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Wr WPi a THrtn 'S'wyfc. "yj1 , '.' TCf in at least one Instance it failed to "invis." One young-man with a memory of a girl in his heart and the im jirint of her father's boot in an other place, applied for invisible oil. He bathed in it, and went to call on the young lady. But if the oil worked and no one could see him, how would she know he was there ? Anyhow he was spared all such worry, for her father met him at the door, and the young man was plainly visible, being kicked down the steps. Another bather was run down and hurt by a wagon, and this time the power of the oil was vin dicated. "I didn't see him," said the teamster, in defense. "Sure not." replied the victim. "I was invisible." The trial before Judge Landis is not in full swing yet, as there has been trouble in securing two interpreters to translate the book, which is in Polish, the same way. LATENEWS Attorneys for Armour and Co., today entered a plea of not guil ty before Judge Landis in the fed eral court to the charge of violat ing pure food and drugs act in "shipping- decayed eggs" from its Chicago plant to Seattle, Wash ington, to be sold there. Joe Ketchel, Chicago pugilist, who dropped unconscious at the end of a bout at the Naval Train ing station at Waukegan, 111., died today. Bill Walters, Joe's opponent placed under arrest. Edward McCann, former in spector of police, who was con-, victed of bribery, wants job and began court proceedings in the Circuit court to set aside "the brr der discharging him from the po lice department. N Alice Dooley, 18, who was found wandering in the storm Wednesday morning don't know where she lived or how she was lost in the storm, her mind is a blank. Police are" trying to find her parents. ' ' o o WINTER -.LONGINGS OF-A SMALL BOY . j I'm longing for the summer, I'm waitinjg for the heat. I want to romp the ballfield Where the fellows always meet I'm sick and tired of winter, His mournful skies of' gray I'd like to trade the whole of it For one bright summer's day. There's naught to do in winter, ' Just go to school, that's all, And it's pretty tough, I'll tell you, When you'd rather plav base ball. Don't think I hate the schoolroom I don't, and mean it, too, It's after school I'm talkin of It makes a fellow "blue". ' Of course a-skating you can go, (And freeze an ear or limb), But that don't count one-two with me, In summer you can swim. I'll tell you I'll be might glad When summer comes to bat, ', And we can plav baseball again, If it's only O'ne-Old-Cat.