The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-08-15
Let Us All Laugh.

Auu make Il llNely SUR,
If in these days we could forget
The mad Thermometer!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Wife-It must be bedtime. Hus.
band-Hardly; the baby hasn't walked
up yet.-Life.
Hi, Jimmy, wot's de matter?"
Backs blistered." "Swimmin' or lick.
tn'?" "Both."-Chicago Record.
"They say Hamsby is generous to a
fault" "Yes. he is, if it happens to be
one Of his W faults."-Buffalo Elk.
press.
Host-Never shall I forget the time
when l first drew this sword. Chorus
When was that? Host-At a rattle
Firefy.
Young Man Gin periodical store)-I
want a Fireside Companion. Lady
Clerk (archly)-How would I do?-TeX.
as Siftings.
Al hear that your friend Y. has
gone to South America. Was it upon
his physicians advice? B.-No; his
lawyer's.-Tid-Bi Bits.
The summer girl is great on changing
her suit. She goes seaward with dia
monds and returns home with hearts,
YonkerS Statesman.
Belle-Mr. Jolyer IS such 4 nice man
He said | had a voice like Il bird. Nell
Yes; he told me you sang like an OWL
Philadelphia Record.
Jagson-I see that your pretty type.
writer is gone. What's the matter:
HogSon-Married. Jagson-The girl.
IIogson-No; I!-Syracuse Pose.
Isn't he rather fast:' asked the any.
iOuS mother. Yes. in one
sense Of the word. don't think he car
get away.'-Indianapolis journal.
How to make the new dress: Take the
material for two skirts and make the
sleeves, then take the material for one
sleeve and make the Skirt.-Nashville
American.
Oh, sweetly tender was her look,
Her hair was bright as gold;
l bought three copies of her book,
And then her glance grew cold.
Chicago Times-Iieraid.
Patient-The heat is so oppressive.
doctor, / feel like committing suicide
DoctOr-Oh, that would eve do. AS ]
said before, my friend, what you neeC
is a change.-Life.
"That woman ~dispcnses a great deai
Of social lemonade. What do YOU
mean?" simply that she is always
saying sour things in a sweet way
Indianapolis Journal.
"Papa!" ''What is it, johnny" 81
read a poem in my school reader which
spoke Of dogs of high degree"
"Well?" Papa, does that meal skye
terriers ?'-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Nibbs-What a perfect poem the
counts rich wife isl" Dibbs-Yes; the
count is the only Il l know Of who
a make poetry pay him thirty thou.
sand a year.-New York World.
Won't some inventor, sage or mentor,
Find that chief Of bOOns,
The wear-resisting, lOng-persisting,
N%on-bagging pa%ntalOOns!
New York Recorder.
She-Oh, my! there's something gone
down my back! He-It's one of those
laundering bugs, l suppose. mo; ]
guess it's one of those lightning bugs
George."-Yonkers Statesman.
She-DO you know, Harry, father has
forbidden you the house? He-Forbid,
den me the house. l never asked him
for his house. His daughter is good
enough for me.-Boston Transcript.
Have you the Relics of By-Gone
Days?'" asked the young lady, enter.
ing a book store. YES" replied the
polite clerk, with Il bow, W. have some
of last years Observation-Disclosures
Statesman.
If a bicycles known as Il bike"
A tricycle. must be Il 'trike,"
And when winter coIne round
1t will doubtless be found
That an icycle goes as an like"
-Washington Star.
Lea (sadly)-I don't know what to do
with that son of mine. He's been two
years at the medical college, and still
keeps at the foot of his class. Perrins
(promptly)-Make a chiropodist of him.
Puck.
Yes said the girl who was chewing
gum, lit is simply awful the way the
poor people do suffer this frightful
weather. How l pity them. And the
worst Of it is, Of course, that ones hair
simply won't stay in curl."-New York
Recorder.
Little Girl-Did the newspaper re-
porters notice your papa was at the
great banquet last night? Little Boy
Yes. Little Girl-Mamma said she