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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18

faltling sefunben bate, 1T in rDmts
fder 3eit elmer 70 t~iefsebenben 3eritOs
rung anbeimgefu1en, bab Der galdIt
oes priamos fir INNER Der Meni9z
beit berloren gegunsen lit. Sbgleid
er einen betrG6tli9 rei9eren @runbs
rib sebabt baben pirb als bic @pbns
bdllIer, bat bod Elm @stTt patriardds
Iii6er @infa9Geit in benz bomerifden
Sroia geipaltet. Nur bic gu iener 3ett
ben a9diIden SiirIten et9ene @orliebe
fir f90ne, feitgefiigte 8urgen tbeilten
aud bic in Sroid sebietenoen !Serrs
f6er. @e6r 5utreffenp preiIt besbalb
Somer bic auBerorbentli9 Iorsfdltige
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18
Quaberfunbdmen Der . IT.
Ii6enS d lie n bale oeS
It6end Se3trts.

nur nod 1pdrli4 erbaItene MauerreIte
BtnDeiien.
@ber i6on in benz folgenoen 3eits
raum bon ungefG9r $500 bis 1000
Icudtete Sroia Die 3eit feines eriten
@lanSes. 9a !Seinrid S4liemunn
Die prGbiitprii9e Burg biefer 3peiten
S6t9t fir bas bomeriide Sroia belt,
bat er i6r feline beiunoere @ufmertz
fdmteit Sugepunot unb iie fat in ib=
rem gan5en umfung ~freigelegt. Sin
peiter Wauerring, bur6bro6en BON
Harlem Sboren unb perItdrtt ourd boz
Re Sbirme, umgub OieIen nit %itattliz
den prppplGen sei9mIdten SIP Ell
nes pra6tliebenoen SerrI9ers. Nls
cine uneebsure SeuersbrunIt Die Burg
nit ibren GebGuoen Oerf1lang, bes
9ruben ibre itiir3enben Mauera aud
einen She'll ibrer @olbI6dBe, bic erIt
S6liemann aIs ben fog. S6aB oes
9riamos pieber an bas SugeSli6t
beben iplte.
Die brei folgenoen, etrpa nit benz
s3eitraum BON 200 Biz 1900 Dor SIR.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18
Sroia INTO Slion.


Rad Der i'm Sabre 1894 erfoIgten
gliidli9en 4ufoedung Der Burg oes
Priumos bur9 prof. Or. @ilbelm
9Orpfelo bat bic pielumitrittene tros
janifde Sruse i6re enOgiiltige 2OIung
gefunoen. Neun perIdiebene Culture
f9i6ten liegen nunmebr in ben gu eli
net S0be bon so SUB uufgetbiirmten
S6uttmafen bes 8~urgbiigels BON
9ifarlit in Der Stdmdnberebene tldr
su Sage. guf Ieinem llrbooen battle
in bunteln, fernen, hts ettpu in bic
erite SGlfte oes britten Sabrtau'enos
bor gbriIti @eburt auriidrei4snoen
Soften elm frieoli6es @Olt9en feline
f4Iidten, spn einem Ringtuaa umgez
benen WobnitGtten erri6tet, uuf bic
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18

= 8iberfpru6. Iifter gum
3eugen): Was fir cine Stelung neb=
men sic BEL Sbrem Meiiter elm? 3eua
&c: Sd bin Der 9lltgeiele. Ri6ter:
Sinh sic berbeiratbet2 3eugs: gtetn.
i'd bin Sunggeielle.
= 3ootp9tf9es Golontdls
tpaaren : Commits: Die S9lungenz
bGnbigerin aus benz Cirrus pertebrt
ieBt nit mir. rWobt aus Gollegialts
tGt?" rWieio benna - FRA, Su biIt
ia bod Sdringsbdnbiser."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18
Der rDmi9 en- % a f.
erGeitungO BON Slton.

