River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-09-12
PIIh AND POINT.

-Cholly-"How would you-aw-
like to own a little-ew-puppy, Miss
Moneyful?" Miss M-"This is so sud-
den. Mr. Philadelphia
Record.
-Tommy-"Paw, IL the lion is the
king of beasts, what is the rhinocer-
ous?' Mr.. Figg-'"fhe politician, of
course. His hide is two inches thick. :"
Galveston News.
-"You look very pale this morning,
Tom. What has become OF v 'ur pink
cheeks?' The mosquitoes took 'em.
One of 'em just drank me all up last
night. Bazaar.
-Mistress-"Why are you going to
leave?" Cook-"Well, yer daughter
has so many dudes a-callln' on 'er.
Om a-feared peoplell think some of
thin is a-callin' on me."-Philadelphi
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?" mo.
sir. lie wanted to know if we kept
wigs Life.
Changed His Location.-"I see Mrs.
Attire has had her late husbands like
ness set in a miniature, and wears him
under her chin" "H'E. 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
.xpaza1 70 thaa dar 10. g h..
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 1T your summer resort hotel?"
That's all right" said the landlard,
briskly. ''You wait til you've seen
my advertiser ~ 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 a thirtyfoot flight of stairs into
a barrel of rain-water." ~ think /
can stand it," said the hungry man.
Il was a tax-collector for three years"
-Tid-Bits.
No Cause To.-Mrs. Rizkit-"My
husband never refers to his mothers
cooking; he seems perfectly satisfied
with mine" Mrs. Cookzer-"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. ! am going on
the continent fo. a couple of months"
Indeed Does your hus band go with
your" "No. 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 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 heard. You
see, the old gentleman is so absent
minded-always has his head full of
the mysteries of the universe, and so
on-that when he made mp his mind to
propose, he called on the wrong girl,
AMI didn't find out his mistake until il
was too late. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Pogon,p 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 sort of frozen fog that appears
sometimes in winter, even on the clear
est and brightest days. In an instant
the air is fillcd 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. 1t |
appears to be caused by the sudden |
freezing in the air of the moisture
which collects about the submits of
the high peaks"