|18| W || @ a @ strengthy @ | | |19| T || _more_ @ @ @ _hot_ | Thare iz nothing so skarse az | |20| F || @ man @ Judith @ | originality, even an original phool | |21| S || _wetty_ @ Ferguson | would be a grate relief just now. | |22| G || @ _cooler_ marrid @ | | |23| M || @ _big_ @ _warmth_ | | |24| T || @1846@ now | | |25| W || _wind_ @@@ bild | * * * * * | |26| T || @@ _Easty_ bokays @@ | | |27| F || _cooler_ @ Columbus | | |28| S || @ _it_ @ _rains_ @ | The man who never makes | |29| G || found @ _hotter_ @ | enny blunders iz a very nice piece | |30| M || @ @ @ Amerika | ov masheenery,--that's all. | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _QUESTIONS AND REPLIZE._ Q.--What iz the best religious kreed to hav? A.--Charity. If a man will swop off all the religious kreed he haz got on hand, and invest the proceeds in charity, he will allwus be proud ov the job. * * * * * Q.--Will yu pleze define an Enthuziast? A.--An Enthuziast iz a party who beleaves about 4 times az mutch az he kan prove, and who kan prove about 4 times az mutch az ennyboddy else beleaves. * * * * * Q.--What three things hav dun the most to civilize the world? A.--The Bible, the looking-glass, and the muskett * * * * * Q.--Whitch iz the most reddy animile? A.--The mule--they alwuss sleep standing, so to be on hand when the kiking begins to flow. * * * * * Q.--What iz the quikest food on reckord? A.--The oyster on the haff shell--they kan be et sitting, standing, or on the run. 31 Days. JULY. 1879. [Illustration: LEO, THE LION. _Strayed or Stolen.--Return to P. T. Barnum._]