St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-05-28
PlTH AND POINT.

A public turn out-The sheriff.
Puck.
The -four mission-To make good
bread.
A tax on credulity-The buncos mans
lncome.-Puck.
1t often requires crooked work to get
ont of straitened circumstances.
"There goes man to be trusted"
said Jagson, as Dudeson entered the
tailor shop.
A man may be considered lacking in
hospitality when he will not even enter
tain an idea.
The lesp-year girl might try him deli
cately with little popcorn. Louisville
Courier Journal.
The dexterous wrestler gets down to
business when he drops on his friends.
Galveston News.
The man who has no business of his
own to attend to always goes to bed
tired.-Ram's Horn.
The ability of the gas company to
make both ends meet depends on the
meter.-Chicago Times.
Her-s'What kind of men do you
think make the best husbands2' She
Bachelors and widowers."
All the worlds stage-and <every-
body seems to want the seat with the
driver. Journal.
A merchant may drive a fast horse,
but he never objects 10 taking other peo-
pies dust.-Binghamton Republican.
One reason why men see things so diff
ferently is because no two can stand in
the same place to look.--Rams Horn.
Paradoxical as it may appear, when
man has got low down in the world, he
nav be said to be gone up.-Blnghamton
Leader.
The really disastrous stage of laziness
is reached when man feels that it is too
much trouble to avoid trouble. Wash
ington Star.
One of the most persistent forces in
nature is the needle, which always car
ries its point and always has an eye out
for business.-Lowell Courier.
Wool-ssWho was it advocated
throwing physic to the dogs2'" Van
Pelt-"Don't remember the name; some
fellow whose wife had one, likely
Brooklyn Life.
"Dry? Was I dry2" said the African
traveller. "Why, Pm so dry yet that
have to wet my tongue with sponge
before 1 can HEX postage stamp. y
New York Mercury.
ooh, come off" said the engagement
to the marriage, in fit of anger. "From
the condition of your temper I suppose
you are broke again" replied the latter
with ready wit, but poor grammar
Puck.
A man who has been insulteo by Boz
reau angrily hands him his card with the
words, "Therc, sir! I shall be at home
all day to- morrow" To which Bolreau
gravely replies: $50 shall l, ir."-Le
Figaro.
Barber during shampoo)-"Are you
troubled at all by your hair coming outE"
Cholly feeling where his moustache
ought to appear}-''No, me dear man.
I'm troubled because it won't come out. !"
| Harvard Lampoon.
Miss Shoddy Introducing GALLERY
"You know Mr.. Sweet, don't you, pas
He wrote those verses, you KNOWN the
book with the cover that harmonizes so
beautifully with the crimson rocker. -
Philadelphia Upholsterer.
"Hullo," said Mr.. Suburbs, as he en-
tered his yard, "what are you doing
with the pruning shears, John?' "H'o,
nothing" replied the new English gar
dener, "only trimming the hedges of the
edges, sir"-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
At an evening party the lady of the
house offered some refreshment to
rather foolish gentleman, who declined,
saying: "You may take al ass to the
water, but you can't make him drink. "
"Then won't press you any more, )" was
the lady's reply.-EI TELEGRAPH.
The reporter had just come in from an
assignment in murder case. 1t was a
rainy day, and he had to cross plowed
field on foot. II see," observed the city
editor, looking with some displeasure at
his large and muddy boots, "you have
brought the scene of the murder with
you" EYES," answered the reporter,
apologetically, give got to have some
ground for my story, you know
| Chicapo Trihune