No, it is a neck running out to sea. Well, ain’t that a rubber-neck? * * * * * Two dentists had a fight the other day and the result was a “draw.” A man who was doing some “bridge work” near by saw the fight and had them arrested. One was discharged because he had a “pull” with the judge; the other dentist is now “filling” in time. * * * * * “I don’t like the way Mr. Jones kisses you.” “Don’t find fault, papa; remember he’s only just beginning!” * * * * * A man stole ten thousand dollars in New York and settled in Canada. * * * * * “My dear, why are you saving those old fly-papers?” “Why, you said you always have to buy flies when you go fishing.” * * * * * A church choir played a game of ball the other day. The preacher came out to the ground to compare “notes,” but made a “short stop,” and when the “tenor” got put out on “first bass” they went home “alto”-gether. * * * * * “My husband has given up smoking.” “It must have taken some will-power.” “All I had.” * * * * * “It’s my treat to-night,” said the summer youth, as he bought the ice cream for the girls on the piazza. “That’s all right,” said the doctor. “I will treat to-morrow.” * * * * * Did you ever hear about the egg in the coffee? No. That settles it. * * * * * “What’s the difference between the mumps and the measles?” “Why, in the mumps you shut up and in the measles you break out.” * * * * * _Inventor_--If this invention doesn’t work, I’ll-- _Wife_ (alarmed)--W-what, Frank? _Inventor_--Have to! * * * * * “What drove you to drink?” “Thirst.” * * * * * A colored man by the name of Berry was working for a farmer (who was somewhat of a wag). Addressing him one morning, he said, “Go gather in the straw, Berry, and tell the young boys to pick the goose, Berry; the older ones the elder, Berry; the girls the black, Berry, and don’t look so blue, Berry.” * * * * * “I guess your wife made a deep impression on you.” “Oh, yes, twice.” “Twice?” “Yes, once when we first met and another time she hit me on the head with a rolling pin.” * * * * * “I suppose she has something saved for a rainy day?” “Oh, yes; an umbrella and a mackintosh.” * * * * * Two young ladies took a long tramp through the woods. Who brought him back? * * * * * “Hello! waiter, where is that ox tail soup?” “Coming, sir--half a minute.” “Confound you! How slow you are.” “Fault of the soup, sir. Ox tail is always behind.” * * * * *