FOR SICK SOLDIERS.
LUXURIOUS SANITARIUM BUILT
FOR CARE OF ENLISTED MEN.
■ Million-Dollar Health Home Just Com
pleted at Hot Springs, South Da
kota, Begins a Beneficent
‘ Mission.
Opcte Sam him ever been geenrous
in his treatment of the mep who
havw served under his banner, and
has been disposed to provide every
means possible for the preservation of
the health and morals of the enlisted
men. As an evidence of this one may
point with pride to the magnificent
sanitarium which has just been com
pleted at Hot Springs, South Dakota,
at a cost of almost a million dollars,
and which is for the exclusive use of
sick and disabled soldiers of the
United States. And the best part of
‘it all is that everythrng about the
place is free, and not only free, but
the government will pay the railroad
Tare and traveling expenses of any old
soldier who cannot afford to pay his
•own way.
The house is the great Battle Moun
tain sanitarium, the largest of the
government hospitals and the most
complete sanitarium in the world. Al
though the sanitarium was officially
dedicated in April of this year the old
soldiers are just beginning to arrive
in numbers. At presSM there is
room for 336 sick people, but this
number can be increased to 500 with
out much trouble. More thaw $800,000
has already been expended on the san
itarium exclusive of the grounds.
The grounds of the hospital cover
nearly 4,000 acres and includes the
famous “Battle Mountain,” where a
few hundred years ago the warlike
Sioux Indians cooped np an entire
tribe of its enemies and wiped them
from the face of the earth, killing
every single member of the hostile
tribe. The place has since been
known to all Western Indians as “Bat
tle Mountain.”
The idea of utilizing the waters from
the springs for the old soldiers was
first evolved by Capt H. El Palmer
of Omaha, who Is a member of the
board of managers for the soldiers’
homes. It took Captain Palmer sev
eral years to convince congress that
the necessary appropriations should,
be made. However, this was finally
accomplished and three years ago ac
tual construction work began.
The Battle Mountain 8anitarlum.
It is the belief of Captain Palmer
that within three months the demand
for rooms will be so great that the ca
pacity of the wards will be increased
to the limit. Only curable cases are
taken, and if the patient does not
show, within a reasonable time, that
he is being benefited, he is sent back
home and a new patient admitted in
hi» place. “Battle Mountain” is a sol
diers’ sanitarium, not a soldiers' home.
And any C. A. R. man in the country
who is sick and needs attention will
be more than welcome at the sani
tarium.
CLEVER POLICEMAN
BY PROCESS OF DEDUCTION HE
DETECTS TWO CRIMINALS.
And Than by Prompt and 8trenuous
Action Ha Captures Them
and Secures from Them
Their Loot.
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Fatter and Faster He Ran, Until to
His Joy He Foumf Himself Gain
ing on the Train.
Deduction is certainly an asset
which every police constable should
L
possess. But. unfortunately. It is a
rare quality: and yet Jhe following
story will show that there is at least
one police constable in Saltash, Corn
wall. who possesses the-power to an
extraordinary degree.
This policeman was walking beside
the railway one Saturday afternoon in
December, no doubt little thinking
that his presence in such a deserted
neighborhood would prove of service.
Nor would it have been, most prob
ably, had not at that moment the
shrill sound of a whistle fallen upon
the policeman’s ears. Coming to
wards him at a reduced speed was a
train
The policeman stepped from the
track, and. pausing on his way, idly
scanned the passengers sitting at ease
within the compartments.
. There was the farmer seated in one
corner smoking, and, It may be, vig
orously discussing the latest market
price of wheat; and there was the
country-woman returning from her
weekly journey to the market. But
what interested idle policeman more
particularly—there, seated by the
window of a compartment, were two
men attired in tbeir working clothes.
“Miners,” reflected the constable,
deducting the fact from their somber
drab apparel. Then:
“Curious that they should be re
turning from their work at this hour
of the day."
Possibly one of them had been
taken ill, and the other had been sent
to see him safely home?
But no—they were in a smoking
carriage, and that was hardly the
compartment in which one would con
vey a sick man.
Turning quickly about, when the
carriage containing the two objects of
his interest had scarcely passed him,
liie policeman broke into a run.
