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LOS ANGELES HERALD
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THE HERALD IN BAN FRANCISCO
AND OAKLAND— Los Angeles and
Southern California »lsUo" to B«n
Vranelsco and Oakland •will find Tn»
£mm on sale nt the news stands In
!!• Bin Francisco Ferry bulldln* *nd
5n tR «t?Ets in CMani by Wheatl.y
Rn fl by Amos News Co.
Population of Los Angeles, 251,463
Kowtow to Abe Ruef, the Republican
joss. .
: Hall.. Abe Ruef, King of California
Itepubl leans!
It's the voice of Glliett, but the real
spirit is Abe Ruef.
, Song popular in Texas: "Bill Bailey,
won't you get In line?"
Has California become a pocket
borough tor Abe Ruef?
Better owl cars at 1 and 2 a. m. than
not at all. Remember that.
Owl cars will start Monday. Night
workers' walking is nearly over.
Boss Herrln and Boss Parker are
wuzzers; Abe Ruef Is the real IT.
Maybe the earthquake at Hilo was
because Jack and the game were miss
ing.
Ruef's dominance of the Republican
party is enough to make the sea waves
sad.
If Abe Ruef is "California's foremost
Republican," God help the rest of the
party!
Now the Democrats will name a real
man who ■will bedome California's real
governor.
No matter how fine a fellow Glliett
may be, the brand of Ruef on him
damns him.
Again the stench of San Francisco's
rotton politics hangs over the, state
Republican ticket.
George Bernard Shaw has been cured
of socialism by a rich wife. That's us
ually a sure cure.
If Grover Cleveland ■will only speak
up now, the Bryan sentiment will be
practically unanimous.
The men will ride home after
work in the owl cars are not kicking
on their establishment.
The garbage carts are to be bathed
and fumigated. But the garbage will
be as noisome as ever.
No wonder the breakers at Santa
Cruz roar. Think what happened in
their hearing yesterday.
How does California enjoy bowing
down to Abe Ruef, the San Francisco
corruptionist, as its dictator?
But California at large. Boss Ruef, Is
not San Francisco, and the San Fran
cisco tactics won't go in the free. and
open part of the commonwealth.
Joe Gans Is going on the stage, If
some other occupation for conquering
prize fighters could only be found, pu
gilism wouldn't be nearly bo bad.
Surprising how such haughty auto
crats as Bosses Herrln and Parker
could knuckle down to Abe Ruef when
they found they needed Abe's votes.
A nice brass bound collar has been
presented to J. N. Glliett. The Inscrip
tion bears the names of the givers, Abe
Ruef and the Southern Pacific railroad.
Several femlnlno membr-i of a pe
culiar Los Angeles cult claim to have
received a "gift of tongues." This
would ordinarly be esteemed a \Cork of
supererogation.
Tho national Republican leaders have
decided that the tariff is not to be dis
cussed as a campaign Issue, isn't that
admitting that the Democratic argu
ments for Its revision are unanswer
able?
The Republican Southern Pacific
state platform declares, among other
things, that "we favor the enactment
by congress of an amendment to the
existing tariff law providing, as a
measure of relief to San Francisco, for
the period of three years, all building
material may be admitted Into that
port free of duty." And yet, when a
Tennessee congressman proposed, dur
ing the session recently closed, to offer
a bill making provision of that char
acter—particularly as to structural
steel— every congreusman from Cali
fornia , uroßß and requested that such
a bill be not presented. Mr. Qlllett,
now the nominee for governor, voted,
with his delegation. When they hart
a chance to do something they laid
down to tho steel trust. Now they are
very busy w (th words — windy words,
.Unifying nothing H|n
THE RAILROAD TICKET
The nomination of Coflgr««srnAn Oil
let t bs A. candidate for Governor of this
state was openlrmad* r«»terdny at the
command of tha Southern Pacific rail
road and with the aid and connivance
el Abfl Ru#f,
It la a mftohlfle-made norhlrmtlon And
dor>s not In any sense represent the Re
publican party of California,
before the convention met It was an*
nounced that Ktief "held thft key to the
situation" and that he would fight Oll
)ett. The Herald aald that thin was
pure fake, deslfned to deceive the peo
ple. The result shows The Herald was
right. The San Francisco delegation
voted for Glliett on tho first ballot ami
Kuef was acclaimed by (he machine
shout ern as "the foremost Republican
of California,"
The whole proceeding la a disgrace
end a shame. Congressman Olllett Is
personally a very estimable gentleman,
but his nomination at the command of
the Southern Pacific railroad Is an out
rage upon the citizens of this state.
