THE D.ILY BKAMINEK, CHARLUTTETUWN, FEBRUARY 3, 1900

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INTELLIGENT MIKE.

A Little Story Written For Owr Youthfal Readers.

“Talking about intelligent dogs," said the man who lives on Ellswort® avenue, “we have a bull terrier named Mike at home who knows more abeut the English language than most people. E We call him Mike because he has suck ti classical features.

> ry ere “We've hac him since he was a poy f a ki @ and in his younger days he did nothing 4} but eat and bark, bark and eat, dag and night. It didn’t seem as if he teek , any time for sleep. As long as he 6 his barking around the stable it didat matter much, because we couldn’t hear him from the house, but one day he got into the kitchen. He was barking as usual, of course. Mother put him out. As Mike tumbled as gracefully as he knew how down the steps leading : a —~ - -" . he a re . ae rag ee ree from the back porch to the walk meth- 9 OS SSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSS SS SSS S S SSG} er said to him: we W)) “ ‘Mike, you’ve got to stay away from here.’ “That was all she said, and I don® know whether you will care to believe me or not, but that dog has nct st tempted to enter the house since | Semetimes he comes down the gardes | |

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every inch of country where fighting is going on—Large experience as a newspaper correspondent for Cape,

English and American papers—Author of many sketches on South African life.

and looks toward the kitchen, and then, as if he had suddenly remenm- bered something, he turns and trots back to the stable.

“Somewhere around 3 o'clock one morning last summer Mike awoke me by sitting down beneath my bedroom window and barking. I opened the window and looked down at him.

“ ‘Mike,’ I said, ‘it isn’t respectabie to carry on like this at3 a. m. Shet Bp and go away.’

“That dog hasn’t been heard to bar® pince.”—Pittsburg Press.

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“What sort of a reception did your new tragedy have at its first produc tion yesterday?’

“Oh, magnificent! Only the publie didn’t seem to take very kindly to it.™ —Heitere Welt.

Breaking It Gently.

Foreman (quarry gang)—It’s sad news Oi hov fur yez, Mrs. McGahar- raghty. Y’r husband’s new watch is broken. It waz a foine watch, an it’s smashed all to paces,

Mrs. McG.—Dearie me! How did that happen?

loreman—A ten ton rock fell on ‘im —New York Weekly.

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Troublesome Man. a “That man,” said the walking dele- i gate, “gives me more trouble than alt the rest of the union put together.” “What's the matter with him?’ “Why, if he isn’t constantly watched he is sure to work hard and fast.”— Chicago Post.

A Complaint of ltiquettc.

“It was a game fight, wasn’t It?” suid the pugilist.

“You might call it so,” replied the disappointed spectator. “It made me think of a game of cribbage or some other quiet home amusements.’”— Washington Star.

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Not Realism. ;

“I thought you said this was a realis- tic novel.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Judge for yourself. It contains the as statement that they were married and lived happily ever afterward.”’—Chi- cago Post.

U» to Date. 4 Hoax—I invested in a borseless car- riage last week. Joax—Indeed! Then you’re right in the push. Hoax—That’s wlLatI am. The baby’s getting too big to carry. —Chicage News.

One or the Other. “Henderson tells me he means to name his new boy George.” “Old or new style?’ “What do you mean?’

“Washington or Dewey?’~—Indian- <a <_t = apolis Journal.

Good at One Thing.

“I wish I was fitted for some busi- ness pursuit,” she said.

“You're pretty goed at monolo he replied, “and people hay good living at that befo cago Post.

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