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Much Might Have Happened.

When tigers are really at large in
England, says the London Chronicle,
there are no newspaper paragraphs
about the fact. The secret is firmly
held. At Clifton there is a delightful
zoo.
1t was discovered one morning that a
tiger had escaped from his cage during
the night. 1t was the day Of children's
fete at the zoo. A hasty search of the
grounds was instituted, but no tiger was
found. Then the superintendent decided
to keep his own counsel and trust to
luck; for it seemed as if the tiger had
scaled the walls and was in the open
country.
Thousands of children romped in the
gardens during the day, and cried
"Ohw and "Ahr' as the fireworks
cleaned in the night. All the evening
they played and sauntered about
among trees and in shaded alleys and
dark corners, and then everybody went
home, tired and happy.
In the early dawn there was another
search for the tiger; and in the corner
of a disused monkey house was found
the monarch of the jungle" still trem-
bling from freedom and fireworks.
His keepers threw a handkerchief
about his neck, and he meekly allowed
himself to be led back to the grateful
safety of his cage. But many things
might have happened during that fete-
day
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dependent Telegraph Company Of New
York. After an apprenticeship of five
months he was sent to NeH Brunswick,
N. J., to open an office az operator on
the new line then building between
New York and Philadelphia. He re-
manned but three months in this posi-
ton, being transferred to White Plains
and from there to New York, where he
became night operator on the Western
press lines of the United States Tele-
graph Company.
In 1864 Sabin entered The army as
military telegraph operator, and was
stationed with the headquarters of the
Fifth Army Corps at Fort Petersburg,
Va. He served through the war, and
when the struggle ended he settled at
Raleigh, N. @.
The young operator war restless, and
saw in the West the opportunity for
advancement which the Enst seemed to
deny him. He joined tho Collins over
land telegraph expedition, formed for
the purpose of building line overland
from San Francisco to The mouth OF
the Amoor river in Siberia. He was
stationed at Plover Bay IN Siberia fol
over a year. In the fall Of 1867 Mr.
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American scholarship has been criti-
cized for lack of thoroughness. What
was to be expected of a nation that so
lately set up housekeeping, and had n
wild continent to subdue? But we are
gradually settling to the business of
superior education. The number of
postgraduate students to each million
inhabitants steadily rose from eight in
1880 to seventy-four in 189S-the latest
year for which returns are given. And
this statement does not include those
who pursue their studies in European
universities.
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beast, but that Of splendid untamed
tiger, which lay asleep upon the floor.
The fierce animal awoke and fixed his
eyes upon the man, who calmly pro-
ceeded to wet his large sponge, and,
unterrified, to approach the tiger.
AT this moment PeZon saw what was
going on, and was struck with horror.
Any sound or motion on his part would
increase the danger of the situation by
rousing the beast to fury; so he quietly
waited till the need should arise to rush
to the mans assistance.
The moujik, sponge in hand, ap-
preached the animal, and perfectly
fearless, proceeded to rub him down,
as If he had been a horse or a dog;
while the tiger, apparently delighted
by the application Of cold water, rolled
over on it's back, stretched out its paws
purred, and offered every part of It's
body to the moujik, who washed him
as complacently as a mother battles
her infant.
Then he left the cage, and would have
repeated the hazardous experiment
upon another savage from the desert
had not Pezon with difficulty drawn
him off.
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Faithful shepherd Dogs.

A cold spell in Montana killed
sheep herder in the Great Falls Dis
trict. Two feet of snow covered the
range in places, and the thermometer
indicated forty degrees below zero.
The herder was frozen to death on
the prairles while caring for the sheep.
and it was three days before his fate
was known to his employers. Two
shepherd dogs were with him when he
died, and one of these staid with his
body while the other attended to the
sheep, just as though the herder had
been with him. The dog drove them
out on the range in the morning and
back again at night, guarding them
from wolves and preventing them from
straying off. Neither dog had anything
to eat during the three days vigil, Sc
far as could be ascertained, but the
$500 sheep thrived as well apparently
as though directed by human agency,
The singular fact about the matter is
that these faithful creatures would
have starved to death rather than harm
one of the sheep left in their charge.
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SIXTY THOUSAND A YEAR.
Chicago System Has Largest Sa1aried
Telephone official in the Country.

