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Show Had Chips to Eat. "I had nn umuslng oxpurlenco recently re-cently while traveling over my rorul In tho Fur West," remarked a Now York railroad mnn in tlio club tho other day. "I had somo friends with me In my ear, Hhowlng thorn tho sights of tho country, when It was proposed that wo have a gnnio of pokur. In homo unaccountable way I found that my poker paraphernalia hail been left behind, ilowover, wo had cards, so 1 wired aho.td to tho station agent at tho next town to havo somo chlpa ready for mo on tho arrival ar-rival of our train. "When wo reached tho destination of that tolosrain a cood-olzed box wsts put aboard and w wont on our way rejoicing, but wonderhiR Just why the agent had thought wo needed so many chips. Tho laugh was on me, when, on Opening tho box, tho contonta wero found to bo' ehlpa but not tho red, bluo and white variety, Thoy wero potato po-tato chips." |