Show SPOKEN SJ IN JIT JEST Philadelphia Times Jack Nevins told a group in hi the Continental hotel lobby one onee evening e during his last visit t to Philadel Philadelphia j phia of f a fellow passenger n on a Lehigh ehl h haUey valley train tram who was unable to fInd his ticket when the conductor made the tho rounds The conductor bade the man go goon goon goon on hunting and said be would return when he had bad ba collected all the other tick tickets tickets ets eta When he returned the z was still searching S SAre Are you sure you had It when you sat down asked the conductor Sure And you ou have not left your seat NoWell No Well VeIl then said the conductor you could not possibly have lost the ticket The Th h I i was the unexpected ed retort I r lost a brass bras drum once 0 S S Philadelphia Times A West Philadel Philadelphian Philadelphian sends an anecdote of a girl who had been looking forward with fear tear to the June examinations in the public school chool She was very desirous of ot promotion but not at all certain of her ability to pass Her apprehension of ot fail fall failure falland failure ure and consequent humiliation became so pronounced as the ordeal drew near that she looked about for some way of ot escaping One evening at family prayers her er mother suggested that a brief prayer pr er recovery or three children of ot the neighborhood who were down with diphtheria The child obeyed but added add a prayer that she might be stricken with the complaint so that she should have an excuse not to attend ex ox examination examination animation The following morning she complained that her h throat was sore and her mother not without sincere alarm expressed the opinion that God had bad an answered answered answered the wicked prayer of ot the night before Does it come in fn the throat mamma asked ask the child childres Yes Tea my dear replied the mother The perplexed little sufferer rolled her he eyes upward with an expression of mixed alarm and distrust and exclaimed Oh Lord cant you take a joke jokes s 3 0 Brooklyn Eagle It was the morning after and the youth had made frequent trips to the water cooler JL Jo io O you yon know he said J r think there is a lot of or nonsense written about the cruelties practiced in the Philippines What do you know about them he be was asked Not much T r admit he replied but I Iam Iam Iam am reasonably confident the would be a distinct boon to me this morn mom morning lag ing In fact tact I would be glad if some humane man would relieve me rue of ot the no ne necessity of taking it ft myself Then he sighed because the glass was no larger |