The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-10

Nilus' irost ne says that Goals too high,
While warmth is out of season.
Washington Star.
He-''1s anything wanting to make
your happiness complete, my dear:"
Shelves: about fourteen yards of
silk at So Il yard."-Yonkers Statesman.
Mr.. ~Poorly-This ere wallll fall down
Ell We don't fix it.; tn cracks are enor-
nous. La~ndlord-All right. I'll have
1t papered at once.-Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
MAUD Muffett says that the age of
chivalry has passed" II guess she
means she has passed the age when
she may expect any."-Indianapolis
Journal.
Mamma-"Johnny, I fear you were
no at school yesterday" johnny
HIN! I'll bet the teacher told YOU. A
woman never cal keep a secret."-Bos.
ton Transcript.
Miriam-"Don't you think my new
hat is a poem. Ned?" Ned critically
"From the height. dear, l should com
pare it instead to a short stOry!'-
Spare Moments.
mabel has a lot of sense" "How
does she show it," "She never per-
mits herself to appear more intelli-
gent than the man who is talking to
her."-Chicago Record.
Well-meaning man has seldom said
The thing precisely that he ought;
He sights her dainty homemade bread
And s%uavely fatters what she bought.
Washington Star.
Crawford-'HOw is it that the JAM
tor of a fiat is such an autocrat?" Grim
sha WI suppose it's because wher-
ever he goes he generally gets in on the
ground foor."-Judge.
II feel" said the clock that had
ceased to tick, like the victim Of Il
bicycle collision" "How is that?"
asked the watch. Run dOwn."-Phil"
adelphia North American.
Mrs. Troubles-"When we vera first
married. Harry. you never uttered g
complaint" Mr.. T.-'When we were
first married, Jane. l had cash enough
to employ a cook."-Pittsburg Chron.
icle-Telcgraph.
First Suburbanite-"That new cook
l got yesterday was uneasy all the
way out from town." Second Suburb
anite-"What was the matter?" First
Suburbanite-"I forgot to buy her a re-
turn ticket."-Judge.
Dobson-"Did old Money Bags take
IT good-naturedly when you asked him
for the hand of his daughters HOB
son-'Good-naturedly? Oh, yes; he
said 'Ha. ha, ha."-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Wheel and the world wheels with you;
Walk and you walk alone;
Ware les, a scorcher shall come up be-
hind
And knock you as cold as a stone.
Chicago Record.
1 am Il plain man said Bloughly,
..and believe in being practical. l
love you. and | want you to De my
wife" We'll" replied the fair one,
..how much are you orth!'-Phlla'
| delphia North-American.
Mrs. Mimms-George, are you sure
YOU locked up the house carefully!
Mimms-By jove. l can't remember
about the front door. Mrs. Mimms-
Never mind the front door. How about
the coal bin ?-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Going to do anything interesting
this Thanksgiving, Bagsby:' YES,
I've persuaded my wife not to invite
all orr relatives to dinner, just to see
If some of them won't have originality
enough to invite us.'-Chicago Record.
papa Blunt like to argue with
that young Tomlins. Sweetest Susan
i hone YOU find him logical. papa.
.Why. nv child?' Because | think
he's the logical candidate for your SON
in-law. papa.'-Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
Freshly-Well. l captured a first
nrize at the horse show yesterday.
Sagely-Didn't know you had any AMI
mails entered. FRESHLY hadn't, but
7 proposed to Miss Cash and was ac-
cepted.-New York Commercial Adj
vertiser.
Marie-I suppose that your friend
rhe count, has become greatly attach
ed here in New York during his stay.
Nimms-No. he hasn't been as yet, al
though! all his trunks have, his land
lord tells me.-New YORK Evening
Journal.
He-I thought you said your love FOR
mo was AS strong as iron and as true
as steel; pray, how do you account 1or
vour numerous hirtations? She-Weli.
Won see. the iron and steel works have
sbut down for the present.-up to
Date.
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