The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-06-13
PITH AND POINT.

and never putting in soon brings you
to the bottom.
.-Menny a phool haz passed thru life
with fair sukcess by taking back seat
and sticking to it.-Josh Billings.
Don't be fooled, my boy. You
can't bride woman's tongue by
bridaling her. 1t will turn out just the
other way in nine cases out of ten
LOa0eH Citixen.
People who wonder why mems hair
turns gray before their whiskers should
reflect that there is about twenty years
difference in their respective ages.
Edith, you want to know whether
funny men on newspapers ever laugh
at their own jokes, do you dearp Yes,
Edith, often-in fact, in good many
cases, you will find that they are the
only ones who do laugh at them; but,
Post.
Little Amy, chided for mischief,
protested that Susan (the servant) had
persuaded her, Said papa: Tell me
exactly what Susan said She said:
"You push that stand, miss, If you
dare" "Them's my very words, in
teriected Susan. And" pursued the
little culprit, II dared, so pushed"
Thirteen is an unIucky number. II
is for this reason that when q shop
keeper halves twenty five cent piece
he invariably gives you twelve cents.
The shopkeeper is unseltish, and as
somebody must run the risk Of bad
! luck, he freely takes it himself. -Bos-
'"'' 1rGnScript.
-Lawye-s Like Shears:
Two lawyers, when, knottv caae was done.
SffR9k hands together INA were in for fun
~ hio%ried the losing clIe~a.. II don't sec
You men .wh~-,,upbt can ee 40 ,,,.u,,.
AN ks eeru MS '0u"'''' -,-uvers, though 40
Like shears, cut not themselves -
between" what's
The doctor was visiting lady VIM
was in the habit of sending for him con
stantly without being at all i'll, and she
was entertaining him with q full anC
particular account of her maladies, The
| list of which was as long as her glove
IN. B.-The glove of lady is abou
as long as her arm nowadays.) "Ah
MADAME says the doctor, with a lool
of admiration, "what robust health yol
must enjoy in order to be able to with
stand all these complaints. ~ Water
bury american.
American heiress (who has jus
married tltle)-"What did that vul
gar fellow mean by addressing you 81
Familiarity, Countp' Foreign Coun
cher new husband -"Oh. nothing
my dear. He just.happened to know
me-" But he did not call you by you
4;+Iooil .GyVo1I No - UDnnft ha kn0S
you are COUNT" mo; he oul
knows me by my stage name" "Stag
uameP How romantic! Why, 20
darling, did not know you had bee
ION the STAGE "Oh, yes; I've bee
driving a Broadway stage for tie
years. Philadelphia Call.
Here's an item of some interest
perhaps" remarked the new reporter
las he handed over the following: mi
lElderboi is believed to be the oldes
, person in town. His age is ninety
: eight "I'm ashamed of you, Nj
. Slenderquill; I'm ashamed of you'll" e1
/ claimed the editor, glaring over the to
: of the item at the reporter. "Wh
+ didn't you say that Mr.. Elderboi ha
= lust cut his third set of teeth, that b
y splits his own wood, gets in his ow
hay, does all his own ploughing an
planting and harvesting; that he is b
lieved to be the Oldest Mason, and hi
voted for every President, from Was
Il hngton up to the present time, and tn
he is 1903 instead of ninety-eightp VIII
>. man alive! the Office boy could be
you dishing up news!''-Boston Ira
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