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idea of the saddest thing on earth ?” Easy 
enough! A tailor with a good memory.— 
| Wheeling Leader. 
A bridal couple from Washoe valley at 
breakfast in a Reno hotel, couversed as fol¬ 
lows : He—“ Shall I skin you a pertater, hon¬ 
ey?” She—” No, thank you, deary. I have 
one already skun .—Denver Neu>&. 
Webster tells us that the definition of a 
bonnet Is “ a covering for the head,” but a 
glance at some of ladies’ headwear forces home 
the idea that it is merely a false-hood.— Dan- 
ie la anvil le Sentinel. 
Jo Cook on Ingersoll: "Hi6 lack of religion 
sufficiently illustrates his lack of sense.” Bob 
lngereoll on Jo Cook : “ His philosophy is the 
theology of New Euglaud, seasoned with poor 
German thought—that is to say, he mixes 
sauerkraut with his beans.” 
A certain bald-headed man had a large 
spider painted on the top of his head in fly¬ 
time. and the first day it scared his wife into a 
fit, and he was knocked out of his chair three 
times by people who wanted to kill the poison¬ 
ous insect, without alarming the old gentleman 
by telling him it was there.— Boston Post. 
We don’t know whether it is old or not, but 
we heard a Jady ask a friend, in a street car, 
the other day : " Annie, is it proper to say this 
’ere, that 'ere? ” “ Why, Kate, of course not,’’ 
was the reply. •* Well,” said Kate, “ I don’t 
know whether it is proper or not, but I feel 
cold in this ear from that air.” The conductor 
fainted.—fPhila. Item. 
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The world renowned success of Hostetler s Bit¬ 
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