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380 tiﬂ, seriously.

“I thought of that my

self, but the coward won't ﬁght."

It appears that a suit for damages was on trial in a county court of that state.

and that the principal witness was a AGREEABLY SURPRISED HILE the jury system is imper fectly understood in many parts of our country, it is not often that the misunderstanding gives rise to so amus ing a situation as that told of by an Iowa lawyer.

gawky lad of seventeen. When on the stand he muttered in such fashion that the judge, pointing to the jury, said: —

“Speak up, so that these gentlemen can hear you." The witness turned to the jury box

with a half smile.

“Why!" he ex

claimed, surprised, “are all these gents

interested in pop’s case?"

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When Red Meets Red BY Suuus Smmcus "A red-headed policeman, William Reilly, halted a mob of 1,0(1) anarchists in New York by asking the leader for his permit to parade. This leader and his assistants were afterward taken to the police station."— News Item.

HEY started out, one thousand strong,

With banners red and swelling song, To free their land from tyrant's sway,

And hasten on the glorious day When Freedom's reign shall be complete, And kings shall grovel at the feet Of man emancipate.

But who is this obstructs the path And ﬁlls the leader’s heart with wrath, Demanding in the name of law, With haughty mien and ﬁrm-set jaw, "What permit have yez to parade? Show up! or I will have yez made Pris'ners at once, bedad!"

Ah! red-headed William Reilly, Ne'er was oﬁ‘icer so wily. In the station safe you landed, All alone and single-handed, Those ﬁerce anarchists, and scattered All their hosts and left them shattered — Red met red — and won.