Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12
Saturday Smiles.

Man is the lord of creation, but he rarely
presumes on the fact when he occupies the
same lot with bull.-Banghamton Lealer.
Ted-'I suppose the best way to find out
whether she loves me is to go right up and ask
her."
Ned-"Not at all. my boy Ask one of her
girl friends. "-Ha'per's Bdzar.
They call this an of year" in Ohio politics
because thus far the campaign mud Is only
knee deep.-Oa City Derrick.
When the boilers of the steamer Corona ex-
ploded, destroying forty lives, nothing was
saved except the certificate Of the United States
boiler inspector, to the effect that the boilers
were all right.-Mil,odukee Sentinel.
Sailors who go down to the sea in wooden
vessels must suffer hardships. They cannot
break them up.-NeD Orleans Picdy,nse.
Silence is good substitute for wisdom, but
the difficulty is found in the fact that the man
without wisdom cannot maintain silence-Ne,o
Orleans Picdyrine.
A Detroit widow wants $1,000 for a kiss given
her by her employer. What, $4,000 for one
kiss? Go togo to. Give us two for five
Harrisburg Telegraph.
per cent of talent is all that is necessary to sue
cess in whatever we undertake.-Gdrden Cuy
(Kan.) Herald.
A Non-Sequitur. Mother "Oh,
john the baby can walk"
Cruel Father-"Good. He can walk the
floor with himself at night then"-Detroit
Ne1cs.
Invalid Chicago lady Ito her lawyer and adj
minlstrator) AND row. remember, when
die wish to be laid by the side of my hus-
band"
Lawyer-''Yes'm; which one2'-Brlington
(Vt) Free Press.
First Burglar Creeping watch at back win
family awaken"
Second Burglar with extreme disgust)-
"Naw? Somebody's been yere ahead of u.s.
Fust thing found wuz receipted bill fur new
school books fur six children Chicago
Tribune.
DR.. Talrnage is ready to lay odds that Do
genes, who lived in q tub and went up and
down the city with a lantern looking for an
honest man. stole both his tub and lantern.-
Troy Budget.
The Eiffel couture is to be the winter style of
hairdressing. 1t will be entirely composed of
hair and built up from six inches to two feet
high. The latter height will be worn at thea
tiers and operas while the lower style will be
seen in churches. 1t is moro wicked for q man
to swear in church than in a theater.-Norris-
tO,ca Herald.
Talk about the weather az q fertile topic for
conversation! 1t is not to be named with the
ills that flesh is heir to. What is our very first
remark upon meeting friend or acquaintance?
Do We not inquire, quite as il we expected an
answer, "How do you do?" And do not people
sometimes tell US, to our infinite boredom?-
Boston Commonwealth.
Mrs. Grubb-"Haye ye any more sugar like
the last We sent me?"
Grocer (briskly)-''Yes, madam, plenty of it.
How much do you want?"
Mrs. Grubb-"None. "-Ne,e York Weekly.
The grandame said to her tiny dear,
When you come again may not be here"
why. where are you going?" lisped the
child.
TO heaven, hope" and she meekly smiled.
ooh, yes! cried the darling debonair;
"Are you? Why, I've just come from there"
Mary j. Jacques in Santa Claus
keep still and stop your fdgeting and listen
now, my son,
This story Of good Joshua is only just begun. "
Don't like it," Grossly said the boy, kept in
against his will,
"'Cause he's the man who first invented max
ing sons stand still" -Texas Siftinqs.