AFTER A GOOD MEAL.
A number' of ladies began to discuss the virtues of their respective husbands, when every other topic wa* worn threadbare. "My husband, , said one, "never drinks and neveri swears; indeed, he hf>.vS no bud hnhits"Does he ever timoxe?" someone asked. "Yes, he likes a cigar just afteP he has eaten a good meal. But I suppose on an average he doesivt smoke more than once a week." of her friends laughed, but she did nof seem to understand. -<4
THAT FERTILE AFETCAN I "Remarkably fertile foil in Africa | said the reti.rned traveller. "T w * 9 : ■ out for a walk one day and canie t<> m ; an avenue of cherry trees, b As I walked fcTong'Ymtefnst T sal*..W. the trees bec-<rie smaller and smallest M and finally the avenne ended ai hv open field, where two tramps \vere m strolling along and eating cherries- |- ; Every two or thre- tteps each one p<. would spit out a cherry stone aM they immediately grew into trees. Bβ , , markably fertile soDi" p
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 3 January 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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