BETZVUXE TALES
CoL Randolph Phipps and the Ostrich
By Elfls Parker Builofl
3 Atdhor oPTPids is Pids Eic SS
ILLUSTRATED By
Last September, when tho. rainy
season began In Botzvlllo, the World
Uenowned Hoggins' Three ning 8hows
struck town, and they wore already
In pretty bad shape, tho sheriffs along
the llho having reduced them to about
nno ring and r slxteonth, and when
thoy tamo to pay tho bill of the Botz
vlllo Nowa for advertising, things
looked black. So Orlcy Glbbs, the ed
(tor got out an attachment and lor
eyed !on the show, but It was worse
than he had thought it would bo, and
he had to lake tho ostrich. It wan
lthor that or tho hyena, and tho os
trich seamed moro In an editor's lino
than a hyena. An ostrich often
lunches on old sdrap iron, nnd an ed
itor often comes mighty near having
to do the Rnmo thing in Detzvllle.
Dut when Orlcy had tho ostrich ho
was bothered. A bird that cats scrap
iron looks nt first glance ltko an
rconomlcul bird, but scrap iron com
mands a regular market prico in Detz
vllle, nnd tho only scrap Iron Orlcy
iind was his printing press. And that
preBR was such a disreputable lot of
old Junk that even tho ostrich would
not eat It. So Orlcy fed it lightly on
printing type, beginning with tho x's,
for, ho. used them less than tho o's or
I'n. but ha saw ho would- havo to got
rid of the bird soon. or leavo out. his
Just at the Corner of Main and Cross
ocal column entirely. So Instead of
aavlng tho bird ruin tho News Orloy
thought of a way to havo it boost it.
There was a grand rdsh III Botzvlllo
when it became known that Orlcy, was
offering the ostrich as h prize to the
person turning in tho most nqw sub
scriptions to tho News, nnd Uncle
Clootz secured ono subscriber, nnd
Orono McDooblo noarly secured ono,
hut that one got away. When tho
contest ended it was found that ft
Mood: i V
Undo1) 1
Cousin' Orone 0
Other distinguished citizens 0
Wives of same 0
Others 0
Colonel Randolph Phipps 2
It was learned later that Col. Phipps
hired his two subscribers to subscribe
but this was unknown nt tho time, and
only goes- to show how unscrupulous
he w'ns. Ho said later that If neces
sary ho would hnvo gone so far as to
hire another subscriber, ho wanted
tho ostrich so badly. Col. Phipps
was a leading raiser of Shanghnl
chickens In our county, nnd ho figured
that if ho took that long legged ostrich
and tied it near his coop It would net
ns n stirring Incentive to his Shang
hals(l nnd fill them with a dcslro to
emulate tho ostrleh In long legged
ness. He said .that ho thought that
if bo could produro a Shanghai fowl,
with body or tho ordinary size and
legs as long an an ostrich's Ieg3 ho
would bo rid, onco nnd for nil, of tho
trouble of ruts eating tho new-lntd
eggs, for be could build nests In tho
trees, and his hens could easily stand
on tho tround and lny eggs In the
nests.
But the- first thing ho had to do
was to fatten tho ostrich, for it was
pretty thin. Probably there never
was -4ch a thin ostrich. It was so
thin that the roots of the feathers
pn its loft sldo rubbed against tho
'oots of the feathers oo its right side,
ind you had to look at it side-view to
tea It at oil So Col Phipps sent
PETER NEWELL
down for n couplo of kegs of nails and
tho ostrich gobbled them down, and
looked around for more. So the Col
onel sont down to tho store for mora
'nails, and ho kept feeding nails to tho
ostrich until tho hnrdwaro mad said
that he had reached his credit limit.
Hy that tlmo tho ostrich was well
filled with nails. Ho contained eight
pennies, and ton-ponnics, and some
'screws, and five pounds of spikes, and
!n keg of shingle nails, and tho colonol
began to bo afraid tho ostrich was
over-eating, but tho ostrich did not
think so. lietweon meals it walked
up nnd down tho sldownlk boforo tho
colonel's houso and nto tho nails out
of tho sidewalk. Whenever It saw tho
hardware wagon approaching it would
gallop gayly down tho street to meet
It, uttering llttlo squawks of Joy.
