Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-24
POOR.

Mrs. Brown-What made you chalk your name on my new tablet Little Johnnie Cause I'd lost my jackknife. Epoch.
 An impecunious Terre Haute young man, who has become brother by brevet to seven heiresses, calls them "the little sisters of the poor. ."-Terre Haute Express.
 Young Wife-''Oharley, darling, are you perfectly satisfied with married 1ifes" Young husband siastically)-"Well, I should say so. Why, if you were to die tomorrow, believe would get married next week. Jury.
 Social agitator-ssIsn't it a shame the way they work the help in this storea Fifteen hours day and wages almost nothing!" Companion-"Why do you trade here9' "Oh, they sell things so much cheaper."- Chicago Times.
 "What piece are they going to sing next, sir?" asked Rollo at the church on Sunday morning. You mean, Rollo." replied MT. Holiday, "what selection. Peace, Rollo, is something quite unknown among church choirs. Boston Transcript.
 Patron-''I notice you ain't afraid to adul- terate the goods you send over to the Prinn Ohalkem-s'You forget, sir. the motto they have in that household-sTo the pure all things are pure .'"-American Grocer.
 Belle-"Can't you go to the broom drill, this week, Carries" Carrie-"No, I'm very much pressed for time, this week" Belle (maliciously) and know what time it is, too" Carrie-"What do you means" Belle-"The time that you are pressed-from half-past eight until eleven. ."-Burlington Free Press.
 stYou have only known me week, dar- ling" she cooed affectionatelY, s'and here all your fear and hesitancy is over. Had you ntN h yn1,- Auin S1ny, instead, she might keep you dangling unde. cidedly at her heels for years. Knowing how and being able to avoid this, she added, 'is the only advantage we poor widows pos- sess." Philadelphia Times.
 Mir. Highart-"Yes, believe in the culti- vation of art among the masses. Artistic taste, no matter where found or in what walk of life, is of incalculable value to the possessor." Mr. Humdrum-"Well, I differ with you. My wife spent $S0 last year taking art lessons, and then Christmas she the pictures on the cover."-New York Weekly.
 A health journal gives 1.-two rules of sleep ing which everybody should adopt" viz, "First, never let yourself be wakensd by any, body else, but wait until you have slept out your sleep; and, second, get up as soon as you are awake" When man is asleep, he can easily prevent any one from awakfng him, and if he gets awake at a. m., after going to bed at midnight, there is nothing to prevent him from getting up. If it were not for the health journal, some of us would die before our time comes.-Norristown Herald. The newspapers have at last given us some idea of what the Chicago exposition build- ings are to be like. After describing tower to be built in the lake, the account goes on: "The main building would be constructed around this central tower by rods of varying thickness, hanging from the center and run ming to the outer wall, 1,500 feet away, to carry the roof, and to steady the same by guying 1t in all directions" There will be no difficult about this. "Guying in all direc- tions" is just what Chicago can most conf dently reckon upon.-Puck.