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Chicken Dinner for Prisoners.

Sheriff John e. Taylor has provided a
Christmas treat for the prisoners in the
New Castle Jail tomorrow. The sheriff
has purchased ninety-six chickens which
will make good dinner for the It's
breakers of the law now imprisoned
there.
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will Pay Bi-weekiy in Future.

Announcement was made on Saturday
by the Diamond State Steel Company
officials that beginning on December 20
wages will be paid every two weeks
instead of weekly as heretofore. This
order will effect all the employees in both
of the company's plants.
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westcrn union Favorea.

st. Paul, Dec. 23.-Judge Lochrer. very
unexpectedly rendered his decision late
Saturday in the suit.of the Great North
ern. against the Western Union, involving
title to the telegraph lines along that
road. His decision is in favor OF the
Western Union.
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Richard p. Roe Dies Suddenly.

Richard Z. Roe, of No. I'LL East Four
teenth street, died suddenly in Philadel-
phia on Saturday. He was painter and
about 80 years of age. Mr.. Roe was the
son of former Councilman Richard Roe,
who was killed by man named Dugan,
The sun., 1900-12-24
Fair Was a Snccess.

The Great Southern Country Fair held
in the Pyle Cycle Academy by Eden
Lodge of Odd Fellows, closed last night
after very successful week. Many peo-
pie visited the fair, and had their curios-
ity satisfied about Ka-za-za, Ge-os-co,
and the other novelties.
The sun., 1900-12-24
A Christmas Day wedding.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Skinner have is
sued invitations for the wedding of their
daughter, Miss Mary f. Skinner, to Mr..
Wesley w. Watson, to take place to.
morrow afternoon at o'clock at St.
Paul's r. G. Church.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Want Another Commission.

The city will decline to accept the
award of the commissioners for the bed
of Sixth street from Union to Rodman
which was for $1,42O in favor of the Will
mington Improvement Co. Another com.
mission will be asked for.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Secured a Penson.

Colonel John Wainwright has secured
a pension for Barney Nugent, late of
Co. II, First Delaware Volunteers, re-
siding in this city. 1t is for Sc month
and dates from September 90.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Turkey for Employees.

Superintendent J. G. Lugar, of the
Wilmington City Railway Company has
ordered Ia turkey dinner to be served to
all the iemployes on Tuesday next. A.
L. Aims dw will be the caterer.
The sun., 1900-12-24
How They Cut Ice,

Charles Rider and NIillard Layton cut
ice for John w. Dayett on his mill pond
at Cooch's Bride on Thursday last. The
men were i'll their bare feet.
The sun., 1900-12-24
win Render a Cantata.

The Sunday School of Mt. Joy Church
will give a cailtata on Christmas night.
There will be concerts each evening dur
ing the remainder of the week.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Christmas Music at Asbury.

The Christmas music at Asbury NJ. e.
Church yesterday morning was unusu-
ally fine. Next Sunday night the Sun
day School will give concert.
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GREAT REVIVAL
70 START WITH
NEW CENTURY
Monster Religious Movement
Will Begin in New
York.
IT WAS M00DY'S IDEA
Practically Every Branch of the Pro
testant Church and all the Great
Religious Societies identified
With it are all United
in the Crusade.
IT. WAS MOODY'S IDEA

New York, Dec. 23.-It is announced
that a secret committee meeting was held
in this city Saturday at which plans were
perfected to hold monster religious re-
yiyal to usher in the twentieth century.
Tkis revival is to be the fruition of the
plan evolved by the late Dwight L.,
Moody which his friends took up and
have enlisted i'll its support the most
prominent Christian workers of the coun-
try. 1t is to be national in scope, with
New York as the center. 1t is to be abb
solutely undenominational in character,
and "Christ and the Bible" is the only
battle cry.
According to what has been divulged
as to the plan, practically every branch
of the Protestant church and all the great
religious societies identified with it are
united in the crusade. 1t will be gi-
gantic and carefully organized effort by
ministers and laymen of all Protestant
creeds working together, with denomina-
tional lines obliterated and differences
buried.
'Tyyas Moody's Iden.
1t was Mr.. Moody's hope to celebrate
| the incoming century with mighty cru
SADIE for God in this country, with de
/ nOmlnaIlOnul DufTleIS SWept away "AN
all Christian churches working shoulder
| to shoulder. When death came, Mr.
Moody was at work upon plans for this
movement, which would have been thu
crownng achievement of his noble ca
reer. Friends Of the dead evangelist tool
up the work as it fell from his deat
hands and bent their energies to it with ;
will.
For several weeks leaders of the move
mcnt have been holding secret confer
cnccs in this city perfecting the plans
These leaders, banded together as ma
tional central committee, are now open
ing their campaign. This committee in
cludes a majority of the leading evange
ical clergymen of Greater New York, DC
sides William Il. Moody, son Of the dea
evangelist; John Willis Baer of Bostor
secretary Of the United Society of Chris
tian Endeavor; John B. Mott Of the Ii
teinational Young Mems Christian asst
citation, IL. NJ. Moore of Boston. l.. |
Doggett of Springfield, Mass; Gener'
o. o. Howard Of New York and Generi
]. ]. Estey of Brattleboro, VT.
An appeal has been mailed to all part
of the United States which calls on thos
to whom it has been sent ito immediate
" and unitedly engage in campaign *
the promotion of a revival of Christian
ity in every city, town and village at Il
opening of the twentieth century" I'll
week of prayer will formally inaugural
the movement all over the United State
but this city will witness the real openir
of the campaign.
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A Handsome Present.