Hut Inst Thursday when tho hard
ware delivery wagon approached tho
colonel's rcsldcnco tho ostrich mado a
sad mistake. It had dashed out Into
tho road as usual and poked Its head
into tho wagon while tho delivery
boy was unloading tho nails, and It
saw a likely looking tld-blt and swal
lowed It. It hnpponed to bo n box ot
fifty 44 cftllbro cartridges Intended
for Sim Perkins, nnd the delivery boy
missed them nnd reached for tho rail
road spike bo always kept on the
Streets the Bird Began to Shoot.
wagon scat to tap the ostrich on tha
hend with when It becamo too friend
ly, but the splko was gono! The do
livery boy Immediately called for the
colonel and demanded tho cartridges
nnfl tho big spike, but tho polonol was
bothered nbout something else just
then, for tho- ostrich hnd tho hlo
coughs. Probnbly It had over eaten.
Tho colonel did not care whethei
It had over-eaten or not. What h
cared about wus thnt thero was a box
of 14s Insldo that bird, and a sharp
pointed splko with theni, nnd that ev
ery hlc-cough must bo Jerking the
sharp point ot the splko around among
thoso cartridges, like tho hammer ot
n pistol, nnd that the nffectlonatt
bird was aimed directly at him. Any
minute ono of those 44b might go oft
and kill tho colonel, and the colonol
knew It. Ho was far from happy In
the affection of that ostrich, but tho
bird loved him and longed to show It,
Colonel Phipps went down tho road at
full run, and tho ostrich followed
closely at a hlc-coughy trot. Just nt
! the corner of Mnln and Cross street
tho bird began to shoot. For an In
stant it exhibited u wild surprise, but
the moment aftor it had no time to ex
hibit anything. It was exploding 44s
with tho rapidity of a gatllng gun. Of
course thero woro only fifty cartridges
In tho box, bo tho ostrlph did not shoot
long, but It shot well. For a caroless,
unalmed ostrich, firing wild, it was
beyond reproach. It shot the colonel
eight times out of a possible fifty, and
with Its last, expiring throb It sent a
bullet right Into tho saw-dust filled
Imitation ham in the butcher-shop
wjndow, and to-morrow at ono p, m.
tho ham and tho colonel will be burled.
Copyrleht, 1. by W. a. Chapman.)
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In 190S.
HE KNEW
HIS FACTS
"John," bTio aald, "I will bo a sister
to .you. but" . , .
"So It's a throwdown, eh?" asked
tho young, roan with lite rosebud, In
bis buttonhole, .',., !'-.,
"Yes," sho admitted, frowning. "If
you want to talk about it that way, I
nupposo it is."
"All right," ho said, "don't got
warm. Walt, n hit,"
He arose to his feet and consulted
n slip of paper which ho took from
his pocket. Immediately thereafter
ho throw his shoulders back, shot
his cuffs and mndo a comprehcnslvo
gesture.
"Madam," said he, "are you awnrq
that according to the last government
census there was, In the stato of
Now York, an oxcess of 65,000 fe
males? Do you know lhat If every
slnglo mnlo was married " "to-morrow"
thorn would bo 65,000 females left
overt Wero you aware of this?"
Sho tapped her llttlo foot upon tho
carpet, but nnswerod him not.
"And you, madam!" ho cried, wig
gling IiIh index finger at her, "What
guarantee hnvo you that you would
not be ono of tho 65,000?"
Sho sniffed tho air, but that was nil.
"Madam I " ho continued, "Aro you
nwnro that "whon a wonlau bus
reached the ago of 25 her chances of
matrimony grow less and Icbs each
year until they dlsnppenr altogether?
Did you know this?"
He pointed his finger at her again.
"And you, madam!" ho cried.
"Whnt ground havo you for supposing
that your chances nro hotter than
those of tho girl next door or the girl
across tho street?"
"Twenty-flvo, eh?" sho nsked.
"Yes, '251' " ho said, eyeing hor
Btornly.
"Twenty-flvo, eh?" sho sniffed.
With nn Impatient movement ho re
turned to his orntorlcal manner.
"Do you know," said he, "that on
nccount of the unprecedented rise In
rents, food and clothing, the number
of marriages Is falling off dally? Thnt
every day a woman's chance of mat
rimony grows distinctly less, to sny
nothing of tho decrease in her chances
on nccount of tho Increase In her ago?
Have you been, advised of this?"
