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IBRUARY 14, 1903
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Pictures
jk Frost can paint rare pictures
l the window over night,
icing myriad forms gymnastic
jbWith his pencil cold and white.
it the rarest, fairest picture
That high art can e'er attain
my haby's smiling features
"Framed within the windowpane.
ten the fiery artist limns Ills
: Pictures in the glowing coals
o can touch the finest feelings
!Of the most artistic souls.
it the sweetest, neatest picture
Ever shown to mortal sight
my baby's smiling features
rBy the evening lamp alight.
hen the sun god lays his colors
s-On the canvas of the world,
u may think earth's richest
treasure
To your gaze has been unfurled.
it the rarest, fairest picture
I can ever hope to know
my baby's smiling features
tWith the light of love aglow.
To "Her"
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rough all life's ever-changing ways
;Thou art the same, O, Heart o'
Mine!
me good, come ill, the passing days
bright from thee, my Valen
tine.
if"
in the Nashville caso an employer has
a Icigal right to boycott a man for
belonging to a labor union?" wo
questioned.
"That is the decision of the court,
couched in somewhat different lan
guage," responded our legal friend.
"And," wo continued, "according
to a decision of that same court a
union man may bo fined and jailed
for boycotting an employer?"
"With a somewhat different ver
biage that is about the decision of
the court," agreed our legal friend.
WhereUiOn we started to say
something but were interrupted by
the legal friend, who exclaimed:
"What, would you show disrespect
ior uie courts! That Is anarchy and
not to bo tolerated!"
Since then we have been thinking
it over, but the more we think the
worse tangled up wo become.
Outclassed
'Are
February
ihington's birthday.
nd Lincoln's, too;
Valentine's day.
But I tell von
'tfc$.8& reason I welcome
This month's dear ways
Ota simply because
It has five pay days.
In Contempt
" 'Ignorance of the law excusos
Sno one,' remarked the lawyer who
He fond of quotations.
"Well, if that's the case." re-
linarked Uncle Josh Aweigh, "there's
gasually about four justices of the
supreme court that ain't got no de
Ifense to offer."
The young congressman, feeling
very important, was about to take the
train for Washington. When the
crowd gathered to bid him farewell
he said:
"I am now on my way to Wash
ington to take up the important du
nes uj. a lawmaKer. i have a
maxim "
"It ain't no good, son," remarked
the man whom he had displaced.
"That maxim o' yours won't attract
no attention as long as there is a
bigger gun in the chair."
Significant
Kismet
The praises of their watered stock
1 often had heard suns::
!At last I bought a hefty block .
Stung!
ETTpon the moral maxims of
John D. I loner have hune:
tHe talked to me of life and love
Stung!
,T. W. L. with fine advice
Has long the chances runcr:-
I followed It, but only twice
Stung!
Scoundrelly
"I think Bilkins is the biggest
Bcoundrel outside of jail."
"Why, I thought you and Bilkins
Were good friends."
"We were once, but no longer."
"What's the matter?"
"Bilkins filled the. town up with
8tock in his fake mining concern be
fore I cctrttS find a pTinter to print
the stock of my oil company; that's
what he did."
A Little Mixed
Not being a lawyer we. were some
what puzzled by recent decisions of
the supreme court, so we consulted
a legal friend.
"According to the court's decision
Grandma's knitting needles were
flashing in and out at an even greater
speed than grandma was wont to
maintain.
"Why are you in such a hurry,
grandma?" queried her daughter.
' And what are you knitting?"
"Law's a massy, daughter," replied
grandma, "I never was in such a
hurry in my life. I'm knitting a
pair of nice, thick warm woolen socks
for Tommio Lawson. Didn't you
hear your husband say at the break
fast table that the poor man is suffer
ing irom an awful case of cold feet?"
Esop to Date
A weary traveler, buffeted by a
financial storm, sought refuge In
the hut of a philosopher. The re
fuge was freely granted, and after the
traveler had been warmed and re
freshed he spake:
'I see you raise wool?"
"Yes," said the philosopher.
"Then you should favor a tariff
on wool, because it enables the wool
grower to command a higher price."
"I never thought of that," said
the philosopher.
"And I see you have just purch
ased a suit of clothes. You should
favor a tariff on clothing, for the
tariff fosters competition In the
clothing business, and thus reduces
the price to the consumer."
