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Show THE TIME TO LAUGH. SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. Couldn't Do It Alone The Green Sailor "Was Ordered to Weigh the Anchor It Altered the Case How He Let Her Down A Remarkable Condition. HARD TO DO IT ALONE. "The experiment of taking men from the interior states for service in the navy has, in the main, been a successful success-ful one," said the naval officer who is on leave of duty, "although it is exasperating exas-perating work breaking tnem in. Many Oi them see salt water for the fir3t time when they enter the service, and their greenness concerning everything pertaining to their duties makes them the butt of all the others, and although we try to protect them all we can the old men often take advantage of their ignorance to amuse themselves at the expense of the new men. "Not long ago," continued the officer, according to the Detroit Free Press, "I was stationed on a receiving ship. One day during my watch one of the men came shuffling up and without going through the formality of saluting blurted out: "'I can't do it alone, mister!' " 'Can't do what?' I asked, taking in the situation. " 'Why, one of the chaps ordered me to weigh the anchor, an' I can't lift it alone! Durn it all, I don't even know where the scales are!'" |