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"What makes that noise?" liked a little boy on a train the other day. " The cars," answered his mother. "What forP" "Because they are moving." " What are they moving for P " " The engine makes them." " What engine P " " The engine in front." " What's it in front for?" "To pull the train?" " What train P " " This one." " This carp" repeated the youngster, pointing to the one in which he sat. " Yes.'' " What does it pull for P " " The engineer makes it." •• What engineer P " " The man on the engine." "What engine?" " The one in front." " What is it in front • for?" "I told you that before." "Told who what?" "Told you." " What for ? " " Oh, be still; you are a nuisance." " What's a nuisance ? " "A. boy who asks too many questions ,'* . "Whose boy?" "My boy. "What qnestions P " The conductor came through just then and took up the tickets, and the train pulled up to the station before we could get all of the conversation. The last we heard, as the lady jerked the youngster off the platform was, "What conductor ? " —Keokuk Constitution.

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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3041, 13 November 1878, Page 1

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Untitled Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3041, 13 November 1878, Page 1

Untitled Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3041, 13 November 1878, Page 1

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