Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
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"What Is instinct? 1t is tn nachral
tendency iv wan whin filled with dis
may to turn to his wife."-Mr Dooley.
Madge-why did you refuse him II
he is such a prudent man? Dolly-He
said he thought IL he got married he
could save more money.-Puck.
First NJ. P.-And do most OF your
constituents think as you do on this
question? Second NJ. P.-Well. most
of them think as they think do.
Ethel-Have you heard of Jacks en-.
yagcment to Eleanor? Harold-Deai
ne! No. Then Jack has finally sue
.eeded? Ethel-No; succumbed.-Lon'
Ion Tattler.
Patience-Don't you think great plan
lists are born? Patrice-Well, I don't be
lieve any child is born with as much
hair as a pianist has to have !-Yon.
kers Statesman.
She-I hear Miss Chatter is talking
of getting married again. He-Didn'i
know she was ever married. She-She
wasn't: l said she was talking Of II
again.-Comic Cuts.
Tommy Ohampered with a con
science and home from ar afternoon
party)-Mamma, darling, I've a great
favor TO ask of you. Please don't ask
me how | behaved!
Mamma-IIeien, you know that ]
whip you because l love you and wish
you to grow up a good girl. Helen
Well. mamma, l wish you didn't think
quite SO much of me.
The office should seek the man, you
know" That's all right" replied the
ayowed aspirant, but | ave 1T a fair
chance. and it seemed difident."-Phil'
adelphia Public Ledger.
And do you mean to say you prefer
Chollie? You told me that you always
feel SO perfectly at home with Algie.'
$50 I do, but with Chollle l feel as II
1 were at a acknowledgment
Bazaar.
Mrs. Benham-Why don't you sex
him and ask him for the money he
owes you? Benham-You sdon't know
what a plausible talker he is, my dear
If / should meet him, he would borrow
more OF me.
Reporter suppose you don't know
what the Senator thinks about this tar
if reform business? Senator's Private
Secretary-No: no more than you do,
I only know what he says sbout it
Chicago Tribune.
Tom Cat the musicale)-Don't you
think Miss Screecher sings with consid.
cradle feeling? Jack-Not so ] can no.
tice it. If she had any feeling for the
rest of us she wouldn't sing at all
Chicago Daily News.
Mistress-Jane, l saw the mllkman
kiss you this morning. In the future
I will take the milk In. lane
,Twouldn't be no use, mum. He's prom.
ised never to kiss anybody but me-
London Illustrated Bits.
The teacher had been talking about
q hen sitting or, eggs. and, with the
incubator in mind, asked II egg could
be Matched In n other way. Yes,
SIR" said an experienced person OF
nine. "Put 'em under a duck"
Madame ito the nursemaid, who has
lust brought home her four children
from a walk)-Dear me, Anna, how
changed the chi1dren lock since | last
saw them! Are You quite sure they
are the right oncs?1Fiiegende Batter,
"Pardon me, sir" began the portly
person in the railroad train to the man
who sat next to him, but what would
YOU say If I sat on your hat?" Sup
nose you sit on 1t and then ask me-
suggested the other. Il did" admitted
the portly person, calmly.-Harper's
Weekly.
"Things look rather run down around
here" remarked the man who had re
turned after many years to his native
village. Run down? l should say So
replied the friend Of his youth. .There's
an automobile ome through here
about every three minutes."-Philadel
phia Record.
Mother-Elsie, you mustn't make
such a noise on the stairs. Now, just
90 right I'D to the top and come down
quietly like a good girl. (After tht
descent.) You see? l never ever
heard you that time. Elsie-All right
mother, I will always slide down thu
banisters in the future.
Haryey-You should have seen Hot
ayre swell up at that mind-readinl
seance the other night when the blind
folded lady actually told him the mum
Der of his automobile. Beattie-Bu
he has no auto. Harvey-Of course not
But he looked astounded and acknowl
edged she was right.-Puck.
awell," said tie young lawyer, aftel
he had heard his new clients story
your case appears to be good. thinl
we can secure n verdict without much
trouble" THAT'S what I told my wife,
said the man. land yet she insisted al
first that we ought to engage a first
class Observation-Disclosures Press.
Lazy i.ewis-I was told dat de farm
err wot lives on dat hill paid his handi
list de same wnedder dey worked Ell
not. so l went an hired t him. Tired
Thomas-nen youse played OF sick,
reckon? Lazy Lewls-Yep, an at d.
end ov IL month / found dat he nevel
paid nsaody nothin' nohow.-Chicagt
Daily News.
Startling.
With an absurd question a man in
terrupted one of George AIDES stumI
speeches In Elkhart, Ind.
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