Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-19
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Short Gtories

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A rich heiress once said, compla.
Gently, to a very beautiful but very
poor girl: II had FIVE offers of mar
rage last week" "You are more for
tunate that l." said the pretty girl;
II only got declarations of love-"
would you mind walking the other
way and not passing the horseY said
a London cabman, with exaggerated |
politeness, to the fat lady who had |
just paid the minimum fare. "WhyT |
she inquired. Because If e sees wOt |
'e's been carrying for a shilling ELL
ave a At" was the freezing answer.
An innkeeper once had the good for
tune to entertain his sovereign, who
consumed, among other things, a cou-
pie of eggs, for which he was charged
guinea apiece. Eggs must be very
scarce here" remarked his royal high
ness, as he scanned the bill. mo,
sire" was the answer, ''but kings
are"
A gentleman once possessed a val
liable sporting dog which was ex-
tremely clever in the retrieving Of
game. The owner, however, was re-
markably bad shot, and one day, on
firing both barrels hastily at rabbit,
he heard a mournful howl The next
moment his dog appeared, carrying
black object in his mouth, and laid it
carefully at his masters feet The
animal had retrieved his own tail.
The great opera singer, Nine Grisi,
who was married to Signor Mario, the
tenor, was singing in st. Petersburg.
The Emperor, the father Of the pres
ent one, gave Nine. Grisi permission
to walk in his private park. One
morning the Emperor met Nine. Grisi,
accompanied by two little girls. The
Emperor saluted her. and said: Are
these two Grisettes" "No, your maj
esty," replied Nine. Grisi, "those are
two Marionettes."
A fire occurred on promised rented
by Jews in London. The circumstances
were somewhat suspicious, and an
agent of the insurance company was
sent to investigate. He interviewed
the senior partner, and also the junior
partner, as to the probable cause of
the fire. This was his report: Il find
that the senior partner thinks it was
caused by an arc light on the second
floor; the junior partner thinks it was
caused by an incandescent light on
the first floor-but my opinion is that
NV oil IN
BASEMENT
Bishop Joseph Wilmer, of Louisiana
and Bishop Richard Wilmer, of Ala
bama, are cousins and intimate
friends In their travels in Italy one
summer, the Bishop Of Alabama wal
pointing out with enthusiasm certain
architectural beauties. The Bishop O.
Louisiana was bored. He said: TT
all very fine, Cousin Dick, but. never
theless, a rich field, fragrant with thu
odor Of new mown hay, would pleas,
me better" And the Bishop Of Ala
6ama replied: cousin Joe, there's no
a donkey in all Italy that would no
agree with you"
Chan Chun Man, head of a Cantor
firm employing over ten Thousand
hands, has been studying American ia
dustries. In Philadelphia, apFopos O
the Chinese awakening. he said: "Chi
Ia has for thousands of years beel
highly enough civilized to despise wal
Her newborn respect for war is no
an unmixed good. There is, perhaps
little of degeneration, Of barbarism
in it. But at least China will no long
er be the laughing stock of nation
more warlike than herself. 1t will n
longer be possible to say Of her, as
Chinese general once explained dc
feat with the following report: 'Th
ignorant enemy, unaware that gun
could not be fired against an objec
behind them, came upon us from tn
rear and thus rendered all our canno
useless"