The Bossier banner., 1891-09-03
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

Take lesson from the strawberry
box. 1t is never full.-Westfeld IN. J.)
Standard.
He Was His Equal -"Smithers says
you're not his equal" 'He's lying
sneak. Iam."-Springfeld Graphic.
"A Far-sighted Youth Can you af.
ford to marry?" 81 think so. l have
clergyman friend who'll do it cheap
Epoch
-Artist-''H How do you like the por-
trait?" Sitter-"Weu, / don't exactly
like the nose" Artist-''Neither do l.
but it's yours. "-Harper's Bazaar.
-Mike-roseopic. = Mike = "Phwat's
a microbe, Pat?" Pat-"Sure tits the
most invisible thing ye iver saw
brakes Magazine.
"A Bad Actor.-A wag, speaking of
an unsuccessful actor, said: ambition
egged him onto the stage and disgusted
audiences egged him off of it."-Yankee
Blade.
-She-'T hear that Mr.. Sheffield Hall
has written such fine thesis that it
will soon be out in print" Lopher, '91
SO, that's nothing, my thesis was
out in print before wrote it!'-Yale
Record.
Stupid. .-He-''I remember once
asking you for kiss" She-''What
did say?" He-"Nothing; you were
silent" Shetland don't you know
what silence means?" He-''No." She
Stupid fellowr'-Yankee Blade.
Snip" said the tailor's dude GUS
toner, measure me for $40 outfit.
I'm going to act the poor man here
after" 20, hope it's not so bad as
that?" ''Yes, I'm determined. I'm go,
ing to pay for this suit."-N. Y. Con-
tinent.
-Howard-'I don't see how Peter
man came to die such lingering death. -
Van Coup-''You never knew him did
you?" Howard-''No." Van Coup
''Well, if you had, you'd have under
stood Deaths reluctancep-Louis
| Courier-J ournal
The Only Things Injured. -"There
was fire in Smarvin's safe factory last
night" 'Was much damage done2"
"Well, it wasn't big enough fire to
hurt the building at all, but it ruined
| all the safes in stock. l."-Saturday Even
ing Herald.
II think it is extraordinary the car
riage does not come. Are you sure you
ordered it?' said she. Yes; that is,
wrote for it, said he. "That accounts
for it, said she. "Why do you say
that?" ''You are so non-committal when
you write. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Odd Cent. ~ -Grocer-''P
you try some dis fine limburger Only
twenty-six cents a pound" Wickwire
why don't you make the price an
even quarter? Why not knock off that
extra cent?" Grocer-'Vy, my friendt,
dot extra scent is vot makes it SELL
Indianapolis Journal
MIR. Sinniclxure, register of deeds,
comes homes utterly exhausted and
throws himself into chair, to the con-
sternation of his family. Mrs. s.
greatly agitated)-''What is it, my
dear?" Mr. SO, I'm completely used
up! My deputy has been working hard
all dayF-Toronto Grip.
"A pale person applied for admit
tance to a public hospital ''It will be
necessary" said the resident physician,
''for you to undergo medical exami-
nation" When the examination had
been made the resident physician said:
81 am very sorry, sir, but you are by
no means a sound and able-bodied man.
You are, in fact, so i'll, that you are
likely to die any day. We can not adj
NIT you"-San Francisco Examiner.
Entertaining Reading. Farmer
THAT was a stavin' paper you got out
last week" Country Editor-'T am
glad to hear you were pleased with it.
Farmer-"Them stories you had in
about them fellers bein' cured of long
standin' diseases were the entertaining
est bits of news I've read for long
time"