Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-06

The supreme court-Getting the girl Washington Critic.
 sTalk is cheap" Not always. The hunt CTS talk is often deer.-Boston Courier. A great many inn -cidents happen around hotel -Pittsburg- Chronicle Telegraph.
 When Boreas gets the blews you can look out for windy weather.-Dansville Breeze.
 Agnes wants us to tell her "what would be 8 suitable material for tennis skirt" Lawn, Agnes, dear, lawn.-Yonkers Statesman.
 "The best way to get along with the signal service weather reports" remarked sport ing man, is by playing them to lose."-Mer- chant Traveller.
 Probably the most wide-awake class of men in this country are the young fathers whe have been blessed with twins.-Burling- ton Free Press.
 A young man in the treasury department calls his best girl "benzoic sulphinide," be- cause benzoic suIphinide is three hundred times sweeter than sugar.-Washingto Critic.
 It took the florist some seconds to study out what the Boston girl wanted, but he final ly did and gave her a chrysanthemum. She asked for a chrysanthemadam.- -Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
 Schoo1mistress-'Ed give me the definition of excavate." Edward = "Ex- cavate, to hollow out." Schoolmistress- "Give me sentence containing the word" Edward-"I hit Bill and he excavated. D. Harper's Bazar.
 Teacher-"Yes, there is one thing found near the rivers of Africa which no little boy has mentioned. What is it?' (Holds up his diamond ring suggestiyely2' Small boy-'I thought those were found on the banks of the Rhine. "-America.
 A Distinct Decline.-Mrs. B.-The Brown ing Cult has rather subsided in your city, has it not!" Mrs. L. (from Chicago)-"Yes, indeed! Now that we have got on to his curves it is scarcely au exaggeration to say that Browning is already in the soup.n- ! Life.
 Elderly epinster Cat navy department)- )-"I | undsstand that you are going to open 8 lot of sealed proposals here to day" Ofhcial-"Yes | madam, we are." Elderly epinster-"Well, | I guess I'll sit down and wait I'm not go- ! ing to throw away any such chance as this , Pluck.
 "What has happened to yous You look
 so vexeds" .'I should say so. This morning I was just going to be angry about some- | thing, when some one spoke to me and I've
 been trying the whole day to think what was going to be angry about, and I can't dc ."-Fliegende Blatter.
 { Wife (at bedtime)-"Cyrus, what day if | thisa" Husband-"Wednesday Wife (snx ! ious!y holding a small pair of throusers)-1 \ am afraid Johnny lsn'6 well, Cyfus lie gen | erally has at least two pounds mora of mar I bles in his pockets at this time in the week than he has tonight. ."-Chicsgo Tribune. Smith-"Got 10 handy, Smythei Here's that confounded sheriff with war | rant for my arrest with bill of just $9. S9. J \ Smythe (coldly)-'I have, but you don't get ' it. Ten minutes after you had worked that l sheriff racket on me last saw you and the | sheriff drinking wine together. Excuse me this time, please.-Philadelph Inquirer.
 Mrs. Ripper-"Well, John, Pm glad to see you back. What dreadful time you must ! have had-sleeping outdoors, going hungry, ! being chased by Indians, shot at by cowboys l and" MT. Ripper Hooking among a chaos ! of bedding, beds, chairs and tables for his 1 boots) )-"Well, Jane, Oklahoma was pretty ! tough. but I'm sorry didn't stay there till you were done cleaning house. ."-Chicago Herald.
 s.Is your husband ever cold to you." Asked the lady of her daughter. How could he be, dear mamma, when You keep him in hot water?'