referred to as a joke. Query: Did
anybody at the time have a sense
of humor, except possibly the kid.
In my experience the best story
which Illustrates both the pres
ence and the absence of a sense
of humor is the story of the man
and the woman on the street car.
The man had done something
that the woman—a stranger—
didn’t like, and turning to him,
she hissed: "If i was married to
a brute like you I'd give him poi
son.”
"And I’d take it,” replied The
man. Query: in this case, who
had the sense of humor? 1 refuse
to be incriminated.
SHOT I-ION BY FAGGOTS
(Orville news in Sacramento Bee)
J. C. Bruce, lion hunter for the
state fish anil same commission,
who has been hunting lions in the
mountains east of Orville, bagged
the biggest one that he has shot
since becoming connected with tho
state fish und game commission.
’The big cat weighed 160 pounds
and measured seven feet from tip
to tip. The lion was treed after
darkness had set in and was shot
with the aid of burning faggots.
NATIONAL LEGISLATION
' PASSING OF THE BIG I
CATTLE RANCHES|
(Houston Post)
The. great cattle ranches for
which Texas has long been fa
mous are gradually passing, and
the cowman of the range Is giving
place to the farmer, growing cot
ton, wheat, corn, and raising
stock as an Incidental enterprise.
