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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-17
TABLE OF PERCENTAGES.
EASTERN LEAGUE.

At Worcester: RE. .E. Worcester A 0 1. o o o *-8 ? Rochester ...1 o o 5 o o O-6 z 4
 Batteries Pappalau, FafLllklienlbberrg ak and El Kellackey; MeCauley. Leafy and Steel man.
 At Providence: R.H.E. !. Baltimore 10 3 ? 0 o00o *-5 8 4 Providence 70 o 0 o o o % 4 4
 Batteries-Burchell and Robinsoni Mcfarland and Duggan.
 At Newark! R.H. F. Newark 70 "A o 70 1 O. 8 il Toronto .2 3 o 2 o Q O-10 F 2
 Batteries-Moriarty, Newenham and Shea and Thiery; Briggs, Wolfe and Toft.
 At Jersey Sity: R.H.E Jersey City o o 1 0 o O00 0O-2 ' 3 Buffalo .....1 1 1 1 0 O ? 0 0-6 10 c
 Batteries-Thielman and McManus Milligan and Laporte.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-17

The 'MaeKinnon" challenge cup, open to 12 teams from England, Scot land, Ireland and Wales and the col onies of Great Britain, was won at Bisley, Eng, yesterday by the English team, with a score of 140S. Canada was second with score of 1890, Aus tralia was third and Scotland was fourth. The distances were 800, 900 and 1000 yards.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-17

Barney Oldfeld clipped two-fifths of a second from the worlds automobile record for a mile and a half track at Jackson, Mich, yesterday. He ran his machine in 1.16 flat on the half mile course. The record was made against time,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-17
NEW YORK sTATE LEAGUE.

4NLW 1ONN pIA # P L41&ANI Y AA1' ?
 At Schenectady-First game, Syra- cuse ', Schenectady 3; second game, Syracuse 8. Schenectady 3
 At .Tohnstown-Firstg game, A. J, & G. II. Ringhamton ?; second game, A. J. & e. 12, Binghamton 1.
 At Albany--Alhany 4, Ilien o.
 At Troy-Troy T. Utica 3. \
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-17
WESTERN LEAGUE.

At 0maha-Omaha 6, Kansas City 5. At Des Moines-Des Moines ?, St Jos eplf 0.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-17
STRAY BITS OF SPORT.

London, July 17.-Danny Maher, the American jockey who was injured In an automobile collision last week and has been in the Caterham Cottage hos pital, passed a good night and was re- ported yesterday as being out of dan ger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-17

NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE. At Lowell-Lowell 3. Lawrence ?. At Fall River-Fal1 River 5, Concord 1. At New Bedford-Manchester 9, New Bedford i.
 At Nashua-Nashua 5, Haverhill 3.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-17

? AMERICAN LEAGUE.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

Office Board School ommrs. of II afford Co.
BEL AIR. Mo, July -. 1909
Bids will be received at this office until
O'Clock, 4. NJ,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
Miracle of Emerson's style.

Emcrson's highest artistic quality
| has i'll it always IL suggestion of mir
aclc. One "cann0t see how II was
done" and imitation is disaster The
sentence, the phrase. creates in the
mind Il sense of luminouSness. so keen
is the vibration. This may be said of
all works of high artistic genius, hut
in the case of Emerson the miracu-
lousy luminous effect is peculiarly felt.
On Il building ut the Pan-American eX-
position ut Buffalo the visitor who read
the following words, even if he could
not remember having read them be-
fore, might not long doubt rs to their
origin: 20 rich and various man. thou
palace of sight and sound. carrying in
thy senses the morning and the night
and the mfathomahle galaxy; in thy
brain the geometry of the city of God,
in thy heart the bower Of love and the
realms of right and wrong. "-Century
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
When Reptiles Inhabited the Earth,

When Reptiles Inhabited the Earth.
At different cpOchS during the time
known as the secondary period the sur
face of the earth seems to have been
SO predominantly peopled with reptile
life that it has been called the age
of reptiles" The huge iguanod1ns
stalkcd or leapcd about in the weaids
of Sussex and Hampshire. OF these
i%uanodonS mlrvelously complete skel-
etons are to be seen amounted in atti-
tudes of life in the Royal museum of
Brusscls-a sight in itself sufficient to
induce Il visit to that capital. Other
smaller reptiles browsed on the foliage
of the then existing plains and were
pursued and preyed upon by fell rep
lillian monsters Of various kinds. The
sea also swarmcd with reptiles Gch-
thyos;Iurh as aquatic as the whales
and Gophins of our own day. And not
only were the earth and seas thus pco-
pied but there were flying reptiles Of
different kinds and sizes. known as
pteroIactyls.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease
Catarrh is blood or constitutional dis
ease, and in order to cure it you must
take internal remedies Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally and acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine
1t was prescribed by one of the best ply.
sicians in this country for years, and is a
regular prescription. 1t is composed OF
the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly on
the mucous surfaces. The perfect com
binations of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

