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JUDGE'S "TREE TOAD"
MUSICAL NOTE PLEASED THE
OLD GENTLEMAN.
Engine Blast That Almost Burst the,
Ear Drums of Other Members
of the Party Caused Him
Enjoyment.
At one of the rehearsals ot "Robin
Hood" by the Bostonians, on the oc
casion of that company's first week in
Detroit. William II. MacDonald and
Henry Clay Barnabee were critically
listening to a finale. Conductor Sam
Studley was wildly waving his baton
and shouting "Forte! Forte!"
"Forte! Forte!" echoed through the
building, as the vocal sound, the
Bhrieks of the violins, the crash of
brass and the thunder of drums united
In one ear-splitting fortissimo. When
the tumult had subsided Barney and
Mac looked at each other Inquiringly.
"Fair, eh!" commented MacDonald.
But Barnabee merely replied, as he
walked rapidly toward the stage, down
the center aisle: "It reminds me ot
Judge Hand's tree toad." (Judge
George E. Hand was then and had
been for many years a familiar figure
In the life ot Detroit He had been
probate judge, had practiced law until
old age Interposed a valid objection
to further Intellectual activity, was a
social beau of the old school, the dean
of Russell house boarders, unless. In
deed, Madame Centemerl out-yeared
him, and very hard of hearing.)
"What on earth, or In theair. ha
Judge Hand's tree toad to do with a
finale In 'Robin Hood?" queried the
astonished MacDonald.' But it was
not until they were seated at lunch
eon that Barney enlightened his asso
ciate. In the days of Barnabee's historic con
cert tours (in the seventies), when his
rendering of "The Man With the Cork
Leg" had set the country In a roar,
and which some of us still remember
as an example of unique musical hu
mor, Barnabee was a guest ot Judge
Hand, and was -invited by that cour
teous, though stiffly informal, gentle
man to join an expedition to the
Grand Trunk Junction, near which lay
some realty that was In litigation, ot
which the judge had professional
charge. Other members of the party
were the Jurors and the court officers
connected with the suit. After In
specting the property the men took
their way to the railway station to
await the coming of the home-bound
train. Freight trains were thunder
ing to the right of them; to the left
of them; in front of them, and all
around them. Engines wildly shrieked
In the distance and at close quarters;
but the catastrophe was not reached
until one engine, more malignant than
the rest, puffingly quivered on the rails
close to the judge's party, and let go
a whistle the unearthly piercingness
of which not even Gabriel's trumpet
could equal. !
When the victims of the blast recov
ered breath they beheld the smiling
judge in a mild ecttasy.
"Dear me," he spoke In the most
dulcet of accents, "that is the first
tree toad I've heard this season."
One's Own Fault.
People influence us who have no
business to do it, simply because we
Irave neglected to train ourselves to at
tend to our own affairs. A. E. Win
ship.
Poor Old Bald Head.
"Look, mamma," said little Edna, as
a man with a bald head and full beard
entered the room. "There's a nan
whose hair has all growed iown
through his face."
London's Miik Supply.
No less than 0,000,000 gallons of
milk are received Jn London by rail
every year, the output of at least 120,.
000 cows.
Curtailed Entertainment.
"What are you going to talk about
at your meeting?" asked Mr. Meek
ton. "About the advantages the country
will enjoy hen women vote at all
elections."
"And there Isn't going to be aaj
gossip at all?"
"None whatever."
Touched by royal apology
Great Painter Appreciated Act of Enj
lish Prince, Afterward King
William IV.
Audacity Irresistibly attracts u, and
the man of strong, original charac
ter is an object ot universal Interest
In the economy of his household
James Korthcote, the English portrait
painter, was aordid, yet lords and la
dies not a few assembled In his in
furnished, Ill-arranged and ill-swept
studio when an exceedingly popular
young actor sat to him. The favorite
was conveyed by the duke ot Clarence
(afterward William IV) to Argyll
place In his own carriage, and his
royal highness llngeied to see the
progress of the work and probably
to study the painter.
"The loose gown In which he paint
ed." says one ot Northcote's biogra
phers, "was principally composed ot
shreds and patches, and might per
chance be half a century old; his
white hair was sparingly bestowed on
each side, and his cranium was entire
ly bald.
"The royal visitor, standing behind
him while he patnted, first gently lift
ed, or rather twitched, the collar oi
the gown, which Northcote resented
by suddenly turning and expressing
his displeasure by a frown; on which
his royal highness, touching the pro
fessor's gray locks, said:
"'You don't devote much time to
the toilet, I perceive.'
