The Opelousas courier., 1890-01-11
OF THE DAY.

when real estate gets a boom a sail Is
naturally suggested ..
m. non who resolves to quit drinking
10 in sober earnest.-Picaynne.
f,ornets are bought by the yard ana
soled by the foot.-R'ch"'0"@ hee"'
The grub makes the butter ny, sns
Gazette.
The profession OF rat-catching has not
vet been invaded by Observation-Disclosures"
Free Press.
Would the capture of sealers III Tue
| Behring Sea involve the unlteo 0'"''' -
| q Turin war2-Grps0ek.
A man who is henpecked is wen OIL III
,ne respect; his wife will not allo" any
other woman to peck him.
The real. true national plant, the sole
mo that no native American Will dehy' Is
| The mint.-Baltinore american.
Glove levels all things" Perhaps So
Int it has been noticed that It's 'ennna4oy
is not to make the head -0o''""
Courier.
The Toronto Globe tells of a man VINO
hoe cooked his own beefsteak tor n1teeh
years. He must like 1t very we'll "on
Detroit Free Press.
do detest a man that's close,
And furthermore, a day;
But if a pretty girl is close cm
feel the other way. -o'P
IGNORANT Naiden-''Mr. Marshafe
must be a model husband" "Why' sos
uHe is so attentive to other women, you
xnow. he must be a perfect slave 10 HE
wife. "-Boston Transcript.
az must beg the congregation to torego
the usual donation party this year, an
oounced the minister. Il nave nothlng
to give. The last crowd cleaned me out
If eatables for six months. "-Bdsar.
Tt is not generally the girl with the
! most beaux who gets married first. 1t is
the little, grave, demure girl who Sis IN
the corner with one young man ana
HANGS on to him.-SomerOiM journal.
We oft hear mentioned, as we pass through
life,
! me IQttGl NuSUdtAu oiAtA uHS
Rrt. sad to say, we very seldom $50
The two residing in one family:
"Is that an oil painting" asked the
visitor, looking at a picture on the wall
San oil painting" echoed Mrs; New
money, in an injured tone. mo, In
Iced. That's a genuine chrome,
There's not a drop of oil in it."-1he
Ledger.
II would advise you to buy a better
watch; I caGnot guarantee this one.
ooh, it is pleety good enough. am
buying it for my ,ephew to remember me
nv. and the worpe it goes the more he
will have to think of me. "-fhe9end'
Blaetter.
Jobkins and his wife are pouting after
a domestic ssscene," when their son Bot
rufles the treacherous calm. "Mamma,
which is the king of the beasts9" This
Door abused wife casts a whitening glancs
1T her spouse and replies: "Man, my
dear. "-Jtdge.
Clarissa ION the ferryboat)-"O,
Charles has fallen overboard!' Maud
sHe can swim, and the land is close by.
Clarissa-ssYes, but think! He has {
piece of wedding cake which he brought
from the reception in his pocket."-Lo"
renee american.
Three burglars worked ali night on a
safe in an office, and when they finally
got it open they found six post cards and
Eve postage stamps to reward them
The only revenge they could take was tt
stick the stamps on the wall and write Oh
one of the cards: "a Teller who keeps
big safe without anything in it is
fraud"
s.My hands are awfully cold" said thu
pretty girl, suggestively, on the last quar-
ter OF a stsrlit sleigh-ride. "Why didn'
you bring a muf with you9" asked thu
practical young man prosaically. !"
did" she snapped, but she wouldn't ex
plain where the muff had gone to, and h
has been wondering ever since just wha'
she meant.-SomerviM Journal.