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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 14, 1900 
Humorous. 
Oh! “zebra” Is a funny word, 
And so ’t will be alway! 
Because while it begins with “z” 
It ever ends with “a!” —Puck. 
“That little boy seems as busy as a 
bee.” “Yes, he has hives.”— Philadel¬ 
phia Bulletin. 
She: “Have they decided what the 
National air is?” He: “Oh, yes!” She: 
“What is it?” He: “Millionaire.”—De¬ 
troit Free Press. 
Teacher: “Lewis, can you define poli¬ 
tics?” Lewis (aged 11): “Yes, ma’am. 
Politics is the art of spendin’ taxes.”— 
Harper’s Bazar. 
Doctor: “Do you know the effects of 
getting too mucn mercury in your sys¬ 
tem?” Denny: “Yis, doctor, Oi’d be a 
thermometer.”—Chicago News. 
Dobbs: “Did you see about that bag¬ 
gageman who claims to have discovered 
a sure cure for influenza?” Bobbs: “He 
ought to know how to check the grip.”— 
Baltimore American. 
“Wiiut gits me,” said Uncle Eben, “is 
de way some people kin fin’ time to sym¬ 
pathize wid nations ’way off yonder 
when dar is so many po’ folks right 
aroun’ de corner who is fightin’ tempta¬ 
tion on an empty stomach.”—Washing¬ 
ton Star. 
Inquiring Tourist: “Tell me, what 
were your sensations while you were 
crouching in your cyclone cellar with 
the terrible tornado raging just above 
you?” Kansas Farmer: “Wa-al, I reckon 
it’s safe to say that I felt sorter under 
the weather.”—Puck. 
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