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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

"Do your nelghbors sing the latest
songs Of the day?' asked the landlord.
II shouldn't object TO that" answered
the sad eyed tenant; their speciality is
the latest songs of the night Wash
ington- Star
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

Chief Slaughter told us this mora
ing that one of his drivers-Tom Car
ter bad resigned. aud that Odie
Eyerton had been selected to fill the
place.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

II, T Kirby and ]. w. Kemp have
formed co-partnership in the Loan
and Real Estate business. Their om.
ces as formerly are In the Noble
Bros. building,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01
Vote for the orIos.

II the orios win the books the
ladies will place them in the public
library, where everybody viii have
free access to them and be benefited
by them. 2S-et
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

The Ladies Aid Society OF the First
Presbyterian church viii give a jap
anese lawn social at the residence OF
W. |. Cruce Friday evening, septem-
40,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

Homer Boyd, the popular news deal.
er Of the city. has moved his book
store to North Washingto treet, first
door north of the First National Bank.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01
Business for Sale.

For The reason that other business
demands my attention | offer for sale
my distilled water wagon. Exclusive
right Pays well. It's 10Th your
while to investigate.
1-tf II. V. ROBSON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01
A New Arrival

Neved-I say, old chap, you ought to
see the nine pound addition to our fam
lily that arrived last night He's
peach.
Oldwed the father OF twihs)-Well,
you ought to be thankful he isn't a
pair.-St. Louis Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

Ladies Aid Society of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church will meet
next Tuesday evening at Mrs. J. T.
Tanners in their new home in North
Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01
THE KIND YOU WERE RAISED
ON,

New crop sorghum molasses at
PORTER STAPLES,
The Red Headed Grocer. Phone 81.
1-St
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

See how Ardmore's young ladies'
look in Japanese costumes Friday
evening at Cruces. 30
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

New hats have arrived at my store
from Chicago. The ladies are invited
TO make an early inspection.
1-3t MISS COLLINS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

The newest creations in fall millin
cry have arrived. The ladies are in
vited TO come and make their selec
tions.
1-3t MISS COLLINS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01
FOR RENT.

FOR T-Three-room frame house,
Close in, corner Second avenue aud
| street, n. w. Possession Sept. /.
Moran Scott. 26-6t.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

Subscribe for the Ardmoreite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01
WANTED.

WANTED Cow with young calf to
feed for milk. Apply w. c. Reaves,
corner 9th and B streets, northwest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

WANTED-A neat Broom house.
good water, close Ia. Apply to NJ
j. Parker at Ardmoreite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-01

MISS COLLINS.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17

$65S1 33 $65S1 g
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
Hurry Along
Time
To Secure
First Choic

Commencing today annual etean.p q eur
oooT nd SHOE
We about to take
Every odd and
cases oneha,f orjatna
price. ..
THE vALUEs7 CAN YOU Ressr
THEM. ouess not, wearing
Don't delay your purchases
a..
ED. BURLINGTON.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
i!,IlIlIIIHiiiiiIlI

Mrs.A. r. Merit is circulating
petition asking the legislature to es-
tablish an industrial school for the
reform of hayward boys and girls who
fall into criminal ways. Without
such an tsinitution thee riminal youth
Of the State are confined with the har-
dened criminals and the chances for
their reform are very remote. A re-
form school would be a good invest
ment for the State. The Legislature
should give the proposition the consid-
Grafton it deserves.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17

Subscribed and sworn to before n
this 18th day Of January, 1909.
J. Doane Notary Public.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
ANNUAL STATEMENT.

Annual statement of the Excelsior
Mining Company. Of Utah doing bu-
siness in the State of Nevada, for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1902:
Receipts ... ..,s5G,34s SO
Dist -r.cl ents .$5.,56o -
Balance net gain ..l7S5 81
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
SAFE DEPOSIT Department,

OVER OHM HUNDRED BOXES beenp .s
Hank
STEEL They BURGLAR AND
receptacle valuable
terms At prices ranging according
furnished o. application.
United States and
lnang stock
sn1RAL BAnHHo BVssNnss TRAksAc-Ek
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
WOOD FOR SALE.
ANNUAL STATEMENT.

