The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

cure lJf liEahit1s NO. tiidt nao III
sane at all. but surely living with you
and having 10 worry about where you
are Of nights is enough 10 drive any
woman crazy. Talking about science. I
Job, did you see anything Of that eclipse
of the sun? see The Wa. hington Her
aid said it was scheduled, bat l guess
the paper must have been fooled by tire
weather man. ] didn't see any eclipse.
The only time ] remember ever seeing
an eclipse of the sun was out IN Dan
Vile, H. when We were living with
your uncle on the farm. Do you re-
member. It got as black as night and
all the harvest hands had to quiz work
and your uncle locked them all half a
day s pay. so that there was pretty nigh
a strike? Gee, job. but some OF your
relatives was mean, ! might have been
warned.
Talking about strikes, wish I could
understand what all this row is about IN
the public printing Office. Why
shouldn't Mr.. Sullings have an audit
system if he wants to-not that know
what an audit system is, but it GER
tainly does seem 10 cause a lot OF
trouble? I saw Mr.. Stiliings picture in
the paper the other day. and he looked
like real nice man-nice and fat and
handsome Not that I'm hitting at you
for being homeIy, Job for I read the
other day that to be homeIy was a sign
Of having character, and-I guess may
be you had some character once.
And so the Thaw trial's coming on
again. I did think that young man'd
have chance this time, only now they
say that Anthony Comstocks going TO
help him. and ! guess that settles IT,
Poor Thaw; but If he makes the in
sanity plea again the fact that he's
called in Comstock TO help him ought
TO bear him out.
It's funny about people helping one
another out in this world. I see now
that George AIDE has come out with
declaration that he's going TO help Fair
banks run his campaign. Il ought 10 be
a lot Of help, too, for II there's one
thing that the Fairbanks boom seems
TO need it's touch Of humor. That's
what's the matter, thought, SO far's I
can see, with the Taft boom-there's toe
much humor ia it.
THAT poor Mrs Leslie Carter. isn't
she having. her troubles? First Of all.
she gets married and now she's de-
cIared a bankrupt! Not that that seems
TO matter much, seeing all the good time
she's had Why can't do that, Job.
wouldn't mind being called a bankrupt
you've often called me worse than
that-if I could only have automobiles
and ermine furs and diamond necklaces.
I don't see why my credit shouldn't De
as good as hers.
Did you read about that bruce coffin
after all the trouble they had about
it and a lot OF people subscribing money
for the false claim, they found that.
after all. there had been a man buried
in the coffin. What you suppose
Charles Duckens wrote that novel about
il for If IT wasn't true?
''Oh. yes, ! knew / wanted % talk 20
you about leap year-this is leap year
you know. I wonder If ever a woman
did propose to a man. OF course, they
do some simply awful things. I know
There was a woman who threw golf
ball at a man last week and IL hit him
on the head and he proposed TO her
right away. I think it was very smart
OF him, don't you? ANY woman who
can hit what Ie aims al is sure 10 turn
out 10 be remarkable Not that I'd ad-
wise anyone 20 marry a remarkable
woman, because women are Tem5S.St
able for 50 many things. There was
poor thing who died last week at
swallowing IA needles, just think Of
needles; she might as we'll have eat
noodles and she'd have been ever
much happier. Loves a curious thing
though job, I see a judge in Pittsbur
has decided that no kiss in the worldv
can possibly he worth $500, and yet,
7 remember when you were counting me
you said that you'd give the whole
world for just one little kiss-and when
at last 7 trusted you and let you kiss
me you'd forgotten to shave. and you
made my chin all red. All, those were
happy days!
And so Ambassador Aozi has gone
home 20 japan. I wonder why they
called him back. Il was the Mikado
who did il. I suppose, on account Of the
japanese immigration. These moaarehs
are queer fellows. Job. see that King
Alfonso Of Spain eats nine meals every
day, and they say that the German
Emperor bought fifteen Christmas trees
this year and that King Edward lost
half a million playing cards and that the
Russian Gar Is going crazy. All, well.
I'm glad We live in republic where
life is simple and cur rulers don't DO
anything worse than shoot bear and
hunt down nature-fakirs.
What's that, Job? Well, il you think
it's burglars downstairs why don't you
go and see? don't believe it's burg
lars at ali, There's nothing 10 steal
anyway. except the carpet, and that's
secondhand and nailed down. Now
look here, Job, Pm going in to attend
TO little Emily, she's coughing with the
Group again; you 60 and look after the
burglars. What. Wei, # he isn't snor-
ing; who ever saw such a mani