Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-01-05
PlTH AND POINT.

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1T may Id that they always speak
.M man as following the races because
he never gets ahead of them, = Buffdlo
Express.
-Marion--"My fioncc isvery excita-'
bic. when he proposed to me he
acted like one insane" Martha-"Per-
haps he was, dear. IN, Y, Herald.
Deserved a Smile. -Angelinn-"The
man marry mus. 30 handsome, brave
and clever" TomplSins-"Dear me!
How fortunate we have met" -Tra7cl-
ler's Record
-Kate-"And so you are married?
Keeping house, I SUPPOSE" Maud
mot exactly. There is a lady from
Ireland who keeps the house, but she
allows us to eat and sleep in it"
The cabin boy was in the habit OF
eating his loaf-brcad and leaving the
crusts. Mate-"We eat our crusts
here, laddie." Boy--"Weel, I'm lcav-
ing them tae ye." Dundee News.
doctor, is it true that extreme
nervousness will produce nausea?'
"Ies; | once saw car full of people
thro~ up their hands when two train
robbers covered them with their pis-
tolls. "-Philadelphia Record
A Large Subject LalIer (oi
Chicago-'You eastern people find the
Chicago girls foot II very satisfactory
subject of discussion" Miss Blocker
THAT'S because it covers the ground,
you sce."-Detroit Free Press.
-"Tbat was quite little joke OF
mine," he said, with enthusiasm, after
he had exerted himself with a bon mot.
"Did you see it?" "0h, yes" she an
swercd, YEARLY. ~ saw it last week
in newspaper Washington Star.
Congratulations Tailor 1900 "Mr.
Overdue, hear that you are about to
be married to Miss Bullion Allow me
TO congratulate you" Overdue Tex
tending his hand -"Allow me to con-
graduate you!"- Smith, Gray & Co. IS
Monthly.
The first thing to be done in pre-
pairing recipe for piccalilli is for the
housekeeper to run to dictionary and
find out how piccalilli is spelled. In
these days of broad and extensive cul-
ture "picklcd lily" won't 60 --Somer-
vile Journal.
AT a lecture on "The Decline of Lit.
erature" the eloquent orator shouted:
''Where are the Chauccrs, and Shake
speares, and Millions, and Sponsors, and
Macaulays? Where are they, say?"
And voice answered sadly from the
gallery: "All dead"-Tit-Bit
Nine. Trapino-"You told me, sir,
that all had to do was to leave the
tablecloth outside during the night,
and the fruit stains would disappear
Well, did SO last night" "Ah, then
the stains" mo! 1t was the table
cloth that disappeared" Intran.
sigeant.
All That Was Lacking. Rapid
transit" said western real estate
boomer proudly, sis all that our town
needs now Eyes" replied his pros.
pective purchaser, "if there was some
means of getting away quickly people
wouldn't be so afraid to come here" y
Des Moines Argonaut
-Nellic-I don't believe your broth.
or loves me as much as he SAYS he
does" Fanny-"Oh, Tn sure he does!
Why, when you were away last sum.
mer he acknowledged to me that he
thought of you twice" Nellie-"Is
that all?" Fanny-"But You must re.
mem Der what terrible task it is for
him 10 think at all. Boston News
The Inevitable. -"Hlave you fin
ished that address Of mine on Modern
Progress?'" asked the great man of his
private secretary. eyes, sir; replied
the brainy hireling. "Have you put in
every thing you could think of relating
to the subiect?" Eyes, sir; I have
made it very exhaustive; | don't think
anything further could be said" every
WE'LL just say ut the beginning that 4
regret that owing to the brief time al.
lottcd to me, will be unable to go as
fully into the subject as | could wish,
and let me have it."-Puck.