Annual statement Of the Diamond
Mining Company. Of Utah, doing bu-
the State Of Nevada, for the year end
ing Dec 81, 1902:
Receipts .... $65Sl 80
Disbursed -. $6162 so
Balance. net gain -. Alb so
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17

Eastern Oregon has asked for its |
share cf National Irrigation work. |
The Oregon Irrigation Association, !
with 400 delegates in attendance, held
a meeting at Portland last month and
adopted resolutions requesting F. A. |
Newell, chief photographer Of the |
United States geological survey, to !
begin work at once on reclamation |
projects under the National Irrigation |
law, approved June II, 1902, at such |
points in eastern Oregon as, in his
judgment, offer the best assurance Of |
success and benefit Principal Engi. |
neer Davis, who was present, advised !
the Oregon irrigationists to collect |
data and recommend to the United !
States government the sites for reser
voirs and the sections most favorable
for irrigation projects.
NIlIIIIIIA|II'i
The potato is no ionnger grown in
America without the aid Of labor saw
ing appliances. Potatoes for seed
are cut, dropped in the rows, covered,
cultivated and harvested with macni-
mes adapted for such purposes. The
American farmer can grow potatoes
cheaper than it can be done elce-
where, because he reduces the cost OF
growing the crop. These light, handy
and durable machines are now finding
ing favor in other countries, and Am
erican manufacturers are exporting
them in large numbers.
IiluHlIIiIIIiI!lI
The United States is generally re
garded as an agricultural country,
and the important part which the pro-
ducts of our farms perform in supply
ing the world with food, furnish a
reasonable basis for such belief The
report of the last census, however
shows that during the ten years end
ingwith 1900, the yalue of manufac
lures was nearly double that of ag
: riculture The figures are $4,74O 900,
) coo for agriculture and $3.50 0OO, 00(
for manufactures. But the growth OF
the manufacturing interests is nei
! Their inimical to the agricultural in
e terests nor independent of them. The
c farms of the country supplied Over
i so per cent Of the raw material uset
). in manufacturing, while the mines
and forests supplied less than 20 pc
cent. Agriculture is therefore still
= supreme factor in American prosper
+ ity. and is the foundation upon whicl
a the development of the country rests
:, llIIiIIIIniI!llll
The testimony brought out by tn
coal mine owners before the commit
tee appointed by President Roosevelt
with reference to assaults made b
a Union men against those who too
s. their places at work reminds me {
le ancient dispatches used to real 500
~ after the war, which were about q
n follows: Three peaceable white me
r. and respectable citizens Of this cou
or ty, while riding along the road, an
= being unarmed, we're attacked by ]
70 negroes armed to the teeth. Five n
d. groes we're killed and the rest csc
ped. "-Quelquofois, in Courier.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
Gun NEXT LEoISLATORA

DonoWfnn are tie Nance g ~ 0oa-
tlenea VIE win eeaSeso Ne next
Nevada Legislature:
Churehill-eeuak0. WASFea W.
liams. Rep: AssenSKDsaA TAss Doll
Dem.-Silver.
Douglas-seaass4 D1sa Daasberz
Jr., Dom. Silver: Asssab1nsA n.
Jacobsen. Req.
s~natsraI Taes. Huntss, o.
ear Graham: Assemblymen. II 3.
Wilsaa. E =, ekagzs, l. 4 1egHa.
". g. 0rsathouss, all Dem
Hamboldt-seratsr.s ~. q Pm, e. u
=. Hardin: AsssEablymsl. =. =. Riley,
6. B. ErswR, ". g. NotswsB0, Al Des>
"a.
Uursks-oeaatas, Rsbese Ratfe,;
Assemhlymea. J. ?. Aeglro2; N Dem
IA.
Rep; Assemblymsa. ]. 4. valsA Dem.
J. A. Denton, Dom. Sill; Lew 0yplus.
Ben. 6il.
! Lander-sena.or, Joe Miller, Dena,-
si'.; Assen.blymen. Robt Pohl, Benz
Sill; c. 2. Littren, Rap.
! Lyon Senator, y. D. GALLAGHER,
5, Rep; Assemblymen. n. h. WAitsaere.
Dem.-su.; J. J. VIM. Dem-sn.
! Fye-Senator. Thos. Bell, Dem.
Sin; Assemblymsn. Thos, nsCabs,
Sill.
J OrmsBy-senatoP. Wilson Brouger
lRep: Assemblymen, Henry Burling
ton, Rep; Fred Cushing. Rep; \. h
Logan. pem.-si1
Storey-Senator. Col Lord; Assem-
blymen Ed Holmes, John Kitsoa, J.
AcCourt, Hugh Trembath; al Dem.
ISL.
Senators. n. Jackson
Nate Rofl: Assemblymen, Peter Burk'
w. D. r. Graham. H. R. Cooke. p. 4
McCarran, A. D. Graham. J. =. Croa
by, J. q. Soucherau: all Dem -Sil
White Pine-Senators, sChas. Cree
Assemblymen. Joseph Jude, James r
lay; all pem.-SN,
Total Democratic Silver, IS; \,
. publicaEs, I: Democratic Silver nAio
iity on ioint ballot, IS aHoldevaY Sci
s:ors.
----%&<--
Ycu don't need 70 suffer with II
cold. Just drcp around to VIM Day
o and for q few bits You ., nxy ever
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
The State Bank & Trust Co
Carson City. Ne vada
CAPITAL fully PAID lip
DIRECTORS:

