g for idle hands.
Ambition: You. Recreation: Theatres, cabarets, music halls, cafe's,
champagne, Mone Carlo, etc. Fond of chorus girls. Address: Paris. N.
also travels extensively. Epitaph: Ad Infinitum.

NIMROD, the first grouse, pheasant, and deer hunter who succeeded
without the advantages of a gun, a game preserve, or a license.

NOAH, ship-builder, animal tamer. A fine old ancestor who had
considerable to do in preserving the race for we posterity. When a young
man he shunned the ways of young men, and never sat in the seat of the
scornful. Studied shipbuilding on the Clyde and designed the largest
floating stable on record. Made quite a reputation as an animal
collector. Took to the sea when well advanced in years. N. was the
first man to descend Mt. Ararat without first making the ascension.
Publications: The Log of the Ark. Ambition: No more floods, or a larger
crew. Recreation: Bridge. Address: Care of the Editor. Clubs: Yacht.
Epitaph: De Profundis.

NOBLE, A., of Norway, the inventor of the black hand and labor union
weapon. His invention also made possible the premature discharge of
dynamite and the awarding of the Noble prizes.

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O'CONNELL, Dan, said to have been an Irishman. Probably born in Dublin,
raised in Dublin. Raised cain in Dublin. Repealed in Dublin. Dublined
in Dublin. Died in Dublin. Tradition connects his name with the early
stages of the home rule bill. Ambition: Ireland south of Ulster.
Recreation: Oratory. Address: Dublin. Clubs: Dublin. Favorite Color:
Green.

O'GRADY, Sweet Rosie, also of Ireland, long dead, but still bragged
about.

ORANGE, William of, also of Ireland. He was the man who made it a crime
to wear the color named after him on the seventeenth of March. (See St.
Patrick.)

ORPHEUS, lutist. When a young man he was given a lute. Practised in
obscurity, and later appeared before large audiences. Made several
successful concert tours. Married Eurydice. Spent a happy honeymoon.
The bride did not wear shoes. She was bitten by a serpent. She died.
O. descended to the abode of Old Nic, and charmed him with some Grecian
ragtime. Nic promised to return the lady if O. would promise to get out
of the place without looking around to see what other respectable
people were there. O. started for the door. He heard familiar voices and
rubbered. That ended the contract, and for all the editor has been able
to ascertain Eurydice is there to this day.

OSTLER, William, a doct