The ancients firmly believed In mon
ster serpents of all kinds and of both
the land and marine species. During
the wars with Carthage great snake
is said to have kept the Roman army
from crossing the Bagrados river for
several days. The monster swallowed
up no less than seventy Roman soldiers
during this combat and was not con-
quered until hundred stones from as
many different catapults We're fired
upon it all at one time. The monster
skull and skin were preserved and
afterward exhibited in one of the
Roman temples. The dried skin Of
the creature was 120 feet in length, ac-
cording to Pliny.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
Ancient Beds.

In ancient times the beds we read
about were simply rugs, skins or thin
mattresses which could be rolled up
and carried away in the morning. At
night they were spread on the floor,
which in the better class of houses
was of tile or plaster, and as the shoes
were not worn in the house and the
feet were washed before entering a
room the floors were cleaner than
ours. After a time sort of bench,
three feet wide, was built around two
or three sides of the room about n
foot above the floor and, covered with
n soft cushion, was used during the
day TO sit or lounge on and as q sleep
ing place at night. The bench was
sometimes made like a settce, movable
and Of carved wood or ivory.-London
Standard.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
KITCHEN SUPERSTlTIONS.


| w by Most IO3!.S Always stir Their
Batter Onc H&y only.
Take IL good EiIaH OF fresh butter
ard roll it i'll -four. place it i'll Il lined
saucepan with Il half pint of good. rich
cream, stir it gently over Il low fire, al
ways the sam" way. ill it begins to
| simmer.
This recipe for the making of melted
butter is quoted from an old fashioned
cookery book OF century ago, but the
direction to stir always the same
way" i; observed as ref giously today
as it WAS then, and probably will be for
Il thousand years to come.
All cooks If all nations stir not only
the sam" way, but also from east To-
west. Il sure indication that the prac-
ticc originated with sun wOrshiperS.
Speaking of stirring brings to mind
that i'll most English houscholGs-cOun-
try ones at least the practice of the
whole family Joining to stir the Christ
mas PLAN pudding is still in vogue.
Tk"rr are many peculiar. old FASH
Toned superstitions connected with
cooking.
For instance. in Scotland. when oat-
cakes are being baked, it is still GUS
tOmary to break Off a little piece and
throw it into the fire.
At one time, whenever baking was
madc-which was perhaps once
month only-a cake was made with
nine knobs on it. Each of the company
broke one Off. and. throwing it behind
him. said. This give to thee; preserve
thou my sheep" mentioning the name
of Il noXiOus animal-foX, wolf or eagle
\ roast pheasant is usually sent up
with the tail feathers. This practice Is
n memorial of the days when pea
cock was skinned before roasting and
when cooked was sewed into its plum
age again. its benk gilded and so served.
Tossing the pancake is another inter-
csting food superstition. Formerly the
master of the house was always called
upon to toss the Shrove Tuesday pan
cake. Usually he did it so cumsily
that the contents of the pan found their
way to the floor, when a fine was de-
mandcd by the cook. The custom is
still kept up ut Westminster school,
where a pancake is tossed over the bar
and scrambled for. The one who Sc
cures it Is rewarded with guinea.
Tho origin of the cross on hot cross
buns is Il matter of dispute. There is
little doubt that cakes partly divided
into four quarters were made long be-
fore the Christian era. At one time it
was believed that bread baked on Good
Friday would never grow moldy. and
Il piece of it grated was kept in every
house, being supposed to be sover-
oign remedy for almost any kind of
ailment to which man is subject.
In many parts of England it Is con-
sidercd unlucky 10 offer Il mince pie to
Il guest. 1t must he asked for.-Boston
Journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
The English PhenKnnI.

