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Mo. 1 ! ! ! . Business Olllco and Job HOOIIIH
No. II i.'ii. "
Genius consists III doing the right
thing without being told moru than
Ihroo times.
It IH a Htrnngo paradox that as a
man settles down In life ho raises
In hit ) own estimation.
You cannot legislate virtue Into pee
ple. There IB no man over any better
ill an he wants to be.
It cost $5,000,000 , to tratiHinlt the
news In the night of the presidential
election , but It wns worth It this year.
The Kaiser has most appropriately
conferred upon Count Zeppelin the
Order of the Black Englo In recogni
tion of his ability as a high llyer.
There hns been no objection raised
to the Thanksgiving proclamation on
the ground of Us being unconstitu
tional.
Prices talk and they talk loud
when you want a pound of butter erA
A dozen of eggs.
Every Interest is hnrrjliiK before
the tariff committee and demanding
to be heard except the farmer who
represents the greatest of all Interests.
Mrs. Nat Goodwin , number four ,
states that she will not leave the
stage. She Is probably wise to keep
In training for future contingencies.
To add to the dangers of the hunt-
rs , Its no uncommon thing for women
to take out licenses and join In the
cnrch for game.
A new two cent postage stamp
bearing the portrait of Washington
in profile from the Houdon statue
will be Issued this month and later
those of higher denomination will ap
pear.
'It Is quite generally accepted that
the aeroplane will not replace the coal
wagon or the Ice cart , but then It may
Und other spheres of usefulness.
If Mr. Carnegie 1ms not exhausted
Ills fund devoted to the promotion of
peace and harmony , he might wisely
Invest In a peace temple In Tennessee.
It Is sadly needed.
That new subway under Washing
ton street , Boston , Is a hummer. It is
About four miles long and cost $10- ,
000,000. It Is considered a master-
.piece of engineering.
There Is a prospect of a combina
tion between the paper trust and the
tobacco trust. What unlimited cigar
ettes such n combination would result
in.
The crop this year Is worth a bll-
Jlon dollars more than the crop of
J89C. If the rural districts are not
getting an uplift It certainly Is not
the fault of the prices on farm pro
ducts.
Carry Nation Is about to visit Scot
land , but she has announced her In
tention of leaving her hatchet behind ,
the kilted bartenders of old Scotland
-need not tremble.
According to the report of the Ag
ricultural department this Is the
eighth successive year of bountiful
crops. Let us hope that wo are to
iavo a double seven fat years.
Thirty-three leading trade papers
take an optimistic view of next year's
jbnslness prospects. If the country can
bo preserved from war or other wide
spread disaster , the future certainly
looks bright.
No less than a hundred complete
cabinets have been furnished Mr.
Taft by able and disinterested news
papers , but the fraternity may yet
Und that Mr. Taft Is something of a
cabinet maker himself.
General Corbln rises to remark that
"one fool woman can make more trou <
bio In an nrmy post than all the men. "
If the woman wore there alone , Gen <
eral , she would make very little
trouble. It's the old story. Adam com *
plained that the woman tempted him
n. There Is danger of Senator BlkltiE B
not being returned to the senate , bul
that doesn't worry the senator as
much as the danger that the Duke ol
Abruzzl will not return to marry hh
daughter after the trosseau Is all pre
pared on n queenly scale.
That expense list of Mrs. Howard
Gould's may have an effect on th <
number of marriages. She showe (
that a woman could get along qultt
well on $70,000 n year , but not everj
young man finds this a simple propo
filtlon.
Abe Ruef says there Is n "burnln ;
bias" against him. A "burning bias'
In something entirely new. It sounds
even more fatal than "brain storm"
but if It means that the respectable
citizens of San Francisco are "on to
Abo's job" and mean to cut short his
caieer as a grafter , Its the correct
term.
Christmas Is coming on apace. HP-
member those good resolutions of last
year to do your shopping early this
year. You have only a short time to
make good.
A noted astronomer advances the
theory that the bright rays emanating
from sonic of the so-called lunar
craters are caused by salt efferves
cence. This confirms the theory that
the in MM In the moon Is not so very
fresh after nil.
