a mosquito bite it will stop itching.

Sec.481

That all the men in the moving picture business were formerly cloak and
suit merchants, and that they are now all millionaires.

Sec.482

That the accumulation of money makes a man hard, and robs him of all his
finer qualities.

Sec.483

That, in an elevator, it is always a man who usurps the looking-glass.

Sec.484

That it is very unlucky to wear an opal.

Sec.485

That if a man's eyebrows meet, it is a sign that he has a very
unpleasant nature.

Sec.486

That a negro ball always ends up in a grand free-for-all fight, in which
several coons are mortally slashed with razors.

Sec.487

That if Houdini were locked up in Sing Sing, he would manage to make his
get-away in less than half an hour's time.

Sec.488

That Bob Ingersoll is in hell.

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