First he passed one carriage, then
another. Then the tender of the en
gine lay on his left, and then he was
shouting and waving his arms, Signal
ing to the driver to stop. The signal
was answered, the train was brought
to a standstill.
Panting out his mikslon, the police
man explained that there were twoa
men on board the train whom he
wished to search.
Escorted by the guard the police
man entered the carriage. At the
sight of him the two miners crouched
right back in their seats. *
Such an eventuality as this bad
never crossed their minds. There,
homing up seemingly from nowhere,
stood a stern “arm of the law.”
It was all up with them, and, with
no show of re&’.stance, the two men
allowed themselves to be searched
aua relieved of a considerable quan
tity of copper which they had pur
loined from the mine in which they
were employed.
He Was Justified.
It was * case of breach of promise.
The defendant was allowed to say a.
word ini’ bis own behalf.
“Yea," be said. “I kissed her almost
continually every evening I called at
her house.”
The counsel for the plaintiff was
pleased.
“Then you confess it?” he said.
“Yes, I do confess it But I had to
4o it"
“You had to do it What do you
sauna?” ■ J
“That was the only way I cduld keep
her from singing."
The jury gave a verdict lor the de
fendant without louring their aunts, r |
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AH Htid Mmtngi.
“So the proprietor of this hotel has
• Mg phonograph that plays while yon
diner
“Tea. and Home of the selections are
very -appropriate. For instance, U he
thinks his gtiesw are getting impa
tient he ppta on such pieces as: ‘Life
Is Too Short to Worry’ and ‘All Things
Opma to Who Waits.’ ”
“H’mt Pr*ttj good idea.”
“Tea, but the ’last selection beats
them all. If he thinks yon might over
look tipping the waiter he pats on Klp
ptlng's recessions!: ‘Lest We Forgetl
Lest We Forget!’"—Chicago Daily
News.
Doubtful Compliment.
Stippler—Did Miss Kitts admire
Dobhdr^-I^oa’t know.
attgDl«r—WT»iit did $e gay shoot
CHICAGO PHYSICIAN HONORED
Dr. Frank Billings.
Dr. Prank Billings, who has been elected president of the National Asso
ciation for the study and prevention of tuberculosis, is a distinguished prac
titioner in Chicago who long has been noted as a diagnostician. He is a
member of most- of the technical societies of the medical profession and is
consulting physician in many of the Chicago hospitals. He is the dean of
Rush Medical College. In 1902-03 Dr. Billings was president of the American
Medical Association, and he also has been president of the Chicago Medical
Society. He was born in Highland, Wis., in 1854, and was graduated from
the Northwestern University Medical School in 1881.
IN HARNESS AT 100.
Amazing Energy Displayed by an Eng
lish Clergyman.
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In days when a man is considered
obsolete at 60, one learns with amaze
ment that Rev. Thomas Lord, the
doyen of Congregational ministers, is
still able to conduct divine service, al
though to-day he celebrates his hun
dredth birthday. This remarkable old
gentleman, who was cradled the year
after Pitt and Fox died, and was a
full-grown man while George IV. was
still on the throne, has been preaching
for more than three-quarters of a cen
tury. Mr. Lord has, however, a
formidable rival in Rev. Richard
Rymer, who has been a Methodist
minister for 81 years, and is now
within three years of his century.
Only a few weeks ago Rev. Hugh
Pritchard, of Anglesey, completed his
hundred years, and until recently was
a keen sportsman—fishing, hunting
and shooting being his favorite pas
times. Mr. Pritchard was ordained
77 years ago, when Queen Victoria
was playing with her dolls.—West
minster Gazette.
Population of Rome.
According to the last general cen
sus of 1901 the resident population of
the whole province of Rome was esti
mated at 1,142,526, and the fluctuating
population, Italian and foreign, at 54,
THEY FORMED A FLY TRUST.
Canny Kids Worked the Bounty Prop
osition for All It Was Worth.
Once In Hartford the flies were bo
numerous for a time, and so trouble
some, that Mrs. Clemens conceived the
idea of paying George a bounty on all
the flies he might kill. The children
saw an opportunity here for the ac
quisition of sudden wealth. They sup
posed that their mother merely want
ed to accumulate dead flies, for some
aeAhetic or scientific reason or other,
and they judged that the more flies
she could get the happier she would
be; so they went into business with
George on a commission. Straightway
the dead flies began to arrive in such
quantities that Mrs. Clemens was
pleased beyond words with the suc
cess of hef idea. Next, she was aston
ished that one house could furnish so
many. She was paying an extrava
gantly high bounty, and it presently
began to look as if by this addition to
our expenses we were now probably
living beyond our income.
