Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-08
PITH AND POINT.

Il had rather believe all the fables
in the Talmud and the Koran than
that this universal frame is without a
mind.-Bacon.
-She-''Men think they know every
thing" He-''We1, if it wasn't for
that the women couldn't fool them."-
Detroit Tribune.
The arrows of sarcasm are barbed
with contempt. It is the sneer in the
satire or ridicule that gals and
wounds.-W. GLADDEN..
Male Inquisitor- what page of
the women's paper did the women read
frst?" Female Philosopher = THE
mems ge."-Buffalo Express.
-''You say the colonel is a great
military man?" "A perfect hero"
whats his record?' Seventeen oaths
minute. cleveland Plain Dealer.
-Bookkeeper-''I see by the paper
that our customer, Scudkins, is mar
ried." Fashionable Tailor-'IndeedG
shall be sorry to lose him. "-Clothier
and Furnisher.
We can't tell you, Constant Reader.
what days are considered unlucky to
be married on. Authorities differ; some
say three hundred and sixty-fve.-
Philadelphia Record.
b-Editor-''How is Pennington
on spelling, anyway" Editor-"Wells
he is little too quaint for ordinary
English, and not quaint enough for
dialect" Journal.
-Watts-'Did you try the hot-water
cure for your co1d?" Potts-''Yes. To
is simply great, too. You see, l mixed
it with little whisky and lemon, and
I never had anything to slip down SO
y."-Indianapolis Journal
I'm all my career" said the eminent
statesman, 81 can say that have never
done anything to be ashamed of. " ''Yon
mean," sneered the cynic, that you
have never done anything you were
ashamed of. Indianapolis Journal.
Chess and the Mind-Mr' King
''Do you think, as they are now dis
cussing, that chess has an injurious
effect on the mind?" Mrs. Queen-"In-
deed, do. If had to keep as still as
chess player does, I'd explode. De
troit Free Press
so, papa, what makes old Mr..
Grabenheimer walk so stoop-shoul-
dered? He looks like a horseshoe"
81 have heard. my son, that many
years ago, when he was a very little
boy no bigger than you are now, he
found a nt."-Life.
-Gipsy Ceiling an elderly coquette's
fortune from the lines of her hand)-
ST am sorry to tell the young lady
that she will pass through a serious
illness in her twentieth year" Lady
''Good graciousT' (Sighs and gives the
gipsy Acknowledgements Batter.
-Tommv-s'Paw, what is an ego
tist?' Mr.. Figg-"He is a man who
thinks he is smarter than anyone
else.' Mrs. Figg-"My dear, you have
thought wrong. The egotist is the
man who says he is smarter rhan any
one else. All men think that way
Indianapolis Journal.
First New Woman-''That Mrs.
Umphry is horribly lacking in man
ners." Second New What's
the matter?" First New Woman-.T
saw her in a street car the other day
when number of gentlemen entered,
and she never offered to give up her
seat to them. .'-Chicago Record.
Chicago Wine Comes Cheap.-Cus-
tomer-''A table d'hote dinner, includ-
ing bottle of good wine, for seventy
five cents? Yes, that's cheap enough;
but 1 don't care for any wine and I
can't afford it. How much will it be
without the wine?'' Waiter-''I'n do
what's right with you, boss. You can
have the dinner without the wine for
seventy cents, sab. Chicago Tribune