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Show NbRVE fcNOUGH FOR ANYTHING A "ieSoy V1 Could Not Be Frightened by Displeased Corpse cr a Irofsor,ii Trick. Dr. McTavish of Edinburgh was something some-thing of a ventriloquist, and it befell that he wanted a lad to assist in ths surgery who mnst necessarily be of strong' nerves. Ho received several applications, ap-plications, and when telling a lad what the duties were, in order to test hi nerves, he would say, while pointing to a grinning skeleton standing upright ir a corner, ' 'Part of your work would b to feed the skeleton there, and while you are here you may as well try to do to." A few lads would consent to a trial and received a basin of hot gruel and a epoon. wane mey were pouring ma hot mess into the skull the doctor would throw hia voice so as to make it appe3i to proceed from tho jaws of the bony customer and gurgle out, "Br-r-r-gr-uh that's hot!" This was too much, and without ex ception the lads dropped the basin and bolted. The doctor began to despair of ever getting a suitable helpmate until a 6mall boy came and was given the gruel and spoon. After the first spoonful tho skeleton appeared to Bay, "Gr-r-r-nh-r-br, that's hot!" Shoveling In the scalding gruel as fast as ever, the lad rapped tho skull and impatiently retorted, "Well, blow ih nrn'fc ror ror mil rl nTr f" The doctor sat down in his chair and fairly roared, but when he came to h engaged the lad on the spot Londot Tit-Bits. St. Louis is the scene of a lively bat' tie between organized employers and. the waiters in hotels and restaurants, etc. It is the same old strife over whiskers. whisk-ers. The employers want the men to be clean shaven, and the employees ra- fuse to allow the hirsute adornment i which covers their faces to be removed. The trouble has even extended to the baokmen and coachmen, who have combined com-bined with the waiters and have taken a firm stand against allowing their whiskers to be removed. They have been seeking to obtain the sympathy of the labor organizations of fit. Louis, but the members of the Barbers' Bar-bers' union are against them and are ready to cut tho objectionable whiskers off, shave them off, chop them off in short, anything to remove them. Tho legislature has taken a hand in the trouble, and two bills have been introduced, in-troduced, ono requiring all waiters in hotels, restaurants, etc., to bo clean ihaven and the other making it a misdemeanor mis-demeanor for an employer to discriminate discrimi-nate asainst an employee who wears a |