Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-26

Tsa-rabie Talk. s.7
THE matchmaker never goes on =
strike. Galveston News.
IT does not follow that the ocean
swell is high roller.-Picayune.
LANDLORDS contribute to make up
the @world OF letters" = Boston
Courier. es-.. st,-p u.
A poa's bark does not always In
dictate that he is upon the seize
Boston Courier.
THE worst sinner as well as the
best saint can wear the shiniest nat.
Texas Siftings.
THE flower that is born to blush
unseen really had nothing Ito blush
about.-Picayune.
You may jocularly tell man he's
a Tyre, but it isn't wise to harp on IL
much. --Boston Courier. 40
A FANCY drink has no necessary
relation to feast Of the imaglna-
tion. philadelphia Times
WHEN a boy has boil he is In
| position to keep his family in hot
water. -Binghamton Leader.
SOMEBODY says that man can get
roaring drunk on water. Well, 80 he
can on land.-Texas Siftlngs.
IT is quite possible for folks to
shine intellectually without being
light-headed. philadelphia Times.
ILLINOIS farmers have decided to
organize to fight the Irvine trust, with
which they are not In cord.-Sift-
ings.
WHAT the solar system needs now
is good stringent law for the pun
ishment Of vagrancy.-Kansas City
Star. :.
JAGsoN says he doesn't see how
man can expect to make much prog
ress in q stationery business. -Elmira
Gazette.
THE shooting stars appear to have
no aim, and no one under heaven
knows what they are shooting for
Picayune.
| WHEN some people get on the roll
of honor they think they must roll IL
up and take it off with them.-Gal-
weston News. sae
In Missouri they sell Shetland
ponies by the perpendicular foot, and
the purchaser has TO pony up---Chi-
cagO Tribune. -
IT is not at all strange that most
of the prize-f1ghts which have great
number of rounds are not square
Buffalo Express.
A CAREFUL West Philadelphia man
will not shake hands with a Mason
for fear he will take the grip.-Phil-
! adelphia Record.
SHE-Did your grandfather live to
a green old age? He-Well, should
say so! He was buncoed three times
after he was 70.-Life.
A LITTLE leaven leaveneth the
whole lump, but a great big 'leven
maketh the other fellows cake all
dough. Chicago Tribune.
MAUD-"Aunt Marie, what does
.love' mean in lawn-tennis?" Marie
"Just the same as in anything else.
Nothing. Brooklyn Life.
Fl MRS. S1NeER-"Patti has dia-
! mond ring worth 50, 000." Mr.. Singer
e l-"Oh, we'll, I'll wager she got 1T for
s a mere song. Jewellers Weekly.
!. A SAN FRANCISCO house is trying
e to restore whaling in the Southern
e seas, but it cannot be revived in
e the public schools. -Pittsburg Chroni-
r Gle.
/ IT is hard for philosopher to un-
g derstand why foot ball should be
e called play, as long as shovefing coal
y ia considered hard work.-Ram's
Horn.
+ 'NINETY-FIvE-"Say Blanks, have
u you read Romeo and Juliet?'" Nine
r. ty-six-"I've read Romeo and intend
10 taking up Juliet soon. Princeton
Tiger.
!, THAT Wyoming woman who has
= been made justice of the peace ought
= to be happy. She can have the last
e word every time. -Chicago News
a Record.
o. MOTHER Cooking over her boys
IN shoulder) spelling is perfectly
At terrible. Little Son-This isn't q
~ spelling lesson. lisa composition.
O. Good News.
n PEOPLE are so inconsistent. They
tx will speak in complimentary terms Of
no the minister's slow delivery, while
q. they swear at the messenger boys
ly Yonkers Statesman.
De MADeE-"How did you discovel
o. that he was boarder?" Helen
We "Why, when 1 passed him the prune'
ey he shuddered as though he had seer
n, a ghost.-Inter Ocean
On FRIEND-It seems to me that
te have seen something like that be
Is fore. What is that painting after
Impecunious Artist-At present 1T i
he after a purchaser
&c MorHER-"I have my doubts abou
yes Mr.. Hanson" Daughter-@He wear
're a dress suit on all proper occasions.
IN Mother-@Yes, but 1t isn't always tn
~. same one. New York Weekly.
60 NJ. lola insists that he is not revo
is lutionary. What he wants Is ere
forms without violence." That
about the boys idea of parental gov
ernment.-Binghamton Republican
CHI IT has never yet been decided b
an competent authorities whether snoI
1as ing is vocal or instrumental music
lst Calling it sheet music" doesn't sci
NO tie the matter at all. Concord Nor
by itor.
ZEN "LET us take cotton as an exam