The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-01-14
PlTH AND POINT.

Somehow we never notice what
those people have on who come to us in
our Standardization Globe.
He Darling, just want one kiss"
She Gndignantly)-"If that's all you
want you shan't have tn. Y. Her.
aid.
"A milkInan who was told that a
drink of pure milk was good for sore
throat, innocently asked where he could
get it.-Texas Siftings.
"A poet says that baby is "a new
wave on the ocean of life" 1t strikes
us that "a fresh squall' would express
the idea better.-Boston Gazette.
When big man in little town
moves to larger town he is putting
himself in a position to learn his first
big lesson in humiliation.-Atchison
Globe.
-She-''Wili you believe me if say
that / am only twenty-nine years old?"
He-"Why not? Young ladies are sci.
dom more than thirty years old."-Flie-
gende Batter.
When man goes upstairs late at
night and skips every other stair IN an
endeavor to keep quiet he always seems
to skip the steps that don't creak.-
Elmira Gazette.
Two women trying to talk by tele-
phone is sight to make the gods weep.
Put a daughter of Eve where she can't
see bonnet, and the fountains Of her
speech dry up.-Ram'S Horn.
-'That's good text you suggest"
remarked DIR. Prolix to one of his par
ishioners; ''I'll make a minute OF it,"
"Bet you'll make an hour of it, was
the whispered reply.-Richmond Dis
patch.
Did His Part. - Mother-"At the
party last evening, Johnny, | hope you
did your part for the general amuse-
ment." Johnny-"Yes, ma'am, l did
my part. I listened patiently to the
music Yankee Blade.
Style in Vehicles.-Dealer-l am
sure, madam, you could look the city
through, and not find a handsomer car.
rage than this" Mrs. D'Avnoo-"Oh,
It's handsome enough, but it looks too
comfortable to be stylish" N. Y.
Weekly.
-"Maria," said Scribbleton, as he
awoke in the middle of the night, edo
you hear that mouse rafting the paper
in the waste basket?" eyes; is there
any thing that you wrote in it?'
eyes" "Well, I'm going to get up and
rescue the mouse. Washington Post
Mr.. Higgins-'And the founder O.
your family came over with the Con
: uueror? So did mine. They must have
been friends" Miss Davenport Yes
of course it is possible that my ancestor
may have known some of the people il
the steerage, but it does not follow, yo'
w."-Harper's Bazaar.
Wise In His Generation
"George loves me, loves me madly,"
The blushng heiress said;
i "Oft and again he tells me,
q He worships where tread"
Her pa, replying grlmly,
!. This cruel arrow sped:
i "When you walk upon my real estate,
George worships where you tread!"
j IN. Y. Sun.
o. -Wilson-''I despise hypocrite.
9 Tomson-.So dol" ''Now, take Jacl
r son for example; he's the biggest hyp'
critic on earth. / despise that man
.But you appear to be his best friend
20, YES; try to appear friendly towar
n him. 1t pays better in the end
Q Brooklyn Life.
in stock.-Stranger lat great m,
i sic-box and orchestrion emporium)-'
n am dentist, and it has occurred to n
e that music-box or orchestrion wou
t. be pleasant addition to my parlors,
Or amuse my patients, you know, and
st Dealer-"I see. You want somethir
d to keep the waiting patients interestt
and sort O. help-er-drown any nois'
10 In the operating room" Stranger
"That's the idea" Dealer-"Step rig
this way, sir, to the steam calliope d
lg partment.' Good News.
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