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"John," said Mrs. Newly wed, 'Tvo
got to Imvu somo money nml some
now clothes nml some now bIioos and
a hat nnd a now coat."
"Gracious!" replied John, "you don't
have to have nil that, do you?"
"Well, 1 really do, but I'll compro
mise on tho money."
Unlucky.
Chollle Do you bellcvo tho number
thirteen Is unlucky?
Mollle -Indeed, 1 do. You wcro tho
thirteenth man who proposed to mo.
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Mrs. Hamilton Tells How She
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Warren. Ind. "I wan bothered ter
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nnd was not regular,
my head ached all
tho time, I hnd bear
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my back hurt mo tho
biggest part of tho
time, I was dizzy
and had weak feel
ings when I would
stoop over, it hurt
mo to walk any dis
tance and I felt blue
and discouraged.
"I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound nnd am now in
good health. If it had not been for
that medicino I would havo been in my
grave a long time ago. "Mrs. Artie E.
Hamilton, R.F.D. No. 6. Warren, Ind.
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"there is help for them. I suffered, with
hearing down pains, headache, was ir
regular and felt bluo and depressed all
the time. I took Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound and commenced to
gain in a short timo and I am a well wo
man today. I am on my feet from early
morning until late at night running a
boarding houso and do all my own work.
I hope that many suffering women will
try your medicine. It makes happier
-wives and mothers." Mrs. ANNA HAN
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Nine times in ten when the liver Is
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Its brick and stone buildings so taste
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FORTY YEARS AQO almost every mother thought her child must haft
PAREGORIC or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produoe
Bleep, and a FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce tho SLEEP
FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many ore the children who
have been killed or whoso health has been ruined for life by paregoric, lauda
num and morphlno, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists
are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, or
to anybody without labelling them " poison." Tho definition of "narcotio"
is : "A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but ichich in poison
ous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and death." Tho taste and
smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold undor tho names
of," Drops," " Cordials," "Soothing Syrups," eto. You should not permit any
medicine to bo given to your children without you or your physician know
of what it Is composed. OASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS, If it bears the signature J -
at Chaa. H. Fletcher. SI -J97FZM-
ftanlae CwtorU always bean the ilgaatare of -&Jc7yT' &&,
WOE BROUGHT MOTHER FOX
Tragic Moments for Vixen After She
Had Carried Poisoned Food to
Her Litter.
On ono of tho largo estates In Illng
ham, n few weeks ago, n fox was found
to bo destroying poultry. Tho tlmo of
tho raids, and their boldness, woro
proof enough that tho fox must bo a
fcmnlu with young. Poisoned meat
was propnrcd for her, and at onco the
raids ceased. A fow days later ono of
tho workmen of tho cstnto enmo upon
tho den of a fox, at tho mouth of
which lay dead a whole litter of young
ones. They had been poisoned. Tho
mother had not eaten tho doctored
food herself, but had carried It homo
to her family. Thoy must havo died
In tho burrow, for It was ovldont from
tho signs Hint sho had dragged them
out Into tho fresh nlr to rovlvo thorn,
and deposited them gently on tho
sand by tho hole. Then In her per
plexity sho had brought vnrlouH tid
bits of mouse nnd bird and rabbit nnd
placed at tliolr noses to tempt thorn
to wako up out of their strango sleep
nnd 'eat ns hungry children ought to
eat. Who knows how long sho watch
ed beside tho still forms, nnd what
her emotions wcro? Sho must havo
left tho neighborhood soon after, how
over, for no ono hns seen her slnco
about tho estate. Dallas Loro Sharp,
In tho Atlantic.
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN'
In the care of baby's skin and hair,
Cutlcura Soap Is the mother's fa
vorite. Not only Is It unrivaled In
purity and refreshing fragrance, but
Its gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor Irri
tations, removo redness, roughness
and chafing, soothe sensltlvo condi
tions, and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cutl
cura Ointment, It Is most valuable In
tho treatment of eczemas, rashes and
Itching, burning infantllo eruptions.
