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    THE NORTH PLATTE SMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1896
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Jaly 6 fo Aue. 15, 1896.
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any summer school in Western
Nebraska.
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per week. Tuition $5 per term, or
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topic, bv a popular lecturer, each
week.
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THE WINNERS OF 1896.
NATIONAL TICKET.
For President
wm. Mckinley, of Ohio.
For Vice President
G. A. HOBART,of New Jersey.
STATE TICK ET.
For Governor
JOHN H. MacCOLL.
For Lieutenant-Governor
ORLANDO TEFFT.
For Secretary of State
JOEL A. PIPER.
For Auditor Public Accounts
P. O. HEDLUND.
For State Treasurer
CHARLES E. CASEY.
For Supt. Public Instruction
HENRY R. CORBETT.
For Com. Lands and Buildings
HENRY C. RUSSELL.
For Attorney-General
ARTHUR S. CHURCHILL.
For Supremo Judge, Long Term
ROBERT RYAN.
For Supreme Judge, Short Term
MOSESP.KINKAID.
For Regent of State University
W.G.WHITMORE.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
For Congress, Gth District
E. A. CADY.
For Senator, 30th District
J. S. HOAGLAND.
For Representative, 54 DiBtrict
J. H. ABBOTT.
COUNTY TICKET.
For County Attorney,
T. U. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner, Third District,
JAS.S. ROBBING.
The reception accorded Jack Mac-
Coll at Omaha Friday evening was
the most enthusiastic ever tendered
a guoernatonai canaiaate. "ue
are all for Jack MacColl," is the
cry in Omaha.
The director of the mint esti
mates that the world's production
of gold this year will be $220, 000. 000
an increase of nearly 10 per cent
over last year. In the United
States the gold is expected to reach
$54,000,000.
Maine besran in 1856 to vote for a
republican president and has kept
it up ever since. But Mr. Bryan
thinks he can stump the state ior
two weeks and prove that he is a
bigger democrat than Douglas, Sey
mour, Tilden and Cleveland.
Missouri has 125,461 citizens of
German birth, Nebraska 76,618,
Iowa 127,243, Kansas 46,423, and
Colifornia 91,472. The Germans
are almost solid against a debased
dollar, and the' are likely to upset
the Bryan claims west of the Missis
sippi.
The populist and silver parties
hold their conventions in St. Louis
this week, and it is likely both will
endorse Bryan. There promises
however, to be a lively fight in the
populist convention over the Bryan
endorsement, and a number of dele
gates may bolt and walk out of the
hall.
Mr. Bryan ought to have pre
iacea tne now tamous pnrase in
his Chicago speech about the
crown of thorns and the cross of
Told somewhat in this way: "As I
have said on several occasions, you
shall, not press a crown of thorns,"
etc.
The list of bolting democratic
orsrans up to date numbers 135. Of
these1 the south is first with 43, the
middle states second with 37, the
west third with 31, and the New
England states fourth with 24. Of
the total number twenty-one are
German democratic newspapers,
and the most influential in the var
ious sections where they are pub
lished. Measured by the tape-line of Ne
braska populism, Sewall, the demo
cratic nominee for vicepresident, is
distinctively a "plutocrat." He is
a director of the Maine Central
Railway and until recently was
president of that road, which has
for years been considered the most
grasping monopoly in the state of
Maine. Sewall is also the richest
man in his state. To be consistent
the Nebraska populists must
either stop damning the capitalists
or else give Mr. Sewall a black eye.
An Omaha queensware dealer
went to New York the other day to
place an order for imported goods,
but the importer told him his order
could not be filled within ninety
days as the foreign potter' works
were overwhelmed with American
orders. The Omaha man then
went over to New Jersey to place !
an order with the potteries there
but he found them closed. The
owners are waiting for a tariff law
that will enable them to compete
with the foreign potteries, and
thus give employment to American
laborers. This is only one instance
in thousands where the democratic
tariff has robbed Americans of em-
ployment and given foreign labor- the holy fiunily into Egypt nnd
ers an opportunity to work over- j relics of various saints. Pittsburg Dis
tune. - natch.
The year 1892 was a good one for
democrafs and Mr. Bryan carried
his district in this state by 140
plurality. But while he received
13,784 votes, the vote for the other
candidates was 16,916. ' The dis
trict was not hypnotized by Mr.
