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Show sently fingering bcr new diamond ring. "Well, you take four or five chestnuts, chest-nuts, name each of them after some man you know, and then put them on the stove, and the first one that pops li the one that loves you." "Il-m," said Sophie, "I know a better bet-ter way than that" "Do you?" "Yes, Indeed. By my plan you take one particular man, place him on the sofa In the parlor, sit close to him with the light a little low, and look into his eyes. And then If. he doesn't pop jou'll know It's time to change the man on the sofa." Ladles' Home Journal. The Fine Point of Honor. She Why did he marry her at all if he Intended getting a divorce so speedily? He Because he didn't think it would be honorable to break their engagement. en-gagement. Kansas City Journal. A Change at Last. A change of tenors had been mode in the church choir. Eight-year-old Jessie was anxious to tell the news. "Oh, mother!" she exclaimed. "We have a new terror In the choir," Woman's Home Companion. True. For opportunity, nometlmcs Men have to roam; They cannot get the Dame to call Oa them at home. Detroit Free Press. Motherly. "Well, EiVie. dear, I hope you've been a little mother to your brothor while I've been out?" "Oh, yes, I have; I have smacked him qulto a lot." London Opinion. A Line on Bjenkyns. Iawson What sort of a man is Bjenkyns, an v way? Dawson Well, his wife always goes with him when he buys a suit ol clothes. Somen llle Journal. And Few Die. "Public servants can be relied on more than priate ones." "How?" "They never quit " Cleveland Plain Dealer. Always Thus. Friend Did your late husband have any relatives? Rich widow Only at Christmas and at hlu df-ath. Judce. The Turkey's Point of View. "Pa, what is Christmas''" "Its a kind ol epidemic, my sou." Tatler. JUST FOR FUN She Had a Better Plan, It wag the dreamy hour after Christmas dinner and the girls were talking In the hushed tone3 appropriate appropri-ate to tho occasion. "I've Just heard of a new charm to tell whether any one loves you. and, If o, who it is," whispered Elsie. "What Is It?" queried Sophie, ab- |