Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1903 — The Comic Side oF The News [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Comic Side oF The News

Over in China it is clear that Rusria and Japan are working both sides of the street. “Night shirt” parades by college boys also show the superiority of higher education. Chauncey Depew and Tom Plett ahould organise a bridegrooms’ club in the the United States Senate. * Japan doubtless is willing to promise that it will be oat of Korea just as soon as Russia is oat of Manchuria. This nation can abundantly afford to maintain at the Whit* House a corps of specialists in the art of detecting and ejecting cranks. y Another reason why the Sultan will “welcome” intervention if the powers unite upon it may be that the Saltan cannot help himself. When an anarchist puts a revolver in his pocket and goes to the White House to see the President it is a aafe proposition that he la hooting trouble. According to the government report the corn crop is better than the average this year. Tet the whole country was having heart failure over the corn crop a few weeks ago. If the War Department means to produce an artistic and convincing effect with its aham wan it should arrange te have them followed by ahem controversies among the participating comma bA