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NEBRASKA. IK BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM' VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Johnson county has decided to hold a fair this year, sometime in October. The state railway commission re fused to authorize the ten cent rate of the Nebraska Traction and Power company between Omaha and Ralston. By the will of Mrs. Marie Steinbeck of Grand Isiand, which has just been probated, the Nebraska Children’s Home Society receives $500. The first annual old settlers' re union for Cass county was held at Onion and was attended by thousands of people. At Weston Will Warren’s four-year old girl was badly bitten about the face by a dog which it is believed has hydrophobia. At Lincoln death came instantly to Maurice I.aughlin. a young lineman in the employ of the traction com pany. Ke was killed by a shock while on top of the hurry-up repair wagon. City delivery service will be estab lished on November 1 at Aurora with three letter carriers, one substitute carrier, twenty street letter boxes and one combination box. T. S. Keitner of Wagner, who had been attending to some business in the land office at Broken Bow, was found dead in bed at the home of D. M. Amsberry, with whom he was stop ping. Death was due to heart failure. The county commissioners of Otoe county have given notice to ail farm ers to comply with the law in the matter oi cutting weeds about their places and unless it is done and the roads kept clear the work will be done and charged up to their nroDertv. Pioneer day will be celebrated Sat urday. August 28, at the public park in Florence by the old settlers of Douglas county. The civil war veter ans of Douglas county hold an en campment of four days at Florence beginning August 25 and ending with Pioneer day. Patrick Duncan of Rulo fcfflnd a body on a sand bar five miles north of Rulo left there by the high water of the Missouri river. There was very little left of the body but the skeleton and no trace of the identity of this man could be discovered by Coroner Reneker. A separator belonging to William Leonard of Odell was burned on the farm of Frauk Burger, ten miles southwest of Beatrice, while the har vest hands were eating supper. It is believed to be the work of an incen diary. Bloodhounds were taken to the Burger farm to assist in ferreting out the case. The loss is placed at $1,000. Charles Rumgard and Clara Powers, who eloped from Sabetha. Kan., were arrested at Fairbury and lodged in jail. En route west they stopped off at Rockford iu the same county, but upon learning that the officers were after them, left on the first train be fore a warrant for their arrest could be issued. Great preparations are being made ifrr the annual agricultural fair at Cftlawav. tfle dates lor this year being September 21, 22, 23 and 24. This fair was organized and is supported ex -lusBely by the business men ol' Cal laway and the farmers of the com munity, and no financial help is re ceived from either the state or county. Frank Larson, who received a Car negie medal about two years ago for saving the life of little Ear! Delaney at Exeter, is to marry the mother. One day when young Larson was firing on the road he saw a child on the track ahead of the engine which was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour. He climbed out of the window and made his way to the cowcatcher, where he pushed the child away from the track and thus saved its life. ill answer to tne request or tne rail road companies for a postponement of the hearing on the classification of freight rates set for the latter part of September, the State Railway commis sion has made the roads a proposi tion to the effect that if the railroads will furnish a transcript of all the evidence taken before the court for the use of the commission it will con sent to a postponement until Decem ber 1. •lames .T. Hill, chairman of the board of the Great Northern, has offered $2,500 in gold as prizes to be awarded for the best grains and grass es grown in the territory along his lines to be exhibited at the National Corn Exposition in Omaha December t; to 18. The money is to be divided into 200 prizes by Prof. C. P. Bull of the Minnesota Agricultural College and Prof. Thos. Shaw of the Dakota Farmer. There will be about 40 first prizes for wheat, oats, barley, corn, clover, timothy and alfalfa hay. as well as prizes for speltz and field peas. John Palm, a painter from Omaha, secured work temporarily on the farm of Charles Smith over on White Rock creek south of Superior and while on the windmill tower, oiling the gearing, lie lost his balance and fell, breaking both legs. Joseph Wackel. the 19-year-old son of Nicholas Wackel. a well known farmer of Cuming county, committed suicide by blowing the top of his head off with a shot gun. The boy has been sickly for some time and was parti ally crippled. At Monowi, Frank Jura, in ill health, suicided by shooting. Cal Scott of Superior returned from Kansas City, where