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Show Lessons In Grammar. j Jenny's uncle, who waa a school teacher, met her on the atreet one beautiful May day and asked her if she waa going to the Maypole dance. "No, I ain't going." , "Oh, my little dear," aald her uncle, "you must not say 'I ain't going.' You must say 'I am not going.' and he proceeded pro-ceeded to give her a little lesson In grammar. "You are not going. He is not going. We are not going. Now, can you say all that, Jenny?" "Sure I can," ahe replied, making a courtesy. "There ain't nobody going." Was Personally Interested. "Mother." said a little girl, bringing a grimy little urchin to the maternal fount of klndneas, "please wash Wcky'a face for him." "Hut why should I wash his face, dear? I'm not his mother. If Dicky's face needs washing, wouldn't It be better bet-ter for him to go home?" "Yes, mother, only well, you said It waan't hi-althy to kiss dirty faces, and I want to kiss Dicky now." None Needed. Tourist You have an unusually large acreage of corn under cultivation; cultiva-tion; don't the crows annoy you a great deal? Farmer Oh. not to any extent Tourini That'a peculiar, considering consider-ing you have no scarecrowa. Farmer Oh, well, you see, I'm out here a good part of the time myself. New York Mall. Important to Mot here Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOH1A, a aafe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Bigaatnre of ff&U Ia Use Tor Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Proof. "It la wrong for an old man to marry a young fool." ' Hut bow Is be to know that ahe Is a fooir "When she says yes to bia proposal he ought to know It." Essentially Feminine. Florist This Is a century plant. It blooma once In a hundred years. Lady Haven't you got a century plant that will bloom oftener? Chicago Chi-cago Dally News. Not Wasting Sentiment t'nele Henry So you are going to tchool now, eh? And do you love your teacher? Bobbie (aged seven) Naw! She Is too sld for me. In the liritlih museum there Is to be seen the first envelope ever made. |