Every now and then some philan-
The number of stories about the thrapist who feels sorry for dumb animals leaves a neat little fortune upon his demise for a perpetual sustenance to some beast, Relatives may tear their hair and groan, but the will of one deceased is usually hard to break and thereafter Fido lives on tenderloin and cream or the park squirrels need no longer scamper drolly before an audience to eke out their existence. It is somewhat refreshing to hear, therefore, that the New York hip-Popotamus at the Bronx Zoo is languishing from dyspepsia from too many peanuts. Perhaps some hungry child from the slums may now get a chance at them, late Lord Birkenhead is so large that it seems impossible to make a selection. His chieZ, characteristie of devastating frankness was, however, amazingly illustrated in an incident which deserves recapitulation, A retired judge, who had been at the Bar with him in his younger days and who had been serving in a distant part of the Empire, met him one night at an, Inns of Court dinner, and, taking advantage of the opportunity, eXpressed his intention to apply for egal post which he knew was in Lord Birkenhead's gift.
Salmon-Eaters, Attention!
Alaska a bounty has been offered for every dead eagle brought to the treasurer's office. Those magnificent and picturesque birds, which have been so long one of the major charms of Alaska, have a habit of swooping down over a river, catching a salmon, and gobbling it down. The Government does not want eagles to eat salmon, thinks it naughty. That should be a lesson to salmon-eaters. At any moment the fishermen who take thousands and thousands of salmon out of the rivers every day may be in danger of their live Not the Slightest Chance Lord Birkenhead asked whether the aspirant was certain that the then incumbent intended to refix Being assured that this was s0, be remarked "Well, send in your application, but it has not the slightest chance of being accepted." There is this much to be said for the crestfallen judge, that he himself was the most appreciative retailer of the story.
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