all iron Interests for the time
ou account of the Whltworth crisis.
Hobart had frequent fits of Irritabil
ity, and he had been receiving a lot of
unstamped letters of uo importance on
which he had to pay double postage.
One morning iu anger he gave orders
that such letters were to be returned
to the postman. The very first un
stamped letter received after this was
from his partner. It was rejected as
noon as it arrived.
Consequently, knowing nothing of
the existence of the letter or the all
important private news it contained,
nobart pledged himself next day for
more iron deals than even his mighty
credit was good for. The great drop in
prices came two days later, and Ho
bart. once a millionaire, was involved
in a hopeless bankruptcy from which
he never recovered. L«ndon Tele
graph.
Pillebury's Wonderful Memory.
Harry N. I'illsbury. the chess player.
Offered one day in South Bethlehem.
Pa., to memorize thirty words, uo mat
ter bow bard they might be, the selec
tions to be read to him only ouce.
Professor Merriman of Lehigh uni
versity and Dr. Threlkeld-Edwards of
Bethlehem picked out most of the fol
lowing words; Antlphlogistlne, peri
osteum. takadiastase. plasmon, ambro
sia. Tbrelkeld. streptococcus, staphe
lococcus, micrococcus, Plasmodium,
Mississippi, Frelbeit, Philadelphia,
Cincinnati, athletics, no war. Eichen
toerg, American. Kussla. philosopher.
Pict-PotgieterH-Uost. Salmagundi. Oorn
ttillecootsi, Bangmamvato. Schlocbter's
Nelc. Manzinyama, theosophy. cate
chism, Madjeaoomslopa.
Mr. Pillsbury Immediately repeated
these words in the order given and la
the reverse order.
THE TERROR'S CHRISTMAS
Turkeye Were |l7 Each During the
Siege of Parle.
When the Christmas day of 18T0
dawned upon Paris the city had been
iu the Iron grip of the German invest
ment for :ibout three months. The
winter was a bitterly cold one, the
thermometer registering 10 degrees be
low freezing poiut on Christmas inoru
ing. The Seine was frozen over.
The poor's dally rations were a few
ounces of horseflesh and a piece of re
pulsive looking black bread.
By Dec. 25 food prices had reached
their highest point since the begin
ning of the siege. Ou Nov. 13 a pound
Of butter fetched fll and a rabbit
$3.50. By Dec. 19 rabbits had risen to
$5, a box of sardines brought $2.50 and
• •ggs 25 cents apiece. For one's Christ
inas dinner one could buy a goose for
$lO or a turkey for 112 i". Pigeons were
'i>:s each, and a small fowl could be ob
iained for s•">. Hum was $1.50 a pound
/Vs for vegetables, carrots and turnlpr*
were 4 cents each, aud a bushel of po
la toes cost $0.25. There was hurdl.v
any milk in Paris, and the little there
was had to lie preserve.' for the sick
aud wounded. However, there were
iceuns of wine, and the wineshops did
tt roaring trade.
For some time before Christmas tin
starving people had been feeding ou
Cats, rats and dogs until by Dec. 25
i disli of cat's tlesh was hardly obtain
tble. Dog was 0U cents a pound, and
tine rats fetched 1-1 cents each. Many
domestic pets were killed for food.
"Poor Azor'" said a humorous citizen
is lie finished a slew made from his
favorite dog. "How he would have
enjoyed these bones!"
With true Parisian light hoartedness
the . i;i < .' • Mi -t to D..1K0 the best of
Liiiiiy-'. aud th'' a '1 rest a runts
iw* * * • £* j /Tit ■_ ?S
[} igfi '■ '#& ,. vHIIWJ Wwf"» w. Vl«&*l«9> 5 i
>u>.ti uuiutal aspect. At
half past 10, however, an order of
Trocliu closed every shop and cafe,
and by 11 o'clock Paris had gone to
bed.
The midnight mass of Christmas eve
was celebrated as usual in the church
v?, which were crowded with pray
ing. weeping women. Newspapers ap
peared as usual, some of them contain
ing glowing accounts of perfectly ini
iglnary French successes. The sa
tirtcal sheets were eveu more bitter
and venomous thau at other times
ind published scathing caricatures.
Some showed the fallen emperor, Na
poleou 111., as a shoeblack at King
William's boots, or as a beggar with
his pockets turned Inside out, or as a
iraitor handing over France to mur
derers, or as a thief making off with
millions of the nation's money. Oth
ers ' * f ed Julius Favre In tears and
r>ocketlng Bismarck's gold and Trochu
handing over the keys of Paris to a
Prussian lu exchange for a bag of
<>ln. In nil thn Idea of Parisians that
Prance had been betrayed by those
who ought to have protected her was
prevalent.
So at this season of peace and good
will suffering Paris was nearly at her
last g&sp. Owing to the tenacity of
her rulers and citizens, however, her
agony was to be prolonged for some
weeks longer, us It was not until
February that the negotiations for a
tapltulntlon began
Ik
CAM K <»X i oI'.VTV PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1909.
\ w&a only
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one stocKing
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shocking.
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| Shoppers |
nSl' If you need help in selecting Christmas Gifts for your friends you can get
it by looking over our advertisement and selecting one of the many useful arti- Ojp
cles mentioned.
C_ f„i„ We carry the heat Any man can use one of
iJJtlCiy IVatUI a and save hours of wailing in a barber shop /Bj/Ji
C arv ing Sets ® ofne ver >' t>°°d ones and rtaß nsibl■».
VuS' Bread Makers ,i;vory housewife «*>ouid htve one. ralgd
Scissors and Shears We have an excellent line. |p
Kitchen and Household Novelties articiSorcook d
i"K purposes, in tinware and in the famous Link Enameled ware.
Copper, Nickle Plated Tea and Coffee Pots
Carpet Sweepers, Portable Lamps,
§Mrs. Pott's Sad Irons, Meat Choppers,
Asbestos Sad Irons, j/Sj&k
Sleds for the Boys and Girls.
wp Tools of all kinds for the Mechanics. Tool s§|f
raj© chests full of tools for the young me
it j Skates bought of us are always re- |1
If: liable. Your purchase is backed by i|
|p For Men
W©ll made Skates of best steel, hardened and temp
ered. Either plain steel or nickle plated. * JsjJtf
For Women
Cast steel runners, leather heel and toe straps. The
kind that stays on and stays sharp. Sgl
P For Boys
Self-locking lever and adjustable toe and heel clamps. 181
Buy only the best. Buy Winslow Skates the best a
||| made, ranging in price from 7oc to $2.50.
|l| Kinds of Knives at all Prices
We can almost see the look of disap- 1
iNMr pointment on the face the of boy who *8?
eH not rece * vc a 8'" a knife for
£SB| Christmas. We know what boys like and for this reason have putin
a larger stock ranging in price from 10c to $2.00.
I AN APPROPRIATE GIFT. I||# fe
What would be more useful and appropriate for wife or mother apjWjl 18®^
than a nice cook stove or heater. We have some very good lines of ||BB
m RED CROSS AND TUNIOR OAK
'iiid many othe good makes—all excellent bakers. For HEATERS we
have them for Gas only, for Wood and Coal only and for (ias. Wood, r"'®'SSlß®ffiy B Tp H^sp
I F. V. HEILMAN & CO. {
EMPORIUM. PA.