Chinese Sarcasm.
Once in awhile you meet a common
{Jhinaman who has some of the native
of his country. One such has a
Iwmdry in Lexington avenue, not far
ffcom Twenty-third street. The other
dfcy I heard him yell at a recalcitrant
4(Jnstomer: "You no pay? Then you pa
|)tr tiger!" I asked what he meant by
«•"paper tiger," and lie replied, "Oh, in
Jhina a paper tiger is a blackguard
•Who blows much, but is harmless!"
t added: "When a man is very proud
himself, what Americans call 'stuck
' we compare to a rat falling into
Male and weighing itself. When a
Qdnaman overdoes a thing we say he
ia hunchback making a bow. Tfce
h son who quickly spends his fa
ir's money we call a rocket which
•oes off at once. We say of you rich
Americans who send money to the
seathens by missionaries and neglect
tnelr family at home, 'They hang their
lantern on a pole, which is seen from
inr, but gives no light below.* "—New
sark Press.
An Arab Honeymoon.
For seven days after the wedding
tiie Arab bride and bridegroom are
Supposed not to leave their room. The
bride may see none of her own family
and only the women folk of her hus
band's, who wait on her. She remains
!n all her wedding finery and paint and
does absolutely nothing. The bride
groom generally slips out at night aft-
V three days and sees a few friends
privately, but he persistently hides
from his wife's family, and should he
rlijr accident meet his father-in-law be
ttire the seven days are over he turns
Ips back and draws his burnous, or
c, over his face. This is their view
a honeymoon, and they grow as
of it as any European couple do
of their enforced continental tour.—
Wide World Magazine.
Good Ink, but No Bread.
Sweynheym and Pannartz, the two
Germans who were the first to print
Dooks in Rome, used paper and types
of excellent quality. Their ink on
Images printed more than 400 years ago
Can vie in blackness with \£e best of
the present day. Yet with all their la
bors they often lacked bread. In a pe
tition to the pope they informed his
fcollness that their house was full of
proof sheets, but that they had noth
ing to eat—Argonaut.
To Her Credit.
Miss Pas* ay—The idea! The impu
dence of hi'i—
Miss Di.,^—Why, I'd call that a
compliment. Tt simply proves how
tfdllful you've been in concealing it
Philadelphia Press.
Important to Him.
_ M An old .telling her -^rand
children j some trouble 1*57 Scot
land in the course of which the chief
her clan was beheaded. "It was nae
neat thing of a head, to be sure," said
me good old lady, "but it was a sad
lO6S to him."
Soft.
•'Should a man shave up or down?"
asked a youthful city clerk, and the
barber replied with a grin:
"That depends. When I shave you,
for instance, I always shave down."
Rank Foolishness.
"When attacked by a cough or a cold
or when your throat is sore, it in rank
foolishness to take any other medicine
than Dr. King's New Discovery," says
C. 0. Eldrige, of Empire, Ca. "I hc.ve
used New Discovery seven years and I
know it is the best remedy on earth for
coughs and colds, croup, and ail throat
and lung troubles. My children are
subject to croup, but New Discovery
auickly cures every attack." Known
tie world over as the King of throat
and lung remedies. Sold under guar
antee at Griffin's drug store. 50c. and
SI.OO. Trial bottle free.
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The Wife of the Cat.
Nasr-ed-din. the Persian shah, was
ill intensely superstitious man and be
lieved that his luck lay in his beauti
ful black Persian cat. which was a re
markably handsome cat in a land
where cats are nearly all handsome.
The shah never allowed the black cat
to be away from him, and it was given
in charge of one of his wives, Amin
Agdas, who was styled "the wife of
the cat."
When the shah went on his long
shooting expeditions, the Persian cat
was put into a decorated basket and
carried by a special attendant directly
behind his master. Unluckily one day
an accident occurred, and the black
cat came to an untimely end. The
shah was in despair at the loss of his
luck bringer, but the clever "wife of
the cat" exerted her influence and
brought her nephew under the shah's
notice. The lad was sharp enough to
make the most of an accident (planned
by his aunt) and save the shah's life,
and the monarch was so pleased that
he gave the boy the name of "the
cherished of the sovereign" and in
stalled the new luck bringer.
Periloua Boating.
On the west coast of Ireland, near
the mouth of the river Shannon, are
large sea caves which open
into each other. The visitor seems to
be floating through a submarine palace
of many halls whose roofs are either
as green as grass in the sun or blood
red. But the visitor needs a good
guide and a good boatman, for the sea
is insidious and the labyrinth of caves
intricate. On one occasion, writes Au
brey de Yere in his "Recollections,"
j soon after a party had entered flie
boatman suddenly shouted, "Bend
down your heads for your lives!"
No one saw any danger, but the
boatman felt the placid water insensi
bly rising and knew that the tide had
turned. At last the visitors knew this,
too, for it was not until the boat had
ascended within a few Inches of the
roof that it began to descend.
"Pull your best!" exclaimed the man
at the helm. "If the second wave
reaches us, we are lost!" But before
the second wave reached the cave the
boat had issued from its mouth.
A Gore For Misery.
"I have found a cure for the misery
malaria poison produces," says R. M.
James, of Louellen, S. C. "It's called
Electric Bitters. It breaks up a case
of chills or a bilious attack in almost
no time; and it puts yellow jaundice
clean out of commission." This grea*;
tonic medicine and blood purifier gives
quick relief in all stomach, liver and
Kidney complaints and the misery of
lame back. Sold under guarantee at
Griffin's drug store.
The Rocky Mount Record, Thursday, January 30, 1908.
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