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Suhacribers leaving, the dty temporarily
should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad
dm will be changed as often m requested.
Dr. Dumb alto tad to learn by experience
how dangerous It Is to write letters.
"No more msde-in-Omalia teachers" 1 the
School board's edict. Stand up for Omaha!
Lincoln la hereby Invited to reclprooate by
attending Ak-8ar-Ben's festivities in full quota.
Ye that have straw hats to shed prepare to
shed them now. Storage room In the political
ring Is ample.
A 13,800 tag day for Omaha's. Visiting
Nurses shows bow one worthy charity strikes
the popular purse-string.
The Texas schedule of 1 2 a vote so far ex
ceeds the democratic maximum In Indiana as
to smack of prodigal extraragance.
Dallas takes the next letter carriers' national
convention. Dalian Is a live town, but still it
will have to hump Itself to keep the pace set by
Omaha.
Public business should be transacted In pub
lic. Star chamber sessions held by the people's
representatives behind cloned doors do not fit
la with the spirit of our government.
Highly proper and most becoming are the
smiles of visiting nurses. The cordial glad
hand of the tagged public conveyed well de
served appreciation and encouragement on good
deeds.
Alabama's legislature has rejected a proposal
to prohibit altogether the sale of cigarettes
within the state. Nebraska is still one of the
few places where that fool law remains on the
statute book.
Those high-up postal officials at Washington
should have come out to the letter carriers' con
vention at Omaha. They would have heard
something that was good for them, although
they might not like It.
Democratic! leaders are wasting valuable
time In thinking up new Urnies for the Nebraska
campaign. The typewriters' batteries of the
state have so thoroughly covered the Issue field
that there is not room for amateurs to butt in.
It Is evident from the Berlin report that the
German submsrlne which torpedoed the Arablo
returned safely, to its home port. The confi
dent assertion of destruction put out by London
newspapers proves to be a vain delusion.
Great Britain's labor congress unanimously
approved the government's course In prosecuting
the war. At the same time the congress let it
be known that any attempt to get th members
closer to war by means of conscription will start
something.
Testimony of witnesses at th trial of polltl
lcal crooks In Texas help to explain the whoop
ing democratic majorities for which the Lone
Star state Is noted. The excess of party seal
rent to th extent of paying out real money for
lit purpose of making the vote unanimous.
Exports of war supplies grow by lesps and
bounds. The immensity of the business may
be faintly grasped by the transfer to this coun
try or 1178,000,000 In gold snd securities
within nine months. This huge sum provides
for only a part of the contracts awarded Amer
ican firms.
Maladroit Diplomacy.
Some disclosures In connection with the
Dumba Incident give the affair a much graver
s'gnlfiranco than at first appeared. When it
van understood that Dr. Duraba hid acting on
Ms own Initiative, the conclusion was that some,
tiling of sn execs of coal hsd Induced the Aus
trian amlinesndor to overstep the bounds of
diplomatic propriety, and that his action had
t een taken In pursuit of a patriotic Impulse that
led him to risk some blame In order to secure
an advantage to his country. His statement
that he wss acting under Instructions from
ienna puts a very different color on the situa
tion and gives It a gravity that must make the
action at Washington, yet to be determined, of
utmost Importance. Interference by one gov
ernment In the domestic affairs of another Is
not an unheard of practice, nor Is It to be
lightly tolerated. Not only Is the dignity of the
t'nlted States concerned In this, but its whole
tiltitude of neutrality is Involved, and a proper
respect for ourselves will require firmness In
asserting disapproval of Dr. Dumba's course.
Another feature has arisen, that of the abuse
rf the American passport by an American cltl
sen. Secretary Lansing's notification to Arcbl-t-sld,
the emissary who wss overtaken with the
dispatches to Austria, that he must return to
this country will be enforced by the fsct that
his passport has been tsken up, and that he
must com bark or be sent to an English prison
for detention during the war. His conduct is
niost reprehensible, but the only punishment
the law can visit on him Is to put him on the
blacklist at the State department.
The maladroit diplomacy disclosed by this
miscarriage of plans Is not likely to Improve a
situation that wss spparently clearing up to the
batlsfsction of all.
How Motorist Hay Help.
Omaha has been singularly free from serious
automoblllug accidents during the summer, a
condition that Is ascribable only to the fact that
drivers have been careful and have exercised
ordinary prudence In the operation of their
cars. On this they are to be congratulated, and
may be assured they have the thanks of the
public. Yet some of them are not quite as care
ful as they might be In the observation pf some
of the regulations laid down for the control of
vehicular travel, in th interest of safety1 first.
