Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-12-14
WIT AND HUMoR.

ne ', : wsgtilar Hctch OF a wough.
I'm a"'s' The Northwest.
~ ,xbere does beauty lingerP" de-
a. Quaker City poetcss. As
- ,blpg she fingers in the parlor
" n her mother has cleaned up the
chen. boston Post
pea.shelling machine has been in
"a wbich can do as much work as
arsl hundred women in the same
o,b Of time. But then 1t never stops
,slk-New York Tribune.
Harrisburg widow recently cloped
! two eoachmen. Most women have
rofound admiration for a man who
drive A pair Of horses without run
. into every other turnout on the
4 -heu York Graphic.
Hes man Of large calibrc," re-
rked Jones to Brown, speaking OF
,couainianco. ''Indeed~ was the
h. "how do you make that out?"
A great bore" "Or' murmured
Dwn. aud tainted away. Merchant
Hpeler. Y
i declare, Mr.. Blank, said n guest
he landlord OF Bar Harbor hotel,
our table is even worse than il was
year" And the indignant Boni-
answered without reflection:
hal Is impossible, sir. "-BQstoa Com
REAL Batlctfn.
New Orleans religious weekly says:
he white race Is, we believe, already
inning to decay" This is sad news,
il will not cause as much conster-
on in some quarters as would the
ouneement that the horse race had
IN to dccay.--NorriStoton Herald.
man called on the Chief of Police
Allegheny a few days ago and said
bad been robbed of $50, 600, 000.
man is supposed to have been a
Ne pitcher for a professional base
club, and had just been paid half
is season salary. .-NorristoOH Her
pociess MARBLES: II love to sing
n am glad-song is the echo OF
gladnoss; love to sing when | am
for song makes sweet my very
pcss.n From which we infer that
loves to sing. Her neighbors have
YET been heard from. IL 0rristoWn
id
erasopht-You are looking charm
tonight. Estelle. Estelle-Charm-
is too cold a word. Verasopht-
b III call you ''lemons. Estelle
Pmons. sir. DO you mean TO insult
Verasopht-My darling, you do
read the papers, or you would learn
lemons are very, very dear. -Ihit-
pAia tdll,
Swanton 4-ycar-old, who has
aud is not slow to beat it, heard
md organ the other day, aud was
icularly struck with the fact that
pTgan. grinder took up n collection.
the musician" had departed tho
fellow remarkod: II don't drum
more only for money. "-St. Albaas
Messenger
absent-mnded Lawrence woman
down tho street the other day
ihg three bustlcs which she had
rcd sent up to her house to try
ihe accumulation of hair-cloth
wire gave peculiar hang to the
oreadths Of her dress and attract
POnslderablc attention. LdVrence
Amertcan.
exchange says that some 60 To
q to weep while others go to Sleep.
80 their wives to please; their
!, ecace others 70 TO ease. Some 90
II the preacher; others like the
'ereeoher. Boys 90 to rcconnoitre;
60 because they oughter. Many
sage reflections; precious few to
collections. s.-tast RiUer -AdVancc.
oasAtnl young man who was afraid
]. 0pose 10 his sweetheart induced
I as At him with pistol, which
sa1ed her was only loaded with
e1' and after she had done so fell
Il snd pretended to be dead. She
herself wildly upon tho BODY,
s nun her darling and her be-
Saereapon he got up aud mar
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