Cutlcura Soap wears to a wafer, often
outlasting several cakes of ordinary
soap and making lta use most eco
nomical. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout tho world. Samplo of each
freo.wlth 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston." Adv.
Just Wanted to Be Sure.
Four four entiro hours had tho lady
remained In tho shop. She had vis
ited every department and worrlod
tho majority of tho salesmen without
spending a penny.
Toward tho closo of the afternoon
ono of tho salesmen, feeling somewhat
exasperated, ventured to make a mild
protest.
"Madam," ho asked sweotly, "are
you shopping here?"
The lady looked surprised, but not
by any means annoyed.
"Certainly," Bho replied. "But what
elso should I bo doing?"
For a moment tho salesman hesi
tated, then blurted out:
"Well madam, I thought porbaps
you might bo taking an Inventory."
Then tho lady molted away among
tho shadows by tho door.
Taking It Out of Clients.
A well-known Milwaukee attornoy
had Just returned from a northern
Wisconsin city where ho tried a caso.
Ills partner was just closing a minor
legal affair aB tho attornoy entered
tho office.
Thero had been a long night ride
to Milwaukco and tho attornoy was
greatly exercised ovor tho' poor rail
road accommodations on the train.
"Well, I Just cleaned this little mat
ter up today," said the partner.
"How long did it take you?"
"About two .hours. What shall we
charge our client?"
" these railroads, anyway.
Charge him $1,000."
Brutal
"My husband is one of the most
stubborn men In the world."
"He can't bo any more stubborn
than mine."
"Oh, yes, I'm sure ho must be. Yes
terday I had an engagement to meet
him at threo o'clock."
"Yes?" ,
"Well, it was nearly 4:30 when I
got thero, and ho won't admit yot that
tho rest he got whllo ho was waiting
did him good."
Honkl Honkl
"Did sho como to the door when
you serenaded her with your mando
lin?." "No; but another fellow came along
nnd brought her out with an auto
horn."
Never put off till tomorrow what
any ono 1b willing to do for you U
day.
Some folks never learn to let bM
enough alono.
FEEDING TIKE
CANAL
5EKPICKARD
Colon, C. Z. In writing or talking
about tho Panama Canal tho superla
tive degree Is very likely to bo over
worked. Tho canal Itself is tho big
gest thing of tho kind ovor under
taken; the locks are unequalled in
slzo; tho work of tho department of
sanitation la tho most remarkable
ever carried out, nnd ro U goes.
nut thero is ono other feature of
tho building of tho canal that calls
loudly for the superlative degree tho
commissary department and tho way
In which It has fed tho Zone. Not fed
It only, either, but largely clothed It
and supplied it with household neces
sities and even luxuries.
The commissary department is a de
partment of tho Panama railroad,
which Is owned by tho United States
end of which Chairman Goethnls is
president. As officially stated:
"The commissary department of tho
Panama railroad Is operated by tho
subsistence department of tho Isth
mian Canal commission for tho pur
pose of supplying employes of tho
Panamn railroad and Isthmian Canal
commission nnd their families with
foodstuffs, wearing apparel and house
hold necessities, nnd nlso supplying
food for tho hotels, hospitals, messes,
nnd kitchens operated by tho Isthmian
Cnnnl commission and for tho United
States soldiers nnd marines located on
tho Isthmus of Panama, nnd ships of
tho United States nnvy. It 1b esti
mated that tho department supplies
about 70,000 people dally, computing
ono dependent for each employo.
"The business of tho department for
the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912,
was $0,702,355.08, to transact which it
Is necessary to carry a stock valued
at about $1,000,000."
That sounds decidedly prosaic, but In
truth the operations of this great busi
ness machine nro almost romantic.
The vessels of tho Panama railroad In
unending procession bring to tho
docks at Cristobal tho vast bulk of
supplies and as Continually theso nro
sent out to tho scoro of stores main
tained by tho department along tho
routo of tho canal and at Porto Bello.
Every evening each storckedpor tele
graphs to tho headquarters in Cristo
bal the list of supplies of which ho is
In need, nnd during the night tho enrs
nro loaded. At 3:45 o'clock each morn
ing the long tApply train starts out
from Colon. It consists of 21 cars, 11
it which nro refrigerated, and tho food
and ice are distributed along tho routo
to that thoy may bo delivered to tho
quarters of families by 8 o'clock..
