The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-07-01
HUMOR OF THE DAY.


knowledge may be power, but 1t
won't run shafting.
The cautious man is very consider-it
person. Washington Post.
The single thought that joins two souls
must be a sort of mental hyphcn. .-Puch.
1t takes sticktoitiveuess to succeed in
the human fly business. ElmiyG Ga
zette.
A Literary Pirate-somcthing much
more romantic than the real one
Puck.
Small favors are thankfully received;
but they arc often unthankfully rcnem-
bered.
The frog does not wear his suspend
ers too tight, but he looks like it.-Dal-
las Ne,cs. 4
When woman begins to clean house
the first thing to go is her husband.--
Statesman.
"That lecturer is host in himself"
eyes. He would make fine population
for a desert island.'
What comfort it would be to
housewife to own hen that could lay
a carpet t,--Boston Bulletin.
The high jumper may practice pa
tiently, but his cherished object is to
win success at a bound.-Puct.
Greene-"Your wife seems to be fond
of dressm White-"Yes; every day is
Decoration Day with her. ."-NeiO York.
Herald.
The man who invented "the English
crease" in trousers is quite well off. Are
we to understand that his fortune is in
creasing. Statesman
"Do you believe the bad copper all
ways turns up9" "Yes-after the fight
ing is done and bis services are not
needed. Brooklyn Life. IT,.
Cumso-'Doctors seem toIa, 80
good deal as a class" Banks-'pp1 =
but they can hardly help 1t. They have
to treat people all the time, you know"
-COntinent.
Mrs. Van Milion-"But,M Mr.. Marigold,
if you marry my daughter, how do you
and she propose to live without money!"
Jack rigold-"Do you mean to say
that you would allow your son-in-law to
starve2"-MunSey's Weekly.
There was man IN our town,
Who was so wondrous wise
That when his business slunped way down
Began to advertise;
And when the public saw his spread,
With all their might and main
Unto his place they straight away sped
And set him up again.
-Neto York Herald.
Jones-"Why didn't you give Whip
pleton satisfaction when he challenged
you" Misunderstanding to the
code, could not fight him unless 1 re-
tracted the insult" Jones--"And what
was the insult, pray!" Robinson--"I
told him he was not my equal. '-KatS
FFelds Washington.
May-"Belle Won Leer would havos
been martyr in the dark ages. Stella
-"What makes you think sol" May
"Why, you know, when she found that
George Bond had lost all his money she
said: III l marry him people will say
am philauthropist, and l cannot and
will not be ostentatious. So | shall give
him up, though it break my heart. -
Nelo York Herald
At watering place in the Pyrenees
the conversation at table turned upon
wonderful echo to be heard some dis
tance off on the Franco Spanish frontier.
at is astonishing" exclaimed an inhab-
liant of the Garonue. "As soon as you
have spoken you hear distinctly the
voice leap from rock to rock, from preci-
pice to precipice, aud as soon as it has
passed the frontier, the echo assumes
the Spanish accent. - Courier du Midi.
Mr.. Nocaste (hotlD--"It's shame,
an outrage, menace to American iu-
stiMtions for one man to have million
dollars. Think of the harm he can do
with it. Think Of the power he wiclds."
Mr.. Fortymillion-"That's 50. | guess
I'll have to change my will Ha~iugno
relatives l had concluded to divide my
wealth among my friends aad acquaint-
ances, and as left you million"
Mr.. Nocaste--" "Um-ur--a good deal
depends on the man, you know. '--Ye,O
York Weekly.