The Washington bee., 1911-01-21


that Of Mecklenburg. II 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-ReasOn? No;
that's the woman Of 1t, 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
missionary.-New York Press.
Mr.. S.-Do you and agree on any
thing? Mrs. S.-Yes; each Of us be-
neves 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 talksi
Is he an actOr7
He-Worse than thatl He's an anna
teur actor.-Life-
They say he has a coarse streak In
him"
Il should say that he had a refined
streak in him."-Puck.
do you keep a second girl?"
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"
"An right, sir VIM you have it too
short or too lOngT'-FlIegende Blatter.
Little Girl-What's an intelligence
Office, mamma? Mother-It's where
one goes to find out what wages cooks
are charging.-Hew York Herald.
'Is this new business you're going
into tentativeT'
''No, it amt. It's dry goOds."-Balti-
more American.
Toacbor Onn 49, -. a. 49, 49,
tell me what a lawsuit Isl
Small Boy-Yes, ma'am, can. It's
q suit worn by pOliceman.-Exchang
Up to a certain point exposure TO "a
dunn rays stimulates the termination
Of seeds, but If that point is passed the
growth is stopped.
"Fusil' was the old name for the
dintlock to distinguish it from the
matchbox, and fusileers were those
who carried fusils.
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-
y yards wide by a furrOw made by
plOw. These are termed rigs.
John Brown was executed at Har-
pers Ferry on Dee. 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
and placed IN a wagon which was 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 jewelsl-Your
wiIe evidently has preceded you in
evolving that clever plan.-Jewelers'
Circular.
There is a seventeen-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
a 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-I'm in great
quandary. Manager-What's the mat
ter? The Sword Swanower-I asked
the two headed girl to marry me, and
only one Of her accepted! Manager
What's the matter with the other Of
herr The Sword SwaIlower-She's
afraid Of bigamy!
Father-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 love of q
hat In a downtown. miliiner's window.