In Cristobal Is tho biggest store of
all, and It compares well with tho
huge department stores of American
cities. There may be obtained all
kinds of food stuffs, American and
European; clothing for men and wo
men, furniture, household wares, sup
plies for travelers, cigars and cigar
ettes Indeed almost anything one
might call for except intoxicating
drinks. Articles from foreign lands,
beings Imported by the government It
self, of course pay no duty, and con
sequently such things as fine English
chlnaware can be bought there at
prices far below those charged in the
states. It Is said on the Isthmus, and
generally believed, that the members
of congressional junketing parties
which from timo to time go down to
inspect the canal always carry homo
with them a lot of this choice por
celain. At the head of the commissary de
partment 1b the subsistence officer,
Col. Eugene Wilson, whoso huge phys
ical bulk 1b well matched by his great
executive ability. It would scorn that
no better man could possibly have
been found for the position, for ho haa
in hand every detail of tho immense
business and It runs like clockwork.
Seldom Is a complaint heard from
even the most exacting of housewives,
and when one is registered It is cour
teously received and the fault, if ono
exists, promptly rectified.
"Cleanliness before godliness every
time" Is Colonel Wilson's motto and
though it Is not posted on any wall,
every employe understands that hlB
Job depends primarily on his cleanli
ness. In Cristobal are the great cold
storage plant, bakery, coffee plant, ico
plant, Ice cream plant, 'corned beef
plant, butter printing plant and laun-'
dry, and in every ono of them the un
written rule "be clean" Is adhered to
with the utmost care. Nowhere, If It
can be avoidod, is there pcrspnal con
tact with the food, and the numerous
and Ingenious automatic machines are
kept scrupulously clean.
Now let's got back to figures, in
ordor to obtain some idea of tho mag
nitude of tho commissary department's
operations. Take tho cold storage
plant first. In its 192,230 cubic feet of
refrigerated space aro kept constantly
on band meat and vegetablo supplies
for ten days at least, In tome in-
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ntancun much mora. Hnngtng In long
rows la thu icy cold roomB aro tho
carcasses of 400 beoveB and hogs and
sheep In due proportion. In other
rooms, not so cold, aro 150 toiiB of po
tatoes, and vast quantities of onions,
turnips, beets, carrots, cabbages,
yams, celery, tomatoes nnd other veg
etables. In yet other rooms aro ten
tonB of poultry, and clflowlioro nro
boxes of fruit without number. And
this enormous supply Is daily depleted
and dally renewed.
Adjoining tho cold storage plant Is
tho bakery, in whoso immense ovena
ure baked each working 'day about
20,000 loaveB of bread, 2,200 rolls and
380 pounds of cako. Tho cofTeo de
partment, which roasts and sends out
about 300.000 pounds of tho roasted
berry each year, receives the especial
attention of Colonel Wilson, for ho
is himself a groat cofleo drinker. Ho
personally makes up tho formulas for
tho blends, and ns something of a cof
fco connoisseur myself, I enn testify
that lie knows what ho is nbout when
he does it.
Tho people ( of tho zone, whlto nnd
black alike, nro vory fond of Ice
cream, and to supply the demand the
commlsslary manufactures about 140,.
000 gallons a year, of threo grades.
Tho first grade -is ns good Ico crcntn
ns ono can got anywhere, nnd oven
tho third grade Is mighty welcome
nftcr a hot dny in tho Culebra Cut or
tho Pedro Miguel locks.
Aro you tired of figures yet? If not,
please consider that the Ico plant at
Cristobal makes nearly 40,000 tons ol
ice a year, tho corned beef plant has
an nnnual output of about 270,000
pounds, and that almost 335,000
pounds of butter 1b handled by the
butter printing plant, all of tho butter
being brought from tho United States.
