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Show The Smart Aleck is once more iiiani f riii? utter imbecility by rockine the boat. Anglicanus writes taking cxceptimi to an e-ii-torial which appeared in this paper a few weeks ag ' We regret that it was received too late to appear in .our editorial page this week. Ir wiil receive th prominence which it deserves in our next iue. ! Dealers in straw hats did their ber th' pa-t week to woo the fickle springtime, but a window dU- play of overcoats would have been far ni'.re appro- I priate. And now the ambitious adTwriter will ?e;l ? 'his employers stock of seasonable merchandiie at less than half price, "owing to the latency of the season." It certainly was the worst circu? weather the weather bureau ever produced. f The country is prepared to stand rhe'sheck ot , I congressional adjournment, but the rur.iona! conventions con-ventions will keep things from becoming too Jeail; dull. An Indiana man is reported to have stajr.i a: home for 14,000 consecutive nights. Must be that his home is very pleasant, or his wife belons to a literary club. . What good is a new Easter hat when it gf,e? ou: j of style before the winter is over, anyway.' f St. Elizabeth's church, Pittsburg, is nearin? f completion and it is expected will be dedicated ou September C by Bishop Canevin. . It is presumed that Mr. Bryan took nte of tha accommodations afforded by the White House and Ava3 satisfied, when he attended the convention of governors there last week. ? : : China chopped down her forests centuries az" and has suffered from disastrous flood- once or twice a year ever since. There is one lesson taujrht by the Chinese which we of America would do well t1 heed. . A cheap skate a pass to the roller skating rms. Also three beers. 'Trying to keep a family on $10 a week at lea?t approximates the simple life. The disposition of $500,000 by will of a F.l-orn-ington, 111., man to the "medium" who acted as toe go-between of the testator and his deceased son ha been set aside by the courts on petition of the K-:!-heirs. The "medium' certainly missed an opportunity oppor-tunity in not having her "spirit" friends exert their silent influence at the psychological moment up"n the jury which tried the case. Gunncss or Guinness, it makes no difference, she was a Tartar. ' The fact that congress has spent more.-money this year than ever bcfoie shows an apprcrui'ion 0 the need of economy. ! Tn convention at Boise last week, the state dm?' ""gists' association of Idaho adopted a resolution favoring no license and the sale of liquor for roe' ical purposes only. Such an arrangement wouu work an injustice to the state. If adopted, thera would be a startling increase in bodily ailment among the people, which would make Idaho apyeaf as anything but a health resort. I r r"'r' |