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The fellow who used to say “It Is cold.” 
Concludes his remarks just now to withhold. 
The fellow who'll shortly say “It Is hot,” 
Has nothing to utter, for hot it Is not. 
May brings us a rest from these fellows, X ween 
For the weather in May is betwixt and between. 
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What runs best when it is tired?- 
—Colorado Farmer. 
Some girls are not so bad as they are paint¬ 
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Woman may be a puzzle, but man is not 
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Clocks are awfully dissipated; they keep 
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Punch asks: “Why is a man who does not 
bet, as bad as a man who does? Because he 
is no better. ”— Dispatch. 
Of course Solomon was the wisest man. A 
fellow with 700 wives has a chance to get in¬ 
struction .—Journal of Education. 
Soulful Youth (languidly): “Do you 
sing Forever and Forever?” She (practical 
]yj; “No, I stop for meals. ”— Life. 
When big ideas get into little minds some¬ 
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mouth. —Westborough Chronolype. 
A crank in Washington the other day de¬ 
manded the arrest of the Weather Bureau 
staff for dealing in futures.— Mich. Farmer. 
An exchange says: “Never go into the wa¬ 
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to the restaurant after it .—Philadelphia Call. 
“My name? I. B. Smith,” said a man at 
the hotel, whereupon the gentleman addressed 
remarked with a sweet smile, “So be I.” 
Western Rural. 
Two travelers passing the crematory on 
Long Island, one asked what the building 
was; the other replied, “It is the burn from 
which no traveler returns.” 
A schoolboy having been told by his teach¬ 
er that there must be some point in his next 
composition, took for bis subject, “needles. 
Elmira Advertiser. 
Farmer: “I guess that hog’s too old to eat. 
What shall we do with him?” Hired Man: 
“Too old to eat!.Not much he ain’t. He eats 
more’n more every day .”—Indiana Farmer. 
Chauncey Depew coined the phrase: Kath. 
leen 1 Mavourneen loans,” which designates 
uncertain loans, that “may be for years and 
may be forever .”—Philadelphia News. 
Waiter: “Dojou wish anything else be¬ 
sides a beefsteak?” Guest: “Yes, a glass. 
“A glass of wine?” “No, a spyglass so that 
I can see the beefsteak when you bring it.”— 
The Mocking Bird. 
“Why, Bobby,” said his mother, very much 
shocked, “where in the world did you hear 
that expression?” “I heard pa say it when he 
was putting up the stove,” explained Bobby. 
—New York Sun. 
An absent-minded individual called on M. 
Durand and found that he had stepped out. 
‘ ‘Who shall I say called?” asked the maid, 
politely. “Oh, it don’t matter,” was the reply; 
“Durand knows me well .”—Paris Figaro. 
“I swear by those tall elms in yonder park,’ 
be commenced, but she interrupted him, 
“Swear not by them,” she said, imploringly. 
“Why not?” “Because those trees are slip¬ 
pery elms,” she said simply .—Merchant Tiav- 
eler. 
She: “James do you know you put three 
buttons on the plate in church to-day?” He: 
“I knew what I was about.” She: “James, 
perhaps you don’t know that I bought those 
buttons yesterday for my new dress and paid 
fifty cents apiece for them.”— Waverly Maga¬ 
zine. 
“See here,” said a fault finding husband, 
“we must have things arranged in this house 
so that we shall know where everything is 
kept.” “With all my heart,” sweetly answer¬ 
ed his wife; “and let us begin with your late 
hours, my love. I should like very much to 
know where they are kept.”— Farm, Field 
and Stockman. 
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