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Show ; c,iana ; Iffjgr att ' THI OLD HABIT, Thfe rccrulta war lln4 up for -Impaction. rhn tho orderly officer offi-cer eoMrvod with uiiimnt that' ono of thfe prlvatca was mlnoa hla , bfet ooat. w . , "Whfero'a tho root of your nnl- formr h domanded. . "In tho barrack room, air," ra-pllod ra-pllod tho roolci. , Than (o and ; gat ." property draaacd at onca," waa thfe atara oommand. Thfe Biaji daahad off and a fa momenta later rotnrnod with hla ' coat on. but still without hla hat. "Whera'a your hat?"- roared tha officer. Back went tha men and aeon ap- peered acain with hat and coat complete. Tha officer looked at him for a minute. Then: "What have yoa dona with year rifle?" he bellowed. - "Left It In the barrack room, air." waa tho anewer. "Good heaxApa!" ahouted the, other. "You're , a fin soldier. ' Whit were yoa 'before you joined !up?" - 'Tlumher'a helpen elr.-"Arbemy JournaL . : WHY MEN ARK SALO. ' J "Bald heads." philosophised rh ' bald-headed man, "are caused by overworking the brain." - "Ha!" cried Mr. Henpoek. "That must be why women have ao hair ' on their chins" From Everybody's Every-body's Magaalne for August. . ;HIOINO 'EM. "These new long skirts I cant de- . fend." .. 1 Remarked old Oswald Begga: "The girls are trying to pretend They haven't any limbs." Csn you Imsglna the gtrl who , didn't know fehfe waa. being kissed when the thing waa going ea right under her noee. , . - You never sea a bootlegger har mg a .rum-age aala on old stuff. A perfeor' lady never chaw tobacco to-bacco In public or shoots any man unless he is her husband. AN INTERRUPTED PRAYER. ... Tha negro sexton of - a little - -church In tho South waa told to get up on the roof and replace aome broken shingles.. : He didn't like to acknowledge-that acknowledge-that the steep slant of the roof scared him ao he climbed ap toward to-ward the broken a pot cautiously-clinging cautiously-clinging Ilk a cat to the old roof, which was dry snd slippery. A passer-by called out. "Hello, Kami Looks Ilka It s ticklish work tor you cllmbln' toward heaven V . V Bam looked down relaxed hla ' " caullon for an Instant and atarted to slide down tho roof. Loud and fervently he wa heard . to cry: "Oh, Lawdl Sara this nig , gah! Lawd Lawd. save die nig nebber mind. Lawdl My brltchea done hatched on a nail!' Judge. |