After a few days there was peace
and comfort; not a fly was discovera
ble in the house; there wasn’t a strag
gler left Still, to Mrs. Clemens’ sur
prise, the dead flies continued to ar
rive by the plateful, and the bounty
expense was as crushing -as ever.
Then she made inquiry, and found
that our innocent litle rascals had
SCHWAB WANTS TO SELL PALACE
Is is reported that Charles M. Schwab wants to sell his new mansion in
Riverside drive and has placed it in the hands of brokers. The house, with
its furnishings, is said to have cost $350,000,000. %
Mr. Schwab, it is understood, is tired of living in the big house and wishes
to escape from the burdens the life entails.
383. The increase since the annexa
tion ot Rome to the Italian kingdom in
187JL has been very considerable. At
that time the aggregate population
amoivited to only 836,704, so that with
in the comparatively short period of
30 years the inhabitants of the prov
ince have increased by fully 305,822.
According to the above census the
number of foreigners in Rome in 1901
was 9,855, the Germans numbering
1,844, the British 1,739, and the French
1,386. • The population of Rome is stat
ed to be 520,196.—Westminster Ga
zette.
Not Meant for Him.
“See here!” Indignantly cried the
transient guest, “there’s a collar but
ton in this beef stew.”
“O! that's a mistake, sir,” raid the
bright waiter. v
“A mistake? Well, I should say—”
“Ye®, sir; we never give extras ex
cept to our regular customers.”—
Catholic Standard and Times.
Fame and Fortune.
“That young physician is working
hard.”
"Yes,” answered the veteran prac
titioner. “He is on the track of dis
covery that will mean fame and for
tune. He is trying to invent a new
name that will make some old ail
ment fashionable.”—Washington Star.
Best for the Peer.
“Surely,” remarked the good man,
“it goes without saying that ‘honesty
is the best policy.’ ”
“It Is,” replied the wise man, “until
you get prominent enough to drop
policy anft alart playing the stock
pfrn»4dlpht» Press.
established a fly trust, and had hired
all the children in the neighborhood
to collect flies on a cheap and unbur
densome commission.—Mark Twain’s
Autobiography in North American Re
view.
Breath Revives Bees.
"Your bees are doing well this
spring. Here are a couple of dead
ones, though,” said the visitor.
“Give ’em to me and watch me blow
on ’em,” said the bee 'man.
He laid the inanimate bees on a
fence rail and breathed softly upon
them. They stirred feebly, they kick
ed out their tiny legs, in a moment
they flew away.
“Nohtin’ revives bees like human
breath” said the bee man, chuckling.
It’s better’n cordial to ’em."
“They Uke it. do they?”
“Like it? No. They hate it—hate
it like p’ison. That’s why it is, when
a bee lights on ye, so long as ye hold
yer breath ’twon’t sting.”
Had His Boots.
“And you say the girl’s father came
looking for you the other night when
yon called?” x
“Indeed he did.”
“And you fled, I suppose, so his
quest was bootless?”
“Well, I didn’t fly soon enough, and
hie quest was positively not bootless."
—Yonkers Statesman.
Women’s Chance in Literature.
The world is waiting for the woman
author, who need not be great, but
only natural and downright, to reveal
to it (as a male world) the true in
wardness of a woman’s nature, far
fwll^Jtowanl^othbr Wjpmngm,, wlgaat-i
how she really feels when she ts kis*
ed by a^maa, and hog she feels when
■he la not kissed, artra thouaaad ott
er things which a man author eaa
only gneaa at and la no eaas baa as
posnsd. Here, sorely, is a shgato flsr
a —Trim writer.—Academy.
FOR THE WEDDING FEAST.
Chicken Salad One of the Most De
pendable of Relishes.
Chicken salad is the most dependa
ble relish to serve at the wedding
feast. It never holds the possibilities
of ptomaine poisoning as fish may and
it does not wilt as a green salad would,
if the reception runs for some length.
