Why He Was Fired

"Are yon still tending the soda fountain i ii 's drug store?1' nsked one Washington lad ofanother. "Naw. Got tired." "What for?" '"Cause I didn't teud to bnsi'iess. One tlay a congressman carne n, aml when I asked what syrup he'd liare, he says : 'I aiii't particular.1 1 wtsa't thinkln', and jeagive htm plain nectar an' cream." - Wasliington Critic. Por poisoning from phosphorus. as when children suck matches, giye a tablespoonful of magnesia, and tlien, freely, gbm arabic water; lesa magnesia ií only a llttle phosphorus is taken.