THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1896.
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THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
Preiklent-WILLI a"nTmKINLEY.
Vice President-UAKitET A. HO BART,
STATE.
Congressmen - at - Large UA LUSH A A.
GROW. SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT.
rorxTY.
Con?rf?f-WILLIACONN-ET.I..
Cotnmtssloners-S. V. ROBERTS, GILfc-S
Audltors-.V E. KIEI-'ER. FRED L.
WAKD.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate. 21st nistrictCOL. V. .1. SCOTT.
Kepresentntlve. IhI District JOHN K.
FAKR: 2d TVsrlet A. T. ("ON NELL:
3d lltrt.-t-ll. X. '. MACKt;h
piitiiL-t JOHN K. REYNOLDS.
When the firemen of Scrantun once
faiily get together It Roes without say
ing that they arc decidedly all right.
Concerning Rural Discontent.
It l:i nut to be dnied that ftvm any
standpoint tln outlook of the farmerjn
this cotinny is ljts-t with great per
plexities. The men who want to make
polltii ul capital out of rural discontent
iii.oiif.-tlciinl'ly overdraw tlx; picture
They make the farmer's case out a
pit-at deal worse than it Is. They
point, for Instance, to the "recent decline
in prices as if It were exclusively on
agriculture 1 misfortune. They forget
that if l.y this decline the farmer's
income is reduced, tile cost of his living
Is In turn diminished. The articles
tiiat he buys for his household, every
thing for which he pays out money,
save only taxis and fixed tiir.r;;es,
have fallen in price In substantially
the same proportion, so that the far
mer who has no Interest bill to pay is
relatively almost If not quite as w 11
nff as lie ever was.
in some respects he Is better iff.
J'H'.t'cularly In the eastern states there
hr.ve come to him. In recent years,
t in there lire likely to colitll'lie to conn)
to him In the mar future, conveni
ences and social possibilities never pre
viously Known. It Is nut an uncommon
t hltiK tod iy for the farmers In the more
populous old. r slates to receive dally
deliveries of mail, with all the fresh
ened hnnwledffo and quickened Inter
ests that they imply. Formerly una
n.ail a week was the rule. Already In
iiume localities there nro movements
toward the bringing of the farmer Into
direct communication by electric rail
road with the cities, throwing within
his prasp the opportunity to enjoy as
never before city advantages reinforc
ed by country Independence. In this
direction the near future Is rich with
promise. In this connection it is scarce
ly necessary to call attention to so
v.v-ll-l:nown a fact as that modern si i
oiicc tind indention are rapidly dolus;
fi r the farmer a proportion of benefit
eii'ul or neatly equal to that whi'h
they have already conferred upon the
Industrial arts, so that the farm which
once was thought fit only to yield one
r.rnual c rop i f wheat or oats or corn
row suffices, under the 3liitnilus of im
proved fettiiizei and in obedience to
bolter educated Ir.isbandry, to Rive
forth diversified and repeated crop
rper !a!ly adapted to the most profitable
commercial demand. If ;the com
plaints of agriculture are examined
c losely, a large percentage of them wid
be found to arise from those tillers of
the soil who have not kept pace with
the times, but who Instead ro on in the
ways of their grandsires, raising wheat
when thp market calls for hay or buck
wheat or celery, and corn when the
real return is to be Rot from a harvest,
of timothy or clover.
We do not wish, however, to draw too
rosy a picture. The farmer has Just
grievances and these will in future re
quire thoughtful consideration. Some
of them nre Indicated in the letter of
Westbrook Herring In another column.
There Is very little doubt In the mind
of the candid observer that in matters
of legislation, state and federal, the
farmer during the past score of years
has been getting ruther less than his
Just share of attention. The corpora
tions during these years have had their
skilled lobbyists at every capital In the
nation, and while not all of the charges
brought by office-seekers against cor
porations as a class are true. It yet re
quires to be raid in all frankness that
the corporations have not as a rule
gone out of their way to foster interests
other than their own. Measures af
fecting those Interests have seldom
lacked Influential assistance in legis
lative halls; but not until very recent
ly has there been organized effort to
secure a similar safeguarding of the in
terests of the farmer. That in coming
time If we would avoid increasing mis
chief there will have to be mor of
broad statesmanship and less of class
selfishness In our legislative assemblies
Is clearly foreseen; and the intelli
gence and patriotism of the great mass
of voters will doubtless rise to the nee
esslty.
