Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-26
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1 The cigar that is called imported is abou as appropriately named as the hired girl WI 1 call domestic.-Yonkers Statesman. Grocer: Half pound of teaa Whict | will you have, black OF green?" Servant 'tShure, aythur will do. It's for an oule i woman that's nearly bloind." .-. 1 Wide trousers are coming into fashion again-probably to disguise as much as pos sible the fact that man has his pockets ful | of silver dollars. Burlington Free Press ''Herr Professor, how do you like my new l tragedy" ''Very much, indeed. Especially l the robbers-they are frst-rate In fact l they are the best thieves ever heard of even the words they speak are stolen from other books. ks."-Sehwabischer Merkur "Ephlum, what makes so many cat tails grow in dis heah pon'g' ssWell, should from kittens dat people hez drowned in de' of course. Peah's like you wimmen folks doan' know muffin bout agricultshaw'- Life.
 @I beg your pardon, sir," said Mr. Swell to a friend with whom he was holding heated argument. T beg your pardon, sir; I ought to understand this matter better than you 1 am graduate of two colleges, sir" "You remind me, replied his friend, livery much of a calf my father used to own who had the milk from two cows" "Whv, how was thats" ''He was a very large calf Lynn Union.
 ''Has this been what you may term a prof itable season!" he asked of the landlord of a seaside resort hotel the other day. "Well, yes; why do you ask?' ''Oh, I am an insur- anee agent and my company has a risk on this building" was the reply, 'sBut what of that?' ''Nothing, only I shall report that there is likelihood of this house escaping an incenaiary fire during the winter. Wall Styeet News.
 Jonny Fizzletop is not one of the most in dustrious boys in San Antonio. Not long since his father asked him ''Is your teacher satisfied with you?" "You bet he is He as say.' "He said that if all his scholars were like me he would shut up the school and go home. He meant that I know all that there is to be learned and that he can't teach me sfaad M what you saaa Clara-that you felt really insulted that he sleeves" She-'I am sorry you told him, John; it is needless to make the poor fellow feel bad about it. I don't imagine he thought about his appearance. But what did he say?' He-'7Oh, he said if he had known that you objected to shirt sleeves he would have rolled them up ont of sight, Boston Transcript.
 Tell me this, he softly murmured: Do youlove
 And she answered, shyly blushing, Hove youi
 Yes
 Turning then his glance upon her, solemny and
 slow,
 Thanks" " he aswered absently,-'I only wished
 to know.''
 The Dublin Mail recently published the following communication from 8 correspond ent: 1T enclose copy of an inscription in medieval Latin from stone discovered dur ing the excavations now proceeding at Cork Hill, near which stood church dedicated to a saint and missionary known to the chron iclers by the name of Uncatus Ambulan us The inscription is as follows: "I 'SABILLI-HGRES' AGO
 'FoRTIBUS' N. NoSCES MARI 'THEBE 'TRUX 'VoTIS 'INNEM IAN DUX.' ''' Upon this the Freeman's Journal observe. that, though not versed in an antiquarian lore, it offers a translation which may sui all purposes. Here it is: II say, billy, her els go, Forty 'busses in row. No, says Mary, they be trucks. What is in m? Peas and Ducks"