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Show PARIS Old Age of Famous Author J (Special Letter.) thereof, the frlend-- l ship of the great1 among his countryand men, health the love of a devoty the ed wife. To-da- last alone remains to him. His fame diminished as his writing waned. He had spent his money and the faculty "" .HHLKAf of making more departed with the advent of old age. His friends are dead, and he has become blind. Vernes books were a new sort, different in kind from any ihat had been published in France. The love motif was entirely absent. His heroes were adventurers, travelers, who nevertheless in contradistinction to the conventional daredevil, spent none of their time in getting beautiful maidens into distress by breaking their hearts, or In getting them out of it by breaking their maligners heads. The Verne ad- r Jules Veroe. renturers fight and beat other men or more frequently nature. The laws of time and gravitation are their pet antipathies. The tales were all pseudoscientific. Their author succeeded in -- accomplishing the previously Impossible, for he made the marriage between science and fiction, two creatures of an Incomtemperapatible At ment, happy. least, so far as the lay world could judge. But he himself was not made happy by his work. In his later days he has been frequently melancholy, because, as he continually said, he thought he had accomplished nothing worthy In literature. A favorite remark of his has been: "Je ne compte I pas dans la litterature Francais. amount to nothing in French literature. George Sand, the great woman novelist, admired his tales. After reading several stories which he wrote about balloons and flying machines she asked him to take another tack. One of his greatest novels, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," followed. Then one of Cooks tourist time tables gave him the idea of Around the World In Eighty Days, which Is the best known of his writings. Even when by means of the trans-co1 1 n e ntal railroads a to-da- n traveler manages to make a circle around the earth in less than eighty days he is wont to boast of having defeated the resourceful Phineas Fogg. Verne was not a traveler. He never tried to visit any of the places he wrote about The majority of the sites he tells Of are inaccessible to members of this age and generation, anyhow, and maybe their describer thought it was not worth while to go to the rest. He always said his hardest work came when he had to read up about the places he had not seen, but would describe. He worked hard, a fact shown by his output eighty imaginative novels in less than forty years. Arising at Senator Fottua Mode of LVa . Keep working and you will keep alive, is the advice of Senator Pettus, who carries his eighty-on- e years with surprising ease. One morning recently he was found hard at work at 7 oclock, sleeves rolled up, chewing tobacco and grinding out letters. To the surprised remark of a friend he said: I rise every morning at 5 unless I have been kept up late the night before. The secret of living long is to work hard. 1 notice that all of my friends who got rich and then retired are dead. I never got rich acd I never got tired. The TO HORSE Two Hundred Shop Where Heat In Sold. 2lSEf1SJiJJSEJiJSSif51S:iC1SfJiJ!JS5iJEJSJl!? ULES VERNE, "he of the great Imagination, as the French call him, the writer of eight fabulously success-fu- l novels, lies dying at his home in Amiens, old, blind and penniless. His son Is now in England with the hope of getting some of his father's admirers to place their names on a subscription list that the dying man may lack neither doctors nor medicine while he yet lives, nor a decent burial when he dies. The worlds farewell to the novelist must be to him a bitter contrast to its welcome and to the hospitality he enduring his joyed stay. From every point of view his life has been sucHe had cessful. fame in every civilized country, money in consequence TAKES he worked till 11 before eating; then came breakfast, and in the afternoon four or five hours more of work. When the first draft of a book was done he corrected and recorrected until he had gone through the proof sheets seven or times. His eight publishers say that his last correction looks entirely unlike the first draft; that the outlines if the plot and even the names of the characters are changed. Verne began to write at the age of twelve. "Poetry it was and then, he dreadful, too, says himself. When college he went on the Paris Bourse, and in the cource of a few months speculations lost considerable money. He was always glad of it, however, because he claimed that he was thus enabled to see at close range that nervous energy and lightning-lik- e thinking which makes his heroes interesting. 