he marketed a carload of young hogs of his own rais ing that brought the top price, $7.85. The carload brought a little over $1,000 and made him good money, as they were raised on aifalfa pasture and fed a little corn the past few months. The Boone county fair will be held from September 14 to 17 inclusive. It will he a silver jubilee fair. Crops are good and the greatest exhibit of stock and agricultural products and fruit ever sepn at any county faX- will be on exhibition. THE NEW BANK LAW. Attorney for the State Files His Brief. j Judge I. L. Albert, attorney for the state in the defense of the banking law enacted by the late legislature, has filed In the federal court his briet in reply to the brief of John I*. Web ster and William V. Allen. It is be lieved an early decision will be hauded down. In discussing the right of the sfaft to limit the banking business to in corporations and the right to issue notes for circulation. Judge Albert said: “Counsel concedes that the right tc to issue such paper is no longer a common law right, to be exercised at the pleasure of the citizen, but one that rests on a grant from the state. Now we have already shown that it is one of the incidental rights which accompanies the right to engage in banking generally; that it is so es sentially a part of banking that an institution without the power to issue such paper is not a bank. The court svill take judicial notice of the fact that there is nothing in the federal constitution which prohibits the issu ance of such paper and that it is pro hibited by no act of congress. If it is true, then, as counsel concede, that the right to issue such paper must, rest on a grant from the state, and. that the right to engage in banking generally carries with it the right to issue such paper, does it not follow that the right to engage in banking generally is no longer a common lav/ right, hut one lawfully exercisable only under a franchise from the state? Does it not also follow that the legis lative act under consideration, which deals with banking generally, is to be regarded as one designed, not to regu late the exercise of a common law light, but to fix the. terms and condi tions upon which a franchise may be obtained and enjoyed. “We come now to the guaranty fea ture of the law. Counsel call atten tion to the brevity of our argument on this branch of the case. Speaking for himself, the writer would say that one of his excuses is that his argu ment was prepared exclusively for this court and not for distribution among laymen. For that reason he assumed that elementary principles, matters of history and of common knowledge would he noticed without an elaborate argument or citation of authorities. For like reason he re frained from any attempt to answer the arguments based on the Dart mouth college case, never doubting that the court would take judicial notice of our constitutional provisions which render them wholly inapplic able. Another and stronger reason influenced him in this respect, and that is. that when he felt that he had shown that the right to do a general banking business is no longer a com mon right, but a right dependaut on a grant from the state, the validity of the guaranty feature would follow as a logical conclusion. He is of the opinion that he has established that proposition. The validity of his con clusion can be tested by any standard history of banking.” Cattle Destroying Crops. Hooker county homesteaders have petitioned Gov. Shallenberger to come to their assistance and save their crops from cattle, which are being grazed without being herded. In a letter signed by twenty-four home steaders it was set out that the own ers of the cattle Hal been appealed to through employes, but no effort had been made by them to save the crops of the settlers. Some tige ago another complaint was received by the governor, who turned the com plaint over to Deputy United States Attorney Lane. Brewer Complains of Rates. The Hastings Brewing company has complained to the railway commission that the railroads have been charg ing it a rate of 40 cents when the Omaha rate is 30 and as a result it is losing most of its business in the towns near Hastings. The rates on file with the commission do not show a 40-cent rate for Hastings and if the brewing company produces bills of lad ing showing that price was charged, the commission will institute proceed i ings against the railroad companies. To Make Fish Secure. Heavy, half-inch glass is te be placed in the catfish tanks in the fisheries building at the state fair grounds. This will be done on the recommendation of Superintendent O'Brien, of the state hatcheries. He says that a fairly bulky catfish, given a swimming start of eight feet, can splinter an inch pine board. This is the reason that thin glass will not do for fish tanks. Reward for Phillips. Governor Shallenberger has offered a reward of for the apprehension of James Phillips, who is charged with having murdered Marsh Hamilton in Omaha. Asked to Make River.Trip. Governor