New-York tribune., 1905-02-03
THE JACKsoNIAN DEMOCRAT.

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THE JACKsoNIAN DEMOCRAT
Samantha read that last once more.
An come out on 1t strong.
Ny hearlns JUS trife pore
must "a got that wrong.
I thought that-I misheard. felt
1t sounded JUS this way:
"BilI Bryan says that Roosevelt
I-alI-O.-K."
Wot's that you say? The same ag'in?
You shore you got it right?
Wen, that beats me! Why. durn my skin.
can't believe it quite.
Yes. durn my ornry. pesky pelt,
To live TO the day
Bill Bryan says that Roosevelt
Is-alLO.-K,
Now. wot can be Bill Bryan's plan?
Why does he talk like that7
Has Bryan turned Republican,
Or Roosevelt Democrat?
Is there a new hand bein dealt?
Not that you've heard of. hey?
Yet Bryan says that Roosevelt
Is-al-O.-K!
Bill Bryan told us all along
The kentry'd shorely bust
That everything would shore go wrong
Eff Roosevelt should trust
Great snakes! a stature 1t would melt
To hear Bill Bryan say
That now he finds that Roosevelt
Is-au-O.-K.!
Bill Bryan, we have fit with you,
An voted you said;
We've held the views you told to,
An follered where YOU led:
Democracy your name has spelt-
It's been to obey
An now you say that Roosevelt
Is-all-O.-KI
Bill Bryan, shorely you've forgot
Or mebby you right
It makes me feel so clean upset
That can't think mite
I feel as If I'd got welt
An was knocked out the fray
Bill Bryan sayin Roosevelt
Is-all-O.-Kl
HAYDEN CARRUTH
Divorce procedure in Burmah is simple If a
husband and wife decide that life together Is an
impossibility, she goes out and buys two little
candles of equal size. made specially for the use OF
the unhappily welded She brings the candles
home, and then she and her husband sit down
upon the floor placing the candles between them
The candles are lighted at the same moment. and
one represents the husband the other the wife The
pair watch the burning tapers anxiously for Gus
tom DEGREES that the owner of the one which goes
out first is at once to leave the house. The sec
ond candle may have fckered out only moment
later but its possessor remains owner of the house
and all its contents. his or her late partner going
away with nothing but the clothes at the
moment.
Mother-Have you told Olga that If she insists on
marrying that lieutenant who is so deep in debt
Fatherr-No; guess 1 viii tell the lieutenant In
Batter. y e''Ds
In celebration of the Emperor of Austria's birth
day a short time ago, twenty purses each contain
ing the equivalent Of SO, offered for competi-
tion among domestic servants who could prove long
and satisfactory service in respectable situations
The qualifications of the winners showed some truly
periods of service. One of the winners
a vaIet-had been in the service of the same man
for forty-siX years. mad-servant of nearly eighty
had served about thiyty-nne years in an orphan
age where she was stiH in active employment when
she received the award Another woman age sew
enty-four, had entered the service of a family as
scullery maid. and was still with the same family
after forty-three years service. None of the win
ners had been in their situations less than thirty
years.
A Knock.-Nell-Of course. she's not pretty but
talks 'S'''S OP WIG" S'''
Belle-oh. that's not so remarkable. She's got a
lantern jaw.-(Philadelphia Ledger.
Bizet's Carmen" recently reached it's thou
sandth ngiht In Paris It's author died a month
after it's first production M A p" tells the story
of his decoration. HE not at any time a
lucky man. He was even decorated through mis-
take says the writer. "for his friends presagine
the failure of Carmen bombarded the Minister
before the production and begged a decoration
for Monsieur George Bizet. 'Blzet? asked the
Minister; Who is Bizet? a remarkable genius
was the reply, who has already produced several
extraordinarily fine works. Among them the most
popular is. perhaps "LArlesienne." ..I,ArIe-
sienne interrupted the Minister why II is a per.
fectly fascinating book. l read II with extreme
pleasure Tell your friends that the thing is done
The Minister was not musical; but he had reaa =
novel by Alphonse Daudet-and Bizet won his rad
ribbon"
Blihson-Did Frogs "trip It the light fantastic
toe?
Glihsop-Yes, and caused great eutcry
How was that7'
1Uaa his rim nsrta tne -