The age-herald., 1897-11-17
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
 AND HOTEL LOBBIES

| tician. She said this with emphasis, and added that the gentleman who had just left her was awfully dull.
 The prominent politician is an elderly | gentle man, who occupies seat in the national legislative halls. One of his noted characteristics is that he will nev- CT play poker in Washington. He says that he must attend to business there and cannot indulge in & quiet game. When he is away from Washington his | friends are kept busy getting up game for his benefit.
 You are deliverer," continued the charming young lady to the gray haired gentleman. "I have talked for an hour to a man who was so sensible, so im- proving that I almost went to sfeep.'
 There was a space of silence. The old gentleman looked bewildered and wee bit fiattered. The young lady appeared as though she Thought of nothing more to say Suddenly she looked up and con- | tinued:
 General I have just had a. long ride in the country, where I discovered all sorts of interesting things. I saw lit- tie black dog eating burrs-he was try ing to become poodle, you know" "W-h-a-t?"
 Yes" she continued, sapiently, "thab Is the way they become. First they're just little. plain black dogs; and they eat numbers of burrs-gou've seen them. haven't you?-and the burrs ooze out | through the pores of their skin, and the hair all curls around them, and people | think its natural, and give prizes for | them in the dog shows" The general looked dazed.
 And cats" she went on: DO you know what makes them purr?" Why, I--'
 "Of course you don't-nobody knew l till this afternoon. It is simply crick- cts" She fixed her eyes on him with a wide-open, child-iike gaze: "They gulp them down whole the same as we do oysters. and when you stroke the cat | the little crickets all chirp. The sound | is sort of muffied, you know; that's why | no one ever recognized it before. But | isn't it simpler"
 The plight of the general was pitlable, but with a leap like a fottball center. | rush, he made for the entrance and ess capped. The charming young lady soon found another victim. 'sThe adoption of the two-year course in law has proven quite beneficial" said
 
 faculty of the State university at Vus. caloosa.
 This year is the first experience thA State university has had with the two- year course, although it has been adopt. ed almost everywhere. do not now re- call but one university which has not adopted this course It certainly renders a pupil much more thorough, and every | lawyer has a sufficient pride to want every member to be an honor to the pro- fession at large. It works what some | term a hardship in one respect. Many young men have not the funds to take | the full course. Many of these young | men are now studying their first year | subjects, and will come up next year | to try for examinations. Yes, the uni- versity is in good condition, and I don't think it ever had brighter prospects, Judge Thorington was once on the sl> preme bench. and is taking considerable | interest in the present contest for places in that distinguished tribunal. ''Such a contest should be free from politics" said he. '"rhe people should be very careful who they place in such positions, and a candidate should be placed strictly on his merits." | Hon. Murray Brown, prominent law. | yer of Nashville, was at the Morris yes- l terday.
 ''The Centennial did Nashville great good" said he. ''Thousands of visitors | were brought to the city who otherwise would never have known of the south's advantages. remember a peculiar and a strikingly 1udicrous incident that oc- cured during the closing days of the
 exposition. One of the Midway attrac- tions had two lions. The owners were in | debt and some one levied on the anil nnals The proper officer was sent to take | them. He presented his papers and the
 owners at once saw that nothing was mentioned about the cages. One of the | owners opened the cage door, saying: l "'Just take them along, certainly. I | cannot defy the law
 ''The Hons walked out, rubbed against
 their master, but eyed the stranger with
 suspicion. The officer did not take l them"
 Police court is stage where life can | be studied, and not the least amusing
 character Is the policemen sTt was a peterfied sandwich" said an 1 officer in court a few days ago, while 1 testifying in case whore a sandwich
 was involved.
 "A what?" asked the judge.
 'A peterfied sandwich, yer honor The
 meat had turned to stone, and the bread
 was so hard that it would break a ne- l gro's skull''
 '.Hum," said the judge, thoughtfu1ly.
 'T have heard that St. Peter was called
 the Rock, but q never knew before that
 a sandwich which had become rocky was
 called a peterfied sandwich" The case was dismissed.
 Col. R. F. Ldgon, adjutana general on | Gov. Johnston's staff, was n the city yes- terday. He has spent the past few weeks l In Is,slegee. and after being in Birming- ham a few days will return to Montgon-
 cry.
 l w. ]. Knduff of the Lumber Trade