NEBRASKA IS NOT ONLY A
GREAT STATE, BUT A LEADER
Ranks Fir£ Among the States in the Value
of Its Beef Cattle and the Average
Wheat Yield per Acre
HER NATURAL RESOURCES UNLIMITED
W ith a Splendid Climate and Variety of Soils, Nebraska’s Pres
tige As An Agricultural State is Unassailable— Manu
facturing and Dairy Interests Are Growing
to Large Proportions.
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Nebraska ts first In the value of beef cattle. j*
Nebraska is first in average wheat yield per acre. °
Nebraska leads the corn belt state in per capita bank
deposits. *5
Nebraska is second in per capita wealth on farms. X
Nebraska is second in the production of alfalfa. X
Nebraska is second in the per capita value of the
wheat crop. 2
Nebraska ranks second in the per capita value of
horses.
Nebraska ranks second in the per capita value of 'q
swine. X
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Nebraska scored fourth place in the value of rye. X
Nebraska ranks fourth in potato production.
Nebraska ranks fourth in the value of dairy cattle. O
Nebraska ranks fifth in oats.
Nebraska has the smallest farm population of any* of
these ten states,- her farm population is but 57 per cent X
of the average population cf the corn belt. .A state which X
can make the record enumerated above has good soil and jj
progressive people. Stand up for Nebraska.
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To one assigned the duty of “Boost
ing" Nebraska, the difficulty lies not
in -what to say, but how to say it in
the small space available at this time.
To condense in a few words a descrip
tion of the many and varied resources
of this peerless member of Uncle
Sam's domain, and yet give a fair pre
sentation of them is a task which re
quires much careful study. With a
variety of soil and climate that per
mits the cultivation of practically
every product known to the temper
ate zone, and with resources that
offer inducements to every branch of
industrial endeavor, Nebraska is fast
taking her rightful place among the
leading states of the Union.
This is conclusively showm by a
glance at the summary of Nebraska's
standing among her sister Etates as
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WILLIAM ROBERT MELLOR.
Secretary State Board of Agriculture.
Wiliam R. Mellor, of Loup City,
has. been connected with the Ne
braska State Board of Agriculture
for thirteen years. He has been sec
retary' since 1906. During his in
cumbency the educational value of
the fair has been emphasized. He is
a practical farmer and believes that
the annual exposition should be a
model school in the best that the
state produces.
it appears at the head of this column.
This is a summary of FACTS, and
facts which should cause the heart cf
every Nebraskan to thrill with pride
at the achievement made possible not
only by the natural wealth of the
6tate, but by the energy' and enter
prise of its sons and daughters.
And yet with this proud record of
present achievements, a start has
r» only been made. Primarily and agri
cultural state, this side of Nebraska’s
possibilities has in the past received
the most attention and consequent
improvement. However, there are
other resources just as great which
have been lying dormant awaiting
only the magic touch of modern en
deavor to awaken them to add to Ne
braska’s prestige. This awakening
is being felt all along the line as is
evidenced by the wonderful increase
in manufacturing and other industries
all over the state.
Prosperity is manifest on every side.
Go where you will in Nebraska and
you will find a happy, contented and
prosperous people. Not only in the
larger cities of the state are the
modern improvements of electric
lights, water works, pavod streets,
etc, to be found, but also in the ma
jority of the smaller villages the citi
zens have installed these civic con
veniences. The automobile is a com
mon mode of conveyance both in
I town and country, and power driven
farm machinery is extensively used
■ all over the state. These surface evi
dences cf prosperity bear out the as
sertion that Nebraskans are living in
a land of plenty.
To one unacquainted with the state
;it may prove surprising to know that
| her area is greater that that of all the
New Englar. 1 states. Located as ;t
is in the central mid-west it has splen
did transportation facilities to all the
markets of the world. This affords
an easy outlet for its products and
permits them to come in competition
wherever a demand for them exists.
SOIL.
Nebraska has three soil regions,
varying greatly in their agricultural
possibilities. The State and Federal
Soil Surveys have mapped about fifty
soil types that are clay loams, silt
loams, fine sandy loams, sandy loams,
gravely and stoney loams. The south
eastern 40,000 square miles of the
state forms the great Loess region
with its smooth uplands, extensive
bottom lands and a considerable area
of fertile hilly land. Nearly all of
this region is subject to cultivation,
the soils of the largest distribution
being silt loams and fine sandy loams.
