THE DICTATERS.

Sir: I have lost a year’s growth since I went into business in answering questions about the letters that appear after my communications—HAM/AND. H. A. M.

Letters from the vice-president of the Badger Talking Machine Company of Milwaukee are signed JAS/AK. What do you make of that, Watsonius?

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The following was typed at the end of a letter received t’other day: “HEE/HA.”

Recurring to the dictaters, letters from the O’Meara Paper company of New York are tagged JEW/EM.

Irene, she works for David Meyer,

Likes her job, not peeved a bit.

But when she ends a letter she

Marks it with this sign, DAM/IT.

Hint to students in the School of journalism: Always begin the description of a tumultuous scene by saying that it is indescribable, and then proceed to describe it until the telegraph editor chokes you off.