Boss Herrln, the chief attorney of the
railroad, with Boss Parker and other
attorneys of the road, dominated the
convention In person and dictated the
proceedings without the slightest show
of concealment.
Are such things possible under a
denweracy and no answering rebuke
from the people?
Must it always be said that the state
of California Is owned and operated by
the Southern Pacific railroad, and that
the people a:, not allowed to have any
voice In their own government?
Year after year the railroad collar is
being pressed more tightly upon the
people. Year after year the Republican
machine becomes more Insolent, defiant
and reckless. Year after year the rail
road attorneys name delegates and can
didates with Increasing impudence and
with greater assumption of authority.
How long Is this sort of thing to con
tinue in California?
How long will the people submit to
this dictation and indifferently allow
a great and oppressive corporation
to take over their government — stute,
county and city?
How long will It be manifest that the
citizens are not exercising their own
rights and power?
Men laugh at tho cry of "bosslsm" us
though It were a campaign joke,* und
smile good naturedly ut every overt net
of political usurpation on the part ot
the railroads. Yet they will read with
Indignation of bosslsm In New York,
Pennsylvat'i and elsewhere nnd ex
press wonderment that the people stunJ
for It; while here in .California, under
their very noses and In their own door
yards, Is a railroad system of 1:oes dicta
tion more open, more shameless and
more outrageous than any that huß ever
existed in this country. The machine
rule in Philadelphia, at which every
honest citizen stood ughasl, was hardly
a circumstance to tho ruiliT^d boHsism
in California, In Los Angeles county
and In Los Angeles city.
The nomination of Congressman Gll
iett as the Ilepubllcun candidate for
governor of this state is un astounding
exhibition of ihe power of railroad con
trol. And it would seem that the people
of California should seize the oppor
tunity to overwhelm the dictator and
restore a lorin of popular government.
As it Is they are mere messengers of
the Southen Pucltlc railroad, recording
at the ballot box tho expressed will and
pleasure of that sinuous und tyrannical
corporation.
What will they do about It"
Will they, as of old, carry the Ameri
can flag to its desecration by voting
the railroad ticket? Will they, as of
old, shout like peasants for the boss
and do his bidding? Will they mumble.
the ancient shibboleth of "voting for
tho party of Lincoln and Grant" by
casting their ballots Into tho lap of the
Southern Pacific railroad?
If so, It will be passing strange. If
so, they deserve all they get. It
so, nobody should blame the Southern
Pacific railroad, or Bosb Herrln or Boss
Parker for doing anything they may
will to do.
Not long ago the citrus fruit growers
of Southern California protested long
and defiantly against the freight exac
tions of the railroads, How many of
them will vote the Southern Pacific
ticket— a railroad ticket throughout
nominated at Santa Cruz? They have
done It before and thought they were
voting for some principle or doctrine
that had been Incorporated into the
constitution through blood and fire.
They know better now. They now
know that the railroads select the al
leged Republican delegates, name the
ticket and put into office men who will
serve the Interests of 'the very cor
porations ugaliißt whose domination
they protest — In matters of freight rates
only.
California, is being weighed In the
balance. California people are good
people— honest, enterprising, courage
ous and patriotic. What will they do?
LO9 ANOELE9 HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1906.
TILLABLE LAND SHORTAdfi
It Ii not An overestlrnAte that Presi
dent Hill of the Great Northern rail*
way makes of the populfltion of this
coutitry within the next three or four
decade*. He Myg that within twenty
rears the United States will have n,
population of 118,000,000 and before the
middle of the century the figure will be
204,000,004.
