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Show splendid slew there Is from the summit!" sum-mit!" Tit-Bits. JUST FOR FUN The Wise Jeraeyman. A sweet-dlsposltloned horse was slowly pulling a delivery wagon down Seventh street the other afternoon, when, just below Chestnut street, his feet crossed and ho, fell heavily to the pavement Up to that time a large crowd had been watching some laborers who were dlgglag a hole in the street near by, but a9 soon a4 the horse turned riip-flop they all "shook" the hole and hustled to the better show. Kind hands unhitched the fallen horse from the wagon, but notwithstanding this help and the appeals of the driver, the horse refused to climb back on hla hoof 8. While he was still lying on the cold stones a commuter from South Jersey Jer-sey Joined the jubilee First he saw the hole In the ground, next the horse; then a look of surprise floated over his features. "Look here, constable," he said to a policeman, "ain't ye goln" a leetle bit too fast with that hoss? Yer liable ter have all yer work fcr nothln.' " "What "do you mean?" asked the policeman. "Waal, It's jes' this way," said the rural delegate, "should think ye would kind o' save time b waltln' ter seo if the hoss Is go'n" ter die afore yer start ter dig a hole ter bury him." Philadelphia Telegraph. Obliging. They were a very young and obviously obvi-ously brlde-and brldcsrooinlsh eounle. On entering the ta shop the maid tactfully led them ffc Hi tie side room which chanced to be unoccupied. Tea vas ordered nnd served. As the waitress was leaving the room the young man discovered an Important fault In the sen lee. "Oh, waitress." he said, "may we have a 9poon?" "Oh, yes," said the girl. "I won't come back for ten mlnute3, and I quite think you will be able to have tho room all to yourselves." Scraps. Keeping Him at a Distance. A pin holds Myrtle's belt In place, Another holds her bodice A dozen bits of dainty lace Are pinned upon tno goddess. Her hat Is held, as you well know, By lances long and pointed I would not dare to hug her, though. 'Less I were triple-Jointed! For back of all her charms forsooth An air of danger hovers How sharper than a serpent's tooth Are lots of things to lovers. Buffalo News. Slangy With the Dead. A young girl, Incorrigibly given to slang, went with her mother to the funernl of an aunt. The dead woman had been strikingly handsome In life, and her features retained all their at tractlveness. "I low do you think Aunt Blanche looked?'' asked the mother, when they had viewed the corpse. En thusdastlcally the child replied: "Ltead swell, didu't she, mother?'' New York Tribune. A Total Abstainer. "I don't like these women who gossip gos-sip about others, do you?" "I should say noi. Now there's Mr6. Green She's always telllnc tnao things ahout her neighbors. And Mrs. Hunter talks perfectly dreadful about her friends. Thnnk goodness, I never say nn thing about anybody !" Stray Stories. The Beggar Part. "Your wife looks charming tonight, Mr. Blinkers." remarked the hostess at the reception. "Her new costume simply beggars description." "Well. I don't know as to that." remarked re-marked Blinkers, ' but It almost beggared beg-gared me." Chicago Newa. Just a Nod In Passing. Murrayhlll They say fortune raps on everv man's door some tlm. Broadway Well. h hasn't so much o called nie up on the telephone' tele-phone' Smart Set. Up the Rhine. Mrs. Robinson And were you up the Rhine? Mrs. De Tones (Just returned from a continental trip) I should think en- rlsht to th Tery top. Whot a |