Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-11

..Why, yes" said Blobson, speaking
:, logical conclusion to Mrs. Popn-
~ and rather allowing his earnestness
70! - GET the better OF MIN, Tits perfectly
lain to meas plain rs you are. -
burlington Free Press.
Citizen 90 farmer) How are things
o,t your way. Mr.. Hayseed? Mr.. Hay-
soad (gloomily) They couldn't be
r,ncb wuss Ny wife and three COWS
are down with pleuro-pneumonla.
~efused hundred dollars apiece for 'em
only last week. Life.
Chief of Polce-''You want a place
!, the detective Department. Appli-
rant-"Yes, sir. | am willing tc under
,ske-" Chief of Police-'You can
NJ Our bureau is full of undertakers.
am looking for detectives VINO can
orertake. ~ Philadelphia Cal.
Constance (sentimentally. viewing
minis of an old milD There is always a
anch of pathos to me. Clarence, in in
completeness; that crumbling wall. the
broken wheel, a shattered life
Clarence, gloomily 0hinking of last
ncht)-Or a bob-tail flush "A. Y. San.
Two Young women were gazing in a
shop window. Said one, ''Isn't it a
love of a bonnet! I'm tempted to buy
4 even if it is expensive" Said the
other, mo, don't you do it; you are too
sycited now. You would 5c sure to re-
cret it tomorrow morning. ~ Y san.
AT the Office of u physician in the Rue
Notre Dame: Patient-''Cm you tell
me when will be sure TO find the doc
tor alone?" Scrvant-"You would do
we'll to come during his hours of con-
mltation, monsieur between 2 and 4.
He is always alone then. - French
Fam
Featherstone- Didn't you have good
soht of time at the Vanderslices 5, Lite
waite? Lucwatc--B eastly, WEAKLY.
Feathersione- That's yewy odd. Why,
they say wine flowed like water all the
evening Litewate-Ya-as, that was it.
rou know too much like watah.-
Rambler.
maria, wish you would keep STILL"
said Brown, trying to write. Your
tonrle is like 'Tennyson's Brook, it
GOES on forever" Hump" answered
Mrs B., Indignantly. Il suppose
YOU think that's u joke" "Well, |
meant it for a sort of gag."-New
York. SIM.
Mrs. De Crashville (to her husband
VINO is going to the city)-Don't forget
the florist, dear-and Tiffany-and
Al, l,ttIn ,,onl~oo,o ,t ArpolIic ard
let's see, there was something cisco,
run in ON my lawyer won't you, and
see how the divorce proceedings are
coming on! lid Bits
Landlord-Y rent has been due
for six weeks. Tenant know it.
Landlord Cant you pay it to-dayg
Tenant-No. Landlord-Why notp
Tenant-See here, | don't want to be
bothered in this way. Landlord-But
want my rent. Tenant Indignantly
Sooner than pay that rent I'll move.
-ljd-BltS.
George" she murmured fcndly, do
you believe in supporting monopoly"
mo, dear, / don't. believe in helping
a monopoly along just as little as |
can But why do you askp" 40, |
don't know, only | thought maybe if
YOU didn't you would have turned down
the gas" George turned. -NeI0 HaUen
NepS
Minister Tin grocery store)-I am
pleased to see, Mr.. Sugarsand, that
motto on the wall, Honesty is the best
policy" 1t viii pay you from a bust
ness point of view, to say nothing of
anything else. Mr.. Sugarsand (hope-
fuly)-I hope SO, sir, but haven't tried
| it long enough yet to make fair test
J ofit-M Y. SHn.
Bag.ev-Ah. De Baggs where art
thou going with the hobbv-horse? De
Bags lis for little Jimmy, my young
est sprout. Bagley (sagely)-Its costly
business TO have children. De Bags
(gloomilD- should say so. Every
time start out to buy 50-cent toy
meet somebody | know and then away
goes 4 dollar or two for cigars and
bcer--taiadelphja call.
Smith-"Say, didn't you tell me that
young Jones was good bookkeeperP
togg why, yes, believe | did. "
SmIth-"Wen, he amt; he can't tell an
inventory from a flexible roller" Fogg
all | know is, that | loaned him
about half Of my library and he has
never returned them, so | supposed he
was a good bookkeeper "-DetroH Free
Press
Doctor X is little hot tempered,
and when he got into a dispute the
other day with an acquaintance in a
5ree'-car and became very insolent the
latter exclaimed: Monsieur, you have
nsu.'d me, and you will receive my
seconds And you will not have the add
vantage YOU. do with your patients, for
VIII not give you the choice OF arms. "
/ -Frceel FIN.
/ A 81, Louis bank cashier says this is
the way to tell a twenty-five from a
|en'y-eent piece; ION the quarter the
cage Is looking over its right wing,
any, on the twenty-cent piece over the
sI wing. The chances are twenty
l ave to twenty that if that eagle looked
am straight in the eye the cashier
l YOU'D skip to Canada Philadelphia
/ No-istrate-You say you are a
| "0fI>.' Prisoner-Yes, sir. / love
Il AatAfe IN all her radiant beauty--