People are never content with knowing themselves, because they are not intent in trying to find out what others think of them. You enjoy the sunshine in proportion to what you have laid up for a rainy day. The man who courts trouble will win it, and he will regret the match as long as he lives. Muggs says:
As women's fashions are today, the little girl cannot look forward with much pleasure to the time when she will wear long dresses. The Thing That Ends.
R.irku. There is something beneath the shop, and it's a gold mine.
Pitit: That's nothing unless he can trade it for a gasoline plant.
Man Afraid of His, Police.
"Who was that who bowed as he passed?"
"That's Pigum. He's one of the few men I know who doesn't talk shop."
"What's his business?"
"He's an undertaker."
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An Irish soldier had lost his left eye in action, but was allowed to remain in the service on consenting to have a glass eye in its place, being a typical "absent-minded beggar," he appeared on parade one day minus his left "lamp."
"Nolan," said the officer, "you are not properly dressed. Why is your artificial eye not in its proper place?"
"Sure, sir," replied Nolan, "I left it in my box to keep an eye on my kit while I'm on parade."
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Question  Of Transportation.
"I fly with me to the Isles of Isles of Isles!"
Pleased the ardent swain. 