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Show The Usual Role. Claries M. Schwab in a recent Interview In-terview in New York pointed out the folly of Ignorant speculation. "The average man, with no knowledge knowl-edge of finance," he said, "has n business to speculate. Let lilm do so and his case Is Jones' nil over again. "Jones uteppcd In nt n garage one morning to see about selling off his two automobiles. "'I heard you've been speculating on the stock exchange, Mr. Jones," the ogent said, politely. " 'Yes,' aaid Jones. 'Now these cars, understand, can be had cheap for cash.' " 'Were you a bull or a bear, sir?' " 'Neither,' said Jones, gruffly, 'I was an ass.' " Detroit Free Press. Could Not Qualify. Among the stories that are con atantly coming to town of "road" experiences ex-periences Is one that reached the Havlln offices the other day. A circus cir-cus had gone to pot In a small western west-ern town. One of the "razor backs" started out to tramp to a betier land. "Dy and bye he came to a small town," said John Ilavlin, "and found couple of men shoveling coal Into a wagon from a car on the railway elding. eld-ing. " 'Gimme a Job?' ho asked. "'What you been doln'?' asked the man who was bossing the Job. " 'Drlvin' stakes wit' a circus.' "'Nothing doing,' gild the boss. '1 never seen one of you actors yet that rould shovel coal.'" Cincinnati Times Star. When Knowledge la Power. Senator Krot, at a d nner In New York, coiupkilned of crtain f ilso r-harges that had been mad-? asaint a company he formerly represented. "The spirit in which some of these rharers were brought," he sild, "makes rue think of the blackmailer who declared: " 'Knowledge la power.' "Then, with a wink, he added: " 'Yes, knowledge Is power if yon know it ai nit the right person.' " New York Press. A Creat Athlete. "nob" Davis, who Is editor of Mun-sey's Mun-sey's Magazine and the nuthor of several sev-eral plavs. not to mention b!s knowledge knowl-edge of birds of passage, is the possessor pos-sessor of a Tine sen re of humor and a power of expression that is frequently picturesque. Speaking of a man who had achieved some distinction as a killjoy. Davis said: "That fellow Is a grent athlete. He ran throw a wet blanket 200 yards in any gathering." Taking No Chances. Mistress fdlscussing the maid) "Yes, she's leaving to get married. I asked her to get the man to post-iiiie post-iiiie it till I could get another maid. Hut Fhe said fhe didn't feel well enough nefmnlnted tr ask him to do that!" London Op'nlon. Net a Serious Fault. "The great trouble with h'tn Is that be has more tnoirnv than brains." "I shouldn't call that a fault. If he had more brains than money he would probably be a gloomy pessimist." pessi-mist." Appreciations. "So vo'tr Shakcsjieare club is a rreit success?" "Yes. We have accumulated enough f.ne f ir n m attendance to take tis all to a musical comedy." Washington Herald. The Catte "Tlcre h-tsn't been a death In our family fnr V.j years." said the ric h old CurniMiIreon. 'I have often wondered why your rx-sr relvivcs were so fearful acJ iTci'SVvn'." |