The Washington bee., 1910-12-31

tnat or Mecklenburg. 1t traces its
descent from Genseric, who sacked
Rome in A D. 455.
Every pleasure is acquired at the
cost of suffering. The price Of real
pleasure is paid in advance; for wrong
pleasure one pays after.-JOhn Foster.
Longchump-DId she give any reason
for refusing you? Hardit-R Reason? No;
that's the woman Of it. Simply said
she did not love me.
Mrs. Cannibal-You haven't a single
redeeming trait Cannibal-Oh, there's
some good in me. l have just eaten a
missionary.-New York Press
Mr.. S.-Do you and 1 agree on any
thing? Mrs. S.-Yes; each OF Us be-
Heves that one of US is poorly mated
Illustrated Bits.
why do they always make pictures
Of Cupid without any clothes?"
$50 he won't ever be out of style."-
Cleveland Leader.
"Demosthenes talked with pebbles In
his mouth, my son"
He must have made a rocky speech,
pa"-New York Press.
she-How conceitedly that man talks!
Is he an actor?
He-WOrse than that! He's an anna
teur actor.-Life.
They say he has a coarse streak in
him"
Il should say that he had refined
streak in him."-Puck.
. "Do you keep a second girlT"
mo; my wife isn't strong enough to
wait on more than one"-Kansas City
Journal.
Mrs. Knicker-What did you do when
she stole your cook?
Mrs. Subbubs-Stole her dressmaker
New York Sun.
81 am looking for a fashionable over
coat"
IAN right, sir. VIII you have it too
short or too longT-Fliegende Blatter.
Little Girl-What's an intelligence
one goes to find out what wages cooks
are charging-New York Herald.
rs this new business you're going
into tentativeF
no, it amt. It's dry goods ,"-Balti-
more American.
Teacher-Can any one in the class
tell me what a lawsuit Isl
Small Boy-Yes, ma'am. I can. It's
a suit worn by policeman.-Exchange
Up to certain point exposure to ra-
dium rays stimulates the termination
Of seeds, but If that point is passed the
growth is stopped.
''Fusil" was the old name for the
hintlock to distinguish it from the
matchbox, and fusileers were those
who carried fusils.
8 The double entry system Of book
keeping now in common use was first
practiced in Italy in the latter part of
the fifteenth century.
In Scotland the corn and grass fields
are divided into spaces twenty to thir-
" yards wide by a furrow made by
plOw. These are termed rigs.
John Brown was executed at Har-
Pers Ferry on Dec. 2, 1859. 1t was
shortly after II o'clock in the morn
ing. Two thousand soldiers were
ranged around the scaffOld when he
was brought from his prison house
In, to
convey him to the scene of execution.
Man In Hard Luck-I am reduced TO
the painful expedient of asking you to
buy the diamonds in my wife's jewelry
and to replace them with limitations.
Jeweler examining the jewels)-Your
vile evidently has preceded you in
evolving that clever plan.-Jewelers'
Circular
There is a seyenteen-year-old girl in
Atchison who feels so good that she
almost screams with Joy. In a few
years when we meet that girl pushing
baby buggy and looking as cross as
it is possible for a married woman to
look we are sure we shall laugh
Atchison Globe.
Bullets of paper or tallow produce
far greater damage than metal ones
when used for short distance firing.
a paper bullet passing through six
pieces OF tin placed one foot apart
buckled them up and made them use
less, whereas a metal bullet merely
left a small round hole
The Sword Swallower-Im in a great
quandary Manager-What's the mat
teri The Sword SwalloweF-I asked
the two headed girl to marry me. and
only one Of her accepted! Manager
What's the matter with the other Of
her? The Sword Swallower-She's
afraid Of bigamy!
Fathar-What! Another dressmak-
ers bill? My dear girl, you should fix
your mind on something higher than
dress. Daughter-So l have, papa.
I've got my mind fixed on q love Of a
hat in a downtown mIlliner's window,
and, just think. it's only S199S! You'll
y get 1t for me, won't you, papa, dear?
Percy exhibiting a bromide enlarge
ment of kodak snaDshOt OF himself rid