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In the interval General Wood finds It
Wisest for him to buw wood.
Even -Germany Is at last becoming
Interested In the morality and humanity
of Germany's army officers.
' When the fruit Jobbers perfect their
proposed combination all things will be
considered ripe for a squeeze.
Colonel ' Bryan admires Lord Rose
ery. Lord Ilosebery has not stated
what he thinks of Colonel Bryan. '
rart(fhe republicans will open
the entries In. the presidential race of
.2004 and let the democrats follow.
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'- June 21 will be one date when those
,whoenJoy excitement' would rather' be
In Chicago than In St- Louis, fair or u6
fair. . . .. k - -
In arran1i8 -yonr -Christmas' dona
tions It will be(well to remember that
little Irish boys don't care for 'any
oranges In theirs.
Senator Foster .declares the beet the
natural enemy of the refining trust
This true, Nebraska1 Is distinctly "the
enemy's, country."
A North Dakota sheriff was-fined for
"approaching" a Juror. Thus we see
bo,v prevulent has become the popu
larity of golf terms.
Tills Is an ago of evolution. The
twentieth- century Snuta Claus has un'
loaded the bulk of his Christmas, gifts
on the rural delivery carrier.
It la suspected Unit Mme. Nordica'a
Atnlre for legal separation from her hus
bnud Is prompted by a prior desire to
separate hlrrfrom her Income.
. Ills friends haTe the consolation of
knowing that by this time nerbert
Spencer does not care whether his ashes
arp admitted to Westminster abbey or
sent elsewhere.
KenatoPiIanna's advice to members of
the , republican national . committee to
statid "pat" will doubtless bo heeded,
especially the uieuilrs whose political
ambition leaves nothing more to hope
or to pray for.
" Colonel Bryan may possibly have al
reudy written a book on Ids observa
tion In England. Distinguished for
eigitfara have ; frequently undertaken to
lutiStt and criticise American institutions-
on much briefer acquaintance.
No sooner had the Fifty-eighth con
gress fceen formally opened by the read
ing of the presldmifs meHnage than Its
overworked and underpaid members be
gun to ponder and wrestle with the ques
tion of adjournment for the holidays.
By the way, how do the populists
like the idea of the democrats running
I'urker or Gorman for the presidency?
Would tlu-y be willing again to be the
tall' of the democratic kite with either
ef these two great reformers at the
head?
' Germany's luluiuter to Servia is leav
Ing Belgrade rather than dunce at Klug
IVler's ball. A foreigner would uatur
'ally feel some delicacy about encircling
women whose husbands do not hesitate
to kill even a king when they do not
like his ways. . -
A, commentator on euucatloual move
ineuts expresses himself as glad to
see the English following the American
custom of lurge gifts to institutions of
learning In that a man of meuus has
given a quarter of a million dollars to
University college In Loudon and at the
same time kept Mb name secret Amer
ica u philauturoplxts seldom make their
endowment anonymously rather con
dltlou them on the perpetuation of their
tuiuiea In the favored institution
rns rARAMuvxT isscks vf ism.
Great national Issues are not created
by party platforms, but by conditions
that force themselves upon the people
for solution. The two burning questions
that will overshadow al! others In the
Impending national campaign are
"trusts' and "labor." These issues
occupy the . minds of all thoughtful
Americans and cannot be sidetracked or
brushed aside by polities! tliucservers
who luck , the courage to grapple with
them.
Before the opening of the historic cam
paign of 185)0 predictions were made by
prominent republican leaders that with
McKInley as the standard-bearer all
Issues except the tariff would be forced
into the background. But that forecast
proved Itself deceptive. Financial dis
tress and commercial . stagnation had
created awave'of popular discontent
that culminated In the clamor for cheap
money and the free silver craze. Pro
tection or free trade, high tariff or tariff
for revenue, became secondary Issues
and so continued to the end. That politi
cal wlll-o'-the-wisp did not spend Its full
force even in the campaign of 1900.
