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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-06
Good Roads Still Looming Up.
Pollock, La, July rs, 1910.

l was glad to see in your issue
of July 23d the article on goof
roads. We presume Mr.. Virgins
had some advantages over mos
hill localities, or he couldn't built
for S35 per mile. We understand
it is not the finished model road
but presume it is in that direction
Don't suppose this work will be to
remodel and do over again when
those people want to complete the
road and make full grown model
road of it. This is the idea l have
advanced all the while, and / am
glad Mr.. Virgins has demonstrat-
ed the fact that a model road can
be started on IL mile stretch and
made passable and comfortable for
$4,000.
Now, the puzzle to me is, how
could anybody add Sl46500 per
mile TO the expense of this road
without unreasonable extrava-
gauce, yet we learn the roads in
Morehouse parish from Monroe to
Calhoun cost $1,000 to, $500 per
mile, aud this with convict labor
If convict labor is the cause of
this tremendous cost of road max
ing, leave them on the farm and
hire the labor. Give Mr.. Virgins
a royalty on his invention and run
his machine all over the parish.
Give every road contractor chance
and he will no doubt use the Wig
gins machine, and we will soon see
the best branch roads we have ev-
err seen. / don't favor these costly
highways, for am certain good
deal of the cost must be graft, but
/ do favor good substantial roads,
and / believe Grant parish is 60
ing to have them before she stops;
but l hope she won't go at it in as
costly fashion as Morehouse did.
1t all our contractors will pitch
into the branch roads after Mr..
Virgins pattern, we will have
branch roads leading to where the
ought to be before the
are passable, but of
course it wouldn't do to work these
any beyond the spot
where the funds would complete
It. In other words, it is not con-
'idered good policy to build the |
'oad passable all the way between
'wo points where you only have
money to build complete model
half way. But the idea seems to
De to build frst-class road as far
IS you go with it, then if yon ride
o the end of your model road in
our auto you can get out and walk
he rest of the way, and the strik-
ng contrast will perhaps encour-
&c the people to make a second
fort, when, il the road had been
made passable all the way through,
hey would think that was good
nough and never complete it,
ince it would be so much better
han we are used to.
am anxious to see some of orr
'odels. | can't believe our police
Try will put $500 on a mile of
bad, unless it was in bridges or
D account of some serious obsta-
e. 1t you think this worthy of a
lace in the Chronicle / would be
lad for your readers, especially | s
le road contractors, to think on | d
liz matter. If they will, l see no ,
'ason why Grant parish should
1t be abreast of the foremost par
hes in the State. q
UNCLE GEORGE. II
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-06
STATE OF LOUISIANA

. a I T. OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF GRANT.
Having examined the above and
foregoing act of incorporate Of
the Hart Behrens Lumber Co.. Ltd.
and finding nothing therein contain
ed contrary to the laws and COnsti-
tuition OF louisiana hereby approve
the saline, this June 18th. 1910.
JOHN X. HUNTER,
District Attorney 18th Judicial Dist.
Court.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-06

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-08-06
Farm Plows for Sale.

% secondhand No. 10 BlOunts'
True Blue plows. for sale with extra
point at $3.50. These plows are In
good repair and cost IS new.
C. III. TEAL.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-06-10

NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Kissed the Hero.

ARIEL Pointsett, nineteen years old,
of Trenton, vas publicly kissed by
four High School girls when he saved
an e~ight-year-old newsboy from being
crushed to death under a trolley car.
The newsboy started to III across the
street without noticing a rapidly ap-
preaching trolley car. 1t was impos-
sible for the metorman to stop the car
in time to prevent an accident. Point
sett had been standing on the curb
when he saw the boy start across in
front of the car. He called to the
youngster to stop and tried to grasp
him. The fender struck the boy and
he rolled under it. Pointsett jumped
on the fender, grasped the boys legs
and pulled him to a point of safety.
Almost 200 persons had witnessed
the rescue, and as Pointsett led the
frightened boy to the sidewalk four
pretty High School seniors surround
ed him, and despite his bushes and
endeavors to escape, took turns in
kissing him.
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An Important Question.

