"Well, Johnny, how would you describe it?"
"The axis of the earth," said Johnny, proudly, "is an imaginary line which passes from one Pole to the other, and on which the earth revolves."
"Very good," exclaimed the teacher. "Now, could you hang clothes on that line, Johnny?"
"Yes, sir," was the reply.
"Indeed," said the examiner, a little disconcerted, "and what sort of clothes?"
"Imaginary clothes, sir."
HIS WANTS
"Would ye be so kind, ma'm, as to let me have a needle and thread?" asked the tramp.
"Why, yes," said the housewife, "I can let you have that."
"Thank ye, ma'm. Now, could ye let me have a bit of cloth for a patch?"