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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
In the Way He Should 10

'Gtve me a kiss, she pleadingly said.
He heard, unmoved. her warm. sweet su.
Although to her he was not wed.
Nor had he even come a-wooing.
"Give me q kiss" Her lips in shane
To tempt a saint. did thus beseech him.
While he seemed. planning an escape
To some place where she could not reach
him. -
"Give ms a kiss. just one-I pray.,,
Her fond insistence Ill did serve her.
He looked aekance and moved away.
GIVE me a kiss" Each coaxing word
But helped anew to fright and pain him. : |
Because he was her bran new bird,
And she WIS starting in to train him.
Ladies' Home journal,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
Her Little sorrow.

Washington Star.
"Of course / shouldn't want to stand
in the way of anything h a you feel like
doing in the way of New Years refor-
nation she said. But 1t does seem
too bad"
What seems too bad, my dear2"
asked her husband.
That you should feel obliged to stop
smoking Just after / have given you
those lovely Christmas cigars"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

Fishing by means of electric light has
been successfully tried at Newhayen.
A lamp lowered into the sea brilliantly
Illuminated the water e a circular
area twenty yards In diameter.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

The news that a japanese newspaper
is being published in Yokohama to ad-
yertise British manufactures has so
aroused the German government. that it
has determined to print a Japanese
newspaper of its own; only it will be
printed at Berlin, and the articles will
be written and edited by members OF
the Academy of Oriental Languages.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

Robbins have already appeared in cer-
tain sections of New Hampshire-a sure
sign of a mild, open winter. the weather.
wise say. In Nantucket, Mass. violets
and dandelions have been blooming dur
ing the past week, and caterpillars are
quite numerous. The Kenebec river,
which froze up tight at the beginning Of
December, is now open from Augusta
to the sea, and the icemea, who We're
highly elated two weeks ago, are eA-
ceedingly downcast. Signs of like i'm
port are noted in many other parts Of
the country,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

The municipal authorities of Worces-
ter. Mass. recently decided not to allow
girls to sell newspapers on the streets,
because of the physical hardships and
discomforts and of the evil influences
to which they would be exposed
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

The Carnavalet Museum, in Paris, has
recently obtained possession of an in.
valuable historic document in the shape
of a curious picture representing the
Pont Neuf at the height of its celebrity
in the seventeenth century.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

A reception was given by the New
York Daughters of the American Revo-
luton as a celebration of the anniver-
sary Of General Washington's wedding
day. January 8. Mrs. Adlai Stevenson
was the guest of honor. Among the
guests We're w. D. Howells. Charles
Dudley Warner and Mrs. Cragie of Eng.
1o,,1 s #
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

A distinguished European who is WIS.,
ting America says: 1.-THE most Wonder
full thing ! have seen SO far Is Washing
ton. There is nothing like 1t in all Eu-
rope. I have visited all the large cities
there and The Hague is the only one APP
preaching it, and hat is nothing like so
big, and, of course, nothing like as mod
avp -,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
No Doubt About Her Meanin,

No Doubt About Her Meaning,
"Cheer up, old man. A wom-n,s NO
often means Yes you know"
But she didn't say NO When 1
asked her II she would marry me abe
said, i will, l don't think l didn't
even get treated with respect"-In.
diAnapolis Journal,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
TIE IOWA LEGISLATURE.
Meeting Of the Twenty-sixth General
Assembly at Des Moines.

Des Moincs, Jan. lS.--The Tw%enty-sixth
general assembly convened at noon today.
After temporary organization had been
effected in both houses, adjournment was
taken until tomorrow, when Governor
Jackson's message will be received, and
after the canvassing of the vote for gov
srnor and lieutenant governor. the houses
will fix a date for the Inauguration Of
Governor Drake.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 14.-Hogs-Receipts, 1000.
Market strong and &c higher. Quotations.:
Heavy, So. TO@3. IS: light, SO. 6563. So; mixed.
IS. 65M3 .77l4: rough heavy, So. $500. 60.
Cattle-Receipts. $500. Market steady.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900. Market steady.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
SteambOat Sfnke.

