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Show Corbett will fight Jeffries for J20,-- J20,-- 000. Few others would. James J. Hill has quit predicting Idisaster and got busy making more imoney. Nothing that - has happened, how-jever, how-jever, has shaken Castro's sublime con-fidence con-fidence in himself. Time is money. A venturesome man (can get a thousand dollars by staying Ifour rounds with Jim Jeffries. ' The most consistent woman is al-'ways al-'ways liable to tell something she 'ought not to, if she gets real mad. 1 A Missouri man has been arrested for stealing a tombstone. Perhaps he thought it might burn if soaked in oil. ' "Now for wireless' telephony," says a greedy exchange, "and a voice from space declaring that the ether is , busy." The man who writes sage advice ion the way to win a woman is pretty (apt to be either a bachelor or hen-pecked. The absorption of tropical countries iby the United States has not tempered jthe American winter to any appreciable apprec-iable extent. Publicity is suggested as a remedy for trusts. Yet the householders talk more of monopolies than of anything else nowadays. No doubt China will have sense enough to heed the powers' warning. A lot of desirable loot was left behind 'on that first trip. It's strange that the anarchists who 'want to get rid of young King Alfonso haven't thought of sending him a box of doctored candy. The Moulin Rouge has been closed for good, but probably enterprising Americans will continue to find some ;wickedness in Paris. A Nova Scotia firm is planning to pump coal from the bottom of the ocean. This is a point the coal trust must have overlooked. Santos-Dumont is figuring as co-respondent in a Boston divorce case. This looks like another bad fall for the celebrated aeronaut. Alcohol is likewise scientifically! adjudged ad-judged a relish, too, when taken as other relishes are, sparingly. We rather suspected as much. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester Manches-ter are coming over to pay Pa Zimmerman Zim-merman a visit and let him chip in a little something for the baby. In Russia a bridegroom-elect is expected ex-pected to send his fiancee a present every 'day. Which must be very conducive con-ducive to short engagements. Max Nordau will please accept the thanks of American citizens for select-' select-' ing China as the scene of the final great contest between the world powers. pow-ers. A member of the Missouri legislature legisla-ture on arriving at the state capital proceeded to blow out the gas. But he'll know more before the sessftn ends. Inventor Edison declares that electricity elec-tricity will eventually banish disease and abolish the drug stores. Mr. Edison Edi-son is now looking for a suitable name for his elixir. A Boston scientist has been tryirg to find out what makes drunken men see double. Heretofore It has been generally supposed that it was the stuff they drank. A Brooklyn janitress has inherited $30,000 from a tenant to whom she was kind. Paste this item up somewhere some-where so that the janitor of your flat will be sure to see it. The Moroccan pretender says he doesn't want the throne for himself. He probably wishes to reserve the right to keep on pretending in case the new arrangement isn't satisfactory. satisfac-tory. ' The announcement of Prof. Sor-magni Sor-magni of Pavia that he .has discovered discov-ered the microbe of hydrophobia is respectfully re-spectfully referred to those who declare de-clare that there is no such disease as hydrophobia. r " . Sweden has two crematories, but the average of cremations in that country is less than one per annum. ' The janitorship of a Swedish crematory crema-tory would seem to come under th head of light, easy jobs. |