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Show , Bichard Croker has been deprived of the privilege privi-lege of training his horses at Newmarket, England, because he bid against the agent of King Edward at a horse sale.. A Boston newspaper was deprived of the weather reports because it published a foolish story about the President's children pulling out the tail feathers of a turkey prior to the decease of the bird. Old human nature is about the same everywhere. every-where. .x. ...... ' - s-a-BM--B-i - ThePresident if of the opinion that the regular tion of railway rates is of more importance than the revision of the tariff. The railroads have a good many friends, but maybe they are not so numerous as those of the tariff. We owe the popularity of ''strenuous" to President Presi-dent Roosevelt, and that of "frenzied" to Mr. Law-son. Law-son. Thus jt will be seen that the late W. Shakespeare Shakes-peare left a little for posterity to add to the language. lan-guage. ' In many respects the new year bears a striking resemblance to the old ones. Broken resolutions are about as abundant as they have been since Adam declared he would eat no more apples. The Southern planters who are burning cotton probably planted double crops in order to reap a benefit from the high prices that prevailed last season sea-son for the fleecy staple. ( ' ' ' 1 "Does school-teaching pay?" is a question that is troubling some writers. Well, most of the sweet girl teachers get married in course of time and quit ibe profession. ; Of course,, it was' only a coincidence that Chief Lynch asked for twenty-seven new patrolmen just as the Legislature began its sessions. ; "Now that about all the new Governors have spoken their pieces the war can go on. . - ' s - -' 'Oregon seems to have acquired the indicting hab- it. ; ' .; - ; :'- - ; The boodle, habit is hard to eradicate in Missouri ' ' |