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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Time He Went.

"Ah." remarked Miss Weary, whom
Mr.. Staylate had been boring with
old conundrums, that last one re-
minds me of the best thing going"
whats that?" he asked, eagerly.
"a man who has stayed too LONG. =
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Quake in South Carolina.

Union, S. c., Dec 10.-A distinct
earthquake shock was felt at West
Springs and Glenn Springs, near here,
at 2:1O o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Many persons rushed into the street,
in alarm. No damage was reported
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
New Fourteen-Inch Gun Bursts

Sandy Hook, N. j., Dec. IA new
14-inch gun burst while being tested at
the Sandy Hook proving grounds Mon
day. The muzzle of the gun was
blown a hundred yards. The temper
airy carriage Of the gun was shattered
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Colonel Wins California.

Sacramento, Cal, Dec. 10.-Roose-
Welt carried California by liza votes, al
though he will have but II of the
states 10 electoral votes. The other
two will be cast for Wilson. These
figures are final.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Before Houses Were Numbered.

Before Houses Were Numbered.
Four hundred years ago the idea OF
numbering houses originated in Paris,
though it was not until 1889 that the
system became general The first
known instance of a London street IN
which houses were numbered is Pres
colt street, but the practice did not
spread far until 1854.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Einance.

Marks-'1 have some money, but ]
don't know whether to buy home or
an automobile" Parks-"Take my
advice; buy home and mortgage it
to get the machine. Then you'll have
both."-Boston Transcript.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Czareuitch Out for Walk,

st. Petersburg, Dec. 9.-The little
czarevitch walked with assistance for
a quarter of an hour on Friday in
the Royal park at Tsarskoe-Selo This
was the first time he had walked
since his illness.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Aroumentum ad-

John, why don't women have the
right to vote, anyhow
Maria, do you really want women
to have the right to voter"
Not on my own account, of course,
but"
We'll, that's the reason, Maria"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
MesseI Goes on Rocks.

Newport, R. l., Dec. 9.-The steam
er Beaver Tail of the jamestown and
Newport Ferry company, grounded on
the rocks off Rose island In the fog
Friday. Her fifty passengers and
crew were taken off by launches.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
3 9th Alike,

"A dentist who wishes to change
his business ought to be q good real
estate agent
why 500"
Because he has had experience in
making money out Of ache-rs"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Precautions

George-She sings nicely, doesn't
she?
Tor-Oh, yes. When she sings
they have to close the windows.
George-My goodness! What for?
Tor-Her voice is SO sweet that 1t
draws the flies-Pathfnder
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
No Dancer,

Il am afraid that young writer will
skim over the surface of his subject
and never go deeply into it,
He can't. The subject Ia the Dor
ing OF wells"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Rouoh on Dad.

DO you believe in love at first
sight mother" cot course, l do, my
dear. Do you suppose I'd have mar
ried your father If I'd taken second
look"-Detroit Free Press
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Naval officer Accidentally Killed.

New York, Dec. 11.-Richard H.
Townley, a retired naval officer and
at one time state comptroller of Ne
braska, accidentally shot and killed
himself Monday in cleaning a CUR
preparatory to a hunting trip
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
The Real Boss,

well, which one of the newly mar
ried pair is boss?"
NO one can tell
why not?'
Her mother is visiting them at
present"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
TWO of EN-.

Yes, 1 was a great player in my
day" said Jones. Made a goal from
the kickoff Can any of you beat
that?"
I've done the same, you bloomin'
1iar." replied Brown.-Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Worth KNOWING.

When running curtain rods through
Ehin curtains place a thimble on the
end of the rod to prevent 1t from
catching In the material
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
The Ionic,

What is being most discussed in
the homes of the nations just now?
The tariff"
No; l think fall housekeeping is
just now on the carpet"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Its Class.

"Unhorsing a rival in the old days
Of chivalry was very much like
modern holiday in busy life"
How 500"
at was taking a knight Off"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
act.

She (sternlyl-I have a rod in pic
kle for you.
He (genially)-If the pickle is one
of those jars you ill SO appetizingly, l
shall welcome it, my dear
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Its Cause.

why, do they want corporal pun
,shment restored in the schools"
ITO whip the young idea into
shape"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
biQuOus.

Maud-What kind of a man did Car
oline marry? Beatrix-The kind who
can come home from Europe with
money in his pocket.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Taft to Go to Panama December 10.

