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IVJODERN
They Ply Their Tra
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In spite of the greatest vigilance on
the part of the steamship officers, especially
on board the big Atlantic lingers,
with a view to stamping out the
jgambling evil, the win or lose instinct
stin exists, and many thousands
|?f pounds are annually lost and won
on the ocean highway. Indeed, the
Ingratiating, though unscrupulous,
^gentleman who is ever anxious to
"'take a hand" continues to flourish,
as, ingenuity coming to his aid, all
sorts of dodges are now practiced?
.frequently with great success?to victimize
sea travelers who seem to have
more money than wisdom.
Quite recently an officer on one of
the largest mail steamship lines between
liere and America informed
the writer of a case where a young
(heiress was nearly trapped by one of
these scoundrels. It appears the girl
jwas returning with her maid to relatives
near New York, and on the boat
became acquainted with a man who
ihad ever appearance of being well to
do.
Attracted by his manner, the lady
did not attempt to discourage his attentions,
and by the end of the voyage
the two' appeared to be fast
Iriends. Arrived in New York, the
scamp?for he was nothing else?
made violent love, and then incidentally
touched upon a matter of business
he had in hand. Eventually he
persuaded the girl to lend him a large
sum of money, and had it not been
lor the timely intervention of the solicitors,
who called at her hotel anc!
hearing the tale stopped payment ol
the check, the confiding lady would
now have been several thousand
nounds to the bad.
Again, a good haul was made not
long ago by two of these gentry?who
often work in pairs?on a big steamship
in the South Pacific. Almost
.without exception the passengers on
large boats arrange a sweepstake on
each day's run, which culminates toward
the end of the voyage in an
"auction sweep," the difference in the
latter from the ordinary sweepstake
being that the allotted holders arc
obliged to dispose of their numbers
again by auction. For this purpose
one of the passengers is chosen to act
as auctioneer, and the most fancied
"run" often fetches ?5 or more.
On this occasion one of the rascals
.conducted the proceedings, - but, on
obtaining the miles run from the cap,tain,
immediately placed the numbei
against the name of his confederate
.upon the list in the saloon. In the
meantime the latter had induced the
lucky holder to exchange numbers foi
the "sport of the thing," and in tbis
way the scoundrels came out of the
bargains over ?100 to the good.
On another occasion the passengers
on a steamer bound for Australia
were ingeniously duped. One of the
first class passengers, who had everj
appearance of respectability, represented
himself to be the secretary ol
& charitable institution near London
and gave out to all on board that he
was visiting the colony for the pur
pose of opening a branch in Australia
Whenever concerts were arranged
in the evenings the bogus secretarj
obtained the permission of the captain
to place his collection box upoi
the saloon table. Almost every pas
senger contributed handsomely tow
arH urhat annoarod to hp srv wnrtM
a cause, ?.nd by the end of the voyage
the donations aggregated a larg<
amount.
Not till too late was it discovered
that the tale about the institution
was a pure invention, the collectioi
bos, which seemed perfectly genuine
having been specially obtained anc
labelled for the occasion. But onc<
the man set foot in Australia he was
never seen or heard of again.
Similarly, the ingenuity of a rogu<
on one of the German boats was wel
repaid. Aboard the vessel were sev
eral hundred emigrants bound for ?
South American port, who, of course
were anxious to obtain work the mo
ment they landed. They considered
themselves lucky, therefore, to fine
on the same ship a man who said h*
was the agent of an employmen
fbureau in the Argentine, and gladlj
!paid the fees he asked in' return foi
certain and apparently lucrative sit
nations.
Though armed with full reference:
ana creuenuais?au ui wmcu wert
false?the man turned out to be ar
imposter, as no agency of which h<
pretended to be the representative
eiisted at all. Thus nearly all these
fpeople were duped in heartless fash
Ion, and their not overburdened pock
ets suffered accordingly'.
Only a few weeks ago the case was
reported of an English accountant
who obtained a position as purser or
board a Swedish vessel sailing foi
the Black Sea.
