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BEHIND THE TIMES. Senator Curtis of Kansas was praising newspapers. "They an-, taken all round,- he said, "a wondH tul institution and most of the complaints made against hein are to the initiate as groundless as the complaints of a young lady I overheard at a race meeting. Plague on the old papers, theyre always behind the limes. ■ she said. " How oof asked her husband. " Oh. take racing, for instance. They never print the winners name till the day after the race, when its too late to bet. "
