The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-03-03
Nlnco from tbe mino
BY
JAMES BARTON ADAMS
A MYSTERY EXPLAINED.

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MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
A man who died a agntrri years ago
Aud entered IN uss'u The giad new birth
Was given cave - vIslt Us below
And tour IOIt or the gay old earth
For week aud weeks-iuyisible, OF eour,a-
he made study OF our modern ways;
Traced up the business streams from mouth
to source,
Round social circles hung By nights Il
days
Took la the clubs where husbands eonsre-
gate.
Detained down the oiiice'' until lal..
lie watched the acts of mouied Christian
no SIT IN church IN attitude most Inecz
Who think all hour or tso Of pious pose
Nil square the sinful actions Of the wee Il.
Watched these good men in busy marts i
trade
Ana speculation saw the evidence
OF satisfaction when they oft displs3ed
victims hide ON their haaac... leu, <.
And saw their grins of glee at every ysnk
Oh sucker from the pool onto the tank
Ia the reyellers' gay realms he went
saw all the wickefness existing there
An hour where trust magua.es had met ht
spent
And heard vile scheming tricksthat curlt
hi. hnir.
O'erheari the lobby lists III private talk
Nlth legislative lights oil many a state,
Heard wicked scheInes that gave him quiz
ashock
In haunts where politicians eonxregate
Learned hu" the Inuitiinii lionairs secure
I.,.. -..f,
When he returned he told St Peter all
I hrt he han s.en, aud all that he had hear
Upon this SIDE oil the terrestrial ball
And Peer listened saying not WORD
TIN he had flushed, then Il III glad said be
You made the trip down to your old hone
land,
For what I've heard from you explains IL
Amys'ery ! could not understand
Why for 80 long time the trail that leads
In that direction has been choked wila
weeds.
A scientist saws that when in wild
state an elephant can scent an enemy al
a distance of 900 yards, bu, that is not
near 50 far As gossip can scent a scandai
A Chicago woman declares that cold
fee, are the universal cause of human
ills. Dunno how that may be but many
men can testify that they are the cause
of mauy human aggravations.
If some genius would invent a match
; ~
whole smoking element Of the sterner
sex would rise as one man and call him
blessed
A female hugger, said to be VERY
pretty, is going around Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, throwing her rounded arms
around every man she meets, and wives
who truly love their husbands are keep
ing the poor, unprotected fellows indoors
o. nights
Peoria, Ills, man has just received
letter mailed to him from Indiana
twenty years ago. The careless writer
must have neglected to write "In Haste"
on the corner of the envelope.
Referring to recent speech by Senator
Lodge New York paper says; He
grouped blindly around in a wider
ness of Words 1t is sincerely hoped
the bewildered statesman succeeded in
finding his way out again
Out in Los Angeles Swedish cook
got her Irish up and took French leave
of her mistress, a German woman married
to Scotchmau. Quite an International
muddle, eho
A Boston woman is suing a masseuse
for s.. 900 for a damaged complexion
Looks like an exorbitant claim when
new ones can be had at any respectable
druggists for so cents per box.
chronic debtor was old Daniel Brown:
He'd rsther lose a leg than pay bill
His name was booked at every store Ia town;
His cash but rarely chinked in merchants
tin
He owed the butcher and the baker and
The doctor sought in vain to get his dues
The village tailor held his note of hand
The cobbler dunned him Oft for price of
shoes.
And wnen he breathed his last his GO ng was
Received without feeling of regret.
Indeed, his neghbors all felt glad hecause
He was compelled to pay the final debt.
The fastidious travelling men of Texas
are clamorinp for Iaw oo,,,,a,1:,,,