Not satisfied with carrying off our
heiresses it Is reported that a Russian
prince Is about to marry an American
singer. They are bound to have our
talent , too , It seems.
The heartless antiquarian who has
dug up evidence that primeval man
liked oysters lays a ruthless hand on
the myth that their popularity had Its
origin In the output of Oyster Day ,
not far from Sagamore Hill.
Roth parties having declared for
separate statehood for Arizona and
Now iMcxIco In their national plat
forms of this year , It will bo In order
for congress In the coming short ses
sion to pass the necessary enabling
act.
Mrs. Lantry celebrated her fiftieth
birthday on the race course , but It Is
freely predicted that If Mrs. Lantry
sticks to the race horses until her
sixtieth birthday she will celebrate
that In the poor house.
The value of farm products , farm
animals , dairy and poultry , vegetable
and fruits In the United States the
past year aggregated more than $8-
000,000,000. Surely this Is a great
country with wonderful resources.
Senator Elklns Is having the roots
of his family tree unearthed. If he
can produce an ancestor with a long
enough title and a bad enough record
he may be esteemed a fitting father-
ln-lawfor the Duke of Abruzzl , after
nil.
A Philadelphia judge has decided
that a wife has a right to go through
her husbands pockets while l e Is
asleep. But If that judge has the
remotest Idea of justice to the hus
bands he will make a ruling that wo
men shall their pockets where their
husbands can find them.
The Nabobs of the East Indies have
relegated their bejeweled elephants
to their stables and are speeding
around their domains In Yankee au
tomobiles. Some of these copper
colored dlgnatarles own a number of
machines and run them beyond speed
limit , too. The elephants still come
handy in case of break downs.
The poor Kentucklans may be
forced to go dry by conditions
whether they choose to turn prohibi
tionists or not. Fifteen thousand
barrels of whiskey burned at Boards-
town , Just as a cold dreary winter Is
about to settle down upon them.
What will the Colonels do ?
The experiments In aerial naviga
tion are costing dear both In lives
and money as all experimental pro
jects do. Yet men will continue
these risky adventures and there
will be no lack of men ready to test
the aerial crafts which nre completed
from time to time. No scientific ex
periment has ever been delayed by
human cowardice.
A Chicago Judge has decided that
baby carriages mustlm ve lighted
lamps If they are to perambulate the
public ways at night. Probably this
ruling will decrease the number ol
fatalities caused by overspeedlng
baby cariagcs.
Down in Georgia the peach grow
ers are organizing to get a price for
their fruit that will return them a
living profit. Up north the people are
organizing to get the twenty-five cents
to pay for a dozen of the product. It's
a long way between grower and con
sumer and there must be a rako-of
at every station.
In quantltythe United States has
had crops superior to that of 1908 , bu
when quality and prices nre taken Into
consideration this year's crop , al
around , surpasses any previously har
vested by the argrlculturlsts of the
United States.
There Is no need of getting nervous ,
there will bo no trouble over the Im
petuous kaiser's Interview. Crowned
heads are not taken so seriously in
state matter as they were once , and
war Is not a good thing for business
on either side of the water.
Emma Goldman's man "Friday1
otherwise known as Dr. Roltmnn
made so bold as to visit the military
f reservation at Fort Snelllng and tc 3
distribute his Inflammable documents s
among Undo Sam's soldiers. But before
fore the dispenser of anarchism kuo\v
vhat was happening ho was being
orclbly escorted off the reservation
y a squad of men with fixed bayo-
\ets. \ Of course this makes martyrs
of the avangols of anarchy.
The statement riom ttic state tie-
mitment that there Is no friction
ivlth .lapnn may be Justified by the
fact that the .laps have seen our bat
tleships. Hut we must have the open
leer In Manchuria and the Integrity
> f China must not bedlslntegrated.
Fornhcr's latest explanation of his
lenllnns with Standard Oil and his
ofutsal to efface himself give promise
> f a pretty triangular fight when the
Ohio legislature tackles the job of
electing a senator to succeed the Fire
alarm statesmen , whose time is nearly
i p.
