The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-08
PITH AND POINT.

~ nile vacation always begins with
. Y, 1t alwaysen with . great scarcity
Of them-Baltimare American.
Hicks Do Littlejohn and his vito
get along well together?'' Wicks-''Yes,
when they are apart. Tran
script
"A Promising Artist.-She-''D you
paint in water colors?' He with dig
nity)-sI am from Kentucky, miss. -
Detroit Free Press
She is wise woman who. knows
enough to know little less about every
thing than the man she wants to cap
ture.-Elmira Gazette.
HEY am in love. Will you be nv
eonfidante?" She-"Certainly; am at
your service" He-''Well, would you
advise me to propose to you?'
"A Successful Poem.-''My lastpo
made great hit. The editor was struck
with it. " Good! Knocked him down,
did you?'-Atlanta Constitution.
No. Beatrice, you are wrong; the
through of the sea- is not PIT there for
the purpose of watering the ocean
greyhounds. "-Yonkers Statesman.
For a week he idly wandered:
Now through dreary months he saves.
To catch up with what he suuandered
BY the sad sea waves
Washington Star.
There is fine rose." said the
florist 1.-TWO dollars is what l ask 1t
hasn't thorn" "No," replied Penni-
less, sadly "But it has price. "-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Little Willie-"Why, papa, just
fired my pop-gun at fly" Mr.. Brown
Then how did you make such a
wreck?" Little Willie-"The fly '-as
on the pier glass"
The Time Was Not Auspicious.-
Marie-'1f you don't love Algernon,
why do you not break the engagement??''
Elsie-''He hasn't given me the ring
yet. Weekly.
When you are boarding in the coun-
try and complain about the mosquitoes,
you are always told that it is the first
time in the history of the place that
they ever put in an appearance.-N. Y.
Sun.
Penelope - "Do you notice any
thing striking in this room?" Staylate
mo; did I look as though I did?''
Penelope-"I didn't know but that you
might have heard the clock."-N. Y.
Herald.
She ION the piazza) -'Thanks, I
don't care for the steamer rug, but I
should like something to put around
my neck" He-''What shall fetch, a
sllawl?" She - "No; anything with
arms to it. "--Cloak Review.
~ don't see what attraction the
girls can find about young Sapley.
Why, his mind is positively feeble. -
eyes; but as he hasn't any occasion to
use it they probably have never found
it out. indianapolis Journal.
The misunderstanding of bray
cry; why, durin' the Wilderness cam
paign, single-handed. made forty con-
federates run" His Hearers - Glow
was that?" The Veteran-"Well, they
chased me. "-Harper's Weekly.
Always pass the fruit to everybody
else before helping yourself. Common
politeness will induce your company to
leave the choicest specimens upon the
plate, and when it comes to your turn
you can eat them without exciting re-
mark.-Boston Transcript.
Friends may fall away from man,
his wife may go to her mothers and his
political acquaintance may cross him
from their list. but as long as he can
keep his bald head above the waters of
oblivion, the friendly house fly will
never desert him.-Philadelrh Times.
-"How old are you, sonuy?" Twelve
years old, SIR 'You are very small
for your age. What is your name?''
Sammy Smith. My father is baker
on Manhattan avenue" $50 your IA
ther is baker. I might have known
1t from your size. You remind me of
one of his loaves."