Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-08-31
PlTH AND POINT.

-Cholly-'How would you-aw--
like to own a Httle-aw-puppy, Miss
Moneyful?' Miss M-''This is so sud-
den, Mr.. Softleighp'-Ph iladelphia
Record.
-Tommy-"Paw if the lion is the
king of beasts, what is the rhinocer-
ous?" Mr.. Figg-''The politician, of
course. His hide is two inches thick"
Galveston News.
You look very pale this morning.
Tom. What has become of your pink
cheeks?" THE mosquitoes took 'em.
One of 'em just drank me all up last
night. "-Harper's Bazaar.
-Mistress-"Why are you going to
Ieave?" Cook-'.Well, yer daughter
has so many dudes a-callln' on 'er,
O'm a-feared people1l think some of
thin is a-calIin' on me. ''-Philadelphia
Record.
-Clerk-"That gentleman you sold
bottle Of hair dye to three weeks ago
was here again to-day" Druggist
WAS he after another bottle?" No,
sir He wanted to know if we kept
wigs. Life.
Changed His Location see Mrs.
Attire has had her late husbands like
ness set in miniature, and wears him
under her chin" HIM! She wore him
under her thumb when he was alive"
Detroit Free Press.
Sir said the indignant alder
man, ARE you not aware that were
to vote for your measure, ] would be
exposed to the condemnation of all the
good citizens IN my ward? And that
sort of thing" he added, lowering his
voice, comes pretty high, you know"
indianapolis Journal.
A Drawing Card. How in the
world do you expect to get guests
enough at your summer resort hotel?"
That's all right" said the landlard,
briskly. You wait till you've seen
my advertisement announcing that
half the hotel is reserved for bachelor
guests. Chicago Record
Didn't Phase Him.-''So you think
you can stand the arduous duties of
the variety actor? You know in our
play we find occasion to throw you
down thirtyfoot fight of stairs into
barrel of rain-water." Il think |
can stand it." said the hungry man.
II was a tax-collector for three years"
No Cause To.-Mrs. Bizkit-"My
husband never refers to his mothers
cooking; he seems perfectly satisfied
with mine" Mrs. That's
strange, isn't it?' Mrs. Bizkit-"Not
to me. You see, his mother used to
keep the clearinghouse / was stop
ping at when / married him. "-Rox-
bury Gazette.
II shall not see you again, my
dear, for some time. l am going on
the continent for couple of months"
Indeed! Does your husband go with
you?" mo. Business matters neces-
states his staying in town" And
doesn't object to your going away and
leaving him behind alone?" mot in
the least" ''Then if you take my adj
vice, as a married woman who has had
more experience than you have, you
will stay at home Judy.
First Athenian Student-'I won
der how Socrates ever happened to
marry that shrewish Xanthippe, any
how?" Second Athenian Student
Well I'll tell you what l heard. You
see, the old gentleman is so absent
minded-always has his head full of
on-that when he made up his mind to
propose, he called on the wrong girl.
and didn't find out his mistake until it
was too late. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Pogonip. 1.-The following ex-
PLANTATION is given of the remarkable
condition expressed by the word
pogonip: This is said to be a name
given by the mountaineers of Nevada
to a sort of frozen fog that appears
sometimes in winter, even on the clear
est and brightest days. In an instant
the air is filled with floating needles of
ice. To breathe the pogonip is death
to the lungs. When it comes Indians
as well as whites rush to shelter. It
appears to be caused by the sudden
freezing in the air of the moisture
which collects about the SUBMITS of
the high peaks"