The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-05-24
ELECTRIC SPARKS

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consult the people of the State before
closing the deal.
The Hon. Ben Tillman is wasting
on an unresponsive senate lot of
material that might bring good
prices if he would send it to the
magazine.
The Missouri man who snapped
a 41-year old wife and five children
for 81 year old wife and one child,
ought to have been compelled by the
laws of compensation, to give jack
knife and a plug of tobacco to boot.
Chicago began to clean house yes
terday, and the rest of the world
may expect famine in scrubbing
brushes.
1t appears that the Japanese want
to grow broader as well as taller.
They are reported as drinking $500,
900 gallons of beer last year.
We are not much afraid of the
coming of the hoopskirt, during Mr..
Roosevelts administration, at least.
you can teach people how to act
acting. but you cant teach them to
act, says Mr.. Mansfield in the May
Atlantic. We notice that they fail
ed in the case of Mr.. Mansfield.
The folding baby carriage has ar
rived for the benefit of fiat jewellers.
Now let genius run riot until baby
that can be shut up is invented.
It's generally the Trusted cl ERIK
who gets away with 800 600 or so.
The clerk who is not trusted couldn't
get near the money.
The bookmaker contends that his
business is not gambling. Right.
AS a rule, it is robbery.
The coal strike was settled too
soon to be of advantage to the poll
ticians, who wanted to make capital
of it during the campaign.
The Senate has agreed to bill
which provides that passes may be
given to attorneys who are employ
ed exclusively by the railroads" Tt
will be interesting to learn how
many members of Congress will be
able to get passes under that rule.
Sarah Bernhardt in beer garden
10 Seattle. But she has no inten-
ton of playing the Carrie Nation
circuit in the cast.
"You never see Mormon tramp"
says Senator Smoot. No necessity
of Mormon tramping, if his wives
pro- rate the cost of his maintenance.
Very likely Senator Aldrich is
merely holding up the denatured al
cohol bill, for fear it would delay the
passage of the rate bill.
| For Sale, Cheap:--A lot of anthra-
cite coal stored for strike Apply G.
F.B aer & Co.
That list of the members of the
new Russian ministry reads like a
sneezing match.
John Mitchell's coal strike is the
best kind after all. He struck an
agreement.
The ladies in Kansas cannot vote
for Governor, SO that Gov. Hoch will
never know whether he did right or
not when he failed to get tdat kiss.
The original rate bill won't know
itself from ruin left by an cal tn
qauke.
An artist says that Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's ideas of art are crude. Yet
John D. has done a little work in oil
that was quite refined.
Grover Cleveland has taken to
automobile speeding for sport. 1t
must be that the 'rascally fish have
all gone to sea-
Mark Twain, is said to do most of
his literary work in bed. He probably
finds it much easier lying at full
length.
Senator Clark of Montana. ism t
going to be a candidate for re-elec-
ton. Anybody want to bid for the
place?
The unloaded pistol In the hands
OF the loaded owner is always first.
class solicitor for the undertaken.
The whole is said to be greater
than part, but the United States
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