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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A grass widow isn't necessarily in
clover.
The self-made man is forever talk
ing shop.
Yes. Cordelia. a twelve-inch gun
can toss a football.
No woman ever starved from keep
Ing her mouth shut. s
Poorly dressed lies are as bad as
the nude truth.
Charity covers a multitude Of sins
wnen IL begins at home.
The man who wants it well done
must blow his own horn.
when a man gets loaded he begins
to shoot off his mouth.
1t is perhaps tho money OF the ST.
lent partner that talks.
I. takes a dentist to fill a longfelt
want of a certain kind.
\ man may be slow and sure. but
it's different with a clock.
Il is ca. Ter to shut a boiler factory
down than it is to smut woman up.
a young widow is never satisfied
until she can call herself an ex-widow
Many girl who is proud of her
big hat is ashamed of her big shoes.
A mouse scares a woman almost as
bad as a milliner's bill scares a man.
Preaching that puts men to sleep
at least keeps them out of mischief
for a time
Being born great carries no assur
ance with il that a man will be great
at the finish.
4 good runner Is not one who Is
constantly running into debt and run
ming away from ais creditors.
A true gentleman neytr marries a
woman because she has money; he
marries her because he has none.
The young man VINO works with
one eye on the clock is apt TO have
plenty of time TO look for another
job later.
At the marriage altar a man imag-
ines he Is getting what he wants, but
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BULLETIN BUBBLES.

The burglar takes more than his
chances.
Chaperon is but another name for
a matrimonial promoter.
IL takes more than praise 20 make
the weather yane.
When the brook babbles it must be
running comment.
In a duel the minute man wouldn't
require sixty seconds.
Every speech in a good play is like
a flight of stairs-it leads up TO some
thing.
A girl who is too honest to hook
thing will still fish for compliments.
The wise hair bleacher never makes
light of his customers desires.
Two passengers in heated discus
sion do not make cold trolley car
comfortable.
But even the cobbler may not make
lasting impression at the last.
The most experienced baker may
not know a thing about Browning.
Even the home rule advocate may
tremble before his own cook
The most generous shoe dealer can
not afford to be a free booter.
Sometimes the minor theaters get
the major portion of the business.
The polecat hunter has little diff
Guilty getting on the scent
Even a loud sui Of clothes worn by
deaf mute are on the quiat
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SWEET CHARITY.

'Twa5 at a fancy fair,
Where generous souls repair
To all the philanthropic green
goods game,
And sirens charge V
For thimblefull of tea,
Having kissed the cup in charity's
sweet name.
Sir" said a stareyed old maid
Where the flowers were displayed,
Holding up a passing victim with
her glove;
Wont you buy nice bouquet
Of jacQueminot5 to lay
At the altar of the lady that you
love-"
From meditations woke
Jones as the damsel spoke,
Stammered and absent-mindedly
Tin afraid twould nor look we'll
His voice lugubrious fell
wish l dared, but I'm married
mani
e. ID. Pierson.
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vENlsoN TO BE PLENTIFUL.

yenison may soon become as com
mon as beef in the markets, and much
cheaper, unless the trust should get
control OF the produe. For II Is Just
beginning 10 dawn on some enterpris-
ing folk that deer may be raised win
less care and cost than any other AMI
mai the flesh OF which is used for
food. The idea was doubtless suggest
ed last winter by numerous para
graphs which went the rounds OF me
press, describing how herds OF 2oV
or 5000 deer at various places III
PENNSYLVANIA. New Jersey and else
where had been turned loose by their
owners because she animals were
starving in the Enclosures. If deer
could he raised 50 easily as these
grea herds seemed to have been
raised. why not breed them for mar
ket just as cattle or sheep are bred
w. T. Hornaday, director of the
New York geological park, is the first
TO formulate the idea that it would be
easier pleasarfer and more profitable
to raise yenisOn for market than / IL
10 raise mutton Indeed, sanguine
after listening to Mr.
discourse on the subject /
might even cfniure UP visions Of the
baffed and beaten beef trust being !
thrust into hankrup cy on the horns |
Of myr;ads Of Graceful bucks.
There Is ne gainsayins the fact
.hal certain snecics OF deer placed |
vithi1 largo Enclosures Increase with |
rapiditv and can be Killed |
proatahly for the market, sa d Mr.
the other day And let
me say right here that the deer in |
pres aryes are he only ones that are
in numbers AT large the |
ruthless hand of the hunter is slowly |
aytermfnating them The only saliva
ton for the species is the game pre-
sepYs /. . - - =
: WI tip game preserve aaltinatelg
yield 70. the ranch? Well that Is for |
5onleglapsilin a Industry fosdecide. |
rau only Say \ naN deerscah bei herled |
and prepared for the market cheaper |
brooklyn Eagle
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ECONOMY.

