The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-26
HUMOR OF TIL DAY.

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HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The mar who laughs best does mo-
always laugh loudest.
Sailors prefer a lark on land to a night
in gale on the sea.--The Jester.
The calendar is a very good reminder
chat our days are numbered .-Puck.
When the public has faith in a writer
name, it is a faith which must be backed
up by good works.-Puck.
Extreme of heat and cold produce like
effects. When a man is ssfrozen out
he is apt to get red hot.-Life.
swell, I've swornuoff my worst habit
William" "Whic, one?" responded
William Chicago News Record.
Why are girls so afraid
When the lightnings are active?
IT'S because each dear NAH
Is aware she's attractive.
Judge.
He-t'No n can underslaed W. al
The, wild raves are saying" She-"ol
course not. The ocean is SO very Deep
New York Herald.
"A West Philadelphia man wants to
sell his parrot, which he advertises as
being sssuitable for a deaf family
Philadelphia Record.
The coffee palaces of Melbourne, says
an exchange, are the finest in the world.
The grounds are probably likewise very
fne.-Rochester Post.
Our English language is full of eccen-
t~ficities. We wind up a watch to SET il
going. But we wind up a business con.
Germ to stop it.-Lowell Courier.
Brazenly she begs for kisses,
Boldly makes arch eyes at me;
Such a shameless min as his is
My daughter, asat three.
chicago News Record.
From time immemorial men have oeen
held up for examples, and now and tiea
they've been held up Tor what tne5
had about their clothes.-BinghamroI
Leader.
The fellow that's up with the times.
And sees with a glass all things,
Gets awiully left IN the lurch
By the circus that has three rings.
chicago Inter-Ocean.
Twynn-tsThey Say that D;nglei
hadn't a friend in the world Triplett
tho wonder. He went about reciting
Evolutionary selections at parlor enter
tainments Detroit Free Press.
~ ought to study Photographic
mused the seaside young man who hal
proposed again. II really ought. can
develop more negatives in a given time
than anybody know of."--Washingto3
Star.
Hostess-arve got sucha cold to-day.
/ feel quite stupid" Prize Idiot (call
Might've got a bad cold, too; but
don't feel particularly stupid" Hostess
-uAh, I see you're not quite YOURSELF
London Punch.
az viii improve my mind" said ne;
Il can, though don't look 1t"
And she responded nnerrily,.
ssFirst catch your hare; then cool IT.
We shington Star.
t.Dear Father: We are well and
happy. The baby has grown ever &C
much and has a great deal more sens.
than he used to have. Hoping thu
same of you, ] remain your daughter,
MoIly."-Texas Siftings.
Twillinger-aI hear that Tompkin,
drank up all his diamonds in the last
month Wifo-s'I know then thai
they are not of arst water or be woulo
never have tasted them, the horrid Ole
rog. r-Chicago ntcr-Oceau.
The King Of the Cannibals nothing could
save
h passed from earthly labors;
And Mind missionaries wrote over his gravs
"a man who loved his n~eighbors."
The Mistress-stYon really don't wan
The ~cofeeg" Tho Tramp-"Pardon ne
madam; but / detect the presence OF twt
lunps of sugar. Ny invariable habit y
to take d lump only. I may be ragged
but / possess the try instincts o. sns
spieure. n-pittsburgh Bulletin.
al Waldo County clam digger, Of 9 2
siderable creative faculty. wanted to sal
ionething real bad Of q neighbor ane
delivered himself of this: "The critic.
ainst got any brains; the inside Of ~
head amt even latlled, LET alone belns
plaalered. Lewiston lMe.l journal.