Arizona republican., 1906-12-30

Poultry Biglow again visits tn Canal Stays an hour. Canal hands him hi.
 hat. July tenth: Prisidint announce.
 his intention to call on tn Canal an
 show th'' wickedness iv carless invis
 tigation. Novimber first: Prisidint
 goes to Pannyma. Spends tn afther.
 noon. In tn accompanyin' pitcher tn .prisidint is seen havin' his photygraft
 taken alongside a steam shovel. Tn
 mark (x) enables tb' reader to distln.
 guish tn prisidint. Decimber twenty Tn prisidint makes most exhaustinl
 raypOOrt on his thrip to Pannyma Decimber twinty-eight: Injineers ray. poort that thirty-two feet iv canal hay,
 been dug.
 DiplOmacy.-Th' year has been a
 notable wan in diplomacy. In Jan-
 ooary tn prisidint addressed tn follow.
 in note to wan iv his most distinguish.
 ed Ambassadures: Dearest Marian
 Well, we'll, it's like a breath iv fresf air to hear firm ye again. Ye're suct
 dear. Tn necktie ye knit fir me came this mOrnin', an I'm wearin' it as
 write. In am sindin' .ye minichurC
 iv mesilf. It wud fill me heart with
 happiness if I thought ye were wearin
 It. Now, Marian, win ye do something
 fir me? It's on'y a little thing, but
 l want it done very much. I wisht ye'd
 dhrop in at tn Vatican some day an
 tell tn Pope that 'twud be fine thing
 fr th' cause iv tn rellijon if we cud
 show that an Irishman doesn't lose
 anything be bein' Raypublican. Tel
 him to give our good frind wan iv
 thim red hats that ar-re so becomin'
 fe'er's,, Thaydoor. P. S..-Write soon
 How's dear old Bell?''
 "'Th' Ambassadure acted at wanst
 Putin on his diplomatic unyform iv green crape de shine an carryin' a
 lavender parasol. she proceeded to tn
 Vatican. It is regrettable that tn sim pie priests there didn't understand her. They showed her tn dure, closed tn dure, locked it. an said some prayers. To tn Ambassadure Exthraordinary an Minister Plinipootinchry iv tn United States iv America to tn King dom iv Hiven, Marian. they give what is known in Rome as tn merry delvaI. Tn onforchnit incident was closed with tn usual diplomatic resarve. Tn Prisidint wrote a letter to tn Ambas- sadure beginning Say you" an the Ambassadure rayturned to America with her husband. an sint all her pri- vate letters, valentines. keepsakes. an phottygrafts to Tn Cincinnaty Inquirer fr publication.
 Do you want me to Tread ye amy more about tn progress iv tn wurruld in this magnificent year? It's all here down to tn failures an deaths. But I won't r-read on. Wan year is a good deal like another. I suppose nineteen hundhred an six done it's best. Con- sidhren' tn matteryaI a year has got to wurruk with ye can't blame it too much. Sometimes I'm sorry f'r tn years. We welcome. thim. an whin we've used thim we kick thim out just tn same as if they were people But they have their fun with us. too. We hustle thim out late at night, but be- fure We go back to welcome in tn New Year we've got to wash our wounds
 Nineteen hundhred an six was a good frind an companyon iv mine. But he was rough. He was rough. He up firm him now. An all tn years that I've known have left their signs on me. That wrinkle undher me eye was made be eighteen hundhred an Eighteen hundhred an three, an four sandpaper- ed me hair off me. Eighty-wan injured me hearin'. Eighty-three almost put out me eyes. I got this stoop in me firm eighty-five. Nineteen hundred, wan iv me best frinds. knocked most iv me teeth out iv me. bear thim no gredge. Maybe they're goin' off somewhere an'tellin' evrybOdy what they done to me. I can see nine teen hundred an six snickerln' behind his hand. whin he hurries away to quail fly fir tn Assocyation iv Dooley's Years. He's got q right to. I don't care. They think they've defaced me. Maybe I do look like a fence in a school yard. They can laugh an say: Look at that bald head, That's Doo- ley. Look at thim weak legs. Martin Dooley. That's what we've done to him. He's a tough old fellow an we've been in a hurry. but we're send in in an apprentice thatll shave him down to a wishbone..
 But. dye know, Hinnissy, I've got l feelin' they haven't reached me. Fools says l. I've deceived ye. We've been shootin' at a decOy fir tn best part iv a cinchry. That figure says [, was not Martin Dooley. but a 'carecrow that put on tn breastworks .o dhraw ye'er fire while L. I says, set down here safe an sound in tn trench an smoke me good seegar an augh ivry time ye blow limb off me 'iprisinatative, says I. 'Ye've niver touched me- says l. I'm younger thin iver was says I. Tn oldest I've yer been was forty years ago whin lad all tn weight iv the wurruld on ne shOuldhers. I've been growing lounger iYer since In thim days 1