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Wilson Barrister and Solicitor. Third Avenue, n Prince GeorgeT A HIGH PRIEST OF WIT. American Humorist in London Makes Humorous Reference to Human Foibles. JohnMclnnis CONTRACTOR and BUILDER Dealer in Lumber, Mouldings. Shingles, Doors, Brick, Cement, Etc. Comer Quebec and Fourth. CARIBOO LODGE NO. 65. I.O.O.F. Meet* Every Tuesday at 8 p.nv in I.O.O.F. Hall, Corner Third and Dominion. Visiting brothers welcome. A. B. Moffatt, Rec. See A. F. Green, N.G. Many of us are still a little hazy as to the religious rcaeons for Lont, but any married man knows that it is a forty-day warning that a millinery bill is on th« way. A well known American humorist j Patrick F. Murphy, of New York, was the principal guest of the American Luncheon Club the other day in London. His humor was heartily appreciated by his countrymen and a large number of British guests. In business life Mr. Murphy is a trunk merchant with shops in London and New York. Like all real humorists, he is sad-looking and speaks in a mournful voice. Mr. Murphy, in response to the toast of his health, remarked that it was embarrassing to receive tributes, even if one did not deserve them. An ironic touch could be given by disposing praise in the wrong place, as in the case of the lady who died at the age of 110 years, and at whose funeral it was said of her that at the end of her lifr; ship w»« n'niodel of chastity and virtue. Chairmen were like those who wrote on tombstones —they were not on their oath. That reminded him that in wandering ill rough a cemetery one must wonder where all the sinners were buried. Still, if they were to believe only what was true they would miss much harmless enjoyment. It would not be difficult for the chairman to tell the truth, the difficulty would be to get it believed. He was like a certain prime minister who said, "Truth is mighty and will prevail—later." Ever since the dawn of history there had been disputes as to what was the best form of government, and the disputes had always ended by agreement that of all animals man was the most difficult to.govern. Providence had bestowed modesty on some people and on others a disposition for public life. A man with a public career had little time for family or friends; he must devote himself exclusively to his enemy. In the Scriptures they were told to forgive their enemy and to olve their neighbor. It was not difficult to love one's neighbor if she was attractive, but there were many men in public life who adopted the method of the old statesman who said he had not exactly for-giveii his enemies, but he had done his best to put them in a position where he could sympathize with them. ' There were so many eminent men in British politics with them that he could almost say that in Parliament uncommon men were common just as in heaven, an angel was nobody in particular. They were confronted with Europe in convalescence. Many nations were in the condition of Rabelais, -whose will consisted of one sentence: "I have nothing, 1 owe nothing; the rest I leave to the poor." Great powers had declared peace but not friendly relations. Germany seemed to be the only one who showed a mercantile spirit of Christian forgiveness, and that was somewhat like the paragraph in a personal column of a newspaper: "If John Austin, whose wife I ran away with four years ago, will take her back, all will be forgiven." It seemed that the unexpected was the only thing to expect. ¦ The English flag was once the only thing upon which the sun never set; now lit shared that distinction with the jFord car. England had led Ireland to the altar of freedom, but without (orange blossoms. Four years ago the Germans were in Soissons, outside of Paris. Today they saw them at the Folies Bergeres—and that was a mark of progress. France went out and fought for (human freedom, and then put a tax on bachelors. They did it better in. America, for when the State of Wisconsin taxed bachelors they called it a tax on unimproved property. When Lord Northcliffe was in America he was asked for his views on prohibition, and his lordship replied, "Where is it?" Two years ago the American .people assisted at the obsequies of John Barleycorn. John left a. large estnte, and half of the population of America were administer-ing it. Liquor had more enemies in public and more friends in private than anything else, which showed the [strange antagonism that existed be-jtween jjublic conscience and private taste. "• X)ther witticisms uttered by Murphy were: "Words brought me here," said a prisoner. The judge made them into a sentence. As Lord Dewar said, "We have a great regard for age—when it is bottled." The Government is living beyond our means. As an Irish doctor said to the man suffering from three wounds, "One of them is fatal; from the other two vuu may recover.!'. The charm of the Garden of Eden ¦was not Ihe absence of clothes, but Mr. PROVINCIAL NEWS. Quesnel has raised a sum totalling .$2C1G for a war memorial and erection will be begun at once. Two civil actions, one criminal case and two divorce suits are set