The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-08-16
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The lyin' of society-Not at home.
Showing the Incarcerating
lunatics.
The baby in the cradle strikes tho
bedrock of happiness.
The police justice should always bo
prepared to see a fine point.
When a man begins to say every
thing goes !" it usually does. Puck.
The less attention you pay to your
neighbors the more you interest them.
Two for fve-A couple of tramps
trying to pick up nickel. New York
Journal.
All escaping prisoner seldom begs
pardon for the liberty he takes
Troy Press.
1t is strong boarder who can eat
three plates of hash without turning
hair. Boston Courier.
Yale wants the ''rockSs but what to
do with granite quarry is puzzle.
-Meriden Republican.
knowledge is power except in the
case of the man who knows he is licked.
indianapolis Journal.
One way of providing for rainy
day is to make preparations to so to
picnic. Philadelphia Times.
1t is hard to live within ones salary,
but there is one consolation-it is
harder to live without Truth.
The bare-faced lie naturally does not
meet with the same respect as the
ancient humbug with whiskers. Puck.
'The heart knoweth its own bitter
ness, but there are many souls who
don't appear to realize their own gall.
Rams Horn.
The modern landlord doesn't get
frightened when he sees the hand.
writing on the wall. He Just gets mad.
Buffalo Courier.
If cholera prevails in years when
rhere are few flies, the indications for
a healthy summer are very favorable.
Buffalo Express
A Camden minister who was given o
match sealed in an envelope for a we'd
ding fee made light Of the imposition.
Philadelphia Record.
He-'Don't you think you could
love me just II little?" She--"Oh,
yes | can love you just as little as you
like. "--Someryille journal.
1t is easier for a camel to go through
the eye of a needle, than for a woman
to go through a ferryhoat without
glancing in the mirror, Puck
Whats the namc of your new
boat?' II named it Bridget, after
the cook, because it makes such heavy
rolls. journal of Education.
You perhaps wouldn't think so to
look at it, but almost any musician
will tell you that the stick beats the
drum all hollow.-Troy Press
Miss Chicago-'Is your neuralgia
any better, desr?" Miss Boston
Better? How could it be? 1t was
never good. Detroit Free Press.
A great deal has been said as to the
slowness of the turtles movements, but
all we can say is that he generally ar.
rivos IN time for soup. brakes Mag
azine.
Even after people have struggled to
reach the top of the hill of success
they find the apex swarming with
and other nuisances. -
Truth.
Hotel Clerk (Chieago)-"Sir, you
are leaving without your board bill l'
course l am Don't take
me for freight train, do you|-At-
lanta Constitution,
Bob trying to grow mustachel-'I
say, Tom, does it show at all?" Tom
seriously ly)--"Well, yes, little; but
neyor mind. l don't think anybody
will notice it, Washington News.
"Is Spooney apt to marry that prot
ty girl at the cravat counter?' Il
think he would if he felt that she
could break herself of the habit of
calling for cash. Philadelphia
Record
81 think 1 will take q holiday tho
next three weeks, remarked the See.
retary and Treasurer of private COM
pany TO the Chairman thereof. "But
you returned from ono only two weeks
ago True; that was my holiday as
Secretary l wish to 80 now as IrCasS
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