Two Smart Young Men

Two smart young men got on a .burlington and Cedar Bapids train and laid themselves out to amuse and instruct the passengers. Very many f unny things said and very many funny things did ttiese two brilliant young men, and it did seem as tdougb Providence liad been just too kind to the other passengers to let them ride on the train with such smart young men. But presently there loomed tip for them a colossal opportunity, when a lady, attended by a little girl and a little dog, camc into the car. The two young men vied with each other in saying f unuy things about thepip. Presently the funniest yountf man said, in tones of perplexity, "Well, let me see, they mako dogs pay on this train, don't they ?" And thën the lady turned around, and said, in just thedrjost tones you ever hoard a lady say anything, " Then you'd bettor get olï bef ore the conductor comes in. " There was a great deal of talking and a great deal of laughter in the car between the place where the accident occurred and Burlington, but the men who were killed at the siege of Jemealem were noisy, roaring, howling bacchanalians a week ago in comparison with those two young men for