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COLUMBUS.
NEB.
Failure.
Feary failed to reach the North.
Bale, tat ke got nearer to that elasive
preposiUoa thaa any other of tie
aameroae explorers who have trie to
pern ctiate to that arctic regloa that
has beea so kmgaa undiscovered coun
try. He was within 191 miles of the
pole, a short distance from the polat
if the transportation la the
north were equal to oar own la
the matter of speed oyer good rail
reads. Peary beat the record of Capt
Cagni of the Italian Duke of Abruzxt
eapedlUoa by over 59 miles, and Is to
be praised for his persistency and
courage, bat, nevertheless, many are
' asking what particular good has been
accomplished by his efforts? Even If
ke had reached the regions where It
'is claimed there are 3.000.000 square
antlee of anoccupied territory, would
this have been of any benefit to hu-.
aaaalty at large? asks Boston Budget
Would the country have been inhabi
table, and If it were, how would in
tending settlers ever get there through
the ley barriers that would oppose
their progress on all sides? Possibly
la the distant future, modern Invent
iveness might be able to make jour
neying to the pole comparatively easy,
ao that even excursion parties. might
go there on pleasure trips, but at pres
ent this seems to be as little likely of.
realization as would be a trip to Mars
aa a flying machine. However, man Is
aa inquiring animal, and is always
wanting to eat of the tree of know
ledge, and if only his curiosity would
he gratified by the invasion of the
North Pole, there would be some ad
vancement made In developing the
spirit of enterprise without which
there is no progress in any acknow
ledged practical direction. Science
would be benefited by the discovery, if
nothing else came from it for the pros
perity of mankind. Peary has not at
tained the summit of his ambition,
bat that will not discourage others
from trying to outdo him. His exam
ple will encourage them to venture
farther thaa he did. for as he followed
others he will have, no doubt many
sacoessors. The best solace that Peary
has in his defeat is the faith that his
wife exhibited during his silent ac
ta his ability to return to her
though she knew
from experience alf the difficulties aad
dangers of arctic travel.
National Department of Health.
The plea made by Prof. Norton of
Tale university for a national depart
ment of health Is aot to be ignored,
remarks the Troy Times. Tale has
taken np the matter, and other insti
tutions and men of high professional
standing are giving attention. A bul
letin put forth by Tale's department
af social science reminds the Ameri
can people that the four causes of
waste of human life and energy are
preventable death; preventable sick
ness, preventable conditions of low
physical and mental efficiency and pre
ventable Ignorance, and urges action
by the people through the government
to check this waste. Prof. Norton as
serts that not less than 750,000 lives
can be saved in the United States an
anally by the employment of proper
.means, and he puts the economic side
of the question in almost startling
'form. Estimating wages at one dollar
per day. which no doubt is far below
the average, the professor shows that
the yearly loss by illness is consider
ably over $1,000,000,000, while by the
methods proposed at least half this
sum could be saved. In an era notable
for the economizing of force, that Is a
statement to compel serious thought
Lowest Telegraph Rates.
Spelling reform has had a new and
Important development inr a dlrectioa
which no one has heretofore thought
ef. In Europe messages are charged
for according to the number of letters,
lastead of words, as In this country.
All trans-Atlantic messages from
America are charged for by letter in
accordance with the European system.
The adoption of spelling reform will
cause a modification of the schedules
ef the international telegraphic tym
panies, and the consequent saving of
money. For example, "thru" will have
to be charged for as four letters in
stead of six. as formerly, and so oa
through the entire list It will cause
ao trouble to the operators, because
-they for years have been using the
shortest form by which words could
be spelled-without possibility of mis
take. Consequently they will have
nothing new to learn.
Oat in Los Angeles there Is a burg
lar who has recently been busy steal
lag oil paintings. This will come as
a surprise to people who have sup
posed Los Angeles to be a" place where
there was nothing but a few fruit
warehouses and a real estate boom.
Mr. Edison promises a cheap motor
r. aad M. Santos Dumont Is satisfied
his new aeroplane will - be the
runabout Meanwhile the walk-
lag will be good, provided pedestrians
are expert at dodging.
