Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1910 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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“G. N. R." A traveler to the north, having delivered his luggage to the care of an alert railway porter, proceeded to make himself comfortable in the corner of a first-class smoking compartment The porter, having performed his duty, came to the carriage to report not without expectation of acceptable reward,” ‘•Well," said the passenger, ”1 see by the letters ‘G. N. R.’ on your cap, ‘Gratuities never received.’" “Not quite that sir,” replied the porter, touching bis cap peak. “It might mean ‘Gratuities never refused.' " And the way that porter smiled when he left the carriage betokened his satisfaction at the material result of his smart answer and the service he had rendered. —Scraps.