HE STOOD THE TEST.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2269, 11 July 1881, Page 3

HE STOOD THE TEST.

The other morning a young man of affable manners presented himself at the box office of a variety show at Petaluma, and requested a Press pass. “You don’t claim to be a journalist, do you ?” asked the manager, glancing suspiciously at the good clothes and innocent expression of the applicant. “ Yes I do, though ; I'm on tho ‘ Fiestcwn Snapper.’ ” “Hum ! what is your department?’growled tho manager. “ I was a newspaper man myself once.” “ I do the 4 Answers to Correspondents,’" asserted the youth. 41 Do, eh ? Lemme see ! What was zhc fastest mile ever skated backward for money in the United States P" 44 That question is always signed 4 Nimrod,’ ” said the young man promptly, 14 and the answer is. 4 Died in Brazil, 1446.’ ” 44 Correct,’’ said the manager. “ When was Cleopatra hung ?” 44 Trim with deep niching, and bake before a quick fire.” 41 Did Oliver Cromwell hava u blue wart on his chin ?” 44 B takes the trick, of course.” 44 Was Queen Elizabeth bandy-legged, or only bandied in one leg ? And how do you take ink stains out of marble?” 44 Inquire at any hardware store. Patagonia was discovered by Benjamin Franklin in 1295.” “ That settles it,” said the manager, promptly shelling out a private box check. 14 I see you’ve got ’em all by heart. Pais right in !”—“ San Francisco Poet.”