One evening, shortly before th<
ship arrived in port, a passenger pre
sented himself in the purser's cabir
NEW CANTILEV:
The Arms Extended t
tervening Su
Nearly all cantilever bridges hav<
what is called an anchor or shore-am
from each river pier and a cantilevei
arm from each of these piers, pro
jecting out over the river, and a;
ithese cantilever arms are usually onl:
a little over one-quarter the lengtl
of the span between the two shor<
ipiers, we still have a space equal tc
mearly half the span to be bridged
Iwhich is usuallyaccomplished by wha
Is called a suspension span, an inde
ipendent bridge resting on the end;
of two cantilevers as if they wer<
.piers. During erection the suspendec
span is built as a continuation of th<
cantilevers, but after the erection i;
Icompleted it is partially disconnect
ed so as to rest on the cantilever arm!
as an independent bridge. The tw<
principal objects of the suspendec
span system are economy and preven
tion of the sudden change of stran
'from one system to the other, accord
ing to the position of the load. Bu
iBlackwell's Island bridge is uniaue
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PIRATES.^-"
de On the Big Ocean
iships.
and requested the latter to change a
Russian bank note for a large
amount. This the purser agreed to
do, and the money was duly handed I
over. 1
On presentation, however, the 1
steamship learned that the note was I
an exceedingly clever forgery, but on 1
questioning the purser were unable to I
elicit the identity of the passenger 1
to whom the change had been given,
as the former appeared to have forgotten.
Several days later the purser
signed off. Eventually a clue was obtained,
and it transpired that the purser
and passenger were confederates,
and well known to the police in that
part of the world as clever bank
swindlers.?London Tit-Bits.
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I N Gifj
On the farms of England last year
' there were 1,494,089 horses emf
ployed.
Moscow has the lowest-priced daily
publication. It costs a farthing.
1 The period of deepest sleep viaries
1 from 3 o'clock to 5.
; The smallest inhabited island in
' the world is the rock on which stands
the Eddystone Lighthouse.
The German army is using paper
' kettles which are said to be of Japanese
invention.
Holland abounds in co-operative
societies organized to reduce the general
living expenses.
A white handkerchief fluttering
from a pole at the window of a pri(
vate house in Italy indicates rooms
| for rent.
The municipality of Peterborough.
| England, has enriched its treasury
perceptibly by engaging in the celery
, business.
A chimney of concrete block was
! recently built in Germany without
the use of scaffolding, which repre[
sents a great economy in the cost.
! Billiards and pool on shipboard are
. now possible through the recent in|
vention of a self.leveling table which
accommodates itself to every move.
ment of the vessel.
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J Refrigerated staterooms are found
\ on three new ships engaged in the
fruit service between New Orleans
^ and Colon. Each room is fitted with
a cooling "radiator" operated in*connection
with the refrigerating system
[ that has been installed for "preserving
fruit in transit.
| A brooch made out of a lump of .
coal isn't so valuable as a diamond
L brooch, but it has the merit of rarity.
4n Pin j?H ah worn an nossessfta onp
which was carved for her by a miner,
, with the aid of a knife and a file. The
_ design is a star, showing up against a J
, rough cast background. ?
I Cecile Caricu, aged nineteen years,
j living at Molene, France, is in an ' >
j awkward predicament. On going to
the mairie to have her marriage banns
j published she was told that legally
j she has no existence. Her parents
I had forgotten to have her inscribed
at her birth.
j Emilo O'Reith, for years Barnum's
india rubber man, has been sent up
l for eight years in France. Em lie was
a clever clown, bareback rider and
1 acrobat, but lately has turned his talents
to climbing walls and picking
complicated locks.
'At the age of seventy-four thero
r has just died in the Ballarat (Aus
r tralia) Benevolent Asylum the dis
coverer of the famous "welcome nugget."
