The Discouraged root.
“Everything seems to be going
wrong!” sighed the poet “I asked the
maid at my lodgings this morning what
had become of the paper that I d left
lying on my desk.”
“ *Oh. sir.’ said she, *1 thought it was
waste paper, and I threw it in the
waste paper basket.’
\ •• ‘No.’ said I. ‘it wasn’t waste paper.
I hadn’t written anything on it yet’ ”
> —Youth’s Companion.
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Baby Seal* Fear the Water.
It is a curious fact that the fur seal
V was once a land animal. The baby
Vgeals are actually afraid of the water.
{They would drown if thrown into it
fcnd have to learn to swim by repeated
efforts. When once they have been
taught to swim. however, they soon
forget to walk.
Got on the Bear Side.
“So you owe your success as a 6tock
speculator to stoicism ?” asked the in
terviewer.
“Yes.” explained the broker. hen
ever there was a declining market^ 1
made a practice to grin and bear it”—
Buffalo Express.
To Compo*e Her.
Editor-What’s the trouble out there?
Office Boy—A lady out in the hall has
hysterics. Editor-Have her escorted
Into the composing room at once—Bos
ton Transcript.
That Wedding Fee.
Mrs. Beuham—Did you pay the min
later in cash? Benham—Yes. fool that
I was! If I hadn’t 1 could have
stopped payment on the check.—New
York Globe.
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch. *
Dog harness at J. L. Graef’s.
Field glasses at J. L. Graef’s. *
Meet me at the Branch. *
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Steamer Admiral Sampson, will
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