Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-20
INQUIRIKS.

| What game do you scholars play the
 mostF inquired ons of the school trustees.
 'Hookey" cried the boys in unison.-Har- per's Bazaar.
 Milkman-Did you wish to settle for your last months milk2
 to chalk it, as you usually do.-LowelI Citi- Zen.
 Lady-Professor, how is my daughter get ting on with her musica Prof. Fortissime (smbiguously) y)-Madam, it | is only question of time.-Burlington Free 1 Press.
 ! Eleven million eggs were imported into
 this country from Canada last year. They will be useful in case of retaliation, if there are any of them left oYer.-Boston Trans- ! cript.
 The farmers in central New York have or- | ganized an apple trust. If they expect it ! will keep trsnps on the outside of the fence ! they are very much mistaken.-Burlington ! Free Press.
 Mistress {to Bridget; who is cleaning win
 dows in the second story y(-Geraidipe, man has just rung the basement bell. Bridget-Ask i'm up to the parlor and till
 him Oi'il be down in jiffy.-Time.
 Someone says that ''no lazy person ever ! becomes @ successful liar;" but it has been | said that lazy person ia the most successful | fisherman, and the consistency of the two ! statements don't consist, as it were.-Provi- ! denco Journal.
 Householder to tramp-No. you can't have | anything to eat here Go right awayI l Tramp-That's what they told me over the | way. They said you had only one meal a l week here. Sorry troubled you. Ta-ta.- 1 Chicago Tribune. No reason for it: Gibbs-''I see we have | in this country standing army of 25, 900 | men," Ferguson-"Yes; and what good ' loR eha IL L 1 tired enough of doing nothing to sit down | for 8 while. .s0Boston Post. "My dear, i" remarked found mother to a belle of several seasons, "what did you mean by taking young Mir. Rsdcheek's hand last | nightF"
 'Nothing, mamma only always like to encourage amateures. "-New York Wrold. First western stage robber-Well, mate, ! nave you had a good weekl ! Second W. s. R.-No luck at all. Held up ! two coaches, but they were filled with Demo ! crats and didn't get anything but few ci- gars and two packs of cards.-Chicago Fri | bune.
 l "Yes, Uncle Cicero, I've got job for you. | but it consists in saving that pile of wood out there. I've nothing for you indoors" tWell, sah, pse berry sorry, but I'll have to decline, sah. can't afford to have the passing public think bet on lection. It would hurt my reputation, sah. Good day,
 sh."-Chioago Tribune. l A little girl was sitting on the floor when the sun shone in her face. "Go 'wayl go 'wayl" she cried, striking out at it. 1 "You move, dear, and it won't trouble you," said her mamma.
 1T slant; dot here first" said the little
 one.-Boston Youths Companion.
 MT. Blifkirs-Catch me paying that fellow $10 to dig that little ditch; I'll go out and dig
 1t myself.
 Mrs. Blifkins-Horrorsl Have you lost your senses, Mir. Blifkiasi What will the ! neighbors thinki
 They'll only think I'm paying an election
 bet, my ydear."-Philadelphia Record.
 There are 3, 300 watches made in this coun- ! try every day, and yet when 8 young man ] gets his first watch, he puts on as many airs
 over his possession as he could if his were the only tims-piece ever manufactured and the art of making watches had from the mos
 ment his left the hands of the maker become
 at once and forever lost art.-Boston Tran { script
 | You cannot construct cabinet | No matter what statesmen say, ! Out Of wind and gulf and similar stuff, | Because it's not built that way. l New York Journal.