Bryan's mellifluous voice into giv
ing him a majority.
o
The question as to who will be
the next president of the United
States will be decided by the men
who till the soil and work in the
machine shops. They hold the
balance of power. Four years ago
they were told of the glories and
beauties of free trade, just as they
are now to be told of the beauties
of free silver. But free trade -put
no money in tueir pockets, nor
added a comfort to their homes
Free silver will be even more de
Iusive, for it is backed up by free
trade in its worst form- Ex.
In writing
2 llAW 1 WUlll.UU
candidates a week or so
ao we m-
advertently omitted to mention
James S Kobbins, the nominee for
county commissioner. Mr. Rob-
bins is however, so well and favor
ably known as to need little notice
at our hands, and although he has
a populist majority of eighty to
overcome in his district, we are
confident he will be elected. The
people are tired of the unbusiness
like methods pursued by the popu
list commisssioners and desire to
place in office a man who will trans
act the county business in a busi
ness way, free from partiality and
partisan spirit. This Mr. JRobbins
will do.
There is lots of gold and silver
in the country, and millions of
paper dollars as good as either.
What the people want is not more
money but a' chance to work and
earn the dollars now out of reach.
They want protection to open up
the workshops of the land, to start
the machinery, and build up a good
home market, where men are able
to pay fair prices for everything
they need. Making Mexican or
American silver into American dol
lars won't give them employment.
It won't start a spindle in all the
land. There is no scarcitv of
j
monej. It to-day goes a begging
at from 3 to 6 per cent, and finds
comparatively few takers. Inter
Ocean.
The need of a "campaign of edu
cation," such as is promised for the
fight now opening, is evident from
the funny notions which prevail in
some quarters in regard to the de
mand for a 16 to 1 ratio. A man
of business standing in Massachu
setts, in a talk with a reporter,
defined it as meaning that a rold
dollar is worth 16 silver dollars. A
man in Tuscaloosa, Ala., favors
C ; , .. . .
iree coinage oecause it would nve
a per capita circulation of $50, mak
ing $300 in cash for the six mem
bers of his family. In North Caro
lina the opinion prevails among the
colored men that it means the white
men ought to have $16 where the
colored men have one. A colored
man in this vicinity was overheard
i j,- . - -i
eiuciuaung me rano idea to a
brother voter. "I'll tell you what
it means." says he: "it means that
yuu cuu uiku a. goia aonar into a
bank and pull out 16 silver dollars
. A 1 1 " t 11 t
for it." Ex.
There is no double standard for
money in any nation on earth.
There can be but one money stan
dard an' more than there can be
a double yard stick or a double"
standard for morality.
The adoption of free coinage of
silver would reduce the purchasing
power of a day's wages, consequent
ly fall heavist on the wage earner
the poor man.
Every old soldier's pension would
only buy half as much meat, sugar
or Hour as it does now.
The Chicago free silver platform
endorses the present commissioner
of pensions. Old soldiers how do you
like to be denounced as frauds and
purjerors and tnen asked to endorse
it with vour ballot.
The following can almost be taken
as axioms: jno silver country is
prosperous. No silver country has
a stable and nrm government, jno
silver country has its securities at
par. No silver country has jrood
public school facilties.
Valued Religious XZellcs.
The collection of religious relics to
bo seen in the church of tho Corsicau
village of Sisco is undoubtedly unique.
The inhabitants of this pretty little
place are exceedingly devout and very
simple, which probably accounts for tho
possession of such a remarkable collec-
gives the following list of the principal
items:
The horn used by Moses to call to
gether the children of Israel while in
the desert; a tuft of that red hair which
was the prido of Esau and the despair
of Jacob ; a piece of tho nail of the lit
tle toe -of the left foot the statement
is very precise of Enoch, the patriarch;
the bib worn by the infant Jesus; tho
i-vr,l niifl rmn nnor rf fica flint: frwiV
AN IDYL OF THE NURSERY.
"Takes too Ioiir to walk down stairs,
All tho youngsters Bay.
"You havo to go so awful slow,
And you must feel your way.
And you may trip, or you may slip
And tumble down below
Sliding dowu tho banisters
Is tho only way to go."
