It was that infernal machine that you wanted me to put on my head.

If it had driven you under ground about forty feet, I'd have been glad, even if it had also demolished the building." "What! the receiver exploded, did it?
Too bad, ain't it?
Blamed if I didn't think she was strong enough to bear twice that pressure.

I must have made a mistake in my calculations, however," said Partridge, pinning up his clothes and holding his handkerchief to his bloody nose; "I'll have another one made, and come around to show you the invention to better advantage." "If you do, I'll brain you with an inkstand," said the major.
Then Partridge limped out, and the major, abandoning the subject of resumption, began a fresh editorial upon "The Extraordinary Prevalence of Idiots at the Present Time." * * * * * The _Patriot_ has shown a remarkable amount of enterprise lately in obtaining, or professing to obtain, an interview with the Wandering Jew.

The reader can form his own estimate of the value of the report, which appeared in the _Patriot_ in the following fashion: Reports were floating about the city yesterday to the effect that the Wandering Jew had been seen over in New Jersey.

A reporter was sent over at once to hunt him up, and to interview him if he should be found.