Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
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lister, and John asked him to Join us.
Skinfint-If anything should happen
to me, dearest, you will be all right.
I've just insured my life But sup
pose nothing does happen to your
Life
First Boarder-What's that loud /
humping noise in the kitchen? Second
Boarder-Its the landlady hammering
the steak and wishing it was the beef
trust.
Mrs. Casey-The Gocthor says We
how appendicitis, Tim. Mr.. Casey
Och, Norah, Norah! whoy wor We so
foolish as to show him yure bank-bc Ok d?
Judge.
Jemima-Why does dat Paderoosky
McGinnis wear his hair so long? Mi
nerva-Why, don't yer know dat he's
de champeen mouth-organ player of de
block ?-Chicago Daily News
1.-THE reason l can't get along with
my wife is that she wants to submit
all our differences to arbitration" ''To
arbitration?' Eyes. She always wants
to refer disputes to her mother"
"Great gunsw exclaimed the absent
minded man; Il just stuck the lighted
end of this cigar in my mouth" How
fortunate you were in discovering 1t
at once, dear" rejoined his good wife.
woman is naturally of a clinging
nature" observed he. YES" rejoined
his wife, but she isn't to be compared
with a man when it comes to holding
on to a five-dollar bill."-New Yorker.
Grinnand Barrett - What cured
Cawlboy of his desire to be a TRACE
dian? Irving Henry-The open-air
treatment. He walked home from
Fon-du-Lac with the thermometer at
zero.-EX.
Mr.. Meddergrass-Who yer sendin'
the sheep to, Bill? Mr.. Ragweed-
Why, my son Zeb's up to college tryin'
| fur a sheepsllin, he says, and I'm goin'
ter surprise him with a hull critter.-
! Chicago Post.
Dr. Ketchum-BX Jove! These cab
J companies certainly know how to
charge. His Whichever mind, dear.
It's lucky that the president of the
company is patient of yours
Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Cobwigger-So your husband
thinks his position in society is now
secure? Mrs. Newrich-Yes. He is sc
> sure about it that he has stopped hir
ing a dress suit, and is having one
, made to order.-Judge.
Amateur-This is my latest attemp1
at landscape. May 1 ask what yor
+ think of the perspective? Arist-Tht
perspective is it's strong point. TIL,
further away you stand the better i
r looks.-Chicago Tribune.
: Mr.. Chic-My automobile nerve
: didn't cut any dash at all at the sana
. forum. Mrs. Chic-Why not? Mr.
, Chic-Oh, the doctors were all wildl!
enthusiastic over a man who has fly
n ing-machine nerves.-Puck.
= The importunate lover had just pro
I posed. LET your answer be a vowel
o with consonant on either side of it,.
t he gently begged her. The charming
+ girl smiled. Every WELL" she said
e "Gitr'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A child thrust: you never saw m.
hands as dirty as that" said mother
1 reproachfully, to her little S-year-ol
t girl. "'Cause l never saw you whe
+ you were little girl was the promp
s answer.-Glasgow Evening Times
D.! I'm India BARRIERS rank high. Socia
y ly they are the equals of the priests.
" Say, where do poets come in owe
y there?" Same place they do here.
= where's that?" among the illustr
- GUS dead. "-Chicago Record-Herald.
, Teacher-In the sentence. Mar
4 milks the cow" what is the word COW
y Johnny-Cow is a noun. feminine gel
y. der. and stands for Mary. Teacher
4 What nonsense! Why does COW stan
: for Mary? Johnny-So Mary can ten
70 to the milking.
1t Van Dauber-So old Gotrox fell
Is love at first sight with that impossib
n freak! Friend-Just so. Do you know
at old chap it wouldn't be a bad idea
1r get the old boy around to look at yoJ
70 pictures.-Puck.
ic Noozy-Then you don't believe in
Ill man marrying his deceased wife's 81
ter? Henpeck-Well, 1 certainly b
lieve that a man who would rush in
a thing like that doesn't deserve
mt have lost his first wife at all.-Phil
In delphia Ledger.
10 Good morningw said the old gentl
-, man. I'D like to look over some
your spectacles." Eyes, sir" reptile