. Sliding down tho banisters
Swifter than a flash,
Whizzing through tho atmosphere,
Cutting quito a dash.
Makes tho blood rush to your brain,
Hocking like a railway train.
Mind tho curves with might and main
As you sway and clash.
Sliding down tho banisters
Takes your breath away,
And, oh, tho noise of girls and boys
Flushed with frantic play.
Laughter pealing thro' tho air
Drives away your grim despair,
Lulls tho fevered brow of care,
'Neath the children's sway.
Pearson's Weekly-
A QUEER CASE.
Many years havo passed since we
were sitting together, one May morning,
in a trellised arbor that overlooked Men
tone and its western bay. My friend
was a handsome man of 40 years or so,
a landscape painter, who lacked fame, I
believe, only because he lacked tho de
sire of fame and tho spur of poverty be
cause ho could be content with art for
"If yon like," he said, "I will tell
you a queer story about myself. I do
not swear you to secrecy, since lovo
laughs at tho vows of confidants as well
as of lovers, but, as you are an alter ego,
you must agree to keep my story to
yourself till the actors have left the
scene. Besides, I do not suppose you
will ever yearn desperately to impart
the secret to others. "
I laughingly held out my hand in sign
of agreement, and ho proceeded with his
tale.
"You must know," ho began, "that
from my early childhood my mother's
brother stood to me in place of parents.
Well to do, leisured, ho was mainly en
grossed in scientific pursuits. Grave, of
severe and dignified demeanor, he had
long cultivated tho talent of Eilence. As
I grew up ho indulged mo in my desire
of freedom and my love of art. He ex
pressed himself as satisfied with my
choice of profession, supplied me amply
with requisite funds, approved my dili
gence, shook his head at most when l
could not show him many new studies.
There was only one subject which could
serve to break down his reserve, and
that was woman. Even then he seldom
ventured beyond witty epigrams. The
cause of this confirmed misogyny I may
be right in assigning to some youthful
love disappointment, but I have nothing
but conjecture to base upon. I was eager
to please this crabbed, austere uncle of
mine, wiiom l knew to uo warm hearten
at the core, so unostentatiously helpful
was he to all whom he discovered to bs
in need of assistance, but my eagerness
led me to the commission of an error. I
was constantly on (he lookout for epi
grams that should be new to him and
occasionally managed to fashion one
which I could produce as an impromptu.
I readily seized opportunities to pans
from epigram to declamation. In a word,
I overdid my part. And yet my uncle
seemed to quietly smile at my sallies
and often congratulated mo on my re
volt from petticoat government. J
"Well, lean honestly say that for
long my art was my solo mistress, but
when I was reaching my thirtieth year
Don Cupid spread his wiles and captured
me. l was making studies ot Jficarcly
scenery and visiting at a pleasant cha
teau. My hostess' daughter cue day in
formed mo that the dear music mistress
and friend of her rchcol days (an Eng
lish lady, she added) was to arrive in
tho course of the week. 'My fate, my
fate,' I murmured at her advent. It was
a caso of lovo at first sight; and, more
over, the coup do foudre was net one
sided. I committed another error, much
graver than the first. I told her of my
unclo's idiosyncrasy and, though she
was inexperienced (sue was but a year
or two younger than I) and had -not
lacked, could not have lacked, unaccept
ed lovers, I won her reluctant consent
to a secret marriage.. The caso was sim
plified since she had none but distant
relatives, could readily resign her post,
cared not for society. And so we spent
a happy winter in tho London in which
my uncle and I lived, but not together
hidden, unsnspected. In the spring it
was my custom to go to Italy, and of
course my cry this time was Italiam
petimus, first person plural.
"But with the spring came th unex
pected death of my uncle. One morning
Iraug at his doer and was stupefied by
the tidings that ho had been found but
an hour or two ago dead in his bed. A
messenger had been sent at once to my
studio, but I was not there. I had just
come in timo to forestall further in
quiries at tho homes of various artists
with whom it might bo supposed tha"t I
had staid the night. Dazed, I crossed
the threshold -of the death chamber and
looked sorrowfully on that truest friend
whose voice I should hear no more. I
realized the criminality of my want of
confidence, my silence, my secrecy. Aye,
but repentance was useless, the past is
irrevocable. An hour later I sallied out
into the streets for a little while and
Kent a telegram to Margaret informing
her in guarded terms of what had hap
pened and of my necessary absences till
I should havo executed tho last duo rites.
