Pett Ridge is of the opinion that
the keenest repartee, after all, is that
half unconscious sort which springs so
whole-heartedly from the masses, and
here is a story he tells in support of
his theory:
A woman who had been selling fish
entered an omnibus with the empty
basket on *her arm still giving forth
an unmistakable odor of the finny tribe
it had carried. She took a vacant seat
next a young "gentleman," who drew
his coattails away and plainly showed
his disgust.
"I 'spose," remarked the woman,
presently. "that you'd rather there was
a gentleman sittin' beside you?"
"Yes, I would," was the prompt re
ply.
There was a moment's pause. Then
came: "So would I."-Lippincootts
Maga::ine.
Mean Thing.
MI Aiss Plane-Yus. Tom uropoced last
night, an.1 I accepted him. See this
:Miss Wise-Indeed? By the way,
;ear, don t attempt to cut gla:s with
tar diamond as I did, or you'll make
another nick in the stone.-Philadel
uhit Press.
Tough Case.
"Don't you think that the world is
dotting better?"
Yes," answered the misanthrope.
"It s convalescent, but it's a long way
from a cure."-Washington Star.
Second Physician-Yes; in another
°4 hours the patient would have recov
ered without it.-Chicago Journal.
Japan's Fire Bird.
A manufacturer of fireworks in Nag
asaki. Japan, makes a remarkable rocket
from which, when it explodes in the air
there flies a large bird. resembling a hom
ing bird in its movements. For more
than 400 years the secret of this won
derful production is said to have been
in the possession of the eldest child of
the family to which the manufacture
belongs.
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