Freaks Becoming Scarce

"If freaks become any ecarcer, " said a dime museum proprietor a few days ago, "a good many of us will have to go out of the business. I never in my life saw suoh a slump. Eight or ten years ago we could get all the freaks and curiosities we wanted - real ones, too, and no fakes. We've got agents scouring the world for them, but they are as scarce as strawberries at Christmas time." "I'll give yöu a pointer," said another man in the same line of business and who was one of the party of three. ' 'If yon can secure the freak I have in mind, you cah quit the business as rich as Barney Barnato ever was. " "Why don't you grab it yourself?" asked the first speaker. "Can't. If I could, you'd never have heard of it. " "What is it?" "No, not 'what is it?' That's an old one. The freak I've been looking for can't be located. I've tried for hira and know. " "Let's have it," said the other impatiently. "The veteran printer that didn't stick type with Horace Greeley!" "I didn't think you were going to spring a miracle on me," said the other