System Has Largest Sa1aried
Telephone Official in the Country.
John 1. Sabin, president of the Pa
cific States Telegraph and Telephone
Company, has entered upon his duties
in larger field of activity as the man
ager of the Chicago system of tele-
phones. There have been promotions
all along the Pacific coast line to fill
the places made vacant by the transfer
of experts from San Francisco and
Spokane to Chicago. Mr.. Sabin re-
ceives a salary of $4,000 per annum
from the Chicago company. He also
retains the presidency of the Pacific
States company, receiving from the lat
ter corporation $4,000 per annum. Els
compensation is, therefore, 100000 a
year.
John 1. Sabin was born in New York
Oct. 8, 1S47. When 10 years of age he
left the public schools of Brooklyn to
enter the messenger service of the IN
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Free Mustard.


James Russell Lowell said, "All dea-
cons are good, but there are odds in
deacons," and it may be added that
there are odds in other varieties of
men.
Squire Blank, according to Harper's
Bazaar, was not only the richest man in
his village, but the stingiest as we'll
Nothing gave him such keen delight as
to get something for nothing.
One day he and several Of his neigh
bors had been in conference with a
manufacturer who contemplated estab-
fishing mill in the town. The confer
ence was held in the one store of the
village, and at its close the manufacture
er stepped up to a showcase containing
cigars, and said:
"Have cigar, gentlemen
All the men selected a cigar except
Squire Blank. He didn't smoke. There
fore he said:
"Thank you, sir, but 1 don't smoke;
but as the cigars are dime apiece, I'll
take dimes worth O. mustard If you
say So"
OF course the astonished gentleman
"said So" and the squire went home
jubilant over "a hull half-pound O. mus
tard that never cost me a red cent
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By simply agreeing to cease prosecu-
ton and pursuit of the band of ruffians
who kidnapped his son, Edward Cudahy,
of Omaha, had the opportunity to make
S21, 900. The offer has been made. "You
have got your boy, safe and sound" the
thugs argue. 1--WE didn't harm hair
Of his head. Now, we are willing to
return every dollar of the ransom
money we have left If you'll call your
dogs off the trail" Mr.. Cudahy's an
swer was no." and it was backed by
a determination to follow the affair till
somebody Is landed in the penitentiary,
and he will pay all expenses and $685.
600 reward for the conviction Of his
sons assailants. 1t is fortunate for So
ciety that Mr.. Cudahy has a square
chin and bulldog disposition, for the in
terests of the public in this case are
even greater than his. There are very
few original criminals. They are near
ly all imitators. When a crime is COM
mitted and a large amount of booty Sc
cured it will be only a matter of a few
days or weeks when imitators and
bunglers will attempt to duplicate the
effort in all parts of the country. Since
the day that Edward Cudahy, Jr., was
stolen from his home, leaving a mother
Frustrated with the uncertain horrors
Of his fate, there have been 81 kid
napings in the United States. 1t should
not be necessary for private citizens to
enforce the law or to bear the expense
Of ferreting out those who destroy it.
Kidnapping is such dastardly and cow
ardly crime that, for the safety of chill
dren and the mental peace of parents,
public police officials should follow
every case to the end and be satisfied
with nothing less than capture and con,
viction. That they are satisfied with q
good deal less is a humiliating fact
The mothers and fathers of the country
owe Mr.. Cudahy a debt of gratitude.
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DR.. Nagusha, the japanese bacteriolo-
gist, has made formal proposition that
all civilized nations unite in an organ
lied effort to rid the world Of rats. His
own government, he declares, stands
ready to bear its part, and the sugges-
ton has called forth a remarkably
unanimous verdict of approval from the
doctors of many lands. Ways and
means have not yet been formulated,
and it is in that direction, of course
that the greatest difficulty lies. Wheth-
er or not rats can be eXterminated or
anywhere near exterminated, is a ques-
ton yet to be determined. But in any
event their numbers can beenormously
reduced; and the certainty with which
the spread Of the bubonic plague in
India and in Hawaii has been traced to
rats makes even reduction in numbers
worth the effort it requires.
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Sabin returned to San Francisco, and
for several years was an operator in
the employ of the Western Union. be-
ing stationed at Salt Lake, Helena and
other places. Since then he has grad
ually risen to his present position.
1t has been his principle to make the
telephone popular and profitable by
making it so cheap as to be within
the reach of all. He has achieved this
result by establishing various classes
of service. ranging in price from $1.50
to So monthly. AS a result Of this pol
icy there are about five times as many
telephones on the sparsely settled Pa
cific coast as there are in the densely
populated middle West.
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William Phelps, colored laborer of
suit of an act which shows him to have
been a hero indeed. Phelps and STAINS
bury, another negro, were at work
cleaning the inside of a steam boiler,
when through the criminal carelessness
of some one connected with the plant
the scalding steam was turned on. AL
most instantly it filed the interior of
the boiler, and the two men, facing an
awful death, sprang for the ladder
which led to the manhole at the top
and which furnished the only way of
getting out of the death trap. Phelps
reached the ladder first. In a fraction
of a minute he might have reached the
top and been safe. But instantly he re-
memberered that he was single and had
no one depending on him for support,
while Stansbury was married and had
q large family. So, with a self-abnega-
ton more meritorious than any glori-
Gus deed performed under the excite
ment Of battle, he turned aside and told
Stansbury to go first. you go first,
Jim," shouted "Bill" Phelps. you are
married" Stansburg sprang to the top,
escaping with slight injuries. Phelps
followed as quickly as possible, but he
was fatally burned. Dying, he said:
at was Jim's right to go first. He is
married" 1t has often been said that
the negro race lacks high moral quail.
ties, but here is a negro who was a
hero under circumstances as adverse
as it is possible to conceive With life
within his grasp he voluntarily gave II
up that another might be saved. Great
er love hath no man than this; that he
lay down his life for his friend"
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Specimen of Negro Logic.