One of these rules Is that of slowing down speed
when passing public schools. The vacation
time, just over, brought about the suspension
of that rule, but it is again effective and should
be more scrupulously observed than any of the
others. The careful driver will not find it hsrd
to slacken his speed when passing a school
house, and all drivers should be careful.
Russia's Change of Leadership.
No more startling news has come from the
war front recently than the announcement from
J'etrograd that Grand Duke Nicholas had been
removed from the supreme command of the
Uusslan forces, and that the czar would take
command In person. It Is the more surprising
because of the fact that for weeks the world
I'.as been sounding the praises of Nicholas be
er, use of the high grade of military skill he. has
exhibited in a most remarkable retrograde
Movement. It has been admitted all along that
the Russian army is short on all the needful
accessories to carry on a campaign, having
plenty of men only. Stories of empty cases sent
to the front to supply men who needed ammu
nition, of soldiers In the ranks waiting for a
comrade to fall in order to secure a rifle, and
similar incidents, have been frequent as Illus
trating the plight of the Russian army. That
the comraandeMn-chlet was nble to withdraw
such poorly equipped forces over hundreds of
miles of retreat, pursued and harassed by the
greatest army ever organised, officered and
equipped In a manner never before approached,
v-ould seem a feat worthy of the highest com
mendation. In retirement, which means disgrace, Grand
Duke Nicholas will be followed by th sincere
admiration of even his enemies, who see In him
a soldier of unusual qualifications. The ciar's
assumption of command win be merely nominal,
for It is not expocted he will show any of the
qualifications for military leadership. Tt Is
significant to the other members of the Entente
that the Influence of the old Russian ring is still
potent at Petrograd, and that calculations for
future campaigns will have to be made with
tl at understood.
I SM
The fair is booming under fair weather, and tha
racing continued until shut off by darkness.
Miss Clara Brown of thla city haa bn awarded
first premium for a handsom hend-palnUd vase
and MUa Nannie M. Brisg. daughter of J aha 8.
brtssa. ftrat premium for tha largest and beat dUplay
of needlework by a girl under 16 years.
A packed houaa witnessed tha presentation of "Th
Fboaulx" at Boyd's, put on by Milton Nobles and his
company.
A fore ot workmen commenced to mov tha old
fraina rctur on Fifteenth and Karnam prepara
tory to tha erection of the Barker building, which la
to be five alortea high.
l.teute nant liraiiu-rtf of Greeley polar expedition
fame. aa la Oiuaha on hla way to Fremont. hr
Ma brother reaitle.
Mia. A. L. Ptranf and children ar back Irum a
visit to tha raat
John tVbaatUn, general weatera paaoenger agent
tit tha ItcH'k Island, la In town.
Jome fctone and Hrry K IJngefelt have baen
tHJ.iji.ted letter earlier by Poatnutater Coutant
Wealth of a Mighty Empire.
Figures from the Department of Agriculture,
having to do with the crop yields for the current
year, will not carry their full significance be
cause of their Immensity. It is difficult to
grasp th full meaning of th statement that the
wheat crop or th United State this year la set
down at almost a billion bushels, and that the
corn yield will run to almost three billions, with
oats at a billion and a half, and other yields
Mounting high into th hundreds of millions.
Such ststements briefly tell partially of the
wealth returned by the farms of the United
Slates, and to take no account of the lesser
crops, the live stock, the dairy products, the
fruit and th many minor items of production
that nowadays make up the sum total of tb
farmer's annual output. It Is wealth beyond
understanding.
Nebraska's shsr in this is notable; for corn,
the September estimate Is 203,000.000 bushels;
for wheat, 75,000,000, and for other crops sim
ilarly Impresaiv figures. For Omaha even
deeper Interest will be found In th report, for
It gives Impressively the Importance of the
region for which thla city Is the market town.
Of the entire wheat crop of the country one
fifth is grown In the fields of Nebraska and
Kansas, while Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas pro
duce more than one-fifth of the entire corn crop
cf the United States. These figures spell pros
perity for th people of th country surrounding
Omaha, and presage business for th merchants
and manufacturers of the Gat City.
Tn th old days robbing Indians wag a pale
face pastime. It was as easy as taking candy
from a babe. Experience and education and
fcoverument protection were hopefully ex use ted
to put the Indian wUe. All thase safeguards
failed the Indian who dropped his roll to Mex
icans, lo be trimmed by white men is not so
hurtful to the red man. being used to It; having
th operation performed by Mexicans humbles
listlve pride1 to the dust.
