The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21
PlTH AND POINT.

No pusson is lazy case be d..
want money. but beca'se he doan ws sa
ter work.-ArkansaU 7rareler. "A'
The ordinary stride of Maud ;.
seventeen feet per second. That of
man lodging butcher b.l, is tvsn..
one.-DetrOit Free Press.
"A dealer in cheap boots in nm. :.
his advertisements saws: Ladies' wish
ing these cheap shoes will do we'll =
call soon. as they will not last Ion, "
Chicago Tribune.
&c. is so verv close" was obssrv.s
by B., "that he VIII squabble aho,,
farthing" Well" remarked w "a
have always thought that the less ON.
squabbles about the better" ~ r
Mail.
-Flossie told her mother some new,
to which the latter replied: You don,
say sou Mamma" said Floss;.
why do you say You don't saw .,
when I've just this minute said it,n
Boston Post.
-Inquirer-Yes; "paragraphistr nm,
doubtedby originated from the use -
the fist" (p@) at the beginning Of
each paragraph. Therefore YOU ara
correct in your spelling reform of ths
word to '.paragratist. "-Currest.
Trousers with two legs are a p,;r.
a shirt with two arms is only one shin
Philosophers had better give up irving
to tlnd out whether the moon is inhah.
tied with spooks and clear up some a
the DARK mysteries of this life.-Toledo
Blade.
Human nature is a good deal lks
dog nature. Whenever some other do,
wants the bone it becomes doubI
precious; and when a man is about %
lose something upon which he has put
slight value, its worth goes skywud
rapidly.-Cereland Leader.
-"How did you come to fall in love
with Matte Cook. Fred. Her face isn't
the prettiest in the world" Il admit
that, Bob. but then she's a lovely chr.
acter and such pretty foot" oh.
then it was her foot that led YOU to
adore Mat?'- Yoakers Gazette.
Miss De Vere-Don't you sing, Mr..
Lisle? Mr.. Isle (of the Harvard Gles
Club)-Oh. yes, but we are not alone.
That ugly old duffer in the corner has
been watching Us the last half hour.
Miss De Vere-Oh, never mind him;
he's only my father.-Brooklyn Eaqk
-Featherly was making an evening
call and the revised edition was being
discussed. '.In the new Bible that ps
brought home" SAID Bobby. joining
the conversation. SISTER is four years
younger than she was in the old one.
Is that what is meant by the revised
edition?"-N y Sun.
I'LL tell you a great secret but
you must promise not to give it away"
..Of course not" Il believe Miss Biz
de McGinnis is gone on me. I've al
most made up my mind to pop the
question" What did she say to your"
'.She didn't say anything to me pre-
cisely, but at the picnic on Onion Creek
she patted my dog on the head. Isn't
that an encouraging sign" Yes
that's the next thing to patting you on
the head. Your turn will come next. "
-7e1as Sittings.
-Hewas poet, and he was talking to
Miss Ethel in the conservatory, and as
she toyed with the ice which he had
just brought her. she inquired: ''Mr.
Rimer. you write a good deal Of pc-
etry. don't you?" ''Oh, yes. Miss
Ethel" he answered. land it comes %
easily to me. Why. do you know. lex
pect it is more work for you to read
nv poems that it is for me to wriis
them" "Yes, I expect it is" she ~
swered coyly: land it must be much
pleasanter to write them than to read
Them" And then he looked up at The
shrubs that grew around them and
said nothing. while she confined p
toy with the chilly orange-lavored lea
Boston Post.