1t is claimed that the pheasant of
the English preserves can trace its ped
iSree directly to the brilliant bird of
the same species in japan. About half
century ago few live pheasants
were brought from Japan and crossed
with the common species. The result
Of this was. it is said, that new race
Of birds was introduced, and the beau
tiful pheasant with its iridescent
rlumagc, WAS produced and natural
lied as an English bird.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

The ancicnts believed and taught
that seven planets ruled the world and
its inhabitants. thus accounting for the
seven days of the week, the seven holes
in the head. the seven colOrs of the
spectrum and the seven senses. The
superstition attaching to the seventh
daughter of seventh daughter en-
dows such a person with magical gifts
aud unlimited good luck.
Among noted events and things that
bear this mystical number are the Sew
en- Days war, the great conflict for
German supremacy, the seven church
cs of Asia, the seven slcepers of Ephe-
sus and the seven wonders of the
world.-American Queen.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

The young man who had spent his
efforts for several years without re-
suit in studying art was talking with
his practical uncle, who had patiently
paid the bills
'Of course" said the young artist.
Il know haven't made much OF 80
OF it, but l don't think you ought to adj
wise me to try something else. You
know it's best to put all your eggs in
one basket and watch that basket"
I'm. That may be. Charlie; but did
you ever think how foolish it is to put
so many baskets around one bantam
cgg"-Youth's Companion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

"But then. of course, he has execu-
tive ability we said concluSively.
Executive ability repeated our ac-
Quaintancr. what do you mean by
that:"
"Why, the quality Of holding subor-
dinatcs responsible for failures and
taking credit to ourselves for their sue
ccSscS." we responded.
Which we considered rather clever
for studied impromptu. - New York
TTnroII
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
STEADY ATMOSPHERE.
A Prime Requisite Fog the study of
Planet Surfaces.

| Prime Requisite FOE the study of
Planet Surfaces.
Astronomical science is divided nat
urally into two parts. that pertaining
to the stellar universe and that pertain
| in;; To our own immediate family Of
| planets. Tie latter are the only bodies
| in the heavens of which we are aware
| thai at all resemble our earth and they
are all, comparatively speaking, our
near ncishbo"S and bavc therefore, Il
| much m"l' personal and popular inter-
| est than the stellar universe at large
| The study of their relative motions
was virtually completed during the last
| century. so that ut the present time the
| astronomy of the planets is confined
chiefly TO study of their dimensions
| and surface conditions.
For this study there is one para
| mount requisite, and that is a steady
| atmosphere. With Il good atmosphere
important results may be obtained
even with small telescope of only
five or six inches diameter; but with
out such an atmosphere the very lar
g2st telescope will be of no avail. This
is not the case i'll other departments of
astronomy; for many kinds Of observa-
tons OH the stellar universe the quail
ity of the atmosphere is of little &C.
count. provided only that it is cloud
less and transparent; but for the plane
tary and lunar astronomy steady at
mosphere is the fundamental requisite.
To understand what is meant by
steady atmosphere we have only to
look at some object across hot stove
or along the line of n railroad track
upon summer day. There is a SHIN
MGR i'll the air, Il wavering motion, with
which We are all more or less familiar.
This wavcring is always present In our
atmosphere, although we usually can
not see it; but when we magnify the
image of IL planet in a telescope 1000
times we magnify the atmospheric
tremors in the same proportion, and
they are then not only conspicuous,
but they interfere very seriously with
our observations.
III some parts of the world the at
mosphere is much more steady than in
others, and it Is evidently a matter 81
the highest Importance for the astron-
omer interested in planetary research
to find where these places are situated.
To Illustrate the Importance of this
matter may say that situated in one
of these favored spots l saw night aft
er night with five inch and even with
Il four inch lens planetary markings
and details that have never seen even
with the largest telescope in Cam
bridSe.-W. III. Pickering in Century.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

The first man who used the express
sion Don't be Il clam" should be cred
tied with n bit of advice chock full Of
wisdom. Somebody is after the clam
in season and out. day and night. 1t
is devoured in soft shellcd infancy by
fishes, sea fowl and crows, is sealed
in cans. made into stcws and chowders,
dug for fishermens bait.
The clam furnishes food for many
men of many lands and also for seals.
polar bears. the walrus, foxes, crows,
gulls and fishes, and there never was
bait, with the exception possibly of
porgy chum-i. e., ground up porgies-
that equaled the clam for sea fishing,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

