Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1894 — Better Than Detectives. [ARTICLE]

Better Than Detectives.

Pearsons. A. —Why, man, all your shop girls are sauintyed! Can't vou„_matwtgeto obtain apreltiersetr B. I have got these as a protection against shoplifters. The scamps will never know where the £irls are looking. “What made you tell your mother you had tooth ache? Now she ll give you medicine.” Johnnie —Yes, but she’ll pay me fur takin’ it, an’ then wc can go an’ get ice cream. “How is it that thllt plain Miss Striker is so popular with the gentlemen? “Because she will sit through a game of baseball without ever asking a questiott^Y-—-Relative —I notice that you have a*t last got acquainted with your next-door neighbor who has lived along side of you for the past ten years. Mrs. D’Avnoo--Yes, we were introduced to each other at the Pyramids of Egypt, and I find her a delightful companion. Wc became very intimate. “Jangle is a man of good arldr n ss, isn’t he?” “Well, how*. could it be worse. It's No. 1313th street.”