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Show Celtio Arithmetic. Into the general store of a town u in New York state there recently came a big, good natured Irish woman, who wanted to be weighed. She stepped orT the scales almost as aoou as she had stepped on. "Shure, these scales la no good!" waa her dlgusted comment. "They only weigh up to wan hundred, an' I weigh something loike wan hundred and noinety iounds." "'Tis easily discouraged ye are, Mrs. ' Casey," said a friend. "JuhI step onto them twlct, me dear, and let Mickey here do the sum for ye." It Is said that contentment Is better bet-ter than great riches but most people peo-ple are willing to take chances with the great riches. |