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Show m limits 1911, THE EDITOR'S JOT. 1911. The Editor's Joy. D. M. II. 1912. A ROW OF POSTS. 1. The "postman started out, post-haste, And ran against a post light-headed; 2. Tie scorned his precious hours to wasto In drowsiness with posts imbedded. 3. A new-set post of quaint design Ho read: "Tho Gem Saloon. A. Cozen." 1. Then passed somo posts in picket line. There must havo been at least a dozen. 5. Two posts1 long mated, stood apart, There was a barrier between thorn; C. Near by a post held horse and cart, He passed, as If ho had not seen them. 7. Upon a vessel ln the bay Ho saw a post show harsh and grimly, S. And looking down the Silent way. His farther post ho noted dimly. 9. Then to the post at his right hand Ho turned, nnd "presses tho button" duly, 10. And "two cents postage," made de mand, That was a post of duty, truly. M. C. S. 13-13. WORD COINAGE. I havo a purse containing 22 foreign for-eign coins, the names of which aro to bo found in tho following anecdote. Each word in quotations contains ono coin, whllo there arc two ln every capitalized word. In finding tho name of a coin no letter can be used oftener than it occurs ln the designated word One of the "millionaires" of "San Francisco" Fran-cisco" was REMARKING to somo "pur-Lies" "pur-Lies" recently that travelers find it TROUBLESOME TROU-BLESOME to keep from being cheated while abroad, not only on account of tho PREPOSTEROUS prices charged for tho comfort of tourists, but also bocausc of tho many different kinds o money thoy handle in tho various countries. Ho mentioned men-tioned a number of "humorous" incidents, inci-dents, one a story of a man who received in change a largo, "ponderous" coppor coin. Ho stood looking at It CONSIDERABLY CONSIDER-ABLY amnzed at Its size, when a eouplo of natives carnc "crowding" up agnln3t him, causing him to drop it. One of tho natives immediately seized the coin, but our friend did not relish being robbed, and grasped tho "scoundrol" by tho collar. A struggle ensued, and after DESPERATELY DESPERATE-LY FLOUNDERING around ln tho dirt he finally secured his property, Imaglno his chagrin on bolng Informed afterwards that tho piece for which ho ruined hia coat ln tho scufflo was of very small valuo and could be "duplicated" for live cents of our money. Ho Immediately resolved re-solved to post himself on tho monotary NOMENCLATURES of tho different countries before ho should possibly have occasion to wrestle again In tho dirt for the value of a nickel. ELLSWORTH. lDtl -ANAGRAM. IT EBBED away from tho bench of sand, Slowly retreating out into the sea; Gradunlly bidding farowell to the land. Leaving the Bhoro to darkness and inc. Then I thought as 1 watched it retreating, How liko our sorrows, which rise like tho wave, Ero thoy engulf uc wo see them retreating retreat-ing Back from our 3lght, like ghosts to tho grave, RALPH. o 19;3.-CIIARADE. When Benjamin Franklin, that famous SECOND of Auld Lang Syne, was tolling away with his FIRST, thinking ho was having such an easy time, what would he havo Knid had some sanguine prophet told him that In a few years tho WHOLE would be ued so extensively throughout tho land? No doubt tho good old man would havo uhaltun his head Incredulously and havo thought his Informant was a FIRST of the class of people wo now call cranks. MRS, E. 191G.-ENIGMA. I a:n ever In Hlght With all that is bright. But I melt ln a laugh or a High; Though I'm hlddon by night, I am taken In flight, Whllo I cling to whatevor is nigh. I am found with tho sought, And I'm held with those caught. And am shadowed ln many designs. 1 nm lost much in thought. Though I'm silent for nought, But I signal my prc3enco in signs. I am mum with tho rough, And dumb with tho tough, And glura when I'm caught In a plight, Close-mouthed with enough. Without broalh for a sough, And still I am found ln tho right. SEA. 1947. BLANKS. To be filled with words pronounced alike Mr. Jones had finished having, his woro crowded full of hay and it was with a feeling of profound satisfaction that ho went to his old old-fashioned " covered cov-ered desk for the money with which to pay off his hired men before discharging ",lcmv ,,Tnat evening, tho moon beinp at the full, he harnessed up his and he a . hli,v,f0 t00k a lon& delightful drive. The next morning ho again Invited his wife to rido. but this time he took her to his yacht that was moored at tho foot of the lawn, and they spent an onjovablo day on the water, entering some of the beautiful of that region. As ho at night again moored his jncht at Its tiny wharf and returned to his pleasant homo h.e..fe1,1 Miat, no coveted tho wealth of no of Turkey. ETHYL 10 IS. TERMINAL ELISION. 'Twas a Bummer land, And a chimo TWO clear, You must understand The noon was near, 'Twas a summer land. 'Twas a summer land! 'Neath a palm-trco's state. By soft airs fanned, LAST FIRST I ate. Twas a summer land. TORFRIDA 1919. DECAPITATION. L A rolling circle; do you rido it? 2. A part of him who sits astride It. 3. Long, -slender, agile; somo have fried It, - &iS.pan!?n word. you've surclv spied it. o. 1'lfty; the Romans thus applied It. M. C. S. |