Heard In A Hotel Office

-"Is there a flre oompany within a block of this hotel?" "Yes, sir." "Andahook and ladder company near?" "Yes, sir." "And fire escapes on all sidea of thé building?" Yes, sir." "And extinguishers at overy door!" "Yes, sir " "And ï-opo ladders in evcry apartnient?" "Yes, sir." "Well, ïf you can givfi me a room on the lirst Hoor, wit'h a wind-iw opening into a back alley, ! will Btayall night." -Philadélphia Newe. The skeleton of :t dinosaurfn reptile, thirty-tive feet long, has been unearthed in the Bad Lands of Dakota. The creature is supposed lolmve stood twentySve feet high. The weight of theskull is 694 pounds and of the whole skeleton 1,900 pounds.