there now."

* * *

A few lines on the literary page relate that Edith Alice Maitland, who
recently died in London, was the original of "Alice In Wonderland."
Lewis Carroll wrote the book for her, and perhaps read chapters to her
as he went along. Happy author, happy reader! If the ordering of our
labors were entirely within our control we should write exclusively for
children. They are more intelligent than adults, have a quicker
apprehension, and are without prejudices. In addressing children, one
may write quite frankly and sincerely. In addressing grown-ups the only
safe medium of expression is irony.

* * *

Gleaned by R. J. S. from a Topeka church calendar: "Preaching at
8 p.m., subject 'A Voice from Hell.' Miss Holman will sing."

* * *

Here is a happy little suggestion for traveling men, offered by
S. B. T.: "When entering the dining room of a hotel, why not look
searchingly about and rub hands together briskly?"

* * *

What could be more frank than the framed motto in the Hotel Fortney, at
Viroqua, Wis.--"There Is No Place Like Home."?

* * *

As to why hotelkeepers charge farmers less than they charge traveling
men, one of our readers discovered the reason in 1899: The gadder takes
a bunch of toothpicks after each meal and pouches them; the farmer takes
only one, and when he is finished with it he puts it back.

* * *

If Plato were writing to-day he would have no occasion to revise his
notion of democracy--"a charming form of government, full of variety and
disorder, and dispensing equality to equals and unequals alike."

* * *

The older we grow the more impressed we are
by the amount of bias in the world. Thank
heaven, the only prejudices we have are religious,
racial, and social prejudices. In other respects
we are open to reason.

* * *

From the calendar of the Pike county court: "Shank vs. Shinn."

Strange all this difference should have been
'Twixt Mr. Shank and Mr. Shinn.

* * *

HOME TIES.

Sir: Discovered, in Minnesota, the country delegate who goes to bed
wearing the tie his daughter tied on him before he left home, because he
wouldn't know how to tie it in the morning if he took it off.

J. O. C.

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THEY FOUND THEM IN THE ALLEY.

Sir: A