The decision of the supreme court
the case of Berea college has set
tled the status of wnltc and black
pupils before the law. The Interest
in this decision which holds that se
gregation of the races is constitu
tional , Is widespread and many laws
are affected by it. It will help to
solve sonic of the vexing race prob-
ems.
A Boston clergyman has taken an
advanced position regarding his du
ties ns a Christian minister In per
forming marriage ceremonies. Ho re
fuses to marry persons having In
curable diseases , or men who have
not an Income of at least fifteen del
ors a week. If more ministers would
take a slmillar stand there would be
'ewer paupers and less suffering.
Whether the use of cement as a
substitute for wood will advance fast
enough to relieve the threatened dis
tress from exhaustion of our' > tlmber
supply , Is not yet proved , but It would
lie difficult to estimate what the ad
ditional drain on the lumber supply
would have been during the past few
years If the use of cement became
general.
The United States government has
at last succeeded in putting an octo
pus out of business. The feat was
accomplished by the big government
dredge Cumberland. While at work
with her giant suction pump In the
Savannah river a live octopus was
drawn up into the vessel. Unfor
tunately It died before any fine could
be collected.
Lord Roberts has thrown a war
scare over England by warning the
government that an Invasion by Ger
many would find the British Isles poor
ly prepared to repel attack. Making
due allowance for jingoism , there Is
no denying that there Is a great deal
of concern about the future of Inter
national peace In Europe , Asia and
America. The war spirit Is abroad In
the world.
Clark University some time ago of
fered $5,000 for the capture of a real
ghost. Now the Metropolitan Psychi
cal society has offered an equal sum
for a ghost that can count twenty.
Now If there Is a real , live , ghost who
wants to earn $10,000 all he has to do
is to display himself and undergo the
simple tests prescribed. It Is cheering
to know that ghosts have a market
value.
Roosevelt is certainly going to be
kept busy. The correspondents have
him contributing editorials for the
Outlook , killing lions in Africa , writIng -
Ing of his travels In Scrlbner's , mak
ing addresses and delivering lectures
In London and France and striving for
Depew's place In the United States
senate , all in the next two years.
What other stunts ho will do as a
pastime in the same period Is not fore
told.
President Roosevelt will take witn1
him on his African trip zoologists and
prnltUologlsts and this Is evidence
enough , apart from his refusal to ac
cept special privileges In shooting
that his purpose Is not slaughter , but
pleasure In the pursuit of science.
Evidently the president means to
know more thoroughly than ever be
fore the habits and Instincts which
govern the denlsons of the forest. He
will be able to nail the nature fakirs
with more precision than over.
The old fashioned wooden bridge
ford has been replaced by a beauti
ful granite structure which no one
across the Connecticut river at Hart-
can see without gaining an impres
sion of Its strength and permanence
which Is restful and uplifting. It ! s
the largest stone bridge In the world.
Both the Carlsbruck across the
Moldau at Prague and the Waterloo
bridge over the Thames at London
are longer , but they do not approach
the eighty-two feet width of the Hart
ford structure. One by one the old
land marks are being replaced h >
more useful as well as more substan
tlal and artistic structures.
Great Britain believes that serious
trouble is Imminent In India. There
seems to be no hope in the lives ol
the poor , starved , pestilence swept
people of India. It is not surprising
that they should attempt a revolt
against English rule , but It Is pitiful
because It will only add to tholi
misery and bring Ki'cater numbers to
ciucl deaths. Despite their nearly
,100,000,000 , of numbers , they would be
no match for the soldiers of Great
Brltlan. but the slaughter which
would take place before they wore
convinced of their helplessness would
bo terrible. The English are there to
stay and It Is to be hoped that the people
ple of India for their own good will
make no revolt.
The Christmas stamp Idea which is
being tried by the Red Cross In this
country was borrowed from Den
mark. Their purpose Is to raise
funds to continue the crusndc against
! thu white plague In the United States.
There Is to be an Issue of Christmas
stamps apportioned to each state and
o be obtained at Red Cross headquar-
ers. The stamp for this year was de
signed by Howard Pyle and bears a
lolly wreath and the greeting "Merry
hrlstmas and Happy Now Year. " It
costs but one cunt and serves the dou-
) lo purpose of bearing a message of
; oed will and aiding In a public cru
sade against a dread disease.