TAFT to Go TO Panama CeCempeT 10
Washington, Dec. 11.-Pres1dent
Tafts plans for a trip to Panama ad-
yanced Monday to point where De-
cember 10 was tentatively selected as
the date of starting. Dreadnaught
arkansas will carry him.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13

It's a genuine surprise party If any
)ne has good time at 1t.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13

Some Of the charity that begins at
home isn't worth making a fuss about.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-02-17
III Nntonio, sDnnaben6 ben II. 5ebruar 1912.

lelueHllut ~ poIl lltegllU. SeTEet
ieien Die IN ben noroli1en Ero-
pin5ei1 itebenoen Manoi6u-S -Sruppell
iblper in 3aun 5u baIterl, fur5,
alles 8eiee Die 9eotpenoigfeit lei.
aes gerbleibens in gefine. @r bot
fe aud Die MISUNDERSTANDING
III Nai1fi1lg bon bieler 9eohpenois-
felt gu iiber5eugen. @r iprah iib
GROCER Entertaining iiber Or. Sun
Uat Sen aus.
Mus 2oilonn neloet man: 9ie
bieiige 8reiie madt feinen SebI ans
Dem Merger uno Der Giferiudt, ipcl-
de Die 9eote oes Staatsicfretdrs
&nor on ben oelltidel 8otidofter
@rof 9ernitorff IN @nglano erreet
bat. 9lue @ldtter betra1ten Die
0ote ais einen getpeis fir eille
gebeine oeutlb anlerifaniibe @ll.
tente uno bie uHa1 Maa @a3etia"
l6reibt, inoem iie iiber bie onle.
rifaniiden Sntereiien in gbina ipot-
tet: ogs tit ettuos ionoerbar, oo5
Die amerifaniide giepublif, mn oie
Sntegritdt Gbinas 5ll erbaltelg Die
0fabt 81 Silfe ruff, oeren @riuer-
hllng Don 4iauti6ou Der lnberfro-
renite illternationale Biratenitreib
mar. gSir peroen iest mol baIo bon
@aibiugton oas @eibrei nad einenl
Nlabhen an Der Come borelt, mic
bon Berlin. 9ie amerifaniibe Sic.
eierlna traut oaem 9lnidein mud
Der eneliid rnliii6 : iapanildel'
&onlbination niht, obgleib .bieie 5idl
fir Dos Yrin3ip Der llnteilbarfeit
Gbinas erfl1rt hot. 9ie Menoeril,,s
gen, Die iebt I'M v9ieiebe ber Mit-
te" norgeben, mogen pieIleit6t elmer,
Mebiel in ser 9altung bieier Mad-
te nottpenoig MAIDEN ober Dos mnl,
abgeipartet peroen. 8e5eidneno 1T
iloeB Der l1mitano, oaB Die nneri-
faniibe geote glei65eitie NIT Der SIN.
fiinoigung fam oaB Sapan $175,-
100000 mebr fir feline sSlotie ans,
geben miro. llnler 0erbiinoeter ilri
fernen Often perltebt, boB Die 2G
funft gbinas uno bes Stilleil
S5cans BON Ser Mo6t abbdngt, bie
nnf Dem gSniier oni itorflten lit"
9lus Berlin meloet man. Die
oeutidanlerifanii6e 2ebrer. tpelt,e
i'm Sonlmer oie Heibsbauptitaot
beiu1en, peroen BON oen bieiigen
geborben auf bas ber5lidite mir.
fonnen gebeiBen meroen. Der Wia-
giitrat bat in iciner beutigen Sit.
ung oen gel6luB gefoBt, ben
belltid amerifaniihen 2ebrertas
in Ser staotbane offi5ien 5lt begrii-
zen. 3u Gbren Der @afte miro citt
9on5ert Der @eneinoei6iiler peran-
italtet tperben.
2out MeIbung aus Sranfeil-
itein i'll Sd)leiien lit Der frail5oiiide
Spradlebrer gernot, ipelder lla-
I1nelt auf Die snflage nerDaftct iullr-
sc, Dem fran50liidell Sallptnann
uno spion 2nr bci ieiner Slnbt
ans Der 8eitllua @lab geDotfen 81
Gaben, pegeu @iangels an gewei
fen freigelaiien lporoen. aoltm mar
Dem Sprahlebrer Die Sreibcit per-
fiiuoet, oIs ibm ard bic gefannt-
ma1une 5uging, oaE CT beltlder
@ooen 5n perlaIicn ba6e, lueil ct als
laltiger glusldnoer ousgeluieien iei
slus @iterbo in Stalien miro
gemeIoet: % Mitglieber Der Gamor-
'ro iuuroen fiir3lid ouf 8efcbl BON
9ii1ter gianhi in Jreibcit gcicht
9ie 2ente befanoer iid) lett flint
Sabren in @efangenfdaft ipegcI
llnngangs NIT @erbrehern.
Sn Siibingen lit Der Sbpei5er
@r-2egationsrat gringolf i'll 5aft
genonlnlen iporben. ST lit anaeflagt
rieiige Sdiuinoc(eien bcgongen gu
huben
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-02-17

glo. 3O2-Guero, Wictoria. 7:80 BORN
80. 304,314-gnero. Wictoria ...
80 aben6s
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-02-17
Nus 8arral iii gbibnabn

