Show PASSING PLEASANTRIES The Fourth of July Is pretty generally gener-ally observed as a holiday I believe remarked the visiting foreigner It is replied the native only fireworks fire-works Pittsburs ChronicleTelegraph I Little boyHow soon are vpu and sis goin to be married Accepted suitorShe has not named the day yet I hope she does not believe in long engagements Little boyShe doesnt I know cause all her engagements have been short TitBits Mrs Gray Strange that you should consult Dr Jalap when your husband is a physician Mrs Black I find it more helpful to consult Dr Jalap When I begin to tell him about my bad feelings he always asks me to hold out my tongue But my husband only tells me tohold itBoston Transcrip Mrs De Tanque reading from the paper pa-per Heres a brief but strong temperance temper-ance lecture John Brown while drunk fell in the river yesterday and was drowned Do Tanque No my dear it only shows that you shouldnt take too much water with your whisky Indianapolis Journal It must be delightfuL said the ordinary ordin-ary married woman to be earning your own living and more too It has its drawbacks said the business busi-ness woman Every time I go to a bargain bar-gain sale and save 75 or SO cents on purchases pur-chases I lose two or three dollars worth of time Indianapolis Journal Couple said the street car conductor conduc-tor as he drew out a slip of tickets for the young man who had just put a young girl aboard the car and stepped back to a smoking seat No one was the reply The ticket grabber tore off a single slip and looked at him with an odd inquiring inquir-ing glance and the passenger felt called upon to explain a bit New woman he said laconically Just new enough to want to be independent inde-pendent not far enough along to know that men pay each others fares when they ride together Get hot if I paid it Detroit News TommyI say Johnny come cut with the old iron Heres a man whatll give us the cash for it JohnnyNo use Tommy I promised my dad Id have nothing whatever to do with buymetallism Boston Transcript y |