Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-22
plTH AND POINT.

The man who always has an AK to
grind rarely ever uses 1t in any other
way.--Dallas News .l-n.
There is no use quarreling with the
milkman-hell make you take water
every time -Elmira Gazette.
Modest bearing is very commend.
able in man, but it is no recommenda-
ton to fruit tree. Lowell Courier,
"A husband should always make his
wife an allowance. Every wife, you
know, has to make allowances for the
husband. Boston Globe.
No Husband at All-Dora-'I re-
gard q crippled husband as no husband
at all" Cora-"No; he is only lame
excuse. "-Yankee Blade.
lsh-"My old man" said Mrs, Grogan,
sis all right barrin' u little fondness for
drink. His love for pfwislSy is his strong.
est weakness. indianapolis Journal.
y r-"She's came in, papa" "Shes come
IN, you should say, Dorathy. Your
grammar is very bad" SIS she, papa?
What did She do?'-Somerville journal.
--Johnny-''What did your mother
whipyou for, jimmy" jimmy "Eatin'
green fruit" ,Iohnny-"Who give We
away?" Jimmy doctor. Wash
ington Star.
-Giglamp-"Why does Rowley al.
ways keep his mouth screwed up in that
way?" Surface-"He got into the habit
while trying to pronounce his words so
that he can get them in edgewise when
talking to his wife"
! About the only difference between
the girl who gets her education at home
and the one who goes away to school is
that the homemade girl says Rats"
and the other other one raises her eye.
l~brows. .-Atchison Globe.
That He Might Read. Straw ber-
| 81 don't see how you remember so many
things" Singerly Easy enough. l
put them down on my cuff" Strawber
-"With a white lead pencil, l sup.
pose. "-Clothier and Furnisher. o'
-"1 tell you it takes nerve to be an
officer out where was,' said the re-
turned westerner "Once, when | was
deputy sheriff, Iarrested fellow who
had killed eleven men" "An' pfwat OF
itP" sneered Officer McGobb. 81 pulled
the boss av me own ward wanst. In
'dianapolis Journal.
! Miss Sharp-"Td think your broth,
er would show more attention to the
girls than he does" Miss 0lde-"Well,
you see he is under promise tome to act
as my escort everywhere until | ain
married. Miss Sharp - 81 shouldn't
think he'd want to live bachelor all
his life ''--Kate Fields Washington.
! "A Realist, -Edwin-"What do you
think of that artist. who painted cob
webs on his ceiling so truthfully that
the housemaid wore herself into an at
tack of nervous prostration trying to
sweep them dcwn?" Angelina--"There
may have been suchan artist, but never
such a housemaid. Yankee Blade,
The Encouragement of Art
Wealthy Amateur-"Since you spoke
to Jones and ne about this picture,
Cadmium, we have arranged that one
of us shall have it." Cadmium (bright-
ening)-'T am glad of that, very glad
glad on your account, too. Which of
yo,lhas it?p Wealthy Amateur-"Well,
we are going to pitch up for it, and the
one that loses takes the picture"
.-"What excuse have you to offer for
yourself ?" said fearful wife to her
husband, who came in rather late and
rather unsteady. "There is hardly any
excuse that would justify " man in
staying away so long from the society
of so lovely and charming woman as
yourself, my darling, but on this occa-
sion there was "Well, never mind,
dearest" she said, drying her tears,
''it's all right; let me help you pull of
your boots" IN. Y. Press.