Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-06-21
FIFTH AND POINT.

safe guards against bad luck. RAMS
Horn.
-Clara-"Oh, have so much to say
TO YOU" Maude-"And to you. Let's
go to the opera tonight. "-HarlemLife.
-"I don't believe that horrid Miss
Bolton would stop at anything" Bob
-"Did you ever try her with soda
fountain?'-Inter-O Ocean.
Wear your learning, like your
watch, in private pocket; and do not
pull it out and strike it, merely to show
that you have one. Cotton.
for parent to punish II child in
any other spirit than that of compass
sion for the offender, is to kill some-
thing good in both hearts. Rams
Horn.
"A Wild Guess. .-Jupiter-"Of the
women of your acquaintance who have
married, which are the happiest?"
Juno-"The dead ones. Detroit Free
Press.
--George-"Do you think you could
ever learn to love me?" Ethel-'I
might after some time. see the queen
is learning Hindustani at the age OF
seventy"
The Ideal. -Jupiter-'I don't see
why woman's husband is never her
ideal?" Juno-"No? Well, it's be.
cause the ideal is always the unattain-
able. Detroit Free Press
From the Barracks Sergeant
ION account of two short days of ar
rest that fellow makes a face like a
zebra whose stripes have been washed
away."-Fliegende Blatter.
--Visitor-"Is your employer out?"
Smart Office Boy-"I think he is, sir.
He's been in his private Office for three
hours playin' poker with Col. Ken
tuck. ."-Philadelphia Record.
"A Rare Education.-"Does your
daughter sing?" asked Mrs. Gingle.
gilt" "No," replied Mrs. OLDHAM. 1--WE
have taken great pains in educating
her not not to."-Washington Post
My son, if you are flush, associate
with the well-to-do, for they are not
likely to borrow; but If you are broke,
keep on good terms with the poor, for
they are more willing to lend.-Puck.
=" Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, "er
man fattahs hisself dat he's feelin'
sympathy wifi dc unfortunate, when
he's jis drorin comparisons, and con-
gratulatin' hisself. f."-Washington Star.
Professor of Astronomy-"Can any
one tell what the milky way is?"
Tommy-"Please, sir, / don't know
what it is, but l think it was caused by
the COW jumping over the moon."-
Philadelphia Record.
Change into extremity is very fire.
quent and easy. As when a beggar
suddenly grows rich he commonly be-
comes a prodigal, for to obscure his
former obscurity he puts on riot and
excess. Ben Jonson.
Her Adorer-"May ] marry your
daughter, sir?" Her Father-"What
do you want to marry for? You don't
know when you're well off?" Her
Adorer-"No, perhaps not. But l know
when you're well off. Tit Bits.
Police Captain-''What is the mat
ter with you? Here you let fight GO
on in saloon for more than half an
hour and make to attempt to stop it."
Officer McGobb-"Sure, sor, Oi fought
it was the primary upstairs. "-Indi
annapolis Journal.
Will the Time Ever Come?-Spatts
-"What is your idea of the millen.
mum, Bloobumper?" Bloobumper-
"My idea of the millennium is the time
when one man will accept, without
hesitation, anothers explanation OF
how he got that black eye. Puck.
In the Rail-Car.-Proud Mother
"Do see how baby laughs every time
the conductor calls station" Cynical
Old Bachelor-"H'm! probably the
young one thinks the conductor is in
dulging in baby-talk. 1t does sound as
much like that as anything. "-Bostor
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