The Arizona sentinel., 1885-02-28
PITH AND POINT.

ALTHOUGH chickens are born i1 sheils they never become good oarsmen.
 TE1LsRs of exaggerated stories are known in business circl0 e yarn mez- chanta.
 "WHxH sorrow has left its traces" what has become of the rest ot the hAx- ness
 MODEL wivesiormerly took Ca stitch in time;" now, with the aid of sewing machine, they can take one in less than no time.
 A BoARDINa-HousE mistress, like the rest of us, has her weak and her strong points, the weak point being her tea and her strong point the butter.
 Nobody boke iti It cracked itseif.
 It was clear 'wsy ur on the toppest shsn.
 I-p'rhaps the kitty y-eat knows l"
 Says poor little Ned,
 With his ears as red
 A the heart of daLnssk rosa
 LESSON for young housekeepers {: "How can you tell young fowl from an old one?" "By the teeth!" "By tho teeth? But fowls have no teeht 1" "I know they haven't, but have P
 AN Arkansas man went to church for the first time in his life. The minister announced through the local paper thus he would discourse on "Lost Sheep" and the man hoped to gain some in- formation regarding stray ram of his.
 SHE knew him: "Do you reside in this city ?" asked masked man of & masked lady at masked party. He felt sick when she said to him, in low voice Don't be fool, John knew you by the wart on your thumb IL was his wife.
 Ar banquet the late John Brougham was seated next to Coroner Croker. A toast was proposed, and Brougham sAked the coroner what he should drink it ip. "Claret," said the coroner. "Claret P was the reply; "that's no drink for coroner. There's no body iu it"
 A VICTORIA (Vancouvef island) Chi naman, having thrashed a white man who had neglected to pay his "washee- washee" bill, the colonist indignantly exclsims: "TThings have come to pret- ty pass in this free country when Chi. nxman can dun a white man with im- punity."
 "Os, mash me I" mash me! . tater cried,
 While . beet brushed through and through,
 As i. fe.t its being incorporate
 With the soul of m Irish stew.
 But the scuiiop fierce , scrubbed his pot
 And the dirh-washer moodily washed,
 And naught was heard by the kitchen-hre flash
 Save tue curse of the corned-beef hash.
 TIE superiority of electricity over steem convincingly demonstrated: "Yes, sir; we have entered upon an era of elec- tricity, and steam will be done away with forever-replaced everywhere by the electrical machine" "How are they run-those electrical machines? Idont remember ever seeing one." By steam power.
 4 LITTLE boy in Sunday-schoo put . poser to his teacher. The lady was telling her class how God punished the Egyptians by causing the first born of eaelI household to be slain. The little boy listened attentlvely. At the proper interval he mildly inquired: "Whst would God have done had there been swlns?"
 SARAH F., Thorp Springs: "Where SnoulQ wear du eDSdScmcub IUB Wear it on the second finger of the left hand, if everything is open and above board but if you do not want the old psople to know of the engagement we would advise you to wear 1t in the right hand corner of an old striped stocking at the bottom of the bureau drawer.
 "YEs." whispered the boy to Mir. Bs,num, "Pm ready to pay for my ticket, but want the privilege of going in by crawling under the tent" And Mr. Barnum agreed, and ordered the guards not to interfere with the lad and after the boy had performed the feat Mir. Barnum went inside and asked his reasons for it, and the lad explained that he had got over $7 bet with the boys who had tried the crawl and failed that he would succeed in 1t