Nebraska Newspapers

    COLOMBIA MAKES APPEAL
* REPLY FROM COLON THAT PLEA
IS IN VAIN.
COLON , Nov. 10.The steam launch
< ent to Boca Del Toro Thursday last
"to capture that place in tbe name of
the new republic of Panama , has re
turned here and the officers report
that the place was captured and the !
'flaz hoisted without a she being fired.
No difficulties whatever were encoun
tered. The majority of the officials of
Bocas Del Toro ar"e natives of Panama
tind they expressed themselves as re
joiced at the course affairs had taken
on the isthmus. Only a few persons
were found to be dissatisfied with the
situation. These latter were brought
to Colon , but not as prisoners.
The provisional government at Panama -
-ama has received a telegram from
President Marraquin of the republic
-of Colombia , giving assurances that
tbe Panama canal bill would mostj
certainly pass congress next August
and that General Pteyes was on his
way to the isthmus to make proposals
looking to peace and the saving of the
national honor.
The provisional government has sent
sa letter to general Reyes , which will
ireach him on his arrival at Savanilla , |
'Advising ' that it is useless for him to
come to Panama , as hi& mission is a
thopeless one.
J The United states cruiser Atlanta
[ has just arrived from trer cruise along
the coast.
Decide on a Nebraska Man.
PITTSBURG , Pa. , Nov. 11. The
committee appointed by the board o !
trustees of the Carnegie Institute to
-select a president for the Carneg e
technical scboorsof Pittsburg reported
Hu favor of Arthur Arton Ilarner-
.schlag of New York for tue position.
The committee says that It is well
understood that Mr. Hamerschlag will
accept the'iolliee ' when it is formally
joilered.
llr. Hamerschlag has for years been
a consulting engineer in New York
and h s been cjnnected with many
ipublictrks in that city. lie w. s
iborn in Nebraska thirty-seven years
ago and received his early education
iin the schools of Omaha aud New
JYork , following with special courses
ttu physics and mining at Columbia
'university.
Chicago bars Toy Pistol.
CIIIC-UiO , Nov fl Thecil } coun
cil passed an ordinance prohibiting
'the sale of toy pis-ols in Chicago.
'The measure provides a penalty of
y * $ 100 for anyone wijo "shall sell , leaner
or furnish any ioy gun. or toy pistol ,
jor toy fowling piece , or other toy fire
iarm m which any explosive substance
can be used.
tit.
DAY OF THANKSGIVING
However widely our people
may differ in their individual
laith , and in matters pretain- |
ing to church , party or sect , [ c
there is une neutral territory J
where we can all meet and join v ?
hands and hearts in praise and * :
thanks to the Giver of "all jt
good and perfect gifts , " for
l-ife and liberty , for peace and i
prosperity , in our state aud |
nation. We are once more fe
blessed with and abundertbarfe
vest. The threatening clouds g
tbat hung over our broad fields
were d spersed when His time
jame , and our people have
reaped bountiful fruit of their
honest toil. All forms of labor
and commercial energy find
profitable employment ard rich
abu. dance is apparent on every
baud. There is joy around our
firesides , and an honest en
deavor towards a purer and
higher plane of life is every
where manifest.
For all these b'essings praise
and thanks be to God.
Therefore I , John H. Mickey ,
governor of the state of Nebras
ka , in harmony with the action
taken by the president of- the
United States , do hereby pro
claim Thursday , November 26.
1903 , a day of private and pub
lic thanksgiving aud I recom
mend that the people of Neb
raska on tbat day suspend their
usual avocations of toil and
business and attend divine wor
ship in their churcnes or family
circles and I earnestly pray that
the same spirit miy be mani
fest in ail of our state institu
tions.
Given under my hand and the
great seal of the state of Neb
raska on the 6th day of Novem
ber in the year of our Lord ,
i903 , and of the state the thir y-
eignth. J. H. MICREY.
SLuTlnrQ tTLruli uQrw CH
Plot Against the Prince.
VIENNA , , Nov. 10. Private tele
grams received bere from Sofia say !
tbat several Bulgarian officers have
been arrested at Kustendil , Philip- '
popolis and Bresuik on suspicion of
plotting against Prince Ferdinand.
Opposition circles assert that the
procedure was a measur of revenge
because tbe officers refused to coerce
the people afe the receut elections. i
COLOMBIA OBJECTS
COLOMBIA PROTESTS AGAINST
RECOGNITION OF ISTHMUS.
