The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-03-08
tPUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


"A Lovable Man.-Miss Oldie-"O,
how l could love the man who loved
me-" Miss Keane-''So could anybody"
Detroit Free Press.
-Figg-''rn let you know I'm not
the fool you think" Fogg-"Possibly
not; which one are you?"
Transcript.
After the Meet-Miss Harlkaway-
"And how did you get on at the first
fence?' Mr.. Newe-Nimrod-"O Ter
got off at the first fence. ."-Tit-Bits.
-"Ya'as, Cholly gave her a piece of
his mind when he met her." at must
have been a very small piece then, if
he has any left."-N. Y. Press.
Hungry Higgins-'Wot's right
nowadays you, or tanlls?"
Weary Watlins-'I guess tanks would
hit us about right. t."-Indianapolis
Journal
Mrs. Houser- ''What'd that furni-
ture dealer say when you told him
that mirror he sent up was cracked?"
Houser-"Said he'd look into it. -
Buffalo Courier.
-Poet-'I have called to learn what
has become of my poem l sent you, en-
titled, ''The Brave Firemen?" Editor
1t went to the fire. e."-Philadelphia
Record.
There were oysters in the church fair stew,
For hours no person spoke.
Twas sad to see them pining for
That dear old-fashioned joke.
Washington Star
lis there no way in which you can
use this poem?" asked the despairing
poet. There is" said the editor.
''We haven't had load of wood in
week Constitution.
-"Wagg, you have great luck with
your jokes, hear" Yes Don't
the editors ever sit on emp mo.
My jokes have such sharp points
they're afraid to."-Harper's Bazaar.
That young widow Flison is quite
a dashing creature, don't you think?"
81 guess you are right. She dashed
my hopes most effectually when 1
asked her to marry me. e."-Indianapolis
Journal.
-Nell-'How do you know she is in
love with Jack?' Belle-"Because she
told me he was perfectly horrid, and if
she We're in my place she wouldn't
have anything to do with him. Phil
adelphia Record.
The average waist of woman, a
woman's journal asserts, has increased
| from nineteen inches to twenty-four
inches within five years. 1t looks
| elusive, but there are men who will
endeavor to get round it.-Philadel-
| phia Ledger.
-Judge-"Did the prisoner, when
| you arrested him, appear to be under
| the influence of liquor? In word,
was he intoxicated?" Police Officer
so, no. your honor, not at all; nothing
in that way; only just drunk. boston
Transcript.
MIR. Dinwiddie-'I see that Mrs.
Gladstone has written an article on
children, in which she says they need
change" Mrs. Dinwiddie-'Don't I
know that? Don't they come to me
two or three times a day and ask for n
nickel or a ?"--Pittsburg Chroni-
cle-Telegraph,
They're fools who try to put love on
| stupid scientific basis;
Who say. with myths of days bygone
| This silly passions proper place is
Despite their talk in its old grooves
1t rolls with reinforced iusis tence,
| Which shows loves not a force that moves
Along the plane Of least resistance
N Y. Herald
Observation-Disclosures heard that
that girl you have been going to see SO
long is to be married next month"
Tom (sadly)-'It's true, she is" Jack
That's pretty tough on you isn't
it?'' Tom (resignedly)-'I guess can
stand it, Jacl-"Who is the happy
MANI" Toni am."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Servant Was willing.