La Junta tribune., 1910-04-16
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( II is one thing TO earn money and
another to save it. | can pick out
thirty farmers in my own county
who have accumulated more than
thirty business men in the county.
There are individual men, II Is true.
: with greater possessions than any
farmer but they are so few that the
most fortunate thirty have been out
stripped by the most successful thir.
ty farmers. The next thirty farmers
will have twice as much as the next
thirty business men. Let the farmers
exalt their own occupation. II is
honorable. There Is nothing dishon-
orable In hard work. There is no ar
istocracy except the aristocracy OF
industry NJ. Shaw.
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Wha, is dollar anyhow? The
question is an easy one TO answer
A dollar is what some men promise
10 pay for their county paper. II is
something newspaper man enjoys
more in anticipation than in reality.
II Is the price OF a days work for
some men and single nights drink
for others. II is what wife frequent.
ly needs but seldom has. II is the
power that makes or unmakes men.
II is the hardest thing to get and
the easiest to get rid OF known to
mankind II is blessing in a small
measure and curse In many in
stances. II is mighty and scarce.
No man ever had all he wanted and
no man ever will. A dollar is
snare and a delusion, and every one
OF US Is chasing the delusion.-Ex.
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Two ladies' who had known each
other in years gone by met on the
street. Both OF them were married to
musicians The one bride OF a
year. was pushing a baby carriage in
which were three fine babies-trip-
lets. all girls. The other lady had
been In the bonds OF matrimony a
couple OF weeks. what beautiful
children" exclaimed the newly mar.
ried one with interest. Yes" re-
piled the proud mother. "let me tell
you the funniest coincidence At our
wedding supper the boys who played
with my husband in the orchestra
serenaded him and they played Three
Little Maids from The Mikado.' Is
not that queer" At this the newly
married one turned pale Mercy"
she gasped. AT our wedding supper
Toms friends serenaded him also, and
they rendered The Sextette' from
Lucia
Spring is now well under way and
already the house fly, the dirty ny.
the typhoid and cholera infantum
fly. will soon swarm In thousands
and millions unless precautions are
taken. The house fly. which we were
tAugh, In our childhood to ,rca, with
kindness. has been exposed. Its hab-
its are filthy. II breeds In stables
and garbage pals and carries the
Nth In which It reyels and tracks
1t across the sugar. the butter and
the beefteak. II paddles It's horrid
feet. gummcd with the vilcs, rotting
matter. In the baby's muk. The doc
tors have declared wsr on the house
fly. II probably disseminatcs every
disease. II is q nuisance and mus,
be cxterminated. In an age OF knowl
edge. screens and cheap disinfcct.
ants there is no excuse for flies In
any household. Clean up the prem
ises and get rid OF their breeding
places.
The proposed road between Las
Animas and For, Lyon will not be
built this year rs Congressman Mar
tins bill providing for An appropria.
tion for that purpose has been shelly.
ed by the secretary OF the navy In
the interest OF economy. II is not
probable that Colorado will receive
what Is due her from the national
republican administration as long an
the state Is represented In the halls
Of congress by representatives of
Jcffersonian simplicity There Is no
way to convince tn. people that the
unrestricted sway Of democracy In
national affairs il a good thing. They
tried II for eight years during the