The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-02-03

welt will leave the White House
ly occasionally hear from him, along
with earthquakes, war in the Balkans,
Raisuli. the old and new husbands of
the Could money. and other cable
news.
However, be that as it will,
The grounding will obey
The impulse Of prophetic gift
Upon the second day.
He'll feel the vibrant stir Of spring
Run up and down his spine,
Roll over like a hired man,
Sit up and yawn and whine.
Rub all his knuckles in his eyes.
Wind up his winter snooze,
Put on his go-to-meetin' clothes
And patent leather shoes.
Ascend the stairway of his lair.
Observe the sky a while.
And join the Ananias Club
In fine and dandy style.
And then, the date OF Lincolns s
birth will timorously dawn. and the
vets and drys will show us whose
lineup he stood upon. The drys will
say he never drank, the vets will
claim he did, they'll show him stand
ing 40 ways for Sunday on the lid.
the women will parade and pray for
H2O for men, and the breweries will
sadly sigh for the good old times a.
gain.
st. Valentines day will come on
the 14th. This will be the biggest
day OF the month, inasmuch as 1t will
kive the people who believe In pro-
tecting American art an opportunity
to show US just what the tariff Is
doing for 1t. There will, Of course.
be a few of the hideous caricatres
which everybody got when our native
with the cheap labor OF Europe, but
in the main the valentines will be
great Improvement upon anything we
have seen. After looking them over
we shall be able to determine pretty
well whether art, like the steel indus
try, Is now quite able to take care
of itself, or II 1t is still an infant and
needs all the baby food that Uncle
Joe Cannon can give it.
But while the symbol OF love
That dieth not nor fails
And other kinds of valentines
Are going through the mails.
And almost everybody is
On edge TO take a shot
AT the coward who addressed to him
The cnuel one he got
While all of this Is going on
In lighter humor. still,
You bet your bottom dollar that
The Secret Service will
Be on the job for Roosevelt
And watchful to a man
To see no ugly ones are sent
At present to Japan.
On the second Wednesday in Feb
salary the vote Of the electoral coll
ege will be formally opened at a jodn
session Of both houses Of Congress.
and 1t will be found that 321 votes
were cast for Taft and Sherman and
1852 for Bryan and Kern. Mr.. Car
negie says figures prove nothing. bu
the recurrence Of these will neverthe-
less prove a little embarrassing.
Between st. Valentines Day and
Washington's birthday there will be
a hull enlivened from time to time
by Carrie Nation in London Tower,
newspaper editors sentenced to hard
labor on the Panama Canal for COS
siping about the government, and
the Duke OF the Abruzzi giving up
all for Miss Elkins. The fleet will
continue on Its homeward way, maxi
ing Spain, where there will be tre-
meudous ovation rendered 1t on Feb.
81.
And then the day of days will come
When everyone will try
10 honor most the name Of him
Who never told a lie
Who never wrote a nature fake,
Or lied about a deal
In timber lands, or called the sale
In Panama a steal,
Or represented Standard OIL
Behind the counltry's back.
But always made very straight
And unsuspicious track.
T. R. will take cherry tree and
drag 1t through the aisles OF Con-
gress till the country whoops and
even Congress smiles; and having
surfeited himself with this amusing
skt, he'll center Tillman out and
rum him up and DOWN bit.
At night the Ananias Club will bur-
geon with ball and all the liars Will
disport and trolic in the hall. The
cheerful liar will oonsort and mingle
with the plain, the unprecedented
type will trtp to the refrain. the viii