Show THE USUAL WAY first county councilor here s a fine looking street second ditto you re right there what s best to be done with if let s have it dug up tor a sewer but wouldn t it be proper to pave it first of course I 1 supposed you under stood that then after it Is paved and a sewer put in we 11 have it re paved all in readiness to b dug up again tor the I 1 see you understand the principles ot municipal economy and after we have had it tor tie second time then well then it will be in order tor widening there s nothing I 1 admire so much as system in the care and am provement pro of our roadways bricks and bricks bacon the absorbing capacity of a brick Is about 16 ounces ot water egbert and when they call a man a brick it signifies that he has not the leput atlon for absorbing anything like that amount of water yonkers statesman loss fully covered adjuster ive called to fix up that matter of your house burning down was the loss totals heck penn oh th house Is plumb gone but young feller et I 1 tuck a cent from yore company I 1 d feel like a thief debbe you beven heven t heard thet my wife tuck advantage th excite ment t elope puck smoke up the 2 cent cigar industry Is safe the indian jute crop Is estimated at 10 bales nearly 2 more bales than are needed for bags and wall decoration judge her age how old is our daughtery 9 quite a young lady shea she just passed her fifth picture postcard album yesterday puck ne in london s paupers the annual report of the asylums committee of hie london county coun cil states that in view of the recent steady decline in the rate of increase of london pauper lunacy and of the possibility that there may cease to be an increase it Is doubtful whether it will be necessary to take steps at any rate now toward the provision of an eleventh asylum rival castle owners eugene zimmerman of cincinnati Is rivaling william astor in becoming the largest owner of historic castles in great britain he has al ready acquired aylmore and kimbol ton castles and Is now negotiating tor the purchase of Tande castle and ot brampton house the last of the his manchester estate ALAS POOR FREDDY freddy tell you what would cause a sensation at this horse show a long eared brazen tongued jackass peggy oh I 1 don t know very tea people are looking this way freddy its easier to be sensitive than it miss Pret dear me lost your hat when you went to the what did you doa Sport leigh oh when I 1 got down to the course I 1 got a handicap A change in address A soldier of the great array ot the unemployed shuffled up to the roll top desk and looked over say are you de guy wot adver used for a man to address envelopes he asked anxiously I 1 am replied the man at the desk but it you can t address envelopes any better than you addre s me you II 11 find the exit where you came in judge making use of him to the last mrs A I 1 hear ou are going to south dakota mrs so I 1 am mrs A divorce I 1 suppose mrs yes mrs A I 1 wonder what your hus band will do mrs oh I 1 am taking him along to look after the baggage etc judge I 1 had no idea you were inclined to be decidedly gay ethel how do you aan you ve been reaching tor high balls the whole afternoon chicago jour nal an enfant terrible little claude has been told that uncle john has a glass eye and tor gets that he has been bidden to say nothing about it will you lend me your eye for a little while uncle john my other marble has down a grating hoyal magazine A primer see the man and woman entering the great dry goods emporium the man looks very sad the woman looks supremely happy why does the man look sad he Is going in to buy something why does the woman look happy for the same reason judge van shed with the frost where a e the knives and forks of last summer grumbled the old farm er as he counted up the tableware after the last boarder had left for the city and where are the spoons of last summer laughed the farmer s daugh ter as she gazed out at the empty benches and hammocks chicago dally news made all the difference what shall I 1 play asked the or i ganest of an absent minded clergy man what sort of a hand have you got was the unexpected reply koyal magazine singularly appropriate she dear where shall we make an appointment to meet in the conserva tory he I 1 should sug st under the date tree baltimore an done on old drunkard isn t be 1 caustic well 1 rather th |