Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18

loved you for your mother !-Somer-
vile Journal.
"Mr. and Mrs. Nubride have Joined
the church." "Why not? Turn about's
fair play; didn't the church join them p
philadelphia Press.
Lady-Did you ever feel as though
you'd like to work? Tramp-Yes'm.
wouldn't mind being lineman for a
wireless telegraph company.-Judge.
"Brainleigh tells me he is writing
a popular novel," Eyes. his doctors
insisted on his resting his mind for
whiler-New Orleans Times-Demo-
GRAFT
He Got 1t: The Woman--No, can't
give you a meal The Tramp didn't
think you could, mum; you look too
young and inexperienced to know how
to cook.-New York Sun.
Church, see the Attorney General
is going to stop all this guessing busl-
ness in the newspapers. Gotham
Whom do you suppose that's aimed
at? The weather bureau?-Yonkers
Statesman.
Lucky Stars: give had a very sue
cessful season." said the prosperous
looking theatrical manager. 'Well,
you can thank your stars for that" re-
piled the seedy-looking manager
Yonkers Statesman.
He-Do you remember your. old
school friend, Sophy Smythe? She
Yes, indeed, do. A most absurd-look-
ing thing. So silly, tool What became
of herr He-Oh, nothing. ONLY
married her.-BoSton Globe.
Misunderstanding again, Willie?
Didn't 1 tell you to stop and count
one hundred whenever you were an
CRY? Willie-But it didn't do any
good, ma. Look what the Jones boy
Cholly-So Miss Tartum loosened up
and said a. good word about me, did
she? Archie-Yes; she said that when
one got better acquainted with you
one found you were not half as big
fool as you appeared to be.-Chicago
Tribune.
One Advantage: Rimer-Do you
really prefer to have long poems sent
In to you rather than short onesI Edi-
tor-Yes. When they're long, you see,
i don't have to think up any other
excuse for rejecting them.-Philadel-
phia Press.
81 don't believe the woman who re-
Gently moved into the fiat across the
hall is any better than she should be"
remarked Mrs. Naggsby. "Of course
not, my dear" rejoined Naggsby; 'who
ever heard of woman that wasp
St. Louis Star.
Miss Plane-Yes, Tom proposed last
might, and 1 accepted him. See this
ring Miss Wise-Indeed? BY the
way, dear, don't attempt to cut glass
with that diamond, as 1 did, or you'll
make another nick in the stone.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The Child-Aunt Mary, nurse says
when it thunders, it's the Lord scoldin'
us. Aunt Mary-Perhaps it is, dear.
THE Child-Well, don't see what he's
got to be SO mad about. Use done
everything to-day 'cept brush my teef.-
Brooklyn Life.
Wife-Henry, what makes you in
such furious temper Husband-I'm
trying to read Scotch dialect story.
The plot Is fearfully exciting but 1
can't hurdle over the language fast
enough to keep up with the herol-
Detroit Free Press.
Rural Adorer (bashfully)-You didn't
go to Mile Meadows party. Don't
you like kissin, games? Pretty Maid
No, don't. Rural Adorer weakly
Why don't you? Pretty Maid (encour-
agingly)-Cause there's so many look
In on.-New York Weekly.
He (reading about the latest society
wedding)1They have a lot to say
about what the bride wears. but they
have nothing to say about the poor
bridegroom. She1They have no need
to, because 1t is a well-known fact
that he usually wears worried look.
Boston Globe.
Madame I'm busy street in Paris)-
oh. M. pAgent, is it true that it Is
dangerous to stand with the foot on
tue eleClrlC lrtnilhe! NJ. ABeHl-NeA
madame, it is not dangerous so long
as you do not stand with one foot on
the line and the other on the overhead
wire.-Pick Me Up.
Miss Flyrty-Jack Hanson was tell
ing me about romantic adventure he
had at the party last night 1t seems
he bumped into girl in a dark hall
way and kissed her; and he doesn't
know yet Miss Elders-Ohl tee