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cles of common use, bicycles, for exam
pie. Under the law all bicycles must be
taxed. If a mans wheel is worth slOo
he must pay a tax OF sl.50. But few
wheels are worth $100 Most OF them
are worth ONLY SO.
IF man has no other taxable prep
erty except a bicycle worth SO it would
be most impracticable to collect a per
sonal tax from him of Il cents. So with
a rowboat. If man has other taxable
assets the rowboat, worth perhaps $2o.
must be included. But if he has nothing
else it would be hardly worth while to
collect on that alone. Watches are an
other doubtful quality. The board is Of
the opinion. however. that they are both
articles of wearing apparel and articles
of personal adornment. So. even If
worth 81 GOO watch is exempt.
These specific instances should help
make the law clear. Calculated on
such a basis of fair market value, every
man ought to be able TO tell whether his
household goods in actual use In his
home are within the exemption or not.
If they are exempt he should write
letter to the board of personal tax ap
praisers. addressed in care OF the Dis
trict Building. and merely state the
fact This letter should be attested by
d v,
will then be saved the annoyance of a
visit from the inspector and this office
will have all the record of his posses
sions it will need.
Laws Are Heavy.
"The law bears very heavily on GER
tain persons. much more heavily than
was intended, am sure. liquor
dealer must buy license to sell liquor
These days that license costs him SiG0.
After November / it will cost him $500.
Now, his stock is worth from $500 TO
$4,000, or thereabouts. The license was
intended to cover his stock But un-
der the law, as construed by the proper
authorities, he must pay not only for.
his license. but a personal tax on mis-
stock. If he sells tobacco he must add
to this sl2 for his license, and a tax
on the value of his stock at the regu-
lar tax rate-s1.5O per 800. Now, this
bears very heavily on certain trades
men. The proprietor of small gro
cery must not only buy a license for
his tobacco trade, but pay another tax
on the tobacco he holds in stock
This phase of the law has given us
more trouble than any other feature of
the act Many dealers have held me per-
sonally responsible for it all. l have
been written threatening letters on the
ground that l had the law adopted. and
am thus responsible fer the burden it
lays on the small tradesmen.
Nothing could be further from the
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EACURSIONS
Steamer Manchester for Marshall Hall
at 10 a. M; 2:30 and $50 p. m.
Norfolk and Washington line for Fort
ress Monroe and Norfolk at $50 p. m.
Trains leave Pennsylvania Avenue and
Thirteena anda half Street for Alex
andria and Arlington every half hour !;
Mount Vernon hourly 10 q. m to p m.
Chesapeake Beach-See schedules un-
der Railroads and Steamboat" for
time.
Colonial Beach-Steamer T. v. Arrow
smith. See schedule under excursions
for time.
Bay Ridge-Trains leave B. & o. sta
tion at 9:10 a. m. and 4:S0 .. m. week
days, $40 a. m, 1:i5 p. m. Sundays.
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Bay Ridge, the Queen Resort of the
Chesapeake Bay,

Salt water Bathing. Orchestra and Dancing.
Boating Fishing and Grabbing. Eminently
adapted for church and organization excur-
sions. Good hotel accommodations. specially
attractive for Washington folks for Sun
day outings. Trains leave B. & o. X. r. Sta
tion 9:1O a. m and i:3o p. m. week days;
9:10 a. m. and l:45 p. IN. Sundays.
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Marriage Licenses Issued.

William L. Frazier and Annie Myers.
Henry Peyton Howard, jr., and Daisy
NJ Dyer.
Willard Young and Mary Atwell.
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sr.oo Harper's Ferry,
S2.co Cumberland and Return.

Leaving Washington $50 a. m. Sunday. August
IL. Returning. leave Cumberland and Har-
per's Ferry $50 p. Magnificent mountain
scenery and delightful ride along historic Po-
tonac.
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SAME DATE LAST YEAR.

Highest temperature. p. 80
Lowest temperature, 6 a. m......6 .63
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THE WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Local rains today and tomorrow
fresh easterly winds
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THE sun AND THE MOON.
Sun rises.5:07 AM. Sun sets.7:03 PM.
Moon rises ...... Moon sets.9:25 PM.
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$1,000 Niagara Falls Excursion VII
B. g. O. R. R.

Leaving Washington $50 a. M. August Is.
Special through train of day coaches and paror
cars. Stopovers returning. Tickets good for
ten days. Via Philadelphia and famous Lehigh
Valley route.
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TIDE TABLE.

