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Show JUST FOR FUN His Musical Voice. "Ladies and gentlement," said the entertainer, "having blindfolded blindfold-ed my partner, l will now proceed to tcBt her thought reading pew-el's. pew-el's. I have In my hand an apple. Will you kindly toll the audience what I am holding in my hand9" "An apple." "Correct. I have hero a watch, kindly tell the audience what r have." "A watch." "Quite right. You see, ladles and gentlemen, it Is impossible to catch her." The entertainer produced a pioce of wood and a saw and commenced com-menced to saw vigorously. "Kindly tell tho audience what 1 am ijolng." No reply. "Jh'is Is rathor a difficult feat, ladfe6 and gentlemen. I will try again. Can you tell me what T am doing?" said the entertainer, continuing con-tinuing his sawing. "Yes. You are singing." Loud applauso. Tit-BitB. Dusty Dcpcw Madam, lud you oblige mo wfcf an applo pio a whole one, badly cooked and on-tlrely on-tlrely Indigestible? Mrs. Farmer Why, what do you want such a pie as that for? Dusty Depew T' eat, madam, only t' eat. Such a pie would create cre-ate a bad dyspepsia. Dyspepsia Ml cause restlessness, restlessness '11 . cauBe 'ambition, ambition 'll' cause offort, an' effort 11 cause wealth, an' I'm out fer do dust, ma'am. Philadelphia Evening News. Straight Down. Passenger Er how far aro we from land, Cap? Captain About a mile, Passenger A mile? Why, 1 can't see it. Captaln No; the water's too deep, Puck. Industrious Youth. Pa I greatly disapprove of that youug Smlthson, and one particular particu-lar reason Is his lack of industry in his calling. Daughter His calling? Why, he calls seven evenings in the week. CaBsell's Saturday Journal. Jour-nal. Practical Example. "What's the difference between tho phrases 'how much' and 'how many?' " said the young man who is learning English. "Tho difference 16 very important," import-ant," replied tho teacher. "Suppose "Sup-pose you are buying fruit. It is quite proper to saw 'how much aro your berries?' but entirely improper im-proper to say 'how many?'" -Washington Star. No Room, "Bertlo," said the hospitable '" hostess at a Sunday school treat, -"won't . ,you eat some more cookies?1' "I can't. ''I'm full," sighed Bertie. Ber-tie. , "Well, then r. put some in your pockets." i- ' f "I can't. Theyfro full, too," was the regretful answer. Youth's Companion. |
