Show AX OLD ONE WORTH RETEILIYG A naturalist who Is an ardent student stu-dent and absent minded recently cele brated his silver wedding Many guests were Invited for the occasion As the first guest arrived one of the daughters daugh-ters was sent to summon the father from his study When they reached th3 room the daughter noticed that he fattier carried in his hand a smalt wooden box and as he Ehook hands with the nearest guest she saw him drop it The cover rolled off but she gave a sign of relief when sfhe saw that the box was apparently empty The natural however uttered a cry oC dismay and Instantly went down an his hands and knees in an attempt to gather up something Have you spilled anything fatiher she asked Spilled anything he echoed in evident tovdlgr nnticn at her calm tone I have lost fifty fleas tlhat I have just received from Egypt The effect of this intelligence intelli-gence on the family was nothing to comparison to the effect the catastro plie had upon the company before the evening was over and the only tithis that the naturalist said to his friends In answer > to their congratulations upon up-on his happy married life was to ask that If they carried any of his Egyptian Egyp-tian fleas they would return the insects in-sects to bimSaaa Francisco Argonaut |