—“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.

[ OUR LETTER BOX.]