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Show Brief All Around. A young woman from the eaat, wno mrrrled a Seattle man, recently had a navel experience when she engaged ber first Chinese cook. "What's your name?" she asked when the preliminaries had beea settled. set-tled. "My name Hong Long loo," said the Celestial, with much gravity. 'And I am Mrs, Harrington Richard Buckingham," aaid his employer. "I am afraid I shall never be able to remember re-member your name It's so Ion;. I shall call you John." "All light," returned the Cn'nese, with a suspicion of a amllo "Y'W namee too longee, too. I call yoi Charles." Harper's Magastlne. Our Doctors. "The Inle Count Tolstoi lonthed physicians." said, at a dinner In Washington, Wash-ington, a Russian diplomat "You remember how Tolstoi ridiculed ridi-culed physicians In 'War anJ peace'? Well, I heard him ridicule three of them to their faces over a vegetarian dinner at Yasnaya Polyana. "'Physicians,' he said bitterly, locking lock-ing up from a plate of lentils, 'may b" divided Into two classes the radicals, who kill you. and the conservatives, who let you die.' " His Limitations. "Ceorse." said Mrs. Yonnfathen "here's a story of a New York policeman police-man who all alone stopped a b;ind of bowling anarchists. Could you do that George?-' "Who, me?" cried Mr. Youn-;-fatber. "Why, I can't even stop a Bowling baby." And be resumed his walk. A FrlencMy Tip. Saplelgh Would you er advice me to er marry a beautiful girl or k censible girl? Hammersley Ira afraid you'll nev-B' nev-B' be able to marry el Jier, old nun. Sapleigh Why not? Hammersley Well, a beautiful girl rould do better and a sensible girl would know better. Fkrhanxe. What's the Use. Optimist Yes. air. If youil drink buttermilk thne times a day you II live ten years longer. Pessimist But what's the use of living ten yeare lonser if you have to Jrink buttermilk three time day? Judge. A Misunderstanding. The following anecdote la related f tbe late Lord Glasgow: His lordship was traveling by rail m Scotland one day and tendered a "Over" to the booking clerk for a ticket. "Ilit your name on if aaid the rcuth. Lord Giaegow Indorsed It "Olae pew." as requested, and handed the lute bacti "Here, yon old Idiot!" cried the tlerk, "1 want to know who you are, ka4 not ahere yew are going to." |