River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-04-20
pITH AND POINT.

The juice from decayed bananas. it
is said. will make bright carmine ink,
and it is also said To step on one makes
the air blue.-Inter Ocean.
Did Miss Goldcoin look upon your
suit with favor?" "Oh, yes; she thought
the clothes were all right. but She OBJ
jected to the wearer" --Inter-ocea
Hydrologic. Teacher who was
the person who turned everything he
touched to gold?" Scholar guess it
was the man that makes cheap jew
clry. Detroit Free Press.
why, Mr. Banks. how long have
YOU been wearing eye-glasses?' ''Well,
Miss Edith, you always seemed so dis
tant to me that ] thought glasses
might bring you little nearer. FIX
change
Mrs. nquisitive-"Your husband
must be earning more than he used to.
! see You have new sealslSin jacket. -
Mrs. Straightface-''No indeed. Hes
learned how To fix the gas meter
Grenoble Monthly.
THAT'S a very lovely baby of yours,
Lawson / wonder what he will de-
velop into?" "Well, if vou can judge
of the future by the present, think ne
win be town-crier when he grows
up. ~ arper's Bazar.
Wife-"I've made fool of myself +"
Howe" Wife-"Iere I've
carried all the baggage, so that people
would not think We were newly mar
ried, and all the while my back hair
was full of rice. IN. Y. Herald.
Bible Teacher-"W Would you regard
the serpent in the garden of Eden as a
symbol or an actuality?" Student
''rhe latter. certainly don't under
stand that Intoxicating liquors We're
known then. Detroit Tribune.
Tailor calling on debtor, an artist
Tin afraid | interrupt. sir; | see
you're very busy" Artist Don't
mention it. Perhaps YOU would like 10
see me draw something?" Tailor
should. sir. / should like you to dra W
a check"
The Point She-''I wish YOU
wOuldn' play billiards for stakes. II is
nothing in the world but a game of
chance" He-"A game of chance!
Why, my dear girl, it's game of in
finite skill" She--"Not as you play
it."-Truth.
"A servant girl was once given some
maearoni by her mistress To prepare for
the table. Noticing the girls surprise,
the lady asked: Didn't you cook maea-
roni at your last placer Cook il? We
used them things TO light the fire with?''
+ --Tit-Bi,s
"A pompous fellow made a very in
adequate offer for valuable property;
and calling the next day for answer,
| inquired of the gentleman if he had en-
4 tcrtained his proposition. No" re-
piled the other, your Proposition en-
tertained me- Pilot.
You never sit and talk to me as
you did before we were married -
sighed the young wife. mo" replied
the husband, who was a Diapers as
sistant. The guv'nor told me to stop
praising the goods as soon as the bar
gain was struck. "-Tit-Bits.
-Charitably Inclined. Mrs. Parve-
neer-''If we could could only get the
girls into Mrs. Astorgilt's dancing
class. Simon, it would be the making
of 'em." Mr.. Parveneer--''I druther
paternize somebody else t needs il
more. Sophia. Mis- Astorgilt's well
'nough off 'thout teachin' dancin'-
school. Puck.
-Fogg-''I can't use an umbrella
until Easter ~ Henderson - ''Whv
not?" Fogg because it's Lent"
Henderson thought he'd try this on
Mrs. f. Said he: "A fellow can't use
our umbrella until Easter" "Why
note" asked Mrs f. Because" said
I Henderson. ''it's borrowed" And he
wondered why his wife didn't laugh. -
Boston Transcript.
. Not so Ignorant After All.-Ex-
4 plorer-''Do you know, Ethel. the AZ
rican savages we're SO ignorant that
/ they couldn't understand what made
Stanleys iron boat float" Ethel
What was it. Uncle JACKIE Explorer
"Why-er-the-er shape, you know,
d-er-atmospheric preSsue, you
know. and-er-all that sort of thing. "
Judge.