Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-27

MS door, replied: THE smallest few
ers gratefully received"
Mrs. Smith-My husband has been.
enjoying very poor health of late
Mrs. Brown-How fortunate that he
can enjoy it, Very few people do.
A juryman being asked by the.
judge If he ever read the papers, re-
piled: Yes, your honor; but If youth
let me go this time. I'll never do so
any more"
Patience-See how yellow her hair
is; and 1t used to be brown. Patrice
Yes; she's been using one of those.
yellow journals to make curl papers.
-Yonkers Statesman.
He had play produced by an
amateur company the other night. |
believe. Who was the hero of It, do
you known Il was one. sat
through t."-Philadelphia Ledger.
little Maine girl came to her
mother one morning and said: Mann
ma. l don't feel very we'll" "Well.
that's too bad" said mamma; where
do you feel the worst?" "In school,
was the prompt reply
AN elephant must be a pretty ex-
pensive animal" Yes. | wish | had
enough money to- buy one" what
do you want with an elephant?" II
don't l merely expressed a wish for
the money. "-Philadelphia Press.
She (angrily)-Sir. | understand You
said had face that would stop a
clock. He tcalmly)-So | did. ANY
well-regulated clock would pause ana
hold up its hands in admiration Mt
sight of your lovely face.-St. Louis
Star.
Husband Cwho had been out West
on business. and left his wife some
blank checks)-Mary. | find YOU have
considerably overdrawn at the bank.
Mary-Nonsense. John. how can that
beg I've two of those blank checks
left yet.
Mrs. Jenks-Are you perfectly sat
isfed with your new dress? Mrs.
Speitz-Yes, indeed. The man I love
best thinks it's beautiful and the
woman | love least has pretended TO
turn up her nose at it.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
A cowardly fellow, having kicked n
newsboy for Fostering him to buy an
evening newspaper, the lad waited till
another boy accosted the gentleman"
and then shouted in the hearing of the
bystanders: ITS no use to try him.
Jim, he can't read"
Sometimes" said the poet. 81 am
almost afraid that | take myself too
seriously" "Oh, well, never mind
replied his kind-hearted friend.
there's no harm done If you do
Everybody else regards you as a
Record Herald.
Here is peculiar advertisement
which recently appeared in a Brisbane
paper: "Permanent.-Want a man
TO look after one horse and few
cows and pigs. One who can impart
the rudiments of French. singing and
the piano to children preferred"
I'D like to have your check for that
little midnight supper served at
IL.
caterer. You'll have to wait until
get the doctors bill for curing me OF
Indigestion" replied the victim. THAT
comes off your Philadelphia
Press.
Il know what you've come here
for,' said little Willie; you're going
to ask my sister to be your wife,
oh! Why do you think SOP "'Cause-
heard her tellin' ma she was goin'
70 git you in a corner tonight and
make you say it."-Chicago Record
Herald.
Moose Meadow Sheriff-Yes, that's
Spike Moran, alias Big Eddy, alias
lin Thornton, alias Kid McDuff. He's.
/ burglar. Stranger-But why do you
ct him live here? Sheriff-Jest to fat
up the census. We put him in the
directory under each name. you see-
Judge
Don't be too quick to strike an
,ther, my boy" said the kindly old
nan, who had interrupted the fight;
always count ten before you do it,
md then "Yeh," replied the
10Y, contemptuously, IAN den it'll be
lie referee dat'll be countin' ten on
Tou. "-Philadelpha Press.
Jennies mother was expecting com
,any, but just before train time a
elegram arrived which read: missed
rain. VIII start at same time to-
Jennie rushed home from
school expecting to see the guest. but
instead WAS shown tho message #