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Show SPOKEN IN JEST. Atlanta Constitution: It Is warm enough now to roast beefsteak on the roof, but, unfortunately, beefsteak is even higher than the root. We have all been praying for rain, but we have at last reached the conclusion that the wind is still in the wrong direction. direc-tion. The mercury went so high vesterday that w failed to locate it with a Dy-glass. Dy-glass. S S Judge: "Lije Hackett lows as how he'll go to London to see the corrynation," announced an-nounced Mr. Higgles. 1 "Yep," answered Mr. Rannit; "an' I 'spose he'll bother th' life o' us teUin' about it just as we begin to git a rest on his stories about what he saw at th' worl's fair, down to Chicago." ! Brooklyn Citizen: Smythc (to servant) Bridget, I have to go out this evening and 1 want you to see that your mistress gets this note as soon as she comes in, without with-out fail. Bridget Yiss. sorr; I'll just lave it in the pocket of the trousers y've just taken off. She be sure to go through them. Yonkers Statesman: Hall The author tried very hard to make a clean play of that drama. Stall How do you know? Hall Why, didn't you notice that girl come in five or six times during each act and dust off the furniture? & $' London Globe: This conversation was overheard in the park not long ago: "How did you like 'Faust'?" "Oh! we enjoyed it immensely; you know, Jack is so fond of Shakesneare's plays." It reminds one of the oJd story of the would-be literary young lady who was asked which of Scott's novels she liked best, Scott's "Ivanhoe." Scott's "Talisman," "Tal-isman," or Scott's "Emulsion," and instantly in-stantly decided in favor of the last. |