XXX 



RECREATION. 



"Maria is the most careful buyer I ever 

 knew." 



"Yes?" 



"She saw that a lot of slightly soiled 

 thermometers were to be sold at Rem- 

 nant's between 7:15 and 7:45 A. M. on 

 Tuesday only, so she hurried down there 

 without her breakfast." 



"Yes?" 



"She looked at the thermometers and 

 shook her head." 



"What was the trouble?" 



"The store was too hot and the ther- 

 mometers all registered 80. Maria said 

 she had seen just as good at Sample's at 

 J2." — Cleveland Plain Dealer. 



A dog, so the Modern Fable goes, carry- 

 ing a large, juicy bone in his mouth, was 

 walking along a narrow plank which 

 spanned a brooklet. Happening to glance 

 downward, the canine was surprised to see 

 his luncheon reflected in the clear waters. 



"Well, well," he thought to himself, 

 cross-eyeing the real bone ; "this is cer- 

 tainly food for reflection !" 



Saying which, he proceeded to bore his 

 friends for the next three weeks with his 

 brilliant sally. — Puck. 



Have you sent for one of the L. A. S. 

 show cards? If not you should do so at 

 once. Every member of the League should 

 display one. 



The devil one day a hunting went; 

 To foreign fields his course was bent. 

 His thoughts were fixed on bigger game, 

 His heart was set on greater fame. 

 And if such laurels he might win, 

 The bigger yarns his tongue might spin. 

 So leaving that place they call "sweet 



home," 

 Altho' to him 'twas "not so warm" — 

 He packs his grip and starts for Nome. 



Rev. R. S. Stringfellow, 



Nome City, Alaska. 



Every League member should send in at 

 least 10 cents to aid in buving a watch to 

 be presented to the Hon. John F. Lacey, 

 as a token of our appreciation of his great 

 work in securing the passage of the Lacey 

 Bird bill. 



She couldn't be belle of the ball, 

 Her gown was not delivered, 



And that's why the bawl of the belle 

 Upon the atmosphere quivered. 



— Baltimore American. 



"George Washington married a widow, 

 didn't he?" 



"Yes." 



"What a snap a widow must have had 

 with a man who couldn't tell a lie !" 



HERE IS ANOTHER PEN THAT IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD. 