SAYS U. S. IS * TO BLAME
fERMS OF PROTEST NOT YET
ASCERTAINED.
TRAFFIC IS UNMOLESTED
L Strong Objection IH Made to the Atti
tude of the United States. State
Are Iletlcent.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. It has
jeen given out in official circles that
the United States of Columbia has
odsed a protest with tbe state de
partment against the action of the
\ [ Jnited States in connection with the
ivents which have occurred on the
isthmus J Panama. The terms of the
protest mid not be ascertained as
ret , but ib is known that strong ob-
ction is made to the a'titude of the
United States in general and against
uterpretations made by this govern-
nentof the treaty of ISiG between
the United States of America an < i the
[ Jnited States of Columbia. The state
Jepartment has tbe protest under
isrious consideration , but tbe nature
if its replv , if any , or the time when
it will be ina'le is not known. Other
than admitting that such a document
aas been filed in the state department
the officials tbere will say nothing
ibout the matter.
Word reached the navy department
Sunday of the arrival of U-e United
States cruiser Boston at Panama ,
Commander Diebl , in reporting her
Brrival , announcing also the receipt
Df instruotiona from the navy depart
ment which directs the keeping open
Df the transit of the isl hmus. He also
said that at this time the traffic was
Undisturbed.
Found Body in Creek.
RUSHVILLE , Neb , Nov. 10.-The
dead body of Carl Fisher , a farmer re
siding four miles south of town , \\as
found Saturday in R.ush creek. The
soroner'b jury found that Fisber came
to his neath by an accident while in
a state of intoxication. It.seems that
lie had remained in town until late
at night , when he started fr borne.
His team passed along the stt-ep bank
Df the creek. The wagon was over
turned and Fisher was caught in such
1 manner that he was unable to extri-
Jate himself. A portion of the body
was in the creek. Both horses were
dead when found.
On the same day Patrick Burke ,
also of this county , met bis death
while in a state of intoxication He
was on bis way home from Hay
Springs He fell with his neck across
the endgate of 'he wag > n , thereby
Completely strangling himself.
Want Arbitration Treaty.
CHICAGO , iNov. 10. Prof. Charles
Cheney Hyde of the Northwestern
university law schoo , left for Washing
in with Tomas Barclay
ing on , company - omas -
clay , who is desirous of arranging a
treaty of arbitration between the
United States and Eng'and. ' Mr. Bar
clay , who is a member of tbe Mos lej
educational commiss on from Great
Britain now touring the country , is
also a member of the institute of in
ternational law , and is said to have
aided materially in bringing about
the recent negotiation of a treaty ar
bitration between Great Britain and
France. Professor H > de , and Mr ,
Barclay hope to spend several days in
jonference with Senator Cuilom and
ais colleagues of the foreign rela'ion ' ?
committee.
Arkansas White Man Lynched.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. , Nov. 10. AI
Brinkley. Ark. , early Saturday morn *
[ ng Z. C. Cadle , a white man. wa $
ynched by a mob of ten or fjfteeq
jeopie. Cadle in an altercation had
: ut Policeman Cux who died sbortlj
ifterward. The crowd secured en.
: rance to tbe jail and taking Cad' (
mt , shot him four times and theij
mnc his bodv r a telephone pole.
Sleeping Girl Dead
SALT LAKE CITY , utab , NOV ,
0. Bessie Knecht , the "sleeping
[ irl , " is de.id. Miss Knecht wa $
iQten to a hosoital last Feirurarv Sr ,
in unconscious condition. Aftei
orty-seven days she partially revive '
iut soon sank into a comatose condi. ,
ion again and never fully regainef
onsciousness.
Plot Against the Prince.
VIENNA , Nov. 10. Private tele ,
rams received bere from Sofia saj
hat several Bulgarian officers bav :
een arrested at Kustendil , Philip-1
npolis and Bresuik on suspicion oj
letting against Prince Ferdinand ,
Apposition circles asseit that th
rocedure was a measure of revei i' '
scanse the officers refused to coeic'
36 people at tbe recent elections.
THE TIE-UP IS COMPLETE
STREET RAILWAY STRIKE IN CHIC
AGO IS SERIOUS.
CHICAGO , 111. , Nov. 13. Constant
x
Scenes of disorder over a district ap
proximately fifty square aailes in er-
tent resulted today from toe inaugu
ration of a strike by trS employes of
one of the two principal surface street
railway companies in Chicago. All
ilong the lines wherever cars were
started strike sympathizers made des
perate onslaughts on the crews , begin
aing at dawn of day and continuing
as long as cars remained on the
tracks he tieup was made com
plete.
