The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-02-17
PITH AND POINT.

PITH AND P0lNT.
Looks like sixty-LX.-Life.
The records wall Il Sim broke
again."
"Hard times along the border Hem;
ming by hand.-Puck.
In spite Of all news items to the con.
trary, the oldest inhabitant is never
dead.-Puck. ta Z.
One of the most difficult things to- do
is to make dimple of a wrinkle.-r
Galveston News.
A good many men are more Interested
in having work than poverty abolished.
Texas siftings.
The person possessed of en- idle cu-
riosity has curiosity that is never idle.
-Bostnn Transcript. # .fa
The shopping woman may be atrias /
shop-worn, but there's no discount on
her. --.Philsdelphia Record. k1
"Oh, mamma, why does the preacher
always say 'lastly' in the middle OF his
sermon9"-Galveston News.
There's many man who would run
away if he did not have to take himself
along.-Indianapolis Journal.
An Irish philosopher says that if We
do not strive for that which is out OF our !
reach we will never get it.-Puck. 4.
The tramp has reached the hay-day Of
his prosperity when he is allowed td
sleep in the barn.-Texas Siftings. 81
She spent two years in learning how 3
To trim herself a bonnet. n
But when she married, lol she put Is
Cloak Review. y
When man is negative and his wife
is very positive, lively battery in the
family is natural incident. Boston
Post. ..-..
A woman delights in a speaking ace
quaintance, especially if she is permitted
to do most of the speaking. Bingham
ton Republican. l
The other fellow is always getting off
the good thing we were just on the
point of tossing to a benighted world
Boston Journal.
The man who has tco much self-respect
to marry for money. will often resort to- !
pretty slippery tactics in business trans Z
action.-Puck.
There are two kinds Of dogs, thegood
kind which belongs to yourself and the
worthless cur that is kept by your neigh 4
bor.-Boston Transcript.
A man is like postage stamp. When
be is badly stuck on himself, as t:were,
he is not worth two cents for any prac-
teal use.-Chicago Tribune.
George Eliot says. The man who
trusts a friend educates him. But the.
truster often gets the most experimental
Observation-Disclosures Post. 6
Tramp (beginningj-"I've seen letter
days." Citizen-"Yes, indeed. So
have I. Nasty day, isn't ita Hope it
will clear off soon" Yankee Blade.
The woman you, would call poem Is !.
not the woman you would call in the
morning to kindle the breakfast fire and ]
fry the flapjacks.-Richmond Recorder
They went a-riding-in due course
he told his passion with much vim
How gracefully she sat her horse; ~
How gracefully she sat on him
Rider and Driver{
Mr.. Neer-"What ought we to DO,
Doctor, as community, IN order To-
er--.meet the grip9" DR.. Blunt-"Dbnt
meet it, my dear sir. Avoid it."TChi-
cago Tribune.
The discovery of the grip bacillh Us bears
about the same relation to the cure OF
the disease that the discovery of a'"clew"
does to the capture of criminal.-ln-
dianapolis Journal.
"Only love me little bit and I viii
be your faithful, willing slave" "But
where is the fun in that2 What girl
really enjoys is managing an unwilling
slave. indianapolis Journal.
Room at the Top: He'll don't see
what people keep dairies for; I can keep
all my affairs in my head" 'she---
"That's good way, too; but not every:
one has the room. "-.-New York Sun. =.
Filkins-ssDr. Killum has paid five
visits to our house." Bilkins-"Myl
At $40 q vista That's expensive"
Filkins-"lt's only $40. The last four
he was after his money."---Brooklyn
Life.
Bullzon-"Wha do you think OF this
new story they've sprung on the reading
public, that Washington didn't cross the
Delaware at Trenton in boats at all, but
on a raft9" Bayres-"Gt sounds like q
clumsy kind of-ter---rafter thought. -
Chicago Tribune.
81 suppose, Freddy. you love your.
sister very much" said the gentleman
who was paying his addresses to Freddy's
sister," Freddy---"I love her when
there's fellers around. She's mighty
good to ne then, but she is cross as the
mischief after they're gone. She's Likes a
tiddle-"she's no good without g beau"
Wasp.
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