Street Supervisors Adams, Babcock,
Goodwin and Kendall Saturday presented
Street Commissioner Pierson with
handsome Masonic watch charm.
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Y. M. @. A. Gospel Meeting.

The gospel meeting at the Y. MIC. A..
was unusually interesting yesterday. In
addition to an address by Rev. r. B.
Cook, d. D., pastor of Calvery Church,
there was also special song service.
Rev. Alvan Cooper of the Richmond M.
II. Church of Philadelphia, addressed the
Railroad Y. NJ G. A. Mt Third and Rail
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.IIeld for unner Court.

In City kCourt Saturday Joseph Bris-
co. coloreQ was held in 5000 bail for
court to 4pswer the charge Of larceny
Of suit NJ clothes valued at Sl5.
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Refused One License.

Contested liquor licenses cases were
disposed of by the Court of General
Session. Saturday. There We're only two
cases. The court approved the applica-
tion ofAhristian ploesser, Eleventh and
Heald yeets, and refused John
Kopp, M gfsa hipley street. Az
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some Heavy Porlkers.

w. S. Marsh, of Angola. recently killed
,,ne Of his hogs which weighed 74lM
ssA,,onnds Other farmers throughout the
= part Of the State report the follow
Y oli aa,.. lnN ssklrge porSerS Three, belonging
> barrels: Nv MumfdR, Old Furnace
1slss n plpe. N ~ 4so and sao pouIuf re-
lSsilea ~ . belonging to Wlan
new n>~sich aggregat 4, 1856
kge burst tfIc~~
-, noi, +;,,,I,ors .sx~a
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SPOKE Red Men.

4 large number Vi membcrs of the
ImprdAsd 4 iapir R,zM, attended divine ser SER
morniA ~ Ysery%es We're Unusually
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SOCIAL !! ila

Leon De Aal1a
| the holiS.S nd
a, = ~ d D.,
The sun., 1900-12-24

Rrday from AtRntie for The j
unknown sch pner motormel
" tty and til n he ar.a..s......, ~
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Is ImproE''

S. Rodman Smith, &
States Court, who Ii
grip, is improving e S35Sss
up on Saturday. f
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DAINTY LITTLE FLOWER.

