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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28
Rare Relies Unearthed.

Four Of the most remarkable relics
discovered have just been found in the
western Egyptian oasis Of Theba and
sent to the Louvre in Paris for exhibi-
tion. They are plaster casts busts.
These busts originated during the brief
era Of prosperity at the close of the Sec.
ond and the beginning of the Third GEN.
tury Of our time. They are not, as it
would seem, detached pieces Of statues
but are complete in themselves. They
are masks used for special class Of
mummies, and like most of the Egyp-
tian curiosities come from the grave. The
departed members of wealthy families
were provided not only with sepulchers,
but with sort Of armor composed of
several pieces, which completely incaseJ
the dead body. The feet were thrust
into pocket shaped affair like a car.
riage foot warmer, and separate pieces
were made for chest and neck, as we'll
as the hair, with mask for the face,
which often resembled the features of
the dead.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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PERSONALITIES.

Ex-Governor Iogg wears a 90 inch
collar.
Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes is said
TO inherit much Of his fathers wit and
conversational powers
Marshall Field is TO build and pro
sent fine library building to his ma
tive town, Conway, Mass.
The king Of Sweden travels as Count
de Hava. Ir was under this title that
he staid at Cannes last season.
General Leonard Wood is partial to
cigarettes, rarely smoking cigars. n
fact which cOmmends him to the Gu
bans in his province.
General Won Rock und POlack will
succeed General Count Won Schliffen
as chief Of the general staff of the Ger
man army after the autumn maneu-
vers.
Herr Riggenbach, who introduced
the cOgwheel railroads that have en-
abled tourists in Switzerland to do
their mountain climbing without effort,
died recently.
j. b. Frye, one Of the oldest resi-
dents of Virginia, died recently and
was buried, according to his wish, in a
walnut coffin made with his own hands
from an old tree on his farm.
Guthrie, o. T., has 15-year old law
yer. His name Is Frank II. Burford
and he was recently admitted to prac-
tice. though he has not yet been gradu-
ated from the Guthrie High school.
A Washington friend of Admiral
Dewey says the great sailor is splen-
did wit and story teller He can also
spin yarn Of his own experience
which would rival the widest fiction.
John Ruskin has not had his photo
graph taken for 30 years, and John
Hare has allowed himself to be caught
by the camera once only. This was at
the express desire Of Queen Victoria.
General Julio Rengifo, for many
years secretary and charge d'affaires
Of the Colombian legation in Wash
ington, who Is ON leave in his native
country. has been appointed minister
OF the treasury.
William Wither Bramston Beach is
regarded as comparatively young
man to occupy the position of father
of the house Of commons" to which
he succeeded OH the death Of the late
Sir John Mowbray, for he is only 72.
Albert G. Hopkins. who, during the
Messiah craze at Rosebud and Pine
Ridge agencies In 1890, attained no.
toriety by appearing among the ex-
cited Sioux and announcing himself
their Messiah. has been adjudged in
sane.
Governor Powers of Maine, who
owns timber lands In the North Woods,
was asked by a Bangor Commercial
man the other day IL he thought the
pulp business was destroying the
Maine forests and promptly answered:
mo. That's my answer to you-No!
Let them cut all they want"
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a Yarn from Red Bluff.

A few days ago James r. Holt went
for quail hunt along the banks of the
Sacramento river. Under cover of
brush he discovered a nice flock of birds
but when he raised his gun to have a
shot they disappeared. He felt satisfied
that there were quite number under a
particular bush and he bazed away
The noisy futtcring which followed told
him the result and he ran for his prize,
and just as bo was reaching out his hand
to catch wounded quail he was sud
deuly shocked to discover an enormous
rattlesnake in the line of the bird.
He approached the birds again with
his gun cooked and ready for "a sudden
shot, and learned that the snake was
dead. When he fired ut the birds he
killed the snake and six quail, although
none of the birds or the serpent were in
view. The snake had eight rattles and
q button and was ) q, feet in LENGTH
Red Bluff (Cal.l News.
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THE POWERS TRIAL

