KIBBLINGS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8636, 23 November 1889, Page 4

KIBBLINGS.

. « -• • • A UttltwUMAMßOwandtlita. . i Is reUahsd by tb« wbeft »«»• Fran A : " Yoa have no idea how my hnsband snores at night."— Fran B : "So does mine, but 1 have found an excellent remedy. As soon as the rasping sound commences I tie a mouth harmonium under his nose, and it plays as sweetly as anjEolian lyre." Tinn : " Hello, Tugg. What's that sign ob your front door, 'No Admittance except on Business 1 ?" Ta(?K : "There have been so many young men calling on my daughters, and their visits have beea ■o fruitless, that I have adopted this means to reduce tLe surplus." Lomber : " I tell yoa, men may prate as they will about woman's extravagance, but she can drees well on a sum that would keep a man looking shabby." Sicmoe (drily): "That's true. Now, the sum my wife drtßses on keeps me looking shabby yenr in and year out." Wife (revisiting the soene of ber betrothal):. '< I remember, Algernon, so well, when you proposed to tne, bow painfully embarrassed you were." Algernon : " Yes, dear, and I remember how kind and encouraging you were, and how very easy yon made it for me after all." An advocate of capital punishment argues chat the gallows is calculated to elevate mankind.