"Naw, I don't read 'em," replied the lad.


VOX POPULI—"Do you think you've boosted your circulation by giving a year's subscription for the biggest potato raised in the county?"

THE EDITOR—"Mebbe not; but I got four barrels of samples."


COLONEL HIGHFLYER—"What are your rates per column?"

EDITOR OF "SWELL SOCIETY"—"For insertion or suppression?"—Life.


EDITOR—"You wish a position as a proofreader?"

APPLICANT—"Yes, sir."