Frsokfort. March rs If With est
Golden really goes on the stand for
cross exsm'oa'io tomorrow morning the
defense hopes TO conclude the examin
ing trial 90 Tuesday. Golden is the
last Of the prosecutions witnesses. 80 =,
hes been understood Since bis illoess
10 tho court room he has complete y
recovered aod yesterday afternoon and
tbs morning be hss been better
Ii was stated today that be weot to
Georgetown IL is thought tonight be
~ill be able to 60 90 the stsnd again
tomorrow ltis the general im preston
'he defense NAV make 90 effort to
oonsrovert Go'dso's state msot 10 The
examining ,rIal Al examining judge
needs to have only . reasonable suspi
cion to bind prisoner over to toe
grand jury aud it 10 evident Judge
Moore bss tti. l, would be folly fo,
the defeuse TO show is baud 10 the
real trial. The whole of Goldeo's tes
timopy tended to throw suspicioo oo
"Tsllow Diok" Combs. . colored barber
81 Bsst'y'lIie Combs Say be GAO
prove bis iooooe"ee aud is wiling 10 2"
iotO custody II be is waited
Hsrlon Wb,uaker. white, Dick
Combs, oolOred. aud numerous orhe,
persons. have Ct various times bee.
suspected It 6r,np ,he fatal shot Bu,
he prosccu iop have not yet identified
the raurdrrer
"A surpr'se moy be sprnng tonorro~
oy the pro eoU 100 10 ,he intrrductior
OF Mrs Wha, % G ,id+u a. witness
iOasDuoh as u nas ueen ,he imnrpssj
from reports ser out trom Barbour
vile. that Mrs Golden wa- augr,
D husband on sccoaut of bis coufp.
si0b.
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KENTUCKY AFFAIRS,
Quiet Was Maintained in
Frankfort Yesterday,

Frankfort. Ky. March 25 Not
withstanding that troops recognizing
the dual governors we're quartered with
10 TWO squares Of each other, The Re-
publican troops at the State house under
orders from Republican Governor Tay
lor and the Democratic troops at the
court house guarding prisoners Powers.
Cultou aud Davis, under orders from
Democratic Governor Backham, the
day was quiet
The republican sdjutant general.
Collier. aud Democratic Assistant Gen
ersl Murray, we're together some time
this morning Gen Collier called to
disclsim responsibility for the miuo
which some of the soldiers made q pre-
tense Of laying. but it is understood
their talk took on Q q wider soope and
that they discussed sud matually
sgreed upon plsus to avoid possibility
OF any sort Of q olssh between the
troops
IL is believed that the examining trial
of Powers will be completed either
Tuesday or Wednesday. aud that if
Powers is held over The other defend
sbss will waive exsmioatioo
Wharton Golden the star wituess 70,
tbe commoow~sisb. whose illuess ou
the stand yesterday forced 40 adjourn
msot Of the court twice. is reported by
bic physician ss very much improved
tonight
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Nothing is Being
Done For Mafeking.
General Methuen's Force is
Halted.