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Ellersly sat opposite me, aad I was
Irritated, and thrown into confusion,
too, every time I lifted my eyes, by
the crashed, criminal expression of his
face. He ate aad drank hugely and
extremely bad manners it would have
beea regarded la me had I made as
much aoise as he. or lifted such quan
tities at a time into my mouth. But
throega this noisy gluttony he man
aged somehow to maintain that hang
dog air like a thief who has gone
through the house aad. oa his way
oat haa.paased at the pantry, with the
sack of 'plunder beside him. to gorge
I looked at'Aaita several times, each
time with a carefully-framed remark
ready, each time I found her gase on
me aad I could say nothing; could
only look away in a sort of panic. Her
eyes were str&igely variable. I have
seen them of a gray, so pale that it
was almost silverlike the steelylight
of the snow-line at the edge of the
horizon; again, and they were so that
evening, they shone with the deepest
softest blue, and made one think, as
one looked at her, of a fresh violet
frozen in a block of clear ice.
I sat behind her in the box at the
theater. During the first and second
Intermissions several men dropped in
to speak to her mother and her1 fel
lows who didn't ever come down town,
but I could tell they knew who I was
by the way they ignored me. It exas
perated me to a pitch of fury, that
coldly insolent air of theirs a jerky
nod at me without so much as a
glance, and no notice of me when they
were leaving my box beyond a faint
supercilious smile as they passed with
eyes straight ahead. I knew what It
meant what they were thinkingthat
the "Bucket-shop King." as the news
papers had dubbed me. was trying to
use old Eliersly's necessities as a
"jimmy" and "break into society."
When .the curtain went down for the
last intermission, two young men ap
peared; I did not get up as I had be
fore, but stack to my seat I had
reached that point at which courtesy
has become cowardice.
They craned and strained at her
round me and over me, presently gave
up and retired, disguising their anger
as contempt for the bad manners of a
bounder. But that disturbed me not a
ripple, the more as I was delighting in
a consoling discovery. Listening and
watching as she talked with these
young men, whom she evidently knew
well, I noted that she was distant and
only politely friendly in manner habit
ually, that while the ice might thicken
for me, it was there always. I knew
enough about women to know that If
the woman who can thaw only for one
man Is the most difficult she is also
the most constant "Once she thaws
toward me!" I said to myself.
When the young men had gone," I
leaned forward until my head was
close to hers, to her hair fine, soft
abundant electric hair. Like the in-J
f atuated fool that I was, I tore out all
the pigeon-holes of my brain in search
of something to say to her, something
that would start her to thinking well
of me. She must have felt my breath
upon her neck, for she moved away
slightly, and .It seemed to me a shiver
visibly passed over that wonderful
white skin of hers.
I drew back and involuntarily said,
"Beg pardon." I glanced at her mother
and it was my turn to shudder. I can't
hope to give an accurate impression
of that "stony, mercenary, mean face.
There are looks that paint upon the
human countenance the whole of a
life, as a flash of lightning paints upon
the blackness of 'the night miles on
miles of landscape. The look of Mrs.
Eliersly's stern disapproval at her
daughter, stern command that she be
more civil, that she unbend showed
me the old woman's soul.
"If you wish it" I said, on impulse.
to Miss Ellersly in a low voice. T
shall never try to see you again."
I could feel rather than see the
blood suddenly beating in her akin,
and there was in her voice a nervous
ness very like fright as she answered:
"I'm sure mamma and I shall be glad
to see you whenever you come."
"You?" I persisted.
"Tea,'' she said, after a brief hesi
tation. "Glad?" I persisted. '
She smiled the faintest change in
the perfect curve of, her lips. "You
are very persistent aren't yon?"
"Vary," I answered. "That is why I
have always got whatever I wanted."
, "I admire it" said she.
"No, you don't" I replied. "Ton
think it is vulgar, and you think I am
vulgar because I have that quality
that and some others."
She did not contradict me.
"Well, I am vulgar from your
standpoint" I went on. "I have pur
poses and passions. And I pursue
them. For instance, you."
"IV she said tranquilly.
"Ton." I repeated. "I made ap my
mind the first day I saw you that I'd
make yon like me. Aad 90a will."
"That is very flattering." said she.
"And a little terrifying. For" she
faltered, then went bravely on "I
suppose there Isn't anything yoa'd
stop at in order to gain your end."
"Nothing." said I. and I compelled
her to meet my gaze.
8he drew a long breath, and I
thought there was a sob In it like a
frightened child. '
"But I repeat" I went on, "that if
you wish it I shall never try to
you again. Do you wish it?"
