Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-05

you are doing nothing? Tramp
reckon it's cause dere's so much Nv
it ter do.-Chicago News.
Ascum-Well, well! 1 congratulate
you, old man; and how is the baby to
be named? Popley-By my wife's peo-
pie, it seems.-Philadelphia Press.
Wife-When we go anywhere now
we have to walk. When we were only
engaged you always called a carriage.
Husband-That's why we have to walk
now.
Blunt hear Blones has stopped
gambling. Front-That's true. l bet
him 500 this morning that he couldn't
stop, and he took me up.-Yonkers
Herald.
Georgiana-We are not old. Juliana
oh, yes, we are, my dear. Georgiana
We'll, w are just as young as n
girls of u age in town.-Indianapolis
Journal.
Snaso-This souvenir habit is getting
to be something fierce. Rodd-I should
say so. l know of a man who visited
a friend and took his friends wife as
q souvenir.
Little Willie-What is the difference
between character and reputation, pa ?
Pa-Character is a luxury, my son,
while reputation is a necessity.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Scribblehard@ believe I've written
myself out; l don't seem to have an
idea left. Penhandler-Well, why
don't you write stories for the maya
zines, then?-Life.
The LADY, gave you a piece of
pie last week, and you've been sending
your friends here ever since. The
Tramp-You're mistaken, lady; them
was my enemies.-Judge.
"She claims to have studied music"
"Well, she has, after a fashion," How
is that?' "Why, she has studied the
pronunciation of the names of the great
composers Chicago Post.
$50 you were in London, ELI? How
did you find the weather there?'' 81
didn't have to find it. 1t came and
hunted me up and surrounded me in
chunks. "-Philadelphia Press.
Wife-Now, don't you think my new
hat is Il perfect dream? Husband
Well, no. To be a perfect dream the
bill attached to it should also be mere
ly a dream.-Philadelphia Press.
Didn't she have some trouble in
hiding from her husband the present
she was going to give him?" Not a
bit. She put it in one of the pigeon
holes of his desk."-Chicago Tribune.
She-And you don't think there is a
chance in the world of our living
through u lives without a quarrel.
He-There is always a fighting chance,
dear.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
YES, his painting attracts a great
many people, Great artist, Ell ?"
mo, just a house painter. He puts
out a sign, Fresh Paint and everyone
touches it to see if it's dry."-Chicago
News.
Jack-Miss Fay, will you marry
me-? Fay wouldn't marry you if
you were the last man on earth! Jack
oh, l say, that't rather hard, =
FayTGoose! How could 1? Who'd
perform the ceremony?
He-We must economize. Suppose,
darling, that you try your hand at
making your own clothes. She-Oh,
George, dear, 1 never could do that.
Suppose 1 begin by trying to make
yours ?1The New Yorker.
A stout man net a sad-faced man
On the corner. Sir" said the stout
nan, "can you recommend a good bar
Der to me?" Sir" replied the sad
faced man, 81 cannot. l have my hair
cut at home."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Crocker-You don't like your
soup? Well, L must say, you are the
hardest man to satisfy there ever was!
Or. Crocker-People who know you
are my wife have quite a different
opinion, my dear.-Boston Transcript.
Hiller-Was that your son l saw
you with yesterday? Dale-The young
chap who was giving me advice how
to succeed in business and to make a
place for ones self in the world? Yes,
that was George.-Boston Transcript.
Didn't l hear you wife refer to
you as the human mince pie?" said the
curious person. YES" answered Mr..
Sirius Barker. as that a complaint?'
mot exactly. She means that l new
er agree with Observation-Disclosures
Star.
Angie-Just one question before we
elope, Edwin: Are you fond of pet
dogs? Edwin-Yes, yesl Bring hin
along, but be quick! Angie-No; it