Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-06-17
PITH AND POINT.

gcther when they are apart.-Elmira
| Gazette.
Some lawyers wait until rich client
is dying before they "wor& with e will"
Boston Courier.
Sometimes ali that our good rcsolu-
lions need is little muciIage.-Kate
Fields Washington.
When vain young lady cannot get
the gaudy frock she wants she puts on
bluc.--Galveston News.
If one could believe all he saws in
praise of himself, how happy he would
bel-Boston Transcript.
Prospective Purchascr--"Is this mule
fast?" Owner-"No, not cntirelv-his
hind legs arc loose. "-Katc Fields Wash
ington.
word to the wise is sufficient. This
IS possibly the reason q lawyer is obliged
to :all four straight hours to the aver
age jury.
Don't boast too much of your "strong
points," a knot in the wood is its hard,
est part aud yet is the first to show a de-
fect.-Puck
''Is Barlow a good shot?" tFirst
rate" "Hc never gets any birds"
'No; but he never shot his dog vet. -
Brooklyn Life.
"officer, there's big row going on
around the corner" "Don't yez think
kin hear it, Yc chump? Move AMP
New York Press.
The wasp is slender and graceful in
movements, but his attentions are often
too much to the point to be agreeable.
Binghamton Republican.
Raving-"Is Parsons rs much of
biblio- maniac rs cvcr?" Eyes. He paid
$500 TO get his own book published last
summer. "-Brooklyr Life.
First Ferry Passcngcr-''Thcs sudden
changes of weather are very trying"
Second Ditto-"Trying, sir? They are
convicting, sirl"-Ncw York Sun.
"What we want in this country" said
an imprisoned political orator, sis re-
hef!' Come down, thcn," shouted a
man in the audience, land we'll have
lt!-Atlanta Journal.
Mamma-in- law-"So, Harold. your
papa said he hoped my trip would be of
benefit to me?" Harold-"Ycs; pa said
he hoped if you went to California you'd
go for good. boston Budget. =
The man who is always auticipatinp
happiness tomorrow is a good deal bet.
Ter OH, anyway, than the man who spends
his time thinking how wrctched he was
day before yesterday. -Somerville Jour
nal.
There is much misery in this world;
but tue lnquisitive juryman who finds in
the wltness-box Il lawyer who has form
erly bullicd him, believes that there is
Kind Fate which cycns up all things.
Puck.
~ have just learned the difference be.
tween vase, vahs and vauze.n
"How do you distinguish thcm2" "Any.
thing that costs less than fifty cents is
vase; between fifty cents and ST. il n
vahs; over 81 is vauze. New York
Herald.
Busyman--"Well2" Friend -"ob.
nothing. I just dropped in to xiii
time" "Sorry 1 can't do anything for
you, then. You see, we have already
hired n man to kill all our spare time,
and are thinking of discharging him, he
has so little to do. What, goinp2n-
Boston News.
"hen Ann Piersall vel Tony Hartz
his joys was most emphatic:
But now tits fled to unknown parts.
She's SO aristocratic
She flirts like every social DANA
AT all OF Fashions marts
FOR with hyphen to her name
she's Mrs. Fiersal-Hartz
Now York Herald.
"Alight I inquire" asked the city edi-
tor, in soft, sweet voice, "why YOU
describe the late Mr.. Billinger as being
six feet eight inches long! Is not the
word tall good enough English for YOUR
fastidious tastc2" "Not in this case,n
answered the new reporter. "Biliinoer
was paralyzed and hadn't stood on end
for fifteen years. c2"-Indianapolis
Journal.
Said Knowital, who was perusing
An item which he found amusing:
iittle nonsense now and then
is relished by the wisest men,
The wisest men-it drives away
Dull cares that on the spirits Draw
a little nonsense now aud then
is rellshed by tho wisest men,
nm: That's the reason" added lie,
"A little nonsense pleases me-"
New York Press.
:. Omar Ibrahim had been thinking heay-
ny. Piucking up courage he approached
his master, Mahomet. ''Right eve of
the setting sun, Allah be with YOU"
said he to the prophet. "I beg an in.
crease of salary of ten dinars and five
dirhems3" "Thou believest in the adj
age, Time is money! asked Mahomet.
"Verily," answered Omar. "Thcn thou
mayest work two hours longer each day."
Circular.
The Teacher-"Therc is one of NV
brightest boys sitting over there on that
rock writing while his companions are
wasting their time in idle play. No
doubt he is writing his lessons out for
tomorrow. Here, Jimmy, let me SEQ
what you are writing" Jimmy--"No'm:
l don't want to-" Teacher-"Ah. see
his modesty. Come, want to read it.n
This is what she read "Plcase excuses
my son James from school to-day. as he