Edward Markman , poet and social-
st , says If he were a national Santa
Ulaus with power to bestow any gift
lie desired , he would give to the
Jnlted States a system organized by
he state to provide work at living
wages for all workless men and wo-
nen. Julia Ward Howe would give a
nero active national conscience.
I'om L. Johnson would give the peo-
lie Henry George's single tax. Rev.
iVnna Shaw would give American wo-
nen the ballot. Clara Morris , actress
and writer , would give a gieat navy.
Jrand Whitlock , mayor of Toledo ,
would give economic liberty. Many
other well-known people have an-
lounccd what would be their Ideal
Christmas gifts to the nation and as
one reads them over he Is Impressed
hat most of them would be very help
ful to humanity , and hopes time If
lot Santa Glaus will bring them.
An interesting experiment was
tried last year at Yale. The board in
charge of the Sheffield Scientific
school arranged short courses for the
benefit of the mechanics of New
rlaven. Evening courses were offered
n practical mechanics , practical elec
tricity , steam and steam en-
Ines , mechanical drawing and ma
chine design. So many applications
'or admission to these classes were
ecelved that It was Impossible to take
care of them all. The results of last
rear's experiment were so satisfactory
that the plan Is to bo worked on a
niicli larger scale this winter. Such
in Idea might be carried out on a
small scale In every town having a
manual training department In It's
public schools and by its aid some
Doling men who have no trade and are
obliged to work as unskilled laborers ,
might gain the rudiments of a trade.
VEW SIDE TO TARIFF PROBLEM.
The fact that Andrew Carnegie ,
lead of the steel trust , should advo
cate the taking off of the tariff on
steel seemed singular at the first In
stant because It coincided with the
views of the so-called tariff reformers
who were aiming at Carnegie's busi
ness. But new light s thrown upon
the situation In a letter written by
Vlfred O. Grezler to Chairman Payne
of the ways and means committee ,
pointing out that a removal of the
ariff on steel would enable the forma
tion of an International trust which
could Import Its products from other
countries without duty , getting the
advantage of cheap foreign labor
prices , and still controlling the situa
tion. Prices could be boosted and
.vages . lowered at will. This view of
the question , coming from a man
ivhose Integrity of purpose can not
be questioned , promises to turn some
attention to the possibilities of the
situation before the tariff is taken
off Mr. Carnegie's products.
THE KAISER'S HUMILIATION.
Not since the mob enforced Its will
upon Louis XVI. at the beginning of
the Frendh revolution more than a
century ago has the world witnessed
anything like the scene presented In
Germany during the past week. Not
for more than a hundred years has
any monarch had to drink of a cup so
bitter. And it is all the more sensa
tional In that the victim selected Is ,
with the exception of Russia's czar ,
the most arbitrary , self wlliod and Im
perious ruler in any civilized country
of the world.
The great events of history come
without warning. They are prepared
by the slow fermentation of Ideas and
the slow crystallization of opinion
amonc ; the people , exactly as the blast
of the mine must bo preceded 'by days
or weeks of tiresome drilling and by
'
the slow sputtering of the lighted
fuse. For many years the people of
Germany have been rebellious against
their governmental system Thov ,
with the most liberty-loving blood of
the world In their veins , have been
practically without constitutional
rights. The rolchstag has been but an
empty show ; and whenever the em-
perof chose to swing his mailed fist
all went down before It The growth
of socialism , the growing violence of
debate , the necessity of putting In i
effect unusual penalties against thono )
who showed disrespect to the 0111-
pcror , nil were evidences of a rlnlng
tide of popular resentment and popu
lar determination to secure govern
mental responsibility that has now
reached Its Hood.
It Is to be said of Wllhelm that he
Is not one of the fat-witted rulers who
refuse to read the signs of the times
until revolution has actually over
whelmed them and their people. He
has brains. He sized up the situation.
