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Show NOTES ABOUT MEN. Dloblor, tho hangman of Paris, Is about to bring a libel milt against tho editor cT M a paper which. In tho courso of an artlcw 1 attacking capital punishment In general, ' H panacd nomo eovoro strictures upon the JPH publlo functionary named. M, Dlebler IVH polnta out in a published letter that tho I, editor has no right lo couple tho func- tm tlonary with the function. As a matter 1 U of fact, ho Kayo, ho Is opposed to capital W punishment, "but," ho adds sardonically, Mm "ono must live." rj mm IT--, w Business is business, even among strcot mW-WA beggam, as Senator Foster of Washington mWAm discovered last week. He was walking mWmmm along Pennsylvania avenuo toward tho WJW Capitol when a pltlful-looklng fellow mL'H oakod him for help. Tho man's wretched H appcaranco nppcalcd to the Senator, who , Lfmjm stopped to hand him tome small coins. 1 At length ho handed tho follow half a dozen cent pieces. Tho man pookotcd B them as ho aalrt: "Why don't you hurry up? I'vo missed como regular customers IH while you wero huntln' for thorn pennies." H IH When Senator Burrows wan practicing H law In Michigan he went ono day to a IH court In a small town. A country lawyer IH was arguing beforo an ngod and solemn IH Justice of tho Peace. "Now," said tho H lawyer, "if It pleases your Honor, the de- mmwmwf fondant says he paid the money to tho H diseased, but I am goin' to rhow that tho H diseased never got tho money. Ho didn't H recelvo one cent, the diseased didn't." wLwmm "Say," broko ln the Justice, "what Is this man diseased" of? Why don't you brln? IH him hero?" Because, your Honor, ho la H diseased of death." H ll During a feast which .he gave not long HH ago tho Emperor of Korea had tho mla- H fortune to break a tooth. His august H Majesty at on go throw the chief cook and H all the lattcr'.i assistants into prison A H dentist who was touring the hermit king- H dom heard of the trouble and gave relief H to tho royal suitcrcr and was paid 1030 H yen (about $540) for his services. Then H tho Imprisoned kitchen force was set at H liberty, but the chief cook was sentenced P to serve thre months without pay. Tho K Emperor ordered another feast to cole- brato the fact that tho imperial Jaw no -wmwm longer ached. HH1 |