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PACL DETHLEFSEN.
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Tips and Topics of the Olympia National
Bank.
This liank ia tinder Government inspection and
supervision.
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The Chief lunction of this bauk la to receive
deposits and to lonn mouey. These thing* we
are prepared to do In a manner acceptable to
our patrons.
* * *
Everv transaction between the bank and It#
customers we regard aa of a private nature, not
to be divulged by a*.
With ample and experienced management
this batik mast commend itseir to all who have a
need of the services of a bank.
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The management of this bank haa endeavored
to pnrane a proeressive policy, to be liberal in
lte treatment, and 10 adhere strictly to the legit
imate line* of hanking.
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In directing the affairs of this bank, the offic
er* intiat upon s strict complisnce with every
rnte hiving lor its object the safety and security
of the institution. By closely and esrefuliy
studying the cause* that lead to failures, we
have avoided the rocks upon which others have
been wrecked.
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We are not unmindful of our obligation to the
many friend? from whom we are deriving pat
ronage and support. Having OUCJ secured your
paironoge it will be our earnest endesvor to re
loin it.
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Among the many pstrone of this bank are
iound the most careful and conservative people
in the community.
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Should anything ever go wrong with yonr rela
tions with this bank we should esteem it a favor
If yon will frankly tell us where tbe trouble is,
and llius allow us to remedy the difficulty.
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shall ido my banking business V Onr reply !»
this." At liie Olympia National Bank.'"
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LAUGH, OR NOT TO LAUGH.
By Lue F. Vernon.
" Life,' Disraeli remarks, is "a
| comedy to him who thinks: a tragedv
ito him who feels." If that is so —
j and 1 am of opinion that there is
j more truth in the epigram than is
j common to that form of concentrat
ed cleverness —then, it seems tome,
the men who feel are vastly in the
majority. For life certainly is not a
comedy to most of us. if we are to be
lieve a highly duinpscme article
which I encountered recently. The
writer, it should be said at once, is
not a pessimist. On the contrary,
as Disraeli would say, he thinks.
Life is a comedy to him because he is
able to see that it is a tragedy to
most folk, and he is inspired, not
with an unholy desire to stifle laugh
ter, but merely with a laudable am
bition to induce us to laugh.
We don't laugh enough or often
en(Vgh. We are too lugubrious for
anything. " Laugh, and the world
laughs with you. Weep, and jou
weep alone," a very wise poet sang
long ago. Well, this cachionatory
crusader thinks otherwise. He
would, in fact, reverse the aphorism
entirely. If you laugh, you are the
exception. The world has got the
dumps. It is a long-faced world. A
g >od sincere smile, he says, is rare,
a "laughing face" is scarce, a good
ringing laugh is hardly ever heard.
I wonder if t,he charge is true ?
That laughter is good there can, of
course, be no possible doubt; and I
am in entire agreement with this
writer when he declares that half our
ills are due to the fact that many of
us have forgotten how to laugh. But
modern life is certainly not a laugh
ing matter, and the ordinary har
assed householder, who lives labori
ous days in a more or less successful
endeavor to solve the eternal bread
and butter problem, can hardly be
blamed if he fails to appreciate the
exquisitely extravagant humor of it
all. If it be true that we are forget
ting how to laugh, it seems to me
that the cause is to be found in the
dumpsotne fact that there are so few
things to laugh at.
After all, when you come to think
of it, opportunities for laughter are
remarkably few. True, it is wildly
mirth-provoking to see a staid and
rotund gentleman chasing his hat in
a dusty street. And there is always
a certain laugh in the spectacle of
perspiring and objurgative mortals
pushing and hauling a futile automo
bile over a dusty country road to the
nearest farm house. But these are
rare happenings. They are merely
infrequent, grin-raising oases in the
laughterless desert of the world, and
they occur so seldom that they do
not really affect the world's output of
hilarity. For the rest, we common
folk are doomed to do the same thing
over and over again. The thing,
probably, wasn't excruciatingly fun
ny to begin with, and its hilarious
possibilities tend to decrease, rather
than otherwise, as time goes on. So
that we seem to have come to this:
If we are to cease to be serious, we
must laugh on principle. Since
there is practically nothing to laugh
at, we must carefully and systemat
ically train ourselves to laugh at
nothing. Though even this plan, I
much fear, will lead to trouble. For
it is obvious that if a man succeeds
completely, he will get into the habit
of suddenly bursting into stentorian
roars of laughter at unseemly and
unexpected moments as, for ex
ample, in the middle of the sermon,
or when he is bidding a reluctant
farewell to his wife's mother on the
conclusion of her keenly appreciated
visit.
