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Did ~. w.-h Tee Well.

While Il b mo- easy usttsS Tor
violin maker to rival the famous
ssrsdivarius Instruments. an American
mnkes once did this. and did II IN ~
effective a manner that experts pro-
oounred bis violin = genuine SfrHdiva-
rius- The sucsr,sful man wan George
G:emunder. who died come years ago.
His remarkable ability m . maker OF
sso,ins vi. known to many distin-
Guished player. such ~ Ole Bull. Re-
Denyt. and wilbeimt. but be achieved
80 runs the story-his greatest sue
cess at the last Paris exposition. To
that exhibition be sent an imitation
Stradivarius and to test Its inertia
bad It placed on exhibition ~ the
genuine srtjcie. A committee Of e.
perts carefully examined the lnstru.
ment and pronounced 1t stradivariua-
So far Gemunder's triumph was COM
plete. but now came difficulty. When
be claimed that It was not an old VIC
lin, but q new one. made BY himself.
the committee would not believe him.
They declared that he had never made
the Instrument and pronounced him an
tmpostof. He had done his WORK too
we'll
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Those timekeepers the PleIades have
been used to mark the days from the
most remote periods. T. W. Fewkes.
describing the nre ceremonies Of the
Pueblo Indians Of Tusayan, said that.
having been present on two such occa-
sions in 1902 md 1903. he found that
the error Of time made by the Indians
Ms to the 18th Of November in those
two years was Insignificant. 1t was
the elimination Of the Pleiades which
told the Indians the proper time for
the beginning Of their rites.
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Edward d. EaxtOn. who claims that
BE- made the largest single fee Of any
shorthand rprDrter IN the world when
he collected $4,000 from the lawyers
In the famous star rOute trials. was
sent to ref0rt an important bearing in
4 small southern town. The work was
% preAsing that he found he peeded
an aasixtane who conld typewrits.
Searching for such a person. be sent
ont messages. advertised in the country
paperH and made desperate appeals
for somebody to locate the man.
He waited at his hoteI all day with.
ont . sign Of an assistant and went
to bed that night extremely worried
because his work depended absolutely
90 hls getting rome one to help hlln.
Shortly after midnight be was aroused
By o knock at the door.
ri am the man 700 WANT said the
stranger. ~ am the only typewriter b
this part Of the state. and
~well." exclaimed Eastou eagerly.
"caB you come to work tomorrow
Dosningr
II was going to tell you" continued
the visifor. .'that ! read your advss-T
tisen,ent saying ron wanted = typs-
writer. and thought i'd dr0p II -
tell you can't do the WORK. iAfs
Smith and me have GOT to % dshing.-
Popular Magazine.
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lsnSsn's o.by A-.i..

London has Just unearhed the
youngest artist In the world. He II
David Walton. three-year-old son Of a
TeddinRton man. and 20 far has be
progressed in bis art that he II an ex-
hibitor at the show Of the Royal Draw
ing society. DOW open in the metroI,o-
lis. His exhibition consists Of clever
portrait Of himself, water color paint
ing Of a glass Of lemonade and q rose
and design OF spring from bis toy
engine. He commenced to draw with
charcoal when he was eleven months
old Il y said. and progressed to pencil.
coiorsd chalk. pen and ink and finally
water color.
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A Fine ssnss Of Humsr.

The Russian Emperor Ivan ~. once
ordered one of his high court ofllclals
to procure for him a measure full of
neas and when the poor man failed
through the friskiness of the insects In
jumping out OF the measure had his
head cut OF and inflicted flne Of !. 600
rubles on the city Of Moscow for its
share In the failure. On other occa-
sions he would wander away into the
country with some boon companions
and few Gagged bears and when he
came to peaceful village would let
slip the bears and shrek with laughter
o. the villagers rushed for safety or
fell victims to the hungry animals.
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The Duke Of Norfolk once gave
great dinner party to number Of bis
ueixhborx The duke was at the head
Of the table. and a man seated near
him called ont to one Of his nelghbors
at the other end Of the table:
.Mr Howard. will You drink q glass
Of wine with me? There was a con-
nection between our families"
with q great deal Of pleasure" re-
piled Mr.. Howard. though don't
know exactly what the connection II,
but In this county there have been sew
erai marriages between neighhors.
"Why. sir" resumed the gentleman.
.'your ancestor. Lord William Howard.
hung up twenty-three out of twenty.
seven Of my family. and you must own
that was q e."-Kanxas City Star.
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To do even the most humble work
worthily and well something more than
blind mechanical service must I've
given. A young mistress once asked
her cook about a certain recipe. "Just
how much nour do you put in. Mary!"
LAW. mum. you don't follow any rule:
you just nse your Jedgment!' "Rut
suppose you don't have any judy
mentr' returned the puzzled mistress
cinct and to the point
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A recently pubilshed book on Africa
gives certain native tribea credit for
grsater Intellectually than has usual
y been ascrtbed to the negro race.
Every central African" II says. rs
born lawyer. Should the need arise
he can act n his own plsadsr and net
forth hia case With dueoey and law.
yes-Iike adroitneaA" II will Be ~
membered that Bishop Colenso also
had . high opinion OF the acumsu OF
certain native Africans - Blblicai
cfitlca
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,ts,. I, Win q aas~ts caris.