Ee Polite to Your Children
X.aaxa Span oar Tottot la Mother's Xarasla-
THR bad mnnnera of AmerUan children ara notat
ion. Obviously It la not the children who can
te held to account for thla. Certainly the re
sponsibility must rest with American parents.
You mill hardly find anywhere pP' who are
mote ambition for their children than we American
sre for ours, more ilestrou of having them "get on
In the world" a we ay. Tet any one who thinks
of the matter at all seriously must realise that to be
rude. III-mannered. I one of the serious ohataclea to
iicceaa. That man I not welcome among people of
good breeding or attainment who blunders against, and
goea counter to, thoac common social rule on which
human society ho a for Ita own afetyand betterment
agreed.
What me are pleased to rail good manner 1 not
a rnera accomplishment to ba acoffed at by the down
right and the Independent, but It la deep rooted In
human need, In human kindness and In human Justice.
We may go counter to the rules of good manner If
we like, but In doing o we go counter to some of the
strong bond and inattneta of humanity, and we shut
nuraelvea out from much that la beautiful and broad
ening. So. also, children who are rude, thoughtless,
Inconsiderate, are shut out, automatically almost, from
a hundred helpful plcaaure and benefit.
The child whoae mother Is gentle and polite ha
a place already awaiting for him In the world, and there
are hand already extended In the future to help him.
For no one who la really well mannered herself will
allow her children to grow up anything- but polite,
and tha child who goe Into the world with graclou
snd rerjtlo manner, ha already won. In part at
leaat. the wojld'a approval. It takea time and patience,
of course, to train a child to be well behaved and con
Iderate, but the chl!d who 1 early surrounded by
gentle and kindly manners, oon forms the habit of
gentlenea and. klndne.
It I true, alio, that a child brought tip In very good
urroundlns. and trained to gentle behavior, not In
frequently picks up at school or elaewhere manners of
spearh snd action which ar contrary to all hi train
Ing. But this 1 no serloua matter If the training hns
been sound.
With all thi In mind, let u come back to tha
fact that tha American child I notoriously bad man
nered. We may aa well face the laaue quarely. Our
children are bad mannered mainly because Ve In au.
thorlty over them set them auch striking; example of
bad. manner. Tet. we ar not aa a people 111 man
nered. Strangers vlaltlng our land hare borne witness
repeatedly to court eay received and klndne observed.
H cannot then ba sald-speaklng very generally, of
courae that we are wont to behave ourselvea with
dlacourtaay toward others. 8o, It Is not usually from
hi observation of our treatment of other that tha
child haa hi leaaone In bad manner; he has them,
rather, from a source more likely to lmpresa him; he
ha them from the had manners we practice toward
him. To others he ees u kind and very courteous,
with a apodal courteay. He notices that we sre mark
edly polite to visitor, noticeably considerate of guests
or caaual atrangers HI mind, making Ita logical dc
ductlon. reason that manners snd courtesies are
thing to put on and off; to be aaaiimedi at need, or
neglected at will, and. since It la others who reap the
benefit of thi m. and not himself, he acquire, logically
enough, a distaste for them, and look upon" them a
affectation more or lfc. and lnlncerlty. To discard
or acorn them himself la. then, a kind of virtue In
hla eye; and to have nothing to do with' them la
warrant of hla own downrlghtnea. Thla, more often
than not. I the real basis of bad manners In our chll
dren. if the child were spoken to with the same
genlleneaa and courteay with which he finds u apeak.
Ing to strangers snd visitors, he would like good man
ners without doubt, snd would Imitate them.
Fw of us, I think, realise sufficiently the sharp
and striking contrat between the manner we offer
to the outside world and those we Inflict on our own.
To realise this contraat fully. It might be well to Imag
ine ourelve transposing our manner toward our
children and our guests.
Imt u take, for Instance, soma of the phraaea com
monly uaed in dealing with an average little boy:
Tommy, shut the door!" "Will you ever learn to
wipe your shoes on the doormat before you come Into
th houset I declare. It would keep any one cleaning
up after you the whole day long." "Whe did I tell
your -Don't do that" "You are a troublesome bad
boy. "Don't let m have to apeak to you again."
How many time have I told you not to do that?"
Go and wash you hand." "Oome to dinner."
Where have you been?" Didto't I tell you not to be
lute?"
