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Show JUST FOR FUN f DIAGNOSIS. " j Into a gonornj store of a town in Arkansas there recently camo a daxkv ' compluinlng that a ham which he had purchasud there w not good "Tho ham Is all right, Zeph," in- slstod tho storekeeper. 1: "No. It ain't, bo8," insisted tho ne- I gro "Dat ham's nhoro bad'" j, "How can that be," contluued the j storekeeper, "whon It vu cured only last week1" The darky scratched his head re- t ilectlvoly, and finally suggested j ' Denn uiebbc ivt had a relapse " PROVING TOO MUCH. . . An Irishman was once serving In a ) regiment In Indh. Not liking tho ell ' mate. Pat tried to evolve a trick by which he could get home Accordingly he wont to tho doctor and told him his eyesight wos bad The doctor looked nt him for a while and then sold: , "How con you proo to me that 1 your ojoblght Is bad?" Pat looked about the room and at lost said: "Well, doctor, jou sco that null on the wall?" "Yes." replied tho doctor. "Woll, then," repllod Pat. "I can't.' VARYING THE MONOTONY. Little Agnes, aged 3 years, when saying her usual nlghtlj prayer, ended end-ed It by saying "a woman" Instead of , "umen." Her mother., much nmused, asked her why sho hud said thla and she answered very Indifferently, "Oh. .-Just .-Just to make God laugh." DYSPEPTIC MOSES. ' Porcy Miss June, did Moses havo V the same after-dinner complaint my j papa's got. Miss Jane Gracious mo, Percy! j Whalover do you moan, my dear? 1- Percy Well, it says hero tho Lord j gao Moses two tablets. i IN 1921. "Class in history ne.L Jimmy Wombat"! Wom-bat"! "Yes'ni?" "What famous American Magazine conducted our last war?" Kansas City Journal. . i Stern Advice. William Dean Howclls told a good story about a critic. ! ', "To this critic," be said, "a popular novelist brought his first novel in -manuscript a manuscript of about 1 10,000 words. The critic duly read It, then he gave tho acior this adUcc: '"Cut out half.' ''The young man accopted (tho ad- j vice. He cut out all the weak and dull portions, and it seemed to him that i the story was improved wouderfullv thereby. He sent it In Its new form ! to the critic, who then gave him this ' ; second piece of advice , J " 'Cut out tho other half ' " Wash- l Ington Star. : |