The Colonel Knows His Cat

(From San Antonio Express.)

Reward—Lost, Boston female, 8 months old, 12 lbs., mahogany brindle, screw tail, white chest, back of neck and blazed face. Col. M. L. Crimmins, 106 Groveland Place.

Why, Mabel!

(From St. Louis Post-Dispatch.)

Miss Mabel Wilber, in the leading soprano role of Daisy the Barmaid, later Little Boy Blue, sang well and wore several masculine costumes which showed her versatility.

A Warm Proposition

(San Francisco Chronicle.)

Young man, 28, wishes the acquaintance of a lonely, stout lady; object mat. Box 500, Chronicle Branch, San Jose.

Hand In Hand

(From the Bald Knob, Ark., Eagle.)

A jolly bunch of our young people went on a kodaking expedition Sunday that resulted in many exposures and a very enjoyable time.

Like Dimples, They Come High

(From the Graceville, Minn., Enterprise.)

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Heimann, Sunday, August 7th, a son.

You can get one this month only for $40.00. See Chris. Nelson, The Tailor.

The timid girl appreciates the sympathy that makes a man feel for her in the dark.

Bargain Day

The late Cy Warman, who deserted railway literature for a real railway job in Montreal, told this story at a luncheon not long before his death:

A Scotchman came upon an automobile overturned at a railway crossing. Beside it lay a man all smashed up.

“Get a doctor,” he moaned.

“Did the train hit you?” asked the Scotchman.

“Yes, yes; get a doctor.”

“Has the claim agent been here yet?”

“No, no; please get a doctor.”

“Move over, you,” said the Scot, “till I lie down beside you.”

A Letter in Meter

Page the Weather Boy!

The fancy display in hosiery on a rainy day affects a man’s eyes to such an extent that he is always anxious to see it clear up.

Playing with loaded dice is shaky business at best.

Ain’t It the Truth?

It usually takes a St. Patrick’s Day parade longer to pass a bootlegging joint than any other point on the line of march.

The High Cost of Babies

The following is an original advertisement appearing in the Genesee (Idaho) News:

The Tattlers

Age and her little brother will always tell on a girl.

They nicknamed the baby Steamboat because they used a paddle behind.

A little boy wrote a composition on man and he said it was a person split half way up and who walks on the split end.

Something to Worry About

The pulse of Napoleon is said to have made only 50 beats a minute.

According to new regulations in the British army, each soldier in barracks is allowed 600 cubic feet of air space, and if the diet of the British soldier is the same as that of the Yank, the 600 feet is none too much.

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