The critic., 1891-01-28
OVER THE NUTS AND WINE.

In the Song of the Shirt there is u needles
sigh.
"Therc are no flies on me-" said the Boston
girl
the 81. Louis maiden.
1t IL singular that when man gets full he Is
most apt to indulge In vacant stare.
Kisses are like IN actress diamonds. The
oftener they're stolen, the better their owners
are pleased.
Ancestry is like homeopathic medicine, the
oftencr It IL diluted the greater the potency
Edpard Eggeton's nopd In The Century.
II you have any integrity hold fast to It,
Stick your heels In the ground and CRATE your
tecth.-Dailas Ne,cs.
"Is marriage failures" "Wcli, responded
Mrs. X, thoaghtfullY, II think husbands are
nicer than cats, but not 30 nice as pugs."
st. Peter-what's the matter at the portal9
Spirit--One OF the Four Hundred has arrived
and refuses to go In by the regular gate, lie
wants to know where the stockholders en-.
trance ie.-NeW York Herald.
Woman -hater-I wonder why more bachelors
than married men commit suicidcY
Contented wife-Because they are crazed at
the sight of sensible mems happiness.
she,-And what have You ever dopc to prove
yonr love to meY
lunch every day for week In order TO take
you to the opera last night.
lyon heard about the grizzly bear that
tackled q Chicago girltn
mo. What happcnedY"
"The girl hngged the bear to death."-Life.
"Tommy, you ought to be ashamed OF your.
self. I'm sure your Bible does not teach you
TO wait for another boy and throw stones at
him."
at does's far as I've got. I'm only in the
first part yet" Indianapolis journal.
Mrs. sheldon. an American lady, proposes to
Africa somewhere In the rppipu of the
Lower Zambezi Ia II certain that Mrs. Shell
don will really go to African Does she know
that there arc mice, and very large and fero-
cious mice, in the Dark Continentf- European
Edition Herald.
"what was the basis of Mr.. and Mrs. Futlll's
"Well, you know their baby-thc one that
was born last month";"
"Futill said he should go to Yale, and Mrs.
f., who ~ from Boston, insisted on Harvard"
| -Nei0 York SIN.
The complaint IL made that the dancing men
| In society are scarcely beyond the age OF
| knickcrbockors, and call has gone out for
| more men OF years, weight and discretion who
small dances OF society. There has never been
year in the history OF New York when balls
| occurred in private houses 30 frequantly rs
this season Two or three dances night have
| ciety are also In business, II In dihlcnlt TO see
how they can be expected to cit up until
| O'Clock In the morning every night IN the week
| and still go 10 their Offices at the accustomed
| time, Apparently there Is another long-fel
| want In society which the conditions OF New
York life make II impossible for men TO fuhl
| --NeW York IIOyh.
| The man who lost his money is In position
| to denouncc prize-hghtlng and Its attendant
immortality y,-M10 orleans PlcdyuRe.
| The Right Kind.
| lie that loves n rosy check,
| Or q coral lip admirea,
Or from star.like eyes doth seek
| Fuel TO maintain Its fires;
| As old Time makes these decay,
so his flames muet waste away.
But smooth and steadfast mind,
Gentle thoughts and calm desires,
| Hearts with equal love combined,
Kndle neyer.dying ires
| Where these are not, desplse
--NsW Noon.