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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18. 1902.
Ths Elks ' have fairly captured Salt
Lake,"fid when they leave, that jrtty
will look aa though It had been de
horned. :.
T erv hai been "All hall to tha
King" And yet what Edward VIL
would undoubtedly prefer la to be' short
-: on hall and long on reign. '
; .v.u l. ......
-The breese that interested Senator
Mitchell when ha rwrtyedi home ha
grow Into a cyclone. He slrouid htint
the cellar, or go Into executive session.
Uncle Sam might jt well take In HayU
and be dona with it. A warship haa to
pa kept there all the time to protect our
Interest.: -, Why not throw her a line
and tow her over to the Tortugas?
i.j.i-.-..,) m
' Thar la aomethlng the matter with
Charley' Stilton's, 'Senatorial boom. II.
W. Scott pronounoea t rlty philitla,"
while Senator Mitchell thlnka It needs
an operation tor,; appendicitis, and Jack
Matthew ust calls It colic.
X)r. Doyen of Paris cornea to the front
with a serum warranted to destroy
i staphylococci, the microbe responsible
: for boils, carbuncles and such. Senator
Mltchell 'should" keep a barrel "on tap
until the cffloes are peddled out.
..Jf he twis and Clark Fair committee
ars really making any progress toward
getting a SltQ in sight the patient but
' long-suffering public will feel grateful to
said committee if it will Just drop a hint
as to tha direction of its advancement.
' Portland's former "Ames" does not
. seem to be the chief Of Minneapolis' pre
' sent desires. That city has the proud
distinction of having' a Mayor. who re
sides In Indiana, and promises to ."never
corns back."
Commissioner of Iriternal Revenue
Yerkes has decided that palm oil must
Dot be used in making- oleomargarine, be
cause it is "offensive la taste and color."
This Is .what tha "oleo" bill was fori
' t prevent the public being deceived by
, Its similarity to the cenulne article, and
' the decision is sustained.
' ' Bryan, In asserting he will not be a
Candidate for President, neglects to men-
tioa the name of the person whpm lie
thinks would be a. trood leader for the
; Democracy, though he may get dowtt to
sit (n the course of time by elimination.
' Cleveland, Gorman. Hill and everybody
, etcept himself and the unknown are al
: ready out.
' t Denver has a moral fit on that may
become serious. Her latest act of ex
treme morality was to exclude Mark
Twain s book, "Huckelberry Finn" from
the Public Library. There is surely
; -something the matter with the microbes
.that sej them for brains. Mark Twain,
s criticised and condemned by the lltera-
i teurs of that crimson-curtained village,
' la too tragical for a farce, too farclal
v,' for m tragedy.
i V"
Astoria's newspapers know how to rea-
- son from cause to effect and also from
effect to cause. One of them recently
said; "Fishermen complain of having a
portion, of their neU stolen while drift
lut at night Many Oreekj ftahermen
com up from California In the spring,
bringing nothing with them. When these
wu flshertnen return at the end of the
eason. each one owns a net" Good,
logic plain tnferetiee
r , A WORD APOUT OURSELVES.
' , The Journal under Its new . manage
ment Is receiving a cordial reception
fromths people of Portland and Ore
ton. " lu circulation l grood and getting
Httar all the time. It is-Increasing; at
the rate of 50 subscribers a day. The
Interest in the paper ' Is .extraordinary
the good wil(. expressed toward It is ex
hilarating. WiUiln a few weeks The Journal will
be better-equipped with new machinery,
through which it cah be enlarged and
improved. New features will be added,
as the- number of the pages of the paper
Is increased.' Tha Journal hopes to be
come a valued medium of Information j It
hopes to deserve the support of the peo
ple of "the Oregon country." It will
never be satisfied Wlth Itself; It will
ever try to accomplish more and more.
In making The Journal a newspaper
fit to go into the homes of any and all
the people, the boys and girls even are
not to be forgotten. There are to be
paged for them, pictures, stories and
pmzles. But maklqg a newspaper take
time. It cannot- be accomplished In
day, a week, a mapth or a year. How
ever, thore is room for hope In con
nectlon with The Journal. It started out
tg.grpw Into a newspaper and it means
to fulfill Its destiny. The progress made
so far-iis not much, but It is enough To
Justify the JClalm that The Journal haa
come to st'ajy; come to help make a bet
ter Portland and a grander Oregon; coma
to assist to build up, not to tear down
come to lift and not to lean.
