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Bad tape does not stand in the way
of President Roosevelt when an emer
gency arises. No sooner was the great
calamity that has befallen Kingston;
the capital of Jamaica, made known
to the president, than he ordered some
of our warships loaded with provisions
and medicines to go there as fast as
steam could carry them in order to
relieve suffering humanity, and all the
civilized world is praising him for it
Congress has passed a law raising
the salary of congressmen 'and sena
tors from $5,000 annually to $7,000.
The American people should not con
demn this law. Living expenses in
Washington are much higher than
they were formerly, and besides that
the pass privilege has been taken
away from all members of congress
and senators. But while congress has
been providing for itself, there are
other employes of the government
that should not be forgotten, especial
ly rural carriers and postal clerks.
Our present tariff laws have been
largely responsible for making this
country so prosperous, and it is hard
to understand why any sensible man
should want to change them mate
rially. So long as everything that the
Nebraska farmer has to sell brings a
good price and a good market, what
great harm is done to us if steel rails
are also high. What if we have to
pay a big price for nails and building
materials. Is it not better that our
laboring men receive, big wages and
steady employment rather than be
compelled to buy cheap goods made
abroad with cheap labor, and our fac
tories idle? Has not this country had
experience enough with a low tariff
during' Cleveland's time? Have the
people so soon forgotten the Coxey
army- and the city soup houses and
the ten cent corn, that they want to
change our tariff laws ? Even if cor
porations do prosper, common people
are prpsporing too. We would ear
nestly appeal to all our people, -and
especially to our law makers. Are not
the economy: conditions of this coun
try under the present tariff system the
very best ever? Why should we dis
turb our present healthy, prosperous
condition to please some theorist, or to
make capital for the democratic party?
We would say. again and again, let
well enough alone, for just as soon as
you commence to tinker with our
tariff laws; you give a setback to our
prosperity.
H. H. Baldrige, Joh L. Webster, E.
J. Hainer, Allen W. Field or John C.
Cowin to represent the republican?, I
the work would not only Da speedily
and efficiently perforated, bat it ought
to command acquieaoeace at oace of
members of the legislature irrespective
of partisanship and later secure with
out opposition the endorsement of the
different political patties, without
which ratification would be impossible:
Where the constitution is really de
fective or has been, notoriously out
grown in the thirty years that it has
remained practically unaltered, -there
should be no difficulty in reaching
unanimity among men of this, caliber.
as to what changes should now be
made. At the same time, all propo
sitions which wauld involve us iu
rancor and contention would be barred
out from the start. ,
To bring about the desired result
the proposed constitutional revision
commission bill must be hurried
through' the legislature in order to-
hasten -the appointment of the com
mission. Nothing but utmost expedi
tion of the. bill would give the com
missioners time to examine the consti-
f tution critically and formulate the de
sired amendments before the forty-day
limit for the introduction of bills ex
pires so that the present legislature
may pass upon the commission's re-;
port and set in motion the machinery
for submission and adoption.
If the legislature now in session will
do this it will make at least one record
that will become historic, and it will
receive a good share tf the credit for
securing to Nebraska a revised consti
tution for lack of which it is griev
ously suffering. Omaha Bee.
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DOHieS BEYOND THE COOWTY LIRE
Nineteen car loads of stock, not speak
ing of the amount of grain was shipped
out of Howetts lsst week. That speaks
well for the north side of Golf ax coaaty
besides giving one a hunch about the
prices paid and the quality of the buy
ers. Joseph Kratochvil, "one of the oldest
citizens of Colfax .county, died last Fri
day at the advanced age of 91 years. He
was born in Bohemia in 1816. Few peo
ple today are granted the privilege to
live to so near the century mark.
At Clarke the electric lights have been
temporarily abandoned, owing to an
accident to the machinery. There was
quite a scramble among the patrons for
old lamps and oil. By the accident the
citizens have learned the worth of the
electric lamp, and when the repair is
made will still more appreciate the plant
and the service they have been getting.
CONSTITUTION REVISION.
The adoption of the constitutional
amendment creating a state railway
comission submitted to the voters at
the last election seems to open the way
for the long delayed and urgently
needed revision of the Nebraska con
stitution. Our experience with this
amendment proves conclusively that
it is possible to secure the required
majority at the polls provided the
amendment proposed is acceptable to
all the great political parties 'and
evokes no serious opposition from any
large party of voters.
