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Minister - "Do you bet on hors races, deacon?" Doacon- "No, parson, I beton horses." - Lowell Citizen. A Cinciunati man shot his wife in tho jaw. He couliln't have done it again if he had tried for a weei:. - Burlington Fret Prcia. A poein recently printed is entitled, "Smile Whenevcr You Can." It was ! not written by a prohibitionist, we believe. - New York Graphic. More pointcd than polite. Wife - "You haven"t been inside a church since we were married - thcre!" Huabiind - "No; a burnt child dreads tho fire. - Judge. Wonien urho have a habit of turning round in the strect to inspect other woraen's drossea will lcarn with envy that a lisli luis been foiuul wliich has cycs in tho back of its head. - New Haven News. "Indeed, it happened in loss timo than I tako to teil it, " said the lady, ' who was considered soniewliat of a ' bore. "Oli, 1 haven't the least doubt of that," replied her patiënt and truthful listcner. - Yonkcrs Stalesman. No wonder new papers are spriaging up all over tho South. Just look at tho iuduecments held out! Only a week :igo a Georgia editor announced that ho had been presented with a 'possum and a half peck of dr'.ed apples. - Norrislown Herahl. A terrible threat. Mother - "Now, liertio it's very wrong in you to disobey me as you do." Bertie - "Yes'm." Mother - "l'm afrald I shall have to adopt strict mensures with you. The vory next time you don't tnind, you will have to go to bed barefoot. ' - Judge. "Speaking of the intelügcnce of : rtogs," observod Zebodeo Jones, "I have one which can detect counterfoit money." 'Oh, now you' re joking," replied Ebenczer Smith. "No, l'm not. 1 f he gets on a bad seent, lic immediatcly abandons it and looks, for a good one." - Pittsburgi Chronicle. Champolrcau was dning a few friends. Whcn dessert was placad on tho table all his guests joined in plimentiug him 011 tho excellence of his wine. "And ycl," cricd Mme. Chaiupoireau, intent on maintaining the family reputation for blandering, "do you know wc have by no mcaiis given you the best wc have?" - From the Frcncli. "Helio! Wherc have you been tuis long time? Ilaven't seen you much lately," wns tho greeting of one gentleman to another. "No. You see the fact is, l've been so busy I've hardly had time to sür nbout at all. "That's clever. What have ou been up to?" "Dodging my creditors. Mornin'. Therc comes one of 'em now." - Hartford Post. "James," sa!d a groccr to a new boy, "what have ycu boen doing in the back room so long?'1 "I was a pickin' tho dead flies out of the dried curranta, ir," replied James. "You were," replied the groter, with much disgust "An' your father loltl mo that he thought you were born for the grocery business. You had botter Study for tho ministry,