4:30 in the morning, CRIMINALS LOOKED ON AS .HEROES Pccollaritle of Native of tb Gilbert and Blllco Jelaade. The Gilbert and Ellice Islands form an interesting group In the Pacific to the north of Fiji and to the east of Solomon Islands. They are of coral formation, and are covered with cocoanut palms. They contain a population of about 300 foreigners and 35,000 natives. In the Ellice group there Is almost a total absence of crime. Serious offenses In the Gilbert group among the natives are now generally confined to those arising from sour toddy drinking. During the la3t five years two murders only both by natives of natives in the Gilbert group have been committed. The measures taken to secure the murderers, their trial sentence, and execution, no doubt have been powerful factors In checking murder among a race formerly given to committing murder on very slight provocation and not Infrequently as a pastime. Imprisonment is not followed by social ostracism, but. on the contrary, tends to increase social position. Discharged prisoners on returning to their homes are looked upon as traveled and experienced Individuals. th t n p o s. low-lyin- g, DEFENDS WOMENS USE OF CORSETS Franch Scientist Tell Why They Nteded by Women An In an article on 'Womens Clothing and Hygiene, contributed to the Revue Scientiflque by M. Frantz the author controverts popular ideas on the subject of the corset. Ha lays down the following propositions: 1. The corset has its raison detre from the esthetic point of view. 2. Esthetics and hygiene may bs reconciled in womens clothing, even in the corset. 3. she corset may be of use in cer tain maladies. These statements, which he ac .knowledges are somewhat audacious on the part of a hygienist, he attempts to justify in the course of his article. As to the first, he remarks that the adoption of clothing by man is the result neither ot modesty nor oi a desire to protest the body against the weather; .it Is a result, he asserts, wholly of a desire for adornment Office Hour of Rfed, The Hou. Thomas B. Reed goes to. the same that leads the savage to tattoo himself. Mens costume has tendMaine occasionally and occupies his summer home near Old Orchard Beach ed more and more to straight lines, signifying action, womens to curved during the warm months. He has belines, signifying, according to the aucome so much in demand In New York that he is often asked if be intends to thor, that they are made to please. he Rigidity and strength for man, become a permanent resident of the says, suppleness and fascination for city. The way he parries the question woman. The corset, then, is an atis interesting.. to and accentuate the preserve tempt to a of friends I find. he said group that the financial importance of a curved outline of the waist. New Yorker is guaged by the earliness with which he leaves the city and the A Geological Fallacy. lateness of his return; his riches are Probably the most wild and unjustimeasured by the length of time he fiable of all the crude beliefs respectstays away. ing geological resources is that Which asked But how about yourself? holds to the conviction that by going one. deep enough the drill is sure to find am "I still something Well, he said slowly, of value, no matter at what Saturday Evenkeeping office hourc point the work of boring Is commencing Post ed. There are numerous wise persons in every community, estimable, influCamming on HI Dignity, ential and in the highest degree pubWhen the late Congressman Cumlic spirited, who are convinced that the question, for example, of finding mings was a Washington correspondent he received the graphic orders to coal in their special locality is simply a matter of the depth to which the exget some information from Secretary Seward, but the latter curtly told the plorations are carried. Rock oil and natural gas are recognized as desirable young man he could not be bothered. Cummings drew himself up and said products in every progressive comYou seem to for very deliberately: munity, and every such community get, sir, that there are three parties contains persons, in other respects inseeking this Interview you, the sectelligent, who are ready to stake their retary of state; the correspondent of own fortune and that of their nearest the New YOrk Sun, who comes to you friends on the belief that oil and gas on a perfectly proper errand, and an are everywhere underneath the surAmerican citizen, who considers himface, and that their sources can be self the equal of any man on earth, tapped with the drill, providing only and who will not be insulted by you there is sufficient capital to keep up or any other person." Mr. Seward the process of drilling long enough. promptly invited him to sit down and ha gave him all the information Hi Saving Grace. wished. Economy is the order of the day among the reigning families of Europe. Whereas in times gone by the Morphln Fiends. According to tne New York Sun. very word royal implied a reckless there are at least 10,000 persons in this disregard for money and extravagance, it now stands for something country who are victims of morphine. The Medical News makes the startling perilously approaching statement that 10 per cent of American Extravagance is left to the To begin with King Edphysicians are slaves to opium in some new-ricward. It is no hearsay that as soon form. as he came to the throne he appointPhysicians are to a great extent reed his friend, Lord Farquhar, to be sponsible for the growth of this