Gloomy Times Ahead

"Maria," said the capitalist, hoarsoly. "do you thlnk you could gire ap shía boautiful home and go to live in achoap flat?" "Why, John," exolaimed hls wife, trembling with apprehension, "what is the matter?" The broken man laid a document bef ore her, bowed ha head, and groaned aloud. lt was tho bill for the children's new schoolbooks. - Chicago Tribune. - Brltiah Ass.sted Immigrant - "Beg pardon, sir, but couldn't you'eip a poor feller as has justcome liover from Lunnon, sir." liowell Gibbon (who has spent a year's income there in two months) - "Devilish expenaivo place, London; I don't wonder you left it. I went broko there mysolf this seaaon. "- Puck. - An original uso of glass has been devised. Various colored pieces in odd sizes are piorced by three or four holes on the edge, and caught together by wire until they form a mesh or fretwork lai'ge enough for a panel in a transom. ____ - OldCoquette - "Ten years of my Ufe would I willingly give if I could only m:ike mysulf twenty yeara youna."-