Obviously, laughter at such su
premely solemn moments would be
out of place, and would have to be
sternly discouraged. It might even
lead to the laughter attracting the
attention of a ponderous and non-hi
larious policeman, which of course,
would be serious. The problem, as
I think you will admit, is a difficult
and a complex one.
On the one hand, there is real
danger that we may actually forget
how to laugh at all, on the other,
the peril of acquiring the habit of
giggling out of season, and thereby
adding to the gloom rather than the
gaiety of an already too-worried
world. I regret that lam not at
the moment prepared with a solution.
You must wrestle with it yourself,
and under the circumstances, per
haps the best thing you can do is
merely to laugh at it.
I notice, however,' one brief but
decidedly "meaty" item of news this
week which is worth notice and
which may even help you to the bet
ter appreciation of the comedy of
things, if, as I believe, you belong to
the minority who think. It relates
to Switzerland, where, supposedly,
our best watches come from, and has
to do with that always interesting
"Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where they May."
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON': FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1910.
I subject, the co-education of the
sexes. As a matter of fact, the co
education theory is almost wholly
American in its inception. Uncle
; Sam has long contended that there is
nothing like mixed education for
smoothing down the natural sav
agery of the human boy and stiffen
ing the mental fibre of the "sweet
girl" graduates, and Switzerland,
being the nation intended by Nature
for experiments, readily adopted the
j notion. Hut Switzerland, it seems,
j is disposed to regard co-education as
, something doubtful,
j It appears that the suspicions of
j the authorities were aroused by the
i fact that the girl pupils almost in
; variably beat the boys in the exam
| inations and annexed the prizes.
Matters became so marked that a
a departmental committee was ap
pointed, and this body has just re
ported to the effect that the result is
due not to the superior intelligence
of the girls but to their wheedling
ways—that they have, in fact, bribed
i the boys with " nods, and becks and
wreathed smiles," as Milton puts it,
j to stand aside and let them capture
the kudos. The discovery will be a
heavy blow to the co-education ad
vocates, of course. Hut- the curious
part of it is that the grave Swiss
seigneurs seem to be as as
tonished at the wanton witchery of
the clever damsels as if it >vere really
something new. Whereas, as every
body knows, it is as old as an his
toric incident in the Garden of Eden,
which is quite a long time ago.
Preparing to Entertain Visitors from This
Coist.
The Hawaiian Promotion Commit
tee and the commercial and civic or
ganizations of Honolulu have pre
pared an elaborate program of enter
tainment for the -ten-day visit of the
Pacific Coast business men and their
■families next February. The largest
excursion will Imj that which sails
from Puget Sound, February 2, on
the steamship Prince Rupert. In
this excursion representatives from
the commercial liodies of Washing
ton, Idaho and British Columbia will
participate, and this fine vessel will
accommodate 450 persons in greatest
comfort. Bookings for the Prince
Rupert are being made in Seattle,
Taeoma, Victoria, Spokane and Van
couver, usually at the offices of the
Grand Trunk system. An excursion
of 200 will go from Portland, one of
150 from San Franniseo, and a
through excursion party of 150 from
Boston will also sail from San Fran
cisco. If a suitable steamer is pro
cured 300 will go from Los Angeles.
The Hawaiians are preparing for a
big time.
A Story of Kansas Corn.
