Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1912 — WHY JACK FAILED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHY JACK FAILED.

“So Jack failed in that wheat corner—l thought he had a bushel of brains!” “He did—-but he lacked a million bushels of wheat”

The Robin. The early robin seta in line To raise our spirits that hare sunk. As a musician he is fine. But as a weather prophet—punk 1 Sayings of Famous Men. Old Black Joe: “Yes, suh; I’s cornin’” / Jean Valjean: “I suppose If I wanted to I could make Frank Ootch look like a piker.” . : David Haruto: “Gee! What a hoss trade 1, could have got out of King Richard the Third!" Baron Munchausen: “What's' the matter with naming a club after me!” Intangible Fortunes. “You say you lost a fortune on Wall street?” : ... ; ' ” Tei,” replied the philosophic., person. “But it’s the same fortune my broker told me 1 had made the week previous, bo I don't know that I ought to feel any different from what I did before.” A Little Awkward. Miss Gusby (entering a fall tramcar as Jorkins prepares to rise) —Oh, don’t get up—don’t get up! Please keep your seat! \ •> ’ Jorkins (slightly bewildered) —Like to oblige you, madam, but I get out at this street. Not Much. Patience —You say she was blind to all bis entreaties? Patrioe—Yes; until he gave her a solitaire. “Oh, then, she wasn’t stone blind." A Consideration. "Do you want your wife to vote?” "I don't mind,’: replied Mr. Grcnrch-