Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-07
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She was from Boston.-Cadet( (vainglorious- ly)-s'Im afraid we fighting men are too sus- ceptible, Miss Brenton.'' Miss Brenton- "Yes; how awfully susceptible Mir. Smith
 was to MT. Kilrain, wasn't hea"-Tid Bits. She was that innocentl-Miss Forsyght-
 ''Do you think it was quite the thing, dear, to wear sprig of mistletoe-conspicuousl placed in your front hair?" Miss Angenew-- ssWhy, what would be the use of hiding it in my back hair, dearsn-Fun. "As politician and an orator MT. Evarts is behind the ago." asserted the Anarchist at our fifty cent table d'hote last evening, Che
 does not belong to the period" "No," said the casual stranger, Che is the slave of the comma and semicolon."-Puck.
 "Who was the young man here last nighta' asked K street father of his only daughter.
 'sWhy, papa, that was my accepted lover. ''
 'Your lover, childa Why, I never saw him
 beforel What does he do?' "Do, papa2 Do?'
 she replied in amazement, "He doesn't dc anything; he has a government positien."- Washington Critic.
 "You ought to see the Wise and Foolish Virgins Cashly," said one of our art critics to 8 Boston acquaintance the other day. ssDidn't know they allowed men visitors to Sorosis," was the ingenious eastern reply; and the New Yorker, who had signed the pledge that morning, broke it to save his reason from tettering.-Tid-Bits. He understood fl gures.-Artist-"B Before ve begin, would like to inquire eff your taste inclines to figures or landsoapef Genius from the country -''Oh, I graduated in fggerin' at Hominy school house; been clear through higher 'rithmertic an stood my zamination, ,an' guess, if you don't keer I'll go to drawin' landscapes. ."-Harper's Ba gar.
 Katharine-Well, Charlotte, hear you are to be married.
 Charlotte-Yes, it takes place very soor now.
 Katharine-Will you elopes Charlotte-Of course l won't. I'm not il | the chestnut business. I shall get married \ in the regular way and startle society," Washington Critic.
 Amateur archseologist (hunting in the corn l field for "fints'O O-''Say, Uncle Abner, be ! lieve this is part of the cranium of an In | dian. Did you ever hear that the aborigine
 had burial ground heres This fragment i | very badly disintegrated, but there can hard | ly be any doubt" Uncle Abner-'sLet' ! see. Thunderation, that airs 8 piece of | shell O one O last years punkins. ."-Bostol Beacon.
 s'What shall I write withf" exclaims nov elist. "Shall I use my golden pen to-day ol shall write with pencil2' It makes nc difference whether you employ 8 pen or | pencil. Character is drawn by the picturins acuteness of the brain and not by the imple ment which you hold in hand. Very poo
 sentences are written with gold pens; goot thoughts are often set down with stubbe, pencil that looks as though it might hay been chewed by calf. Perhaps it has-per haps the writer chewed it while trying t
 think of the thought.-Arkansaw Traveller It was the burglars widow His coffin sat beside, Her hot tears fell like summer rain, And piteously she cried: I 'tSt. Peter'l never let him ! Inside the blessed gatel' But came to her second thought, And she exclaimed, Just wait.' Then rose the burglars widow, And this is what she did ! She slipped his trusty jimmy Beneath the coffin lid. stNow let old St. Peter hold the door; Jack will get in, you betI He's got his jimmy with him. and It never failed him yet!'' Chicago Tribune.