With this situation clearly before
us, the plan for a constitutional re
vision commission embodied in the bill
introduced by Senator Aldrich should
receive immediate and favorable con
sideration at the hands of the legisla
ture. This plan contemplates the ap
pointment by the governor of five com
missioners to meet at once and go over
the constitution with a view to finding
its defects and bringing it thoroughly
up to date. It provides that not more
than three members of the commission
shall be affiliated with any one politi
cal party, thus giving the minority
ample .represenation, and provides
further that no amendment be reported
to the legislature for submission ex
cept by unanimous agreement of all
the commissioners.
The commission plan would give us
the services of our ablest lawyers in
drafting the desired amendments. If
men of the highest rank were' put
noil the 'commission, such for exam
ple m ex-Senator Allen, former Judge
Snllivan, former Attorney General
Satyth or W. H. Thompson to repre
aanithesksiocratsand populists; and
John.Sprecher, editor of the Free
Lance at 'Schuyler, won the hearts of the
county board' of supervisors, "and was
awarded the county printing for the
coming year. While he reached first
base ahead of his competitors, he did it
at almost cost, at the following prices:
The Free Lance was awarded the con
tract for the county printing for the
year 1907. His price was 10 1-10 cents a
square for .commissioners proceedings,
332 for the treasurer's statement, 6
and 3 for' per description for the de
linquent tax list and 33 cents per
square for all other notices required to
be printed. The prices are less than
one-half the amount paid by the county
last year."
Midland Central, has opened up an office
tn the News building. In talking the
Btatter over with him he sayS it is a sure
go. The road will surely be built before
the close of the year 1907. The only
question remaining to be settled, is the
exact trail. Whether it will come through
Albion or not depends on 'the treatment
the company receives from our citizsns.
Of course there will be a town built
out in Bonanza, if this is all the benefit
Albion is to receive from the new road
then it it decidedly a negative quantity.
So far as Albion is concerned this would
be a very bad proposition.' ' But if Albion
is to be made the big town-on the road
taen it won't be so bad. If Albion is to
be made a division station then it means
that Albion will have 'better freight
rates, better railroad service, factories
will be sure to come here, and Albion
will, so ner or later be a city of 5,000 or
more instead of 1,800 sbe now has. The
road is not going to stop at Newport, but
will build on out to tbe coal c nntry
This will mean cheaper coal for Albion.
Taking freight. rates, better service and
cheaper coal into consideration all tbeee
mean much for Albion probably far
more in the long run than tbe loss of
trade from the northwest. Then if the
Bonanza people can get a town anri
Albion can get the good things men
tioned above we will nil be ahead. Mr.
Waterman went to Omaha on Friday to
meet tne men who are buhiod.the capital
and expects to bring iheui up here. If
they will positively agree to make Albion
a division station then they will surely
receive a warm welcome and, iic doubt,
some material assistance. But our citi
zens want to be sure they get something
before they vote bonds, as there have
been instances where bonds were voted
and no material good ever resulted
therefrom. ,
cow or a goat uecaine a little stiff in its
limbs the foolish people at once declar
ed it "shrew struck" and the poor
shrews had to suffer in consequence.
Of course the "shrew struck" animal
had to have something to cure it, so
an ash tree was selected, and a deep
hole was bored into its trunk. Then a
shrew was captured, put alive into the
hole, the hole was securely plugged,
and tbe innocent little animal was left
to die of starvation.
The Ignorant believed that after such
tan act the ash tree hadpower to curg
"shrew struck!.' animals, and whenever
an animal became inactive or a little
numb in its limbs its owner hurried to
the "shrew ash." cut a switch from it
and switched the "shrew struck" beast.
The smarting caused by the switching
naturally .made the helpless animal
move about as much as it possibly
could, and in a short time it was pro
nounced cured.
By parliamentary enactment In '1801
the present anion jack was 'brought
into being by the addition of tbe cross
of St. Patrick.
1 Waving flags are, said to hare been
first brought to Spain by- the Saracens.
The present Spanish colors. Ted and
yellow, came fromthe old shields of
Castile and Arngon.
The Austrian black and yellow were
the colors of tbe lloly Hainan Empire.
