Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-14
Sprinkles of Spice.


A WARM WEATHER VERSION
"Drink to me with thine ice. Boston
Transcript.
A MAN who bears no one malice
regards it as a sort of weakness. -
Atchkoo Globe.
JAGsoN says the greatest scenter-
piece fer the table is slice of linn
burger. -Elmira Gazette.
In all the reduction of pay now 60
ing on the wages of sin remain the
same.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
In the matter of hair-drcssing why
shouldn't we take the queue from
the Chinese?-Lowell Courier.
IT is certainly cruel for the lynch
ing party to keep the victim in sus-
pense. -Cleveland Plain Dealer
WALTER BEsANT calls us a nation
OF slammers. Oh, no! It's the
Turks who slam. Boston Herald.
THE chef makes no pretensions
as sharp-shooter, out he can held
his own at the range. -Elmira Ga
Zettc
THE question which confronts US, ;"
howled the orator, "is how to con-
front the question. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Mrs. BRIDIE-Did you taste any
of that pudding l made for dinner?
Mr.. Bridie-Yes; l tasted it for six
hours. Puck.
MoTHER-Willie, here is a dose of
oil. Come, take it like a mau.
Willie = All right Where's the
whisky?-Puck.
DEBToR-Don't get scared, the ac-
count will be paid in time. Creditor
That's what I'm afraid of.-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
AN auctioneer, even if he does not
like his occupation himself, wants to
have other people follow his calling.
Rochester Democrat.
some people haven't any more
sense with their schemes than the
hen that takes day off while set
ting.-Atchison Globe.
"SoLED out, he murmured to him
self, as the father of his best girl
gave him lift at 2 o'clock in the
Observation-Disclosures Press.
HOPS in upper New York will aver
age only half crop. It's been the
same way all summer at the sea-
shore hote's. Philadelphia Ledger.
IHE laundry girls of to-day think
their lot a hard one, but it was in
the days of Queen Elizabeth that
they really had ruff time of it,.
Troy Press.
WHATEVER the state of the coun-
try since the coming of the new
comet, the astronomers business at
least has been looking up.-Philadel.
phia Times.
THAT familiar advice, "Let dogs
delight to bark and bite," is perhaps
the only instance on record where a
dog fight has been encouraged by the
muse. Washington Star.
MRS. YoUNaQuAcK-You are 50
persevering and hopeful, dear. You
remind me of Patience sitting on
monument DR.. Youngquack-If feel
blue enough to remind you of the
monuments sitting on my patients.
Puck.
MIR. SPIKER Tin search of a board
ing house)-There is no limit to the
diet, | presume, madam? Boarding
housekeeper (proudly)-No limit,
sir. During last year five of my
Doarders died from over-eating.-
Tit-Bits.
ST. PETER-What did you do on
earth? Spirit wrote the poetry
advertisements for the elevated roads.
st. Peter-We don't want you here.
You had better try the other place.
did, but they wouldn't let
me in Judge.
"WELL, Mollie," said her papa.
who is militia colonel, did you see |
me marching up Broadway to-day?"
"Yeth," said Mollie, "and l was real
mad, papa. They might have let |
you have drum to play on like those |
Others had.-Harper's Bazaar"
RANDOM Decentralization me-
but what are you putting down in
your notebook? Worlds Fair Wis
ltor-Oh, Pm just putting down the
--oS SA'~S AUVS uuuuC oil luOGllDI6
upon my memory so that
won't forget thcm.-Chicago Rec
ord.
lis that your daughter making all
that noise, Mrs. Clanty?. "My
daughter, Ord have you to know,
Mrs. Halleran, is cultivatin' her
voice "Cultivatin' her voice, is it.
Mrs. Clanty? It's meself that nd
loike to compliment her on the bio
crop she is gettin'." WASHINGTON
Star.
"HANKINsoN," said Jingleberry
were you ever in love-" Once" re-
piled Hankinson, "and the object of
my affection was the finest creature
IN the world" Aud was it recin-
'ocated?" Fully" And yet you
never married." mo; / couldn't y
why not?" "a man cannot marry
limself."-Harper's Bazaar.
:, A JUDGE, in crossing the Irish
or |