London. March 27, 5 Is N.
Military observers here. aud even those
10 close sffiIiation with the war Office,
are considerably confused as to what is
being done Tor the suooor Of Mafekipg
Some 5000 or 5000 men are epgsqed
With Lord Me,hueo at Warrenton aud
Fourteen Streams. aod now another
column is a-ous leaving Kimberley. il
IL has not already started for Griqua
towa. l06 miles westward. It's osteo
sible purpose is to drive out the Boers
The force 10 described 80 "a strong
ooe." and the expedition a. "likely to
stsrset much attention F"
Gen French is reported from Bloom.
lonseio Sunday ss returning from
Tbsbs Nehu. without apparently having
headed of Commsodaos Oliver With
bic 10 goes sod miles Of baggage.
Boer borsemeo are 10 contact With
the British ou.pos,s from Bisgarsbsrs
to Wsrrsoson
Geo Bullsr's patrols bad . sharp
ekiroish Sunday st Wsohsbsok.
Lerd Roberto Infantry hss DOW bsso
quiet for II days. aod news Of 90
sdvsoos is hourly expected at the war
ofise
Msssrs Wolmsros. Fischer sod Wes
se's. the pssee eovoys fsom tho federal
sorees, are QUE ss Naples 10 few days
After visiting two or three European
espissls. they will eoto New York BY
osy OF Aosvsrp 1t 10 understood at
The Hague sba, they are Invested With
large povs's sod ere prepared to agree
to soyshiog looking to Intervention.
The Tiues prints . sta,emeot from
Csps Towo to the effect that the Boers,
after deduesioe heavy losses. are prob
ably unsble nov TO put more thsu
$4,000 men oo the 6shtiog lios.
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HUMOR OF THE HOUR.

Five good citizens were sitting on q
roof near one Of the docks, enjoying
their cigars and the river breeze They
all had more or less to do with marine
interests and the fact impressed itself
Oh their conversation. One related ex-
perienceS from his single whaling ex-
pedition, time and Imagination having
added greatly to their original attrac-
ton. Another told the story of phan-
tom ship. but did not vouch for it, A
third told late sea serpent story that
he blamed on some newspapers, and
then Captain Blank acknowledged that
it was up to him.
People troubled with insomnia" be-
gan the captain, try all kinds of
schemes to propitiate Morpheus. Last
summer | courted sleep by walking up
and down the river ut all hours of the
night. This came off at midnight |
was strolling along above the bridge,
when a little way ahead some animal
dashed swiftly toward the river. 1t
made no noise. but. as well as | could
make out during its swift, long lcaDs.
it had the head OF Il dog. while it's lank,
yellow body looked like that of a
jaguar. 1t plunged into the river. dis
appeared for time and came I'D 80
feet from the shore with n wheezy.
gurglins bark. followed by deep
growl rs it caught sight of me"
Must have escaped from some me-
naGCvic." suggested @.
You had gonr too lorgwithout sleep.
raptan." said another significantly.
Sea lion" laughed third. Don't
you think So captain?"
Hardly. knew all the time that it
was that big st. Bernard of mine. He
was always with me ON those sleep
seeking cruiseS.-Detrot Free Press.
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Had More Than One'Reason.

Anxious MOther-Why don't you
drive that bad boy away from your
playground?
Good Little BOy-It wouldn't be-
right.
Wouldn't it?"
"NO, ma. You see, that playground
is public property"
ooh. so it isl
'ICs. ma: and it would be selfish and
dishonest to deprive any other boy of
the right to go there"
$50 it would, my angel | didn't
think of that"
'Ies, ma; and. besides, lie can lick
me."-PcarSOn'S Weekly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

A pet monkey belonging to q son
Of the Rev w G Herbert, pastor of
the Caroline Sieet Methodist church
OF Baltimore got into the study OF
iae clergyman tue other evening
opened volume of the Encyciopae
dia Britannica, aud tore out Is pages
Of the article on Darwin's "Origin OF
Species " Then it turned to Buffers
Analogy. and it Was examining i,
with great apparent delight when the
clergyman returned and put a stop to
the proceedings
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Tsster. Salt -Rheum and Eczema,

The intense itching and smar,ing incident to
thsse diseases. Is instantly al. aged by appl, ,,us
CSspberlain's Ey md skin Ointment. Many
vssy bad cases have been permanently cured by
Il. IL 10 equally efficient for itching piles aud
. fsvori,o remedy for sore nipples. chapped
hands. ehilblains, frost bites spd> chronic sOre
syss. 2so,' per box. For/s by DR. A. J..
China A Dec 800
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28
TIE HALT AT BLOEMFONTEIN.