That famous southern clergyman,
Rev. DR.. Porter. recently told a good
story illustrating the whimsical in
genuity of the Ethiopian mind. A
southern planter who was puzzled by
the disappearance Of great deal of
rice found out that 1t had been pur-
Joined by a favorite slave. He sent
for the latter and said: "Sam, 1 am
very sorry to discover that you are a
thief and have been taking my rice"
The slave smiled and answered: 81
took your rice, masser; but I'm No
thief" How do you make that out ?"
came the query. well, masser, does
1 belong to you, or does l not?'' Eyes.
you belong to me-" AN don't that
rice belong to your" Certainly" well,
then. If 1 take the rice and eat that
rice it belongs to you STILL 1t hasn't
gone away from you and no other mans
got it, and so l couldn't have stolen 1t,
could I?"-Evening Wisconsin.
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Washing a Wild Tiger.

A story copied from La France du
Nord" illustrates the lengths to which
perfect fearlessness may carry man.
The famous lion-tamer Pezon hired at
Moscow a poor Cossack, who was as
ignorant of the French language as of
fear, to clean the cages of his wild
beasts.
Instructions were given to the man
by means of gestures and dumb show,
and apparently he thoroughly under
stood what he was expected to do.
The next morning he began his new
duties by entering with bucket, sponge
and broom, not the cage Of a tame
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His Explanation.

The explanations some authors are
compelled to make to readers of literal
or immature mind-when they are
obliging enough to make them at all
are often as good literature as the
passage which called them forth. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton says, in her Eighty
Years or More" that she once wrote
DR.. Holmes, at the request Of young
nephew of hers, to ask an important
question. Did the doctor really have a
servant who almost laughed himself to
death, as described in 1.-The Height of
the Ridiculous" DR.. Holmes replied:
l wish you would explain to your
little nephew that the story Of the poor
fellow who almost died laughing was
a kind of dream of mine, and not a real
thing that happened, any more than
that an old woman lived in shoe, and
had so many children she didn't know
what to do. or that Jack climbed the
beanstalk and found the giant who
lived at the top Of it.
You can explain to him what is
meant by Imagination, and thus turn
my youthful rhymes into text for a
discourse worthy of the Concord
School of Philosophy. 1 have not my
poems by me, but 1 remember that
'"The Height of the Ridiculous" ended
with this verse:
Ten days and nights, with sleepless eyes
1 watched that wretched man,
And since, never dare to write
AS funny as l can.
But tell your nephew he mustn't cry
about it, any more than because geese
go barefoot, and bald eagles have nc
nightcaps.
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Treasury statistics of American i'm
ports and experts for the year 1900
show a balance of trade in favor of the
United States of six hundred and forty
nine million dollars. In 1875 the eX-
ports Of Great Britain, our chief COM
petitor, were twice as large as ours; in
1888 our exports were the larger, and
last year we were ten millions ahead.
But it is not in international balances
alone, but in government credit as well,
that this country stands pre-eminent.
United States 2 per cent bonds COM
mand 10615. British consols, paying
2A per cent, sell for 95%. French 315
per cents are quoted at 1O2. Russian 5
per cents are worth 101. Taking these
British, French and Russian securities
with those issued by ten other foreign
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The Pigeons of St. Mark.