High tide ....12:20 A. NJ. and 12:39 P. NJ
Low tide ......7:11 A. NJ. and :54 P. NJ
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EXCURSIONS

Lamps lit today .7:39 P. NJ
Lamps out tomorrow AN A. Nj
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Maximum .................... 81
Minimum ................. .........66
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The Floral Tribute

Is the most refined and beautiful testimonial Of
regard Consult Guide, 1924 st.
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White Goods.

There isn't anything in the line of wash
materials which has higher standard than these
snow-white. hlmy cotton just about now.
Extra fine sheer quality of Imported 1n1c
Persian Lawn, which sold for 22c per /1S
yaru, reuuceu to.-..-...-...-.-
20 pieces only of Medium Corded White P. = 1c
K, which we sold at 12kc per yard, reduced ~
We have concluded to give you the choice of
finest qualities of Imported Mercerized Mad
and P. X in stripes and figures, former or
prices ranging from 35c to Csc per yard, at II
per yard. ~
Exceptional values in 47-inch wide Irish Swiss
Null French Nainsook. Batiste. and Persian orc
Lawn, limited quantity only; instead of 39c ~
and 45c shall sell them at, per yard. ~
A sublime quality of very fine sheer
White India Linen, 40 inches wide which Z n n
sold the entire at zoe per yard. will | ~
We also give you the choice OF all Plain
and Fancy Corded Lawns Cheviots, and 4 n r
Madras, which formerly sold from 1Sc to l ~
25c per yard, at, u
First foor-Secton z.
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SI.25 to Baltimore and Return Via
B. & o. R. R.

Every Saturday and Sunday, valid to return
until follow ig Monday. Good on all trains
EXCEPT ROYAL Limited.
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Stone Water Coolers. with nickel
plated faucet: vii! keep water pure
and sweet: 3-gallon size. End QQC
of-the- season price. e............ ~
Water Coolers. galvanized lined. A.
gallon size. finished with nickel
faucet. End-of-the-season 81 ~
price. e................... s'so
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EmbrOiderieS
Much below former markings

MUCH DeIOW former markings
We shall try very hard to clean up
these four special lots at these sac
rifice prices:
300 yards of fine Tucked Persian
Lawn, made with Val. lace .Nrr
inserting; goods which sold XII
at CSC per yard offered at. ~
Another special bargain is lot of
wide snowy Cambrics, also fine
Swiss, Nainsook Edging and Insert
ing; both openwork and neat pat
terms formerly selling at 1NJC
1sc and Csc per yard. re- ~
duced to. 6Z
Another item is bargain lot of
Cambria. Swiss, and Nainsook ALI
overs, showing choice assortment
of very pretty patterns; sold orr
up to sl.75 per yard. Spe- Y NJ
clai. i.........-.-.-.-.. -............Oo
Another special is a lot of Cam
brio, Swiss. and Nainsook Demi
Flouncing; pa tterns are very effect
i've and pretty, the cheapest quail
ity sold at 35c and from orr
that up to soc per yard. ~
Choice. .......--. ~
Embroidery Dept.-Section L.
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Black Dress Goods