"To the funeral succeeded the open
ing and reading ot tne win, a matter
which had but little occupied my care
less thoughts. Could I believe my cars?
Yet there was no possible doubt. His
'dear nephew' was his sole legatee on
condition that ho should marry in the
space of two years, during which time
tho customary charitable subscriptions
and my quarterly subvention were to bo
paid. Otherwise tho property was to
pass in certain proportions to these char
ities, and his 'dear nephew' was to look
to his art for a livelihood. I sought
privacy with what haste I could and
tried to think it all over. Why this to
tal change in my uncle's views? Had
he -repented of his wonted fear and ha
tred of women? Had my exaggerated
echoes of his sentiments displeased him,
as masters are wont to bo displeased
with too apt disciples? On the other
hand, sure that I was a confirmed celi
bate, did he wish by an unacceptable,
impossible condition to drive me from
amateurism to strenuous achievement
in my art? Well, facts were facts, and
hypotheses were only hypotheses. I
walked hastily homeward to Margaret,
thinking the while how I should break
the news. Greeted with an anxious in
quiry as to my paleness, I stammered
out the tidings in coherent fashion.
She, too, grew pale, anil a long silence
followed. I could not read the meaning
of her face, for her eyes were averted.
I waited for her to speak, but in vain.
At last she walked away to the window
and turned her back to me. Gently I
raised her hand to kiss, but she drew it
away as though she were stung and
fronted me with flashing eyes and quiv
ering lips.
' ' 'So this is what you have brought
mo to,' she cried, trembling with pas
sion and anger. 'I trusted you, and this
is tho reward of my confidence. '
"And reproach followed reproach. 1
am not sure that she did not even
chargo mo with knowing my uncle's in
tentions from the first, though how such
knowledge and deceit were compatible
with my actions and tho present situa
tion were quite beyond my comprehen
sion. But, then, it was passion and not
logic that dictated her words. However,
l looked upon niyseir as a Dustiy ar
raigned culprit and bowed my head to
tho storm, hoping against hope for a re
vulsion m her feelings, for tears and
imploring hands. But when she had
made an end she stood calm, self pos
sessed, scornful. I made a last effort. I
was eloquent, for my heart was full of
prido and pity and hope. I declared
myself ready to forego fortune; I should
work at my art till I won success. She
should bo my nurse, my comforter. But
she only tossed her head and sneered,
'Love in a cottage, I know what that
means. ' My love then turned to bitter
ness, for then I knew that when women
sneer at romance they forsake their very
womanliness, they harden their hearts.
She marked the change and pointed to
the dcor.
" 'Not a word, sir. Go. Let me see
you no more. Go your way and I will
go mine. My friends will protect me
from you. '
' 'I found myself in the street, crushed,
dazed, stupid with conflicting emotions.
Was this tho woman 1 had loved so
dearly this tho Margaret for whom I
was ready, if needs be, to embrace pov'
erty.' Poverty! l'he man who is poor
has no friends; on friendship let no
man count when fortune is adverse.
And tho love that is stronger than death
was evidently unable to face pov
erty. Margaret's love! Clearly she had
none or she would not have leproached
me, abandoned mo at the very first trial
I shook myself together, promised my
self to forget her. She was not worthy
of remembrance ; she was merely an d
venturess, a bad woman.
"A year went by devoid of incident,
ocenpied with fitful exertion. Unhappy,
only too often absentminded that is
to say, haunted I yet made good prog
ress in my art. Besides time and work
there were two other remedies for love
madness, I kept telling myself. But I
found that absence did but aggravate
tho malady. That which is absent grows
vague, and that which is vague has the
charm of mystery. Absence idealized
Margaret, absence endeared her once
more to me. I began to seek exenses for
her conduct, became anxious to pardon,
to convert blame into pity and from
pity pass to love. The solo other rem
edy was scorn doubtless the strongest
remedy of all. I scorned her truly, but
intermittently. Tco often my scorn
sought means for abdication. And thus
it c:ane about that I began in my weak
ness to yeam for news from her. But
how could I forgive her? At last I de
termined to hear news of her, if not
from her. I should least commit myself
by such a course of action. Sho had de
clared her intention of going to her
friends. But sho had none in London,
in England. Our privacy forbade the
cultivation of acquaintances. France,
then? Margaret's pupil friend and this
friend's brother had indeed visited us
not long before. I would write to Pi
cardy, inquiring as calmly, as naturally
as possible. Mine. B. would possibly be
prejudiced against me and return no
answer. However, I determined to write,
and a week later I received a reply, a
mere lino, a single phrase, 'Too late. '
What was tho meaning of such a mis
sive? Did Mme. B. wish to express her
blame (how could she blame me?) or to
signify coldly that she would not enter
into communication with me? I wculd
go my.vlf to Picardy, request an inter
view, hear and see how the case stood.
