The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-11
M OF II DAY.

knowledge may be power; but it
won't run shafting.
The cautious man is a very consider-it
person. Washington Post.
It takes sticktoitiveness to succeed in
the human fly business .--Elmlr0 Gu
sstte.
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.-DaI-
las News.
When a woman begins to clean house
the first thing to go is her husband
| Statesman.
etThat lecturer is a host in himself"
eyes. He would make a fine population
for a desert island"
What a comfort it would be to a
housewife to own a 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.-Puct.
Greene-stYour wife seems to be fond
of dressa" White-"Yes; every day is
Decoration Day with her. Mem York
Herald.
The mar who invented 'sthe English
crease in trousers is quite well off. Are
we to understand that his fortune is in
creasing.-Statesman.
SDo you believe the bad copper al
ways turns up2" "Yes-after the fight
ing is done and his services are not
needed "-Brooklyn Life.
Cumso-"Doctors seem to drink. a
good deal as a class" Banks-"Yes,
but they can hardly help it. They have
n Great pssp'' all the Ins' 20" know"
Mrs. Van Million--sBut, Mr.. Marigold,
If you marry my daughter, how do you
and she propose to live without money!"
Jack Marigold-s'Do you mean to say
that you would allow your s~on-in-law to
s~tarveT-Nunsey's Weekly.
There was a man IN our town,
Who was so wondrous wise
That when his business slumped 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
And set him up again.
-New York Herald.
Jones-"Why didn't you give Whip
pleton satisfaction when he challenged
youq" misunderstanding ta ~
code, / could not fight him unles 7 8A
tracted the insult" Jones-ssAnd what
was the insult, pray2" Robinson-"I
told him he was not my equal. "-Kate
Fields Washington.
May-"Belle Won Leer would have
been a martyr in the darksges.o Stella
-sWhat makes you think so?" May
stWhy, you know, when she found that
George Bond had lost all his money she
said: IF | marry him people will say |
am a philanthropist, and / cannot and
will not be ostentatious. So I shall give
him up, though it break my heart -
NeD York Herald.
At q watering place in the P~yrenees
the conversation at table turned upon q
wonderful echo to be heard some dis
lance off on the Franco-Spanish frontier.
stIt is astonishing" exclaimed an inhab-
liant of the Garonne. a aAs soon as you
have spoken you heir distinctly the
voice leap from rock to rock, from preci-
pice to precipice, and as soon as it has
passed the frontier, the echo assume
the Spanish accent. "-Courier do MIDI.
Mr.. Nocaste (ho%tly)--sIt's a shame,
an outrage, a menace to American in
situations for one man to have a million
dollars. Think of the harm he can do
with it. Think Of the power he Yields"
Mr.. Fortymillion-stThat's so. I guess
I'll have to change my will. Having 10
relatives I had concluded to divide my
wealth among my friends and acquaint-
ances, and as I left you a million -"
Mr.. Nocaste--t.Um-er-a good deal
depends on the man, you know."--NsU
York Weekly.