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Show French Professor's Witticism. Prof. Jean Charlemagne Bracq of VaBsar collego, speaker nt n recent dtnnor, maintained his reputation as a wit by Introducing his remarks In this fashion: "Tho town In which I am at present pres-ent laboring Is noted for two things, Smith's Cough Drops and a habit of eminent citizens searching out new facts about their ancestry. "Thoro Is ono man thoro who has discovered himself a descendant of King Prlnm of Troy, and when I heard of It I was encouraged to look up my own family tree. I did It. By the tlmo I got back to Priam I found that I had exactly 17,896,000,-000 17,896,000,-000 ancestors. I was tired out and stopped, But I had mado a valuable discovery In thnt I, a poor Frenchman, French-man, recently come to your wonderful wonder-ful country, had developed Into a veritable ver-itable E Plurlbus Unum." Now York Times. |