"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum. "As I heard the shouts of the crowd
fading in the distance I couldn't be sure whether they were applauding
me or the engineer."


A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious
spirit.--_Hannah More_.


The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world,
is the highest applause.--_Emerson_.




ARITHMETIC


"Waiter," he suggested mildly, "I want three eggs, and boil them four
minutes."

But the cook, having only one in the place, boiled it twelve minutes.

Which proves the value of higher mathematics.


SCHOOL-TEACHER (to little boy)--"If a farmer raises 3,700 bushels of
wheat and sells it for $2.50 per bushel, what will he get?"