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Show ELIGIBLE TO ANANIAS CLUB. (Tit-Bits.) Sir Archbald Geikie. the distinguished geologist, who will probably succeed Lord Rayleigh as president of the Royal society, so-ciety, tells a good story in his capital book of "Scottish Reminiscences." "1 was quite sure you had been in our neighborhood." a friend said to Sir Archibald. Arch-ibald. "I met the old farmer of G , who had a strange tale to tell me. " 'Dod. Mr. Calthcart.' he began, 'I ran across the queerest body the other day. As I was coming by the head of the cleugh I thocht I heard a wheen tinkers quarrelin'. but when I lookit down there was ae wee stoot man. Whiles he was chappin' the rocks wi' a hammer, whiles he. was writln' in a book, whiles fechtin' wr the thorns and misea'in them for a' that was bad. When he cam up frae the burn, him and me had a large confab. Dod! he tell't me a' about the stanes, and hoo thty showed that Scotland was ance like Greenland, smoored in Ice. A very entertainln body, Mr. Caithcart, but an awfu', awfu' leear.' " |