The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-09-19

the yacht Psyche shot past the wharf.
eyes," replied her uncle from St.
Louis ssbut isn't that funny way to
spell fish ?''-LigM.
Blinks-"I saw man turn pale and
tremble to-day at the mention of the
American navy klinks-"Eh ?
Was he foreigner - "No; he be-
longs to the marines and can't swim. J"
Nea0 York Weekly.
Gus-"What did you think of our
amateur theatricals, Miss Mamie !?
Rather rare entertainment, was it
not?" Miss Mamie -sWell-er-yes;
it wasn't very well done, to be sure"
-Hayper's Basar.
Labor-saving Proposition --:'Well,
Johnny, shall forgive you this time ;
and it's very pretty of you to write a
letter to say you're sorry" eyes, ma,
don't tear it up please" "Why, John
ny?" "Because it will do for next
time ~ Christian Nation.
Joaquin Miller daughter is in want,
but Miller, who is rich, will not open
his door and ask her to Joaquin, just
because she married against his will.
If the father were poet he would not
be rich, and if he were man he would
not be brute Detroit Free Press.
| W. co,,o+;,,oo pouco oXul,;lo RI vpondor how
| the world about us
| When we are dead and in our graves will
| get along without us.
IT'S we'll we do not feel the truth, for it
would surely fret us,
To know how little it will miss us, how
Boston Courier
l saw her in her Hading veil:
She looked so charming and serene
l though her just the lOvliest girl
| That had ever seen.
But, 10 she raised her Hading veil,
scarcely could believe mine eyes.
For she who seemed so sweet and fair
| Was, oh, SO otherwise.
-Harper's Weekly.
Assistant editor-"Here's an &C
count of a minister assaulted by dis
appointed lover, while in the act of
performing the marriage ceremony"
Chief-"Put it in the railway news.
Assistant (astonished) )-ssWhy?" Chief
"He was hurt while making a coup
ling" "-Ep0eh.
care you going to deny that charge
you made against me in yesterdays
paper?" he thundered at the editor.
"No, sir !! !" thundered back the
editor.
"That's right" he said quickly, elf
there is one thing I admire it is the
man who sticks by his convictions. -
Time.
A young lady at Athens, Ca, has
invented lamp that will cease to burn
exactly at 10 o'clock. The average
Georgia lover has no fault to find with
the lamp; in fact, he would be better
satisfied if it would go out as soon as
he came in. If the young lady wants
to make real ten-strike she should
invent father who will go to bed at
9 o'clock. Toledo Commercial
The bitter before the sweet-Jimmy
-"Mamma, l wish you'd lick me real
good and hard" Mother (surprised)
-"Whip you! Why, Jimmy, you
havn't done anything wrong, have
you?' Jimmy-'sNo; but me an
Bill Jones are goin swimmin', and
you know you told me you'd lick me
if went, SO thought I'd enjoy the
swim a good deal more if you'd do it
beforehand. ."-Laz0renee american.
Men who have stood where thousands
fell, who have gazed unmoved at the
horrors of the battle field and the
wrecks of the storm, cannot, without
emotion, behold the devastation and
mangled ruin which marks the woman
with scythe. Nature shudders when
it sees woman throw stone, but
when itsees woman swinging sythe,
it just tries to cover up its head and
keep out of sight until the ruin is COM
plete. Chicago National Weekly.