' 'The second day found me in Picardy.
Mme. B. received me strangely. It
seemed to me as though she feared to
see me. Evidently she knew something
which sho was reluctant to reveal. At
length I drew from her some stammer
ing phrases which sent the blocd cours
ing madly through my veius. She had
just received news bad news her son
Gaston my wife at a small fishing
village together. What did she mean?
I faltered. I knew that this Gaston was
a handj-ome (somewhat like his sister, I
remembered), thoughtless lad very
French, no doubt, in morals. Gaston
my wife? I was not conceited, but I
could hardly believe that. I was at
least ten years older than this stripling,
ami my wife not much less. Mature
women were prone to idolize the image
of youth ; women were fickle. Cynicism
mastered me. I remembered my uncle's
lessons. Men cannot judge what it is
that catches a woman's eye and causes
that which she calls a heart to flutter.
And yet, how could it be? She had
treated the fellow merely as the brother
of his sister playfully, indifferently.
But she had been a grass widow for a
year and no doubt felt her loneliness.
Some such reasonings, if I can call them
reasonings, occupied me as I strode
backward and forward under the watch-
ful, alarmed eyes of Mme. B. The
name of the village? I demanded
roughly. Would I abstain from vio
lence? she questioned. I was an Eng
lishman and a gentleman, I rejoined,
and such a wife was unworthy that I
should take the Jaw into my own hands
in her behalf. And thereat I broke
down and sobbed. 'Patience, patiencel'
murmured Mme. B., vainly striving to
appease, to comfort, me in my distress.
"Next day I reached the lovely fish
ing village, horrible in its flaunting
beauty, and made inquiries at the sole
inn. xes, the Jatly and gentleman i ac-.
scribed had staid a week there, but
had left yesterday and gone to another
village, 520 miles down the coast. A
pretty couple, the landlady garrulously
assured me, the gentleman rather too
young, perhaps, but they seemed to doto
on each other. Not afraid to make other
folks envious, I cut the good woman
short in her flow of admiring details,
flung down a coin and impatiently wait
ed for a horse to be yoked. Yes, monsieur
et madame were staying, I was told, at :
the Grand Cerf. They were making a '
little excursion for the day, but would
return in the evening. I have a horror
of scenes and was glad tho lovebirds
were not on their perch. I said I could
not wait for them, but with tho land-
lord's permission I would write and
leave a note for them. I was shown to
their rooms. Yes, doubt was impossible.
I signified to them in French on a
chance sheet of paper that I was return
ing straightway to London, determined
to sue for a divorce, left the missive
open for the curious eyes of tho land
lord, refused refreshments, hurried
away, desperate, distraught.
"Not long ago I was seated in the
office of my uncle's lawyer, telling him
a tale to whith ho listened with the
due professional air of nil admirari. He
assured mo that I should be free in a
few months, called my attention to tho
fact that a fresh marriage would be pos
sible within the time limit assigned by
the will and allowable by its loose
wording and advised me to be looking
about meanwhile and making a choice.
The law pursued its course, citations
were issued, the case was entered for
trial. I could not, if I would, describe
my state of mind during this period.
Was doubt possible? Wero not the facts
clear? Yet I could not remember in my
misery a single symptom of alienation
on the part of this despicable woman.
To have abandoned me in my misfor
tuno, to have seized such an opportu
nity! The caso was utterly inexplicable
except on the ground of natural deprav
ity. "Six months later and the day of tho
trial camd at length. My wife did not
appear, nor did the lad.who had brought
her to her shameful position. The pro
ceedings were little moro than formal,
and in less than an hour I was a freo
man.