T. B. RICKEY. c. T. BENDER Ma GRO. n.
T. b. YERINGTON, r. H. PETI n LyINQx or
y. GOLDEN, w. BRAUGHER.
g. R1CKEY, PRESIDENT GEO H. MBYKRs Wen PaEsaonHr
{. +. BENDER, O.. RICHARD gAsuuuR
J. TDAvIs. CAsH1xR
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
I,liiiiNIiIIlIlIIi,

The most profound question touch
ing the coal industry is propounded
hy the Philadelphia Record. 1t wants
to krow VIVA, becomes Of the profits
The nine operators make nothing.
nor do the railroads, nor the whole
sale dealers, nor the retailer, nor the
miners. Everybody loses. and all
keep doing busi- ess at the same old
stand
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
OFFICIAL COUNT Stair FUND.-
FUNDS

state Of Nevada
cour.y Of O"~,sby. .. 5.
Reinhold Sadler. Governor.
eugene Howell, Secretary OF State.
and VIM. woodhurn, Attorney General
being duly sworn. severally say they
are members Of tho Board Of Exam,n-
ers Of the State of Nevada: that on
the 5th day of January, 1903. they
latter having ascerta!Eei from 'h%
State Controller the a;nount of mon.
ey which should be in the Treasury
made an Official examination and
count of the money ami vouchers FOL
money in the State Treasury Of Ne
vada. and found the sams correct Il,
follows:
Coin @289, 15e 21
State School Fund Securities
Irredeemable Nevada
State School
bead Seso,eee -
New. State Bonds $40, 10000
United 6 ,Ates
bonds. 500. 900 %
Total 31,80e,256 -
Reinhold SadleF
EcXen, Howe.
W. Npolburn
Subscribed and sworn to before m'
this 18th day Of January, 1909.
J. Doane Notary Public.
+! WOOD FOR SALE.
! Split pine wood, eordwod length
sold in quantity to suit patrons. Ha
never been humed. For price enQuir,
at Carscn Exchange. Il
l
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
Ii!IIjIiIItIliIIiIi,

The referendum clause in the De-
mocratic and Silver party State plat
form is in itself an instruction to the
Fusion legislators to vote for submit
ting a call for a constitutional conven-
ton, to vote Of the people, says
the Journal
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17

Ycu don't need ta suffer With the
cold. !ast arcp around to VIM Days
and for few bits You ., by every
thing to keep you warm Gloves,
mitts, caps, aul.ts, blankets, sheets.
fxrs, etc
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17
ABOUT GGOOD TIMES

There is always considerable nc
ton in the so-called good times. The
general profit is not always go great
as commonly supposed. A mans saw
ings rather than his earnings indicate
prosperity and if the cost Of living be
increased, wages must be increased
in an even greater ratio II the work
man is to feel the benefit.
1t is impossible at any particular
period to tell just how good" the
times are The wages paid for labor
do not show it, fer the increase may
be consumed in the greater amount
paid for the necessities OF life
And the extra cost of living is GER
tainly not a good indication. 1t would
be interesting at tie end Of an epoch
Of prosperity to have some skilled
economist point out what it's effect
on the people of the country and show
Who had been the principal benefciar.
les. The workingmen would probably
BE- found to have benefited but lit
tie, notwithstanding the higher wages,
and the people Of moderate means are
already praying tor tie good" times
&c co. : to an end. BAT capits lists
wl0ha,e al. eady rich, are becoming
richer: TIE - at corp ,rat'ons are re
:fmi, < r,ore powerful. aid trusts al.
Multiplying tn'., -i,.'.t the cou..t;y
-Cak:aud Enquirer.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-01-17

