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that life in Chicago recedes almost into
the indistinctness of a dream. We are
very busy people in my little home city,
ST. Peter, and are connecting plans which
will stretch out into the farthest regions
of this country and perhaps into others.
| have been for years entirely absorbed
in the success Of nay husbands favorte
political measure. which relates to the
governmental founding OF agricultural
high schools in every portion Of the
Union where such institutions are need
ed. This bill has been regularly intro
duced into the House by my husband and
into the Senate by Mr.. DolIiver. and per-
haps in time its great value may be rec
OgniZed.
agricultural high schools are to be
one of the powerful factors in making the
back to the soil crusade a success. All
over the country people are grooming
over the high price Of living. They have
been utterly deprived of many of the
small luXuries of life and many of the
necessities. Why? Because the farms
are deserted and the states which are
best adapted for the raising of grain
and farm produce are being denuded of
their population. The splendid high
schools equipped all over the country
teach the classics, the beauties of Htera-
the student in clerical or professional ca
pacities. But they are siren voices for
the farmers sons. The boy who must
follow the plow should be taught the
reaching results of his labOrS. This the
agricultural high schools aim to do.
1.-The proper understanding of what 1t
means to till the soil after scientific
methods is one which will create a wave
of enthusiasm in rural districts. 1t has
been claimed oy those who take a selfish
and short-sishted view of governmental
aid for rural high schools that it is a
problem which each state must needs
meet. But the problem of high living is
one which confrOnts the nation and which
must be solved by the country, unless
we are to face the deluge. 1t does not,
to my mind, SAVIOR of paternalism to
evoke national aid when such a ready
and complete remedy is at hand.
ION broad lines the idea is to have an
agricultural high school in every con-
gressional district where the rural popu-
lation outnumbers the town dwellers. In
the cities these high schools are to teach
the technical and industrial arts, as they
do in many communities already. In the
rural districts. which are to be the chief
beneticiaries. it is proposed that the state
give the site and erect the building and
that the United states government main
tain the schools. This seems slight out
lay considering the millions spent in
every direction. The idea is to have the
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ally outsit the sessions OF Congress
Nor do ] consider myself a r---i'tyr be-
cause ] await tho adjournment of the
national legislature even when il is
postponed far into the autumn. Since
coming TO Washington ] have been d
regular attendant at the debates in
Congress and ! enjoy them more than
anything the capital offers for pleas
ure or instruction. ] delight in the de-
bates OF the Senate and have followed
them with unlagsing attention session
after session.
Those in the House are, of course.
just as important and as entertaining.
but II is conceded an impossihiliJy to
hear them comfortably under present
conditions. The House gallery seems
10 me arranged for the auditors not to
hear The chamber is so spacious and
the speakers SO many that the voice
gets swallowed up in the constant bus
tie and the ideas confused in the in
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high school go to the farm, since Ii
seems impossible in many cases to nave
the farmer boy go to school Georgia
and Alabama. so far. are the only states
which have recognized these pressing
necessities and have by their legislative
bodies provided for it.
These high schools aim to prepare the
future citizens of these southern com
monwealths to take charge of the lane
hitherto practically deserted From the
economists standpoint nothing Is more
vital than to instill proper respect foi
the farmers mission. TO inspire love
of agricultural pursuits even from the
first book of education. The lessons Oh
the past years about the high price Oh
food, the absolute impossibility in get
ting certain kinds of food at all makes
an eloquent plea for the back to the son
propaganda These high schools are the
most potent remedies yet presented. They
should appeal to all pub!lc-sp1rlted peo-
pie and to all who are concerned in the
commonwealth of the nation
Mrs Davis. through her early affil1a-
tions has naturally chosen her friends
from the west and from the broader
democracy which makes up denghtlui
portion of Washington society she Is
one Of the early members of the Congress
s,onaI Club and has always taken a cor
dial interest in its development. She is a
member of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution and has been active in its
interests here and in ST. Peter.
Representative and Mrs. Davis main
tain their permanent home In st. Peter
and Mrs Davis is Identified with all the
prominent social and religious movements
there She has always been a fervent
adherent of the Episcopal Church and in
her home city is a member or the Church
of the Holy Communion.
