Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-06
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Funny Mistakes Made by Absent Minded
knights of the Key.

| Funny Mistakes Made by Aosent-mlnueu
Knights of the Key.
1t isn't meant to he charged that the
majority Of kilograms or specials have
mistakes in them. The percentage o.
errors is enthusiastically small, but the
errors that are made are funny and soon
get talked around among the boys.
Cog at once, Big Bill tonight" was
q message delivered to lady visiting in
Kansas from her husband in a neighbour
ing city OF the same State. The awful
suspicion flashed upon her mind that
tls Liquor law was being flagrantly
violated in the immediate vicinity OF
her husband. But who was big BillP'
Was he some border outlaw? What was
the significance of cog" any way? AS
the last question occurred to her sh'
sought and consulted the pocket edition
Of a dictionary. The definition of cog"
was a terrible revelation. 1t read:
Cog The tooth of wheel; a trick;
to " needle; to cheat"
She nearly tainted with fright. Her
husband was undoubtedly in the tolls
in the very teeth of this villain, Big
Bill" Her nervous prostration was so
complete that she could barely com
municate tho particulars to male reia-
tives, who were started on the first train
to the rescue of her husband. "Remem-
Der the clew,' she said when they de-
parted. eff there has been foul play
remember Big Bill" The relatives re-
turned next day with the husband and
the lucid explanation that the original
message written by him read: Come at
once. Big ball tonight"
A gentleman who was not long since
stopping at one OF the principal hotels
In this city, dividing his time between
attending to the business which neces-
STATED his pres ence in st. Louis and
bewailing the cruel fate which had tenn
porarily separated him from his young
wife of two months standing, recalls
the hours of anguish and uncertainty
which ensued upon the receipt Of
message from his wife, reading:
Il have twins. Written you but re-
ceived no reply. What is the matter?"
Since he has ascertained thai she had
twice written" etc. he will regard
every yellow envelope with suspicion.
just imagine, If you can, the feelings
Of a rather high-fiown newspaper CORE
spondent who, after telegraphing to his
newspaper u description of a condemned
wife-murderers last night on earth,
read in the paper whom he received 1t
that
''IIe tossed restlessly about, and from
his mutterings it was apparent to all
that the shirt OF his wife hung over
him"
This came from the telegraph Office
md passed in some incompre hensible
way; perhaps Spirits" were at fault
With the telegraph editor, compositor
and proof-reader successfully. But it
IS not likely any one has been more
tisgusted with tho uncertain mites of dots
and dashes than a young st. Louis tele-
grapher who had never visited Chicago,
Who, after reading the name of the
'amous hostlery OF that city conducted
by Potter Palmer as the Pat Moore
House" has since been known by his
Geographic acquaintances as pat" to
ihe utter exclusion of his more euphoni-
Gus patronymic Eugene.
At small Office in the interior of this
state the whole available force of mes
'engers hunted half day for man
aamed b. c. Lipse before it dawned
ipon the brilliant mind of the operator
hat it was intended for the Eclipse
newspaper Office. In like manner
Sale Mills was omitted from the postal
guide, but Salem. H., was there, and at
hat place was also an Infatuated man
Waiting for a long-delayed answer to
ais telegram. San Francisco Examiner.