Evening journal., 1907-09-20
Personal and Pertinent

Washington educator is telling good story about a
young medical friend of his who is interested in nsan
ity symptoms and is sort Of amateur alienist The
other day the student chance TO visit OF the
wards in the asylum for the insane and having heard
that ther confined ther who abored under
the halucnation that he God, the student asked
that he be allowed TO this patient first he appear
ed the most promising for investigation He taken
TO the ward where the unatc confined and the fol-
lowing conversation ensuedi ....-.s......--
Lunatc-From everlasting unto everlasting am he
well, I've been looking for you for long time. l
doctrines OF predestinaton and free wilIg"
The lunatic drew himself up to his full height and
giving the medtco scornfu glance replied: MY dear
sir. never talk shop"-Buhalo Commercial
1.-THE barroom bully an arrant coward when put to
the test Of war" With this saying Of tho late Gen
Rosecrans as his topic, speaker at recent Civic
beterment meeting dscoursed the ways of the
age bad man OF the modern cities. He read from
writing Of General Rosecrans, familiarly known "Od
Rosy in which that officer described regiment Of
from Cincinnati in the Civil War in which there were
OF the barroom bully class who had been pressed
into the service entered substitutes earn a
few hundred Of dollars When these face
to face with the grim fighters in gray Of the Con-
federaey and the realized that warfare the rifle
makes the puny weal1ng a match for the muscular
giant the bulles Just turned pale and They
couldn't stand rifle fire than they would
the seely bayonet Big brawny bruisers who had been
wont TO swagger about with chips should
ers looking for weaker vessel TO tackle found the
FIRE smoke of battle that while their frames and
muscles large their real courage was mighty small
and Of the cravenly coward sort
Better take the pale-faoed modest-mannered sun
day school lads when you want real sodiers-men who
face the bullets the bayonets of the enemy
rather than the brawny-faced bules OF cities
who, when they are outdone in argument
resort TO brute force 10 settle the question dispute
wrote Gen Rosecrans and he should have Wash
ington star.
Hurried customer-Have you copy of "Fickeberry
HUM 20
Bookstore salesgirl-NO. sir; but we have "Huckle-
berry Finn
Hurried Customer with offended dgnity)-That's
what said, miss'-Chicago Tribune
DR. George A. Gordon pastor Of the Old South Church.
Boston, tells how witty Irshman stood before the
gate OF the other world asking for admission
refused him, however telling him he too great
sinner to enter there, and bade him go away. man
went little distance from the gate and then crowed
three times like rooster ST. Peter at once threw
Ppen the gate and cried out. Come in Pat! Wen let
oygones be bygones!"-Lippincotts
He had his wife arrested for non-support"
Prominent sociallyg"
"Not hitherto. This affair may helm them some -
Louisville Courier-Journal
They had planned TO elope all alone these two
Ihe groom a Baboon. and a bride Kangaroo
And so they were both candestinely we'd
When the groom OF sudden bethoueht him and said
MY purse I've forgot plague on this marriagei
Sant nelp IT, my dear furnish the garbage
20 the groom stepped in, and they galoped awav
Singing High and Ho" their bright wedding day
-Harpers Weekly