Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1886 — French Wit. [ARTICLE]

French Wit.

Guiballartl meets his tailor, to whom he owes 3,000 francs. He declares he hasn’t a sou. “Let us see,” says Guiballard, “have yon confidence in the Government?” “Certainly.” “Eh, bien! You can trust me then, for I owe much less than the Government.” _____ They were talking of spiritualism in the presence of Doctor X. “Ho you believe that spirits can return, Doctor?” asked one. “Oh, my friend, how can you ask such a question ? If I believed that I would not be able to practice my profession any longer !” He Wished He Had Said It Differently. Patient—“Oh, yon don’t know how it worries me to think that I might be buried alive. ” Doctor —“Calm yourself, Mrs. B. Yon need have no fear of anything like that. Trust to me, and I assure you that you are in no danger.”— Boston Transcript. The botanic gardens of the world, most of them scientific in character, are reported to number 197, of which Germany has 34; Italy, 23; France, 20; Great Britain and Ireland, 12; West Indies, 6; and the United States, 5. More than half are supported by government, and only 5 per cent, by private enterprise.