Then we will move to tho laundry. In
this Bpaclous building, with Its long
rows of washing machines nnd dry
ing and ironing dovlces, nil tho laun
dry work of tho Zone, excepting that
of tho Ancoiriiospltnl, is dono, nnd In
addition that of all tho steamship lines
running to Colon except ono. "Wo nro
now handling," said tho manager, "nn
average of about hnlf n million pieces
n month, nnd in tho months when tho
tourists come In greatest numbers tho
figures mount to about 800,000."
Tho figures I havo been giving aro
npproxlmato only, for thoy nro chang
ing continually with changing condi
tions. Hero 1b n list of somo of tho
moro important importations of food
products during tho last fiscal year:
Pounds.
Poos and beans In bulk 1,163.003
fiugar 4,ir.,M7
Tea 100.1S5
Preserved fruit in sirup In tins nnd
Klaas 887.173
Jama, Jollies nnd prwrves in tins
and Klaus .V 249.K24
Milk, evaporated and condensed. ...3,025,M
l'eaa and beans In tins C3I.S7K
Pickles and sauces 203,691
I-rd 61S.HS0
Codfleh 1,092,71
Hlce 1,941.373
flour 6,9G9,333
Confectionery 116.C07
Macaroni, vermicelli and spa
ghetti 428.617
Fish, canned 200,443
Freeh meats 6,453,13?
Cured' and pickled meats 97S.44R
Cheese 142,71
Butter, fresh 427.6S1
Poultry , 6O3.!i90
Potatoes, whlto 6.R43.CM
Potatoes, sweet 1,010 392
Onions 9C.W)
Turnips 12S.310
Carrots ir.,25n
Cabbage C77,234
Yams 300,on
Other veRetnbles 741.027
Apples 9W.C22
As will bo readily understood, the
commission 1b able and willing to sell
food at very little above cost. Conse
quently the housewito on tho iBthmus
can buy at prices that aro never above
those In tho states, and that nearly
always aro considerably lower.
An important part of the commit
sary plant is tho industrial and ex
perimental laboratory In Cristobal,
where all tho foods aro tested and
many things, such as flavoring ex
tracts, are manufactured.
The commission conducts more than
a dozen hotels for white Americans,
where good meals are furnished for
30 cents each; a score of mess balls
for European laborers, whero a day's
board costs forty cents, and about
twenty-flvo kitchens for West Indian
laborers, where board castB thirty
cents a day. Something liko a million
meals are served each month In these
various establishments, for nearly ev
ery employe of tho commission euts
at a government table. It hns been
raid that no private contractor in
the world feeds his employes as well
as 'tho Isthmian canal commission.
Very few of tho men ever nto better
meals than they aro getting on tho
Isthmus, and this is true of tho Amer
icans as well as of tho Spaniards and
West Indians.
No, you cannot avoid the uso of tlw
superlative degreo In speaking about
Colonel Wilson's commissary depart
ment
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D. H ITSJIEW HOME
Franklin's Old Print Shop Made
Permanent Quarters.
Annls Stockton Chapter Dedicates
Burlington, N. J., Headquarters
With Most Elaborate Cere
monies First In 8tate.
Burlington, N. J. Benjamin Frank?
Iln's old print shop, In which ho turn
ed out paper currency for thq Colonial
government of New Jersey was open
ed hero with elnbornto ceremonies as
tho homo of tho Annls Stockton Chap
tor, Daughters of tho Aiuerlrnu Itovo
lutlon. The exercises eonteied about
tho presentation of a high Anietlciui
ling by tho Now Jersey Soeloty, Sons
of the American Revolution', to tho
patriotic w oiiR'ii.l who from their
headquarters hero will open n cam
paign to appropriately mark the va
rious Pilots of Revolutionary Interest
In thlH section.
Mtb. Harriot N. M. Pnnconst of Pal
myra, regent of tho Annls Stockton
Chapter, presided at tho opening ol
the homo. Following tho address ol
welcome by Mayor K. K. Mount! John
S, Morrill of Trenton, president ff the
Now Jersey society, Sons of the
American Revolution, with hi a Htnfl
and color bearers and escortr.d by
troops of local Hoy Scouts, presented
the big ling to Mrs. Panconst. Thu
history of tho old house, as It appears
on tho county records, nnd tho tradi
tions attached to It, worn related by
Henry S. Haines, Btnto nurveyor gen
et al. Tho principal address was mndo
by Mrs. Chniles Ynrdloy, Hast Orange,
state regent of tho 1). A. R.
