The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-11-15

III very lie Nu YOU,
And when I'm kept away
III send a tenderloin or two,
Protesting love for aye.
What answer you before go9
Meat | your favor welll'
She said, Il love, YOU suet So"
And on his shoulder fell
= La Monte Waldron.
EASILY REMEDIED.
'Iook here, Davis" exclaimed the
manager of the dime museum. aghast.
you have made a mistake. 1t wasn't
an Esquimau girl | wanted for this de-
partment. Ii was CircaSsian girl
That's all right, Colonel" replied the
travelling agent. ''Ulga," he said, turn
ing to the dusky beauty. ego wash YOUR
face and friz your hair. = Chicago Tri-
bune.
ORIGINAL PACKAGES.
what is this original package bust
uess!" she asked.
What does it mean? Well" he began
explaining, well say you are 12O
pounds of honey in a silk and gold and
diamond-mounted case"
"Yes."
well, so long rs you are in the orig
inal wrapper" he continued, wrapping
his arms about her, .yOu-"
IL see now" she interrupted, "but
can't understand how you are the orig
inal wrapper. - Philadelphia Times.
A FAMILY MATTER.
Humorist-I guess I'll have to give Up
my position as funny man on your paper.
Editor-Why, what's the matterl
Humorist-Well, my wife won't have
any more jokes about her side of the fam
lily; my mother-in-law is with us now. so
l can't mention her; my daughter gets
mad when l write about her beaux and
her little brother, and the hired girl says
she'll strike if drag her into print again.
So you see there's nothing left for me to
write about.
No ALIASES.
His Honor-H'm, drunk and disorder
ly, Ell? What's your name2
''Pat, sorr."
"Your full name?"
''Shure and It's Pat whin Oh am full
or whin Oh am sober just the same"
Thirty days. - Puck.
THE POLITE FEENCHMAN.
When General Moreau was in the
United States, he was at once the victim
of a rather droll Misunderstanding. He
was present at a concert where a piece
was sung by the choir, with the refrain :
Tomorrow, tomorrow.
Having a very imperfect knowledge OF
English, he fancied it to be a cantata
given in his honor, and thought he dis
tinguished the words:
TO Moreau, to Moreau"
Each time the refrain was repeated he
rose to his feet and gracefully lowed on
all sides, to the great establishment of the
audience. who did not know what to
make of it. LIE Figaro.
COULDN'T ESCAPE
"IIave you boarded long at this nouse?"
inquired the new boarder of the sour, de-
jected man sitting next to him.
''AbOut ten years"
Il don't see how YOU can stand it.
Why haven't you left long ago?"
''No other place to go to- said the
other dismally 1.-THE landladys my
ife."-[ Chicago Tribune.
THEY SHOULD BE SUPPLIED.
'Jones is a pretty good sort of chap"
said McWatty to a friend, ''but he'll
never amount to much. He never knows
when to stop talking
That's so" replied McWatty's friend,
who is railroad man; Ibis conversation
lacks terminal facilities. - New York
World.
AND END TIE GAME.
Mr.. Spudaway-What Has your Uncle
Hiram failed in business?
Mrs. Broken up entirely.
That's what he SAYS in his letter.
''IIow fortunate our little Iii has a mid
die name, When you write next to
Uncle Lowe tell him his ramesake, II.
Lowe Spudaway, is the smartest boy in
mis- class and as good as he is smart"
But what if Uncle Lowe fails. too"
Innocent little Iii Lowe from his cor
ner)-Call me Jack and the game, papa.
i Burlington Free Press.
TOO SUGGESTIVE.
Miss De Pretty-Let's form a secret
society.
Miss De Pink-Let's. Just like the
Odd Fellows and Red Men. Call it
the Ancient Order of-Of-king's
Daughters.
Miss De Blonde-Or the Ancient Order
of Dianas.
Miss De Young-Or the Ancient Order
of American