Wichita eagle., 1889-04-18
SPICY SLIPS.

THE reason why the poets Of the past
have the preference over the poets of the
present, is owing, very likely, to the ter
mination of their activity.
A GENTLEMENs' club organized under the
name of The Homeless Club will pro-
vide entertainment and accommodations
to enable its members to be homeless than
usual
A sUPERsTITIoUs actor who had given a
beggar dime TO ensure himself success in
his new play, regretfully remarked, upon
meeting with failure: Il wish had given
that tramp half dollar'
The common expression cold Nickn is
drawn from the demon Nicker, of the
legend of the Scandinavians s'Old Scratch"
is the demon Skratti, it is said, who sur
wives in the superstitions of Northern
Europe.
COFFEE COOLERS" was the term applied
to those skulkers in the army who, during
a battle, sought some sequestered nook
wherein to conceal their precious persons
I'D quaff the steaming contents of their
tin cups
''WELL, how did you like the sermon
Sunday9" asked one lady of another.
1.-The sermon2" eyes, you were at church
weren't youln ayes, certainly" "Well,
how did you like the sermonl' II didn't
hear any sermon; l belong to the choir, "
was the self-satisfed rejoinder.
THIS concise legend was discovered upon
the walls of a deserted shanty in the heart
of Dakota: Fore miles frum a naber; six
teen miles frum postofiis; twenty-five
miles frum ralerode; hundred an atey
frum timber; hat a mile frum waiter; God
bies our home. We're gone east to git a
fresh start.
a GERMAN paper to be entitled Der
Fraueattend, which being translated Is The
Enemy Of Woman, is to be started in Vien-
IA. Its object, as stated. will be the eman-
cipatioh of man from his subsection to shat
idealzed doll, woman" The protector
must surely be either bachelor or a
widower
AN Indian, like a Mexican or negro,
has natural, unaccountable yearning for
the succulent watermelon. A story is re-
lated of a noble son of the forest, who
wishing to obtain a melon from a ''pale-
face" put his request IN the following COM
prehensive form: ''Injun heap want pun
kin with heap plenty water in"
GRAY parrot was stationed in a nur-
sery, where his greatest delight was to see
the baby bathed. The child becoming
sick, the parrot was sent to the kitchen.
There, after a time, he set up terrible cry ::
''The baby, the dear baby" All the fami
ly rushed down to find the parrot in the
widest excitement watching the roasting
of sucking pig.
IT is thought that the FIJI Islanders
would again, on the slightest provOcation,
indulge their cannibalistic proclivities. Ii
behoove5 US therefore, in our iourneyings
abroad to give these anti-vegetarians a
wide berth. While we might not object to
serving as bake or fry, we might suffer
some pangs of remorse at being served up
az natural On the half-shell.
SINCE it became fashionable for young
ladies to wear q collar and necktie their
superiority to men has peen fully demon
strated. You never see lady with her
necktie over her ears. A brief trial of SIX
months has taught woman more In the
necktie-wear ing art than men have learned
in six thousand years. A human being
that can make a Eecktie stay in place
should have the right to cast two ballots
at every election.