What aro we to do with th* 40,000,000
additional people that this country will
have to support twenty years hence Is
the pertinent question asked by the
discerning railway veteraru The great
rush of homesteaders to secure allot
ments of government land, opened to
entry from time to time, la a forceful
reminder that there la but little govern
ment land remaining which now Is
available for cultivation.
The reclamation project undertaken
by the government will add largely to
the cultivable area, but even that will
be only a "drop In the bucket" com
pared with the needs of tens 6f millions
of additional mouths and stomachs. At
the present time there Is practically no
other means of 6xpandlng; the Staple
food producing territory.
But President Hill sees a method
whereby the productive capacity of
vast areas of land now utilized might
be made to yield Immensely greater re
turns thnn the usual output. He says
It has been demonstrated that an aver
age of two persons or more can be
supported on every acre of tillable
land by the highest form of farming.
How far short of that yield the average
grain farmer comes Is indicated by the
fact that the product of the great
wheat belt la only from twelve to
eighteen bushels per ncre. From the
market price of wheat subtract the cost
of production and It will be seen that
several such acres are required for the
support of a single individual.
Nowhere is the growing scarcity of
good tillable land more In evidence than
In Southern, California. Take out the
mountain and desert region and the
available area la found to be compara
tively small. It Is this, scarcity of
highly productive land that causes all
real estate values In this section to be
high as compared with prices In most
farming lands abroad. It Is here that
agriculture reaches the high level Indi
cated by President Hill, where an aery
of ground Is umple for the support of
two or more persons.
ELECTION SKIRMISH LINE
Arkansas led In the autumn elections!
on September 1 nnd Vermont followed
September 4. Tho results were as
widely different as the distunce sepa
rating the two states. The former ad
hered to its Invariable habit of return-
Ing a big Democratic majority and the
latter stuck with equal tenacity to the
habit of going Republican with a
sheoilc bent.
The r.ext state election, that of Maine,
will occur next Monday, September 10.
Maine is« a Republican "old reliable"
In Its state vote, but there usually Is v
"fighting chance" for. the election of
Democratic congreajnien iii two of the
four districts. It !s'only.a remote
chance, judging from the returns In thn
last congressional' election, one of the
Er.ki districts returning a Republican
plurality of 4D83 and the other one G4lO.
Hut the national Kepublicun letirletH
think It worth while, nevertheless, tv
Ploy their best spoil-binding card In
those districts. "Uncle" Joe Cannon is
doing his "level 'jest" to save the lour
Maine districts for his party.
The only other state election prior to
the inmmon voting dute on November
(i will be thut of Georgia, occurring
October 3. Opposition to a Democratic
ticket In that state is v merely per
functory operation— something like thut
ot v person who has nothing to eat but
Bits down to the table and "goes
through the motions."
The only feature uf direct national in
terest In tho state elections this year Ib
Involved In the choice of lunsresisineii.
There is v great deal more than a
"lighting chance" for electing a Demo
cratic majority In the house of repre
sentatives. The Republlcun leaders ad
mit that fact and they uro straining
every effort to hold the fort.
In the tidal wave that swept the
Democratic party off Its feet in 1804 the
Republicans secured an overwhelming
majority lit the lower houso of con
gress, but this Is not a tidal wave yeur.
In the congress preceding tho present
one there was v Republican majority
in the house of only thirty-two In tho
total membership of 382. Some districts
that the Republicans captured In 1902
are sure to elect Democrats next No
vember and there are'enough doubtful
districts to muke a close contest, at
least, for control of tho house In the
sixtieth congress.
The only kick against owl cars has
come from a disreputable yellow yawp
which tried to secure them but Is so
vile that no decent person dare take
up anything it urges. Its utter dis
crediting makes its yowls now, when
The Herald has succeeded, merely an
aggravated case of "sour grapes."
REGISTER NOW!
The attention of all Democrat* !■
Called to the fart that the hint day for
registration will be September 29 and
the laat opportunity for trander la on
Ootober 11. It la Important that nil
Uriiio.-ruU vet on the rrglatratlom
book*.