A number of cars were wrecked a t
that DO person was killed is no fault
of the rioters. One man had his back
broken and the first shot of the strike
was fired at Wentworth avenue and
West Sixty-ninth street , where a mob
of several hundred persons tried to
hold up a train.
Many persons , chiefly non-union
street car men , were injured by flying
stones or splintered glass. Two women
were among those hurt.
Excepting a few dozen passengers
who had to flee from the cars , the
300,000 daily patrons of the company
were forced to all sorts of other meht-
Dds in order to get down town and
back.
back.With
With face- and hands bleeding from
the attacks of the strikers , motermen ,
? ripmen and conductors who tried to
run trains returned to the barns and
refused to go out again unless the
tirains bore platoons of police or patrol
jvagons were aloucsioe.
The police confined their efforts to
feeing that rbe passage of oars from
; he barns was unobstructed and that
jrowds and blockades in the streets
ffere quickly cleared. This was done
inder orders irom Mayor Harrison ,
vhose announced purpose was to pre-
lerve an impartial attitude , rakin *
lides neither for nor against tintn /
Jrs or the street car company , vvnic
'ihough known as the Chicago Oil
railway , is a private corporation , th-
ines of which extend ihrouart
South side of the city , radiddL ir < -
he business center.
Bryan Sails for Europe.
NEW YORK , Nov. 13. Wiilium J.
Bryan sailed fur Eiuope yesterday
frith his thirt-en-ytat-oid son Will
iam J. Bryan , jr. , on tbe steamlir
Majestic. He is going to Europe for
fcbe first time , partly on business and
partly fur pleasure , aud will take in
tbe most of England jiud a good
pare oi' the continent before return
ing. He will ba gone several weeks
Before be sailed Mr. Bryan was
asked by an interviewer :
" Vill tbe democrats go to the polls
next year as a united party ? "
"I think all democrats will be
united at the polls , but not of course
those who are not democrats. Those
who are not democrats will not be
with the democrats. "
"If all agree upon you , would you
accept the nomination ? "
"I am HOD a candidate. I have
said this before. 1 repeat it. I am
not a candidate for office.
"On my return I shall simply re
sume my fight for democracy , and
what I shall do can be gauged by
what I have dune in the past.
30D6 to keep up the n'grjt for at
least twenty-five years more. I will
tben be sixty-eiyht years of age , and
n the meantime there will bu six
presidential elections. Even then
[ may not be too old to continue the
tight. "
Rosebud Reservation Opening.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 13. Man
Nebraskans are inquiring when thq
Indian lands of Rosebud Sioux in
Gregory county , South Dakota , will
) s opened to settlers , and what
action , if any , this session of con
gress is likely to take on tbe subject.
Senator Gambel of South Dakoa ,
who has managed the legislation
from the beginning was asked
whether ne would pusb tbe measure
during this session , replied that he
would do so.
The senator had discussed the sub
ject with Commissioner Jones of thq
Indian office , in the hope of agree
ing upon a plan of action that couH
3e endorsed by the commissioner and
ihe secretary of the interior. In this
: ase great consideraiion has beec
shown the Indians and mote than a
rear-s time lost in trying to get tbeii
: onsent to sell their lands at a stated
Kice. In many other like cases tha
rovernment has not been so consld *
irate. Senator Gamble will soon in.
: rorluce a bill designed to oveicoxe
ill objections to the opening of th
Elosebud lands and push it ttuougrj
ibe Indian committee.
Governor Grants Extradition.
SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. 13.-Gov-
: rnor Pardee has issued a warranl
) f extradition aga nst Davia C. Nel <
ion , tbe rn'in who has been undei
inest bere for several days upon the
sbarge of being accessory to a mur
ler committed by his brother iq
] ofTeyville , Kas , Tbe sheriff > \
Montgomery county , Kansas , arrived
n Sacramento with requisition pa-
> ers aid immediately applied w the
: overn r foi a warraut authorizing
nm to take Nelson back to Kansar
LOOKS TO MILITIA
REGULAR ARMY IS INSUFFICIENT
IN TIME OF WAR.
STRENGTH OF THE ARMY
ANNUAL REPORT OF ADJUTANT
GENERAL IS SUBMITTED.