The Journal appreciates the support
already accorded it and welcomes more
of the same kind.
' " is
ITS OWN. VALUATION.
Governor Taol-ct Montana has taken
the Northern Securities Company at its
own word, and recommended that the
properties' of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Railways be assessed
132,800 per mile. It would be an increase
of SCO uer cent. The State Board of
Equalization, while -not raising the as
sessments to the figure named by the
Governor, did increase It 188 per cent
The reason for Governor Toole's recora
mendatior and for the raising of the
level of assessment was the actjon of the
Northern Securities Company In listing
this' Northern Pacific and Great Northern
at laS.SOO per mile, and guaranteeing the
usual rate of interest Upon the stock,
or practically doing so. The Governor
merely takes - the merger concern at Its
own word, at which no one may Justly
complain. And, as to the valuation of
tha sectiritlesjriipraenting",the roa'dr the
most brlfllant -as well as most profound
financiers of the World jwers at the head
of the merger company.
In all likelihood the companies would
be willing to pay their full share of taxes
were they free frpm the exactions of
politicians and grafters who utilize power
reposed In them by the people to compel
tribute from the rail lines lest oppoai4
tioa legislation- b enacted.
As It is, however, railroads seldom pay
so much as they should toward the sup.
port of government their properties be
ing usualy listed at much less than It
should be, when tha value of their fran
chlse is taken Into account
Governor Toole ...h&a.. Adopted a novel
method that should, be more acceptable
to the rallroaa- men than the practice
to permit too low assessments and then
at the same time levy tribute for the
private uses of the dominating pollti
dans.
The community family.
Activity In civic Improvement is no
ticed among the women who compose the
clubs. They are determined that they
will exert influence, not only In the fam
ily at home, but In the larger family
that constitutes the community. And
they are accomplishing something.
The present movement for the better
ment of social conditions would mean
little were the women subtracted from
the active forces. Those who compose
the clubs are giving- warrant for their
organisations by setting on foot meas
ures that make for the elevation of so
ciety In every manner, and only cynics
who see not the real merits of the clubs
will fall to admit their great . value.
Portland, will some day appreciate
what these club women are doing. They
are creating public sentiment. They are
euurating the people. They are holding
up ideals. Some day the people of the
city will wjint to attain those ideals, and
will proceed- to do so.
AN EVIDENCE OF GROWTH.
Evidence of the rapid growth that haa
Occurred cn the North Coast Is to be
found in the excellent service that is
now given by the Northern Pacific be
tween Portland and Seattle. four trains
a day are running, each one furnished
luxuriantly, with all niodern appliances.
The running time is fast, and business
men may pass between Pbrtland, Tacoma
and Seattle at the maximum of con
venience. -
It lsot long since there were only one
or two trains and these of old-style
equipment .Th alteration In the condi
tions is evidence that the North Coast
has evolved from the crudities of pio
neer life to the status of settled com-,
munlties. demanding and supporting
railroad- service) as food as any of the
East, for theras are few trains beyond
the Rocky Mountains that are superior to
those tunnlngr bo j; tW 2ctland8eattl
division of the Northern Pacific.
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POLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL
DISCUSSION BY EXCHANGES.
TRUST EVIL A PRESCRIPTION.
The New York Journal of Commerce, a
newspaper whose conservatism ' will not
be questioned by anyone familiar with
Its policy, does not believe the monopo
listic combines are helpful to the people
or to the commerce of the country,
While there may be no need for ''radi
cal legislation," says that Journal, "there
Is, nevertheless, u class of abuses con
nected wtth the trust system which call
for prompt and thorough correction.'
These abuses are those resulting from
special legislation in the form of tariffs,
patents, public franchises and reckless
corporation laws. Monopolies ,Jae, been
thus fostered and the people fobbed of
their rights. Add to this special legisla
tion the Inefficient enforcement of such
sane laws relating to corporations as we
haVe, and we find the chief causes of
trust'evlls.
The laws relating to corporations must
be readjusted to the new conditions;
there must be a withdrawal of special
favors and privileges. A policy of de
struction and one leading to public
ownership would be about equally ca
lamitous, In the opinion of the Journal
of Commerce. Ten suggestions are made,
as follows.
1. Protect competition as the most ef
fective prevention of monopoly.
2. Reduce the tarlfr to a moderate reve
nue basis, especially on products domi
nated by large corporations.
