Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-03

Joseph was the first man who ever
played Pharaoh. - Louisville Courier
Journal
'whv DON'T more girls get marriedgs
Now who the answer knowsy
Ven ssh another question;
Why don't the EN- proposefr
New York Continent.
The man who sells beer by the schooner
Is the one exception to the rule that no
man can serve two masters. II Texas Sift-
llSs.
The Minister-Have you ever cast your
bread upon the waters. Mrs. Riverbank
proud'y)-Neyer since my first batch
PUCK.
4 Famous Quotation. - vHa. ha,'
laughed the farmer, as he saw his brood
of incubator chickens come forth. Il
did it with my little hatch ii,
Force of Public 0pinion.--A man
never thoroughly realizes the ineonvea-
ience of a small town until he has done
something mean Atchison c be.
Guzzler-Do you know l think liquor
drinking is a good deal like falling oil
houseg Buzzer-How SO Because it's
the stopping that hurts. New York
Herald.
Mrs. Pakinhouse = Para, won't you
give me some money to buy few more
pictures to hang IN my roomf MIR. PAX
inhouse-Whati Over that beautiful gilt
wall paper p Puck.
The young man who knows enough to
leave early, bring candy for her brother.
and make love To her parents, will not
find the course of true love SO very rough
-lMilwaukee Sentinel.
Lawyer Ito female witness)--Wi you
please tell this court and jury what your
age isl Elderly Female-Mhat's the use.
They wouldn't believe me if l was to tell
them.-[Texas Siftings.
"You snored terribly i'm church last
Sunday You set everybody talking.
Yves; i resembled Bryon. 81 don't
understand. "I woke and found my
self famous. ~ New York Sun.
A foreigner struggling with the dangers
and difficulties of the English language is
reported 10 be completely knocked out by
running up against the following SEN
tence: "The first one won one 81 prize.
No wonderl
Street car conversation between well
dressed young ladies that gaAe c a professor
of grammar the tidgets First Young
Lady-Hows your mother? Second
Nicely, thanks. First--And all the folks:
Second-All nicely, thanks.
THE EGorIsT
The peacock spreads its Argus tail
And yainly struts about.
IL fondly dreams the world would fail.
II it were counted out;
So with the egotist, he writes
A tale whose merit les,
Not in its truth nor figured flights,
But in its thousand TSP
lNew York Herald
A Successful Interview. What. did
papa say? 2" He showed me the door.
"And what did you sayf" FL said it WAS
a handsome door, but not what / had
come TO talk about That made Linn
laugh, and a minute later you We're mine. /"
Loves Dream Ended. -He-I have
called to explain that | can not many
you. A great financial disaster las over
taken me. / have lost $4,000. She
Alas, my poor George. But we still haye
each other. And you must remember tii;.s
have a little money. He-1hats iust
the point. It's SO little. ! thought it was
$4,000 at leas1t, and to-day found that
it can't exceed $25, 600 at the outside.
ILLUSTRATED American.
RECIPROCITY.
The civilizing white men, in their modern
progress way.
Have divided up in proper shape the land OF
Afrikay
While the nude and wholly native. smiling
smooth as smoothest oil,
Divides the white explorer into sections dt 10
broil.
Indianapolis Journal.
Dollie Chatterby-S stupid time
as we had at the Sewing Society this al
ternoon. All the girls were mum as
mice-hardIy word spoken the Whole
blessed time. Mrs. Chatterby-Is il pos
siblel What's the trouble! Doiiie--
Well, you see, most of the girls have
Joined the Kings daughters. They have
motto, you know, Never Speak III Of
Anybody" or something Of that sort.
It's too ridiculous.--I Bostonian.