The betterment of the farmer's lot
cannot be expected, however, along the
lines of Intensifying class friction.
That is what stamps the free silver
movement as vicious. Improvement
which does not reach all the people is
either special privilege or robbery. The
fact that we may have erred In the
past In the direction of permitting .class
favoritism before the law does not' Im
ply that a cure for this error ur" to- be
found in a ten-fold more drastic appli
cation of counter-Irritants.
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Some excellent advice is offered by
the Troy Times in connection with the
present business situation. "The duty
of the Individual," it points out,, "Is as
a debtor, to pay his obligations prompt
ly "when he can. Small accounts are
often allowed to remain unpaid
through carelessness. These small bills
that might be paid and are not would
In the aggregate be a large gum to put
into the channels of trade and keep
things moving. Then there should be
an incredulity toward rumors which
have no responsible bucking and which
are trivial until they are believed. A
perfectly solvent Institution can be
crowded Into embarrassment by a
needless run. Lenlen -y of the creditor
as well as promptness of the debtor la
desirable in times when haste may
mean waste." Hard times are always
greatly aggravated hy heedlessness,
and, on the other hand, can be mater
ially ameliorated by a little common
sense.
Tariff Prospects.
The Republican partv believes In the
fullest and fullest protection to every le
gitimate American Industry. It believes in
prelecting the farm us well as the
mill: the raw material as well as the fin
ished product. It stands always for Am
erican Interests us against foreign inter
ests. It muliitaiiis the .obligation of
American lawmakers to leglslute first or
all for the welfare of American homes and
American citizenship. This is a cardi
nal pollev 'or Republicanism which has
been overwhelmingly Indorsed by the peo
ple at the polls. It Is u fundamental ar
ticle In the Republican creed, as unalter
able as the party's loyalty to honest elec
tions: to sound currency: to the defense of
Americun rights In every quarter of the
globe: to the honor of the Flag. Hut pro
tection is not a schedule. It Is a princi
ple whose application and manner of en
forcement vary with the conditions of the
times. Tills country needs two
things above uli else to insure its firm
prosperity and Its leadership among thu
great nations of the world. The (list Is
on absolutely sound and stable currency.
The second Is a tariff which shall yield
ample revenues and afford adequate pro
tection to American Industries without
overstepping the limits of Justice and fair
ness. The Republican party Is pledged to
accomplish both these results. It can be
trusted to fulfill Us pledges.
With this decluiatlon of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, which Is
substantially a rephiaslng of the opin
ions expressed on this point In Major
McKinley's Mter of acceptance, all
n.puLlicans will eerie. .In view of the
practical certainty that congress will
b? convene 1 In xtra session on March
4 ntxt by Piesldent McKinley to take
steps to replenish the revenue, It may
be mine too soon to give assurunc ro
the luiliess Interests of the countiy
that. the Republican party will under
t.ilu no eours of action calculated to
fiuihci Inflame and unsettle business
conditions. The next congressman
from tljis district should be u man
whose commercial relations are such
that while Inclining him to favor ade
quate Protection for our local Indus
tries they will at the same time dissu
ade him from lending his assistance to
lolent or radical measures of tariff
revision, should such be proposed.
We do not anticipate that there will
lie any danger from this source. The
Republican ltaders and the Republi
can press are united In urging modern -t'.o.i
and caution in this connection
not because they wish to cast any re
flect inn whatever upon the Republican
tariff measure of 1SD0, which more ef
fectively lilted the conditions that
culled It into being than did any prior
or subsequent enactment of its kind;
but because the intervening interval of
liemoctatic mlsgovernment has
btought the country's vital forces to
such a low ebb that skillful treatment
must Incline to patience. Yet since the
subject has been mentioned, we feel
that the Republican Intention with
reference to It should be clearly and
full understood. The long-suffering
victims of past political agitation have
a right to feel that in the election of
McKinley they will at Inst gain the
chance to recuperate In peace. ,
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When Mr. Bryan becomes older he
will realize that a leader's greatness is
measured not by how much but by how
wisely he talks.