He saw that , though ho might easily
sustain himself for some time In the
oxoi else of autocratic power and the
practice of strictly personal govern
ment , It would bo at a fearful cost.
Dally the Irritation would grow , and
eventually It must swoop away the
throne Itself. So he chose wisely , by
yielding , to retain for a longer time
than ho could possibly have saved by
resistance. And of the concessions
that he must ultimately make , these
are but the beginning.
AROUND TOWN.
The open season on football players
Is about over.
Who snld this wasn't fine weather ?
To own the four youngest looking
grandparents In the state ought to bo
worth something.
Do they have to be a certain age
before they can get Christmas pres
ents off the Sunday school tree ?
Quail can only bo legally killed two
more days. After that every bird
that's shot will have a kick coming.
Only twenty-four more shopping
days be
Pick your favorites In this vote-
game and then help 'em along. Every
time you make a purchase , get the
votes.
Chicago News Pointed Paragraphs.
The common way of speaking Is to
use slang.
The man who acts little makes a
big mistake.
Many a vain woman has tried in
vain to get a husband.
Somehow modesty manages to
parade in public frequently.
Only the successful author can af
ford to turn out poor work.
The miser is in a happy frame of
mind when surrounded by gold.
A man may select his wife , but he
can't pick out his own relatives.
Occasionally a thin girl worries be
cause she hasn't a broader outlook.
How some women can even pretend
to be proud of their husbands Is a
mystery to other women.
Every doctor In a small town thinks
he would have become world-famous
had he located in a city.
What a great and glorious thing It
would be If some enterprising man
would get busy and corner the trou
ble market.
After n man has been married a
year he doesn't get brain fag from
thinking of his wife when she Is spend
ing a few weeks In the country.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Every trusting wife is easily fooled.
Don't long for good luck ; It will
only result in an extra dose of bad
luck.
The man who amounts to nothing ,
usually resents it when another man
[ Iocs.
A woman may be of the opinion
that her neighbor doesn't "know
beans , " but when her husbandf falls
sick , she Insists that he try all the
neighbor recommends.
As a man grows old , he often re-
Meets that his greatest happiness and
content came to him through sensi
ble women , Instead of p-etfy ones.
But there Is no use telling It to his
ion.
There Is some reason why men
should talk about the weather ; they
have nothing else to talk about , but
Ith women It Is different. They are
not restricted to the weather , having
ilwnys for a subject of conversation
the scandalous manner In which their
huir Is coming out.
OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIES.
The Lamro Jouinal wants a tempor-
ry land oflloe established in Lamro
for the Trlpp county filing.
Two changes have taken place In
the AnoKa newspaper field. George
E. Brewer has charge of the Anoka
Herald , following the departure of
Editor Hummel to the Pacific coast.
R. S. Scofiold has purchased the outfit
of the Lynch News and will establish
a Democratic weekly In Anoka.
Lincoln Journal : Governor Shel
don has boon busy with the case of
W. A. Buchlln , a notary public of
Biown county , who is charged with
taking acknowledgements when the
parties were not before him. A com
plaint has been filed asking the gov
ernor to revoke his commission. The
frlmds of Mr. Buchlln say the com
plaint was Inspired by splto and that
' Irregularities complained of wore
\\nrds ratified by the parties
ilicso names are mentioned in the
acknowledgement ,
; JOHNNY DUMPER GOES QUAIL
\ ' HUNTING AT WEST POINT
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West Point. Neb. , Nov. L'8. To the
3d I tor of The NOWH : Uncle Oscar
ind nie's bin hunting quail. An old
rlend of his invited Undo and mo up
0 eat Thanksgiving dinner and go
linill hunting on his big farm. He has
ots of pastur land with plumb-brush
in It and that's where you find the
nosl quails Is In plumb-brush. They
seem to like plumbs bottom enny
ither fiult.
I got out my twenty-too repeater
hat's bin In my trunk over sins I
came to Omaha and Uncle hot a now
Winchester pump gun , becaws ho sold
ils old double-barrel when ho had his
inbllc sail , and wo tuck the three
> 'clock train Wednesday afternoon and
got to West Point after dark. It tuck
1 bout nn our to ride out to the farm
ind I toll you supper tasted good when
vo got there. This friend of Undo
Oscar's usler batch with him together
ip In Pierce County thurty years ago ,
ind he traded his farm for ono down
ly West Point when ho got married ,
so his children cud tend Gorman
school.
