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H0 s The Commoner. Vol. 2, No. Z9. 16 t ! -.' Kb K t m III . . GOOD SHORT STORIES.- Tho Dotroit Froe Press provldos the following: "Very amusing aro tho struggles our jGerman frlonds have with tho Eng lish vocabulary," romarked a gentle man I mot on the smoker' platform. "We had a rollglous revival In our neighborhood, and Annie, -oUr Gorman housoinald, docldod to become ft church member. It was a sect of a lib oral croed, somo of whoso members favorod baptism by immoralon, somo by sprinkling. "Wo did not know which Annie , proforred, although tho question was a nlco ono with ray wife, sho did not think best to urgo or adviso In tho mattor. Tho coromony was porformod one ovonlng, and tho morning there after Annie prosonted horsolf with smiling faco. "Well, Annie said my wife, 'you '"'wore baptised, wore you?' "'Yayes,' said Annio, 'a lootlo.' "Wo subsequently loarned that her Mooter baptism was a sprinkling. "Wo never learned why sho chose tho 'lectio' instead of tho 'big'." The Baltimore American is respon sible for this: "Poker," growlod tho eminent finan cier, "is tho most contemptible game over invontod." Hero wo gathered around him, hop ing to hear some poarls of wisdom, for woll wo know that tho truly great are prone to guide us in the proper path by pointing out tho pitfalls which bo set our untrained feet. "It's an atrocious game!" he con tinued. "I sat at tho table for three hours and nevor held better than a pair of fives, and a common, low browed person across from me, who hasn't got a million dollars to his name, held straights, flushes, fulls and tho whole gamut .of possible hands. It's a vile game! Besides, I lost a good deal." locations and embasaio concerning a I conversation Horr Von Hollobon, doan of tho diplomatic corps, recently haa with a society' leader of Washington: "It has often puzzled me," the lady said, "to understand Just how the Ger man mon manage to maintain such superb dominion over their wives without destroying the latter's sense of freedom or minimizing their happl noss and content" "It is very simple, Indeed," replied tho ambassador; "meroly a question of conjugal diplomacy." "But supposing the wife ventures to sot up hor judgment against that of hor Hogo lord?" "In that caso," said tho diplomatist, "tho Gorman husband meets the issue bv savinc to his wife something like fli'fn. lUlDi " 'My dear, you kriow that my judg ment is abovo criticism, for I had the inspired wisdom to select you from among the many; but you, on the oth er hand, cannot place absolute re lianco upon your judgment if, after accepting mo, you find yourself waver ing as to your confidence in my ability to direct our ways.' "You will readily see," added Herr Von Hollobon, "that a wife, in wis dom., cannot protest against such a diplomatic assertion of domestic lead orship." MR. WEBSTER DAVIS' BOOK. This work is the outcome of a visit to the Transvaal, made by Mr. Webster Davis while he was Assistant Secretary Tf the Interior, under Mr. McKinloy's first administration, asri as a result of which he broke his relations with the ropuDiican party ana auiu&iea nimaeii John Bull's Crime or Assaults Republics with the opposition. 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