" 'Sir,' the painter instantly replied,
'I never allow anyone to take per
sonal liberties with me; you are the
first that ever presumed to do so; and
I beg your royal highness to recollect
that I am In my own house.
"The artist resumed his painting;
the prince stood silent for a minute
or so, then opened the door, and went
away. The royal carriage, however,
had not arrived, and rain wa falling;
the prince returned, borrowed an um
brella, and departed.
"'Dear Mr. Northcote, said one ot
the ladies, 'I fear you have offended
his royal highness.'
"'Madam,' said the painter, 1 am
the offended party.
"The next day, about noon, Mr.
Northcote was alone, when a. gentle
tap was heard, the studio door opened,
and in walked the prince.
" 'Mr. Northcote, he said, 1 am
come to return your sister's umbrella;
I brought it myself, that I might have
an opportunity of saying that yester
day I thoughtlessly took an unbecom
ing liberty with you, which you prop
erly resented. I really am angry with
myself, and hope you will forgive me,
and think no more of it
"'And what did you say?' Inquired
a friend to whom the painter told the
story.
"'Say!' repeated Northcote. 'What
could I say? I only bowed; he might
see what I felt. I could at that mo
ment have sacrificed my life for him.
Such a prince is worthy to be a
king.' "
The prince afterward. In hig bluff
manner said, "He's an honest. Inde
pendent little old fellow." Youth'i
Companion.
Glad-Eye Men.
Forty Chicago septuagenarians have
formed themselves in a "Club of Bor
rowed Time." With the object of out
witting Father Time, the following
rules were drafted for the guidance of
members by their president A. T.
Hemingway, himself a man of seventy-
JSve:
"Remain a boy till the end of time.
Be. married. Be moderate and tem
perate in all things. Read your Bible.
"Smile hen you retire, snu.s when
you awake, smile when things go
wrong, and keep on smiling."
To person under seventy is eligible
for membership, and every new mem
ber must pledge himself "tc keep
young and to cultivate the glad eye"
for the rest of the time that he re
mains on earth.
Caucasia.
In the southern section of Caucasia
agriculture is the principal industry.
Wheat and other cereals, cotton and
tobacco are produced. In Ciscaucasia
cattle breeding is profitable, while in
the mountainous districts mining Is
carried- on extensively. The mineral
deposits include copper, . silver, Irof
jid manganese era-
New Library Lists
The following books are added to
the Library stacks:
Bergson, 11. L Dreams.
Bigelow, J. American Policy.
Bronner, A. K. (A) Comparative
Study of the Intelligence of Dclin
quent Girls.
Brown, A. V. V. (A) Short History
of Italian Painting.
Cahalane, C. F. Police Practice and
Procedure.
Cobb, II. E. Elements of Applied
Mathematics.
Coffey, P. Ontology, or the Theory
of Being.
Colvln, S. S- Human Behavior.
Ccrbett. L. C Garden Farming.
Couderert, F. R. Certainty and Jus
tice. Cox,Kenyon Artist and Public, and
Other Essays.
Davis, O. S. (The) Pilgrim Faith.
Dellenbaugh, F. S. Fremont and '49.
Dwlght, H. B. Constant-voltage
Transmission.
Edwards, H. M. Electric Light Ac
counts and Their Significance.
Eliot T. D. Juvenile Court and the
Community.
Elliott C. W. (The) New England
History.
Elphlnstone, M.-(The) Rise of the
British Power In the East.
Fischer, M. H. (The) Physiology of
Alunenatation.
Fleming. B. P. Practical Irrigation
and Pumping.
Fortler, S. Use of Water In Irriga
tion.
French, A. Beginners' Garden Book.
French, G. Advertising.
Garofalo, R. Criminology.
Haberlandt, G. F. J. Physiological
Plant Anatomy.
Hessonberg, G. W, Transzendenz
von E and T.
Holms, C (The) Art of the Book.
Hunt T. F. Farm Animals.
Kallen, H. M. William James nd
Henri Bergson.
Keller, F. (The) Lake Dwellings of
Switzerland and Other Parts of Eu
rope.
Knox. J. (The) Fixation of Atmos
pheric Nitrogen.
Levison, J. J. Studies of Trees.
Lodge, H. C. One Hundred Years
of Peace.
Lubbock, Sir J. A. Prehistoric
Times.
McElroy, R. M. (The) Winning of
the Far West.
