The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-05-30
MATTrR woRTH RnAp1Na.

would have been II he had possessed
any pennies, ] was passing and he
yelled Say, boss, give me penny
will youY' After some consideration
as TO the ultimate end of the penny |
concluded ] would satisfy his desire for
wealth to the extent of one cent. Throw
ing him a penny walked on. In about
ten minutes returned, and my financial
protege was hard at work pitching pen
nies. The rest of the boys were busy
watching a contest between my boy and
one of the other fellows, grimiy dc
termined looking little lad with de-
cidedly frccklcd face ! asked how
things were going, when the little
fellow TO whom had given the penny
replied by opening his fist and showing
me about dozen pennies In The dirty
hand which had been empty when |
had first passed by. At that moment
he had won the last cent of which his
companions were possessed, and was
the capitalist of the crowd / told him
that ! thought he should return the
penny he had borrowed. Without a
moments hesitation he extended dirty
hand in which were three pennies.
told him that had only lent him one
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ino with a large lin o,oto aronnd h;o
neck, in imitation of The medal which
The mind.reader wore The first n;ghi
Of the farce The audience werc s,ariIcd
to sec Dock stader blindfolded come
down thn nisln with n rloopnino hatch of
In bis nnIiSted hnnd rvh;ch ,a CI snni,
into tho skull Of y man viii a dmil
tbwd Several ,von,an ohr;eLad and
thc he man cot nm with ~ the ho,chot J
sticking In his head and left tho theatre
TO get a policeman. II afierward trans.
nired that he got SO a night TO play the
part, and wore a thick niece of cork
under wig. One night, however. the
Ratchet went too deep, and when the
man staggered to his feet In the au.
diencc it was seen that blood was trick.
ling down his face. II was only scalp
wound and was quickly patched but he
went on strike, refusing 10 play the pnrl
any longer unless paid ne. so night.
He rot it.-[N. Y. Star. Z
A Great House.
Millard Merrick of 227 Jarvis street.
who Is an employe in n barrel factory
is the father Of triplets. saws the Phila
delphia Press. They came last Friday.
Mr.. Merricls Is getting used to domestic
surprises of this kind. His wife has nj.
ready borne two pairs of twins. Two
of the triplets are girls weighing six
pounds each, and the bow Weighs six
pounds and a.half. A singular thing
that has set all the neirhbors TO rossin'
Ing is that couple that lived in the
house before were childless when they
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