Show A I THE HE WIDOW SHEARS AND ALL SHE HEARS At Plevna Kan says the Kansas City Journal a joint keeper cornered the Rev W. W H H. Houston Ho ston in the post- post postoffice postoffice office and Informed t the trie e reverend gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man man that he must take a a. licking on account account ac ac- ac- ac count of a temperance sermon which wh ch he had pr preached ch i fh the day before Allright All Allright Allright right responded the parson cheerfully cheerfully cheer cheer- fully y and two minutes mi utes later the friends of the j joint int keeper keeper were taking him down to the butcher butchen shop for the application application ap- ap of a pair of beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- black eyes Showing again the thelow thelow thelow low down deceptive wickedness of our theological seminaries seminaries- In maintaining physical culture departments There was si mass meeting the other I day of the of Cleator Moor a district of Lor London Lordon da in favor of a Sunday delivery of letters for the district dis dis- One of the sp speakers akers opposed to the measure was the vicar vica of the parIsh parish par par- ish who said I Lam am m here h e in the name of God od Almighty and those who oppose oppose oppose op op- op- op pose me oppose him This statement seemed to settle the question for a resolution resolution resolution res res- in favor of Sunday delivery was wasat wasat at once carried by an overwhelming majority New maJority New York Tribune A bill bl now before the Massachusetts Legislature requires the licensing of cats The fee is Is' fixed at 50 cents and It is provided that any anyone one who shall keep a cat contrary to t the pro provisions visions of I the act shall be fined 5 one half to togo to togo go to the informer and arid one half to the city or town treasury Between July 1st and of each year the Chief Executive Executive Ex Ex- of each city or town Is re required required required re- re to issue warrants for the execution execution tion of all unlicensed felines A correspondent of the Pall Ma Mall l Gazette Gazette Ga Ga- zette vouches for lor this incident A Ayoung Ayoung Ayoung young woman with a fretful baby In Ina ina a 11 full omnibus aloud Poor Poo little nipper I suppose I shall end by to take fin Im to the Raising the childs child's veil and looking around for sympathy Dont Don't get no rest E Is is so with smallpox The McKinley memorial committee of Honolulu proposes to devote devite of its funds to the improvement of a public park to be named after the late President Th The The- loc l papers are opposed opposed op op- op- op posed to this project believing that tho money could be better expended in inthe inthe In Inthe the building of a childrens children's hospital John E. E Tracy of Crossville Tenn has presented to the Wisconsin State Historical society an old colonial chair which was once the property of Roger Sherman one of the signers of ot the Declaration Declaration Declaration Dec Dec- of Independence Independence- What hat did you think when you saw the fix you were In I asked him I thought I had better dash ahead and attract the fire so sa that my ray Colonel would get out safely was the reply Mr Ir W W. W. W Jacobs one of the cleverest cleverest clever clever- est cat of the modern humorists is a slight pale and modest man ian of 38 IS- He lie was in earlier years a clerk in the civil ser ser- vice Sir ir Conrad Reeves of Barbadoes who knight knight- knighthood was the first negro to receive a a- hood has b-as just died aged 75 15 |