Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-11-22
PITH AND POINT.

Opera bouffe-A French duel.
A tramp steamer-Tne station-house
lodging room.
A reformer is man who is sure thai
his interest is the public interest
Puck.
1t is easier to restore smashed egg
shell than TO bring back confidence once
lost..Truth.
The milk of human kindness would bs
n good deal richer if it wasn't SKINNED
70 often.-Puck.
When a ship begins to pitch the
passengers all are anxious to mako a
home run.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
why do you love me, Love, 50 muchs'
passionately cried.
She pouted, musei then sail "Becauser
And / was satisfied.
PUCK.
Mrs. Plume-''Don't you think my
new bonnet is a perfect dream" Plume
-"Yes; and mighty bad one" -
Puck.
1t is curious how much faster a street
car humps along when you are running
after it than when you are riding on it.
Richmond Recorder.
7 "Well," said the man who handed his
last cent to the lawyer, "I suppose turn
about is fair play. 1 broke the law and
the law broke me. "-Washington Star.
How many sudden grists would hit
Far from this world of blues
II all umbrellas had to fit
The same as overshoesi
Washington Stai.
There are too many singers in the choir
VINO do not know any more about the
gospel they sing than the town pump
does about the taste of water.--Ram's
Horn.
Willie --"Papa, someone has invented
magazine gun. What kind is thst2"
Papa (refectively-'It must be one
that goes eff once a month. ."-Pittsburg
Bulletin.
One good way to discourage the man
who thinks he has an aptitude for saying
funny things is to call him back soberly
and induce him to explain his jokes
Somerville Journal.
Mrs. Youugwife-"Tom has a dread.
ful disposition fnd." Mother-"What
does he dol' Mrs. Youngwife--"Do,
why he never gets mad when do."--
Chicago Inter Ocean.
"Where are you stayingi I'll call ana
see you." ''Don't. You'll only think
the worse of me when you see my sur
roundings." "Oh, my dear fellow,
that's impossible, you know."-Puuch.
a conflict is approaching, It comes nearer
evory day;
The foe no longer socks tae aid OF stealth,
And we wonder which will conquer in the
world-important fray,
The bacillus or the officer OF health.
Washington Star.
Mr.. Grigson-'T wonder what old
General Bulledoggc can see in that
odiously made-up Blanche Dupuisl"
Miss Golightly-"Oh, the old war horse
likes the smell of powder, 1 guess
Judy.
Herbcrt-"If she loves him, why
doesn't she marry him In spite of her
fathers objection?" Stella -'Mercy2
isn't it good deal easier to give him up
than to admit she is cf asef"-Chicago
lnter-Occan.
"I consider" said the new man on the
staff, deeply hurt, "that | have been
snubbed. 1 am chockful of unwritten
editorials and they've sent me out to
write up the homemade pie industry
Chicago Tribune.
"Yer look bad, Jim. Bcen campin'
outl" "Sorter. To-day's the fust time
I've been out er doors in, three months"
.'Whot was the matter with yerr
"Nothin'; but the Judgc'wouldn't be-
lieve lt."-Comic Cuts.
A MAN in love is the dupe OF his
own imagination, and when marriage
shows him his goddess is mortal, hA
believes the woman deceived him.
The first New Jersey coins were cop
per cents, struck in 17S6.