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The Timid Man and Sally’s Firelit Betrothal
Hiram Briggs, a bashful farmer, longs for Sally the choir singer but never asks. When Sally’s house catches fire, he rushes to save her, declares their future, and Sally, blushing, concedes that the blaze was timing. Copyright 1919 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. New Observatory in Arizona. In consequence of a gift of 60,000 from the late Mrs. H. S. Steward, of Tucson, as a memorial to hier husband, a new astronomical observatory is about to be erected on the campus of the University of Arizona, at Tuc son, 'fhe principal telescope, war neh reflector, was ordered some time ago, but work on It has been delayed by the war. The observatory will be under the direction of Wrof, A. E., Douglass-Scientific American. Change Did Him No Good. Doctor-What you need most in a change of diet. Dyspeptic-Come again, Doc! That's what made me what I am today. Doctor-What do you mean? Dyspeptic-Five different cooks in na many months.