Nus Yarral iii Gbibltabna
miro eemeloet: Siiaf5ebn 9emoffne,
te oralgen fiir5lid IN ous Saus
essanaes g4illians Sonbleton's lmo
beronbten i'm nm $4,000 in neri.
fonii6er @dbruug. &ambleton lit
britiiher Stoatslutertan rno ols
9lgent fir Die 9orreot Sbnelsbiit~
lie tdtig. Sn Der porportogigen
geaht tunroe bon 25 9eiuoffnetcn
auf elm 8aarenlager Der @eiellIdaft
Bel Silometer Sd oil Der Harral &
DURANGO giienbnbn ein lteberfad
ousgefiibrt. Die llebereriffe baben
EN- @inihreiten oes britiihen tuie
oes omerifoniiden @eld)Gftstroeers
5rr Solse gebabt.
g(us MontereD folnmt Die
geohrid)t, es oerlaute bort geriihts-
ipeiie, General Srepino iollc sl,ni
8rieasn,inilter ernannt tperhen
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-02-17
Gi(enbabll : Ta1lplau.
$. & 6. q. ga5u.

S. & 9. q. gabn.
antlinft
$50. 3-@om 9foroen. $3.50 abe,los
$50. 5-8oin Noroen. .6.45 aberbs
$50. 7-9aiIb grpreB Spe5ial, Siioeu. J.
............... 9.55 ntor9
$50. 9-aoeal bon galeftine. -. :. !.
=. ...... =. ..10.45 abenos
go. 4-@nn Merifo. 1855 nadm
No. 12-2ocal bon 2areoo (genliidt) :.
:. 1900 ntorg,
Abfabrt
SO. f. Nad Dem 9Grben. 1.55 nastH,
SO. g. Na9 bern giorben. 800 abenos
ylo. S-2ocal mad RaIeitine. 80 nsor9
gfo. 10-9ailD ggpreb 9pe5ial, Morben
1920 morg
SO. s -9sab Wegito. 100 nrors
SO. 11-2oeal mad 2areoo (gemiidt)
=. .... ....S.VU dOelio5.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-02-17
Weht nid)t metr labm.

9ein Sinfen mebr fir Con.
Weoore in @odram Ga. SD bate
cine i6limnne @unoe auf meinem
SUB, oie niht beilen iuollte, bis id;
Wudlen's slrnica Salbe gebrau6te"
iAreibt er, ,aber oieie lunnoerborc
golbe furierte mid idnea" Seili
alte, offene @unoen, @eidpiire,
9riib-, 0ranb. uno 5dnittipunoen,
GhiirfungeH, eczema ooer Sd.
morrboioen. @eriu6t iie. geiir 25
Gents BEL alien Mpotbefern.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-02-17
~. s.. & 8. 8abu.

NJ. q cI
$40. 241- Bon So,liton. .730 porm
So 7-8on 9aIlas nno Sort Bortb
........... 755 boril
So 205-8on &anias gitb uno ct.
2ouiS ..........8 $40 bornt
0o. 15-Qofal bonn Norben. $40 nadlm
So Coon aanias gitb. ct. 9ollis unO
gbicago $50 abellos
Nbfabrt
So 16-gaad yaoroeu pia sluitin uio
SO 10-gaad5 Ct 9ouis, Seania8 @itp
iiub @bica9o ........ 800 BORN
So 8--Saa6 Sort @ortb uno Oalins
$50 aberbs
So 206-g1ad ct. 2ouis uno 9anias
9th 900 abepbS
So 242-ginb Souitor 1915 aber,Ss
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-02-17
sDeie e,ne 9epeldle

Oeie eine 9epeid)e ans Der
SauptItaot Merifo meloet, ilt oie
Staot Sorreon iest bon 9iepollltios
nGren eingeid]loIlen uno man er-
ipartet bort ieoen sllaenblid ange
eriffen 5u iueroen.
9(ns Monclope i'm Staatc
Goo6uila miro geneloet, Die BORT
pobnenben 9lmerifoner bereiteter
iib ebenfaas 5ur 6luht Dor.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-02-17
g. q. & u. q. gabn.

