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Show ALL IS VAIN. RIohard le Gallionne. Valnj all In vain! O love, thou dost not hear; Thou are too lost in sleep to wake again; In vain my song, in vain the falling tear; Vain, all in vain! She will not wake again till Gabriel sings; For any mortal music we can make, , j My lute and I, with these heartbroken strings, She will not wake. Sleep, then, ah! sleep if slumber be thy will; We would not vex thee, though we needs must weep; Of slumber everlasting take thy fill-Sleep, fill-Sleep, then, ah! sleep. . v A drug store in Moscow is said to havo filled as many as 2,000 prescriptions In a day; almost as many as are filled in an American "dry" town on the Fourth of July. There is an epidemic of typhoid fever In Milwaukee. Mil-waukee. It must be gratifying to the dairymen of the land to know that in this case the cause of the disease cannot be attributed to milk. It is said that the new Senator from New Jersey Jer-sey never made a speech in his life. He will no doubt prove a model Senator of the "leave to print" variety. "Have you any request to make?" asked the sheriff of the erstwhile society man who was to be hanged on the morrow. "Yes, one," replied the condemned man. "Let me tie the noose myself. my-self. I never yet wore a ready-made tie." Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Press. The members of Congress have voted to Increase In-crease their own salaries, but while doing so looked at each other like they thought it was a shame to take the money. Don't worry about what Roosevelt Is to do - when out of his present job. He well knows the efficacy of the "Situation Wanted" ad. In the newspapers. Ex-Senator Burton complains that he was railroaded rail-roaded to jail. In consideration of his former exalted ex-alted position and his once high standing In pub-. He life he should have been extended the courtesy of b.eing taken there in an automobile. "P ngers may now drink whisky from a bottle on Texas trains only In case of sickness," says a Texas paper. Car sickness Is likely to become be-come as prevalent on trains In that state as seasickness sea-sickness on ocean steamer. A Kansas editor who recently met Mr. Taft says the secretary wabbles when he walkes. But, you know, he him a heavy burden to bear, much of which is not-official care. This paragraph from the Atchinson Globe should kill the rumor that the gifted paragrapher of that paper is a charming young lady: "On dark, damp, cold days we fool all day as though our suspenders ad twisted." Ambassador Bryce says he feels sure there are quite a number of men in the United States who have not been mentioned for the presidency. Coming from such an exalted source, this may be safely classed as a fair sample of English humor of the higher grade. A Washington paper says: "Mr. Fairbanks keeps his ear to the ground and his hand on the public pulse at all times." We'd like to get a snapshot of him in that position to add to our freak photograph collection. Mis. Tompkins I don't see why poople should have to pay for a marriage license. Tompkins I suppose It is intended as a sort of war tax. Town Topics. "Pete," the White House bulldog, is getting licked so often that Theodore must fear ho Is gravitating toward the mollycoddle class. ALWAYS BROKE. Hewitt Are you ever pinched for money? Jewett Yes, I'm black and blue most of the time. The Impecune. HHHHaHBHaaa |