Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-17
lTH AND POINT.
BLACK art-charcoa1 sketch.


The love-sick maiden is almost always
too small for her signs.
CH1oAGo's big outwitting New
York in the worlds fair contest.
The cats purr is the sign Of peace.
The ROSTERS spur is an emblem OF
war.
NATURE has wisely arranged matters
30 that man can neither pat his own
back nor kick himself
To KNOW how to wait is the secret Of
hope to have time to wait long
enough, is the hope of success.
A RECENT novel in flexible covers is
creating a great sensation. A Bur.
lingtcn woman uses it to spank her
children with.
TEAcHER-Now, my children, we will
parse the sentence. John refused the
pie" Tommy Jones, what is John
Tommy-A darned fool.
A GOOD instance of absence of mind
was an editor quoting from rival
paper one of his own articles, and head.
ing it, "Wretched Attempt at Will"
CHoLLY-I am practicing on the
typewriter every day now. Mollie-
l thought there was remarkable i'm
provement in your counting here lately,
YEAsr-What's Smithers playing in
now? Observation-Disclosures. "Does
he enter into the spirit of the piece?"
"Oh, yes; he is taking the part of the
Ghost"
COZ what nationality is your husband,
Mrs. Flaherty?" Faith, and l don't
just know. He was born in England
but he has lived all his life in this
country"
ANGRY subscriber am mad all the
way through, and want my paper
stopped. Editor-Yes, sir; do you want
to pay what you owe? Angry subscrib-
er-No; 1 amt mad enough for that.
TRAMp-Can you give me bite to
eat, madam? Minister'S wife - We
haven't bite in the house. A donation
party swooped down on us last night
and cleaned us out of everything but
the furniture.
EDITH don't like electric light in
a house. Jack-Why? Edith-because
it can be turned on so Unexpectedly by
pa, for instance. Jack ?-Well, let
us so out on the piazza. The moon
won't play us any trick.
SUNDAY-sCHooL teacher - Willie,
how would you feel if you should ask
somebody for bread and be given a
stone? Willie Ga jewelers. son)-If it
was no better than the one on your
shirt front I'd feel awful.
DURING wifely call: Mrs. Wiggers
What is that thing, William? Mr..
Wiggers = Why, mother, that's a
ahem well, you know; why, that's my
new debating machine. Mrs. Wiggers
oh! / was afraid for minute it was
one of those type-writers.
DE SNooKs is your pretty little
friend much of an artistic? Rival Belle
Nothing original about her, she
copies everything she does. De Shocks
is that so? Rival Belle bitterly
Yes, don't believe she can draw her
own breath without using tracing
paper.
Mrs. DUsKY-Am dem de black
stockings you told me "about buyin ?"
Miss Saffron-Yes, dem is de ones,
Cicely; an dey only cos "seventy-five
cents" "Am dey silk 2" "Not 'zactly,
but dey're jes' as good" AN will dey
wash" "Dat I don' know; Use only had
'em TO weeks"
Great editor-I think it would be a
good idea to print our circulation at the
head of our editorial page. What's the
population of this country? Business
manager About 7O,00O,0O0. Great
editor-Well, we'll not claim circu
lation of over 60,000,00O. No use in
being hoggish.
DREADFUL POSSIBILITY.
The lands of the Sioux
Are open, tits trioux.
To the hardy white settler who likes all thingt
nioux;
But what will he dioux
When the frolicsome Sioux
Swoops down on him, scalps him, and chops
him in tioux?
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