Black Dress Goods
We have four numbers which we
think will interest many of our Gus
toners who. are insyrant of wo9lsnv3
materials and want them at a. spc-
cial low summer rate. Here they
are:
4S-inch All-wool Black Cable Cord;
a very pretty light weave which can
be worn later as well as now. Hnl.
which has been selling for h tsS
95c. offered at. W
45-inch Corded All-wool Black
Etamire; everybody knows that this
has been and always will be ar
a stylish weave; instead of 2AI
CSC we make the price. ~
44-inch Pin Striped Chev;ot; these
We have in black and white only;
they are strictly : all-wool A1,(e3
and very stylish: sold for ttSI
75c; we've made the price. =. ~
45-inch Black Sicilian Mohair; the
luster is good and the color is war
ranted not to crock; few pieces of
navy blue OF the same quail n or
ity will be sold, instead OF CJ
59c, at, per yard..............O ~ 7
Dress Goods Dept.-First floor, D
Street Annex.
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Erie Gas Range; has two large
holes, with even below. Put up in
your home, with iron pipe, free of
charge. End-of-the-season Sc OK
price. .---.....-....-..... V'SN
Regal Gas Stoves, with three
burners; full nickel-plated. 81 or
End-of-the-season price. 40
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Steam Cookers, with three COM
partments-the handiest kitchen
utensil on the maYket. End-of- SuC
the-soason price. .................o'
Stone Water Filters. fitted with
the natural stone. guaranteed per-
fectly satisfactory. End-of- 81 u
season price. ................~I ~I'IL
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Victor Gas Cookers, with oven
combined. End-of-the-sea- 81 Ak
son price,. a....-....-
Best quality Four-ply Garden
Hose. red cover, 25-foot length,
complete with coupling. nozzle, and
hardwood reel. End-ofthe- 81 Az
season price.
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Hardwood Refrigerators, made by
the Ranney Refrigerator Co; gal
vanized lined throughout. removable
shelves. 45-pound Ice capac- SE tx
ity. End Of tne-season price. ~V'"o
Preserving Kettles. porcelain
lined. 10-quart size. End-of- l4L
the-season price. e.................oS ~
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STREET LIGHTING.
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their cooking and toasted their toes
would be more appropriate for the
purpose than an ordinary monument
So he had the old fireplace taken from
the farmhouse, with its hanging
crane. andirons and other belongings,
and set up in the graveyard in a
framework of bricks taken from the
old chimney-bricks that were
brought from England in the early
mart of the seventeenth century.
Thus the fireplace stands, con-
spicuous object among the white
stones that surround it. The open
inp is filed in with a metal tablet,
unon which is inscribed the record
of the Hunnewell family for eight
generations, or from 1854 to 1901
247 years.
In the space around the family rec
ord appear pictures of fowls, cows
hogs and other live stock owned by
the various generations of the Hun
neweIls, which won prizes at fairs.
Seven hens. two hogs, four cows and
six oxen appear in single pictures,
while others are in a group. There IS
in addition, a large picture, repre-
senting a farm scene in winter.
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great prOwess Jack pretended to re-
gard the bird as a very ordinary chick
en- and said he could whip him with
a buZzard.
A hot argument ensued resulting in
a match being arranged for between
the rooster and buzzard, which Jack
agreed to produce. Jack had a trap
set, and in a short time his uncommon
warrior, a very large buzDard, was
brought to him.
According TO the terms of the con-
test the rooster was duly equipped
with gaffs, and the two birds were
linked together by the feet with a
yard or so Of stout cord intervening
TO give room for action, as Jack ex-
planned.
AS the rooster braced himself for
the onslaught the buzzard regarded
him with stOlid Indifference, and at the
first pass lifted his wings and sailed
away, with the rooster squawking in
SIS wake. George ran for a gun, but
before he could get back with it the
buzzard and the rooster were high in
the air and away out of reach of his
fowling piece. The distressing cries
of the unfortunate rooster grew faint,
or and fainter, until finally they were
heard no more, and the ill-mated pair
faded away in the ether blue. Moth
ing has since been heard of the birds,
and while Jack is telling the story
with much gusto George is mourning
the loss Of his best gamecock.
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THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Chicago Barkeeper Thinks They
Will Not Return Again.
lays Candidates Nowadays Won't
Thaw Out-CalIs Them a Lot Of
Cheap Guys and Chicken
Feed StAitesmen.

