Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-10-13

"Robbie.n said the visitor, hare
you any little brothers and sisters -
NO" replied VIE Robhie; ~I'm -
TIE children we've got."
An exchange be- an article CO 80
funeral Of The future" We hare
often heard Of che "dead pest. but
we suppose ths fuiurs wns Jet alivs.
~Thafsa bssGstssk joke, = remarked
one 90 tho boardere at breakfast.
What kiBd Of . jokes thatf" asked
the man across the table. "Too tough
70 be pleasant"
Mr. Smiley-"But let me carry the
poodle my dear, and you can carry
the baby" Mira. Smiley-"No, 10;
you carry the baby; cannot trust
yOd with Gyp; you might drop him.
''Do you think I'm q fool % asked
q violent fellow Of Q doctor. Really
replied the doctor, II would not have
made the assertion, hut now that you
ask my opinion, must say that
am not prepared to deny it."
Judge Ito witness with bandaged
eye): Ibid he have any provocation
when he struck you ?n Witness
HE may have had something Of the
kind concealed on his person, but it
was . brick he struck me wid."
II have here letter directed to
the prettiest woman in the house, .
annonnced the presidontess of q wo-
mans conscnti0n -Four reporters on
the front seat were trampled to death
in the rush for the speakers stand.
De cow-beh can't keep . secret.
De bes' road to de yaller-jacke nest
ain't been diskivered yit. De wood
en- Ibjun' got some mighty strong
p'ints. Ripe apples make de tree
look taller. De red rose don't brag
in the dark.
Alibel on lovely woman nSmith.
did you see my wife 60 down this
street?n "Yes, she passed about 81
hour ago." Wonder what my chances
are for overtaking her 2" "Good.
The sidewalk is just lined with show
windows"
When I marry" said buddikt
schoolgirl, "I'll want a tall. l6e.
looking man "Tbere's where YOU
are wrong, SIS" said her more prac-
tieal sister. You'll have less trou-
bic watching 80 ugly man. and enjoy
more Of his company" /"
Asking too much A man applied
at house In San Antonio for aid.
"You should 60 to work and earn .
living was the reply. go to work |
Isn't it bad enough that / am so poor
that / have to beg, and here you cona
and want me to work beside?
where are you going, johnny 7
Dou't you see how it is raining
"Yes'ms I'm going in swimming.
"Going in swimming? Why, you
foolish boy, you'll get yourself wiring
ing wet if you go iu swimming Ia
such shower as this Wait till the
rain is over"
a Frenchman wboohad purchased
q I eouutty seat was complaining q
the want OF birds in bis garden. "Setl
some. traps,D replied an old ofEicer,
"and they'll come, | was once il
| Africa and there wasn't supposed 10
be awOnan within two hundred
miles. hOng . pair of earrings and
9 bracelet upon 8 tree. aud the next
morning 1 found two women under
the branches
Two drummers were dispEtiDg very
hotly one hight in smoking-car !.
One insisted that "either" and meth
err were correct, while the other
stOutly maintained that only dudes
and Anglomaniacs would 30 pro-
nOunce the words, aud that either,
and neither were the proper pro-
lbuneiations. Finally they agreed 10
ieave ito tbe man in the back seSfs
They woke him up and stated the ease
Now, then, which il right. = asked
one Of thb dfumn.ers, neither OF
'neithef1', seNaytber, !" Feppoued the
freshman, and settled back to sleep,
1 while the rest Of the car accepted an
iinTiiatiOn to take somethi4g out ol
the drummers' aasks