THK BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1015.
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SmUtfdby Edith Tohltt
i titlf-rtrtrtiM, $elf-knoiUdge, elf-eenlrol,
I Thrte thre alone lend lift to totureign power,
j OJEnens Alfrtd Trnnyaon.
Be war of tha overloaded excursion steamboat!
There are some compensation after all in
the refusal of tbe Big Muddy to make Itself
easily navigable.
Tbo Greater Omaha budget of $3,765,000
for 1916 proves among other things that the art
of blowing in money Is a highly developed mu
nicipal specialty. '
One of the silent tips sent out of Washing
ton indicates that the trust busting campaign it
over for the present. Thus does the presidential
r campaign cast its shadow before.
Tbe latest contributor to the conscience fund
of the United States adds 110.000 as a bonus to
the principal sum already repaid. A conscience
prompting double restitution Is a .wonderful
human monitor.'1 , , . .
The Eastland Trtg-rdy.
Of the terrible Eastland tragedy in Chicago
with its 1,000 and more Innocent victims
drowned or crushed to death, there is nothing
to be aald that baa not been aaid over and over
on occasion of similar horrors.
Aa further details are learned the story be
comes more and more sickening, and It all
seems so needless and preventable. Tbe un
fortunate part la that whatever may be done
now is at best powerless to bring back the Uvea
that have been blotted out or to lessen to any
extent the suffering of the injured or the grief
of those who have been stricken.
The responsibility for the catastrophe should
be fixed upon those who may.be culpable foes
without saying, and the machinery la already
working to Investigate causes and bring to
account those who have been at fault. All that,
however, aa we have aald, can afford small con
solation to any one.
With the lessons of similar past boat dis
asters apparently unheeded here at so frightful
cost, aome really preventive measures must be
devised for the future.
The people throughout the country are aghast,
almost stupefied by Its awfulness, but are help
less except to hold out their sympathy to the
afflicted.
Will War Continue t
Arguments now being made in support of
the proposed immediate preparation of the
people of tbe United States for participation In
war on its modern magnificent scale all rest on
the supposition that war is necessary. nd that
feome dsy this country will be railed upon to
take tbe field. If the supposition is well
founded, then. we should no longer delay the
great work. But, is Mars always to control the
destinies of mankind?
All the lessons of the current war have not
teen learned. It Is barely possible that when
the world shall have finally emerged from its
debauch of destruction, It will be ready to listen
to counsels that will lead to the' channels of
peace. . Arguments set up In favor of war finally
hinge on the necessity for a aatlonal awakening.
Is there not some other means for arousing
dormant patriotism? A rivalry In the work of
bettering mankind's condition ought to bring
about quite as much noble emulation as ambition
to excel on the battlefield of war. Wars of con
quest and aggression are no longer Immediate
possibilities, and without them wars for defense
will vanish. Our youth can be trained In ath
letic pursuits, In obedience and the salutary les
sons of discipline without devoting that instruc
tion to tbe purposes of war.
Can not the American people, whose highest
mission has not yet been achieved, and whose
ideal is far from being attained, finally lead the
world Into something better than military preparedness?
Culebra cut short its latest slide and allowed
the battleships to pass through the canal to, the
1'aclfle ocean. Thla restores Culebra to the good
graces of the coast and averts the stigma of
offensive partisanship.
' - N,
A paleface Jury in Denver acquitted the
Mute Indian chief who killed a Mexican, defied
iho powers for weekj, and voluntarily sur
rendered to General Scott. The verdict is a
v l.ito man's tribute to a bold fighter.
All warring governments are urging their
I" oplo to turn In their gold and take paper
ury, as a patriotic duty. It Is becoming more
t-v dent as the days pass that golden bullets will
do the grestest execution at the finish.
The agitation for regular military training
in the schools will not get very far if it Includes
treuch-dlgglng as the first essential of soldierly
skill. Omitting this modern necessity handi
caps the prospective soldier at the start.
A nervy 'taxpayer of Illinois seeks the aid of
the courts to annul certain extravagant appro
priations made by tbe state legislature. The
Idea of attacking the wisdom of a legislature in
' disposing of public money smacks of lese
ir.ajeste, but tba defiant taxpayer knows the
legislature is a dead one.
One difference between the overturning of the
Haitian and tbe sinking of the Titanic? and tbe
Luiitaala la that the death-stricken victims of
this latest mishap almost all live in one local
ity, while the destruction of an ocean passenger
carrier sends the mourning into stores of
widely separated places.
