D.—What of your friend?

F.—He is a gentleman.

D.—Then he is dead!

F.—Just so: he is "straightened out"—he took your prescription.

D.—All but the "simple diet."

F.—He is himself the diet.

D.—How simple!


FOOL.—Believe you a man retains his intellect after decapitation?

DOCTOR.—It is possible that he acquires it?