A bridge built before the war col
lapsed at Charleston last week, carry.
Ing down a number of persons and
teams. Two School children lost their
lives, and the county will doubtless
have to pay heavy damages. A little
attention on she part of the proper
authorities would have saved the lives
that were lost and saved the county
money All over the country horrors
Of this kind, or worse. are occurring
because of official neglect or over
worked economy.-Romney CIV. VI
Review.
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PAYS for Stolen Vest.

Some months ago the vicar Of Ro,
gate, Sussex, received a letter from
Australia asking him to try to find a
man In his village who bad had his
waistcoat stolen thirty years ago. The
vicar found the man and told his Aus
tralian correspondent. In due time
be received a letter inclosing $50 for
the owner Of the walstcoat. The writer
said that with the $3.50 he had found
in the waistcoat he had gained a new
start in life and was now well-to-do.
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COUNTY FINANCES.


In another column of thl5 morn
ing's issue The Bulletin is privileged
TO publish a statement of the financi-
al affairs OF Alexander county very
kindly furnished for that purpose by
the board OF county commissioners.
This statement is furnished volunta-
rily by the gentlemen comprising this
board and is made public for the
reason that the members. as indi-
viduals as VOL els Representatives
of the public watch they have been
selected TO serve, believe that the
tax payers and property owners of
the county are entitled to a better
knowledge of its affairs than mas
been enjoyed in the pas;
II has beea generally understood
for some time, perhaps, that the a.
nances OF the county were not in the
best of shape, but it is doubtful If
the extent .of such outstanding debt
as there proves TO be has been fully
appreciated
The outstanding warr5lht istled
By former county boards together
with other items and a careful esti-
mate of the expenses for the balance
Of this fiscal year. up to ths septsm
Der session Of the board. SHOW total
liabilities OF s4S. 43S.I9, against which
are estimated revenues. cas- on hand
ard otter 6raceipts aggrcgaing $50
C5GS4. or liabilities ia excess of re-
ceipss OF S22, 1865. Which means
that the county will have. next Sep
temI -r. a de8eit Of tn amount last
stated.
It should be borne in mind that
certain OF the Items Of the statement
referred % are as stated, estimate
Thy are arrived at. however, only by
taking into consideration past OK
peri snce and applying il 20 pre-snt
conditions. The net result mas be
depended upon and the realiea's 81
Alexander County nave to face iIt
fact that the county IS hurd sned with
a ne debt Of some $4,000, repre
senting considerably no-e han ths
revenues Of an entire year ON as
present basis Of taxa'ioa.
II there Is a consoling thought il
the situation il is in the fact tina. tbs
present board Of commissioners ha,
had the courage and business -ensl
20 set tradition aside and furnish ;
fun and comprehensive statement o
Affairs as il finds them. The pres
en- members Of the board are. !
should be remembered. in no va
responsible der the condition exist
ihx To-Day. Such debt as exists va
nct Incurred by the present bear
and Il Is only another evidence Of =
5r5rmen. and acumen that II d
cI.nes 10 be a party 10 conditions a
& finds them by covering up the q
e1ecesa Of precesling boards. When
fc fault lies Tie Bulletin sees a
k31 reason IN determining ct thu
Bat 4 does desire 80 50 "a IL
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STORIES AROUND TOWN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TAE aovERNoR.s wlEE.

Two men in Buffalo says ex-
Lieu, Gov. Woodruff, recently had
heated argument over the question
whether the wife of the covering OF
state had "A official. title. One man
ean uded that she should be address.
ia ae Mr. Governor So snd-So.'
ilc he other man stoutly insisted
he, She wa Simply Mrs Blank, wife
re Governor Blank Finally they
agreed 10 submit he 4ues ton to
ars, man they ehould meet. He
proved to be an Irishman, and he
was asked for a decision.
'Naylher Of yez is right, said
the Irishman, after a moments re-
hection The wife of a governor Is
a goyerneess. ".-Collier'c.
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HIS LIMITATIONS.

