The enquirer southerner., 1874-06-05


What was Joan of Arc made of :?
She was Maid of Orleans.
Tine is said to be money. Ger
tain!y; not few use it in paying
their debts.
1t is true thar one swallow
doesn tmakea Summer, but it comes
summer near it.
What sort of day would be
good one for Running for Cup?'
A muggy day.
Mankind should learn temperance
from the noon-the fuller she gets
the shorter her horns become.
Any candidate for office in
Omaha who wears i shirt>coller is
considered a bIoa;ed aristocrat.
An cid maid, speaking of mars
riage, says it is like any other dis
ease-while there is life there is
hope.
Thought for schoolboy's theme
- Beauty and bashfnlness are often
united; yet the loveiest maiden is
| admired for her cheek.
A fop, in company, wanting his
servant, called out, where's that
block head Of mine :: 'On your
shoulders, sir, said lady.
An English boy, on being asked
the other day who was prime min
lster of England, answered, without
hesitation, Mr.. Spurgeon.'
\ person looking at some skele-
tous the other day, asked a young
/ doctor present where he got them.
lie replied, We raised them.
\ grave elder in an English
/ church forbade the bans of Il certain
yo1nG couple because he hal
'in;enIed Hannah for himself,
\ kentucky gentleman didn't
yet mad urnI h.. uad been called Il
liar eiyhfl-onc TINES. The
uunrra,' ~ Tie hing ril-l him
\ "ag having married d girl
uarncI Charch, says he has expert
enced more happiness since he joined
the Church than he ever did before.
An Irishman seeing a ship very
heavily ladened, and scarcely above
the waters edge, exclaimed Upon
my sowl. If the river was little
higher, the shup would 60 to the
bottom
.\u Eastern orator, warming with
his subject, exclaimed, There is
not a man woman or child in this
house who has arrived at the age of
fifty, but has felt this truth thun>
dering through his or her mind for
centuries.
A Lady asked pupil at public
examination Of a Sunday school -
'What was the sin OF the Pharisees?
Eating camels, marln, quickly
replied the child. She had read
that the Pharisees Strained at
gIats and swallowed camels.
4 young lady who entered a
Broadway music store and asked
the young man in attendance, Have
you Happy Dreams ? was aston
ished when he replied No ma am,
! I'm mostly troubled with the night
mare He didn't know why she
went ont so hurriedly and slammed
the store door after her.
A literal>minded youngster was
picked up by visitor of the fami>
ly, who, dandIing him on his knee,
said L wish had this little bov,
| think there's money in him To
which promptly responded the
child: | know there is, for |
swallowed a cent when 7 was at
grandma's the other day
An old lady on steamboat OBJ
served two men pumping up water
to wash tho deck, and the captain
being near. she addressed him as
follows: Well, captain, got we'll
Oh board, ell 2
Yes, ma am, always carry one,
said the polite captain.
Well, that's clever. | always
dislike this nasty river water espe-
cialy in dog days
y PRETTY DREss.-A Washing>
ton correspondent gives a pretty
description Of the dress worn at
Miss Stewards wedding by Miss
Daisy, the beautiful daughter OF
the late Lieutenant Derby e. John
Phoenix y. The undershirt was
white silk. Falling over 1t in stud
led carelessnesS were puffs and
folds of tulle spangled with daisies.
Long wreaths Of them fell like a
sash to the very hem of the train,
and a garland of them, a veritable
daisy chain, hung around her neck,
and little loose cluster ornaments
ed her pretty, graceful head.