dangerous habit They are too ready to master of his household, and Lord Farquhar immediately' set to work to prescribe morphine and other sedatives on the slightest provocation, with the do away with all unnecessary expensresult that the patient soon begins to es, to dismiss all superfluous officials and servants, to get the largest possilean upon these broken reeds for support, whenever a spell of sickness ble returns for the smallest reasonable outlay, and to exact usual discomes on. counts for all cash payments. The savings thus effected are understood Pittsburg. Frldnt to Visit will to amount already to close upon $125,-00President Roosevelt spend his a year. Fourth of July at Pittsburg. A delegation sent to invite the president Alcoholism Hereditary. pointed out to him that the nations D. Crothers has made experiT. Dr. birthday is usually celebrated on a ments which justify a refusal to re. more elaborate scale In Pittsburg than alcoholism as being without hein almost any other city in the United gard He Investigated the effect. reditary States. Mr. Roosevelt said he would be ef 1,744 cases in inebriety, histories glad to become the citys guest, ard with the result that he concludes that he promised to make a speech at the effects produced by excess of alSchenley park, the great public pleascohol on the cells and nerve tissues ure ground of Pittsburg. are transmitted to the next generation absolute certainty in one form or most deadly disease I know Is to quit with another. work. Gle-nar- close-fisted-nes- s. f for On June 3 next, Ex-C- The Village of Naaarath. The descent from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee is very rapid. That village lies at an altitude of about 1,100 feet above the Mediterranean, and the hills around it are from 2,000 to 4,000 feet high, while the sacred lake i 680 feet below tide water. Womans Idea of domestic economy Is to induce v r husband to give HP smoking. A Little The taste for horseflesh in Paris, which is demonstrated by the recent banquet, does not date back many years. It was under the second empire, during the expedition to Morocco, that it came into the dietary of the French soldier. The expeditionary column had nothing to live upon, so it slew and ate the horses, and everyone was agreeably surprised at the quality of the meat Emile Decrolx, a veterinary surgeon with the troops, resolved to profit by the experience. Arrived in Paris, he set about popularizing the horse ai food. He distributed meat gratuitous ly to the poor population. In his propaganda he interviewed the prefect and ministers and even had audience of the emperor. He opened the first hippophagous butchery, in the Place dltalie, in 1866. It was the siege of Paris that caused the flesh of horse to be regarded as a positive delicacy. That was thirty-twyears ago. How has the notion progressed since? Paris has now 250 shops where they sell the meat; all are prospering. Last year 30,000 horses were slaughtered and eaten. Rouen, Toulouse, Lille, Orleans, have all taken to horse eating. The meat Is cheaper than beef. Whereas one pays 3 francs the livre for good fillet of beef. It only costs a franc if you take horse. The animal that was eaten the other day with such eclat had a singular history. It won several steeplechases at Auteull and It was an English mare and Its name was Nell Gwyn. In November, 1893, the crowd on the course was very Irritated at the defeat ot the favorite in the preceding race. It revenged itself by throwing stones. One of the stones struck the left eye of Nell Gwyn and ruined the sight Nevertheless, the noble beast won the race. Pall Mall Gazette. dert Horn the anniversary of Jefferson Davis birth, collections will be made in every town in Mississippi in aid of the fund for the purchase of Davis Beauvoir house, near Biloxi, home. Miss., for an of the required More than one-hal- f amount, $10,000, has already been raised. There is a remedy for everything but death. His Now Degree. THE HUMOR OF LIFE. FLESH Hair Ribbon By SOPHIE HAMMOND. (Copyright, 1MB, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) g 3 TllUUUUUUUUaUUtlUUUUUUUUUtUHUUUUlUUUUiUUUUFS A garden in old Annapolis, crowded with blooms and fragrance; a child upon a rustic bench, with a lapful of flowers and a busy, serious face; a boy on the wall above, morosely watching her these are what the June sun shone down upon, long ago. The childs eager fingers had deftly put the flowers together, and one hand dragged the pink ribbon from her hair. With an effort of generosity she selected a sprig of heliotrope from the rest. You may have that, Tom, she said, tossing it upon the wall. The ribbon tied about the stems, and the arrangement held out for a moments anxious inspection, she sprang to her feet, and running down the path and up the steps of the veranda, door pushed open the of the hall. At the farther end her father was s guest a taking leave of a young man in a scarlet uniform and much gold lace, whose horses and servant stood at the steps. The little girl went forward swiftly and held out the flowers to the visitor, looking shyly up into his face. The young