The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-10
NO. g..
American flats-Pancakes.

A dark horse-the nightmare.
/ Always bowing-The fiddler.
Always in haste-The letter h.
The scions OF the times-babies.
The most common skylight-A star.
The oldest combination lock-Wed-
lock.
The wages Of the paragrapher-his
ink come.
81 herd" is the way cowboy be-
gins his conversation.
Cupid is the greatest slay-belle in
the world.
A relic-hunter-A fellow endevoring
to capture widow
A tramp called his old shoes corpo-
rations because they had no soles.
The negroes say that Fred Douglass
has a white elephant on his hands.
How to keep your own council
Get into Chancery suit, and you will
never get rid of him.
To THE LADIES Marriage is ever q
mister-y; but anything is better than
perpetual MISERY.
A young lady, not well posted in
music, wants to know if dance music
is written in foot notes.
A young man called his sweetheart
"rare opportunity" because she is
worthy of being embraced.
While her mother was taking a fly
out of the butter, little Daisy asked:
"Is that butterfly, mammaY
Sullivan, the pugilist, operates upon
his victims eyes. He is a knocllu-
list.
If the young pharmacist don't be-
have better, the young pharmacisters
will catch them and marry them.
doctor, examine my tongue" said
good woman, "and tell me what it
needs" at needs rest" replied the
doctor.
"'This is a novel turnout" said the
bookseller as he dumped lot Of un-
saleable fiction into the mgman's
cart.
The girls in Brittany are not allow
ed to sell their hair. In this country
, the girls don't have it, as it's sell
itself
$ Girls should not whistle. 1t reveals
l to the young men that they have
: wind enough to make excellent
g scolds.
Barnums elephant is a light pink
on its forehead, and if it had hair, it
would look like a red-headed girl with
Q bangs.
The Japanese word for hell is
"jigoku." This should forever settle
the question OF the derivation of the
word "Chicago."
: A health journal says you ought to
n take three-quarters of an hour for din
ner. 1t is well, also, to add a few veg
etables and piece Of meat.
\ A recent writer on natural his
tory says the giraif has tongue sew
enteen inches long. Good gracious,
o. how the woman must envy himl
A good minister asked Burling-
n ton girl what representative of the
a religious press she liked best, and
she replied: "My Sunday night
Il beau"
e Now the beer sellers carry the big
'f oleander tree out in the back yard
y amid the empty kegs and pop bot
K ties and advertise the summer gar
r den.
The picnic season is upon us, and
the greatest ambition of the average
young man is to have some one in
vent pair of pants the color of cus-
q tard pic.
/ A strange fish, four feet long, and
with mouth ten inches wide, was
recently captured off Block Island.
.. They are going to try and get it for a
:, minstrel end man.
" "What will the coming girl Wcnrn'
is q query i'll a fashion magazine.
u Well, she will wear out your patience,
y il she is the coming girl in restau-
;. rant, where they employ Mattresses.
d. 1t is said that extortionate charges
II are made for storing petroleum in
I'd Turkey AS long as sage and onion
he dressing can be had, storing petroleum
in turkeys ought to be discouraged
:, some way.
he Use 'spicious o people whut bertcn'
ar ter be so tener hearted. ] once
IN know'd man whut had so much
I'd feelin' dat he wouldn' step on a spider,
v an he wuz afterwards hung fur muir
IL derin' his wife.