"A few days after the trial I received
a letter from my uncle's lawyer remind
ing me of the limited time left for the
fulfillment of the conditions of the will
respecting my marriage. Had 1 any
ideas in that direction? he inquired. If
"not ho would take the liberty of asking
permission to introduce me to a lady of
whoso charms and virtues ho had tho
highest opinion.
"The suggestion was inexpressibly
repugnant to me; but, having gone
through so much for this purpose, I felt
ashamed to tell my old friend I would
go no farther. I went to him accordingly,
and after a few preliminaries began to
question him about the lady. He an
swered me in a nervous and hesitating
manner by no means usual with him.
" 'The fact is,' he said, 'that the lady
has a curious history, but one which,
when you understand it, I am sure you
will agree conveys no reflection upon
her. She has been divorced. '
"'What!' I exclaimed. 'You surely
do not seriously imagine that, after my
experience, would marry a divorced
woman?'
" 'Hear the story and serrthe lady be
fore you decide, ' replied the lawyer.
The case is a most extraordinary one.
The lady desired, for reasons most hon
orable to herself, to have her marriage
annulled. For this purpose she devised
an elaborate scheme for imposing on tho
court a grossly irregular and improper
proceeding, I am bound to say, but the .
young lady was not a solicitor. She had
two intimate friends, who became her
accomplices a brother and sister.
There was a strong likeness between
the two. It was arranged that the sister
should assume the brother's clothes and
character and pose as her friend's lover.
The wifo actually went to reside with
the supposed lover, having first taken
steps to insuro that her husband should
become apprised of the facts. The hus
band fell into the trap, traced the guilty
pair a designing pair of damsels ob
tained his evidence, commenced suit
and eventually obtained his divorce.
His wife was freed her honor saved!'
' 'Stop!' I cried, struck not less by-
the recital than by the old man's man
ner. 'What is the meaning of it all? Is
it possible'
' 'Before I could say more the lawyer
had opened one of the doors, and I saw
my lost wife advancing, half smiles,
half tears.
' 'You dear, stupid Harry, ' she cried.
'Could you really believe so badly of
me as not to see through a plot which
was all for ycur own geed?'
"In a moment she was in my arms,
and I saw Mme. B., the guilty core
spondent, smiling upon us in the back
ground. "Wo were remarried in a few days.
The governors of the charity, which
thus lost its interest under my uncle's
will, threatened litigation and talked of
'collusion.' But they had no evidence
to go upon. The premise of a handsome
annual subscription speedily quieted
them, and I and my wife were left to
begin our second spell cf married life in
peace." Lcndui Truth.
A Sllstake.
' 'They tell me that Austin made his
first start in life as a messenger boy?"
"Impossible! No messenger boy ever
made a start!" Detroit Free Press.
"Waste In Making Hay.
The lass of hay in this country from
a failure on the part of fanners to re
sort to the use of proper implements is
annually very large. Hay is a crop that
must bo mowed, cured and stored under
many disadvantages and often in a very
short period of time. Such work cannot
always bo done unless every appliance
necessary for harvesting the crop is
available. On farms where large crops
are grown the mover, tedtler and rako
add to the value of tho hay by assisting
to cure it in a- manner to preserve the
whole of its nutritious matter. Properly
cured hay i3 not found on all farms.
Coat of a Good Skeleton.
Skeletons? They aro prepared for
tho use of physicians and medical stu
dents, and tho best como from Paris
and cost from $35 to 50. Tho medical
profession prefers them to the American
make, which can be had for $8 or 10,
for the Frenchman has mastered the se
cret of treating the bones so that they
are shorn of all offensive odors. The
American has not yet discovered the
secret, and the demand for his product
is devoted solely to tho poorer classes of
ftudents and doctors, secret organiza
tions and artists. Kansas City World.
Ambition.
''Our new cook has gone already. "
'What was tho matter?"
' When sho found we had a gas stove
Sho went. She had burned a, ton of coal a
Week in each of her former places, and
she said she had to be where she could
live up to her record. "Philadelphia
Record.
Precaution,
Briggs Docs your wife laugh when,
you tell her a funny story?
Braggs Oh, yes. I always tell her
beforehand that it is funny. Indian
apolis Journal.