S6pierigteiteu erlpuGien aus Dem in
ben Ret9sn Der Irbeiter piitbenosn
YIaloriafieber, ods Iel6t Die niIienz
i9aftIiden Mitglieoer Der Expedition
ni3t perItpute. 2t6er Der 6in6ltd
auT bas begeiiterte 3ieI IpOrrte INNER
wieoer gu ben bo4Iten gtntreagungen
an, 70 BAT. als enOli3 Der SputtU aus
Der 6anO gelegt lueroen ourfte, Die
btiligs, BON ben SsloenIieoern 6or1er3
gsfeierte Slios i'm SonnenIidt oe5 Sdz
qe5 frei ppr aller Mugen lag.
lleber eiren i%tartsn, nab iunen pm
elmer breitsn Strabs umgebsreu
IIaIerfraas itieg tie tsrraFsnf6rmig
gum @ipfel oes Siigels empor, Der
emit ben 9OluTt os3 &0nigs rug. Die
sIpeife SerraTeumauer tr0nten gum
Sbeil erbaltene Wobnbdufer, bon be-
rcn ems Der ftattli9ersp Dieletht fir
oas bes Settor argsIe1en peroen
oiirfte. Mit einem ti:fen, fpsiten Sddl,
ben cine baIbsebcdts @orhors nit of'
fenem Sof beIebte, sntipri6t cs tpe'
nigItens BURDENS Der S@iloerung
S>mer's. Der Mittclrdum Der Burg.
- cin Mesdron nit ieinen yleubaus
ten binrei9enrer 4lab 81 ieiner @nt=
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18

- Soppettsr g run b. ,Wdz
rum magit On ben Miiler etgentli4
ni9t ais 3utiinftisen2" - nNun, err
items bat er Elm guge aus @tas uno
5lpeitens i9aut er nit benz anoern
Quge am Iisbiten ms 9las!"
- 3 erbosbafte @atte. =
Suneer G9emann: Nein, tpie bic 3ett
perfliegt, ipsnn man gliidli9 berbeira'
tibet 1T. Sente Dir, beute iinb's i4on
orei Mpnute. baB Der Snopf abeeriI.
fen lit, Der bier an meirem Rod
feblt!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18

- ebertrumpt. - nMein
Sunge bat Oitern cine YrGmie BON 20
Mart getriegt." n0us 1T me rette
9umperei. Quf meinen bdtten lie
i4on nal cine PrGmie BON 1000 Wft.
9eieBt."
= 9erser It reute b us
BE. 9ait (nadbem er bas ReItaurdnt
perlafen bait: 60 Elm Bed, neben met
mem Stubl hing Elm punperbar neuer
lleberSieber. . uno nun babe i'd IN
Der 3eritreutbeit meiEen etSenen ansss
aoaen!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18
Jam E: 0arf id bic Ssrren

Oame: Oarf i'd Die 9erren
matchmaker betannt maiden: Serr
Smith aus 4uitralien unb Serr
9rptpu aus amerita! Die Serren:
Dir fennen uns bereits. Dame: DID,
oas liegt ia audi nabe beieinanber.
- Stimmt. Mutter gum Sobz
ne): gtber, lieber Sarl, in bieiem gu
itanoe tommIt Oh na9 Sauie, tpte
IiebIt Oh aus? Sarl: Sa, liebe Muts
ter, tneip' 9u nal 10 Die i'd, bann
po1en mir nal Ie9en, pie Sein 3us
Itdnb ausiiebt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18

9autengruppe bon impofunter Dir>
tung uno ruff bur6 bic S9Onbeit Der
Details unb bic retfe @lteoerung Der
Mta1en aud in rein tiinItleriI9er Be
5iebung einen bD9ft pornebmen uno
harmpnif9en Ginorud berpor. Neun
srobe 9prtale uno GingGuge permit
tsIn bon auben ben btretten 3usung
gum @otts5buuie. Sauptbau unb @ez
m%sinbebuus tperoen bur9 einen groBen
Sempel6of O%oneinanber getrennt, in
ben man bur9 cine breite 9urdfabrt
selanst. 8prbaqen, Sreppeu, Ibleges
rdums ftnb in ausreidenber uno pruts
tii6er Detie oprseIeben, pie aud bic
gtnlage Der 8pripnagoge 'als cine
bur4uus 9iinItige be3ei4nst tueroen
mub.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18

- l1ngaGant. Sunge 6ruu
Ole duf einem 9ute in Der CONNER
FriI9e MARI: yOente Dir, Morgens
babe i9 INNER bas Sutter fir bic
S6peine seto4t!" = Mann (topfs
faittelnb): so Elm S9pein fribt
bod rein ules!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18

Simmer 9 ei9Gftsman n.
Isle slauben, baB meins 6ruu bat
mitbetommen $4,000 Mdrt?! 30
finb sic uber i'm Srrtbum! Die Ntits
gift buben fe mir eutgeIdrisben unb
nit Der SO9ter baben ie mid beIas
itet!!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18
Il.

