Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-08
PlTH AND POINT.

usually stops 1t from running. 1t isnot
30, however, with the political machine.
-Yonkers Statesman.
--0ptician"You have bad case OF
strabismus." Ponsonby-"Didn't think
IL was as bad as that; thought ! only
had Squint '-Jeweler's Circular.
"A Chicago Proposal Wabash Nc
Henry-"Mrs. Lakeside Lobelia-will
you be miueP" Mrs. Lakeside-"lIow
much alimony do you pay?"-N Y, Her
aid.
The young man who makes the
same diamond ring serve for his second
engagement may be said to kill two
birds with one stone. Philadelphia
Times.
Sporting Mantle was great pu-
gilist once, but he doesn't amount to
anything any more" Jones-"IIas he
lost his strength?" Sporting Man-"No;
his voice Truth.
Doctor Ito tow-headed urchin)-
"IIow is your mother, Tommy" Tom
my-"0h, if you please, sir, she's get
ting very romantic in her right knee,
she says. "--Tit-Bits.
-"Why don't you ask that officer
about the location?" Because he is
new on the force" "IIow do you
know" Didn't see him pay for the
peanuts he is eating. "-InterOcean.
-Snubbcd Clara thinking to make
Ethel envious)-"You can't imagine
now delightfully."- Charlie makes love"
Ethel-"Oh, yes, can. He used to try
it with me till | snubbed him. IN. Y.
Press.
-Wife--"I am thinking of taking
swimming lessons. What part do you
think will be the hardest for me to
learn, dear?" Husband-"Well, should
think keeping your mouth shut.'-In.
ter-Ocean.
dear me, Mollie" said papa. "Why
"'Tause," said Mollie, she's naughty.
She said two an two make five, an
when | told her it was six she said
didn't know nufiin'."-Harper's Bazaar.
She Wanted to See it Tried. --IIc--
| did you know that diamond will ex-
| hibit phosphorescence when it is rubbed
| in the dark?" She-"Indeed, did not.
But ii you have brought the ring with
you we can try it. "-Inslianapolis Jour
nal.
AT last" said the author to the
sociable man, whom he met on the
train, 81 find some one who has read
my book" "Yes," replied the stranger,
81 didn't skip a. line. was proof
reader in the office where it was
printed. "--Washington Star
A Trying Admonition She just
after accepting him)-"Don't look SO
tenderly happy. Can't YOU manage to
wear some other expression for little
while? Those men over there are
watching us, and if you don't stop,
sha'n't have another proposal this
year"-Princeton Tiger
"A Good Principle to Go On.-'I'm
sorry l can't let you have the two
weeks you want" said Mr.. Dimity to
his bookkeeper, "but you may have one
week" Very well, replied the philo-
sophical young man, half loaf is
better than no vacation. detroit
Free Press.
81 look upon handsome bonnet as
a dangerous thing" said Mr.. Goodfa-
ther. "Kow is that?" asked friend.
81 bought my daughter the handsomcst
bonnet could find in town a short time
ago, and it has not only turned her
head, but it turns the head of every
other woman who walks past tn.
| Y. Press.
Your husband is troubled with
rheumatism, ! believe" Eyes"
Haven't you tried to get anything to
help him." 81 intend to. but I've kept
putting it off. You see, the pains are
so handy in letting us know when a
storm is coming on. IN fact, John is
more reliable than the Farmers Alma
nae itself"