Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-01
SENSE AND NONSENSE.

FIFTY CENTS is the hotel boys esti-
mate of true gentleman. .-Merchant
Trdueler.
The chiropo1ist should take his
aquatic excursions on q tow boat
Boston Gazette.
WILL KNOTT is q Washington gentle
man who, when he is in hurry, signs
his name Won't"
IT will be great day for newspaper
men when they can live on tickets to
county fairs. .-LiUonia Gazette.
"SoME fellows" says Carl Pretzel,
"vill shpout sharidy und dhen got dheir
next-door nabor to bractics dot"
IT is said that visitors to the Sioux
City corn palace look upon the struc-
ture with a-maize. Pittsburg Chron-
WOMAN (to tramp)--How's the soup?
Tramp-'Taint quite strong enough,
ma'am. wish you would wash a few
more dishes in it.
HUGGING does not always denote
affection; for the man who embraces o
lamp-post does it only for support yet
finds no sport in it.
A PHILOSOPHER says: "Modesty is
maiden's necklace" o, my! o, my!
Then it should be worn at q full-dress
ball.-NelU Orleans Picdy1tree.
WE need each others forbearances MS
we'll as encouragement in order to do
our best. We do not all see alike; wo
cannot all work in the same way.
EXCUSE me, SIR" said pickpocket
| TO an old gentleman, as he handed him
back the Waterbury watch he had
stolen, II thought it was a Waltham.
| Mr. GTat1ldy.
| The man with glass eye has thu
great consolation that he is putting on
more style than his neighbor. He has
stained glass window to his SOUL
| AtchisO3l Globe.
In Ecuador it is understood that the
employer shall board the cooks family
| The case is similar in America, only
the employer doesn't understand it,
brakes Magazine.
Miss CLARA entertaining a caller)-
| Bobby, You mustn't play with Mr..
| Featherly's hat. Bobby-Why not?
Miss Clara-You might injure it; and,
besides. he will want it shortly
Time.
A MAN in Carson, S. c., has taught
his cat to play on the piano. He is still
living, but his neighbors are ho ding
Indignation meetings. Should the cat
attempt to play and sing "Rock-a-By"
at the same time, blood will flow
NoTristOUn Herald.
A CAPE MAY paper recently stated
that a well-known young lady was
present at hop "ravishingly attired in
a Psyche knot" Rather cool for such Il
costume, one would think, even as far
south as Cape May, but of course fasL-
ion must not be neglected.
| A KANSAS CRY Judge has decided
that women can wear trousers in Mis-
souri,. There are many households in
all parts of the country that can testify
that, even without judicial decision, the
practice is not uncommon outside OF the
State of Missouri. boston Post.
Miss GOTHAM (to Mr. Wabash, re-
Gently returned from abroad)-I sup
pose you were at court while in Lon
don. Mr.. Wabash? Mr.. Wabash Gun
)-Well-er-yes, Miss Gotham
but only once, and then got off with q
merely nominal fine.-HG'per's Bdzar.
"WHY, John, what Is the matter With
the baby?" she said, as she came has lily
into the house "He is crying bitterly.
"Yes," replied the old man, as he hand
, ed the infant over; che. is evidently
} thinking of what the Governor of North
Carolina said to the Governor of South
, Carolina.
Where are you going, ma
/ Mother-I'm going to wedding break
fast, Bobby, and you must be gooc
little boy while Tn away. Bobby-Dit
you have wedding breakfast when
you were married, ma? Mother-Y, 5
I dear Bobby-Is that Sd? Why,
, don't remember anything about it,
| Sunday Republic.
A YOUNG widow, in erecting monu
! ment to the dear departed, cleverll
) avails herself of the opportunity to in
: scribe upon the tomb: SACRED to th'
memory of Mathuzin Bezuchet, who dc
j, parted this life, aged sixty-eight years
e regretting the necessity of parting from
. tn most charming Of women-'-Sdl
Francisco Wasp.
Il urn 1Tvrp CTrON