Little flower. little flower. blest with beauty
as thy dover.
Sending fragrant incense heavenward in
the quiet twilight hour
Full of tender fragile grace, sweet OF odor
anu OF race
Like a morsel of Heavens purity set in an
earthly place,
We poor mortals much may learn from the
tints which glow and burn,
In thy petalled altar kindled, as within a
sacred urn,
For they speak of good and God. prints OF
beauty on the sod,
Marking with Heavens light and color
where His kindly footsteps trod.
How thy willing heart distins scent the
world with fragrance fills.
Though no eye but Gods may see thee in
the fastness of thy hills:
Or in some neglected glen hidden from the
eyes of men,
But thy worship is but sweeter and com
pleter offered then
Modest. beautiful and shy often born to
blush and die,
Or In crushed and bruised forgetfulness un-
needed there to lie,
Never murmur or complaint though thy
fragrant breath grow faint,
But mournful resignation as becomes ar
humble saint.
All the hills are diademed, all the wales and
forests gemmed,
All the meadows with thy beauty well
adorned and widely hemmed
Thou a thing of heavenly birth springing
upward from the earth,
Where thy gentle smile !llumes its ills and
mitigates its dearth.
Much may mortals learn from thee of what
II and is to be,
II the eyes are rightly focused by a spirit
trained to see;
May be angels. too. may know every flower
which bloomed below,
That they rim the crystal rivers which by
heavenly mansions flow.
1. EDGAR JONES.
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yes, and sang, too, in a sweet, thin
little voice. She sang The Meeting
of the Waters" aud 1.-The Kerry Dane
ing" and the Wearing of the Green"
No rag time for Hanors.
"She's a JEWELL commented Den
mis- Mcguire, addressing Tobias Ryan,
when they parted on the sidewalk.
"Ain't-ain't"-tim there any
wan a-coortin'!"
"Nivir a wani" returned Tobias.
He felt so guilty upon his return
he could hardly make the proper re-
sponses to the decade" which Hanora
was giving out" He did not come
home until ten o'clock the following
night-nor yet the next. He explained
his absence by mysterious illusions
to "caucuses" and primaries" there
by soothing Hanora and stultifying
his conscience. 1t was not until Han
ora found a rose in the buttonhole of
his coat one morning and little lace
trimmed handkerchief in his pocket
that her direst doubts were aroused.
But even these Tobias explained away.
Sure the flower cost nothin', Han
ora. Twas from a bush l was pass
in, And the handkerchief was on the
sidewalk. 1 thought belize you could
make use of it,"
He was rapidly becoming beauti-
full liar.
A week later he refused to go out
with Hanora and Dennis on account
Of the night being damp. He had
rheumatism, he said. So his sister
and his friend went to the theater
and Tobias settled himself to the COM
position of a long and fervent letter,
the accomplishment of which neces-
STATED frequent reference to the pock-
ct dictionary he had bought for this
purpose. To make long story short
and It was not such long story
when all was said-Hanora married
Dennis Mcguire. Tobias was desolate
-disconsolate. He might go to live
with them. Dennis had won a treas
ure. Yes, he might go to live with
! them after awhile. For the present
he would take his meals at a restau-
rant until sure what could be done
with the furniture-and so on.
All through her wedding journey,
which lasted full three weeks, it
troubled Mrs. Mcguire to determine
what was the matter with Tobias
She told her new made lord all about
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his evening absences, his mild accent
ance of distasteful viands, his abrupt
aud eager hospitality toward Dennis
even about the rose and handkerchief.
1t was not until she had returned TO
Chicago and went out to the fat
where had been passed her years of
mature maidenhood that she really
discovered the truth about Tobias.
For the fiat into which size let her
self with her latchkey was altered,
decorated, illumined. There were cur
tains of rosy swissoline at the win
dows. There were lot of flowers on
the table. \ canary sang in a gilded
cage, ond-what is that? A parasol
in the corner-a hat on the sewing
machine! Such frivolous hat-all
chiffon and daisiesl Hanora turned
quite faint. Could Tobias
90" cried a radiant little creature
huttering out of one of the Pullman
car apartments which serve as bed
rooms in the modren fiat, II did not
know anyone was here. Take this
chair. You are Mrs. Larch, / know.
Tobias said the wife of his friend in
the shipping department would call.
Our wedding was quite a surprise to
our friends, but really we had been
considering it for some time. I was
in the ribbons. you know, and became
acquainted with Mr. Ryan while at the
store. But it seems he had an old
maid sister living with him, and bav-
ing girls natural distaste for rela-
s-in-law-though doubtless some
of them are kind enough, l suggested
to Tobias that it would be better to
marry her off if possible before-whv
what
For Mrs. Dennis Mcguire had risen
IN aghast and stately discomposure.
Il am his sister" she said.
Dear, o dear! I'm so sorry, I
didn't know-nor suspect-I wish I
had kept still! Take off your things!
Stay to supper! There-therei You're
sweet as you can be-and III love Won
If you let me-indeed, 1 wiu."-Cbi-
cago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
SATURDAY, SEPT. Is 1900
IN CALICO.

