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The Omaha Illustrated Bee NUMBER 2S Entered Becond Class at Omaha Fostofllce Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Co. Subscription, $2.50 Per Year. DECEMBER 4, 1004. Tersely Told Tales Both Grim, Gay and Sad A Question of Detail. )RJ1ER JUDGB MAYER waa re lating bow lawyer often badger witnesses unintentionally, and cited the ease of a prizefighter who waa on the stand to testify , concerning a street fight In which he waa a principal. The plaintiffs attorney po litely asked the burly witness: "Did I understand you to say that you were a pugilist?" "Dst's what I am," proudly answered the prisoner. "Oral, manual or ealigraphlo?" suavely Inquired the lawyer. The pugilist looked aa If he had received a blow In the solar plexus, his face grew red aa a danger signal and he seemed about to spring out of the chair upon hla Inquisitor. Then, turning to the bench, he growled: "Say, Judge, I'm a fighter, and'dat'a all, but I ain't one o' dein t ings dat pie faced bloke calls me." Judge Mayer anld the attorney withdrew the obnoxious question, and the case pro ceeded without further misunderstanding on the part of the doughty defendant New York Herald. la the - roig Chareh. At the International Pease congress In Boston Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood pointed out the selfishness of those who Would not help to right the wronga of foreigners, on the ground' that charity begins at home. "Such persons," said Mrs. Lockwood, "are Ilk an old woman who lived In Lima while I was a atudent there. "This old woman waa absent minded. One Sunday morning ' she walked Into church, took a front seat and Joined In the service vigorously. Then the collection basket was passed to her, and, putting a coin In It, she looked about. "She looked about, her mind cleared, and an ezpreasioa of amazement overspread her face. "She got up. She hurried down the aisle. She overtook the man with the collection basket. " 'I'm In the wrong church.' she whla 1 pered, and, taking out the coin she had put In, she hurried forth." New York Tri bune. Why the Dos; Died. Mr. Fairbanks, vice presldent-eleot, made his entry Into practical politics In connec tion with his candidacy for a county office. This was a good while ago, but the senator still has a keen remembrance of some In cidents connected with his house-to-house canvass. It was a national - lection year and he was not the only candidate by a good many In hla particular bailiwick. One day he drove up to a farm house and ad dressed a woman who was leaning over the front gate. "Madam," said the aspir ing politician, "is your husband at hornet" "Yep," answered the woman. "Can t see himr "Reckon you can after a bit He's down In the back pasture burying our dog." "Ah, sorry to hear the old dog Is dead. What killed him?" "Wearied himself out barking at candidates," The Bonk of the Aato. Denman Thompson of "Old Homestead" fame was discussing with a party of friends the recent automobile race. "They hadn't any right," said one of the party, "to deprive the farmers of the high way which they are paying taxes for." In reply the actor told this story i "A few days after the race," he said, "I happened to be driving over part of the same course. I stopped at a farm house and asked to be allowed to give the horae some water. I got some good hard older along with It. " Wbat did you think of the automobile racer I asked my genial host. " The best thing for me that ever hap pened,' replied the farmer. " "WhatI' I exclaimed. 'I thought all you farmers were against It. " 'Net me,' said the farmer. Teu see, I got a balky mule that draws my stuff Into market every morning. Yesterday morning that mule balked half way to the market. Couldn't get him to stir. While I was trying to coax him I saw a strange thing lying la the roadway. Sort of a rubber thing. I picked It up and accidentally squeeaed It- It let out a turrlble noise. Just like one of those machines, and that mule started, me on the tailboard, and never stopped till It got to the ferry. I brought It home and I showed It to 'Manda, and we squeeaed It and squeesed It and squeesed It, and every darn ohlokea ran to the oeep, every darn pig bid In the pen, every darn sow ran to the barn, the eat got behind the stove, the dog got In his house, and 'Mandy and me epent the quiet est night we've had In many a day. No, atree, of all the labor-saving machines I ever did hear of this Is the beat.' "-New York Times, , Jesseresa's Mew Bide. Joseph Jefferson has "la his time played many parts." yet so closely Is hs Identified with "Rip Vaa Wlnkls" that the pubUo never lost sight of It when It had the privilege of seeing him. While be was