Blue Ribbon And A Bath

A seedy man walked into a downtown printing office with a small Scotch terrier iu bis arms, which he said he had found running iirouud the streets. His desire was to sel! the dog for the price of a meal, and he offered the dog to a printer on those tetaras. The printer refused to "buy the animal, but asked the man to wait and he would see what he could do for hini. He went out and ptircbased a blue ribbon, whloh he tied around the neck of the dog af ter thoroughly washing the animal. Tho two strolled ip Broadway as far as Fourteenth street, where a lady seated in a carruigë in front of a dry goods house hailed them and asked if they cared to sell '-that pretty littlecreature." They did, and when asked what they wanted for him they said that $25 would buy dog and riblxin. The bargain was quiekly made. Around in Thirteenth street the raen divided pronta. - New York Evening Sun.