They -were adopted, so the story goes,
by Frederick Barbarossa.vWhose fancy
was captured at a ceremony in Mainz
by the black and gold Hooring of the
hall.
The crescent waa originally the spe
cial mark of Constantinople, where for
centuries it was used as a Christian
symbol. There it was that the Turks
first found it when they captured the
city in 14,"3. Even today it may be
found side by side with the cro-;s on
the churches iu Moscow and other
Russian cities, where it is used to indi
cate the Byzantine origin of the Rus
sian faith. New York Tribune.
The Aadieaee Werae Tfcaat the Orator
John Bright was once asked how It
was that Pitt made one of his finest
speeches after drinking two bottles of
port. John Bright was, as usual, equal
to the occasion. He pointed . out that
verbatim reporting was unknown in
those days, and he suggested that the
other members of tbe house, on whose
opinion Pitt's reputation largely de
pended, had probably drunk three bot
tles. -
We live by
ither. Pliny.
reposing trust in each
NO FAITH IN PHYSIC.
THE FLAG IN HISTORY
OPtalN OF NATIONAL EMBLEMS OF
THE OLD WORLD.
Joan of Arc and the White Banner of
France TUe Tricolor of , Holland.
St. AauaHtlne. the Misiiioaarr. In
troduced FIsrm Into England.
Had it not been for a visit to his sweet
heart before making his get away after
breaking jail, a Stanton county young
horse thief wss re-captured and is now
behind the bars at Lincoln for keeps.
Tbe Schuyler Snn gives the following:
"George Gebbardt, the man who stole
August Beak's team last week and was
captured at Rogers, by Sheriff VanHou
sen of Colfax county, was brought back
to Stanton Friday by Sheriff 8tucker
and lodged in the county jaiL Saturday
Gebbardt wss arranged before Judge
Cowan and pled guilty. He was re
manded to the county jail for. sentence
at tbe next term of the district court.
Monday night while Sheriff Stacker was
at supper, he leftGebhasdt in the joil
corridor, as it was quite cold in the
cells. A couple of strange men went to
the north window of the jail and pre
tended to be buying his fur coat. M oi
ler, who is in the county jail awaiting
the decision of the supreme court on a
rehearing of his cam for attempting to
kill his wife, started around to hear
what was going on, but with foul lan
guage Gebbardt told him to stay away
and not butt in oa the trade. In a few
minutes all was still and Muller want to
the north side of the jail and found the
prisoner gone, the two men having pried
the bars off the window with a piece of
iron bar 3 inches wide sad about 3 feet
long. Hnller at once gave the alarm,
but. no trace of the man could be found.
Sheriff Stacker at ones used the tele
phone to notify ail the omciala at near
towns. Tuesday forenoon parties tele
phoned Sheriff demmeats of Madison
that tne man was seen near Dover's, and
he weht oat finding Gebhardt in-the
hayloft. The prisoner had gone out to
see a girl he knew there before leaving
the country. Sheriff Stacker went to
Madison Wednesday and took Gebhardt
to the penitentiary at Lincoln, where he
will remain natil eonrt meets. Sheriff
Stacker did a good job both ia the cap
ture and re-capture of Gebhardt.'' .
EASY DOOR FASTENERS.
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Oalr On Kind of Lock the Expert
Barslar Can't Pick.
"There's only, one lock in the world
that. I can't open if you'll give me a
few minutes at it, and as for ordinary
door and dnawer locks, 111 open them
as easily as if there was no lock there.
Any expert burglar can do the same."
The foregoing statement was made
by an experienced locksmith of Kan
sas City.
"Few persons know how insecure
their homes are," he continued. "Few
persons realize that the average lock
is absolutely worthless for keeping out
an experienced burglar. The ordinary
door, lock is good for nothing but re
minding casual business or. social call
ers that they must ring to be admitted.
None of these ordinary 'door fasten
ers,' and that's the best you can call
them, -will deter a burglar two whole
minutes. -If there's no key in the lock,
he soon fits one to it If there is a key
in the lock, he Inserts a pair of -pinchers
and in ten seconds has it opened.
Understand me, I am speaking of the
experienced burglar. The clumsy bur
glar is the one who gets in trouble.
He'll fumble around with a lock until
somebody hears him. There is only
,onevunpickabIe lock made."- That's the
six pin lock used by the government.
