Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-12
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"Mother Hubbardville' is the name of s new town in Germany. It must be 8 loose place-Oil City Blizzard.
 The world may owe man living, but it is always best for him to go out and collect itsby a little hard work.-N. o. Pic.
 The man who mortgages his property while the money lasts lives on the fat of the land while the man who loans the cash has to be content with the ien.-Lowell Citizen.
 Lately, in music hall at San Jose, Cal after the short skirted ballad lady had war, bled "Would I Were Bird,' great excite ment was created by a stalwart miner in the audience singing, "Would Were Gun"
 Mrs. F.-"Isn't it outrageousa The very next day after Hardup failed his wife came out in brand new bennett" Fogg-"Soi That accounts for it. I was afraid that Hardup had been speeulating in stocks."- Boston Transcript.
 We see that bizarre building in Chicago is to be decorated with 'life-size gIiffins in terraKeotta" That is like Chicago. In nc other city in the world would an architect imaginary creature which never lived at all Buffalo Express.
 An actor having made up his mind to gel married, all his colleagues advise him earn estly not to sacrifice his liberty. At last the prompter comes and adds his appeal in these words: 'My dear sir! You have alwayl Fliegende Blatter - =
 The principal of New Jersey academy, who had just purchased new bell to hang on the cupola of the institution, and also married handsome woman, made an unfor- tunate erthographical error when he wrote to the president of the board of trustees: 'I have succeeded in procuring 6 fine large tongued belle."
 A olo ofr fxx,r children apparently five or six years old play ing in the gutter. The elder wore panta- looms, while the younger still clung to infan- tile dresses. Stopping, he addressed the boy with pantaloons: Are you both boys!' 'ENo," was the answer. "I'm one and John nies going to be one next week. k."-Buffalo Courier.
 A Bad Case of It-Several gentlemen were talking about love, and Gilhooly said he had an uncle who went crazy on account ot the tender passion. ''That's nothingH' replied Gus De Smith, ''my cousin Tom is more in love than any man I ever heard of. y 'sIs he really in loves' "Is hes He js so much in love that he has become @ letter carrier so he can get to read her letters sooner. Besides, as letter-carrier he knows if she is getting letters from any other fel- Ter. r."-Texas Siftings.
 The new humorous book entitled "That Very Nab" contains the following joke at the expense of the Positivists: "Are there many of this secta" asked Nab. "There were twenty-seven of them," said the Owl, "but they quarrelled about canonizing the Empe- TOT Tiberius and now there are only thirteen and a half.' Where do you get the frac, the Owl "Every religion should have it's mystery, and the Altruists possess only this example; it is a cheap one, but they are not a luxurious sect"
 Don't Shoot.-The German papers publish ed the following hit at the Socialists: Social Democrat to soldier: 'Say you are one of the people. You wouldn't fire on your own eountrymen, would you'" Soldier: ~No Catch me shooting at ybody." That's the way like to hear soldier talk. Sit down and have some beer" The soldier does so. ssNow take smoke" said the Social Demo crat after the report was over. Once more the soldier compiled. "Are there many sol diers in your regiment who would refuse te fire on the peoplea' asked the Socialist ssAbout twenty. You see we members of the band have nothing to shoot with. I an a member of the band. ."-Texas Siftings.