soldier took them gallanthe This is indeed an honor, ly. a potey said, with a quick smile from the fairest lady in all this fair province! Mistress Betty may be sure they shall be among my treasured possessions that I shall keep them always. The child drew back, and ran to the big window to watch the departure, straining her eyes to catch the last glimpse of the red coat as it disappeared through the trees, a spot of excitement burning on each cheek. He had been pleased a real soldier, who had fought the Indians he was going to keep her flowers forever! La, child, you have worked yourself into a very fever! the voice of her governess exclaimed.' Go out for a walk with your cousin, do, and cool your cheeks. And be sure you dont turn back until you reach the gate. Betty got her hat obediently. Tom was cross he didnt like her hero; but nothing could mar the beauty of the day for that proud, happy little green-shuttere- d two-day- story of a certain little bunch of flowers as a moral which ruffled his tem- per. Her cousin came nearer, and looked down at her sternly. You have danced with him, and ridden with him, and led him on, until the whole- town couples your names together; and for a childish grudge He Betty gave a little shrug. spoiled one day for me, she said; one of the happiest of my life. I am not likely to let him spoil another. Then her whole manner changed. Now, Tom, she said. Impressively, "prepare to be sufficiently grateful; Im going to give you my colors to wear to the war. Hut the young man flushed darkly. No, you will not, he said, through You have had all the his teeth. amusement at my expense that you are You spend likely to have, madam. your whole time making fools of men; you are not worth A pair of brown eyes had been raised mockingly to his, and kept there. For a moment or two he held out, then the old charm proved too strong, and he put his arms around her. Betty settled her head, with a faint laugh, against his shoulder. "You always were a bear, Tom, you know," Didn't N(t to B Told it Ga Was E. caplar Hard to Gt Ahad ot Ik. Offieo Bop Two Kind, ot Coarag astonishment What tha Couk Was Doing. "By Dr. McBurne.v was the reply. Im Minus an Appendix. New York Prepared for the Seasea, Tribune. d Well, Jimmy, said the employer, I dont Bee how you will Ostentation. get out to any ball games this seaYes, said the woman with sharp son, as your grandmother died four eyes, "those people who moved in times last summer." next door are Inclined to make an But, sir," answered Jimmy, granddisplay of their wealth." papa has married again, although it In what way? was much against the wishes ot the They go into the corner grocery family. and order beefsteak in a loud tore of And still we wonder why men ad- voice. vance at one swift leap from office boy to the head of the concern. Judge. A Hot On. hard-hearte- jia Critloal Opinion. Crane I never knew a man more industrious in his profession than young Tinter. Why, he has three large pictures already finished for the next water color exhibit. Critic Yes? Crane Yes, indeed! Hes wedded to his art, dont you think so? Critic Well, er yes, but I also think that his art has good grounds for divorce. Charley! W anther Observation, It was thundering very loud one day Teacher Tommy Teacher last letter? Tommy Teacher I drink. Tommy and he used to be so never saw Blowing: Cp. Isnt it awful how thin Mr. Hen-pec- k is now, remarked Mrs. Gabble to her husband, stout. Perhaps, chimed in little Willie, remembering his trouble with the bicycle tires perhaps his wife forgets to blow him up regular, like you said she useter. Looked down at her sternly, she said softly. Then she flashed another glance into the intense face Do you want to know aboye her. what made me tell him about thosg I flowers? she asked, very low. helped Chloe pack your boxes yesterday and I found that old hair ribbon in your desk. . , HAD THE WHOLE CAR TO HERSELF from Atlanta to Washington In Eight peaceful years had passed, and Journeyed Solitary Grandeur. no was wherein there then another A plucky southern woman scored a peace for the colonies were shaking victory over a grasping corporation themselves free of leading strings. one of the proudest the in little But city last week and is there were no signs of the strife. The of her sex in consequence. She got the June sun was shining down again, se- on a Pullman car attached to Friat Southernstrain Birmingham on the and flowers the garden, renely, were giving out their lavish mingling day and showed a ticket and a Pullman car coupon for Washington. of odors on the still air. When the train arrived at Atlanta FriIn the morning room, through-thopen windows of which the garden day at 11:30 oclock it was found that water-lappe- where he had been operated upon for. appendicitis, a young man met a friend the other day. Congratulate me, said the friend. Harvard has made me M. A. Thats nothing," answered the Ive been made M. A., too." By whom?" asked the friend In when little Charlie Horner, aged four years, said: Mamma, God must be scrubbing today. "What makes you think so, Charlie?" asked his mother. Why, said Charlie, dont you hear him moving the tables around? Ethel Horner in Little Chronicle. . , heart. The grass was checkered with shade and sunshine all down the avenue. Near the end, the blue bay, with its dots of white sails, came In vlsw. They had reached the great stone gate posts and between them lay her flowers, in the dust! The boy picked up the soiled ribbon. Never mind, Betty, he said, though Hes not his eyes were full of anger. worth crying for. The little teeth shut down sharply on the red lip. Im not crying, she said. ORIGINAL AND BORROWED JESTS WORTHY OF PERUSAL Just discharged from tne hospital, d - fire-plac- e. a Cant you remember the Nom. think hard. What do I dont know, maam; you in a saloon. 