Statistics collected by railroad Of
ficials indicate that Horace Greeley's
advice, young men, go west" is still
needed bX some people, as 10000
home-seekers with families settled in
Idaho. Washington and Oregon the
last year, while the Canadian aPcific
transported 100000 people to Mani
toba during 1902, who settled there
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21
New Racina millionaire.

new millionaire in the racing
game is Edward II. Thomas, son OF
the late Gen. Sam Thomas. The
young man declares that he is willing
to invest 100000 in racing stable.
that he expects to win the Suburban
with Onatas, a s25 900 3-year-old he
purchased recently, and that he hopes
to pay his feed bills with what he
can win in purses. II consider Onatas
the best 3-year-old in training" says
MIR. Thomas. 81 liked the horse when
he was a 2-year-old, and made up my
mind that If ever / went into the
racing business | would buy him. Mr..
Madden did not want to let him go,
but MIR. Madden is a business man
and everything has its price. | won't
employ any fancy-priced Jockeys. II
is my intention rather to get hold OF
a good boy and train him like John
A. Drake trained Lucien Lyme"
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21

the mechanical department of an en-
gine works, and in the evenings stud
led draughting at mechanics inst-
tute in Baltimore. In 1858, Col. Peter
Donahue of the Union Iron Works.
San Francisco. engaged him as special
draughtsman and took him West. In
1862 he resigned and took up the
manufacture OF mining machinery. All
those massive engines that developed
the great mines of the Comstock were
the product of Scotts ingenuity.
After his marriage in 1863 Scott
was again engaged by Col. Donahue
and returned TO the Union Iron Works
as superintendent Two years later
Donahue retired, putting Scott In his
place as partner. The plant was great
ly enlarged. becoming the most ex-
tensive on the coast and capable OF
turning out anything from a battle
ship to a needle.
Mr.. Scott mover held a public ONCE
of much Importance except that OF
presidential elector and chairman of
the California commission to the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. He leaves
a widow and two children. and his
brother, Henry T. Scott. who is now
the head OF the Union Iron Works.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21
IRVING M. SCOTT. IMAM WHO
BUILT THE OREGON" is DEAD

Irving NJ. Scott, vice president and
general manager of the Union Iron
Works, and known to national fame
as ''the man who built the Oregon"
died at San Francisco last week.
Prominently mentioned as a candi-
date for the vice presidency on the
ticket with Mckinley in 1900, twice
formidable aspirant for the senator
ship, and for many years a leading
figure in the business and political life
of California. Mr.. Scott was a nan
whose death is regarded as a distinct
loss to the state. He was one of the
most progressive shipbuilders in the
world, and besides constructing the
Oregon his firm built the Olympia, Ad-
miral Dewey's flagship at the battle Of
Manila; the Charleston. the Farragut
and other vessels of the American
navy, and filled contracts for the ma.
vies of Japan and Russia.
Mr.. Scot: was educated at a public
school in Baltimore. finishing his
course at Milton Academy. Junius
Brutus Booth WAS one OF his fellow
pupils, and the visits of Edwin and
John Wilkes Booth to their brother
are among his scboolday remem-
brances. In 1857 he was engaged in
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21
Mexico's Change of Heart.

The report that President Diaz of
Mexico has given permission to pro-
moters to use bull rings for boxing
will give managers of champions ray
of hope for future big battles. Presi-
dent Diaz is said to have left the
matter to the governors of the differ
ent states, and the promoters have al
ready found that they can give fights
across tAe Texas line. In the past the
Mexican government has been so fore
ible about preventing invasions of
territory by American pugilists that
the new turn of affairs comes as a
surprise. 1t is proposed to hold a fight
at Juarez early in May. The name
of one of the promoters is given as |.
Grymes, which sounds as if an Ameri-
can had an interest in the venture.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21

With a view to ascertaining the ex-
act date of Adams birth. Or. Light.
foot, a wellknown scientific man, has
spent much time during the last ff-
teen years, After making many cal
culations he concludes that Adam was
born on October 23, in the year 1904
d. C. The learned Investigator has
not yet been able to arrive at the ex-
act date of Ewes birth, but It is said
that he is now graphing with this
problem. and is confident he will be
able to solve 1t within the next few
years.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21
THE BISHOPS WITTY RgsukE


