Show Folly Shots Dad were you ever a fish i Tue individual thus addressed low red his chin and gazed over his spectacles at the boy in speechless astonishment Ii Oh dcnt get mad at me dad for eking you continued his inquisitive tive offspring Mra Cooly came in after you bad gone yesterday and asked ma what ahe would do if yon were dead and ma laughed and said he guessed there was just as goods 1 good-s in the sea as you are nIt j n-It was a beautiful little rustic pile the village church with a lecture II room in the basement One evening L a farmer of the neighborhood who was driving by observed the latter apartment lighted up and stopped to H ask the reason why of a young man who stood leaning against the gate Whats going on tonight A convention of the married men of the congregation was the an I awer Found out authm agin the minister ehP Youve rung the bell the firat hot old man returned his informant 1 inform-ant The farmer mounted his wagon again with a thoughtful look in his L face and as be drove off muttered II After all I i guess its a good thing j my Balliea dead This great and good antimonop olist observed the coroner in some opening remarks to the jury who were holding an inquest over the body of a man found floating in the canal this great and good antimonopCH fat But why do you call him great and good antimonopolist U interrupted inter-rupted one of the jurors Because continued the coroner exhibiting a package of dead head railroad tickets we found these in his pockets Are you fond of dogs Not very said the tramp Would you mind holding this one for me a few minu eaU ea-U Itll coat yer ten cents U All right said the man delivering deliver-ing up the animal that inspected its new custodian with an ominous movement ofthe muscles of the jaw When the owner returned be er counteredthe tramp + nnniDglOl1nd the corner and exhibiting s m i J of considerable agitation ML Where the dog he inquired CIA policemans got him Why didnt you hold on to J 4 him himI I couldnt get a chance he was too busy holdin on to me You seem to have recovered your elasticity said a Beacon Hill schoolgirl school-girl to a youngster who had lately been quite ill My wha 1 asked the boy with a puzzled ezpreBion Your elasticity repeated the beautiful young fountain of undefiled English Ob yes returned the lad his face brightening up with the light of a new idea thats easy enough my fathers in the India rubber business busi-ness 5 Men of genius are hedged about by privileges to which the coarser clay I of humanity pays an involuntary respect and homage Mr LWBS a man of genius One day a friend called to see him and was informed by the girl who answered the doorbell door-bell that her master was not receiving re-ceiving visitors Whats the matter with him be asked Hes go au attack of the liver complain Is that all Then I guess hell f see me I guess net said the girl quickly but firmly when his bile aint a workin right he wants partickler to be let alone as he allua writes poetry A lipsy Bostonian who was arrested j ar-rested while making vain efforts to clutch at a barbers pole exclaimed as the policeman drifted him in the direction of tbe station house Strangah I never sawr rora boreallUh enear before ilIa there anything I can dofor you darling ha said indiscreetly getting his mouth in close proximity proxim-ity to her Grecian and highly sensitive sensi-tive nose and then as she averted her head with a shrug of disgust hastily throwing a few fresh carda mon seeds into his mouth Yea aha anBwered without turning round open the window and give me a little fresh air |