A Manchester man says he can’t invent perpetual motion, hut he can do something quite as great. lie can make a nail which a woman can drive into the wail without smashing her thumb to a jelly. Awful Consequences. —“ Why do J’ou laugh at his stale jokes ?” “If I did not laugh he would think that I did not understand the jokes, and would try to explain them.” “ I often wonder what she thinks of me, said the young married man. “It is easy to find out,” said the elderly married man. “Just sit down on her hat and she will tell you what she thinks of you in les3 than a minute.” “ Yes, we are going to camp out again, and I know just exactly how to make a perfect time.” “ "What is your formula 1 “ Well, you leavo at home all the things you think you ought to tune, and you take all the things you think you ought to leave at home.”
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New Zealand Mail, 3 December 1896, Page 13
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