It will defy -any expert. There are. six
little steel pins in the lock, which
have to be raised just a certain dis
tance to open it Some of the pins are
one-fourth of an inch long and' some.
of them a half inch. If one of .the pins
lacks even a hairbreadth of being
raised the proper distance, the lock
will not open. It battles all tbe ex
perts." . This locksmith is so expert he can
open the majority of safes by putting
his ear to tbe. combination and listen
ing to how tbe 'tumblers click into
place as he turns it.
"I intended at one time to be a bur
glar," this locksmith declares. "I bad
it all planned out even bad a set of
burglar's tools made. Then 'I decided
that honesty was the best policy, and
I stock to my trade." Kansas City
Star. .
Our sister city Albion sad immediate
sarronndings are rejoioiag over the pros
pects of a new railroad. The lArgns in
its sst iane says: "Lymaa
the promoter of the
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THE SHREW MOUSE.
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Little Animal.
The shrew, or shrew mouse, as It Js
commonly called, is found in nearly all
parts of the world.' It Is distinguished
by an elongated, pointed muzzle, small
eyes, plantigrade, six toed feet and
glands that secrete a musky fluid. Al
together it closely resembles a mouse.
bat it is really not related to the mouse
family.
When 'at home it-Is either under a
pile of rubbish or in a hole which it
has burrowed in the earth. It is
nocturnal In its habits, but perfectly
harmless, yet at one time it was much
disliked and persecuted because it was
thought to be a dangerous; mischievous
animal. Among the Italians the notion
wsn prevalent that the bite of a shrew
was -extremely poisonous. The French
the English believed that if a
animal's foot the
The first western sovereign to adopt
a Ha w::s Ciovis, kii:g of the Franks.
After his conversion to Christianity in
the lifth century he took the "chape de
St. Martin" as his btamlarri. -This,
according' to somi' write: s. was actu
ally part of the cluak which the saintly
bishop of Tours cut in two in order to
share it with a beggar at Amiens. More
credible authorities, however, assert
that it was the blue Oaj,' of St. Mar
tin's abbey.
Afer Ciovis, the Merovingian kings
seem to have returned to the ancient
emblems. They were content to light
under eagles, -flowers, crosses or the
images of saints until the time of Char
lemagne, whtf, if' an old mosaic in the
Church of St. John Latcran at Home
is to be believed, reintroduced ilie blue
flag .embellished with six rod roses.
The color of the French flag was
changed' in 1121, when Louis the Fat
carried the red oriliamb of St. Denis
in his struggles against the German
emperor Henry V. This continued to
be the ollicial French flag down to the
battle -of Agiucourt in 1-H.". In the
meantime the blue flag had again made
its appearance, now decorated with the
fleur-de-lis instead of the roses of
Charlemagne. In this form it was car
ried at Acre and Crecy and Poitiers,
until in the fifteenth century it be
came the banner of France.
The first white flag iu French histo
ry was tbe banner of the Virgin Mary
borne by Joan of Arc in her heroic
campaigns for the defense of the dau
phin. A pure white flag was occasion
ally used by Francis I. in his struggles
against vthe Emperor Charles V.. but
it did nof become the permanent royal
banner until Henry IV., the first Bour
bon, ascended the throne in l.)S!.
The tricolor of the French revolution
was a compromise. -The cockades of
the revolutionists were composed of
two colors, the red of the Paris com
mune and the-blue of the ancient mon
archy. In the troubled times just pre
ceding the deposition and execution of
Louis XVI.. Lafayette, to signify the
desire of the people- for a reconcilia
tion with their king, added the liour
bon white to the cockade. The tricolor
as a national emblem was adopted by
tbe convention in 1701.
Long before this, however, the tri
color had liecn the national flag of
Holland. The Dutch were in fact the
first to use it. When the United Prov
inces gained their independence from
Spain in the sixteenth century, accord
ing to a favorite old story which can
not be authenticated, they invited Hen
ry of Navarre to choose their colors,
and be snggestcd orange, blue and
white. -Whether be selected this com
bination or not, such were the colors
of Holland until some time in the sev
enteenth ceutury, when the orange was
replaced by red. When William of
Orange became king of England In
1C98 be crossed the channel under the
red, white and blue.