Shallenberger has received an invitation to accompany President I’aft and the party of governors down the Mississippi river from St. Louis to Sew Orleans October 25 to 30. Missouri Pacific Pays Lp. Secretary of State Junkin received u check for $70,000 from A. J. Shores, attorney for the Missouri Pacific rail road. the fee charged by the state for filing the amended articles of incor poration of the consolidated company. $31,000 of the amount was paid under protest. The capital stock of the con solidated company is $240,000,001). The attorney for the company in sisted that he should be given credit for the fee paid on the capital stock of $100,000,000 and he made a prof fer of $30,000. This was refused. State Tax Levy. The state tax levy will again be"'.>4 mills, the same figure at which it was placed for 1908 by the state board ol equalization. This is the confident statement made by Secretary of State Junkin. He says that the levy of last year might be shaved slightly, but that it would leave a very small margin on which the state might pro ceed. Basing his figures on a valua tion of $399,999,999, the secretary of j state calculates that the receipts would be only 1.000 over the appro * priations. TARIFF MEASURE MAKES GUT IN Fight for Lower Dsties on Wood Pulp and Print Paper Is Won. SLIGHT INCREASE IN RATZ3 ON HOSIERY. Metal Schedules Are Lower—Duty ©n Rough Lumber Changed from $2 to $1.25 per Thousand Feet—Sugar and Tobacco Schedules Remain Substantially as Under the Dingley Bill—Little Change in Wool Duties. Washington.—Tariff rates under the new measure, on the most important articles of consumption, have been de cided on as follows: In the lumber schedule the only in creases were those on shingles from 3l^.ents to 50 cents per 1,000, and on briar wood and laurel wood for the use of pipe makers from the free list to 15 per cent, ad valorem. The rate on sawed lumber was decreased from $2 per 1,000 to $1.25 per 1,000. There was also a diminution on timber from one cent, per cubic foot to one-half cent, and on sawed boards of white wood and kindred woods from $1 per 1,000 to 50 cents per 1,000. The re duction in the differential rates in favor of dressed lumber averaged about one-third of the Dingley rate. Paving posts, railroad tics and tele phone poles are reduced from 20 to 10 per cent, ad valorem: clapboards from $1.50 per 1,000 to $1.25; laths from 25 cents to 20 cents per 1,000, while fence posts and kindling wood were takrti from the dutiable list and placed on the free list. The only change in the sugar sched ule consisted of a reduction of five hundredths of a cent in the differen tial on refined sugar. In agricultural products broom corn was taken from the free list and made dutiable at three dollars per ton. Hops are increased from 12 to 1C cents per pound. There are also in creases on lemons, figs, almonds, pine apples and chicory root. The reduc tions in the agricultural schedule cov ered bacon and bams from five to four cents per pound, lard from two to one and one-half cents, fresh meats from two to one and one-half cents, and starch from one and one-half to one cent per pound. Tallow, wool grease, dextrin, peas, sugar beets, cabbages and salt were also lowered. The wine and liquor schedule was increased throughout to 15 per cent, over the Dingley rates. The cotton schedule was recon structed and readjusted to bring the duties up to those collected during the first four years of the operation of the Dingley law and to the rate then col lected under that law. Since that time the rates have been lowered, in fsome cases from 60 to 6 per cent, by court decisions. These new rates are equivalent to an addition, on the Y.hole. of three per cent, ad valorem increase over that collected under the present law for last year. Cotton Hosiery. Cotton hosiery, valued at not more than $1 per dozen is increased from 50 to 70 cents per dozen pairs; more than $1 and less than $1.50 per dozen pairs, from 60 cents to 85 cents per dozen pairs; more than $1.50 and not more than $2, from 70 cents to 90’ cents per dozen pairs. The remaining rates on stockings are the same as under the present law. Hemp is increased from $20 to $22.50 per ton and hackle hemp from $40 to $45 per ton. The cheaper laces remain as in the present law, but there is an increase from 60 to 70 per cent, on some of the higher priced laces. In this schedule single coarse yams are reduced from Severn cents to six cents per pound and gill net tings from 25 to 20 per cent, ad va lorem. There was a general reduction in carpets and mats. A reducVion from 20 cents to 15 cents is made in hydraulic hose. Oil cloth, including linoleum, was re duced about one-third. There was practically no change in the w-ool schedule from the rates of the Dingley law, but there was a re adjustment between tops and yarns and a small decrease on cloths with a cotton warp. Mechanically ground wood pulp was exempted from duty and placed on the free list with a provision for a countervailing duty against