Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-26
WIT AND WISDOM.

Tn mosquito always makes himself
% hum.
! WOODEN wedding Marrying :
bIookhead.
TIE hery The rsd-headed
hotel clerk.
How TO shorten lie Worry about
iengthening it.
THE goose and the tailor are very
clothes friends.
III the neighborhood Of Central Park
they call wife-beaters Iamas.
ARTISTS should never neglect being
vaccinated, Is they are always sketch
ing something.
WHTCH two Of the letters Of the al
phabet tell the downfall OF many q
young mang" x. 8.
HTseye was black, bis nose was red,
He hadn't any teeth at all;
When asked what made him look so sad,
He said, i've been . piayin' ball !"
ECONOMY will always pay; the man
who saves is wise; and those content
with mush to-day viii one day eat mince
pies.
'sYEs, said Mrs. Spriggina, when she
read the menu Of recent fashionable
dinner, s'the man who got up that there
feast must have been an epicac l"--Life.
GoMEHow or other everybody some
time or other wants to sing sAuld Lang
G~w,<s Al n,,a~, 49,. w.n~s e.. = -. sa1s1<~.
knows the words. And he only knows
the first verse. and he doesn't sing it
right.
EsrnoYER to clerk: 81 don't object
to your going to . funeral once in
while, but think you might bring me
home fish or two" Sunblush on the
end Of the clerks nose extends rapidly
70 his ears.
TIE next time convention il held TO
ascertain who has the right to the title
Of the meanest man in the United
States, the clerks in the War Depart
ment propose to submit the name OF
party who endeavored to have his Rrst
wife's wedding ring used in plugging
the second wife's teeth.
IT IL said that some men never become
irritated, but there never was q mas
culine mortal who, while putting mp pic
ture nails, could bear in silence his wife's
question. 'sWhy didn't you hit the
nail r. This ID one Of the things which
has been known to wreck households
and all the divorce courts.
BURDEVTns.
ssFATHER," said the young man,
shaking his head mournfulIy, s'had an
iron will. " "You ought to know" re-
piled his lawyer, ''you forged it your.
seIf.
SHE had all Of her dresses by Worth,
Being wealthy by marriage and borth !;
But BY overmuch NORTH, She extended
her gorth, And soon was the faeshiest
woman on orth.
A SAD looking man went to the United
States Mint and applied for board and
lodging. ''Sir," said the mint man,
haughtily, "this Is not boarding
house" ssNo ?" replied the sad looking
stranger, II was told this was the place
where they make cash. And then they
scent him away.
3 HAS It's time to come and 90, And
oysters wax and wane with every moon
And shad. with bony sweetness hoe their
roe And swim away before che end Of
June And the meek clam, BY sea and
sound, Deserts its jocund bakes, benign,
serene, But you hang on the whole year
ronAd. Always ia season, Oh qui.niae
(sse-neess)s
AN eminent scientist Il writing about
a'the sun d. source Of energy. Some
now il never seems to lend much energy
TO the man who sits on dry goods box
eight hours : day, basking iii the rays q
this infinite source 81 energy, and wish
Ing some customer would happen along
o. that de could think of something that
would keep him awake until bed time.
Two BOLD, bad robbers went into i |
Kansas bank the other day, after bank
ing hours. TOO, about seven hours after.
end drew ont nearly S., 900. That Il TIE
way og this partial old world THAT'S the
mean, trucking way Of the money
kings. An honest editor, Who ii al his /
upright life bad never stolen anything
mora than ) wandering paragraph. |
might 60 b that hank and bee f0g g dol /
iaRa sid until his voice WIS al gone.
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