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Show Long Distance. Sambo, In heaven, had Just got Rastus, far below, on the asbestos oulja board : "Hello, Rastus; how you gettin' long?" "Oh, I'se hnvin' a fine time. Don't haf to work much ; jest shovel In some coal now and then. How's you-all?" "I'se workln' purty hard. We haf to sweep up de clouds, pull In tie stabs, switch on de light an' give de ole sun a shove every mornin'." " ."How come you-all have so. much work to do?" "Well, sah, to tell the truth, we're kindn short o' help up heah." Chicago Phoenix. More Absorbing. "I had a long talk with Cousin Jurd Lopp In town today." related Gap Johnson of Rumpus HIdge. "How did he say his folks was?" inquired in-quired Mrs. Johnson. "I plumb forgot to ask him. You see, he was telling me all about a sick dog he's got." Kansas City Star. At the Author's Club. Brown Smith's new novel, "The Horrors of Wedlock," has made him a fortune, hasn't It? It's the season's success. ' Jones Yes, he claims he's made enough out of It to get married on. Life. TO REPLACE ALL RAIL CROSSINGS Federal Aid Highways to Ellmlnata Dangers 1 Washington, Grade crossings will be eliminated wherever possible and , replaced with bridges or under passer r on all roads of the federal aid hlgh- way system to be constructed under t the federal highway act, tha bureau . of public ton'ss 'announced Ilrblax. Important roads, maay of wblch at prer-eut Croat ad recross railroad it jrrsdos, hrafter will ha built -r tircly on one sid of the railroad, even thonp-h thli InerMses the cost of coh-stuctioa, coh-stuctioa, or, if crossings are unavoidable unavoid-able or Justified by local interests. the road will pas-s over or under thi-traek. thi-traek. the ratloads In Instances of this kind hearing half the cost of biyild-ng biyild-ng the bridfre or under pass. In the iiree years ending with 1920. according " to records available at the bureau " iiC-'iO lives w(Mi? lost and 10,044 por&ons vrc injured t jrrado crossings in " fhe Vnited Smte. Unit Plan For World Scrum New York, rniflnution of intem.-v-lioriRl shanrlnrdfi of antitox! srunt has baarun on a Inre srale by tho !f'iniP "-f npr't-T"; Kli popv..r. .. Recording to detnilod plans rocolvod " here Friday. The I'nlrod StaiVs, Uin ' lonjrne of nations news human an nonncod. hna nfrrood to cooporate m (j this work through the United States puM!o health servir-p nt Wa.h:nton, j and thromrh the presence at the con-' con-' fcivnce of Dr. Rupert Turf assistant Brecon cenern1. s. n I oupd :ir )';, r c (Gorman sMntisi' w!l! also Take par:, as well as Japnnee ami representative representa-tive of ail the larger European medical medi-cal services. Olympia Booms Salute Philadelphia. A salute of !ertmten puns from te Ol ympii, Adnr ral Dewey's De-wey's old flagship, wax tire sliraal Frl-i, Frl-i, day for the open'n of exercise wtilch (xTfie'ally fc,arked ne 'heinnineJ of -, work on the Delaware river bridge hot ween Ph lndephia and Camden. N. j J. The hridjre -will be one of the lonar-i lonar-i est of tho .i'er.yjin typs in the roun-e roun-e i try. The main span will be 1750 fet 1 ; lorp end the tetnl lt-mnh of the etrao-e etrao-e ! tin v-:il be 12 is. Its cost to a jestiwatpd at ?23ff 0fO00. |