The petted young beauty in the car
riage looked with dismay at the mud
that lay between her and the side
walk.
Fl think ii was Sir Walter Raleigh
she said, that threw his cloak upon
the ground, upon a certain memora-
BILE occasion, in order that his queen
might not get her shoes muddy"
You're my queen. all right" re-
piled the young man in the case, but
If Sir Walter Raleigh had been a
clerk on a salary of SIS week he
would have done exactly what I'm go
ing to do"
Wbereupon he carried her to the
sldewalk--but he did it so nicely
that she forgave him.-Chicago Tri-
hume.
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cosTLIER THAN CHAMPAGNE.

Although champagne Is called the
tells in the country where one can pay
mere than ; quart for y while ou
The other hand there are hundreds Of
places whee Burgundy is sold ae
high as $50 quart At one hotel the
menu adyeitises a special brand Of
his fine wine for SIS bottle There
are any number OF Rhine wine which
cost above S. and there is a big de-
mand for them Champagne does not
improve with age as the other wines
do and this probably accounts for
the difference.
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A FORTUNATE START.

The bishop of Texas is man of
physical proportions commensurate
with fhe great diocese over which he
has charge. Leaving barber shop
one day during the recent Episcopal
convention in Boston. he lighted a
cigar.
'Why. bishop, do you do that sort
If thing" inquired tie barber.
ooh, ye was the reply, Il have
lone thai sort Of thing ever since
was welve years old"
The barber surveyed the six foot
four inches of individual before him;
tnen said:
ITS well you began young, bishop,
for they do say it stunts you. Dos
ton Transcript,
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ord to say, that the stand taken by
the present board If county commits
sioners Is one which merits and Will
doubtless receive the appreciation OF
every citizen Of this county. II is an
indication of a business admlnistra'
ten in county affairs that evidences
an ability to meet such situations ana
success fully oyescome thom The
Bulletin does not happen to agree in
notifies with the members OF tne
hoard as it is now constituted, but II
does not hesitate TO express ~ sat
lsfaction that the affairs of Aiexan-
der county are today IN sue4 wise
aud able hands.
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Sheen MAYER seasick.

l.. B. Harris of Lyndonyille, VT,
says that he lIas noted an interesting
fact in regard to sheep. He has just
imported some sheep from England
and the steamer had a rough passage.
Although passengers, horses and cat
tie alike were terribly frightened by
the heavy rolling and pitching of the
big ship. the sheep paid no attention
Whatever and contentedly chewed
their cud through all the tossing.
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preserulnn The Teeth.

q preserve the teeth in health and
beauty Is a most important matter for
thus one not only saves ones self pair
and expense. but also actually pro
longs ones li8e-the decay and loss
Of teeth being but the initial stages
Of the general breakup of the health
Artificial teeth are at their best vastly
Inferior TO ones own teeth in gooc
working order, To prevent decay OF
he latter, absolute cleanliness of the
mouth is essential
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04
Library and its Contents.

A library is like butchers shop;
Il contains plenty of meat, but it is
all raw; no person living can find a
meal in it till some good cook comes
along and says: Sir. ! can see by
your looks that you are hungry;
know your taste; be patient for a
moment and you shall be satisfied that
you shall have an excellent appetite. >
G Ellis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

The bill extending the powers Of
the interstate commerce commission
and creating a court of transporta.
zion ought t. also provide that no
member ether of tbc commission or
the court Of transportation shall ride
on free pass. The free pass Of rail
roads Is one of the most baneful infu
ences of our commercial and social
life a "a sxzzs., sss,y tls.sss. z .,s,z !
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MANY coNFIscATED GUNS.

A single policeman in this city, w.
a. Miller, has, in TWO years turned ov,
err TO the city 32S pistols taken from
the men who were illegally carrying
them. The movement of the magis,
trates and of the police to have the
offense of carrying concealed weap-
ons sternly dealt with by the law de-
serves ess.--New York World.
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE

Arthur dc Ferraris. a noted AusJri-
an artist. is touring the United States.
Baron Gautsch, Austria's new pre-
mier. began his career as usher in a
school
Thomas A. Edison says the first rec
ord taken on the monograph was
MARY had a Little Lamb.
Samuel n. Piles, new United States
senator from Washington, was admit
ted to the bar in Kentucky before be
was p.
John II. Lang.ou, manager Of a New
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Clara-"You don't mean to say you
have been out Skating all the after
noon, | should think you'd be- awful.
ly tireds | suppose there was no place
where you could sit down"
Kate-"O, yes, there were places
all over the pond; ] used them all I
guess"
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SHEARS AND PASTE.
How Nurse PRAYED.