Ho calls Uncle "Oscar" and ho calls
ilm "Herman. " I don't remember
vhat the rest of his name Is ; It's about
a foot long and ends with schmltt. He
scs Its one of the few things he bret
vlth him from the old country that ho
lldn't haf to pay duty on : Sod If ho
md It wild a broke him up.
He don't ' allow hunters from town
on his place so there's n lot of quails
here and they're quite tamo.
After supper , Mrs. Herman bret out
some grape wine she made herself.
They wanted mo to take sum but I
vudent. Uncle Oscar sed It was per-
ectly harmless and the same kind
hey used In the Bible and they all
hree drank sum of It and sat there
ind talkt about old times. Uncle
Oscar seemed to talk better nfter he
md sum wine and he scarsly sint
ered a bit.
They told about how they uster
Hint , and Herman told about killing
hree prairie chickens at ono shot
icxt morning after the big bllzcrd of
88.
Uncle Oscar tuck anuther swallar
and told how he shot too cycles thru
he hart with ono rifle bullet that
ame winter.
Herman tuck nnuther and told
low ho one time let go both barrels
n to a Hock of black-birds in his corn
lold and killed a bushel basket full.
Uncle Oscar told about a bul-dog he
ister own that killed the biggest wild
at that was ever shot In Pierce conn-
y.
Herman pointed to a Scotch-Irish
colly dog lying back of the stove and
ed that wns the smartest dog In the
Jnlted Stales. He sed his molher
vas exporled direct from Germany
U a cosl of $75. He sed that dog wud
irlng up his seventeen cows from the
) astur and wud stand at the gate of
ho yard and count them as they
vent In and if there wasont seventeen
ic wud go hunt up the stray without
ennybody saying a word to him. He
ed one nlte a nayber's cow cum up
vlth the bunch. The dog counted
eighteen , turned and started off Into
he pastur. Then he stopped and sat
[ own to think. Then he walkt back
o the fense and counted the cows
agon. He stood and thot if while
and then went In among the cows and
plckt out that stray and drov her out.
To show us what a smart dog he
vas , Herman turned to his wife
vhllo he was talking and sed , "Annie ,
the pigs Is out ! " Then ho went
rite on talking , but up Jumpt the dog
roni where he'd bin asleep and ran
o the door and barkt to get out. I
et him out and stood at the window
and I cud see him run strate for Ihe
) ig-pen. Afler a while he cum back
ind whined lo get In and when I let
ilm in he walkt up to Herman and
ookt up at him as If to say , "you're
mistaken , the pigs Is all rite. " After
le'd got to asleep , Herman sed agon ,
'The pigs Is out. " Up Jumpt the
log agen and went out to the pen to
see. jlc cum back this time and
vent and laid down without looking
it ennybody. Herman trlde It agen
after a while. The dog got up , waged
ils tale and lookt at Herman with a
.winkle In his eye , and then turned
round and laid down ngen. Herman
sed ho wudent take a hundred dollars
or that dog.
Thanksgiving morning wo got the
chores dun and started quail hunt-
ng. I guess I spoilt the luck for all
day. for Just n wo got In the pasture
I saw a rabbit sitting In mini grass
and I tuck careful aim with my
twenty-too and shot. The bullet \\ent
a little too high and v.lpt a peeee out
of the rnbblt'fl ear and It wasent a
rabbit at all ; It was a big gray tom
cat , that bolongd up to the house Ho
must hnvo been asleep and when that
bullet nipt his ear ho woke up an
Jumpt about fore feet Into the air
and cum down with his claws out-
spred and his tale IIH big IIH a rolling
pin. Ho whlrld round a tlmo or too
and then lit out for the barn like a
gray streak. Ho run under a corn
crib and Imsunt cum out yet.
Uncle Oscar sed I ought to look be
fore 1 leapt and Herman sod that wud
spoil our luck for all day as It wan
awful unlucky to shoot at a cat.