Representative and Mrs Davis have
two children. The elder. Mrs. Walter
Charles Poehler of Duluth. has three lit
tie ones, Elizabeth. aged five years; En-
ma Haven. who is four. and son,
Charles Davis, not yet two months old.
Mr.. Poehler is the son of Henry Poehler
OF Minneapolis, the oldest grain merchant
in Minnesota. and has charge of the Du-
luth branch of his fathers business. Rus
sell Haven Davis. the only SON Of the
Representative and Mrs. Davis. after
spending two years at West Point, after
ward selected the Marine Corps as suiting
his ideas of serving his country best.
Lieut. Davis is now in charge Of the re-
cruiting station Of the Marine Corps at
ST. Paul.
Though in no sense a club woman, nor
one dealing in public questions. Mrs. la
Wis is an enthusiastic member OF the
Woman's Literary Club Of st. Peter, OF
which she was president. She served for
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Healthy Los Angeles.

OS ANGELES, as ali the world
- knows, is one of the most healthy
as we'll as one of the most beautiful
places on earth. ApropoS of the health
fulness of Los Angeles. Luther Burbank.
the plant wizard, recently said:
THE town has, for its population, an
unprecedented number of octogenarians.
nonagenarians, even centenarians. The
other day hale, but very aged, couple
boarded a train out of Los Angeles.
Going to do little traveling? said
the conductor.
well, no; not exactly said the old
man. My wife and j, you see, have had
about our share of life. I'm a hundred
and eleven, and my wife here is a hum
dred and six, and we're going down to
San Francisco to die. You can't die in
Los Angeles"
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cago, Wilbur F. Story, and played his
part in aiding the cause of Douglas. After
the death OF his leader and the disas-
trous fire of Chicago. Mr.. Haven and
Mr.. Haven was a native of Boston and
went to Chicago in 1850. His wife, Emily
Parker. came of family distinguished
alike for patriotism and eminent public
services. Her first cousin was the most
recent exponent of the old-time democra-
cy represented by Stephen \. Douglas
and Grover Cleveland.
Shortly after her parents came to St.
Peter Mrs. Davis met her husband, then
a young lawyer. Their marriage occurred
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Concerning
Well-KnOWn peODlQ
The Better Sort.

Q ENATOR SHIVELY. apropos of pa.
~ triotism and the Fourth. told at a
South Bend banquet war story.
"A private" he said. got very home
sick on campaign and went to headquar-
tiers for a furlough.
What do you want a furlough for?
the colonel asked.
What do / want a furlough for? the
private answered bitterly. why, colonel
/ amt seen my wife for over three
months.
...Oh. that's nothing, said the colonel
L haven't seen my wife for more than
three years.
We'll. said the soldier. that may be.
colonel, but me and my wife amt that
kind"
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Round 2-Similar to Round 1, only
more Waiting was done.
Round 3-Similar to Rounds / G. ?
except Hon. Johnson attempt to black
ball Hon. Jeff's with his fists.
Round 4-Intense calamity felt every
where's. Both them great sluggards cir
culate caustiously like mice flying in
airships Then. o sudden. Hon. JEFF
curl back his right bicep, brace himself
for supreme jounce and -
please, where is your ticket please?"
This from Hon. Bounce Man who ap-
preach up to me & Nogi with rude nose
& hair
please, we don't need such tickets.
We came in with DR.. Charles W. Eliot"
This from US.
WHO is this Charlie Eliot you men,
tom" require this crude Bounce Man
preparing to do so.
HE is former Proprietor OF Harvard. :"
1 dib for prides.
II do not know of any such hotel.'
snib Hon. Bounce
Harvard is not a hotel, it is col
ledge l collapse.
OH snudge Hon. Bounce. This face
is worthless at a prize fight
So he lift me and Nogi carelessly by
the seat Of our coats and tossed US to
another Bounce Man who did similar.
and SO forth until we dropped 100 feet
into Reno with a crack in our rear pro-
pellor.
When Hon. Outstanding Crowd seen
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Confederate bills TO show how conf
Dental they felt. Distinguished Con-
gressmen from Carson City was seen
frequently taking slight sip OF whiskey-
drunk which they carried in their peck
cts. Many distinguished gamblers. polo
players and railway presidents arrived
up in corrupt looking automobiles sing
ing college songs. One Saratoga sports
man with fire burn nose yall boyishly,
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diagram with loud thump- sounds peculiar
to negroes beating carpets.
