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Show I JUST FOR FUN H H Chickens or Nothing. . H! V As a summer recreation the ac- H tress decided to start a poultry Hl axra, which sho did with a barn- H yard hen and thirteen eggs from H j the village Btore. Not having even B I the most elementary knowledge of H I poultry she inquired of a neighbor H ' h how long eggs generally took to H 1 hatch. She received the reply, B ' t "Three weeks for chickens and Hl fouir.or ducks." Hl L, ..The neighbor met her some time H afterward, and on being asked how H the poultry farming was going on, B , sho replied, with a lowering coun- v tenance: M "Oh, I've finiBhcr) with it! At B the end of three weeks there wore H K no chickens, bo I took the ben off, H as I didn't want ducks." Philadol- H phla Record. H Not Suitable. H At a dinner party at the Whito H Ho'use one evening the conversa- 1 ' ' tlon turned on the giving of prcs- fl P cnts and the art of making a gift H J, appropriate. 1 "That reminds me," said Prosl- 1 dent Taft, "of the man'elous as- H tuteness of a young man I knew fl -when I was a newspaper roportor H in Cincinnati This fellow was H very 'much in love with a girl who L I -worked in a candy store eight hours 1 i overy" clay. They quarroled and, In H tho hopo of making peace, he de- H ! cldcxl to send her a present. H v "'l sent it to her,' be informed H f me one morning, with an air of 1 I prldo.- I , "'What was It?' I Inquired. Hl " 'Two pounds of candy he said, H brightly. Popular Magazlno. ' Hf T i HI Dubious Compliment. William Lawrence, bishop of Massachusetts, Mas-sachusetts, delights in telling this story: "Onco when there was a vacancy in tho Massachusetts bishopric, Phillips Brooks was tho most likely like-ly candidate. I was walking with President Eliot one day and, In tho course of the conversation", I said to him, 'Do you think Brooks will be elected?' "'Well, no,' said Dr. Eliot, 'a second sec-ond or third rate man would do as well.' " 'Phillips Brooke was elected, and a short time afterward Dr. El-lot El-lot and I were walking again. "Glad Brooks was elected, aren't you?' I asked. "I suppose so,' returned Dr. El-lot, El-lot, 'but, to tell tho truth, William, you were my man.' " Cosmopolitan Cosmopoli-tan Magazine, Had Forty Days' Rest. Wlllio Wondpr what ell tho animals did during those forty days in the ark. Tommy Oh, they just lay around and scratched themselves, 1 guess. Willie Scratched themselves, nothln'! What'd they scratch for, when there waB only two fleas? Boston Transcript What She Dreaded. "I'm quite willing to propose- to him this year," sho said, "but I dread one thing." "And that 1b?" "Asking hi3 mother If sho'll let, him marry me." Detroit Free Press. . - V -' i |