They've sung the song of the girl In pink,
And the song of the girl in white,
But the singers. are few who have praised
the true
Goddess of love and light;
The household fairy whom we all know,
And knowing her love her better So
The girl in the garment OF calico,
Dainty and sweet and bright.
The bloom OF her cheeks. the light In her
eyes,
Are her beauty and title of health;
And day after day in a modest way
Her neatnesS is better than wealth.
Old-fashioned? Yes, and we wish her so,
For just Like her mother in calico,
With the gentle traits of the years ago,
She's taken our hearts by stealth
So, In a nectar of roses pledge
Our dear girls in pink and i'm white;
To their eyes and their hair and their ways
debonair
ofer my homage tonight;
Yet, deep In my heart feel and know,
"A loftier feeling continues to grow
For the girl In the wrapper of calico,
Dainty and sweet and bright.
John H Braceland, in N. Y. Sun.
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contest, but not for long. Again and
again, as chance permitted. Col. Ok
heart and Lieut.. Col. Flint would get
the packages from Gen. Carter and
begin the never ending game. When
Gen. Carter fell at the head of his men
on that fatal day with which every
reader, etc, he had strength to turn
over the packages to his adiutant.
Taking them from the bosom of his
dress coat-he always wore full uni
form in battle-he gave them to Mai.
Tolliver and babe him care for them
with his life's blood. Then the gall
liant sportsman and soldier died.
When OXheart and Flint were found
dead, Col. Tolliver the had been pro-
moted) gave the packages to the rep
resentative of the heirs Col. Jones
Enraughty-Darby who placed them in
safe deposit vault. Under the cir
cumstances. it was only natural that
the two heirs should be represented
by one person. Col. Enraughty-D Darby
related the facts in the case to- the
two young men and left it to their
consciences to lead them to do what
should be done. He knew well what
they would do. They went on with
the camel The same rules stood;
they began where their fathers had
left off. The progress made was lit
tie and slow, for their altered circum-
stances kept them apart much of the
time.
In time they married and had sons;
to the eldest son each man told the
story of the great game; and it is
these men, grandsons of the original
players, that carried on the game.
Every week if they could get together
they met and made ten BETS. Neither
faltered, though both knew'that when
the end should come one of them
would be ruined for life. But still
they played on.
After the stenographer had gone
they sat down idly at the table and
called for refreshments. They were
still discussing the market, for they
were partners, one living in this city,
the other in Chicago, when a cry of
! fire rang through the hotel They es-
capped with their lives, not remember
ing until too late that on the table
lay the record book in which were put
down every let that they, their faith
ers and their grandfathers had made
on the long-dealt hands. Their first
feeling was one of dismay. Then,
simultaneously, over each mans face
came look OF relief, of joy.
"Hurrahl" they shouted together,
and in the open street they fell on
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
An Aftermath of outing.

Mr.. Newlliwed-You remember. dar-
ling, do you not. the delightful fishing
we had last summer. at Lake George?
Mrs. Newlliwed--It was there. Regi.
maid, that you first told me OF your
love, dearest.
Mr.. Newlliwed-True sweetheart
we were trolling for pickerel. We were
not so successful! as usual in hooking
the fish.
Mrs. Newlliwed No, beartsown
But we caught on, just the same.
Mr.. Newlliwed-Do you remember
Winifred, the kind of tackle we used
angel?
Mrs. Enthusiastically. Spoon
hooks.-Town Topics.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
Gift to .Gronje from RDsst.o

The piece of plate subscribed for nv
$4,000 Russians to be given to Gen.
CronJe is surmounted by picturesque
group representing a mounted Boer
vedette, with rife on thigh, standing
on the lookout on the summit OF .
steep erag made of block of porphyry.
The base of this block is followed ont
and shows a woman kneeling behind
cover and firing rifle. young boy
half hides behind the woman. The
stand is oval in form, measuring % by
21 inches, and is of solid silver, richly
enameled. The whole piece is three
feet in height.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
Beware OF OintmeDts for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense Of smell and completely dersnge
the whole system when entering il
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles rhould never be used except
on pre- scriptions from reputsb physi
CLANS, as The damage they will 40 j.
ten fold TO the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by r. j. Cheney
& 90 Toledo, o., contains no merru
ry. and is taken internally. acting di
rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces et shs systsm. In huying Halls
Oa' at rh Cure be- sure you get the gen.
uine. 1t ia taken internally and i.
made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney
* 60. Testimonials free.
10 Sold by Druggists, prise 75c.
per bottle.
"1ll's Family Piils are the t~-'
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The Army In India.

