The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-04
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II HA8AA MA#AA NAM ~ MMk W
uua.ss me. an e.evated railroad.
An Indiana man uwnz al old rife
which b. claims 10 have had since 1t
was = small pistol.
A place where basques are made Is
not = basket any mgfe than a place
where bisque ornaments are made Is a
biscuit.
Nho says Il Is unhealthy to sleep Ia
feathersg Look a tie spring chicken.
and see hos tough Il Il.
A goat ought IL be q arst-class ma
terial for oleumargarine. There Is no
better butter than a goat.
Counting = gih is paying her adj
dresses. Marriage Is paying for her
dresses aud all the other axings.
The man Who married a girl because
she struck his fancy" says she strikes
him anywhere that comes handy now.
"llere is that little sum that | owe
YOU" An I had completely forgot.
ten H." you should have told me that
sooner"
A scientist asserts that a bee can
only sting once In two minutes. We
respectfully add that's all ii generally
needs to.
The last thing from an impassioned
printer TO his sweetheart: Would you
were Il note Of exclamation aud | a
parenthesistlJ'
One would reasonably suppose that
it would be difficult To collect a bill
from u leather merchant wheG he buys
leather aud hides.
81 have a theory about the dead Ian.
guages' remarked the last boy in the
form 81 think they were killed by be.
ing studied too hard"
II Was a son of Erin who asked the
meeting TO excuse him from serving on
a cumuittee, because he expected to b,
Unexpectedly called away.
After wrestling with the subject fol
a long while. a New York writer con
oludes that there is only one thing thai
a efiectually remove the odor of fried
Ouiuns-time.
Money does everything for a man.
said an oid gentleman, pOmp0usly
Yes replied the other one, "bu.
money won't do as much for a man IA,
sUme men will do for money
Are You going to follow the sug
gestion of the railway officials and
adopt the mean time p asked the watch
maker of MI. Stebbius. "Nlean time.
No, indeed! My watch keeps meal
time enough now"
A servant girl, who was employed t.
pickle her masters ~eabbages, took TIN
opportunity to cabbage her master
ulckles. SHE is the woman who wa
happy and careless when she was young
aud cappy aud hairless when she Wa
nd.
\ lazy boy was one day examined b
Ills teacher in arithmetic. He was ask
ed: suppose you had $500 and CAV
away $500; how would you ascertai.
how much You had remain lngY" Ii
replied, drawlingly. "Well, sir, IT
count it,"
We read of a child only three year
old, who can speak the Chinese Ian
guage distinctly. There are many pen
sons in this country sixty years oil
who don't understand Il word of tn
language. The child, by the way, ha
Chinese parents and lives in China.
A relreshment bar on a porther
railway is kept by u veteran baker. !
sprightly young Traveller complained &
one of his pies the other day. The oil
man became angry. young man," h
said. II made pies before you wer
born" "Yes," responded the travele
Il fancy this must be one of those sam
pies"
YES" she said to her escort as the
glided around the rink. IL do so low
roller skating. When We are sailin
around this way our souls seem to b
loaling away toward heaven, and
At tins point both her soles tloate
away towards heaven, while the rest {
her smote the earthly floor with
mighty smite.
Neither of them was over ten veal
old. One leaned against the fence an
the other rubbed his back against
lamp post, and they eyed each other f.
a long time. "My mother has got
new sealskin sacque, aud yours haln't
Il don't care" replied the other, ISL
trizzes her hair and uses paint al
that's just as toney."
Says Robert Cullyer of his coming'i
America: "rhey all tried to dissuad
me. They offered me letters to get wor
&, everywhere but III America. At las
| started, and. as | expected. when | 9,
here / found every one TO help
, .Ionu Al my frat Thunksoiving III,