Poor Cousin Charles.

JUVENILE. "Why do they call those things Cousin CHARLES smokes cigarettes; eh,
Polly?"
POLLY. "Well, dear; because they are little cigars, I suppose!"

JUVENILE. "Oh, then, would Cousin CHARLES be called a Captainette, because he's a little Captain?"

Mr. PEEWIT has a little addition to his family-he is obliged to get his meals anyhow-and

A Cautious Bird.

LOBKINS. "Well, I don't know about marryin'-for yer see, after the knot was tied, some other gal might be fallin' in love with one--and that would be so dooced awkward!"

ARTHUR. Mamma! isn't Mr. BLANQUE a wicked man? MAMMA. "Wicked, my dear! No! What makes you ask such a question?"

ARTHUR. "Why, because, mamma dear, when he comes into church, he doesn't smell his hat as other people do!"