The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-09-27
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Copper bottomed-The National
currency.
The Cherokee strip was formerly q
scalp Dallas News.
Imitation is fiattery that woman
doesn't relish in matters of dress.
1t isn't pride that makes a man in an
attic look down on his neighbors.
THAT just fills the BILL" said tho
robin as he seized fat worm. Lowell
Courier.
Kicking a man when he is down is
sometimes the only way to make him
get up.-Puck.
Hitch your wagon to a star if you
will, but look to the strength of the
harness. Puck.
The street paver isn't far wrong in
characterizing his work as beneath
him. Buffalo Courier.
81 allus wonder if the fish feels as
big as he looked to the fellow who lost
him. Worlds Fair Puck.
gentle maiden, young and fair
OF lovelness a dream,
And she just dotes on-no not mo
But caramels and cream.
New York kerald.
There's n married mans scheme to
abolish seal fishing altogether. No
seals, no sacques. Meridian Republic
can.
Contentment is better than riches,
but it takes about the same amount of
money for one as the other.-Chicago
1nter-Ocean.
Householder always pick my
customers" Friend-"Do you? l
was told that you skinned them. -
Brooklyn Life.
Thieves may break through and
steal, but they can never rob the tele-
phone girl of her rings. Peoples
Home Journal.
It is interesting to see how sorry the
man who went to the country for a
vacation and the man who stayed home
are for each other w Washington Star.
To love in a cottage she didn't demur,
Her taste quite inclined her TO that;
The only occasion for worry to her
Was the prospect of love in a flat.
| Washington Star.
A curious thing about politicians is
| that lust so soon as they have finger
in the pie they begin TO talk of getting
there with both feet. Philadelphia
Times.
The first year after a.girl graduates
she makes the same disheartening
struggle to live up to her ideals that
she makes after marriage. -Atchison
Globe.
Miss Whacker-"Do you consider it
sign of weakness in man to weep,
Mr. Factor?" Mr.. Factor THAT de-
pends on who is playing the piano"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"We hear n great deal about the
seven ages of man, but no one ever al'
ludes to the seven ages of woman
what is the reason?" "Gallantry my
boy, gallantry. Boston Gazette.
'It must have been love match,
for she knew he was poor" ''No, he
told her he had only remnant of his
! fortune left, and she, of course, thought
she'd get bargain. "-Inter-Ocean.
Miss Sweetly-'I bought one of the
wells that are so thickly dotted / can
scarcely see, and ] look like fright
in it, don't II" Miss Tartly mo,
no; it almost conceals your face, -
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A gentleman having noticed that his
wife, instead of wearing her wedding
ring on her finger, kept it concealed
in her purse, took her TO task about it,
The lady replied: "Whnt would you
have? That is its proper place you
didn't marry me- but my purse -
Fliegende Blatter,
~ nm hunting for place to eat, "
said the hungry man with the lunch
basket "You can look at all the
places you please, sir, replied the Co.
lumbian Guard, stiilly, "but you can't
eat any OF them unless you get con
ces-.' But the hungry man had
pulled his hat down over his eyes and
trudged on. Chicago Tribune.