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Show Surprised Toaic Ladles. Miss Celia Childs, of Seattle, was surprised, sur-prised, to say the least, when somebody dashed a bucket of cold water in her faco as she was standing in a drug store. A hanging cigar lighter had touched oil the inflammable forest of millinery surmounting sur-mounting her bonnet, and an excited clerk adopted that mode of extinguishing extinguish-ing her. One of the most accomplished young ' ladies of Selma, Ala,, was hailed on the street by a bystander, who very politely knocked a rat off her bustle, where it was enjoying a delightful ride. As the varmint struck the ground and the lady saw that it was actually a live rat. she had a lively foot race for some distance. Washington Avalanche. |