Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
PuNeEnT PARAGRAPHS.

1t is the man who Is neither just /
nor generous. who is most apt in the
use of the phrase, BE just before you
are generous. Boston Courier.
"A young physician was showing a |
friend a recent purchase that he had |
made in the way of a skeleton. very |
interesting" commented his friend.
Zone of your patients. doctor?" Life
What does it profit a man to get
modern society novel for twenty five
cents, If he has to buy an unabridged
dictionary and an encyclopedia before
he can understand it? - Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
-Skribler-..Have you read my new
novel, "A Story Without Hero?'"
Carper-.'Yes. / think it misnamed,
however. Any man who reads it clear
through proves himself hero. -
Terre Haute Express.
"A lawyer, entering the Office of his
family physician, said, in hoarse
whisper: Doctor, I've got such cold
this morning that l can't speak the
truth" I'm glad that it isn't any
thing that will interfere with your
| business" responded the doctor in a
tone of sympathy.
| -Hobbs-'I understand that Dob
sons wife is German, and that he
mastered the German language to win
her." Jones-"Well, he must have
expended all his energies on the Ian
guage, then. He has never mastered
her. Burlington Free Press.
| About ninety per cent. OF all the
men who start out in business fail be-
fore they get through. and there is a
disheartening suspicion in some quar-
ters that it is about what forty per
vile journal.
Familiar Fellow (tapping digni-
fed old gentleman on the shoulder) -
"Ain't my face familiar to you?' Old
Gentleman brushing him off)-'It's
not alone your face that's familiar
You are altogether the most familiar
man ever saw. Texas Siftings.
-'.Pshaw," said lady to her hus
: band. who had been criticising her at
J tire. what does rhan know abou
woman's clothes, anyway" He knows
, the price, my dear" he replied, gently
} and she retired. Washington Critic.
Mrs. Gibson-s'How did your hus
: band make his money Mrs. Bankstock
remember when you were living
Living in the hall bedroom of a cheal
t boarding house. as you are living now
t / presume you mean?' well, yo
t needn't get touchy. Honest peopl
t don't get rich as fast as some folks
{. might mention. Chicago Herald.
: Men who live by their wits, VIII
proclaim no definite occupation, br
e who are said to speculate" are tn
o outcasts usually OF some profession i
, which, had their talents been properl
/ applied, they might perchance hay
: won a respectable position, or eve
e fame. They leave the straight and col
d rect path, and with strange ups an
d downs try to reach the goal of success
u by the insane process of seeking
e through blind and devious ways.
. mo girl under twenty" says
e wise woman, has any business
$ think of marriage" Bless you, no. "
= know that. At that age no girl thinl
: of marriage as business She ju
70 tumbles head over heels in love ar
q marries the dear fellow just becau
IL she would cry her eyes out witho
} him. 1t is when she is no longer VIII
~ you would exactly cali girl, whit
IS she is rising thirty-eight and has C
u her last new teeth, full set, that she
gins to make business of it.-Br
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