Brooklyn Life from Brooklyn, New York • Page 17

CELEBRITIES OF THE TURF. STOPPING A SLANDER. SHE Is it true that he drinks like a fish? He Not a word of it. Fishes drink water. RECIPROCITY.

GADLEY How do you manage to give your friends such low rates on coal Dealer: It is this way. I knock off 6o cents a ton becau? they are friends of mine, and then I knock off 200 pounds on each ton because I'm a friend of theirs. 0 Is A HYPOCRITE. ILSON I despise a hypo crite. r.i TEN NY.

Tomson So do I. Now, take Jackson, for example he's the biggest hypocrite on earth. I despise that man." But you appear to be his best friend." "0, yes I try to appear friendly toward him. It pays better in the end." A GREAT CURE. A a canSe has come over Boffins He has stopped drinking and he works like a horse." Y5s.

His wife waited until his mind was so weakened by drink that she could control him. Then she hypnotized him." ft KINGSTON. THEY SHOWED THEIR WISDOM. BOSTON MAN You are doing pretty well out in the West, but we are still the seat of learning and culture. The Wise Men, you know, come from the East.

Chicago Man Yes, they come from the East. THE EIGHTH WONDER. eOBWIGGER It's funny how malaria sticks to a man. Merritt: Yes, considering that it is always giving you the cold shake. A home stretch..