Elections are getting quieter and
quieter all the time, especially as far
as the saloon business is concerned"
said a West side bartender to Chi
cago Tribune reporter, "and the
past election was about the quietest
L ever saw A dollar of campaign
money on a saloon bar now Is nearly
as scarce as a white blackbird.
"No, there's nothin' dOin'. It's not
like the old election times at all. Then
a candidate for alderman or any other
political job had to be a good fellow
and a spender. His way to boost him
self was TO go round and paint things
red and make them whoOp. When you
saw him and his gang coming down
the street it looked like there was
riot or a revolution. In every saloon
there was congregation of red-eyed
buns waiting TO get the glad hand and
their beer from him and from the
other fellow. The crowd would line
up at the bar and shout for him and
tell him he was the whole thing. Then
ne HOulQ uldhc 1lS ilOllC plCl dAu JOIly
them up and order drinks, and the
same again, and good cigar for all
hands, and throw down a five or ten
dollar bill, or maybe a $40 bill. And
expect any change? Not on your tin
type. And no decent bartender would
ever dream of giving him any. Bet
your life he wouldn't.
But my, how different now! The
old candidates were princes compared
with some of these fellows. A cheap
er lot of guys never came over the
pike, and how they have the gall to
look for votes is what gets me. Most
of them seem to be members of the
w. C. T. U. Soda water and brown pop
is their limit, and they seem to expect
to get it for nothing.
"Why, the other day a candidate
for something or other. one of these
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cause there is an element of danger
III handling them.
This fancy has cost Mr.. Davis seven
bites already, but each time he has
wrapped his arm tightly to shut of
circulation and has sucked the poison
from the wound feeling no i'll effects.
There will be no more Tattlesnake
bites inflicted by his collection of
sndkes for the present, at least, as
the last of his favOrites was killed
recently in an encounter with a bull
snake. He himself saw the fight, but
he allowed it to proceed too far to
save the rattler after il was in the
coils of it's antagonist.
When Mr.. Davis observed the con-
flict the rattler was coiled ready to
strike, and both snakes were flashing
out their tongues at each other. The
bull kept we'll out of range, and SIM
ply circled around the Iattler, seem
ing to watch for an opening. This
circular movement finally frightened
the rattler, and it uncOiled and en-
deavOred to glide away. That was
the bulls opportunity, and before the
rattler could coil again it had been
seized just back Of the neck, and was
IL the coils of the bull.
Mr.. Davis ran to the rescue of his
favorite, but before he could be of
service the bull Strengthened out its
coils, and he could feel the bones Of
the rattler crack as they pulled out
of place.
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had worked with the boy declare it to
be one of the strangest cases in all
their practice affirming it to be almost
impossible for a tack to remain for
that length of time in a persons
throat.
The tack itself was a brass carpet
tack about a half inch long. Cecil
had swallowed it when he was four
years old. Efforts were made at the
time to remove it but without success.
Later he began to complain of irrita-
tion, and then the chronic bronchial
trouble developed and caused him suf-
fering for years. His parents natural
ly are rejoiced at the outcome.
1--WE feared the boys health never
would be good" said Mr.. Hull at
seemed that the older he grew the
more frequent and more violent be-
came the paroxysms of coughing. The
strange thing in connection with his
case is the fact that none of the ply
sicians who examined him were able
10 give a reason for his affliction. They
could not declare his lungs affected,
and yet he had the cough which is
considered a sure symptom. When he
started to cough in the parOXysm
which brought out the tack, l began
to fear the end was coming right then,
it was so severe. The outcome is most
fortunate"
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NoJnug II language IS more faScfn-
ating than the shades Of meaning
which grow up around a word and
cling to it and then gradually fau
away, making room for others. No
conspirator will ever plead guilty TO
conspiracy. Call it some more accept
able name and he will not object
Words, that is to say, have a moral
character, and the invidious term is
the one we repudiate with scorn. The
man who prides himself on his close
fistedneSs would never admit that he
is mean. Tell tie implacable that he
is resentful and he will plead guilty;
hint that he is vindictiye and he viii
slam the door behind him. One word
is invidious. the other is not.-Port-
land Oregonian.
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COUGHS UP BRASS TACK.
Plays Havoc with a Costly Med
zeal Diagnosis.

Cecil Hull a 15-year-old boy who is
a pupil in a Denver high school. had
been afflicted with bronchial trouble
for II years. The other day he fell
into a severe paroxysm of coughing
lasting for three-quarterS of an hour
Then he coughed up membraneous
substance which was found TO contain
a tack he had swallowed when four
years old.
1t was feared that he was develop
ing tuberculosis, but all efforts to re-
lieve him had proved unsuccessful.
Now he is improving and is free from
bronchial irritation. Physicians who
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In Innan.

Awriter, describing scenes on Japan
ese railways. says when native lady
enters the carriage she slips her feet
from her tiny shoes, stands upon the
seat, and then sits demurely with her
feet doubled up beneath her. A mo-
ment later she lights cigarette, or hsr
little pipe, which holds just tobacco
enough to produce two good whi4fs
of smoke. All japanese people sit With
their feet upon the seat Of the ear, and
not as Europeans do. When the tiekes
collector. attired in a blue uniform.
enters the carriage he removes his cap
and twice bows politely. He repeats
the bow as he comes TO each PasssA-
ger to collect the tickets frOS them
n. 7. Sun
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BUZZARD FLEW AWAY.
And with Him Went Game Rooster
That Was Tied TO His Feet for
Hot Fight.

Jack Wills, of Winchester, Ky. for
mer representative in the legislature,
enjoys the reputation of being prac-
teal joker of no mean capacity. His
brother-in-law, George Ballard, a
prominent breeder Of fine horses and
owner of Pinchem Wilkes, a noted
PAGER, has on his place a pen of high
~ bred game chickens.
While George was showing Jack his
fayorite rooster and expatiating on his
The Washington bee., 1902-11-22
UNIQUE TOMBSTONE.
The Old Fireplace of the Maine
HunneweIIs set Up in Cemetery
over Their Graves.

The most remarkable gravestone in
all Maine, if, indeed its like can be
found anywhere, is in the Hunnewell
family lot at Windham, where a great
old-fashioned fireplace serves instead
of marble or granite shaft.
The Hunnewells have for two and
a half centuries been the foremost
people in Windham, and many of the
family lie buried in this cemetery.
Recently Charles II. Hunnewen, the
present head of the family, decided to
erect a monument in the cemetery
lot.
He decided that the old fireplace
where his greatgrandparents did
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PLAYS WITH SNAKES.
1"O-fear-Old Denver Boy Takes
Pleasure and Delight In Hand
ling Reptile Pets.