The Booming Slate Trade.
The greatest wonder In the line of
trade fur the current year Is the hold
that the roofing slate of the Slatlng
ton legion has taken upon the Euro
pean mirk;, a hold which bids fair to
make still further progress. Last fa'l
tuving to the depression In trade the
Kigcst til in in Slatlngton, the Carbon
Slate compuny, determined to try to
place the hard and unfading slates of
their region upon the English market
and cu n lepresentativo over the
water upon that errand. This .experi
ment rf-U'ted in several trial orders
being procured and exported. The ef
f"ct f almost Instantaneous, and on
July IS last a trnln of seventy-two
cars IcqiiuIliiK 0,500 Fquarcs) was
snipped by that firm, it being the larg
est s-ngle shipment ever made up to
that time. On Aug. 1 their total ship
ments this year for export had reached
210 cars. In July last they and another
firm each ffnt a representative to Eu
rope. Both returned two weeks ago
and brought orders wiln them for ovtr
0,000 squ.ir.-s. to lie shipped at stated
periods wkhiu one year.
The output of the Slatlngton region
from Danlelsvllie to Slatedalo averages
1X1.0J0 to ir,0.000 square. per annum.
The several thousand squares already
shipped have cleared the banks, so that
now there Is no stock to draw upon,
and as the previous output hud only
been equal to the home consumption
It Is a question where the extra quan
tity is to come from. Every large size
slate that will be made for the net
eight months is alreudy sold and or
ders are arriving every few days. All
the quarries are working at their full
capacity, with little regard to'weather.-
But the greatest satisfaction to the
slate operators Is the praise bestowed
upon their product by the I'.ritish and
continental dealcis, who are re-shlp-ping
a great many squares to various
parts of the world, Routh America and
Australia in particular. The ' reports
already made have caused quite a stir
in shipping circles and this summer
Is the first that ship owners have
quoted rpgular rates for this class of
trade. The New York and Philadel
phia Journals have on several occaslotu
lately callud attention to It, and the
I Philadelphia Journal of Commerce has
had a representative for the past three
Wteka ltr 61a ting-ton .writing op the
trade and making arrangements to
classify It in the dally trada reports In
the same manner as the coal, Iron and
other industries are now.
Two months aco a" few sample or
ders of natural late blackboards were
exported, with a view of opening a new
field for this extensive branch of the
slate Industry of which Slatlngton is
the center; three-fourths of the world's
output bclns manufactured, it Is
claimed, at this pushing Pennsylvania
town. All this augurs well for the fu
ture of the slate Industry, which Is as
yet only In Its Infancy. It also shows
what may be expected In this and oth
er Industries when the McKinley ad
ministration shall have succeeded in
restoring reciprocity.
Arthur Sewall has acted with proper
spirit in surrendering the presidency
of the American Merchnnt Marine as
sociation In view of its activities in
support of McKinley. He owed that
much to his running-mate. Mr. liryan.
Rut he needn't pretend to be so all
fired angry. Everybody knows he fa
vors Just the legislation in behalf of
our ocean carrying trade to which Mc
Kinley is pledged and against which
Bryan Is publicly recorded. In other
words, Sewall Is In practice at least
a Protectionist, and he cannot hope to
make the public think otherwise.
Coming Home to Roost.
The assertion of the British foreign
office that any attempt on England's
part to prevent the future slaughter of
Christians In Turkey would cause at
least three other European powers to
engage England in war Is startling if
true, but It probably Isn't true. The
saner supposition is that Salisbury Is
merely trying to dodge from his duty
behind a diplomatic fiction.
But if It were true, which from every
point of view is seemingly Incredible,
would It be the proper thing for Great
Britain, the boasted leuder among
European powers, to permit the pros
pect of hostilities to divert It from the
prompt performance of an obvious
moral duty? Is It to be said of British
valor that It can be cowed Into supine
acquiescence in wrong by tho show of
apparently superior force? The pres
ent premier of England appeals to for
get the teaching of England's premier
poet and philosopher that
"Thrice Is lie armed who hath his quarrel
Just."