Canada. The lower grade of printing paper was reduced from $t* to $2.75 per ton and the higher grade from $$ to $2.75. There is an increase on surface coat ed paper and lithographing prints, in cluding postcards and cigar labels. Common window glass of the lower The “Hyde of Land.” According to an ancient law in Eng land. “a hyde of land” Included what could reasonably be cultivated with one plow. This applied for scores of years, but at the dissolution of the religious orders in the reign of Henry VIII. the “hyde,” or cultivated land of the abbots of Westminster, all re verted to the possession of the crown. That marked the gradual decline of that means of measuring land, and before many years the term fell into disuse, never t« be revived. sizes, in which the imports are heavy, is given a reductlm*, and where changes were made in the chemical schedule there was a general de crease, except upon such articles as fancy soaps and perfumes, which were increased. Probably the most marked reduc tions throughout any schedule in the bill as a result of the action of the two houses and of the conference com , mittee are found in the metal sched ule. Beginning with a decrease in the rate of iron ore from 40 to 15 cents per ton, there is a general reduction throughout that portion of the bill, pig iron going down from $4 to $2.50 per ton, and scrap iron from $4 to $1. The reduction on many of the items in this schedule amounts to about 50 per cent., and this reduction includes steel rails. Other reductions in the metal sched ule affect polished sheets, rolled sheets of iron, steel, copper, or nickel, steel ingots, cogged ingots, blooms and slabs; round iron or steel wire; steel bars or rods, cold rolled, cold drawn, or cold hammered, or pol ished; anvils, axles; blacksmith’s hammers and sledges, track tools, wedges and crowbars; holts; cast iron pipes; cast hollow ware; ehains; lap welded or jointed iron or steel boier tubes; cut nails and spikes; horse shoe nails; wire nails; spikes, nuts and washers; cut tacks; steel plates engraved; rivets; cross-cut saws, mill saws, circular saws, pit and drag saws, steel band saws and all other saws; screws; wheels for railway pur poses; aluminum; momazite sand and thorite. Bituminous coal goes down from 67 cents to 45 cents per ton, and there are reductions on gunpowder, matches and cartridges. Agricultural imple ments are cut from 20 to 15 per cent. •<1 valorem. Hides were placed on the free list, while the rate on band and sole leath er is reduced from 20 per cent, to five per cent, ad valorem, on dressed leather from 20 per cent, to 10 per cent.; boots and shoes from 25 per cent, to 10 per cent. Fireworks are increased from 20 per cent, ad valorem to 12 cents per pound; wearing apparel made of fur from 35 to 50 per cent, and the higher class jewerly from 60 per cent, to 85 per cent, ad valorem; pencil lead is given specific rates instead of ad va lorem rates with a slight increase. For the first time moving picture films are named specifically in a tar iff law. The bill gives them a positive rate of lVa cents per foot. Petroleum, crude and refined, in cluding kerosene, gasoline, naphtha, benzine and similar petroleum pro ducts are made free of duty and are left even without a countervailing duty. The Dingley rates on women’s and children’s gloves are allowed to stand. The only change is a reduction on "schinaschen” gloves not over 14 inches in length on which the rate is made $1.25 a doz.en pairs instead of $1.75. Miscellaneous Provisions. A provision is included in the bill which levies on all articles upon which any foreign country pays a bounty or grant upon its exportation, an additional duty equal to the amount of such bounty. It is required that all imported ar ticles capable of being marked with out impairment of their value shall be stamped with the name of the manu facturer and the country of origin. A very elaborate provision for the administration of the customs laws was adopted by the conferees. It is practically the same as that adopted by the senate. It is intended to pre vent undervaluation of articles on which there is no foreign market by which true values may be ascer tained. Provision is made for the estab lishment of a customs court of ap peals, with headquarters in Washing ton. It will comprise a presiding judge and four associate judges, at salaries of $10,000 a year. There are to be appointed to conduct govern ment cases before this court a special assistant attorney general at $10,000, a deputy assistant attorney general at $7,500, and four attorneys at $5,000 each. The internal revenue tax on tobacco is amended, making the rates on chew ing and smoking tobacco eight cents a pound. No change was made in the tax on cigars, except those weigh ing under three pounds per 1,000, which were increased from 54 to 75 cents per 1,000. The rates on cigar ettes were inci eased to $1.25 per 1,000. A prohibition against the use of coupons or special gift pledges is Incorporated in the new law. The provision granting