A visitor in Kansas, having lis-,
tened a few hours to a few of the
things that State is noted for, sent
the following letter to his home in
Washington State:
" Most of the Kansas streets are
paved, grains of corn being used for
cobblestones, while the cobs are hol
lowed out for sewer pipe. The husk,
when taken off whole and stood on
end, makes a nice tent for the chil
dren to play in. It seems queer to
hear the feedman order to lake a dozen
grains of corn over to Jackson's
livery stable, but that amount is
sufficient to feed many horses. If it
were not for the soft, deep soil here,
I don't see how they could ever harv
est the corn, as the stalks would
grow up in the air as high as a Meth
odist Church steeple. However,
when the ears get too heavy their
weight presses the stalk down in the
ground to an average depth of 92
feet, and this brings the ear near
enough to ground to be chopped off
with an ax. Often these sunken
stalks are converted into artesian
wells."
" Automusicofraph" for Composers.
After years of vain effort. Don An
gelo Barbieri, an Italian investor,
claims he has succeeded in devising
an "automusicograph" which is rep
resented to give the composer the
service a typewriter performs for an
author. The device consists of a pa
per roll that is revolved by clock
work. The playing work of the com
poser at the piano is recorded on the
roll in dashes of different length and
on different lines, as the value or
tone of the note recorded demands.
the composition has been thus
recorded, the roll is detached and
with a graduated scale the musician
is able to reproduce on ordinary pa
per, ruled for music, the exact
phrase or combination of notes he
has played on the piano.
IN the decade from 1898 to 1908 the
antelope of Colorado, according to
estimates of the State's game war
den, decreased from 25,000 to 2,000.
ON farms valued at $25,000,000,000
we produce annually agricultural
products valued at $8,000,000,000.
"RED SPOT" IS DEADLY.
T!ny Spider is More Dangerous than Cobra.
The poison of cobras and copjier
heads is known to be deadly enough
to fill the jiopular mind with horror,
though the horror is somewhat miti
gated by the remoteness of the dan
ger from the common walks of life.
But now we are given to understand
that this danger is mere moonshine
in comjiarison with a greater one
that may be said to find a place i*>
every home.
"So far as is known, its poison is
the most virulent and powerful, drop
for drop, secreted by any living ere •
ture." This is the language of a
living naturalist, Mr. Samuel flop
kins Adams, who is speaking of a
common domestic spider found all
over the United States, lurking
around every woodpile and outhouse.
It varies in size from that of a large
pea to a maximum of half an inch in
length, black in its body, bearing
ever a red spot upon its back, a most
useful danger signal.
"Cobra virus, in the minute quan
tity which the Latrodectus's glands
contain," remarks the same writer,
" would probably have no apprecia
ble effect upon man, whereas the
tiny spider's venom, in the volume
injected by the cobra's stroke, would
slay a herd of elephants. * * » ♦
Happily, the 'red spot's' fangs being
small and weak, can with difficulty
penetrate the skin, and are able to
inject venom in dangerous quantity
only when the bite is inflicted upon
some tender-skinned portion of the
body. Nevertheless fatalities con
sequent upon the bite of this insect
are sufficiently well attested to take
rank as established scientific facts."
On a farm near Greensboro, N. C.»
so Mr. Adams tells us, a negro, in
hauliog firewood, brushed at some
thing crawling upon his neck and
felt a sharp, stinging sensation. It
was the black spider with the red
spot. This was at 8:30 A. M., and
before 11 at night the man was dead.
There was no swelling and no visible
puncture, only small white pimples
appeared about the bitten spot. The
smarting soon passed, but in three
hours violent cramps were experi
enced. At 1 o'clock the man had
spasms, but two hours later he re
turned to his work, laboring for an
hour. Then there was another
spasm, followed by a state of coma,
which Issted till death ensued. One
singular feature was that the left
arm, left breast and the neck ap
peared to turn to stone, they were so
hard. >
Cases have been minutely observed
and reported by Dr. Corson, of Sa
vannah, Ga., Dr. Bickford and Mr.
Ball, of California. The last of those
describes his own experience in con
vulsions, following quickly upon the
bite of the "red spot," saying:
"The pains in my hip joints, chest
and thighs grew rapidly more vio
lent, until it seemed that the hones
in these parts of my body were being
crushed to fragments." His illness
lasted ten days, but he recovered.
Here we have a peril much greater
than from rattlers and puff adders—
a menace to public safety, now
guarded against by all intelligent na
tions where it exists, save only our
own. Let every woodchopper and
every housewife take warning.