A question that is of vital impor-
lance to every human being is:
What do I have to give up if l do not
serve God?" The person who does
not serve God must give up the con-
s-ciousness that he is doing the best
he can with his life. He must give
up the joyful anticipation, peace OF
mind, freedom of thought and action
that the child of God enjoys. He
must give up the delight of knowing
that he is allied with the greatest
forces in the universe. He must give
up the Joy of loving God and man
with a pure love and the JOY OF know
ing that he is loved of God. He must
give up all hope of a glorious hereaf-
fer. when the soul purified from the
pollution and power of sin will enter
the glorious presence of God. Who
then, will refuse to serve God!-
Nashville Christian Advocate.
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jump. The crankshaft is hollow ard
the oil runs through 1t to the bear
ings, ovel flowing from there to the
case. A system of overflow tubes
keeps the oil in the crankcase at a
constant level.
The radiator, which is of four-gal-
Ions capacity, is located to the right
of the engine, looking forward, and
the water is forced by a gear-driven
pump through the packeting of the
cylinders.
This is the largest engine that Cur
tiss has yet built, and marks his dis
carding of the air-cooled type for the
water-cooling system.
Under the framework to which the
front wheel is attached Curtiss, be-
fore his flight, affixed a silk air-bag
whose top was a piece of finely select
ed spruce reinforced by a strip of rub
Der silk to make that side of the bag
alright. This was intended to have
the effect of a ~hydroplane in the event
that Curtiss was compelled to come
down on the water at any time during
his flight.
New York City.-The aeroplane
would not endanger New York in the
0F0Ht VI wal, Ill Tie OplllOn VI dig
adier-General Walter Howe, COM
manding the Department of the East,
with headquarters on Governors ISL
and. General Howe pointed out that
there is no telling what the %aeroplane
of the future might do, and wished it
understood that his opinion applied
to the aeroplane as it is. High in the
air and travelling at a great speed,
General Howe said the aviator would
find his task a very hard one if he at
tempted to drop explosives on vessels
or forts. If he descended to an alti-
tude where he could drop his explo-
sives with any degree of accuracy, the
land forces would wreck his machine
with shrapnel. General Howe re-
sponded to. a question put by a re-
porter, the question being what, in
his opinion, was the military lesson
to be drawn from the Curtiss flight
from Albany.
"In my opinion" General Howe
said, 'the only military lesson is that
there will come a time when the aero
plane will be. of great value as an
agent of warfare. This is shown by
the fact that two years ago none Of
us believed that the development OF
the aeroplane on a scale such as was
shown by the Curtiss flight was posi-
BILE. When we remember this we can
only conjecture how great will be the
progress in the development the next
few years will bring.
cat the present time the aviator in
an aeroplane may be able to carry dy-
Mantle or other high explosive, but,
owing to the height at which he
would fly, I do not think his presence
would endanger to any appreciate
extent vessels or Notifications, or
even cities and towns, above which he
flew. If he flew high he would prob
ably have a hard time hitting us,
while if he came low we would have
very little trouble in getting his
range"
General Howe expressed the opin-
ion that the Government would not
engage extensively in the develop
mept of the aeroplane, but would
continue as in the past, to leave that
largely in the hands of individuals.
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5000 Fine For Saloon Man.

GAS long as Arthur Yates has money
| will sell him liquor. When he has
no money, l will throw him out. If
you were a man / would throw you
out" So said James Purdy, of Sin
gao, to Mrs. Florence Yates a~few
weeks ago, according to the woman's
story. She had called to forbid Pur-
dy selling her husband any more in
toxicants. His defiance angered her,
and she went to see Assistant Prose-
cutor Ralph Shaw. An investigation
was made, and in court Purdy was
sentenced to pay a fine of $500, fig
ured as follows: Two years back IL
cense for bottling, 5000; two years
back license for inn and tavern, $500;
for selling without a license, 500;
total, 5000. "And in Jail until he
pays eurtly said the Judge.
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Eternal Prospects.

On a day of gloom and depression,
when sky and mind were alike over.
cast and the nervous tides were at
ebb, 1 mournfully asked, SnaI 1
ever again be young and well! Inc
answer came like a soft, cheery, IN
ward voice, 81 shall never be otner-
wise than young and WELL what
had a passing cloud to do with the
eternal prospects of a son n heir OF
God?-Charles G. Ames.
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Youth Guilty of Murder.