Venice has asserted the right of
ownership over the famous pigeons of
Saint Mark. Some enterprising street
boys who had made business of kill
ing the birds, when brought up in
court, pleaded that the pigeons had no
legal owners, and they were fed by the
public on the Piazza San Marco. The
city authorities maintained that the
pigeons were the ward of the old re-
public, and therefore of the present
municipality, a view that was adopted
by the court.
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nations, the amazing fact appears that
our 2 per cents are equal in ready mar
ket value to the average price COM
manded by foreign government pledges
that bear twice that interest rate. .As
good as gold is a sufficiently express
i've comparison, but the figures show
that our national securities are better
than gold
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Observer-You don't sweat much at
your work?
Laborer-I guess not; dollar a DAY
amt sweatin' wages.
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The American soldier is free and
easy, but the world hasn't his equal
as a good soldier. Let's be content
with him, allowing Europe to make
automata out of her fighting material.
Good, scrappy, alert, self-respecting
men make the ideal soldiers. And
that's the sort of man the American
soldier is allowed to remain, no matter
how long he may serve Old Glory in
the field.
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restraint.


Lendaman-See herel How about
that $40 you owe me? You promised to
get it and send it to me at Atlantic
City by last Friday.
Spendaman-Well,I I'll tell you. did
start to raise it. but then l remember
that even if did scrape it together l
couldn't send 1t because didn't have
a stamp.-Ca Catholic Standard and Times.
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France is proposing pensions for aged
people If France would arrange things
SO that the average man could get hold
of a few dollars before he is aged the
rest would be easy enough.
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One by one the reminders of our boy
hood days disappear. A Chicago man
has invented a ball-bearing grindstone
and the grinding of grandpa's ak is no
longer a terror to the rising generation.
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About one-third of the Dominion of
Canada is unexplored and practically
unknown, which shows that she still
has room to accommodate a goodly
number of cashiers who may get to be
too wealthy to live in the States.
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The Peril of the Hour.

Jenkins-Great Scott! there comes
Jones. Let's turn down this corner.
Jorkyns-Why, do you owe him so
much as that?
Jenkins-No, but he's just bought a
house in Brooklyn, and I'm afraid he'll
ask me over there to dinner.-Leslie's
Weekly.
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Prof. Chrisman of Kansas told the
mothers congress that 'the chief aim
of mothers is to display their daugh-
tiers to the best advantage in the matri-
monlal market" and all the mothers
became very indignant. There are some
things that ought not to be told.
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IncompatibIe.

H.e-Can't you love me and be my
friend at the same time?
She-Hardly. There is honor among
friends, but can do as please when
love you.
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Applied Science.

"This article says a man shows char
acter by the way he carries his UNI
brella.
Eyes, and he shows character by the
way he carries off other peoples UNI
brellas, too"
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Of course, while trusts are the fash
ion a straw hat combine is naturally
to be expected. With capital of ST.
100000 to back it, this straw hat trust
ought to be a pretty substantial affair
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Wheels were never so cheap as this
year. And yet it seems so natural there
should be tumble where the bike is
concerned
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DR.. Ellie Metchnikoff, the microbe
sharp of the Pasteur institute, says
man is a regular pasture lot for mi
crobes, most of them harmless. we
are willing to act as free lunch for
harmless mikes provided they will
keep off the lawn.
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A Halifax man who had killed his
father and mother committed suicide
by hanging himself in Jail. Doubtless
the sad fact that he was an orphan
preyed upon his mind.
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So Easily Answered.

