Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1887 — The Ruling Passion. [ARTICLE]

The Ruling Passion.

“Well, old boy, you seem in good spirits,” said Jones to his friend Jollyboy, who was in the last stages of consumption. “You ate determined to keep up your heart, live or die, I take it.” “You bet! I’m bound to prove one of those confounded old sayings false, any“YVhichoae?” —l4- ~ “ Laugh and grow fat. I laugh enough to weigh a ton. ” “How s your appetite? Here’s some California grapes. Can you digest them?” “I’ll try it once for luck. Just hand over that pepsin bottle.” “What's that for?” “Like all that blasted bad-tasting ’pothecary stuff there, merely to help a poor chap to die-jest. ” Amoxc. the students of medicine in the University of Naples is Miss Sophie Bakunin, daughter of the famous Russian agitator. ‘ Ml_ * -