The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-05

out IL Is cool now and we should De
content, It Is true | would rather be
at home. I have little business to
attend to, but that can wait. / would
like to hear the Growing chickens in
the cool of the early morning. | mean
Growing ROSTERS. Hens usually don't
| crow; they cluck. Also, ! would like
to hear the squealing and grunting OF
pigs and the believing of bulls, If they
only will below. really miss these
things. because l am used to them.
But 1t Is pleasant here
do you play golf, Mr.. Speaker"
No, | don't play golf. think / re-
gard 1t as better than no exercise It
Is game for middle aged persons.
am too young to take 1t up. Perhaps
will some day. like to read in
summer. ! like to read good, solid
books about the acts of men who have
done things. | like Gibbons Rome
Another book l like is Putarcn \
Lives That's a great book But, aft
er ALL the best literature In the least
possible space Is the bible. | used to
read 1t more than do now, but still
read 1t often. One can skip the long
names and some of the hard parts,
but the grandest parts of the bible
one never tires of reading Some day
| will tell you why | am especially
fond OF Matthew and John. What a
great character was Isaiah!
And in summer like to play poker.
Not for money, but to stimulate the
imagination. For instance, like 10
call blue checks $1,000 100000 each,
reds about half a million. and whites
100000. OF course there Is no such
value in the game. 1t is make be,
lieye.
In a good stiff game with good fel.
lows you may win one thousand bill
ion dollars. After you have won
that much money, In your mind, ls
when you want to get the real en-.
joyment out of the game. You can
smoke cigar just before going to
bed and think what you can buy
with one thousand billion dollars.
mat Immense.
You could give every man, won.
an. and child something You could
buy good things from all the bad
people and give them all to the good
people. And the more you dream
while you are awake of giving away
all that money you have won the
grander you will feel.
IF you are careful you can go to
bed without realizing that 1t isn't
true, and in the morning you will b,
SO busy you won't mind. That's wha
call good summer recration.'
While Uncle Joe was Illuminating OIL
the possibilities of thousand billion
dollar donations to the worthy, Wash
ington was trying to realize that the
veteran statesman pays only so cents
u suit for his underwear Represen
tative That's w. Sims of Tennessee
also pays this price for his under
clothing.
This important fact was revealed by
Mr. Sims during the debate on the
III 6eHt usHCleuCy appropriation Dill.
Mr.. Sims is an automobile hater and
he was denouncing the senate amend.
ment to the measure which made ap-
preparations providing for two auto
mobiles, one for the vice president
and the other for the speaker of the
house. Mr.. Sims said the speaker
was a man of simple tastes and he
did not believe Mr.. Cannon wanted
an automobile provided at the ex.
pense of the government.
To show how simple he and Mr.
Cannon were in their sartorial tastes
Mr.. Sims said:
THE other day Uncle Joe and Il
went into store downtown to buy
some underwear. OF course the clerk
knew Uncle Joe. He brought out
some underwear at 81 suit and tried
to stick 1t on the speaker.
It's guaranteed the clerk said.
"But Uncle Joe didn't buy 1t.
"~Give me some at so cents, he
said and that's what ha boupht And