1 Now, th Doctor Folt Bad. Binghams badly used up Why Dr. by his last case, eh? 1 should say so. He pronounced the patient dead and sent for the undertaker, when she came to life." Tha Best of the Argument. He ought to be glad of it Look at the birds in the trees,' Not at all. Having pronounced the said the man who wants to keep dead, he considered her recovery girl house; they wouldnt think of living a reflection on his skill. in a crowded tenement. Yes," answered his wife, but look Turaed Girls Heads at the ants. They always live in an Do you see the tall chap, Petro? apartment house. And every one knows Well, he has turned many a girls that ants are smarter than birds. head. But he is neither handsome nor HU Rash. rich. Fools, he said, rush in where anI know that gels fear to (read, you know. Then how did he turn girls heads? Yes, she answered; by the way, With his preparations. He manusomebody was telling me the other factures hair bleach. day that you once went into a house where a man was beating his wife Obdurata and tried to interfere. How did you The tempter found the chauffeuse left over scar eye? that get your quite deaf to his suggestions. Let er aut! he whispered, as he Wa Time to Dodge. might to a mere man. exMy brain is on fire, tragically If I No, said the woman firmly. claimed Mrs. Bob, as she threw her- go more than thirty miles an hour, self down upon the sofa. people will say it Is because I dont Why dont you blow it out? look especially well In my automobile replied Bob, deeply ab- suit! sorbed in the evening newspapers. hairAnd then he dodged a flying Jolt Thought of It brush. Beg pardon, said the rude young man, gathering his features together The Modern Method again, 1 simply couldnt suppress that of a a I am writing strugstory yawn." gling inventor. Dont mention It, replied the bright "It wont do, answered the abrupt- girl. By the way, that reminds me; Inventors dont I visited tue Mammoth ly critical friend. Cave this struggle nowadays. They let the people spring. who are eager to buy stock do the struggling. Practically Nothing. I Castleton care dont suppose you A Caution Claim. Is your wife one of those women much whether you sell your country who look at their husbands and say, place or not? Von Blumer No, I havent made I made a man of him? effort so far. I have only offered' "No, answered Mr. Meekton. "Hen- any one-hal- f of what It costs me. at it is She rietta merely very unassuming. Life. says she has done her best. absen- t-mindedly sounds and Bcents were drifting, a the woman was the only passenger spinster, the governess of on the car ticketed for the north. yore, was pouring out a continuous When she was asked to transfer to flow of tea for herself, and grievances another car attached to the northto the morose young officer before the bound train she produced her Pullman coupon from her card case and I never go away, she protested said: This entitled me to a section in but something happens. injuredly, The whole town has greeted me with this car to Washington." That is all right, madam, replied questions about Betty's new beau, and Other arrangements I with never a word to answer! Bet- the conductor. ty tells me nothing, hut only laughs. have been made and this car will not She has gone off now to make the go through. I think it will, said the lady. My black and white cockades that the commander-in-chie- f has ordered In coupon says I am to ride on this car compliment to our French allies, and to Washington and I dont propose to he has followed her. Your uncle, I leave the car. Efforts of the officials to make the suppose, is satisfied. For my own part I believe he is a Tory his refusing a woman leave the Pullman were in commission is certainly She Capitulated. suspicious; vain. She was perfectly cool and dethough, to be sure, his manners are termined and finally the railroad. ofMaud Do you mean to tell me that charming; and I confess he seems not ficials admitted defeat by attaching you and George are engaged at last? to have aged a month since he staid the Pullman with its single passenger Mabel Yes; he had quit spending here before, ten years ago. What is to the north-bountrain and carrying money on me, and I thought I might it through to Washington. The car as well let him propose. your opinion of the match, captain? The young man. put down his cup, was without a conductor or porter To Heap It In. His manners, as you