The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 01, 1900, Image 27

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lowing exchanges: Southwestern Uni
versity Magazine, The University Unit,
The Walking Leaf, The Students'
Herald, The Anchor, The University
Magazine, The College Barometer, The
Reveille, Add-Ran Collegian, The
Herald, Academy Aegis, The Universi
ty Calendar, M. H. Aerolith, The
Aegis, Weatherford Collegian, The
Mercury, The Coresophlan Journal,
The Peacock Drummer, The Lake
Breeze, The Athenneum, Red and
White, Orange and Blue, Mt. St. Mary’s
Record, The Kodak.
Knight: “Why did you put two
stamps on that letter to Miss R. ?”
Jackson: “Why, to make it go fast.’’
—Ex.
Professor: “How do you account
for the phenomenon of dew?”
Freshman: “Well, you see, the
earth revolves on its axis once every
twenty-four hours, and in consequence
of this tremendous velocity, it per
spires freely.”—Ex.
What is the difference between a
cat and a comma? A cat has claws at
the end of its paws and a comma is a
pause at the end of a clause.—Ex.
v*
John: “I heard of a baby six days’
old talking?”
James: “That’s nothing; Job cursed
the day he was born.”—Ex.
d*
Hoax: “Why is it that Jones is al
ways afraid somebody will see the
inside of his watch?”
Joax: “I suppose there is a woman
in the case.”—Ex.
Ike: “Say, the European nations
must have peculiar tastes.”
Mike: “How do you mean?”
Ike: “I see by the Hayseedville pa
per that they are eating China a
piece at a meal. Now, I rather think
I would prefer some Turkey and
Greece; it would digest much better.”
Senior: “Can you tell why our
college is such a learned place?”
Freshman: “Certainly; the Fresh
man always brings a little learning
here, and the Seniors never take any
away; hence it accumulates.”—Ex.
Germany: “Say, Austria, it seems
to me that the American Eagle and
the British Lion are even more closely
related than we thought.”
Austria: “Do tell, how?”
Germany: “Why, both the animals
have claws and both know how to use
them.”
Why is a student of theology like a
merchant? Because he studies the
prophets (profits).—Ex.
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Foolish is the woman who puts a
special delivery stamp on a letter and
gives it to her husband to mail.—Ex.
J*
There is one thing about the house
which never hurts any of the occu
pants when it falls—the rent.—Ex.
d*
Why is the figure 9 like a peacock?
Because it is nothing without its tail.
—Ex.
d*
Why should soldiers be tired on
April 1st? Because they have just had
a march of 31 days.—Ex.