The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-14
Quaint Cuttings.

Quaint Cuttings.
eft doan' pay,'' said Uncle Eben, .'ter be
stuck up. Ebery time yoh reaches ober ter
look down OF yoh Teller man yer runs a
great resk oh losin yoh balance an drappin."
Washington Star.
A difficult place to keep ones balance
at the bank.-LoweIl Courier.
The other day Johnnie saw branded
mustang on the street. ''Oh, mamma" he
shouted, ''just look how they've gone and
yaccInated the poor thingr'-Harper's
Young People.
don't mind their own business. One is that
they haven't any mind; the other, that they
haven't any MISUNDERSTANDING
Zone OBJ de average mans creates mis-
takes" said Uncle Eben, lam payin too
much 'tention ter de mistakes dat comes
undah is notice in uddah people Dab aim
no sense in gittin ober an pullin up de weeds
in anuddah mans gyahden. I've shington
Star.
No smile is so genuine as that of the hen
which, perched on the fence, watches the
man next door making his spring garden
Ycnkers Statesman.
Every girl thinks her lover is hero until
a dog dasheS at them as they are walking
along the street.-Florida Times-Union.
Severe noralists doubt if the round dances
lead to the square thing in good conduct
Picayune.
''Hellop' exclaimed the telegraph editor.
Here's first class article from Kentucky"
You don't say So" responded the absent
minded city editor WHO'S got cork
screw ?"--W ashington Star
Mr.. Croesus-You want to marry my
niece, do your Why, she is the only rela-
tive I have. Charley Hardup-I have
thought that all out, sir.-Raymond's
There is place like the home of ones
northumberland News.
This Is the season when the man who has
at nj has fol ont
with his hammock.-Atc Globe.
The man with elastic step should go
up stairs at n single bound.-Yonkers States
man.
The meek must inherit the earth, for it's
plain they never could get it in any other
way.-Kate Fields Washington.
A suburban paper, reporting meetint.
a woman's dress reform league. says, ''Tnii
ty odd women were present. ''-Philadelphi
Record
A man never realizes his worth until he
is sued for breach of promise.-Iit-Bits.
A man cannot always be the same every
where. So perhaps it is excusable, after a
man has delivered an eloquent plea for
more beautiful life, to go home and kick
his dog and find fault with the supper his
wife has prepared for him.-Boston Tran
script.
Gould L see the head of the house?"
Servant don't see how you could miss it.
There was champagne supper here last
night.-Inter Ocean.
The man who is taking phosphorus for
spring medicine is trying to make himself
match for any one.-Boston Transcript.
She-Riohes have wings, they say. He
Yes, but it is not until a man loses them
that he is said to Ego up.''-YonkersS States
man.
Lesser-I am writing a new tank play
and shall play the leading part myself
Dasher-Ah you will certainly play the
part of tank admirably.-NewY DIRK World.
When you go In to collect bill, the man
at the counter is less apt to inquire about
the health of your family than when you
go in to pay one.-Atcbison Globe.
The sky is SO blue at this season Of the
year that the earth grows green with jeal-
ousy.-Boston Globe.
When everything else fails and your in
somnia seems to be incurable, tfy to get
position as night watchman.-E1orida
Times Z uion.
A married friend tells US in confidence
that he would much rather pay for q bon
net for his wife than undergo the martyr
dom of picking out a hat for himself.-Bos-
ton Transcript
Tommy-Pa, what does the paper mean
when it says comment is Unnecessary"
Mr.. Fight means that the writer didn't
know what to say.-Tit-Bits
Charlotte-Oh, how slippery these rocks
arel Take a good hold of my arm, John,
and if slip hold on like grim death, but if
you slip for goodness sake let go.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
A pretty girl can usually forgive a man
for staring at her. but you wouldn't think
SO to hear her tell the folks about it after
she gets home.-Somerville Journal
WELL don't care There's one advan-
tage in having low ceilings" said Mrs Old
house to Mrs. Newhouse- You can slap
mosquitoes better. "-Boston Courier.
Pointed shoes are we'll enough. but they
should not be the only good points man
pOssesses.-Boston Transcript.
If speech is silver and silence is golden,
it's no wonder that people sometimes purse
their Inns -Rhflade lnlnia Reccrd