3 Polar exploration was a passion
j with Lieutenant Shackleton from
? early youth. Kis first expedition was I
j made under tho command of Captain
3 Scott, to whom he offered himself.
Even the honeymoon in the air is
not a new idea. M. Flammarion, the
; distinguished l'rench astronomer and
t aeronaut, took his bride for a honeyj
moon trip in a balloon on August 28, j
r 1874.
i Nitrogen iodide is so sensitive that
- the touch of a fly's foot will explode
i it.
ER BRIDGE TRIED
o Meet Without the In- i
ispended Span.
> at least for long spans, in having the i
i cantilever arms meet in the centre
r without any intervening span. It re
mains to be seen whether this inno3
vation will be an improvement or the
f reverse.?Engineering Magazine.
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The Penny Curate.
> Many clergy guard against copper J
, in the collection bags, and, of course, !
t people who can afford to give silver
- ought not to give pennies only; but
3 there is nothing to be said against J
i pence if there is plenty of it. In a ,
1 certain parish not long ago t.he vicar
j announced thai an additional clergy- j
s man or second curate was needed. ;
- He said the cost of his maintenance
5 was to be provided by a penny fund, ;
) to which every parishioner was want- 1
i ed to subscribe The fund was start
ed, and was so successful that the
i income of the new curate was assured
. thereby. The new assistant is to this
t day called "the penny curate."?
. Church Family Newspaper.
TH E SEA-SON'Sf>
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New York City.?A waist that is
trimmed with such a garniture as
this one is both new and attractive, i
It can be utilized with any skirt, but 1
Is especially well suited to the semiprincesse
gown. There are several
pleatB over the shoulders, which mean
becoming fulness, and there are
sleeves of the very newest design. ^
A great many materials are appropriate,
but cashmere in one of the
beautiful new wine shades with /the
sleeve puffs of crepe, Ninon and the
trimming of silk, embroidered, make
the combination illustrated. The
chemisette and the under-sleeves are
of cream-colored net, however, giving
a b.it of brightness and relief to the
wholo. For the garniture, either the
same or contrasting material can be
embroidered, braided with soutache
or overlaid with applique, or the garniture
could be cut from one of the
beautiful jetted or beaded nets if
such suited the material of the gown.
The new trimmings are marvelously
beautiful in color, and selecting something
suitable and effective is an exceedingly
simple matter. For the
waist itself every seasonable material
is appropriate.
The waist is made with a fitted lining
and itself consists of the front
and backs. The chemisette is faced
onto the rining and the waisris laid
in pleats over the shoulders. There
are linings for the sleeves, which are
faced to form the under-sleeves and
over which the puffs and caps are arranged.
The closing is made invisibly
at the back.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is two and threefourth
yards twenty-four, two and
one-fourth yards thirty-two, or one
and one-half yards forty-four inches
wide; three-fourth yard twenty-four
for puffs, one and three-eighth yards
of silk for garniture, seven-eighth
yard eighteen inches wide for chemisette
and under sleeves.
A Square Train.
A square train is now being used
on some eveninggowns, and the court
shape comes as a relief from the
rounded edges of other styles. It
swings back from the side and rests
on the floor in straight lines. The
square effect is carried out in an overdrapery
of gauze or net which drops
from the shoulders in a plain, sweeping
lino. The new shape is for evening
gowns by way of variety.
Model For Sleeves.
Sleeves cut in one with the rest of
the bodice are to be seen on some of
the newest models from Paris, and
they are so cut and modeled that no
armhole seam appears.
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Jet Barrettes. c
Huge cut jet barrettes are being ?
ivorn and are particularly effective c
iDon blond heads. 9
Middy Blouse Appears.
The old favorite middy blouse now [
lias a rival in the middy sweater, ,
ivhich is very like the original blouse.
Betrothal Bracelet. v '
Again .the betrothal bracelet has
:ome into partial favor to try to displace
the engagement ring. It is i
locked upon the arm by the lover,
ind he is supposed to keep the k$y.
Peter Pan Collar.
The Peter Pan collar, though extremely
dainty, is only becoming to a
few women v^ith almost perfect necks.
