The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-11-27
PUNaENT PARAGRAPHS.


you found one this year and next year
it can't be found. West Shore.
Cheeky 81 see you are wearing
your hair long" Stony = 81 hope to
wear it as long as l live" Boston
Herald.
Farmer Slack-"What do you keep
such a wretched plow for?" Farmer
Smart-"Jest for the accommodation Of
chronic borrowers. What do you wish
the loan of to-day?''-Yankee Blade.
His Busy Day. Reader
what did the editor say when you
gave him my card sonny?" Office Boy
Cant tell; sir, we amt allowed to
swear. New Hampshire Republican.
-Architect-"Have you any sugges-
tions for the study Mr.. Quickrich?"
Quickrich = 'Only that it must be
brown. Great thinkers, 1 understand,
are generally found in brown study"
IN. Y. Sun.
Morgan "What brand of cigars
does Maxwell smoker" Dorgan-"They
call them the Riot Act. Morgan
'Why?" Dorgan-" Because they never
fail to scatter a crowd. Cincinnati
Commercial-Gazette.
"A man may have wealth, honor and
fair health, children that look like him,
and beautiful wife, and still not know
the full meaning of seraphic bliss till he
sees his name in print. Rams Horn.
-'Hello, Muddr cried acountryman.
saluting former neighbor. Hush,
don't speak so loudr' said the other.
''Since coming to town have changed
my name to MYer, in Difference to my
wife's feelings."-N. Y. World.
AT Nahante: Maude-"How many
to-day, Jeanne?" Jeanne (counting)-
Let me see; there's Tom, Sam, Dick,
Jack, Harry" Maude-''What in the
world are you saying? I asked how
many games you have played Jeanne
-"Ohw-Bostonian.
Nice Boy-"Give me that copy of
silent Shot the Slayer" Clerk
Here you are. Ten cents, sonny"
Nice Boy-"Father made me promise
that l would never read dime novels,
but if you'll make it eleven cents I'll
take it."-America.
Mrs. Grimm-''Mr. Travelle, who
has spent three years in Ashantee, says
that there the more wives a man has
the greater is his social Importance.
Isn't that stranger" Mr.. Grimm-"I
presume the people of that country adj
mire bravery. IN. Y. Weekly.
Forgot himself: Miss Pert-"And
how much is that, Mr.. Ribbons?" Char
ley Ribbons (who is posing as million
aire, abstractedly)- )-"Thirty-seven and
a half cents. Cash! o, er, excuse me.
That is forty, love."-Lawrence Ameri-
can.
-Mother-''Well, did you get that
situation as Office boy?" Little Son
''Nope." What was the matter?"
"Don't know. The gent is lawyer.
and he asked me if I was a good
whistler, and told him was the hest
whistler on our street, and he said
wouldn't do. Guess he must want reg
lar professional. Good News.
Jack Pott with malice eaforethought)
az congratulate your partner on her
figure, old man. But why does she
choose such an unbecoming mask?"
Emory Hugh (innocently)-"She hasn't
any mask on" Jack Pott (raising his
glass again) is that her face?"
Dry Goods Chronicle
"A new use has been thought out for
the phonograph which will save the ex.
pense of burglar alarm: A fierce bull
dog is made to bark into it. 1t is then
attached to the inside OF the door of the
house to be protected, and but little
machinery is needed to produce the
most fearful alarm as soon as the door
Is meddled with.-Fliegende Blatter