playing In Missouri onoe he boarded a notoriously slow train tor St. Joseph. He' went into the sleeping oar, but not to go to bed, aa the train was due at St. Joseph late la the evening. It dawdled along, how ever, and finding that It could hardly arrive before morning, he ordered his berth made up. As the porter finished his task Mr. Jeffer son said, "This Is the worst road I ever traveled en. I fanoy I'm In tor a full night of it" " 'Deed. I reckon 70a Is, sen," replied the porter. "Positively the slowest road! It'U be morning before we are there. Do you think you'll get In before I'm awake?" "glow road, sah I Bound to be plumb mo'nla", sah. But ons of ths pasaengera, aah, waa tsllln' me that you'a ths gen-le-man what once went to sleep and slep' twenty years; and I reckon, sah, dat if you take one e' dem naps we'll be able to land you mighty close to 8t Jo 'fore you wake, sah." Philadelphia Press. Be Waa Takesi Back. At a dinner to the archbishop of Canter bury la New York. Bishop Chaunoey Brey ster of Connecticut decried self-pralae. "Is there anything tamer." he said, "than to hear a man praise himself than to hesr a Judge praise a decision he baa Just msde, or a surgeon praise aa appen dix operation he has performed, or a elerby man praise a sermon he has preached? "Let me tell you about a certain self praising clergyman. "At a dinner similar to this one he be- ir i gen to talk of hla own eloquence. He talked of It a long time. Finally he de scribed a sermon wherewith he had raised enough money to build a magnificent new church. "He said that this sermon had thrown the congregation Into a transport of lib erality. From all sides of the auditorium there had resounded announcements of subscriptions of Jl.OO, of 12.000, even of IS, 000. Women had advanced to the altar and thrown In their watches, their rings and their bracelets. One young woman had even "But here a distinguished bishop Inter rnpted. He bent forward and tapped the apeaker on the shoulder. " "Couldn't you lend me that sermon ha whispered." Buffalo Enquirer. Hard to Be Identified, A stranger came Into an Augusta bask the other day and presented a check fog which he wanted the equivalent In cash. "Have to be Identified." said the clerk. The stranger took a bunch of letters from his pocket, all addressed to the same name as that on the check. The clerk shook his head. The man thought a minute and pulled, out hla watch, which bore the name on Its Inside cover. Clerk hardly glanced at It The man dug into hia pockets and found one of those "lf-I-should-dle-tonlght-please-notlfytny-wlfe" cards, and called the clerk's attention to the description, which fitted to a T. But the clerk was still obdurate. "Those things don't prove anything," hat said. "We've got to have the word of a ' man that ws know." "But, man, I've given you an Identifica tion that would convlot me of murder la any court in the land." "That's probably very true," responded the clerk, patiently, "but In matters con nected with the bank we have to be mora careful." Pittsburg Index. B Waa To Cordial. A story Is told of a shock received by a Duluth pastor after the services the other night He makes It a point to welcome any strangers cordially, and that evening after the completion of the service he hur ried down the aisle to station himself at the door. - A Swedish girl waa one of the strangers In the congregation. She is employed as a domestlo In one of the fashionable East End homes, and the minister, noting that she was a stranger, stretched out his hand. He welcomed her to the church and ex pressed the hope that aha would be a reg- -ular attendant Finally . he asld that It she would be at home some evening dur ing the week he would call. , Tank you," she murmured, bashfully, "but ay have a fella." Three of the members of the congrega tion heard the conversation and In spite of the fact that their pastor swore them to secrecy one of them "leaked." Minne apolis Journal. IiOol fa a Fob of Words, Bven In the days 'when he was a strug gling young lawyer Chauncey Depew was gifted with a considerable deal of the aelf-confldence which In later years came to be known of many men. One of the first esses he had In court Involved a somewhat complicated question of Inherit ance. But Chauncey gayly tackled It and prepared what he regarded aa an un answerable argument He had proceeded for some time when he noticed that the Judge seemed to lose Interest. Lawyer Depew hesitated and said! "I beg pardon, but I hope your honor follows me." The Judge shifted In' his chair as he repltedi "I have se fsr, but Til say frankly that If X thought I could find my way hack I'd quit right here." e .. Iteeogwleeel It, Here Is a campaign story told by the late Governor