. "I doal know." she
slowly. "I think hot"
As she spoke the hut word, she lift-
eyes to mine with a look of
friendliness la them that I'd
sot hare seea there. I
to be blind to her defects, to thee
and smutches with which her sur
roundings must have sullied her. And
that friendly look seemed to me an
unmistakable hypocrisy in obedience
to her mother. However, it had the
effect of bringing her nearer to my
own earthly level, of putting me at
ease with her; and for the few remain
ing minutes we talked freely, I Indif
ferent whether my manners and con
versation were correct As I helped
her into their carriage. I pressed her
arm slightly, and said In a voice for
her only, "Until to-morrow."
VII.
FRESH AIR IN A GREENHOUSE.
At five the next day I rang the El
iersly's bell, was taken through the
drawing-room into that same library.
"I CAUGHT HER IN MY ARMS AND
MANY
The curtains over the double doorway
between the two rooms were almost
drawn. She presently entered from
the hall. I admired the picture she
made in the doorway her big hat ber
embroidered dress of 'white cloth, and
that small, sweet cold face of hers.
And as I looked, f knew that nothing,
nothing ho. not even her wish, her
command could stop me from trying
to make her my own. That resolve
must have shown in my face it or the
passion that inspired it for she
paused and paled.
"What is It?" I asked. "Are you
afraid of me?"
She came forward proudly, a fine
scorn in her eyes. "No." she said.
"But if you knew, you might be afraid
of me."
"I am," I confessed. "I am afraid of
you because you inspire in me a feel
ing that Is beyond my control. I've
committed many follies in my life I
have moods in which it amuses me to
defy fate. But those follies have al
ways been, of my own willing. Ton"
I laughed "you are a folly for me.
But one that compels' me."
She smiled not discouragingly
and seated herself on a tiny sofa In
the corner, a curiously impregnable
intrenchment as I noted for my im
pulse was to carry her by storm. I
was astonished at my own audacity; I
was wondering where my fear of her
had gone, my awe of her superior fine
ness and breeding. "Mamma will be
down in a few minutes," she said.
"I didn't come to see your mother,"
replied I. "I came to see you."
She flushed, then frozer-and I
thought I had once more "got upon"
her nerves with my rude directness.
How eagerly sensitive our nerves are
to bad impressions of one we don't
like, and how coarsely insensible to
bad impressions of one we do like!
"I see rve offended again, aa usual."
said L "Tou attach so much impor
tance to petty little dancing-master
tricks and caperings. Tou live al
ways have lived In an artificial at
mosphere. Real things act on you like
fresh air on a hothouse flower."
"Tou are fresh air?" she inquired,
with laughing sarcasm.
"I am that" retorted I. "And good
for you as you'll Had when yoa get
used to me." :
I heard voices In the next room
her mother's and some man's. We
waited until it was evident we were
not to, be disturbed. AsI realized
that fact aad surmised its meaning, I
looked triumphantly at her.
"I see yoa. are aerving yourself'
'said l-with a laugh.- "Ton are perfect
ly certain I am going to propose to
yoa,"
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let aad half-starts
"Your mother to the next
it too." I weat oa, laughing
isagreeabiy. "Your par-
eats aaed moaey they x have decided
to' sail yoBr their only large lacome
prodaciag asset And I am wllliag to
bay. What do you say r '
I was Mocking her way oat ef the
room. She. was staadiag. her .breath
coming fast her eyes biasing. "Ton
are frightful!" aha excltiaiea la a
low voice.
"Because I am frank, becaase I am
honest? Because I waatto put thlags
oa a sound basis?. I. suppose, if I
came lying and pretending aad let yon
lie and .pretend, aad let your pareata
I ar.Sam lie aad pretend, yoa would
,V, e almost tolerable. Well, I'm
,n"tftAat kind. When there's ao spe
cial reason one way or the other, I'm
willing to smirk and grimace aad dod-1
der aad drivel, like the rest of your
friends, those ladies and gentlemen.
But when there's business to be trans
acted, I 'am bustoess-like. Let's aot
begin with your thinking yoa are de
ceiving me, and ao hating me and de
spising me and trying to keepup the
deception. Let's begin right" ,
She was listening; she was "ao
longer longing to fly from the room;
she was curious. I knew I had scored.
"In any event" I continued, "you
would have married for money. Tou've
been brought np to it like all these
girls of your set Tod'd be miserable
without luxury. If you had your choice
between love without luxury and lux
ury without love, it'd be. as easy to
KISSED
TIMES."
