Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1903 — The Comic Side oF The News [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Comic Side oF The News

Thus far it does not look much like an open summer. The Karageergeviteh dynasty carries a heavy accent on the “nasty.” Doubtless the people of Kansas City are overjoyed to think that they were enough to build their city on a few hills. It .is pleasing to know that somebody in the War Department has sense and courage enough to cut through several yards of red tape when occasion requires. The opportunity to give relief to the flood sufferers through judicious use of military stores is one of these occasions." In Brie, Pa., the police force has gone on a strike. While endeavoring to protect their lives and property against the criminal classes the people of Brie may now speculate upon the desirability *f having public servants organized under union leaden and amenable to strike or-

Absent treatment is certainly the best for one who is threatened with a cyclone. Now it will be interesting to see how long a dynasty originating in murder will last. Mr. Folk should be able to carry Missouri, provided the penitentiaries do not get a vote. ~ It appears that Queen Draga’s beautiful sister escaped. What a hit she could make on the stage now. Now that the country is pretty well stocked up with panama hats they are rapidly going out of style. Abdul Hsmid is going to release 1,400 Buigarisns from various prisons. Ab. is never happy unless be is making trouble for the world. It must be that “Jiu£ Hill does sot wauf to buy any more stocks at present or else he is using another variety of pepsin, for he now sees prosperity ahead. It remains for the revised editions of tbe dictionaries to explain whether the past tense of tbe new verb “to standpat” should be “stoodpst” oY “standpatted.” The two forms are about equally elegant. The Chinese bandits have kidnaped gn American and want 89,000 ransom. It must be discouraging to a good, brisk American to be marked down to that figure after what those Buigarisns wasted for Miss-Stone . •v» %li■■ V. " "" "v - , .