The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-01-27
ipiTH AND, POINT.

-.'Do you wish to be my wife. Ma
bel?" said little boy. Yes" incau--
tiously answered Mabel. ''Then pull of
my boots. Pail Mall Gazette fa
"A man who is willing to hold the |
baby part of the time and grease the
griddfe in the morning is, in woman's
eye, the only substitute for cash,:tsi'a |
Tive eaten next to nothing" lisped
Smithers, who was dining with his girl.
ooh, / always do that when I sit by
you,' responded the young lady, pleas
antly.-Sam. .....- ....., ...f.. saa, #
-"Give us the ballot-box," is the cry
of but very few Of the fair sex, while the
rest of our feminine population is con.
tent with being allowed to frequently
stuff the handbook Philadelphia Her.
aid. .d & $50 5.Mt sGF 'ipaF
q 1T is said that. .san. Ohio man
planted the first American flag in Cali
fornia soil in 1888. 80 Whether it grew
or not is not stated; but we suppose of
course it did. They have a glorious
climate out there. -Loweu Citizen.
"A man in Northampton County
went to sleep in an engine house, us
ing box of dynamite for a pillow.
When he awoke he found his head
blown off, 1t must have been pain
full surprise to him.-No7Yistoeon Her.,
ald .............. ..s.-,..
Innocence Out Of the City.-"1 wish
you'd let me 90 to the city with you,
Charlie, DEAR said young wife to her
husband, who is on the Stock Exchange;
II should so like just for once to take a
stroll through the money market. IN.
2. Ledger. g.. 49,. ..,.
H. Mr.. Middlemas met three tramps
this morning; to the first ne gave five
cents, to the second ten cents, and to
the third ten cents--what time was it?
All give it up? Want me to tell you!
Why, it is easy to see what time it was
Ia quarter to three. N Y. lndepend-
e,at.
Nothing makes a man feel the
value of an economical wife so much as
when he finds that the hundred dollars
he had given her to buy Christmas
presents with has been invested in pay
ing her dressmaker's bill and buying
him corn-cob pipe.--FaA River
Herald.
| -Wife-"Aren't you going to eat
your pudding, dear?' Husband (pok
ing it disparagingly with his spoon)-
1T would kill me to eat that mess of in
digestible stuff Wife-"I know it's
not very nice, but you had better eat i
dear. I hate to see it wasted. CHI
cago Mail.
Times are pretty hard with some o.
!, the small brokers in the new board o
!, trade district, A deaf and dumb maj
went into an office in the open Board 9
J. Trade Building the other day, and
Selling piece Of paper, wrote: - al
' hungry. The broker took the piece
paper, read the unhappy words an
: scrawled under, them: $50 am I. n-Ch
!: cago Herald. t.,s t,E Plfa,f1gs7r
i She should have darned EN-;
Q The beautiful maiden is shopping day,
= Quite busy, and to her surprise, ~
While through the thronged street she
4 Her beau in the street she espies.
= Good gracious! ills awful! He's coming, I
- doubt,
J. And swift to her heart strikes pain;
The eyes of affection will single her out,
:. He'll see her and speak, that is plain.
Q She halts, bushes redly, then crosses q
. Avoiding the youth that she loves;
= The maid 1t would mortifymuch should til
- There are holes in the tips Of her glove
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