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Show It's remarkable with what adaptability tl.c statesmen go back to their usual vocations. At loa-t we can credit the weather man with doing the very best he can. And as the years go by. -.ve can tell our posterity poster-ity that we were not members of the Eighth Icgi? lativc assembly with no feelings of regret. LegMators who had their bills turned down have the sympathy of the collection agencies, wis., have got u-ed to that. These arc the days when the man with a nice little cottage out in the suburbs can be distinguished distin-guished by the mud on his shoes as well as by the look of contentment of his face. Anyway, some of those unnecessary noises wen-suppressed wen-suppressed last Saturday nighr when they ad j journed. T There are no doubt one or twg good thing-about thing-about the tardiness of spring, but we don't recall what they are just now. v ' Still, the annual drain upon the Emerald Isio for shamrocks undoubtedly adds to the real rocks a of the people. i . I Its about time now for reports from the peach countries that the crop is ruined again. In the agitation as to whether we shall have a "wet" or "dry" state, the "wets" can always depend ,r on the support of the old "soaks." Daylight for breakfast is another thing that helps to put the kibosh on the high cost of living. ; It is time once more to tell the deluded that the time to lay aside the winter underwear is still j some days in the future. f Once more it is discovered that antc-election . j promises should be preserved with one-tenth of 1 j per cent. etc. j Aud the spring poet will soon be abroad in the land. I No genuine pessimist will accept the prediction of a full fruit crop even after the frost ha? killed I it two or three times. I . j. While you are cleaning up this spring, it would be a good time to read a little of the campaign literature that was mailed to you last fall. Discouraging reports of the onditior of the i winter wheat crop are in keeping with the reported lo ' ruination of the peach crop by the unseasonably IV r warm weather. 1 I' m - ,f- It is also time for the baseball reporter to study . , up on the language of the game, or to invent a new language for this season. ! Then, too, the tailor will be much more courteous courte-ous when you order your new spring suit if you square up the account for the one you got last fall. ; The one thing the prohibition advocates over- -h looked was to make their proposed laws hold water. J Many a man's snow shovel this spring is in quite as good condition as it was when he got it out last fall, but somebody broke the paths on his sidewalk during most of the winter. . - t And that last year's straw hat does look pretty much the worse for the wear it received in the garret gar-ret this winter. ' " I The first robin ought to be a proper subject for ( the consideration of the Carnegie Hero Fund com- I mission. j . f Now that the legislature has adjourned we can I once more place our confidence in the intelligence of the plain people. With the coming of spring, the small boy notes f activity in the sulphur and molasses department of the pantry". The safe and sane Fourth of July is approach- ing rapidly. Importations of Chinese fircworki have begun to arrive. And if the problem of the high cost of living were solved, there might be some excuse for tho congressmen to put their salaries back to the old $6,000 per annum again. The good boy in school who knows he has a I chance to be president should not overlook the fact that he has a ehanee to be right before he is president, presi-dent, whether he -would like it better or not. i. """" - II. Ill I. I II mi ' ' ' |