The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22
NJ OF THE DAY.

A16 onion Is d SCCntuly PidH"
If the peacock could see his feet he
would never brag of his tail.
There is quite a difference between
being wrapped in silence and raped INTO
silence.-DanspiM Breeze.
A man never knows he is a fool, be-
cause when he learns that much he Is no
longer a fool Washington Star.
81 think we ought to have the fuschia
for our national flower" "Why so2"
"We have q great fuschia before u.s."
A sign on fremont street, Boston,
reads: fFresh Eggs, % cents;' "strictly
Fresh Eggs, 80 cents. American
Grocer.
The gentleman who discovered that
bis wife was putting her pin money In
the bank against a rainy day now calls it
her safety-pin money.-Msw York Ne@s.
A household paper tells how ''to get
grease out of white marble" Petroleum
producers prefer to get it out of the
ground.-Pinsbmry Mrxnicle Telegraph.
Perhaps the biggest bore of all,
Who most our temper sours,
L. he who says 'the has no time"
But talks Tor three long hours.
-Terre Hante Express.
First Physician-sAny unusual symp-
toms about that last case of y~ours2" Sec
ond Physician-"Yes, he paid me fifty
dollars on account yesterday "-Nunsey's
Weekly.
Hitherto Patient Boarder-''Mrs. Star
VEN, I can stand having hash every day
in the week, but when on Sunday you
put raisins in it and call it mince-ple, |
draw the line"
De Jinks-"It's sad that Goodfellow
absolutely throws his money away. Do
you believe it," Swipesof-"Well, l
heard he lent you some last night
Paris Edition Herald.
lit is really astonishing what immense
progress the art of photography has made
these last years. Why, you really don't
know your friends pictures when you see
them. "-Fziegend Blaetter.
It is estimated that ITO, 600, 900 Euro
pean eggs were eaten in the United States
last year. Our people are good Repubi-
cans, but they do have a lingering affec-
ton for the monarchical yolk.
500 you want the earth2" inquired the
naughty hotel clerk of a meekly COM
planning guest" @No," was the reply,
ssyou can keep it a while longer till l ask
you for il. p Washington Post.
She-"I am afraid, George dear, that
when you speak to papa, he may be very
angry" He-"I think not when | show
him this bank book" She-"Oh,G George
Let me look at it first. Time.
"Maria," said Mr.. Bronson at mid
night. "Go in to Willie and make him
stop blowing that tin horn. This is no
time for thati" "That's not Willie. It's
the new nurse snoring.
He stole a kiss from an artless miss:
You're heartless thief" quoth she.
That stole my heart, saith he.
Merchant latter refusing an applicant
for work)-ssTd like to employ you, but
you see how it is. Hope you appreciate
the situation" Applicant-"I could ap-
preciate it better if I had il. "-Munsey'
Weekly.
Observation-Disclosures, I've attended to
you the best / knew how, supplied
every want, but you are still unsatisied
What do you want now2" Sea-sici
Lady Passenger-"I want the earth. -
Boston Courier.
Miss Trimount-stAnd to think that,
after all these thousand of gears, there
should be SO much water in the sea
One would suppose it would have dried
up long ago. Miss Kornpakir-ttYes,
that's so. But then, you know, it ha:
heaps of salt in it, papa says the way
salt preserves things is wonderful"