In tbe old daya of the west outlaws never
attempted kidnaping for ransom. Plain rob
bery was the rule. With increasing population
eoiaas ancient and modern means of getting
iiioney without work. Unfortunately for the
later-day victims, the surpassing efficiency of
front'er vigilantes died with the pioneers.
. New Code for Business.
A Sioux City preacher, addressing his fellow
Rotarlans at their San Francisco banquet, pro
claimed a new gospel for business, following the
adoption by the Rotarians of a code of eleven
commandments that are to govern them in their
Intercourse of service with mankind. It Is a
b eautifully simple gospel, too; so simple, in fact,
that It has been preached to humanity for thou
sands of years, and today seems to be as far
sway from general application aa in the beginning.-
It has been handed to us from antiquity
In several forms, the better known, perhaps, be
ing that Sermon on the Mount, in which the
whole duty of man waa summed up in a single
sentence: "Whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them."
Teachers, preachers and philosophers, mas
ters of apologetics and experts In bomlletlca
have spoken volumes whose bulk forbids com
parison, but morals and ethics alike come back
In time to the simple and unavoidable truth of
the Golden Rule. Its application has been, diffi
cult because of man's Inability to always deter
mine Just what be would that men should do to
him; when he has an opportunity to take ad
vantage of some unusual chance to advance his
personal fortune, he Is apt to console himself
with the perverted version of the text, which
runs, "Do the other fellow first, tor he win do
you If he can." In this the innate selfishness of
man, his lesser nature, sways him from his bet
ter impulse, and adds to the difficulty of swing
ing the old world away from Its accustomed
groove.
The Rotarians have an opportunity to be
come a mighty social force, if they will even
lightly apply tbe tenets they have adopted as
their creed. They will help themselves, and by
helping themselves will help others, and In time
may find so many Imitators that the world will
Le a much better place to live. r
L " ' ' j. -jar--. n v jmaaB-,
Tha naw belli for tha ehtmea ror Trinity cathadral
r at tha depot and will eoon ba in place, the bell
tirnstr la on tha ground to Inatall them, and tba ringer.
Mr. MelUer. will be fcar to sound tha cbtmaa for tha
llrt tinia on Auauat t. In aooordaaea with tha daairaa
of Mr. OrfCan, tha donor.
8nator ManWron !a leavin oo a trip to Utah
and Montana, whu-h ha la making aa a member of
tha ana.u comniluaa on tarrttortoe to gain points en
Yellowaton park.
Tha t'nicn faclflra ot back at tha Haatlnca play
era this morning with a t to hui-out About l.ert
ptop (atharad at tha ball park to witneaa tha after
noon cuotaat. and lhay ware not disappointed, the
homa team winning. I ta Z. la a quiekiy played mate
rouncilrnea laeder, Lae and Thrane. appointed to
about tha purohaaa of a patrol Uam and waaon
lor tha police department, are aaid to favor purrhaslnx
a wsoa owned ove. In Council Bluffs which ta of
fered tor aalc.
A numler of iliurchea heard eloquent euloglea on
tha life of tha laU General Grant .and tha apccial
-r.le at tha Flist Baptist church, corner Fifteenth
rd Pavf r.port, tnluVd an addreaa by General O. O.
i loaai d.
T!.e. 6d:'.stkn of It.e United Presbyterian chalet
'- Vsn avs.i'ie r.s bacn postponed for another week,
Earing the Crops.
"One swallow doea not make a summer,"
)ut a few days of aunshlne do make a tremend
ous difference In the outlook for Nebraska. Sun
ihine and warm weather have come to confound
the calamity-howler, whose doleful wail assailed
our ears only a little while ago. Nebraska is
now certain to have a crop yield that will be
well up to it not beyond lta normal output.
Some losses bare been sustained. Incidental to
the severe storms and floods that visited the
state; this is unfortunate, and falls heavily on
tbe individuals who have sustained the damage,
yet It Is only the risk incident to business ven
ture. The seasonable weather now at band
means the culmination of a great wheat yield In
a harvest that will be but little behind the
wonderful promise of the spring months, while
the rapid growth and development of the corn
and other crops la assured. Fecund soil laughs
back at the smiling sky, broad fields wave their
ripened grain In aoft breeies, and bounty will
again reward the toil of the Nebraska farmer.
Comments on tbe Yellowstone park souvenir
grab lead the guileless to suppose this country
monopolises the tourist hold-up business. Not
st ail. Tbe chief difference between the foreign
and tbe home variety is the fatcinatlon of the
former's touch. Compared with the hold-up
Americans experienced in Europe laat August,
the Yellowstone psrk affair Is aa petty pilfering
to grand larceny.
