Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-07-21
Humorous

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she-Are you sure you love me for
myself alone2 Held you think I
loved you for your mother -SOmer-
Vile Journal
"Mr. and Mrs. Nubride have Joined
the church" "Why not7 Turn abouts
fair play: didn't the church join them7s
Philadelphia Press
I Lady-Did you ever feel as though
you'd like to work. Tramp Yes'm.
] wouldn't mind being lineman for q
wireless telegraph company Judge.
"Brainleigh tells me he Is writing
4 popular novel" Eyes, his doctors
insisted on his resting his mind for
a whilel"-New Orleans Times Demo-
Graf.
he Got It: 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 bust.
ness in the newspapers. Gotham
Whom do you suppose that's aimed
att The weather bureau Yonkers
Statesman.
Lucky starBi "I'Ye had q very suc-
cessful season." said the prosperous
booking 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 smythe7 She
Yes, indeed, do. A most absurd-looh-
ing thing. So silly, tool What became
Of her3 He-Oh, nothing. ONLY
married her.-Boston Globe.
Mamma Fighting again. williei
Didn't tell you to stop and count
one hundred whenever you were an
gry3 Willie-But It didn't do any
good, ma. Look what the Jones boy
did while counted l-Harper's Bazaar.
Cholly-iSO Miss Tartum Ioosened up
and said a good word about me, did
she7 Archie-Yes she said that when
one got better acquainted with you
one found you were not half as big
a fool as you appeared to be.-ChicagO
Tribune.
One Advantages Rimer-Do you
really prefer to have long poems sent
In to you rather than short Ones7 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.
Il don't believe the woman who re-
Gently moved into the fiat across the
hail 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
night, and I accepted him. See this
ring- Miss Wise-Indeed3 By the
way, dear, don't attempt to cut glass
with that diamond, as l did, or you'll
make another nick in the stone,-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The Child-Aunt Mary, nurse says
when 1t thunders, it's the Lord scoldin'
us. Aunt Perhaps it is, dear.
The Child-Well, 1 don't see what he's
got to be 80 mad about Use done
everything to-day 'cept brush my teef.-
Brooklyn Life.
Wife-Henry, what makes you in
such q furious temper Husband-I'm
trying to read a Scotch dialect story.
The plot Is fearfully exciting, but
can't hurdle over the language fast
enough to keep up with the heroE--
Detroit Free Press.
Rnral Adorer (bashfully) You didn't
go to Mile Meadows party. Don't
you like kissin' games? Pretty Maid
No. I don't. Rural AGorer weakly
why don't your Pretty Maid (encour.
agingly)--Cause there's so many look-
In on.-New York Weekly.
He (reading about the latest society
wedding -They have a lot to say
about what the bride wears, but they
have nothing to say about the poor
bridegroom. She-They have no need
to, because 1t 10 a well-known fact
that he usually wears a worried look.
Boston Globe.
Madame On busy street in Paris)-
oh, N. PAgent Is 1t true that it IL
dangerous to stand with the foot on
the electric tramline1 n. PAgent-Na
madame, it is not dangerous 80 long
as you do not stand with one foot on
the line and the other on the overhead
wire.-Pick Ne Up.
Miss FIyrty-Jack Hanson was tell
ing me about a romantic adventure he
had at the party last night. It seems
ne bumped into a girl in dark hall
way and kissed her; and he doesn't
know yet Miss Hlders-Ohl tee
heel That was /. Miss Flyrty-