The early inhabitants of England,
like those of other countries, used em
blematic devices of one kind or an
other, that of the Saxons being a white
horse. The introduction of flags into
England W ascribed to the missionary
St- Augustine and his followers, who
-after the conversion of King Ethelbert,
according to the Venerable Bede. en
tered Canterbury in procession, chant
ing and bearing-small banners.
Since the fourteenth century the cross
of St. George has been the emblem of
the British nation. Before that time it
was worn on the armor by the cru
saders, among whom it came to be
known as tbe "jack." During the
bloody Civil wars of the fifteenth cen
tury it was practically superseded by
tbe roses, white and red, and In 1000
by proclamation .of James I. it was
finally replaced by a red flag with the
jack in the upper Inside corner. The
red standard of Great Britain did not
Qaeen Elisabeth Refased Xedlclae la
Her Laat Illaeaa.
Of the efficacy of physic Queen Eliz
abeth bad always been skeptical. Now,
teu or twelve physicians came to the
palace, each promising, "with all man
ner of asseveration," "her perfect and
easy recovery" if she would follow a
simple course of treatment. But they
spoke in vain. Nor could the protests
of councilors, divines aud waiting
women induce her to accept medical
assistance. Her melancholy was "set
tled and irremovable," and she had no
wish to prolong it by lengthening out
her life. She only broke silence to
murmur, "I am not sick, I feel no
pain, and yet I pine away." Sbe was
asked whether she had any secret
cause of grief. She replied that she
knew of nothing in the world worthy
of troubling her. At length by force
(it is said) sbe was lifted from the
cushions and put to bed. Her condi
tion underwent no change. Gradually
those about her realized that "she
might live if sbe would use means,"
but that she would not-be persuaded,
and princes, as they tearfully acknowl
edged, cannot be coerced. Neverthe
less until tbe third week they looked
forward to a renewal of her old vivac
ity and the dispersal of her lethargy
But during the week it was perceived
that the ground sbe bad lost could
only be recovered by miracle.
On Wednesday. March 2:, her coun
cilors entered her bedchamber to re
ceive her last instructions. She had
none to give. The archbishop and bib
ops offered up prayer at her bedside,
and she derived some comfort from
their ministrations. In the evening sbe
sank into a quiet sleep, such as she had
sought- without avail for nearly a
month. She never woke again. "About
3 o'clock in the morning of March 24
she departed this life mildly, like a
lamb: easily, like a ripe apple from the
tree." When she was examined after
death her physicians reported that "she
had a body of firm and perfect consti
tution, likely to 'have lived many
years." Death was. In fact, prepared
to the last to bargain with her for a
few more years of life, but his terms
Implied an eufeeb'ement of those fac
ulties on whose unrestricted exercise
her queenly fame, seemed to her to de
pend. By refusing to be party to the
truce she invited her overthrow, but
she never acknowledged herself vanquished.-
She made no will, sbe bestow
ed no gift on any of tbe faithful at
tendants who wept beside ber death
bed, and she declined to guide ber
council in the choice of a successor.
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An Infernal Drink.
A joke was played on Arthur Bal
four on the first St. Patrick's day of
his tenure of the Irish chief secretary
ship. A cigar box, delivered to him
at tbe house of commons, contained a
bunch of shamrocks. "Prom a sin
cere Irish admirer." But, to the ter
ror of his secretaries, the box was
also found to contain a wicked look
ing steel spring covered with a queer
white compound. A chemical exiert
was called, and he examined the "in
fernal machine," everybody momentar
ily expecting an explosion. The puz
zled chemist, venturing to put a par
ticle of the compound on bis tongue,
found that it was simply sugar im
pregnated with lemon. He then turn
ed the box upside down and out rolled
a rusty corkscrew, a spiral spring and
an old nutmeg grater. There was also
a scrap of paper inscribed:- "Buy the
whisky yourself. You can then con
coct the famous lemonade of Bally
hooley and drink .to ould Ireland."
Bohemian.
The Way Jay Cionld Breach!
pre Company te Terms.
Recalling early days in tbe express
business, an officer of one of tbe largest
companies told this story of Jay Gould:
"Gould and Fisk then had hold of
the Erie." he said, "and the. United
States Expros company had all the
express business on the road. The con
tract was about to expire, and Gould
wanted an arrangement more profita
ble to the Erie.
" 'The Erie's doing all the work and
you re making all the money, uouiu
said to the express people. You ought
to do some of the work and give the
railroad a chance at the money.
