Reporter—“To what do you attribute your great age?”
Oldest Inhabitant—“I hain’t sure yet, sir. There be several o’ them patent-medicine companies as is bargainin’ with me.”
Mr. Choate, ex-Ambassador of the United States at London, tells of the address made by an Irish officer to his men who had just returned from a fruitless expedition.
Rising to his feet with the utmost solemnity and seriousness, the officer said:
“My men, I am fully aware of the fact that many of you brave fellows are disappointed because in this campaign you were afforded little opportunity to fight; but, my brave boys, reflect upon this: that had there been any fighting, there would have been many absent faces here to-day!”
“Young man (23) with five years’ experience in leading publishers, desires to better his position.”
But what better position could there be than that of leading our publishers?