The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-11
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" asked our doctor his motto the
-. night" what did he say?"
"patienvt orffprir. Pick
Me-Up.
Il want TO see the lady Of the house."
II am She" "A thousand pardons!
You look so happy and so independent,
felt sure yon were the servant"
Parson Johuson-So d!s little chile
am gal. Do de udder one belong toe
dc contrary sex? Mrs. Jackson-Yais,
pahson; dat's a gal, too.-Judge.
THAT man singing Only One Glri in
the World for Me-" has been married
three tines well, that's all right;
he means only one girl at time."-
Chicago Record.
i see,' said the shoe clerk boarder,
that there is king in Africa who has
been drunk for fifteen years." THAT"
said the Cheerful Idiot, sis what might
be called a soaking reign."--Indianap.
oils Journal
slichael what kind of a tree IS
that" The one beyant the binch,
mum" YES, that large tree" "Wid
the little green one to the lift?" "Yes;
what is it?' "Thcy do be calling that
a shade-tree, num-" "-Brooklyn Life.
She Heard 1t First--Bob Borrower
What! You say you can't lend me ten
dollars to-day because you haven't got
lt-why, l heard you made five hun.
dred dollars yesterday, on wheat. Tom
Tooler (despairngly)-Well, so did my
wife.-Puck.
Last night" said Mr.. Booze, II
made remark to the effect that I had
one CT the greatest heads in the ward"
something of the sort" said his wife.
Well this morning feel fully pre-
pared to say that | was right" t."-Cincin.
natl ENQUIRER.
Wheeler-Have you learned to make
the repairs on your wheel yet? Sprock
No; | never SHALL either. l haven't
a bit Of mechanical genius. "Oh, yes
you have" Indeed / haven't. |
couldn't even invent a car COUPLER
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Useful Art.-"Of course" said one
Old farmer to the other, your boy Is
learnin' Latin and Greek at college,
but IS he gettin' anything practical"
"Oh, yes. In the last letter he writ, he
tells me he is takin' lessons in fencin'."
Detroit Free Press.
ViOlet-How did Mr.. Bighed come to
accept the doctrine Of reincarnation!
Roosevelt, you know, he always had
an impression that the world couldn't
get along without him, and If that Is
so, it stands to reason that he will
have to come back.-Truth.
How old would you guess her to
be-" "Oh, about 25 would be a safe
guess" She's surely older than
that?' Il said 25 would be a safe
guess. 1t is always safer to under.
guess woman's age. She may hear
Of it."-Indianapolis Journal.
"And, IN spite of all the light that
has been brought into your lives, you
still! burn missionaries?' The savage
was palpably confused YES" he an.
swered, sadly: 81 must confess that civ.
ilization doesn't seem to have made
our cooks appreciably better. Puck
What this country wants to do,"
said the reformer, rs to raise the re-
Quirements for Office holders" "Ex
actly So, replied Senator Sorghum;
'and allow me to remind you that the
principal requirement Of an office
holder is his salary" y."-Washingtou
Star.
mo man ever obtained anything
worth having without working hard
for It," said Mrs. Bickers to her hus.
band, who was in discouraged mood.
That's So" replied Mr.. Bickers, re-
fectively. II remember that l obtain.
ed you without the slightest difficult.
ty."