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Show HOME SHORT SHOTS. The man who talks foolishness never has the grace to speak it in whispers. Minneapolis has tried the electric street railways and is enthusiastic in praise of them. Iowa is a prohibition state and yet Francis Murphy is busy trying to save drunkards iu that state. Tho czar of Russia drinks five quarts of ehanipngiK! a day, but he insists on economy for his subjects. It has been observed that the American Ameri-can hog is not losiug any sleep over the complications in (iertnany. A prominent Democrat has been found in Alabama w ho is uot a candidate for governor. Ho is regarded as a rarity. "Ouida" believes in her work. She calls it "inspiration." Prudish critics do not so call it. But she has succeeded j in spite of evil criticism. (ioorge Kcnnan is a good talker, but people think he looked tired. What he saw in Russia, with no power to help it, would make ouo weary. There have been a number of reasons assigned why Bismarck resigned. The probalitics aro that none of the official ones aro the real ones. King William was very effusive in his expressions of sorrow at parting from Bismarck. The chancellor is mum. He is probably still thinking over it. The snow in the Yosemite valley is ten feet deep. The, present would be a good time for California to come forward for-ward in defense of it's "glorious cli-mate." |
