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Show A FKW SMILE PROVOKERS. Shad roes by uuy other name would doubtless taste about the same. The best man to disperse a crowd is a pickpocket. Columbus dispatch. The fisherman considers it a part of his business to scale the heights of fiction. fic-tion. Some ball players can knock a foul over the fence without ruining a feather. Many a man who is a good shot in this world hopes to miss tire iu the next. Boston Bulletin. Bayou Sarah would be a tip-top place to bring out "The Gondo.iers" just now. Boston Herald. Then; is no man so wise that a foolish fool-ish lit tic woman cannot make a fool of him, if she will aud she generally will. Somerville Journal. "I'm the clam before the storm," as tho shulliish remarked when it was washed ashore by the waves caused by an advancing hurricane. Merchant traveler. Young Briudle Pa, can't I have a tlaune. shirt like yours? Mr. Brindle (speaking from experience) -My son, you may have this after it's washed. Bobby Why do they have that big lantern'iu front of the engine, papa? Para (with memories of the past) To warn travelling actors, Bobby. Mrs. Evans Gordon is winning great praise in India as a tiger-slayer. When it comes to a question of the' lady or tho tiger, the tiger loses every time. Lowell Low-ell Courier. "I took an overdose of rough ou rats," was what the terrier who had been scratched by the cat explained to the setter who liad asked him what the matter mat-ter was. Merchant Traveler. A Near-Sighted Citizen. Citizen: Why doii't-you clean out that gang of loafers in front of that saloon? Policeman Police-man r(pityingly): Guess you must be near-sighted. 'Them's city officials. Now York Weekly. A lecturer ou physical beauty savs that "holding one's hands up makes the veins swell and induces a large, coarse development." Train robbers, who order their victims to throw up their hands," should bo informed of this fact. Norristown Herald. |