Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1896 — Wanted to Be a Detective. [ARTICLE]

Wanted to Be a Detective.

“Detectives wanted; no experience remit mi.” was~Bi'e" atYvertiseinent TKaT eaugbt the eye of a gullible Phoenix man a couple of days ago. A Bisboe youth was also caughjt by the same ad. He was ambitious and Avrote to the. concern for information. TliCy sent back, word to the writer to inclose $5 for his commission, which tvould be sent. He did so, and a couple of days ago received the terse reply; “Thanks for the money, you are too much of a sucker to make a good detective. Turn your talents,in another direction.”—Bisbee correspondence Tombstone Epitaph. * Fifty-two new islands have appeared (by aid of volcanic action),during the present century, and nineteen islands have disappeared— have been submerged. This makes a net gain to the earth of thirty-three islands. He—Which are the more foolish, men or women? She —Women, because they marry men.