Semi-weekly herald., 1912-03-11
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EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS
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ty hard to have several irons in the
fire without burning your fingers.
La Toilette claims that he is still
in the race. About all the race that
he is part of now is the human race.
The candidacy of Teddy must be
regarded in one of two ways. either
it is Sad Mistake or it is hugo
Joke.
When two old men meet for the first
time since they were in school to-
get.,er they put in a lot of time re-
rncmbering things that never really
happened.
Governor Osborn of Michigan prom
ised the state to Teddy but the dele
gates have been instructed to vote for
Taft.
A man who really enjoys loafing
ought to get up early in the morn
ing SO as to have good long day to
loaf in.
Being poor we are known as
crank and crouch, if we were
millionaire we would be referred to
as an eccentric.
A little Boulder boy died this week
as the result of swallowing brass
neer check. Thus does the demon rum
continue to take toll.
Don't let your sympathy run away
with your judgment, there are cases
when the under dog is getting just
what he deserves, and went out hunt
ing for.
The new turkey trot" dance, judg-
ing from the pictures Of it, is where
good deal of white meat is dis.
played with the minimum amount Of
dressing.
An intimation comes from Denver
this morning that in the "high grade"
cases, just now being Investigated,
some Durango district ore is liable 10
play quite part.
Noise cuts mighty little on show
down. You will notice that the fell
lows who carry the largest stocks Of
noise always show up with the small
est bank accounts.
We always speak well of the dead
and this practice we suppose explains
why the fowl, called an old rooster in
life, becomes spring chicken after
his top piece is amputated.
If Diaz will come back to Mexico
and kill about sixty-two of the agita-
tors who are raising all this disturb
ance in that country he will receive
the thanks Of more than one that we
know Of.
Arizona is now state but the eli
matte conditions are just about as
they were when she was merely ter
ritory. A change in officials and high
er taxes is about all the difference the
people will notice.
You can find consolation in this
thought, when people talk about you
behind your back; If they were not
afraid of you, and did not know that
they were lying, they would say the
things right to your face.
1t is said that when a mountaineer
in the south is asked to hurry he re-
plies leisurely: "Don't forget there's
whole day tomorrow faint been
teched yet" What do you intend to
do in those tomorrows that have not
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There isn't much to be gained in
weeping and wailing about the wick
edness Of the world. If you will try
to improve your own conduct you will
have your hands full and will be do
ing all one person should be asked to
do toward making the, world better.
The intimation, by Rev. Mr.. Gala
nan, that the Durango schools are Of
very low grade does not seem to be
borne out by set of figures which
have been compiled by one Of Du-
rango's statisticians. The Durango
schools grade up well with the best
in the state.
We dtC oO NAoy w NOh'Ah~S sss%s
when the brigade Of suffragcttes in
l ondon went out on the warpath and
broke several hundred plate glass win
dows, out of the big stores in the
shopping district, they satisfied us
that votes for women are the right
and proper thing.
German joke: In a small village
was a young man who was generally
regarded as fool. So many Of the
villagers made fun Of him that he
made up his mind to show them up.
He announced that upon certain
hour he would appear on top Of q
tower and fly to the earth like bird.
At the time set all the villagers as
sembled at the castle to see the younk
man fly. He climbed up 70 the top Of
the tower and then called out: "You
have all come here to see me fly. Yet
you know a. well ~ do that I can
no more fly than you can. Judge,
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