If three other powers in Europe men
ace Anglican Interference at Constanti
nople with the threat of Immediate war,
it comes only as a logical legacy of Eng
land's past utiBcrupulousness. There
would be none of this growling, sullen
Jealousy If In prior complications (he
officials of Downing street had habit
ually played fair. There Is nn adage
which tells of chickens coming home
to roost. Is this receiving an exempli
fication in connection with the British
foreign office's present feeble effort to
solve the Armenlun problem?
The delicate foundation upon which
the business factor known as credit
ivsts is clearly shown In the reported
cause of the recent run which closed
the Troy national bank. A man stand
ing In front of the bank's chief en
trance suddenly dropped dead. This
drew a crowd and Its presence near
the bank created a panic among the
bank's depositors. Yet the Altgelds,
Tillmans, Waites and Bryans wonder
why capital takes fright from their
menacing and revolutionary talk.
The esteemed Washington Post, al
though for sound money, doesn't have
a particle of relish for the condition of
affairs which makes the United States
treasury dependent for its gold reserve
upon the self-interest of Wall street.
As a matter of fact, neither do we. But
under McICinley It Is hoped that the na
tion will be in receipt of a revenue suf
ficient to pay current expenses, and
that alone will do much to weaken
Wall street's grip.
An examination of recent election re
turns shows that In Arkansas the Dem
ocratic loss as compared with the vote
In 1S92 was 22 per cent.; in Vermont, 25
per cent., and In Maine, 40 per cent.
In Maine the Republican gain was 20
per cent., and In Vermont, 40 per cent.
This ratio, If maintained throughout
the country, would give McKinley 150
electoral majority.
The Philadelphia Press regrets that
Governor Hastings did not make a
public statement of his reasons for par
doning John Bardsley. Under the cir
cumstances this was perhaps unneces
sary, since the only reason possible for
such an act of clemency wus that It
was done to save Bardsley's life.
"Under the gold standard," remarks
the Tlnie3, "the American people are
paying Interest to foreign money
changers aggregating annually more
than twice as much as our entire gold
production." And, pray, how would
the election of Bryan change that?
Mr. Bryan Is so indignant over the
bond sales that he would almost pass
:t law making It a capital offence for a
banker to ask for the redemption of
a treasury note In gold. Mr. Bryan Is
beginning to suffer acutely from nn
aggravated attack of over-seriousness.
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Perhaps nil things considered Amer
icans hadn't better say much about
Europe tolerating the brutalities of the
Turk so long as they themselves make
no movn to abate the atrocities of
Butcher Weyler.
As between Frank Black, a clean-cut,
clear-eyed, level-headed man, u'nd a
facile trimmer like Boyd Thaeher It
oughtn't to take the New York voter
long to choose. .
Commodore Slngetly calls on the free
silverlte federal office holders who are
supporting Bryan to resign, but he
will hove to Dpeak louder.
The Wllkes-Barre Record seems to
think that Governor Hastings Is not
a candidate for senator. Has It any
authority for that inference?
Even Mr. Paine, It seems. Is disposed,
In the turnpike affair, to Join the Mld-dle-of-the-Roaders.
It probnbly won't .be the lawyers'
fault If that turnpike muddle Is eycr
settled.
If Bryan resembles a rocket, Sewall's
role must be to stick.
Protection and
the Farmer
Editor of The Tribune.
Kir: When the discriminating sugar
trust tariff became a law, which is ilm
main cause of the present hard times, as
predicted by the friends of Protection,
the farmers as well as other' Industries
received a terrible blow, but Instead of
curtailing their production, us many other
industries were compelled to do or op
erate at a loss, the farmers labored all th
more both early and lute und raised an
abundance, often at a loss, to supply the
nation with cheap food. What would
have become of the people under the man
agement of tho present administration
only for the farmers, and what Is their
reward? With a low adVHlorem duty and
some of their main products on the free
list Vd prices of farm product;! the low
est ever known, they" are compelled to
compete with cheap labor countries liKo
Canada and others, when they are
abundantly able to supply the nation with
the necessaries of life and keep tho peo
ple's money ut home, while railroad lares,
taxes, salaries of public officers, lawmak
ers and services of professional men re
main the sume ns under Protection. What
Is to Income of the farmers of this na
tion? Must they fall lo a level with the
farmers of free-trade England? And if so.
what will lie the result to the nation? The
Democratic put ty has lied to the farmers.
