them, the German military service would quickly become too unpopular with the peo ple to be maintained. But the trouble with any such arrange ment is that thus far the French people have not given positive assurance that the feelings of revenge have . died out in their hearts, and that they have no intention of taking advant- age of such opportunities as chance may throw in their way Probably the majority of the French peo ple ardently desire peace, and would not enter into a war if by any possibility it could be avoided, but there is a minority that oc cupies an entirely different position, Thus far no French statesman has been found with sufficient strength of character to boldly affirm that it is necessary for the welfare of France, both in the present and the future, to accept accomplished facts, to clear them- selves from the vicious entanglements which now embarrass their action and, by pro claiming their intention to live at peace. Bientot, King of the French. Corporal McKee in full uniform John Andy, you are a ladies' man Patsy—" I am prepared to die ; if there is any one man who will go to heaven it is me." What has become of the old essay, " Man's Egotism ?" The title of " Kid Lovett's " latest novel is, "Aaron in the Frog Pond, or the Mysteries of the Submarine Raft." THE FREE LANCE. LOCALS "Fri ulein" Greenwood is the authority for the statement that "The Irishman " kissed the Blarney Stone "If I didn't get promoted I would 13 ohn— have resigned." Fitch, in History—" The Mohammedan and Christian religions were both founded on Mo- Prof.—" Mr. Brown, what is the difference between Irish and sweet potatoes ?" The only difference is in the Brown— taste." Snyder's soda fountain is in working order; pay him a call and drown your sorrows in a glass of soda water. Mac Thompson says, " Ice cream will be the same price this year but the plates will be smaller." The Jew's experience, while under the effects of H, S gas. "When I began to sink to the floor a peculiar and pleasant feeling came over me ; I imagined I was out riding with a pretty young lady, the horse was going at a slow gait and the country we were pass ing through was beautiful. It just seemed as if I had been under the effects of the gas for half an hour or more, when I began to come to and I heard bells ringing, bands playing, and the flutter of wings; at first I thought it was resurrection day, and that I was the first man up," Prof. in Mechanics— plain velocity." Patsy—" Velocity is the moving forward in a straight line of a plain body, it differs from " Mr. McDowell, ex-
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