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replied.
"And how old are your went on
Miss Blank In her methodical way.
"Six." said Harold. "How old are
your And the young teachers are
laughing stili.-Lippincott,s.
Number Of Poker Hands.
There are 259S90O different poker
hands in the deck. These hands work
out as follows:
Straight flush, 40.
CThe royal flush is a straight aush,
ace high1
Four OF kind. 624
Full hand, or full house. s,T4A
Flush. 5.i0S
Straight 10000.
Three OF kind, 54,912.
Two pairs. 123.55o.
One pair, 1.09S,240.
No pair, 1.302, ,54o.-David A. Curtis
In Rules Of Draw Poker"
The Use Of Steam.
Steam was known to the ancients,
Hero Of Alexandria. about lO0-150 u.
c.. having constructed the first steam
engine known to history. The first
modern reference to steam as a pro
pelling force Is In Nye's cart OF Gun
nery," 1647. The first successful at
tempt to use steam In modern times
was made by the Marquis OF Worces-
ter. 1855. But the steam king above
all others, the man to whom we owe
the first solidly practical advance In
the application OF steam, was James
Watt, 1769.
Odd Fishing.
While walking near a pond In the
woods Bullie Ham, who can tell the
presence OF an alligator by the smell
Of the critter, pulled Off his coat and
took header under the water, While
at the bottom Of the pond Bullie's leg
rose to the surface and waved TO the
men near the shore. The warning was
needed by the men. who caught Bull
lies leg and gave II a yank that
brought Bullie to the surface, and with
Bullie came an alligator that measured
some four feet in. length. -Apalachi-
cola Times.
Fishermen and Geometry.
Do you know anything about Euclid?
Here is a proposition that seems en-
tirely to have slipped the great mans
memory: To prove that fisherman is
a liar.
First.-An angle is a deviation from
a straight line. Axiom 5.
Second.-A lie is deviation from
straight line. Axiom Is.
Therefore fisherman-thati is to say,
one who angles = deviates from q |
straight line. Now, things which are
equal to the same thing are equal to
one another. Therefore fisherman is
a liar. @. E. D.-London Mail.
Slower Sorrow.
They had about ended their honey
moon and settled the preliminary ar
for housekeeping when the
young husband discovered that he
must leave town for whole week on
business.
Must you go. Richard" came in re-
Droachful tones from the bride.
There is no way out Of It," am |
'wered Richard gloomily; "but, dear,
hat the separation may seem less abb
-upt | propose to go OH an accommo-
iation train instead of the express."-
Harpers Weekly.
The Earliest Known Trousers.
The head Of the ancient Babylonian
was carefully protected from the sun
,y various wrappings. It was sutfi-
'ient for the rest Of the body to wear
thin woolen or linen garment bound
It the hips with girdle or shawl, over
which sometimes another garment was
'icturesquely draped. In Babylonla
ind Assyria also head and foot cover
ngs were subject to fashion, but the
ong, close fitting garment fortunately
lever went out Of style. Trousers, the
invention of the Medes,
ire first found on the Parthian style OF
bout the first century B. C., which
vas excavated in Assyria. Professor
friedrich Delitzsch in Harper's Maga.
ine.
A Rattling Race.
There was an Englishman who inn
orted famous wolfhound from Eu-
ope some years ago to get rich catch
ng wolves for the scalp money of
cred by the state Of Texas-$1O each.
ome genuine Texas sports were invIt-
d to witness the first chase. They
ollowed many miles through the
rairie grass, but without getting sight
I either wolf or hound. Finally they
anne to wooded spot where a slut
ering native was chopping.
Did you see wolf and a hound
ass just now?' cried the Englishman.
"Y-e-e-e-s. sir; they j-j-jus' passed"
How was the racer"
"P-u-u-rty hot; nip an t-t-t-tuck.
'-t-t-the dog wa-wa-was a leetis
bead."-Rochester Herald.