Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-27
DELIGHTFUL.

cat what age should a young lady marrya''
asks correspondent. "Oh, any time after
she is won" Huntington Free Press.
Brigg-"So you got the cook fred, did
yona How did you work ita" Brsgg-"I
pretended to fiRd q resemblance between
her and my first wife. ."-Terre Haute Ex-
press
Boarder-''We are raising subscription to
get rocking chair for that poor lodger.
Won't you give somethingr Landlady-
.'Not much. His room is right over mine"
Epoch.
He is public man, prominent In his own
country, and yet he confesses that the world
will 90 on as well after he leaves 1t. His
friends fear he is losing his mind. d.-Philadel-
phis Times.
'She's nice girl, my daughter is, il do
say 80. Amiable, very easily pleased. By
the way, Mr.. Posticus. she was delighted with
those verses you sent her of yours. ."-Mun-
sey's Weekly.
When it takes q young man half an hour
to put on girls skates and she devotes
twenty-five minutes to tying his neoktie It is
generally safe to regard them as engaged
Sommerville Journal.
Lawyer drawing wilD-Your estate is
much smaller, sir, than Is generally sup.
posed. Sick man-Yes; but keep that quiet
until after the funeral. I want good
show of grief-stricken mourners.-Chatter
A Scranton fve.year-old, whose mother
| had used ten cents from his savings fund,
last evening stumped his father with the re-
mark: "Pa, you owe me ten cents; your
| wife took that much from me."-Scranton
Truth.
A man WAS to be hanged and was on the
.ca1fold with the sheriff and the parson. The
sheriff said to the prisoner: "You might be
seated" "No, thank you," replied the
prisoner, II can't stay ng."-Sioux City
Journal.
One-fifth of the coffee consumed in the
United States Is spurious and every man who
drinks his Mocha in public house anywhere
| in the country is willing to swear that It il
made from that one-6fth.-Helsna (Mon.) In
dependent.
An old negro who had business in lawyers
Office was asked If he could sign his name
''How is dat, sahg" "I ask, the lawyer an
swered, ''if you can write your names'
"Wall, no sab. neber writes my name.
| jss' dictates it sah."-Arkansas Traveller.
We knew that there was something very
wrong with the South Carolina state senate
| but were not able to tell exactly what 1t was
| In long and interesting classical letter te
| the Chester Bulletin Mr.. f. F. Whitlock un'
| folds the mystery when he says: "The SEN
l 6to WAS bu lutokAeuIat0 kEab OSs"OoA
creeping syoophant and and dragon fly op.
pressor. ."-Charleston News.
Miss Redingote-No, Aunt Brindle, an
not engaged. When marry 1t will be {
great man. Mrs. Brindle (doubtfully)
I dunno. You can't always tell how mar
will turn out. Now, there's Josiah Miss
Redingote-Now, you don't mean to say On
Gle Brindle has ever distinguished himself
Mrs. Brindle-Well, I'll tell you what hs
did. sent him down to the store with 6
ribbon the other day and he matched it,
Lippincott's Magazine.
A story which is spropos of nothing is teli
at the expense of the wife Of the presidsnt o.
| q prominent western railroad. It is to tht
effect that when Mr.. Charles Francis ADAM
| was appointed to the presidency Of the Pacific
road he CHANGED to call upon the lady IL
question, who was at the time in Boston. I"
do not know just what am to do, Mrs. P.
he said in reference to his new dignity
"sometimes it seems to me that I am only
sort Of fRurehead-for ornament rather thar
for use." eyes," she assented, "that is ex
actly what my husband was saying yestar
day." And it was not until Mr.. Adams hat
gone that the lady reflected that it was jus
possible the guest had not understood tina
her husbands remark had reference to him
self, not to Mr.. Adams.-Ohicago Tribune.