She Said No More
A young botanist wan showing a party Of ladies and gentlemen throughtheeonservatories, and explaining to thera the properties of some of the choicest plants and flowers. Among the visitors was a middle aged lady, who, at every description on the part of the lecturer, volunteered the statement that the plants and fiowers she had at home were quite equal to anything exhibited at the Botanical gardens. Just as they were passing the giant cactus, she waa heard to exclaim: "Well, this is nothing extraordinary; I have a cactus at home that is still larger; I planted and reared it myself." "Reared it yourself?" the professor gently observed. "How remarkable! This specimen is sixty-three yeara old, and if yours is still larger" The lady did not wait to hear any more, but executed a strategie ment to the
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