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Show WISER THAN TUB PROFESSOR, tllil fAaltr4 ITnim Who Kniwl . Hilar About rxalU. -, A scientific gentleman of Witting-ton, Witting-ton, who la greatly Interested In foe-all foe-all remains, recently received a very fine specimen, purporting to be o the Devonian or aome nfier old Prld. He waa delighted, nnd he called In all hla frlenda to decide on what manner of thing the animal waa dafleg Ita lifetime. They were not able in de-clde, de-clde, and they were on the Joint of appealing to some of the goternment geologtata. The great trouble wai that the apeclmen had no head, and the absence of that member combined to make a mystery of the missing link variety Meanwhile the skeleton waa kept carefully guarded In a cabinet especially es-pecially made for It One day, after a ahort absence from the clly, the act-entlat act-entlat opened the cabinet and found that the foiall had been provided with a head. He waa delighted. When he made Inquiries hla son told him that tho friend who had aent him the trunk had found the head and forwarded It to him while he waa away. The professor pro-fessor called In hla frlenda, and they decided that the head fitted perfectly, and that It belonged to the fowl I. When (hut equipped It looked for all the world like one of (he dogs one would Imagine (ho cave men to have kept aa (heir pels. The professor felt that he ought to write a treatise on the canines of (ho paleozoic age. An old colored woman who lakes care of (he office came In one day and aaw Ihe fossil, with Ita recent addition. She went up to It nnd deliberately knocked the head off with her duller. ' I'oh de I-awd'a sake puffrnaahl" aho exclaimed, exclaim-ed, "what yo' doln' wld n of chicken carrasa on yo' akelllngton?" On minute min-ute Investigation the professor found that Ihe old woman waa correct; but ho doe not apeak (o hla son now. Washington Post. |