Evening journal., 1901-08-15
CAUGHT AT RANDOM


vaal. who are inclined to enjoy a joke,
whatever the reaction. are delighted
with an anecdote relating to an inter-
view between Kitchener and the BOer
general. Botha.
At the conclusion of the fruitless
conference to arrange terms of peace,
Botha said:
We'll. / must be gone
Don't be In a hurry" said Kitche-
ncr, Hospitality you haven't got to
catch a train"
But that's just what l have got to
do answered Botha, as he took his
leave
And so he had, for two days later he
caught and looted a train on the De-
lagoa line, not far from the place Of
meeting.
81 never saw so much attention paid
TO mosquitoes as is the case this SUM
mer.' remarked Mrs. Snaggs. Every
paper you pick up has something about
Them
THAT explains why they are so per
niciously active added Mr.. Snaggs.
They are pulled UP by their unwonted
Importance"
'Freds wife is plain, isn't she?"
Yes. but that's the beauty of her
she never gets ruffled."
It takes a great deal OF alimony for
some women ito keep up appearances
on.
When a man has been drinking too
much the only person he can fool
about i. is himself.
1t takes a long time for some men
to learn that the way to convince a
woman she is wrong about a thing is
to agree with her about it.
What a bachelor can't understand
is how a woman gets out of those
gowns that button up the back when
there is no man around to do it for her
Champagne" remarked Colonel
Mixem, IFS less intoxicating than
beer"
How do you account for thatg
asked his friend Jagsmith.
Fewer people can afford to drink
it.. replied the cOlOne,. as he proceed.
ed TO erase the foam from his mus
tache.
What's in a name? The captain OF
the brig Spalpeen is under arrest al
Philadelphia for hammering the mate
with a soup ladle A broth of a boy
as we'll as a spalpeen.
us she a good pianist?"
Very. She's good enough not TO gel
mad if you keep on talking"
She-Yes. it is true I lifted him
then he went West and died of livei
complaint
He-There is something unusually
sad in a denouement like that.
She-Do you really think so?
He-Yes. IL looks like Providence il
dead against n man when. after losing
his heart, his liver goes back on hin
also.
I'VE get even with the proprietor o
that hotel in some way" he an
InOunced
You can do it easily, too" answer
ed his friend.
"How?" he asked. ri
Commit suicide in his hotel. Tha
always annoys them"
The population of Greece has risel
from 100000 in 1885, to 2,25O,OOO a
present
Orders for four large steamers Of z,
900 tons each have been placed on tn
Tyne, by Newcastle and London firms
The attendance at the Glasgow Elk
hibition since the opening number
about 3.5OO,OOO. or an average Of Ga,
27o daily.
Mile. Chavin. the first woman ad
mitted to the French bar, has alread
in her brief career had charge OF thre
cases and won them ALL
The Kongo is one of the wides
waterways on the globe, if not tn
finest. In some parts it is so wide ths
vessels may pass one another and ye
be out of sight.
She-"Tm sure, Mr.. Goodby, ther
are many girls who can make you ia
happier than l could" He (dolefully
That's the trouble; they could-bI
they won't"
A North Sea Goldman carries an on
fit of lines which extends eight mile
in length, and has usually fixed upo
il the amazing number of 1850 hook
Everyone of which must be baited.
Armand Chapentier, FrenC
writer. has published a book wit
Thirteen" as the title. It was set
thirteen printers. bound by thirte'
binders and published in thirteen ed
tons, beginning on June IL.