The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-02-21
ANU SING.

He CANT BELIEVE Ir.-"Insanity
is increasing among the women
of America" Don't believe it, exclaims the
Norwich Herald; the women of America
don't drag as long skirts over dirty sidewalks
as they did Only year ago; nor do they go
along and every now and then make frantic
dive for a fstful oftrail, which is dexterously
lifted by the left foot
IT WAS A BooMERANG.-An ingenious
drug store clerk, who suspected that some
one was tapping the till, fixed an arrange
ment on it so that any one who tried to open
the drawer, without understanding it, would
get four inches of brad-awl rammed into his
hand. And then he went out and forgot to
explain the thing to the boss, and rs soon as
he gets able TO be about again he'd like to
hear of job.-Boston Post.
A STATE OF BETwEENITY.-"Al little too
much bare ground for respectable winter
said Mr.. Smiley, as he hung up his fur cap
| in the back hallway. 81 haven't had a chance
TO harness up for sleigh-ride all the season.
It's too bad, after working three days var
nishing up the old sleigh There's nothing
that makes man feel SO snug as sleigh
ride, when he has good company. Hannah
YOU used to be good company on sleigh
|
and didn't flirt with the girls in the other
sleigh, used to enjoy it pretty we'll" replied
Hannah, and the old gentleman somehow
remembered that he liked variety in his
young DAYS better than he does now.-New
Haven Register.
SHE MADE 1T WARM FOR THE DoCTOR-
A good joke was unconsciously got off re.
Gently on local physician. In arrang.
ing patients broken leg he connected with
it tackle having a flat-iron as n compensat
ing weight, and told the mans wife to let il
stay there until his return. But she wanted
wanted to use the iron next day bad, and
she used it. While at work she saw the
doctor coming, and in her fright replaced the
iron glowing hot on the tackle He came in
examined the leg and took up the hot iron
1t dropped like lead, and the man of physiC
went on an impromptu can-can, equaled
only by the vigorous use he made of his
tongue. There was music there for half an
hour,and he thinks yet that that woman put
up a job on him.
The POPE ON BRAINS AND LEGs.-WheT
Pius TX was pope, Fanny Elssler visited
Rome, danced, and set the public crazy
In 4S hours the gilded youth. her admirers
had subscribed 1900 francs and bought 8
| spleiulu crOWH W Dc piescHlcu W Hci as
testimonial. When the time came for pre-
senting the danseuse with it, one of the sub
scr bers, an excellent young noble, obtained
an audience of the pope and asked if there
would be anything wrong in the presenta
tlon-if the pope had any objections. 81
have neither objection nor advice TO offer,
said his holiness, "but it does seem to me
that you might have pitched upon more
appropriate gift. In my simplicity as q
priest, l have always thought that crowns
were made for heads and not for legs" The
crown was duly given to the danseuse, who
meanwhile had heard of the pope's saying
and promptly sent the value of the gift in
money to the parish priest for the poor
Plus TX. heard of this in his turn. and when
next he met one of the subscribers to the
testimonial said to him: ''You were quite
right in giving that woman that crown she
has just proved that there is more sense in
her legs than you had in your heads"