The trial of John Vincent Buckley.
nineteen years old, for the murder of
Mrs. Edna sCovely at Plainfeld on
April 81 was terminated at Somervilfe
when the jury rendered a verdict of
murder in the second degree. Buckley
came into court from the county
jail and received the verdict with the
same GOODNESS that has characterized
his demeanor throughout the trial.
Buckley took the stand in his own be-
half and admitted killing Mrs. Cove
ly, with whom he confessed to being
intimate at the time of the murder.
He testified that he had no intention
of killing her, but was quarreling
with her over another man, and then
when in a fit of passion she seized a
butcher knife and was about to stab
him he drew his revolver and fired.
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About Noted People.

Mr.. Roosevelt, experiencing throat
trouble, consulted a specialist in Lon
don.
John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia,
was a luncheon guest at the White
House.
King George in the first act of his
reign RENTED and reduced sentences
of cu1prits.
Dalmores, a famous tenor, signed a
contract to sing four seasons In Amer
lea for 100000.
Emperor William left London for
Germany, after taking an atfectionate
leave OF King George
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News of Shorts.

Yale defeated Princeton in their
annual dual tennis meet.
S. G. Hildreth's four-year-old Fay
cite. which cost him $4,000, retired
from the turf because of a bowed ten
don.
Ira Davenport, of Chicago, ran a
half mile against Illinois in-1.58 4-5
after doing a quarter in SO 4-5 Sec
onds.
Johnny Fitzpatrick will never jump
for Yale again" said John Mack. the
Yale track team coach. Fitzpatrick In
jured his leg in the dual track meet
with Harvard,
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crushed Between Street Cars.

Dwight p Bagley. ferty-ive years
old, of Bloomfield, was crushed to
death between two trolley cars at
Trenton. He alighted from a trolley
car on the wrong side, and another
coming from the opposite direction
struck him and rolled him for some
distance between the two cars, break
ing his neck and crushing several
bones. There was scarcely two inches
of space for the cars to pass.
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Failure a Teacher.

We learn wisdom from failure
mrch more than from success, often
discover what will do by finding out
what will not do, and probably he
who never made a mistake never
made a discovery. Horne Tooke used
to say of his studies in intellectual
philosophy that he had become all the
better acquainted with the country
hrough having had the good luck
sometimes to lose his way.-Samuei
Smiles.
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EVENTS THAT HAVE MARKED THE ART OF AIR FLIGHT.

May q. le1o-Record speed of 5407 miles an hour from Albany to New
April %, 1910 Longest continuous flight, III miles, from Ltchfed to Man
chester, made by Louis Paulhan. in a Farman bldane,
January H. 1910 Record height, 4165 feet, reached by Louis Paulhan at Los
Angeles in a Faman bpane @ ~ .i# II 80
November {, 1909 Longest continuous time in air, 4 hours 6 minutes 25
seconds: made bv Henri Farman at Chalons, France, in a Farman bphne.
October 27 iN9-Fnst woman to make an aeropEne flight, Mrs. r. II. Van
Deman. If Washington, with WIbur Wright in Wright hplane in College
Park, Md. - .
from Frdrchshafen tt Berlin, Germany by Count Zeppelin in Zeppelin III.
July 2, l99-Fnst flight across the English Channel; from Calais to Dover,
made by Louis Blenot in % minutes in a Blenot monopane.
October 6, l9os-Longst time spent in arb by a heayerthanair machine with
two occupants. / hour 4 minutes 2 seconds; made by Wilbur Wright and a pas
sen@r at LIE Mans, France. @ f
spent by Count Zeppelin in a Zeppelin anship above Lake Constance.
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SeIf-Cnnsciousness

rs this silk hat the latest style?"
asked the man who had been appoint
ed on a reception committee.
"The very latest, replied the ohlig-
ing salesman.
Then / don't want it. What I'm
after Is something new enough not to
be shabby and old enough to look as
If / were used to wearing it."-Wash-
ington Star,
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A Higher Force.

We have within US a higher force
than all the forces of material nature
"a power of will which can adhere
to dutv and to God in opposition to all
the might of the elements and all n
malignity of earth or hell. Man has
capacities. thoughts, impulses, which
assimilate him to God. His reason IS
a raw of the infinite reason his con-
science an oracle of the divinity, pub
fishing the everlasting law OF rectl-
Therefore God is his Father,
and heaven is a glorious reality.-W.
+. Charming.
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Feminine Notes.

