The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-11-06

''os Nttsoc us inuctC Dt8ttu uD. TOW
many kinds of metre are there:' "Three
eir+-long metre, short metre and meet
her by moonlight alone"
They call certain art-daubs that YOU
can make neither top nor tail OF, "Stud.
les, because it would take q wear to find
nul what the painter tried to do.
"A fish, being caught on hook, re-
PREACHED the angler for his cruelty. Gre
preach yourself, rather" said the angler.
- for your intended cruelty to the worm"
An editor at dinner table. being
asked if he would take some pudding, re-
plihd, III fit of abstraction, lowing to
crowd Of other matter, we are unable to
find room for it.
Speaking of one of his works to a
rrisic, dramatic author said, with the
consciousness OF modest worth: cit has
had many initators." Yes," replied the
critic, especially beforehand"
Mike Was asked if he believed in sec
on love. Faith, an do :" said he. eff
<"n. have pound Of sugar, isn't it swate?
Ard. when that is gone don't you want
an3ther, and isn't that swate, too %
-" Yen must bathe regularly" said a
physician gravely, rs he looked at the pa
ticnt's tongue and felt his pulse. i" tut,
doctor, do returned the sick man. "I
60 IN swimming regularly every Fourth
{" July"
a y"nng man who. went to the late
war hogan his first letter to his sweet
heart after this fashion: "My dear Julia
Whenever am tempted to do wrong
think Of you, and | say. Get thee be-
J. ID me, Satan
higgins never loses his gallantry.
When he came home how-came-you-so
the other night, and Mrs. B. told him she
was ashamed of him, higgins replied
Better my wife (hic) should be ashamed
If m" thlc) than that I should be ashamed
& my wife"
' Were You in the late war;" asked
Il veteran of badly demoralized citizen
"h" came hobbling down the street on a
orutch. Il don't know how late Won
mean, Vas the sad reply; " she gave me
this one night last week before tea
-" w here are your kids 2" a society
man asked, looking at the bare hand of a
7 or but deserving editor at Vanderbilt's
party. " AT home in bed" was the in.
,llgnant reply. " DO you suppose would
hring my children to party like this 90
i-God'S love is like the blue skv into
wi;ich y"n may see clearly, but the real
vastnrss of which you cannot measure
II is like the sea into whose bosom you
can look little way, but it's DEPTHS
are untathomable, and He demands re-
turn from His chlldren.-N Cheyne
II Young lady from the rural districts
entered a shop the other dav and asked
for pair of stockings. The clerk no
litely asked her what number she wore
, ~ ny two, of course! Do you suppose
l am centipede, or have got wooden
leg :?
a school teacher recently electrified
her pupils, who were annoying her with
questions -'' Children, | am enoaoed d"
Noticing the general look of astonisb-
nseht, she added: " But not to anv fool
OF man." And the excitement died
away.
"A lady advertses that she has ga
tine, airy, well-furnished bedroom for a
gentleman twelve foot square," Anothe,
has "a cheap and desirable suit of rooms
Tor a respectable family in good repair"
sti'l another has "a hall bedroom for a
SINGLE woman eight by twelve"
:" What did you get ont of that case?'
sSked .th< old lawyer. q got my client
out of IT, replied the young one. "And
what did. he get out of it 2" Satisfaction.
| reckon did not leave anything else
f"rihini to get" Young man." said the
senior, proudly, you'll never be aJudge.
There is not enough money on the bench
fer you
ID :; letter from Richmond. Va.
Joaquin Miller writes: Alas and alas
tor broken idols In Boston found that
sen. Butter was hated-heartily hated.
But here | find that Senator Malone is
not even hated at ALL He is merely de-
sptsed. )" long as man is hated there
ID hops tor him. But when he is merely
devised that is the end.''
An American who had a iolly Ger
n friend wishes to become acquainted
WIT the German's charming wife. "Vell."
satt the German, "ofe you dreat, dot will
be; alr'gdi. After the treat the German
led him over to where the lady was sit
tlEg with a number of friends. "Kat-
r'na,' said her husband, you know dot
man ? No." said Katrina. modestly.
Veil, dots him.