Show THE HUMOR OF LITTLE JESTS THAT TEND 10 DRIVE AWAY DULL CARE the and aft DeHolt lon of sociable man why one little boy did not flah on the sabbath ble 18 of poverty troth will oat sunday school teacher I 1 was sorry to hear sandy that you went fishing last sunday you should set a better example than that now here s a little boy turning to newcomer who does not go fishing on the lord s day do you little boya newcomer no sir sunday school teacher ah I 1 thought as much one look in that innocent face was convincing and why don t you go fishing on sunday newcomer cause there ain t no ashing where I 1 live of poverty no mused the poor husbandman 1 I do not envy the rich I 1 have no bitter feeling toward those who roll in wealth my soul harbors no thoughts of malice toward the men who are popularly supposed to revel in luxury here he picked up the stick with which he had been beating the parlor carpet and resumed operations say ing between strokes think of having to beat a million dollars worth of these ad blamed carpets every spring method in aadne it was not one of those lovers els which are got up tor the sake ox enjoying the sweets or making it up again but a really genuine affair in both parties felt thoroughly aggrieved they parted in anger and aest day the lady wrote hid the fol towing note herewith I 1 return all your ats with the exception of the dia abond ring which I 1 shall 1 ep to re blind me of your meanness and horrid conduct perfectly papa la the teacher satisfied with youa toby 0 quite papa did he tell you soa toby yes after a close examina alon he said to me the other day it all my scholars were like you I 1 would shut up my school this very day that shows that I 1 know enough during the snit your honor said the lawyer my client demands 10 damages for for loss of speech but I 1 thought he merely had two fingers cut off exactly your honor he Is a deaf mute bike maiter like man A mule said mr erastus pinkley is eho one er de meanes animals dat walks on feet das so answered mr cassaus colliflower but when you considers some de human folks he has to work fob you can t blame de mule so much plenty of baw this seems to be a lawless town remarked the stranger lawless echoed rattlesnake pete wal now we hev lynch law an mob law an civic law no pard ner I 1 wouldn t call this a lawless town gave themselves Them selve away she and am I 1 really and truly the first girl you ever he do you doubt it darlings 7 she yes your manner savors of long experience he how do you know it does settling a mooted point the boston globe has decided that an infant in the cradle may be very rich and none the less innocent this really ought to reconcile a great many infants to being born just as rich as possible money in I 1 m surprised at his moving to Swamp hurst the place is full of malaria teats lust why he moved there he s going to open a drug store sociable man small boy pa what Is a sociable mana pa A man who when he has ten minutes to spare goes and bothers somebody who chasn t out of condition the bos were fighting when the good man arrived on the scene I 1 suppose he said as he pulled them apart that this is parents fault your training 1 a been neglect ed dats right said wlllie proucy prouvy it I 1 d de proper I 1 d had him out by dis time blase clare I 1 hesitated to tell you of my engagement for fear you be aleve it maud nonsense I 1 ve got to the point where believe almost any IS detroit free press 1 of no effect 0 6 III there john cried the old wa from across the field well the matter sow you 11 never make no headway at that mule in greek hit him a solid lick or two in plain english then as he flailed his own mule he muttered these college gradl vates Is queer when they gits back to busl ness atlanta constitution an economical brer williams all thoo de winter season you auz preaching pr eachin red hot eer monts on hell fire en now dat da spring come you aint got a word ter say bout hell fire how come br er thomas de way tarin man do mighty foolish mout er knowel any dat auz in de winter season br er thomas coal auz 6 a ton proof hiram hayrick are you sure hank s been to ther city cissy corntassel wal he s brought a gold brick home with him A anzle expert what a bulging forehead your friend has yes he s a great genius at solving puzzles gets more prizes than any other man in the business but I 1 dont see how he can keep himself busy oh when he isn t employed with the regular puzzles he tackles maga zine poetry poor maal on subjects culinary for magazines she writes advice to cookers many with pleasure she incites in fact she Is so busy these duties all to meet her husband seeks a restaurant to get enough to eat tiie kal problem she I 1 found the sweetest little flat yesterday and it we have to live in a flat after we are married I 1 want it and it was only 2 a year he yes but she but he my salary Is 3 what shall we do with the other pa wa with ahm do you think your father likes me mamiee I 1 am sure he does what makes you sure because it was only yesterday he asked me when you and I 1 were going to be married as he wanted to alv with us he do you believe in love in a cot tage she no indeed I 1 don t he how about love in a palace she oh george this Is so luddeni he well it won t be if we ve got to wait till I 1 earn the palace emarl set anle its too bad about those crullers you made said the new husband sadly asked his wife quickly well replied the husband they are too rich to eat too heavy tor life preservers and too small tor quoits art and S are you not sometimes downcast to think that you are obliged to apply yourself to art tor money yes answered mr barnes but not as downcast as I 1 am when I 1 am applying myself to art and not getting the money an precedent all the members of the english royal family have been vaccinated I 1 wonder it that establishes a precedents 7 what sort of a precedent one which forces the kings cami ly to bare arms no novelty about it I 1 see that king edward wore a gray overcoat at the newmarket races that buttoned through the cloth there being no fly to it novel isn t it oh I 1 dunno it has been very gen brally admitted that there are no flies on edward faux pas miss koy in street car it s really very kind of you mr crabbe to give me your seat mr crabbe not at all we men are getting tired of being accused of never giving up our seats except to pretty gins some chinee critic you have written a good many books I 1 know but have you produced anything that will live for even a generation 7 author thoughtfully well I 1 have eleven children abe editor a sek first poet I 1 took a little poem about spring in to that editor and he threw me down stairs second poet you were lucky that I 1 he dian didn t drop you out of the window A nib konyen ring why does call his weel a wagner cycled handel barrs because it make sua a racket when he rides it |