The over-capltallzatlon of the colossal
trusts organized Vlthln the past five
years, with their natural sequence of
reckless speculations and stock gam
bling, followed by terrible contraction
In the price of over-valued" securities,
over-production of trust commodities and
threatened general wage reduction have
created a problem that'demands solution
through national regulation and cuper
vlslon. The magnitude of trust capitalization
and the injuries trust inflation has In
flicted, not alone upon Investors, but
upon the entire country, can scarcely be
exaggerated. What would have become
of the country had the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys been afflicted with
drouth and the cotton states with gen
eral crop failure during ' the present
year? These, crops represent at the
most conservative estimate $2,500,000,
000. What would have become of the
country had not this stream of wealth
poured out of the west and south to
offset the shrinkage of $1,500,000,000 in
the value of industrial and railroad se
curities? ' 1 V
Linked In with the trust problem and
even more difficult and delicate to
handle Is the labor problem. Organized
lnbor lnr many' of Its features Is a
counterpart of the corporate monopolies
that dominate nearly all American in
dustries. When Greek meets Greek then
comes the tug of war. The clashing of
contending forces of organized labor and
organized capital must be reckoned with
and these agencies of modern Industry
kept Ithln due bounds in order to pre
vent destructive and ruinous conflicts.
'A foil and free discussion of the rights
and wrongs of labor and capital will
constitute the paramount Issue of 1904
and while no party will dare to proclaim
Itself as' committed in faVor of the" trusts
and against trust regulation and control
or for the crushing out of trades unions,
the divergence tetween the parties will
be along those lines. " " ' "
FATING COLOMBIA.
i It is stated that Secretary Hay Is very
strongly in favor of the United States
paying Colombia $10,000,000 for its title
to the canal route and it is said that the
president and secretary of state can
readily demonstrate to the national
legislature that a much greater sum
than that named may be requlr.ed to
aid Panama in , maintaining Its inde
pendence. As a menus of assuring
peace between Colombia and Panama
the expediency of paying a sum of
money to the former, may be conceded,
but it is doubtful if American public
opinion would approve adding another
$10,000,000 to the very liberal amount
which It is now proposed this govern
ment shall pay for.tltle to the canal.
Granting the desirability of "healing
the wounds in the national honor of
Colombia by an application of American
gold," it would seem that Panama
should be willing to at least divide the
$10,000,000 she Is' to' receive with
Colombia and that the latter should be
fully satisfied with such an arrange
ment. Our government will not of
course, attempt to coerce any payment
on the part of Panama, but it can with
entire propriety advise a division with
Colombia of the money to be paid by
the Unjted States for canal concessions
and it is hardly to be doubted that such
advice would be ' favorably regurded.
So far as this government is concerned.
it of course does not concede that Co
lombia now has any title in the canal.
All title Is vested in Panama, as is
fully recognized in the treaty negotiated
with that republic. Any payment made
to Colombia, therefore, would be solely
In the Interest of peace, since we should
distinctly stultify ourselves by even in
directly acknowledging thut Colombia
still possesses any title or claim in the
Panama canal.
Perhaps $10,000,000 would not be too
much to pay for the preservation of
peace. Possibly if Colombia should uu
dertnke a guerrilla warfare against
Pamima our government would be
called upon to expend more than that
amount In defending tbo new republic
and maintaining its Independence. It
Is, however, doubtful if there is any
real danger of such a warfare or of any
serious attempt on the part of Colombia
to regain possession of Panama. The
Colombian government must now fully
understand the hopelessness of any such
undertaking. It has certainly been in
formed by its representatives in the
United States that not only Mill our
government not recede from the position
it has taken, but that it intends to
fully protect the Republic of Panama
and maintain its independence. The re
ported movements of small armed bodies
toward the isthmus, if true, are hardly
to be regarded seriously and it seems
most unlikely that Colombia will Invite
a conflict with the United States by un
dertaklng an Invasion of Panama. As
to the new republic, it has received
recognition, f roui tlx nations and at an
early date will have a completely or
ganized government prepared to enter
into relations with all countries. .
SianCBAVT marix commission.
President Roosevelt correctly says
that a majority of our people desire
that steps be taken in the interests of
American shipping, "so that we may
once more resume our former position
in the ocean-carrying trade." The gteat
Importance of the subject is fully real
ized by those who have given it in
telligent copslderatlon. There are few
Americans who will question the de
sirability of this country carrying on
its trade with foreign nations In Ameri
can ships sailing under our own flag.
But how to attain this end is a question
as to which there is diversity of opinion
and at present there is no promise that
the differences In regard to the policy
that should be adopted will be recon
ciled. The advocates , of subsidy hold
firmly to their position and the op
ponents of that method are equally im
movable. In his message the president recom
mends a commission for the purpose of
investigating and reporting to congress
at Its next session what legislation la
deferable or necessary for the develop
ment of the American merchant marine,
lie suggests that such commission con
sist of the secretary of the navy, the
postmaster general, the secretary of
commerce and labor and such repre
sentation of the senate and house as
congress may designate. A bill has
been introduced In the house of repre
sentatives which provides for giving
effect to the executive recommendation.
