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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 09, 11 January 1908, Page 14

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■ «> On a certain ship the mate was too fond of tho cup that inebriates. .The captain did his utmost to break him of this habit, and, everything olso failing, told him that the next time he was drunk he would write it m the log. For a long time after this the mate stopped drinking, but. ono day he fell into his old habit. Thereupon the captain wrote tho following entry in the log : "August 12, IS— ; 60 deg. north longitude, 70 dcg. west latitude. Mate Jones is drunk to-day." The mate begged him to take this oil!, saying that it would spoil his chances of ever being made captain of a ship. But the captain said: "It's true, isn't it?" "Yes; but" replied the mate. "Well," said the captain, "the record stands." A few days later the ma to had do write the log. On looking over the log the amazed captain saw this entry : "August 15, 19 ; 60 deg. north longitude, 67 dog. west latitude. Captain Smith is sober to-day." He sent for the mate and demanded what he- meant by such an ■entry, ordering him to 'take it off. "Well," said the mate, "it's true, L«n't it?" "Of course it's true!" roared the captain. "Then the record stands," replied the mote.

He : How can I repay you for that delightful waltz? She (whose train lias suffered) : Oh, don't repay me, settle with my dressmaker. Law is not so harsh as It used to be. For instance (observes the/Indianonolis News), in the time of Hemy VIII. football was a crime, while now it is seldom regarded as anything raoie than a more or less fataj misdemeanor.