Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-13

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Don't take any notice of the cook.
Maria" But, John, she's just given
t."-Baltimore American.
DO you regard that mans argu-
ments as sound?" "Yes," answered
Senator Sorghum; "that and nothing
else. Washington Star.
Mr.. Tiller-You see, the wind was so
fierce that our yacht sail was torn to
ribbons. Miss Lighthead-Ah! 1 see
a sail Of remnants illustrated Bits.
Kind Old Gent-What do you mean
by saying your occupations gone? Soul
weary Samuel-They've pulled down
the house used to lean against.-Ally
Sloper.
She-Sbe is always talking about her
mince pies. Did you ever see anything
unusual in them? He-Yes, l saw a
shoe button in one once !-Yonkers
Statesman.
At the Fair.-Give me the lunch
basket, wiley. Don't you see we are
sure to lose each other in this crowd2
Translated from Flegende Blaetter j
for The Literary Digest.
What do you intend to do with your
automobileT THAT doesn't concern |
me-" answered the nervous man. THE
question is, What is my automobile go
ing to do with Washington |
Star.
Dear, l will have to get a new dress
this fall, and they say checks will be
much in demand for costumes" 1--WE
never known a time since l married
you when they weren't.
American.
Schoolmaster Cat end of object les
son Now can any Of you tell me what
is water? Small and Grubby Urchin-
Please, teacher, waters what turns
black when you puts your 'ands in 1t
Dundee Advertiser.
Vistor-Well, Ethel, are you going
to paint pictures like your father when
you grow up? Ethel should like to,
but mother says one artist in the family
i is quite enough for any poor woman to
put up Wllu.-Juuy
/ Wears Wife (sympathizingly)- Now
y that you can't get about, and are not
able to. read, how do you manage to
IL occupy the time? Old Maxwell, mum,
u sometimes l sits and thinks; and then
y, again just sits.-Punch.
Mother Cat end of story an
= angel came and fetched him away,
- dear. Dear (who is going to a party
- that evening -Well, if an angel should
= happen to call for me this afternoon,
Z please tell him I'm out.-The Taller.
=, Ascum-I notice you're very atten-
=, tive to Miss Roxley. Have you re
81 ceived any encouragement? Hunter
~ I should say so. l received authorlta'
q tive information that she's worth al
least half a million dollars.-Exchange
A Ouestion.-At a teachers confer
70 ence in Berlin one of the school princi
nails rose to propose the toast, Long
/. live the teachers!" ION whatY in
uuired meager, pallid, young assstan
instructor, in hollow voice.-Harper'I
a Magazine
u Mrs. Caller-What Is your husband
doing now? Mrs. Shiftlass-He's go
mathematical job at present Mrs
"a aIer-Mathematical job? Mrs. Shift
ID less-Yes He's trying to figure GU
81 some way to live without working
d. Chicago News.
~ "Really-er-I'm afraid you over
SC heard what I-er-said about you,
AZ stammered the gossip, who had bee
8, caught red-handed. perhaps Ter
10 vas a bit too severe 20! no" re
= nlied the other woman, you weren'
u nearly as severe as you would hav
= been If you knew what think of you
- philadelphia Press.
= The schoolmaster asked the pupils
- Suppose in a family there are five chi
= dren and mother has only four potatoe
a between them. Now she wants to Civ
II every child an equal share. What
"a she going to do?" Silence reigned
~ the room. Everybody calculated yer
be hard, till little boy stood up and ga1
" the unexpected answer. Mash tt
Is- potatoes, sir."-Christian Register.
I'd speaking of accommodating hot
d managers" remarked a traveller, I'll
q best l ever met was in a certain Mi
ad land town. reached the hotel late
% the evening. Just before l retired
~ heard a scampering under the bed ar
D. saw a couple of large rats just escH
Oomniained at the Office. III
manager was as serene as a SUNNI
= breeze. I'll make that all right, ST.
he said. johnson! Take up a cat
room % at once?"