farmers the free sale of leaf tobacco places a restriction on the retail dealer which requires him to record every sale amounting to two pounds or more to one person in one day. A number of other ironclad requirements are in cluded in the redraft of this section adopted by the conference committee, by which it was intended to prevent any frauds upon the internal rev enues, and at the same time give as much of a local market as possible to the tobacco grower. The grower had contended for unrestricted sale of amounts up to ten pounds. Field for Patent Medicines. Brazil is offering an alluring field to the American makers of patent medicines, as against the standard pro prietary medicines there exists nc prejudice on the part of Brazilian doc tors or their patients. British Women Inventors. About (100 patents are granted each year to British women upon inven tions, ranging from articles distinct ly feminine in nature to motors, rail road cars, flying machines and wire i less telegraphy. Foreign-built yachts are subject to ’ an excise tax of seven dollars per gross ton, which is to be collected an nually on the first day of September. In lieu of the excise tax the owner of a foreign built yacht or pleasure boat may pay a duty of 35 per cent, ad valorem on his yacht. This will entitle him to American registry. The excise tax provision was adopted be cause of the fact that some question has been raised about the ability of the government to enforce collection of import duties. Corporation Tax. Every corporation. Joint stock com pany or association organized for profit, and every insurance company is required to pay annually an excise tax of one per cent, upon its entire net income over and above $5,000. This feature was put into the bill to raise additional revenues to apply on the treasury deficit. The >sectfon was prepared by Attorney General Wicker sham, assisted by other able lawyers in the administrative circle, and great care was taken to guard against double taxation. It provides a form of publicity which will enable the gov ernment to exercise supervision over corporations. The form of returns which must be made by corporations, and other features of the corporation tax law w'ere made public in detail during its consideration in the senate. It is estimated that from $29,0011.000 to $30,000,000 a year will be collected under this form of federal taxation. The secretary of the treasury is authorized to issue Panama canal, bonds to the amount of $290,569,000, which sum, together with that already expended, equals the estimated cost of the Panama canal. It is not intend ed that the bonds shall be issued ex cept as needed to provide money to carry oa the work of canal construc tion. The bonds are to be payable 50 years from the date of issue, and will bear interest at a rate not exceeding three per cent. When the bonds are spld the secretary of the treasury will restore to the working balance the $50,000,000 paid originally for the canal property and the canal zone. The re-enactment of the provision authorizing the issuance of treasury certificates for money borrowed to meet public expenditures, increases the amount of the authorization from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000. A large number of other provisions that are in force under the existing tariff law are included in the conference bill, with a few changes in phraseology in several cases. The drawback provision of the Ding ley law is incorporated in the confer ence bill in lieu of the drawback of the house bill which intended to per mit the substitution of domestic ma terial in the manufactured article for export to the same quantity that the imported material, upon which a drawback was obtainable, was used in the manufacture of similar articles for domestic consumption. An addi tional provision was adopted entitling users of domestic alcohol in the man ufacture of perfumery and cosmetics to secure a drawback of internal rev enue tax to the amount of alcohol used in an exported article. Senate Ideas Accepted. Practically all the administrative features of the bill which were adopt ed in the senate were 'accepted by the conferees. They include a new maxi mum and minimum feature, a corpo ration tax law instead of the inheri tance tax adopted by the house, au thorization for a bond issue to raise money to build the Panama canal, as well as numerous other features. The maximum and minimum provi sion prescribes duties in accordance with the rates named in the dutiable ‘ list until March 31, 1910. when 25 per cent, ad valorem is to be added automatically as the maximum duty. The president is authorized to apply the minimum rates, however, to im ports from a country which gives its best rates to the products of the United States and is made the judge as to whether a foreign country ac cords to the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent. When he finds that this condition ex ists he is to. issue a proclamation put ting in effect the minimum rates and until the time