Mites Of Merriment

She- "Do you play on tho piano?" He'I did once. 1 played on it with the gardenhose, and, thank heavcn! 1 stopped the thing." Some one says book-kcepcrs are dangerous; they aro "adders."- Banks and other business cstablishmcnts frequently ünd them "aubtractora." lx Montrrai there is a ornan who claims to have caten nothing sinoo December, 1880. What an ideal helpmate the would niake lor sume poor fellow with a small salary. "Mehhal sriPiu-e has made such procreas," said the doctor when speaking of hls profession, "that it is almost impossible for any body to be burind alive now." Then ha wondered wl.y everybody laughcd.