Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27
LOTS OF LITTLE LAUGHS

AOA0 Va AS1O0
Oh the safe side-The cashier.
A HEAD gardener-the barber.
A FMLY @buster" colt that breaks
. record.
SoME men kick against bill, and
others foot it.
DROP dollar in the charity slot and
pull out blessing.
IT is the noble kentuckian who never
misses the water when the well runs
dry.
How GLAD both rich and poor would b.
When frigid are the days,
IL men who deal in coal could see
The error Of their weighs
The man who "shot at random" not
hitting it, has since lent his rife to the
youth who aimed at Immortality.
LARGE checks" for ladies' dresses Is
an old, old fashion. Ask any man
blessed with wife and daughters.
A PHILADELPHIA has constructed
house which he calls "a poem in brick.
Should it ignite from a defective fue,
would he call it versifer.
WHITE lies may not be so black as
the other kind; but they are most as
wicked. The color line cannot be
drawn successfully in the lying line.
The inventor of o new waist attach
ment" says the continuance is not harm
full. The old waist attachment, ac-
cording to our recollection, is armful.
IT has gotten so that when two soci-
ETY. women vie with one another for the
palm in personal beauty the race for
supremacy must be termed meek and
neck" race.
SIsTER-Were you at the reception
last night, Harry? Brother-Yes; for
about an hour. Sister-How were the
ladies dressed? Brother-O, about as
usual. Dresses cut V in the back and
G in front.
BkowN producing his scrapbook and
pointing with plide to enc of his early
effusions There, read that! Fogg
latter reading)-Can it be possible,
Brown, that you were so old as II when
you wrote this?
Mrs. GABB-What sort O folks are
those new neighbors of yours? Mrs.
Caldwell, I've been watching their
back yard for two weeks, but as they
send their washing to a laundry 1 can't
tell anything about them.
The man who first suggested the use
of an X as the signature of person
who could not write was no philoso-
pher. The fitness of things should have
led him to select the cipher, which as
nautograph is eminently significant IN
most cases.
BRIDE of day Ito her husband, who
is doing his best to entertain her on the
train DO stop talking a little while,
John. John (tenderly) -What is the
matter, dear? are you nervous? Bride
No, but I want to hear what the
women are saying in the seat behinc
us.
AFRAID lie had 'em again: Mr.. Ram
DO (at dime museum, in great alarm y
Nancy, do you see anything in thai
cage next to the monkeys? Mrs. Ram
bo-Yes, there's lot of snakes. Mr.
Rambo with recovered self-posession.
SO they are. Fine specimens, too
aren't they?
W1BBLE-Did you attend the anna
teur operate performance last night
Wabble-Yes, I had the best seat II
the house, No. SO q Balcony. Wibbl'
Why, it's almost impossible to hea
at all in that part of house. Wabble-
Just so. That's what made that sea
particularly desirable.
EXCUSE me-" said the parcel man
"but left package here about an hou
ago which should have been Delivers
next door," "Yes, SIR" replied tn
girl, "but you can't get it just yet.
"Why?" Because the lady hasn't ha'
time to undo it and examine the con
tents. Please call in about half Al
hour"
AT DAYBREAK.
| Chandelier, in accents shrill,
| Told that morn peeped DER the hill;
| But Young Colin debonair
| fingered yet with Phillis fair
In the parlor dark and still.
fingered there to COO and bill.
| Papas footsteps near the sill.
| Colin asked, with timorous air;
~Sha'n't clear?'
Eyes" she said, with sudden thrill
| OF conscience that the hour was i'll;
| And then he left with quiet care,
| While she meandered up the stair.
| Then silence reigned and wrought its Will