OBLIGATION IS A THEORY
Deals with the Army Matters Entirely-
Attention is Directed to Work of
Military Attaches Abroad.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 11. The annual -
nual report of Acting Adjutant Gen
eral Hall of the army , was made pub
lic today. It. deals with every phase
of the mi itary establishment. The
actual strength of the army on Octo
ber 15 , 1U03 , was 3,681 officers and 55 , .
500 enlisted men. There were lost to
the army d ring the year ended June
30 , 1903 , 9,279 men as follows :
One hundred and thirty-eight offi
ce s , of whom twenty-live were killed
in accident or died of wounds or dis
ease ; 28,141 enlisted men , of whom 837
were killed in action or of worn ds or
disease , the remainder representing
men discharged for expiration of term
of service , for disability , by sentence
of court-martial desertions and
- , re
tirement.
Attention is directed to the work of
military attaches abroud which the
report states has been very satis
factory and proves the wisdom of se
lecting office s peculiarly adapted to
this delicate semi-diplomatic work ,
which Secures to the army the most
recent , authentic aud valuable information
mation at a minimum cost.
Over one-h.-lf of the report is de
\otecl io the ruilitia aud it gives a
detailed account of the workings ot
the act to promote the efficiency of
the militia passed at the last session
of congress. Inspections of the sev
eral militia organizations , the report
sjys , were begun on April 25 , J903
and completed ai.out the first of July.
The total number Of the Organizer
militia , including officers of every
rank arid grade , was ascertained to
be 110,542.
Heyaruiny the dependable strength
of the militia in time of nationa
peril the adjutant general states that
"although the obligation of olficers
and men of the militia to responc
promptly to a sudden call of the pres
ident has been on the statute books
more than a hundred years , and o :
the organized militia , or nationa
guaid. for nearly forty , and the neg
lect to so respond is punishable b >
such penalties as a court martial may
direct , experience has shown that
this obligation is a theory rather
than a fact Without going farther
back than the late war with Sp tin
tbe propo tion of the membership ol
militia organizitions who have actu
ally responded to such calls of tbe
president has borne a very small pro
portion to tnose actually borne on-
tbe company rclls. "
Eliminating tbe men unfit for mil
itary service and those unable to go
to one fro'nt for logical reasons , the
report says that only about 30 per cent
of the original ( Ornpany is a fair es
timate of the men of each company
that were finally received into the
service of the United States.
Storm Swept.
SALT LAKE CITY , NOV. 12 The
whole.Pacifiu coast , free British Co
lumbia to Southern Califoinia , and
the states of Oregon. Washington ,
idaho , Montana , Nevada , Wyoming ,
Utah and Western Colorado were
swept by a storm yesterday that has
resulted in an am ! < st total prostra-
Liun of telegraph service over that
: erritory , and in the mountains has
ill but tied up the railroads in a
nid-winter blockade.
The stnrra , which is still raging
yith unabated fury , is severest on
ibe coast. Rain has been Jailing
steadily for Qve days in the Puget
? cund country , acd it turned into
mow today , accompanied by wind
vhich tonight is blowing thirty-five
uiles an hour ,
Dowie Has No Followers.
LO\"DOtf. Nov. 10. Followers of
rohn Alexander Dowie , members of
ihe organization known as the
Catholic Church in Christ , finding
io supp irt for their mission here ,
lave gene to Paris.
Most of Men Idle.
DENVER , Colo. , Nov. 10 , The tie-
ip in the > olorarlo fields in conse-
uence of the strike order issued by
ohn1iichell , pres dent of the united
aine workeis of America , is more ex-
ensive thau operators had anticipa-
ed ur union labor had expected. In
.as Animas county , the principal
attleground , the union leader assm.
ha * or ly one hundred of the 8COO
len employed in the various canrps
re working today. The operators de-
lare that they S'ill have about luOO
len in the mines.
Nebraska
The United States recruiting sta-
; ion at Beatrice bas been transferred
io Grand Island.
At Beatrice some new corn has
oeen sold for feeding purposes for 30
; ents a busbel.
Carpenters working on the Funke
building at Lincoln struck for a
taise from 32 to 35 cents an hour.
The farm house of Thomas Irelandi
near Moorefield.was totally destroyed
by tire. The origin was a defective
Sue.
Mrs. David Giesbrecht , an old res
ident of Beatrice , Is dead at the age
af 60 years. A tusband and six chil
dren survive her.
Corn busking has been stopped at
West Point by the steady downpour
Df rain which has been falling for
twenty- four hours. Corn is making
i Hoe yield.
