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'I nu cuitionion anil Hticcpiucn ni Or
egon , HnilliiK that they cannot exter
minate each other , have nliniit decided
( o live In peace , '
RO.VIllt > IH OXpunstVO. Fninei ) Hpl'lll
$700,000 during the IIIIH ! your In outer
tnlnlng royal guoHlH and paying for
Ilio presldeut'H Journeys *
The Mexican government IH also
largely IntcroHtod In the Irrigation
problem. Making ( ho dowrl blossom
an thii nwo IH becoming n v ry populur
fad.
The inlni'nil world will ho well nip-
reHouted In the Honatn If Mr. Schwab
micceods In getting In as Iron senator.
Gold , Hllvor , copper and hi ass an- al
ready In evidence.
An effort IH being inado by the Bu
reau of I'lant Industry to Introduce
Into Callforulu and Oregon Hinull
plnnta of European Htono pine. It
boars n Hinall dollcloiiH nut which IH
vury popular In England.
What the average man needs In the
holiday season IH u inoro elastic cur
rency nmnoy that will Htrolch otiougl1
to go around. If Secretary Shaw will
provldo thlH dollolonoy hlH pathway te
the presidency will bo a llowory bed
of CUHO.
Socrotnry Knot IH keeping up the
strenuous pact ? wet by the prt'Hldont.
Ho begins work early In the morning ,
Insists upon having personal Informa
tion about everything that IB going on
and often continues at hlH dunk until
7 o'clock In the ovonlng.
The Bteamhoat InHpectlon Hervlco
has been greatly Improved since the
Slocum disaster. The luHpoctloiiH are
more carefully conducted and the laws
regarding safety appliances lire more
rigidly enforced. Good results are al
ready manifested In the decreiiHo of
accidents.
The demand for diamonds and auto
mobiles for Christmas presents this
year Is unprecedented. Hut It Is still
trno that the happiness of the thou-
Bands will bo Increased by the mod
est , unpretentious gifts which though
costing comparatively little , have com
pelled real sacrlllce of time and money
from the givers.
It certainly Is worth while for all to
observe and rejoice this glad Christ
mas time and seek to give unto others
pleasures and remember the golden
rule , "Do unto others that you would
that others do unto you. " It will
bring to you n merry Christmas and
a love for those In need ami distress
which nothing else can accomplish.
Il Is far hotter to rule thni It is to
vote. Why should women .vunt the
bnllot ?
Christmas is over , but the win-Id will
hardly get down to business until alter
Now Year's.
People who enjoy making othnr people -
plo miserable are not as scarce as
they ought to bo.
It la no wonder that Vice President
Fairbanks Is considered cold. Ills es
pecial favorite Is ice cream.
There are many men who would like
to be poets , but not many who would
bo satisfied with the average poet's
Income.
Chicago's Immediate municipal own
ership has been Indefinitely postponed.
But It served Its purpose as a cam
paign slogan.
A woman In New York has been ar
rested for swindling a life Insurance
company. It's surprising how smart
some women are.
Switzerland has a now president.
He can only hold office one year and
cannot be n candidate for another term
when this term expires
The difference between charity and
musical comedy Is that while the lirst
"covers a multitude of sins , the latter
uncovers a multitude of shins.
We all talk a great deal about con
tentment as a special virtue. Hut what
do you think you would think of a poi
son who was perfectly contentedV
"Excessive grief" has been very lib
erally Illustrated In Now York city ,
where It took $537 to bury n dead al
derman , $80 being spent on mourning
badges.
Melville E. Stone of the Associated
I'rcHH HityH thorc * are not ovur two of
the New York morning dallies that are
imylng oxponm'H. II IH the evening
impiT everywhere thai IH the moHt HUB-
IIHHflll.
'I'lio Inti.'Hi report liiim AiitmpollH IH
lint the middles Intend to defy the
tovcrnmonl If It IntorforoH with ha-
ug There NOOIIIH to be no escape
mm olvll war
If we could nay the bright llilnH Ihiit
MI forget In Hay , our ropuMtlnn lor
lovornoHH would he gicalh i nlmmvil.
If we would do ( ho right llilngH wo In
tend to do , mil' pathway to the utim ;
. mild be surer.
( 'ominiin Hcime Is not ordinarily llHt-
d aiming the HclenceH , yd Hclence
' nnld tint "xlnl without It and the man
vltn IIIIH a goodly port Ion of It can IIH-
tally got all the aHHlHlance ho needs
i nun other Hclences.
