Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-07-07
PlTA AND POINT.

II can help but rejoice on nccOunt
Of your DOWNFALL" raid the parched
grass 20 the rain.
--Algernon (who is much giteh 70
talking in phruses)=-" Angelina, love
you with n fervor-a fervor-worthy Of
better causel'-Tit- Bits,
-Salphinx-"I fear Hiroller is con.
tracing bad habits" Sharpe='on the
contrary, he seems constantly to be ex--
banding them Boston Courier.
First "a Man lin logic class SAY,
what does |. o. U. mean?" Second '94
Man (who has been there, with a sighl
LIT generally means nothing at all. +"
princeton Tiger.
--"Silence gives asgent, YOU know"
he urged gently. "Does it?" she re.
piled, waking from a reverie. '"Then
I'd advise you to propose to a deaf
mute. Washington Star
--chapple=="Wheneyer / am in doubt
about a matter l stop and collect my
thoughts" Jessie-"I thought your
man attended to all the disagreeable
little odds and ends. IN. Y, Truth.
--Mabel-"1s Miss SANITY really as
pious as people think she lisp" Mae
"0h, yes; I'm certain she Isl" Mabel
"What makes You So sure?' Mae
why, her clothes fit her SO horribly"
Boston Courier:
az know man." said Eli Perkins,
who was meaner than a dog. This
man and dog went into Il salo6n to-
gether, but the man got beastly dunk
while the dog kept sober and went
home like gentleman"
discrimination in the Pantry
"You are in rather demoralized con.
dition," said the Oleomagarine to the
Cracked Ice. Eyes," replied the latter,
"but I'm what I'm craelted up TO be,ahya
how. Detroit Free Press.
The Difference. -="Your practice
will kill you,' said The doctor to the
yoGhg woman suffering from too much
piano playing. "That's all right" she
responded spitefully, yours kills
other people. Detroit Free Press.
"A Check and a Check. = Wife
Charles, want some money" Hus-
band N can't let you have it. / gave
you check yesterday" Wife=-"Well,
that's no sign you should want to give
me "a check to-day. Detroit Free Press.
Miss talzeside-"Oh, you may
think never had an offer; but I'd have
you to know that at home scores of men
were always at my feet" Miss st.
Louis-"I don't doubt it. l should say
that there was room enough there for
at least score. boston Transcript.
-Maude=''1 am greatly annoyed be-
cause that BlinlSsley keeps writing
verses about the beauty of my complex
ion" Blanche-.'Why?" Maude-"Be.
cause people have begun to speak of the
various compositions there are on my
face, and I'm afraid the expression may
be misconstrued."
Better Unsaid. Friend latter tea
Your little wife is brilliantly
handsome woman. should think you'd
be jealous of her. Host confidential
ly)-"To tell the truth, Simpkins, am
! never invite anybody here that any
sane woman would take fancy to-
Little Peddlington Gheewitz
Advance, Denocracy!-Figure on
Doorstep with an air and tone of af
fable dignity)-"Will you tell the per-
son of the house, my dear, that the lady
what cleans her steps every Saturday is
unfortinitly laid up in bed with an at
tack of govt, and has sent lady friend
of hern to act as hunderstudy at the
usooal charge?"-Fun.
1t is remarkable fact that pris
oner is never brought into court. He
is always dragged in" Subsequently
he is thrown into prison. This seems
unnecessarily rough treatment, but q
long acquaintance with newspaper re-
ports shows us that the practice has ex
listed since time immemorial, and we
suppose it must be all right.-Bostor
| Transcript
"A woman's first meeting with hel
sons wife is a good deal like her first
meeting with his school teacher. Sht
gave the teacher as many directions a.
accompany a bottle of medicine, ant
she does the same with the wife. Sht
is to be tender with his peculiarities
and patient with his stubborness AL
the directions are given to the wife
There is nothing said to the son.