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HOUSTON DAILY POST: FRIDAY MORNING AfRIL 24. 1908.
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THE SCANDAL-MONGEES.
The Washington Poet says: "A cniclflilon
Is never quite complete until lots are cast
by the pretorians for the vestments of the
Victim or as the Nnehvllle Ilanner observed:
No doubt a number of aspiring patriots in
Texas would like to have Senator Bailey s
eat In the senate If he could be forced to
resign; but none of them gives evldonco of
a capacity to fill It with anything like his
ability.'
"IOng before Troy was and ever since
Homer wrote the world has boon full of
weaklings ambitious to bond the how of
Ulysses. Kuvy Is eternally getting Into the
seat of emulation Joseph W. Hailoy's chief
misdoing Is the place he has earned In the
first rank of senators.
"Senator Bailey was charged by his ene-
mies with certain misconduct touching the
trade of a certain oil company In Texas.
His connection with that business was In-
vestigated by two separate legislatures of
the State and each of them exonerated him
and one of them by an Immense majority
re-elected him to the senate. There was
nothing criminal In the charge they brought
as appears from the fact that no attempt
was made to lay the tnatter before the grand
Jury-
"Not satisfied with two disastrous defeats
the enemies of Senator Bailey are now wag-
ing against him another war and seeking to
humiliate him by defeating him for delegate
at large to the Denver convention. Ilalzac
makes one of his meanest characters advise.
Throw mud plenty of mud some of It will
stick.'
"It stuck to Henry Clav. and It will stick
to any man It Is aimed at If there be plenty
ol mud and the throwers of It are persistent
enough. President Roosevelt called them
.."muck rakers' and the greatest statesman
of a certain era of English history the earl
of Shrewsbury' declared that ho would rather
breed his son a cobbler than a statesman
because of the then persistent tribn of scan-
dalmongers. HEARST'S POLITICAL INDUSTRY.
Referring to the discord In the ranks of
both the democratic and republican parties !
In New York the Savannah (ia.) News re
marks: "There Is not a great deal In the
New York political situation to give com
fort to either Mr. Hryan or Mr. Taft but
Mr. Hearst Is doubtless having 11 great deal
of fun out of It. Factional fighting has so
Confused the old parties that neither knows
precisely where It Is at' so that Mr Hearst
flndf the field fallow for the sowing of his
own peculiar political seeds. "
The News would better have said that Mr.
Hearst made the fi
1 fallow for the sowing
Of his own iiet nllar political sends rather
than he "finds" It so. Having rTacl his hired
emissaries at work for a long time in both
parties fallowing the field. Hears with
his string of newspapers reaching across
the continent has beep for several years
Owing the poisonous seeds of discord that
If allowed to reach maturity would ulti-
mately mean such numerous division as
Would in point of magnitude amount to ills
ruptlon In both parties
In the meantime he has been preparing
for such emergency by organising a party of
bis own. the control of which lie has abso-
lutely assured to himself by having It In
Corpo rated As the "Independence league"
this organization Is now actively nt work all
over the country under various disguises
fomenting factional strife In the old parties
and making Insidious approaches to the dis-
affected the disgruntled already know the
band of their master to unite with this
new organliatton which preaches "dvlc
righteousness " and aractlces all the black
art known In the game of political do
bauohery.
If anyone seeking to know the truth
dombta thai power of the yellow press when
. v" fcaa a altuh fund of million at Its com-
mand. It has but to mark tf)- trrowth of the
factional spirit ail ou r the couutry ia both
the Kreat larU.'s. In which tin; (lisneniiioD.
that already eilMs li- bi-n.t: cuiiHtaiitly fornied
by the work of lit r. 1 iliimnlatorH whose
malignant slanders acinus! public officials
and recognized p;iri b a.lcrs find expres-
sion through the 1;. .1. : n i' a) orpins to
which they have iionh
To entertain a weir:.'
able hut when an hom-
ing ambition which o . 1
the cane of Hearst the
mortal by Shakespeare
may become a man. who
ambition is laud-
) i.il has a "vault-
i;is Itself." as In
iti.ent made Ira-
I .ire .bi all that
d ues do more Is
Hum"." lours 1 ts force and 1
lu mentis he will enipli
further lli'it ambition Tin-
is no limit
seeking to
illds of tho
b.
