Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-21
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
 Ut is remarlzlble to think how ,losoly the fall of m tn followed upon the rise of wom 1.-WTch11 If0rcEer.
 -Thero are 419.o0J,00) cigarettes ased in .his country annually The lndortallers. dO1.oss and officers of in- sane asylum5 huvy grllt rea5 on to be thankful. Boston TauetF.
 Hostess (hoarding-house )-"Which 10 you prefer, Mr. d1 Lean, new pota- soes Or old?o Mr. de Ledl 1t doesn't matter about the potatoes, madam; but If you have two Eind5 O. oicl;c'Een. will take the new "-PaUut3Ip&ja Fo"ord.
 -ChiId Cat the.,ra during grand oalle. a.l..e .e,tioll " .l2.3 do all the pretty italics r)n3 from. Mamma?' Mamns -''F'rJa b3hin1 tlat big cur ,am at tas ba2.,; tlar9 aro many rooms there" 70, yes; th5 undressing rooms. .'-Pu!.tiE,ttt HseoW.
 An indignant parent, inl'ebulting refractory son, cXclajnad: "Remem- Der who you ;.re tall.ls to. sir! I'm your fatherm To waish the youth re- joined: 70, come noy, hope you ain't going to blame me for that. Troy Times.
 -Woman (to tramp) If l give you nice dinner will you help me put up some patent self-rolling window cur talns? Tramp-No, ma'am. I'll saw wood, carry in coal, or dig po5tholes, but l wouldn't help d wonln on win dow curtains if she gave me Delmon- leo spread. I. Sju9.
 MT. Warner Hurt dropped in at the post-otiice in Cumming, Ga, the other day, and bought ten cents worth oi postage stamps. He told the post master that it was the first purchase oI the sort he had ever made, and that in all his life-he is over seventy-siX now he had never written or received 8 letter.
 -"Did you balle these biscuits?' he asked at the supper table. '1es, George; made then expressly for you," she winnin&ly replied. And yet" said George, vainly trying to pry open a biscuit, you have always told mo you loved me, and couldn't live without mo! -NJrrtStowH H.rGA.
 -Barkin5- My speech went of like a breeze. All the good points were recognized immediately Candidus- "Yes, 1 noticed that. l recognized those you took from Jefferson and Jackson and Samuel J. Tilden at once. Next time you speak you ought to gei points that people won't recognize SC easily,"-HGrpar'S Gazar.
 -"And what answer do you make to my appeal?' he asked, as he knelt at her feet. "Jamas, I will be frank with you she mulmured. 70, speak" he implored, "and relieve me of this agony of suspense.' Then let me say it can not be" Why not?' Be. cause, James, do not feel able to sup oort husband. "-Bosioa Courier.
 -Author-"You say the story has merit. Then why do you hesitate about taking it?' Book publisher "Why, you see, sir, you have not an established reputation. You are not widely known yet The announcement of a story by you would not of itself be sufficient to make a spontaneous de- mand for it. Author-''I've fixed all that. I have friend that is book reviewer, aud as soon as my story ap- pears he is to brand it at once as plagiarism from oac of Zola's earlier works. '-C Chicago TrjJass.
 Had to Give It Up -Long-haired Passenger (to strangar) My friend, are you commercial trareler?' Stranger sir, and I'm making lots of money" Long-haired Passenger -"Ah, my young friend, there is some thing to live for in this world beside mere money, which moth and rust cor rupt and which thieves break through and steal. l was a commercial man my. self once." Stran.or-"Didn't you like the business?' Long-haired Pas. sengor-"Yes, but there wasn't any money ill it."-Ep1ah.