.Ho pointed his inexorable finger at
her rf'nd cried
"And you, madam! What right
havo you to supposo that you nro an
exception to tho rule?"
Sho triod to pass it off with n
laugh, but nevertheless sho bnttcd
her eycB in a thoughtful manner. '
"Do you regard an honorable pro
posal of marriage ns an o very-day oc-
currenqo?" bo declaimed. "Do you
know that thorc aro thousands of old
maids In this broad land to-day, lonely
and In despair, each of whom would
give ten years of, her life .to, recall
her light refusal of the first nnd only
proposnl she over received?".
Ho folded his. hands behind him
nnd leaned forward. Impressively.
"And youf"" ho solemnly ox
clnlmcd., "Could you make oath that
you will ever recelvo another proposal
of marriage?"
Ho straightened hlmsolf with nn
abrupt motion nnd shot his cuffs
again.
"Do you know," ho demanded, "that
thero aro moro than 1,000,000 old
maids In these United States and that
tho number Is Increasing every Any?
Ah, think of them! Think of them
with pity!"
Ho lenned forward again Impres
sively, almost tenderly.
"Whnt girl knows." ho whispered,
"but that sho will bo one of these
millions? Do you?"
Was it a tear that glistened In her
eye?"
"Do you know," ho continued with
n gentle mourfulneso, "that tho num
ber of old ladles' homos Is Increasing
in geometrical progression? That
every day, every hour, lonely spinsters
aro obliged to sock tho rofugo ofTored
by theso fast-growing Institutions?"
Ho sat down beside her.
"Mary," he whispered, "aro you
nwaro that tho averago adult malo's
Income Is less thnn nlno dollars n
week that I am getting $4.0. Don't
cry, little girl! It's nil right. I I'll
havo you."
And when roqther, wondering nt
tho sllenco, looked in a few minutes
later ho was monsurlng her for tho
rlg In a lordly sort of way.
No Entrance Thero.
There is one door In tho big stnto
War and Navy building which Is sa'
cred to tho presence ot ono cnblnet
officer. Ho nlono gets in. and out of It;
evory othor porson connected with
tho United States navy or with tho
government of tho United Stntes. has
to go around.
Tho door lends into tho office of
Socrotnry of tho Navy Moyor. Ho
enters through it and leaves by it, but
aH othor times it remains locked.
Ono clay Mrs. Moyer visited tho de
partment. Sho was in n hurry, and
oe soon as sho reached tho corridor
lo front of her husband's offlco she
bonded for tho sacred door.
Mrs. Meyer tried tho door: alio
twisted tho knob, and then knocked.
Sho knocked again. The answer enmo
f?om Private Secretary Taylor's door
iu tho form of a big colored messen
ger. Ho spoke to Mrs. Moyer, and alio
followed him through the circuitous
path which leads to her husband's
desk.
Fitt sen minutes later tbo came out;
this tlmo Bho used tbo private door of
Secretary of tho Navy Moyer
TO BOY OR BUTGHEB
CAN NEE1RA8KA SAVE MONEY BY
LATTER METHOD.
II QUESTQffToR SDLUIIQN
Report of the State Agricultural Ex
periment Stations. Other Mat
ters at the Stato Capital.
Is it cheaper for tho stato to do its
own butchering thnn to buy of tho
packing houses is n question Land
Commlslonor Cowlos Is trying to
solve. Fgures bearing upon the nn
Bwer to this question woro brought to
Mr. Cowlos by II. F. Bishop', stownrd
of tho nsylnin nt Lincoln. During tho
fourth quarter of 1900 tho stato pur
chased for tho' institution fifty beef
cows, which furnished 24,625 pounds
of beef, 197 pounds of hearts, 531
pounds of llvor, 131 pounds of
tongues, 107 pounds or tails, 585
pounds of tallow hnd scraps. Tho
cows cost $1,800. Tho hides from those
cows brought $400 nnd tho five items
nsldo from bcof woro worth $70; bo
tho nctunl coat of tho 24,625 pounds
of bcof was $1,380 or $5.64 per hun
dred. Bids for beef carcasses w6ro
not Invited for this institution, but nt
Norfolk tho contract prlco Was $5.94
nnd nt the Soldiers.' Homo at Burkott,
whore thoy also bought enrcasscs, tho
prlco was $5.80. So far ns theso
figures go, said Mr. Cowlcs, tho stnto
savo3 a small nmount of money when
it buys tho cattle, and tho officers nt
tho asylum say that thero Is a vast
dlffercnco in tho quality of tho mont,
tho homo mado product being so much
better than tho packing houso mont
Another report will bo mado at tho
closo of tbo present quarter, March
31. Whether the higher prlco of cat
tlo will show a greater or a smaller
gain for homo mado bcof will bo de
termined nt that time. During tho
present quarter Norfolk pays 44 cents
nnd Burkett 68 cents per hundred
moro for beef than thoy paid last
quarter.
