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s OARDERS wanted. \|l The Philosophic Beggar.—He ’ll 1 displayed on his breast a label worded as follows : •Do not be ashamed of I \ giving me only a half penny—l am jfw/ blind ‘’ Proof Positive.—Judge : • How e do you know the prisoner made a great disturbance ?’ Policeman : *He woke me up.’ Too Slow. —He : • How many bridesmaids are you going to have, dearest?’ She : • None.’ He : * Why, I thought you had set your heart on it.’ She : * I had ; but from present indications the girls I want will all be married first.’ A Definition. —Little Alice : • What is a boor, mamma ?’ Cynical Mamma: ‘ A boor, dear, is a man who has never been taught to lie.’ * * He Knew.—The boy had not been long in the physiology class, but when asked to describe the general structure of the body he chuckled over the kindness of examiners in setting easy questions, and cheerfully wrote as follows :— * The skull is the place where they keep their brains, if they have any; the thorax contains the heart and the lungs, and the liver, and other things too many to mention; and in the abdomen we find the vowels, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y !’