Learning to Drive the Car
IJrle T. m-VIb l w-..4. '
WHEN we got otir machine I really knew nothing
at all about automobile. Tha only stipulation
I made waa that ours should be blue. Blue la
my color; everything that I hara la blue.
Of course, Ralph did underatand automobiles, at
least he claimed to, smd could dtacuas the different
makes, and transmission and isnltlon. and rear axles
and clutches, and right and left-hand drives, and
horsepowers and alt that In a way that waa perfect
Greek to me. I simply held faat to tha color, and at
laat he found It, after he had spent three solid weeks
shopping and complaining that 1 had handicapped
him. So wa had an automobile to put Into the garage.
That waa one reason why wa bar bought an automo
bile. Wa had at first thought to use the garage as
a sort of a woodhouso and storeroom, but to be con
stantly apologizing a.nd explaining was really very
annoying.
When Ralph drove up with tha agent In the ma
chine, I felt aa proud aa ba. Our own auto at tha.
curb! Now wa could take people out riding, and wa
could leave tha garage doors open as much as wa
choee.
Tha agent seemed to ba ia a hurry to catch a car
and go back.
"Are you sure you can drive In, Ralph?" I asked,
which waa only a natural qurstlon. But he anappel
bark at me In a mannish way that waa not et alt like
himself. Tea, Ms disposition was spoiled already.
"Why, of course I can! Why not?"
"He can drive anywhere." aaeerted the agent. "Ha
drove all the way homo without a hitch. I never
knew anybody learn so quick. He's evidently a born
driver." (t suppose agents alwaya any this, but I
wouldn't have had Ralph think so.) "I don't bellev
you'll have any trouble now, Mr. Rofcblns. If you do,
1st ma know. We'll take care f you." And off went
tha agent for his street ear.
"Want to ride In?" Invited Ralph of ma.
"No, not this time, desr," I answered. 'Til watch."
He did some Hung (it w as the self-starter), and the
engine began to whir splendidly. Ha actually- backed
away out Into the street and I saw Mrs. Patton peep
ing at us from behind her ciirtatna. Then I ran up
the driveway to the garage door, and stood there so
as to welcome our new machine Into lta home.
"TiOok out, Ralph! Oh, do be careful!" I called,
which was a great mistake. The better way, when a
man Is driving, Is to say not a word and let him grase
things.
"Tolc out yourself! Get out of the way, there!"
he liellowed. so that all tha neighbors could hear him.
He almost hit tha fence before he twisted the other
way and grased the side of the house, which waa
worse. 1 wss so frightened that I waa stiff, until ha
bellowed st me again, when I had sense enough to
Jump behind the corner of the doorway.
"You see what you made me do," he acolded crossly
aa he rolled in. "I might have run over you. You
oughtto have more aense than to stand in front of
a machine that way."
He had atopped leas than six Inches from the end
of the garage; the machine waa perfectly stationary,
and I waa about to tell him what he had done to the
house when, with his hands off the steering wheel,
the machine suddenly made a Jump forward and In a
horrid crash butted right Into the edge of the garage,
t-ulglnf all the boards. There It stuck, and it didn't
utter another sound.
"Oh. Ralph! What did you do? Whafa the maS
terT' I cried
He was hanging hard to the emergency brake, aa
If It were the llnea.
"( didn't do anything. Nothing's the matter," he
panted, aa cross aa ever: but I hadn't touched the
car. He peered down at his feet, "I merely omitted
to put the geara in neutral," ha grunted, "and when
1 let In the clutch, of course she started again. I
stopped her Instantly, you see. Those little things
are bound to happen. The trouble waa, you made me
nervous."
We pried the machine loose and rolled It back a
little. One lamp was bent up and the other bent
down, and the paint waa rubbed oft the enda of the
two front aprlnga. I felt like crying, but Ralph tried
to bluff it out
"That'a nothing," ha asserted. "I'll leave the ma
chine when I take It downtown tomorrow and have it
fixed." Po he did; and we had a carpenter come ovtr
and ftx the garage, too.
The morning after we, or he. rather, let the car
butt Into tha end of tha garage I had to call him for
breakfast; and finally he answered in such a far-away
manner that it aeemed aa though he must have fallen
Into something, hla voice waa ao atrangely muffled
Breakfast was getting cold. I couldn't find him until
I saw hla feat sticking out, toes up, from underneath
the end of our car In the garage.
