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Show I More Truth Than Poetry i By JAMES J. MONTAGUE " ' i TO A BEETLE. (Telephone linemen aay that beetlea destroy thouaanda af dollara' worth of leaden eablea every rear ) I've often wondered, little bug. What time I've ep rayed my tender ptanta. Why you've remained eo aalm and amug And viewed me with a mocking glance. . "Are beetlea fatallataT" thought I. Al on the leavee unmoved ytra eat. . -Who almply do bot fear ta die And die by poiaonlng. at that Unmoved and tranquil and eereaa. You've watched my awlftly flying epray 0pread filma of deadly Pari, green 1'pon your luncheon for tha day. While atlll tha fumea wara la tha air. Along tha atama Tve aeen yon crawl. And chew a mouthful here and there And never aeem annoyed at all I Awhile thla nroblem bad ana beat. Tor anly recently I've known That little beetlee love to eat The eablea of the telephone. When theae are dug up from tha ground Invariably they're badly chewed. For lead the beetle tribe haa found ' A wholesome and nutrllloua food. No mora wlth'apraya m aeek to foU A bug that areenle won't make 111; If yea can eat a cable coll Tou muat ba doggone bard ta kill! But you had beat tune up ywar wing And ba prepared for eudden night. For 1 am coming "round next opting Ta blow you ap with dynamite! ESPECIALLY THE FREE KINO. Keata aald that tha poetry af life la never dead. But It la eometlmee extremely elekly. HOh-RltLE PROSPECT. The banana ditty baa laid na liable to a Una o eueeeeaore UU the entire Uat af frulta haa been ezhausted. OP COUfttE. Straw votaa are alwaya toe light ta be ef mack, weight. A LITTLE OUIET NOW People are wondering whew Henry Ford la going to out ant tbe muffler. TIMES HAVE IMPROVED SINCE 111 A lot of Americana will coma back from Earope thla year, and their old Joba will be waiting for stoat of them. ... I (Copyright. Uii. by tha Belt Eradicate, Iaa.) , - . " . |