4 don't like TO say such long pray.
ers," said little girl the other night;
II want 70 say nice short ones like
nursey does
What Kind does nursey say?' in
quired her mother
20 she just says, %, Lord. why do
! have 10 gei up, ="
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Its Vocal impeachment.

Mrs Highmore Cat the opera)--
ISM II marvellous how music speaks
to one, 1t has indeed a language OF
its own!"
Mrs. Gaswell-"Yes, but these sing
ers humble their words so that half
the time you can't understand bit of
IL I"
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a Candid onlnion.

An elderly workingman married a
woman quite remarkable for her OK
rene plairness, the attraction helms
ser money. Soon after his master met
him and said. well, John. I hear
you are married; what sort Of wife
have you got?" Wei. master said
John "she IS the Torres bandiwor'
lrf 7 carra say she's his ratrr
Har
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

Mr.. Joseph Pulitzers school Of sour.
nalism is nos to BEG established Until
after his ,death,-An theFmsantinss Tho
newspapers of fhe country will try I'd
get along with theNbest of all news.
paper men-the natural born ones.
A newspaper man is like a poet-he
is net made
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Takina No Chances.

81 don't know whether you are my
husband OF a burglar" she exclaimed,
"but ] am going TO be on the safe
size and shoot As he i9y on his
cor valesccnt bed he no longer claimed
that women do not use judgment
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

Those Colorado hand writing ex.
pens seem to have been suffering
from strabismus when they looked at
those Democratic ballots.
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pYsneptic Finance.

First Plutocrat-"I'd willingly give
a million dollars for new stomach :
Second Piutocre.-"Id give two
millions if could get along without a
stomach at ALL
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

All Illinois Central, Mobile & Ohio
and Cotton Belt trains arrive and Ie
part form Central station, corner OF
Second street and Ohio street.
All Big Four AID Iron Mountain
trains arrive and depart from the
Union station, Second street and Con
mereial avenue.
Mail may be deposited In the box .
the transfer station. located at Cen
trail station, 20 minutes before the de
parture Of any train.
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WavIaid.

Guest-"This is the fourth time
I've rung for ice water
Dellh0y-"I know it, sir. but the ho-
tel is fun Of people that we're at that
same banque-. aud every time ] start
ed down the hail 30 your room some
body reached cut AMI snatchod the
pitcher
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The above is correct statement af
HE circulation CT the Cairo Bulletin,
daily and Sunday, for the year 1904
and for the month of January, 1905.
CLYDE SULLIVAN
Business Manager.
SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me
this thir.y-first day OF January, 1905.
r. l.. GILBERT.
Notary Public
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Special Watch for Naval Deserters.
In naval ports there are special POI
licemen engaged solely TO search for
and arrest deserters from the navy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

The infant began crying as soon as
the visitor arrived and continued to
vail for some time At last lis nam
ma said.
Please don't mind the baby"
If you would mind It. suggested
he guess, maybe I wouldn't mind it,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

A Chicago man named Damn has
applied 10 the courts to change his
name. II would be Damn humiliation
II the relief should not be granted.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

Harry Boulton, who died in Cleye
land recently, hired John p Rociselel-
Ter as a carpenter when he once was
foreman in railroad shop.
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Her Trus

She has a perfect trust IN you,
She SAYS said Angelina
Mrnopolize me- cried Hugh,
Il guess ths. s what you mean" -
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

a magazine writer suggests some
remedies for. poverty. We are all in
ierested
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ITEMS OF INTEREST

The United States is the largest
consumer of tin in the world, but de
rives its supplies from the Straits Set
Elements, from Banka, and other east.
ern sources. Only few hundred
pounds of tin are mined in this coun-
try.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

On Lieut.. Gen. Chaffee's staff at the
Inauguration parade in Washington
will be four cadets from West Point
and four midshipmen from Annapolis.
Among these are sons Of Gems. Miles
and Chaffee. Rear Admiral Davis, and
Gen. Jubal A. Early, a descendant of
Commodore Decatur and grandson
of Gen Beauregard.
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TALK IT OVER WITH US.