The harp, which was suggested by
the lutte. is ascribed 10 Jubal. 1878
+. c.. and was King DaVid's favorite
instrument. The harp was used by
the Welsh and SaNonS, and also by
the ancient peoples of Ireland. One
of the oldest harps in existence is in
the Dublin College museum. and orig
inally belonged to Brian BoroilIme.
king of Ireland.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

Dumlcy-She does quote some of the
most inappropriate things at times.
Miss Wunder-What'S her latest?
Dumlcy--I was telling her that l
sometimes refrain from Joining in 4
discussion for fear of making fool of
myself, and she said one could not
paint the lily or gid refined gold."-
Philadelphia Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

In using the word "blunderbuss" we
unconSciuuSly imply sense of dis
arrangement for the shooting powers
of our fOrrfatlIors contracted with the
precision of the modern rifle. The
word itself has. however, terrible
enough meaning and disdains all con-
ncction with "bunder." "B!under-
buss." in fact. as we have it. is Il
strange corruption-perhaps not alto
gctllrr untingci with the sense and
sound of "blundcr the old Dutch
word "dondcrbuss." which can be liter
ally translated into the English ''thun-
der box" or thunder BARREL"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
The Great Porcelain Tower,

In 1430 A. d.. after nineteen years of
ceaseless labor and an expenditure Of
about fSC0,0O0, the Chinese govern
ment finished the wonderful porcelain
tower ut Nankin. which stood for near
ly four and IL quarter centuries, until
1856, the most marvellous building ever
erected by human hands. 1t was Of
octagonal form. 2G0 feet in height, with
nine stories, each having Il coruice and
n gallery without.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
ChOllH'a RennrIne.

"Cholly is so clevah at wepartee!'
exclaimed Clarence.
"Isn't he:" said Reginald. whats
his latest?"
"a gweat. howwid bwute said to
him. You are the biggest fool in this
state And Cholly answered wight off,
4 don't agwee with your Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

The First Diamond at Kimberley.
II was not until the autumn of 1870
that the first diamond was found on
the present site of Kimberley. There
was Il shallow, circular depression,
known as Dutoitspan, on the edge Of
which farmer NAMED Van Wyk lived
in i cabin plastered with mud. This
hat had no architectural prctensions,
but in its way. it went beyond the
luxury Of Fifth avenue, for the mud
with which it was daubed was sprin-
killed. with diamonds. One day Van
Wyk's children prospected the plaster
ing of their home and extracted sew
cral gems. The farmer and his friends
began digging ut the spot from which
the mud had been taken. and found
more diamonds.
Miners Swarmed in. and Il new
camp. called Dorstfontcin. sprang up.
In June OF the next year the kimber-
ley mine proper-one of the four great
deposits that form the present Kim
bcrley group-yieldcd its first diamond.
Cosmopolitan.
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Placing Them.

The Busy Man-Plrasant and Bore
son are coming to visit me next week.
What shall do with them? l have so
little time.
The Wise Un-lntroduce Peasants
at club and BOrcson to club.-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

Kind Hearted Citizen-Tut. tut, tut!
Don't worry over it, little boy. You
didn't break your pitcher, and there's
no use. You know, in crying over split
milk.
1ittl" Boy-Dn talk as If I was cry
in. mister? NCsumcs his violent lam
guagc.l Chicago Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
A MNAiNrN EAnlnineIl

81 don't understand" said the igno-
ramus ut the academy. why they al
ways put the baldheaded men up in
the front row."
That's easy" butted in the usher.
"They put 'cm up there so they'll ba
near the flies. Boston Herald. :
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

Ascum-Another baby, and II girl this
time, eh? How does it make yon feel
10 have daughter:
Popley-Grcat. One of the first
;hings you think about it is how a for
aign nobleman will come counting her
tome day and how you'll turn him
down good and proper.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

81 never send out story for publica-
tion," said Dullpath, the rcalist, with.
out first having slept over it."
II don't believe I've ever read one OF
them either without doing the same
thing" returned uawley.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
PROPOSALS for Coal.

