Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-08-18

Laughable.
AN oculist is the man who can
make people open their eyes"
EVEN when a ship parts with her
anchor she still keeps her hold.
OF a retiring nature-the man
who goes to bed with the chickens.
HAVE you ever heard parrot
swear? No, but I'ce seen a cro-cus.
WE shall have showers of blessing"
Too much of good thing isn't good
at all.
If boy is we'll thrashed he ought
to be "as good as wheat. dorchester
Democrat
IF any boat can shoot the rapids
successfully we should think it would
be the gunboat.
THERE are some men who are so
opposed to anarchy that they will not
even wear red flannel.
A DRUMMER who eloped with
Kansas City dining room girl was ar
rested for stealing the table service.
-Binghamton Republican.
A SOUTH JERSEY paper makes the
remarkable statement that thin
people are very thick in this neigh
borhood. "-Philadelphi Ricord.
IT'S satisfaction to know that the
hat-pin is not to become an instru-
ment of assassination. n girl can be
dressed to kill without it.-Phila-
delphia Times.
"THERE.." she said, standing on her
tiptoes, Il am about your size. "On
the contrary" said the disconSolate
lover, my signs are about your
Chicago Tribune.
LoUIsE-Where is your brother
now? Kittie (whose brother has just
sailed for Europe)-Why, don't you
know? He's on the braWny Deep
Harper's Young People.
Mrs. KEYBoARD-Why do you al
ways sit at the hotel piano? You
can't play a note Old Stokes
Neither can any one else while I'm
hcre.-Brandon Banner.
Mr.. CITIMAN-Where in creation
is that furnished cottage | rented for
the summer? Rural carman-Right
over yonder, sir, behind your Wife's
trunk New York Weekly.
TEACHER-How did Napoleon III.
reach the throne Of France? Pupil
He rode in. Erode in? Nonsense"
ooh, yes'm. The history says he got
in by coupe Good News.
JEANETTE Miss Boardman
get her lovely complexion from her
father Or her mother? Gladys Sweet
ly)-F'rOm her father. He is in the
drug business. Chicago News.
a SUSSEX, England, horticultural
correspondent announces, on the au-
thority of his vicar, that nine out Of
ten among the humber brides swear
to Glove and honor cherries and a
berry"
WELL, if that amt mean," ex-
claimed the prisoner, every burned
one O. the stories in this here paper
they've gimme to read is continued.
An me to be hung next Week.."--ln-
dianapolis Journal.
"EB'NEZAH." "Ma'am ?" els yoh
bin hookin' watah Mullins FUN de
mahkit?" Nom. "Well, maybe
yoh didn't But / doan see how yoh
am gwine ter prove an alibi fur dat
collie. Washington Star.
Mrs. SNOOPER-Menm make me tired.
Mrs swayback-What's the matter
now? Mrs. Snooper-My husband
saw Mrs. Keedick yesterday, and l
asked him what she had on. and he
replied, ooh, clothes. "-Tid-Bits.
LITTLE DICK School teachers
hasn't any feelin's at all. Mamma
What is the matter now? Little
Dick-My teacher borrowed my new
knife to sharpen her pencil, so she
could give me a dernerit mark.-GoCd
News.
WIFE-"What's that white stuff
on your shoulder" Husband
"Chalk from a billiard cue. you
know" Wife (snifing thereafter
[ wish you to use chalk that doesn't
smell like toilet powder. New
York Weekly.
Il CAN'T sing" said the young lady
when invited to MARBLE: but she COM
piled upon being further pressed.
When she had finished, Fogg thanked
her, and added behind his teeth. "I'll
never doubt anybody's word again"
Boston Transcript.
THE lately married one-I never
heard Of such trouble as | have with
my servants. They are SO stupid!
The experienced one-Don't talk to
me. The other day | sent Patrick
mt for two egg plants: he came back
with two hens c.ibner's Magazine.
MISS BEAUT-"I think Mr.. Love
lorn is just too mean for anything,
and after all the fayors I've shown
him, too. / used to go to operas and
theaters and everywhere with him,
and now, when l ask him little
favor he refuses" Erjend-"What