Theae are by no mum Tinma Th...
- .... . i m j nil:, in-
aeed. rather mild form of rrudeneaa and rudeneae
compared to some that many mother uts" But to
get the run meaning of auch thing and to allie the
effect they mint have on tha anw:. i
alonable and Imitative nature of the child. I only ask
' ","' youreeir dealing in aome uch manner
with a caaual visitor, even nna i., ... ..... .
good friend.
The situation become Immediately ludlcroua of
course, but Illuminating. Imagine the vlaitor or friend
making the aame blunders that the child haa made.
Hha leave the door open, let u aay, which you would
prefer to have shut. In a sharp tone aha Is greeted:
"MIhb Wentworth. shut that dnnr" Tt I. r.in. j.
Her shoea hav a bit of mud on them. That fact alao
receive your anarp attention. In a ton not to ba
mistaken, for It haa poaltlve anger In it. you say:
"Will you never learn to wipe your shoea on the door
mat! I declare, it would keep any on cleaning up
after you the whole day long." Tha lady, somewhat
confused by all thla faultfinding.' perhaps trips over
a hassock. Quick and ready eomea your taunt: "There
you go! What did I tell you?" She puts hV rubbers
on the hearth, which haa Just been washed, and wher
you especially do not like to have them. You snatch
them up: -Don't do that! You ara a troublesome,
mlachlevoua pereon!" "Oo and wash your hands,"
and then, "Come to dinner. Where haveVou been?
Didn't I tell you not to ba late?"
Ludlcroua? Yea Yet thi and worse than thla la
tha manner assumed again and again and without
apology-toward our children, and than, forsooth, w
wonder why they are boorish, impolite, crude, an
their manner absolutely not to be counted "on. -
There 1 but one way that I know of to teach
good mannera to children; good manners, that la. tht
ar worth th practicing and era not mere potlah and
aham and hyprocrtay; bvt one way. and that la Oh.
elmple formula to p radio good manners ourselves..
People and Eventa
Kansas City and Portland. Ore., talk of making
Colonel Ooethal city manager at fcX.OOA a year. Th
proposition haa not paaed tha talk stage,
A South Dakota judge holds that the lel1atur
ha power to repeal a law enacted by direct vota of
the people, on the ground that th power of repeal
of a statute must 11 somewhere. Th oase goes to th
state supreme court.
At th age of 107. Mr. Mary fag of Olen rail.
N. Y.. has Joined th suffragettes, at th same time
fervantly declaring: "My on ambition Is to lira long
enough to cast a vote, snd I think I will." She I
ealeemod th Matfcueelah of tha cause,
Juat wliat h did la not mentioned, but h waa th
only phyelrlan la th town of Hamra. 111., and a
sentence of four months tn jail besides a fine brought
screams of Indignation from the sick and tna well.
Klfteen hundred rttitena petitioned th court for hi
freedom. Th court relented and prescriptions aie
again circulating hope and happlneaa
A number of critics have takea Miaa Jan Addax
to taak for aseit!ng that eohhore on tn watern
firing lines ar given copious draugh of boos to
stimulate fighting pep for a charge. John Kendrick
Hang coma to her defense with aa explanation that
xplalna In year ptiat, h aaya. British aoldiera wer
armed with Martini rifles. It waa aald truthfully
enough that they went Into battl armea with Mar
tints. People unversed In arms got tha fcdea that the
soldiers loaded up aith cocktails Instead of rifle a
That's why eval report persist.
Oar K rites t Kml.
BENSON, Sept. I To the Editor of The
Bee: I have noticed In The Bee of late
Itema about frosts In August. I came
here In the fall of 19, and Iiave had a
chance to observe the weather since. On
August Zl. is3 we had a frost that killed
nearly everything. I well resjllect it, as
I waa on the Jury In a criminal case, the
trial of Cyru Tate for killing Isaac H.
Neff. KLIJAI1 ALLEN.
"A ftreater Ak-Kar.Bea."
CHL'L.V VISTA. Cel., Sept. .-To the
Editor of The Bee: Your editorial of
eptrmber 1 on "Ak-fiar-Bcn' Growing
Greatness" Is timely, a the organisation
Is now of a- and should put off its
swaddling clothes and by publicity be
come seml-natlonal, or even national. In
Importance and attract to Greater Omaha
thousand of guests each year to view
the Ak-Rar-Ben exposition, which could
be inaugurated along commercial and ed
ucational lines. Within a circle of GOO
mile of which Omaha la the center there
are 10.Ofi0.000 people, and by active pub
licity a large attendance could be assured
for a period of at least one month during
the fall season. A Greater Omaha de
mands a Greater Ak-Sar-Ben. Yours for
success. H. 3. PEN FOLD.
