The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-15
HUMoR OF THE DAY,

''She used to be so delicate before
she took to the wheel" ''Well, she's
indelicate enough now" Detroit
Journal.
First Tot-"My mamma says. IF
the shoe fits, put it on" Second
Tot-"My mamma says If the shoe
dts, take it GIFTS too big. Puck.
The Captain (boisterously)-"C "Come,
Did man, brace up! What's got into
youP" Passenger-"Tf you don't put
me ashore you'll very soon see Life.
Minnie-"In my opinion one wheel
IS as good as another" M~vaie e-''I
( suppose there is not much differeiise
in rented wheels. indianapolis Jour-
nal
You must get rid of the Oiriab l,s-
cent, Mike, if you want to g1t OF. Yet,
shure, I was tin years in London be-
fore could git over it meself New
York Journal
Style in the Far West: "The Smiths
put on lots of style, don't they?"'
"Well, 1 should sayl They have in
dividual cyclone cellars up at the
Smiths. Puck.
Scientific Methods: Birch-''Riches
have wingsp Possibly; but
most millionaires seem to have sue
ceeded in clipping them pretty sue
cessfullyp'-Brooklyn Life.
Speaking of runs" observed Me-
thuselah, GIVE just scored my ninth
century, and he cut another notch in
his stick and continued to roll down
the ages.-Chicago Tribune.
"Horseless carriages are getting to
oe quite common in the East now."
''Yes; but they are not as numerous
as the voiceless opera singers. Gin
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
Wadford-"Did you catch anything
on your fishing trip?" Bilfer--"No,
didn't catch fish" Wadford-"Say,
Bilfer, that's the straugest fish story
I've heard yet. '-Roxbury Gazette.
After the Slide: He lat the ball
game, enthusiastically)-"He's safew
She (earnestly)-"Oh. 1 do hope so,
but the way he went down. l thought
he'd break his neck. Brooklyn Life.
Fiction: "Monster!" she exclaimed.
Her very look meant volumns in the
old romantic school; in the fiction of
the preaent day it could be adequately
disposed of in forty pages. s.-Detroit
Journal.
'Arry-"What kind of people do
you have down here in the season?"
Old Salt-'Well, sir, all kinds; some
VERY common, some real gents and
ladies, an some like yerself, sir, 'alf-
and-'al Tit Bits.
The Correct Idea: Weary Willie
''Ef you he'd million dollars, Fields,
wot would you do wit itP" Flowery
Fields-"W'y, wouldn't do nutt'n'
wit it'd jest rest easy and let it do
sutt'n wit me. Truth.
The Professors Soliloquy: eyes,
my memoryis certainly getting better.
Now 1 remember distinctly enough
that my wife told me to tie a string
about this finger. If 1 only could
think what forw-Judge.
A political speaker accused rival
of 'unfathomable meanness," and
then, rising to the occasion, said, 81
warn him not to persist in his disgrace
full course. or he'll find that two of us
can play at that game!'-Tit-Bits.
Ruth-"I understand Percy High.
life has stopped trying to trace back
his family tree. suppose the further
back he went the harder it got?"
Freddy "Yes-and the further back
he went the harder his ancestors got,
too. Puck
Papa, said Billy, tearfully, after
playful romp with the good-natured
but rather rough St. Bernard puppy,
81 don't believe Bingo knows what
kind of a dog he is. He plays as if
he thought he was little pug
Harper's Bazaar.
81 hear you are about to build q
fine residence" said Mr.. Teuspot to
Mr. Crewe Doyle Eyes, stree, re-
piled the man of newly-found wealth.
''It is going to have piazzaro in the
front and Porto Rico in the rear. -
Harper's Bazaar
Philanthropist-"I am surprised
that lady of your refinement and
good impulses should wear dead
bird upon her hat The Offending
One-'But then, you see, live bird
would fly away unless it were tied on,
and that would be cruel, you know"
Boston Transcript.
The Cornfed Philosopher: "There
is no doubt" said the oracular and
bumptious neophyte, "'that the way to
a mans affections is through his stom.
ach. " "And yet, said the Cornfed
Philosopher, ''it is not man who eX.
poets ice cream and such to be bought