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Show J ' j A Line g' Type or Two i - - "Pay ce que vcuMras. ' ' f BY B. L. T. Ti:-? erviv-ss discus.-:;. -n f the hih cost of bjt-.L'iniii; is :v.s pi-;u;iv as ttie ::d-5 ::d-5 s.S t:,j...-.-x;l .;:0 ca. As M.Llk , 'i U S.i.ii, (.-, , ;-y y ;;Liks a bull I l he ! .vv.c.ii.r, but i. ilij.y ;..-.. ai. ;ki !.,'. Apparently It Is a Crime in Canada. (KvDirt the AVmiiiiiotr I-'r.-e l'r-s'S.) Eil ward Thomas, cum: cd. and iivlen S-uha, d wit ;i i': :t- a:ne o: lease, v..:-o r:ua.:dt.d until Tnursaay. "What Do You Know?" Who was it first called it "the wine-dark wine-dark sea?" There is not much excitement left In briny jinj-d.-niiiiii, but y..u. in:-h stir up inu tiitci'L'st. by btui: pru-Mexicau. Don't Marry, Girls, Till You Ioolt This Over. (From tho Great Falls. Mont.. Tribune.) Ou account ot tho war 1 had nut received re-ceived h.-urrs irom Uulgaria duniu? the i last five years; also 1 had not written any. About 15 days ago I received a letter let-ter front my brother who informs me that my wife cot married to another man last year. I have now tho full r:;.;ht of looking for a new wife no matter of what nationality she could be. For further information in-formation the candidates are kindly request re-quest rd to apply to the following address. Fetters not accompanied by the photos of tho candidates are not accepted. J OI I.N" FKTItO, Lewistown. "The groom," reports the Illinois State Rpgister, "wore a blue suit and carried a boti'iuet of Columbia roses.' ZYIy dear, he was an eyeful ! The Cardinal Bird. This morning we heard A cardinal bird Preach from his pulpit of gTeen; Far sweeter tne note That came from his throat Than graces an opera queen. Wo listened the while, Forgetting tho guile That men hy their actions teach, Forgetting ourselves. Or seeming but elves, Hearing his lyrical speech. Most sermons are long, Hut his was a song That went like a hope to the heart; And when it was done , "We wished it begun. And hoped he would never depart. But hearing bis mate, Or thinking it late, Flaming and flashing", he flew, Leaving us charmed. And leaving us armed With dreams and sprinkled with dew. LAURA BLACKBURN. Walland, Tenn. "Girl Attempts to Disrobe in Station Police Will Hold Her for Observation." Boston Herald. Another Phryne before the tribunal. Add Popular Quatrains. They done arrested Henry Meigs, He ought to get a year. He found in lemon extract More alco than in beer. W. M. T. Stout lady in a Boston department j store, as she lays a course for the toilet I goods counter: "I must get me a tooth-; tooth-; brush. I've used Frank's long enough." Tho Second Post. (Received by Sears, Roebuck & Co.) "Do you think, if I should go to her house, and take her measurements, and land her, you could make it worth my while?" Speaking of the Italian translation of "every inch a king," "ogni centimetro," in an old French translation "Out, out, brief candle" became "Sortez, sortez, courts chandelle." Pomes You May Not Know. STERLING THE BEAUTIFUL. The universe looks good to me As swift through space we're whirled, No planet better seems to bo Than our own tumultuous world. Tho Old World has attractions That we cherish and revere, But I lavish my affections On the Western Hemisphere. This greatest continent on earth I'll choose , while life abates. And best of it, my land of birth. The grand L'nited States. Of many states I've sung the praise Since when I was a boy, But, I will spend remaining days ln the state of Illinois. Tho gentle brooks, the verdant fields, Call the best of earth to rally, Where nature smiles in bount'ful yields, In our own Rock River valley. And I'll not long for anything If I may share her bounty, Thru winter, summer, fall and spring, In prosperous Whiteside county.. No other place I'd rather be, While thru life and space we're whirling whirl-ing There's one place good enough for me, Our beautiful city, Sterling. JOHN M. STAGER. , The proposed Communist party of ' America disowns Socialism because the word has come to signify "merely welfare." wel-fare." As distinguished from hellfare. The -Congregation Will Now Eise and Sing, "Let Your Lower Lights Be Burning.' (From the Cambridge Chronicle.) Notice Hereafter all parties not having their tail lights burning after night will be arrested forthwith. F.ather Handsome of Him to Admit It. (From the St. Jobnsbury, Yt.t Caledonian.) Cale-donian.) All persons are hereby forbidden to trust my wife, Mrs. Gladys E. Hardesty, who has left my bed and board on my account. W. V. HARDESTY. A commendable frankness is also disclosed dis-closed by the ice dealers of Brockton, Mass.. who told the mayor, so he says, that they could make a profit at 60 to 75 cents per hundred, but asked a dollar per hundred in order to teach the public to conserve the supply. When Rome started to burn Nero turned to fiddiing. Had there been a golf course near by he likely would have golfed instead. There's No Place Like It. fir: In circuit court at Jonesboro, 111., Fred Bacon is clerk and ex officio re-ronler, re-ronler, and Helen Bacon is deputy. Evidently Evi-dently the Bacons believe in bringing it home. F. M. u. It Is. Sir: In Cleveland they call an icecream ice-cream parlor a "soda grill." This must bo the apex of something. G. B. A INIan About Town. (From the Canton Ledger.) Parley KimbTlin is enjoying his day off from the -fire department, renewing old acquaintances uptown. |
