The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-12-16
p,TH AND POINT.

"A cyclone is like three girls walk.
ing abreast-it does not turn out for
anything.
You can't estimate mans liberali.
ty by what he thinks you ought to give.
-Elmira Gazette.
Somebody says experience is a
comb that you find after you have lost
all your hair.-Ram's Horn.
Asking questions of public speak.
er is a good deal like standing on a
track to scare a locomotive.-Co Columbus
Post.
There is a law maxim that equity
follows the law, which may be true.
but she doesn't always overtake it.
Lowell Courier.
When young man is writing love
letter he should keep constantly before
his mind how it would look in print
Somerville journal.
Every man who does not labor and
lay up fortune may cause absolute
suffering to his daughters future hus-
band.-Elmira Gazette.
Its Bitter World.
What do you pay for manuscripts"
Busy Editor-"Cent pound, what does
yours weigh?"-N. Y. Truth.
Says Musical Critic-"I am al
ways pleased when see young lady
devote herself to the study of the harp
or the violoncello. It is one less to play
the piano.
Let an old man advise younger
one and he will say: BE patient. The
old may never have learned how to be
patient, but they have learned the value
of it. "-Atchison Globe.
Will Never See Him.-Miss Spar
row-"I never saw the man would
marry yet" Willie (going on seven)-
''Then he is out of sight, amt he,
auntie ?"-Brooklyn Eagle.
-Belated Traveler-"How far is it
from here (hic) to the Boston & Maine
depot9" Codgkins- Fifteen minutes
walk" Belated Traveler-"For (h:c)
me or for (hic) you?"-Boston News.
-Bride-'I should like to give my in
tended little surprise before our mar
rage. What would you adviser" Fee
male Pendulum! present him with
POUR certificate of birth. "-Fliegende
Batter.
"A Hero" There goes a man who
has saved sixty-three lives" "You-
aon't-say?" Eyes, when his house
burned down he carried out the family
Eat and six kittens" = indianapolis
Journal.
-"You have omitted one item," said
the departing guest to the landlord.
whats that?" asked mine host. 1.-THE
boolx-keeper said good-morning to me
to-day, and you've forgotten to charge
for it. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Its Location.-''You are something
Of an anatomist, l believer" YES
'Then where's the humorous vein I
hear about sometimes?" "In the neck.
It Is sometimes called the jocular
vein. "-Drake's Magazine.
-She-''No. I'm not engaged to him.
II you saw us sitting aud talking to-
yether you could easily see there was
nothing between u.s." He-''I did; and
not seeing anything between you,
thought you were engaged"
Clara lat the Simpkins' grand hop)
Didn't Miss Muslin's ball-dress reach
her in time to-day?" Maud-'I be-
lieve So" Clara-"Then how does ii
happen that she isn't here?" Maud-'It
came c. o. D."-Cloak Review.
Peasant Qoq. )-"Let me alone will,
your medicine; why, only week since
bought at the chemists a bottle la.
beled corn liniment.' Ihave now drank
every drop, and my corns are just as
bad as ever!'-Tagliche Rundschau.
Easily Explained.-Gawge-"Whe
is that fellah ovah yondah, Fwed? He
looked at me and then took out note.
book and vote something" Fwed-
Easily explained. deah boy. That's
Squib, the humorist. He writes abou
funny things, you know Yanke,
Blade.
City Boy (his first sight of a cow
"An' that thing with horns is wha
you get your milk out OFF" Countr,
Boy-"o' course, stupid; an butter, an
cheese, too" City Boy-"Whew!
you could only get yer coffee an suga
from her., she'd be a regular walkin
grocery store. Brooklyn Life.