Hoars! iiriipagainla can be
State by the "trail of the
leaven Its Klime behind
traced In every
s'Tpenl" which
INCREASING BURDEN OF MILITAR-
ISM. Senator Hale nf Maine chairman of the
sena'e committee mi naval affairs has .1
ninht Intelligent conception of naval ennd'
thins In this country and he luiow. ih"
meaning of the "greater na" poll is wlmli
Is being supported bv the piesideni ami lie
Jingo element In congress KIhciissIiu; Win
uaval approprla'loii bill W'ednesihn he n-
lated a ronversin Ion be bad with Sir Wil-
liam White formerly lead of the Itnlisli
admiralty "1 lie slil;is ou have." said Sir
William "aie the In si ol then- K ; 1 1 i . inn )..u
will find just as we have found that Win
expense of a great navy only la kins when
you have built the ships." Kepalis reach
the original cost as soon as It is discovered
that a vessel Is obsolete added Senator
Male
The great burden of repairs was not so
manifest In the dins of the Texas and the
first Maine. They w.re small ships cost-
ing a trivial sum compared with tl." mon-
sters of this day It costs more than $10-
000.000 to build and place In commission a
battleship of the latest type hut II appears
that they become obsolete In jus' as short
a period as the cheaper battleships of other
davs. A battleship Is not in commission
but two or three ears before 11 becomes
necessary to expend vat sums on repairs
and renewals In order to keep her as near
as possible to the standards of later vessels I
and In a few years longer she noes to the
Junli.
Kight at the present time many of our
battleships are comparatively obsolete. They
would be completely so If the country should
become embroiled with a first-class navnl
power. They are kept n commission at
present because they make a fair showing
In a time of pence but they are costing mil-
lions of dollars annually for repairs
The cost of battleships of modern lypo
hrea reached n flRtire that threatens to Im-
pose great burdens upon naval powers in
the future 1'nless there Is a halt In the
development of the s!o and power of th
ships. II will not be many years before the
J20.oou.niin battleship will constitute the
unit of fluhtitiK power and If the small ships
like those built in the nineties are to be re-
placed by the latest types the time must
soon come when the country will have to
maintain an Investment of J 1 .nunonn nun In
floating steel to which must be added Hid
hundreds of millions which It will cost an-
nually to man and repair the ships.
We have already preceded so far on tho
pathway of militarism (hat In'ernal Improve-
ments are threatened because of the lack
of revenue. The pension outlay Ibis year
reaches th" vast total of $ i i:i.immi.ooij. and
when to that Hum arc added the appropria-
tions for the army and navy we find Amei-
1 lea standing at the top of the world in Hit-
matter of military expenditures. It is near-
lv time for our statesmen to look about ami
see if this tremendous burden Is to oppresn
us alwiiv Surely 'he country can imt pro
coed much further In that direction without
Brent Injury to the people.
THE PRESS AND THE TARIFF.
There Is not the slightest doubt that tlm
front weakness of the campaign for the re
pal of the duty nn wood pulp ami i riut
pjipcr lit'tf in the fiict thitt ho many nf Mm-
pultlislitTH un not conHlstent in a1ornt.!..-
'hr repeal of the duty. As a nil- the ;it
PuMIhikth are utmnnh In favor of unpro-
tected wood pulp and duty free print paper
hut thev are not advoca.MtiK a honoumi re-
duction of the DlnKley nrheduh s A news-
paper that merely advocates tariff reform
only ho far as Its own fort unes are ron-
rerned 1m not apt to exert inm-h iut luen- .
" Mio roi.KroBHlo.ial mind
Tli1 publlHherH are but en
of t II ft 1 1 V
IIHKle
that ure oppressed by thr
-lit 1 .
j Tli- pup'T 'runt Is but oiio nf t!" n. my (
trusts t lint nro fnvon-d ty rl.i i .uif 'In- i
I tint. A newspaper Hint dem;inils r'-llef for
i Itself oukM to he fair enough '" i.e. .-n I
the rights or 'he ihUIIoim or people ;tn
just as niiuh entitled to relief f:nm tariff
oppression as 1.e publishers.
