Said in fun . ut theworld as 1 am, ought not to be squeamish in the f:iceof a square meal. A SIGN THAT MEANS BUSINESS. Were going to move again, said the boy to the grocer on the youre not. When 1 called with the bill your father said he was going to stay all , we aint. Mas throwing the ashes and sweepings down cellar, and that means business every time. WINNING A WAGER. Poor John was so fond of gambling, said a bereaved widow. His last bet was $so that he could eat 300 clams in 20 minutes. Did he win the bet ?Yes, he won the bet, sighed the widow, but the money didnt do
Said in fun . ut theworld as 1 am, ought not to be squeamish in the f:iceof a square meal. A SIGN THAT MEANS BUSINESS. Were going to move again, said the boy to the grocer on the youre not. When 1 called with the bill your father said he was going to stay all , we aint. Mas throwing the ashes and sweepings down cellar, and that means business every time. WINNING A WAGER. Poor John was so fond of gambling, said a bereaved widow. His last bet was $so that he could eat 300 clams in 20 minutes. Did he win the bet ?Yes, he won the bet, sighed the widow, but the money didnt do us any good. It took every cent of it to bury him. 19 A COLUMN ARTICLE. HUSBAND (at the breakfast table;—1 think ifs disgustingthe amount of space the newspapers devote to thisprize fighter Sullivan. His every movement is given tothe last detail. This paper has a column article con-cerning him ?WiFH—Is that so ? Let me see the —Well, wait a minute: 1 havent finished the articlemyself yet. 20. 1 \ I 21 IN SHALLOW WATERS. SHE—I must show you my new clock before you .2 (facetiously)—Some of my friends tell me 1 am homelyenough to stop a clock. She—Oh, that wont matter! It can be started again. 22
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