Whereupon the philosopher arose
in his wrath and thrust the traveler
from his door.
"Get thee gone," he cried. "I have
no entertainment for a man who
would raise the price of one article
and reduce the price of another by
the same operation of law."
Sometimes Happens
A broken hydrant flooded an ex
cavation in the down town district
the other day, and the result was
a fine skating pond for the boys
and girls. Among others who were
interested spectators was a middle-'
aged gentleman of somewhat portly
demeanor.
"I used to bo something of n
skater myself," remarked the gen
tleman. Having heard this so ofton that
it was not startling we merely nodded
and continued to watch tho skaters.
"Yes, I used to be pretty handy
with the skatos," ho continued. "It's
been a long time since 1 tried it, but
I believe I could do the 'outside' and
'inside edges,' tho 'grapevine,' 'spread
the eaglo' and a few more of tho old
stunts if I had a pair of skates."
Then an idea struck us.
Being In search of something
amusing we suggested that he bribo
one of the big boys to lend him tho
skates.
"I'll do it," he exclaimed, shuck
ing his overcoat.
A little negotiation soon pro
cured him a pair of skates, and
while he was putting them on we
found a good place to sit down and
laugh. When tho skates were prop
erly fastened the middle aged gen
tleman cautiously struck out. His
ankles were a little wobbly and ho
exorcised great caution.
"He'll get a little too much con
fidence pretty soon," we thought,
"and then the fun will begin."
In a few minutes tho gentleman
gained confidence. He made ono or
two slips and once fell, though
gracefully. Then ho began, first
the easy ones, then with tho old-time
hard stunts and in fifteen minutes he
had all tho boys and girls watching
him like they would a circus acro
bat. He spent an hour showing tho
boys how to perform some pretty
feats, and then he took off tho skates
and came back to where we were
sitting.
"Makes me a little stiff, but it's
great fun," ho said.
And although wo really had en
joyed his exhibitions wo were dis
appointed because ho had not come
up to our expectations by falling
down and fracturing a large area of
ice.
It sometimes happens that men
really could do some things like that
in their younger days.
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NO LIMIT TO VOUll INCOME
"Whj" work for a salary of B0 to $75
per month, and no chanco to climb
higher? TIiIk menu Youi Married or
Sliltfh'. 1 1 coo mo an Klrciro-Mcrilcnl
.Nclullt. Ono year to Kraduntc; two
diplomas granted; All Itcd-Tnpc cut
out. A steady drill In actual facta, by
Prarffcni ttvprrlciico on living subjects.
And you don't need but little, to Htart
with, In tho Nort Invent cm Collcjco of
Kluciro-TiicrnpoullcH. You earn your
way ftfl you go along; A I'nrlncrNhlp in
an offlce, at tho end of hIx montliH, l
C; it n rant cod; "Why" delay; wrlto today
for facto. Do It now. AddrcHH with
Htamp IncloHed for reply. Nurflnv-(Tn
College t KIcvtro-TlivnuuMitlcM.. 173-1
University Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Brain Leaks
Cross bearing by proxy will not
win crowns.
In order to be humble ono need
not be servile.
Infant hands can take a Arm hold
on heartstrings.
Time is money, but tho landlord
will not accept it.
Tomorrow's industry will not bal
ance today's indolence.
Even if you can not toot a horn
you can follow tho reform band.
The pulpit would profit by looking
at it from the pewpoint once in a
while.
The more men you lift up the
fewer there are left to drag you
down.
Heaven is a gift that must be ac
cepted with clean hands and clean
heart.
False teeth do not ache, but that
Is about the only good thing to be
said of them.
Widow's weeds too carefully cul
tivated are the soonest to go to seed
and disappear.
Have you ever noticed that when
a man takes himself too seriously ho
Is generally a joke?
We don't think much of a man
who has a large social correspondence
and keeps up with it.
There was something wrong about
the good time of yesterday that pro
duced today's headache.
It will take something more than
the fear of microbes and germs to
put a stop to the kissing habit.
We never worry about the spirit
ual welfare of the man who always
sprinkles ashes on his Icy sidewalk.
Nurseries Pay Cash Weekly
and Want Mouk Surtum rt..
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