Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03

the company?
PA, what do they mean by the
death rate?" THAT, my son, is the
speed at which an automobile travels"
Cleveland Leader.
Van Tart don't think much of
leap year lie Whey-What's the mat
ter? Van Tart-The girls propose TO
you. but expect you to buy the ring.
The button trust is bankrupt. The
button is a small article, but 1t has
destroyed the peace of many home,
and it is only ripping as 1t has been
sewed.-Baltinore American.
John" said a stingy old hunk to his
hired man, as he was taking dinner,
do you know how many pancakes
have eaten fourteen" We'll" said
John, "you count and III eat"
But have you any expectations.
young manY' "Of course, l have.
Three rich girls want to marry me,
but 1 am going to give your girl the
first chance. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Il just visit l wuz bigger" said
Mischievous Willie Smart. Indeed"
asked his mother. How much big
ger?" oh, just big enough to do all
the things l git blamed for dom now"
Freda-He claims to be related to
you, and says he can prove it. Floyd
Related to me? Why, the mans
fool. Freda-Of course; but that may
be mere Observation-Disclosures
Bits.
Jack-Women have no head for fig
ures. Tom-How do you make that
out? Jack-I know a girl whose edu-
cation cost her father ten thousand,
and she can't figure her own age cor
rectly.
Jury" said a Western judge. you
kin go out and find verdict If you
can't find one of your own. get the
one the last jury used" The jury re-
turned a verdict of suicide in the ninth
degree.
"Halloar cried the neighbor. What
are you building a new chicken house
, forT" why" replied Nettles, for
} flock of pink elephants, of course.
! You didn't suppose I'd put chickens in
it, did your
Red-And when this happened on
the links, was he addressing the ball?
Greenwich, 1 don't know just what
g he was addressing, but it was quite
evident from the language that he was
r not addressing a Sunday school.
: A precocious youth telegraphed to
his parents on their golden wedding
day: us marriage a failure?" The
) old couple laid their heads together
over the reply-paid form, and present
y ly made answer: mo; but its results
sometimes are"
81 never knew till now why this
was such a windy country" said the
= bright little girl travelling through Hi
\, nois. "And have you discovered why? p
asked her father. "Of course. See al
v the windmills on these farms we're
passing. philadelphia Ledger.
"Darringer, have you a half-sov
ereign you don't wantT' why. Ger
tainly. Here it is" The next day
Il say, Darringer, that half-sovereigl
you gave me was a bad one" Yes
Bromley. You asked me if l had
half-sovereign that l didn't want"
why do the roses fade slowl.
away?" she inquired POLITICALLY
well" replied the baldheaded youn
man, when you think it over it's al
for the best. It's more comfortable t
have them fade slowly away than t
go off all of a sudden, like torpedo.
That's my last canvas" sal
- D'Auber; 81 started that six month
es ago. You see, some days 1 pain
IN away feverishly, fOrcefully, absorbed
hit ly. while on other days l can't paint a
st ALL" Il see," said Crittick; "yo
er painted this on one of the other days.
Philadelphia Press.
ne IF Crabbe ever comes around you
n place borrowing anything" said Sui
DE bulbs, don't let him have it." "You'v
OF spoken too late" replied Newcomer
Gu "he was around this morning" Your
easy. What was he borrowing
rt- Trouble. He's in the hospital now.
II Philadelphia Ledger.
RI
&C AS my wife at the window one bear
tiful day stood watching a man wit
monkey a cart came along with
broth of a boy, who was driving
st stout little donkey. TO my wife the
lie 1 spoke by way of a joke-"There's
ok relation of yours in that carriage" I
which she replied. when the donke
he she spied-"Ah, yes! relation L
marriage"
n IF you please. sir?" "Well, JiI
ar my?" ME grandmother. sir
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