HER-NOT ONCE. BUT
foretell which you'd do as to foretell
how a starving poet would choose be
tween a loaf of bread and a volume of
poems. You may love love; but you
iove life your kind of life better!"
She lowered her head. "It is true,"
she said. "It is low and vile, but it is
true.'
"Your parents need money " I be
gan. She stopped me with a gesture.
"Don't blame them," she pleaded. "I
am more guilty than they."
I was proud of her as she made
that confession. ' "You have the mak
ing of a real woman In you," said I.
"I should have wanted you even if you
hadn't But what I now see makes
what I thought a folly of mine look
more like wisdom."
"I must warn you," she said, and
now she was looking directly at me,
t'l shall never love you."
"Never Is a long time," replied I.
"I'm old enough to be cynical about
prophecy."
"I shall never love you," she re
peated. "For many reasons you
wouldn't understand. For one you
will understand."
"I understand the 'many reasons'
you say are beyond me," said I. "For,
dear young lady, under this coarse ex
terior I assure you there's hidden a
rather sharp outlook on human na-
tni-A anrf well norvmt that resnond
y,
to the faintest changes in you as do
Regulating the Whirlwind
tit the Mather Failed to Succeed in
This Case.
The Mississippi is proverbially an
unreliable quantity and Shakespeare
has celebrated the woman's wit"
which, when the door is shut will "out
at the casement" or, that exit being
denied, selects the keyhole or flies out
with the smoke. But even more dif
ficult to foresee or control is the ac
tion of the individuality Inclosed in
the small boy.
Young Mrs. Randall was often In
despair about Percy, who would ask
dreadful questions at inopportune
momenta. For instance, when
there were guests and guests were
frequent at the minister's table in
some lull of conversation Percy was
liable to point a fat finger at the
guest and solemnly inquire: "Mam
ma, what's that man's name?"
However, Percy could by superhu
man exertions, be made to understand
some thlags, aad then he Invariably
obeyed-roae great comfort to the
mtae caat be aHaeataar.wttaeat sea
sitiveaees. Waatraa, other, riasoa
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fectiy," I assured her. "And the
here, yoa are-not with him.? w
8he lowered her head aa that I
ao view of bar face.
"Yoa aad ha da aot marry." I
oa, "becauae yoa are both poor?"
' "No," aha replied.
"Because ha does not care for yoa?"
"No net that" aha said.
"Becauae yoa thought he hadat
enough for two?" .
A long pause, thaa. vary faintly:
"No not that"
"Then it must be becauae ha han't
aa much money aa he'd .like, aad mast
find a girl who'll bring hint what ha
most wants."
8he was silent .
"That Is, while he lores yoa dearly,
he loves money more. Aad he's wilt
Ing to see yoa go to another man, be
the wife of another man, be every
thing to another man." I laughed.
"I'll take my chances against leva of
that sort"
"You doa't understand," she mar
mured. "Yoa, doa't realise there are
many things that mean nothing to yoa
and that mean1 oh, so much to people
brought up as we are."
"Nonsense!" said I. "What do yoa
mean by 'we'? Nature has beea bring
ing us up for a thousand thoasand
years. A few years of silly false train
ing doesn't undo her work. If yoa aad
he had cared for"each other, yoa
wouldn be here, apologizing for his
selfish vanity."
"No matter about him," she cried
impatiently, lifting her head haught
ily. "The point is. I love' him and
always shall. I warn you."
"And I take you at my own risk?"
Her look answered "Yes!"
"Well." I took her hand "then,
we are engaged."
Her whole body grew tense, and her
hand chilled as it lay in mine. "Dont
please don't" I said gently. "I'm
not so bad as all that If yon win be
as generous with me as I shall ha
with you, neither of us will ever re
gret this."
There were tears on her cheeks aa
I slowly released her hand.
"I shall ask nothing of you that yoa
are not ready freely to give," I said.
Impulsively she stood and put oat
her, hand, and the eyes she lifted to
mine were shining and friendly. I
caught her In my arms and kissed her
not once but many times. Aad it
was not until the chill of her Ice-like
face had cooled me that I released
her. drew back red and ashamed aad
stammering apologies. But her im
pulse of friendliness had beea killed;
she once more, as I saw only too plain?
ly. felt for me that sense of repulsioaf
felt for herself that sense of self-degr
radation.
"I cannot marry you!" she mut
tered. "You can and will and must" 1
cried, infuriated by her look.