A POOR EXCUBE
When President Hartley of Yulo was
professor of political science there, a
student one* offered him a poor excuse
fur a bad examination paper.
Professor llaillcv listened to the ex
ciisi) in hlloiut. Then he milil with a
grim MiiilUt:
"That excuse U about as poor as the
one a. criminal lawyer offered for his
client la a vuie that had gone hard
with him.
" 'Gentlemen of the Jury, 1 cried this
lawyer eloquently, 'remember that my
cltent is hard of hearing, and that
therefore the voice of conscience ap
peals to him In vain.' "
It's a pity Artemus Ward couldn't
have lived to see his vindication.
PRESIDENT PALMA'S
AMERICAN CUSTOMS
Head of Cuban Republlo Lived
Eighteen Ve«r« on « ftrtn
In New York Suta
Ffrtm th« N«w York Ev«nlnlt Post.
There was one man who did not r«-
R«rd it extraorldnary that Toman
Estrftda Pftlma, country schoolm&nter
of New York state, should be trann
formed Suddenly Into president of the
republic of Cuba. That man wan Pal
ma himself, in his nwn mind ho had
been the legal pe-adessor of the title
nearly thirty yearn before h« was in
stalled May £0, 1902. Hftd not tho
revolutionist* formally elected him
their leader between eklrmlnhen with
the Spanish tyrants In the Ten Years'
War? To his peaceful neighbor* at
Central Valley, New York, where he
conducted his school for eighteen years
of the waiting period, ho said little;
but the few who knew his history had
heard how he persisted In claiming the
office even In the midst of his captiv
ity In a Spanish fortress, .
"I am president of the Cuban repub
lic," he had said to his guards, when
they demanded his "occupation" In thn
course of a census nt the battlemented
prison nmong tho Pyrenees In 1878.
His election, therefore, aftor thn
Spanish American war, he looked upon
merely as a restoration of his rights.
With no special elation, though with
the modesty that has al w«ys character
ized him, he leaped out of enforced ob
scurity Into the Havana palaca once
occupied by the ftay-llvcd captains
general of Spain. As If he had been
accustomed to the new position in all
the decades of retirement, he went
about tho complex task of running a
government with as much apparent
confidence us he had shown when ho
established a private academy to tide
over his banishment.
. Whatever may be thn weakness of
Tomas Estrada Palma. there Is no lack
of self-possession in hia makeup. And
along with this nunllty he has skill nt
organization and Industry. That ho nan
combined personal I modesty and un
failing politeness with his mental fit
ness for the office has been, no doubt,
a supplementary cause of his success
In avoiding troubles for so long.
"Without underestimating his worth,
it goes without saying that capable
leaders am none too numerous In
Cuba. Even a man of modernte tal
onts was bound to take an Important
place In the councils Of the new na
tion at the time when Palma gained
his foothold. As he himself once re
marked to an interviewer: "There |
were so few strong men that any one I
who stepped to the front und assumed
command of a group of men vvus üb
iiged to become at least a general
quickly," Yet the career of the re
public's president and his personality
aro of unusual interest. Few, If any, or
his countrymen have passed through
more varied adventures, served »thelr
cause bo continuously nnd steadfastly,
or displayed the conservatism that has
been his distinguishing trait; none has
met with such success or won such
popularity.
Now Seventy.one Years Old
President Palma. was born In ISiJo 111
tho province of Bayamo, where his
father was a rich landowner and caltlo
raiser. The boy had all the advantages
money could give him. He studied un ■
del' fi private teacher nt homo, and
finally was sent to Spain to outer the
University of Savlllo. There he was
graduated in tho law, anil it.. \'vas his
Intention to become 6 barrister In
Cuba. That ho was never to achieve
this ambition was duo to the spread of
the revolutionary fury. His return
to the Island was followed by the nnat
teilnj?s that preceded the long: tight
for liberty. His father died, nnd It
devolved upon tho young man to nian
jiro tho estate. The war began. The
Spaniards, besides confiscating his
lands, captured his mother and prac
tically toiturt'd her to death.
