The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-01
M OF THE DAY.

Plain sailing-The route Of the prairie
schooner Puck.
The man rowing a boat is always back
ward in coming forward.
Kissing goes by favor, but it often
comes by stealth. Puck.
We may not like pawnbrokers, but we
have to put up with them.-Truth.
Travelling dresses are now made with
vestibule trains. berkshire Courier.
What the college freshman doesn'.
know be talks about.-Elmira Gazette.
Woman's face may be a poem; but
she is always careful to conceal the lines
in it.
The man who fails in attaining other
projections can easily make a perfect
fool of himself. PUCK.
The man who didn't fulfill the promise
of his youth claimed that the notes Of
minors were not binding.
The only man on earth who thinks
twice before he speaks once is the man
who shutters. - tchison Globe.
All women are 'beautiful" in the
newspapers until it comes to the print
ing of their photographs Puck.
Thu Indians started for a whoop,
But soon their faces fell.
Some students, they, who passed that way,
And they gave a college yell.
Washington Star.
Take your hard luck as you would a
pill. If you grind your teeth over it,
you will find it nastier than ever
Puck.
The man who objected to hiding his
light under a busLel succeeded in dis
playing his darkness to the whole world.
Truth.
"The football game broke up in a
fight, didn't it2" "Yes. 1t was the
tamest affair / ever aw."-Indianapolis
Journal.
''It's a little weigh of mine" re-
marked a clerk in a Main street grocery
as he gave his customer fourteen ounces
for the pound.-Butfalo Quips.
al understand that all you bagged on
your hunting trip was a pair of trousers"
swell, they were duck trousers, any
ay."--Indianapolis Journal.
~ wish you would not take advantage
of the relationship seemingly implied in
your name to be so familiar" said the
hen to the Ratchet. Washington Star.
The boy stood on the burning deck
But who could blame him, please
The price of coal had gone so high
IL was either this or freeze.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The making of a joke is a good deal
like the making of a salad. We think
we have struck a good thing, although
it may only agree with our own personal
taste.-Puck.
"How do l look" said the turkey as
he expanded his gorgeous array of
feathers. "Fit to kill, replied the sar-
donic old rooster who is so tough that
he can't be eaten. - Washington Star.
"Why didn't you keep the horse, Ber-
tie, deah boy9" Bertie-"The how'd
creature had the impudence to tell me
that the horse was bwoken, and / sent
him back for a whole one.'-Inter-
Ocean.
Friend-"I suppose your wife often
burns the midnight DILL" Eyes, !
guess she does now and then; but you
must remember that she hasn't had
much experience in cooking yet."-In-
ter-Ocean.
Wife-"Charley, dear, these are
graham gems that l made all alone.
Now tell me what you think of them"
Charley-"Any one who tried to eat
them could tell they were precious
stones. Chicago Inter. Ocean.
Papa sat reading his evening paper
when Tommy came up aud leaned on
his knee. 'Pa," said Tommy ''may l
ask you a question:" "Certainly, my
boy" "rhen tell me, pa, where the
wind is when it doesn't blow."-Hart-
ford Journal.