Pungent Paragraphs

- The man who "expressed his opinión" at a ward caucus says he will send it by a freight train next time. - N. Y. Independent. - When a young college gradúate commences to study law he wants something a grade above comtuon law. - N. O. Picnyune. - Italy wants to borrow 3,500,000 lires. As this is a rery busy season with newspaper corre9pondents we are afraid thie country can't oblige her. - Burlington Free Press. - The San Francisco Chronicle remarks that it is a greatpity that women ever grow up. We didn t know they did grow up. Wo always laid that to the girls. - Lowcll Courier. - A correspondent wants n list of the "one hundred best books." Well, thero'sa well-filled pocketbook to begin vrith. By the way, we have forgotten the nmes of the other ninety-uine. - Norristown Ilerald. -The theory that baldness is caused by heating the hair withgaslight would have been interesting to Hameses II. of Egypt, who was as bald as a pumpkin. The gaslight at Tanis 8,000 years ago wasn i tremarkablyhot.either.- Springfield Union. - Smithers- "What do you do when you go home early ia the morning a trine overeóme and your wife meeta fou at the front door?" Johnson- "Do! I don't do any thing. My wifo can attend to all that. I guess you don't know my wife, do you?"- C'Aicago Tribune. - "Mrs. Dearmont, of Chicago, and Mrs. Waldo, of Boston, are to lunch with me to-day," said a lady to her husband, "but I hardly know what to give them." "I would iuggest," replied the husband. "that a delicnto compliment to both ladios would be a dish of pork and beans."- N. Y. Post. "I've been on this road ten years," gaid the conductor on a Southern railroad to a passenger whocomplained of the slow time, "an' I know what I'm talking about." "Ten years, ch?" 8;iid the passenger. "What station did you get on at?" - Harper's Bazar. - "I see that an Ohio postmistress has resigned her position to get married," remarked an old Benedict to his wifo. "Poor thing! Ipityher!" "Why so?" "Becauso, after the honcymoon is oyer, she'H have to sit up evorv nifht and wait till the male comes iu. - U. 8. Mail. - Bagley- "Say no more, Aurelia. I forbid the match. Young Spriggs may bo a gentleman, but ha is poor.' Aurolia "But he is oneof the heirs tothe great Hogg estáte of íixty-íour millions." "Nothing of the sort, girl! He ii doceiving thoe. ' Why, pa, Tmsure hft told me that he isone of the lawyor