The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-04-23
puNcENT PARAGRAPHS.

-BrOOI OnCluSlVe.-DTlRBb- bOIOU
think that Robinson loves herP" 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 piece!"--Fliegend Batter.
Your fair friend that paints so
charmingly may be an fngenue. but you
mustn't refer to her as an artiess crea-
Republican.
Little Johnnie--"Say, mil. does a
minister really need all the slippers
that are given him?" Mrs Brown
eyes, indeed. His son is generally very
bad. Epoch.
--"What stupid thing that Miss
Chatterton is! She'll sit for u whole
evening without saying n word" 80.
but you never happened to see her at
the theater. Boston Transcript.
--Biddeford papers bring interesting
accounts of 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 magazine" Second Young
Woman (jealous) )-"Well, If she encloses
the subscription price have no doubt
she will get it. 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 philadelphia Record.
Losing Her Grip.-Mrs. Witherby-
"Mrs. Plankington doesn't dress so we'll
as she used to, does she?" Mrs. Bangor
-"No; since her husband signed the
pledge she hasn't the hold on him that
she used to have. Cloak Review
In Training. -Hanl1s--"I've just dis
covered the reason why Closefist is so
small" Banlls-''What is it?'' Hanks
Gle expects to have to crawl through
the eve of u 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; II
need it badly."-Truth.
-"How can you sell these beauti-
fully-bound dialect stories for only rs
| ccnLS ID VOluulcg llttO 10 ISblly lSSo
than cost" answered the bookseller,
''bdt we sell key to them for sl7."--
indianapolis Journal.
-Gauged His Ability. Upstart-"I
have made up my mind to become a jour
nalist What kind of paper would
you advise me to go to work with?"
Gruffley-"Well, think you are best
fitted to work with piece of sand
paper. Boston Courier.
Might Have Been Better Put,-Mrs
Fliabout lin for calD-"I should think
you'd be tired to death, Mrs. Homebody;
you're always as busy as you can be-"
Mrs Homebody-"O, l don't mind it!
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
lid you find it out?" II overheard him
tell my brother that it is good thing
to study your hand before you draw. y
Washington Star.
-Dashaway-"Ho much extra will
you charge me for satin lining in a
coat instead of sill?" Tailor--"Well,
seeing it's you, Mr.. Dashaway, won't
charge you anything. Shall take your
measure?" Dashaway-"'It isn't neces.
sary. The coats over home, and III
have it sent over.-Clothier and Fur.
nisher'
Lieut.. Griggs-"Why is sailor
melancholy whenever he's out of port?'
Miss Flutter-'Because he is to remair
so long away from his dear ones
Lieut.. Griggs = "Well, that's bat
enough, but there's better reason
still" Miss Flutter-"What, pray?'
Lieut.. Griggs-''Why, when he's out o
port, he knows that he must live or
water"
: The other day Y, the Bohemian
} on receiving some money from ricf
uncle, took it into his head to square of
some of his most pressing debts. Ht
first called at his tailor's and heard tina
the poor man had just died. His widow
all in tears, desired to know the visitor:
errand. II have come TO pay my bill,
he simply replied. "Ahw sobbed on
, the widow, ''if my poor husband haC
only lived till this morning the shocl
might have brought him round"-
LIE Figaro