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Show t I A Line o' Type or Two 'Lord, irhat fools these mortals be.' i I BY B. L. T. Radiance. A thing- most beautiful to me Iu golden sunlight on a tree, Is sunlight falling with the urac Of exquisite and rare old lace, la sunlifrht casting such a glow Among the leavea it seems as tho' A Bhining soul was standing there, Revealed within a vision fair. It is a thing divine to me, The sunlight falling on a tree. W. "What we like about the opposition to the League of Nations is its complete freedom from politics. That story of the woman in Birmingham Birming-ham who bought stock in the League of Nations at J-i.60 a share, "without reservations." reser-vations." is too good, to be true, although not implausible. First Aid to the Senate. BY .TOSH SI.INGKR. (Special Courier for the Line.) Washington, Sept. 15. I had the honor and the pleasure of presenting to Senator Lodge today a copy of the English constitution. con-stitution. The aged senator, worn out by his assaults upon the League of Nations, Na-tions, was almost knocked flat. "Well, well!" he welled, seizing the document with hands that slightly trembled. trem-bled. "I am tickled scarlet to get this. I have repeatedly asked President Wilson for it, and ho has as repeatedly declined to furnish it. claiming that the English constitution does not exist, that it is an unwritten instrument 'That said I, with a touch of pride. "Is t hp only copy in existence. It cost me a bit of work." "I am inexpressibly grateful to the Line," declared Hen tor Lodge. "Will you have a cigar? Take two." "Thanhs," I said, and took a handful. Mr. Arthur Griffith declares that the Sinn Fein will carry on exactly as before. They carry on something scandalous. First Families Hold Back. (From the Hardin County, la.. Ledger.) We tho undersigned do most Respectfully, Respect-fully, ask that during the fair week, that citizens of Eldora. take care of themselves, them-selves, at their own homes, so far as possible, pos-sible, with their eating. Owing to the indolence of extra labor, which we cannot procure to carry on our "business, we deem it Important, that you take care of yourselves in order to give us an opportunity op-portunity to take care of our Invited visitors to the fair, in order to furnish them food so that they will feel that the Hardin County Fair was a success. BE EM AN & AY LES WORTH. Ci. W. PARKS. A Song Against Grocers. I (From "Tho Flying Inn.") God niiido the wicked Grocer For a mystery and a sign. 1 That men might shun the awful shops. And go to inns to dine; Where the bacon's on the rafter And tho wine is In the wood. ! And God that made good laughter Has seen that they are good. The righteous minds of innkeepers Induce them now find then To crack a botlie with a friend Or treat unrnoneyed men ; I But who hath seen the Grocer Treat housemaids to his teaa Or crack a bottle of finh-Hauee Or stand a man a cheese? He sella us panda of Araby As sugar for cash down. Hp sweeps his hhop and sells the dust, The purest salt in town; He crams with cans of poisoned meat Poor subjects of the King, And when thev die by thousands. Why, he laughs liko anything. The Wicked Grocer groees In spirits and in wine. Not frankly, and in fellowship. As mn in inns do dine: But packed ,in soup and sardines And earned off by grooms. For to bo snatched hy pucheso3 And drunk in drcsoirg rooms. The hell-Instruct d Grocer Has a temple made of tin And tho ruin of good inn-keepers Is loudlv urged therein; But now tho bands r running out From sugar of ft sort. Th Gro. or trembles: for hi time, j .Tnsr llko bis weight, is short. "He was a faithful member nnd office bearer of (jrace Mrthodlst church for many years, but united with tho First f'fit.grciratioiml church because of failing health." Klein Courier. The Congregational la perhaps less strenuous than tho Methodist. A Cheerful Time Being Had by All. (From the rvdar Ttaplds Gazette.) Mr. Arrhlbald It. Klrlc of Iowa C'ltv, fornierlv Mish lllossom l.yneh of this city, gave n one o'clock luncheon yesterday yes-terday tit lb'tol Montrone, the honoree being Miss Craee Ivea, a Keptember bride. The table was set for twelve and Included tho burial party and a few intimate in-timate friends. The prize for tho best headline last week was awarded to the Manlto Kxprcss for the following: AFTER 37 YEARS Mrs. Wiley Spent Sunday with Her Husband Hus-band In Manlto. A Bowdlorizod Wavorloy. Rir: Todnv I have received from the publishers, Messrs. Adam .t Charles Itlack. of Kdlnburgh. advicen nnd prospectuses pros-pectuses regarding "a new and expurgated expur-gated edition of the prose and poetical works of Sir Walter Scott." In the name or Tlnwdler will someono enlighten niel Then, with Uosa Partle. I may say: "I didn't know, and now T do know, and that shows the advantage, of asking, don't It?" I'. D. S. "Vvlnir with Jacob." snya the Pes Moines Tribune, referring to many-colored shirts, thus going the Chicago hend-llner hend-llner one better who mentioned Jacob's coat of many colors. These journalists never went to Pundav school or thoy would remember that Jacob was the boy who had tho Indder. As to Negatives. Sir: t ivas listening to a bund when a man near mo said, "When I ised to ho to Arluinsaw, no man couldn't never beat nio btou-ln' a horn to i fox huntln'. An' ef I understood blnwln' thene band horns. I don't think no man never could heat mo blowin' one o' them neither." .1.. T. W. rorpotuating tha II. O. of L. Pic: Our office boy dampens the desk sponges In Waukesha water. li;. J. (j. And That's the Way It Goos. (Trorn (tie Mnywnod TTerald-Ttecorder.) 'n rend that bustles are coming back. Womnn Is constantly enlarging her sphere. If It Isn't one way it 'a another. |