Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-10-03
PITH AND POINT.

like 10 own little-aw--puppy, Miss
Moneyful?" Miss M-"This is so sud
den, Mr.. Softleighl"-Philadelphia
Record. ..
-rommy-"Paw, If the lion is tho
king Of beasts, what is the rhinocer-
ousP" 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?" 1.-THE mosquitoes took 'em.
One of 'cm just drank me all up last
night" -IIarper's Bazaar.
--Mistress--"W are you going to
leave?' Cook-"Well, yer daughter
has so many dudes a-callin' on 'er,
ON a-feared peoplell t'ink some of
thin is a-callin' on me."-Philadelphia
Record.
-Clerk-"That gentleman you sold
4 bottle of hair dye to three weeks ago
was here again to-day" Druggist
'Was he after another bottle?" mo,
sir. He wanted to know If we kept
wigs Life.
Changed HisIecation, II see Mrs.
Attire has had her late husbands like.
ness set in miniature, and wears him
under her chin" "IIm! 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 thirty-foot fight of stairs into
barrel of rain-water. 81 think
can stand it," said the hungry man.
~ was tax-collector for three years. s"
No Cause To.--Mrs. Bizkit-"My
husband never refers to his mothers
cooking; he seems perfectly satisfied
with mine" Mrs. CoolSzer-"That's
strange, isn't it?" Mrs BizlSit-"Not
to me. You see, his mother used to
keep the clearinghouse was stop.
ping at when l married him. "-Rox-
bury Gazette.
II shall not see you again, my
dear, for some time. | am going on
the continent for a couple of months. "
Indeed! Does your husband go with
your mo. Business matters neces-
states his staying in town" "And
doesn't object to your going away and
leaving him behind alone?" ''Not in
the least" "Then if you take my ad-
vice, as married woman who has had
more experience than you have, you
wili stay at home. judy.
First Athenian Student-'I w~n'
der how Socrates ever happened to
marry that shrewish Xanthippe, any.
howP" 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 sc
on-that when he made up his mind tc
propose, he called on the wrong girl
and didn't find out his mistake until il
was too wallpapers Bazaar
The Pogonip The following ex
PLANTATION is given Of the remarkable
condition expressed by the wore
pogonip: "This is said to be 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 instan
the air is filed with floating needles o
ice. To breathe the pogonip is dealt
to the lungs When il comes Indians
as we'll as whites rush to shelter l
appears to be caused by the sudden
freezing in the air of the moistur,
which collects about the submits o
the high peaks"