Will the runners listen to any further Ilea
from that party V We think not.
Flirt hurmore, municipal and rural Inter
ests are not In harmony us they should
be. Are the people of the cities willing
that those who labor on the farm shall
have the snme Protection under the turltT
ns the cities demand for their laborers
und Industries? We fear not. But unless
this Is done, prosperity will not return to
this nation under Protection. There
slioul be no discrimination. This Is a
question that Is bundled very carefully at
tin? present time. It has been said the
only way to help the farmer Is to In
crease his consumers. The same tiling
might be said of the manufacturer. Would
not Protection decrease competition and
Increase consiiniK'Juii ulike to the farmer
and he manufacturer? It has been said
the funiier Is not a consumer like the la
borer. Does the farmer not buy clotning,
boots and shoes, household goods, grocer
ies, coal, funning implements and mu
chlnery, and many other manufactured
articles that the common laborer does not
need? Do the city members of the legis
lature not wish to muke the luws for tho
rural districts, but desire home rule for
the cities?
ft has been said that during the last
twenty-five years the municipal tendency
has been for great corporations and dis
reputable demagogues to assist special
class legislation: und that this same ten
dency lias legislated the farmer to the
wull, often to the detriment and eventual
ly to the ruin and downfall of the coun
try. That there has been a decline In agri
cultural and village prosperity during the
past ten years, every observing man free
ly admits. That during thu same uecade
there has been a remarkable growth and
prosperity In our cities Is revealed by the
census .statistics of 1S!I with startling vi
vidness. Willie tho manufacturer lias leg
islated for the interest of the manufactur
er only, commerce for commercial Inter
est's, and trades unions for the benefit of
their particular trade, the farmer when
ever It lias been his privilege to constitute
a ruling factor In legislation, has always
legislated for the best Interests of the
whole country und paterlty. This same
rural tendency made It possible to secure
Jlie adoption of our present Constitution
of the United States. The best In tho
Roman law and in the English constitu
tion Is the outgrowth of rural thought.
The seeds of human liberty have in a.i
time germinated on the soil, not In the
counting house exchange, warf or fac
tory. .Monarchies can, in a large meas
ure, nlford to do without tills rural ln
lliience in the halls of legislation, but re
publics never. This Influence has made
tlie free school system possible. Decay
and destruction have como to every nation
that lias forsaken agriculture.
Westbrook Merring.
Maplewood, Pu., Sept. 22.
MEXICAN OBJECT LESSONS.
The following Instructive letter, taken
from the New York Tribune, Is from thn
pen of Charles S. Broadlient, formerly of
this city. It Is dated Del Rio, Tex.: "A
woman recently came from Mexico to visit
her sister in Texas. Tho woman's hus
band works as section hand on a narrow
gauge railway In Mexico for 35 cents a
day. Her sister's husband works on the
Southern Pacific, In Texas, as section
hand at $1 a day. The Mexican woman
wore a calico dress for which she paid In
Mexico 2.1 cents a yard. A merchant at
Comstock, in this county, hud Identically
the same pattern of goods In his store,
which he sells at 10 cents a yard. The
man In Mexico works seven and one
seventh days to buy his wife ten yards.
His brother-in-law in Texas works ono
day for the same.
Henry J. Ware and wife, of this place,
have Just returned from a sixty-day trip
of observation and pleasure through the
Interior of .Mexico. They visited Monte
rey. Saltlllo. San Luis Potosi. City of
Mexico, Aguas Callentes, fluadalajara
and many other cities, towns and haci
endas, and the sights they witnessed
umong the working people were pitiable.
Mr. Ware has always been or Democratic
proclivities, but this trip changed Ids po
litical bias. Among muny similar cases
he Instunces a smelting works, employing
3.U"0 hands. Their pay each Is 25 cents u
clay. Their only clothing Is borrachos, for
the feet, a large apron made of the leaves
of a native plant, which is fastened
around the neck and fall down to the
thighs, and u native straw hat. In tho
markets he found little piles of mesqulte
beans, prickly pear leaves and other like
productions that grow wild in the coun
try. These "edibles" are arranged in
separate little piles on the floor of the
market house, and sell at one cent a pile
food that our street Arabs would turn
from In disdain. On the haciendas the
pay and clothing nre as scanty, but the
laborers get a ration of corn and other
cultivated plants, which they cook in the
most primitive manner.
