The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-28
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Don't you think, Minerva" said
/ her husband anXiously. as he tied
/ the kitchen apron firmly around his
waist, and tucked his whiskers be
+ hind the bib to keep them out of
the Don't you think that
we are carrying this idea of coop
GRAFTON in domestic matters to eX-
tremes" | have been washing dishes
for a week now. and between times
/ | have been doing a little Scrptural
reading. and | cannot find in the
+ Bible any authority for mems doing
kitchen work. but women are fire.
quently spoken of in this connection
t She looketh well to the ways of
her household She worketh will
ingly with her hands She riseth
while it is yet night, and giveth
meat to her household These quo
tations. Minerva. would seem to war
rant the conclusion that household
duties should properly be assigned
to the woman
My dear" replied his wife eff
you will pursue your studies further
you will find in II Kings xxi: 10
these words I will wipe Jerusalem
as a man wipeth a dish. wiping it,
and turning it upside down. This
proves that you are nobly doing the
work designed for you by Providence.
When you are through be sure TO
wash the towels clean shake them
and hang them straight on the rack
Death you know, turks in the dish
cloth am now going out to at
tend a meeting of the Society for
the Extinction of the Mcrobe by
Means of Electricity"
The old spotted COW wandered
across the pasture one day and laid
herself down for a peaceful chewing
of the cud. She did not realize that
she was posing for her picture The
artist who painted her showed the
sketch to the farmer and the cows
owner took a great interest in it,
Later when the artist had returned
to the city, he had the good fortune
to sell the study for $3.50, and on
subsequent trip to the sketching
grounds he told the farmer Of the
sale. He was Credulous.
You don't mean to tell me you
sold that picture you made of old
Daisy for a hundred an fifty dol
lars"
yes, Chicago man bought it
for that price,
well, that does beat ALL" said
the cows owner. I'D sold him
the COW for fifty Chicago Post.
After waiting for two weeks with
out a call, the young doctor who had
hung out his "shingle" in a country
town was awakened one night by
an old farmer who wanted him right
away for his boy who had been sud
denly stricken with serve pain
in the region of the stomach. The
young doctor FASTENED to the Rouse
and found the boy lying on the bed
in evident pain and surrounded by
the family and neiehbors. He looked
at the patient for moment. then
wishing to impress them all with his
superior knowledge Of medical terms.
he spread out his chest and said:
This should cause you no alarm.
1t is nothing but cDfustified exc
gesis, antispasmodically emanating
from the germ of the animal refri-
gerator, producing a prolific source
of irritability in the pericranial cpl
dermis of intestinal profundity." The
la Incl loOhtu DIT MN Il moment ana
replied, "Now. that's just what I
sed it wuz. but my wife she lowed
it wuz worms, San Francisco Ar
gonaut
Mrs. Casey was proud of her
strong, muscular son, and still more
proud of him when he went into a
gymnasium and made himself local
ly famous. Then one day rumor
reached her ears which she didn't
like, and when Michael came home
that night she proceeded to take
him to task. Look here. Mike Casey,
what's this Pm hearing about yer
doin's at the gymnasium? Don't ye
know it's poor we are, an havin'
no money to pay for yer destructive
carryin' on?" "Why, what do We
mean, mither?" asked the astonished
Mike, "Ain't they sayin' all over
town that We have broke two of their
best records down there" she howl
ed.-San Francisco Argonaut.
A famous dramatist was the hero