One man discovered an infallibie sys-
tenn for winning at Monte Carlo. 1t
can only be tried every now and then.
and It needs very little capitai-three
halfpence win do. You take up your
stand near some one who Is playing
high and who Ii enjoying q run Of
luck, and you drop your purse open.
with enough in It to make good deal
Of jingling on the door. One II not al
lowed to poke about under tables at
Monte Carlo. 20 you mention your mis-
fortune to an oficial, who Immediately
summons assistants with brooms.
These will sweep all round where you
are standing. and. with ordinary luck
there IL generally good deal Of fallen
money about the foor-you Will get
nice little pile OF silver and possibly
gold coins in addition to your original
three NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Weekly.
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CHOOSING 4 RULER
A Rseay Inst Nss ss,s Thrsss Fse ~
ossiver q 0sreda.

A Rseiy Inst Wss tss Ts~ses Fs~ ~
osskser q 0srsda.
Ths ossest = sill The land of tie
StYnnee and romantic. 8aFaiSht fro0
svssyday nodesu iifs in ipdia CONES
q story that might have b<ru Invented
b. sehehesszsde besaeif for the entef.
tainment Of the sultan II b an &C
count In r. P.s Magazine Of '.Ow The
pesseut gaek var OF Barcda won his
throDaL
In 1s7A AFTER the Naharsja siaihar
Rao was deposed- the eo0ptH sought
Q wosthses member q the family ~
In sucs-e.as,e. Four sons Of the hcuse
lived in the city. bot the couuriI felt
that they were all too Old and tucom-
petenr 10 f.-.ou,e sflicient rusefA
In Q distant village. in q mud hot.
IL council found . poverty stricken
family Of the royal rsce. In this FAM
iIy were three sona. sae b Of whom was
young enough to b nodded into ca
pable ruler. After sotDe 6eiiberafksn
The council decided that oos OF these
boys should bsvs the thfooe. but seft
the selection to the d0vages mshara-
nee.
Accordingly the three broibers-tso-
pal. Dada aud Sampat-wsfe sun.
noned to the city Of Barofa- Shortly
after their arrival they were admit
ted to the presence Ut the maharanes.
Her highness asked each In turn Why
he had coms to Raroda-
The youngest was 20 AVID and h.
wildefed ~ ths maSnifcence Ut tbs
court that after smiling fooliahiy for .
moment be burst into storm OF tears
apd sobe.
The Dext in age. who was more stos-
ID. did not behave % hystssically. BE
answered the query ~ any we'll BE-
baved Hindu had Of his sas would
have done. He had come to Baroda.
he declared, because his relatives had
brought him thesa.
Hut WHEN (3opai was asked the same
question be airily RESPONDED:
II have come to b The nahafsja Of
Baroda.-
The maharsnes and her counciiors
With one accord decii..d that the youth
who gave this bold reply showed the
most promise OF becoming m able
ruler Of his people. He was chosen.
and there has bssn no need to regret
the ch01co
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JAasep THE EXPERT.


1Iss oss4ss's FaWs Wss oras4 bst esle
ReeesS Wac Oesdiy.
4 eertaIu gsxat Chicago phystelan
and A. h Trade. lawyer u thst <tty.
srs close friends. but ous tims whse
IT, fanosss physA'iau was called - -
expers witness In . caas TFsde wss
% the Opposite side sod bad to cruss
sxan,Ine the physician
TIE physician bad kiven hls expert
eest1mooy. II upheld tho contentt0u n
bis side perfectly.
wbsn II cane Trude's turn b. aqsat
81 away. Riared At his friend and. an
er the usual preliminary questions. b.
gap the examioatioo:
-Dr. -. 700 are frequently eatis1
into eossultation when ps0@inent ases
are III In this eomnunity. are Jos sotY-,
II am
-were Jon in sttesdaD~s On Gso~ss
n. Putnam *
II was.-
-wbers Il Mr. Pullman sowr.
.He h Dead ~.
.Ah. yea: And were 700 eaiIsd b
By Mr.. Marshall Fieidr'
II was.-
-wbere Is M. Field now. nay !
ask!'
.He = dead.
.Indsed: And were you In attsod.
apre nm Philip d. Armour
~ was
-And where b Mr.. Armour nowr.
"He In dead
Trnde knew 'that his friend was eari-
81 In consultation In almost every BIZ
case 10 Chicago. and there was mali
csnus e3eam 10 bis eye as be naMed
dead man after dead man and asksd
II the expert had attended them. After
BE- bad named shout q dozen promfeent
citisens who had passed away -
turned to the jury With wave n b.
hand. ~ II to nay. There's your ex-
pert.- and sat down--saturday Even
ing Post
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Asvs.ss y civili.asssa.

