—“I have a notion to break your face,” said the boy to his watch.
“You may even do that,” said the watch, bravely, “but you can never make me run.”
—A copper trust—Giving a policeman credit for peanuts.
—Lady: “A ticket for me and two halves for my sons.”
Ticket seller: “Excuse me, madam, but one of your sons is much older than twelve years.”
Lady: “What of that? The other is as much under twelve years as the older is over twelve, so they only aggregate twelve years.”
Ticket-seller: “Excuse me; not to-day.”
CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE TROPICS—BRIDGING THE RAPIDS.