Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-24
THE HUMORISTS.

"All But" is the title of new novel
The nero Is not, as some might
infer, William goat. New Haven News.
He ION horseback" Shall we take the
highway homer She-"No; | would pre-
fer the bridal path, think" Bazaar.
The only championship that Yale now
holds is in lawntennis. Next year it may
be reduced to crOquet. New Orleans Pi-
cayune.
An enterprising reporter, writing up a
wreck at sea, stated that no less than four
of the crew and passengers bit the dust.
Texas Slftlngs.
The latest report is that the Hon. John l..
Sullivan is coming to New York 10 i've.
FIRST HOweils, and then Sullivan. Poor old
Boston! Puck.
Mr.. Talmage thinks that newspaper men
are miserable. Some OF them are not Some
OF them are dead, Mr.. Talmage. Arkansaw
Traveller.
A porous plaster has been bOycOtted. We
DEFY the best organized boycott In America
TO discourage porous plaster after tlve MIN
utes' start. Burlington Free Press.
An exchange contains all article: How
a JOURNALIST OutwItLed ii Queen.' The jour
nallSt, We suspect, swung The king. We
have seen II dome frequently. Elk.
She-"l see that Adonis has been Kissed
IN London. Did you not tell me you had
seen the play at the BijOu forty times?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS than twenty"
Lite.
Old Gentleman Ito boy)-"Aren't you
boys rather Old 10 be play Ing 50 childish d
game AS mumDle-the-pek" One OF the hoy 5
were playng Tor twenty tiye Cents d
ganle." Life. -
Hostess-"What has become of Sandy
Smitn, WHO stood SO high IN your cIass?'
Alumnus-"On, he's taken OruerS some
tIme." Hustess-'He'S In the ministry.
tnen?' Alumnus-"No; In a restaurant
Life.
The Chinese alphabet contains about tbir-
| ~ thousand Characters, and the man who
thinks vi constructing Chinese " pc writer
Will nave ~ make IL The size Oh Il nifty horse
power threshlng machine and ruL IT by
steam. NOrrIslOwn Herald.
Young HouSeKeeper Ito dea.er)-'Have
| you small hand bellows for blowing The
| tiie?' Dealer-''SOmetnIng ike that, mad
amp Young HOusekeeper-"Yes; that will
40. If you Will 1u IL With wlnd anu put a
cork In the end. I'll takeit with Me-" Lie.
Henry Watson, of Greenville, Michigl n,
kept Rough on Rats" in his barn, ana sew.
eraI hundred OF his Ply mouth Rock chick.
ems dIned on il and died. This poison seems
10 be rough on every living thing except
rats. Hence It's name. NurrIstOwn Herald.
First Detective-''Have you succeeded In
locating your suspected ANARCHIST SecunO
| Dettcuvt-"Ges; have him dead to lights
50 far as the house Is concerned. But you
see ne Is Mormon, and DON'T know exact
ly which bed he Is under" Merchant Trav
eler.
Mr.. de Garmo-"l suppose about this tim,
| OF the year You young ladies who are going
| To graduate are engaged all the time III pre-
parIng your essays. I'm! by the way, Mis-:
EugenIa, what Is yours gong to be?' Miss
Eugenla-"Pale-bIue trimmed with Tea
race" Tid-Dlts.
Eastern Young Lady CO Western young
man)-"We were disappointed In not getting
cards TO your sisters wedding, Mr.. Breezy
Were there no carIsT Mr. BreeZy-"Wel
-er, sister dldn't play any, but some of VI
mad little 81 limit after the minister 90
away" New York Sun.
As far as we have noticed, there has beer
thus tar no organized movement for an III
crease in The Wages of Sin.'-BUStOn Re
cord. As the wages or SID Is dealn," VII
the RecUru tell Us what twenty-five pc
cent. ADVANCE would be? Lowell Courier
Residence IN st. Louis. Rambler.
Reporter-"Are you going to work to-day
PaI?" Pat-"Sure, L uunnO. My ould W.
man says she'll break me- head II 4 uon't
anu the union men will break me head If
do. Sure, THESE are hard times for uacln
men. 1 think II just take me chances Will
The Ould woman" y. Y. Times.
Customer Ito drug clerk)-"What do yo,
charge for aISenIc?" Drug Clerk (suspIcl
UuSly)-'Wnat do you want II IOrr" Gus
ioine.-"l am French candy manutacIul
er." Drug CLERK Suspicious allayed)-"On
beg pardon, SIT; 1 Thought perhaps yU
wanted to take 1t yourself" y. Y. Sun.
Mrs. Brown Caying do Sn the paper)-"
see the lUvelest women ID Kansas are 1Oun,
In Cherryvaie; and, strange 10 say, the
rever wear corsetS. How different the
must LOOK from our Northern wumen.
Brown (disguSted)-''Y indeed. Up ner
our society ladies scarcely wear any thIn,
else" Judge.