Nntuntt -
no. 1--9oufton H. b., aiifte
700 ahenos
30. 81 -2oliiton urlo Der &iifte..
30. 5-aiiitsnltai6te lis : na5n, Saa'
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fa9en ................ ..9:36 BORN
No. 42--8on &errbille. MIR Sonn>
tags.. :. :. -. 500 nn6nl
gfo. 46-@on &errbiIIe. nur at 8os
nenfnaer. -. $40 llac1Ia
slbfabrt
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| 80. -5ouitOu un6 Der aiiite.. 49,.
SO. e-aiiitenftaote. .a.1o nadlm
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dentaaen. ..7:25 BORN
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SO. 9-gom Often. .7:15 BORN
No. 7-Wpm Often. -. $3.50 nahm
SO. 10-gl Haip II. @eiten. 9. 80 nadm
go. Soon 81 Raip.. ..10.1b BORN
Nbfa1rr-
SO. 9-Na6 gl pafo uno Beiten. :.
So 7-saaa 81 9aio un6 @sifsn. .
glo 10-gln9 5. Often. 1890 abenos
So 8-Gab Dem Often. 11:15 borm
Wietorta 9iptiion, 9. $. & 9. U.
Nnflirt.
SO. 3O1-guero. gictoria. 800 abenbs
.7.45 mors
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................ ::7;45 abenbs
Nbfnhrf-
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-02-17

O. 6. & g. 8. IS. G. g. q. gabndOf)
Influft
go. 7-@om Norben. -. 1000 bornl
So 9-@om Noroen. \. 10.45 aberlbS
slbfahrt
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geo. 6--Nab oe;a gforoeu. 800 abenes
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-02
STORY ABOUT A WEDDING

STORY ABOUT A WEDDING
Papers full of domestic scan
dals. Statisticians pouring forth
awful figures about the increase
of divorce. Theorists gloomily
announcing the downfall of the
American home. Children with
from two to four sets of parents.
Plenty of such things. But let's
tell a story that's different.
Fifty years ago, a young fel-
low named Eph Hastings mar
ried a comely girl in the little
town of Keokuk, Ia. Of 100000
pearl necklace, tapestries. silver
ware, automobiles, banknotes and
things like that they hadn't much,
but they had courage and each
others hearts, and you may be
sure that there's not much Eva
ter" in that sort of stock when
loves merger is successfully pro-
noted,
Well, Eph, and his young wife
turned their backs on Keokuk So
ciety, and, with their little all of
worldly goods, joined mule
train to cross the great plains to
the land where the setting sun
paints glory on land and sea and
in its rising from behind najes-
tic mountains makes praise of
God spring from the heart of
man.
Then, for weeks and weeks the
train crept across prairie and des-
ert, through the cold shadows of
valleys that cleft the moutains,
ocrocc streams foo deem tO wade
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-02

'---& 49, - " ' ' = - - - -
loaded guns on their knees. In
dams butchered men, women and
children of train that was fol-
lowing them. Two days later
came news that Indians had
knitted, scalped, horribly tortured
to the last human being a big
train that was ahead of them.
One evening, Buffalo Jim, no
torious as the most bloodthirsty
chief of all indians, visited their
camp. All the people of the train
prayed that night and Eph sat
with one arm around his bride
and the other around his rifle, for
Buffalo Jim meant horrible death.
But something pleased Jim and
there was no massacre and so,
through more hardships and ter
rors the train went creeping into
the west, and it was altogether
such a honeymoon trip. for Eph
and wife as few couples ever pass
through.
What a freak this thing named
love is! Often it seems to refuse
to live with people who have
everything. Then, again, it for
ever abides with, grows strong
and everlasting with couples who
have little, who go through hard
ships, misery, terrors and even
shame together and is, in joy and
sorrow, in pleasure and pain, in
success and defeat, up to-nay,
beyond-the very doors of death
the glory of glories of human life.
II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-24
.AYHAWKER .NOTS

