Snobs has bought a steam-engine, and was showing it to his friend Snugger yesterday.
“How many horse-power is that machine?” asked Snugger.
“Horse-power!” exclaimed Snobs, “don’t you see it goes by steam?”
Nothing is more uncomfortable for a woman who has to keep a secret than to find no one who is curious about it.
The human being who can pass a hoarding marked “Wet Paint,” without putting his finger on it to feel if the paint really is wet, possesses strength of will and self-control enough to rule a kingdom.
A lady having run against the freshly painted rail of a bridge, and carried off a considerable quantity of the paint on her dress, the bridge-keeper said to her consolingly,—
“Never mind, ma’am, they’re going to paint it again to-morrow, any way!”