There was a long silence. I could
easily guess what was being fought
out in her mind. At last she slowly
drew'herself up. "I can not refuse,"
she said, and her eyes sparkled with
defiance that had hate in it "You
have the power to compel me. Use
it like the brute you refuse to let me
forget that you are." She looked so
young so beautiful, so angry aad so
tempting.
"So I shall!" I answered. "Children
have to be taught what is good for
them. Call in your mother, and we'll
tell her the news."'
Instead, she went into the next
room. I louowea, saw Mrs. caiersiy
seated at the tea-table in the corner
farthest from the library where her
daughter and I had been negotiating.
"Won't you give us tea, mother?"
said Anita, on her surface not a trace
of the cyclone that must still havo
been raging in her.
"Congratulate me. Mrs. Ellersly."
said I. "Tour daughter has consented
to marry me."
Instead of speaking. Mrs. Ellersly
began to cry real tears. And for a
moment I thought there was a real
heart inside of her somewhere. But
when she spoke, that delusion van
ished. "Ton must forgive .me. Mr. Black
lock," she said in her hard, smooth,
polite voice. "It Is the shock of real
izing I'm about to lose my daughter."
And I knew that her tears were from
joy and relief Anita had "come up to
the scratch;" the (hideous menace of
"genteel poverty" had been averted.
"Do 'give us tea. mamma," said
Anita. Her cold, sarcastic tone cut my
nerves and ber mother's like a razor
blade. I looked sharply at her. and
wondered whether I was not making a
bargain vastly different from that my
passion was picturing.
(To be Continued.)
young mother. Just before two visit
ing clergymen arrived for supper Mrs.
Randall had -an Interview with her
son. and succeeded In making him
understand that he must not ask peo
ple's names.
"Besides, mother's going to tell yoa
just what these gentlemen's names
are now." she said, tnen yon won i
need to ask."
Percy repeated "Mr. Small" and
"Mr. Lawaoa" until he thoroughly
knew them. The mother put him ia
his high chair this time with a. sense
of relief. n
He kept praiseworthy x silence for
some time, but finally!
"Mamma." he burst out and the fat
finger Irresistibly lifted itself
"which one of 'em is Mr. Small aa'
which Is Mr. Lawson?"
Uncle Jerry.
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that's, always whlsnerin'." advised
Uncle Jerry Peebles. "If he's afraid
to trust his own. voice there's
thin' wrong oa the Inside of 1m."
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HE times were flush; there
had been good crops, and
an abundant harvest had
been gathered and stored
away. The. people on old
Lick creek, in Ralls coun-
' ty. Mo., were happy and
eager to enjoy themselves. The coun
try was sparsely settled, and there
was little to be had that was good to
eat or drink nearer than the town of
Florida, on Salt river, where Squire
Clemens, the father, of Mark Twain,
kept a store.
They danced all night under the
hospitable roof where sat old Uncle
Rhuebin Reddish. Aunt Lou extend
ing them a warm welcome; then they
went home with Rube Purvis to eat
bear meat and from there to Uncle
Harry's and Aunt Edy's. where veni
son was broiling and bee gums had
been robbed.
Christmas eve day was bright and
pretty. The sun broke through a rift
of clouds and the revelers were fairly
intoxicated with joy. They intended
to spend the night and Christmas day
at the Widow Mackelroy's, where
there was plenty of room and an abun
dance of good things to eat aad
drink.
The Widow Mackelroy was with
the crowd. She had left Uncle Ned
'and Aunt Polly to look after her
'house, telling them that If they went
away to close the doors. The faitbful
old servants were not liable to go
farther than some cabins occupied by
.colored people, and the widow knew
'that they would answer the summons
.of the ranch bell. Though it was
.Christmas time she never dreamed
(that the negroes would leave the
place.
' Old Ned and Aunt Polly did leave
the house, and a big black bear must
ihave been watching them when they
(walked away. He had doubtless scent
,'ed the odor of a Christmas feast It
was easy for bruin to smash one of
the kitchen windows and enter the
apartment unmolested. After feasting
Inpon such things as had not been se
jcurely hidden away, the bear probably
I prowled through the house until his
curiosity was satisfied, and then, find
Sing a dark corner under the stairway
in the hall, he laid down and closed
ihis eyes to pleasant dreams.
' This audacity was the result of
careless training on the part of one
James Irvin. an old bachelor of the
vicinity, who had made a pet of this
isame bear. Bolivar, as the bear was
called, frequently answered the call of
Ithe wild. In his youth Bolivar was an
interesting pet. He was capable of
performing many tricks, and he was
an accomplished wrestler.