E. D. Cramer , a farmer living near
Beatrice , lost twenty-five hogs by
cholera in the last few days. Neither
ither cases have been reported in the
neigbburbood.
The number of farm mortgages
Sled in Gage county for the month
3f October was 1 , amounting to S34-
J21 ; number released , 30 , amounting
to 850,662.
At Lincoln two masked men heli
ap a street car at Seventeenth and
5 uth streets and robbed the motor *
man or Si. No ono else was on the
2ar ,
The merchants ab Arcadia report
a small amount of spurious coin in
circulation. The denominations are
511-1 rters and half dollars. They
seem to be made of lead.
At Red Cloud Henry Jones was >
3'abbed by Clyde Cu mm ings. The
-tabbing was the result of an old
f'-ud. Curnmings savs he struck in
self defense. Jones will recover.
Oscar Richie of Nnrfolk was ser
iously burned and otherwise hurt by
; m explosion of chemicals which he
was preparing for a stereopticau lan
tern. The house was partially
wrecked.
The funeral of the late Ed Welch
was held in Gretua. He formeily re
sided in that place , but of late had
been an implement dealer in Belle
Fourche , S. D.
Butte , the county seat of Boyd
county , 'will have no new court house
this year. As a special election held
Saturday to vote a 3-miii tax for
three years for the purpose of erect
ing a 512,000 building , the proposi
tion was losfc.
Bishop Hill of Chicago Monday de
livered the dedication sermon at the
Evangelical church at Callaway. The
cost of enlarging the chur * h was
$1,400 and pare of this had been
raised. The balance was subscribed
at the meeting.
The wedding of Miss Clara M
McGee and C. A. Patton both of
Arapaboe , Neb. , was celebrated at
the home of the bride's parents.Rev.
T. S. White officiating. Mr. and
Mrs. Patton are leaders in social cir
cles and have been residents of Arapahoe -
ahoe for many years.
Banker M. F. Carton of Nebraska
City , who went to Colorado to re
main until after the courts bad
passed upon his divorca petition ,
states that be will return and will
Guht his wife's cross bill. Carton
alleges that his wife became infat
uated with another man.
A partition suit has been flled in
Che district court at Plattsmouth by
RayM. Patterson against James Pat
terson et al , for the purpose of par
titioning the real estate left br the
late Hon. J. M. Patterson. This
estate is composed of lots and farm
lands in Cass Douglas and ' heyenD ?
jounties.
The board of public lands ano
auildingsduiing the absence of Com
missioner Folimer , who had fouehi
: be measure , allowed the claims ol
IV. A. Bailey for painting and re-
jairs at the Grand Island Soldiers'
Home , amounting to $2,677.70. Tht
contract for the dynamo and engine
it the penitentiary was let to the
Western Electrical company foi
52,435
Frank Benfer , a former saloor
reeper of Plattsmouth , was placed
jncler arrest on a charge of assault
ind battery sworn out by Edward
Donat , local agent for the Gund
Brewing company "Several week.
igo , while Donat was on his wa\
jome , he claims to have been at-
; ackiid by Benfer , and another mar
ind that when he emerged from the
: onfl'ct he was in such a bruised and
mattered condition that a physician
lad to be called to repair the dam-
ige. Benfer bas been placed undei
> 200 bonds pending bis hearing be-
'ore ' Justice Archer next Saturday.
A man giving his name as M. E.
ishton and claiming to be the son oJ
t physician at Syracuse , was found
ying beside the railroad track ea < t
if Kimhali with one leg entirelj
levered from his bndy. He was
iroiight to the city and medical aid
uramoned. Later he was tsken tc
3heytnne for treatment. He says
le was short of money and was beat-
ng bis way on the fast mall and fell
rom the train. It is thought h
recover.
DOES NOT LIKE VINEGAR.
Hhd Ilia Till of It While Do < lZlHj
Duty nt Sea.
" 1 Lear any number of queer stories
. 'rom superannuated old salts who hat *
obs as watchmen along the Nortl
itlver front , " Bald Bayard C. Fuller , inspector
specter of fruit , to a New York Time *
.oporter the other day , "but the fua
nlest one yet was from a grizzled vet
. ran who told me how dosing hlmseD
with vinegar had saved him from i
seafaring life , and probably from i
watery grave.