3. Reform state corporation laws
which now permit one state to openly
defeat the laws of another state, doing
elsewhere acta unlawful within Its own
borders.
4. Reform legislation permitting mo
nopolies based upon patents end public
franchises
5. Secure reasonable publicity in the
affairs of large corporations.
. Secure National laws against fic
tional capitalization of corporations.
7. Establish Government supervision of
real or National monopolies.
S. Enact such laws as may be neces
sary to protect small rivals from unjust
competition.
9. Compel public officers to stricter
enforcement of existing laws against re
straint of 'trade,
10. Oppose vigorously ajl legislation
leaning toward public ownership; pre
ferring Government, supervision as safer
and more efficient than socialistic con
trol. Minneapolis -Times.
THE (NEGRO. AND HIS FUTURE.
The congress of negroes which began
its session In Atlanta today Is a thing of
Interest not only to the negro race, but
to the white race as . well; especially
those of us In the South to whom, this
so-called "negro problem" Is an ever
present and vital one. It must be a mat
ter of gratification, therefore, to all,
white and black, that the leaders of the
negro race have taken this advanced step
toward the working out of their own des
tiny along intelligent lines.
What the results of thjs congress will
be cannot now be foreseen, but they can
only be for the betterment of both races
If Its deliberations are characterized by
common tense and conservatism as It
would seem, from the nature of the call
And th character -of -he men- who-have
responded to It, they will. '
Leading negroes, like leading white
men, do not entirely agree as to what Is
best for their, race, but there are certain
fundamental facts which must appeal to
the observant and conservative ones,
such as are capable of applying condi
tions as they are and who are not con
trolled by passion or prejudice, as being
the basis for whatever is done,
First Tho' absolute abandonment of the
social equality idea, at least so far as
that section where nine-tenths of their
race now llv and will probably continue
to live. Is concerned. There is a racial
law the same as would control the status
of the Indian or Chinaman in white com
munities which always has and always
will regulate this.
Second Hatred and animosity toward
their whito neighbors must be extermin
ated If the negro Is to meet with that
degree of success 'ov which the best of
the race, at ldast, are striving. It Is man
ifestly true that such feelings can only
work to the Injury of the weaker and
Inferior race. The negro, as nearly all
Individual recofca of success prove, must
cultivate the friendship and good will of
his whlta neighbors if he Is to reap the
full advantage of the opportunities that
are before him.
Third Respect for law and self-respect
must be taught and practiced If the ne
gro 19 to attain that degree of citizenship
to which he should aspire. There Is no
better place to begin this moral training
than In the schools of which members
of their own race are themselves tne
teachers. But be.tter still, though the
progress In this respect must obviously
be slow for a generation at least is In
the home. It is a matter of record that
the negroes furnish probably three-
fourths of the materia! "for our courts
and penitentiaries. And it cahhot be
said. In explanation of this circumstance,
that it is due to oppression on the jpart
of the whites; for selfish,, reasons alone
would prompt the whites, who pay near
ly all of the taxes, to wish it otherwise.
Lack of self-respect of course, brings
about disregard for law and order, t
which the average negro's love of Idle
ness and the baser -passions with which
nature has handicapped the majority of
his race have, of course, added their
share. Atlanta Journal.
CONGRESS' FREEDOM.
4 gpod. many, of tha newspaper criti
cisms of the course of the so-called in
surgents In Congress on the Cuban reci
procity scheme' seem to be lnsplredy
the Idea that they were guilty of an
unpardonable offense in. disagreeing' with
the President on that qeustlon.
Tlte Pioneer Press desires It to be dis
tinctly understood that.lt is far from
sharing in that view. .
It haa disapproved the original attitude
61 our representatives In the matter of
reciprocity with Cuba, but on yery dif
ferent grounds from ' ajjy objection to
their exercise of an independent Judg
ment on questions of national or party
policy. To be sure, It Is always very
desirable and even very important, that
the President should ' reesiv the undi
vided support of bla partjr la Congress In
any recommendation 1h? may make of
Wise and JudlelosAmeaiiures of national
policy.- But - while ne -responsibility ot
the lnitiatve In shaping) the course of na
tional 'policy on important Issues largely
belongs to the President, It .) for Con
stress td' say whether the measures he
recommends ars wise and judicious.
