Wad. In Coquitlam, B.C., one Henry Steen felt something sticky on the sole of his shoe, bent down to scrape it off, unstuck a $100 bill, a $20, two $10s.

Animal Kingdom. In Leonia, N.J., Andreus Andrews was charged with violating the sanitary code by keeping a horse in his house. At Syracuse University, "Fletcher L. Bentley" was enrolled for three years as a student before it was discovered he was a wire-haired terrier.

Crime. In The Bronx, N.Y., a gunman burglarized a dentist's office, reassured the dentist: "Shut your mouth. . . . This won't hurt a bit." In Philadelphia, police accosted a suspicious-looking stranger, asked him what he was doing. "Waitin' for my partner," he said. They asked: "Where's he?" The stranger replied: "Robbin' a house down the street." In Dallas police frisked a burglary suspect. He was wearing: a pair of overalls, two pairs of trousers, two swim suits, two suits of long underwear, seven pairs of shorts, eight pair of women's lace panties. In his pockets were: three knives, five pairs of dice, two pairs of scissors, five fountain pens, nine corks, a ring of keys, eight lead sinkers, twelve fish lines, 51 pencils, 14 marbles, one pecan, a box of snuff.

Compromise. In Grand Island, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Dietrich disagreed on the wisdom of having running boards on their new car. They settled it by installing a running board on the right side.

Compensation. Near Seymour, Ind., when a duck hunter in a boat fired at a duck and missed it, a bass jumped aboard.

Copper Boom. In Indianola, Miss., a restaurateur offered to sell a cup of coffee for an out-of-date Indianhead penny, discovered that a local coin collector had 2,000 of them for sale at three for a nickel.

Request. At Fort Bliss, Tex., Army officers received a curt wire reading: "REQUEST EXTENSION OF MY A.W.O.L."

Student. At the Fort Devens, Mass, library, The Butcher's Handbook was returned with a bookmark in it--a strip of bacon.

Dream Walking. In Portland, Ore., a sober policeman put his hand in a drunk's pocket, drew out a snake.

Caution. In Kansas City, Kans., a merchant was warned by the city that the law forbade him to sell cap pistols or slingshots to minors, but allowed him to sell them shotguns.

Ruling. In Trenton, N.J., three State Supreme Court justices ruled that according to a local zoning ordinance a back yard was a yard in back of a house.

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