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Show Passing Chimes. f By James Barton Adams. The waiters at the big hotels may now ask:' "Will you have your beef fresh, medium or ripe?" The country is now waiting with a great deal of interest to learn how Alfonso likes Ena's bis-cults. bis-cults. The Detroit man who has engraved on the head of a pin the alphabet and numerals, together with his name and the date of the accomplishment of the feat, has not succeeded in engraving liis name upon the undying scroll of fame. If denatured alcohol should take the place of gasoline for kitchen use it may result in more hired girls being permitted to live until they die natural deaths. When Senator Aldrich remarked that there might be something worse than a Democratic house he may have had a Democratic senate in his mind's eye. " A Prague professor claims to be able to react a newspaper by the microbic glow emanating from a sausage, but because of this the skin-armored delicacy cannot be classed as light diet. Ardian Pilot and Sarah Shipp were married In Pennsylvania one day last week. Pleasant voyage to them. An, English writer says' America will produce a Shakespeare. Now, Indiana, the eyes of the world are upon you! In his latest poem Alfred Austin declares: "Nature is greater than I." We do not know whether to regard this as an English joke or a frank confession. Thomas Jefferson went electioneering on horseback. horse-back. Present day candidates depend upon the greenback to carry them through. A Chicago paper says a woman of that city has five divorces to her credit. The creditable phase of her matrimonial career is not visible at this distance. It is said that Massachusetts is greatly de-. de-. pressed over the fact that one of her legislators J sold his vote for $50. She should cheer up. Despite the closest vigilance a cheap skate will occasionally slide into office. "Zee people are so open," says Sarah. Bernhardt of the Americans. Perhaps zee madame meant so easy. None of us know on which side our bread is buttered. . When we think we do it may be only butterined. A Kansas convict who asks to be pardoned in order that he may marry seems to be truly penitent pen-itent and willing to undergo oven greater punishment punish-ment for his sins than the law-inflicted. It is estimated that a penny changes hands 325,000 times during its life. Most of the changes are made in the sacred atmosphere of the church while the choir sings: "God Loves a Cheerful Giver." While the interest of the country was centered upon the royal Spanish wedding our old friend Mrs. Grace Snell-Coffln-Coffln-Valker-Colfin-Cof-fin-Layman added another link to her marital chain without attracting special notice. |