"Well," replied the boy, "I thought it was his telephone number,"—Suburban Life.


"How many of you boys," asked the Sunday-school superintendent, "can bring two other boys next Sunday?"

There was no response until a new recruit raised his hand hesitatingly.

"Well, William?"

"I can't bring two, but there's one little feller I can lick, and I'll do my damnedest to bring him."

SUPERSTITION

Superstition is a premature explanation overstaying its time.—George Iles.

SURPRISE

"Where are you goin', ma?" asked the youngest of five children.