Encouragement

1895

"Swiggles' books are very well spoken of, are they not?" asked the timid looking man.
"Yes, sir," replied the bookseller. "Some of the critics praise them highly."
"And I suppose there will be a pretty active demand for them in time?"
"Oh, yes, " said the dealer. "After Swiggles is dead everybody will be wanting to read them."
The timid looking man went softly away. He was Swiggles. — Chicago Tribune.


"We Call It the Gym"

The Vassar girl was home on a visit.
"Dorothy," queried Aunt Minerva in a tone freighted with earnest purpose, "which do you say at Vassar — 'gymnaysium' or 'gymnawsium?' "
And Dorothy promptly answered, "We call it the gym. " — Philadelphia Times.


Murder Will Out

The maxim, "Murder will out," is disproved by statistics. In the ten years ending with 1886 there were 1,766 murders committed in England and Wales, and in 1,094 of these cases no trace of the criminal was ever found that led to his apprehension


Scorpions

In many tropical countries the scorpion grows to the length of a foot.