The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-13
PlTH IND POINT.

A PARIS Chinaman recently found 4
kidney-pad on the sidewalk, and hal
made enough soup out Of it to start Z
boarding house.-Paris Beacon.
A SMART young man may feel flatter-
ed at being called q chip off the old
block, but when solid timber is wanted
the old block is the best-Cdrl PretzeEs
Weekly.
1T is q wise man who knows his own
business" says the Waterloo Observer.
Yes, and it is q wiser man who devotes
his whole time to attending to it.-NeU
York Graphic.
~LovE is blind!" Maybe that's why
the gas is so often turned down in the
parlor when loves takes possession.
Because why? Love being blind, there
is no n in wasting gas to make light
for it.
IT is very desirable to be a good read
er. A clergyman is said to have once
read the following passage from the
Bible. with the emphasis thus: sand
the old man said unto his sons, sal
me the ass; and they saddled him.
A NOTED physician says that tt
quent use of an organ or muscle o. su-
body greatly increases its size. If this
were true, there is . woman in this
town whose tongue would be bigger
than her head, and her mouth would
resemble a hungry boys bite into q Gus
tard pie.-Newman Independent
EUREKA! An exchange has at last dis
covered that "the reaaon so many young
men are fresh is because they are not
able to earn their salt" It may be ex-
actly as stated, but does it not seem
that it was more because they are too
much indisposed to earn their salt in !
stead of not being able? However, the
mystery is solved.-Peck's San.
"How did you come over? ?" asked the
old gentleman of his prodigal son, who
had been in Europe sill summer and
was looking somewhat run down at the
heel. "First-class," said the prodigal
son, joyously. The old gentleman looked
suspicious but said nothing, and the
prodgial afterward explained to his sis
ter that he had come over in the steer
age, but wasn't sick q minute, and he
that frst-class. -Hawkeye.
SAYS an old lake captain: "There is
me standard for mates and another for
For instance, q mate may
lhout Is your line clear?' and not feel
t necessary to freeze the souls of pass
myers aboard, but the captain views it
q q different light. When he utters an
rider or shouts an inquiry he expects
o see splinters fly from every ware
Iouse. Why, sir, when the captain Of
first-class propeller cries out to go
head or back her he expects to para
we everything for q mile around"
And he needs q voice?" "Ay, sir, he
lust have q voice as heavy as the roar
1g sea lion. When he has the voice he ,
lust study pose. When he has tho {
ose he must practice facial expression.
% be q successful captain he must have
voice like Mccullough, . pose like
and dignity of look which
light belong to an offended lion.-Er- o
.
LIZ UP YER HAMS. 8
t ole Satan thinks he ken ketch dis chile. o
Liz up yer hans ter de Lawd;I b
ell git mighty sick o de gcspul lie, 8
Lii up yer hans ter de Lawd; 1
"a ike FUR ter to stick me in de burnin elako. b
Ltf' up yer hans ter de Lawd: p
! knocks him Town wild de heabenly oake. G
Lit up her hans to de Lawd. S
Obi sinner man,
O-o-ah. o-o-ah, 90 acher 90
Come CINE de ban,
O-o-acher hi no hoo.
e er feered dat Satan hab cotch nv wife. =
Lift up yer hans ter de Lawd:
ct she's below, she make er mighty strife,
Lift up yer hans ter de Lawd: n
deb1l will fine hissef at her loss, -
Lff' up yer hans ter de Lawd: +
see down dar dat he ain de boss, NJ
Lift up yer hans ter de Lawd. f.
Obi my soul. re
O-o-ah, o-o-ah, o-o-acher 90 "
viii shine like g0l', G.
O-O-acher hi no hoo. T,
r. Reed, in Teas SU1inga ST
A CoMINa EVENT. th
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cir annual, spring cleaning to Commence GU
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Their husbands will look blue. jul
And swear an oath or two. &C
d growl that women haven't got AM s0nSa sa
sense, sense. co
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