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which the remains are taken. WUZ--Synonymous with "was," but indicates dialect. HURLED--Motion of passengers, cars, and cabs at the time of the accident. FAINT--Course taken by all the women within six blocks of the accident. SCREAM--See "faint," above. DASH--Gait of the crowd at the time of the accident. "Rush" is synonymous. "Run" is not good usage. HEIR--Child having three hundred dollars coming to him from a life insurance policy. RING OUT--What shots always do. HURTLE--Verb used of motion of any falling object, especially a brick or a suicide. HAVOC--Good word to use almost anywhere. HIGH--Adjective which must be prefixed to noun "noon" in the account of a fashionable wedding. SLAY--Synonymous with obsolete verb "kill." JUGGLE--What is always done with the funds of a bank or trust company. COLLEGE GIRL--Any woman who has ever gone to school. BANDIT--Person guilty of crime against property for which the penalty is more than ten days in jail. BURLY--Adjective always applied to a male negro. PROMINENT--Descriptive adjective applied to farmers, plumbers, and dentists. BOUDOIR--Any bedroom the rent of which is more than one dollar and a half a week. GLOBE TROTTER--Any one who has been to Hohokus, N.J., Kittery, Me., or Peru, Ind. GEMS--Personal ornaments worth more than one dollar and seventy-five cents. GRAVE, GAY, AND EPIGRAMMATIC. THE PIPE THAT FAILED. This story is told about ex-Senator J. S. Clark, of Calais, Maine: One day, while awaiting his turn in a barber-shop in Calais, he was talking with a friend, and was so deeply interested in the conversation that he allowed his pipe to go out several times. Each time he would ask Melvin Noble, a local practical joker, for a match. About the time he wanted the fifth match, Noble said: "I don't begrudge you the matches, Jed, but I think it would be cheaper for you to put a grate in your pipe and burn coal."--_Boston Herald._ ANCIENT, BUT IT GOES. Feebles (about to be operated upon for appendicitis)--Doctor, before you begin, I wish you would send and have our pastor, the Rev. Mr. Blank, come over. Dr. Sawem--Certainly, if you wish it, but--ah---- Feebles--I'd like to be opened with prayer.--_Exchange._ RILEY'S RYE PATCH. Whitcomb Riley was looking over a fence on his farm at a field of rye, when a neighbor who was driving by stopped his horse and asked: "Hullo, Mr. Riley, how's your rye do
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