It is evident enough thnt. tin- publishers j
must wait for general tariff revision li.-fure '
thev ean esrape t lie precdy elurriie .. Mm j
paper t rust mid they must spon;i- the t;en- i
eral principle of tariff reform before ran- J
press can be forced to rive tleuu (lie n-llef
they ask II Is a self) di thlto; li. sav to
congress "Itemovn the $0 a 'on du'v on j
print paper but let the other du'ies remain '
as thev are
The Post's attitude toward 'lie duties on
wojod pidp and print paper Is 'lie correct
one It does not asli nor expect to be
favored while all other Interests are op
pressed It stands for a penernl reduction
of duties and for n tariff strictly for rev-
enue It desires that all the people Bhall
have the same measure of relief it axku for
ltselt. and the republican party will never
respond to th demands of the pre us until
:iH an newspapers cone: out boldly
and tariff revision ail along the
. multiply dally that multltndea.
.. aas are tired of the evasife pol-:.-
lepublicau party with respect to
vision. The postponement of
: 1. vision until afti r the presidential
K In keeping with the policy Of
.t has been rigidly adhered to for
.i and If the j.eople ure fooled Into
a republican president to succeed
. .-!! they win find 'hat there will be
1. 1 waiting before revision can be ef'
hep-- of tariff revision lies In the re
:' nf the republican party and the In-
ef an administration pledged to
the oi l repuhlleun policy of ape-
avors to trusts and monopolies. The
!-an and independent newspapers that
ow demanding cheaper paper are ln-
obtuse if tin--- 1 an not bee this and
ire blind If He ) think they are going
favored while other Important Inter-
im! th- people generally continue to
a plotted bv lie tariff fostered mo
aeV
1 1
tile countiy.
Hartlelt
ontains the
Ann- Mailry
following
mafi
to
I -lp
pi :
f::e fid re. n May a on Hell lounty side.
Allien ' 1 .1 r k . chairman " We suppose
anil Made v nn 11 in the neighborhood
arc .ikI..hi d to lei the fact be known.
iw lail niav be Irlined us an airy antici-
in Maivel.a's Manhattan ami a glorious
n Heavenly liiaet-.n.
i.ne l-...v or aher. it seems to us that John
Ui -lev I .a 1 nes i at least nine speeches short
of hi" gre.il record of lo-.ti. and the people in
Texas nir beginning to pr'-dut that llobson will
oiitbn.g hen llr.ice up. John Wesley and shut
the iloor ot hope against the young windies.
I'nsiM- the greatest centralizing influence in
this country is the di-sirr ol the other forty-five
States to brionie a part of Texas.
T he I i.mghtrrs ot the Republic have added
ui'uh to the fhithncss and color of Washingon
this week hut a Houston wedding party contains
mere real beauty and stvle in two hours and a
halt than the portly and patriotic Daughters can
-how in a week's si sslon.
If l upheuiia Hemans Simpson had been F.n-
hsh bl.e would have long since been made the
pot less l.iurttte .t Great Hritam.
T lie New York Press says: "You can buy otT
your wite from taking her $iO allowance by giv-
ing her 1 S'ecent bunch of flowers." We would
like to lick the man who wrote lhat. It cost ua
co tents to find out it was a dastardly and out-
rageous falsehood.
The ( haileston ball team is now playing ball as
though it had been trained in the kindergarten
branch of some ping pong school.
Another stunt like that destruction of 1000
gallons at Savannah and we shall call upon con-
gress to provide for the immediate issue of 500-
000000 gallons of emergency truck to supply the.
demands of the life saving industry in this
t ountry.
The sublime and saintly church strawberry fes-
tivals of Ilou-.ton are the quid pro quoest func-
tions ol the kind held in the world.
The Times Dispatch Is boasting of Richmond
its a convention tity. e have no disposition to
controvert the proposition so long as the town
inn boast the lo-rent julep but 10 cents is all 1
the Klthmond julep is worth. j
It is not dithtult to get accurate information I
from t one Johnson's spt eches if one is caretul
to copper evt ry statement he ni.tkes.
