hiswers to Correspondents MRS. F. E. L., Philadelphia: Your letter enclosing $9.35 for the Fresh Air Fund has been received. Formal acknowledgment will be made in LIFE of June 9th, 1892. ANXIOUS DEMOCRAT: No, David B. Hill has not yet been sworn in as President of the United States. There is a possibility that he won't be. CONTRIBUTOR: It went into the waste-paper basket. One of the first steps towards succeeding in literature is to know enough to enclose a stamped and addressed envelope for the return of manuscript. : REV. D. B. J. In opening a jack-pot it is customary to bet the limit. FIFTH AVENUE: We have no data at hand, but the Fifth Avenue Stage Company is now conducting a series of experiments to show how long a pair of broken down horses can continue to draw a heavy stage before they will drop dead. MARIE: In proposing to the young man it is not necessary to go down on your knees. That custom is obsolete. Tell him earnestly that you love him, that it will be your highest aim to make him happy, then place your arm about his waist and tell him in a general way what your financial condition is and what provision you can make for his future. He: LIFE IS A FAILYAH WITH ME. She: WHAT'S THE MATTER? He: EVERYTHING I SEND TO IT COMES BACK. order and is not calculated to set the East River on fire, but his actors present it in an even, smooth way that shows careful training and good stage management. Not to have failed comes very near being success in an undertaking like Mr. Pitou's. In stronger plays his company may establish its right to a place on the metropolitan stage. Metcalfe. MR. BURGESS is a pompous, consequential old gentleman, with a mania for shaking hands with distinguished people. He had shaken hands with all the crowned heads of Europe and most of the Presidents of the United States, as well as the Governors of all the states and territories. He never missed the opportunity to shake the hand of any famous general or statesman, author, actor, or pugilist whom chance threw in his way. One day two friends of this gentleman were discussing a funeral which had been held the day previous. "By the way, I saw Burgess there," said one. "Yes," said the other. "Did he shake hands with the corpse?" THAT HAT AGAIN. He: HOW HAPPY I SHALL BE SITTING BESIDE YOU, TO-NIGHT. She: INDEED? He: YES, so MUCH HAPPIER THAN IF I SAT BEHIND YOU. AVT SCISSORS AVT NULLUS "John," said a lawyer in one of the big buildings down town one day, 64 run into Mr. Jones' office and tell him I'd like to see him for a minute or two." "Yes, sir," answered John. Mr. Jones' office adjoined that of the lawyer. Indeed Mr. Jones' desk and that of the lawyer's were within ten feet of each other, and if the wall that separated them hadn't been so thick, and if the lawyer hadn't been so dignified, he might himself, by shouting, have informied Mr. Jones that he wanted to see him. Now, it wouldn't have taken John more than a quarter of a minute to go to Mr. Jones' office and the journey would not have fatigued him. But the office telephone was still nearer. So John called up and had Central give him Mr. Jones' office, and when he got Mr. Jones' office Mr. Jones happened to answer the call, and John told Mr. Jones that Mr. Robinson, the lawyer, wished to see him, "What Mr. Robinson?" asked Mr. Jones. "The next door Mr. Robinson," answered John. He went into Mr. Robinson's office. Because," answered Mr. Jones, "when you told him you wanted to see me he called me up by telephone instead of walking thirty steps 44 That isn't laziness," said the lawyer, "it's genius. I'll raise John's salary."-New York Herald. THE late Sir Thomas Chambers was not a wit, and laughter seldom entered the court over which he presided so solemnly. There is, however, one good story told of him in the Temple. It is to the effect that a prisoner, who was undefended, pleaded guilty," and counsel having been instructed to defend him at the last moment, withdrew the plea and substituted that of "not guilty," with the result that the jury acquitted him. In discharging the prisoner, Sir Thomas is said to have remarked: "Prisoner, I do not envy you your feelings On your own confession CHUMPLEY: I say, Chollie, doncherknow, I just received an XTRA QUALITY DUNLAP & Co. COPYRIGHTED CELEBRATED HATS, -AND Ladies' Round Hats and Bonnets and 178 & 180 Fifth Avenue, bet. aad and a3d Sts.. Palmer House, Chicago. 914 Chestnut St., Phila Gold Medal Awarded, Paris Exposition, 1889. CROUCH & FITZGERALD, NEW YORK, MAKE THE MOST RELIABLE Trunks, Bags, 14 Cortlandt St., west of Broadway. 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I am confident that Nature's Remedy is far the best for rheumatism and all diseases of kindred nature. Christian at Work, Feb. 1892. AN American lady, visiting Paris, was continually interested in the smart little boys, in white caps and aprons, who deliver the wares of the pastry-cooks. One day she said to one of these boys, who had brought her some cakes: Ah, I suppose you get the benefit of one of these cakes yourself sometimes." What do you mean, madame?" You eat a cake now and then?" Eat them? Oh, no, madame, that wouldn't do. I only lick 'em as I come along!"-Argonaut. RICH OLD PERSON: What do you want a wife for, when you can hardly support yourself? Why, sir, my daughter would starve! SNOOKINS (with great dignity): Well, sir, if you are the kind of man to let your daughter and her husband starve, I dont wish to enter the family.Exchange. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is the Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. CATARRH Sold by druggists or sent by mail. 50c. E. T. 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