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Show What the Tea Leves Tell. Do you know how to tell fortunes In a teacup? It furnishes a great deal of entertainment at a party. This Chinese rhyme explains it : "One leaf, alone you'll be; Two together, the priest you'll see. Three together, your wish will gain; Four, n letter from loving swain. Five, good news the letter will bring; Six in a row, a song you'll sing. Seven together, good fortune awaits, So say to you the teacups' fates. Tea leaves large and tea leaves tall Bring you company, great and small. Tea leaves many and scattered fine Is of bad luck the surest sign. Tea leaves few and near the rim, Your cup of joy o'erflows the brim." Taken Philosophically. An Irishman was sauntering homeward home-ward from his labors one pay day when he passed a quarry where some blasting was being done. Just as he passed a blast came and blew one of his hands off. The quarrymen quickly gathered about and condoled with him while awaiting the ambulance. "What a fearful thing !" cried one of them. "Oh, well," answered Murphy, "It might ha' been worse!" "How's that?" asked the man. "It might ha' been the hand wld me wages In." Position of Immunity. "You people all seem to take a great deal of loose talk from that man In a frock coat." "Yes," replied Bronco Bob. "He sort o' puts It over on us, because he knows he kin. He's the only undertaker in Crimson Gulch. No matter what kind o' trouble comes up, there's necessarily an understandln' that he's to be a survivor." sur-vivor." It is easier to lead than to drive. |