Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-03-23
PlTH AND POINT.

-IINtll uOll NNNNHN
rs he sees it in boy -Atchison Globe
Ii you do not want to be robbed OF
your good name, do not have it en-
graved on your umbrella.
Before you kill yourself trying to
accumulate wealth, go and ask mil
lionaire how much money it takes TO
make man rich.
There are said to be fifty thousand
muscles in an elephants trunk. ltmust
have been packed by woman. Ten
nessee Twinklings.
"A boy never looks in the glass to
see il his face is clean after he has
washed it; he looks at the dirt on the
towel.-Atchison Globe.
When wife counsels her husband
to come straight home after an evening
banquet she means it in morse senses
than one.- Boston Transcript.
"A difference between a blade
losing its temper and woman is that
the former becomes duller and the lat
ter more cutting.-Philadelphia Times.
-Landlady-"Mr. Colfax, you look
Ill; hope no unexpected" Board
er-"Yes'm, that's it; he found his
steak tender an it shocked him. I'm.
ter-0cean.
Poor Benton is having fire extin.
guishers put in every room in his
house" "What for?" "Well, you see
he had it built fire proof and has to-
Inter-Ocean.
-Jagsby-"Wife, 1 (hic) was held
up on m way 'ome." Mrs. Jagsby
(sarcastically)-"You wouldn't have
got home if you hadn't been."-Pitts-
burgh Bulletin.
-Diner-''Waiter find have just
money to pay for the dinner; but it
leaves nothing in the way of tip for
the check again. IN. Y. Herald.
True But Not Strange.-Jennie-
"A watch is one of the cleverest crea-
lures in the world" Belle-'Why?"
Jennie-"Always has its business SO
well in nd.'-Jewelers' Weekly.
-"George!" said Maud. 81 am Will
iam" said William, sternlY. "Oh,
know that, Willie" returned Maud.
II hurt my finger, and that was my
little swear word. "-Harper's Bazaar.
WHATS that picture with the cur
tain over it? asked Mrs. Hicks in the
art gallery. 81 don't know. 1t must
be one of those shade-overs they talli
so much about" said Hicks. .--Harper's
Bazar
-Tcacher-"What part of speech il
phonograph?" Big Boy-"A noun o.
the feminine gender" Teacher
"Why feminine?" Big Boy-"Becaust
it always talks back."-Morning Jour
nal.
He Was Sure of That.-Tomdils-
"Do you think that American womer
are growing taller?" Hojacll-'I dom
know about that, but they are keeping
American men as short as ever,"-De
troit Free Press.
Mrs. Gumley (rcading)-"A Euro
pcan scientist has been listening to the
voice of fly through n microscope. He
says it sounds very much like The
neighing of horse" Mr.. Gumley-
Perhaps it was horse-hy."-Ripples
-Clara-"Bar.n Spuchs must be {
brave man. They say he lives in q
castle that is haunted by the ghosts O.
murdered ancestors" Jack-"Ghosts
That's nothing. l live in house tha
is haunted by bill collectors. IS, G. &
Co.'S Monthly.
-"What was that Dawson story yol
told the otlRr day, Hicks?' "Why,
pleased Mrs. Dawson very much by
asking her if she was herself or he
daughter Couldn'. tell 'em apart.
"Well, it's strange, but l worked tn,
same scheme on the daughter and sh,
didn't like it n bit. "-Harper's Bazaar
-Irishman Ito photographer)-"Cal
yez make me nose a little smaller an
straighter in me photo than it is on M
face?' Photographer-"O yes, sir. B,
means of retouching can make you
nose almost any shape" Irishman-
"That's illigant! Phat wud yez charg
to retouch me rale ose?"-Pick-m up