How are you going to get along with
your examination, Jerry?
20, these questions are easy. Here's
one: What is the national hymn Any
body knows what that is. LISTS
which one is the national hymn, Mr..
BrownT
"Why, it's-well, you know there are
half dozen Of them. Still, 1 suppose
the one we really call the national hymn
is-is-what's the next question.
Jerryr"
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That one operator made some $780,
600 in the stock market by mistake
does not affect the fact that it is more
serious mistake for most people to en-
FOR. If
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The one weak point in athletics in our
colleges and universities to-day is that
its work looks rather to competitive
contests than to physical development.
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ExDert Arraipnuent,

"Mayme, here's a college professor
who says he has never kissed a girl"
ooh, we'll; lots of profoundly scien-
tific men haven't really good common
sense"
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Perhaps $500 is not much of YER
dict in a breach Of promise case, but
there are figures enough in it to surl
up into a horrible example
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The Reason.

He penitently)-You protested SO
much, dear, that 1 had to kiss you.
She-But don't see why.
Because love you too much ever to
disappoint you"
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1t has been discovered that common
yellow corn will cure cancer. Mr.. Phil
lips discovered some time ago that it
would cure poverty if properly ap-
T1iod
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And Also Lawyers.

Bobbie-Pa, what happens when cars
are telescoped?
Father-The passengers see stars, my
son.-Smart Set.
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EIausibIe Theory.

Biggs-They say the worst tyrant
possible is the liberated slave.
Diggs-I suppose that is why the ex-
typewriter loves to dictate to her hus-
band.
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Better than a Tin.

Guest Gin restauranD-You may bring
me some roast beef"
Waiter-How will you have it, sir?
Guest-Well done, thou good and
faithful servant.
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"Say, that girl in a pink hat is as
pretty as a peach"
"Oh, prettier than that; she's as pref
ty as a peach-tree in full bloom"
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The total catch of seals during the
season Just closed was 100000. This
does not include the electric seals, the
catch of which was light.
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81 don't see how you can be so des-
perately in love with girl whom you
have known such a short time"
"Of course you don't. But I've been
loving that girl all my life before 1
met her."
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Right Up in Line.

Same old presentation of Uncle
Toms Cabin suppose"
Not much; we've worked IL an au-
tomobile collision and plantation rum
mage sale"
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May Millinery.

Harold, how do you like my new
foliage hat?
Harriet, you must hear the truth;
you look like a plant-stand."
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Husband-I think only sensible wom-
en- ought to marry.
Wife-Well, you'd be bachelor If
that were the rule.
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Uprooted Trees stiIl live.

The life tree" of Jamaica grows and
thrives for months after being uprooted
and exposed to the sun.
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First Neighbor-Well, my daughter
doesn't play the piano any worse than
your son writes poetry.
Second Ditto-Perhaps not, but it can
be heard so much farther.
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A Bonanza,

Heres distinguished scientist who
says that after all there is nothing in
germs"
Nothing in germs? Nonsense! Why
look how much the doctors have made
out of them"
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"Ghost dancing is what ]. ]. Hill
called the phenomenal rise in Northern
Pacific, but "scalp dance" would see'9
to be a more appropriate name.
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Most Important Thing.

Professor-Cany you tell me anything
waiian group Of islands?"
Bright Boy-Yes, sir. The Pacific
Ocean.
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veneg sar willie
sixteen Ginh rifles The los di he water f feet
28fe6 nhm;m maximum dmugt a inches Gnr 1S;m h
yeiuhrm sndf warrant M be tf l
~ Ill e H city
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The only discouraging thing about
the case of the Chicago man who is
living without a stomach is that he
still has to eat.
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Gain.

First Financier-I gave my boy $10.-
900 to operate with in the street the
other day, and he made $4,000.
Second Financier-Clear?
Eyes. That's what he had left"
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A Distinction.

Mr.. Dukane - What makes Mr..
Northside so proud?
Mr. Gaswell-Oh, he is one of the few
people that don't claim to have made
a barrel of money by the recent rise in
stocks.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
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Bass-I got some eggs of Mrs Fowler
for Is cents a dozen. 1 praised her
baby, you know.
Fogg-That's nothing. I bought some
of Fowler for II cents. 1 spoke IN al
miration of his dog.-What To Eat