NICE NEPHEW!

Tommy. "Talking of riddles, Uncle, do you know the difference between an apple and a elephant?"

Uncle (benignly). "No, my lad, I don't."

Tommy. "You'd be a smart chap to send out to buy apples, wouldn't you?"


A Precautionary Measure.—"Now go to school, and be a good boy. And mind you don't use any rude words!"

"Rude words! Tell me a few, mummy, and then I shall know, you know!"