The Mineral argus., 1883-10-11
Paragraphs of Wit.

Its early, Ism I III ya"H0N 'uS ~
lazily turning in bed to the sound OF his
own name, muttered in wrathiul shouts;
"its early, isn't itf" y
II don't know whether 1t Is or not,
roared his father; but ami
And before the plant skate-strap was
half tired, the boy made up his mlnd
that if the old gentlemen had oeena
little %surlier, the hastinadO wouldn't
have lasted half throu sh the sentence.
But it lasted quite long enough asst was.
Not one of the cackling old hens l
this country appear to know or care that
a Florida turtle will lay 40 eggsin a day
without making the least bit OF NOISE.
The hen fuss over one little egg Is aD-
surd.
Mamma" said q little C%ovington boy
"vbat does rheluda' meant" why
nv child, 1 don't know. never heard
such a word. Where did you hear IT,
morning. L heard him tell Mr.. Jones
that eli ureh was a heluifa place TO 60
when the fishing was so h ne.
Chesterfield in tatters: sis the lady
Of the house INF asked a tramp of the
= servant who a the door-bell Of one OF
( the stateliest mansions in Austin.
lady ob de house don't come TO ue COO
TO ialk wild de l~ikeobyou. linen, salu
the tramp elevating the remnant o5
hat, with a grace Chesterne,d nlght
have envied, "tell the lady OF the house
J, a gentleman wishes to speak with her In
= the parlor."
y A knock down argument: Mrs. Percy
Q Rallavoine Tubbs-Tom has had awful
II had luck-poor fellow Mr.. P. b. L,
~ :. lls-If Pad lupE means bad
y management. A man Of sense keeps MS
le Wits about him and his eyes open, Is
W -Drenared for bad luck and sees 1t COM
m mo IL he hasn't intelligence enough
es 40 oct ont Of its way he deseryes-Mr
le PR T. is hit bv a SNOWFALL and Knocked
IL into the middle Ofnext W ek'
"Well. sir. where do you work, sam
pelqn INQUIRED a Chicago judge of a col
ID ored prisoner, yesterday.
to q work in a bank, a
ut "What under sun is your position IN
q bank?'
a ''Pse a teller, sab"
y, "What Rank is this you speak o. ah1
what are your duties as t~ellerf.
e, "Its Al Hankin's ferry bank, and
n tells the tam'lers that they can n an.
90 sort O. game they's spilin' fur, san
Chicago Eye.
'Nl1unI GlEIEN NA0A Wk@A
asks a Methodist Advocate. why mo-
u We should think a minister oil the go'
y, mel might be permitted to wear a mu
I'm tache, when Lydia Tompson Is above
ess TO wander about with n Dracele
I'VE Certainly, parson, brace up ana wear
,os mnstache like King Humberts, II yc
don't object TO looking like a 'thlr'
All DAYS after taking advertisement.
a lady once wrote Roscoe Conkling
tell note when he was in the Senate, ASK
Fad permission to bring her little girl TO s.
the him. He replied in a courteous mol
life naming the hour At which he would
the ceiye her. At the hour named dns la
re- and child stood before INN. Nars
! ol said the mother TO herlceliui knls - :
to oreat Senator Conkling." yes, Int
Mary" said Lord Roscoe, with a Joyl
1t smile meant 10 be encouraging, y
Inc ] Snmem5er," solemnly hitting his 10
the finger, THAT there is a greater Il
not Senator Conkling."
,,,vaiI The girls in one ofthe large New "
and tobacco houses have struck. Oh, "
be that strike is failure at the start,
the being out of work not a girl Will nav
into one 10 hack her. That 'snough oil u
DC Give us a sneezy one. At-chew!
lie Judge Richie, oil freuerlcA' M
oTn' sixteen beautiful and accomplis
daughters, only one o whom IS MARI
This is what the French would call
embarrassment Of Ritchies.
a rs. "Young Politician" writes; ~
wipe does a state nave o~isIa'm.o has
bran boy, II aoesh ~ h NV the thu
, dry sSs.e oySe majority. Has il by the p
to be ei.books Has il on its back.-Somer
ature Ionrnal.