Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1894 — The Mild-Mannered Man. [ARTICLE]

The Mild-Mannered Man.

Indianapolis Journal. The mild-mannered man tried, for a.few moments to transfix a waiter with his glittering eye, but his hypnotizer seemed to be a little out of order, and finally he had to beckon to the menial, Iwho softly approached. “Excuse me," said the man, “but do you use gas or coal out in the kitchen?’’ < ■— “Uses gasy” said the waiter. “It is paid for by-the year, ain’t it?” “B’lieve it is." “Don’t cost no more whether you burn a whole lot or just a little eh?” “list the same, san.” “Then since it won’t put the house to no 'extra expense, I wish you would bring me a cup of tea that really is hot. This here ain’t hardly got the frost thawed out of it.” A young man from Austin, Tex., representing the syndicate that wanted a carload of marriageable girls from Boston has gone to that city to urge the Mayor ‘to hurry up the consignment.