The age-herald., 1900-11-12
SKETCHES FROM
 EVERYDAY LIFE

On a blackboard in the tax collectors office. under the heading of "Miscellane- ous," appeared a series of squares each divided into thirty-six little squares. At first glance they looked like county townships divided into quarters but closer glance showed wabbly line drawn through each cell
 These plats were really puzzle which an advertiser recently published in the Age-Herald and which had served to while away some dull hours in the tax offices. No one so far has worked it. The puzzle consists of a square containing thirty-six cells. A prisoner is in cell A, which is in the northwest corner of the square He is promised his liberty if he can get to cell B, which is in the southeast corner, pro- vided he goes through each cell once and once only. and he Is not to pass through corners
 This makes interesting study in cell life for doctors and others who have time to devote to it.
 He had come to town to see the fair and wanted some coffee. Fate guided his wan dering footsteps to the Womans Exchange. He came in and sat down.
 "<in I git some coffee here?' he asked.
 "Yes, sir"
 Well, I think the gal has gone to git it; she told me they made coffee here"
 'All right; if you have given you1 order it will be here directly"
 His coffee came and he drank it. "I don't want milk and no sugar." he said. He ordered a second cup, and then third, ex- plaining to the waitress that as he never drank nothing stronger than coffee The was allowable to drink three cups"
 He went to the cashier to pay his bill. That sure was coffee,' he said. What place is this, anyway"
 "The Woman's Exchange"
 Was it sot up fur the fair?
 Not this one. It may have been for last years fair, but it ran over to this years"
 Well, I'll tell the folks about ye Coffee's mighty scarce these days"
 man out West recently had dream that was not an idle one. He dreampt of the spot where he had buried pot of gold thirty-six years ago. at time when it / was the custom to bury gold in pots in stead of locking 1t up in safes. After bury ing it he could not find it again. and he
  gotten all about it until his dream remind ed him of the place where it was buried. He borrowed spade went there and dug it up. The man is now not quite sure but what he may have buried other pots of gold, and he spends his days and nights dreaming of hidden treasure. He has be- come a pronounced gold bug. All of which goes to show that it is as bad for industry to overindulge in dreams of free gold as of free silver.
 The little word "f' is said to be the biggest word in the language. The word "per" also cuts quite a figure in the opin- ion of one of the city's charming young matrons. She has a fad for antique fur niture and is fond of hunting bargains in old chairs, tables, and the like.
 She recently found table that she ad- mired and asked the dealer the price, He said it was $10. But" she exclaimed that table is badly damaged and you ought to reduce the price on account of It." The dealer agreed, and she thought he said he would reduce the price 50 per cent She thereupon bought it and ordered it sent home, feeling that she had secured bargain.
 At the end of the month the dealer sent in a bill for S9.5O This was clearly an er- TOT and was taken to the dealer to be cor rected, but he declared that he said he would reduce the price 50 cents and not 50 per cent.
 The want of per in this case may perhaps cost $4.5O.
 newspaper in Tennessee publishes the following items all put together under a head entitled Pointed Paragraphs:''
 There Is hunger at the heart that is just a hard to beer.
 Prayer and fasting and pr. Wills Per feet Pills are good recreation for over worked Christians
 Hard work is a splendid substitute for hereditary capital, but the best method of cleaning the liver is the use of Williams Famous Fannie Elixir.
 No life can be a success that is spent wholly in helping self. Torturing skin eruptions, buns and sores are soothed at once and promptly healed by applying Dr. Catchems Witch Hazel Salve, the best known cure for gout. Beware of worthless commercials.
 As we do not know the last day, should be ready every day and night, and feelings of safety pervade the household that uses One Second Cough Cure, the only harmless remedy that will produce harm full results. It will prevent consumption and is infallible for coughs, colds, catarrh and croup