The subsoil is characterized by its
depth and fertility.
The sandy loam region is given
over largely to grazing because of an
abundance of grass and a suitable
water supply. The prevailing soils
are dune sand and sandy loams.
Much of the basin and dry valley land
;s suited for the production of hav
and cereal crops. There are places
in this region where one-third of the
surface is hay land or agricultural
land. The native grasses of the sand
hills are important resources, but
too often they are overlooked. This
region has not been used to its foil
advantage, partly through misman
agement and a waste of the natural
grasses. With better attention it
could be made to produce more exten
sively and there is but little question
that this will be done.
The high plains region occupying
much of the western part of the state
consists of broad smooth table lands,
small areas of buttes and canyons,
a few bad lands areas and the valley
floors of several rivers, the largest
being that of the North Platte. The
principal soils are fine sandy loams
and sandy loams with small areas of
dune sand, stoney and clayey land.
The benches along the North Platte,
Lodge Pole and other valleys of this
! region are well suited for irrigation.
! Much of the smooth upland, especially
that with deep fine sandy loams and
sand loam soils is well suited for
dry farming. Several distinct areas
of such soil have been developed to
a high degree.
WELL WATER.
Perhaps no state in the Union is
more fortunate than ours so far as
well water supply is concerned. Wells
supply most of the drinking water for
I the entire state. They are as a rule
• of moderate depth and have a strong
| flow of water. It is seldom that any
of them run dry and a water famine
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MRS. CHARLES OLIVER NORTON,
Of Kearney, Neb.
Mr-, Charles Oliver Norton of
Kearney, Neb., has pursued a career
which proves that Nebraska affords
unusual opportunities for ambitious
business women. Mrs. Norton has
made a careful study of ranch and
farm lands and is said to be the best
judge of all branches of agricultural
resources in the state.
Her husband died sixteen years
ago. Since that time she has contin
ued his business, the handling of
lands and money. She is now one of
the wealthy women of Nebraska.
Mrs. Norton has just finished her
second term as state regent of the
: Nebraska Daughters of the American
' Revolution. While in office she led
I the movement which resulted in the
! marking of the Oregon Trail in Ne
; braska. She is a member of a num
ber of kindred societies and is promi
nent in church and charitable work.
! such as was experienced in Kansas
) recently is unknown in Nebraska.
! This water is not only abundant, but
■of an exceptionally good quality and
i is rated high among the resources of
the state.
WATER POWER.
One of the least developed, but
(ncne the less available resources of
Nebraska is its water power. There
have been, and still are, problems
Connected with its development that
ihave not as yet been solved, but mas
ter minds are now working along
these lines and the immediate future
will witness great strides in the har
nessing of this mighty force and put
ting it into proper channels. Most
streams are affected considerably by
floods, the cold of winter, or the
drouths of summer and until recently
'it was not thought possible to de
! velop the power of broad streams
| with Bandy beds because of the diffi
culty in anchoring dams and maintain
ing canals. It is now possible, how
ever, to construct diversion dams and
large canals, carrying the water to
high points on the valley slopes from
jw'hich it is dropped to lower levels,
j thereby generating power under more
favorable conditions than was pos
j sible with the old overshot wheels.
I There are over one hundred de
[veloped powers in Nebraska driving
flouring mills, lighting towms, etc.
Fully 100,000 horse power awaits de
velopment in the Loup and the near
by Platte. The Niobrara ia a good
power stream, but is farther from a
market Future developments in the
state may enhance the power of the
Niobrara and it will be found equal
to any task that may be assigned it
The Loup rivers give a more constant
flow than other streams because of
the fact that they are fed by thou
sands of springs supplied from stor
age in the Sand Hill region. The
large volume and the constant and
permanent flow of this system are its
chief characteristics, making the
power more valuable than that of oth
er streams. The Big Blue is develop
ed more completely than any of the
ether rivers, although the Little Blue
is running several plants as are also
the Republican and Elkhorn. The
power development of the Little and
Big Nemeha rivers has been greatly
j interfered with on account of floods
in their basins.
It is safe to say that at least 200,
000 horse power awaits development
in Nebraska, and that this mighty
force will be utilized before many
more years have rolled around.
IRRIGATION.
