Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-28
NOTHING.

ssNothing but Leaves is the sad song of
some of the seaside hotel propri etors.-Bos-
ton Beacon.
There is a bright young man in England
who proposes to set Wagners operas to mu-
sic.-Tribune.
Surgeon General Hamilton knows as much
about fever as Weather-General Greely
knows about the weather.-New Orleans Pic
ayune.
Irate Father (to young Binks)-"Ses here,
young mani Didn't tell you never to enter
my gate againa" Young Binks-"Yes, sir;
and didn't I clum the fence. Judge.
Not Genuine Article.-Miss Bruce (who
has heard that her friend Miss Deering has
had falling out with Mr.. Downey)-"Why,
thought, Eugenia, that you and Dick were
very solid" Miss Deering Cicily)-"Oh,
dear, no; only plated. ."-The Cartoon.
"Young man, !" said the Dominic slowly.
day of rest?" eyes, know" replied young
Selvedgs, ''but since the old man stopped
advertising rest all the week, and I've got
to exercise when 1 get chance. e."-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Cheering gNews.-Mary-"Pm SO glad Eu-
genia was not seasick on the trip over"
Bessie-'How do you know she was mott
side." Mary-ssThe paper says that the City
of Rome was spoken by the Etruria, which
reported fAIl well on board life.
Mrs. Grogan (of ShanGytown)- Oh hear
Misthress Cassidy. that they do be goin' to
put up a row av brown sthone dwellings on
the svynoo beyant.
Mrs Cassidy-Yis; it do be a burnin
shame how these rich parvaynoos are crowd
ing our th' ould families uptown here
Puck.
Comparative Appetites.-Very stout old
lady watching the lions fed)-'"Pears to me,
Mister, that amt very big piece of meat for
sech an animal" Attendant with the great
est and most stupendous show of politeness
on earth)-"I s'pose it does seem like small
piece of meat to you, ma'am, but it's enough
for the lion. Life.
"Young man." he said, "what is the stuff
you are dTinkingN
"Whisky and seltzsr, sir"
"Den't you know that whisky is bad for
the stomach"
eyes, sir; but seltzer amt. One of the
most prominent physicians in the city has
advised me to drink it."-New York Sun.
"Man overheard! man overboardl" was
the startling cry which rang over the new
steamship the City of Oshkosh, as she fought
her way through the surging waves, straining
| every timber to break the record. "Shiver
my jibboom and splice my hawserl" shouted
| the captain, "but we can't stop nowg Throw
the unfortunate man some sea biscuit and a
| flag of distress, and we'll pick him up on
the way back"
Customer-'sThat was splendid insect pow
der You sold me the other day, Mr.. Gilman. u
Mr. Gilman with justifable pride)-"Yes, I
| think it's pretty good-the best in the
trade" Customer-sI'll take another couple
of pounds of it please" Mr.. Oilman-'sTwo
peundss' Yes, please, gave
the quarter of pound tnst I bought before
| to black beetle, and it made him SO i'll that
think if keep up the treatment for about
| a week may manage to kill him. Fun.
Notice-We have in our possession about
| forty deeds and conveyances belonging to as
many different parties, which we picked up
| on the street last night. They dropped from
the coat-tail pocket of our estimable and eff
| cient registrar of deeds as he was weaving his
way homeward at late hour. In the East
/ this would be called piece of gross careless
ness and the registrar would be expected tc
resign. Out here in the glorious West no i'm
| porfance is attached and the estimable regis
| tar takes an extra drink and pulls another
/ wire for denomination. And the worst of il
is that we owe the genial Henry $f4 in cast
and daren't go for him until it is paid.-Ari'
/ IONA Kicker.