Nor does it necessarily follow that
Mr.. Ode Keller, of north of Penalosa,
is a poet.
Mrs. Tom Thompson of the Howard
Courant thinks that the way women
are being snapped up in some places
for jury duty so soon after becoming
eligible smacks smartly of malice"
A Stafford fellow lost a vice and is
advertising for it, notes the Conway
Springs Star, and it adds: Most fellows
would be only too glad to lose a few
vices, and would never advertise for
their return.
Young man, advises the Nickersor
Argosy, when you start out to buy that
sweet young thing a diamond ring for
Christmas just look around and see if
mother doesn't need new pair of
shoes, or if dads trousers aren't worn
a little thin in the basement.
Out at Burr Oak, Kansas. a man
has taken a solemn vow never to vote
again as a silent protest against wom-
an suffrage, notes the Eureka Herald,
and it adds: Surely the matter hasn't
been given proper publicity for the
on.
AS the jokers joke in Peabody, ac-
cording to the Peabody Herald: A fell
low stepped into the Dawson store the
other day and asked Joe Brown for a
pair of left h ded scissors. Joe says
TIE IGlIOW lIIOQSIl lICIS wash any
such scissors and when he handed
them out to him, he backed down and
decided he didn't want a pair, after
all A fellow called Joe for a left
handed monkey wrench once and Joe
labelled a wrench left handed" and
sent it to the joker with the bill. The
wit took it for granted that he him
self was the one sold and returned the
wrench.
An editor is quoted by the Troy
Chief as saying that the most embar-
RAISING typographical mistake that
ever occurred in his experience was in
connection with a marriage notice.
The bridegroom was a man by the
name of Gum, whose father Abraham
Gum, was a leading citizen. The edi-
tor wanted to give the young couple
a good send off, but turned in the copy
and trusted to a drunken printer and
a drunken proofreader to see that it
got into the paper all right. The next
morning he read the announcement
headed "Gunsmith.' The girls name
was Smith. The notice went on to say
that the blushing bride was tastefully
arrayed in a dress of white mule -
instead of white NULL" and that she
carried a large red nose" The copy
said rose" He had written in re-
gard to the groom that he was the well
liked son of A. Gum" The COM
positor set it up, '"The groom is a
wall-eyed son-of-a-gun." The editor
fired both the compositor and the
prOofreader, but just the same he was
never able to square it with either
bride or groom, or old man Gum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-24
says UNCLE CIV

The world loveth a complainant adj
wiser and i has 'em a-plenty.
THAT young sprig gives his patients
what they want and he's getting rich, -
said old Doc Houser of Puckyhuddle,
but I give 'em what's good for 'em
and stay poor. Also, the undertaken
and L don't speak"
1t is not always the rule that what is
pleasant is not good for us. 1t were
a sad world if that perniciouS doctrine
there are times when the disagreeable
is the beneficial, and it frequently takes
courage to apply a remedy.
Occasionally an operation must be
performed; occasionally, painkiller
won't do, and the knife or forceps is
the only thing that will. Hence it hap
pens that reformers, like doctors must
have the courage of their convictions.
It may prove unpleasant to apply the
proper remedy and it may bring down
upon you the wrath of those to be
benefited, but don't monkey with So
ciety's internal organism unless you
are prepared to make good. If You
don't make good, you're populating the
moral graveyard and winning the
friendship of = e cosmic undertaken.
It's rather an overwhelming job at
best this thing of Selling a section of
society by the nape of its several necks
and shaking it into a new way of
thinking. It's quite likely that nobody
will know for a matter of a few thou
sand years whether you are right or
wrong, and that then the majority of
the people on earth won't be entirely
sure. 1t is an even more serious mat
ter by sugared sophistries to seduce
society from a vigorous morality into
a less clearly defined and more doubt
full one.
The latter is the peculiar province of
the complaisant adviser. We meet him
in every walk in life all the way from
the pulpit and the editorial page to the
ward meeting ard the street corner.
In the pulpit he is a greasy, unctuous
hypocrite, in the editorial page a spine
less time server, in the ward meeting
a budding demagogue and or the street
corner a brainless loafer. And in de-
grees of abomination there is remark
ably little difference between the top
and the bottom of that scale.
ct never liked homeless ham," old Doc
Houser used to say, land I hate bone
less men. That young sprig over there
that's doping his patients when he
ought to be curin' 'em is one of the
homeless variety. If he had any bones
at all, to say uothin' of a spine, he'd
buck UP an be a doctor instead of a
quack."
The world would be better off if it
hadn't so many homeless advisers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-24

could be, and then he could have been
so surprised when he found out.
1 happen to know he could do All
this because I know that he is very
clever man. That is, clever as 70
mind. I'm afraid my rating OF MS
heart cleverness has gone down con-
siderably since this incident.
But he chose instead to exalt MS
own penetration at the expense OF the
family's disappointment.
l trust you and are never any rela-
tive of this man-not even a thou-
sandth cousin.
There are doubtless some gifts
awaiting you which will not be the
complete surprises they were intended
to be.
Here's wishing you the ability and
inclination to act and look just as sur
prised as if you never suspected the
bulky package you caught sight of in
the hall could possibly be the silk
puff you've long wanted. or that sus-
piciously thin bundle the expressman
brought to the house the other night
might possibly be an umbrella for
you.
Somehow I can't think that st. Pet
er will have a very black mark for
that kind of deception.