Food.
Cooked food.
A tabie to keep the food from the
ground.
A plat. to kesp the food from the
table.
A thick cloth to keep the plate from
the table.
A thin cloth to keep the plate from
the thick cloth.
Then another plate to keep the food
from the first plate.
Then dolly to keep the second plate
from the nrst plate.
When the table II protected by the
thick cloth and the thick cloth by the
thin cloth and the thin cloth BY a
plate and the plate by a dolly and the
dolly by = second plate. tho food Il
protected by diet.-Life.
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for his wit and the funny thiugs b.
taught his parrots to say. One day q
man came In who suffered very badly.
and said TO burke:
u w.w.want tito b-buy q p-p-p-arl
r-otF-
-AIl roieht. SIR" says Rurke. 81 her.
foine bird here for So"
"Ye-ye-yes. bu-bu-bnt ca-ca-ca be
tut-tut-tut-t r suffered the man.
'Well. be gorry." retorted Burke. .if
be couldn't talk better than ye can ia
cut bis dommed head or"
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SPEEDING TO 4 FIRE

Aasts~ Engines Versus Hsrsss. Par
tieulsriy IN lsoS Auns.
TIE automobile in Dire departments
throughout the country signaiiass the
passing Of the horse. and yet II 10
neithsr the time nor the occasion for
sentiment. 1t b rather q measure for
greater safety for lives and property.
for increasing the sefvtceability and
sf1ciency OF department and. willis
the horas has proved faithful and has
done his work we'll. TIE dine Inns ar
r1vsd when the sssoliss ootas can Do
that Sans woek bettsf. Bow many
ttmes havs " WATCHED The engines ar
rive ct ''thres alarm Dire? The 6rst
alarm brinsS ont tbs apparatus in the
Immediate vicinity. Tbs horses arrive
comparatively fresh. and reasonably
quick time has been made. Bnt how
about those from DIRE bouses At q dis
tnncs that have waited until the sec-
oud or the third alarm before answer
ing? BEFORE the DIRE b reached the
heavy engine literally numbers along.
The borsea are completely tagged. and
with each succeedinx block their pace
b slower-at Just the time when their
speed should be greatest. to compen.
safe for the delay sntailed BY the long.
e. distance.
Tue automobile knows no fatigue.
With such seventy-nve horsepower
bose wagons and trucks a. tho~s ~
Gently purchased By New York city.
the tenth mile can be ron at as high
q speed a. the 6rst. and the average
for the entire distance will BE- thirty
miles an hour. At the end OF this
strenuous e1ertion the machine will be
In readiness to respond to Second
alarm almost before the chauffeur can
''Ret his BREATH" Sufficient fuel for
several hundred miles may be carried
In the main tank. The motor DIRE truck
h always ready. A whirI Of 4 crank
or the push Of . button and the power
plant 10 throbbinR. rs anxious to be OF
and away ~ tho best Dire horne that
ever lived and dfty times a. powerful.
-Lesiie's-
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Neon elrndnss.


A naval correspondent had written
from Port Of Spain. Trinidad. stating
that in his travels he had come across
many cases Of moon blindness. caused
by men sleeping with the moon shining
upon them. such cases occurring prin-
cipaIly in the tropics and the Mediter-
ranean. Strange to xay. adds the TRIM.
dad corre~IondeDt. men 70 affected can
SEE in daylight. but cannot do 20 when
dusk sets In Mr.. ElGie further quotes
from 4 Communication made BY New.
ZEALAND correspondent to q weekly
scientific Journal Thia correspondent
was many years ago an apprentice on
the Liverpool ship Langdale. an East
india trader. Once when the ship was
between st Helena and the line some
Of the crew slept on deck fully ex-
po~ed to the glare Of the brilliant NOON.
When they awoke three Of them were
quite moon blind. They had to be led
about at night and the ropes put Into
their hapds.-Loudon Standard.
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A rh.eder, Thomas ROTOR.