I
Office Board School { omnrs. ofHarford Co.
BEL AIR. Mo, July -. 1909
Bids will be received ut this Office until l
O'Clock, a. NJ,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th. 1909.
for supplying the Public Schools with No. .
SCREENED ANTHRACITE COAL t2.24O
lbs. to the toni The count has been divided
into twelve coal districts. as follows:
IL. 81. III. 81, 6-1. IL, 81. 81. Ill,
ia. lei. Eel, Bel. Total number tons 80.
%. Go. So. %. 2c2, ac2. Total number
tons 81.
1o-l. IL. 30. -, 1o-o. 1862, 1872. lei,
+c@. leo Total number Of tons 30.
".
ll-2, 1879, lee. Total number tons ..
81. o-a. 1913. 1928. l4-3. Ic;:, aca. Total
number tons ~.
1-:.. -. a-a. -. 1a-i. ~. 60. OBI. OH.
DEB. total number tons 30
VII.
-. o. -. SO. ~. 81. lo-t 15-t. 1G-t,
Isl I'll. let. .lci, Bel. lei. Total number
tons 60
Ii, ~ Iii III. Total number tons :.
13-t. lit. i'll, l2-+. IL. -. 81. -.
o.. G-5, -. 100. lis, IT, 1875, 2o-I lG-1.
Total number tons 60.
81, II 81. col, 2+-l, 25-+. Total num-
Der tons IL.
50, %. 49,, 49,. IT,. H.. 21-5, 1c7.
2cI. Total number tons 10.
MI.
H.. 10. 15.2, 17-2, 49,. T"talnumbcr
ton L..
The 10 tons for 10 will he No. > coal
Bids must he made for the different district
separately. as outlined above. Mt amy bidder
may bid for more than one district.
I,. \ 81,
9O:i, to he housed where place IS provided.
and to lie paid for that date.
The BOARD reserves the right to reject any
or all bids. and to house coal at contractors
expense if necessary.
By order
CHAS. r. WRIGHT.
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a QUESTION OF BATHS.
How :n ira,y officer Evcncd Up Mat
ters with il:I Auhi:Dr

How ::n Army officer EVcncd Up Mate
ters With un Auditor.
"AlRiiturs and cunptrUllti's are the
natural enemies OF mankind" remark,
cd an army officer. hui more particu.
larry are They III" enemies of an army
officer. They take great delight in lind
ing reasons why they should not pas5
an officers accounts and take advan-
tage of the least little technicality or
any possible way of refusing to do SO.
Some time ago an officer To get jus:
claim that had been turned down b.
the auditor or comptroller WAS COM
PEELED to 90 to congress. and the print
ing bill for the account waS four times
as large as the amount in the first i'll
stance
General Weston got the best Of an
auditor when he was i'll the Seventh
cavalry, and this is the way he tells
the story:
Il was on horse board at Kansas
City, and before a horse could be ac-
cCptCd lie WAS sent mile at Il very
fast clip to test his endurance. | oh.
served that the men who were selling
the horses had Il rider who would take
them behind Il cIump of trees where |
could not see and shortened the dis
lance | decided to ride the horses my
self. and tried about twenty Il day.
would get pretty well warmed up
with that kind of work. and | went in
afterward and took IL bath. charged
up the bath each day III my expenses.
But the account came back from the
auditor with the Endorsement:
lone bath Il day is Il luxury and not
q necessity. One bath week is
enough
"And Endorsed right under that, 1t
may be enough for an auditor, but not
for Il cavalryman.' "-WaShingtOn Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24

Blobbs-Sillicus is very proud of his
lineage, isn't lie?
Slobbs-Yes; he would rather have
ancestry than make name for him
Self.-Philadelphia Record.
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Notice to Renters Of Privileges.

Proposals i'll be received ut the Office o
the Secretary of the Hartford County Agrcul
tural Society up to MONDAY. AUGUST >
1903, ut l . O'Clock. NJ. for Renting the fol
lowing Privileges at the 9TH Annual Pair o
the Society. August -, %. % and -. 1903
The Dining Room Privilege.
The Privilege of selling SOFT Drinks.
The Privilege of selling Cigars and Tobacco
The Privilege of selling Candies.
The Privilege of selling Fruits.
The Privilege ofscing Ice Cream and Cakes
The Photo and Tin Type Privilege.
The Privilege of selling Horse Feed.
Bidders are requested to bid separately for
each privilege, and may bid for all: the sue
ccsstu bidder to be confined tn one location
on the grounds.
The privilege of giving away cigars by the
renters of other privileges is reserved.
The Board reserves the right to waive dc,
fccts and reject any and all bids.
JAMES W. MCNABB,
Secretary.
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Not by Exclusion.

lIe-I had IL hard time getting good
wife
ShC-Goodncss! Have you been mar
lied several times?
"Oh. no; but I conrtcd my present
lnp six rS."-Philadplphia Ledger.