Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-22
RNoROUs.

 A downfall-Reductio.in in the price of feathers.-Boston Bulletin. It is queer that the humorous tould end at the funy bone.-Hotel Gazette. Silence is golden; but it is the othefls lows silence that is mesnt.-Boeton Tram. script.
 Starvation under some circumstances is an honor, but very empty honor.-Washing-
 ton Post.
 A Delaware man declares that it is the frost
 that makes this land of freeze peach.-Ho.
 tel Gazette.
 sauips-"How did you catch such 8 colda" Gibbs-"Tried to sleep on g spring bed in the winter time. Republican. Blood may be thicker than water, but did anyone ever know girl who would not steal her brothers cigars to give to someone else2 -Atchison Globe. Bobby-"How is it you don't get kept in
 any more2" Johnnie-"I gave more than any other fellow in the class to buy pres ent for teacher."-The Epoch.
 Henpecked-"sol hear you hsve just rs-
 turned from your wedding journey to Rome. What was 1t that delighted you most therea"
 ''The-O, my wifs!"-Fliegende Blatter.
 Minister-"so you saw some boys fishing on the Sabbath, my young man: Did you
 do anything to discourage them4" Small Boy -'Yes, sir stole their bait. ."-New York Sun.
 ssMy dear child, what are you crying 90 forf" ooh, dear, my father has gone and
 lost me, and know my mother will scold
 him so when he gets home!"-Fliegende
 Blattsr.
 Some ships which recently arrived at New
 York had six inches of fee on the decks.
 We had heard of cold decks before, but
 none 30 cold as these.-Pittsburg Chronicle
 Telegraph.
 "M-m-y d-d-dear, l-Elove youi Wv
 will you be-" began MT. Pediment. "That
 will do, replied the proud beauty. "I do not care to be wooed on the installmsnt ."-Harper's Bazar. O'Flynn (reading a death notice)-''Poor Jim. It says he left wife and two children" Mrs. o'Flynn-"Och, ye might know that. He was too mean to iver take thim anywhere
 wid him."-Munsey's Weekly. Teaoher-"Can you tell me what led Co1- l umbus to set out for this continents" New Pupil-"Yes'm. He'd heard that foreign CT stood the best chance to get appointed on l the New York police force."-Lowell Citi- zen.
 Where he shot him-First Westborough sportsman: "Did yon see that fox young Gunner got yesterdays" Second Ditto Ditto: ] ''No! Where did he shoot him2n stIn vital 1 spot, believer-Westborough (Mass) .Trt- bune. A master once asked an old servant of his, who was much given to boosting: "Why are you such brag9' The old colorsd man re- piled: "I cannot tell, boss, 'cept it be that I
 belong to the biggest family in the stats."-
 Richmond Religious Herald. Pailanthropist-"You have 6 horrible cough, my man." Mendioant-"Yes, siri Terrible" Philanthropist- with me and I'll cure it." Mendicant (scornfully)-
 ''Get outl If it wasn't for that cough I'd
 starve or have to go to work."-Lowell Mail. "Yes," said the rural Solon when he got
 back from a visit to the east; 'I was the
 conspicuous figure of great blow out at the hotel the very night arrived in New York" And he never let on how close he came to
 being asphy xiated by that same blow out.- Washington Post.
 An old lady who witnessed 8 production of
 "The Merchant of Venice" many years ago, ! went again recently to see the story of Shy lock enacted upon the stage Upon her res | turn home she was asked how she liked it.
 "Wasl, ," said she, "Venice seemed to have been spruced up some since the frst time | saw it, but Shylock's just the same mean, or
 dinary thing he was forty years ago."-Har- per's Magazine for March.