Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1914 — Only a Trifling Delay. [ARTICLE]

Only a Trifling Delay.

Flaggs—Did you succeed in persuading your wife when she gets angry to count ten before she speaks? •Fogg—Yes, but she's a very rapid oountor. —Boston Evening Transcript.

Trained for Loss of Arm. I met a German officer who had been wounded in his right arm. He was writing rapidly with his left hand. “Ton are so fortunate as to be ambidextrous,” I said. “We are a family of officers,” be replied. “When I was a boy I thought that what has happened might happen. Hence I trained myself to srtte with the left hand as well as the right. Today 1 find it convenient” He smiled oontentedly.—James O'Donnell Bets nett. In the Chicago Tribune.