Report of Experiments.
J, S. Dales, financial secretary to
tho Stnto Board of Regents, has filed
with tho governor his annual report
of tho stato agricultural experimental
stations for tho Inst yonr.
Tho roport shows thero was re
ceived from tho Hutch iund, $15,000 in
installments of which $10,113.68 was
expended for salaries; rocclved frpra
the Adams fund, $11,000 of which $0,
44C.23 wns spent in snlnrlos; univer
sity cash fund received, $6,858.58; for
tho sttio of llva stock and farm pro
ducts, $23,831.54. Out of this thero
was a bnlanco on hand last July of
$2,345.75. Appropriation for tho sup
port of tho North Platte Btntlon, $25,
000; balauco on hand November 30,
$13,844.97; appropriation for support
of farmers' institutes, $20,000; balance
from 1907 appropriation, $6,754.62;
balance on hnnd nt closo of tho fiscal
year, $17,386.87.
Tho roport covers in detail tho ex
periments conducted by tho colloga
during tho Inst year, which havo been
published Iu bulletin form nnd mulled
out to tho public generally.
Way to Lessen Crime.
Furnish overy convict with n Job up
on lila reloaso from tho penitentiary,
punish assiduously nil men who put.
tho lynch law into use, nnd reform tho
Jury system of tho country by mak
ing conviction possible on n voto ot
ten of tho twolvo Jurors. Theso nro
tho means by which Dr. Edwin Muxey,
profesor of criminal law in tho Unl-vorslty-of
Nebraska law school, would
chnngo tho system of dealing - with
criminals nnd lesson tho crlmo of this
country. Boforo his class in criminal
law at tho university ho onunclnted
this doctrluo and predicted Its adop
tion by tho vnrlouB states would rapid
ly decrenso the number of criminals
that aro annually sent to tho stato
prisons.
Worry Upset His Reason.
Thomas J. Blglqy of Beatrlco was
brought to tho Insuno hospitnl horo by
Sheriff Scholk. Though It Is said Big
ley worried over his debts to a con
siderable oxtent, worry over n repri
mand from tho court for his action as
a Juror is said to havo been tho final
straw that ovorthrow tho man's rea
son. Requisition Papers Asked For.
Sheriff Schick nnd County Attorney
F. O. McGirr of Gngo county dropped
Into tho governor's office to nrrango
for requisition on tho stato of Okla
homa for tho return to Gngo county of
James W. Whlto, now under arrest nt
Nowklrk, Okln. Ho Is charged with
wife desertion.
Forger In tho Tolls.
Requisition has boon Issued for tho
return to Douglas county of Austin
Elliott, nrrcstcd nt St. Louis on n
chargo of forging a $35 check on tho
Merchants National bank at Omaha.
Record Day for Treasurer.
Tueday of last weok was a record
day for tho stato treasurer in tho mat
tor of recolpts Issued. Tho collections
amounted to 109,000 in round" num
bers, which Deputy Treasuror Frank
Brian said was moro money than tho
offlco had over collocted in ono day,
at least In tho present term. With no
state debt, tho treasurer believes ho
will bo ablo to como bofore tho next
legislature without any outstanding
warrants, nnd thercforo turn the ofllco
over lo his successor with the state
on a cash baste
i ...
Valentines
More
Popular
Than Ever
ii.
N THE lnttor tfnrt bf tho
Y I eighteenth century tho 1
I "Valentino" thoso ornnto
creations or inco paper,
silver nnd gilt, artificial
flowers, scrap pictures and
sentimental verso which
wo, know, grew from tho
simplest processes by nat
ural degrees of elabora
tion. Before valentines bo
came a recognized artlclo
of merchandise lovers
wero constrained to construct their
own. A quill pen, a sheet ot writing
paper and ability to writo "doggerel"
wns tho required oqulpmont, Soon
thero appeared obliging llttlo chap
books called tho "Gentlemnn's Now
Valentino Writer," "Cupid's Annual
Charter," "Tho School of Love," and
tho "Ladles' Pollto Valentine Writer."
