The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-03-24
WIT AND WISDOM.

II nc outcome Oh n man COurlSAlp
nowadays is largely dependent upon
his income. --I:uffalo Courier.
--Customcr-I want a number two
that will fit comfortably and Shoe
Clcr;>--Ics, 1na'am: VIC have that very
size in !ivcs.-Inter Ocean.
II remember when I was Il girl
began Miss Antique. What won
derful memory you must havc!' inter
ruptcd Miss Sharpe. ia zar.
-"Wii, thou forsake thy Idle 'ife?'
Asked eagerly the dame
'LAh. yes tn. tramp replied. 'your jam
Has put me quite t. shame
Detroit Tribune.
-Travclcr in Missouri want to
find the conductor. Who has charge
OF this train: Trainman-Cau'tte tell till
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A recent poet writes: "a song
sleeps in my soul unsung." There is
place for that young man in a dime 1nu-
scum a Il rcnu tive salary. lie is
the only ono of his kind on record At
lanta Constitution.
-S!other-How arc you and Mr.
Caller getting along: Has he proposed
yet? J'aughtcr-No; he is just like
this corn we are preparing. Mother
How SO: Daushtcr-Don't POI, easily.
NIothcr--Thcn I'd shake him.-Rochcs-
ter Democrat and Chronicle.
lin believer in fate. I think
our lives arc laid ont for u.s." ''Iou
arc wise to believe So" .Ha: To,,
think ! amp Yes. a man who lives
as you do is wise to shift the response
biiity for his actions on to some thing
or somebody clse.:'--N y. Press.
lis this one of the calendars that
Smith going to make a big hit
yvith:'' Yes well he has IN .le
an awful mistake What is it:''
makes December of 'a4 appear a 'o3.''
''That's no mistakes: that's to allow a
months practice on writing the new
year. '-11lter Ocean.
--Distrcssing Lapse of Mcmory.-At-
torncy--No,r, doctor. let me begin Ivy
asking you if Medical Ex pert
Pa rdor lnE, sir, but to save time yuu
viii; kindly refresh my memory by tell
ing me what theory it was that prom
iscd 10 corrohoratc? ] have unfortu-
Iu:igc-What objection nave you
to NV Gump, whom the court has APP
pointed to defend you? Prisoner
Charged with mureacr)-I hain't got
anythin' ag'in' him personally. but you
see. Judge, it looks so like turnin'
states evidence. It's a .ivir' up the
whole thirg-scc:-I;oston Ira uscript.
MIR. he Sappy-Ics, Miss Amy, my
ancestors were leaders IN the New
England colony. My Patcrnal great
grandfather was colonel in the revO-
luticnary army. and on my mothers
Miss Amy-Rcally. Mr.. De Sappv. and
yet you still believe in hcredity.-
Brooklyn Life.
What if you fail in business: You
still have life and health. Don't sit
down and cry about misl,aps. for that
will never get YOU out of de BIT nor buy
your children frocks. TO to work at
something, cat sparingly. dress moder-
atc!E, drink nothing exciting, and,
above all. keep merry heart, and
you'll be up in the world. Franklin.
THINKS not that morality is change
q bic: that vices in one age are not vices
in another: or that virtues, which are
under the everlasting seal OF right rea-
son, may be stamped Ivy opinion.
Though vicious times invert the cpin-
ions of things. and set up new theories
against virtue, yet hold thou unto old
xnoraI;ty. And. rather than follow d
multitude to do evil, stand, like Pom
pcy's pillar, conspicuous by thyself. and
single in thine integrity. Full
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