say, are his and passengers along the way thought strong point, he answered, contempt- it a deadhead car, but J. M. Culp, trafuously; but my cousin, of course, will fic manager of the Southern, and J. choose to suit herself, and taking up L. Cox of Atlanta, a soliciting freight his hat he turned from the room. agent for the road, who were on the The woman sighed, and poured her- train, told the story of the occurrence self another cup of tea. He is as at Atlanta and admitted defeat for taciturn as ever, she murmured; their company. The name of tne though considering the dance Betty woman was not given by the Southern has led him all these years he takes it officials. She was well dressed and remarkably quiet, poor boy! distinguished looking. The object of her pity had paused outside the door, and then aimlessly Alien Immigration in Britain crossed the hall to his uncles study; The British Board ot Trade ismes in its monthly returns for March statistics showing the number of aliens that arrived during that period at ports in the United Kingdom from the Continent. The total is 13,615, as against 14,923 for March, 1901. Of these, 12,577 were stated to be en route to America. During the three expired months of the present year there have arrived 34.950 aliens, as against 29,191 during the same period Bell Boy (banging the door) Hey, of last year, and of these 20,383 are stated to have been on their way to there! The gas is escaping. Reuben Hayrick Wal, 1 guess America and other places outside of the United Kingdom. Of the total know it. Thets why I locked ther returned, 4,355 are reported from door. Germany, 5,882 from Holland, 6,386 from Scandinavia, 3,032 from Dieppe, Similarly Built. I understand hippopotaand 15,294 from other Continental McJigger mus means river horse. I wonder !t ports. theres any Latin name for sea dog for instance? ModMt Charleston. Maybe thats what Thingumbob Charleston is the only city in the United States in which the publics-- . alligator means. An alligator looks The boy picked up the soiled ribbon, tion of womens names is objected to like a sort of submarine dachshund. but before his hand had touched the by- the women themselves and. their Tha Limit. knob the door opened and their visitor men folks. That shows what A relic Mr. Van Albert Great acott! Why came out and passed him, his usually tne grand old city of 1860 is. Up here bland face wearing so black a look in New York our society boasts its are not all these dishes washed? Aloert Because the cook that the younger man stopped to social secretaries, whose duty it is to is Mrs. Van using the kitchen table. glance curiously after him. Jben he inform newspapers of the movements Mr. Van Albert In what way? of matrons and dowagers employing pushed open the door. Mrs. Van Albert She is playing a A girl sitting by a little sewing table them. The highest salaried secretaof ping-ponwith the policeman. game lifted her face as he entered a face ries are those young women who sucnot beautiful, but which had worked ceed by hook or crook in capturing Th Pan of It.' nntold mischief in its short career. the most space in the daily journals. s lots more exciting than What is the matter with Peyton, One bright girl receives $25 a week from the wife of a paper general for outdoor tenjais, dont you think so? Betty? he asked abruptly, "Oh, yes; there isnt much "We had a discussion, said the keeping that ladys name before the you ean break. girl, with a laugh, and I told him the public. New York Press. white-cappe- d rat Spell R-- d - g Ping-pong- " Clever Girl. Miss Brighton What a lovely watchfob, Mr. Borem! Is your watch1 equally pretty? Mr. Borem Here It Is. Miss Brighton What! 11 oclock?! Why, 1 had no idea it was so late, hadi : you? ' Two Kinds ot Courage. Dentists Daughter Well, have yon' asked papa for my hand? Wooer (suffering With pain) No, every time I step into his office I loss y I allowed him1 my courage again to pull a tooth. j to-da- Borrowed Jet v , 1 cant pay salaries this Manager But I must live! week." Actor Oh, now, dont get Life. bull-heade- You shouldnt judge a man by tha cigars he gives you, remarked tha Some one may hava philosopher. Cincinnati Comgiven them to him. mercial Tribune. So you wish to marry my daughter. Do you drink or gamble? Well," replied the young man, Im willing to take a chance in the marriage lot Indianapolis Sun. tery. "Daddys out ther in the hall, an he says 'the devils to pay!" Tell, him not to worry over it," replied tha mother; the devil wont be hard on Atlanta Constitution. his own! Is That girl cant talk a Rule bit" that so? Quite true. The only thing she said to me the whole evening was No and I had to propose to her to get her to say that Stray Stories. Jaggles Do you think that minister has profited any by visiting all tha houses? gambling Waggles Sura thing. Hes learned where to redeem all the chips he finds in the collection basket. New York Sun. Miss Shapely (as she misses her drive at the second tee and falls) Oh, Fred, come and help me. I know( my ankle is turned. Fred (looking1 down admiringly) Yes, and mighty; well turned, too. Judge, i |