The good bunk HU.VH "a lltllo knowl
edge IH a dnngoroiiH thing , " and Hlnue
noHt of us have only a very Hinall
imoiinl. and Unit poorly assimilated ,
It IH not boHt to air II uuneceHsarlly loHt
oilier people H/.O | It up correctly.
The man who thinks ho IH funny
should talk Into a phonograph and
then bo compelled to Union. If some
people should have to hear themselves
talk they would ho tired enough at
night to enjoy a Holld night's sleep.
The presidential hlg Htlek did not
: ic.l an had been expected In Ilio case
of 1) , 10. ThnmpHon , who , Instead of
being dlHcharged an ambassador to
llra/.ll , Is named as ambassador to
Mexico , a much boll or place.
What the American people demand
Is the utter abolition of the tdiiuciiru.
The greatest good to the greatest num
ber must ho the future watchword of
Ihu republican party. Character must
bo the first element In public affairs ,
both political and financial.
Responsibility Is not always a pleas
ant thing. It requires constant self
sacrifice to live up to It. It IB often
very Irritating to find how careful wo
must bo of our lullucnco over those we
como In contact with. Yet the noblest ,
thing In the world Is to live up to
one's responsibility.
If Speaker Cannon's advlco given to
congress In bis speech of acceptance
Is lived up to , the session of the fifty-
ninth congress may be shorter than
It usually Is. Ho practically told the
members to "get busy" and do their
work and spend no time bandying
words with the minority.
The successful man doesn't have to
make excuses and doesn't say much
about the mistakes he makes al
though he makes plenty of them Jim
like other folks , contrary to the coir-
mou opinion. Ho doesn't stop am !
dwell on them however , , but just mo.'cs
forward and keeps sawing wood.
It Is possible the laborers of America
might grow brutal and turn toward
mob law If they wore starving , while
they paid unendurable taxes to support
a czar who received an annual salary
of $12.000,000. There Is a point at
which human nature refuses to en
dure passively such Inequalities.
Nebraska Is certainly well repre
sented In the Panama enterprise.
It Is now said that llces cause pneu
monia. It begins to look as If the
smaller the Insect the more It has to
answer for. They como very handy
to charge things to , anyway. It Is be
ginning to ho understood what they
wore created for
Some people kick If they have to
sleep on the tloor and yet the shah of
Persia , wherever ho travels , Insists
that the bedsteads be removed fron
the room and that his hod be made on
the tloor. It Is strange how tastes dlf
for all owing to how one Is brought
up.
The combined European lleet , whlcl
a few weeks ago was going to do up
Turkey must have got lost In the shuf
tie. There are altogether too manj
sick men In Europe at the present time
to pay marked attention to the sultan
He used to ho considered a specialty
tint now there are others.
They are murdering Jews by the
thousand over In Uussla , where thej
ire a despised people. Here In Amer
ica , where they have freedom to do as
they please , during the first century
of our national existence no murder
was ever committed by a Jew. That
is n record of which any race might
tie proud.
The World-Herald would not ordi
narily be considered good authority
on White- House news , but the follow
ing under recent date may bo deemed
reliable : "Congressman Longworth
called at the White House this even-
Ing. Ho remained for some time. It
is stated that the call was without po
litical significance. "
It Is a great cause for congratula
tion that the banking system has
the Htnto of co-operation which
will not allow depoHltors to lose fron ,
the failure of one of their number
Undoubtedly a financial panic of HO-
rlotiH proportions would have remitted
from the failure of the U'alfdi banks ,
had they not been hacked by gimran-
teoH from the other banking concerns
.ItiHt because a thing IH line Is IK.
reason why one should lake paliiH to
Rproad It all around town heforo break-
fant. If II will ho of benefit to the
the Keener It IH told the
belter. If It will Injure anyone , and
I do no real good In the telling , keep
your llp.H seated for a life time If noc-
e.MHitry. Truth needs to bo handled
with common HCUKC , llko everything
else.
It Is mirprlHlng how thoroughly
\tnerlcanled the whole world Is be
coming. Take thin for Instance from
I'oou Chow , the Chinese editor : "It
Is altuoHl as Impossible for a China
man to outer the United States IIH It
IH for a rich , fat American million
alre , with all his money on his back ,
lo climb to heaven through a lire CH
cape " What Ynnkeo could have Htnt-
d the case more Htrlklngly ?
