The daily sentinel., 1910-02-26
FL0TsAM AND JETsAM
POINTS and POINTERS
PICKED UP IN
PASSING.
(By Sam. C. sloans-l

The Idaho papers generally have
given a good scrubbing to Senator
Heyburn's bloody shirt"
After reading all the denials, we
are fully convinced that nobody is to
blame for the prevailing high prices
Like Topsy, they Jest growed."
Hail Gentle Spring. Well, not ex-
actly; we do not want you to hail,
but we want to hail you with cordial
welcome, which we could hardly do
| If you come "hailing" and doing 9TH
er things that generally accompanies
hail
The Montrose Enterprise of recent
| date contained an editorial on mo
Politics in Graft" We can agree
with that all right; but we must in
sist on being permitted to believe
there is plenty OF graft in politics.
1t is reported that the manufactur-
ers OF breakfast foods have formed a
combine. Presume they will mix all
their foods together and put out the
mixture under some new name. Let's
not worry; we have sawdust and
terra alba left
DR.. Thomas II. Burke, reputed to
be leading physician of Cleveland
O.. declares that more men faint than
women. DR.. Burke says he makes
the statement after long observation
While we are not in a position to
take issue with the doctor. we can
| not help thinking he must have in
- aA hn 20 at
their faints.
1t begins to look to this unbiased
observer that Judge Ben B. Lindsey
of Denver has become so swelled up
| that he is overreaching himself
biting of more than he will be able
to chew. Wholesale elimination is
pretty hard for anybody to back up
| and sustain. Lindsey would do well
| TO ponder on the fate of Tom Lawson
Many married people, after several
years OF married life. are sure they
| made mistake. and are just as sure
| that IL they were only free they could
| make choice that would be perfect.
| However, there are many who have
opportunity to make the experiment,
but the mistakes are as numerous,
| and often worse, on second trial than
their first.
We have noticed that a man had
| rather brag on his kin than to board
them.-Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
In our judgment. 1t were better to
| say nothing about your kin. particu-
larly in praise, for there are often
those among them who will make 1t
| sufficient warrant to go and board
with you.
The railways are out with a report
of their committee on railway mail
pay" which shows conclusively that
the roads have not only not been
over paid. but in reality they have
been very much underpaid. From all
the information that has been given
| out by those engaged in the postal
service We are convinced that nobody
has been getting the money; there
fore, the query naturally arises,
Where has 1t gone? Taft declares
Uncle Sam has paid it out, but to
whom?
One university professor has given
out the statement that the tail of
Halley's comet contains enough of
| the most deadly gas known to kill
the entire population of the earth
like so many bugs. Numerous other
professors dispute the statement and
[say the comets tail is harmless. Well,
after we have passed through the
tail next May, II the claim OF the
deadly gas is not true. we will let
you know. But, II 1t happens to be
true. guess we will say nothing about
| 1t to anyone.