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Show Jiir Drew a Full Hand. "It was this n-way. Jedgo: Yo sco, t doled do cards, and Jim. Drown ho had n pah of aces and a pah of kings." "What did j on htne?" "Three nes, Jedgo. and ." "What did Jim do?" "Jim, he drew " "What did he draw?" "Ho drew a razer, Jedgo." Plain Brutality. "See here," bald the city editor, "you speak of tho brldo as being Med to tho altar.' " ioh, Hlr; what of 117" replied the reporter. "Wlint of It? Why, It's nonsenso. Thero wns never a bride who couldn't Unit her way there, no matter what were tho obstacles." A Hold-Up for the Octopus. H Youthful Trust Duster HI, there! Stop that! Don't you daro carry that corporation outer this state or I'll slo that antl-tniBt law on yer. Caught Hit Eye. "Whnt's this?" asked Mr. Oaswell. as ho stopped beforo a group of statuary. stat-uary. "The name of It," said Mrs. Oaswell, referring to tho cataloguo, "Is tho Lay-o-coon." "Must bo a mistake," ho rejoined, passing on. "Thoy seem to bo all white people." His Sole Artistic Effort. "Ho calls himself an nrtlst, doesn't ho?" "I hollovo 80." "What kind of an nrtlst?" "Ho hasn't said anything about the i kind." "Como to think of It ho draws." "Indeed! What docs ho draw?" "His breath." Double Trouble. "Perhaps," snld tho womanhntcr who was visiting tho prison, "a woman wom-an Is responsible for your present condition." "Oh, twice ns bad as that," replied tho convict. "Indeed?" "Yes; two women. I'm up for bigamy." big-amy." Why She Changed It. Maude I sco l.ucy Etta Drown doesn't sign bor nnmo that way any more. She's Lucy Drown now. Mabel That satisfies mo sho Is going go-ing to marry that Hobb Mann who has been courting her so long. How would Lucy Etta Drown Mann sound? Getting Rid of Him. "I am fixing up n surprlso for John, but I am afraid thaf If ho stays around tho house ho will discover It." "That's all right. You Just tlo a towol around your head and ask him If ho can't stay at homo to-day and help you take; up tho carpets." The Widow's Mite. The Walter. "I rocall a romark that Gen. Grant mado to mo onco nt dinner," said Woodhy Gralt, "which was most characteristic char-acteristic of tho man." "I think I can guess what It was," said Pepprey. "What?" "Keop tho chango for yjursolf, my man." Hero Worship. Jim What do you mean by horo worship? Jam It Is tho brief admiration wo fool for a. groat man Immediately bo-foro bo-foro wo begin to rip him up tho back and begin writing letters to tho nowo-papers nowo-papers attacking his character and utterances. |