The empire frill, too, did much to
eclipse the stijf linen collar, but thi3
frill has entirely disappeared.
Buttonholes in Strips.
The home d/essmaker,'or the seamstress
who dislikes to .work buttonholes
will find joy in the fact that
they can be bought. byx the yard and
in all kinds of fabrics. They come
on muslin or silk strips, and can De
easily attached to the edge of a blouse
which is to fasten under a fly.
Opera or Auto Hood.
Hoods are being worn just now
both for evening occasion and for
automobile wear. Here is one that
can be utilized for both purposes,
which is attractive and becoming yet
perfectly simple. It can be worn as
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shown in either view, the scarf ends
forming a cape or being brought 2
around to tie in the front. Chiffon ?
cloth is the material shown in the ?
illustration, but soft, thin silks, (
crepes and all materials of the sort
are appropriate. The rosettes can ?
be of the same or of ribbon, as liked. s
The hood consists of one piece, ^
which is pleated and gathered to produce
an effective result. There are j
ties attached to the neck edge be- s
neath the rosettes. t
The quantity of material required t
is three and three-eighth yards ^
eighteen, one and three-fourth yards
thirty-six or forty-four inches wide,
with three and one-half yards five
inches wide for the rosettes. o
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?Iiap<;Iy lioiero. p
A shapely bolero of satin, sparing- I
ly embroidered by the needle worker a
at home, makes an astonishingly fash- d
ionable finish for a simple evening li
gown of silk Chantllly. a
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fOBLES OFFER $3000 , !
BLACK FOX PELTS. !
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Maine Trappers, However, Who <
Catch These Animals Are Few,
as the Species is Very Rare. (
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The trapper who gets one black
ox in a season can afford to loaf all 1
he rest of the time, for if he knows ]
he right market he can exchange the 1
;lossy#pelt for $1000 or more, spot ''
ash, writes a Bangor (lie.) corre- !
ni* nnt ?n many traDoers 1
lave such luck as to get a black fox, *
or that valuable freak, like other
joord things, is .rarely found.
A black fox skin was brought to '
tfaine recently and is now part of '
he stock of a fur dealer who buys ]
md sells in all parts of the world.
The fox was killed in Alaska, where
I traveling furrier ^bought it from '
he natives for $100. ' In New York
he purchaser was offered $800 for 1
lis prize, but he knew it was ^rprth '
nore money, so he brought it to an
sxp^rt in Maine, who without a word '
landed over $1000 for .the glossy bit
>f fur.
Common red foxes, such as are
Plentiful as grasshoppers in many
jarts of Maine, are selling for thirty
:ents to $1.50 each, for those taken '
>ut of season whenr the fur is thin,
ind $3 to $4 for skins in prime conlition.
Cross breeds are-, worth from
57 to $10 each and pale silver grays
rom $40 to $125. |
When a trapper obtains a dark sil
rer gray he has struck a prize, for
he values run from $200 t6 $600
;ach. These silver foxes are -killed
;'or the most part in Labrador and
3ape Breton, seldom being seen in1
tfaine now, although many years ago
;hey were frequently taken on the
lead waters of the Penobscot and the
it. John.
The black fox Is a freak and an
iristocrat. He belongs to no well
lefined species?that is, black foxes
ire not recognized in natural history
is a separate class?but is supposed
;o be a member of the silver family,
vhose coloring results from some
ire-natal influence. The blacl^ fox is
ilways in great demand by the very
vealthy, and especially by the Russian
nobility, who send agents to the
;reat auction sales that take place
lour times a year in London?in Janjary.
'March, June and October?to
Did on what few akins of this species
nay be offered. In 100,000 pelts
:here are generally not more than a
Jozen or twenty black foxes, and the
prices are often as high as $2500,
iometimes $3000, for a particularly
fine skin. '
Taking All Precautions.
4n fho
"1 was HI tt 11LL1C swuuu 1U ?uv
midst of one of the dreariest and
iryest stretches of the Frisco road,"
jaid the Oklahoma man, "when the
through express pulled in. As soon
is It had stopped a little seedy-look- .
