Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-10-24
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''lt is impolite to talk to a man
when he Is reading" 1t is just as i'm.
talking.-1haadsipAia Cal.
The verdict OF tho c%oroner's Jury on
the dead baseball umpire was "Ee
tried to please Noth nincS.' 1T cover
ed the ground. -Nor,stown Herald.
One-eighth of the bicyclists in the
country are physicians. Even the sur-
geons and doctors know how to drum
up trade in hard times by coaxing
t'o%therfellows on.
An old colored woman upon being
immersed in Palatka last Sunday OK
claimed: ''Bress do Lord. dis anu five
times Use been bapiized."-Jackson-
vile (f1a.) Herald
Zone spirituclle girl" says a seaside
landlord, will eat up, waste. and muss
over more food than any two men
who sit at my tables. I'd rather board
a bear."-Detroit Free Press.
1t took six Philadelphia policemen
to get a drunken female cook down to
the station. house. Sue had just adver-
tised: "Piace wanted by a sober.
sweet-tcmpered cook"
Baroness Y (Dn the promenade)
just look what u ridiculous costume
Countess y has got on this time.
l wish l knew where she gets bel
dresses made. Die W,spe".
Mrs. Ernest Hulskamp, who was
Miss Morosini, is studying for the
stage. If she wore studying for the
hack her husband could give her les.
sons.-AeW orleans iicAguue.
Mrs. Behrens, who wrote to her low
er, Il wischt l hot wings dis minet
wot lei too You and skwis you on my
heart and tell YOU how l fell dis mo
ment," evidently spells by ear.
20. was it I. or was it you?" asks
the golden-haired poet. Nora Perry.
If Nora will refrain from making q
noise, perhaps we can shove it onto the
proof-rcader .-Bututo Express.
Mother. there was a dead mouse il
the milk-pail.
Mo,her-Well. didn't you take il
out?
Carl-No; l threw the cal in!-Didas
katt.
And so Ouida is to be married. L
in the course Of human events she
should one day be lett dcsolate. would
it be q mere flower of rhetoric to speal
of the Ouiua's wecds?-B1ston lrau.
eier.
You will never see a sadder face thar
the face of him who wears the anxioui
look of one WHO has loaned Il le:ld-pen
| Gil and is momentariiy expecting tina
it will not he relurncd.-EoS.ou Tran,
script.
Joseph Taylor offers to let the cur
rent carry him over Niagara Falls 10,
$40. 900. Mr.. Taylor is c%xtravagant
1t is believed the current will under.
take the job for much less sum-
fnck.
During 4 game between the Beacont
and the Melrose Club the other day tn,
CRY of a baby was heard in the midst
| of a lull. The umpire raisci a laugh
by singing out One bawl!'--Lowel
Courier.
Passenger - Captain. how far ar,
we from land?
Captain-About two miles,"
Passenger-But l can't soc il. II
what direction is it?
Captain-Straight down. sir''-Hurp
er's Bazor.
1t should be remembered to the ever
lasting credit Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that
though he cast Shadrac',. Mcshach an,
Abednego into the fiery furnace, he di,
not ask them: well, is this ho
enough, for you?'-Hh;tadsiphta Rec
ora.
Now. Uucie Gabe, ii you have any
thing OH your heart, any last wish
speak OUT" said the parson to an oil,
negro who had only u few hours t.
live. II amt got no last wish 'cep
dat l wants Ter get we'll" Mtcaq,
Ltr.ng Church.
A Kentucky girl was struck by light
Mug while dressing for her Wedding
Without turning around or taking til
hairpins IL of her mouth she simpl,
remarkcd: "You girls had better stol
tiEging your shoes till we get started.
-BurHagfon Free Press.
Marriage in high life. - Judge
John Henry. do you take this wolna
to be your welded wifcp"
Bride: 80 you ask him K he take
me to be his wifeq ! guess you ha,
better ask me ii take him. He i
only an editor, and I've got SAT lai,
up. '-7eraS Sifiiags.
A Boston Courier reporter asked tn
Superintendent OF Schools the o,hc
day. "How does it happen that ther
are SO many old maids among tn
school-teachcrs?" and he replied: '.Be
cause school-tcachcrs are as Il rule We
men of sense. and 40 sensible wolna
will give up a $50 position for a 81
NAH
An individual was lately complain
ing how much he suffered from tn
heat at night when in bed. Il nevc
do" replied the friend; summer all,
winter alike l have two blankets o
my bed" How dreadful WA
till I've dour-in summer l wear thel
under tic mattress = AiaaaMdgs d
barcelona.
..Arc you superstitious. my dear?
said Miss Birdie McGinnis TO a newly
arrived stranger in Austin. to whol
she had become engaged. Not a bi
but why do you ask:9' replied til
youth. Nothing except you are th
thirteenth, gentleman to whom l hav
been engaged."- iesas stftsmgs.
We don't suppose there is any trut
in the uMor that reaches US frOl
Washington to the cffcc. that the Coz
1reSsinn0L Rsca,iI has ininri the synI