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self in his place. and try to regulate
my actions by it,
Wise and UnwiSe.

etiquette are comically illustrated in
little story told by lady in Wash
ington society. A japanese gen.
tleman called on her one day just
before luncheon. AS it was first
and, presumably, ceremonious call,
she naturally expected it would be
brief. To her surprise, he accepted
her invitation to lunch, and that
domestic rite over he still staid. The
hours wore on, and he did not 90.
The lady was wearied beyond ell
durance. Dinner time came. The
lady's husband returned, and still
the gentleman from Japan stayed on.
lie was, as u matter of necessity, in
vited to dinner. Finally the gentle
man of the house relieved his wife
for time in entertaining the ap.
parently stationary visitor, but as the
evening wore on ne became so tired
and sleepy that he retired to his own
apartment, and the hostess again
screwed her courage to the sticking
point and resumed the entertainment
of the guest. At last, about mid
night, the japanese, with the most
elaborate and abject apologies to the
lady for leaving her, took his depart
ure. But the comedy reached its
de10uemcnt the next day, when a,
friend, in whom the extraordinary;
guest had confded, told the hostess
that he said he never had such an
ordeal in lis life; that he was so
tired, and he thought the lady would
never let him 60, and finally he was
obliged to leave her without her per-
mission. Then the hostess learned
that in japanese etiquette the lady
receiving Il gentleman gives him the
signal for his departure, and it is
very rude i'll their code to leave her
until she does this.
Both RoDE.-The commercial
traveller Of Philadelphia house
while in Tennessee approached
stranger as the tram was about to
start and said
care you going on this train ?"
81 am"
"Have you any baggage :"
"No.'
"Well, my friend, You can do me a
favor and it won't cost you anything.
You see, | have two trunks, and they
always make me pay extra for one Of
them. You can get one check on
your ticket, and we'll euchre them.
See -
eyes, | see; but l haven't any
ticket"
"But / thought you said you were
going Oh this train %
so am; Pm the conductor"
"Oh."
He paid extra, as usual.
THE conductor of q white line car
was leaning in the rear door talking
loudly to a friend about man hav-
ing taken Sc belonging to him. He
intended to have him arrested and
put behind bars. The language and
tone used by the conductor were not
relished by the passengers. At last
one gentleman looked up from his
paper and SAID:
q wouldn't have that man arrest
ed if | were YOU"
"Why not:"
ooh, well, you might not be able
to prove it, and get yourself into
trouble. A man took $15 of my
money last night before my eyes
and | shan't have him arrested"
"Why, how was that -
"He held four aces" concluded
the passenger, resuming his paper
amid the audible smiles of all in the
car
"PooR George" said a fond
mother, referring to her son, who is
home on a vacation, 81 am afraid he
Is studying too hard. He was reading
in his room until after / o'clock last
night"
"What was he reading?" inquired
the old man.
Gle said it was English literature.
Hcyle, l think, was the name l saw
on the cover"
Ten thousand of the greatest
faults i'll our neighbors are Of less
consequence to us than the smallest
in ourselves.
AT Newport there are no divorced
! Il