. All other American spiders, the
authorities declare, constitute only a
trifling hazard and need not be seri
ously considered; but beware of the
black body bearing the "red spot."
Cases of poisoning by this creature
are by no means rare. The compar
ative immunity thus far enjoyed by
the public is probably due to the
fact that spiders, as a rule, never at
tack human beings unless molested,
and then always in self-defense.
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Bob on the War-Path.
Republican.
If Governor Hay is going to be a
candidate for Governor be should
" l>egin to get ready." King county
has a Sheriff named Bob Hodge, who
is very popular. The newspapers
fight him at times, but in the end he
wins by big majorities. Hodge was
recently elected again, leading the
county ticket. Now he says ho will
run for Governor to succeed Gover
nor Hay. Seriously speaking, Hodge
is a vote-getter. He has no educa
tion; he was once an amateur boxer,
a very poor one, too, by the way,
but he is just about the best rough
and tumble orator in the county. If
he carries out his plan to run for
Governor he will have to be reckoned
with and very seriously.
THK largest living bird in the
world is the ostrich. The average
ostrich stands eight feet high and
weighs about 300 pounds.
LONDON consumes about 14,000,000
tons of coal yearly.
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MEXICO to-day boasts of 12,000
miles of railways.
HOME HELPS.
It is said that the heaviest apples
are the best.
Silver may be cleaned and bright
ened by letting stand half an hour in
sour milk.
The best fluid to use in washing
muslin dresses of delicate color is
rice water.
To bake potatoes quickly, place
them close together in the oven and
cover with an inverted pie-plate.
Be sure to iron garments with the
stra'ght of the goods and thus pre
vent stretching of the bias seams.
If a turkey or chicken is rubbed
inside and out with lemon it will
make the meat white juicy and ten
der.
A strip of emery cloth tacked to a
small square board will be found
useful for quickly sharpening the
carving knife.
Much time may be saved if all
soiled bottles, spiders and sauce
pans are tilled with cold water until
the time to wash them.
All woodwork and furniture to be
treated to a coat of while enamel
should be sandpapered first, that a
streaked effect may be prevented.
All Modern Improvements.
Two little girls stood on the side
walk in Dorchester, the other day.
They we-e evidently discussing the'r
respective places of abode.
"We've got a house with all the
modern improvements," said one.
" So've we," declared the other,
digging one toe into the dirt.
"We've got more than you have.
In our new house we've got every
thing."
What've you got?"
The bragging one took a long
breath and began to enumerato.
We've got a bathtub—"
" So've we."
Andasediment cellar —"
" We've got a sediment cellar —"
We've got a sediment cellar in our
house, too."
" And a whoosit."
This phased the other one. " What
is a whoosit?" she asked.
" It's a hole in the wall in the front
entry," said the first little girl. "And
when somebody comes to the door
when a bell rings—and then you
go to the hole and say, Whoosit?' "
She Kiew.
The best joke of the season is on
John D. He was told, the other
day, frankly and innocently why he
was not going to Heaven—because
he hasn't oil enough. The little
daughter of Rev. Frederick W.
Hager, assistant pastor of the Madi
son Avenue Baptist church, New
York, was visiting in Cleveland.
The oil king, who is a friend of Dr.
Hager, took the child for an auto
mobile ride. As she climbed into
tne car, the little girl asked Mr.
Rockefeller where they were going.
" We are going to Heaven, my dear,"
answered John D. "Oh, no, we're
not," exclaimed the girl. "How
do you know we're not?" " 'Cause
you haven't got oil enough, sir,"
exclaimed the child, in a way that
settled the question.
The oil king is said to enjoy the
joke upon himself.
No Need To Carry Them Out.
In a little Missouri town, in the
present campaign, a Republican can
didate for Congress, was addressing
an audience, on the hustings. He
paid a high compliment to the Taft
administration and then, in spread
eagle fashion declared:
" And, gentlemen of this thriving
little town, I want to assure you that
if I am honored by your votes and
am sent from this district to the halls
of Congress to represent you honest,
clean-handed, God-fearing people,
the best people that the sun shines
upon, I will carry out the policies
of the present administration.
