Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-08-17
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sLY SAYINGS.
Awliist expert knows a good deal.

a WHIST expert Knows SOou uSAt.
The coquette is negatively positive.
The man with an oily tongue often
speaks light of people.
Bacchus has drowned more men than
Neptune. Siftings.
When girl is in love her heart is re.
markable for its abnormal sighs.
The first battle between the church
factions will be fought ON Greed moor
1t is surprising the amount OF trouble
man will endure before it reaches him.
1t is a very commendable thing, no
doubt, for donkey to endeavor to talk
himself horse.
During hot days all draughts win be
duly honored at this office. Bingham
ton Republican.
The man who talks in his sleep is not
as much of a nuisance as the man who
sleeps in his talk.
The man who was hit by rifle ball
said that it was announced by bulletin.
Lowell Courier.
Proud man may boast that he is the
head of the house. but he must come
down and TO the bills.
A wise son knoweth his own father,
and smart daughter-tindeth out her
popper.-Elmira Gazette.
The beauty of persuasian generally lies
In the fact that the man persuaded thinks
differently.-Lowell Mail
The man who is popular with great
number of women makes the poorest
husband.-Atchison Globe.
Killing foe with kindness is like eat
ing soup with fork-feasible, perhaps,
but awfully tiresome.-New York Jour
nal.
How would it do to have two kinds of
money--a cheap kind for our creditors
and high kind for our debtors ?-Dallas
News
Jack Witherspoon-Why do you sing
all the time? Jim Westhall-To kill
time. Jack Witherspoon-Yo have a
good weapon.
Chumpleigh-My dear Miss Grace, you
are always in my mind. Miss Grace
Goodness that is wose than living in a
flat.-Boston Post.
A Vermont firm is manufacturing 200
dozen door knobs a day. That might
properly be termed "knobby turn out.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Think of good advice when YOU read.
1T is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive, and you will understand the say
ing.-Atchison Globe.
1t is the fashion now for friends to
send cups to young lady when ii is an
nounced that she is engaged. II seems
as if spoons would be more appropriate.
--Somerville Journal.
1t makes no difference how much con-
fidence a man has in a friend, he will al
ways wish the day after he tells him his
troubles that he had not told him quite
so much.-Atchison Globe.
Anomalous. = Student - What's the
most peculiar thing about your profess
sion? Doctor-When have to charge
$40 day for treating man whose life
isn't worth two cents.-Life.
Hicks Ito his milkman) church
do you go to? Milkman-I don't go tc
any. Why? Hicks-I reckoned that
you might be one of those confounded
Baptists. New York Herald.
Woman as a Reformer.-"I believe a
woman may sometimes reform man.
You think so?" "Yes; we have no
record of Cain ever doing any more harm
after he got a wife. New York Press.
A New York paper has discovered that
"a man has rights in New York horse
car. We've known that for long
time, and that there is where he has &c
stand up for them, too.-Yonkers States
man.
There may not be any royal road 70
wealth, but there is royal road to learn
ing. When man gets rich the world il
willing to regard everything he says as
the utterances of a sage.-Somerville
Journal.
Sweethearts and wives are entirely diff
ferent women says the Detroit Free Press.
Inasmuch as beaux and husbands are
ever the same considerate, loyal. and az
fectionate gentlemen, the fact noted Is
greatly to be regretted. Troy Press.
Ossified. sir; that man
is a hypocrite, il there ever was one
While protesting the warmest friendship
for me, he was for whole year stabbing
me in the back, and / never knew it.
Irwin-Goodnessl What kind of a back
have you got ?-Brooklyn Life.
Plato's Inexcusable Ignorance. Are
you talking about Plato?" demanded the
exchange editor. "Yes, I'm talking
about Plato, responded the real estate
editor sharply. @What do you know Of
him?" Il know he wasn't so smart az
some people think he was" grumbled
the exchange editor. sHe never knew
he was born in the year APO b. C.-Chi-
cago Tribune.