Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-27
PlTH AND POINT.

We are often able because we think
we are able.-J. Halves,
--"She understands man perfectly"
"She ought TO after tending a soda
fountain three seasons" - Detroit
Tribune.
-Oakley-"So you like yacht with
center-board?" Soakley-"I like one
better with a well-stoclsed sideboard."
Philadelphia Chronicle.
Man may be happy If he will.
Know then, each mortal is an actual
Jove; can brew what weather he shall
most approve, of wind, or calm, or foul,
or fair.-John Wolcott.
The Character Of Manager
"What is the character of the play you
have written?" Playwright - Very
bad. l made it to meet the taste of the
times. detroit Free Press.
How charming is divine philoso-
ply! Not harsh and grabbed, as dull
fools suppose, but musical as is Appel
los Lutte. And perpetual feast Of
nectared sweets, where no crude sur
felt reigns. Milton.
-"What quiet little body she is!''
said the visitor. "Yes," answered the
proud father, gazing fondly at his little
girl busy with her mimic housekeep-
ing. 81 don't think she will ever be
the man her mother is. Cincinnati
Tribune.
-Smallwort-"O man GRIPPE, the
chattel-mortgage man, got needle in
his hand this morning and the doctors
had to cut it out" Nothing
strange in that. They would have
had to do the same thing had it been a
nickel. indianapolis journal.
Depth. Professor, said the am
bilious student, 81 am determined to
gain recognition from the world as a
deep thinker. Could you give me any
advice on how to proceed?" "None,
replied the old gentleman, thoughtful
ly; "unless you write in a sub-cellar.
Washington Star.
--Gertie (who has behaved very rude.
ly to her mamma; oher aunt)-"Aunty
Clara, pray don't go away yeti" Aunt
(flattered) had no idea you were so
fond of me, Gertie." Gertie-"Ohl
Aunty Clara, it isn't that, but mamma
said was to be whipped when you had
gone. "-Dorfbarbier
Heel don't see, Ethel, why it is
that people think Demosthenes such a
great ora tor; I'm sure that there are
plenty just as good nowadays" She
''But, my dear, just consider at what a
disadvantage the poor man was, hav-
ing to speak in Greek. Ann Arbor
Wrinkle.
Makes it Credible -Diablo-"I am
inclined to believe that yarn about
Jonah and the whale and not look up
on it as a fish story" Theolo-"I am
glad to hear it. Will you tell Inc
why?" Diablo-"Because Jonah does
not claim that he caught the whale,
he says the whale caught him.
Brooklyn Life.
"A Natural CONGRESSIONAL small
Boston girl, who was an unnoticed
listener the other day, suddenly piped
up with; Say, mamma, is everybody
wicked?" "Why, no, my child, Of
course not" answered mamma. why
do you ask such question as that?'
Because you haven't said nice thing
about anyone to-day" The rest was
silence. Boston Herald.
After the Defalcation, Bank Presi'
dent-"No, really, | can not say that
there is anyone against whom we can
bring a charge. But there is Adder
ton, come to think of it; we have al
ways been more or less suspicious OF
him." Police Officer-"But don't
know as l care to see Adderton. Isn't
there somebody about the place il
whom you have always had the most
implicit confidence and whom you
have always trusted?" 'Yes?" Well,
that's the man want to see. boston
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