of the proclamation the maximum rates will apply. The president is empowered to em ploy such persons as may be required to secure information to assist the president in the discharge of the du ties imposed upon him and informa tion which will be useful to the ofii cere of the government in the admin istration of the customs laws. The reciprocity treaty with Cuba is not af fected by the maximum and minimum provision. The president Is empowered also to abrogate- those reciprocity treaties which can be terminated by diplomat ic action. It is made his duty to give 10 days’ notice after the bill becomes a law of his intention to bring those treaties to an end. All other treaties which contain no stipulation in regard to their termination by diplomatic ac tion "shall be abrogated by a notice of six months from the president to those countries, the notice dating from April 30, 1909, on which date Secretary Knox notified foreign gov ernments that the United States would soon ask them to enter into new tariff relations. Turkey Building Good Roads. The 30,000,000 people of the Turk ish empire are still practically with out motor cars. The government is now about to spend several million dollars on good roads and between Damascus and Bagdad a motor car service is likely to be established soon. Little Tobacco Used in Italy. The per capita consumption of to bacco is lower in Italy than in any other European country, being a trifle over a pound. FIRST AID FOR BRITISH ARMY The British army is considering the adoption of therUtermohlen system of first aid surgical dressings, which have been in use in the Dutch army for several years. The packets are small and light. One dressing is so designed that a man can unpack and place the aatlseptie pad upon his wounded arm by using this other hand only, the packet being unloosened by pulling certain strings with the teeth and shaking the dressing cut of the J containing paper. It consists of a square pad. to which are attached bandages, and these being pulled apart enable the dressing to be fixed by wrapping and to be tied with great celerity. The larger packets contain two similar dressings, which can be applied to the orifices of entry and exit of a bullet. A little nagging is a dangerous thing. In “Bohemia.” Some strange and unaccountable things are done in the name of “Bo hemia,’’ said the Eohcmian. “The oth er night at a club the engagement was announced of an artist and a writer who is a widow. At the same time a new book by the writer was exploited at the club. The book was lovingly dedicated to her dearly beloved, much mourned and never-to-be-forgotten de parted and Illustrated by the artist husl>.nd that is to be.” OidLimcJucklin On Tme\6unoI Jl^band OdIEjQeAJ) Old Lim Jucklin, the young bride groom, the bride and Mrs. Jucklin were gathered together discussing connubial bliss from a modern and ancient standpoint, respectively. "The experiment of every wediin' is the husband," he remarked, looking at the yotlng man. "No matter how wise he may be, how good a judge of a hoss and the weather, somethin al together different arises in his life when he takes unto himself a wife. He thinks she is the simple rule of three, but before long he finds out that she is all mathematics, with a side light that dazzles but don't ex plain astronomy." Mrs. Jucklin spoke up. “Limuel, what are you trying to get at? You would have it appear that a woman is somethin' not to be understood." "Oh, no; she is perfectly plain and so is sunshine, but nobody can't pick it up and examine it to his own satis faction. Woman's all right. It's the ‘'Many a night I’ve sat up waitin’ for you." said Mrs. Jucklin. ‘‘Yes, but I came, didn't I?" ”Yes," she admitted, "but at what time?” "Oh, I didn't have to keep track of the time. Hut [ want to say to Billie that stayin’ out at night is one of the I worst habits a man can fail into. It is the dark side of married life. Nc matter how truthful a man may have started out, it makes him more or less a liar. Midnight and the truth ain’t twins. And a man hasn't re formed when he cusses himself for bein' a fool. The wisest man feels he is a fool when he stays out too late. There ain't no reproach more fetehin' than to see the moon fadin' away iu the heavens. Of course, a man can't stay at home all the time. The fact is. I'll be hanged if I know what he is to do. I'm not talkin' about th» saint, but the fiesh-and-blood man. You may try,all you please to make a hymn of u Marriage Is the Time When a Mote Gets Into the Eye of All Experience. young husband that I'm gettin' at—if I can. Marriage is a time when a mote gets into the eye of all experience. Things are looked at through winks— half light and half dark; makin’ a sort ot twilight for the soul; and in the golden dusk everything looks different from what it really is. Marriage was made to protect woman, and havin' been cut out for her like a garment, it tits her." “But don’t it fit a man, too?" the bride timidly inquired. “Yes, my dear, with a takin’ in here and a