Life — March 22, 1906 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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‘LIFE: " The bark of the dogma ts worse than its bite” But still will the public make answer, No, No! The minds of you churchmen are always too slow, We're learning at last to see matters aright, ‘The bark of your dogma ‘The churchmen still practice their ancient mistake, And never lead progress, but put on the brake ; They march looking backward, and preach retrogressio Or, if they're in front, then they block the procession. John Lomax, worse than its bite. A Closed Field and Much Favor. will be a fantastic victory if the ‘Regulars "’ defeat the Osteopaths at Albany. The contention that the Osteopath should not be allowed to practice until he has been through a course of medicine deserves credit sa clever trick to damage a rival. And the ri i this case is rapidly fortifying himself in public est ‘That an Osteopath should be compelled to take a degree in medicine is far less reasonable than forcing a clergy- man to take a course in astronomy. Let the public be considered in this matter rather than the prosperity of any particular school. ‘The thousands of hopeless invalids and cripples made well by Osteo- paths are the proper arguments to be accepted. As\ | ry) The Eternal Question. RS. STINGY: What do you want to leave us for, Bridget? I'm sure we have treated you a of the family. Bripcer: Indade, an’ you hov', ma‘am, an’ Oi've stood it long enough, In the Suburbs. HE SECRETARY: I find that your prope Swampville cost you four dollars a foi price are you willing to sell it for? Tue Rien Vietit: Ob, IM let it yo for two dollars a allon What R. PARVIE-NEW:: It's all rubbish this fuss people are making about the yellow peril ! Mrs Parvig-New ; Oh, is it? Just look at ourson in his automobile with that champagne blonde. Aux Armes. IRST POSITION : Nobody wishes war. Second Position : Certain politicians, in order to pro- de the occasion for diplomatic negotiation, since they are nothing if not in the public cye, cast a quantity of dust in the air, join with politicians of some other nation who are in a like fix, and arrange a conference of all the powers. ‘Third Position : The conference wraps itself in mystery and throws out dark hints about national honor; the news- papers emit hot air; the unfeathered geese who abound in all walks of life get to cackling ; whoever ventures to ask what it is all about gets himself dencunced as a cop- perhead ; and a war sentiment is engendered. Fourth Position: The world is on fire, until there is glory enough for all. Fifth Position: Taxes; and still taxes, more taxes; peace with honor, Constant. en paved with gold?” ay " . “Tshould think they would be tearing up the streets all the time.” Italian Bird Shooters Sentenced. OME, of our Itale { S ian fellow-citizens like to. shoot birds, and consider the shooting good anywhere where there are birds to be shot. If they merely shotsparrows it would not matter so much, but they prefer to shoot song- The New York Zoo- logical Society can't stand that, tember, October an mber it sent out scouting parties to hunt down cer- tain Italians who were she Park. October 22d the sco Herbert Amode of Eastchester. song-birds in the vicinity of Bronx s captured five Italians, Frank Pacelo, Joseph Comoneto and Gaetano and Tony Amodeo, hese men wer and four of them were held for trial in the Court of Special Sessions, tecently came up and was handled by Assistant 1 for the State, and the I The men who made the produced the 43 song-birds (preserved in formaldehyde) which were found in the possession of the Ital igned before a police magistrate, In that court the District Attorrey Kr the Zoological Socie les for rests were there and had produced its evidence and rested, the defendants were put on the o that he had not killed a bird, trying to kill any that he was simply visiting c working in the vicinity, etc. The Court did not . and sentenced three of the men to pay a fine of jail, The fourth man was fined $25 ven 10 days in j Olmsted, in pronouncing sentence, hat if the accused had told the truth some of them might have escaped punishment by fixing the real guilt on others, but that they had all lied so persistently, that it became necessary to assess heavy penalties on all, in order tobe sure that the full measure of justice was meted out to the guilty ones, Will all our Italian subscribers. please take notice that song-bird shooting hereabouts does not go? comicbooks.com