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Her Hat. vj._S the latest foreign llrn<>n the limousine with a roof that tack for aviation meeting ? Coffyn, of hydroplane fame, said ,.jer day In New York: bla car reminds me of a conver I overheard between two girls. ?It was an awfully smart crowd at flying.' said the flrat girl. 'I caw e awfully nice talks.' \ And who flew?' the second In* i't ask me!' said the first girl, you think I was going to take off new hat Just to see A lot of aero 98?"' Was Good for Murderer. [you ought to be glad that you will [electrified Instead of hanged," said prison visitor to a convicted mur per. [Why?" asked the felon, In surprise. [?You suffer greatly from rheuma don't you?" Tes." (?Well, electricity is the best known nedy for that." ? Epoch. Coal Supply. |"Tho coal supply of the earth is ilted," said the scientist. "No one say how long It will last." "Great Scot!" exclaimed the man In back row. "And here we've gone |d wasted inore'n a sack of It heatln' hall for this lecture!" Another Matter. ["According to this newspaper, a man gotten a divorce from his spirit ile" "Oh, bosh! There's no such thing a spirit wife." Wait a bit. I was mistaken. Tho [IJectlve is 'spirituous:*^ HOU8EHOLD HINT8. (Never bum your old shoes in the rnace. They fill the air with an un easant odor. Keep them to throw the neighbors' cats. If the alarm clock falls to awaken }>e hired girl at the proper time in he morning, get another girl. . . An earnest, conscientious wife Is 's able to think of something jut the house that needs a job of epairing. It is not considered good form now keep the old family Bible, contain ag tho record of births, etc., lying the center table. s ? Don't try to repair a roof that has been shingled since the year 1891. love into some other house. You can discourage the growth of Iandelions on your lawn by allowing' le neighborhood boys to play there. DOOM 8WIFT AND SURE. Lady ? Aren't you the low wretch that stole my new batch of biscuits ylstlddy? Bandy ? Yes'm; but don't nay no more. I ate dein biscuit. Prejudiced. Home things there ure we do not llke Of which we quickly tire; The man upon a motor bike We never could admire. Progress. "You have tried to fashion a gov ' eminent on the lines of the American Republic?" "Yes," replied the Chlneso philoso pher, "but up to the present time we haven't been able to get much beyond the Fourth of July accidents." No Risk. "Jagbltters tells me that he Is thinking very seriously of taking up literature as a profession." "How will he live?" ? "Jn clover. His wife is going to op* erate a big boarding bouse." Father's Little 8peech. Tom ? I told her father that I ex pected to Inherit several pieces of fine property. . Dick ? What did he say? Tom ? He said that deeds speak louder than words. Condensed Milk. "Do you call this a pint?" asked the sharp servant girl of the milkman. "Yes." "Well, It won't do. When we want condensed milk we'll buy it at th* grooet's." Looked Like Ready Money. "How did he suoceed so long In fool ing his creditors into believing that he was wealthy?" "He had every member of his fami ly operated on for appendicitis." His Job. "I never worry or hurry." "What department of the city serv ice are you In?" Genuine. Last year we did abuse with glee The almost-spring. But this year's sample seems to be The real thing. Hiding His Faults. "The wise man knows himself." "That's true. And he takes particu lar pains to keep other people from knowing him." A High Flyer. "Ever been on a flying machine?* "No, but I've been on a lark." DOAT LOSE SIGHT, of the fact that 'you'll ruin .. . . > ? ^ your eye? by neglect and cause lots of other trouble at the same time. Eye strain causes headache, nervous pros tration and many other ills of body and mind. In nearly every case this can be prevented by the use of glasses properly fitted and made. By getting glasses promptly, oft times it is only necessary to use them temporarily. Neg lected, your sight may be permanently injured. Have your eyes tested free at our Store from nine to six* G. L. BLACK WEli,J| Jeweler tad Optician : C* THE REAL TMINQ. "What's doing hi the way of ainUae WeQtB?" Ubkcd iht< newcomer of the old inhabitantK of Hades. . "Huhi' bull game every afternoon," answer* tUe old inhabitant. - "liaaeball? You don't mean itt .That's great! I vai a (an from 'way back on earth. On the square, do you have baaeball every day?" "Sura thing." "By ginger! Thin place auita ine. Haseball! Hay, this can't be hell, then?" "Yen, It 1*. The hoine team always loses." Couldn't Deny It. "You're a two-faced man!" exclaim ed the disappointed offlceseeker. "I'm { ?not afraid to tell you ao.M "Two faced?" smiled the eminent btateaman; "my dear friend, I am worae than that. The papers have printed fifty different portraits of me, and no two of them look alike-" Quits So. "Jlblots asked me about my gar den. Confound hla Impertinence! I haven't any garden and never expect to have one." "Well, don't get huffy. The fact that be gave you credit for being con* alderably more Industrious than you really are Is a compliment.9 HAD NO PEAR8. Klndhearted I^ady ? Ah, poor man; don't you know that you will fill a drunkard's grave? Waggles ? No, madam; I expect to be cremated. Hard Work. His industry he doth parade, Who hath a little garden made; Though often, with* a weary air, He moped his brow and stopped to Bwear. Forty-8even 8hort. First Fly ? What's the matter with your eyes? Second Fly ? I strained 'em counting my eggs. Ono of the swatters says the awerage fly lays sixty-seven thou? sand eggs. First Fly ? How did you come out? Second Fly ? I think I'm about forty* seven short. For the Defence. A noted critic and literary adviser said at the Authors' club In New York: "A reader? whether for a magazine or for a publisher ? doesn't read the whole of every manuscript. Why should he?' Do I have to eat a whole cheese to tell whether it's good or not?" i" A Warden's Dilemma. Biggs ? I see that a lot of convicts in a state penitentiary have struck be cause they don't like the food. Dlggs ? Yea, and It's awfully hard on the warden. "What 1st" _ ? "Why, the fact that be can't say to ?the kickers, 'If you don't like the food, get out' " THEY'D 8CRATCH IT UP. Pious ? The Bible Bays, you know, that whatever you sow you shall also | reap. Suburbs ? But suppose your neigh bors keep chickens? It Doth. Doth eeem aa If We just oaat wait TO |TMt th? ?W? t Girt gtaOoaU. ? k Getting Near *11 she told yon her see you can surely ftgyrw out when she was horn." "Judging from what she told me her age was, I should say she waa born oa her fourteenth birthday." Quite Likely. "My ideal Is a husband who would read JWT >?**! like a book.'? ? 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