I-iel I'lnney I'nrle the affinity expert an
noun i that he will stain lecture tin "My Ideas
of Matrinionv." Wiien he starts out. he will
have many opportunities tu read "Our Ideas of
1-arle."
The Nashville American calls N'ashville the
"Athens of the South." I'rohalilv because oi the
noble ami ancient ruins of the place.
Mr. Roosevelt savs i irover t leva-land J. J. Hill.
Andrew Carnegie and John Mitiliell are four of
the five greatest men of the country Modesty
prevented the great man trotu naming the other.
The aveiage citizen of the Atlantic coa oun-
try would t stecin It an honor to be St -eil by
one of the melodious little mosquitoes of Hous-
ton. A S'.i'tl'- mmu dislocated neck while t
..op
niR iiii'l twisi ir.n t kiss .1 Kirl under one ol th I
wide l.-it- It wouldn't tiikr many accidents of !
t lint kind luiiisli the wide hats from Houston. I
YouriK Mrs. James Stillman has bought thirty
hats at ' per hut. As her husband ia prohahly
ioi aiiti ii.idry .ian that was the way for her tu
m-.it hun.
! licit- n c home tejyus aild home tenuis hut
tlit real !:.imirf'ins .ire the home team th it m
ei. muted thimili the Kcntlr offices ot the. nur-
n.iKe license t lei k and the officiating miniM r
I he Tf x:i nirl baby rep of lyuH iurtn'H's
.id.hti'Mial ivi.li'iHf th.K nothing in the wuld
i .in (onipure with the iwilunless pts ot the 'I rx.is
nut si'i les.
s.tys I'rank Adams: "Will our cuntenpdrarirs
I'b im- erase icfeniilK tn it as Alfred Austin s
last (Klein ' It was Ills latest." Stuni .in.!!!.
c were hupm it was his last.
tin this the I I sth day of the new year vvr
fchutfhtiK the allies into them at the Tllie
iimetv nine fl itters to the minute and i
vpiawk every tin.e
A Fight for Principle.
(Irom tkr Wort ham Journal.
r peuple who are leading thin
I'.iilev had snciecded in getttiiK l!
K is bit ure to disnbey the insti u. t
Tf tl
' ii.iti'i
tietli h
(tf-.l-lc li.nl given their representative v .
mar v elei Hon vote our State would h;n (- n
r.-it a drmocrac y. but an elective dep.t isp .. .
ii.i-.ed ol people w ho care not for inst i u. i ..i s f
the party and the people's will. In this tifi.i ult
Mi. M alley it is a war against the fimd -t.ul
prim iplen o"f a free government and th.- y 1(11
racy of our State. Civiliration no !.:: . r.
lirhed by a battle for principle for m Vst
..f this kind the wneM men of om ..'n"t. Nt
to debate the issue on both sides but n . rj
anna) warfare the beat men are uru.iIu i: .
tim of an unieasoning spirit that would h.i nine
tha deareat principle of government to destroy
an Individual.
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H L N'iednnghaua of St. Louis one of the
family that own and controls the National
bumping and Lnamel company which has im-
menie rlanu in St. Louis and at Granite City
jut a TL.SS the Mississippi from the Mound City
here yesterda. Mr. Niednnghaus has been
spen iinr the last two mouths on the farm of his
nephew E. H. N lednughaus at Oyster Creek
an 1 rame here yesterday to meet Mrs. H. F. Nied-
rmg.'i.iui and Miss l.ydia Niedringhaus mother
and sister of the Hrazoria county farmer who
will ieud some time there lie was a guest yes-terd-j
at the hotel liraros
Mr Niedringhaus has been in charge of the
St laj'jis plant tor the iast twenty-live years
and li had been in bad health until he 1s1lcd
'ica. "1 can certainly recerninend tile climate
ol Saiah Texai to those who have become overwork-id
like myseii" said he. "1 have had a must
dfliKit'ul stay on my nephew's place aod the
rct ai.d iiuict has been of untold benefit. 1 ex-
pect to return to St. Louis within the next few
weeks tully recovered. This is my first trip to
'I cab and lertainly 1 am well pleased with the
Siau and its pewple. The Georgia. Carolina and Texas nien who
" lexas is very much in the eye M the public I were visiting in kichmond yesterday freely ton-
just now. Settlers are coming in from all parts ceded that the Krankhn street Kaster parade of
of tl.e country and all around my nephew s farm j the little Mar-eyed blondes was the grandest
colonizing is being done. llrazoria county has I thing they had ever seen even in their dreams.
uil f the richest quality and I predict a great
future for it.
