The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-16
Willing to Tackle II.

The proprietor Of a shop was ex-
planning the situation to the applicant
for travelling salesman's position
The late traveller had. he said. got his
business all in tangle, and his sue
eessor would find much difficulty in
getting order out of chaos.
Il don't know who chaos is" put in
the new man. but I'll bet you I'll get
an order out of him even if l have to
hang on to him for a week"
Pretty ForsetfuI.
'eYou forgot to get that silk for me-
she asks. why, / tied that strip OF
cloth around your finger this very
morning to remind you of it,
The husband stares blankly at the
strip of cloth and then says:
We'll, I'll be jiggered And here
I've been trying all day to remembe,
how / happened to hurt my fingerr'-
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Appearances.
A capitalist at dinner said wittily
Of a suspected gold mine:
Gold mines are like human beings
they can't be judged by their appear
ance. You know what Frank r. Stock
ton used to say about judging by ap-
pearances:
Don't TRUST a man because be
carries silk umbrella-he may have
left cotton one in its place."
A Change Of Letter.
A hotel in Switzerland bore on one
Of its walls the time honored inscrip-
ton "Hospes. salve" cWelcome,
strangerrD After rebuilding the leg
end had to be restored, but the paint
er, who must have had some expert
ence as a traveller, made very slight
alteration in one of the words and
caused it TO read "Hospes. solve.
c'Pay, strangerr)
The Ballot.
Secret voting was exercised by the
ancient Greeks and Romans. Ballot
boxes were used in electing aldermen
in London in 1926. First instance of
the employment of the ballot in Ameri-
can elections was in the choice OF
pastor by the Salem (Mass.) church on
July 20, 1920. In 1854 it began to be
used in thu elections of governors OF
Massachusetts,
What II Is That Wins.
A countrywoman remarked to her
neighbor during conversation on
their return from market, How is IT.
Mary, that you have been married -four
times and I've never been married at
all, and I'm much handsomer than
you?"
AYE, to be sure" returned Mary,
but it amt handsomeness that does
it, Sarah. It's the come hither' in
your eye"
His Suggestion.
A lady told Lord Palmerston that
her maid who had been with her to
the Isle of Wight objected to go there
again because the climate was not en-
bracing enough.
What am l to do with such a NO.
MANI" she asked.
You had better take her 10 the Isle
of Man next time" said Lord Palmer
ston.-London Tit-Bits.
Was One the Other?
A German cobbler and his wife had
two dogs, a St. Bernard six months
old and a fox terrier three years old
A friend, calling one day, said to the
cobbler, Those are two fine dogs you
have"
Yes" replied the cobbler, "und de
funny bart Of it ISIS de biggest dog is
de littlest one"
His wife then spoke up and explain
ed: You must mine husband egscuse.
He speaks not very goot English. He
means de oldest dog is the youngest
e"-Housekeeper.
She Talked Too Much.
She was pretty, as pretty as any
bisque doll that any one ever admired
and then grew tired Of. She met
young chap. Il just love an educated
person" she said, giggling. Why.
the man that i 60 with is just the best
educated man l ever seen. He went
all through high school and then went
10 Hartford college"
what college?" asked her escort.
"Why, Hartford" she said, 1.-The one
that is opposite TO Yale"
Then her escort fed. - Cincinnati
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