Pith And Point

The silver question - "Can youlenfl me a quarter ?" Adyice to too many people- How fo make home happy - lenvc it. - Punch. Yoüng Mies who rant red cheeks must get thein out-doors as the roses do, Why is a fender like Wcstminste; Abbey? Because it contains theashesoi the grate. Si.e does uot always teil. A watcl tieking can be beard íurtlicr than a bed tieking. The summer resort for babies- Boet away. The best for bad. boys- Lon ]3r:meh. A Chicago man, at the point of death, was asked if a clergymnn sliould bc sent for. " No," said he, " send for a brandy cocktail." TnE pedagogne is the onlypereontkt keeps school this weathor. And in irai. ter tho bee-keeper is tlie only one ïho keeps swarm. A bot having been told "tlmtawptile was an animal thatereeps," on beiig asked to name one, on exiiniiiiation Om. promptly replied, " A baby." T)ARK to do riglit. Daré lo be truc - Kick at your mothcr-in-law If he kicks at you. An Eastern man, in writing to frienii of his marriage in California, tluis terely describes his bride : ' ' She has a lie! as red as a woodpecker's, and owossheíf until you can't rest." An ingenious farmer planted a fe ro-ws of potatoes zigzag, to bothei ti; bugá. These rows ' veré just aboni enough for the cross-eyed buga, ib partook -with feelings of profound gretitude. " Iy son," said a mother to a lttl boy 4 years oíd, " who above all ota will you wish to see -when you pass iato the spirit world 't" " Goliah !" shonW the child, with a joyous anticipatie: "unless," he quickly added, "tiiere'ss bigger feller there." " I came out of the accident, said he, "and who do you think was the fits persou I met ?" "Who?" "Who tot that eternal prize-package peddler Ét had bored me 500 miles on the train, ui he was the only one aboard who waso't lmrt some way." A mttle miss, writing to her father on the iirst day of her entrance at boarding-school, says: " The first eveuingm had prayers, and then singing and a passing round of bread, whichl did not tale, becau8e, not being conflrmed, I had no I right to take cornmunion. Afterward I iearned that I had lost my supper." A Germán enlisted in the regulsr army was in the course of a few dan put 'on picket duty. His inetruefas were, when anyone approached, to saj, "AVlio comes there?" three times, and then shoot. Before long he pereeived a man approaching ; he waitai quieth till the man came very near, aA tiicu he suddeuly brought his musket to his shoulder and shouted : ' ' Who comes here dree dimes ?" Bang !