Here is an old family recipe: This
quantity should make very nearly two
quarts of salad, sufficient for 20 peo
ple, if served with sandwiches and
ices. Select two plump fowl, not too
old, simmer in botlihg water Until ten
der. Do not cut them up before cook
ing, and do not cook in cold water, as
this draws out the juice. When ten
der, remove from the liquor, cool and
cut into dice. Add one pint of celery
cut in dice, mixed lightly, sprinkled
with a little salt. If you do not like
oil use this dressing: Beat the yolks
of seven eggs, add seven pinches of
mustard, seven teaspoonfuls of sugar;
place in a porcelain stew pan, add
slowly seven tablespoonfuls of boiling
vinegar. Cook slowly until thick; mix
with the chicken, add one cupful of
good sweet cream, whipped light, and
salt and pepper to taste. If you like
oil try this mayonnaise dressing: Into
the well-beaten yolk of one egg add
drop by drop one pint of olive oil.
Boil two egg3 hard; rub into the yolks
a dash of cayenne pepper, one-half
spoonful of salt. Add this to the yolks
and oil. Now add finely chopped whites
of the eggs and juice of half a lemon;
mix well, then add the well-beaten
white of the uncooked egg, and the
dressing is ready for use.
“HAY STOVE” IS HANDY.
Saves Fuel and Discomfort During the
Hot Weather.
Here is a good way to keep the
kitchen cool and also to save fuel:
Take an old trunk or a wooden box
about the size of a trunk, fill with hay,
pack tightly and make four or five
holqf in the hay to accommodate pots
of different sizes. Prepare your meat,
vegetables, rice, fruit or whatever you
wish to cook, put on gas stove and let
come to boiling point. Take off and
put Into holes in your hay stove; have
a tightly fitting cover on each pot and
close the lid, which must also be ^lned
with hay and lastly with netting or
cheesecloth to keep the hay from spill
ing. If put in while preparing lunch
eon or just after everything will come
out nicely and thoroughly done for a
seven o’clock dinner. Oatmeal may be
cooked over night. Have tried this in
the house and in camp during summer
when we would put our dinner to cook
at daybreak, go on an excursion, come
back at noon hungry and tired, lift the
lid of our hay stove and find our din
ner ready to be served and eaten.
Everything gets thoroughly done with
out burning or boiling dry.
Macaroni a la Creole.
Take the required amount of maca
roni or spaghetti; put over to boil in
slightly salted boiling water; take
three or four generous slices of break
fast bacon, rather fat. cut up in small
dice, put in frying pan and fry; cut up
one or two good-sized onions and a
very little garlic (if liked), fry in ba
con fat but do not burn; now open a
good sized can of tomatoes and pour
contents in with bacon and onions,
cook until tomatoes are all dissolved;
take one-half pound common cheese,
cut in small pieces, put in with the to
matoes; when cheese is melted pour
all over the macaroni, which has pre
viously been drained in colander; stir
all together and serve. Don’t forget
to season with salt and pepper to suit
taste. This is a southern dish and is
fine. »
Good Treatment for Floor.
The simplest and one of the pretti
est of treatments for a floor is as fol
lows: Wash the floor well and let it
dry. Then go over it with a cloth
dipped from time to time in coal oil,
which not only cleanses, but pene
trates the floor so that less of the boil
ed oil is required. In two quarts of
boiled oil put beeswax the size of half
of an ega; and boil together till melted
and tho;oughly mixed. The utmost
care must be taken in doing this, as
both materials are inflammable.
While the oil is still warm apply with
a wide paint brush. If the wood has
a handsome grain, the oil brings it
out beautifully. It only requires dust
ing from week to week.
Caramel Junket.
If one is fond of caramel or plain
junket, there Is no dessert for sum
mer more delicate. Two cups of
milk, one-third cup of sugar, one-third
cup of boiling water, one junket tab
let, a pinch of salt, one teaspoonful
of vanilla. Heat milk until blood
warm. Caramelize sugar, add boiling
water, and cook until syrup is re
duced to one-third cup. Cool, and
add milk slowly to syrup. Break the
tablet into small bits, or powder it,
add to mixture, with salt and vanilla.
Turn into cups or dish, let stand until
the junket congeals. Then piece in
the refrigerator to chill. Just before
serving cover the top with whipped
cream and chopped nuts.
If plain junket is preferred it may
be flavored with sherry wine or nut
meg lasfrwryl at vanilla.