Memphis. Ten, Jan. 13.-The Memphis
and Cincinnati steamboat Congo, sank
night at Charlottesville. Memphis
No lives were lost. The boat is
worth 800 600.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
South Omaha.

South Omaha, Jan. 14.-Hogs-Receipts.
1900; official yesterday. 1853. Market ac-
tive and steady. Quotations: Heavy, s3.45
@3. so; mixed and light, So. s0a3. so.
Cattle-Receipts, 1000, official yesterday,
2,212; shipments. 1920. Market steady.
Sheep-Receipts, 1920. Market steady.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

Miss Caroline Rustad, a Scandinavian
65Ssyears old. living in Whitehall. Wis.
has turned over her savings for the last
twelve years, amounting to 5000, to the
fund for relieving the Armenian suffer
ers In Turkey.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

"A writer In the Edinburgh %Scotchman
IN dealing with the auses Of intemper-
snce mentions as n OF the principal
3nes the want of sympathy at home
and a scolding, sulking or nagglng
wife,"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
How the Newsboys Size Il.

Chicago Record.
Two newsboys were trying to UNDER
stand what 1t was all about.
What's de big piece?" asked one.
Oats lie bluff de president Civ de
oder fellers."
What fellers?"
"oh, dem guys across de ocean dat's
lookin' for trouble"
What is it he says?'
wy, he just says like dis, III yer
lookin' fer It, We can have It, see"
The Most Simple and Safe Remedy for
q Cough or Throat Trouble is Browns
Bronchial Troches." They possess real
mart w.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

A San Francisco man found 50 worth,
OF gold dust in the crop OF his Thanks-
giving turkey. Inquiry at the market,
where he bought the bird showed that
1t am from Roseburg. Ore.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

sturges Advertiser: A Deadwood girl
and a Hot Springs girl had gotten into a
You wear q shocking bathing suit
said the Deadwood girl.
you play poker" said the Hot Springs
The Deadwood maiden then drew her
self up haughtily. There is a good deal
Of difference 6stween the twom she said
hand"
The Hot Springs girl then slid down the
toboggan slide and patched her bathing
suit.
Mrs. Catherine Redden of Chicago,
who died on Christmas. was borne to
Redden had lived In Chicago for nearly
forty-five years.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

A writer in the Edinburgh Scotchman
in dealing with the causes of i~nternper-
ance mentions as one OF the principal
mes the want of sympathy at home
and q scolding. sulking or naEginx
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

The recently discovered sulphur de-.
posits In the southern Cocopah range OF
mountains, on h eastern side of Lower
California, are said TO consist OF moun-
tains OF almost pure sulphur. The SUI
phur can be shoveled into sacks and put
on the market In its natural state.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

There's many a man in earth's broad span
BY willy satan spotted,
And soon or late sheol's dark gate,
Each sinner will be trotted:
But the man who most deserves the roast
In the shades of hades, Egyptian,
Is the man who heels for greener fields
And Jumps his back subscription.
White Lake Waye.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

DR.. Kay's Renovator is all that its,
name would indicate. It restores to-,
healthy action the functional organs,
cures constipation. dyspepsia, liver and
kidney disorder. Trial size CSC. See ad.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
Quite Likely.

Chicago Tribune.
She-What became OF the miniature
railroad / gave you Christmas?
He-It went into the hands of a re-
cafvev.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
Omaha CHINA store Failure

Omaha. Jan. 13.-Gatch & Lauman,
the largest china firm in the city, was
closed by the sheriff at noon today. No
statement is as yet given.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
MCFARLAND is DEAD.