lettin’ out there." the old man replied. "The man is the one that has to be tamed. He has to be, broke in and made bridlewise, like a colt. With him marriage is an end; with her a beginnin’. Do you follow me?" “No, I’m afraid not." said tile bride. “1 thought not. But what do you think. Billie?" This was addressed to the bridegroom. “Don't know exactly. All 1 know is I love Sallie and will always love her," and the pretty eyes of the bride with silent, music sang out. "now there." "1 don't doubt that,” said the old man. "But the mornin’ sun is a shin in' on you now and the noontime of trial hasn't come. But it will come. r~. . . life, but the first thing you know a jig tune pops up. So, Billie, whec you catch yourself inclined to whistle too many of the jigs, stop and ask yourself if they pay in the long run. I don't mean that you should be serious Nothin' is gained by bein' solemn. David is remembered as well for hav in’ danced before the ark as for some of his psalms wherein he w-anted the Lord to wipe out a whole lot of folks Have all the fun you can, but recollect it ain't the healthiest fun if you have to lie about it to your wife. The old idea that a man is excusable for lyin' to his wife ain’t a good one. When you have lied, and she has caught you, 1 am not at all certain that a generous acknowledgment will pay. And yet if you stick to it a long time must pass before you can live it down. A woman's memory is like the sun—it rises fresh every mornin'. Sometimes a simple- lie is a finger board pointin' toword the courthouse where they keep divorces. A woman may admire a man because he's a good dancer, but in her heart she loves truth and honor. So, be as truthful as you can, and, when you find that you have exhausted your stock ask her to help you to replenish it. Make “Many a Time I’ve Sat Up Waitin’ for You." Said Mrs. Jucklin. This beautiful book you now possess , is shown to you only a page at a time. ' You can't turn over the leaves and look at the pictures of the future. The plot must come to you a line at a time. The fact'is, you've got to draw your j own pictures for the book. Some of them will be painted and some made with charcoal.” “I wish the wagon would come," spoke up the bridegroom, glancing through the window. "Yes, we start out a waitin' for the wagon.” replied the old man. "And we end silently lying within its gloomy precincts,” said the old minister. “Gracious me!" exclaimed Mrs. Jucklin, "are they goin' to preach a funeral right here?" Old Limuel laughed. “I'm not. I’m just tryin' to give Billie, there, a little bit of advice. And as I was goin- to remark, 1 don't, know of any thing that stands more in need of com mon sense than marriage—the young husband, I might say. He is as raw as unginned cotton. He begins by yieldin' to every persuasion and after a while rebels against himself. A woman never understands why she should surrender a territory that has graciously been presented to her. And the sweetest of all territories is the 1 enjoyment of the spare- time of her husband. She finds her mellowest pleasure in his society, and can’t very well understand why she doesn't sup ply his every want. He has told her time and again that she did. But there comes a time when he wants to stay out a night, to sniff the air of his for mer reckless freedom. It's his nature. It was her nature as an obedient daughter to stay at home of nights. And when she finds that she hasn't been strong enough to remodel his nature she grieves in her soul. a 'distress of your scarcity of truth and she will be pleased to nurse it. It will do her good. Marriage may start out as a picnic, you know, but a pic nic has its cold victuals. To sum the whole thing up. do the best you can. Be patient. Remember that you are a man and that the foot of a man is nearly always on the verge of slippin-. And when it has slipped put it back with as little noise as possible. Tell the truth just as often as you can. and you will find it an investment that draws compound interest in gold." (Copyright. l>v Opie Read.) FORGETFULNESS. How good it seemed to me last night To lie in bed and hear The rain drops patter on the roof. With none to interfere With me and say: ••(Jet lip and ci'^-e The windows right away;" I simply went to sleep again— For she left yesterday. I was not roused from slumber sweet Fast night and told to go To empty straight the Ice box pan Ere it should overflow. But on my downy couch I stayed Contented with my lot. And woke this morn to find u flood— Tile ice box 1 forgot. Site’s gone away, and no one now Reminds me what' to do; I've spoiled her parlor curtains, and A rug as good as new. The kitchen floor must varnished be. I think I'll send a check. And have her hurry back again Before the home's a wreck. Hint to the Optimist. Sam Sunflower—Dese heah opti mists am always talking about a man ought to be up to his ears in happi ness. Pete Persimmon—Huh! Der’s only one way to be up to yo' ears in happi ness, en fiat aru to be up to yo’ eabs i na watah melon, cab.