Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1888-01-07
SCINTILATlONS

Only little IS dlVlueS tue speCuIa-
tor and the peculator.-Edrth.
Aman's life may be like an open
hook; but it is bound to be closed
Picayu'ae.
This is the season when bartenders
make things hot for their customers
Boston Courier.
Base ball is as old as the world. as is
proven by the first line in Genesis; 'In
the big inning" etc.-7erds Syt'n9s.
If man really desires to discover
how popular he is rs speaker let him
charge fifty cents admission.-B0Sfon
Globe.
There IS no better cure for dyspep-
STA than the knowledge that there is
nothing to eat in the house. -Boston
Courier.
Mr.. Nevergo Bore PREACHING for
Observation-Disclosures going on. old
man?" Mr.. Busy Man (dodging)-.1
am. "-Burdette.
Kilrain and Smith are soon to fight.
Sympathy should be extended to the
victor. He is the fellow Sullivan ILL
tends to lick.-Omdha Herald.
"Were there any poets among the
ante-diluv ans?" writer asks. There
must have been or there wouldn't have
been any flood. -BoStou Courier.
Josef Holman may be a miraculous
pianist for n boy ten years old, but he
should 90 to school and learn how to
spell Joseph. boston Transcript.
If the price of coal keeps going high
er it will be the ultra-fashionable thing
for people to move their coal bins up
into the parlor.-Someruiile Journal.
Kentucky has a rooster with three
throats, and every time a Kentuckian
takes his Bourbon he wishes he was
that rooster. Fort Worth Tex
Gazette,
A man who has been hanged can
very properly be used to point an
argument for prohibition. 1t is clear
case of "a drop too much. boston
Globe.
A man in Manitoba has sent to New
York for a copy of the 'Boulanger
March," He says he wants to sec if he
can't discourage the billiards.
Exchange.
The brain of an elephant is some.
what larger than that of man. but the
trunk of an elephant is considerably
smaller than that of woman. -LoUeLl
Courier.
Men who wait for luck to make
them rich are generally compelled to
leave the settings of their funeral ex-
penses to their relatives. baltimore
american.
Gerster has lost her voice, sure
enough. but if it is ever found it will
be easy to identify it. There is no
other of the same pattern. -PhiladeL.
phia Press.
CrGsus never was called upon to act
for a season as financial manager of a
national opera company. This is why
he is known to history as man oi
some means. Chicago Tribune.
Everybody knows what bee line is.
1t runs in circle around clover patch
es and finally makes its way to s
hollow tree in the swamp. where the
honey is deposited. -Picayune.
IL shouldn't care to marry a WON
an who knows more than 1 do" he
remarked "Oh. Mr.. De Sappy," she
replied, "Im afraid you are o con-
firmed bachelor. "-Epoch.
The Boston Transcript asks: "Have
we Il Spartacus among usP" No. a
a thousand times no! But the canni.
bal who had eaten his wife said he wa,
glad-he-ate-her!-- Columbus Journal.
An old friend to widow in tears
II presume your husband had made
all preparations to face his makerp'
"He had. indeed. He was insured in
in six different companiesr'-Pari'
Fargo.
This conundrum comes by privat,
conveyance from a Rutland Count,
town: "what two rivers in New Eng
land ask and answer a question
Hoosic and Passumpsic. st. A!baa
Messenger.
Jay Gould's advice to boys is "Keel
out of bad company and go to worl
with will" And if you can't keeI
out of bad company. my boy, do as ia
does and wipe out the company.-Bos
ton Transcript