"He said that fondness for the se *
had made him run away from norm
. .n-1 ship before the mast on a voyagi
around the Ilom , thence from Siu
Kraiicisco on to China. By the time hi
got to Frisco his love of the sea wai
iiitirely gone. He tried to get the cap
tain to let him off there , with the con
sequence that he was not allowed
shore leave while the ship was In port
"Aji old sailor who took pity on th *
lad told him to drink all the viuegai
he could get hold of. He had monej
and he pc-rsuatled the jackies who hai
shore leave to bring aboard three o >
four gallons of it in b jttles , stone ju.'t
or anything else they could get holf
of. He began drinking it while tin
ship was in port , and although tin- cap
tain noticed the lad was getting nib
atd weazeny , he wouKl not let l.io
abhore for fear he would desert.
"To quote the man's words , " ' contlnu
e < l the inspector , " 1 drank about i
quart of vinegar every day. As fast aj
I emptied the bottles my mates woul <
fill them up for me. When we sailed
I had a good store laid in. Well , sir
I could almost feel myself shrink. Tin
men told me not to go it too hard or )
might have to be thrown overboard before
fore the ship reached Hawaii. Thi
fust mate asked me one clay what wat
the matter with me. I told him thai
both my father and grandfather had
died from poverty of blood. * 'Well
I guess you'll die of it , all right , ' sayi
he.
" Til never reach Shanghai on thli
ship , ' I says.
"The cap'n looked kind of queer al
me , but never said iiuthhf until iln
day we was nearin' nonolulu. 'i\u n * <
cursed me for a shore lubber and siiH
he wouldn't have such a hunk die 01
his ship. But he put me ashore al
right , and paid ine what was due mi
t < o. I didn't know for three j o &
afterward that his ship never reachei
China.
"I was taken care of in Honoluli
and worked on a coffee plantation untl
I had enough money to bring me I a 1
to New York as a cabin passenger 01
a clipper ship. Work on th-it plant -ti a
drained ail the vinegar out of me.
"When I got back to New York i
friend got me a city job through the In
tiuenee of Mayor Fernando , and I kery
it until he went out of of lice. Then 1
got to working around the river front
and I have been here ever since. Vine
gar ? Xo more lit mine thanks. "
Diversion on a Journey.
A Harvard ' 43 man who went froa
his Kentucky home to Cambridge ti
enter college lias recently given rem
iniscences of the long antl arcluoui
trip. General Winh'eld Scott was i
fellow passenger. When they reaehc <
the Allegheny Mountains they founi
that because of recent robberies th
stage company had given orders thai
the stages should close up and ascent
the mountain road together. The pa3
sengers were required to organ-Iya
elect a commander , and , armed by thi
company , march at night immediately
behind the coaches. General Scott wai
chosen to lead the force. The grnera !
is said to have entered Into the fun o }
the occasion , and during a two hours
climb he gave many commands and at
tempted various military movements
When the time came to resume tbi
seals In the coaches the general thank
ed his command for their obedience tt
orders. Young men going to eollegi
this year did not have such divertin |
adventures.
A. Cutting Story.
A story is told of a major in a cei >
tain regiment who has a great con
tempt for Incapacity of any kind aiU
Is somewhat impatient. Some tlmt
ngo he was in charge of a detachmen }
of men guarding the lines of eomrnuni
cation , and a sergeant complained ti
him that he could get no man to im
dertake the duty of barber to the. com
pany.
"Is there no gardener In the com
pany ? " asked the major , testily , 't
seem to remember one. See if yoi
can find him and send him to me. *
The man was duly sent , but , on ra
ceiving orders to act as barber , ven
tured to expostulate. "Great guns ! *
cried the major. "If you can cut grass
you can cut hadr ! Go and do it ! "
YiThar Racing Settles.
George Arnold was arguing with ai
Englishman about -going to the races
but the Englishman refused to go.
"Some one once remarked , " said thi
Englishman , "that a race simply uro\
d that one horse could outrun another
Be already knew that , and so couli
aot see why he should go to the races
rhat's my fix. "
"Of course , one horse can outrun aa
> ther. " retorted Mr. Arnold. "We slia
? ly go j the track to see whether 01
not his , jockey will let him. "
ork Times.
The Prestige of Credit.
Mrs. Au Gait Are you happy novfj
laughter ?
Mrs. En Regie Oh so happy , ma/
nal Papa never would let us makt
nils , you know. It is simply lovelj
o be rnai ried and have great big billj
oining in ! " Puck.
There wouldn't be much room at thi
op if those who reach it were hall
s Mz as they thinir thev are.