Literal Answers

Literal answers are sometimes quite itty. "Will you kindly put rny fork into a otato?" asüed ayoung lady of lier t.ae neigfrbor. "With pleasure," lio responded ; and íercing tho potato, cooliy lef t the fork xtended from it. Agara, wehear oL a very poli te ana impressive gentleman wlio said to a jouth iu the street: "Boy, may I inquire wluro Bobinson's drug store is ?" "Certainly uir, replied tne Doy very respectfully. "WeU, sir,"said the gentleman after waitiug awhile, " vvhere is it V' "1 have not the least klea,' s;uo the urchiu. ïhere was another buy woo waa stoppert by a middleaged lady with: i.u,, r uinnk In trn to T) stieet. "Wel), madame," said the boy, "why don't yougo, Uien?" Sometimes this wit degene ratea into punning, as when Flora pointecl peuaively to tho heavy masses of clouds in tho sky, sayiug: "I wonder where Ihose oloua are go"I think they're goiug to thuuder," her brother replied. Also the foüowing dialogue: "Halloa, there! how do you sv you wood?" "By the cord." "How long has it been cutV" "Four feet." "I mean how long lias it been umce you cut it ." "No longer thau it is now."