"They tortured h,c-r In an effort to
extort from her Information she did
not poBBOSS," ho naid, in describing his
bereavement yonrs afterward. "and
then they left her half dead In the
woods, where, after wandering for
days, she was rescued too lute to save
her life."
Custjnff his lot with tho revolution
ists, giving thorn what ready money
ho could raise, and flghtliiß with them
whenever the chance came, he quickly
rose to leadership, was chosen a dep
uty, and dually became president of
tho provisional government. This gov
ernment was fi migratory establish
ment, moving Us headquarters as often
as the enemy made it necessary; but
It was recognized by the natives, none
the less, and Cuba Libre continued to
look upon Palma as Its chipf, with
General Maximo Gomez as his sec
retary i if war. 4V?^B
While on a march with a few troops,
Palma was rapturPd by the Spanish
cafittfln, Mozo Viejo. Having spent v
few days In Morro castle, Havana, he
was sent to Spain, where he spent ten
months In various prisons, his last
Htop belnir in the fortress of Figueras,
in the foothills of tho Pyrenees. It
was there that he again prociulmed
himself president of the republic When
they let him jro free, In 1878. the ten
years' war was over and Spain had
tightened her grip on the island to
such an extent that It was useless for
him to return. He sailed for New
York.
FlratVlelt to America
His first stay here was brief, nnd,
after finding that there was nothing
ho could do with his scant knowledge
of the English language and his few
friends, he went to Honduras, at the
invitation of Gomez, who had fled
thither some months previously. Sym
pathy and aid were plentiful there.
Palma married the daughter of Presi
dent Guurdiola and became postniunter
general of the republic, remaining until
1883, and incidentally acquiring the
English speech that was to be ho neces
sary to him in years to come.
The second visit to America ended
successfully. With his wife and oldest
child, the, Cuban refugee settled In
Central Valley, ten miles over the hills
from Newburg, in a region celebrated
historically as the camping ground of
George Washington, and noted for It*
plcturesqueness. There he founded
with David Cornell the Institute of
Estrada Palma for Cuban boys living
in tho United States. Henceforth ho
was known as "Schoolmaster Palma."
For eighteen years, with the excep
tion of the period of, the Junta, he
lived hia quiet life there, growing In
the affections of his neighbors, and do-
Ing nothing to lessen the respect he had
gained among those who knew him In
the state. His other live, children were
born In Central Valley. As the years
passed, he and his family became to
all Intents and purposes Americans,
and now that he Is president of Cuba
his . daily habits are those of the
American gentleman, without a trace
of tho native eccentricity, and with no
Inheritance of pust Spanish grandeur.
The Estrada Palma known hh "Neigh
bor I'ulma" in Orange county was the
eaine as the President Palma of today.
A visitor to Central Valley, If he ex
pected to find a soldier of fortune, a
boasting adventurer, a wild-eyed West
Indian, or a narrow-minded sedition-
Ist, was doomed to ■ disappointment,
Instead the stranger discovered a small
unassuming man of not more than 140
pounds weight, looking the part of the
country teacher, with his plain black
clothes ' and low : collar ■ und ready
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BETWEEN JEVNE'S AND NEWBERRY'S
made cravat, yet with :i broad fore
head betokening more than usual In
tellect, und a strong lower jaw that
gave promise of extraordinary ten
nclounnosH: a "gentleman farmer," not
unllko tho hundreds of others scattered
throughout the countryside, cultivat
ing the twenty or more acres around
Ms old fashioned white painted home
stead; a typically rural citizen, whose
only apparent distlnctlvencss conlsted
of marked urbanity and fluency of
speech, although, withal, he intruded
nelthor his polltem*s nor his conver
sation upon one's attention.
In Central Valley, just before leaving
for Havana to govern . Cuba, whllo
public ixttentlon was centered upon him.
President Palnm seemed unchanged.