His recommendations are never and
ought never to b received by his party
in Congress In a snlrlt of servile ac
quiescence or of passive submission
his dictation. Ifls ths duty of Congress
and of his party' In that body to subject
his recommendations to searching soru
tiny and to th ordeal of thorough dls
russion, and It Is equally the duty of
rach member of Congress or of his party
to exercise and express .his own inde
pendent judgment as to the wisdom of
the particular measure in question.
No, member of Congress can e justly
criticised, therefore, for disagreeing with
the President in. the hopest and fearless
dlscharae of that dutv. Pioneer Press
St. Paul.
THE TRAMP. PROBLEM AGAIN.
Plans without end and too numerous to
record have been proposed from time to
time for the extinction ofs the tramp
nuisance; But Superintendent J. W,
Drown, of the Red Wing Training school
believes he hae a tifethod that will sue
ceed where other measures have failed,
At a meeting of the State Board of Con
trol yesterday. Superintendent Brown
presented a paper on "How to Reduce to
a Minimum Tendencies Toward Institu
tional Life." It was a rather high
sounding title for an essay the chief pur
pose of which was to exploit means oi
ridding the country' of criminals and
tramps. The Speaker advocated the pur
chase by the state of an extensive tract
on - which a number of cheap buildings
could be erected as habitations for vag
rants who would be sent to the place by
every Judge before whom they were ar
raigned.
Mr. Brown favored fixing the term of
service on this tramp farm at one yeai
for each culprit sent there, ten hours
daily to Me spent In hard work. Ho was
convinced that at) the end of two years
Minnesota would be rid of 90 per cent of
Its vagrant and culpably Idle population,
Ignorance, Idleness,, disease, poverty and
Immorality were pointed out by the
speaker as the causes which lead to
those social conditions that produce
criminals and dependents. All this is al
truistic. Minneapolis Tribune.'
THE MOTH AND THE FLAME.
John S. Stovehs. of Peoria, President
of the Illinois State Bar Association,
made several wise suggestions In his ad
dress af yesterday's session.
For one thing ' he urged that young
lawyers should give more attention to
law books and less attention to politics.
This suggestion will be heartily sec
or.ded by a long-suffering community.
A youtn Just but of law school should
realize that he has a" lot to learn, Includ
ing the fact that he is not qualified to
run the country. He should work hard,
study much, and resolve to make a liv
ing and a name for himself out of his
profession. But only a few law school
graduates do this.
The great majority attempt the short
cut to success. They make but an In
cident' out of the profession they have
fitted themselves for. !
They spend their time about corner sa
loons, In "back room caucuses, and In
currying favor with political bosses. They
besiege the speaking bureaus of the cam
palgn committees and beg for assign
ments. If fortunate enough to be en
listed In the spell-binders' force these un
sophisticated youths, new from college.
proceed to instruct their elders on the
Issues of the day. They work day and
night following the political red wagons.
Then when the campaign la over they
stand hat In hand under the plum tree
hoping to catoh some job. If they fail,
they write home for money and do It an
oVer again spend precious time, money.
and energy In the uncertain and danger
ous game of politics. Chicago Chronicle.
ANOTHER PIPE- DREAM.
Again the Philadelphia papers ars
printing the familiar ante-election story
that the voters of Pennsylvania are tired
of boss rule and will administer a rebuke
to the Quay gang thin fall. The men who
supported Attorney-General Elkln for the
gubernatorial nomination are full of
wrath at his overthrow, or "throw-
down," as they are pleased to call it and
the Wanamaker faction is as well or
ganised as ever. Pattison Is popular and
haa a record of. two old-time victories.
He would be acceptable as Governor to
the bolting Republicans and should get
their united vote. Senator Quay, greatly
alarmed. Is hurrying horns and there are
dark clouds all around the political hori
zon, with some few flashes of lightning.
So runs the story, but such conjfprtlng
statements have been mid4 before and
with monotonous regularity Mr, Quay
has kept enough of the recalcitrants in
line to win out by ever increasing InW
Jorltles. The same experience is likely
to be repeated this fall. St. Louis Post
Dispatch., i
THE VERGE OF PESSIMISM.
I ain't a-goln' to kick about ths way
this world-Is run;
I ain't a-goln' to kick about the way
I'm gettin' done.
