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and planked you down beside me on
a bed of hay I'd pulled down for
Bessie and her calf. If that plow
hadn't, toppled over on your head "
But the Widow Wilson did not have
a chance to finish just then for Wil
liam Yoakum had caught her in his
arms with surprising strength for a
sick man to show, and you can't talk
when you are being kissed, they say.
(Copyright by W. G. Chapman.)
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HOW THE SENATORS STAND ON
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Washington, D. C, Aug. 7. The
presentation of woman suffrage peti
tions to Congress resulted in declara
tion against woman suffrage by the
following three senators: Bankhead
of Alabama, Martine of New Jersey
and Thornton of Louisiana. Declara
tions in favor of woman suffrage
were made by the following 22 sen
ators: Ashurst of Arizona, Bristow
of Kansas, Chamberlain of Oregon,
Clapp of Minnesota, Crawford of
South Dakota, Gallinger of New
Hampshire, Jones of Washington,
LaFollette of Wisconsin, Owen of Ok
lahoma, Pittman of Nevada, Poindex
ter of Washington, Pomerene of Ohio,
Ransdell of Louisiana, Shafroth of
Colorado, Sherman of Illinois, Smith
of Michigan, Smoot of Utah, Thomas
of Colorado, Thompson of Kansas,
Townsend of Michigan, Warren of
Wyoming and Works of California.
Other senators, who took the wo
men's petitions and. presented them
to the senate without comment, or
with non-committal expressions,
were 33 in number, as follows: Bacon
of Georgia, Brandegee of Connecti
cut, Burton of Ohio, Chilton of West
Virginia, Clarke of Arkansas, Colt of
Rhode Island, Dillingham of Ver
mont, Gronna of North Dakota,
James of Kentucky, Johnson of
Maine, Johnston of Alabama, Ken
yon of Iowa, Kern of Indiana, Lewis
of Illinois, Lodge of Massachusetts,
McLean of Connecticut, Martin of
Virginia, Myers of Montana, Oliver of
Pennsylvania, Penrose of Pennsyl
vania, Saulsbury-of Delaware, Shep
pard of Texas, Shields of Tennessee,
Simmons of North Carolina, Smith of
South Carolina, Smith of Georgia,
Smith of Maryland, Smith of Arizona,
Stone of Missouri, Sutherland of
Utah, Swanson of Virginia, Varda
mah of Mississippi and Weeks of
Massachusetts. .
The other members of the senate
either were not present or did not
arise to present petitions. Some of
them no doubt were purposely not
present.
STILL INTHE FOLD
The boy was fishing in the stream.
The parson came that way.
"It is a sin to fish," he said.
"Upon the Sabbath day." ' ,
'Sure I'm no sinner," said the lad,
"For not a gosh darned bite I've had."
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"Why did that pretty young girl
marry that rich old miser?" "Be
cause he vowed he would die for her,
and she took the chance."
'Frisco's Chinese "hello" girls must
remember some 12,000 names. Chi
nese don't call by number.