Tlumas K. Niedringhaus chairman of the re
puhlii'.an btate exec ut i ve committee of M isour i
and taucua nominee of the republicans for I rnted
Sutei senator in I V"5. but de tea ted by Major
William U arner of Kaunas (. ity is also a nephew
of Mr. Niedringhaus.
Last night three traelinK men who seemed to
be clone friends were overheard discussing the
all borbniK Bailey question in the lobby of the
Kite hotel. Two of them were champions of Mr.
Itailfy and earnestly endeavored to convince their
friend of the injustice and falsity of the accusa-
tions against the senator and appealed to him
to read caretully the official report of the inves-
tigation of the legislative committee beiore execut-
ing unjust sentence on a man who had been vin-
dicated on the official trial. They further begged
him tu weigh seriously the responsibility ut voting
a i 'Udemnation on a man whose brilliant service
has won the esteem ot the whole nation and hai
den-rved the gi atitude of his people that the
gravity of a false htep should mean so much tu
liis own conscience lhat he should hesitate to "ku
ah id" unless he was infallibly "sure he was
right."
.Iter a prolonged discussion alung these lines
the third person although admitting that Mr.
Jl.uley'a record in congress and in the senate was
above iriticism and reproach and proved loyalty
to 116 party's interest he averred he still would
irpp -se condemn and vole against him "for Ins
trea herous connection with i'ltrce and tin
Standard (Ml trust" and finally asserted that he
was so "determined to not lost the opportunity
of voting against Mr. fiailey" that he "was go-
ing home in a few days and hover around the
vof ng place like (irant did around Richmond."
"Lxactly" replied one. "An apt illustration
an-f you are welcome to its application we shall
not envy you the only satistaction this act can
bring that like (jrant you may strike down the
kn.ghtliest chieftain crush the most cherished
lu ne and destroy the truest cause of the noblest
profile that God's sun ever shone upon.
N. Scott of lxuigstreet who was a guest yes-
terday at the Hotel Brazos has been a resident of
Texas since i8.ii. lie is a native of Tennessee
and is 8a years old. Mr. Scott has a remark-
able memory and recalled yesterday having met
General Sam Houston back in Tennessee in iS.jK
while the famous Texan was on a visit to that
State. General Houston visited the school at whuh
Mr. Scott was a pupil and made an address tu
them. When Mr. Scott came to the then republic
ol Texas his acquaintance with Houston was re
new ed.
Grimes county was the first home in this State
of Mr. Sett's hut for many years he has been
living in 'Montgomery county. He served in the
ciil war as a member of company H Twentieth
Texas infantry t ohmel I-Imore. While here yes
terdav. Mr. Scott met 1'. J. Willis of Galveston
who is stopping at the Rrazos.
Mr. Willis was a
member of company G of t hr same regiment
and was the "kid" of the command.
The veteran has been a farmer and a merchant
but of recent years has retired from any active
lite although hr is still possessed of all of his
faculties in a marked degree.
At the Marater hotel yesterday was registered
a party of prominent persons from Bloomington
111. who are visiting Texas for the purpose of
making an investment in lands in this State. In
eluded in the party are Lee Kust banker; I' H.
Baker capitalist. K. T. Lain a cattle man and j
J. A Harrison and Lrank Kilby real estate men.
Messrs. Harrison and Baker have previously
visited Texas and have some land interests tn
West Texas but this is the first time that the
Others have been in the State. They went lo
Galveston yesterday afternoon and expect to re
turn here today peing trcm here to South I exas
where they will look over lands.