And let us tell you why 1t is wise to
advertise in the columns of The
Bulletin.
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York hotel, can call half his patrons
from all over the United States BY
their names.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

Go not near Wall street at present,
If you want 10 get ahead.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

Trust no futures. howe'eT pleasant;
Lei the dead lambs bury their
dead;
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later ne is apt to discover that he
didn't know what he wanted. -Chica'
40 News.
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Just before he left the pension Of
fee, Commissioner Ware was asked
for a recommendation by Waterman.
This is wha. Ware wrote: Dear
Jackson: If you are not in heaven
when | get there I'll try to have you
transferred
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

A flock of a thousand wild geese
alghted at Nagy-Becskerek, in Hun
gary, and could fly no further 1t is
supposed that the birds suddenly pass
ed from moist into a very cold lay
or of atmosphere, and their feathers
became coated with ice.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

John w. Widgeon, a Baltimore ne
gro. is attracting attention hy the
quality and extent OF his scientific at
ainments lie holds position at the
Maryland academy Of sciences
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

For the first time rhe Layoisier s'li
medal has been awarded hy the
FIR nch Acadery Of sci nces 70 an
Englishman fUof Sir James peWar4
F. r. S. received it for his researches
on the liquefaction Of gases.
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The United States Is the largest
consumer of tin in the world, but de
rives its supplies from the Straits Set
clements, from Banka, and other east.
ern sources, Only a few hundred
pounds of tin are mined in this coun-
try.
Just before he left the pension Of
fee, Commissioner Ware was asked
for recommendation by Waterman.
This is wha. Ware wrote: Dear
Jackson: If you are not in heaven
when | get there I'll try to have you
transferred"
A flock of a thousand wild geese
alghted at Nagy-Becskerek, in Hun
gary, and could fly no further 1t is
supposed that the birds suddenly pass
ed from a moist into a very cold lay.
or of atmosphere, and their feathers
became coated with ice.
The Cork county council has remain.
ed the George w and Wellington
bridges after Peter O'Nell Crowley
and Thomas Davis Crowley was a
Fenian leader who was shot in the
rising" in 1867 Davis was the cele-
brated young Ireland" poet.
Frederick Vanderbilt seldom goes
anywhere in society. He dislikes it
extremely and {, is said that he FREE
quently goes away when his wife has
house parties. They are a devoted
couple, and Mrs. Vanderbilt herself Is
not much aiken with ssJc7eiy Of 10
day5, She is fond Of literary people
and Of entertaining men and women
Of brains.
The county board Of Houghton
Mich. has raised the wolf bounty 10
$25. making. with the stafe bounty.
SOS for each scalp. This step was
taken because farmers in the thinly
settled sou hern portions of the coun-
try are suffering many losses Of stock
through ravages of wolves, which are
becoming numerous and extremely
bold.
Henri Dunant, now &c years old and
living in in health near the Lake of
Constance. was the originator Of the
Red Cross movement Il is fOrty-fiye
years since he began his work and
forty years since the international
convention at Geneva. Dunant was
first influenced by what he had read
of Florence Nightingale's work in the
Crimean war.
Adele Grant. Countess of Essex,
famed as a London beauty. but for
years a delicate woman because of
nerves shattered by society's de
mandsslhas become vegetarian en-
| thusiasf. The vegetarians number
some OF the first women in England
having for taeir aim the cure OF ner-
xous diseases. The queen herself is
dabbllng at the cure, which includes
what the devotees cali vegetarian ex
ercise as well as food.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-04

NJ. L0smas, chairman of the Society
of Scientific Research in Antolia dur
ing a recent journey in northern sly
ria found a silver coin. known TO be
the oldest in the world It revealed
a perfec, Aramean inscription of Pan
ammu bar Rerub, king Of Schamol
who reigned 500 B. c.
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

sgerage daily and Sunday circu-
lation, for one year. ending De
cember 81 1904 ......, 1929
\ ar age daily and Sunday rcu-
son for the mon b Of Janu
are 1865 ....... 2o45
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The Cork county council has remain.
ed the George w and Wellington
bridges after Peter O'Nelll Crowley
and Thomas Davis. Crowley was a
Fenian leader who was shot in the
rising in 1867 Davis was the cele.
brated young Ireland poet.
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FOR THE
SCRAP BOOK
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

The old times seem the sweet times,
as life is GROWN late
The youth.time when you fingered
with your sweetheart at the
gaze,
The whippoorwills a-sing-there, in
world SO new
The yioets from the garden, and she
pinned EN- on for you!
The old times seem the sweet tines
the meadows Of delightl
The suns that made the morning.
the stars that made the night.
The new times may be true times on
che land and on the sea;
But the old times, dear brethren. seem
the sweetest times TO me!
Frank l.. Stanton in Atlanta Con
stitution.
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JOIN 1. Lang-0a. manageT q . Nsv