Spfer einerRun It.
rSStrr Gommsreienrutb, parum 1T
benn bic 9srlobuns Sbrer Sodter nit
benz Neutrality-suspicious. 5uriidsegaus
eeu2" - rSebr :infuhl 9lIs i'd prOs
ben Ieinss &Onnens perldngte. bat mid
Der unpsri6dmtc Wteni4 tarittirt!~
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18
o o!

SIM Sbeater. clara: Run,
gmmp, fpis bat Dir be 7hmadt Der
SGugsrin 5rGulein 9rsen in Der leBs
ten Scene Der neusn Oper gefaaena
@mmp: Nd, nidt Defenders; metne
5rsunbin Grna ma6t es gu SauIe bel
natiirli6er.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-02-18

Sn Der 8unt tel
lung. Sic (por einem bo6moosrRen
9ilOs): sd mD9ts %tuiiien, purum lie
bies Bib bier dufgebGugt buben!" =
@r: oSsbenfals neil + ben SiinItIer
ni4t srpii4t habenl"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
She Never Lost Money.

Two ladies met the other day and
began to talk about their servants.
4 cant trust nine" said one. I'm
actually afraid to leave the house for
fear something will be stolen before I
get back"
Why don't you lock everything up
and take the keys with you?" asked
the other.
I do lock all my closets and draw
ers, was the reply, but it's too much
trouble TO take the keys with me. Be
sides, I hide them in an excellent
place"
'Where?" asked her companion.
IN my box Of candy on the mantel-
piece" was the answer.
No wonder you're robbed" ex-
claimed the other. why, you couldn't
have chosen a worse place, for your
servants are just as fond Of sweet
things as you are, and your box of
candy is the first thing they examine
sfter you leave the house. Now, l
hide my keys in my work-bOx. for I
know that my servants have a horror
Of work and that they will never thinR
Of going near it."
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
The AlligatOrS of Canada

Among the most common sights in
the streams and lakes OF the Cana
dian lumber country are alligatOrs.
One cannot go up river IN the woods
without seeing anywhere from two to
half dozen Of them lying on the
banks or floating in the water.
Nobody hunts these aIIigators, and
there is no instance known Of their
attacking anybody. Indeed, the lum-
beTmen swim around right alongside
Of them, and generally there are from
one to three lumbermen sitting on the
back Of one alligator.
The fact is that the Canadian ALI
gator is not a reptile, but a boat-and
a boat as queer in the world Of boats
as the real alligator is queer in the
world Of reptiles.
The Canadian alligator boat is an
oval, fat thing, with q small boiler
and engine bOlted to the deck, without
any deck house or other structure
over it. Two spideFy iron paddle
wheels on the sides do the prOpeIling.
They look funny enough plunging
along, with the skeleton wheels pad
ding Ike mad, and a great raft be
hind them; but the funniest part of
the alligator is not seen till the craft
happens to get to a shallow place, or
till it becomes desirable for some rea-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
Cruelty of Ancient Law

sentence Of penance or peine,' an'
was pressed to death.
Blackstone thus describes this pun
ishment: That the prisoner be re
manded to the prison from whence he
came and put in low. dark chamber,
and there be laid on his back on the
bare floor, naked, unless decency for
bids; that there be placed upon his
body as great a weight Of iron as he
could bear and more; that he should
have no sUstenance, save only on the
first day three mOrsels of the worst
bread, and on the second day three
drafts Of standing water that should
be nearest the prison door, and in this
situation this should be alternately his
daily diet till he died, or las ancientIy
the judgment RAM till he answered"
During the trials for witchcraft in
New England a respectable citizen be-
ing so accused. knowing that by rea-
son of the excitement of the times a
plea Of not guilty and trial would re
suit in a conviction with cOnfiscatiOn
of property. and the same judgment
would follow a plea of guilty, refused
to plead, thereby preventing a cOnvic-
ton and enabling his family to retain
his property. The court ordered that
he be pressed because Of his Obsti-
macy. The order was carried out and
the victim died.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23

