New-York tribune., 1900-11-15
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Uncle (severely)-When your age I always
stood at the head Of my class!
Sam-What chump you must have been at foot
ball-(Puck
Just before going to the polls to vote for Bryan
T. w. Truskett, the Fusion candidate for Repre-
sentative in Independence, Kan. received letter
from his in the Philippines This letter recited
conditions In the Islands. and ended by begging
the father not to vote for Bryan. Mr.. Truskett
said, That settles it," and proceeded at to
the polls. where he cast ballot for Mckinley.
His Case-,"There are some people" remarked
the melancholy person. whose fate if seems 10 be
to stand aside while those less worthy profit by
their endeavors"
the house on Thanksgivins Day. and I carve the
Observation-Disclosures Star
The Republican plurality in California will be
about 10000 The largest previous Republican plu-
rality was 1892 for Grant.
The Commercial nct-Mamma-Tommy do
stop that noise. If you'll only be good I'll give
Tomrny-No want a nickel
Mamma-Why. you little rascal you we're quite
satisfied to be good yesterday for penny
Iommy-l know. but that was bargain day
philadelphia Press.
If that proposed mass meeting of Irishu1en in
Chicago to protest against the introduction Of
snakes into Ireland by England should really be
held, some fiery denunciations of the hated Saxon
may be expected. In the mean while however the
Irishmen OF Chicago have sharply divided on the
question. One party. believing the report that
srakes have recently been in Ireland by
reasonably sober men. declares that only English
men could have brought them into the country
and demands that the mass meeting be held forth
with The other party questions the credibility of
the report, while agreeing with the radicals that
the English had enough to do anything and
moreover, lays down the general principle that no
snake could live in Ireland. except the snakes in
the grass who secretly in the pay of the op-
pressor A few think that II the English really
did introduce snakes they did Ireland service for
which they should be thanked, inasmuch as snakes
useful destroyers of insects and small YER
min: but 1t hardly needs to be said that they keep
this unpopular opinion strictly themselves
Who William the Conqueror Sammy
asked the pretty schoolmarm
His last name is Mckinley replied Sammy"
prompty.-Pittsburg Chronicle
According to The Philadelphia Record" promi-
nent vegetarian will try to induce some football
team next year to give weeks trial to a vegeta-
BILE diet. II sure 1t will please them" he saws
There's no doubt about 1t, that for endurance for
hard work, vegetarianism Is the only thing Do
you know why? 1t is because In vegetables YOU
eat tredness. In ish or poultry YOU eat
great deal OF tredness and that is why the meat
eater after hearty meal feels lazy and heavy
and disinClined to work. He has absorbed with his
meat great quantity of uric acid, and the defni-
tion of uric acid has been given by an eminent
scientist the of tiredness' He who eats
only vegetables is never tired after a meaI-never
How much work he can get through on n vegetable
diet-whether he could. say. play football on tt-I
don't know, because the experiment has not been
tried
Bawking-And you met Brassey? Versatile isn't
he? '''
Biss-oh. yes! The kind OF an ass you'd expect
10 offer to give humorous recita ton.-(3rooklvn
Life.