"I'll not disobey a summons of the United
States court again especially alter the lesson I
had." said M. Lucas of I'allas a well known
traveling man who was a guest yesterday at the
Rice hotel. "I failed to show up once wdien 1
was subpoened as a witness and it proed rather
costly to me."
" The summons came w hile 1 was a guest at
t'ir 'rc
I paid not attention to it because I
j thought that it was intended for my brother wdio
also lives in Dallas. The next time I visited
Houston I was nabbed by a deputy L'nited States
marshal and I was taken to St. Louis to testify.
I was on the stand but about three minutes
after I got to St. Louis. But it com me a lot of
time and money. The judge was lenient with me
and I Kt off without anv fine or imprisonment.
It was a narrow escape though and I shall faiko
no more chances with any of the courts." '
SOME POSTSCRIPTS.
Murning orange peel will dissipate the
dor of
tobacco smoke in a room.
The oldest known Fuglish picture is one of
C haucer painted on a panel in 1.180.
In Portugal married women retain their maiden
names and are known by them.
Mrs. Kveline Wright Allen a graduate of Ie
land Stanford university has been
of women tor that institution.
appointed dean
f
Zinc coOins are largely used in Vienna but the
more expensive ones arc made of copper and cost
as much ag $500 while a bronre and copper cof-
fin ret ently made for a Russian archduke cost
over $500 ).
Mrs. Roxana Tike Church who died recently
ot Evansion 111. was it is said one of the (lower
girls who greeted Lafayette upon Ids visit to
Mnston to attend the hiving of the lornrr stone
M the Hunker Hill monument.
Metals get tired as well as living things a
scientist declares. Telegraph wires are better
conductors on Monday than Saturday on account
of their Sunday rest and a rest of three week
adds 10 per cent to the conductivity of a wire.
It is reported than Men gal is about lo adopt
thr Pitman system of shorthand writing to the
Bengali language. A small committee consist in 1;
of experts in shorthand and certain educational
officers was appointed to consider the matter.
We Begin to Fool Better.
(From the Chicago Hecord Herald.)
French naval experts have decided since the
arrival uf the Ameriean fleet at Magdalena bay
that there was no foundation for the supposition
that Japan would ravage our Western coast. This
is another ohsoriug indication oi restoration of
JABS AT GRAND OLD TEXAS.
If Texas is divided into two States it is hoped
that the red headed widows wiil be evenly dis-
tributed. Atlanta Constitution.
Joe Bailey is making the welkin ring in Texas
and he will triumph over his enemies by at least
100000 majority on a full vote. Oivensboro
(Ky.J Messenger.
Texas with three delegations to the Chicago
convention wil! piCbtrve her reputation for talk-
ing acting and tioing thiuy- in the superlative
degree. St. Luuu Times.
After indulging in some of the Texas straw-
berries that find their way to the local market
it is not difficult to aconnt for Judd Lewis' re-
ent attack of appendicitis. Yuungsto-d'n Tele-
gram. Texas like Alabama will send three contested
delegations to lucago. It seems to be a good
year for Southern republicans and it would be a
good idea for them to break into the electoral
v ote column.-- S .'. Louts (Aobt'-Demot rat.
-Kxchm.'U'i J :mcs Ihspatoh.
A 'I exas wwh'w js made to declare that w hen
hhe tajes a se orid husband he will havr to cook
his own mraK or eat them raw whereupon a
Texas editor snarhngly says- "Perhaps if she
let her fust d'i his own cooking she wool n't
have to be looking for a second." And we
thought all Texas editors were gallant to the
ladies.- -National Woman's Daily.
HEAVENLY HOUSTON.
Whether Faster Sunday was yesterday or will
be ncAt Sunday in primeval Houston will be an-
nounced later. Charleston Nt-us and Courier.
I he red header! dimpled w idow s of Houston
having declared for J- i- Bailey that able demo-
i rat is certain to lie re elected senator from the
mighty State of Texas. -- V amnniny limes. '
There are more handsome ami talented I . A.
IL's in Wonderful Washington today than all the
red-headed widows ever dreamed of in Holler-
ing Houston's philosophy 'ash niton Herald.