My heart leaped rlra Into my throat That dread
ful car had made another Jump and had run over him
When I peeked under, he waan't pinioned faat. after
all. He waa only flat on his back, with grease on his
nose and hla hands as black as tar. His new overalls
were all greasy , too.
"For goodness' sake, what are you doing there?" I
asked. It was such an undignified position.
"Looking at tbe transmission case, ta all," he ex
plained. "It leaka."
Here began our era of grease. I suppose greaae la
necessary to an automobile, and atlll I can't help but
wonder where Ralph geta it all.
Our machine alwaya haa run beautifully. Of course
people say that about their machinea, which makes
us laugh. But Ralph knowa. He's such a mecb&nlo
that he keeps it up In splendid shape. It rarely evr
stops unless by our wn fault. It never stops without
good csuae. When it stopped on ua the other evening-Well,
we had gone out for only a little spin on the
mill road and the car was running beautifully. Then,
where that grade beglna. about five miles out, all of
a sudden we atopped because the engine had quit.
"Whafa the matter?" I asked.
"There Isn't anything the matter. We stopped, is
all," he grunted. But he eouldn't make us" go. The
engine only coughed and quit Another car paased us
and covered us with duat and the people In it looked
back and grinned. Persona who drive as faat as that
ought to be reported. So Ralph climbed out and
walked around tha car, scowling at it.
"Must be the carbureter," he Informed me; and he
prepared to go under. Why la It that carbureters are
always placed la such wretched spots?"
"Are you sure there's gasoline enough?" I felt as
though I had to ask htm that again, no 'matter how
he felt about It.
"I told you the tank waa filled only yesterday," he
fairly snarled, while he waa reaching In under the
engine. Already his arm waa grease clear to the
elbow, "hut to please you. I'll see. Tou needn't vet
up. I'll disconnect the feed line."
' Ralph was still squirming and saying things that
ordinarily ha wouldn't have dreamed of aaylng. Tbe
notion had been growing on me more and more that
eventually I would look Into that gasoline tank. So I
gently atood, and raised the seat cushion. Our saeo
line tank la underneath the front aeat
"What are you doing up there?" yelled Ralph.
''Can't you keep still, please? livery move you make
you shake the dirt down Into my face!"
I opened the tank regardless. It was dark Inside,
and I couldn't see Into It hut I "booed" In. and tt
echoed. My duty waa to tell Ralph Immediately.
"Dear." I Informed, "tba gasoline tank certainly Is
empty!"
"Impossible,' he yapped, and continued hla granting.
"But It la I know it Is."
"How do you know?"
'Because X looked In. You come and sea."
"All right. It'll be empty mighty soon If you keep
that cover off; I know that," and. not a bit grateful,
he wrtgsied out from under. He waa a eight, a per
fect sight hla clothes and hla face and hla bands!
But no matter. He looked In.
"Nobody caa see anything la there," he complained,
aa if blaming me for the darkneaa He broke a twig
from a weed at the roadside and poked with It in the
tank. He examined the end of the tlg. It was
scarcely wet
"I'll be darned!" ha had to confess. "I thought I
tilled that tank yesterday. I meant to, anyhow."
Dfcee Premie Sapper C-oaeleetoa f
OMAHA. July ta. To the Editor of The
Bee: In yesterday's paper I notice one
Carl E. Herring haa undertaken to
answer Bible ayudent and I suppose he
thinks he has ehattered his argument
But now let ua examine Mr. Herring's
position and see It go to plecea. As I
did not see the other article I will con
fine myself to this one.
Mr. Herring says: "Now If we shatter
the premise it is going to make trouble
for the conclusion." The aame to you,
Mr. H. To bcfc-ln with, the information
that Oen.. first chapter, gives the spirit
ual account of creating ia pure assump
tion. Not a word of proof is given. Let
us examine carefully and together Oen.
1 and 1 In Gen. l we have the account
of the creation of the earth, heaven,
watera, darkness, light, herbs, fruit the
whale, every creature. These we have
before ua as proof of the material cre
ation. The assortlon that It la spiritual
lacka proof.
Mr. Herring eaya God created man in
his own Image, meaning of course, a
spiritual man. Is this spirit man depend
ent upon material food for Its existence?
Read Gen. 1, 27 to 29, Inclusive. Does
thla spirit man have dominion over the
flab, fowl and every living thing? If
ao. are the fowla, fish and every living
thing material or spirit? I think his
premise and conclusion are both badly
ehattered by this. Man's Image of God
consists of his form being like God's in
form. Phil. 2: says: "Who being in the
form of God." speaking of Christ Man'e
llkeneaa to God consisted In his being
perfect, without sin at the time. In Hcb.
