New England Pie.
Some poor dweller in the benighted
beyond of Chicago asks what a real
New England pic Is like. It probably
will not help him to be* told, but if la*
means apple it is like an essay by Em
ersoii liquefied with the luusie of Mas
seiiet and spiced with the cvnicism of
Shaw. If hr means pumpkin it is like
some of (iounod's music heard in a
landscape all sun and Mowers, and if
he means mince pie, why, it is like an
increase in salary and a present from
home arriving on the day when one's
conscience was behaving itself.—Pos
ton < I lobe.
Encouragement.
“Why don't you offer your heart anil
hand V”
“I fear she would turn mo down.”
“1 don't believe it. Sho has given
you enough encouragement."
"Why, she never ^nvo me the slight
est encouragement.”
"(let out! 1 heard her telling you
yesterday that her mother did not al
low her to aeeept anything of value
from young men.” Houston Post.
Mining In the Sea.
Among the sights on the island of
Martinique is the mining of material
for the manufaeture of lime from the
I bottom of the sea. The hulk of the
. lime used on the island is manufac
tured from madreporic stone or reef
1 rural so mined.
Making Sure.
, "I want an auto horn.**
"Yesslr. l»o you want something to
warn 'em or something to scare ’em?”
i - I/oulsville Courier Journal.
Some Cynic!
Teacher Waldo, name one of the
j best known characters of fiction. Wal
I do (aged five), superciliously — Santa
! Chius. Puck.
Brains Not Everything.