I here are more W illiam Jennings Bryans in
Marvelous Manhattan today than there are pennant-winning
ball teams in Woeful Washington
Uunlc-s Nirhmond and hitless houston. combined.
Sew York Mail.
It behooves Houston to issue a sharp repri-
mand to the Wahi-iMton ball team. That team
was tr. nned m Houston tor bottom place and
now it is showing an obstinate disregard of the
Ir-nii b attempting to step on the neck of op-
posing teams. Atlanta ( cor gum.
(wing to the illness of Judd Lewis nf Hous-
ton there is an effort being made to have the
American Press Humorists' convention at I en
vrr this summer h'eadors must not confuse tins
w ith another convention to be held at I )envcr.
The two are distinct. A'rrr York Mail.
TEXAS RIFLE BALLS.
Prying size chickens I Knghsh peas!
tntoes 1 I 'ewbernes ! Spring is here
JIays Lounty I tmcs.
Irish po-
all right.
The world is Ure enough for every person
in it so there is no use to scrouRe into a selfish
comer. Ktlln'n Herald.
The KH.it American hen is always busy. There
is ahs.iys a demand for what she produces. Tie
the doR and preserve the hens. Denton News.
Sinx a little jnkc a little work a plenty sleep
enough cut out the bad habits then you will be
in ;i position to look back and tell the preachers
to come on. Houlmm Herald.
A Kentucky ninht rider says the blood oath is
administered tn members of that organization.
It would be K""d for old Kaintuck if something
dir ciuiM .dsn be administered to them.
j father! md Herald.
Sobnion was a wise man. He had 1000 wives.
The Mil. le sMtes that h tound faor with iod.
Ibiw in the wrld Ik- did tins and at the miuc
ttni had iomo wives m .1 hard rut lor theologians
to r n k. 1 will have it to them. Cleburne hn
te.pnse
ODD THINGS IN A DAY'S NEWS.
Thieve stole a fmelv tuned air whistle used
on a Reading road car to warn trains approaching
f rom the rear.
James I.. Johnsnn suffering from lung trouble
f-.r months i hmIh d w a nail he swallowed last
November at 1 akewfod. N. .
John Stewart oi Philadelphia waked up by a
moue running over ins t ace. was aroused in
tune to discover that the house was on fire.
!.r thr second tune m sixtveijdit years R.
H. ( li'wiiytT of ( lifton Heights. I'.c had a birth-
di'v on I aster Sunday. I lie first was the day
he was born April if) iR.p
I hiring a mail dog scare in C layton N J.. the
town marshal shot three dogs and was gunning
for i - - i e v hen a pup came and t ried to make
friend:- whereupon the marshal went home.
A f ler six years of del eat the prohibitionists
of 1 i"i.a. 1 a . havr out-voted the antis (con-
sisting oi i-ur man who having for years paid
his poll ta. was the only man in the town en-
titled to i.e i.
W hen ' 'i stable H. C. Kit ks went to thr
house .if Mis I I la Alexander in York. I'a. to
search fw . tr ;nk and handled her roughly 'she
says ) she l" 1 .1 him in the houie and sum-
moned an oil i i r to arrest him.
Polndexter's Able Speech.
( i h tee I r.jgur hronu le.)
Judge Willi. .111 IVimlexter of Cleburne spoke
to a laie audiem e in lhat city last Saturday
night ami made a telling talk for Itailey. Judge
Poindrxter was the attorney for thr senate com-
mitter in the in vest i gat 1011 and took an active
part in proem ing evidence and he says after a
careful perusal id the rvidencr and findings of
the legislate e committer he 1 nuls that Senator
M.iilev is innocent of every charge made against
him bv ( ocke. It is one of the nblest snrerhes
that has been made during the present campaign
and should be re id by every man who feels an
interest in this ontet.
Advice to Prospective Candidates.
( nun the If 'ist (. (runty Messenger. )
It has been said that anything is fair in love
and war. Now politics is added to the list. If
you ate a candidate or even contemplate oifering
for olhce. look up your accounts and see that you
are free of debt if yml have pulled up green corn
belonging to a "widder" or pushed a bull pup
in a null pond go and set yourself right before
the Country or get down and out of the race.
