There is no experience more heavily fraught with deep ghastly lonesomeness than that of being shaved by a deaf-and-dumb barber.

Washington Star.


Mrs. Gabb—What is the matter with my husband?

Doctor—Nothing, except that he needs change. I prescribe opiates and rest.

Mrs. Gabb—Shall I give him the opiates at once?

Doctor—Oh, the opiates are not for him; they are for you.

Once a Week.