I'm talkin' 'bout the sunshine and the
butterflies an' bees
An' the singin' of the brooklet, an the
murmurln' of the breeze,
Instid o" teliln' how tho- cow I bought
two weeks ago . i
Jes naeherly quit , glvin milk Which
Burely goes to-Sfiow
That human nature in a trade ain't what
It ought to be;
Eut then, I ain't a-goln' to kick about
It; no," slree! "
The times that I've been swindled, well,
they'd nearly fill a book; . .
But you'll never; hear me hint In' that my
feller-man's a crook;
The only proper way to tell my senti
ments would be
To find some language which was growed
tnslde of Mont Pes-lee
An' turn' It loose like lava fur to burn
the land neat by
An' send' up streaks 0. llghtntn' to
illuminate the sky.
I ain't a-kickin'; I jes" let my difficulties
slide.
I know I couldn't do the subject Justice
If I tried.
Washington Star.
JUST L0NGEN0UGH.
."Say, Scribbler, have, you got a pencil
to' spare?" ''' 'T"''(V'.'y-'
r'How.long do you want It?" 'J':
That's Just long enough thanks.'
books and Authors.
Current ' Literature for August ' ac
complishes the most remarkable garb
ling of facts connected with Tracy and
his career.' Judge from ths following ex
cerpt: - '" " - .-.
"Ths list of casualties brought about
sines hs escaped on June from ths Cook
County Penitentiary, in the Stats of
Washington, -up to ths middle ot Jul,
includes seven guards and deputy sher.;
Ids." .
' Ths article ft Current Literature frpm
w;hlch the spcerpt was taken was head
ed: "Ths" Strenuous Tracey." Certainly,
the writer In Current Literature has not
devoted sny very strenuous effort- to
studying ths geography of the West
Hers he mixes up in absurd confusion
the Oregon Penitentiary at Salem, ths
State of Washington and the county In
Illinois In which Chicago Is located. .
En passant let it be remarked that
the foregoing assertion in Current Lit
erature is a representative sample of the
knowledge Easterners have of the Great
West. It appears to be a very good
Imitation of Ignorance when a writer In
a representative magazine such as Cur
rent Literature tells of Tracy breaking
rrom a Washington prtaon, after all that
has been, printed hi (he newspapers since
the escape of Tracy and during ths long
search.
SYMPOSIUM ON REVIEWERS.
In tha August Critic there la a sympo
sium to which many publishers con
tribute their views on book reviewing.
G. S. Goodwin, who prepares the article,
congratulates the publishers upon ' an
open expression of their views which
have been mtsrepMsented frequently. The
Apple tons, Century Company, Dodd,
Mead & Co., McClure. Phillips & Co.,
KoUghton, Mifflin & Co., Harper & Bros.,
Henry Holt & Cc, Little, Brown & Co.
and Doubleday, Page & Co. are all
agreed that it would be disadvantageous
to the publisher t discontinue the prac
tice of sending books to the newspapers
for notice. One or two of them believe
It the best to send prepared descrip
tive notices, In no sense critical, of
books to be dealt with critically. They
prefer critical reviews because of the
publicity given to the. books. The pub
lishers find, generally, that reviews are
not written to get "ads." Doubleday,
Page & Co. say many of the best re
views they receive appear in Journals
In which they rarely advertise. Little,
Brown & Co. say that book reviews
have value according to the standing of
the paper publishing them, and the man
who writes them. Holt & Co. say that
honest and Intelligent reviews are a de
cided advantage to the publisher as well
as to the community. The Harpers re
gard reviews valuable according to the
extent the contents of a booK are sum
marlsed, whether a work of fiction or a
serious work. Houghton, Mifflia & Co.
do not like . perfunctory notices, like
bars mention, but prefer to send books
to reviewers who show that they give'
them a fair reading and consideration.
McClure, Phillips & Co. say that dis
continuance of the present custom of re.
viewing books "would be a disadvantage
almost a disaster to the publishing
business." The Apptetons think the pub
He depepds-iargeiy on thr opinions or the
critics, not only for their first impres
sions, but for confirmation of their own
views. They say they are "extremely
desirous that our books should be re
viewedunfavorably, if they deserve lt-
but let them be reviewed."
The publishers represent the most In
telligent opinion on the subject. They
certainly do not shares the view , of , -certain
hypercritical critics who write Con
temptuous things about American book
reviewers, and pronounce them' lncap-
ables, mercenary, punr-mlUs and empty
babblers. Ths publishers do not say this.
