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Show ODDS AND ENDS. James Bryco Is a small man, about 63 years old, with a largo head, most of which seems to protrudo backward and to slant upward and backward from his high forehead. Ho Is bald on top, with that sort of white hair and beard which sometimes turns yellow. He has bushy oyebrows of lh- samo color. Is round-shouldered, round-shouldered, nicely dressed, and has qulto a distinct Irl3h accent, not at all tho broad English accent which I had expected. ex-pected. Ho Is a distinct speaker, though quiet and absolutely unomotlonal. Ho has a high nasal voice, but ho expresses himself la good English, and can bo easily heard. Now York world. At repartee and Impromptu retorts tho Jap Is quick and sharp. Recently a Japanese Jap-anese merchant found himself vis-a-vis with a rtuslan lawyer at a banquet given by a big Importer. Tho Russ, anxious to belittle the brown man opposite In tho eyes of his friends, raised his glass to the toast: "Hero's trusting the Russians will soon see tho end of tho Japanese army." Instantly tho Jap replied: "And here's honing they will never seo tho rear end." Now York Press. Church Good gracious! You must be tired! Gotham Why? "You've been talking In that telophono booth for twenty minutes!" "Didn't say a word." "What! In that telephone booth for twenty minutes and didn't say a word'" "That's what I said. You sec. I called up my wlfo to tell hor something, but sho didn't give mo a chance." Yonkers Statesman. a c Mrs. Hetty Greon docs not seem to have the Carncglo Idea about her will. She has recently refused to glvo a library to Wondcll, where sho was born. a Tho so-called "sweet potato" Is no potato pota-to at nil but boiongs to an entirely different differ-ent family, being truly nn enlarged root of a creeping, twining vino, which has a blossom something like a morning glory. Sweet potatoes aro richer In starch and sugar than tho common potato. M "You don't belong to ono of tho oldest fainlllea, do you?" said tho supercilious woman. "No." answered Mrs. Cumrox; "but after af-ter wo get tho girls married we expect fto havo several of tho oldest families belohg-Ing belohg-Ing to us." Washington Star. |