Much has been done in the way of
irrigation in the dryer portions of
Nebraska, and every effort in this
direction has yielded profits in big
proportions. Notwithstanding the ab
normal lack of rainfall during the
past summer the irrigated districts are
giving splendid crops of alfalfa, wheat,
barley, rye, oats, sugar beets, corn,
potatoes, fruit, etc., and this in a re
gion that was formerly arid.
There is yet much to be accom
plished in this direction, however. The
possibilities of the Republican valley
and basins of the Lodge Pole. Hat
Creek. White and Niobrara rivers are
vast. They could be made to blossom
under the reviving effects of water
brought to them by irrigating. The
natural lay of the land in these sec
tions make the problem of irrigation
a i/vuipaiautcj« can; uuc.
The tri-state canal carries water to
about 60,000 acres. The inter-state,
or governmement canal, now in course
of construction, is to cover fully 90,
00(i acres and other projects
water more than 100,000 acres in the
North Platte. By proper management
and the impounding of the flood wa
ters much of the valuable bench land
of the North /Platte valley is quite
sure to be brought under irrigation
in the near future. Here the coun
try is rapidly developing. Stock feed
ing has become an important industry.
With this general industrial advance
in the valley will come the develop
ment of Scotts Bluff. Gering, Morrill,
Mitchel, Minitare, Bayard, Bridge
port and many other towns.
FRUIT.
Nebraska is naturally well suited
for fruit raising. Apples, plums, cher
ries, strawberries, etc., are grown to
some extent in every county. Cer
tain districts in the southeast have
gained prominence in the raising of
apples especially. This latter product
is now receiving organized attention
by competent fruit growers and will
soon become one of the states most
noted resources. v
FORESTS.
A little over three per cent of Ne
braska is in forests. The forest of
the Pine Ridge country of northwest
ern Nebraska occupies about 600
square miles. Other small areas of
pine timber occur in Lodge Pole,
North Platte and the Niobrara valleys.
The total area of natural pine timber
is about 800 square miles.
Broad leaf species, such as the cot
tonwood, elm, ash, box elder, willow,
walnut, etc., nearly fill many of the
valleys in the eastern part of the
state. They extend along the bluffs
of the Missouri river and well out in
to the interior of the state. Moat
farmers have small patches of timber
on their land which they have planted
for shade, wind-breiks and fuel.
STONE.
There are over twenty distinct
limestone ledges in Nebraska, rang
ing from one to tweny-five feet in
thickness and outcropping between
Wayne and Plattsmouth. There are
six large quarries and about two hun
dred smaller ones in this district get
ting out this rock and putting it on
the market. The output is used for
many purposes, but principally in con
crete construction. Further west in the
state is a deposit of chalk rock 400
feet thick in places and which is both
overlaid and underlaid with shale.
These shale and chalk formations are
well suited for the manufacture of ce
ment, and a large cement plant is
soon to be established at Superior.
SAND AND GRAVEL.
These are found in large quantities
along the various streams. Seven
teen large clam dredges are operating
along the Platte at Cedar Creek,
Louisville, Meadow, Ashland, Valley
and Central City. Each of these load
from eight to fifteen cars a day, mak
ing a train more than a mile long.
The annual production from these
dredges and from seven hundred to
eight hundred sand pits has a value
of over $1,000,000. Shipments are
regularly made to southwestern Iowa,
[southwestern Missouri and northern
Kansas and other points.
DAIRYING.
The climate and rolling pastures of
Nebraska make it an ideal place for
■ stock raising of all kinds. Especially
I is it adapted for the dairy industry,
and this fact is fast being discovered.
The advance in this particular indus
!try has been greater in the past few
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MR. GEORGE W. KUNE,
Publicity Manager of Nebraska State
Board of Agriculture.
Mr. Kline has been very helpful
, with suggestions and data in • our ef
'■ forts to get up this attractive and in
structive page. He is not only ex
i ceedingly well versed in Nebraska’s
' resources, but is a live wire—on the
job all the time.
! years than at any other time in the
! history of the state. This is largely
due to the efforts of the Nebraska
| Dariymen’s Association and its able
and energetic Secretary, S. C. Bassett.
| The farmers throughout the state are
j beginning to realize more and more
the splendid profit that can be real
ized from a properly managed dairy
farm and are turning their attention
ito it in earnest.