A characteristic story Ia told Of one
Of the nrst rehenrsals of the college
choir tof the Cincinnati College Of Mu
aic,. at which Theodore Thomas hnd
reprimanded some OF the sopranos
sharply for inattention. HE treata III
as II We were members Of bis orches-
tra.' exclaimed an indignant singer to
her next neighbor. Thomas overheard
the remark and let It pass for the mo
ment. but at the Glove of the rehearsal.
a. the performers were leaving the
stage. he passed the lady In question
and. turning to her. said very quietly.
but with that biting sarcasm which
those who knew him did not care TO
excite. Madam. you will have to sing
. gr~st deal better than you do now
bsfore shall treat you ~ treat the
membsrs Of my orchestrar'-"Msmoirs
of Theodore Thomaa."
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pas.,ss ss,~;sa.


Whsa NapoleoA was studeat ut Bes
snns - happsnsd to b asked By cos
of the examiners the following quss-
don: '.Suppoatng yeu were n an invest
"a town, threatened with starvation.
bow would yos supply yourself with
provistonsr' From the enemy" ~
piled the sublieutenant Of artillery.
And this answer - r,eased the exam
ues that they passed him without fur
ther questioning. Now, NapoIeon's an
swer was By no means original, for
one Of 6uvarofrs serEeants obtatned
promotion from the ranks By diving
the very sams answer when asked the
very same question. Whether II was
that Napoleon bad read his story some
where and luckily remembered the ser
geants answer 1t the right moment or
whether. AZ one writer says anent the
speech Of the beef eater. "All that can
be said p that two people happened to
hit upon the same thought" We are
unable to say. but the similarity Of the
anecdots b. to say the least Of 1t.
strange Observation-Disclosures Standard.
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etrawbseriss In 8hsisssesars's Day.
Strawberries have improved very
much In favor since the fifteenth cen
tury. Until then the only strawberrieS
eaten were wild strawberries, Of .
kind which would never md . market
nowadays. By 1880. however. they
were beginning to be cultivated. for
Holinshed records under that date
particularly nne crop grown BY the
bishop Of Ely IN the grounds Of his
palace. now covered by Hatton Gar
den He quotes the Duke Of Gloucester
rs saying 10 the bishop: my lord. you
have very good strawberries In your
garden in Holbofn. I require you to
let NJ have q mess OF them" This
speech was copied almost verbatim by
Shakespeare In Richard Ill" Still.
even the hishop's fruit would not ap-
peal much to the modern connois-
ssurs. for the garden strawberrtss at
that period were oaly transplanted
wildings, the plants being sold at
about fourpencs = bushel. = London
Chronicle.
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whsn o+sdis oi.tVsd Mitchell.


Once. when in England. Steve Brodie.
the famous bridge Jumper. was in a
party which included Charlie Mitchell.
the prisenshtef. Mitchell made some
remarks deroGatory to John L. sulli-
van. to which Brodie rejoined with
some sarcastic observations on the
sprinting ability Mitchell displayed
while In the ring with Sullivan. This
ansered the prixe6ghtef. who knocked
Brodie Eat. Az be scrambled to his
feet Mitchell made another rush at
him, but BY then Brodie had pistol
in his hand and. thrustinG It under his
assaiiant's nose. remarked: you think
you're goin' to make 4 reputation Oh
iickin' Steve Brodie. don't youl Well.
you Just hit me once and thefe'll he q
lot In the papers about It. but you
won't read II" That cIossd the incl
dent.
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Ins.si.y On u, ,.e-.s,.,

Tbefe are uoW over 37,AO more
cases Of insanity In the United statss
than thers were Aix years ago. 10
that time. while the population haa
fucrsaaed only II per cent. the iucrsass
IN insanity amounts to 3 per COST
New York Post,
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Helen-My mothers 4 Presbyterian.
WHATS yours. Mary. Mary-Minel Oh.
let me see. Mine u q Methodist. What
Il yours. Bella? Bella-My mother
never told me. but heard her tell her
friend that she was dyspeptic.-Ex-
change.
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The solemn Enslishsss.

An Engiishman In New York got In Q
car and nat opposite to lady who had
very peculiar looking child in her
arms. An awfuIiy funny looking kid 1t
was. and the man could mot keep his
eyes away from IL He would look at
1t. look away and then look back again,
absolutely fascinated BY 1t. 1t was %
ugly.
Finally the mother became very much
annoyed over the mans rudeneas and
leaned over and said to him. Rubber
A look Ut relief came over the Eng
hshman's face ~ be exclaimed:
Thank heaven. madam. ] thought
II was real"-Nsw York American.
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saw 4 little girl approaching the river
with 4 bucket to fetch some water.
This was too much for the poor cap
tain. and leaning over the side and
shaking bis DIST IN rage at the little
girl. b. thus addressed her: III you
tax ne drap o water cot here till got
adoat. III warm yer ear fort"-scot-
tish American.
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Mother.

