Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-15
EVENING TWNKLES.

The republican watchword henceforth viii
be sine Quay non.
sleeve than to ''smile" at the bar.
The demand for oatmeal mush at breakfast
has caused quite stir in the kitchen.
Judging from the amount Of mail he receives
Gen. Harrison must be a man Of letters.
A ferry boat and a man who steps on bana-
ma skin are alike in that both make q slip.
It is hardly the thing for young lady to
tell dandy Soung physician that he looks kill
ing.
It is a question which the average society
girl regards most, free speech or the power of
the press.
A Berlin scientist says that salt is conducive
to longevity. The octogenarians must be the
salt of the earth.
The man who won your money on an cleo
ton may not be your superior, though he is
certainly better.
The placing of an engagement ring on fair
girls finger may be appropriately called hand
to-hand encounter.
The Philadelphia courts have been gravely
invoked to determine how far o copyrighted
tombstone may be infringed upon.
Austria has lately made stringentr rules against
stroning bands Of gypsys. They are not to be
permitted to Romany moro in that empire.
The fact that Hostetter. the stomach Bit
ters' man died many millionaire, proves that
he mingled the bitters with the sweet in life
Western town which was prosperous year
ago is now entirely deserted. The railroad was
changed and the people have formed new ties.
Jones says that the reason why he calls his
best girl an angel is because when she sees
him coming she flies to the door to let him in.
The man who was sent to Jail for stealing a
pig made up his mind that the next time he
wouldn't take anything that would squeal on
him.
1t caused some excitement in the market the
other day when the Widow Bacon stepped up
to the butcher and asked for ham without a
tremor in her voice.
The fastidious Toronto World advises the Ca
nadians to steer clear of annexation because,
as 1t says, 1.-The people of the United States are
not our kind Of cattle"
great deal is said about the perfect pro-
portions of women, but in nearly Gil the New
England states the proportion Of women to
men is about seven to one.
Idaho boasts of q practical female shoemaker.
She is said to have awl the work she can do,
and keeps pegging away with the evident OBJ
1ect OF becoming well "heeled."
The number of men capable of bearing arms
is calculated at one-fourth of the population.
The number of women capable of barring arms
can be ascert tanned at any swell reception.
Lord Tennyson is the only living author
whose writings are used in civil-sereice exami-
nations in India. This gives an India inkling
OF the high regard they have for the poet in
that country.
which will be most worn for evening dress by
ladies this winter will be buff and blue. Buff
seems to have been the rage ever since the de-
collete waist has been in vogue
Ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, who now lives
in Paris, has become devoted to the American
game Of poker. If she should happen to chip
in to Spanish politics, however, she would be
raised out of the game in short order.
cooking-school in Pittsburg makes a spe-
cialty OF educating men cooks. If the women
in Pittsburg do not know how to cook, their
husbands will prevent marriage from being a
failure by taking up the skillet and the roast
ing pan.
An equine freak is said to have recently
landed at San Francisco. the main feature of
which is that it is entirely without hair, even
where the name and tail ought to be- In other
respects it is a model horse. This tale will
hardly be believed.
A curious notion in table decoration is to
have the center Of the table made into little
pond in which crabs and Holsters are seen. and
even fish are padding about. This prepares
the dyspeptic for the nightmare, which he
knows will follow the supper.
Under the laws Of France person who is re-
ported dead by legal official must remain
dead, no matter how much he comes to life. II
he wants to live he must take some other name
1t would seem that all man heavily in debt
had to do would be to stand in with some Off
cial, get himself reported dead, then commence
life over again under q new name without
owing ANYBODY a cent