The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-08-28

THAT man that knows such an aw-
ful lot about the tarifrT" ventured Mrs.
Waters.
1.-THE man who talks % much about
IT," corrected Waters. "Well, we had
a long argument about 1t this evening.
and / came out away ahead"
You didF' exclaimed Mrs. Waters,
surprised.
Eyes; l got him to admit that he
knows no more about it than 1 do."-
Exchange.
With Good Reason.
The playful maid had captured her
fiance's purse and was about to open
It.
"No. nor he cried warningIy. Don't
look Insider'
why notT she asked. Surely
there cannot be anything should not
seep'
There might be-"
Then. that is just why am going
TO open It," she explained.
AOu Ou6nl UC uU ludl.
She tossed her head.
81 am afraid Of nothing!" she ex-
claimed defiantly.
''If that's So" he sighed. when you
look inside that purse you will be
scared to deathv'
An Astonished King.
King Louis Of Bavaria was much
IL noyed on one occasion when the SOL
der on guard at the palace gates neg
lected to present arms. The truth
was. the soldier did not know his mai
esty by sight. why don't you pre-
sent armsT' the latter asked angrily.
Don't you know to whom you are In
debted for your daily bread?" The
sentry glared angrlly at the king. and,
imagining him to be the army baker,
replied: 80 you are the miserable son
Of a baker who furnishes the soldiers
with bread. are you? Well, should
like to. have you by yourself In some
quiet place. I'D spread your ungainly
anatomy over three kingdoms! I'd
make dough Of your
More Tickle Than the Weather.
There is one quite naked piece OF
nonsense which must be destroyed IL
modern society Is to go on at all. That
Is the pretense OF teaching things sci
entifically" which are not In their own
nature scientific.
| A man may learn to be a good
prophet about the stars; he may learn.
after long assiduity and self culture. to
be a false prophet about the weather
but no man would dare to predict his
wife's temper, even falsely. 1t Is not
q scientific subject. 1t is impossible to
imagine whether the wife would be
more annoyed IL he prophesied wrong
or II he prophesied right.
Let a man keep a weather chart, then,
but not a wife charlie. K. Chester
ton In illustrated London News.
Faith In oratOry.
81 suppose, Uncle Jim, you remem-
Der a good deal about the politics Of
the early days?"
well. l never tux much interest in
pollytics, but l recollect when John G.
Fremont was 1ected PRESIDENT
Fremont? Why. Fremont was new
er elected"
HE wun't? Well, now. that gifts
me. heerd leadin' speaker talk the
night fore lection, an he said II John
c. Fremont wun't 'lected the country
would fall to ruin an everybody would
have TO shut up shop. Course I didn't
take the papers; but, noticin' tibet
things went OH bout same as before. I
calclated John won. So be wun't
'lected? Well. b'jinks, tibet gifts me"-
Judge
The Strongest Not the TaIisst.
II may surprise many to learn that
the strongest men in college as a class
are below the average student in stat
ure This is perfectly consistent with
established facts. Strength is more
matter OF shOrtness and thickness OF
arms and legs than of great length OF
limbs. which is likely to be the phys
Zeal characteristic OF speed. as shown
by runners and Oarsmen. rather than
strength and endurance. The superior
muSculature Of the strong man Is In
Dictated by his superior weight. In
this respect 1t is observed that he
weighs from seven to ten pounds more
than the average student. while be
surpasses this man In strength by
some 800 pOints.-Dr. u. A Sargent in
| Harvard GraduataS' Narozipo
An Actors Tribute to Dickens.
While the world at large has gained