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Show Another American millionaire has bought a Scotch castle. Hoot, mon! Keep an eye on the weather or the doctor will have to keep an eye on you. New York's first snowstorm cost the city $265,000. And it was only five Inches deep. Think of the nerve of a swindler who tries to work a gold brick game on a crowd of stock brokers. As we understand the hotel waiters, they are willing that the tipping habit hab-it Bhall be abolished, provided Another victory for Turkey. A Colorado Col-orado farmer tried to use an ax on a gobbler and almost cut his hand off. Duelling in France is becoming a dangerous pastime. Duellist the other oth-er day tripped and sprained his ankle. Forty per cent, of the people living in New York are foreigners. Chicago continues to be the greatest American city. ' The woman who entered suit against a railroad for "loss of her complexion," complex-ion," was simply suing for her trunk. It is proposed to send men to Jail for carrying firearms. If the proposition Is carried out the Jails are likely to be overcrowded. The Kansas nimrod who shot at a rabbit and hit six girls has achieved a record of which many a deer hunter would be proud. The fact that 191 persons were killed kill-ed during deer season shows that England Eng-land is not the only nation that takes Its pleasures sadly. When the poet summed up his reasons rea-sons why the female of the species Is more deadly than the male, he forgot to mention her hatpin. The discovery of $477 In a new York street beggar's pocket shows that there are still people who do not use the postal savings' banks. A woman college professor Is said to be able to speak fifty-four languages, but most women are able to make one language go a long distance. A physican Informs us that a woman's wom-an's age can be told by her pulse. Hereafter it will be considered a deadly dead-ly Insult to feel a woman's pulse. An anonymous dollar was lately received re-ceived by the conscience fund at Washington. The supposition is that it came from a conscience-stricken trust. A Turk in a court case in New York insisted on swearing by the beard of the Prophet Mohammed. The accuracy of such testimony naturally hung by a hair. There is food for a moment's reflection reflec-tion In the case of that ice cream dealer whose wife charges him with not taking a bath oftener than once a year. A Kansas Ctiy Judge says that all criminals are small, scrawny men. Evl-. Evl-. dently he never met one of them In an alley on a dark night, ready for business. "New York society has been shocked shock-ed by the dancing of a Filippino girl." And she won't have to look elsewhere for engagements 60 long as she can keep if. up. Another comet is said to have been discovered Been in Germany, but it may be only one of the sparks the kaiser has let fly In the direction of the crown prince. The mayor of an Ohio city has re-fnsed re-fnsed an Increase of pay on the ground that the present salary is enough. This is truly, as It has been called, the hour of wonders. A Boston pastor is trying to Induce his trustees to establish "courting parlors" par-lors" in the basement of his church, and the flippant say he Is scheming to increase his own fees. A Pennsylvania psychologist reports that be has taught two chimpanzes not only to talk, but to think. He ought to be hired to experiment with the sons of some of Pennsylvania's rich men. There Is In Delaware a young man who complains that his life is being made miserable because every woman he meets wants to kiss him. He might try raising a beard or eating onions |