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GANDERBONV8S August Forecast. Co(uorrIIT 1908, BY C. U. RIETH It was August the third, And quite soft were the skies, And it might be imagined Bill Taft was likewise; Yet he played it -that day upon Bryan In a way politicians despise. Which they met on the train, As all candidates will, And they wagered a dinner In test of their skill The winner to make the best put on The homely cognomen of Bill. "bl suppose," Bryan said, Stirring ice In his tea, "That in view of the times, As between you and me, The smaller the bill is the better, The which any one will agree." "Very clever," said Taft, Here is mine: I've a hunch, You are not very strong, (And he gave him a punch), For they don't like a long over due bill!" * * * * And the Peerless One paid for the lunch. August was named for Au, gustus Cosar, nephew and adopted son of Julius. August was every bit as great a man, but his uncle had a better press bureau. When the Black Band got Julius, his nephew was but 19; but he had already worn the toga virillis and shot a bear. Mark Anthony tried to get him out of the way by making him a sort of vice-president, but after Augustus had beaten him 5 u and 2 to play on the green at Modena, the big d&awing vard of the Roman chautauqua-was glad to marry the young man's sister and be a kind of Nick Longworth around the Roman White House. The Augustan age was the glory of Rome. .Like Mr. Roose velt, Augustus showed fight all -the time, and the empire en .joyed peace. There were no re formers, and times were good. The emperor liberally patronizei literature, and even wrote ve'rsel himself. Poets like Horace anm Virgil had their own enamlele< gold chariots with liveried alli -gator bait on the job behind, anm -instead of having the cruel cir cus games of Nero, the populac( met in the colliseum and wrot4 limercks for prizes. It is.saI~ that Augustus found -Rome city of brick, and left it a -cit -of marble. He was a verypoi man, and in order to miake~ month as long as ,anybody' they took a day from Februggi and added it to August, whicl originally ha4 biat thirty. Au gustus deaer!ve%,to be bette known, and it 18 nct his faul that he is not. Hei tied .every thing from 'divorce to race sul .cide. He had three wives ani -one child, a daidrfi3Isia. He beat Antony and&Pleopatra 9to 4 in the famous eugaggient. a Actium, enough in )teeltotav< left his his name up6Ry ed-cen cigar; but he stood1 bout thy ts isae chance aainst thne luate -~ ~ ~tfhis illustrious. iucle ~a I4Cj11 E' theI\roosevelt stands) Sf34dd ie ll~elight with her le Alide. ~ "The dog4 dy iI ~, The Don)ic .And the boy Reform will 4ig fer* rbre Pits For brewers and distillers, And the* office-seeker pasw around His bum alfalfa fillers. The bullfrog will essay his lay along 'the winding creek, and the dude will bite the summer girl upon her damask .cheek; the sun will burn the festive tramp clear through his under shirt, and Carrie Nation will give tongue, and kick up sod and dirt, the while her ladyship pursues the new directoire skirt. The candidates will buzz around before the voter's door, and all the babies will get kissed and snuggled up some more; the motherwill say, "Ain'the nice!" with every kiss and hug, but the father will declare he's a dern old kissing bug. The Anna-mosity which the Count Boni de Castellane and Prince Helle de Sagan bear one another. will cool a little, and about the 15th they will get to getlier and shoot dice for the Gould children. The fleet will continue to banquet acros the Pacific by easy stages, and upon reaching Manila the stoinachE of the officers will be put in dry dock and scraped. The baby calf.. will try his legs In medows soft as silk, And when he bawls his lovins dam Will rush the mother's milk And meanwhile she will smil to think, With many modest blushes flow Moses could .have evei lived In nothing but bullrushes. Alter the 21st, August will b< under the zodiacal sign of virgo This will make chautauqtf crowds restless, and outdod: orators will have to follow-ther around through the woods an< taJk to ther when thxey wil stand. It. will also cause Mr Rockefeller to get busy on tha story of, lis life he. Is going t< write- for one of the' nationa mothlies, and monopoly will ge s nevus it will have a traine< nurseand'takenourishnien through a funnel.. -Mr. Roose velt will rieanwhile call a spe cial mqeting of 'the . cabinet a Sagamore ~Iill, and will issue.a proclatuation'declaring that th best way to eatch lions is to se up a sands~eive da the desert -shovel thzesed in, and take th lions oit f the sle. Persons born under Virgo hay domnestic tastes, arid' know. hov to J8old a baby. Wboy are ver: brightiand know what the pres ee oittatisatie is. nThey are san nhe In tenrierainent, and be I theorst 1s over. The: abuse thei' stomachs, and wi] eat anything that doesn't bit Sthem first. The presidential campaiga will be confined to a few socia Sfunctions. On the 19th Mi Roosevelt Will give a lawn fet at Oysrter Bay in honor .o S"89nny Jim"' Sherrman's whit ker~s, and theguests will be givei an opportunity to hoar the se b breeze bilow through them. Os the 26th Mr. 8ryan will give 4 b ornslik part~y at Fairview, ii hoger of hisam~nning thate, Mi Kerun. Everybody *11) wea sitIt~nto runiOomone *ILJY iven the g M~*arini teb duplicate .t3 Ren's Mtembe,,~jJ rJ mn br And hipper back to school. Editor Told the Truth. 'Miss Vey Morgan, da tghter of. J. L. Morgan, editor of the WaItrika (Okla.) News, was mra ledrecently to N. L. Reed, a yoking business man of that place. The editor, in giving an acDount6f tl4e'wedding, says: For the first time in our 'life we have the privilege of writing the announcement of the mar riag of bur own daughter, and we do not have t6 write a lot of stuff that we don't believe about the. blushing bride, etc. Time can tell whether either one of them is entitled to congratula tions. We only hope that they may never regret their actions, and if 'they do they can blame themselves, as they have made their choice. They also ha re our best wishes. Our advice we are not going to offer, because it would not be accepted at what we-would'consider it worth." Fruit and Sugar for Horses Grain Is not the only food on which the horse thrives. In Egypt the Khedive's best mares are fed largely on currants, and these fruit-fed animals are noted for-their endurance an4 speed. Figs, during the fig harvest, form the food of the horses of Shyra; they turn to it from oats or hay. The green tops of the sugarcane are fed to the horses of the West Indies, and for long weeks, in many parts of Canada,. windfall apples form the horse's only food. In Tas mania peaches and in Arabia dates talke the place of the usua 6hay and oats, vorn and bran. - PA RK ER'S L HAR BALSAM &W ale the bt~a'ir t a J~sena gmwir - . 74 4 1 0 I sat D rg g a W IM May Co Rice ( Making - This season' s goods 1* Nice Ca - conti - ...ever *beghi Proprie1 Farm~rd an.j ever facilityofhedfin solicits the accou'nts -of Fzarr .Manufacturers, in fact, the-' buC PEOPLE. Savings Dep Call now and let's mae ne if you have- an idle dollar, m have you entrust it to our car< Interest paid pn time deposi $r .oo staits an account. HERE TO DO If at any time you should. fir an accomodation of un; yourun c-u-efulconsideration. CENTRAL ROLLI Has on hand several car of Hulls g Cotton Seed Meal $i.S0 per sack Cotton Seed' Hulls @ 50c. per hu Seventy-five barrels of GOOD F Every sack guaranteed. CENTRAL ROLLER J. T. 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