The complete harmony of the demo-
rat Ic party was never more fully
etnoiiHtrated than It wnH the other
ay when the house had to take a day
ff and devote It to the washing of dlr-
y linen by southern members. It was
ot an edifying Hpectacle and painfully
oveals the need of a "get together
lub" In the ranltH of the doinncrao
efore they start out once more In the
luslvo hope of winning another presl-
entlal election.
More land frauds In western Ne-
raska are being uncovered and it IH
tated that as soon an the federal court
mllH Itself out of th o cyclone , a spo-
lal grand jury will be impaneled and
vliolesale arrests of people who have
10011 appropriating the public domain
o their own use will bo made , hot
be Jolly war go on , let the big stick
wing , and after awhile there will tie
clearing that will show a purer at-
nospbere In Nebraska.
Even Tom Lawson , with his boasted
nowiodge of the "system" and -how
cooperate successfully to smash It ,
< ots left once In a while. Unfortunate
y in his recent pool designed to bear
: oppur stocks , not only did Lawson
ilmself lose but a large number of his
irdent admirers. The total loss Is
given by Lawson at $ ; 10,000,000. It
vlll take Lawson and his constituency
some little time to regain that tidy
sum If they have to earn It by sawing
vood.
It now looks as though the big stick
night bo able to reach Judge Munger.
t Is said that in at least one county In
ho state a petition is being circulated
\sklng that Judge Munger bo 1m
icached. This petition , It Is alleged ,
will bo forwarded to the president ,
who Is asked to send a specla mes
sage to congress requesting an Investi
gation of Judge Mungor's conduct In
the Hichards-Comstock case. Now
that ho has unceremoniously ousted
Marshal Mathews and tired District
Attorney Baxter , It would seem. If
there Is to bo an absolute "square
leal , " that hero is the president's op
portunity to do something that will
get at the fountain head of the whole
matter.
French legislators are now discuss
ing the subject of old age pensions
It Is now generally recognized In
Franco that the need of such a pen
sion Is Imperative , but an agreement
on details has not been reached
There Is a bill now under consldera
tlon which proposes pensioning Frencl
working men at CO years of age , those
living In cities to receive 300 francs
annually , those In the country 200
francs. England has discussed a slm
liar pension proposed by Joseph Cham
berlain , but It has been temporarllv
shelved , but It will inevitably force It
self upon the British parliament The
problem of dealing with the unemployed
ployed Is also pressing heavily upon
the English leaders. A vast horde o
Idle men presented their sad pllgh
to the new premier last week.
President Roosevelt Is already re
ceiving Invitations from foreign pow
ers to he their guest during his pros
pectlvo tour of the world. King Ed
ward is planning many Imposing pa
gcants and In Holland an Internationa
royal dinner , unlike the world has eve
seen , will be given In his honor. Th
rulers of Europe and potentates o
Asia are expected lo gather aroum
this banquet table and It Is hoped Urn
the occasion will pave the way to
new Hague conference for th
strengthening of laws of arbitration
and the formulation of new laws fo
governing war and peace and bette
Interpretation of International pollc >
There remain three years before th
president will be ofllclally free to star
on this famous tour , but meanwhile I
will give something to discuss on hot
sides of the seas and Incidentally ai
vortlso America and her popular chlo
pxecutivo around the globe.
, Tliu United States now IIIIH 22f > 77
illoR of electric railway and this In
koly to largely Increase during thu
ext decade.
Tlio battleship Nebraska nitido Its
inldoii trip this week , when It was
iwed from the ship yard In Seattle
ver to the navy yard dry dock. About
year from now the ve. nul will lie
ccontrcd for business and ready for
ea.
No country on earth over enjoyed
tore perfect weather than Nebraska
nrlng these holidays. It IH doubted
f even the far famed weather of Cal-
foniln Is more agreeable than It has
fen In Nuhrnuka during the pasl few
ays.
Twelve years ago Quang Ngoon
{ nock , a poor and friendless China-
inn , landed In LOB Angeles. A few
ays ago he embarked for his return
i China , n millionaire. He thinks hu
an afford ( n take a couple of years'
neat Ion.
It IH said that Baxter's shoes are
cry much In demand among the at-
irnoys of Nobranka. Those on the
nxloiiH seat will probably have to
vail until next week before It is do-
ermlned who will bo the lucky one
r will ho bo unlucky ?
