Sifters

The busiest poet will have hls idyl moments. A short method of measuring timber is by saw-logarithms. Though a man may not like business, ne should be business-like. It is no wonder college men become fast. They indulge in a rush so often. Fish, as a rule, drink water, but a shark doesn't object to a nip occasionilly. It is a sad fate for the self-made man to be tied for life to the tailor-made girl. The angler flrst lies in walt for hls catch and then lies in weight of hls jatch. The time is here when the family man who does not know how to beat arpet will have an opportunity to learn. The babble of an infant may be the ianguage of the angels, but without an interpreter it sounds like the sibilant sob a mush kettle. The loafer naturally gets the credit of being an amiable person. He has :ime to listen to everybody's story and is never in a hurry. A hotel-keeper in Florida offers a reward of $5 for the best treatise on "How o Make Outdoor Life Attractive to the Vlosquito." "These are hard times," sighed the young collector of bilis; "every place I went today I was requested to cali again, but one, and that was when I dropped in to see my girl." A well-known lawyer declared one Say at a dinner that the biggest thing [ie had ever done was to cross-examine a. man until he did not know whether ie was married or not. If people could only "bear one anither's burdens," as the scripture commands, the world would be happier. Dther people's burdens are always so much lighter than our own. "The farmer, says an exchange, "is he most independent man on earth." 'ust so. See ho lie works all sumraer md steps into a liank in the f all and oays the interest on the mortgage. - Texas Siftings.