A man was in ently defeated for constable in Ar-
kansas for the above listed crimes.
Why It Favors Bailey.
(irom the llnrtlett Iribune.)
The Tribune is for Senator Hailey because it
believes him to be one of the most eminent
Htatesnien in the South ; it admires htm because
of his persistent fight against those who would
disrupt the democratic party also for his fight
against the republicans in his ctfoi ts to free the
country ot the trusts that arc endeavoring to
sap the life out of the various enterprise of
our Land. And that is why everybody ia for him
and will vote for him on May .
By Judd Moitimm Lewis.
RENUNCIATION.
Youth? Nay not for me!
Youth is fuss and fume
Youth is never seeing
Gardens all in bloom
Never seeing days
Golden tint and nights
Cool and sweet and still
With their twinkling lights ;
Youth amidst life's blooms
Stands all strained and still
Gathering its strength
Gazing up a hill.
Where a lily tall
Reaches to'ard the skies
Youth's hand crushes it
That youth's upturned eyes
May have naught between
Them and where they gaze
The bonestraining heights
Steep and rockstrewn ways;
Trampled are the blooms
Roses glories too.
Youth is (ire ling round
For a better view. v-
Youth f Nay not for me!
Never nevermore 1
Let it climb the heights.
Put out from the rdinre
Bring the cargoes home -
Mine the resting t m e
Where the blooms are spread
Where the glories climb;
No more tearing climbs.
No more fuss and fume;
Mine sweet davs and nights.
Mine the fields a bloom.
Mine to cheer it on
To each scarring fight
Mine to cheer it on
Cp each beet ling height
While I watch the days
)ritting in and out
Moon and sun and shade
Blossoms all about
Cronus cheek by jowl
Old time friends to call
God ! one hour of youth
Would be worth it all !
Tl 1 K SNORER.
"Was he sound asleep?"
"If there was half as much sleep as sound h
EXACTLY.
"Going to marry him?"
"Yes."
"Have you learned anything about his ante-
cedents ? "
" No ; why should I ? "
"Why you are going to marry him!"
"Yes him not them."
THE OTEN SEASON.
I he city
Girl now
Will cry "Hon!"
At the co w
And flutter her 1 ed parasol
W hen the cow
Turns to look
With its two
Horns a-crook
She'll climb up a tree that is all.
She will call
( n the sheep
Aii will go
Take a peep
At the chickens as flufTy as yarn.
Then the gen-
Tleman goose
Will just hiss
I ike the deuce
nd vou'll see her astride of the barn.
She will sit
( Mi the grass
While the glad
Moment pass.
Then all the night lop.g after ten.
She'll be
Seeking the jig-
Ger tlia''s not
Wry big
So she will but vou'll not see her then.
TWO HOOKS.
I have been s
because bred S 1
Id 1 iv tears copiously of late
ef.
tr get a oppor-
s horse story to my
has. however been
receipt of autograph
tunity this year to tell I
Texas friends. My gne
somewhat ..ssuaierl by the
copies
f Sehaeff r's two latest books "Osgar
und Adolf" and " 1 i ana's Diary" published by
Laird & Lee for sale by all bonk dealers etc.
etc. etc.
When the bonks arrived I put my feet on my
desk and forgot where 1 was until the devil from
upstairs hollered for cop v. Either of Sclwiefer's
books will dispel the blues more unanimously
than would four kings against four aces and as
Diana Dillpukle would say "That's going
some 1 "
A nn; THING.
The Merry Widow
Hat is not
( So higfi in price
As what you wot ;
It makes your wife
Look pretty now.
Next winter it
Will feed the cow.
A RHEUMATIC
"Did you evej" just feel it in your bones th.
something was going to happen ?"
-Yep."
wAnd did it?"
"Yep; it rained."
CERTAINLY.
44 We ought to have honest men in politics I
"Nonsense! It would mean ruin!
" For the country ?"
N'o for the honest men."
VINDICTIVE.
Housework gives women beautiful figures
"Gee I you're always slamming Club woman 1
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