Las Vegas daily optic., 1905-08-04
STAR EAMS.

(Kansas City Starr
Franklin: Having been poor Is nc
shame, but being ashamed Of 1t is.
The only safe way to get anything
out Of New Orleans Is TO send II by
telegraph.
Montaigne: All other knowledge Is
hurtful to him who has not honesty
and good nature.
| Were the matter left to "Nettie the
the Newsgirl' It would probably be
found that she pronounces OF News.
goil."
Kansas City doesn't dare to hope
that the things that are the matter
with the Blue Sox will "all come out
in the wash"
Senator Depew's stock has fallen so
low that II Is doubtful II he could now
even get the nomination for vice presi.
dent.
There Is this much to be said in ia.
vor OF the shotgun quarantine; II
makes up In efficiency what it lacks
in lawfulness.
| The brisk revival OF lawn tennis
In Kansas City warrants the expecta.
ton that the bicycle road races may
also be resumed.
| 1t Is taken for granted that Chaun.
cey NJ. Depew, who says he has come
home to face the music" is also pre-.
pared to pay the fiddler.
James n Doyle, the Denver million.
aire, believes that the best way to
get even with the young woman at the
telephone Central" is to marry her.
But really. what difference does II
make whether the bones are those OF
John Paul Jones or not? The nation
IS paying homage to Jones, not the
bones.
c. j. Devlin, who has been directed
by his physician to go abroad and
forget all his business worries, Is con
fronted with one Of the biggest Jobs
Of forgetting on record.
|
II may be that the members of the
New York smart set do not realize
that smart" Is word possessed o
various meanings. The Century die
| hat az
feel a lively pain, as from some irri
tating application; TO feel mental pair
or suffering of any kind: suffer evi
consequences; bear a penalty: afflic
tion.
Once when the late Shah of Persia
Nasred-Din, was guest of English
royalty, he went to see the Derby run
He noted the intensity of the enthu
siasm when some thoroughbred in q
close finish beat his field. "Why are
the people making all the noise?' he
asked. why, don't you see that So
and-So won the Derby?" answered the
Prince OF Wales Then the shah said
gravely: Were they not already
aware that one horse can run faster
than another?"
General Sherman once had occasion
to stop at country home where tin
basin and roller towel on the back
porch sufficed for the familys ablu.
tions. For two mornings the small
boy of the household watched in sill
ence the visitors efforts at making a
toilet under the unfavCrable auspices
but when on the third day the tooth
bruch nail file, whisk broom, etc. had
been duly used and returned in the
travellers grip. he could suppress his
curiosity no longer, SO boldly put the
question: Say, mister, air you al
ways that much trouble to yo'se'f?'
Philadelphia who has a country
house near his home city recently &C.
quired an automobile, ror its proper
accommodation he built barn near
his house. When the structure was
completed party of friends invited to
inspect II noticed that though quite
small the barn was a twostory build
ing They wanted TO know what he
intended 10 keep in the second story
The owners explanation didn't ex
plain. but his wife revealed the reason
for the second story. You see she
said. "the second story was intended
! for hay loft, and il was not until
the thing was built that either Henry
or | realized that an automobile
doesn't eat hay"