Hetty Green's son will come from
Texas to manage her financial affairs.
Queen Mary will become the hon
orary colonel of a German regiment
Miss Belle Squire is president OF
the No Vote, No Tax Club, of Chica-
go.
Nine. Faisey-Lanmennier is the
first woman to be appointed a mail
carrier in France.
Brooklyn Manual Training High
School girls, whose athletic meet was
limited by the Board of Education to
three events. abandoned their field
day.
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In am Parts Of the State.

Farmers in the vicinity of West
Berlin look for large crops and a
very prosperous year.
Squire Joseph L. Walker was cleo
ted chief of the United Fire Compan.
Of Berlin and West Berlin.
Falling from a veranda at Mill
vile, Albert Cambron, son of Samuel
Cambron, sustained a fractured leg.
Lester, the twelve-year-old son OF
Monroe Hand, of East Millville, was
knocked down and badly bitten by a
neighbours big deer hound.
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Celebrate Golden wedding.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Van Alstyne
celebrated their golden wedding ami
versary at their home, on Watching
avenue, Plainfield. They were mar
ried on June 4, 1850, at Albany, N.
Y, and removed to Plainf1eld in 1873.
Mr.. Van Alstyne has been engaged in
the flour and grain commission bust
ness in New York City for forty-three
years, and is a member Of the Pro-
duce Exchange.
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MONITOR FOR THE MISSISSIPPI.
Amphitrite Will Proceed From
League Island to st. Louis.

Washington, D. C.-For the first
time since the days of the Civil War
a big monitor will navigate the waters
of the Upper Mississippi as far as St.
Louis. 35
The double-turreted monitor Am
phitriteS which saw service in the
Spanish War, has been ordered placed
in commission in reserve for the use
of the naval militia in the State OF
Missouri at 81 Louis.
The Amphitrite has been thorough
ly modernized at the League Island
Navy Yard in Philadelphia.
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Induces Women to Remove Hats.

At Montelafr the Rev. Harry Emer-
son Fosdick, pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church, brother of the Commits
sioner of Accounts of New York City,
found that his recent remarks in ref
erence to women removing their hats
in his church caused many to follow
his idea. He said he had made the
suggestion because men members of
his church had spoken to him about it.
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Got Them on the Bounce.

Fuddy-"You say your seat was so
far back that you couldn't hear the
comedian. But I saw you laughing
Mt what he said"
Duddy-"Oh, I'll explain that. You
Zee, I saw Parker away down in front
and as he and l usually enjoy the
same jokes, l laughed when he did,
Boston Transcript.
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..Doped" Candy For Cl,ildren.

Complaint has been made to Mayor
Farmer that "doped candy" in large
quantities is being sold to school chill
dren at several small stores in Bur-
lington. A quantity of the stuff,
which is said to be a glucose mixture,
favored with paregorie and opium,
has been seized and sent to local
physicians and the State Board of
Health for analysis. Several physi-
clans have reported that they have
discovered incipient cases of the drug
habit unconsciously fostered among
school children by the use of this
candy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-06-10
United States and Mexico Take
Steps to Control Air!

Washington, D. C.-The advance
In aerial navigation has led the Uni
ted States and Mexico to take the ini-
tial step in the direction of regulating
international traffic in the air. A
treaty between the two countries is
now being negotiated by Secretary
Knox and Senior de la Barra.
1t is pointed out that in carrying
light weight and valuable packages,
the airship, with an unrestricted
method of operation, could do a prof
table smuggling business.
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STRICKEN Playing Baseball.

John H. Swarer, a Reaville business
man, was stricken with paralysis
while playing with the Reaville base
ball team at Three Bridges. Swarer
was playing at first base, and during
the game he suddenlyfell unconscious
to the ground. He was removed to
his home and a physician summoned.
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saner Fourth i'm Bay State.

The celebration of independence
Day in Massachusetts, will be along
,saner lines through the approval of
the Governor at Boston of a bill ma
terially restricting the use of fire.
works and prohibiting blank car
tridges. F~irecrackers are limited to
two inches in length, with black gum
powder only as the explosive, while
no fireworks can contain picric acid or
p~icrates.
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JOCKEY KILLED AT RACE TRACK.
Langan's Life Crushed Out as Three
Horses Go Down.

Horses Go Down.
Brooklyn, N. Y.-Fred Langan, a
jockey in the employ of Richard F.
Carman, the we'll known amateur
whip. was instantly killed in a race
at Gr~ayesend. He had the mount on
the Oneck Stables Stalwart Lad,
which was one. of the three animals
that went crashing to the track as
the field of thirteen horses rushed
around the turn into the stretch IN
the last race on the program.
The boy never moved after falling,
and the doctors say that death must
have been instantaneous, probably
from a fracture of the skull.
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America is Bound to Take
Lead in Science of the Air.