Ing man with a covered basket on his
irm, hurried to the open windows of
the smoker and exhibited a quart bottle
filled with rich, dark liquor.
" 'Want to buy some cold tea?' I
heard him ask. "* "The
eyes otttir6 thirsty-looking
cattlemen In the car visibly brightened
and they each paid $1 for a
bottle. ' , ("
'Wait till you get out of the station
before you take a drink,' the
little man cautioned, 'or you'll get
me into trouble.'
"He sold another bottle to a big
buck Indian with the same words of
warning, sand found three other customers
before the train started.
" 'You seem to have a pretty good
thing here for a bootlegger,' I said to J
lim when the train had disappeared,
but I cdn't see that it would make
rou run any more risk if these men \
look a drink before the train left.'
" 'Oh, yes, it would,' said the boot
egger. > 'I'd probably be killed, it ,
;hey did. You see, what those bottles
lad in 'em was real cold tea.' "?New
STork Telegraph.
Getting Rid of a Jonah.
The little woman with the laundry
)lue and gangrenous green flowers on
ler hat all scrambled up into a Wil- !
on rug design, got on the Euclid ave- :
1U9 car carrying a dog. It was one
>f those aristocratic, foolish-looking '
logs .that couldn't overtake a Welsh
abbit.
"Got a permit for that dawg?" 1
isked the conductor, when he came
iround for the woman's fare.
Haven't? Then you'll have to get /
>ff the car."
The woman got up, dog under one 1
irm as if to eet off. But as she rose,
ihe snapped: "I'll not get off, so 5
here." (
Still she walked to the rear plat- (
orm, aa if in contradiction of her own !
issertio?.. The conductor was ready 1
o signal the motorman to stop.
But the woman had declared she 1
vasn't going to get off, and she in- 1
ended to keep her word. She poised
he dog carefully in her palms, tossed *
iim off into the street, at the same |
ime bidding him "Go home!"
Then she ca/ne tyack into the car \
md dropped languidly into her seat |
vith a bored tilt to her face.?Cleve- *
and Plain Dealer. T
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Cat Exchange in Paris. (
Paris has a cat exchange, a "bourse \
lux chats." This establishment is *
ituated in a big chamber in the rear
if a wine shop. Here are legions of
ats of all sizes and colors, which are
o be seen jumping and heard t
'miaulant." t
It is said that the customers are by t
to means tender-hearted old ladies, '<
?ut for tho most part furriers, glove- <
nakers aotl cooks. A good sleek t
matou" realizes from two and one- 1
talf cents to twenty cents. The skin i
las a number of usages and the flesh, c
ccording to the story, finds its way i
nto the stewpans of certain res- f
aurants possessing more enterprise s
han scruple.?Chicago Journal c
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Question of Accent. (3
The Chicago Daily News says that r
n a Montana railroad the conductor t
nd brakeman differ as to the proper r
ironunciation of the name Eurelia.
'assengers are often startled upon
rrival at this station to hear the conuctor
yell: "You're a liar! You're a c
iar!" And then from the brakeman r
t the other end of the car: "You r
eally are! You really are!." _ a
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oetevcttoitieooeivotM*
By this is meant an inflammation
Df the endocardium or membrane lJu
Ing the cavities of the heart" It i9
caused by the presence of poisonous
material, usually of living germs, in
the blood, and is,therefore most often
associated with, or a consequence of,
some general disease, such as rheumatism,
typhoid iever, scarlet fever,
iiphtheria or pneumonia.
There are the, usual two forms
Pound in most diseases, acute and
chronic, the last following upon the
3rst; and there are also the more Important
divisions into siniple and malignant
endocarditis.