Tho Antiis Stockton Chnptor, by
these exercises, becomes the first so
ciety of tho 1). A. It. In Now Jersey to
purchnso nnd own Its own historic
liendqiiiirlorH. Tho olllcern of tho
chapter aro: Regent, Mrs. Hurrtet N.
M. Panconst, Palmyra; vice-regent,
Mrs. Richard Iloleman, Mount Holly;
Becretnry, Mrs. Frank IHnckhurn, Pal
myra: treasurer, Miss Bessln Warnlck,
Woodbury; chaplain, Miss Sara K.
Batchelor, Rlverton. Tho truBteea
nro: Mrs. It. W. Rico, Rlverton; MrH.
David O. Balrd, Beverly; Mrs. Joseph
Roberts, Rlverton; Mrs. Lnwrcnco D.
Flxnry, Palmyra.
Becauso of the significance of Bur
lington as tho easly homo of Annls
Stockton, tho chapter selected this
city ns tho slto of their permanent
homo. As Annls Boudlnot, tho fa
mous womnii after whom tho chnptor
1b named, spent her youth hero with
her brother, Ellas Boudlnot, nnd later
married Richard Stockton, ono of tho
five Jerfloymen who signed tho Decla
ration of Independence.
Tho Franklin cabin U ono of tho
oldest buildings In South Jersey, hav
lug been erected moro than two cen
turies ago. It is near what was tho
Franklin's Old Print Shop.
end of tho New York post road in
colonial days, where tho Philadelphia
boats tied up at tho old Burlington
wharf.
In tho history of his own life Frank
lin tolls how ho stopped in Burlington
as a poor boy whllo en routo from
Now York to Philadelphia. Ho missed
tho Philadelphia boat and, awaiting
tho next passnge, stayed at the home
of nn old woman, who "was vory kind
and with utmost good will" gavo hltn
n dinner of beefsteak. When his
aged hostess learned ho was a printer,
sho advised that ho open up a shop
in this town; but with only a few cop
per coins in his pockets he could not
flnanco tho project and wont on to
Philadelphia, whero he had already
procured a position.
Ills employer later recolved an or
der from tho government of Now Jor
soy for a big lssuo of paper money,
nnd Franklin, as a trusted and expert
foreman, was sent to Burlington to
,sot up tho print shop and print tho
currency. He mado Burlington his
ilionie for many months before com
pleting tho work and then returned to
Philadelphia, later to establish there
a publishing business still In exist
ence. During Ills employment here
tho author of "Poor Richard's Al
mannc" won tho closo friendship of
ninny prominent BurlingtoulniiH nnd In
later years frequently visited this city,
Curious Woman Loses Fingers.
Philadelphia, Pa. Curious to know
what was in a "tin box" which her
husband had brought home, Mrs. Fred
erick Ihrlo tried to pry It open with
a knlfo. It exploded und removed
three of her flngera, It, was a rail
road torpedo.
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CAMP
FIRE
33D ILLINOIS' FIRST FIGHT
Attacked by General Jeff Thompson,
the Noted Guerrilla, and One
Whole Company Captured.
In Soptombor, 1861, tho Thlrty-thlrd
Illinois loft Camp Butler, near Spring
field, III., for tho front. On arriving al
Pilot Knob, Mo., whoro Colonel Thnyei
of tho First Nebraska was In com
mand threo companies of tho Thirty
third Illinois were statlonod on the
Iron Mountain railroad: Company K
(Captain I.lpplucott), with 00 men, at
I.uwsoii'h Station; Company E (Cap
tain milott), at Big Rlvor bridge,
nbout ten miles north of Lawson's Sta
tion, nnd Company B nt Victoria, 30
tulles from St. I.ouls.
In addition to tho regular govern
ment rations, nbuudanco of fresh
milk, butter, eggs, chickens, etc., were
obtained from tho country folk, and
tho boys got fat, wrlten William H.
