Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-08-23
NNA COUNTY, TENNESSEE THURSDAY AUGUST 49,
plTH ANN POINT.

--One strawberry doesn't make
shortcake. e.-Truth.
-Whines and lickcrs go together e.
Rural New Yorker,
"A working majority is the only kind
to be depended upon. Chicago Herald
Some fiddlers can play tune on
one string, but it never makes anybody
want to dance. RAMS Horn.
They say that for an old bachelor,
Jones is putting good deal of fire
into his courtship." "Thats natural.
He is sparkling an old fame. IN Y.
Press.
--Multum in Parvo. Chatter
"Now, professor, what do you really
mean by small talk?'" Prof Grim
"1hat which causes large trouble. -
Truth.
-"What lovely white chip hat that
was your wife had on to-day, Bagleyw
Eyes. And it took the price of five blue
chips to pay for it" - Browning's
Monthly
I'VE have caught our dcfaulting
boolxkeeper," said one merchant to an
other. "Then he is now a spotted
adder" replied the latter. Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
"A Matter of Scarcity, Sentimental
Maiden-"Oh, what is so rare as day
in June?" Her Practical Beau-"A day
in February, because there are only
twenty-eight. "-Arkansaw Traveller.
--Disobeying Fashions Decree
Fannie-''Have you ever felt the pinch
of poverty?" Nanny-"No. What is
it like?" Fanuy-"Wearing your old
silk dress with the tight sleeves. -
Judge.
-"Chinner is great talller, isn't
hep" 'He is" Wouldn't you like to
know as much as he llnows?" .'Well,
not exactly, but would like to know
as much as he thinks he knows IN.
Y. Press.
Who taught the natives of the
field and wood to shun their poison
and to choose their food-prescient,
the tides and tempcsts to withstand;
build on the wave, or arch ben cath the
sand?-Pope.
Mrs. Slabs-'I see it says here that
insanity in every country is more prev.
alent among unmarried men than mar
ried persons!' Mr.. Slabs-"Yes; that
proves that marriage brings people to
their senses Halo.
Old Soalz-"I believe, to certain
extent, in the theory of the transmit
grasion of souls; but it is belief that
causes me untold misery" How SOP
Old Soak Because of the chance
run of becoming q fish. brooklyn
Life.
--Teacher-'I suppose, Mr.. Lem
stein, you want your son to learn
arithmetic, addition, subtraction and
| the rcst?' Mr.. Leinstein-"Vell, he
wants to learn blenty of addition, but a
very leetle subtraction will do Brook
lyn Eagle.
The Tables Turned. What's the
matter, Tom? You haven't been your.
self for three daysr' "Wcll, the truth
Is Dodgers gave us such a good dinner
on Tuesday that ] ate without think
ing, and since then I've been thinking
without eating. g."-Harpers Bazaar.
--Jinks-''Do you put your flannel
shirts away in camphor to keep the
moths away?" Winks-"No; l just
have them washed" Jinks--'IIow
will that prevent the moths getting
into them?" Winks-"Why, they are
| so small the moths can't find them. =
Inter-Ocean.
Jack, you must stop quarreling
with Jimmie Thomas" said Mr.. Hicks.
"Well, was right" said Jack. II
don't believe it, said Mr.. Hicks. "What
were you fighting about?" 'He said
his papa knew more with his little fin
ger than you did with both hands y
Harper's Bazar.
Why He Evaded Her. - "What
makes you always go home by back
street," inquired young man of Gus
De Smith; cit is several blocks out OF
your way" 81 know that, but my best
girl lives on the avenue, and do that
to avoid her" 'Why do you want to
avoid her?' "Why, if she saw me go
ing home to my meals twice a day she
might get sick of me- Seeing me only
twice week keeps up her interest, you
know. Familiarity breeds contempt Of
court. Texas Siftings.