New York is laughing over rebuke
that Bishop Potter is said to have ad-
ministered recently TO young and
presumptuous clergyman. This clergy
mans charge is a snail rural church
and the bishop visited IL one Sunday
to confirm some boys and girls. The
clergyman preached and at the end Of
the service complained to the bishop
about the smallness Of his salary. DO
you know. SIR" he ended. what I
will get for my sermon of this morn
ing? Six dollars. sir: only Sc" six
dollars, Is that Gll?" the bishop ex-
claimed. why. | wouldn't have
preached that sermon for 5000"
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21
Jimmie Michael VIII Ree ,ver.

The physicians in attendance on
Jimmie" Michael. the bicycle rider,
who sustained a severe fall from his
wheel while training at the suburb OF
Friendenau. near Berlin, Germany,
for the international races. say he is
progressing favorabiy toward recov-
cry.
Michael was thrown thirty feet gnd
whep picked up he was senseless and
blood was flowing from his ears. The
accident was caused by the bursting
Of tire.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21


flower and vegetable quadrille was
recently danced at ball In Paris.
While the gentlemen represented the
homcly vegetables OF everyday use,
the ladies were clad ms blossoms, the
most noteworthy being the rose. In
pink SATIN with a butterfly lowering
over her head; the heartsease, with a
violet velvet hood; tie lily. with an
arum blossom on the head and the
lnrge leaf as fan; and the sunfiower.
with a small sun-diaI on the bodice.
while the flower on the head constant
ly turned toward n huge yellow fan
Initiating the rays OF the sun. The
camellia. wallnower and violet COM
pleted the living boquet. which entered
the ballroom In . huge whsolbarrow
drawn by two gardeners.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21

Champion Corbett's first trial at the
four-round knockout game was a fail
ure. His opponent was George Mem
sic. Chicago preliminary boxer with
no pretension to class, and the best
the champion could get was a draw.
Each scored a knockdown, that com
ing from the Memsic end being sur
prise. Corbett is en- route east and is
talking some of fighting Benny Yang.
er at Detroit in June. Yanger. how
ever is tied in match with Eddie
Hanlon in San Francisco in June. so
he will be compelled to pass up the
champion. n
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21
me Latest shamrock Rumor.

tnG Latest SndfnTCCh huUiS'.
Shamrock l., Sir Thomas Lipton's
original cup challenger. will accom-
pany Shamrock III. to New York and
will be used as a trial horse for the
new boat in the preliminary spins OFF
Sandy Hook.
This is the report given out which
has set all England wondering II 1t
is not Sir Thomas intention to discard
Shamrock III. and again race the old
craft yacht for the Americas cup.
Sir Thomas has been approached
with this question for hundred
times but has in every case turned his
interviewer away with an evasive an
swer
1t is now believed by a no small
number of yachtmen that Shamrock l.,
and not Shamrock Ill, will try con-
clusions with the Reliance in the in
ternational races off Sandy Hook.
1t will be remembered in this con-
nection that in 1901, directly after the
launching of Shamrock H., the new
boat was tried out with the old Sham
rock and was badly defeated. Critics
then declared that Shamrock l. was
the superior beat of the two, and Sir
Thomas, through the newspapers, an
nounced that he might enter the old
yacht instead of Shamrock II.
Is it Sir Thomas Lipton's intention
against Shamrock Ill, and If found to
possess superior sailing power to sub
stitute her in the cup races?
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-21
Joe" cANNon's cAusric WIT.
Illinois statesman's Good Ans~cr TO
Shre~ish Landlady.

Joe" Cannon's wit is OF the rugged
western kind. lacking conspicnousiy
everything In the way OF Chesterfield
ian grace. Here is n story which IL
lustraies this characteristic OF the dis.
tinguished Illinois statesman: ON one
occasion he was breakfasting at
hotel In small country town when
he accidentally upset his coffee on the
table. The landlady commented some
what shrewishly upon his careless
ness, but MIR. Cannon made no reply.
At the succeeding meal she took oc-
caslon to say: ITS n good thing for
you that the coffee left no stain on my
tablccloth." To which Uncle Joe
calmly replied; 1T was too weak.
ma'am. You'll have TO stain your cof!
fee before you can expect to stain
your table linen. Use more beans,
ma'am. use more beans"