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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1901. iglil IT'S NEVER TOO HOT TO LAUGH -' I 4 AAX 4- 4 "i I' EIGHT IN IT. AS ELIFKINS TOLD IT. WHEN YE ROMANS COACHED. AUGUSTUS HADE A MISTAKE. V" 1 ' ) V i v? o AAA A: ,,, 4h as S AH! Washington Star. HOW TO CUKE THE BOEEQwTNG HABIT. . ; -'- V';, hi !,",7A "I didn't shoot my first bear. Z hynotized him V v.' ' 1 "so that he followed me like a dog . a. 'V Si "and even stood up and begged lor food. j 1 cnwV S cnnsr J rv WITH IT Hi There's a very simple way of cur ins those peop' who are always coining round and borrowing- things. Lend tht-m what they want, by all means but let the things you lend them be in such a condition that you're positively glad to get rid of them. This is a safe cure. 'Vr- -."1- V ruwjfwtA.4 c .-vun. 'Vf i 5. rjAuui eX'h'-Si il ?' T TE FIRST MEET OF TE COACHING CLUB IN TE TIMK OF TE ROMANS. "If a fool hunter hadn't come alons and killed him, I'd have brought him home alive." Serib ner's. AVIsere Dpdnction Goes Wrong, Meivly because a writer lives by his rien one need not be sure that he ts therefore a pig. Philadelphia Press. It-Talies Time, "Tour wife," we said to the husband of the great authoress, "Is the woman of the hour." "Indeed she is." he responded, with a tinge of sadness in. his voice. "She ia the woman of the hour and a half when she is dressing for the theater." Balti more American. A WISE PREtAlTlOS. F 4 -- TTrrrz: , , J - . " : j 6Nc, " . ' ' ' i . , . i I ' V - ' I " '' It'll Phrenologist Boy, you have a re markable memory. Boy Please, sir, write it on a slip of paper not for me to forget it. THE CHANGES OF TIME r 1 "fL:i" 1 h Brooklyn Eagle. Aged. "Pa," said Willie, looking up from his book, "what's 'the spirit of '76' any way?" ' 'Spirit of '76,' " his pa replied. "I guess that's any 25-year-old whisky." Philadelphia Press. ! Courage. Mrs. Meek I only wish I had aa muei courage as our baby. Mr. Meek What does he do? Mrs. Meek Why, he actually talks . A Libel. Ascum He said he saw you In a store the other day looking at trousers. Cholly Twousers! The idea! Why, I never look at anything but twouser back to the hired girl! Ohio State Jour- jings. Twousers are all ready made, ye nal. i know. Philadelphia Press. Hi 4. '-.:" v, . Augustus (who has been- cheeked by the gentleman looking over the fence) Just get down from that fence, and I'll thrash you, you Inso lent kid! And then the "kid" gently mur mured, "All right; I'm a-coming." And he came! And poor Augustus nearly fainted. ANNEXATION. VERY APFEOPEIATE NAME. t-.-,,,..-. : , i; m T r -Ix Cuba: "Don't worry, old fellow. When we get our government well estab Iished, we'll annex you." Minneapolis Journal. Belated Commercial (who has spent a most uncomfortable night at abov ian): "Let me see, landlord. What do you call this inn?" '"Landlord: " 'The Fiddle,' sir.' B. C: "H'm! A very appropriate name, for It certainly is a vile inn." HOW THE AUTOMOBILIST CAUGHT o o 65 ;-o Oo ?o Oo o Oo A 9 Oo vo Qo 9 TO Oo o Go 90 Oo OO fo OO Oo TO 6o 4-o Oo TO 6o ho do to Go do to 90 60 . ; I 4 ;'' it TU catch" that train or bust!" HIS TRAIN. if I pi Mu , rv ML i J WAxlI A -A !$ -sa. O t r, ll - r-r-T-r 0fy Scrlbner3. o . ri ''' ',- o A -d. , . ON THE LINKS. Mo w Maudie I-ate, mother? And you couldn't find us? Why. Freddie and I have been on the links all the evening! 7L 4. 1 1 V OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOnnnnn 0 0 -0-4-04"'-MVWXi OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOA Freddie and Maudie on the link