The netsribors, now that they had dis
covered a groat man in their midst,
vied with each other to do him honor,
but he received their ovations as he
might havo uccepted a fat turkey as
a Thanksgiving dny g'ft. Receptions
and processions and serenades were ar
ranged for his benefit, and he acted
In no \v!s? different from the times
when his pupils had cheered him at
the commencement exorcises of the ln
stltutf. When lie made Ills farewell
speech, after a "bind of music" and
county militiamen In fine uniforms and
a torchlight brigade half a mile lons
had assembled for the "send-off," he
spoke sis "Schoolmaster Palma of
Central Valley," not aa the departing
hero raised above his old friends.
Head of the Junta
It was in 1895, while the school was
being conducted In Its usual quiet way.
that he was suddenly called upon to
become the head of the junta, or group
of m?n watching over struggling
Cuba's Interests in this country. He
let go his work In Central. Valley and
rame to New York City, establishing
himself In a dingy office down In New
street. As he explained afterward,
the junta did not derive its authority
from the Cubmi provisional govern
ment, but was a sort of self-authorized
group, of which ho was the head, with
self-awurded powers to uct for Cuba
Libre in this or any other country in
any way tho members saw fit.
When the. island was freed the
junta's work was done. Palma with
drew again to Central A'alley— and
waited. Undoubtedly he would have
been happy enough If Cuba had never
called him out of his retirement, but
when it did call ho looked upon the
summons as right and proper. Ho had
spent most of his life for Cuba, and
he was openly glad that Cub* recog
nized his Services. But he announced
at the beginning that ho would not
take the office of president unless all
the elements of the island would assure
him of their co-operation in putting
tho new republic on an honorable
foundation among: the nations; that he
stood committed to all the financial
obligations of the revolutionists, and
that, although grateful to the United
Btates^for its work of freeing the isl
and, ho was unalterably opposed to an
nexation. On this platform he started
his administration as the most popular
man in Cuba, his only real opponents
being the radicals and the Ignorant.
In Havana the president leads a life
that in as simple as that he led at
Central Valley, except for the com
plications nocessarily attendant upon
the conduct of his duties. Although
his official residence is the aame palace
that was occupied by the Spanish cap
tains-general, ho will endure none of
their display or formalities. In this re
epect he hag been a disappointment to
certain cla«so.« of Cubans, who like
"Boclety't and remember Badly the gay
days of the old regime. If In In clof
erence to this . element, largely, . that
President Palma consent! to have a
■ingle aid accompany him on public
occasion!, and to b«deck htmielf tn a
military . uniform on which practically
the only decorations are the gilded to*
bacco leaf and sugar cano adopted us
the emblems of the island. ; At flrat the
.president objected even to that 'much
dlui'Uiy, but hl» uUvUcra Ilimllv ure
vailed upon him to humor the national
liking for pomp to a limited extent.
When the Spaniards held the palace
it was filled with fine furniture and
gorgeous decorations. These ■were re
moved during the American occupation,
when plain furniture from America
factories was Installed. Today, though
the interior equipment has been im
ported from Europe, and is of the best
quality, everything Is simple and unos
tentatious—as simple, almost, as the
mnstor of tho house, who hires his own
personal sorvants and receives from
the government treasury only such
funds as are needed for tho official
side ot the establishment. • -'•'4
His American Customs ' /
Office hours with the president are
as long as the worklngman's day—
and not tho eight-hour variety, at. that.
Arising at six o'clock, Mr. Palma (or
Senor Palma , as they call him in Ha
vana) goes to work soon after finish
ing his breakfast, and ho does not stop
working until late In the afternoon. In
tho middle of the day he nelthor eats
a heavy meal nor Indulges in a siesta,
after the custom of the Cubans gener
ally. He learned In America, ho says,
that light lunches were best, and that a
busy man could not afford to waste
a large part of the afternoon.
Another American habit that has
clung to the president Is that of observ
ing Sunday. On that holiday, observed
by the Islanders as an occaslonfor mer
rymaking, ho never goes to a theater
or a bull tight, nor does ho receive
callers or transact business of any
sort.
"It's the only day I have with my
family," he explains, "and I like the
American custom of staying at home
one day In seven."