"The express company officials de
mtirre.l. Their profit, they insisted,
was no more than they were entitled
to, and they refused to shade the con
tract a penny. Gould insisted on a de
crease, bat they remainedobdurate
aud eventually let tbe Erie president
understand what he very well knew
that no other company would compete
against the United States for the Erie
business. All the companies at that
time were in an agreement to maintain
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Rites.
" -All right,' said Gould at the conclu
sion of the interview, "you've no objec
tion, I guess, to my going into the ex
press business for uiyelf. It looks
better than railroading.'
"The express people replied that
Gould could organize all the companies
he wanted to. They thought it was all
blufT, but things that came to their at
tention soon weakened their faith in
this idea. Gould was going around
among ins associates talking up an ex
press couip-iny scheme, otficials of oth
er roads were told .that a new company
would be in the field to bid for their
business, and the paiers began to talk
about the new Govld express company.
"The express omcials, however, saw
none of Gould's money going into tbe
enterprise and stood pat. Presently it
was reported that be had bought twenty-four
big express safes. 'Was this
talk or was it business? the express
men asked themselves. They set to
work investigating, and they discover
ed that the reort was true. Gould had
actually Imught and paid for the safes
safes cost money in those days, too
an 1 he was negotiating for all the oth
er equipment required.-
"Now, thoroughly convinced of
Gould's sincerity, the express company
came to terms. Gould got the best con
tract from a railroad standpoint that
had Ikm'ii known up to that time. The
clause in the contract that the United
States Express company considered
most valuable to itself was one stipu
lating the abandonment of Gould's ex
press plans.
"It was all a bluff on Gould's part
except buying tbe safes. For that mat
ter the purchase was, of course, part of
tbe bluff, but Gould had actually
bought and paid for them uncondition
ally. Nevertheless he lost nothing on
the deal, for as soon as friendly rela
tions were established with the express
otficials he persuaded them they could
use the safes in their business and sold
them at a little better than cost."
Washington Post.
la Hew Yarh Saeletr.
A philanthropic society of New York
recently arranged a benefit perform
ance in one of the theaters. A large
number of prominent womeu were to
act as patronesses. Wheu the time
came to have the announcement cards
engraved the president of the society
was in a quandary. Jn what order
should he arrange tbe names? He had
never given the matter of social prece
dence a thought He referred his
troubles to one of the women, and she
said decisively:
They must be arranged alphabetically-or
you will be in hot .water at
once."
"But some of these ladies are wires
of scientific men who are world, re
nowned and some are simply1 rich.
Some are wives of army and navy
officers." ,
"It makes no difference. Ia New
York society the order of precedence is
alphabetical, and there is bo other
rule." New York Sun.
GeneronH tm the Chareh.
Lady Dorothy Nevill in ber reminis
cences tells this story of George Payne.
who dropped his worldly means la the
quicksands of the turf, but was al
ways unruffled and pleasant in conver
sation: "Are you not coming, to
churcb. Mr. Payne? was on one occa
sion the stern interrogation of his
hostess, a very great lady, who de
scended upon him in .all tbe severity
of her .Sabbath panoply 4No. duchess.
I am not. he replied, making swiftly
for the door: but pausing as by a po
lite afterthought previous to his exit,
be exclaimed, with magnificent empha
sis. 4not that I see any barm In it "
The WIM BaSala.
Of huge bulk, great endurance and
remarkable vitality, able to move
quickly and turn sharply, and endowed
with such vitality as enables it "to
charge its enemies even after receiv
ing a mortal wound, the physical qual
ities alone of the buffalo would ren
der It a most formidable opponent But
to its giant strength and bulk there
must be added its innate hostility tc
the white man. its ferocity. Its love for
its young and in a fight a high order o(
cunning that will -upset the best laid
plans. Hamilton Wright In Wide
World Magazine.
snrew ran over
fait great pain and eventually! atta,n ,ts Present form, however, until
j. hsnes If a horse, a cc u union wiu ireiauu ui lou-i.
Appra-ralf
"Do you think they approved of my
sermon?" asked the newly appointed
rector, hopeful that he bad made a
good impression on bis parishioners.
"Yes, I think so," replied bis wife;
"they were all nodding."
When Schumann- was hi love he
wrote, "I wish f were a smile, that I
might play about your cheeks.'
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