The Man Shot by stanhope Royster
at Boone.
Boone. Ia. Jan. lie. w. McFar-
land. who was shot by Stanhope Roys-
ter yesterday. died at Q o'clock this
morning. He vas conscious to the last
and thought he was going to recover.
and swore he would kill Register and
several other people when he got we'll.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

Weak Lungs are Strengthened, Pleu-
risy Pains relieved. and Asthmatio
symptoms subdued by DIR. ID. Jayne's
Expectorant, a sovereign remedy for
all Coughs and Colds.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

safe few open. n there inside
A receipted gas bill lay.
The bafied burglar shook his head,
"I've come a little too later he said,
And he mournfully turned away.
Chicago Tribune.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

With four earthquakes since October
81, Charleston, Mo-. is doing its level
best to prove itself worthy Of It's South
Carolina namesake.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

Nerve Restorsf. No Fits after tbs fret days use. Mar,
velous cures. Treatise and $500 trial bottle frss to
Fit cases. Send to DR.. Kline, e3I Arch ST., Phila. Pa.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
A Petition for Pardon.

Grundy Center. Ia, Jan. 10.-A petit
ton asking for the pardon OF one Glyn-
den is reported to have been circulated
in the western part of the county. It
is said that the matter Of the pardon of
this nan will be brought before the leg.
islature this winter. The crime for
which he was sent to the penitentiary
was committed about eighteen years
ago and was for the murder Of a young
girl living in the western part OF the
county. 1t Is said that Glynden was
convicted on circumstantial evidence
as he was seen with the girl q short
time before the murder. He was given
two trials, being after an appeal to
the supreme court, but In both was
found guilty Of murder in the first de.
gree. and was sentenced to the peniten.
tiary at Fort Madison for life.
Not TO BE Mfsled.
Washington Evening Star.
"Algernon is very interesting" said
Mr.. Cdmrox's daughter.
"What does he talk about?" Inquired
her father.
Why, he's ever 20 well posted on
Shakespearean quotations"
Young woman said Mr.. Cu1Arox,
don't you let him deceive you. Don't
you let him make sport OF your ignor-
ance. They amt no such stock on the
market
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

There are fourteen manufacturers of
proprietary medicines In Kansas. In
that state q proprietary medicine may
mean anything from corn cure to a very
degenerated quality of drug store
whisky.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
His Hour 81 Trin

Atchison Globe.
We suppose the critical period In d.
barber's life is when he trims a foot-i
ball players hair,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

We don't want to play in your yard.
We have play grounds of u own.
But you'll have to, we assure you,
Let our old back fence alone.
Washington Star.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

Baltimore had what might be
called a boom, and yet there are 5,5oe
vacant houses in that city.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

Florida Times-Union.
The new comet is said to be $4,000, 900
miles from the sun. This probably
makes the sun feel more comfortable.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

The San Francisco woman who re-
Gently fell into a coal hole while looking
at the top of a ter story building will
doubtless sue the city for damages.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

Baltimore never had what might b.
called a boom, and yet there are $500
vacant houses In that c,sy.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
ITO my Christmas shopping, pa she
said.
Pa drew a check and wiped his eye,
New York Herald
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

DR.. Herman Weber Of London has
given s12,500 to the Royal College o.
physicians to found a prize to be Offered
every two or three years for the best es
say on tuberculosis.
Five thousand persons at Fort Scott
Kas.. guessed on the length Of time q
big candle would burn. Ten guessed
eight days and twelve hours, which
turned out to be right.
In the yea 1896 there were only four
kinds of hyacinth-the single and the
double blue, the purple and the violet.
AT the present time there are many
thousands OF varieties.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
His Novel idea,

Washington Post.
Hall Caine has perpetrated an inno-,
walton by going home and telling his,
people the United States Is all right.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

A strange fatality seems to have pur-
sued . family in Atchison. Kas., nvs
members Of which have died within a.
many years. All were taken sick on
Christmas day and died between Christ-
mas and New Years. This has hap
pened for Ave consecutive years.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
Shall It be low. or hate. Johnf

Shall 1t be low, or hate. Johnf
It's you thet's to decide;
Ain yoEr bonds held by Fate. John.
Like all the worlds beside?
Ole Uncle Sam, seq he, II guess
Wise men forgive" seq he;
But not forget: an some time yet
Thet truth may strike j. B.
Ez well ez you an mel
Mrs. WinsloN,s soornlNo eYRur for chtlassa,
tecthing, aoftens the gums, reduces Inflammation
AllayB pain, cures wind collie, 25c n botSa
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18
Gems From .Hosea n,c,ov..

