San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-07
CHIPS AND CHUCKLES,
"Oh, do not let the word be nay"
The lover cried in woe.
"All right, John Henry" she replied;
at sha'n't be nay, but no."

The lover cried in woe.
"All right. John Henry" she replied:
-Harper's Bazaar.
A Bad Sign-Endorsing worthless
note.-Exchange.
Sic Transit-Crossing the ocean,
Burlington Free Press.
Probably the man who never made
a mis- stake in his life never made any
thing else.-Texas Siftings.
A picture in your Imagination is, of
course enclosed in a frame of mind
Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Hudson River is so full of her.
rings that in some places steamboats,
move with Observation-Disclosures
Record.
1t is rumored in Washington that
the President writes United States in
the abbreviated form of ps.-N. Y.
Press.
By climbing to the top of tele-
graph pole and looking upward it will
be seen that Nebraska corn is still
growing.-Kansas City Star.
SIS smoking offensive to you, sir?u
he said to stranger. ''Well-er-I
don't like it second hand" "Have a
cigar?" "Thanksn'-New York Sun.
Nature is bound to keep up the av-
erage; when she makes a man who
can accumulate fortune, she usually
produces family of spendthrifts to
squander it.-Yonkers Statesman.
Magistrate Ito prisoner)-"I see that
you lost several teeth in the fight"
Prisoner-"No, Your Honor, didn't
exactly lose 'em; they were knocked
down my throat. New York Sun.
Minister dining with the family
'This is very nice dinner, isn't it,
Bobby" Bobby (enjoying it)-"It
ought to be. Pa figured out that it
was going to cost him over So
Epoch.
Stern Father-My son, if it breaks
my heart, am going to break your
stubborn will. Dutiful son-An
right, father; I'm going to break yours
some day, if it breaks my pocket
Brudette.
A Mississippi woman fell into mill
pond and when she was rescued ten
pound catfish was entangled in her
wire hustle. Her husband wanted
to set her again, but she would not
consent.-NOrristown Herald.
Lady Ito country editor)-"I called
sir, to learn something in regard to
the condition of the poor of the place."
Editor with alacrity-"Yes madam"
be seated please" (To Office boy)
james, 60 down stairs and tell the
business manager to send up the
books. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Little Mr.. O'Flynn-"We have bin
married foive years an more, and it's
divil a cross word to me Guild woman
have l spoken yit!n Big Mrs. OFlynn
-"If yez did it would be ther last
word yez would liver speakn'-Puck.
Eastern Man (who has married
a western girl and taken up claim)
Heaven preserve us! The Indians!
The Indians! Whe-where's mm-y
g-g-g-gun" Western Bride-'"The
lazy red-skinned vagabonds! Hand
me that brooms tick. n-Omaha World.
There was double wedding and a
double christening in Cambridge.
Mass, family the other day. Two
daughters were married and two
grandchildren christened.
A farmer at Petaluma, CAL, recent
ly had a nest of four hens eggs
Matched by quail. The bird lowered
and cared for the little chicks the
same as the hens in the barnyard.
A box of fire crackers costs sixty
five cents in China, each box con-
tanning $500 crackers, neatly packed
and subdivided, all ready for the re-
tail trade. A million of these boxes
were imported by the trade for last
season and were all sold No dOuh t the
same amount-that is 2,650,0O0 fire
crackers-will be cracked away this
year.