"No, your honor; but was that a skull for a man to go to a fair with?"
AN UNUSUAL SIGHT
A captain of an English regiment stationed at Natal, while paying off his company, chanced to give one of his new recruits a Transvaal half crown which bears the image and superscription of Paul Kruger. The fellow soon returned with the coin and, throwing it on the table, declared it was bad. The officer took the piece of money and rang it on the table.
"It sounds all right, Atkins: what's the matter with it?" he asked.
"Well, sir," replied Atkins, "if you say it's all right, it's all right, but it's the first time I've seed the Queen with whiskers on."
VERY LONG AGO
In the northwestern section of the city there is a teacher who has charge of a primary class. One morning she was giving her pupils a lesson on the Civil War and wished to impress on their minds how long ago it had occurred.
"Just think, children," she said, "it was so long ago that even I don't remember it."
"O-o-o-o Gee!" exclaimed one of the boys.
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