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THE FAVORED SPORT. [[Image]] Caller-"Is Mr. Smith lodging here?" Servant-"Yes, sir." Caller-"Is he in?" Servant-"No, 'e ain't." Caller-"Do you know where he is?" Servant-"No, I don't; but I think 'e's gone golf-fishing."-London Sketch. A BRIEF VACATION. [[IMAGE]] OVERSENSITIVE. The Prince-"Pleased to know you, Mr. Hay." Ambassador Hay-"Thanks, your Highness." The Prince-"I fancy we shall get on famously together." Ambassador Hay-"I trust so, your Highness." The Prince-"You strike me, Mr. Hay, as a man who will prove himself punctilious regarding the amenities of diplomatic etiquette. That's what I like. Some men say that these are trifling details. I don't agree with them. No, sir. Nothing offends me more than these little breaches-" Ambassador Hay (aghast)-"Your Highness!" The Prince-"I say that nothing offends me more than these little breaches-" Ambassador Hay (shocked)-"O, your Highness!" The Prince-"What in the dev-, I say that nothing offends me more than these little breaches of diplomatic courtesy." Ambassador Hay (relieved)-"Certainly, your Highness-of course-very proper, indeed-it does you credit- indeed, it does."- Cleveland Plain Dealer. ASK TOO MUCH. "Those conductors are always expecting a man to perform impossibilities." said the Philadelphian, stepping off a New York cable car. "Why what did he say to you?"