By the statutes Of Illinois it is pro-
vided that when q person is arraigned
in court TO answer to an indictment,
if ne refuses to plead the court shall
order that a plea Of not guilty be en-
tered for him. If the court proceeds
to try the case without a plea, such
omission is good ground for setting
aside a verdict Of guilty for the rea-
son that without a plea of not guilty
there is no issue presented to the jury
to try. John F. Getting, in the eIev-
enth American criminal reports,
points out that under the old English
law if a prisoner stood mute and
failed to plead to the Indictment a
jury was impaneled TO determine
whether his conduct came from o.
stinacy or from a natural impeachment
According to Blackstone if the pris-
iOner was found to be ObstinateIy mute
and the indictment was for high trea-
son it was settled that his silence
was equivalent to a conviction and
that judgment and execution should
follow. This same rule applied TO
petit larceny and misdemeanOrs, but
upon appeals or indictments lOr other
felOnies, or petit treason, according to
the ancient law the prisoner was not
deemed convicted, but, because Of his
Obstinacy, he received the terrible
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23

son to warp a great crib Of logs intC
shore or fasten it to the bank
Then the alligator proceeds to dem
Onstrate why it is so named Il chug.
chugs calmly TO the bank, goes
straight at it, up goes its nose on
the shore, and the next moment the
paddle wheels cease to revOlve and
the queer boat trundTes up on land.
Then the amphibian character OF
the thing becomes visible Under the
keel Of the alligator are wooden roll
eTs. When the queer craft has been
forced as far up the bank as the pad
die wheels can drive it, chains are
run to the nearest tree and brought
back to the rollers. The engine gear
ing is shifted from the paddle wheels
to the rollers and the alligator pro-
ceeds to pull itself along over the
land
Thus the lumbermen have boat,
locomotive and a stationary engine
combined in their alligatOrs, and the
value Of such a combination can be
realized when it is understood that
sometimes they bring down RATS so
huge that they will cover a square
mile: while the distances over which
they are hOated are so great nat RATS
have been known to be three years on
the way from the far north TO the
settled country
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
The Feast Of the erafters.

The POpuIists' national committee
has struck Gil, or. stin better, has the
backing of someone rich enough TO
put up money for it. The notification
Of their candidates was held a. Coop
er-s Union, with bands and all the
paraphernalia that accompany such
meetings. All Of this cost money and
lots OF it. probably $4,000 Where
did IL come from? The Washington
Post says the Republicans are furnish
ing the money so as to boom the
POpulist ticket and draw votes from
the Democrats. As the Post has al
ways had inside knowledge CT Repub-
lican doings, It doubtless knows what
il is talking about Most Of the POpu-
list voters are honest, but some Of
their leaders have sold out to the Re
publicans in former elections, and viii
do IL again With the Republican cam
paign fund amply provided for from
the Panama deal that Hanna made
with J. PieTpont Morgan and the
RockefeIIers intent on electing ROOse-
Telt. the grafters viii gather to the
feast like a flock Of turkey buzzards
to a dead carcass
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
Drainage for Good Roads

It is instructive to observe how
steadily the feeling is growing that
drainage and not thickness OF metal
ing is the main essential in rOad-mak-
ing However much we may respect
the memories Of Macadam, TelfOTd
and other great road builders who
first led public authorities toward a
sensible method Of construction for
country highways, the fact remains
that many Of their recommendation
are now known 10 be misleading.
Their advice was important at the
time when it was given. but il is not
in keeping with the broader knOwL
edge Of the present time. gained by
careful examination OF roads built In
strict conformity with well-known
specifications Years ago the theory
Of thin roads, with a V-shaped drain
along the center, received favor.
This V-shaped drain Is as effective
both for removing the Eater and sup
porting the metsling a. side drains
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
Old Mans Secret.

