HELPFUL HINT FOR MARCH
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Now is a good time to think about having your last summer's suit and hat cleaned and fixed up to last another season. You can stand at the window and look out at the snow, and think about this to your heart's content. This probably will warm you to such an extent that you will save a bit on your coal bill. How to Handle a Muck-Rake The owner of a muck-rake should first get a magazine to keep it in. This practice originated with Laws Tomson, the celebrated Norse Berserker. Select your muck and rake it diligently until you find a large, fat check; then leave that pile and begin on another. WEATHER HINT—It's a nil wind that doesn't blow. A Bad Sign: "All Drinks Spot Cash."
SUNDAY
MONDAYAbout now young boys forget skating and begin to think about marbles. "Old Boys" are still skating and they are not particular whether the pastime is associated with marble or mahogany.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAYPRESS-AGENT—One who presages or foretells. See LYRE.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY(1868) Barnum's Museum in New York destroyed by fire. Parkhurst, Carrie Nation, Dowie, and Anthony Comstock saved.
MARCH
It is said that nothing is impossible; but there are lots of people doing nothing every day.