The presidents summer home Is one
of the houses formerly used as of
ficers' quarters in what was and still
Is called Camp Calabria, about an
hour's ride by trolley from Havana.
Mr. Palma travels between this simple
residence and the ■ palace daily on a
private car which takes him' within
two blocks of the office, and ho walks
the two blocks. It was while he was
on the private car that an abortive at
tempt was made two years ago to kill
him by the placing of a spike In tho
rails, where the track crossod a high
bridge.
Senor Palma Is In the first year of his
second term as president, having been
re-elected by the Conservatives In tho
spring of this year. That the Radicals
have grown ■ strong enough to father
even an embryonic revolution against
his rule, is evidence that his grip on
the public favor of the young nation
is far less, firm than formerly; but if
the cablo dispatches, are to be relied
upon, there still remains In the island a
majority enthusiastically in his favor.
Among the Influential men of the ma
jority, It is recalled, aro not a few of
"Schoolmaster . Palma's boys"— boys
who were trained In the country school
at Central Valley and later returned
to thq land of their fathers, all devoted
to the Interests of tho kindly teacher
who played the part of foster-parent
to them during their absence from
Cuba.
A WHIBPER
"I love, you, dear." High In the tree
That spread its sheltering broncho*
near,
A song-bird thrilled an ectasy.
"I love you. dear."
The gray mtst rose from hill and mere,
But no rain fell for you and me;
And all our sky was bright and cleur.
'Tls sucli a happy thing to see
The sunshine thruugh the clouds iip
pear.
When Bdiiiw One whispers tenderly,
"I love you. dear."
.—Florence Josephine Boyce In August
. Llpplncott's. ; ,
Kicker— Has Hubbubs been success
ful with his garden? , .
Bocker— Yes; I think he must have
raised enough cubbage to smoke.— New
York Sun.
Pi-Ones amdl . Ficlk-Ups
Waspish
Tho waspish waist Is coming back
To change a girl's position:
So pretty soon the hour-glass maid
Will be in style. Must we be 'fraid
She'll have a waspish disposition?
A farmer is said to have swindled a
lawyer in St. Louis county. The rural
free delivery of mail seems to have been
a' great educational factor.
1 If you are built right, you can look an
honest man or pure woman squarely In
the eye. Can you do it?
That Chicago doctor who advises
women to smoke. In order to counteract
the injurious effects of tea probably has
a remedy up his sleeve to cure the in
jurious effects of smoking. . ..'-'/.-^
Some people complain of the yellow
ness of certain newspapers, but they
are not uny yellower than the people
who read them want them to be. Don't
kick; quit.
Proud of His Country
Uncle John Mathows has got ■ the
finest male calf In the country of which
he is justly proud.— Marlon (Ky.)
Record.
Isn't this scheme of the Y. M. C. A.
to teach Esperanto close to lese ma
jeste?
The entire police force of Tonopah
has been fired. A new man will be
hired "at once. • ■ '
Wait till those Frenchmen who
hissed his Blue Grass Belles hear from
Col. Henri Wattersonl
President Palma might Invite Weyler
over for a spell.
A magazine asks: "Does It pay to be
beautiful?" If "it" is a homely woman,
she does.
The Thaw family Is to leave Pitts
burg.. That'll help some.
A new rope factory has started in
Texas. For cigars or lynching mu
tei-lal?
Real Spelling Reform
I don't much approve of this spelling re
form.
That is, if yoirflgure It broadly; < - '^
My mother tongue suits me as well as
■ tho next; "„ f "
I think that the changes are tawdry.; ' <
But I will admit that In minor respects
Some changes In spoiling are needed;
Not such as our Teddy would order us -
make— >
They're not the reforms I've conceded.
What I want Is simplified' cognomens;
such
As changes In May mo uiiil Huyde;
With Maybelle and Kdytlio and . Daysyt
and Mac, ■ <
And Olyve and Bessyo und Mayde.
If Teddy will tackle Buch fool things as
this.
And. leave our fine language Its station;
He'll win the import of conservative folk.
And earn people's thanks o'er ; tho
nation. -W. H. O.
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