The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-16
F~OOLISHNESS.

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cause it passes from mouth 10 mouth.
A bottle of patent medicine cured
the ~lnfatuation Of a youth for an Iowa
girl. She hit him over the head with it
A man lately married, was asked at
the club about his bride. rs she pref
TYP" mo" replied he, she Is not; but
she will be when her father dies"
mo" said a new bride. Il don't an
ticipate any trouble in managing Hen
~. | have turned that job over to my
mother. She has experience, she has"
The young woman who was courted
by an old millionaire, but loved another
fellow. said the old mans entire for
tune. as far as she was concerned, was
not worth assent.
What are you laughing at, my dear?"
asked Mrs. Jones Of her husband. who
was e~huckling over his morning paper
Something it saw here" he replied,
but it's hardly funny enough for two
Professor to class in surgery: The
right leg Of the patient, as you see, is
shorter than the left, in consequence OF
which he limps. Now, what would
you do in a case Of this kindy" Bright
student: "Limptoo,"
-Have you got quail on toast?" ask
ed a seedy-looking party as he entered
Market street restaurant the other
day. "Haye you got an eagle on sill
ver?" asked the proprietor. And the
conference adjourned sine die.
A lawyer having lately gained a suit
for a poor young lady, who was very
ugly, she remarked: IL have nothlRg
" pay you with, sir, but my heart"
"Hand 1t over 10 my clerk, if you
please; | wish no fees for myself he
replied.
A crusty old fellow once asked,
Nv hat is tie reason that g%rifins, dra-
CONS and demons are ladies' fayOrite
subjects for embroidery designs"
"Ah. it is because they are continually
thinking Of their husbands" was the
quick letort.
Sweet little Meg came into her Sun
day school class II morning, her eyes
filled with tears, and, looking up into
her teachers face, said: "Our dogs
dead, and, | guess the angels were real
scared when they saw him coming up
the path.for he's awfully cross to stran-
gers"
"And what age are you now, dear?'
asked the colonel, just back from India,
of q tall daughter of his friend Tom
kinson Smith. We'll, that is what l
can't quite make out" returned the
girl,ltaking care not to meet her moth.
er's eye, "for when 1 go anywhere with
papa l am sixteen, but when go out
mamma | am never more than twelve
next birthday" The colonel FASTENED
TO change the subjest.
A few nights ago a young lady of
Pottsvllle, who had long suffered from
spinal disease. dreamed that her health
had been restored and upon awaking
found the dream realized. The other
night WI dreamed that our salary had
been raised to seven dollars a week,
but 1t hadn't. Pay your money and take
your choice.
A Nevada man who has been mining
II Mexico for two years has returned
home some hundreds of dollars poorer
than he left. He says he would have
done well enough down in that coun,
try, but about once a month they were
after him for subscriptions. The meT
who called for the subscriptions came
with shOt-guns.
The Mikado Of Japan has decorated
Prince Bismarck with the Order of tn
Chrysanthemum," making the fifty
fifth bestowed on his princely nibs b.
various pOtentates. All these hOnors
and yet he gets blood in his eye when
Berlin butcher names a new vintage O.
sausage after him. He is not compel
ed to wear the sausage on state coca
sious either.
One Of the first questions the princes
of Wales asked Mary Anderson wa
where is Kentucky?' Like the goo
girl she is, Mary promptly informe
her that Kentucky was bounded on th
north by the Ohio river, on the west b
the Mississippi, on the east by Henri
Watterson, and on the south by 1000
democratic majority. The princes
naively confessed that she had peve
heard of the Ohio and Mississippi, bu
had frequently noticed Henry Waiter
son on the maps.
Stephen Girard's will prohibite
clergymen from ever entering the door
of Girard college. At a recent meetin
Of The Knights T%emplar, Of Bostoi
TO the institution, one Of the knights,
well-known physician, who wears
white ~neck-tie, was passing in. Th
j%anitor accosted him, saying: "Yo
can't pass in here sir; the rule forbid
it," 1.-THE hi 1 can't" replied tn
physician. All right, sir" ~rejoine
ianitor. mass right I'M