Probably the smallest snake
Iharmer, in this country, at least,
Is Brother" Latham, the two-year-
old son of Albert Latham, of Denver.
Where the baby gets his inclination
and his bravery is not known, but he
gets his opportunities because his un-
Gle, Harry Davis, is a well-known
snake fancier.
The baby enjoys nothing more than
to play with some of the harmless
snakes which his uncle viii allow him
TO handle. The uncle's favorite rep
tile is the rattlesnake-probably be-
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cheap statesmen of the new-fangled
stripe Of dead game sports save US
ALI fiOated in here with lot of ward
heelers. ordered beers for the round
ers and ginger ale for himself and his
particular grooms. and handed me a
two-dollar bill. His eyes grew like
saucers when l rung up the whole two
dollars on the register.
''Don't I get any change, barten-
der?" he asked, and he figured it out
that 1 owed him 35 cents.
81 don't do business that way I
says, not at election times. If you're
so ignorant of campaign etiquette,
your mother had better keep you at
home. You're hot proposition for
representative, you are!"
''He looked so mad that I made a
break for the bung starter. o, it
gives me the chills. I'd like to have
seen that fellows finish a few years
ago.
"And the skate that is running
against him isn't any improvement,
either, although he's an alderman and
a saloon keeper and ought to know
better. A poor welcome he'd have in
his own joint for any political candi
date who'd leave Jess than ten bucks
on his greasy old bar. And what is
he doing on his glorious campaign?
I'll tell you his little dodge. He puts
a lot of dimes ant nickeis in his pock-
ct before he starts out and he slaps
a handful of them on the bar with
a big bluff at reckless generosity and
SAYS: Come on, old man, Pm feelin'
good to-day; give the boys a drink
and have one on me yourself, and take
the price out of that He tried it on
me, but it didn't work. l scOOped up
the measly little pile of chicken feed,
about s1.6O, and swept it into the till.
"'That's all right, Johnny says,
but it's poor way of doing business
during a hot campaign, seein' that it
cuts no ice for me and puts no States
on the house. Get proper and be a
model candidate says /.
"Then he gets mad, too, and goes
away with his nose in the air.
$50 that's the kind of thing we
saloon keepers was up against this
fall campaign, and that's the kind Of
stuff a lot of these noble new states
men are made of. They'll give you
plenty of CUFF, but to get them to loosen
up is like trying to find the north pole.
They're gOin' round to private houses
jollyin' the women and eoaxin' them
TO have their husbands vote for them,
and kissin' the children and maybe
givin' them a cent here and there. But
the good old times are gone and the
days of the saloon campaign are over"
Fortune Spent on Levees.
nurinO the last 81 wears Louisiana
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More Talk for Less Money.

Mrs. CrimsOnbeak-They say that
woman, by getting into different Occu-
pations formerly monopolized by men,
are reducing the scale of wages.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Yes; that's right;
and I see now we've got women law
yers. I'm glad Of that.
"Why?"
"Well, they'll charge less and talk
more. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
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4 Foolish Question.

DOra-Oh, I'm in such distress of
mind and l want your advice. l am
loved by three men, and l don't know
which to accept.
Clara-Which one has the most
money?
Dora-If I knew that, do you sup
pose I'd waste precious time running
around for advice ?"-N. Y. Weekly.
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He Was an Angel.

ats easy enough" remarked the
melancholy man, ''to make friends,
but it's hard to keep them"
"Oh, don't know" replied the
other, who was jovial and wealthy,
"alI my friends consider me easy and
are satisfied to let me keep them. -
Catholic Standard and Times.
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Quite a Difference.

Mr.. Wallace-It seems to me that
if ever a bachelor realizes his unhappy
lot it must be when he is in bed i'll.
Mrs. Wallace-Yes. There is a great
difference between hired nurse and
a wife. If he goes to throwing the
medicine bottles and things at the
nurse when she happens to hurt his
rheumatism she will Ieave-Tit-B Bits.
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Turned Girls Heads.

"Do you see that tall chap, Pedro?
Well, he has turned many a girls
head"
But he is neither handsome nor
rich
al know that"
"Then how did he turn girls heads ?"
with his preparation. He manu-
factuTes hair bleach. h."-Philadelp
Record.
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Voc of the Collector.

''Did you get anything out of her?"
asked the business manager of the
collector.
''Yes. she paid me compliment.
Said she wouldn't be afraid to trust
me with the money if she had it,
n. Y. Times.