In the simple knd ,the lining membrane
of the'heart presents numerous
points of inflammation?little red
areas with a tuft or ball of fibrin, or
clotted blood, la-the centre. These
Inflamed spots are not large, and the
clots attached to them are also small,
in the simple form; but in malignant
endocarditis the area inflamed is
much . more extensive and' the clots
are larger?sometimes almost filling
the cavity of the heart. In some
M
cages ul wtuigiiauu euuuuai uitio, ucu
called ulcerative endocarditis, the inflammation
i3 so acute as' to cause
ulceration of the affected parts.
frhe dangers of. endocarditis are
twofold, danger to the heart itself
and danger to the brain or lungs or
one of the other organs of the body.
The danger to the heart 1b from injury
to one of the valves. This almost
always happens except in the
mildest form of endocarditis, because
the inflammation most often affects
the edges of the valves. Even when
the disease subsides without giving
any sign of valvular injury at first,
this often appears later through a
fibrous thickening or scar-like contraction
of the part originally Inflamed.
This interferes with the
complete closure of the valve, and the
result Is a heart permanently crippled
by valvular disease.
When there is actual ulceration of
the valves, injury is inevitable.
The danger to the brain, or other
organ is from detachment of the little
blood clbt from the inflamed spot
and its carriage into the general circulation,
.where it plugs .one of thesmaller
arteriefe. ^ If this happens ft)
the brain, it gives rise to symptoms
of apoplexy.
The first principle of treatment 1*
absolute rest in bed, and this inaction
must be insisted upon long after the
patient feels well and is well, and
for the rest of life anything that may
cause heartstrain must be carefplly
avoided.?Youth's Companion.
A LIVING SAINT.
What an Afflicted Woman Haa Done
With Her Life.
A living saint is as much a beltei
saint than ^ dead saint as life iB better
than death. Miss
Sophie Wright, of New Orleans,
is a living saint?"St. Sophie"
they call her. Miss Wrifcht was born
with a species of hip disease that haa
made her a cripple for life. Every
step she takes is torture, and although
she is a young women in
years, her sufferings have turned her
hair snow white. Her parents were
poor and barely able to support hef
through high school. A lite cripple,
poor, without friends, how could she
earn a living sainthood? She began
teaching school. That wa3 twentyfive'years
ago, when such a thing as
a night sohool was. Unknown in New |
Orleans. One night a. young man, a ,
stranded circus acrobat, came to her j
and said he could ge? a job if only he
could read and write. Would she not
teach him? She did, and that was
the beginning of .her night school.
One by one the phpils came for free j
instruction until she was crowded out
of her little home into larger quarters.
To-day as the outcome of Sophie
Wright's self-sacrificing labors the
night schools of New Orleans instrbefr
two thousand pupils, and some of the
leading citizens have been educated'
in these schools. Miss Wright started
a private school fof,.girls which is
very successful. She makes her living
by teaching in this school all
iay,and gives her evenings to "her
boys" in the night school. This crippled
woman has built a home for
irippled children. She Is the main
support of the home for convalescents
md scores of other charities. Every
rear the Picayune, a newspaper, gives
5 lrtiH-no- nun to thflt ritizftn Who haS .
lone the greatest public good for the
:ity during the year. Several years
igo Miss Wright received the cup.
[n it was a chek for $10,000, subscribed
by the people of New Orleans
;o cancel a debt she had assumed in
naking room for hef night schools.
Is it strange they should call her
5t. Sophie or that she is also known
to the people as "the best citizen of
Vew Orleans?" She has effectively
tnswered the age long query respectng
woman, "What can she do?" She
s of that noble company of woihen
vbo are coming into their own in this,
>ur day. Sophie Wright, "leading
jitizen of New Orleans." And there
ire others?plenty of them.?Albany
Fournal.
Da Vinci Had the Idea First.
Now that .the aviators are assem>led,
it is opportune to remember that
,he first man who got the theory of
he flying machine right was no less
i person than the painter, Leonardo
la Vinci. He pictured it as heavier
han air, .provided with wings, and
ifted, in spito of its weight, by the
apid revolutions of a propeller. The
lifficulty was to find a means of makng
the propeller revolve with suficient
rapidity in an age in which
team and electricity, to say nothing j
if petrol, was still unKaown. Leon- I
irdo had an idea tLat it might be !
