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per. After much thought, he entered
 his occupation as writer to the maga
 zines," and then his troubles begaI
 again over the occupation of his three
 daughters. After another period ol
 thought. he put ring around theil names and wrote: ''These are like the lilies of the field; they toll not, neither do they spin"
 eWhy don't you buy ticket, instead of paying me money every time," said A conductor on the Connecticut West, ern to a daily passenger, who always
 made it point to pay in cash. You'd save money" "Well," said the passen- ger, "I'll tell you. Some time last sum- mer I got into a little trouble with this company; they used me mean and I swore they should never see cent of
 my money again. That's the reason I always pay the conductors"
 N. P. Willis was usually the life of the company he happened to be in. His repartee at Mrs Gales dinner in Wash ington is famous Mrs. Gales wrote on | OA ] the taNi~: "Dor't f1irt so with Nat Will "s. Shr was Larself talking yivaciOus- ly to q Mfr. Campbell WILLS wrote the niece's reply:
 Dear aunt, don't attempt my young feel ings to trammel,
 1 Nor strain at a Nat while you swallow a Campbell"
 When the steamer Queen was about to sail for Alaska from Seattle few days ago, in the height of the rush to Klondike, a man rushed down to the purser and exclaimed excltedly: Look here, paid for a state-room for my self and wife, and when I got there found an old COW sticking her head through the window" T am very sor- ry, sir" said the purser, i've are very crowded, but I will do the best I can for you. John," Burning to a deck hand) "go up on deck and turn that cow aroundv'
 One day shortly after the late Adam Black, founder of the publishing house, commenced business as a bookseller, suspicious-looking man came stealth fly into the store, and, leaning over the counter, whispered into his ear: i've got some fine smuggled whisky which I'll let you have at great bargain" ]" 'No, no," said MT. Black, indignantly, "I want nothing of the kind. Go away" The man, evidently not believing in the sincerity of this righteous Outburst, leaned over the counter and whispered: ''I'n take Bibles for It."
 He was a very small boy and lived near enough to the country to be able to revel in the delights of really, truly" barn. It was his first thought In the morning and his last at night, but the family did not know the latter until one day sad thing happened the really, truly barn, with all its con- tents, was burned to the ground. The small boy sobbed as if his heart would break and refused to be comforted. "Oh. mamma, he cried, II think it was all my fault. l was so sleepy last night I forgot to ask God not to let the house a07 N0r1 bun. 'vSn, . ' never for got it Delore. New York Times.
 4 woman who was travelling alone, Aos long ago, wandered one evening into hotel parlor. A pretty young girl at once rushed toward her and breath leSsly asked what time 1t was. Some what astonished, the woman glanced at the big mantel-clock and repeated the hour. "Oh, thank you," said the stranger, but without any signs of go- ing away; T suppose you think it queer my asking that" she burst out a mo- ment later, "but, to tell the truth, didn't want to know the time at all; just had to speak to somebody. You see, I'm on my wedding-trip, and for a whole week haven't spoken to soul but my husband. Why, I've hardly heard the sound of any ones voice but his. It was really question of my speaking to some one or going wild"
 A man of considerable fame, mathe- matician, was present at a function" where he was introduced to man from Chicago, who expressed the keen st joy in meeting him; for mathematics, he said, had been always one of his greatest interests. Our great mathe- matician had been working for months on a problem, and at last he had solved 1t. Here was an opportunity to share his triumphs with another enthusiast. For the better part of an hour he ex- plained the details of the problem, and I0 oI ic h4o approvingly and enjoyed himself. Well" said he, when the explanation was over, "as l say, do enjoy mathe- matics. But the thing that stumps me, sir, Is that when you multiply a num- Der by fraction you make 1t smaller"
 The late Senator Harris was cross grained and ill-humored. He could not endure to be crossed in any of his pur- poses and tried to compel everybody to bow tc his will cnd >ls,,tt--,-!.-... r. -s said that he met his equal In the lady who was his wife for 80 many long years, eud who died but year or two ago. It is related of the Senator that some twenty years ago he and his wife sep- arated for some time. The Senator had been out all night pursuing his favorite pastime of playing poker, and when he came home at ' or o'clock in the morning his wife naturally inquired where he had been. To this inquiry he responded in his usual emphatic man. ner that 1t was none of her business where he had been. Later in the day he observed his wife packing her trunk,