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Show l JUST A FEW ANECDOTES j The Proper Punishment. "Jamos H. Hyde," paid .a mrmlior of (he Knickerbocker club of mv Turk. i skin-ini skin-ini with tii' camora, and in n novel sv.iv, hot long :ii". he put lit? photographic tal- rnl to fjoi-id ic. "Mr. Hyde wan one of a New Hampshire house parts that wee shooting pheasants over a wsll-stocked covert. "A keepei had i n left in -hnrj;o of tim lunchfon and, when the hungry hums-m hums-m n rt-turn'd to refresh themselvea, they found th- keeper asleep under a tree! with silver flask ( fine champagne beside him hearty i mpty. Th- hmt rebuked the keeper bitterly f'.r drinkincr the costly contents of the m-Vcr m-Vcr flask. But the keeper, with great sarn- ertiie. protesteil that he had drunk noth- Ipk thm the flask must have been tmn-pcred tmn-pcred with before it left the house. "The matter ended there, apparently1. Nut hltig moh was sa id 'Ths next da) "lo Kui-xt were to depart, and ii'- keeper hung about them eagerly, in expeotution of the usual generous tips. Hut the guests told him thai they hod clubhi-ii together, that Mr. Hyde represented repre-sented them, and thnt Mr. Hyde would give him their Joint contribution. "And Mr. Hyde did Rive the keeper, .it the last moment, an envelope, With Jom--thlnt; stlfl ii i i l i i Up Instil- it. ' 'Thank you, sir.' said tin keeper gratefully. grate-fully. :iinl h npfiii-d ll nhpe with a hand tremulous and ace r "Within lay an excellent specimen of Mr. Hyde'n photographic skill a pniipslmt hi' i In- keeper seated 1,-noulh a tree, his head thrown haek. and the silver flask of Ilia' ih.iiiip.mil.- RlU' d l'i hln lips." The Fat Drummer At a dinner given in New York In Wallet Wal-let Damros h's honor the musician said: "The arts tend to spiritualise us." Mow true that I.' said Mr Pamroseh'n ni-lchbor. "Fat poets, fat painters, fat muhli I i ns, f.ii drama tl.tn, don't xlM. do thei r "I don't h. Il-ne th. do. ' p-aUI Mr Damrosch. Then. smiling, he wiit on: "Did yon ever hear of the Duhuipie drummer who was discharged ?" No. never," said the neighbor "Wi ll." In sran .Mr. Damrosoh, "there eras a drummer in a Dubuque band who had drummed faithfully for over twenty -...rs. He was never absent from his pi st of dutv, h wus never late or can -l ss, and never, In f..i tl.sHinin passages, dhl ho sparo himself In his attacks upon the di um "Nevertheless the, lender of the band took this faithful servitor aside ope day and nald: "'Brown. I'm sorry, but I shall have to dispense with your services." "it seemed to the- unfortunate drummer that the bright sunlight turned a gloomy Mo k " 'Why?' he gasped, "The, leader, a lean, esthetic chap frowned as he answered! ' 'Why'.' Von ask ni- why" A man who hns got so fat ho can no longer hit tho middle of his drum asks nie why.' " The Scientific Spirit. Andrew Carnegie admits the scientific spirit his generous gifts to science are a proof of that. Nevertheless to his keen humor this spirit offers Itself as a good prey, and Mr. Carnegie often rails very wittily at scientists and their peculiar ways. "Th- late the late but I won't mention the poor fellow's name." said Mr. Carneglo at. a scientists' supper. "The late Blank, as he lay on his deathbed, was greeted one morning very joyously by his physician "Poor Blank's eves lit up with hope ;it :.r!h of th.- physician's beaming ace rin re had been s consultation on his cose the day h-f..r-. Perhaps, at lest, the rented) to cur him had been found " 'My dear Mr Blank,' said the physician. physi-cian. "I congratulate you.' "Plunk Mniil. I , " i shall ret jver?' he said, in a wean roles tremulous. With hope, " Well er not exactly,' said the pnysi clan. 'But we believe your disease to be entirely novel and unique, and. if itv autopsv demonstrates this to be trim w- have decided to name the malady after you.' " One Kind of Spirit. Mrs George B. Heaton of Bast Oakland, who v her husband's colaborer In the building of the Heaton airship, said the other day: ... , Hkn tO have a multitude of good friends, and l lik- to s."' mv friends oft.-n.. Bo li ly, however, as the term is generally understood, t object to. I object strong!) to Intercourse with p oi 1- whom I don i udmtrc, i nly trj I jtdo i u -.th.-r ln extravagant and display p$g ,,lv I,.- )() snub eOCn oinei. - "9 ety." ontlnued rs .tv rr,.(J epitomised in an Incident that oc tha other day , . u ,r .ircsilng "A million ill' s wlf.; sat I, n i o room with o rl nd w ... n n. . fought to other millionaires wives wo" pieces. that I am not at homo , mnR. - what did they joyj ' 'They said. hOW foil nit. 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