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Show Valuable Recipe. The schoolmaster had the hoys out for a "hike," and stopping near a certain cer-tain tree he said : "Boys, when I was a young lad I stood on this snot and threw a silver dollar to that large rock there." There was a short silence and then Sammie spoke up : "Aw, you 1 - Oouidn't do it now." , "Yes, I could," said the teacher. "In fact, I believe I could even throw it farther." "Say, teacher," said Sammie eagerly, eager-ly, "will you please come home with me an' show my mother that trick'?" "There is no trick ; what do' you mean?" asked (he puzzled teacher. "Why, mother Is always sayin' that she'd give a lot to know how to make a dollar go as far as it used to," explained ex-plained Sammie. Philadelphia American. |