1-t Jesus waa said to be the express
Image of God's person. He had no aln.
So the Bible la plain If we let It Inter
pret Itself. It Just reverses Mrs. Eddy.
Science, so called, Paul puts It.
At.MUS ADAMS.
A Poetical Posey.
OMAHA, July ?4. To the Editor of The
Bee: As there Is no longer a five-day
drug treatment In Omaha, or In our
state, you will probably allow me to
give my friend, Pr. Horace P. Holmes, a
doae of hla own medicine in the following
verses. He deserves It I assure you, for
In both the letter regarding palmistry,
and hla communication under tha caption,
"Those N'orr. da Plumes," he has simply
used your columns to satiafy a private
grudge. A letter to me, dated June .
was so deliberately discourteous that I
considered the correspondence closed
thereby; but two dava later, ha cent n
a boquet of Mariposa lilies by parcel poet.
wun a very pieaaant letter, asking the
privilege of being my friend and teacher.
I declined the honor, and mIimI th i..
correspondence be ended. You can Judge
or youraeic rrom thla fact what ia hla
object in attacking me mln thmn.v
The Bee. He thought the letter nhnui
"Bryan's Palm" had failed to n.- m.
out so sent a stronger appeal. The In
formation Incorporated In my verses
herewith enclosed, has been gleaned from
Dr. Holmes' letters to me. These are
Just a few of the "thing worth while"
he has been trying to tn&ch me if
need further proof, phone me, and I'll
man you a bunch of the letters.
ELSIE ROBERTSON.
Thla Is not Intended -for publication.
Still, I've no objections, If you publish,
the verses also.
ECCE CURA!
I weep for Greater Omaha! My hand-
kerchief U soaked!
Diseaae and blight hold carnival; by doo
tore we are "croaked:'
r T1 materia is hardly worth a
When measlea, mumpa and chicken-pox
acroaa our thresholds flit.
Our vermiform appendlxea we dread to
keep or doff.
For either way that wa decide, we're sure
to "shuffle off;"
While If we're seised with mat de mer on
Carter a atormy wave.
JNo allopathio dose on earth can save us
from the grave.
Yet hope flings out a life-line staunch
to those who have the "dough"
There a an "Indicated Remedy" In Sher
idan, yo.l
The federal aw w, vlew wlth ,
Ineffectual bunk I
The fatal opiates atlp beneath In many
a ta:uing chunk.
And aa for all these so-called "cures"
'ef excesa boose and dope,
C"rXmpVnrePer-r 'toUt
muThrhate " ,akM'
On well-known Institutions like the
l . JSe?leJr end the Keel.
"ve-day treatment's much too quick:
thr montha too long, perhaps;
A pa In lees cure', too easy they must
aufrer and"relapse;" 1
Lnlese they aeek the fountain-head from
.Wihenca all blessings flow
TfcndkaUd Remedy" In Sheridan.
The form of government we boast Is rot.
ten to the core!
The way they run their grafts on us
would make an angel sore!
The equal auffraglet, are bound to put
thinga on the blink .
By passing that eugenics law, from which
all sane men ahrink.
And making our old town "gu dry" In
apUe of ft ay or Jim r
Ana the commtesloners who wabble In
lock-step with him.
Tea thlnss look very dark for Greater
Omaha, today;
But lol a rainbow apane the dim horl-
son. far away!
And we ahould worry! There's one 'cure
for every earthly woe
Tnvt,.."lndlct Remedy" In Kheridnn.
yo. i
Religion s consolations are a menace and
a anara!
The chunhea cannot teach Us how to
cltmh the golden stair;
The Uihle'a not an Inspired book its
tenets make ua quail;
There's not a shade of proof that Jonah
swallowed that big whale.
No matter how we shape our Uvea with
with iiixKi or 111 'iiienu
Ne vague hereafter vromlaes reward or
punishment;
Tha soul la not Immortal; Life la but a
vale bf tears;
Only one hoje Is left to soothe our
crushing doubts and fears; '
Oblivion Is our ftoej and thla the quick
eat way to go
By that "Indicated Remedy" In Sheridan.
217 N. Uth Bt. ELSIE ROBERTSON.
Defeetr af Baal Teach I a a.
