AN EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENING.

"I saw my papa's last book before he wrote it," said Jimmieboy.

"How did that happen?" asked the visitor.

"It was a blank-book then," said Jimmieboy.


Bobby (on ferry-boat). "I know why the river is so angry to-day."

Jack. "Why?"

Bobby. "Because it is crossed so often."


Uncle John. "Jimmie, if I were to take one dollar and divide it into four parts, and give a quarter to each of your brothers, what would be left?"

Jimmie. "I would."