St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-03-15
WAITS AND WHINIS.

We knew 1t would rain for all ths morn
sprlt on slender ropes OF mia.
was towering Its golden buckets down
into the vapery amethyst
VI inafshes and swamps and di NAL feps.
ccoopins the dew thss lay in the fovsrs--
Dipping the jewels out CT thesa-
plhkie them over the land in showers.
VIC MIG" IL would rain, for tie poplars shovel
ihe whites OF their leaves the amber grain
ehrunk In the wind and the },b,n,ro NV
IS tangled IN tremulous skeins of rain.
lhere ls man in the moon, and
man and woman in the honey moon.
"A dry goods clerk OF Shelbyville,
ILL.,, has swallowed a 20 cartridge, walks
on tiptoe, and Is not in demand at balls
as a partner.
..Financiering is distinguished from
sw'ndling by the magnitude of the oper-
alton, and whether it is managed by the
wealthy or the needy.
When we get money orders down to
five cents, as has been proposed by bill
introduced in Congress, most anybody
ought to be able to get money to send
away.
..Muskrat farming is a rural industry
in Iowa. A good pond or marsh we'll
stocked yields profitable return after
TIVE years, the trapping being dooe in
winter.
10, the collector climbs the shaky
stairs comes in and takes his victim
unawares-"Ah, regret I'm not pre-
pared to pay that little bill-calI round
some other day"
-, It is all very we'll to have "a place
, for verything," but no man in authority
, can hope "to enjoy true happiness unless
he has a place for everybody" with a
good salary attached.
..snodkins (who is escorting a meek
:. maiden to her home): Haven't We got
, most to your house?" Meek maiden:
o 30 dear no, Mr.. Snodkins. We passed
- my house an ho1r ago."
When young man has learned to
l. consume cigarettes 10 an artistic manner
!. by ejecting the smoke through his nos-
3. trils, life is no longer barren idealisy,
J. but SIS real as bar Of soap.
a .."There is nothing impossible, " ex-
II claimed man who was discussing Edi>
IT sons achievements. That man, to find
n out how egregiously he is mistaken, has
n only to attempt to cut his own hair.
y .."What makes dogs mad?" asks an
r. exchange. Boys. 1t makes a dog mad
as as wet hen the minute he sees boy
OF with tin can in one hand and string
IS in the other looking for something to tie
le them to.
's. "How was the world made 2" is being
IN discussed in scientific magazines. We
OF werI t there, but we suppose they got all
g. the subscriptions they could raise along
or the survey, and then bonded the rest
Mt of the work and pushed it through.
My son, wouldst have notoriety7
Is, Publish thou an almanac. Wouldst
70, have great knowledgeG Learn what
re Others forget. Wouldst have wealth 2
lis Either become an undertaken, plum
'es Der or an Indian agtnt-[ New York
e. Graphic.
nr .."Puck thinks that man can live
ne more economically during this cold
III weather, for nothing short OF absolute
OF necessity could induce a woman to gel
In out of Der warm bed in the middle d
az one OF these nights and rife her hus
bands pockets
Az fla convinced that the world il
''e daily growing BETTER" remarked a rev
az erend Aberdeen gentleman to brothel
eu minister; my congregation is eontinu
w. ally increasing" Curious, >" replied
the other, who happened to be peni'
"a Tertiary chaplain. " for so is mine.
100 One day at the Cafe de Foy one o.
y. the leading notaries of Paris was CRITICS.
r. ing severely the conduct of Marshal Mar
oo mont, when gentleman at an adjoining
:, table with moustache like shoeol usn
arose and cried: "Sir.r, you ehai
, account to me for those words" 1ot
ny are Marshal Marmont7" Z" have not
nc that honor, but am his senior aide.de,
'a' CAMP" every well, sir my head cler'
'H' will meet you when and where yo'
49, Dlease,"