Show CURIOUS AND AMUSING A STORE front in philadelphia bears EL a sign that reads ho made pies KANSAS has a paper published in the state penitentiary called the prison trusty its headline motto is the I 1 pen Is mightier than the sword SMOKED herring cranberries skiff boats and towels are the popular po pular things in wedding presents on cape cod four chickens two geese and a P pig g were among the gifts received by a grundy county missouri bride instructions to the janitor of a public school in portland me are sometimes written on the blackboard the other morning the janitor saw written an the board this sentence find the greatest common divisor Hul hullo lol he said is that confounded thing lost ins t again A AN x american paper published in paris recently contained the following unique advertisement aa A young man of agreeable presence and desirous of getting ettin married would ilk like e to make inake the acqua acquaintance acquaints inta nee of an aged and experienced perien fenced ced gentleman who could dis 5 suade him fro from in taking S six arx or seven mashed men cereseen were seen loitering near little blue station on the line of the missouri pacific railroad r 0 ad telegrams were flashed in all dir directions and prompt preparations we were re made to give the presumed robbers a warm reception it was boon after discovered that the masked men were harmless farmers on their way to a ball A PUZZLED look came over the face of a business man in maiden lane new york city when he received a telegram to this effect A mosquito ill mrs A B now now he did not care it if all the mosquitoes in new jersey were ill at last he comprehended the telegram ile he had a clerk named amos and zie ie j young mans mother had telegraphed amos quite ill 1 |