Most Of all the other beautiful thugs
In life come by twos and threes. BY
do1ens and hundreds! Plenty Of roaes.
stara. sunaets. rainbows. brothers and
sistsfs. aunta and cousins. bat only
one mother In all the wide world
Kats Douglas Wiggin.
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Ospravsd.

'What b your idea Of classical
muslcT"
well" replied Mr.. cumrox. Il
don't profess to know much about It.
But 1t always seems to me that when
man written classical mmsic be simply
takes a rune and sees bow much be
can muss It up Washington Star.
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II hate to see any one change his
mind or sacrifice his nrst IDEALS" said
the uncompromising person.
"And yet" replied Senator Sorghum,
IF none Of US had changed our minds
o. sacrificed our nrst ideals, most Of
Ms would be circus clowns."-Wash-
Ington Star.
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ntiwsatisn,

. lntiNnatieN.
ago the insoient fellow refused to
pay his rentr'
''He did not say 20 in words, but be
Intimated It"
"How soT
''He kicked me downstairs. "--Paria
Journal.
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Lana.

Cum~o- Why didn't you come mast
week. m you promisedf
FanRle-l sprained my ankle.
THAT b q lame excuse"
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"What'a the difference between q
haunted house aud handsome man
about to kiss your" asked she coyiy.
~ give 1t up." be murmured. growing
interested.
-why. you can't Net q haunted
house."-Princeton Tiger.
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Nfs. Exe-rm afraid. dear. the
cIock's run down again. Excl wish
700 could recommend q good tonic
Boston Transcript.
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A SIMPLE pRoBLEM

Ths osstiss osss Gasiiy a. ~ Tesi
Hewss In t3ss Right opsG
Ahsut ten years before the Eastern
railroad was leased By the Bostoe and
Maize that portion Of the Old rosd be-
tween swampscott and Gaie0 was In
eharEe Of Section Foreman Timothy
AoyuahaD-
His strongest point was In doing
1usk ~ lie was told and doing that
with energy aDd accuracy. 80 when
- was notified from Beverly By Road
master Stevens that tbs section IeAgths
were 20 b changed and that he was 10
move his tool house fro0 the westerly
end Of SaIem yard to halfway bstween
miieposts u and 10 b started out with
The determination to move the house
halfway. no mofs, 10 iess-
To get this halfway point be sta
toned one Of his men 1t mIiepost ID
and another at milepost 10. and at
signal they started to walk toward
each other until tbey met, and to q
point opposite their meeting placs the
shanty was moved. This method Of
getting the correct distance did not
quite suit Aoynahan. especially when
b. remembered that one Of the walk
an was taller than ths other and the
other tstpped several tines on TIE way
down
He carried this In his mind for near
" . year. when he INST the engineers
msasur1ng through for signals ard
asked them to tell him a. they meas
ursd II bis house was Just halfway o.
not.
When the measurement was taken.
tie house was found to b. sixty fest
nearer miiepose 10 than Is. and Noy.
nahan. On being told. remarked that b
thought b. could 6x things Just night.
Later in tbs year The engineer met
Moynahan In 8assm and asked him II
his tool house was now halfway b.
tween the mile posts.
TT ~ ~ replied TITS Just half.
way"
.DBd 700 have much troubis moving
ttr
mo trouble ct al. Just vt Il stay
% It was and moved the mijspos&."
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T.ateiywed-1ness iii run out for
shave and hair cut Mira Late,ywed-
Oh. darling. you promised never 70
leave me. LAfeiywed- But. dearest. I
must have some pleasure.
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Hard Task.

whats the matter, my dearr'
'tOh, I'm trying to tell that Gotrox
pefson how perfectly beautiful We
think her horrid old wedding present
lo."-Lffe.
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An Irishman Of the name Of Bsrts
ran bird and Roidnsh store in the
BowsSy. In New York. and was Dots1
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PEP Knew.

Teacher-What does one. two. three,
four. i've make? Tommy twhose ia
Their plays the gameeA straight
Exchange.
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The child trus:s because It finds no
seasou In itself why II should nuG.-
]. q. HolIasd
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In 1850

Wiggs-You think he's the boss at
home. B0Rgs-You bet. He wears the
dresHes In that family. all right
Puck.
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Heaven never helps the man who
will not act.-sophocles.