Edgar of Chlcngo, In the National
Tribune.
I.nto In October, one morning, while
tho company was at breakfast, two
soldiers canie running Into camp, and
reported to Captain I.lpplucott that
Company E, at Big Rlvur brldgo, had
been attacked by den. Jeff Thompson,
tho noted guerrilla, with 700 men, and
needed Immediate help. Tho captain
called for 50 volunteers to go to the
relief of Captain Elliott. Ab wo pro
ceeded up tho track occasional shots
wero heard In tho timber from Thomp
son's plckuts, nnd soon after, following
a big curve In tho track, we camo In
night of IllnckwcU'a Station, nbout
half a mllo distant, with n straight
track In front, a cornfield on tho right
full of corn shocks nnd a deep rocky
cut extending the wholo dlstnnco on
tho left of tho track. A switch, wltb
soma cars, wero stnndlng on It, and
some woodpiles about tho station,
which afforded shelter. Tho company
proceeded cautiously, wlion suddenly
-a fierco volley camo from tho corn,
field, nnd It was apparent nt ones
that tho Johnnies had captured Com
pany E, nnd wcro moving down on
Company K, nnd wcro massed behind
'the cars, station nnd .woodpllos, and
woro well secreted in tho corn shocks
on tho right. Tho company at once
;doploycd along tho cornfield fonce, a
few feet distant from tho track, and
directed Its flro upon tho corn shocks,
which seemed nllvo with Johnnies.
And there for 20 minutes tho boys
with tho old Fremont muskets in theli
hands learned nbout "hot shot" all
ithey enred to know.
When tho captain saw that the
-enemy was surrounding us ho ordered
n retrcnt. A number, including the
-first leutonnnt of tho company, were
taken prisoners, whllo those not taken
began n hasty rotreat down tho track,
.encouraged greatly by tho bulletB of
tho pursuing Johnnies.
About n dozen of tho boys took;
refuge In n cavo. Several squads ot
Johnnies pnsiod and repassed the
place, until finally tho first lieutenant
of tho company, with sovoral men
who had boon parolled, came along,
and ho ordered the men to come out.
This they did, and wero passed Into
camp as prisoners of war. The John
,1110s fearing rolnforcemonts from the
south did not pursuo tho company
very far. and on arriving at camp
tents wero struck, and the company
marched to Mineral Point, ten miles
to tho south, where 2,000 Union sol
diers were encamped.
Captain Elliot's entire command waa
captured and at once paroled. Ob
the day following the writer, in chart
of a squad, proceeded on a hand oar
to the cave, and secured the guns and
equipments he had left there. It was
a pleasure later for thla company to
participate In the battle at Fredew
ickstown, which put Jeff Thompson
and bis raiders to flight, and drovt
them out of the state.
Halleck and the Teamster.
General Halleck, like General Sher
man, was in military aB well as per
sonnl affairs a man of some odd ways.
When in camp ho was accustomed to
put on citizen's clothes and to private
ly take a look at men and things. Dun
lng ono of theso toura ho helped a
teamster out of the mud, and then
gnvo him a sovero lecturo for not drlr
lng carefully, Tho teamster, aftei
floundering through it, and, having
reached tho top of the bluff, rolloved
himself of volloy after volley of oaths
upon everything in general, and upon
General Halleck in particular, for not
having the creek bridged. The crltfc
cism was Just, but tho general had al
ready ordered tho construction of a
bridge, and, being incognito, hugely
injoyed the verbal castlgation.
Looks Like It.
"I suppose that runaway prUonet
was an uthloto."
"What makes you think thatT"
"Just his Jumping his ball."
Too Tar Away.
"Flerger, you were ten minutes late
again last night. Where were you?"
"I I was 'with my sweetheart and
sho lives so far away that "
"How many times must you follows
bo told that discipline does not bothea
with lovo affairs? If you must fall in
lovo, do It near camp."
Obvious Way.
"How do theso Wall Street specula
tors and their families manage to gel
into tho swimT"
"They plunge." i
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