XIII him." yall large Swedish in
telligence next by me-
(Which one are you instructing to do
this MURDER" 1 require. But he mere
ly reply with athletic cigar smoke.
Meantime them , sluggards do pecu-
liar jiu jitsu with arms & legs. When
Hon Johnson make back-step. Hon. JET
make front step. And SO visa reversa.
Pretty soonly they cease their slug &
der blades where they stand together like
a tower of ivory leaning against a
smoke stack This make Hon. Umpire
SO disguised that he holla Time with
loud bang-gong sound.
Hon. JEFF & Hon. John cease doing SO
and make reproachful walk-away to
stool chairs.
'Ts the fight over?" l. require from
Swedish intelligence who reply by say
ing nothing.
45 teasers surround them sluggards
with napkins which they switch in their
faces so they will be more angry when
next they fight Yet others shampoo
them with hair-tonic and manicure their
box gloves with loving care. Pretty
soonly bell go gong gong & great battle
proceed EDWARDS. as I show by following
diagram:
Hon. Fight by Rounds.
Round 1.-The same as I told you it
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three years afterward, when Mr.. and Mrs.
Haven left the state and settled perma-
nently in Iowa. Mr.. and Mrs. Davis have
never left the little city of St. Peter,
where their acquaintance ripened into a
pretty and successful love story. Both
have been important factors in the moral
and material welfare of their community.
st Peter is not as well known as st.
Paul." said Mrs. Davis. hut we are ire
mendously proud of it and ready to sing
its praises. 1t has given five governors
to the state. and publicists say that all
the good and available material is far
from exhausted. This is something St.
Paul cannot claim I have become so
intimately a part of my Minnesota home
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tie of Waterloo has any great Public
Event stirred the people so deeply
Everybody was creating noise. except
two or three thousand pickpOcketS who
was walking around shyly collecting
scarf-pins. Several scalping gentlemen
q $50 ticket. We thank them for their
chivalry.
At the front door of that great Fist
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X +
Hon. Umpire take 3 bronchial losen-
gers and proceed UPWARDS
1.-The other artistic who will light
Jefferies. You will be surprised to know
that he never went to college, but
learned to punch the bag in lessons
from Tom Sharkey's Correspondence
School (Adv) Born of a Christian FAM
lily sporting life came natural to him.
He was a delicate child and would have
been obliged to learn some respecta BILE
profession had not Swelum's Food
(Adv.1 saved him At the age of 10 he
he defeated Senator Fitzsimmons in a
Janus debate He trained on Fizzmick
Water (Adv.) All who have met him
respect him for his sterling qualities Of
heart & lungs. His Life & Works, writ
ten by Hamilton Wright Mabie (Adv.)
is on sale at the main entrance. 1t is
bright without being slangy."
Applause. followed by vast silence.
like feathers dropping from balloon.
Then. of suddenly-O banzai of pro-
longed hysteria. intermixed with whoop-
ycllup & rumpage Of combined sounds
like a cyclone walking through a lumber
yard, The smudge from 40 moving
smoke. yalls & hysteria. And into that
square ring uprose hui Persons like
skyscra pers wearing bath-r robes. Off flop
Hon. Bathrobes and beholt. them Per-
sons was so simply dressed that you
would hardly realize their Importance.
More howells. whoops & cataspasms OF
applause During this demonstrators
several Suffergettes uprose in the gal
lery and dropped down banner entitled
VOTES FOR WOMEN-but they were
scarcely arrested in the general banzaL)
Hon. Johnson wore a bare skin OF
same. Hon. JET was completely clothed
in pink muscle, and when he clustered
up his angry biceps l felt sleeping pains
in my solar complex. While them .
great sluggards was setting in corner
wise stools. several teasers surrounded
them & squirted lemons in their eyes TO
make them sufficiently peevish to fight.
Pretty soonly, bang gong sound. Them
sluggards eloped nimbly to their naked
shoes. Togetherwards they approach.
Then, sawp.. Great collision of arms
like a derrick striking the side of
church. No apologies was made for this
rudeness They make war-dance around
in black & white circles looking at each
other through the top of their heads.