Thoro ulsu wns n "valentine writer"
for tradespeople nnd ono for tho Joker
called tho "Quizzing Valentino Writ
er." Theso vnlcntlno writers Wero llU
tie six-penny pamphlets containing
cholco specimens of doggerel far al
most all degrees of lovo nnd senti
ment. Hero are' a few samples: '
Hound li Ilia ring that has no and;
Ho n my )ovo to you, my frlond.
You nro witty, you nro prutty;
You nro sloKlel Whnt ft pity!
I nm nltiKlo for your nnlio
What a liandiotna couple we shall make,
In, the tradespeople's "Valentino'
Wrlfw" valentines or almost every
trado and profession .wero provided.
Here is ono for U10 pawnbroker:
I plediro my word for thee' I live,'
And nm sincere when honor calls. -
Oh, then, my dear, an nnswer give,
You know where to nt tho tlirco balls.
The grocor's was ns follows:
Your bronlli Is all-aplcc, I declare,
And you're so nont nnd handy
That you're nn sweet,, I think, my fair
As plums or burut candy. '
lie favorable, I Implore,
These verses kindly weigh;
And If you will my heart restore,. ,
I'll troat you to lome tea.
This wns tho maid's scornful nn
swer: 1
Tour loiter I've welshed,
Am rtllt nfi-nM
Many pounds you're deficient In weight;'
And so, Sir. Grocer,
VA have yoU to know, Blr, -.
I caro not a fls" tor, your treat,
Oftentimes theso home-made valen
times wero of tho "cut" and "torn"
paper variety, beautiful designs being
worked out by cutting or tearing tho
paper.
About tbo year 1800 tho manufac
tured article began to steal away tho
early charm of St. Valentino's day1.
Transformation scenes wero a conceit
of tho German manufacturers. A lono
bachelor sits nnd bomonns his fato of
solitariness until a shifting Bcqno re
voals to him what bliss life would bo
with hor ot his dreams. Tho moro
olaborato of theso manufactured vol-
cntlnes wore wonderful examples of
human ingonuity nnd handicraft nnd
somo wero very expensive
Tho manufacturer of valentines 60
years ago gavo remunerative employ
ment to an army" of womon, to whom
tho work of construction was Intrust
ed, Germany furnished most of tho
material in bulk for valentines, but
tho beautifully mado artificial cambric
roses, each no longor thnn a pea, wero
mado in French convents by womon
to. whom valentines woro never .Bent
and who wero vowed to celibacy nnd
slnglo life.
Tho nnonymity of tho remembranco
is Its charm, as hi tho caso of tho
young artist of Charles Lamb's ac
quaintance, who exponded hours nnd
his best work on n Valentino for his
neighbor, n young gjrl with whom ho
had never spoken, but whoBa radiant
girlhood had given him joy to bo
hold. To her surprised eyes carao bis
exquisite testimonial. And like pleas
urq shared our grandmothers whon in
tho good old days folded Bheots with
laco edges and most delicately hand
written verCB beneath crudely Bontl
mental sketches found their Insidious
way under their front door.
a
Od-Tiwe
'Ifcovc Missives
for" the
Day
EPYS, thnt dollghtful old
I I gossip of tho jrclgn of
I diaries 11., oiiters in his
1 .11-1-. ..... . . 1 1. . .....
uuuy uii Yiiiiuiimu B uuj,
1667: "This morning enmo
llttlo Will Melscr to bo
my wife's vnlontlne, nnd
brought her nnmo written
upon blue pnpor In gold
letters, done by himself.
Very pretty, wo woro both
well plonecd with it. But
I nm nlso this year my
wlfo'a valentine, and it will cost mo
five pounds; but that I must hnvo laid
out it we had not been valentines."