ANENT THE "%sTRAINED RELA.
TONS
But there's . few small intrusts here b.
Outside the counter o. John Bull & CO.,
An, though they can't conceit, how't
I guess the Lord drnv down creations
'Thout no greet helpin' from the British
An could contriye to keep things pooty
Eff they withdrawed from business in =
I hain,t no patience with seeh swellin.
Think God can't forge "'thout them to
blow the bellerses.'
{ tell ye. Ensland's law. on sea an land,
Hez alters. ben. 1--WE got the heaviest
What's goods all English. all tibet isn't
amt:
What profits her is alters right an, Just,
An ef you don't read scripture SO. you
She's praised herself until She fairly
There ain't no light in Natur' when she
winks. 7f=
Hain't she the Ten Commandments in her
pYs?
Could the world stir 'thout she went. tn.
She's. all that's honest. honnable an"
An when the vartoos died they made her
heir. s -
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

The q. A. r. veterans at Topeka, who
believe that old John Brown was q biz,
ger man than George Washington,
wants somebody to write Q history q
the United States whfoh will devote
more than an inch OF space u the cd
nissi1 1ssAAss lAtp abe union.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

Halt Cured Eruptions always recur.,
Eradicate them with Glenn's Sulphur
Soap.
THIS Hair and whisker Dye Black
or Brown, SOC.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-18

'Gtve me a kiss, she pleadingly said.
He heard. unmoYed. her warm sn.aaf III
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-04-17
VOL. XLI---NO. Is.
T1RIEEIES.

-He-'I never shall he truly happy
! | have too complex u natGre.' She
"tOnpleA: And papa said he believed
you We're simple.
Old Gfeut-"Don't you know me,
Willie: / am your fathers uncle"
Willie-"Are you the man pa goes to
when he's short Of money!
-'Practice makes perfect" says
! the Manayunk philosopher; but you
don need practice to drop Otplate
with neatness ANA dispatch"
| Charley called the blind man to
the deaf and dumb man, | want to see
you, Well, replied the deaf and dumb
man, you needn't sneak so loud.
-Algy-Now-now, Miss Giddy.
suppose should try-try to kiss you?
/ Miss Gjddy-Do Don't think Oft, Mr..
Gosling; you're 50 agitated that I'm
sure you would scream.
Dab am few things, said Uncle
Eben, mo discouf0rtin' dan ter see
er twenty-five cent Young man 20 out
t'rsuppah wifi n million dollar girl
dat'S got er twenty dollah appetite"
Life is Il book of which we have
but one edition. Let each DAYS ac-
tions, as they add their pages to the
indestructihlc volume, be such as we
shall be willing to have an assembled
world to Rad.
-Hobson-"I don't hear you, nova
days expressing the wish that it would
snow good and hard. Haven't YOU
got your cutter still?" n. Peck-"No!
I'm married now, and we have a snow
shovel in the cellar
u tell you what. the LAWYER is n
cute fellow and no mistake. | ought
to know, for he lately defended my
SON" Flows that? l though your
son had been sentencedY' Yes, but
only for twelvemonthr'
He am really surprised at DIR.
White. After being our family doctor
for years, and treating me for all sorts
of things, and to think of all the
money we've paid him too! She
What has he done? He-He wouldn't
pass me for the life insurance COM
pany.
They were seated in the parlor
conversing on the uncertainty of life,
She--"Ihe future is vast unfaGnom-
able mystery to us, isn't it?'' He
Yes; all we know is that we have to
90 some time Voice from the
library ut would suit the convent
ence of this household if you'd make
it little sooner than that
You love my daughter?'' said
the Old man. Love her?' he ex-
claimed passionately, ''why, | could
die for her. For one soft glance from
those sweet eyes | would hurl myself
from yonder cliff and perish, a bleed
ing mass, upon the rocks two hundred
feet belowm The old man shook his
head. I'm somewhat of liar my
self, he said land one is enough for
a small family like mine'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-04-17
EOuND HIS pLACE.