Waiting. Rude push shove followed by
more rapid kicks from those fidgetty
mittens. With rapid frequency white
skin arm make in-shoot to black-skin
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DEEP Student of Poll

A DEEP Student of Poll
"A tics and Woman of
Broad Views-The Daughter
of Aaron Haven, Intimate
Friend and Warm Supporter
of Stephen A. Douglas-She
Comes of an Old Revolu-
tionary Family, Which Came
to the Middle West From
Boston-Her Mother Was a
First Cousin of Grover Cleve-
land.
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Parkhurst reverently. Confused looks
from all Togo Tourists who stood In a
But Hon. Chas w. Eliot. who is getting
wealthy from bookshelves. he buy tick
cts for all. except me and Nogi, who
of Rev. Parkhurst. So we entered that
Punching Palace expecting to see what
was.
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By Margaret B. Downing.

is
much more de-
sirable as "A dwell
ing place than
Wa Sh ington dur
ing the dog days,
remarked Mrs.
Charles Russell
Davis, wife of the
= epre tative
from Minnesota.
but | am anon =
those who habitu =
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IN. July 4 shall
forever be a day
sacred to knock
and punch Did
not Hon. Geo.
W a s h in gton de-
liver considerable
knuCkle = hits to
Gen. Corn Wallis
Of England on this
patriotiCk date? .
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IN G AGAINST A SMOkESTaCk."
us come out, several plaintiff voices re-
quire to know.
Please. Mr.. Jap. has anybody been
knocked out YETI
"Ah. surely yes l report through my
bruises
WHO waso Who was?" they all clam
Der with mania.
Me & Nogi was" / pronounce dis
tnctually busting my lame leg with my
broken elbow.
Hoping you are the same
Yours truly,
HASHIMCRA TOGO.
S. P
Please interject following boastful Ad-
vertisement into your news:
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O. Mr. Editor. how can my weak s.
bilious typewriter explain what scenery
we seen within that great Hall? 1 shall
attempt to do SO.
Imagine with brain, Imagine all the
people you can think of, then think Of
a few more. Imagine $4,000 persons of
male extraction setting crushed together
like raspberries in jam. 1t was a awe
perspiring sight Everybody sat COM
fortably eating cigar smoke and telling
about his cousin who nearly shook hands
with Sir Robert Fitzsmmons. 1t was a
magnificent impressive specta exile like a
Republican National Convention, only
much more earnest in its purposes.
Many Public Persons was there. Aris-
ing in the throng with swelled vest like
Senator Deliver, l seen Hon. Tack Head
Mccarthy, the great reform Mayor who
made San Francisco like Paris after
dark. There was Hon. Jas Corbett
fighting his battles ore with kellow kid
gloves and a violet neclItie. Art was
represented by Hon. Homer Davenport
and moving picture machine
In the central middle Of this great
Hall was a sort of Democratick Plat
form covered with canvas & surrounded
by fence-posts which was padded with
cloth poultces, so that Hon. Johnson
(colored) should not feel hurt when he
was knocked out.
Long waits.
Elderly gentleman of VIM II. Taft ap
pearance walk up to square-shape ring
& say with voice:
II am the former John l.. Sullivan"
applause by whistles) although it has
been maliciously reported that 1 am get
ting elderly, this is as false as it Is
RUTHLESS. l never fe,t heavier in my life.
Therefore, l wish to challenge the win
ner of this competition to meet me on
any convenient golf course within 100
miles of Boston.
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Being such a constant attendant of
the sessions OF the Senate and close
reader of the Congressional Record. | am
often asked if the public men of today
compare favorably with the intellectual
giants whose utteranCes are part of po
Ltical history. l think that many OF the
men who are now serving in both houses
of Congress are as great Intellectually, IL
not greater. \ successful puhliciSt today
requires many more accomplls hments
than were requisite fifty years ago. No
man can now win success hy mere
flowers of rhetoric or lofty patriotic sen
timents- This is the age of cool reason
ing, when many different and varying
elements must he blended by the orator
If ne Gain even temporary fame or sue
cess lie must not only prove his cause
is good, but ne must show beyond Il
question why IL is good. one OF my raw
orite occupations is to read the speeches
of the great men of the past tn my has
band and 10 compare their utteranceS
with those engaging the public mind to-
day. The Congressional Record OF today
and those of some decades or 50 past
MAKE fascinating and satisfying reading.
