Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-25

oSoi6id hhA6htS hhS 800 oes
daughter Of Mr.. end Mrs. James
Knight of Adair. who was seriously
burned, has died after two days ter.
rible suffering. 1t is thought the &C
cident was caused by playing with
matches.
To a group of friends. Ellen Terry
once said: Acting is not like draw
ing. You make line. II it Is wrong,
you rub it out at once and make an
other. With acting that is impos-
sible; there is no altering-it must
stand. I often feel as II must cry to
the audience, oh that is wrong, not
as / meant it 30 be; let me act that
part or sentence over again
A Texas paper declares that Tar
rant county girl, who is attending
school in Fort Worth. recently wrote
home to her parents: am Just In
love with ping -pong!" When her stern
Texas father read her letter, he re-
marked. You can write and tell
Amarillis Jane that IL she is going to
fall in love with any Of them blamed
Fort Worth Cinnamon she can just
count on being cut of without cent
AS is generally the case with people
who have nothing to say worth near
ing, conceited drummer talked
great deal, to the evident disgust OF a
number of his drummer friends who
were dining at country hotel. When
cheese was served 1t was of decided
lively" brand. much to the delight OF
The irrepressible. He attacked it with
great gusto, remarking: I'm IKE
Sampson, Staying them by the thous-
and," yes" replied a quickwitted
diner at the end of the table. "an6
with tho same weapon. tool"
A terrific boiler explosion took place
On board big ship lying at Ports
mouth some months ago, and an enter
prising London editor, wishing to give
the earliest possible news to his read.
| ers, thus instructed a reporter: Get
| down there as hard as you can. IL
you catch the eleven-forty from Lon
don Bridge, you'll be there soon after
| two and can just wire us something
| for the fifth edition, but boil 1t down.
The reporter obeyed his orders, and
soon after three o'clock that afternoon
| cent wire saying Terrific expo
| sion. Man-o'-war. Boiler empty, en-
gineer full Funeral tomorrow"
In his biography of Alexander Du
mas, harry A. Spur says that the I'm.
| provident French author who hated
| avarice was once waiting in line Tor
his cloak at a soiree, when he saw
millionaire give tip Of fifty confines
| (ten cents) to the servant who handed
out his paletot. Dumas, getting his
n.
| franc note. Pardon, sir. you have
made a mistake. think said the
man. Offering to return the note. mo,
no. FRIEND answered Dumas, casting
a disdainful glance at the millionaire;
cit is the otner gentleman who has
made the mistake
| WI Tingfang is fond Of relating a
| story about a Chinese doctor who
didn't satisfy his patient. The sicker
the patient grew, the more indignant
his friends became at the unsuccess'
full physician. At last, when the sick
man was in the final stage and death
was imminent. the relatives laid VOL
emit hands on the unfortunate doctor
and, tying him up to tree, started to
administer a smart beating. But
while his assailants were looking for
stick with which to beat him, the
doctor freed himself. and jumping into
the river swan to safety. When he
reached home he found his son. who
was studying to be physician. por'
| ing over a book on medicine. Put II
up, put it up; shut it up" said the
doctor, grimly: "the first requisite OF
a doctor is to know how to swim. not
to cure"