Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-01-22
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

1T takes two TO gossip. The man
who listens can throw no blame on the
man who tells, Atohison Globe.
The best way to pack trunk is 10
sit in an easy chair and watch your wife
do 1t Richmond Recorder.
Its somewhat remarkable how 50
many crooked men get into straightened
circumstances Washington Post
Peasant Ito his son)-"Say, Hans,
how long will you have to study before
you can wear glasses?"-Fliegende Blat-
ter.
--Scribbler-"I have just lots OF fun
writing my jokes" Friend-"Then that
explains It, wondered where the fun
came in."-Detroit Free Press.
81 know what the nights OF labor
aro," said the mother OF six boys as she
sat down to repair the pile Of trousers
and jackets.
Watts" -"How is old man GilfillanP
Is he out of danger yet?" Doctor .Bowless
81 don't know. He died this morning"
indianapolis journal.
When person gets into hot water
you may be sure that he has furnished
his share OF the fuel to heat the samc.
Boston Transcript.
An agnostic is a man who does not
know any thing, and glories in the fact.
| The atheist Is smart man who re-
joices in making fool Of himself
Boston Traveller.
Not Wholly Bad. lis your SON one
of those noisy, dissipatod college boysP"
mot exactly He is what you might
call the cub that cheers, but not in
ebriates. IN. Y. Sun.
There are two things needed in
these days: First, for rich men to find
out how poor men live, and second for
poor men to know how rich men work.
Edward Atkinson.
-"Well," said Brown to his newly
married friend, $50 your wife does the
cooking. wonder you are alive to tell
the tale. "Yes," replied the other,
"but am alive-alive and Kicking
It'd Bits
Why is it that it is so much castor
for other people to say mean things
about man than it is to make pleas
ant comment? You yourself, you know,
never say any thing but pleasant things
about anybody -Somerville Journal.
Mr.. Quilp says that the popular
game known as "Tiddledywinks" must
have been invented as safe alternative
for persons unable to stand the mental
strain OF prolonged indulgence in the
'Idiots Delight. Buffalo Commercial.
The Almanac Said So. - Doctor -
"How do you know that your kidneys
are deranged, and you have consump
tion and heart disease?" Patient-"Be
cause I've been reading patent medi
cine almanac "-Yankee Blade,
.-Dapper-"What is the greatest lie
Snapper, that ever impressed itself or
your experience?" Snapper-"Well, by
all odds, the worst lie ] ever heard wal
the one your quartet perpetrated las
night when they came around to thu
house and sang There's Music in tn,
Air. '"-Boston Courier,
-Jenks-"Shall you go to the operi
this season as usual, Miss Helen"
Helen-"We don't know yet Ethel AM
Iwant to 60 very much, but cur brothe
George is on his college football team
and we can't tell yet whether we shall
be in mourning this year or not t"-Har
per's Weekly.
His Ideas Not Wanted. Great Ed
tor-"You want to be a journalist, MI
Deake? What are your qualifications"
Mr. Deake with pardonable pride)-"
was graduated from Harvard, and too
postgraduate course at Yale" Grea
Editor-"Um, yes; both good colleges
,, athletically; you must have good pal
OF legs! Suppose you start in collectin
bicycle notes for our Connecticut ed
tiop, The Epocb,