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Show A COMMON GROUND. For some reason or other many persons like to be humbugged, and there is always al-ways somebody ready to oblige them. The fellow with cheek, and nothing noth-ing else, is still able to hold public attention. at-tention. The Dcscret News has reached over, at last, and clasped hands with The Tribune. We don't care a fig what "the fellow with cheek, and nothing else," is goiug to 'think or do about it: but with the church organ on our side it begins already' to look as if he will have to quit. It will bo moving ! day. for him whenever the News says it is ready. That 'fellow with cheek, and nothing noth-ing else," who has been . doing tho prophet stunt around hero for so long has reason to tremble within tho shadow of his benrd. No longer now shall he thimble-rig humbugged humanity hu-manity into the belief that he is heaven's IT. Not for another inxiw ute is ho to tako down the money of tho gulls with his "Under which one is the kernel in the nut, gontlemcn7" The News and we aro going to break up his game instanter. The Sheriff's force ie right with us in this raid; the law must bo respected; the innocents must be protected; tho cash of the dupe must be preserved to its owner; the gudgeon shall no louger bo trapped; bait-nibblers shall bo safe within the confines of this "Zion of the Lord's house." And just to think what "the fellow with cheek, and nothing else," has been doing of all these 3'ears! Without With-out oven giving uh a little bit of a show for our white alley, he lias had the Biipreme nerve to take away from us in the neighborhood of two millions a year. At so much por tell, he has boen telling us that if we wanted to know all about the future, he was the main circumstance? and at the sumo time he couldn't tell us when tho cows would como home. Here rwns he, protending to bo a great and miraculous mi-raculous healer by the touch -of his warm mit, and nover able to s.iy whether any had tho measles or were jiiBt onery. Why, ho has oven mado us bolievo that it was a mere pastimo with him to ring up tho good place and get "information" on any old subject, while ho really lias boon hobnobbing with tho Old Nick. And taking us into the tu 110 of about two million simoleons the twelve-month, too. By gum I it's a mighty v good thing that wo tho Nows and us havo tumbled to his cuto little dope-sheet. What has ho boon taking us for, nnywny? Well, wo refuse to bo any .April fool laughing laugh-ing slock from this time on. In tho future ho shows us boforo ho tukes fho chips. Aud, if you won't givo it awny, he's boon making us greenhorns bolievo bo-lievo that he had u right to make us keep fivo big families for him, when it's beon tremendous hard scratching for us to koop ono apioco for ourselves. our-selves. Well. yoB, wo aro doing considerable con-siderable guessing that it is a grand thing that we tho News and us havo finally got onto "the follow with check, and nothing olso." Cautious, now; but if you have a hankering to witness something do-lightfully do-lightfully entertaining, just watch us tho Nows and uh take Joseph P. into camp. w |