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Evening Star, Issue 15074, 4 January 1913, Page 8

"A ferret finds 12 ears of corn in a basket, and carries off three ears evprv "ightj how long will it take to empty the basket•?'' "Twelve nights. He carries off one ear of corn and his own two ears." "Your tickets were complimentary, were they not," "Well," replied the man, who had seen a painfully amateurish entertainment, "I thought they were until I saw the show." Farmer (on one side of the hedge to bov on the other): "Now, then, my ]ad. didn't I tell you not to Jet me catch you here again ?"_ Boy (preparing to run): "All right: don't make a hiss. You ain't caught me yet!" Husband : "Your extravagance is awful. When 1 die you'll probably have to beg. ! ' Wife : " Well, I should be better off than some poor woman who never had any practice." The Chairman (finishing up eulojristic speech): " Our dear old friend here has lived amongst us for forty years, is living with us now, and, as he says, hopes to live amongst us for many years to come. Gentlemen, I can only add that -we are all lookiiig .forward to burying him herel"