The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-17

1t is no bliss
To miss q kiss,
But. oh, tits bliss
To kiss Il miss.
But sometimes,
After you have kissed her
You wish to thunder
You had missed her.
Detroit Free Press.
Once upon a time a Cleveland citizen,
then child of tender years, left his IA
theirs threshold to see the world, says
the Leader. He became penniless in
Bay City, Mich, and started for home
via the Michigan Central railroad on Il
boXcar. Upon arriving at Detroit he
wrote his father the following letter:
Dear Papa: l am so sorry l ran
away. In Bay City my money gave out
and | had nothing to eat but water.
Then | got on a car and when fifty miles
from Detroit | was told to get off in
small town. Nobody would give me
bread, so | had nothing there put water
to eat. Here in Detroit | had a Young
Mems Christian association card, so |
got water again to battle in and to eat.
Please send me money quick. Frank"
The money came.
Fetter-" knowledge is power, you
Boyle es,y.but it does not always
count. There are people who do not know
how to spell .diphtheria.' but, all the
same. they find no difficulty in getting it.
On the contrary, they seem to be particu-
larly successful in acquiring it. Boston
Transcript.
An Irishman recently applied at Lon
don postOffice to know the cost of send
ing telegram to his mother, who re-
sided IN a remote part of Ireland, and
upon being Informed that the fee would
be 4s6d exclaimed: What! 1 carn't
afford all that
The clerk then explained that the mes
sage would cost 1S6d to the nearest of
fee to the address given, and that the
remaining IS would be charged for deliv-
cry by special messenger, as the address
was beyond the radius of free delivery.
After some moments of consideration.
Fat said: Look here; I've only got
1s6d, SO you had better send it on to
mother tonight and tell her to fetch it,
-Tit-Bits
ooh, DEAR" exclaimed the weary
housekeeper, arranging for her DAYS
marketing; Il find it SO hard to get up a
dinner"
Really" remarked her bachelor
Paris exposition, 'you should try an
ocean voyage."-Philadelphia Record.
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Teacher" Sammy, in the sentence. 4
have a book, what is the case of the
pronoun ~"
Sammy promptly NOMINATING case
IeacherL"NeXt boy, tell me in what
Next Boy (thoughtfully)-"Bo
Elk.
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bo Of
speeches that [ wish to have made into
a book" said Mr.. Northside to a book
binder.
Very WE'LL" replied the latter; .'this is
a spellbirdery." -Pittsburg Chronicle Tel
egraph.
what do you think is the saddest
work of fiction you ever read?'
1.-The cook book" answered the Young
woman who has not been married very
long. ''Not more than one in ten of those
pieces come out right" Washington
Star.
'How do you like your new quarters 2"
asked the landlord, pleasantly.
The new tenant in the modern apart
ment house looked the rooms over and
sadly reJolned: These aren't quarters
These are eighths. Washington Star
~
"Papa." said Benny Bloobumper to his
masculine parent, what is the differ
ence between. q barbershop and a ton
serial parlor?'
'About 10 cents, Benny replied Mr..
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
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What was the sculptor so agitated
about?'
He said he'd go to laying bricks be-
fore he'd model any shirtwaist-man
statues. '-Indianapolis Journal.
II understand. she is making great
progress at golf
Remarkable! She can now break a
brassie and lose a ball at one stroke!''-
Smart Set.
Papa, what is culture?" my son,
it's what some people have before you