Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-08
PlTH AND POINT.

While vacation always begins with |
", it always sends with great scarcity
Of them. baltimore American,
--TIicks-"Do Littlejohn and his wife
get along well together?" Wicks-"Yes,
when they are apart"-Boston Tran
script
"A Promising Artist -She-"Do you
paint in water colors?" He with dig.
nity)-."I am from Kentucky, miss
Detroit Free Press.
She is wise woman who knows
enough to know little less about every
thing than the man she wants so cap
ture. -Elmira Gazette.
Hell am in love- VIII you be my
confidante?" She-"Certainly; am Mt
your service" He-"Well, would you
advise me to propose to you?"
"A Successful Poem. My lastpoem
made a great hit. The editor was struck
with it," "Goodl Knocked him down,
did you?"-Atlanta Constitution.
No, Beatrice, you are wrong; the
through of the sea- is not put there for
the purpose of watering the ocean
greyhounds. "-Yonkers Statesman.
For n week he idly wandered;
Now through dreary months he saves,
To catch up with what he squandered
BY the sad sea waves.
Washington Star.
There is fine rose" said the
florist 1.-Two dollars is what ask. 1t
hasn't thorn" NO" replied Penni-
less, sadly. "But it has price "-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Little Willie-"Why, papa, just
fired my pop-gun at fly" Mr.. Brown
Then how did you make such a
wrecls?' Little Willie-"The fly was
on the pier glass"
The Time Was Not Auspicious =
Marie-"If You don't love Algernon,
why do you not break the engagement"
Elsie-."Ile hasn't given me the ring
yet."-Jeweler's Weekly
When you are boarding in the coun-
try and complain about the mosquitoes,
you are always told that it is the first
time in the history of the place that
they ever put in an appearancc.-N. Y.
Sun.
Penelope A"Do you notice any.
thing striking in this room?" Staylate
mo; did j look as though l dido,
Penelope-''I didn't know but that you
might have heard the clock. y N. Y.
Herald.
She ION the piazza)-"Thanl1s, ]
don't care for the steamer rug, but
should like something to put around
my neck" He-"What shall fetch, a
shawl?" She - mo; anything with
arms to it."-Cloak Review.
81 don't see what attraction the
girls can find about young Sapley
Why, his mind is positively feeble.
Eyes; but as he hasn't any occasion &c
use it they probably have never found
it out "-Indianapo Journal.
The Veterans Speaking OF BRAY.
cry; why, durin' the Wilderness cam
paign, single-handed, made forty con.
federates run" His Hearers - "How
was tiiat?" The Veteran -"Well, they
| chased me. "-Harper's Weekly.
Always pass the fruit to everybody
else before helping yourself. Common
politeness will induce your company tc
leave the choicest specimens upon the
plate, and when it comes to your turn
you can eat them without exciting re-
mark, Boston Transcript.
Friends may fall away from a man.
his wife may so to her mothers and his
political acquaintance may cross him
from their list, but as long she can
keep his bald head above the waters OF
oblivion, the friendly house fly viii
never desert him. Philadelphia Times
slow old are you, sonny?" ''Twelvt
years old, SIR" "You are very small
for your age. What is your name?'
Sammy Smith. My father is baker
on Manhattan avenue" $50 your ia
ther is baker | might have known
it from your size. You remind me o.
one of his loaves,"