Secretary Shaw Is desirous o'
Imnglng the present currency of UK
Jnltcd States. The present currencj
s all right so far as we can seo. It't
ot the quality hut the quantity com
ig our way thai we object to. Slnci
hrlstmas It seems scarcer than evei
list furnish more of It , Mr. Shaw , am
e will bo perfectly satisfied with tin
resent designs.
The world has readied a surprising
Into of affairs when the president 01
country finds it necessary to leave
is cnpitol and seek refuge from hit
cople In Illght. And then to have the
oveniment troops sent out after bin
nd attempt to locate and haul bin
ack , makes a pretty strenuous olll
lal oxlslenco. When such Ihlngs nf
tioso happen It leads one to the
liought that ho would rather be just
plain citizen than president of Sane -
o Domingo. '
Viewing the subject of practical tern
eranco work , Blxby , the genial phllo ?
pher of the Lincoln Journal , says
Temptation Is n part of the dlsciplln ,
Imt makes strong men and women
'he crown of glory Is not for him win
s good for want of opportunity to di
vil , but for the hero who can lool
emptatlon fairly in the face and n
1st It at every turn. The ultimate so
utlon of the liquor evil is to set tin
uind of man right on the question
'ho only successful way to put dowi
vhlsky Is to stop putting It down. "
The now battleship Louisiana has
aken her trial run for speed test am
vlth her sister ship , the Connecticut
vlll soon be completed and ready fni
commission. These two great battle
hips , which will be alike In every pai
icular , will be the first of the IC.Oii1
on class of ships , of which eight hav >
now been authorized. These ships an
superior to any used by either Ilussii
or Japan In the recent conflict am
are the equal of any now in servlci
n any navy , although Great Britali
las three nearly ready completoi
which will surpass these in spt-od and
onnnge.
Even the president will have to stcj
islde In favor of his daughter Allci
for a brief season , while she occnpiei
ho center of the stage In popular at
tentlon. Nor Is the Interest of tin
neoplo In her approaching marriage ti
10 condemned. There Is nothing b
the world as charming as a bride , OF
icclally when she Is a bright Amerlcai
{ Irl like the president's daughtei
Mie has been subject to conslderabl-
uisrcpresentation from "smart" coi
espondents , but as the American pei
ile cet clnsor and more correct Ideii
> f Alice Roosevelt the better they 111-
ier. With one accord they will no
mly watch her wedding with Interoi-
nit wish her and her husband tl
icartlcst kind of good fortune.
Why suffer with your stomach , kid
neys and liver when Holllster's Rocky
Mountain Tea will will make you well.
If taken this month , keeps you well nil
the year. 35 cents , tea or tablets.
The Klesau Drug Co.
Superior engraved cards. The News.
If fortune disregards thy claim ,
Don't hang thy head In fear and
shame ,
But marry the girl that you love best :
Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea will
do the rest.
The Klesau Drug Co.
Maud Isn't 5 and 30 too old to hope
for any Improvement ? I should say
vlll bo blooming fair at CO , 35 cents
not. One Just begins to live. Take
Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea. You
tea or tablets. The Klesau Drug Co
It's fun to use the want ads. , even
If you haven't much at stake. It's fun
to put them in print , watch them go
and then note the returns.
"CURING" OF DISEASED ALIENS IS
DESCRIBED BY DR. FISHBERG.
TREMENDOUS INDUSTRY ABROAD
Special Inspector of United States Im
migration Service Tells How Foreign
Doctors Make Undesirable Persons
Able to Enter Our Land.
That illsensed European Immigrant- *
are "doctored up" In great numbers
for shipment to the United States Is
the charge made by Or. Maurice Fish-
berg of New York city , a special in-
Bpector of Ibe Immigration service of
the United Slates , who recently return
ed from abroad , najs the New York
Tribune. Or. Flshberg spent several
months In the old world , visiting thu
European terminals of the big trans
atlantic steam-tblp lines and making a
special stml.N of the shipping of Rus
sian Immigrants across the ( ionium
frontier. Inasmuch as a tremendous
Increase In the Immigration of Rus-
Blan Jews to the United States Is tin
der way Just now , Dr. Flshborg's ob-
nervations are of special Importance
because of their timeliness. Most of
the things which the doctor saw abroad
are Incorporated In a report which he
made to the commlHsloner general of
Immigration at Washington. Dr. Fish-
berg said recently at bis home :
"The 'curing' of diseased aliens for
admission to the United States has be
come u tremendous Industry abroad.
