The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-08-13
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A sandwich-An African belle.-
Life.
A checkmate-T rich husband
Boston Post.
An Ohio newspaper speaks of a man
being bruised by the emphatic gesture OF
mule.
Smoking does not agree with some
people, but it always seems to SCOT the
chimney. Boston Bulletin.
"This is Il warm wave" said the man
whose irate wife faunted hot fire.
shovel in his face.-Ne,0 York journal.
"Heigh-oh!n !n said Mrs. Spriggins, 81
see that poor old Mr.. Wilkins has died
intestate. | allus said high livin would
ruin his innards. "-LVe.
Love, some one says, destroys the ap-
petite. That man evidently never was IN
the vicinity of an ice cream saloon with
his best girl.-BoStOn Budget.
Wives are very presumptuous creatures.
They are always asking for lock OF
their lovers hair before marriage and
taking it without asking afterwards.
A New York paper says "heels are
lower this season." Heals ale high as
ever here; the doctors charge three dol
lars visit Boston Commercial Bulletin.
A youth may be firmly convinced that
love is blind, but it will be Just as well
for him to avoid ice-cream saloons when
he is out walking with his girl.-Ne1
York. Journal.
Mr.. Morse, of Hartford, has taught
school for siXty-one years. MIR, Morse
thinks that birch trees make the best
shade for schoolhouse front.-LOuis0ilLe
Courier-JOurRGt.
Girls, never allow even lover to have
his arm around you. The papers daily
show that thousands of our brightest
young men are going to waist.-PhiLG-
deLphia Chronicle.
Wiggins, the Canadian prophet, pro-
claims that he has seen second moon.
1t is not stated whether he stepped upon
banana peel or ran into yard gate
on dark night.-Baltimore american.
eve pardon sin; we do not pardon
baseness," says Ouida. Yes, we forgive
the umpire, but when the second base
makes a square muff and lets in two men
we tear down the grand stand.-Rock-
land Courier.
Dear George" said the young wife,
tenderly, as sne stroked her husbands
Irving bang; ''shall sing Some DayP"
Eyes, dear, replied the hcartless wretch;
'some day when Pm away from home"
-SomergiAe Journal.
The father of five manageable daugh-
ters was in town a few days ago trying to
buy some four-leaf clover seed to plant in
his back yard. He said he had read that
when young girl finds four-leaf clover
it is a sign that she will be married with
in year. .-AOrristOion Herald.
Now the small boy, loudly wailing,
Misses both his pants and coat;
While he's in the river trailing
They were eaten by goat
Now the fool, who goes a-sailing,
just TO rock the cranky boat,
VIII gain sense while friends are bailing
Out the water from his throat.
-NetU York Journal
"What is the most mOmentOus ques.
ton that has agitated the women of our
country since the first blast of freedom
swept over this landl" screams Lille
Deveroaux Blake. If you want our can
did opinion, Lii, we should say it was
whether they shall wear Jersey or
Mother Hubbord,-Brddtord Mail.
The overshadowing and overwhelming
issue now before the American people is
the comparative worth of the numerous
baking powders in the market. Viewed
coldly from professional, and therefore
disinterested, standpoint, the odds are
decidedly in favor oil the baking powder
which does the most newspaper adver
tisinCr - Chic600 Mans