' The crowd of Christmas ramblers
reached the Widow Mackelroy's house
about dark on Christmas eve. The
!ttiv rnnnv wklow led the way to
'unlock doors, and the boys and girte
followed, snowballing and singing
Christmas carols.
i ne wiauw wa m . .
Isome interesting discoveries in the
'i.k nd a dozen couples of '
dancers were moving over the parlor
floor In harmony with music that was
loud and fast, when shrieks and
screams echoed through the rooms,
and those who were able to command
their senses saw a monster black bear
entering the parlor on his hind feet
and swinging his forelegs invitingly.
,as if seeking a partner for a waltz.
The ballroom instantly presented a
scene of the wildest excitement. Boys
and girls who were near windows lost
no time in making their escape. The
bear cut off the retreat of a consider
able crowd and hemmed them In a cor
ner of the room. Bolivar pranced in
front of these, licking froth from his
red lips and glaring Into the faces of
the screaming girls as if he were try
ilng to select a dainty one for his
Christmas supper. George Ely. a
voung man who was proud of his
strength and his ability to hit hard
blows, ran forward and struck the
'bear oa the side of the head. Bolivar
hnnV his ear as II ne were www,
tnrnin?. about, he seized
the (
amazed young man with his powerful
Effect of College Education.
It would be Interesting to trace in
deUit and after careful study or facts.
to just how great a degree the 'varsity
bred man influences us in respect of
dress, says Men's Wear. For instance,
the knee drawer, which retailers could
ot get enough of during summer, is
nothing more or less than the running
"panf'.of track athletics, as the jersey
that is coming to be worn with them is
the jersey of the "gym." The turning
an of the trousers to show fancy hose
I to aa outcome of tamed up tennis trou
Ran Forward,
paws and drew him to his breast The
bear was becoming angry, and ha
would .soon have crushed every rib la
George's body if the youth's sweet
heart had not come to his rescue.
Mary Goodwin had been dancing
with George Ely and when the beat
entered the room the thoughtful 'girt
ran to the fireplace and seized an iron
poker. It proved a good weapon. II
was' an iron bar about four feet la
length, and It had been In use so long
that one end had worn to a share
point. Its effectiveness had been is
proved by a young man who had stach
the sharp end in the fire for the pur
pose of using it to take the chill front
a pitcher of hard cider.
When Mary Goodwin saw her lov
er's face distorted with pain as he
struggled to get loose from the mac
bear's powerful arms she ran to 'hit
assistance. "Help! For God's sake,
help me. boys!" shouted George. The
bear was trying to fasten his teeth la
his victim's throat when the brave
girl thrust the red-hot polat of the
iron bar behind the monster's fore
shoulder and threw her whole weight
upon it The sharp pout slipped ber
tweea the bear's ribs aad entered his
heart
With an angry growl Bolivar sank
in n heap upon the ballroom floor, anc
George Ely staggered away, to fall
gasping for breath. In the arms of hii
quick-witted, fearless sweetheart.
Bolivar was barbecued on Christ
mas day. 1854. During those same
holidays George and Mary were mar
ried.
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Hence the Mistletec
Florence Don't you remember that
last Christmas yoa broke your en
gagement? Geraldlne Yes; but Im a yi
older now.
SORROW OF IT.
Mildred Oh. dear! I wish I kaew
what to give Mr. Slowboy foraChriat
nfas present.
Helen Why doat yoa give him
your heart, dear?
Mildred The big goose has it al
ready, but he doesn't know It
Tha Sum.
Knicker Christmas mathaatatlca
arc puzzling.
Docker Yes. yoa pat dawa teas
and carry everything.
An Explanation.
"Women are naturally mora artieUe.
than men."
-Yes." answered the matter ef fact
person, "that's why so many of us
look funny when we wear oar Christ-
nias necKues aad smoking jackets.
Our wives want us to look artistic."
sers, not for 'varsity's sake bat for ex
pediency and comfort
So. the li3t of what we owe to col
lege men in matters of dress might be
lengthened. The collegian is certainly
a force to be reckoned with by makers
and sellers of men's wear.
Couldn't Have.
"Did Brown smoke the cigars Me
wife gave him Christmas?"
"No, I guess not; I saw him tale
morning and 'he is a perfect pletnre
of health.
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