Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1885 — He Would Make a Chinese General. [ARTICLE]

He Would Make a Chinese General.

“I declare!” ejaculated Mrs. Smith, as she threw down her newspaper, “the Chinese do have some very queer customs.” “To what do yon refer, my dear?” inquired Mr. Smith. “Why, the paper says no man can enlist in the regular army of China until he has shown his courage by having a tooth pulled.” * “By jing!” exclaimed Smith, bringing his fist down on his knee with emphasis, “if I were in China they would make me a General for my courage.” “Ha! ha! ha!” laughed Mrs. Smith, in derision. “The idea of your being made a General is too ridiculous for anything! You never had a tooth nulled in your life, John Henry.” “That's so, Maria,” said Smith, sheepishly. “Then where are the proofs of your wonderful courage, Mr. Smith ?” “I—l—great Caesar! didn’t I hold my inother-ip-law’s jaw while she had a tooth pulled?” said Smith, while great drops of sweat exuded from his brow. —Netemail Independent.