Kamlflcnthms of the business may be
found at Liverpool , London , Southamp
ton , Marseilles and nt various frontier
cities of Russia and Austria-Hungary
In these cities I have personally visit
ed boarding houses and so called 'hos
pitals' where Immigrants suffering
from trachoma In Its most advanced
stages were being treated that thc\\
might pass Inspection and enter the
United States.
"Trachoma Is a disease of the eye of
which America has a special horror.
When trunsplnn'od to the tenement re
glens of New York city It spreads rap
Idly and becomes almost as virulent as
in the orient. By the New York board
of honltii ft Is especially dreaded , and
the authorities at the various Immigra
tion pen of this country are tryluu
with mig'it and main to keep It out.
"In Marseilles the 'treatment' of tra
choma bus assumed remarkable di
mensions. Here most of the Immi
grants from the orient , from Syria. Ar
monlii and neighboring countries , come
on their way to the United States. Most
of the Immigrants report to a man by
the name of Anton Fares , who refer ?
them to certain boarding housea. Later
they are sent to Dr. G. Ileynaut , 20
Boulevan'e d'Athcnee. for examination.
Those who are found free from c in-
taglous disease receive tickets and are
at once shipped to Havre , but as soon
as one of these orientals Is dlseovero 1
to have trachoma. Faros takes hold of
the unfortunate immigrant and says :
" 'There are only two ways open to
you. Yon can cither go by way of St.
Nnalro to Mexico , where I have agents
to conduct you across the frontier Into
the I'nlted States , or you can go to a
doctor here and get cured. Now , the
first plan Is expensive and dangerous ,
but the doctor is very successful. '
"Of course the poor fellow goes to
the doctor , who , by the way. does n
nourishing business. I met more than
a hundred Immigrants every day I vlslt-
CK ! the clinic. The charge Is 1 franc for
each treatment , and some of those un-
j fortunate patients have told me that
they II.IVP boon under the doctor's euro
for more than two months. When
'cured' they are gonurally sent to Havre
und then shipped to .Vow York. The
treatment Is frequently continued until
the Immigrant's purse In nil but emp
tied.
"Tills business is used also to tleece
the healthy oriental. Fares has n prac
tice which , 1 believe. Is peculiar to him
self , of having Immigrants treated for
trachoma who have no trachoma at all.
Those generally have money und are
referred by Fares to the doctor , who
tella them they have trachoma , but Unit
It Ii curable One franc n day Is elm-n
od for the treatment , U or 4 for board
: ind lodging , and this It * kept up f > r u
iiuntb. When dccl.ircd 'cured' the vic
tim Is charged more than the usual
price for a steamship ticket. Such in II-
vlduals are , as a rule , never deported
for eye disease and accordingly become
excellent advertisements tor Fares.
"This man Fares Is well known to
the French authorities and has re
peatedly been under charges for
cheating Immigrants. He has a news
paper to boom his business , which has
a wide circulation In Syria. He ships
from forty to fifty Immigrants a week
and stops nt nothing In dealing with
them.
"The Russian Hebrew comes to
America chiefly by way of Ocrmany ,
either sailing directly from Bremen or
Hamburg or going to England and
embarking from a British port. Little
la done at Bremen or Hamburg to
patch up immigrants , but at the sta
tions along the Russian and Austrian
borders the practice Is common. I
have personally met more than tlfty
trachonmtous Immigrants In a hospital
nt Thorn , on the Russian Polish bor
der. Health certificates have been re
fused all of them by the steamship
physicians , who told them to go home.
When they said , however , that they
had money enough for n 'cure' they
were sent to n hospital run by a
daughter of a steamship agent. Some
of the patients told me they had stay
ed there for two months. Few are
cured' in one month. They pay 0
iurks a day for the use of the hos
pital and 2 marks for medical treat
ment , $1.25 a day in all. Similar 'hos
pital * * are found at other control uta-
Uons on the border where ilusslan
'
Immigrants are held up. <
"In most cases Uie so called 'cure *
la only temporary. Immediately after
the treatment the Immigrant's eyes
lose'their ' rwliicBs-the Inflammation of
the eyelids disappears , and learn ceasa
to How. Sometimes the 'cure' will last
only overnight. In other cases tbe
eyes are not again affected for weeks.
When a Russian Jew who has under
gone such treatment passes the In
spection of the Herman olllclal at the
border he Is frequently sent to New-
York , whether he wants lo go or not.
