MARCH 13, 1908
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Louisville, Ky.
A Busted G. O. Argument
Ho would rear and swear and tear
if any said the sacred tariff was
not all that kept the nation off
the reef. IIo wo Id use words
quite volcanic to convince each
tired mechanic that tho tariff
saved him panic Mid much grief.
"You must vote for more protection
at each opportune election if in
fullness you would save your din
ner pail. For where trade that's
free carouses you will hang around
soup houses with dread caro upon
your brows as oft you fail."
Thus he spoke in tones pedantic as he
hustled 'round so frantic to se
cure the labor vote for tariff laws;
swearing that no panics blasted
while republican rule last d, and
a future bright forecasted, "just
because."
"Keep protection!" ho insisted as
the screws ho turned and twisted,
"and you'll always have the bulg
ing dinner pail. Just support the
grand old party and you'll all keep
fat and hearty, and you'll feel no
need to start a labor wail."
Then there came a clap of thunder
and his feet were knocked from
under by a panic that played hob
with sentiment. Tariff high in
operation and each branch of the
whole nation 'neath his party's
domination. "Bang!" things went.
Bottoms dropped from dinner bucket
from Seattle to Nantucket, and
soup houses were established far
and wide. While tho barons
praised protection workmen, filled
with deep dejection, found upon
a close inspection that they lied.
Now the sensible standpatter if
there be such knows no matter
how he talks of tariff and the g.
o. p., that the workers, while
they're walking idly down the
street are talking, and the words
they use are shocking as can be.
Tariff dope no longer fools 'em;
threats of idleness can't rule 'em,
for experience has made 'em wise,
you see. And, unanimous, they
swear if they can get a crack at
tariff what they'll do will be
enough November 3.
Far Above
"Bilkins says his wife is far above
tho average person."
"What makes him think so?"
"He read the other day that the
average person's vocabulary is lim
ited to less than 1,200 words, and
he says his wife" can double that
average inside of ten minutes after
he gets home too late at night."
Useful
"After spending a largo sum of
money on your son's college career
do you think that his education fits
him for a life of usefulness?"
"Well I guess I do!" exclaimed
Farmer Cornrose. "Jim was the
boss fellow on th' football team,
took th' record f'r throwin' th' ham
mer, was stroke on the crew, an'
broke every liftin' machine they had
in th' playhouse. That's him over
there diggin' postholes, an' his
strength is comin' into bully play
right now, with th' ground frozen
eleven inches and th' postholo digger
duller'n a tariff standpatter's argument."
Enco;i raging
"They tell mo that Sugannan ex
perienced religion at the revival.
How about it?"
"Well, he isn't saying much, but
I notlco that ho has run some molted
lead into the weights on his counter
scales."
March
Don't you fret about tho weather
For the rain and sleet and snow
Blowing down on hill and heather
Mako the May tlmo roses blow.
Rain today and blow tomorrow;
Skies o'orcast with leaden gloom;
Bid goodby to doubt and sorrow
Soon the April buds will bloom.
Seas of mud spread out before us,
But tho sun again will glow,
Flowers will nhed their perfume
o'er us
When May breezes softly blow.
Dark today, tomorrow brighter;
Gloom today. Tomorrow's blue
Of tho skies will mako hearts
lighter
When tho crocuses peep through.
Brain Leaks
A lot of people worry about un
blanketed horses on a cold day and
never give a thought to unfed and
unclothed children.
The man who thinks that the
world owes him a living is going to
meet with trouble if he fails to start
out on a collecting tour.
The worst feature about a severe
snow storm is the stories the "old
est inhabitants" tell about worse
ones before you were born.
As long as cano poles can be
bought for a dime and a hook and
lino for a nickel, what's tho use of
worrying about our ex-presidents?
A widow smeared with the finger
prints of children may not be a com
mendation of a mother's housewifery,
but it is a compliment to her mother
hood. Human life is cheap if we con
sider only tho first payment made
down here. But people who pur
chase it cheaply will find it a dear
bargain hereafter.
A New York physician takes a col
umn to express his opinion of the
grip. We could do it in a half doz
en lines, but our respect for the
$4,000 linotype machine prevents.
A lawyer settles up a million dol
lar estate In a couple or three months
and gets $75,000 for it; that's pro
fessional. The doctor pulls you back
from the jaws of death and you kick
on paying him ?10; that's natural.
There was a time when we would
stand any sort of discomfort In order
to be able to wear a new pair of
shoes; now we will undergo all
sorts of complaints from the missus
about being careless before we will
discard the old ones.
When a man remains at home and
cares for the baby a couple of hours
while his wife runs down town to
buy a few necessary articles, he
imagines that he is entitled to being
pointed out as the Model Husband of
the City.
When a man learns a few phrases
from Shakespeare he poses as a
"Shakesperean scholar." A lot of
people who never read or heard one
of Shakepeare's plays dearly love to
tell how much they enjoy the "Bard
of Avon." They make us tired.
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