Ennywny wo had the wurst luck
you ever hurd of. I thot both Herman -
man and Undo Oscar was exports
from what they sed , but I found out
they nccther ono cud hit n flock of
nlr-nhlpB on the fly. Herman tuck his
colly dog along to scare up the birds
and they banged away at quails nil
foro-noon and never hit ono , until
even the dog got disgusted and start
ed for home , saying as plain as a dog
cud say that there wasont onny use
of his snuffing round for hurds sins
they cudent hit them when he did
scare them up ; but Herman calld him
back.
I kept a pocking away with my
twenty-too , but I alnt no Buffalo Bill
with u rlllo and I think oven Bill wud
have to do sum pretty fine shooting
to get a quail on the fly with a twenty-
too. I only nad three cartridges left
out of too boxes of fifty when I got
home.
Finally Herman got ono. Ho had
an old dubblo barrel ten gage that
was worn so that If you raised both
hammers and pulld the left ono first
the right barrel wud go off at the
same time. Ho happened to see a
quail run Into a bunch of grass and
hide and he let drive at It and forgot
and pulld the left trigger first and
both barels went off. It sounded llko
a cannon and klckt so that Herman
had to stop back quick so's to catch
hisself , but lusted of catching hlsself
he caught his foot In a grape vine
and fell back Into n guso-berry bush.
Ho sed sumthlng In German that I
cudent understand , but you ought to
have seen that quail. There wasent
a peeco as big as a grasshopper. The
old ten gage had just blowd It all to
peces.
That disgusted Herman and he SOB
"Let's go homo ! " Him and Undo
Oscar started homo together and I
was folljrlng and the dog was going
abed and nil to onct he started up a
big cuvvy of quails and they both up
and let drive at the same tlmo and
the next mlnnlt I hurd the awfulest
yelping and howling and the dog was
spinning round llko a top , and he fell
down and rolld over and over a clawIng -
Ing and biting and yowling and after
a mlnnlt or too he lay still , ( led.
Herman and Uncle Oscar stood
looking at each uther and neether cud
say a word for a mlnnlt. Then Her
man sed "Ach , Oscar you have dun
it ! "
Uncle Oscar ses "No , Herman
't-t-twnsont me ! "
They both declared It wnscnt them
that shot the dog , but there lay the
dog , ded.
At last Herman sed , "Veil Oscar , we
will not quarrel Just about von lit
tle dog. But what will wo tell
Annie ? "
Wo were a sorry lot of looking hunt
ers when wo got to the house. I
don't know what they told Mrs. Her
man about the dog , ( jnnyhow she
crlde about it.
I wud like to tell you about the din
ner we had but It wud take too long ,
I never et so much before and never
will agen , for I dreamed that a turkey
as big as an elefant was going to
eat me and ho had just got hold of
me by the stumak when I woke up
with the wurst pain I over felt. Un
cle Oscar got Mrs. Herman to make
of me a mustard plaster and they put
that on my stumnk but It dldent
make it enny better , and I was sick
all nlte and we cudent go homo this
morning like we Intended to. But I'm
feeling better tonight and we can
start In the morning and I thot I'd
write and tell you what a corkin'
Thanksgiving we had. Yours ,
Johnny Dumper.
\ THAT DAKOTA DIVORCE LAW jj
'
No more will South Dakota
Hold the record f or divorces
Of those who stop nmld-strenm
For the fun of swapping horses.
And the ono who seeks a change
Or In the fields of free-love browses ,
Will have to curb his passion
For the splco of c hnnge of spouses.
No way we'll have of settling
Our matrimonial squalls
And calmly end by threatening
To "go right to Sioux Fall * ) ! "
The six months term of residence
Is gone for aye , I fear ,
And we'll have to now give evidence
We've lived there for a year.
Then let us start n protest
Ixit us raise an awful roar ,
That wo cannot get remarried
Twice a year , as heretofore.
They're depriving us of freedom ,
Those fell voters In their might ,
They are trampling under foot
Our semi-annual marriage-rite.
R. P. M.