The poorest people In our country live
In luxury compared with the laboring
classes In Mexico. If the working people of
the United Stutes do not believe the state
ments as to Mexican labor, let .the unions
send u commission of three or five Intelli
gent unprejudiced men to Mexico, not to
stop at hotels and stroll through the love
ly plazas of the cities, but to go Into the
workshops, smelters, foundries and farms
and talk to the workmen face to race
Let them step into the squalid homes,
among the naked children and qunrter
ciad women and see how and on what they
live. If the commissioners can speuk
Spanish and not rely on interpreters, so
much i lie better: and they will come back
thanking flod they und their children are
citizens of the United States. Don't go
among the rich people, who are not one
fiftli tli of the population, to ascertain the
blessings of a free silver regime. These
live In luxury from the toll and sweat of
the musses; but go among the musses,
and see their misery and hopelessness,
and then vote for a depreciated dollar if
you think It will be a blessing to American
workmen.
THE IDEAL NEWSPAPER.
Defined by Editor Joseph O'Connor In an
Editorial In the Buffalo Enquirer,
It Is proner on this auspicious occasion
to say once more what litis been heretofore
said as to the aim of the Enquirer. It will
seek to give the news of the neighborhood,
the nation, and the world, deary, graphic
ally, und, so far ns honest purpose may
serve lo guard ngnlnst error, accurately
and truthfully. It will strive to avoid the
manufacture of sensation and tho mlsrep.
resentatlon of facts through prejudice,
malice or interest.
Let us lay stress upon this matter,
since It is the chief function of the press
to multiply tho relations of the Individual
with humanity; and the knowledge which
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THE TttO CANDIDATES.
From the Ailentown Chronicle.
Tho great ability of (leneral Harrison
wan not recognized till he made his won
derful series of speeches in the cam
paign of 1SSS. The samp result is follow
ing rrom Major McKinley's speeches. Up
to date lie hu3 addressed uli kinds and
conditions or men. and his speeches show
a wealth of knowledge, versatility, grace
of expression nnd a broad patriotic P'rvor
rar nwoy rrom the feelings of a partisan,
which have placed him in the very front
rank of our political thinkers and states
men. The more speeches Jlujor McKinley
makes the bigger he appears before the
people: the more Hi. van makes the smaller
lie grows in public estimation,
HERE'S AQtESTIOX.
Lew Rosen's London Letter.
Will Great Britain ever get tho United
(Mates back under her imperial sway?
The question ut first blush, sounds und
seems paradoxical, but some tinge of
plausibility Is given to It In a new book
which I have Just read. This book, "Tho
Lost Possessions of England," by W. F.
Lord, maintains that th. rtpublio of the
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A GREAT
west Is rather temporarily severed from
than permanently lost to Great Britain.
The arguments adduced are specious, but
they contain food for thought. I often
meet Englishmen who hold that the Unit
ed States will eventually break up Into
separate powers, and that the Reuboard
states, strongly Impregnated with the
ttuiiilons of Anglo-Suxondom, will ulti
mately be reconciled to the sovereignty
of the crown, against which their fathers
revolted 120 yeurs ago. Englishmen point
to your Imitation of their language, their
literature, their fashions, their social
usages, and their laws and, with over
weening pride they see In these facts po
tent Indications that their hopes may be
realized.
HE WEAKENED AT LAST.
He feared no bucking broncho that wont
snorting o'er the plain;
He had tamed the brute for pleusure und
could do the sume again.
He had steered the ponderous mail coa:h
where tho rocky passes sweep
In mystifying zigzags closo to chasms
broad and deep..
And sometimes he had ridden. In an eco
nomic stress.
Out In front, upon the pilot, of the cannon
ball express;
His reckless hungering for spesd often
tempted him to seek
The Joy of a toboggan down the nearest
mountain peak.
But success must have its limit. Ere his
mad career was through,
Ho boasted once too often, and he met his
Waterloo.
He though no pace too devious or swift
for him to strike,
But he howled for help and weakened
when they got him on a bike.
Washington Star.
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