Daily Republican., 1880-10-21

FeIlows OF Inhntso Jest and the
Tales They Tell.
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quick" gaSped . Sseoy, eanaveioue
looking man as he hurried into the
Eaele's local room yesterday afternoon.
The city editor eyed him with suspi'
Dion, and then told one Of the reporters
10 accommodate him.
"Find it weak, en- ?" whispered the
thin tramp. "Fiud it futtering like,
eh ?"
"No," responded the reporter. at
seems oil right"
"Paks my respiration" moaned the
tramp.
"Tnst seems to be strong TOO" re-
Piled the reporter, smelling at 1t eau
tiously. ;,
"Fetoh me two ounces Of WATER"
sighed the tramp. "Fstch me two
ounces Of spring water, quick"
"Have'nt got any spring water" re-
Joined the reporter; "whats the mat
ter with you, anyway :"
"l'm . faster. Haven't eaten any
thing for forty montha and forty
nights"
"Well, what Of it, What DO you
wantw
"Hire hall and have me watched.
Pm on my forty first month and am
liable 10 eat at any minute unless I'm
carefully guarded. Watch me till my
times mp"
"Ahout when will that be :" asked
the city editor.
"Im going q hundred m'nths on o
bet with the chief Of police. Say, you
fellows want to make some money 2"
"How :"
"Just hst that | don't do 1t. But
that YOU dassent set q meal before nj
without my cleaning 1t up In forty
seconds, and then set up the grub
You can win any amount that you wan
to-"
"But who are we to bet with 7"
"Chisf OF police. Bet with him i
you want to win wealth, l tell you"
"He isn't here" -,
"That's 80 l forgot that. Bet will
line. can afford to lose. I'll bet yot
dsssen set meal before me consisting
Of eaks, and chops, and turkey, ane
chicken, and eggs, ana ham, and must
land milk, and bread and coffee, ant
lizard tack and pie, and pudding ant
rolls, and bacon and clsns and lob
sters. Bet you half dollar. Bet yo'
anything you like"
~ reckon not. Don't care to bet"
"Then I'll bet you five dollars don .
eat IL. Bet you either way. want Il
lose some money somehow"
"Rathsr not. Reckon you'd bette
go away"
"Don't you want to have me watched
in q hall! Dig gate money. DlVld
square. Only got sixty months 70 60:
"No, I reckon won't touch 1t
You'd better 60 somewhere else."
"Let me have couple O. ounces
water, spring water ~
"Havsn't got 1t, l told you" :,
swami to take my respiration agar
before l go"
"No, / got all | want
"Fsel O. my pulse once more, jus
once ?"
"Gst out, will your"
SCOT any old papers you dontwantF
"Somebody pat this fellow out,
howled the city editor.
KEowsTHE SCRIPTURES.
"My wife hsz jes' presented me will
de- fines boy in dis country" sal
Black Bill, entering Little Rooi
lMapj.trate's office, taking of his ha
aud singing the Precipitation from nj
brow with crooked ferefnger. "Ia'
gsn'slmen," he went on, "de hnes
shild [ eber sedan Pse jes' got
b. s2o pold place right heah ter glib d.
man what can guess what l hav nsmst
Tim. Ter ksep yer from spreading
cher de- whole universe OBJ names II
i. sta,s dat hits a Bible name"
abraham :" guessed some one:
"Ne sah."
"Pauli"
"No sah."
"Job 7"
"tluess agin."
"Nickodemus |"
"Keep or eomin."
"Abimelich !"
"Try me again" .;ns
"Ths guessing ceased aftsra time
and finally Bill remarked
"I;se named dat boy Judas Escarn'
"What % said the Magistrate ''
d aas betrayed our SAVIOR
y "Can't help hit. OATS de boy
.. name. Judas hez been slighted. NO
% body hez eber had de immortal Coufas
W tsr name chile fur dat man. But "a
e Amt do main reason why names mn
y Indas. rse got de Bible ter stain IN
i in gibine de chile dat name :,
!. 1How doss the Bible sustain you !,
70 ,.r,n, "a perpstuats the name =
l. asked the Magistrate ..,.,,
gifts dis tack. Chris in remark,n
70 ob midas said dat hit would nap OIL
]. batter fur dat man Of he hadn't 0eel
y born"
>: "Well." u,,,t, I;
: "An oonsiderin' how many NOUS
D. onsped at the doc when l goes nom
y, " wid side OBJ meat, 1t would mao pes ~
10 hsttsr fnr dat boy OBJ mine Of he ma
" nsher seed de daylight. knows VIVA
n I.a a talkin' about, take dc scriptu
from de references. In DC iu'ur 81
dnds dat de boy heS maze imp IMP III
u ment on hjssef, den III chshso 49,
name ter jim" -
= "Hsvsn't got the san juan l So'n or
dez Blow Pipe Of three weeks ;, W "
=, Thursday, have you want 10 30
lis the news from home. ;,, an
AMI then be rolled down stars san an
ioked himself up ia the co1nting f00n