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Show WAS NO LONGER A SAFE BED. Passenger Thought It About Time He Was Securing Quarters. A friend waa complaining the other day to Captain Barber, port captain of the state pilots, about the crowded condition of the steamboat on which he recently made a trip. "Four a room?" replied Barber. "That's nothing. 7ou should have traveled in the daya of the gold rush to California. I remember one trip out of New York we carried more than 1,000 passengers, and If you would put SO on that ship today there'd be a holler that would reach Washington and make trouble for somebody. To show you how crowded crowd-ed It waa and what 'crowded' really meant three days out from New York a chap walked up to the old man and said: "Captain you really must find me a place to sleep." ' "Where in thunder have you been sleeping until now?'" inquired the old man. " 'Well saya the follow, 'you see It's this way. I've been sleeping on a sick man, but he's getting better now and won't stand for it much longer'." New York Sun. His Queetlon. A club of eccentric young men had for one of their rules that on Tuesday evenings any man who asked a question ques-tion in the club rooms which he waa unable to answer himself should pay a fine of $10. One evening McLoughlln asked the following: "Why doesnt a ground squirrel leave any dirt around the top of his hole when be digs it?" After some deliberation McLoughlln was called upon to answer bia own question. "That's easy," aald he. "the squirrel starts at the bottom and digs up." "AH very nice," suggested a member, mem-ber, "but bow does he get to the bottom?" bot-tom?" "Well," answered McLoughlln, "that Is your question." Everybodrs. The Way It 8ounded to Him. Two girls were talking over the wire. Both were discussing what they should wear to the Chnatmaa party. In the midst of thla Important conversation conver-sation a masculine voice interrupted, asking humbly for a number. One of the girls became indignant, and scornfully scorn-fully asked: "What l'e do you think you are on, anyhow?" "Well." said the man. "I am not sure; but. Judging from what I have heard. I ihould say I w aa on a ciolhee-line." ciolhee-line." Gargoylo. Rebuked. "Smith doesn't know a good thing when h sees it" "Haa be been snubbing you again?" No Chance. "You Inherited quite a Bice little fortune." aald the lawyer. "Yea." replied the fortunate youth. 1 auppoae you will pay a lot f your debts now?" "I had thought of It but I concluded conclud-ed to make no change In my manner of living. I don't want to be accused of vulgar display." Hae Great Entfureitee. "TAws your wife ever give la la aa argument T" "No, or out," |