The age-herald., 1900-10-26
SKETCHES FROM
 EVERYDAY LIFE

mummy is obliged to see 1t. No matter how important the business. or how meth- odical the worker, when the cry of the circus is coming" is heard with self-pitying smiles and apparently reluctant manner he goes to the window. All this Is as it should be- As long as there is any boy left in him it will respond to the cry of circus" It Is only when he is really old, ancient, venerable and prehistoric that the circus loses it's charms. When a circus parade passes by and you don't look at it. it is time to make your will and order your monument, for your days are numbered
 The best part of any circus is the outside. Here you can see the world and his wife. It is not always prosperous world, but it is always happy one. At the approach Of a circus "the cares that infest the day fold their tents like the Arabs, and as silently steal away" An unhappy man at circus is as bad as a skeleton at a mar riage feast.
 The Alabama coon, who is always happy, fairly shines +ith joy at the circus. He gets a wagon, lays in a large stock of rot ten apples and vegetables and becomes huckster. Here you are,' he cries. Nice sweet apples put in nice sack" Another yells, Apples fried for half a dime cooked any way for a nickel" A third, holding up three wretched turnips, gets off the following spiel: "The finest in Bir- mngham-I don't excuse none. These are lucky turnips-every man who eats a bunch will come back for another-but you won't find me here tomorrow"
 Everything outside of a circus sells for cents The eye is greeted with nothing of greater price, and the nose becomes deadened to the smell of fried grease.
 Elephants, like people, love to throw mud at each other, but the elephant has some excuse. Those who have watched one throw dirt on his own and his neighbours back would think it was done in a spirit of mis- cheif. But an elephants skin is as sensi- tive to flies that of horse, and as the brevity of his tail prevents his brushing them of, he throws dirt on his back by way of armor His skin illustrates the fact that things are seldom what they seem. It looks as tough the circus girl
 
 sitiYe as a bald head.
 The pelican was busy cleaning his feath- CTS with bill about two feet long, which looked like Chicago girls glove stretcher. His neck was long enough to swallow a sword hilt and all.
 What kind of a goose is dat?" asked colored woman.
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 Oats a fac. Tse heard of dat mother goose. Oats powerful big bill she's got.
 .Yes; looks like plumbers bill," said some one.
 These remarks made the pelican tired so it squatted down, turned it's head away and resting it's beak on his back, went to sleep.
 The most original feature about Robin sons circus was pretty girl in the ballet
 It is astonishing the vicissitudes of life that men go through. Few of them ever finish as they begun A man going into the world is like hand going into grab bag-he never knows what he will bring forth. He will begin life as country pedagog and end by being President, or peddle mouse traps and end Jay Gould.
 A man in Georgia, whose history has come to light by his being lodged in jail, began life as farmer, then he kept a country store, and while selling canned goods he studied law. This he practiced for while when he moved to the city and became a mail carrier. While learning mail routes he became interested in the heavenly route and studied for the minis try. This he practiced for while-he was always practicing, he never became perfect when he was turned out of the church. He was reinstated, but withdrew and be- came a political speaker. While speaking he talked too much and got into a fight which caused him to go behind the bars where it is to be hoped he will be kept and not allowed to spoil any other pro- fessions.
 A medical student once employed law yer to mandamus a medical college to compel it to issue him a diploma. On in- vestgation the lawyer found that he had failed in every one of his examinations. The following is specimen of his answers It seems that air in the lungs is technically known as residuary and tidal. The latter is the proportion that comes and goes in breathing, while the former is the propor- tion that remains there. When asked to describe the different kinds of air in the lungs he said there was auxiliary air which was sometimes pumped into person who was drowning, and tiday air which came from the sea coast in great quantities and was very wholesome.
 The lawyer did not think it advisable un- der the circumstances to bring suit for his client, so he dismissed him and forgot about the case.
 Some time afterwards he entered a bar Der shop to have his hair cut In the row of barbers standing behind their chairs. and wearing white coats and comb stuck over the ear he noticed one who bowed and smiled at him in an extremely friendly way as if he was an old acquaintance. For a while the lawyer could not place him: