The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, February 22, 1911, Image 4
1, i r ii 1 y t i I if I f Columbus f ourttal. Columbus. Webr. Consolidated with the Colnmbos Times April 1. MM; with the Watte County Argos January 1,1901. Katsrsdattae Foetoaase.Colaab8s.lIsbr.,aa Taaas oriciHumu: Gaoiaar.br mu. ..us .. .71 ttix Tares .. .M WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1911. STBOTHEB d; COMPANY. Proprietor. KfcflKWAU The date opposite row hu oa f r paper, or wrapper shows to what tlaas roar subscription is paid. Thaa JanOB shows that payaiaat Las bass received ap to Jan. 1,1906, rbeStoFeb.l.lMBaadsooa. Whsa payment Is mads, the data, which aaswsra as a rsceipt, will be cheated acoordi&cly. DidCONTINUANCES-Bespoaeible smbscrlb- ers will eoatiaae to receive this Joaraal aatil the pabllshereare aotiied by letter to diacoatiaaa, when all arrearages aaoat be paid. If yon do not wish the Joaraal coatiaaed for aaotber ysar af- terthe time paid for has expired, joe shoald pravioasly notify as to diseoatiaae it. CHANGE IN ADD1U88-Whea orderiac a jhaace ia the address. sabseribers shoald be ears to cite their old as wall as their new address. A TECHNICALITY THAT BUILT A COURT HOUSE. The following article taken from the Kansas City Star indicates that there are some Missourians who don't have to be "shown," but, on the con trary have established a reputation for "showing" other people how to obtain a thing that is badly needed when prejudice warps the mind of the voters to such an extent that they refuse to provide a proper and safe place for storing the county records and trans acting county business. Possibly the supervisors of Platte county can obtain a few pointers by a careful perusal of the article below: Five out of six of the voters of Mil ler county, Missouri, made no effort to conceal their mirth on the night of the bond electioii in December, 1909. It was a great joke on Tuscumbia, the county seat. The proposition to issue Ixuids for $30,000 for a new court house had been defeated. Fine! Mil ler county could now lit down to pleas ant dreams. Of course, few voters denied that a uew court house was needed. The old building, erected in 1857, was shaking with age. The county records were, housed in wooden closets. But one of those ancient controversies, a county seat fight, had been a factor in the bond election, with Iberia to the south and Eldon to the northeast, aspirants for the county capital. Assembling their united forces, they caused the proposal to expend 830,000 for a new court house in the rival town of Tus cumbia to apjiear decidedly "scatter inr" in the returns. If the boosters for Iberia and Eldon had reckoned with one little detail, they might have been laughing yet. The consideration overlooked was the fact that two of the county judges chosen to sit in judgment in the affairs of Miller county were residents of Tuscumbia. They were David C. Bear, presiding judge, and J.L. Black burn, judge from the northern district. This was really a matter of the great est importance, as it subsequently developed. Alter the election the county judges settled down to the hundrum routine of transacting the county's business. The procedure wasn't quite as hum drum as the county judges could wish, however. For example, when a county judge is placing his O. K. on a county bill, or affixing his signature to a county voucher, it is rather disconcert ing to have the county ceiling begin to fall down on him. Also little inci dents of this sort are a stimulus to the imagination. Along in the early spring of 1910 the county judges began to accumulate "nerves" which, obviously, is not con ducive to a calm, judicial survey of county affairs. One day when a par ticularly large section of ceiling had splashed down on the long table at which the county judges sat, and after they had subjected themselves to the customary "dry cleaning" process, one of the judges conceived an idea. Why not "repair" the old oourt house? That is, why not "repair" it by build ing a uew court house? Of course, under a technical interpretation of their powers the judges understood that they could not appropriate money to build a new court house. Bonds must be voted by the people under such circumstances. But the county judged had seen the powerful techni cality invoked on behalf of reaction so mauy times, they concluded that for once, at least, it should be invoked on behalf of progress. And so on April 9, 1910, the judges voted ti "repair" the old court house. J. J. Atwell, the third judge, did not live in Tuscumbia, but desiring very much to live somewhere, he voted with the Tuscumbia judges and the order was unanimous. To keep within the law the judges then issued in effect an order "to repair the old court house by building a new court entirely around the old building." The first contract, let for the stone work and the building of five concrete fireproof imnii Cwtt vaults, called, for an expenditure of 913,800. This wa moaey that had been accumulating in the county treasury for years through a very economical expenditure of funds. Since the original contract was let a new board of county judges has gone on with the work of construction, and is now completing the dome of the building, making the complete cost to date $14,675.50, which has exhausted all the available funds of the county, and involved it in debt nearly $1,000. The county judges who conceived the brilliant idea which will give Mil ler county a handsome new stone court house were not candidates for re-election, and they have been replaced by a new board. But their work is marching on. The new board is com posed of W. M. Harrison, presiding judge, Eldon; S. 6. Crum, judge of the northern district, Olean, and J.L. Winfrey, judge of the southern dis trict, Iberia. But the rivals of Tus cumbia, Iberia and Eldon, realize that it would be useless to ask their repre sentatives on the board to waste $15,000 of the people's money by raz ing the new court house, the shell of which is now practically finished. Such a proceeding, they understand, would not advance their ambitions to be county seats. The new court house is a handsome affair. In dimensions it is 50 by 112, completely enveloping the old court house, which is 42 by 56. There were eight rooms in the old building. When the new building is completed it will have twenty rooms, including a com modious circuit court auditorium, five fireproof vaults and a concrete base ment. It is built of native stone. "We are to have such modern court conveniences as lawyers' consultation rooms and witness rest rooms," Judge Crum said. "We have not yet pro vided a means of obtaining running water to supply the building. We have other things to worry us now. Ami up there " the judge pointed to a large space empty to the roof since the outside stone walls were ex tended in front of the old court houee without the addition of any flooring "up there is to be a ladies' waiting room and that joist is to support a long plush seat." One can see how the new judges ate entering into the spirit of improve ment. The five fireproof vaults already have been completed and are housing the county records. In the new wings of the building but few windows have yet been provided, the other openings being covered with boards. It will take four years to accumu late the funds necessary to complete the court house, say the judges, and it has made necessary a most rigid system of saving in every department, except ing the maintenance of schools. Of course, if the county wants to reconcile itself to Tuscumbia's possession of the official seat, the thing to do would be to start sentimeut for another election and provide the $15,000 or so that is necessary to finish the structure. Otherwise the county will have to content itself with unkept roads, shaky bridges and other delinquencies in county work. The money saved by this neglect of highways is going into the new court house. Tuscumbia has been the seat of Miller county ever since the state leg islature in 1837 chopped off the edges of Cole and Pulaski counties and established Miller. That was twentv years before the Missouri Pacific rail road was built through the state, and Tuscumbia, by reason of its location on the banks of the Osage river, year ly navigated, and almost precisely in the center of the county, was made the county seat. Tuscumbia still is four teen miles from the railroad station at Eldon. Miller county is in the foothills of the Ozarks. To appreciate the true altitude ef Tuscumbia, one should know that chickens from back yards hallway down the hill roost at night in the topmost branches of lofty syca more and oak trees planted oa lower levels. At the top of the town's highest hill stands the court house. Resting oh its lofty pedestal, seven hundred feet above the river, it is perhaps the most striking monument in this country to the power of a technicality. Four Kinds af Liars. The late Sir Frederick Bramwell was famous both as a witness and arbi trator In engineering disputes. It Is re called that bis brother, the late Lord Justice Bramwell. ou girlag advice to a young barrister told him to be care ful of four kinds of witnesses first, of the liar: second, of the liar who could only be adequately described by the aid of a powerful adjective; third, of the expert witness, and. finally, of "my brother Fred." Extra Hazardous. Beers-Poor Mrs. DeAIterres has al ways beeu unlucky in the selection of her husbands. Townsend Why do you say that? Beers Her flrat husband was a guide In the Adirondack, her second was a baseball umpire, her third was a manufacturer of dynamite aad her last was an avlator.-Calcago News. THE REAL ISSUE OF RECIPRO CITY. If the congress and people of the United States are at this time capable of thinking nationally and with far sighted statesmanship the president's reciprocity measure will be passed without delay. If it is defeated it will be because we are pusilanimous and purblind. Senator Beveridge yesterday placed the larger aspects of this issue emphati cally before the country in a notewor thy speech in the senate. The issue he declared was this. Shall the United States and Canada begin the policy of mutual trade con cessions and commercial friendliness? Or shall we make permanent the poli cy of trade obstruction and commer cial hostility between the countries? And more important still is the con sideration he urged in declaring that "The beginning of freer trade relations between these two people who are im mediate neighbors and who are of one blood, language, and religion, is the large phase of this question." It has been said that the tariff is a moral issue. It may be said that the Canadian reciprocity compact involves an issue of civilization on the North American continent. There is involved not only the larg est material good of two great peoples but likewise the largest social and mor al good. We know, or we ought to know, in this twentieth century that civilization and social advancement move on the great current of commer ce. There was a time when there was much talk of the political unity of the North American continent. The con ception was as nothing to that of the commercial community offered by the principle of reciprocity. In Eoglaml they see this, and the tremendous eventual possibilities of the reciprocity compact are in the foreground of the British discussion. Our congress and our people should be equal ly clear visioned. Yet up to this time there seems to be not adequate national comprehension of what the re ciprocity issue profoundly involves. Against the large national view, the continental view of the two peoples es sentially one in race, in law, and broad political ami social ideas, in economic conditions and commercial needs, against this view of the largest unity, we have the guerrilla warfaie of selfish privilege and local interest. The most influential opposition to he feared on this side of the line, and the most respectable, because it is popular and direct awl not corporate, is the opposition among the farmers. But if this is legitimate, it is also erroneous. That the farmer is to le injured is not to be concluded from the known facts. The value of protection to the farmer always has been challenged by our ec onomic students, but the further fear that reciprocity will overwhelm him under a torrent of Canadian surplus product in his own market is obviously impossible. For example, the United States raised last yeor 160,000,000 bushels of barley. Canada exported in all 1,107, 000 bushels. Even if every bushel of that were to be turned across the line, would the effect lie worth the rumpus thatis now being made over this detail? Canada's total export of cereals is about one fiftieth of our cereal crop. Is there promise of ruin in that? Of butter, Canada's exports were $1,010,274, and the butter production of the United States is estimated at 25 cents a pound at $350,000,000. Her egg exports were $40,000, and our pro duction, estimated at 25 cents the doz en, was $500,000,000. Canada's export of bacon and ham was last year one-fifth of ours, and her export of cattle on the hoof only about 18,000 head more. The farmers are deceived by a bug aboo which they should examine with care. They will make a grave mistake if they lend themselves to the obstruc tion of a great national measure of gen eral and far-reaching beneficence. It may be shown by experience that certain details of the agreement are bad. But, as Senator Beveridge point ed out, the agreement is subject to amendment and may be readjusted in detail as the common welfare of this country and Canada indicates. To establish a great continental policy of commercial cooperation and exchange founded upon the communi ty ol our largest and deepest interest is the purpose of the reciprocity com pact President Taft has not shown a greater proof of statesmanship than in his imperative insistence upon the pas sage of this measure. Chicago Tri bune. JEFFERSON HIS FINAL CHOICE. Oh, it was a "Teat nisrht for demn. mm j ---., cracy and a great night for possible presidents! One congressman gravely wandered about the big armory, hunt ing for Governor Harmon. When he found him he put his hand on his shoulder and said: "Governor,! want to see you presi dent of the United States. Call on me for help at any time. I am for you to the limit" Harmon, quite pleased, thanked the generous fellow. Then the congressman, with owllike seriousness, hunted up Champ Clark. "Champ," he said, "it is the dearest wish of my heart to see you president of the United States. I am working for you to the limit. I was just talking to Harmon about you. He says you are wonderful." "I'm just a plain democrat and citizen of the soil," said Champ, with that splendid modesty for which he is noted. "But you know how I appreci ate your sincere encouragement" The congressman then wound his way through the throng until he found Senator Bailey. "I know," he said, "that you are not a candidate for presi dent, senator, but I want to tell you that should you run you can count on my vote." Having given encouragement to all the potential presidents who were pre sent the congressman joined a group of Woodrow Wilson enthusiasts and talked about "the dear old doctor, he's got 'em all beat a mile." "If you ask me," said one of the waiters to whom the congressman ad dressed some of his encouraging re marks. "I think you fellows ought to nominate this same Jefferson you're all talking about I haven't studied human nature for nothing, and from the way they talk I think he's a com er." Philadelphia Inquirer. THE CENTENARY OF GREELEY. The observances in memory of Hor ace Greeley, which will be held at Chappaqua, Weschester county, New York, where he resided for many years, February 3, the centenary of his birth, will attract national atten tion. As the founder of the New York Tribune in 1841, which he edit ed till 1872, near the close of his life, he was the best known and most influ ential journalist in the country in an especially critical period of the coun try's history. First as a Whig and theu as a republican, Greeley was a large figure in the stirring days im mediately preceding the civil war and for a few years after the close of that conflict. He was a reformer and path blazer in many fields, but his most ef fective work was done in the fight to check the extension of slavery and to preserve the territories for freedom. Greeley's faith in the future of the vast region ou the sunset side of the Mississippi was justified even in a lar ger degree than he expected. For many years and until its enactment in 1862, he was a pronounced champion of the homestead law, which was a large factor in peopling the west. Greeley' advice, "Go west young man, go west," which he began to give long before the railways touched the Mississippi was a powerful stimulus to the opening of the great wilderness empire stretching from Missouri and Iowa off to the Pacific. One of the interesting observances of February 3 is that which will take place at Greeley, Col. That locality has justified the editor's confidence in it He was one of the sanest and most stalwart Americans of an era which was particularly prolific in men of large caliber. Leslie's Weekly. WIPE OUT SUCH A RECORD. At least three out of every 1,000 persons employed in the coal mines of North Amertca in the year 1008 were killed. This mortality rate is in excess of that in any other part of the world. Americans are, we think, the most humane people in the world; yet these figures do not fortify that belief. On the contrary, they tend to shake it. If we are more humane than other peoples why do wc notation! more pro tection to the employes in our mines. The work of protecting employes is fairly well done by Massachusetts as well perhajta as the federal government could do it, if not better but some other state, particularly the mining states, are very backward in this mat ter. If the .slates do not safeguard the lives of their people, the United States must, National pride, alone, if theie were no such things as human sympa thy and pity, ought to incite us to wipe out the unevetable record of being of all countries the most reckless of hu man life. Boston Globe. A Generous Spirit. "Henry. I want 2 this morning." "What for?" "Must i account to you for every penny I s?nd?" "I don't iusht upon knowing about every penny. When it's less than a nickel you can bunch it." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Wanted It Abbreviated. Jeweler What shall I engrave in It? Customer-G. O. to II. L. Jeweler What's that, sir? Customer (meekly) George Osborne to Harriet Lewis; bur. just the Initials, please. LIpplncott's. His Solo Dread. Hammond Don't you dread the si lent watches of the night? Martin No; it's the cuckoo clocks that give me away. Harper's Basar. Good Intentions bad actions. will never justify The year that Cleveland and Hen dricks were elected, Hendricks went down to Louisana to hunt and hah and rtat up after tht work of the cam paign. Justice White was with him a good deal. While he was greatly pleased with the results of the election, the thing that gave him the most grati fication was that the people of Indiana had been so patrotic and enthusiastic that they had turned out in great num ben to vote. "Why," he said, "98 per cent of the registered vote went to the polls. Hardly anybody stayed at home. Think of that! Ninety-eight per cent of the registered vote!" "Ob, that's nothing," Justice White re joined. "Right now we are passing through a precinct in which, according to the returns, 498 per cent of the re gistered vote was polled." San Fran cisco Argonaut Tha Race With tha Ram. In Morocco the strarge season of the Mohammedan pew year, beginning March 0, is generally called "Ait-el-Han wela," the rain feast. The people of Morocco pay more elaborate atten tion to the item of sacrifice than any other Moslems. In every town a su preme offering of a ram or he goat takes place at the door of the princi pal mosque. Immediately after It is struck by the official Imam in pres ence of the multitude it is flung on the shoulders of a stalwart Moor, who, ex erting; his utmost strength, runs like a deer through the narrow streets, pur sued by a rabble. The poor animal is pelted with stones by boys and Is Jeered at with execrations from every house, as It is reputed to be carrying the sins of the people. The man rushes along with his burden till be reaches the door of the cadi's palace. If the animal is still breathing the augury Is excellent, for good luck is to be expected all through the year. But if the ram is dead all sorts of evil prognostications are muttered. The One Dish Diet. A food specialist said of dieting: "The simplest, easiest and most effi cacious diet to bring down the weight is the one dish diet. At no meal, that is, should more than one dish be eaten. "The dish may be what you will Irish stew, niacaroui and cheese, roast beef, vegetable soup, bacon and eggs but no courses are to precede or fol low it. You may eat as much as you choose of the dish, and yet for all that you will lose weight steadily. "It's the variety of dishes the oys ters, soup, fish, turkey, mince pie, ice cream it's the variety of dishes, cre ating an artificial appetite when the body has really had all It requires, that causes corpulence. If we confine ourselves to one dish we know when we've had enough we don't know oth erwiseand the result is that we soon drop down to the slimness natural t children, animals and temperate and healthy men and women." He Started tha Trouble. Mrs. Johnson had begun to learn French and was gleefully informing her husband of the rapid progress she was making in her studies. "I'm afraid," remarked Johnson, "that you'll soon grow tired. I've known people tackle a foreign tongue, expecting to know all about It in a few weeks, but before they hare mastered even the rudiments their enthusiasm has evaporated and they hare given tip the task as hopeless." "Ob, that's not the case with me," declared Mrs. Johnson confidently. "I am getting on splendidly, and Pro fessor Dubois says I shall soon begin to think in French." "Well," the husband murmured, "I won't Interpose any further objection, and I shall be glad when you are able to think in French. It will be some thing you have been unable to do In any other language!" Twain's Most Quoted Witticism. Of all the witty things said or writ ten by Mark Twain no phrase has been quoted oftener than his reply to an alarmist report. "Rumor of my death greatly exaggerated." I think the his tory of this bonmot, says a corre spondent, may interest. Mark Twain was on a visit to London some years ago and bad been secured as the chief guest of a dinner to be given by a lit erary club. On the morning of the day when the dinner was to take place the secretary was shocked to bear a ru mor that Mark Twain had died sud denly. At his wits end, be sought to verify it by a diplomatic note to Mrs. Clemens, in which he mentioned the rumor. Mark Twain got hold of the note and telegraphed the now famous reply, "Rumor of my death greatly ex aggerated." The Flour-do-lit. The fleur-de-lis, the well known em blem of France, is said to have been brought from heaven by an angel to King Clovis, be having made a vow that if he proved victorious in an im pending battle with the Alemanni near Cologne he would embrace Christian ity. It was the national emblem until the revolution of 1789, when the tri color (white, red and blue) was adopt ed. The royalists in 1871 tried to re store the old emblem to the flag, but without success. New York American. Spoiled His Sport, many ducks did you "How Pat?" shoot; "The divll a wan." "aren't there any there?" "Sure th lake wor full av thlm, but iv'ry toime I'd point me gun at wan, d'ye moind, another wan wd get be twixt me an' him an' spoil me a'm!" Toledo Blade. The Comforter. Visitor I just looked in to cheer you up a bit, ami I'm very glad I did, for I met the doctor going out, and be says you're worse than you think and unless you keep up your spirits you can't recover. London Opinion. Comparatively Easy. "It Is hard to lose the savings of a lifetime." "Ob. not so hard. I know of a dozen men with schemes that you could go Into." Louisville Courier-Journal. SPECIAL RATE BULLETIN FOR FEBRUARY TO THE SOUTH: February 7th aad 21st, low round trip hoanaeskera fares are ia effect to tha South; attractive winter totrriat fares ia effect every day to the whole South, with return limit of Juae 1st. TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST: Homseaafcera excursion fares are in effect February 7th aad 21at to large section of newly developing terri tory throughout the West, including the Big Horn-Basis. NEW TOUR OF YELLOWSTONE PARK: A system of new and scenic eight-day personally conducted camping toara of Yellowstone Park will be established Una coning eammer from Cody, Wjo, via the magnificent Gov ernment Shoshone Dam along the Government Road over Sylvan Pane through the Park and return, by the Yellowstone Park damping Sc Trans portation Co,, Aron Holm, proprietor. Price from Cody, including all accommodations, only $50.00. Parties leave Cody every day dnring the summer. This Transportation Company has handled large parties of camp era ia sueh a satisfactory manner that their growing patronage now requires daily tours from Cody. It will pay you to write that company at Cody, Wyoming, early, and later in the season ask for new Park Cody Route Leaflet. ISfflH She Wanted lath. The matluee performance was about half over when a distracted lookiug woman with a curly haired youngster of six soughtout the man in the box office. "There are boxes on your chairs iu there," she began, "and they say drop a nickel in and get a box of candy." "Yes, I see," asserted the man in the box office. "Well," she continued Indignantly, "I dropped a nickel In for my little girl." "And couldn't you get the candy?" queried the box office man. "Wait; I'll see if we can get it out." "Oh, yes," answered the woman; "I got the candy all right, but I couldn't get the nickel out" And to the ticket man at least this remark furnished a more dramatic mo ment than any in the play. Louisville Times. Dsan Swift and the Cook. "Moderation in all things" Is the best precept for everyday life. There Is a good story about Dean Swift apropos of the value of never overdo ing anything. The dean's cook one day overroasted the leg of mutton for dinner, and iu consequence she was summoned to the dining room. "Cook," said the dean in a pleasant voice, "this leg of mutton is overdone; take it back and do it less." "Impossible, your reverence!" ex claimed the cook. "Well," replied her master, -supposing it had been underdone, you could easily have done It more." "Certainly, your reverence." "Then." said the dean. "let this be a lesson to you. If you commit a fault always take care that it is a fault which will admit of a remedy." Countor Diplomacy. "I think you will like this goods, madam," urged a salesman in a Euclid avenue shop. "It is just the thing for a stout, middle aged lady. "Sir!" squealed the customer iu a rage. The clerk saw his faux pas and recovered himself quickly. "Pardon me." he smiled. "I mistook you for the young lady who was In here yesterday looking for something for her grandmother. Now that I look at you again, I see that this was an older ierson. Now. if you are buying for yourself, we have something over here that" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Litarary Nota. The teacher had beeu talking to her pupils on Ouida's story, "The Dog of Flanders." and she followed her talk by an oral test. "Now, what is the name of tiie au thor?" she queried. Small and Slaugy Boy Ob, You Ida. Boston Record. BaVaBaff inauma kt3H iBfBaSBBBJBfBfBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB KBieleleleleleleleleleleMaHK teHBH..l.l.lH.lHaW'1 aiana.aiHHKHSSEffii"i - ggfc aaeaeaH "" SSgsWWHkr: .1 I Magazine Binding I Old Books I I Rebound I I In fact, for anything in tbe book I I binding line bring your work to I I &e I I Journal Office I I Phone 184 I iimii - - -- " - -- L. F. RECTOR. TlCktt flfCM GwIufh&hu. Ntfcr. L. V. WAKftLaW. OmI. Paasawasr flop. OatalM. iUe A Competent Critic A famous actor at an elaborate en tertainment at a Fifth avenue" million aire's (uilare iu Xew York rose to re cite Mrs. Bruwulug's "Dead Pau." As he announced his subject and prepared to begin he beard a lady near him say distinctly: "What N the next piece? Some thing funny. I hope. Oh. yes The Dead Pan!' Dear me. bow odd! Of course it must be funny something about bad cooking. I suppose." Tha Duration of a Dream. One evening Victor Hugo was dic tating letters to uis secretary. Over come by fatigue, the great man drop ped into a slumber. A few moments afterward he awoke, haunted by a dream which, as be thought, had ex tended over several hours, and lie blamed his secretary for sitting there waiting for him Instead of wakening him or else going away. AVbat was his surprise when the bewildered sec retary told him that be bad only just finished writing the last sentence dic tated to him. Goodness. Whatever mitigates the woes or In creases the happiness of others is u just criterion of goodness, and what ever Injures society at large or any individual iu it is a criterion of In iquity. One should not quarrel with a dog without a reason sufficient tu vindicate one through all the courts of morality. Goldsmith. Good Proof. "Guess I must have been born un- lucky." "What makes you say that?" "Well, for Instance. I went to a ball game once. There were eighteen play ers on the diamond, fifteen or twenty on the benches, 10,000 people in the grand stand, 20,000 on the bleachers, andthe ball bit me!" Toledo Blade. Swell Sot Credentials. Mrs. De Butt (making out a list of Invited guests for dinner) Can you think of any others? Mrs. Von Setter There is Mrs. Kum bac. "I bad thought of her, but she did not try to smuggle." Philadelphia Ledger. One Exception. Nearsighted Old Man I say, did you break the record? Aeronaut No. but I broke every thing else. Judge. Placed. Mrs. B. Is she a Mary of the vine clad cottage? Mrs. M. No. a Martha of the rubber plant flat. Harper's Bazar. Thoughts never lack words. It 1 words that lack thoughts. Juubert. 0&r :s ISSSJSJIhi I 4 4 4 v I ZT T