At present it has not yet reached
I the stage where a large number of
i local creameries would be a proflt
lable investment for their promoters,
but owing to the splendid railroad
facilities throughout the state this is
i little or no drawback. At present the
creameries are operated under what
is known as the centralizer plan, i, e,
the establishment of large creameries
at central points which are easily
accessible. Under this plan there is
not a railroad station nor a commer
cial center in Nebraska in which
there is not a cream receiving station
where a farmer can sell, on any busi
ness day, cream in any quantity from
ten pounds up and receive his cash
for it. This condition makes it pos
| sible to dairy on a cash basis even
in those portions of the state where
the cow population will average less
than three to the square mile. As
fast as conditions will justify it, lo
cal creameries will undoubtedly be
established.
MANUFACTURING.
While not as yet especially noted
I for this branch of industry, neverthe
less Nebraska has within her borders
at Omaha, South Omaha, Lincoln and
other points manufacturing industries
of which she may well be proud.
Omaha turns out manufactured pro
ducts to the value of over $193,000,
000 annually. Since the organization
of the Nebraska Manufacturers As
sociation about a year ago much has
been done to advance the manufac
turing interests of the state and the
time is not far distant when she will
take her rightful place with other
states more noted along these lines.
THE STATE OF OPTIMISTS.
One of the best promises for the
future development of Nebraska along
all lines is the optimism of its people.
Full of confidence in their own ability
and the natural resources of the state
they are going steadily ahead, over
coming all obstacles that present
themselves and working for a com
mon cause—that of the advancement
of the state they love. This is evi
denced everywhere. In the cities
prominent men are cheerfully giving
their time and talent through their
various Commercial Clubs and other
organizations to the advancement not
only of their respective cities, but
the state as a whole. Throughout
the smaller towns and on the farms
the same spirit is manifest.
Probably no better example could
be cited than the hearty support given
the project advanced at the Nebraska
Editorial Association held this year
tr "boost” Nebraska. Over two hun
dred editors, throughout the state
pledged themselves to issue 1000 ex
tra copies of their respective papers
containing a story of Nebraska’s
greatness and to mail them broadcast
over the country. This is being done
at their own expense, their reward
being the advancement of their state.
They were ably assisted in this move
| by the Commercial Club of Omaha
and other public organizations.
With such a citizenry as this It is
no wonder that Nebraska is advanc
ing by leaps and Dounds. Who can
forecast her future greatness?
Mr. Geo. W. Kline, than whom
there is no better “Booster” in the
state, is convinced that the days of
total crop failures are over in Ne
braska. In an interacting letter he
says:
Nebraska has experienced her last
total crop failure and it occurred
years ago. Drouth, hot winds, hail
and flood are merely local in their
scope. For now the resources of the
state are so varied and scattered
over so much territory that wholesale
failure is impossible.
Alfalfa is one of the big items in
the prosperity of the state, according
to figures compiled by the State
Board of Agriculture. It is an im
mensely profitable crop; it yields
early money for the grower and pays
a high percentage of profit for the
time and money spent in its culture,
Nebraska is the second state in the
union in alfalfa growing and is
crowding close upon Kansas, which
state now has the leadership.
A resident of the city of Lincoln
bought a piece of land in Buffalo
county several years ago. He se
cured 300 acres for $2,800. He
planted 288 acres to alfalfa. A far
mer in the vicinity harvests it on
shares. Last year the alfalfa ranch
netted the Lincoln man, who did not
even go to the scene of action dur
ing the summer, $1,800, or a 6 per
cent dividend on $30,000.
To the live stock enthusiast and
the dairyman the alfalfa growing
means increased profits. The crop is
reasonably certain. In the drouth
sections this year the early cuttings
were heavy and the last crop, matur
ed during the dry weather, was al
lowed to seed, as it is well known
that, seed matured under drouth con
ditions is most valuable.
Farm experts, after inspecting the
dry counties of the South Platte
country, estimate that the silage is
worth $75,000,000. The cornstalks,
properly harvested and put into the
silo, would be worth this amount to
the farmers. It would let them mar
ket their grain and keep their live
stock. Every effort has been made
to give this theory publicity.
“Save the corn crop with the silo,”
urged one of the dairy experts of
the state. "With care and caution
the entire forage crop can be saved.
“There will certainly be a large
amount of damaged corn in all parts
of the state. Some sections suffered
worse than others, but the general
result will be a decreased yield of
grain. This, under usual conditions,
would cause a shortage of stock
feed and exert a depressing effect on
the cattle situation. Practically, it
need not do so at all.
“The damaged corn will make fine
ensilage and will take the place of
well cured hay and grain. The hay
crop has been good and the price will
be tempting. Before the winter is
over grain will be high priced. With
a little forethought and mental cal
culation it will be possible to rea
lize more from the silage this vear
than from a good yield of corn under
ordinary conditions.
"'Nebraska cannot afford to sacri
fice cattle because of a slight yield
of' corn in the grain. There is al
ready a shortage of live stock. Ail
animals should be kept for breeding
or finished in a fattened condition.
There is plenty of forage in sight to
feed liberally and well all the live
stock within the state.
‘‘It is necessary to save the forage
and the farmers who have not suffic
ient stock to feed will find it advis
able to feed their neighbor’s, or pick
up in the markets sufficient stock to
consume the silage they put up.
“As to the quality of the silage
made from the damaged corn there is
little data, but all that is available
points to the fact that it will make
excellent feed and, though not quite
as good as the normal corn, is val
uable for feeding because of its high
per cent of dry matter and low per
cent of water. Mi'th of the nutri
ment which goes to make the grain
is now latent in the stalk ana leaves.
This can be preserved if put into the
silo before it turns entirely dry or
is killed by frost.”
In Kansas and in other states pit
silos have been recommended. Farm
experts, however, look with criticism
cn the pit silo and recommend it
only when other kinds of silos can
not be secured. A considerable
amount of the silage rots while the
task of getting the silage up out. of
the pit is an unpleasant one.
Cattle feeding tests at the state
farm last spring proved conclusively
that corn silage was a valuable item
in the economical fattening of cat
tle. The explanations of the tests
were made in the presence of about
a hundred of the leading live stock
feeders of the state.
So .it has been demonstrated that
there is at least $75,000,000 in pos
sible wealth in the corn fields which
have been classed as damaged by dry
1 weather.
DELIMITED 0PP0RT0K2
TIES \n NEBRASKA
The average Nebraska citizen
brushes up against more opportuni
ties for wealth than is possible to
encounter in any other section of the
United States. This statement is true
year in and year out. declares Secre
tary V,\ R. Mellor of the State Board
of Agriculture
Nebraska is the twenty-eighth state
!n population and ranks seventh in
the attendance at the annual state
. in iaci me state lias the repu
tation of holding one of the test ex
positions in the country. The speeo
program, the attendance, the educa
tional features, the macfcinerv dis
plays, the automobile attractions and
the musical and amusement features
cannoc be excelled anywhere.
Pure - bred live stock, intensive
methods in com cultivation, pure
seed corn and progressive ideas in
general have always received en
couragement from the fair officials.
Marketing, scientific distribution, the
value of fertilization and the solu
tion of other problems of practical
interest have been taken up.
The development of the poultry,
sw;ne, fruit and dairy industries have
been encouraged. In each of these
lines the state board has rendered ef
ficient service. To the state horti
cultural interests the publicity work!
has been of immense value.
It has ju&t been recently learned
that the section of the state from i
Omaha to Eulo and within fifty miles;
of the Missouri river i3 the best ap
ple region in the United States. Crop
failures are unknown In the firuit
line, while the marketing facilities
are unexecelled.
Fortunes have been made in the
apple and vinegar business. An out
cry that convulsed the entire state
followed the statement last fall that
seven Nebraska counties exported i
more apples than two of the much i
heralded fruit states of the Pa.cific
coast. Nebraska investors who were
busily paying for fruit ranches in'
Wyoming were amazed to find that'
the apple production of that state
was about the same as that of Da
kota county, Nebraska.
Stella, ituio, Falls City, Auburn,
Peru, Nebraska City, Weeping Wa
ter, Brow nville, Nehawka and other
towns in that Vicinity are points
from which heavy apple and vinegar
shipment, ^re sent. Falls City ap
ples have made a decided hit in the
Twin Cities, while Buffalo, N. Y.,
shows a decided liking for the prod
uct of the Cass county orchards.
Cherries, peaches, grapes, plums
and berries of all kinds are also
grown with remarkable success. The
frost probabilities are largely dis
counted by the hills and the influ
ence of the Missouri river The en
terprising orchardist merely looks
for scrub oak or hazel brush. Such
land, generally given over to pas
ture, will produce more apples with
less expense to the glower than will
a couple of acres of high priced ir
rigated land almost two thousand
miles farther from the markets of
the world.