Alpena. Mich, Sept 5 CSpeciaD -
Seventy-fve years Of age but hale
and hearty is Mr.. Jerome K. Four
nier OF this place, and to those who
ask the secret Of his splendid health
he gives the good advice use DOdd's
Kidney Pills"
When asked for his reason for so
strongly recommending the Great
American Kidney Remedy, Mr.. Four
nier related the following experience:
Il recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills because they cured me Of Dia-
betes. I suffered with my kidneys
for a long time and suffered terribly
from those Urinary Troubles that are
so general among aged people.
Then I started to, use Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and eight boxes Of them
cured my kidneys, regulated my wa
ter and made me feel like a hearty
young man."
DOdd's Kidney Pills make the old
feel young because they make sound
kidneys. Sound kidneys mean health
and health is the other name fOI
youth.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
Kfnship.


So like the sunset of a peaceful day
Your presence fell across my weary way
Changing each gray rock into a mass OF
gold.
And gliding all the cloud waves fold on
fold.
Your twilight spell upon me settled
down
Your softly sandaled feet touched mine.
You gently wrapped about me. and grief
fed.
For I forgot my heart had ever bIed:
No longer sobbing pine or ebbing sea
Had power TO sadden either you or me
Unto the soul those deep eyes mirrored
near.
1 fondIy told each secret wrong and fear.
And loved you more because you needed
me.
Then came the day when did chance to
see
a glistening tear upon your cheek. and
knew
with tender pity. that YOU suffered. Few
Had broken from so brave heart The
tear
Hung seIf-confessed. for 10. your sorrow.
was strangely like to mine; the likeness
Our silver iISs linked Iinship turned to gold.
Charlotte Callahan in DOnahOe-s Maya
zine
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23

and a Telford base It's cost is ap-
prOximately seventy-sevea cents per
Hneal foot Of road less than eonstruc-
ton with a TelfOrd base and two
drains, and thirty-fve cents less than
the same base with q single side
drain
This system OF construction is di-
rectly opposite 10 that advocated in
most OF the accepted manuals on the
subject, The old idea has been TO get
the water on the rOadbed Just as
quickly as possible. To accomplish
this the subgrade has been crowned
and rolled and the lower courses OF
stone are coarse and often Of cOnslu-
cradle thickness. By the new sys-
TEN OF construction the water remains
on the rOadbed and Is collected BY
the outlet drains at ifty-f0ot points.
the drainage not beng distributed
along each side OF the road, but con
csnTated at a regular series Of points
-EnEinssrinE Record
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
Tale of a Mystery

there any news about our picked
pOrkg'
Fritz Hans answered gravely,
there is news, and bad news. A
strange thing has happened. 1t is a
mystery to me-
well, Hans, tell me all about it,
said Fritz.
Fritz, my friend, it was like this
said Hans. This morning I went
down cellar to get a piece of pork for
my breakfast, and put my hand down
in the barrel. and I felt around in the
brine, and there was no pork there.
It was all gOne-a1 gone completely.
So then I turned up the barrel. and,
as true as you are alive. the rats had
eaten a hole clean through the bot
tom and dragged the pork all out
Fritz was amazed and stunned.
why didn't the brine run out Of
the hOleT he asked.
All, Fritz said the other. that's
the mystery That's the mystery"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23

Elephant Forased FOr car 70 Replace
One That DIED.

One That Died.
A remarkably intelligent elephant,
working a few years ago on new
bridge in CeylOn, had a young one to
whom she was devoted It died. and
she became inconsolable-
Formerly the gentlest Of creatures,
she grew irritable, and even danger
Gus. One morning she broke the chain
which confined her and escaped into
the forest
One night, about ten days after her
escape, the officer who had been in
charge Of her went out to lie in wait
for bears at a pond in a jungle at
some distance.
As he and his native attendant were
returning, early in the morning, the
native silently nudged him, and they
saw in the dim, gray light an elephant
with her calf making their way
toward the camp. They both sprang
behind trees, and when the elephants
had passed the native insisted that
the older one was their old friend,
the incOnsOlable mother.
When they reached the camp they
found that the truant had returned
and had gone from one person to an
other, touching each with her trunk
as If exhibiting her adopted child.
which she had evidently begged. Dor
rOwed or stolen in her absence.
Her good temper and usual dOcility
returned at. once, and her owner
blessed the8gOod fortune which had
enabled her 10 procure a baby ele
phant.-Sunday Magazine.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23

