The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1892-06-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Proof Conclusive.-Brigg SDoyou
think that Robinson loves her?" Griggs
He went shopping with her. Cloak
Review.
-Poet-"In which act of my new play
do you think the wittiest remarks were
made?" Critic-''In the entr 'acte-about
your piecer' Fliegende Batter
Your fair friend that paints so
charmingly may be an tngenue, but you
mustn't refer to her as an artless crea-
ture.-Binghamton Republican.
Little Johnnie-"Say, ma, does
minister really need all the slippers
that are given him?" Mrs. Brown
"Yes, indeed. His son is generally very
bad."-Epoch.
What stupid thing that Miss
Chatterton is! She'll sit for whole
evening without saying a word" so,
but you never happened to see her at
the theater. Boston Transcript.
-Biddeford papers bring interesting
accounts of a cat that drinks coffee at
breakfast, and of child six years old
who writes poetry. The cat is worth
bringing up.-Bangor Commercial.
First Young Woman Mabel is
writing for a magazine" Second Young
Woman (jealous)-''Well, if she encloses
the subscription price have no doubt
she will get Washington Star.
How brilliant the moon is tonight"
said Naggs, as they walked to church
last night "Yes," said Mrs. Naggs,
like most men; he's brightest when he's
full. l."-Philadelphia Record.
Losing Her Grip.-Mrs. Witherby-
''Mrs. Plankington doesn't dress so well
as she used to, does she?' Mrs. Bangor
mo; since her husband signed the
pledge she hasn't the hold on him that
she used to have Cloak Review.
I'm Training. -Hanks-''I've just dis
covered the reason why Closefist is so
small" Banks-"What is it?" Hanks
''He expects to have to crawl through
| the eve of needle some time.-N. Y.
Herald.
Here's hair-raising thing" be.
gan the literary member. For chari-
| tvs sake give it to me-" said the bald
headed member, excitedly, passing his
hand sadly over his shining dome; 81
need it badly."-Truth.
| -"How can you sell these beauti-
fully-bound dialect stories for only IS
cents volume?" ''That is really less
than COST" answered the bookseller,
''blt we sell key to them for S17."-
Indianapolis Journal.
-Gauged His Ability.-Upstart-'T
have made up my mind to become jour-
nalist. What kind of a paper would
| a1r TO- no ynr-lY h
Gruffley-"Well, think you are best
fitted to work with a piece of sand'
paper. er."-Boston Courier.
| Might Have Been Better Put.-Mrs.
Fliabout lin for call)-'I should think
you'd be tired to death, Mrs. Homebody;
you're always as busy as you can be-"
Mrs. Homebody-"O, / don't mind it'll
| You know / am not troubled with call
ers very often. boston Transcript.
| They were talking about their hus-
bands, and young Mrs. Flimmins said:
81 am glad to discover that Harry is
taking an interest in art, even though
he tries to conceal 1T from me-" "How
did you find it out?" 'I overheard him
tell my brother that it is good thing
to study your hand before you draw. -
Washington Star.
Lieut.. Griggs-"Why is a sailor
melancholy whenever he'sout of port?"
Miss Flutter-'Because he is to remain
so long away from his dear ones"
Lieut.. Griggs -" "Well, that's bad
enough, but there's a better reason
still" Miss. Flutter-"What, pray?"
Lieut.. Griggs-'Why, when he's out OF
port, he knows that he must live on
| water"
The other day X, the Bohemian,
on receiving some money from rich
uncle, took it into his head to square off
some of his most pressing debts. He
first called at his tailors and heard that
the poor man had just died. His widow,
all in tears, desired to know the visitors
errand. 81 have come ts pay my bill, y
he simply replied. "Ahr' sobbed out
the widow, ''if my poor husband had
only lived till this morning the shock
might have brought him round. -
lie Figaro,