In one of the frontier counties of
Texas Il few residents We're fixing up
a political slate. SO that all would
have a place ~ the public crib.
There, " said one. Il reckon about
everybody has something but old Tom
Jones'"
Might make him constable"
No; he can't read-couldn't serve a
| warrant"
Justice of the peace" suggested
another.
"That won't do. because he can't
write either. Reckon the old fellow
will have TO 90 hungry
THAT would never work, said an
other "he would throw his influence
against us. should think the school
board was the place for Tom
"DidH't think of that. Put him
down for the best place on the
board
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-04-17
SOCT1L BLUNDERS.

At IA reception recently certain
Young man got into trouble by joining
in "A conversation when he knew not
with whom he was talking. He was
standing near the punch bowl, and
two ladies close by We're speaking OF
we'll Mrs O'FlouncoN will do.
Oh said one woman, only think
of having such name-O'F lounce -
And she shrugged her aristocratlc
shoulders. Ugh - exclaimed her
friend, shuddering sympathetically.
But goodness, ladies, that isA t
ANYTHING" put in the aforementioned
young man. Just suppose her name
were Smith or Brown -
Young man. said the first speaker,
drawing herself 10 her full height aud
looking at him through her lorguett'.
| INV name is Brown"
The conversation turned upon
books, the guest compihnentmg tae
hostess upon her magnificent library.
Yes" chirped the guests WI.
You have a lot of books, and see a
whole set of encyclopedias. On, haFe
YOU read them all p
/
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-04-17
WRONG DIAGNOSIS.

what you need is exercise said
DR.. Morus, after an examination OF
Mrs. BelIetield, who had called him up
by telephone
doctor replied the good woman,
"being an unmarried man, you do not
know that bargain days and remnant
sales have been going on in the dry
goods stores for about Il month"
"Oh-er, in that case. what you
need is perfect rest. | think [ shall
have TO order you to the Bermudas
for six or eight weeks
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-04-17
MENTAL GEOGRAPHY.

The largest river is Time.
The deepest ocean is Death.
The most highly civilized country
is To-day.
The i gion where no man has ever
set foot IS called Tomorrow
The region where no living thing
hath hal itation IS called Yesterday.
The highest mountain is called
Success. Few reach the top save
those who watch sharply for the pass
ing of the spirit of the mountain OPP
portunity, who carries upward all
those that seize hold upon him.
The great desert is called Life, and
it hath many cases. They are called
Hope, and Ambition, and Love. and
Home. And of them all the last is the
most beautiful. Besides these are
many other smaller in extent, whence
the traveller obtaineth refreshments
during the weary journey through
Life
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-04-17
EYGIGED ON pHE SPOT.

A boy walked into Il merchants Of
flee the other day in search of a situa-
ton. After being put through a
catechism by the merchant he was
asked:
We'll, my lad, now what is your
motto!"
Same as yours, SIR" he replied;
same as you have on your door,
Push =
He was ENGAGED
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-04-17
4 rR4NsFERRED LUIGI.

The village wag thought he won Id
have some fun with the mild manner
ed man who had recently taken
charge of the country newspaper.
Il say" he said, coming into the
office eXciteuiy, there's Il man on the
street looking for YOU with Il club"
The young editor looked up pleas
antiy. is that so? he inquired,
We make special reductions to clubs.
How many subscribers has ne got ~
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-04-17
TWO sENGERs sOrELCHED.

DR.. Thomas Augustine Arne, the
composer of England's famous ma
tional hymn, Rule Britannia, was
once called upon to judge between
two very bad singers. After patiently
hearing them, he said 10 one of the
contestants:
You are the worst singer l ever
heard in my lFe.'
All - cried the other, eXultingly,
then | vim
No" said DIR. Arne; you can't sing
Mt all =