Milwaukee, Wis.-"This is only a
beginning of American progress in
the science of the air." declared Dean
J.. G.. Davis, of the College of Engi-
neering, of Marquette University,
speaking of Curtiss' great achieve
ment in aeronautics. America is
bound to take the lead sooner or later
in this great new science, and I think
that the next few years will see Cur
tiss' achievement regarded in the
same light as the Fulton steamboat
trip of 1907"
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Five Years For Attacking Girl.

Five years in State prison at hard
labor was the sentence imposed upon
Samuel Jordan, a white youth, of
Hammonton, at Mays Landing, for
assaulting Alice Dempster, a fifteen
year-old colored girl, who told a re-
voting story. Jordan is only nine
teen years old. State prison terms
were also imposed by Judge Higbee
upon John c. Jeffries for larceny, one
year; Susie Ireland, assault and bat
terry, eight months; William ingram,
larceny, one year; Benjamin Bushrod,
assault and battery, two years; Simon
Bray, larceny, one year; James Ba-
ney, larceny, two years.
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A BeIated SaIutation.

"People askfa great many foolish
questions"
"Hush!" replied the man in the
r%aincoat. Don't discourage them.
I'm tired of waiting for the climate
20 justify some n in asking if it's
aot enough for me-" Washington
Star.
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The Trouble With Trouble.

Troubles sometimes come to us as
blessings in disguise, YOU know"
YES" replied the chronic pessi-
mist, but the trouble with them is
that they generally go away without
having taken off their masks."-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
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Willing to Adjust.

Applicant hear you want a lady
parlor maid"
Lady (who has interviewed fifty or
sixty)-"No, I've given up the idea
Applicant-"To tell you the truth,
4 don't want to be a lady any more
Mother don't think there's much in
ft."-Punch.
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Hone in Him.

Believe under a clouc, and wait for
Him when there is no moonlight or
starlight. Let faith live and breathe.
and lay hold of the sure salvation or
God, when clouds and darkness are
about you. Who dreameth that a
promise of God can fail, fall aswoon
or die? When we are pleased to seek
a plea with Christ, let us plead that
we hope in Him.-Rutherferd.
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Madriz,s Army Defeated.

Madriz's army, attacking Blue
fields, was put to fight, and Com
mander Gilmer reported to Washing
ton, D. c., that the only way Nicar-
agua's President can save his forces is
by evacuating the east coast.
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Glorious.

Painters Wife-'That's a view Of
the Alps. Glorious thing, isn't it?"
Uncle From Somerset-"Well, if it
wuzn't for all them mountains I might
be able to see summat!"-London
Opinion,
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Genius Handicapped.

$50 you think our friend will never
be recognized as a great musician"
I'm ure of it. He is partially
bald, speaks nc language except Eng
lish and has a name that anybody can
- Star.
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AT the Foot of Aetna.

Italisn-"You haven't got anything
like that in America"
Ame.ican-"That's SO, but we've
got Niagara that would put it out in
five minutes ."-Lustige Blaetter.
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Why She Quit,

"Why did Jones wife give up spir-
itualism?"
"Shs took Jones to a meeting and
Jones hegan receiving messages from
his finsi wife."-Buffalo Express.
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co,umbia Professor Sued.

Professor Harry Thurston Peck, OF
Columbia University, New York City,
was sued for $4,000 damages by
Miss Esther Quinn, who alleged ne
broke his promise to marry her
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Hard to Portray.

81 don't think the book will drama
tie we'll"
"Why not?"
"The hero has a good many mental
struggles, but that kind of combats
don't go well OIL the stage."-Hous-
ton Chronicle.
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The Celestial Porter.

Sol-"What's the matter, Comet?
You seem to have the vapors."
Comet brushed that old Earth
and didn't get a tip."-Boston Tran
script.
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No Trouble at All.

Father Ito suitor)-'And ale you
in a position to support a wife?"
Suitor-"Oh, yes; I'm a perfect
mailer at raising money."-Fliegende
Blaetter.
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Natures Own Process.

He -"Do you use pasteurized
milk"
She-"I suppose so. 1t comes from
a p-asture-ized COW, anyway."-Boston
Transc2 ipt.