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Show THE CHILDREN. I Some Bright Youngsters and Their IJuaint Remarks. In the mental arithmetic class the teacher had a good deal of trouble in making Johnny Jones understand the simplest mathematical math-ematical ideas, though he seemed to be a boy of much natural good sense. "fix from six leaves how many?" asked the teacher. "Huh?" asked Johnny, apparently astonished aston-ished at thevjuestion. "If you had six cents in your pocket, and you lose them all, how many do you have left?" Johnny put on a scornful look at this and answered, "One, I suppose." "Johnny Jones, how could you have one of your six cents left when you had lost them all?" "I didn't mean thai I'd have one cent left." "One what, then?" "One hole, I guess," said Johnny. "There's got to be sunthiul" Youth's Cuiit-panion. Cuiit-panion. lie Had Grown. Texas Sittings. A father was very much annoyed by the foolish questions of his little sou. "Johnny, you are a great source of an-noyance an-noyance to me." "What's the matter, pa?" "You ask so many foolish questions. I wasn't a big donkey when I was of your age." "No, pa, but you've growed aheap since." The Other. Sunny Hours. Mary had a very sore eye, and the physician physi-cian forbade her to sew. and at last she began be-gan to cry. Her friend Katy said: "Don't cry, your eye will be all the more i inflamed." un, cm not crying with that eye," she replied, j Itaby'a Picture. New York Weekly. Wife I'm tired to death. Been having the baby's picture taken by the instantaneous j process. ; j Husband How long did it take ? Wife About four hours. 1 . |