Then up jumped a man in the rear
of the hall, who shouted:
"Don't take the trouble to carry
out, throw them out."
Honesty The Wont Polity.
Mr. Work hard —My dear, 1 have
lost my situation, and it happens that
I haven't a shilling in my pocket.
We must go the workhouse.
. Mrs. W. —Surely some of the
trades-men with whom we have dealt
for so many years will trust us.
Mr. W. (sadly)— No. 1 have no
credit anywhere. I always paid cash.
Prito All Arovnd.
" I'm proud to say." boasted the
man with the large stomach and the
immense solitaire, "that I ain't never
wasted any time reading poetry."
"Well." ventured the gentleman
with the seedy clothes and the high
brow, "if the poets were asked they
would probably agree that they were
proud of it too."
Winnipeg it Now America's Wheat Center.
Winnipeg is now the wheat center
of North America, according to the
latest reports from the great grain
districts. The August receipts of
wheat in the Canadian city show an
increase of 50 percent, over the same
month last year and give her a total
that exceeds those of Minneapolis,
Chicago, Duliith, Kansas City and
Buffalo. Exclusive of deliveries from
Southern Manitoba, Winnipeg re
ceived 95,00'.),000 bu.; Minneapolis
receipts toul.-d81,000,000 bu.; Buffa
lo, 61,000,000 bu.; Duluth, 56,000,000
bu.; Chicago, H0,000,000 bu., and
Kansas City. 35,330,000 bu. The
statistics for oats show Chicago at
the head of the list and Winnipeg
second with 31,000,000 bu.
Electioneering Sweets.
Two candidates for the same office
came into town near the east of King
county a few days before election.
The one called at a house and a little
girl came to the door. Said he: "Sis
sie, will you please bring me a glass
of water?"
Having brought the water, he gave
her some candy and asked: " Did
the man ahead of me gives you some
candy?' " Yes, sir." Then he gave
her a nickle and said: " Did he give
you any money?" "Yes sir, he give
me ten cents." Then, picking her
up, he kissed her, and said: "Did
he kiss you?'' "Yes, sir; and he
kissed mamma, too." Wow! Who's
guilty?
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Electricity Used in Raiainf Maine.
Near the spot where the work of
preparing for the examination of the
battleship Maine is being carried on
a cabin has been built ou piling and
from it electricity will be distributed
for lighting, telephones and power.
A cable laid on the bottom of the
harbor brings the current from the
city's service.
The trial dam has been completed
and a steam drophammer already has
placed several 70 foot rails at a depth
of more than 17 feet.
Construction of the cofferdam will
be continued as soon as the 15,000
tons of steel arrive from the United
States.
The Password.
One of the neatest of stories thatr
show the Chinese exactness is as fol
lows:
" A lady to teach her new Chin
ese servant how to usher in a guest
at the front door sent out her daugh
ter to ring for admission and present
her card. The man took the card,
handed it properly to his. mistress
and then tucked it into his sleeve.
Next day a lady called and offered
her card at the door. The China
man took it, drew out the card from
his sleeve, compared the two, shook
his head and said, " No match; can't
come in."
• • •
Chriatiaa Science Monitor.
The editor acknowledges and ap
preciates the kindness of the local
Christian Scientists in furnishing us
copies of the Christian Science Daily
Monitor, published at Boston. It is
an example of clean journalism, con
tains muob valuable information on
subjects of general interest. In a
recent issue of the paper editorial
notice was given of the adoption of
recent equal suffrage amendment in
the Evergreen State.
Aa Emergency Outfit.
" What are you doing with the
old-fashioned candlestick and candle
on your desk ?" asked the inquisitive
caller.
" There are times when I need
more light on the subject," explained
the embryo jokesmith. "The elec
tric light is only 16 candlepower.
and sometimes 1 require 17."
Returned the Property.
Maud: Are you going to prosecute
that horrid Jack Dare for stealing a
kiss?
Ethel: No; the property has been
returned.
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PROBABLY the tiniest tribe in the
world is the dwarfs of the Atlas
Mountains of Morocco, who are be
tween three and four feet in height.