Gov. Pennypacker Of Pennsylvania
was reviewing the State militia at
Gettysburg. A young stan officer de-
scribed to him in a low voice some
unimpOrtant error that had been
made. But as to the cause Of the er-
Tor, sir" he said, that is a mystery"
Gov. Pennypacker smiled.
If it is a mystery" he said, cit is
like the picked pork disaster that be
fell two Pennsylvania Dutchmen,
Hans and Fritz
These two men bought a lot OF
picked pork in partnership. They
put 1t in a barrel, and stored it away
in the cellar Of Hans home. Now,
Hans, though a Pennsylvania Dutch
man, was dishonest The combination
is rare.
We'll, the morning after the deal in
picked pork, Fritz met Hans on the
road.
e. Good morning, Hans he said Is
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
BUTCHER WAS ONLY SCARED.
Sequel Proved That He Had Not Lost
Anything.

Sequel Proved That He Had Not Lost
Anything.
J. Ogden Armour was talking to a
group Of New York reporters about
the butchers strike.
When the butchers have trouble, +"
SAID one Of the reporters, lis it true,
sir. Armour, that the public pays?"
The meat millionaire laughed.
"Oh, not necessarily" he answered.
Sometimes, though" he went on,
the public pays when the butcher
gets in trouble. For instance:
"A butcher had cut on some meat
that had been paid for and was carry
ing 1t in from the street to his pa
irons kitchen.
No sooner did he enter the yard,
however, than big, black dog pinned
i'm to the wall. There he stood,
Jerror-stricken, until the mistress of
the house appeared
Here, Hero, behave she said.
The dog sneaked of. and the WON
IN asked the butcher if he had been
Litten.
Has Hero she inquired, hurt you
ef alp
No he replied, I kept him of by.
giving him your chops. and you just
arrived in time to save your steak -
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-23
For to Admire %

The Injfan Ocean sets an smiles
So sOf'. so bright 50 blOOmin blue
There amt a wave for miles an miles
Excep' the jiggle from the screw
The ship is swep'. the day IS done,
The bugfe's gone for smoke an play;
An back again the settin' sun
The LaScar sings, Hum deckty hal-
For to admire an for TO see.
For to be'old this world so wide
II never done no good 70 me
But 1 can't drop II If tried-
I see the Sergeants pitchin' quoits.
Fear the women laugh an talk.
1 spy upon the quarter deck.
The OFFICERS an lydieS walk
I thinks about the things that was.
An leans an looks acroSt the sea
TIL. spite Of all the crowded ship
There's no one lef' alive but me
The things that was which ave seen,
In barriCk. camp an action, too,
I tells them over by myself.
An sometimes wonders II they re true
For they was Odd-most awful odd
But al the same now they are Ger
There must be caps o plenty such,
An IL I wait III see some more
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Mikado Has Job for RooseveIt.

Mikado Has Job for Roosevelt.
The MikadO OF Japan evidently has
iaken the measure Of President Roose-
welt and knows that it is not as a
statesman. but as a warrior. that he
is valuable. According to a special
cable from France to the St LOFTS
POst-Dispatch a Paris newspaper
says:
We have It from a Trustworthy
source that the 1dikado viii ask Pres
ident Roosevelt, in the event Of his
defeat in the coming election. TO be
come cOmmander-in-chief Of the jap
anese armies in the field
The advisors OF the MikadO have
doubtless come to the conclusion that
Mr.. Roosevelt is to be defeated for
President, or the offer would not have
been made and that the President has
the offer under consideration is prob
able, but viii await developments be
fore deciding. With Roosevelt in
Manchuria there would be something
doing all the time. and if the Japs
could stand the pressure they would
either drive the Russians out Of the
East or perish IN the attempt With
Col Roosevelt in command we should
get some news Of what was trenspir-
fnE. for II would be an Insignificant
newspaper that would not have a cor
respondent On the spot. for the lid
would be on and no censorship TO de-
devil the dispatches