Sanday'a Rellarloas Despotism.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb.. Sept. . To
the Editor of The Bee: You are right to
curtail a personal Immaterial discussion
of religious questions. But upon funda
mental principles, as set forth In this
"Billy" Sunday movement. It would seem
that Christian courtesy on the part of
Rev. Sunday would make It proper that
an ordinary cltlsen might talk back to
him. On the contrary, Sunday fortifies
himself behind his self-assumed authority
from God to tell the people what to do,
and no one can talk back.
This Is practically religious despotism.
The question now arise. I religion des
potism? Does it destroy a man's Individ
uality and render him the mental defend
ant upon some other? If so, for what
purpose? All history shows that all re
ligions have been the prime factors of
every despotlo government. A government
may be representative in form but des
potically administered. This depends
upon the Individuality and ability of cltl
sens for self-government. 'No cltlsen can
possess the intelligence and individuality
that qualifies htm for a competent free
cltlien whoae mentality Is controlled by
sny other man's religion.
There sre now approximately lOO.OuO.OOO
people In this country. "Billy" Sunday
la one of them, and "Billy" Bryan is an
other. By what authority does Sunday
presume to be a rellgloua dictator? Is it
the Intelligence and loglo that he demon
strates on the platform? If religion Is
not Intelligence and logic, what Is it? Is
it myths and riddles to amuse an easy
people and make them the victims of a
despot's hypnotic power?
There are In this country, say twenty
different factions of the Christian religion
that do not agree. If they agreed they
would be 'united. "Billy" Sunday pro
poses to bring them all to Jesus. How
does Sunday know they are not already
there? Is Sunday wiser than God. who
organised theae different factions when
he was "doing sll things well?" Does
the $00,000 that Sunday gets for redeeming
Omaha represent the salary of Jesua? Do
the poor and lowly from whom Jesus
came pay any part of Sunday's $60,000?
They do indirectly, after tha religious
plutocracy of Omsha have jackscrewed It
out of them. Does "Ma" Sunday's smiles
snd silk dresses bring any comfort to the
honest worklngman's wife who tolls early
and late to pay rent and take care of a
family on her husband's wages of 2:60 a
day? How many families In Omaha would
embrace themselves with Joy unspeakable
If want and sickness snd suffering were
driven from their door?
Sunday poises himself tn air and damns
those who db not accept his dictation. If
every one accepted Sunday's dictations
one day Sunday would be out of business
the next. , Sunday don't want to convert
everybody. He Just talks about it and
takea up collection. Sunday damns the
underworld that gave him a Christ to
talk about. The $50,000 Sunday receives
from Omaha, the diamonds the 8undsy
outfit wear upon their saintly breasts
represent so much blood money wrung by
rellgloua plutocrata from the underworld.
LVCIEN STEBBINS.
Tips on Home Topics
Washington Star: Berlin editors who
thought the United States government
wss "bluffing" are not profound students
of the gsme fnpm which they quote.
Boston Transcript: Among curious
references on the Ingratitude of republics
file Cuba's use of the site for the Kemera-ber-the-Malne
memorial to build a prize
fight arena.
Brooklyn Eagle: England's chestnuts
are not pulled out of the fire, and our
flngera ar not burned. London dlssa tie
faction with the Washington-Berlin
entente la very easily explained.
Baltimore American: Russia, badly. In
need of something to stop the Teuton
advance, should not overlook the fact
that at Plattsburg the strategic employ
ment of an lea cream vendor checked a
rookie drive.
New York World: A well-known woman
writer hss filed a voluntary petition In
bankruptcy, giving her liabilities aa $.
3U5 and her aaaeta as $415. That la quit
aa weil aa any mar man author could
do and help establish the equaUty of
the aexes In a new field.
Springfield Republican: "It Is not that
th college turns out old maids, but that
tha natural old maid goes to college and
often becomes sn extremely valuable
member of tha community," la one college
woman's contribution to tha discussion of
the alleged low birth rate among gradu
ate of women's collegea Another woman
"wonders how low an education 1 quit
harmless, and why no scientist haa esti
mated how far we may safely go, ao that
we may stop in tiro." The whol dis
cussion Is an ache of th time not so very
long ago when any book learning at all
for women waa considered Improper.