Pineapple Marmalade.
Pepl and grate or chop as many
pineapples as are desired, using a sil
ver knife or fork in the ' operation.
Medsnre or weigh and allow a pound
of sugar, to each pound of fruit.
Mix well and stand In a cool place
over night In the morning cook for
half an hour or until soft enough to
put through a coarse sieve. Strain,
return to the preserving kettle, and
continue cooking, stirring almost con
stantly for half an hour or longer un
til a clear amber jelly that will thick
en Into a paste as it cools. Put Into
■men jars and seal when cool.
Pineapple Souffle.
One can grated pineapple, one
scant cup sugar, one-half box gelatin,
q^e plat cigtm whipped. Boll pine
apple and sugar M minutes, cool, and
add cooled prepared gelatin. Mix and
stir often while It is setting. When
It Is almost stiff add the cream, which
has been whipped and pat la a mold.
Ppt in a cool place to hardca aad
Mt of whipped »naia ea
MONUMENT FOR DOGS.
GRAVES OF ARISTOCRATIC
CANINES ARE MARKED.
Wister Family of Germantown, Pa.,
Continuea Custom Inaugurated
Over Century Ago by Fa
mous Artist Peale.
Philadelphia.—The aristocratic dogs
belonging to the noted Wister family
of Germantown have special honors
conferred upon them after they are
called from this earth to dog heaven.
These blooded canines are treated
during life with all the consideration
due the extent of their pedigree, and
even ofter death their names are
passed on to posterity upon enduring
monuments erected above their
graves.
In thus honoring their canine fav
orites, the Wisters have perpetuated
the example set by the famous art
ist, Charles Wilson Peale, one of the
founders of the Philadelphia Academy
of the Tine Arts, whose homestead
and Wisters now occupy. More than
a century and a half ago the great
artist erected a monument above the
grave of his pet dog. It was only a
wooden shaft, resting upon a marble
base. Painted white, it resembled
marble. It was always kept in good
repair, and when the wood began to
decay it was replaced, from time to
time, by a new shaft, an exact replica
of the original.
Then, in 1820, the Peale homestead
passed into the hands of William
Logan Fisher, who presented it to his
daughter when she married William
Wister. Peale is said to have erected
the first monument to his pet in 1772,
soon after his return from Mount
Vernon, where he had painted the now
celebrated portrait of ’Washington.
Its successor stood there when the
Wisters came into the possession of
the estate. In their preservation of
the historic glories of the homestead,
as well as of their own family, shed
ding a social luster upon everything
in their possession, they have from
generation to generation passed down
the eustom of entombing their dog
pets beside the dust of Peale’s fav
orite. The inscription on the monu
ment, however, changes with succes
sive occupants of the plot of ground.
Beside the beautiful driveway' lead
ing up to the historic Peale home
stead, now the Wister mansion, a
short distance from Wister statloi-,
can still be seen the humble whits
shaft. The last family pet to whlcn
this simple but imposing memorial
was erected was “General.” The
monument bears the inscription:
"GENERAL.”
June. 1888. December, 1900.
But another household favorite,
soon probably to pass to the notable
canine cemetery, is a handsome
brown Newfoundland. He has reached
the distinction of mature years—In
dogdom—and during his lifetime so
far has behaved with the full social
dignity and aristocratic honor of his
Dog Monument at Germantown, Pa.
patron family. When his last sum
mons comes the Wisters will reward
him, too, by strict adherence to fam
ily traditions in giving him a place be
neath or beside the monument that,
has marked the resting place of so
many aristocratic dogs.
With its 150 years’ record, this lit
tle plot of ground, it is claimed, is the
most notable dog cemetery in the city.
In fact, the cemetery is so notable
that ever since revolutionary days
dogs have been just dying to ge”
into it.
MARRIES STEEL MAGNATE.
Mabelle Gilman, Former Actress, Now
Wife of W. E. Corey.
New York.—Mabelle Gilman, former
ly a musical comedy performer, who
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...
MRS. W. E. COREY.
(Former Actress Who Recently Be
came Bride of Steel Trust Chief.)
the other day became the wife of W.
E. Corey, president of the United
States Steel Corporation, is well
known to the amusement loving pub
lic. She is a California girl, and first
played In this city under the manage
ment of the late Augustin Daly.