They even take the trouble to say that
they do not find In the English book
reviews; ths vast scholarly superiority
claimed. 1
TIRESMOMB INTRODUCTIONS.
The growing prejudice against the
writing of minute details of family gene
alogies at ths beginning of novels Is
driving such from the field and the ftc
tion-readlng world Is all the better for
the expulsion. Sir Conan Doyle- in his
"Hound Of the Baskervllles," recognizes
that the public Is Impatient over such de
tails, and hs starts Sherlock Homes and
Dr. Watson directly Into business and
lets their detective actlvltyspull up fam
ily history lncidentaly In the drag-net
Slenkiewlcs is notably slow In settling
down to his" story. There Is too much
tiresome explanation. A practiced hand
at short story writing can give a long
story writer some capital hints. He or
she of the long story should take space
for thw development of the thrilling.
successive surprises of the story, giving
false scents as to the denouement, but
there should be atthe beginning a sud
den, abrupt plunge into a mystery so
startling that the. reader has no other
thought but to pursue it very closely to
ths final crisis and clearing up. It should
be borne in mind, however, that inter
est can only be kept up after the first
sensation by Introducing a series of
minor shocks which stimulate ex pec
tlon. Under such treatment the major
ity of readers , will not complain if. ths
last 50 pages of the book are a little
tame and hardly up ' to the promise of
ths opening. Thus, in Dr.. Doyle's,
'Hound," few people are 'mad because
the legendary quadruped, a mystical ter
ror for ages, turns out to be a decidedly
mongrel cur daubed over with paste in
which a leading constituent la phosphor
ous.
RICHARDSON ANENT POE.
In ths Critic for August there is a
most interesting critique on Poe as "the
American World-Author," by Professor
Richardson, from his Introduction to ths
forthcoming Amhelm edition of Poe's
works. ' He, makes good his claim that
Poe stands : supreme in ths ' absolute
chastity of every word. "The Ideal Vis
ion of pure beauty, now Incarnate and
no : but it mist-figure, pallid "or rosy.
ever floated before the poet's eyes. Jt
hypnotised. Mm. ljkej a crystal ball." Ten
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prose Wether, he was ths most origi
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him "ths prince of American llteratur."
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puKf ths Inspiration of "The Raven,"
read whan a boy. That poem baa been
pronounced by leading English critics as
the most popular lyrical poem in the
world. Poe's name appears In tha lists
of the five representative libraries of
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lnt Europe his are the - only American
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leave on the mind a deflnlt result." His
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story writing. They ars masterpieces.
UP AGAINST A FAMILY TRUST.
"Owing to a Nebraska smash-up I got
left in a little Nebraska town, one night
a year ago." said ths drummer, "and the
way I came into contact with a trust
made my hair stand up. It was a
wretched town and a still worse hotel.
My room was small and ths bed was as
hard as a board. I got ftp feeling mad,
and after a miserable .breakfast I was
ready to boll over. - The boiling cams
when the landlord presented me with a
bill of 4.
" 'Is this correct?' I asked as I looked
at ths figures.
" 'Entirely so,' hs replied. f
" 'Then you ars a blamed old highway
robber.' ',.
"The landlord had three- . sons, and
when they began to mix" in I turned on
them and gave 'em soma red-hot talk.
When I stopped for breath the old man,
who turned out to be a Justice of the
Peace, sat down in his chair and calmly
announced:
.-"'Hear ye I Hear ye! I how declare
this court duly opened. James, have you
any business?1
"I have," replied his eldest son, who
announced to ms that he was a Constable
and that . I was under arrest He then
made a charge against mo, one of the
other brothers testifying as to my langu
age, and His Honor fined me H0. As
the third brother hadn't taken any art,
I turned to htm and. sarcastically asked:
"Whers do you com. ln?' ' . ' i
"Mer he replied. ; Oh,(Tin the Town
Marshal, and as you are evidently a
desperate character I shall have to lock
you up for a couple of days and then
run you out of town.' ,
"It wasra nice little" family trust- you
see," smiled ths drummer, "and I couldn't
beat It ; I was looked up for 48 hours,
but I had' to pay the 'hotel bill and the
fine, and when I was set at liberty and
got my " mouth open to say something
else the jailer laid a hand pji my,, arm
and whispered i - . .j . , , ,
" 'Don't do It I am ths old man's son-In-law,
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he'll make your t stop 20 days.." J
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The average woman pretends to bs
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