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ander Dowie for Aguinaldo or the Sultan
of Sulu Topeka Journak,
After ali, Montana politics appear to
be quite decent when placed in compari-
son with the Pennsylvania article--To-
peka Journal ....~.i. ..
In certain cases a sheriff with back
bone is worth more than the three
branches of Il State government-De-
troit Free Press. +."-
And now the New Jersey Supreme
Court gets into line, declaring street rail-
way franchises taxable, same as real es7
tate.-Detroit Free Press.
The mothers congress of Michigan APP
pears to have run short of mothers again,
so elected a spinSter to lead their eff
forts.-petroit Free Press.
The Mayor of Pottsville, Pa, started
out with -. ak the other day and chop
ped down the billboards that disfisured
the streets.-Denver Post.
Judging from. the action of the grand
jury. Chicago is about as congenial a
place in which to do business as Dowic
could fnd.-Detroit Free Press.
Cubas population may be turbulent,
but we don't remember having heard OF
either lynchings or Pennsylvania charter
grabs in the island.-Detroit News.
There is no greater wonder OF the
world than the marvel of the evolution
of city transportation as seen in Amer-
lean streets;xsEaaa Rapids Press
What Mi It prOft J. Pierp6nt Morgan
to g5bbe the earth? He can't take u
away with him, and his doctor won't let
him eat anything. Topeka Journal. a.
The Detroit people ought to be able TO
build quite Il creditable monument to Mr..
Pingree from the stones they threw while
he was aliye,-Grand Rapids PS:Sss ..,ar
M De Lima appears to be about the
only one who is thoroughly satisfied with
the decision of the Supreme Court. He
gets his money back Rochester Herald.
The King of England is a deuced lot
more particular about the domestic rec
ords of women acquaintance than the
Prince of Wales ever was.-Detroit
News 1-'4L. li~S}..l i '1.ESSss-l ~. Is
DR.. Dowie neglects to add however,
that he was also undoubtedly the party
that caused a sensation in natural his
tory circles by conversng with BalaaIu.
Grand Rapids Press.
Dowie has got it into his head that the
Chicago doctors want to kidnap him. 1t
is difficult to understand what they would
with him unless they wish to examine his
gall.-Topeka Journal. g.
1t seems strange that nobody ever
thought of applying to The Hague arhi-
t,.ofi into in
war between the SalvatiOnists anu the
Volunteers. Topeka Journal
If John Bull will audit his war ac-
count carefully he will see that it would
be a stroke of economy to stop the war
and give every surviving Boer farm and
a life pension.-Philadelph Ledger.
Sam Jones, the evangelist, started in
with a salary of $500 a year. Now his
income is estimated at $1,000 a month.
There is no disputing the fact that adj
vertising pays.-Buffalo Times.
Or" Dowie says he does not know
he has head That's getting nearer to
facts than anyone expected And now,
will he acknowledge that he has not any
organ except a gall?-St. Paul Dispatch.
In Missouri county a murder trial is
being conducted in the open air to ac-
commodate the attending crowds. The
same desirable facilities will no doubt be
offered the people to see the hanging
Denver Post.
All the proof necessary to convict a
murderer has been carefully arranged
and tagged in eastern Massachusetts,
and now there is but one more Formally
to observe. They must catch him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
That California woman who, on ac-
count of her children. stopped a paper
that had on several occasions printed
the word hell" should also see that
there are no Bibles lying around loose
in her home.-Denver Post.
It is much pleasanter to joke over night
clothes, sweaters, horse blankets and
bath robes in connection with the burning
of the West Baden hotel than IL would
be to make appropriate comments upon
a tragedy.-Detrot Free Press.
The great battle of the century is now
to be waged, the combatants being sci
ence and civilization against the mos
quito. The advantage Of force is with
the alliance, but. then, the mosquito has
the skill and training.-Baltimore Ameri-
can. o,. 80. ,.-,a~,,s.. .-,.. ,.. go. II
Fred Funston says that octopus steak
is the toughest proposition he ever tack
led. He was born too late to dine from
mules that had outlived their freight
wagon usefulness, as our soldier boys of
the Civil War were sometimes compelled
to do.-Denver Post. ',srl ~ 80 ND
Since his death It has been found that
the SUPP Osed-to-have-been murdered Mill
onaire William NJ. Rice of New York
has two sisters living in Iowa Both are
widows, are over 10 years old. and both
have had to support themselves taking
in washing, If Rice was not murdered
he ought to have been.-Buffalo Times.
The most wonderful story of Kentucky
chivalry ever published is that Of Col.
Jack" Chinn, the celebrated fighter who
was with Goebel when the latter was
assassinated. Col. Chinn has sworn off
from drinking whisky because his wife
asked him to. And he is a man of his
wOrd.-Buffalo Times.
In cleaning out Pekin it must be admit
ted that the allies also cleaned it ND.
They considerably reduced the death rate
and put the entire place in a very fair
sanitary condition. Civilization may ad-
vance with a gun and plumber bag, but
there is always cake OF soapoconcealed
about her persOn.-CleYegnd Plain
Dealer. ..-:-
Home is the thing men fight fo-. No
man world go TO war TO defend board
ing ho1se." This is one Of the pithy
things said by a delegate to the congress
OF mothers 1t describes the Transvaal
situation in a nutshell, and explains bet
ter than a volume Of exposition the secret
Of that determined resistance to English
onquest.-Anaconda Standard.
The luna:ic asylum twenty-five years
ago would have yawned for the man who
would have suggested railroad conbi-
nation covering 55.j92 miles, with a cap
ital Of S3,0O0.000,000 and an earning ca
pacity Of 10 per cent on that But this
is MOrgan's latest accomplishment. and.
while the figures are 50 large as to be