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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11026, 14 March 1914, Page 6

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Representative Charles C. Carlin, in the American Congress, has a district in Virginia just across the Potomac River from Washington. Among his constituents are many coloured people, and one day an old coloured man, having found his way to the door of the House of Representatives, wanted to walk in and talk to Carlin. The doorkeeper explained to him that he would have (o send in his name. While the old man was waiting for the Congressman to Appear he looked up and down the vast corridor in which he stood, gazed at the ornamented ceiling and glanced at the oil paintings on the walls. "'Fore do Lawd!" he finally Exclaimed, "is dis livah Chollie Carlin's awftoe?" SHOPPING. The father had gone away and left his only son in charge of the shop. "Are you tho head of the firm?" asked the man with the sample-case, who had just como in. "No, sir," replied the young man, with a smile. "I'm only the heir of the head." *#* POOR RICHARD. A little boy was given two images of plaster, coated on the outsido with pink sugar. He wanted to eat the images, but lie was warned on no account to do so. "They are poison," ho was told. "If you eat them it,will kill you." However, the boy was dubious. Ho had been cheated before this by grownup people. Finally, he had a young friend to spend the day with him and that night it was discovered that one of the images had disappeared. His mother, nearly frantic, rushed to him. "Harold," she said, "'where ia that ping image?" Harold frowned as he answered, defiantly: " I gave it to Richard, and if lie's alive to-morrow I'm going to eat the other 0110 myself."—"Chicago Ledger." thrW.

Sir Archibald CJoikie, who has received iho coveted Order of Merit, is a great collector of Scottish anecdotes. , . One of his best is about a. fuueral m Glasgow, whero a stranger took a seat in ono of tlio mourning coaches. Tim other threo occupants of the carriage vero rather curious to know who ho was, and at last ono of them began to question him. The dialoguo went like bo a brither o' the corp?" Na, I'm 110''a brilher o' the corp." " Wool, ve'll be his cousin?" "Nil, L'in no' a cousin." " At onv rate, yo'll 1)0 a frien' o' the corp P" "Na, I'm nn' that cither. ]o see, I've no' beun very wee! liiasel," the stranger explained complacently, "an' 111 v doctor ha* order me carriage exercise, so 1 tltoeM 11ii.s wad be Ibe eheapcsfc ' w.iv to laV it!"--" Pearson's Weekly."