8prlngflld RepubMcan: Under tha new
Ioaa law against th taking- of tips a bar
ber ha bean arrested. H defend his con
duct on th ground that tha law la un
constitutional, being In derogation of tha
Inalienable right to ask for special sarvlr
and pay for It. or word to that effect.
What the ouurte will decide ran only
be guessed. To the man In the etrwet
It would look as if tha tip system, being
a nuisance, ought to be eubjert to abate
ment. Minimum wage laaa ar In an
experimental state; but. either by law
or otherwise, the employe of a barber
r anybody els ought to get his pay tn
hla pay envelope and not depend upon t!
plitlenlhrupto or terrorised customer to
chip lav .
Editorial Siftings
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Now that
grape Juice has been banished from the
diplomatic dinner It may be hoped that
neutrality will be maintained by a ju
dicious use of German Rheinweln and
French SSuterne.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The American
Peace and Arbltrstlon league haa selected
as honorary presidents Wood row Wilson
W. H. Tsft and Theodore Roosevelt. The
league will have sufficient employment
arbitrating at home.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Paris being
enable to dictate the fashions, owing to
circumstances over which it has no con
trot, women sre wearing skirts exactly
the way they wast them convenient and
comfortable and they're wearing them
hort.
Springfield Republican: It Is sad to
hear that the blockade has caused a
shortage of golf balls In Germany, but
one had supposed that the only links to
be found there In wsr times were the
drill sergeant's "links rechts" as he gets
the recruits to keep step. Ia there really
leisure for golf In a war on three or mora
front?
Baltimore American: Stock manipu
lators In New York are having the time
of their lives using the wsr reports to
knock securities down or send them soar
ing. It Is a pleasant and no doubt a
profitable gam for those on the Inside,
but for those who are not, no greater
danger could be found. It ha all the ear
marks of a card game, with the paste
boards stacked sgainst tha plsyer. Th
wise man keeps out of It.
Kansas City Globe: The fact that the
attorneys for the gas company hsve
looted It for upward of $300,000 reminds
Harry Chin of a Balle Waggener anec
dote. The story goes that Balls had a
student in his office. One day the young
man looked up from a deep reverie and
said: "Mr. Waggener, do you think a
fellow can be a successful corporation at
torney and an honest msn?" "It's never
been tried," wsa the prompt reply.
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CHEEKY CHAFF.
During the course of a temperance d
The novelist a small boy had Juat been
brought to Judgment for telling a fib.
Hla sob having died away, he aat for a
time in allent thought.
"Pa." said he. ' how long will It be
before 1 top gettln' licked for tellln'
lie an' begin to get na'd for 'em. Ilk
you do?" Chicago Herald.
Mrs. Exe Doesn't entertaining give von
a lot of anxiety? What do you do when
the conversation Is f Is aging?
Mrs. Wye I take It for a signal to serve
refreshments or ask someone to sing.
Boston Transcript.
"It must be glorious to be put Into a
novel. Wouldn't you like that?"
"Yes: I pueH it would be prettv nloe.
But I'm satisfied. I'm mentioned In
Bradstreet." Baltimore American.
"A platform Is a very Important thing."
said the statesman.
"Yes." replied Senator Porghum; "a
platform sometime enables a man to
show, by disregarding It. that he is su
perior to his party." Washington Star.
"Here's a startling item."
"What In It?"
"Tt says the oyster haa not increased in
price in twentv-flve yeara."
"Hum! Looks like culpable negligence
somewhere." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Donald I'm tirln feesh. Sandy. It's sn
excellent brain food, ye ken.
Sandy Pine! But. man, in your case It
seems a pity to waste the feesh. Boston
Transcript.
"A successful resolution for a club din
ner la different from any other kind of a
motion."
"How Is that?"
"It is carried and laid on the table at
the same time." Baltimore American.
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And cursed a root I caught.
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The fair to be right badly glued.
Upon a fresh pine atump.
At laat I aank upon a gentle hill.
Nigh perfect for the tryst with her to
keep;
But I arose with sudden leap,
As red ants sought their fill.
A spider snd a snake ram forth, to see
A wild-eyed lover scared, but pleading
there;
Till, aa I breathed mv passion'd prsyer,
I found a low-brow bee!
Within sequestered walls I'll woo mv
sprite
To ilead her smile on me; or by great
Rome
And ail it Gods! I'll atop at home, '
To live, without her. quiet!
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