.Two days Inter Pepys says: "I find
that Mrs. Pierce's llttlo girl la my val
online, sho having drawn me, which I
nm sorry for, It casing mo of some
thing more thnt I must hnvn given to
others. But I do first observe tho
fnshlon of drawing mottoes ns woll
as names, eo that Plcrco, who drew
my vrlfe dld also draw a tnotlo, and .
his girl drew another for mo. What
mlno was, I forget, but my wife's waa'
'Most courtooua nnd most fair,' which,
as It may bu used as nn engagement
upon each nnmo, might bo very pret
ty." Pepys has n grcnt deal to tell about
vnlentlncs. nnd whnt he says shows
that tho day was observed in tho high
est fashionable circles nnd that expen
sive nrcsonts wero Elvon. Io de
scribes how tho duko of York.'bclng
tho Valentino of Miss Stuart, n fa
mous beauty, gavo her a Jowol valued
at 800 and how Lord Mnndovlllo, an
other vnlcntlno of this lucky womnn,
presented her with n ring worth 300.
A mnn hnd, to have money to keep up
with St. Valentino's procession in tho
ngo of King Chnrlos II.!
But fully ns Interesting nnd much
moro strange woro tho' St. Vnlentlno'B
customs among tho common people.
Many of tho observances woro singu
larly llko thoso of Hallowo'cn. Thoy
word not bo growsomc, but tho roaom
bianco in tmmlstnknblo. For Instance
n pert miss, who lived In tho 1750's,
writes; "Last Frldny wnB Valentino's
day and the night before I got flvo
hay loaves nnd'plnned four of them to
tho four corners of my pillow nnd tho
fifth to tho middle, and then If I
drenmt of my sweetheart, Betty said,
wo should bo married beforo the year
was out. But to mako It moro suro
I boiled an egg hnrd and took out tho
yolk and filled it with snlt nnd nto It
shell and nil without spenking or
drinking after it. Wo also wroto our
lovers' namcB upon bits of pnper and
rolled them up In clny nnd put thorn
into wntor and tho first thnt snmo to
the eurfaco was to bo our valentine."
Tlicro hnvo been endless dovlcos for
Valentines, but perhaps the- queerest
on recbrd Is that described In the fol
lowing llttlo story. Ono St. Vnlon-
tlno's morning an English gcntlomnn
remarked to his pretty dnughter thnt
on that day 200,000 moro letters thnn
tho nyerngo passed through tho Lon
don twopenny post.
"Why, papa." replied tho girl, "thafa
JiiBt tho number of young folks thnt
must bo In lovo with each othor
that's tho way to reckon."
At thnt moment n bachelor friend
of tho family camo In and learning tho
subject of their talk, drew ,a small
pacKage irom 111s pocKet.
Here's my valentine," ho oxclnlmcd,
and presented It to tho young woman.
It contained a small rib, enrved of
Ivory and covered with whlto satin
and ornamented' with true lover's
knots. Thero woro also somo verses,
of which this Is one;
Till Adam hnd n partner given,.
Much nu fair Kden bloomed llko Heaven,
tils bllflu was Incomplete.
No social friend thoxo Joys to nharo
Clave tlin gay Hceno a vacant nlr.
Hho came -'twas all replete,
"Well, now, I call thnt capital,"
cried tho lively lass. "After "such 'a
vnlcntlno you must tnico tho hint, my
donr sir. It's settled, you must get
married."
"Will you mnrry mo?" ho nrfkod.
"I marry you? No. You aro too
old. But thero aro many womon of
your ago. Why don't you nsk ono of
them?"
Ho had to bo contcntod with- this
sorry consolation, though ha deserved
a better fato for tho Ingenuity ot his
vnlcntlno.
St. Valentino's day has always boon
n favorlto with th6 poots. It Is men
tioned by Chaucer, Shukespearo, Goo
tho, Donno, any, Lydgato nnd others,
and many Hrst-clnHB versifiers havo
written valentines. Ot theso none Is
moro remarkable thrtn Macaulay. That
renowned scholar und historian novor
missed giving n St. Valentino's trlbutd
to his favorlto nieces and his Valen
tino to tho Countess Beauchamp,
daughter of tho carl of Stanhope,
ranks with tho most admlrnblo of his
compositions,
It is a pity that tbo fine old fostlvnl
of St. Vnlentlno'B day Is not . made
moro ot by this generation. Some
thing should bo dono lo bring back to
It the charm, the romance tho poetry
of othor times.
Happily, In tho last faw jyears tho
eomlc valontiues hnvo boon jporo hu
morous and lose "vulgar, -Tj( Sunday
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