NORTH LOUP, Neb.. July l-To the
Editor of Tre Bee: Many yeara ago the
present writer taught rural school for
two years and since that time he haa
bean watchlnir the tendency of Nebraska
schools, feeling well assured that the
whole Institution would finally fall aa a
servant of th people. My reason for
saying this Is that our public schools do
not serve tho people,, but are managed
for a trifling 1 per cent who are not
competent to meet the world of competi
tion. Perm'.t me to auggeet where that weak
ness Vies. We are trying to cram too
mum of the mechanical Into tha mind of
tba ohild up to tha age of 11 The prin
cipal part of any education ia to know
the language thoroughly. Not every
word of the language, but the principles
upoo which the language Is based. Sup
pose you find what per cent of our achool
teachers have ever read the rules of
English spelling ss laid down by Web
ster! Not I per cent of them. No person
caa ever became competent ia the KngUsti
who haa not atudted thosa rules. Why
is the final silent "e" placed at the end
of the word "fate?" Not one In a hun
dred school children have ever been told
why.
We are Juet now beginning the harvest
which waa sown fifteen year ago. How
can the ninth and tenth gra.e rm"1y
the evil which lies In the very beginning
Of their education? What will all of this
noise about country high schools amount
to? It Is nothing more than a sop thrown
out by the school lobby to fool the people
for another five years while that school
lobby extorts millions of dollars to
centralized schools through a legislative
body which care for nothing except of
Hoe and political Influence.
WALTER JOHNSON.
Woald Stop War Debates.
OMAHA, July ?.t.-To the Editor of The
Bee: Don't you think It would te ad
visable to llm ontlnue the publication of
letter under the heed of 'The Fee's
Letter Box" en :he subject of the present
war in Europe? The writers, as a cen
eral thing, are hopelessly prejudiced In
favor of one side or the other, end their
letter create inly 111 feeling. The vlewa
of the writers nro generally a rehash of
what they have read In magazine; or
newspapers pertlal to their side. As
President Wilson is endcftverlnff to
straighten out complications growing out
of the war. It I very unwise for clttiens
of the United states, native or forelgu
born, to take aidrw at thla time.
LET US HAVE -FEACE.
Aa to South Omaha School Janitors.
OMAHA. July 24.-T0 the Editor of The
Bee: What Is the matter with the
Board of Education? When tha ques
tion of consolidation came up last spring
the South Side people were promised
every protection aa far as the Jobs were
concerned. This promise has been car
ried out to the letter by our city gov
ernment but our Board of Education re
fuses to comply with Its part of the
bargain under the pretense of economy,
refusing to give ten or twelve men and
women the Jobs they have held for years
under the South Omaha board. If the
little South Side board could pay those
Janitors and turn over itfi 000 to our
board, then surely It la a Not en our
city for those men and women to have
to enlist the aid of the law to keep them
In their Jobs.
Every fair-minded man or woman
should protest against this wrng. t
hope the .nltr will succeed In rettlins
their troubl" without having recourse
to the law, for that would be a very
bad showing for our Board of Kducn
tlon. JUSTICE.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Visitor What the new atructure oa
the hill there?
Former Well, if I find a tenant for It,
It's a bunaalow; if I don't It'a a barn.
Parsing 8how.
Customer Tt me see your kid gloves,
s-otch Clerk We heve nae kid glover
madam.
Customer That kind won't do. I want
dressed kid. Boston Transcript.
"Thst man doesn't tell the truth half
the time."
"Well." replied Senator Sorghum, "ha
must be reforming. A SO per cent verac
ity average Is pretty high fur him."
Washinston Star.
rue iw
"T-pRILLRlU.Wfia,
mis jsnrtr is kkO.SEr the
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I . i. ,. ne wnll
Why, haven't I Just danced six tiroes
wun von :
"I den't see any proof In that"
"Ynn wn::IH If vr.11 nnlv reeJIzed how
you dance." Cblcago Newa
"At an army wedding the bride cuts
the cake with her hukband'a aword."
"Thttt ts h relic of the old days."
"What old dnys?"
"The times when she carved the beef
steak with her husband's battle ax."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Thnt girl ahead of us reminds ma
of a flower, but I can't recall Just what
one '
"Oh. look! she s Just tripped on a
banana ire!"
"Now I know. She's a lady-slipper."
'Baltimore American.
"So you Intend to be a soldier when you
Btar TYns ' ns L wnll'll V a in
p.iv ti 1, fc tiFii r 1 TT vu 11 area
danger of getting killed?"
"Why, by the enemy."
"Then T'll tw. the enemv." Ytnatnn
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