In India the military programme for
the year includes the rearmament OF
the native army and volunteers with
the magazine rife, rearmament OF
mounted batteries and the reorganiza.
ton of horse, field and mountain bat
teries. Military factories are to be
improved and apparatus provided for
the making of lyddite. Experiments
will be made with war balloons, and
the ambulance and hospital services
will be mproved.-Baltimore Amer
lean.
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GLARED ANGRILY AT EACH OTHER
each others necks and wept. The rec
ords destroyed, how could they con-
tinue the game?
George Flint telegraphed at once to
Tolliver Enraughty, of Enraughty g.
Carter, esquires, of Richmond, who soon
appeared in the city with a parcel
the two packages containing the
hands over which so many thousand
bets had been made. Solemnly, as If
at the reading of will, the packages
were opened. Each was marked on
the outer covering with the name of
its holder.
This was my grandfather's," said
ONheart, with n CULVER in his voice.
MY grandfather held this" said
Flint, softly, caressingly.
The lawyer went on with his work
in silence. 1t was almost like unroll-
ing mummy to take off one by one
the many envelopes in which these
hands were wrapped. At last Mr. En-
naughty stopped and read from the
envelope unopened in his hand:
Il do not know which of these
hands belonged to which of those
fools. so l have marked this one for
Flint, and the other for OXheart. Dor
sey Carter" and then followed the
date, that of the second meeting Of
the original players. The two grand
sons looked at each other silently,
then they both said: 60 on"
In the other package Mr.. Enraughty
found a similar note.
Gentlemen" he said, shall open
the last envelopes?'
NO" said both Flint III. and OK
heart III. together. The lawyer held
the two envelopes in the fire until
they were destroyed.
'Now," said he, "can we get decent
whisky in this benighted town %
n. Y. Sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
wouIdn't worry Him.

"Of course if you want to go into
politics that's your own lookout" said
abe wise citizen. but l think il is fool
lsh for man who is ordinarily sue
cessful in any other line. You know
they say politics makes strange bed.
fellows"
"Oh, that won't worry me in the
least" returned the ambitious man
promptly. "Why, was a commercial
traveller with a route that took in
small towns in the west for seven
years. Chicago Post.
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KNOW YOUR FATE.
Benevolent Investment
And Relief Associate,

OF VIRGINIA.
Chartered by Legislature of Virginia.
MAIN OFFICE: "a " LRIGH ST.
RICHMOND. VA.
Sick and Death Benefits Paid. Those
who do not keep a regular Bark Ac-
count, the plan of this Association
takes its place.
MONEY LOANED to members on
personal AND REAL ESTATE Sc.
CURITIES on small weekly payments
Interest Paid on all Deposits. For
further Information apply at the main
office. E AGENTS WANTED.
Rev. @. @. Coleman, President
ProfJ. FL, Blackwell, Sec'Y & Manager
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our Annual water supply,

The average annual total of water
which falls as rain or snow in the
United States is ,4O7 cubic miles. This
amount of rain would more than twice
fill Lake Ontario. To raise this water
to the clouds from which it fell would
require the work of 500, ZOO, 900 horses
working ten hours day throughout
the year.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
The Only Why CIenr.

They had eloped and things had not
PANIED out right.
I'VE haven't any money, and 1 want
to go back to papa" sobbed the hero.
inc of the adventure.
Bring me the wings, theni" he
cried.
''The wings?" she asked, fearing for
his reason.
"Ies; the wings of Lowell" he an.
swered. "They must have been all
we came on. 1 expect you'll find them
in that gripl"-Indianapolis Sun.
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Gray's EIery.

II understand" remarked the un.
scrupulous poet, that you were pleased
to say used great deal of gray mat.
ter in composing my elegiac poem on
The Rustic Graveyard?'
Not exactly" replied the editor. 81
said you used great deal of Gray's
Natter Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
IN THE FRONT RANK.
SECURITY, INDUSTRIAL MI.
TUAL AID SocIRrY

Has been . great benen ito theii
sick members, also their death bene
tshave helped many.
Hustling and polite agents wanted
Masonic Hail. 511 East Clay St.
WV. ISAAC JOHNSON, Presidents,
]. e. JoHHs, Vice Presidents,
b. p. VANDERvALL,. Secretafy,
=. I, JnHx1ss, Treasurer,
ofcAR N. BhowN Manager
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A Thnrnnrhhreh

eyes, she's well bred. There's n,
doubt about that"
"She has always seemed to be-"
why, her little brother tells m,
that she eats her pie with a fork ever
when only members of the family ar,
present."--Chicago rimes.Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15

He had something to tell her. and. lest Il
should miss,
In delicate way it was done;
This precious heart secret was told in a
kiss,
So the kiss and the secret were one.
But she gave It right back, though she
wanted IL so,
And the fervent impression was deep: ,
And, with face pressing closer, she whis-
pered quite low:
20, Alonzo, it's too good to keepI"
Brooklyn Life.
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The Irony of Fate.

Lounder-Jerry, who is that dried.
up, consumptive little fellow who re.
quires so much attention and seems to
have so'much money to spend?
Athletic Attendant (at sanitarium)
Don't talk so loud. He'll hear ye.
He's q xich manufactures of health
foods.-Chicago Tribune.