JMarot H. American Labor Unions.
Mayo, N. S. (The) Diseases of Ani
mals.
National Association for the Promo
tion of Social Science Committee on
Trade Societies Trades' Societies and
Strikes.
Nearing, S. Reducing the Cost of
Living.
Price, M. P. Diplomatic History of
he War.
Priestley, R. E. Antarctic Adven
ture.
Richardson, E. C Biblical Libra
ries.
Ripley, W. Z. Railroads, Finance
and Organization.
Rossler, C (Die) Funf Frankfur
ter.
Sarolea, C. How Belgium Saved
Europe.
Shaw, G. B. (The) Admirable Bash-
ville.
Shaw, G. B. Cashel Byron's Profes
sion.
Shaw, G. B. Major Barbara.
Shaw, G. B. (The) Man of Destiny.
Sham-, T. Management and Feeding
of Sheep.
Sidis, B. (The) Psychology of
Laughter.
Smith, A. B. Automatic Telephony.
Smith, D. E. (The) Teaching of
Geometry.
Vissering, G. On Chinese Currency.
Weiss, H. F. (The) Preservation of
Structural Timber.
Whitlock, B. Forty Tears of It.
Hot Off the Bat
Robinson Harley presents the fol
lowing to the University public:
Mutt "Say, Pat, I passed Folsom's
bakery this morning ad-Ahoy were car.
rying a man out. He was terribly
burned up. Ho had been electrocuted."
Pat "Don't say so! Elucidate,
friend Mutt."
Mutt "Well, you see It was this
way; he stepped on a cookie with a
current In it."
pat -Gosh, that was too bad. What
was his name?'1
Mutt "Aw, rate! Nobody home."
Jake Swab was seen working
mighty hard for "Hank" Pascale yes
terday. It took the keen and simpfe
mind of "Bach" Bacharitch to dope
the affair out "Bach" dopes it out
this way. Hank is the only man run
ning that Is honest In politics. That
is, he has no back bills to settle and
therefore owes no favors. Now, to
get to the point. Jake Is going to get
into moleskins next fall and take
Jumbo's three tear course combined
into one. And this is the way he
figures: He's so durned small that
Jumbo won't know whether he's play
ing or on the side lines, and when
they come to vote on men eligible for
sweaters next fall, the coach will not
remember exactly about Jake and put
a question mark after his name. Now,
everybody knows In school that the
only time one could get Jake into a
game would be after a Delta Tau ban
quet or a like affair, and we who
watched him go down to defeat at the
Seward Grammar School Ping Pong
Tonrnament know that even then he
wouldn't last as long as a celuloid cat
chasing an asbestos dog through
Hades (Back brought this from home.
back in Minden). This Is the way
things will line up. Hank owes his
place on the board to Jake (so he
thinks), the rest of the gang owe Jake
a few except Hug irand Rutherford,
and it only stands to reason, etc.
Student Home From Harvard
Mr. E. H. Herminghaus, '13, has re
turned from Harvard, where he took
a degree in Landscape Gardening. He
brings greetings to Nebraska from the
following: Vaidousen, Hargreaves.
Almonger, Stryker, Dawson, Hahne,
Snyder, Krelcpond and Gutfolib. The
names of those mentioned are gradu
ates of this University and are all
doing exceptionally well at Harvard.
Mr. Herminghaus is visiting his par
ents here.
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Managers
, Up till Monday evening. May 17, at
6 o'clock, applications will bo received
by T. A. Williams for Senior Manager
and Junior Assistant Manager ot Unl
versity Week for next year. Ths
Senior Manager must be at present a
Junior and the Assistant Manager a
Sophomore. Duties begin, in tho main,
next fall In directing the University
Week of 1915-16.
T. A. WILLIAMS.
Permanent Secretary University '
Week Association.
Candidates for Nebraskan Staff
The following men have filed for
positions on the Dally Nebraskan:
Edttor-in-Chtef
Dick Koupal
Managing Editor
Charles Paul'
A. J. Covert
A. L. Althouse
Odville Chatt
Girl Associate
Doris Slater
The Agricultural Engineering So
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M. A. 206 at 7:00 o'clock. All mem
bers are urgently requested to come
out Officers for the coming year will
be elected and other important busi
ness transacted.
Invitations
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will be in the Student Activities office
all day today (Tuesday). It Is desired
that everybody who can call today for
invitations ordered- A few extra
cardboard invitations and sheet an
nouncements may be obtained.
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