TUB automobile factories of Michi
gan employ 50.000 men in addition
to 20,000 engaged in the manufac
ture of parts.
A WOMAN gets as excited over a
wedding in the neighborhood as a
man does over a baseball game.
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TUB quickest way to convince a
girl that you have good taste is to
tell her she is good looking.
IF some men didn't boast of their
honesty the world would never know
they had any. .
Boys can't understand why dogs
aro not permitted to sleep in the par
lor.
i CLAIMANTS WANT THEIR MONEY
I
The Insurance Companies Take Too Long
to Pay Their Losses.
j If you sustain a loss how soon may
you expect to receive your inshurance
money in order to replace the proper
ty ? I his is aquestion in which every
I property o.vaor is interested, yet few
I know whether they are insuml in a
company that pays its losses prompt
ly or not.
The average property owner selects
his insurance according to the agent
he wishes to receive a commission
on his premium rather than on the
; merits of of the company. When a
loss occures he finds that he is not
dealing with his agent friend hut
i with the company and its adjuster,
who fequently talk very differently
from the agent.
An examination of the official in
surance reports show that of six
companies reporting to the State of
New York the losses unpaid amount
to the average losses sustained dur
ing a period of seventy-three days.
This indicates that the average com
pany takes seventy-three days after
a fire to settle a ioss. The reports
also show that the resisted losses
amount to two and three-tenths per
cent, of the losses sustained during
the year.
In comparison with the North
western Mutual Fire Association of
Seattle has just coupiled some in
teresting data covering its record
for the past five years. During that
time it has paid 903 losses. The
average time between date of fire
and date of adjustment was fifteen
days. The average time of payment
after receipt of adjustment was one
and three-fourths days. The total
time between date of fire and date of
payment was sixteen and three
fourths days, thus requiring less
than one-fourtti the time taken by
the average company. Of the whole
amount, paid just $537.00 has been
paii* jy order of the Court, or about
o r .-hundredth of one per cent, of
the total losses. The amount thus
paid by order of the Court was but
nine per cent, of the amount sued
for on these claims, showing that
the company had good grounds for
'contending the claims made. *
Heifht of Cloodi.
" How high are the clouds?"
Many varying answers have l>een
returned to this question, and, in
fact, it may be added that there is
no fixed height for any kind of cloud.
Some remarkably interesting meas
ures of the height of clouds were
made at Vienna by an ingenious
method. Advantage was taken of
the extremely brilliant light furn
ished for the great illuminated foun
tain erected not very long ago in that
city.
By means of a projector it was
found that a beam of light could be
sent up to the clouds, producing
upon them a luminous spot capable
of being observed simultaneously
from points on the Earth two or
three miles apart. By such obser
vations the height of certain clouds
of the cirrus variety was found to be
as much as 10,000 meters, or nearly
33.000 feet.
Aa Ironical View of Life'* Miction.
Goodwin's Weekly.
" I think it is a grand thing to see
a woman taking in washing. She's
far better than her richer sisters who
spend their time taking in men,"
declared Father Vaughan in a recent
analysis of feminine tendencies.
"But," replies Ida Husted Har
per, "if they don't take in the men
how are they going to fulfill their
only legitimate duties (according to
Father Vaughan) of wife and mother?
Llesidcs, taking in the men is usually
preliminary to taking in the wash
ing. Then -the washing is necessary
to support the man in order that he
may prove the survival of the fit
test."
It is the Reverend Father's next
move and we shall await it with in
terest. _
Lu|u|( Vaf«ries.
" English is a funny language, af
ter all, isn't it?"
' Why so?"
"I heard a man talking of a po
litical candidate the other day say,
'lf he only takes this stand when
he runs he'll have a walk-over."'
A Still Toufiie.
Mrs. Green —"See how nicely that
team of horses go along. Why can't
man and wife trot along pleasantly
together like that?"
Mr. Green—" Well, you see, there
is only one tonguo between those
two horses."
THOSE statesmen who are con
gratulating themselves that Roose
velt and his policies are shelved,
have a big surprise in store. The
policies for which Roosevelt con
tended will be demanded just as in
sistently t .vu years from now as they
were before.
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