The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-24
WIT AND PLEAsANrRY.

a Baltimore judge decides that MARYLAND
law can not prevent a woman from using
her tor que He must have been bachelor
not TO have known that long ago.
A pocket-book containing ten cents was
found on the doorstep of a lawyers Office in
Meadville The loser evidently had not
been in the office.-Oil City Blizzard.
1t is said that pair of pretty eyes are the
best mirror for man TO shave by. Exactly
so; and it is unquestiOnably the case that
many man has been shaved by them.
Where is the girl OF long ago?' sings
Joaquin Miller. We saw her the other day
Joaquin. But she isn't girl any more. She
had gray hair, and wart on her nose, and no
teeth, and wore specs.
SIS there anything wrong in kIssng?' he
asked her, as they stood together at the
garden gate. Certainly there is" she
briSkly replied; then slowly and softly added
after pause, IF there's any one looking"
Has the cooking-book any pictures?'
asked young lady of a book seller Not
one" Eeisied the dealer in books why"
exclaimed the witty miss. what is the use
of telling us how to make a dinner if you
give Us TO plates.
A mother who has very bashful son, but
for whom size says all the ladies express the
greatest admiration, asks an editor how she
can cure him of his aversion to the female
sex. Make a minister of him." replies
man who has used his eye tosome advantage.
New York Commercial.
Il trust your daughter is not one of those
tame. SpiritlesS sort OF girls that sometimes
apply to US for situations and are too BASH
full to fill them" said a shopkeeper to
father who was seeking employ ment for one
OF his children. "Sir," he replied, indig-
nant!Y. my daughter has red hair
Gentlemen" remarked a long-winded
chairman after an address of something less
than an hour, gentlemen, we want unison
IN the party, cohesion, ss it were we want
we want harmony" 80 do we" shouted a
disguised listener, interrupting the speaker;
give US harmony. Let the band play and
YOU sit down.
George Augustus Sala, the gentleman who.
anent Mary Anderson, said women in Amer
ica were worshiped with idiotic devotion,
IS again quoted as saying: America NAV
be politically, republic; but. socially and
sentimentally. it is the Women's Kingdom.
From Cape Cod to the Golden Gate the
American woman is queen" Very good.
God save the queen
Poots. who lives in Sedamsville says ne is
not a member of any church, but he would
not dare to give the preacher the back-talk
his wife does, who has been a good church
member for forty years. The last time the
minister called on them he remarked, Il
didn't see you at prayer meeting last night,
Sister Pootsr NO" was the response, ''the
aight was so story and the roads so muddy
that 1 concluded not to go 10 the meeting.
but the Lord was there" interposed the
minister with some severity. Il know; but
the Ford didn't have to wade through the
mud to get there."-Cincinnati Saturday
Night.
In many parts OF Europe double beds are
unknown, husbands and wives sleeping
apart. An American correspondent, writ
ing from lucerne, says: zone evening OBJ
served some confusion in the bureau oil the
Hotel National. A controversy appar-
emily going on. Presently one of the parties
to it came out into the vestibule. He was,
perhaps. Vermont cattle drover. large
powerful man, rather unconventional in APP
pearsnce. He took OF big straw hat
wiped tIis sweaty brow with a red silk hand
keFciIef, and exclaimed: Darn it all, Mr.
Segesser. Harrit an me has slep' together
now rising forty year, and you've got TO hum
up bed thatswe kin both sleep in at the
same time, an we shall set right here till
y'du.' AT this be walked down and took {
chair by the side OF little slim, tall woman
who weighed about ninety pounds. camel.
hair shawl, spectacles and all, and they sa
Il oat auth morning"