[one by clockwork or by setting a |
lumber of laboring men to turn a j
landle, but in that respect ne was j
uistaken.?Pall Mall Gazette.
More than ten thousand school
hildren of Chicago are forced by
eason of inadequate seating accomQodations
to cut their attendance to
, half day session.
Different Cariosity. L y
We wonderv^8 Mars comet in view
, If there are souk up there;
The men all wonder what they do?
The, women what they wear. 1 ^ jg
Argumentum Ad Hominem.
Husband?"You never kiss me ex* i
ceptr when you<want some money." I ?
Wife ? "Well, isn't that oftett . ^f|
enough?"?Judge. . ^ |
, I - As to An Actor. < f
"Why didn't he make good?"
"Wei, he tried to take a dress suit
and a bunch of epigrams into vaude- ..-a
ville."?Louisville Courier-Journal. , / ' J
Another Kick. ^
"Seems to me th>se Arctic explor* J
ers kill a lot of game wantonly." ^
"Yes, and.they also pick the polae
flowers. Louisville Courier-JournaL
Offensive Humor.
"What jir6 you doipg down town?" %
"Trying to get something for my| ^ '
"Had any offers?" ? Louisville . '/-M
Courier-Journal. " Y -?
The Main Question.
"Tha^ suffragette lady orator delivered
some" forcible arguments,
Mayme."
"And how was she dressed?"?* ^
Louisville Courier-Journal. - Ofc
Never Again.
"Why don't you give your wife an
allowance?"
"I tried that once, and she spent It
before I could borrow it back."? * '
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Paying Job. ^ ^ ^
"Do you flucl pou 1 try." keying
pays?"
, "Well, no; I cta't say that it pays - y'M
me, but I think that It pays my boy,
Jim." *?&,
"How's that?"
"Well, you see, I bought him the
fnwis. I have to Day for their keep ^
and buy the eggs from him, and he \ 'j
eats them."?Illustrated Bits.
Household Hints.
"When any one faints, open all the .
windows."
"And what if they are already , M
open?"
"Close them instantly." ? Louis*
ville Courier*Joumal. '
Hfs Bevenge.
"What do you want with that old |j
scrubbing brush?"
"I wish'ito clip a few bristles. I've
had a quarrel with my girl, and she
Insists that.I return her lock of hair." %
?Louisville Courier-Journal. ^
V ?
Too Literal. J't
"Did you take your shoes to thai ^
place with .the sign, 'Sho.es repaired / '.'^4
while you wait?' '* :
"Yes. They- repaired six while 1 V |
waj^ed, and told me to call in three v
days for mine."?Judge's Library.
Partial Cure.
.
"T fear vou are the victim of the
ditfnk habit."
"You misjudge me. Lack of the
price cured me of the drink habit ,
long ago. It's merely the thirst that
bothers me now."?Philadelphia Ledger.
Very IiTitating.
"Lonelyville has too many petts .;!
thieves. You know that valuable
watch dig I bought?"
"Yes;* ' J
"Some trifling person stole him the
first veek."?Louisville Courier-Journal.
, '. \ji
Waiting to Gl<&t.
"We got our cook and our housemaid
to take opposite sides on this polar
Questions."
"And that meana?"
"That they'll both stay with us un<
til tt is settled."?Louisville Courier'Journal.
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It Cami; Ea3y.
'Tell me about your early struggles,
graudpa."
T ma.iam Vo/1 rf rti nrrrl ot
OUil, 1 11CVCI , iiai; IJU au ug&ivc
worth mentioning. Early in life ]
managed to snag out a gentleman's
agreement and a few reliable reHates."?Louisville
Courier-Journal.
i
The Double Habit.
"You say it was your 'double' thai
stole the chickens?"
"Yassuh."
"You know I gave you thirty days
ence for chicken stealing."
"Ah remembah, suh."
"Well, this time you get sixty. \ <
That's the court's double." ? Phila*
delphia Ledger.
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