Loodoo. March 26. l As .. n The
continued absence OF aggressive move
usns on the part Of The British is bss,
explained 10 . dispatch from Bloemiou
tsio. dated Suadsy. March IS. aud
published 10 the seeood edition Of The
Times todsy I, says:
The oonditioos existing 10 tbs
oecdpied territory render imperative the
somssbst prolonged halt q, Bloe,nfou
sein II 10 necessary that the effect oil
the proclamation should have time to
make itself felt II is declared ths,
danger Of annoyance to the line Of
eo~~unicstion may be appreheuded ID
unless The territory behind the sdvanc
Jog forces 10 rendered absolo,ely secure
The accuracy OF this view is proved by
the fact thst the enemy is breaking up
toto isolated groups suoh ss that which
attacked the Guard officers on Friday
The, sdjusto, rnt Of 6uancisl aud muoi
Opal watero 10 the Free State is no q
chiefly occupying the attention Of ,bp
governor end bis legal aud 6usuoial
advisers
''The military regiment is bein =
conducted With great smooth ness. bu,
recent investiRa,'on shows that caution
muss be exercised 10 dealing With
persoos apparently loyal"
The suumsry from headquarters ia
probably 90 accurate explanation Of ID
hequsos appearance aud disappear.uos
OF Boers sod insurgents. upon whioh
the reports ere 90 oon nfliciiuQ and which
90 pussle The Brisisb military oriiios.
Geo Me'boso appears to be awaiting
transportation. aud with Col Plumer {
forces on bali ra,ions. there DOW seems
little likelihood Of the ion me ediste relief
OF Mafeking, though neither from this
quarter nor from Llrd Roberts or Gen
Butler 10 there any direct news today.
The government, buildings at Cape
Towo narrowly escaped destruction By
6re last oiebs The State papers, sfte,
being much dsmsRed. we're removed.
A Loreoso MARQUES speoisl says the
Transvsal suthori,,rs are evidently re
eruitiog actively. a. large num bers OF
French. Dotoh aud Belgian volunteer. E.
arc CONSTANTLY pushing through tba,
place to join the Boer forces
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Shanghai, March 26 The British
second class cruiser Hermiono has
been ordered to proceed Immediately
to Tskau The country around Tien
Ts'n is greatly disturbed anJ, &C.
cordIDg to reports 10 circulation here,
the powers are making arrangements
for concerted action. 1t is further
reported that British missionary has
been killed
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Kitchener Thought He
Was il. tho SOudan
When He Ordered British to
Charge Beers at Paar.
deberg.