Il am often AT n loss t. explain Why
in the Senate and House never create
even a ripple of applause in the country
at large. Those Who read the Congress
Sional Record with seeing eye, o.
course enjoy their beauties and are com
fOrted by the thought that the country
has not only faithful public servants but
brainy ones. The number who peTuse that
delec:able record daily is very limited.
however. \ fine speech some Years ago
created national attention. Perhaps the
number of great orations has increased
so perCeptibIy that there is an embarrass-
rnent of riches. Then comes the question
often asked: is the old-time statesman
being replaced by the active man of af-
fairs and the intellectual standard of both
Senate and House being lowered COM
pared To that of men like Webster, Ste
phen a. Douglas. Henry Clay and Cal
houn?' Ny reply is that the country has
changed greatly since the era of those
masters, and new conditions bring in a
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yes, II was. Has it not been fashionable
ever since 10 CONT suicide by fire
works amidst the shooting OF unexpected
sounds. hospital wagons. arnica. speeches
by Senator Bailey and other unnecessary
noises? II certainly did, Then punch
fights amongst black and white races
shall be a very civilized custom to do
on this Independence Day, because 1t
reminds US Of SO much rude warfare
and does not hurt nobody.
Me & Cousin Nosi transported our
Seeing America" ottomobile to Reno for
to conduct some tourists to this great
literary ard artistic event.
TOO many persons are too kind and
philantropical 10y nature" dispose Cousin
Nogi- Lots Of folks. who are unfamiliar
with college athleticks, do not realize
the educational advantages of seeing men
pound each other till they sleep"
Il am decomposed by such ignorance"
gollup. 'Nogi, we must educate those
collymoddles who are too refined to APP
preciate these great nosecrushing con-
tests"
So we do so. thank you.
We led our joy-rubbering wagon care
great excitability by following sign:
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Reno. America. July 4.

To Editor Sunday Star. who would not
strike a woman. even when she needs
IL.
Dear Mr. Sir
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(Great sensation from this speech.
Several dollars passed hands and NOV
ing picture man tainted from fatigue)
Silence, followed by several more.
OF suddenly. gentleman of tough in
telligence and medium statuary. eloped
into Ring. By the peeved howels &
yalls from all directions, l realized that
he was Hon. Umpire. In acknowledge
ment to the ploddits of the multitude he
politely removed his coat
. Fellow athletes" he say. before be-
ginning the exercises, l wish to make
some biographical remarks about the
two distinguished actors who are about
to entertain US with their cute tricks.
Mr.. John Brownsville Johnson wishes
it distinctly stated that the report of
his Irish ancestry is untrue. He de-
scended from Africa abruptly like a ton
of coal. Born of black but shiftless
parents, he soon learned to shift for
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900 on the black ''You are talking
holla one Jeffries
Republical peevly SO them two persons
made some insurgent remarks and be-
gan stroking each other with their fists.
Il am struck by the vivacity of the
crowd" snuggest Hon. Eliot.
Unless you put up your umbrella you
are apt to be struck by something still
harder depose Henry James. who
speaks English, although he has never
learned to write it.
OF finally we arrive up to place where
this great battering match was TO be
held All the inhabitants of the United
States was stamping around with en-
thusastic tickets. Never since the Bat
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Wife the From Minnesota


many other useful and elevating afilia-
tons have grown out of these organIza-
tions of public spirited women.
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himself. He first studied mis- art while
driving mules. and after slight practice
ance. He has won many belts. He Is
now wearing the black belt which he
won in Australia. He trains on Pink
Seal Champagne (AdvD His ottomo
bile is Chambers Dakota (Adv) His
great chest development is due to the
fact that he smokes Harry Thaw SC
grown pugilsts and never once turned
pale
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ten years as secretary of the library
board. During her term a Carnegie Lii
brary was presented to the town, and
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cessant changing of themes. The seats
for the members families being on the
democratic side. the speakers facing
the republicans cannot be heard. The
republicans are too far away to follow
more than an integral part of the de-
bate. The Senate. however, makes up
for all you lose in the larger chamber.
not perhaps in subject matter itself.
but at least you can intclligently fol-
low what is being said. This is not "A
criticism. for of course neither house
conducts debates merely TO give pleas
ure 10 the listeners in the gallery.
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ht. 1910. 10y the Associated Literary
Press