He Is regarded as the legitimate prey
of certain steamship companies. For
example , 1 have heard such talk as
this at the border stations : Agent-
Whore are you going ? Immigrant To
England. Agent You are n liar ; you
are going to America. Show me how'
much money you've geL
"The Immigrant produces his money ,
which the agent takes , handing back a
through tlckel to New York and the
change In ( Jorimin money. Of course
the agent gets his commission from the
steamship company. If an Immigrant
fears that his eyes will hurt him again
In ? buys a Hocond Class ticket and so es
capes Inspection by the steamship phy
sician al Bremen or Hamburg. I have
often beard steamship agents on the
border advise diseased Immlgranls to
take a second class passage , which ,
they say , will got them through safely.
"Other Russian Immigrants fearing
deportation at New York manage to get
to England and attend eye clinics at
Liverpool and London. Here they are-
told that Ellis Island will certainly
catch them , but If they go to Boston or
Philadelphia they can land. Some ,
however , go to Canada , hoping to reach
the United States that way. One Liver
pool boarding house is kept by Andrew
Barber at f > Kent street. Barber told
me he could get anybody through. He
said the steamship doctors examine the
first cases thoroughly , but let the last
few Ihrotigb 'easy. '
"For the purpose of appearing in
good shape at Ellis Island , the Ameri
can port , and evading the Inspectors ,
Immigrants with trachoma frequently
use a drug called adrenaline. This Im
mediately stops the Inflammation of the
eyelids by causing local anemia. They
carry the stuff In n vial secreted in
their clothcH. As Its effect soon wears
off , immigrant ! ) have lo repeat the
treatment again and again on the sly.
The use of adrenaline , however , does
not always fool the Inspectors , and I
believe that at Ellis Island these fakirs
are generally caught The drug gives
the eye a certain paleness which. , by an
experienced inspector , may be detect
ed. "
Dr. Flshberg emphasized the fact
that Commissioner Watchorn , nt Ellis
Island , was doing all In his power to
catch "doctored" aliens. lie said that.
In his opinion , better work could not
be done , yet he said Ellis Island should
not have to bear the brunt of the fight
against the diseased alien. The law
by which a steamship company was
lined $100 for every diseased alien
caught aboard , he said , was not a suf
ficient deterrent.
"There should be n rigid inspection
011 the other side , " he' said. "Marine
hospital olllcials ought to be stationed
at all the Important Immigrant stations
of Europe. The marine hospital serv
ice of the United States Is famous for
its efllciency , and It would thus head
off the tide of disease at Its source.
Naples Is the only European port at the
prejont time where ofllclals of this
service are now stationed , and their
vigilant and thorough work there has
let few diseased immigrants through. "
The doctor said that such nn exten
sion of the marine hospital service had
been strongly recommended by Mr.
Sargent , the commissioner general of
immigration , who. he added , was doing
nil that was possible to "keep the
shores of America clean. "
Stair Kaclnic n Cnre.
It must be trying to those who feel
that they are far too heavy to run up
stairs three stops at a bound to hear
thnt a London physician has prescribed
this very thing for those who battle
against embonpoint and those of slug
gish dispositions , says the New York
Press. Ills Idea of a cure as reported
by n New York society woman who
went over to take the treatment Is to
have one run up and downstairs , ac
celerating the pace until one can al
most take a Hying leap down the entire
flight. Sprinting up ami downstairs ,
she suggests , may perhaps become a
pastime for wet days In country bouses
and be Installed as an after dinner
amusement It would not be without
Its humor , she remarks , and also has
gambling possibilities , for the betting-
set could hardly see a dozen stoutly
proportioned persons racing each other
up and down n wide staircase without
backing the favorite. However , as the
height of bllns among some women Is
to lose fifty pounds , many folk may
Jump at the notion and try the new
cure.
Snored KI'M. .
liSvury person's feelings have a front
dojr and u side door by which they
may be entered. The front door Is on
the street. Some
keep it always open ,
some la-op it latched , some locked ,
some bolted with a chain that will lot
you peep In , hut not got In , and somu '
nail it up , so that nothing can pass its
threshold. This front
door leads Into a
passage which opens Into an anteroom ,
and this into the interior apartments.
The side clew opens at once into the
secret chamber. Then ; la almost al
ways one key to the side door. This Is
carried for years hidden In a mother's
bosom. Fathers , brothers , sisters and
friends often , but by no means so uni
versally , have duplicates of It , The
wedding ring conveys a right to one.
Alas , If none is given with it I Be very
careful to whom you trust one of these
keys of the side door. O. W. Holmes