The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-03-01


A bouncing baby-The rubber doll.
Fair aud square-The angular blonde
girl.
Settled out of court-The confirmed
bachelor.
Gossip will very soon die without
proper ventilation.
Fighting tooth and nail-The dentist
and the chiropodist.
The barbed wire fence is the thing
that car give you points.
A bird that can't sing and will sing
ought to be made into a pot-pie.
When a bad example is set it is apt to
hatch mischief.-Kate Fields Washing
ton.
Many a man has made a goose Of
himself with a single quill.-Texas Sift-
ings.
Sleep is not the period of conscious
ness; it is only the coma, so to speak,
Boston Courier.
1t takes years for a wise mau to ma
ture, but a fool can get ripe in a minute.
Washington Star.
The diamond that poets praise,
Though still a favored jewel,
Will be outranked ere many days,
By carbon used as fuel.
Washington Star.
This would be a much happier world
If we couldn't borrow trouble without
collateral ecurity.-Puck.
"a little learning is a dangerous
thing" as the poor skater remarked as
he picked himself up.-Puck.
"This is a fiTst-class sugar loaf" said
the candy merchant as he retired from
business.-Washington Star.
When some people get on the roll of
honor they must roll it up and take it of
with hem.-Galveston News.
The height of impudence-Taking
shelter in an umbrella shop till the
shower is over.-Le Monde ComIque
1t has been demonstrate oft
A man ne'er reaches fame,
ntil the world Familiarity
Makes use Of his first name.
Washington Star.
Photographer - snow, madame, a
pleasant expression, please" Son-in-law
lin the back ground)-"Whewl must
not miss thatr"-Fliegends Blaetter.
IL am not afraid to say what / think"
exclaimed Hiladd. 81 always express
my views" "They are too heavy to 60
by mail, l suppose, " replied Larimer.-
She-"Dudes haven't more than half
sense" Mr.. Sappy-"Aw, Miss Navy,
are there no exoeptions2' 80, yes, Mr..
Sappy; some haven't any."-Brooklyn
Life.
"Poor Mr.. Mills is so sympathetic, l
think" Dolly-"What did he dot"
"To-day he sat with his eyes closed on
the car rather than see the ladies stand
up."-Chicago Inter-O Ocean.
"What have you got all those pictures
out on the window sill fort" asked a
friend of an amateur photographer. "I
am simply airing my views, was the re-
sponse.-Yonkers Statesman.
Oh, novelist a little light
We humbly beg OF you.
Why are the clocks of which you write
All made of ormolu?
Washington Star.
"Hello, Dinwiddiep' exclaimed Shin
giss, when the two met on Fifth avenue,
~ haven't seen you in an age. What do
you do for a living now2' AZ breathe"
replied Dinwiddie, languidly.-Pitts-
burg Chronicle.
Neighbours Boy docking through the
ence)-''My fathers a heap bigger man
than your'nl" New Boy with cold dis
dain)-''Size amt nothin'l When my
father coughs you can hear him half a
milel"-Chicago Tribune.
Elderly Maiden (out rowing with a
possible sutton and a little sister who is
frightened by the waves)-"Theodora /
II you are so nervous now, what will
you be at my agel" Little Sister (meekly)
-"Thirty-seyeD | suppose. "-Ti Bits.
Stranger-"T notice you called your
friend Professor. Is he really a pro-
f~essori" Boweryite 81 should say so.
Why, dat Teller swollers a sword eighteen
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