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"Yes," said Únele Jonas, "that boy i' mine allus wus fond o' books, an' '.ov he's becom' a page in the Ligisature." - Philadelphia American. Yabsley- Tliere comes Mudge. Let's run. Wickwire - What's the matter with Mudge that we should flee? Yabsley - Haven't you heard? He ïas got so that every time he has eight or ten drinks he wants togiverecitations n the Scotch dialect. - Indianapolis lournal. Attlie Museum. - Manager- Say, Pete vou'd better put a little more alcohol on de horned toad. Thirsty Thornton (monrnfully) - "To dose dat hev shall be given." Dere's scripcher fer ye ! - Judge. Wedwell- Why don't you get married? Singal - Alas ! I ani too poor. Wedwell - Huh! When I was your age I was so poor I had to marry. - Cincin-nati Enquirer. "Is the proprietor of the paper in?" asked the caller. "No, sir," replied Hennery Yiug; "the office boy is never around wlien he's wantod. "- Phiiadolphia Xorth American. One of the witnesaes for the defensie in a recent law snit created a sinile when asked to testüy as to tlie veracity and standing of a neighbor. He was asked f he would believethe man ander oath. "Well," was the ingenuous replj', "I would believe lüm ü I knew what he was saying was true."- Dublin World. "And what was done to the serpent, Tommy, after Adam and Eve were forced to leave the Garden of Eden?" "He was senteneed to travel on lus shape for life," returned Tommy. -