In the fall of 1913 the apple crop
is an enormous factor. The wheat
crop exceeded sixty million bushels.
There were two million cattle on the
farms and ranches of Nebraska
WAS DABBLING IN THE PAST
Pilgrim Somewhat Resentful Because
He Was Misled Into Perusing
an Old Magazine.
•‘Among the things I d like to know
about," remarked the weary looking
pilgrim with the drab mustache, on
the car, ‘‘is this: How does a doctor
•or dentist come by his magazines?
Does he go around among his friends
and buy up old ones after his friends
have read ’em, so's to get ’em cheaper?
Or does he buy new magazines and
then lay them away somewhere and let
them age by natural process before
placing them on the table In his re
ception room?
“A day or so ago I had occasion to
sit in the reception room of a prosper
I ous dentist—that is. I suppose he's
prosperous if he charges everybody
on the same scale that he does me—
and while I waited I began to rum
mage through his magazines that I
found lying on the table. 1 got inter
ested in an article in the Literary Di
gest about a threatened war between ,
Russia and Japan. What! Another :
Russian mix-up? I became all worked
up about It and turned over a page for
further details. Then I happened to
glance at the date, and found that I
had been reading a magazine Issued in
January. 1904."
Another Victim. ’
An aviator waved his hand
To friends who stood below;
A gust of wind o’ertook him, and
r» aura tbs rest you know.
NOT MUCH REAL DIFFERENCE
Mr. Tobe Snagg Discourses Pleasant
ly on Subject of City and Village
Society Gossip.
"I fall to observe any great differ
ence,” remarked Mr. Tobe Snagg, "be
tween the 'Gossip of Society’ notes in
the city papers and the ‘Purely Person
al’ items in th® Goshkononk Gazette.
Of course, them rich people have long
er names and travel farther than us
humble Goshkonongians, but, after all.
when I read that Mr. and Mrs. Theo
bald Postleth^ait Golden-Gawbs and
their son, T. Livermore Golden-Gawbs,
have returned from motoring on the
continent, while their daughter, Lorda
Watt Golden-Gawbs, will remain in
Italy, sketching the old masters, I can’t
see that intrinsically it differs much
from the simple statements in the
Gazette that Miss Gladys Frump Sun
day ed at Whillerville with Apra Hen
sion and Ralph Slicer, our popular bar
ber, Mondayed in Hunkayunk. and Dab
Socker Tuesdayed in Turgidtown at
•
the home of his widowed sister whose
husband suicided two months ago after
arsoning the lumber yard. All the
parties concerned probably did all
the gadding they could afford, and in
any case not a soul in the livin’ world
beyond the persons mentioned was in
the slightest degree interested in the
recital.’’
Inspired Definition.
Teacher—What is velocity, Johnny?
Johnny—Velocity is what a fellow
lets go of a wasp with.—Pathfinder
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SHOULD HAVE ROUSED HIM
Mrs. Brown’s Method of Removing
Gloom May Not Be Generally
Recommended.
Gloom prevailed in the domestic cir
cle—a gloom horrible and depressing.
Mr. Brown, in fact, was in a bad tem
per. And, as Mrs. Brown knew, there
was only one way of curing it—to
rouse him thoroughly; for, when mis
erable himself, he always accused
other people of being miserable. He
did on this occasion.
“Jane,” he grumpled at last, “you're
as dull as an old owl! Sulking. 1 sup
pose, because I refused to buy you
that new hat!”
I “No," sighed his wife. “I wasn't
! thinking about it. As a matter of fact,
1 I’ve been turning out some oM letters,
and—oh! it's nothing of importance.
Only a fit of the blues.”
“What letters?”
“Love letter.”
I “Some I wrote to you, I suppose."
“No,” said his wife calmly. “Some
I received before I met you. It's of
; no consequence. None at all. How
is your oold»”
—
Hard to Choose
“The jury has been out for a long
time"
“les, ana I doubt their ever reach
ing a verdict. You see. the case is
one in which a life insurance solicitor
is suing a book agent, and I fancy
the jurymen are trying to figure out
some scheme for sticking them both.”
—Judge.
Alas for Art!
“Daubbs tellB me he is wedded to
his art.”
“Good heavens' Another mesalli
ance!"
The Way of It.
“Miss May made a hit with Jack
the first glance she gave him.”
“I see—a sort of glancing blow.”
A man may be a heavyweight fight
er and a lightweight husband
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