Judge — October 13, 1894 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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230 JUDGE HIS THEOLOGICAL RAPACITY. WELL-KNOWN rector was one day argu- ing with a layman on the power of prayer, and made the remark, “Tt is the hardest thing in the world to pray without letting your mind wander.” “Oh, that's easy enough,” was the reply. “1am willing to bet anything that I can do it.” “Done. If you can repeat the Lord's pray- er without letting your mind wander I'll give you my horse.” ‘The layman commenced, “*Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; “Say, Jimmy, just watch me trip ! him with this stick.—— lm. £ thy kingdom come’—I say, rector, will you = throw in the ITH dress-suits they don’t ’ (SS ss ~ bridle?” wear watches ; __ hye f meee) LUCKY. And Avgustus thinks that L penitence prime, is very apt Because he never can manage to follow pun- To have both at the same icbwent! time. IT IS; IT IS. Winebiddle—“ Gildersleeve has made twenty thousand dol- lars selling orchids. Wilberforce —"“ That's a great horticultural haul.” STARTLING DISCOVERY. 0 THE JUDGE —No one to my knowledge has yet referred to China's dancing to Japan's music as a Terpsi- Korean performance. Yours very faithfully, F.W. SAGE, MAKING UP. “Let us shake and make up,” said the bar-tender to his true love, the chamber-maid. “I'm afraid I must,” she sighed, as she thought of the un- made beds on the fifth floor front. NEVER SATISFIED. ~ a fine crop this year. Chronic grumbler—"Ya-as, but it ‘Il play the deuce with the MANY A TRUTH IN A JEST. Threecard Ned —"* What's the mat- ter, Billy? You look as though you hadn't the price of a white chip about you.” Bunko Billy (sadly) —" Well, I've not. A man can’t make an honest livin’ at the old game since the comic papers have joked about it. De jays is educated by readin’ of ‘em.” AS A NURSE. BACHELOR wROTHER (one p.m.) —"'Go ahead, Mary, and do your shop- ping and don't worry, ‘The children and I will get along splendidly together.” BacueLor pRrorner (six p. ™.) . i comicbooks.com