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Show STATISTICS FOF? GIRLS. A young Eoglieh statistician who was paying court to a young lady, thought to surprise hor with bia immenao erudition. Producing a note book, she thought bo was about to indite a lovo sonnet, but waa slightly taken aback by tho following question: "How many meals do you eat a day ? " "Why, three, of course; but of all tho oddest questions. " "Never mind, dear," I'll teil you : all about it in a moment." Ilia pencil was rapidly at work. At last, fondly olasping her slender waist: "Now, my darling, I've got it, aud if you wish lo know bow much has passed through that adorable little mouth in the last seventeen years, I can give you the exact figures." "Goodness! Gracious! What can you mean ?" "Now, juat Haten," says he, "and you'll hear exact!? what you have been obliged to absorb to maintain those charms which are to make the " But I don't want to hear." " Ah, you are surprised, no doubt, but statistics aro wonderful things." "Just listen: YTou are now 17 years old, eo that in fifteen years you have absorbed oxen or calves, 5; shei p and lambs, 14; chickens, 327; ducks, 204; geese, 12; turkeys, 100; gamo of various vari-ous kiuds, 824; fishes, 100; eggs, 3.124; vegetables (bunches), 700; fruit (baskets), G03; cheese, 103; bread, cakes, etc, (in sacka of flour), 40; wine (barrels), 11; water (gat-Ions). (gat-Ions). 3,000." At this the the maiden revolted, and jumping up exclaimed: "I think you are very impertinent, and discusliog besides, and I will not stay and listen to you!" upon which she flew into the house. He gszed after her with an abstracted ab-stracted air and left, saying to himself: him-self: ' It she kept talking at that rate twelve hours out of twenty-four, her jaws would, in twenty years, travel a distance of 1,332,124 miloa." The maiden, within two moolho, married a well to do grocer, who was no statistician. |