Loodos, March 26. 4l5 n
Hxceps for the "ooourreoce " as Lord
Roberss calls II. which resulted 10 the
killing Of Lieut. Lygoo aud the wound.
iog sod capture Of Lieut. Col Crabee.
Lisas Ccdriugton and Capt Tro,,er. ths
esupsign preseots 20 new features
fbs mishaps to the Guards ofioers is n
-esssiuosy to their bravery bu, not their
aiserssios. They net . atty Of Eve
Beers. whom they tried TO capture.
The Bosrs took refuge oo kopjs.
vbsrs three 9: their oomrsdes we're
hidden. ssd wi,his I've minutes every
asebsr Of The British party wss biz.
Apparently /, lissle progress 10 being
osds toward che relief Of Msfskius
A private tsisssso tree . lisu,sosos q
Kiobsrlsy dated Wednesday. March
81. susoaeess shas be 'Wss on shs point
Il ssassiss fos Msfskiog. Prsssmsbly
vith The relief eoloma
Gee Sir Forsssisr Walker cad Prince
Alssssdsr. Of Tssk. have lsfs Cape
Taps Zoe Blosufos,sio. Il 10 reported
esp Ladysoisb thss Vso Rseuso's
~ tsisslss ysish guss.
Mail sssousis Of The capture Of Gen
Ceesjs. jsss received. bsiog ous inser
>ssise peisss - 10 shs rapidly With
'vAiss Lord Roberts ssssgsd bic plsus
VAss hs iessd that Geo CroUjs bad
eossDsd lguu Msesssloussis. vhess is
Vas ssigjsally issssdsd to ss,ssk or
eIsss 10 60 hia. Lord Kisehsoss YES
esst lssvssd % inssrosps hia sod ss
sbs bsssls oe Rsssdsbsrs Lord Kisshso
% sssps 70 have shown thss hs 10
osesss - @ ssgsSisss shss o. . saehter,
lss % wss q bic order that the British
'ihsasssy repeated The blsodsr of other
Dsssrsls. stssskios issrsnehed Bosrs.
bho allowed the Bsislshsrs to 10,
visAis shsssssd yards before opsuioe
ars. Az the Bsi,isA hsd sbsolutsly no
ssvss they loss heavily ssd usslsssly
ssd ssss compelled to fsll back
oeosssssiIy vish sSms amouus Of con.
lUoie9 ssd 70 withdraw their suppors to
. dissasss. Tbis fso, makes . sisoi.
essos eooosossry upoo the ruooss
thss have been 10 circulation Of some
esIausss bssvsss Lord Kitchener aod
Lssd Roberto. shieh 10 ssid 70 hsvs
eeeesossd Tor he iosess being ssos to
FsIssks 70 ssppesss the rebellion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

Views have been taken of the
orchards Of Messrs Millsr and Pan
cake. 10 the vicinity Of Rodney. w.
We. for exhibition ct the Paris ex.
position These orchards are the
rgest 10 the world, aud contain
zSO.0OO peach and plum trees The
owners planted lSl 900 trees last
year, end cleared for planting 1875
sores OF timber land. The fret see
con their orchards began to bear they
shipped 100 carloads Of peaches and
plums
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FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

The numbe. Of Buddhists is comput-
Ell to be 45J.OU0.O0O
In Italy C0O.OGO people find employ
mcnt in raising silkworms.
1t is estimated that one crow will de
strOy 100000 insects every year.
Among birds the swan lives to be the
oldest in extreme cases reaching 800
years.
More than 5000 persons are buried
annually IN the paupers' cemetery of
Berlin.
In the south within the last fire
months $11,000,000 Of new capital has
been invested in cotton mills.
1t is calculated that the shareholders
Of the United Kingdom outnumber the
railway employees by about $4,000.
There are SS silk plants in Pcnnsyl-
vania, and the output of silk ribbon in
the state has been doubled in three
years.
1t is estimated that at the beginning
or the new century England will have
$1,000, 100000 tons Of coal still unused
and available.
The most costly parliament in Eu-
rope Is that Of France. The senate
and chamber Of deputies eat up an
nually $1,5OO,OOO
The average number Of horses killed
In Spanish bullfights every year ex-
ceeds 5000, while from 1000 to 1000
bulls are sacrificed.
During the fiscal year of 1878 the
United States sold $4,000 worth of
typewriters in Mexico and $4,000
worth in Argentina.
OF late there has been q noticeable
Increase Of tourists travel to Ireland.
People are discovering it is a fine place
to spend a vacation.
kamchatka may soon become as
popular resort as the KlOndike, as
gold has been discovered there in
promising quantities.
The average weekly wages Of the
men employed in the cotton mills of
Maine are $7.S8, Of the women $500
and Of the children $2.73.
There are LILO paper and pulp mills
in the United States, producing annual
ly 100000 tons Of paper and more
than 100000 tons of pulp.
PaymaSters and commissariat Off
cials of the German army receive spe-
cial training in examining the quality
of food supplied to the army.
A German army officer estimates
that in the century just closing no few
er than 100000 men have been kill
ell in war in civilized countries.
The results Of recent drillings in Bor.
neo have caused many persons to think
that BOrneO will prove to be the rich.
est petroleum field in the world.
The latest thing in company promot-
ing comes from Paris, where a dogs
cemetery has been floated with a capi-
tai Of $4,000. The promoters are la
dies.
There are In Boston 44,2O7 persons
born in British America, including On
tario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Prince Edward Island and Newfound-
land.
The largest mass Of pure rock salt
in the world lies under the province OF
Galicia, Hungary. 1t is known to be
$50 miles long, 20 broad and $50 feet in
thickness.
The giraffe was thought to be near
extinction, but Major Maxse, British
explorer, has found great herds Of
them along the Sobat river, a tributary
Of the White Nile.
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REBELS IN HERBERT DISTRICT
REJOlN BOERS

