Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
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NJ B. F.: The Capitol was the scene OF
great excitement last Friday morning.
What was tho trouble? At-The House
COMMITTEES on improvements in the Missis-
sppi river. of which Representative Prince
OF Illinois Is chairman. met on that day
for the first time In thirty years Congress
adjourned early as a mark of respect.
SASSAFRAS: What Is the quickest and
simplest way to train an evil-tempered III
hammered bulldog7 A-Fasten the animal
to the steps of the rear Pullman. This
method is infaIlibIe.
C. L. BUCKLEY: friend recommendl
peppered bark made into a poulttce for In
somnia. What do you think of the sugges-
ton? A.-Sounded like a quack remedy TIL
We tried 1t. But 1t worked. The last bark
we peppered had kept us awake four nights
in succession. We don't drop to the pouI-
tice idea, tho.
HARDwICK OF GEORGIA: A mustard
plaster applied to the upper lip sometimes
helps a little.
clan. had hurry call the other night and
slipped on banana peel when y block
away from the house. Cannot ehings like
this be prevented? A.-They certainly should
be, madame. We always believed the TO
lice regulations covered such cases. Iid
your husband take cold?
HON. JOHN WESLEY GAINES: DO you
think the experiment was success? A
Quite so, considering the atmospheric con-
ditions. Your remarks in the House on the
at Mount Vernon. altho' below that IL was
impossible to obtain a verbatim record
The air was somewhat damp
CAREFUL: Are safety matches better
than the other kind for household use9 A
Oh. so very, very much better We didn't
think so until one night we sat down the
back porch after wife had filled the lamp
there. Later. We drew a match briskly
across the south front of our pants. We
light EN- on the box now.
ALGERNON: How soon can 1 get quart
of cherries cheap? A.--Cocktail or pie.
Algy? Looks to us like jag or stomach
ache. More details. please.
URBAN: I am going to rent a place I'm
the country this summer Uncle Jasper.
Would you advise me to buy COW and to
raise my own garden truck? A.--Not by
no means. We tried II last summer AT the
end of the summer we figured out that
milk from our private cow had cost up
sonally conducted garden 10 cents each.
About that time We stopped figuring and
moved to town. Never again.
DISILLUSIoNED: Dear uncle jasper |
am so worried because the other night my
husband came home he had been working
late he said and he hung his shoes on the
gas jet and went to bed in his overcoat and
Oh please we have been married only a
month do you think his mind is affected!
A. Calm yourself. dear madame, calm your
Gle Ia
strangely familiar. Your husband had
eaten a boned herring They affect MS the
same way.
JOHN r. MCLEAN: Do you think / did
right in buying that property / mentioned
A. Probably. probably. We thought on
CHANGING a our gas bill this month tnat you
had made extensive purchases recently,
And We have been working the lamp over
time, too.
PERCIVAL; What motives actua al
Representatives, Prince and Hhrawirk n
their point order campaign against thgr
legislative appropriation bill? y. Motives
of the highest and purest patriotism. Percy
Mr.. Prince had one of his pet bills stepped
on by the appropriations committee nos
long ago, and Hardwick needs ctmpI gn
material in his district SPLASH
BESSIE: What do you think Of Mont
morercy We're de We're Jones as a name for
the new baby. a. Excuse us. please. We
never Ike to be familiar with people we
don't know. Remember. Elizabeth, tie
child may grow to manhood
.--. UNCLE JASPER.