Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19


Are good for one more year.
Washington Star.
Poet-How do you know the editor
isn't in? Ofice-boy--From your looks.
Puck.
First Tramp-Wuz you ever married?
Second Tramp-Well, jlst wish had
all the alimony l owe.-Puck.
Weren't you surprised when he pro-
posed% mo; why should beT "Ev-
erybody else was. Harlem Life.
Never Touched Her: He-Don't you
ever tire of talking? She Quickly
1t depends upon who is talking.
Artist-rhat man Bacon offered me
$12 for that largest painting of mine.
Caller-Oh, then you've had 1t framed2
--Yonkers Statesman.
"Therev hissed the jealous Moor;
show do you feel now?" Down In
the mouth" gasped the irrepresslble
Desdemona from beneath her pillow.
Puck.
''It is simply astonishing the way the
bicycle Is displacing the horse" ut is,
indeed. Yesterday l found piece of
rubber tire in my sausage. ge."-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
Brown-Have you read this article
upon How to Tell Bad Eggr Jones
No, but II you have anything to tell
n bad egg, my advice is to break 1t
gently.-Up-toDate.
Miss Reohere Qndignantly)--Did you
tell Jim Jackson dat eff he married me
he'd hab a white elephant on hees
hands? Miss Snonaike-No indeed, I
didn't! Do yo' fink Use color-bllnd?-
Puck.
Amicus-Why, do you use the ex-
preston funny joker Aren't all jokes
funny2 Editor-Not by a long shot.
The jokes that other fellows get off
at your expense are never funny
Truth.
"It seems to me, Miranda" mildly
observed Mr.. Meeks, "these cakes
would be considerably improved by the
addition Of little more ginger" $50
would you, William" briefly responded
Mrs. Meeks.-Chicago Tribune,
"Well, girls, Jack and l are to be
married at last and we are 80 happyw
did you and Jack have some trouble
IN getting your fathers consentT mo,
papa and l had lot of trouble in get
ting Jacks consent."-Exchange.
Mrs. Brown-I have been SO annoyed
at my husband. He has been at the
club every night for week. Mrs.
Jones-.Why, so has my husband, and
he said he hadn't seen anything of your
husband for a week.-Brooklyn Life.
She-It seems strange that men are
no longer willing to do deadly combat
for the love of woman. He-Ain't 1t
queer, though? Especially when wom-
en- have so much more money of their
own these days Indianapolis Journal.
II once knew a man." said the i'm
aginative boarder, "who was so fat that
he was actually taller lying down than
when he was standing up. What do
you think of that?" ut strikes me-"
said the cheerful idiot, "as pretty tall
lying" Journal.
A Dangerous Text: 'Well, Uncle
Rasbury, how did you like the sermonW
"Pow'ful fine sermon, Marse John"
Where did the preacher take his
textT "Frum dat potion OBJ de Scrip
ture whar de Postol Paul pints his pis-
tol to de Fesions. s."-Washington Times.
Fair Patient-Is there no way of tell
ing exactly what is the matter with
me? DIR. Emdee-Only post-mortem
examination would reveal that Fair
Patient-Then, for heavens sake, make
one. / don't see why I should be
squeamish at such time as this.-Pick-
Me-Up.
Modern society,"" observed the young
man, contemplatively, "has revised
most Of the old-time proverbs" YES"
observed the chaperon, to whom he had
Just handed an ice, "for instance, now
adays we say, When the husband
comes in at the door, the lover flies out
of the window '"-Exchange.
First Summer Girl-Are you going to
that old Christian Endeayor meeting
this evening? Second Summer Girl
Yes, indeed! Haven't you heard the
subject to be discussed? First Summer
Girl-No; what Is it? Second Summer
Girl-"How to Hold Our Young Men"
New York Press.
"Rastus, you Internal niger, you
told me that mule was perfectly safe,
and when 1 went into the stable he
nearly kicked the top of my head off,"
eyes, sab; l sayed de mewl wuz safe,
sah But eff yo' kin reccollect, didn't
say muffin about wedder 1t was safe
In his vicinity. Dat mewl Is able
enough to be safe anywhar. Wash
! inpton Star