Barkley Wess. March 6-A oom
esodo Of 400 Boers hss rsocoupied
Pspkuel. forcing the rebels 10 the
Herbert district to rejoio the federal
aae Ex'sosivs loo,iog is reported 10
that direction. '.
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Machine pOlltica.

First CitiZen-I see the idea of vOt-
ing by machine Is gaining in populari
ty. Do you think the mass Of the vot-
ers will easily learn how to work it?
Second Citizcn-I hope so. Hereto
fore the machine has always worked
the voter.-OhiO State Journal
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lie Was Confederate.

Cinchly-Look here, old man, why
don't you offer me back the $40 let
you have q year ago?
Harduppe-Oh, l would if hadn't
been afraid Of hurting your feelings.
'In what way:"
"Why. l didn't like to give you the
impression that l thought you needed
the mOney."-Philadelph Record.
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New York. Malch IG--Eiye well

New York. March 26.-Five well
dressed men entered Healy's restau
rant at the corner of Sixty sixth
street and Columbus avenue, today,
and while one OF them engaged the
cashier in conversation one OF the
companies went to the safe aud got
away with 81 300 The other men
then quietly withdrew. and the rob
berry was not discovered for fully five
minutes afterwards Part of the
amount. which was in checks and
cash. was subsequently returned TO
Mr. HsaIy by mail The restaurant
10 q fashionable one. About forty
guests were at breakfast ct tho time
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

There's . pointer for some of our
ousy men 10 this little story Of child
lie "msmms." asked little 3 year.
old Freddie. "sre We going to hesv.
% some day p eyes. dear, / hope
co." IVES the reply III wish psps
could 60, too," continued the little
fellow Well. end don's you think
he viii :" ssked the mother. "Oh.
no." replied Freddie. "he couldu',
leave his business.
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An Article OF Luxury.

She-Fll grant that your income
would be enough for us to marry, if
only you didn't have such expensive
fadS.
He-I? Expensive fads? What ex-
pCnSive fad have |?
She-AIe. for one.-Lustige Batter
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Kept His Vow.

The LADY, don't believe you would
work If you could.
Dismal Dawson-l'd do any kind Of
WORK that didn't interfere with me
principles. | had n chanst to be q
waiter Oncet, only I'd swOre a solemn
oath to never wear a spiketail coat
indianapolis Journal.
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Or. Cady's Condition Powders

ere just VIA, horse needs when in bad con
dision. Tos;o, blood purifier and vermiruge.
They are not food but medicine. and the bes.
70 use to put horse in primo condition. Price
IS cents per package. For sale by DR. A, ]
Cetns. Dec 80
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The Prisoners Rctort.

81 see villainy in your face" said n
judge TO prisoner.
MAY it please your honor" said the
latter, that is personal reflection
METROPOLITAN.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28

By the aid Of mechanical instruments
human beings can do many wonder
tul things but TO save his life DO man
could cut such perfect circle without
pair of compasses rs the parasol ant
does out of leaf with nothing but
her jaws.
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He Knew He Would.

Spacer--I believe that if Shakespeare
were alive at the present time and try
ing to live by his pen in London the
comic papers would reject many Of his
best jokes.
IIumoriSt- L know il. l have tried
'cm all-HoStOn Traveller.