St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-07-21
A Few ThOrns.
There's bright sun shining all over the

land,
In Oregonl
There's a shower, too, on most every
In Oregon
There are berries and fruit for those who
choose;
And roses thst surely will ward of the
blues;
And shine that will never stick close to
In Oregon
The man who does not believe in
divorce either never has been mar
ried or else has wife he can boss.
Instead of trailing with the
trailers" last Sunday some of oir
people "hungered with the hungry
on Cones wharf.
Someone declares that faith
without works Is dead" and that is
doubtless the reason why news
paper man works on Sunday.
II Mayor Lane insists that all
oor'le:.d saloons shall abolish the
; k-workers there'll be heap OF
''me loidy fren's" shy on the stunt.
A woman would make a good
wholesale robber. She can hold up
train with one hand and grab a
purse with the other all right, all
right.
Nearly every town in the state is
complaining Of a shortage of water
The liquid with the froth on the
top continues to Ike found in large
quantities at SC per.
A common citizen has robbed the
Edison Electrical Company in New
York Of $a4o, 600. He was probably
following the silver rule Of What
was grabbed once should be grabbed
again"
A So-year-young old maid Of
Massachusetts, has sued an s5-year-
old man for breach Of promise. As
she Is a strong female sufFragist the
indications are that she prefers to
suffer" in company.
A New York editor has refused
In court to tell who gave him the
money In a bribery case. It's no
wonder he wouldn't tell; the sur
prise Of getting any money for his
work doubtless struck him dumb.
In Kansas the other day a brave
girl offered hug and two kisses to
every man who'd help her father
get in his crop. And the way every
newspaper man left his paper to be
gotten out by the devil was a
fright
A faction has been formed TO
squeeze" the theater trust. As a
great many Of the actresses have
been squeezed for years without
much injury save to the purse Of
the squcezcc II is believed that there
will he no bad effect.
Methodists now admit, according
to Rev. Il. NJ. Hill. that the church |
Is a pretty good courting place.
after all. And every preacher at
the meeting hollered "amen" as he
thought OF the time he used to
snuggle a little closer just before
the final hymn.
Ever see one of those Uncle
Tom shows where little Eva takes
care of her grandchild between the
acts and Marks doubles with the
bloodhound and Miss Ophelia goes
down and does the piano as Liza
rakewalks over the iee9 They had
one OF these down at Ashland the
other day-and all the church
ieacons went wild with delight.
Did YOU ever note the giimmer OF the
dim electric iightS
Notice how when most you need them
they are awful. awful lowp
aud the power, toe, fellow gets would
give man the frights,
II keeps iumpin' up and down. a
going swift and slowl
NJ first fellow wonders why the thing
amt smooth and steady:
He wonders why electric juice can
vary NJ at will;
iut discovers after several weeks the
currents never ready
When there using all the juice they
have To
Push
Up
here are men we meet most every day
much like this electricity;
II YOU figure much upon them you will
find you're la a mess,
When you figure on their Judgment YOU
will find them ali symnliciir.