It being reasonably certain that the
subject will not receive consideration at
the present session of congress, perhaps
It would be well to have a commission
Investigate and report at the next ses
sion, though there Is really little reason
to think that the investigation would
have any practical result. No subject
has been more thoroughly discussed
than this and It Is difficult to see how
a commission could shed any new light
on It However, no harm could be done
by such an- investigation as the presi
dent recommends and there is at least
a possibility that It might be conducive
to practical steps foe building up an
American merchant marine.
Flltt RAT EH AUD ISSCBASCX PROFITS.
An article in the current number of
The Annals of the American Academy
of Political and Social Science entitled
"Fire Insurance Rates1 and Methods"
presents an analysis of the financial ex
hibits of our American fire insurance
companies that is sure to be on eye
opener to the holders of fire risks and
to keep the champions of the under
writers busy with explanations for some
time, The sum and substance of the
article is a severe arraignment of the
fire companies for extravagance 1n the
conduct of their own business and the
exaction of extortionate rates from
policy holders in, order to pay exorbitant
commissions and excessive dividends.
Instead of the 25 per cent Increase In
rates ordered last year under pretext of
recouping losses, the author, Walter C.
Bctts, insists that there were no unusual
losses to recoup and that rates should
have been materially reduced instead of
raised. ; It Is his opinion that the colos
sal waste Involved in ,our entire system
of insurance against fire would swamp
a less prosperous nation and that radical
changes are imperative to make the out
lay more commensurate with the re
turns to the great body of insurers.
The statistical tables embodied in this
study have been compiled from official
data presented at the annual meeting of
the National Board of Fire Underwriters
on May 14, 1903, and are not likely to
be questioned even though issue may be
taken with the conclusions. Mr. Betts
maintains that these returns, embracing
the business of all the American joint
stock fire companies, slmw this state of
facts:
That tne yearly average aiviaenu on
stock from 18(50 to 1902, inclusive, has
been 11.14 per cent. and the average for
the last eight years has been still
higher, vbelng highest in 1902, when it
reached 11.96, Just when the under
writers raised rates to recoup losses.
That the increase of business, compar
ing 1900 and 1902, was HVj per cent
and the increase of outlay for commis
sions and brokerage was 20 per cent
so that out of an increased income of
alwut $39,000,000, $8,000,000, or over 20
pef cent, went to the brokers.
That the payment to the Insurance
broker has steadily grown from an
average of 10.5 cents per $100 in the
years 1SU0 to 1870 to an average of 17.7
cents- per $100 In the year 1902 and is
today greater than at any . time since
1S0O. .
That out of the money taken in by
the fir companies, while they paid out
for losses in 1902 $00,000,000 of lndem
nity, they retained $47,044,000 for them
selves, their ' agents ' and expenses, or
nearly $48 out of every $114 entrusted
to their care.
That the average yearly premium on
a policy of $10,000 charged by all the
Joint stock fire companies doing bus!
nes8 In the United States has risen from
$80.32 in 1800-70 to $115.18 In 1902 and
1s now much higher than at any time In
the last forty-two years. A
That the losses entailed on the com
panies by f.re have varied only from
$40.55 to $51.67 per $10,000 of risk as
sumed by them and or 1902 were $44.17,
or less than the average. .
That the percentage of Insurance
money ' returned to the public has
steadily grown less and that retained by
the fire companies grown greater, the
figures for 1!m2 having been $44.17 and
$71.01 resjMH-tively.
. The author demolishes the excuse
found In the surplus fund as a Justifies
tion for overcharges, asserting that
these reserves do not belong to the in
surance companies, but to the succes
sion of policy holders, and that Income
from investments la if much payment
for current business as the annual pre
mium receipts. He Insists also that
iBiich loss could be obviated If the com
panies sought more actively to eliminate
the causes of fire and to Increase the
facilities for 'extinguishing it rather
than to await its scourgings and then to
raise prices as a result most people to
day buy fire insurance because It allows
them to become more careless.-
The' thorough ventilation of this Im
portant subject cannot fall to work
some good and may even bring about
what Mr. Betts demands: "More In
telligent, more economical, less distaste
ful and less evident methods of exploita
tion,"
MURTOAOtNO TUB AIR.
In this age of credulous trust fullness
nobody appears to be surprised at the
effort now being made by audacious
promoters to mortgage the very air we
breath in the shape of Marconi wireless
securities. The advertisement that has
been inserted extensively in the lending
papers of the country announces that
the safest and most promising invest
ment before the public of today is the
securities of the Marconi Wireless Tele
graph company of America. Assurance
is given by the promoters that the policy
of the directory is Jonservative and the
capitalization is exceedingly moderate.
A limited allotment of the Marconi se
curities is offered for Investment and to
make the bait very attractive attention
Is directed to the fact that the original
Edison electric light stock sold for $4,000
a share one year after it reached par,
and the Bell telephone stock has paid
$200,000 on each original investment of
$100. The information is also vouch
safed that "while the'stock of the British
Marconi company is now. selling at only
$22 a share, it is likely that Marconi
securities representing $5 will increase
In value $200 or even $300." This is a
very attractive prospectus and were it
not for the wavering of popular confi
dence in get-rlch-qulck schemes the air
line mortgages would sell like hot cakes.
CIVIL HERTtCM PROBLEMS,
The house committee on civil service
reform will have presented to Its atten
tion at the present session a number of
matters relating to the civil service of
the government which, in the Judgment
of the chairman of the committee, Mr.
Glllett of Massachusetts, call for pres
ent consideration. It is stated that
hitherto this committee has been little
else than a graveyartl for certain objec
tionable measures that could 'properly
be referred to it with the certainty tha,t
they would be burled, but the new
chairman has determined to Infuse some
vitality into the committee and give it
a standing which It has not heretofore
had., He proposes to make it a working
body, from which. some practical results
may be obtained.
It is the Intention of Chairman Glllett
to summon the executive officers of the
various departments and bureaus, to
testify concerning the alleged Incompe
tency of many of then clerks, after
which the committee will dlscuse a
remedy for the situation. Including the
pressing question of superannuation In
the civil service. The Washington cor
respondent of the New York Evening
Post says that friends of the merit sys
tem realize that something must be
done with the superannuation question,
or the service will become much over
loaded. The civil pension Idea being
unpopular, the question as to what shall
bo done with those who have grown so
old in the public service as to be no
longer able to efficiently perform the
duties required of them is a perplexing
one. There Is naturally a feellnir of
sympathy for these old public servants.
yet at the same time it is realized that
their continuance in the service is more
or less of a detriment to it, which even
so beneficent a government as ours can
not reasonably be expected to tolerate.
But how to provide an avenue of grace:
ful retirement for the superannuated is
a problem yet to be worked out and this
the house committee on civil service re
form will endeavor td do.
In regard to the incompetents the
question would seem to be simpler, ft
is almost incredible that any consider
able number of Incapable clerks should
be allowed to remain in the public serv
ice, yet such appears to be the fact and
it is natural to assume that their reten
tion is largely due to friends In congress
and others having political Influence. It
is also stated that executive officers with
but a short term ef power and responsi
bility will not dismiss employes simply
because they are incompetent If this
is the fact it is not easy to see how con
gress can do anything to remedy the
matter. We can conceive of no prac
ticable rule or regulation which con
gress might make that would be ofany
value if executive officers are indifferent
regarding the incompetents under them.
There are other matters which the
house committee will find worthy of its
attention and the friends of the merit
system will be pleased to learn that the
committee intends to do some earnest
work.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch Is cele
brating a dual occasion by the issue of a
beautiful special number devoted to the
twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding
by Joseph Pulitzer and the approaching
opening of the great Louisiana Pur
chase exposition. The Post-Dispatch is
almost as much , as the New York
World the foundation upon which the
fame of Mr. Pulitzer as a Journalist
rest, and his achievements .with both
papers have been so wonderful from
every point of view that they would be
Incredible but for the verity reinforced
by the daily work of these great Insti
tutions. These twin champions of pop
ular rights the one In the east and the
other in the mid-west -are factors of
national progress whose efforts for en
lightenment are unremitting. It is types
of Journalism 'like the Post-Dispatch
that mark the efficiency of American
newspaper makers and the superior in
telligence of American newspaper
reader.' The Tost-Dispatch and Irs
patrons are both to be congratulated.
The world's output of gold for this
year is computed at $300,000,000, In
round figures, while the value of this
year's crop of corn raised on the farms
of the United States Is computed at
$1,000,000,000 and the value of the cotton
raised on the plantations of the southern
states this year will be marketed for
another $1,000,000,000.
The wise soothsayers at Washington
seem averse to venturing a prediction
aa to the time required to ratify the
new Panama canal treaty until they get
some definite idea of the amount of
wind kept in reserve by the redoubtable
Senator Morgan.
Pair to Look I'poa.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
All the big- countries as well as the little
ones are recognizing Panama since she
fell heir to 110,000,000.
Prosperity Favors the Brave.
Bt. IjouIs Globe-Democrat.
This country Is a great deal bigger than
it used to be. It Is having hard times in
the east and good times in the west
Maejaetlsm of the Chaperosu
Baltimore American.
Russia has recognised Panama. It Is
quite remarkable the notice the new re
public has made since her debut in world
society with Columbia for her chaperon.
Melancholy Decadence.
Minneapolis Times.
There is painful evidence of Mr. Bryan's
decadence In the fact . that he is writing
long letters to his Commoner about his
tour abroad and unblushlngly telling about
his merry jousts with dukes and plutea.
Wonldn't They Ron.
Philadelphia Press. . i
It begins to look as If a distinguished
citizen of Nebraska now abroad would
bring back a ready-made democratic presi
dential ticket constituted of William ).
Bryan for president and Richard Croker
for vice president. The platform would be
all smiles.
WHAT AMERICANS READ.
Mental Pabulum Served la the Form
. of Fiction.
E. D. North in the Outlook.
. Someone has eald that all of us can read
and that most of us would rather lie down
and die than think. One is reminded of
this remark when works on philosophy,
metaphysics, psychology and theology are
kept completely in the background In the
average book store. Certain It is that, if
these books be widely read by the general
public, they must be taken from the
libraries or bought direct from the pub
lisher, as they do not appear for sale to
any considerable extent In the ordinary
market.
In examining the statistics of the year
showing the number of books printed and
the olassea they represent, one gets an idea
of what the publio really reads. The fol
lowing figures, although representing the
publishing end of the business, ' are also
fairly representative of the book-selling
end. Fiction, imported and home-made,
heads the list of 1902 by an output of be
tween 1,700 and 1,800. Aside from teohnlcal
publications, which are merely tools for
the workman, the entire, lists of , other
works of literature for the same year; upon
an acknowledged- approximate estimate,
number only between 2,000 and 2,600.
We must accept then, the fact that - In
these days we prefer our mental pabulum
served in the form of fiction, and acknowl
edge at the same time that the boundaries
between fiction and philosophy or psychol
ogy, or sclentiflo statements, have quite
disappeared, and everything included in
the entire universe can, it now appears,
be put into a stgry.
PERSONAL NOTES.
It Is generally believed Mr. Bryan escaped
from Ireland without attaching the historic
O' to his name. ;
Florists, horticulturists and surgeons do
not provoke much criticism, although they
are experts in the art of grafting.
."Demote," used as an antonym for "pro
mote," Is the latest horror perpetrated by
the Washington end of the Associated
Press.
Occasionally democracy strikes the stren
uous pace. Observe how easily the supreme
Judges of Missouri throw boodlers out of
court. . , '
The young bloods of an Indiana school
gave their teacher a "treat" by thrusting
her Into a pond of Icy water. The fooikiller
should get busy or throw up the Jpb.
Just now Chicago Is In a temper to agree
to a general disarmament. The chief ob
stacle to peace Is the dlQculty of catching
the gun crowd, which Is both wise and
shady.
Galveston proposes to lift Itself above
high tide, about seven feet, and complete
the Job in three years. Things come our
way when we puh them. Galveston is
pushing.
John D. Rockefeller appeared on his pri
vate golf links the other day attired in a
satin vest of vivid green, gray striped
trousers, yellow shoes and a tourist's cap.
Another fit la due from Ida Tarbell.
Boston, the admirable, the sedate, the
hoohoo of the hence, soberly admits a rec
ord of 19,334 arrests for drunkenness in
seven months of this year. People who
haven't the price to move away often
drown their sorrows " in deep poLatlons."
The statistician of Harper's Weekly goes
to the trouble of showing that the amount
of liquor consumed by the American public
last year would fill a canal 100 miles long,
100 feet wide and ten feet deep. What's the
use! Navigation could not be Improved by
enlarging the Jagway.
George H. Lorlmer, author of "Letters of
a Self-made Merchant to His Bon," In his
latest contribution to packing house phil
osophy, takes a shot at millionaires who
make conditional contributions to publio
institutions. "These millionaires who give
away a hundred .thousand or so," Old Gra
ham is made to say, "wltlt the under
standing that the other fellow will raise
another hundred thousand or so, always
remind me of a lot of boys coaxing a dog
Into their yard with a hunk of. meat, so
that they can tie a can to his tall the pUp
edges up licking bis chop at the thought of
the provisions and hanging his tall at the
thought of the hardware. If he gets the
Is meat he's got to run himself to death
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They who court fame never win It.
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asy virtue is the nurse of hard vice.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat: A Boston
minister is to ba tried for his peculiar views
on the subject of eschatology. A minister
might as well 'lie. swear and steal as to be
weak in his eschatology.
Minneapolis Times: There is a priest In
Peeksklll. N. T.. who la a bully good chap.
He has taken Aip the cause of a young edi
tor whom a 'republican political "ring"
has been boycotting and trying-' to put ont
of business because he dared to speak his
mind. Bo Father Curran called a publio
meeting and announced: "I hereby donate
one-half of my year's salary a pastor of
this church to Thomas Pendell, editor. I
do thta in the name of fair play, of com
mon decency and of common manhood. He
Is a Protestant and I am a priest of ithe
Rqman Cathollo church, but we are brother
Americans and I fight at his side." Good
for rather Curran, "may his tribe In
crease." We can stand- plenty more pa
triots of his Ilk.
Chicago Chronicle: The sudden Illness
and death of Rev. James Mlnto Pullman In
Lynn, Mass., coupled with tHe falntlngs on
the same day of two women In the First
Methodist church of Racine, should lead
to an Investigation of our churches and an
improvement of the means of ventilation.
Many of the churches throughout the coun
try were built before the present knowl
edge or means of sanitation were thought
of. The decay of years lurks in hidden
comers and microbes galore wait the Bun-
day opening to feed upon their prey. The
fact that Rev. H. P. Haylett was twice
stricken In the pulpit of the Racine church
should have been warning enough of the
existing danger without waiting lot addi
tional threats of death.
Kansas City Btar: "Imagine what you
or I would have been if we had not been
saved," said John D. Rockefeller, jr., to his
Bible class, in New York on last Sunday.
The people of the United States have
reason to think about that every day, and
they never cease to thank Qod that young
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his sainted father removed in his youth
from Rich ford, N. T.t which was a wicked
town, without those religious influences
which have sanctified the whole Rockefel
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vanced only J6 cents within the last few
months. Just think how much higher It
might have gone If young Rockefeller and
John P. Rockefeller pere had not been
snatched as brands from the burning and
soundly consecrated to the service and
worship of the living God I
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"I want a million In my own right, papa,"
remarked Mrs. Croesus.
"Why?" he asked.. ,
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band." Chicago Post. . ,
An Atchison bride had printed on her
calling cards, "At home Wednesday after
noons." After six months' marriage she
has added: "And every day in the week,
and can't get the work done then. "Atch
ison Globe. !
' Clara I knew by the tone of hi volcs"
that he was going to propose to me.
Maud Was there a ring in It? Detroit
Free Press.
He (whose wife has been reading some
of his old love letters to her) What ls the
use of keeping all those old things?
She Lest we forgetr-lest we forget
Brooklyn Life.
"What havs you to Say for yourself?"
she asked. , .
"Nothing," he replied. -
"Nothing?" she repeated.
"Nothing," he said. "I have myself with
out saying, but I'd say a good deal for
you." Chicago Post.
"Do you think your father has any Idea
that I have serious intentions concerning
y "I heard him telling mother the oher day
that he didn't think it would cost Sny more
to have you at the table regulurly than it
does for me to feed you from the pantry
shelves every night." Chicago Record
Herald. THE CRY OP THE DREAMER.
John Boyle O'Reilly.
I sm tired of planning and tolling
Tn Vilvea nf men:
Heart-weary of building and spoiling,
And rpolling and building again.
And I long for the dear old river.
Where 1 dreamed my youth away;
For a dreamer lives forever.
And a toiler dies In a any.
I am sick of the showy seeming
Or a life that is half a lie:
Of the faces lined with scheming
In the throng that hurries by.
From the sleepless thoughts' endeavor
I would go where the children play
For a dreamer lives forever.
And a toller dies in a day.
I can feel no pride, but pity
For the burdens the rich endure.
There Is nothing sweet In the city
Hut the patient lives of the poor.
Oh. the little hands too skillful,
And the child mind choked with weeds!
The daughter's heart grown willful.
And the father's heart that bleeds!
No, no! from the street's rude bustle.
From trophies of mart and stage,
I would fly tn the woods' low rustle
And the meadow's kindly page.
Let me dream as of old by the river.
And be loved for the dream alwayi '
For a dreamer lives forever.
And a toller dies In a day!
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