Later she appeared in musical com
edy, and subsequently won popularity
in London in “Dolly Varden,” “Amo
relle” and other .plays. Miss Gilman
was mentioned in the divorce pro
ceedings of the first Mrs. Corey, who
obtained her decree of separation,
with charge of her son, on July 3')
last. Various rumors since that time
were that Corey and Miss Gilman
were to be married in Paris, where
Miss Gilman and her mother lived
some time. Mr. Corey was recently
reelected president of the Steel Cor
poration.
Corey first became prominently
known to the general public when, in
August, 1903, he succeeded Charles
M. Schawb as head of the steel trust.
It was in that year that Mabelle Gil
man visited Pittsburg as a member
of the “Mocking Bird” company. Mr.
Corey occupied a box at the theater
on the first night, and was seen with
the actress frequently throughout the
stay of the company.
No Grumblers Wanted.
The Englishmen and the English
women who come out here prepared
to fall in with conditions of a new
country, and who are everlastingly
making the remark in a desparagirig
tone: “We don't do it that way at
home,” will find Canada all right, and
the friendly nod and the helping hand,
if need be, on all, sides. Grumblers
are not wanted.—Brantford (Ont.)
Courier.
HIGH POST FOR SHERMAN.
Illinois Lieutenant Governor Placed on
8panieh Claims Commission.
Washington.—Lawrence Y. Sher
man, lieutenant governor of Illinois,
has been appointed a member of the
Spanish treaty claims commission at a
salary of $5,000 per annum, and has ac
cepted a vacancy that existed on the
commission caused by the election to
congress of G. J. Diekema of Mich
igan.
This is the commission headed by
former Senator Chandler of New
Hampshire. Mr. Sherman has the
backing of Senators Cullom and Hop
kins for the position.
The office of lieutenant governor
pays but $1,000 a year, and in one
year Mr. Sherman will receive more
remuneration than he would in his
entire four years’ term as lieutenant
governor. In addition he will occupy
a position not only of national but in
ternational importance.
Mr. Sherman is a cousin of former
Gov. Richard Yates and has lived in
Illinois since 1859, less than a year
after his birth in Miami county, Ohio.
He was admitted to the bar in 1879
and began tie practice of law in Ma
comb in 1882, where he was later 'i
elected city attorney, and after serv
ing two years became judge of McDon
ough county. In 1896 he was first
elected to the legislature and served
four successive terms. He was speak
er of the forty-first and forty-second as
semblies, and in 1904 was elected lieu
tenant governor of the state.
I I I I I
From Prayer to Laughter.
A revival meeting was In progress
and Sister Jones was called upon for
testimony. Being meek and humble,
she said: “I do not feel as though I
should stand here and give testimony.
I have been a transgressor for a good
many years and have only recently
seen the light. I believe that my place
is in a dark comer behind the door.”
Brother Smith was next called upon
for his testimony aad, following the
example set by Sister Jones, said: “I.
too, have been a sinner for more than
40 years, and I do not think It would
be fitting for me to stand before this
assembly as a model. I think my
place is behind the door, in a dark
comer with Sister Jones.”
And he wondered why the meeting
was eo«vu|Sed wtth the laughter of
those ' who came up to prkyl—Cleve
land Leader.
A Narrow Escape.
Fussy Fred—I come purty near goln’
t’ work yisterday.
Drowsy lmve—Why didn’t yuan?
Fussy Fred—Just afore I got do
■I
Bond* New and Old Concrete.
The difficulty so long found In bond
ing together new and old concrete has
been obviated by a recent patent. This
bond consists of an extract of coal tar.
used instead of water as the mixing
agent for neat Portland cement. The
mixtnre is laid in one-eighth inch to
one-quarter inch layers on the old con
crete surface, and immediately fol
lowed by aew concrete or mortar. The
inventor says that the compound is
entirely insoluble, and forms a com
plete and monolithic bond between
the old and new work.
Hard Word to Spell, Too.
Senior Partner—That new indy
shorthand clerk who types your let
ters spells ridiculously.
Junior Partner—Does she? Well, if
she* does, U'*r ahpqt the only word she
can spell, so far as my observation
goes.
What We Are Coming To.
“Why won’t the children play vita
you, Uttle girl?"
“They say my father works for a
trust”
