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 a very consider-it
person. L. Washington Post.
The single thought that joins two souls
must be a sort of mental hyphen. PUCK
1t takes sticktoitiveuess TO succeed in
the human fly business. s.--BtanirG Ga
zette.
A Literary Pirate-Something much
more romantic than the real one.--
Puck.
Small favors are thankfully received;
but they are often unthankfully renem-
bered
The frog does not wear his suspend
ers too tight, but he looks like it.--DaL-
las Neoos.
When a woman begins to clean house
the first thing to so is her husband
Statesman.
"That lecturer is host in himself"
"Yes. lie would make 4 fine population
for desert island"
What comfort it would be to
housewife to own hen that could lay
a carpet. boston Bulletin.
The high jumper may practice pa
tiently, but his cherished object is to
win success at a bound. .-Puet.
Greene-"Your wife seems to be fond
of dressl" White-"Yes; every day is
Decoration Day with her. "-NeO 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. ng.-,StateSman
"Do you believe the bad copper ale
ways turns up9" "Yes-after the fight
ing is done and bis services are not
needed. Brooklyn Life. .z,
Cumso-"Doctors seem too9o, 20
good deal as class" Banks-spq, =
but they can hardly help 1t. They have
to treat people all the time, you know"
-C0Ntinent.
Mrs. Van Million-''But,M Mr.. Marigold,
if you marry my daughter, how do you
and she propose to live without moneyW
Jack Marigold-'Do you mean to say
that you would allow your son-in-law to
starve"-Munseys Weekly.
There was a man IN our town,
Who was so wondrous wise
That when his business sunped 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
-Ne,o 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, pray9" Robinson-"I
told him he was not my equal. "-HatS
Fields Washington.
May-"Belle Won Leer would have
been martyr in the dark ages. Stella
-'What makes you think soG" 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 II philanthropist, and l cannot and
will not be ostentatious. So shall give
him up, though it break my heart. -
Neto York Herald
At watering place in the Pyrenees
the conversation at table turned upon q
wonderful echo to be heard some dis
tance off on the Franco Spanish frontier.
at is astonishing" exclaimed an inhab-
liant of the Garonne. "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 (hotly--"It's shame,
an outrage, a menace to American in-
stitutions for one man to have million
dollars. Think of the harm he can do
with it. Think of the power he wiolds. "
MIR. FortymilliOn-"r That's 50. / guess
I'll have to change my will. Having nc
relatives had concluded to divide my
wealth among my friends aud acquaint
anees, and as left you a million
Mr.. Nocaste--" "Um-er-a good dea
depends on the man, you know. "--Nea
York Weekly.