Pattlson of Pennsylvania! "A certain candidate thought his chance for election would be Increased If he ac quired a knowledge of Pennsylvania Dutoh, so he prevailed upon a friend who waa familiar with that petoie to accompany him and teach htm a Dutch sentence to use at the end of each speech. "In the excitement of one meeting, how ever, he forgot the phrase so patiently taught him early In the day, and tinder cover of taking a drink of water hastily eommunlcated that faot to hla mentor. " "Never mind,' waa the whlapered reply Just aay, "Waa nempatr" "Thla the apeaker Innocently did, and the result astonished him. " 8uoh a rush from a halL' he afterward said, was probably never before witnessed In the atate of Pennsylvania. What I said In Pennsylvania Dutch was. "What will yon have to drink?" and the proprietor of the hotel to which my audience had ad journed taxed me S3t for my "Was aempsf remark.' "-few Tork News. 3 Court Learned a Lot. Judge Alfred Conkllng Cox, of the TJnlred States circuit court of appeals waa telling the Cornell Law achool etudente the other day of an up-state Judge who came to sit In New Tork. H reached the courtroom at No one was there and he sat down to wait At :S0 In cams a young man. He began talking to the Judge not knowlns- who he was and told of a case of his that waa on for that moral-g. "j don't know ths first thing about the ease,1 confided the young man, "but there's an old duffer from Podunk eemlng to hold court, and I'll tell him my partner Is sick or that there's a witness from Jersey we can't get here, or something of that sort It'll be easy enough." Some time later, much to the young man's astonishment the "old duffer" as cended the bench. Several cases were called and several lawyers gave the same exouses for not being ready that he had said he might give. His own case was called. "Ready," said the opposing attorney. He looked up at the Judge, end the Judge spoke. "Young man," he said, "whatever we do with these other cases we'll grant you aa adjourn ment If you want It The court learned a whole lot from you thla morning." New Tork Herald. The Dally Wattksst "The Dally Washout" volume t. No, 1, waa published at Ban MarctaL N. M., ea October 1, UOt, by the passengers of Bants Fe train No. O, running between El Paeo and Kansas City, The paper will be trees- New r . dm- mm ured by passengers delayed by the recent floods in the southwest It contains a list of the passengers on the train. Including persons from points as far south as the City of Mexloo, as far north as St. Paul and from San Francisco and New York. One of the personals whloh is but a fair sample of the rest says: "Mr. Dick and Mr. Lester, the 'Gold Dust Twins,' will give a barn-storming show at ths opera house this evening." Another one reada; "Somebody who has seen the Prlmra trunk In the baggage car has started the report that Mr. and Mrs. Prlmra are 'enjoying their wedding trip. When approached by our reporter Mr. Prtmm coughed and Mrs, Primna saidi 'Ars ws, Jamie, dearr " $ . Revelatlees of the X-Ray. The late Postmaster General Henry O, Payne had a friend In Milwaukee who Is a physician and owna an X-ray machine, "The doctor," said the postmaster general In relating the story, "waa Interrupted one day by the hurried entrance of a young man. 'Doctor,' said he, 1 have swallowed my diamond pin, Z wish an "jmifn made.' "Ths doctor was not enthuslastla, for the young man already owed a large bill. How ever, the examination was made, but It revealed no sign of the diamond. " 'I am sure that I swallowed It,' pro tested the youth haughtily. "As a plausible explanation, the doctor Distinguished ft A CHARLKS B. BirrVFLET. KTTPRKMT9 t MAN 'KLLOR KNiUHTS OF PXTHIAH 'aTiuu osajj-khuut by . --Y- ... 1 - 1 . I . ' - . J" . . r .... ..., . ' ' - m. yesV -. ' ' .J ' . . . .--f " "' '' g . - : . I ,'-V ;. y,- - Yff . , . i - '. - " :'y : - ; - 4 it' A r 1HV-i : h am-;' aa . ibw b r . ' t v. pr- 1 ' Commissioner of Indian Affairs t - '- suggested Innocently: The rays reveal only solids; perhaps the diamond was paste.' " 'I did not come here to be insulted,' retorted the youth. , " 'Likely you came to pay that little bill,' encouraged the physician. " Td pay you now If I had the money with me,' said the caller. " 'Beg pardon,' observed the doctor suavely, ths X-rays located a coin In your vest pocket, which will at least pay for this examination.' "The bills which encircled the sliver dollar were sufficient to wipe out the entire debt, and the young man left cursing the ad vance mad la medical science," New York Times. Great AdTantasr. One evening last winter at a dinner given by a western senator Prof. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, came in for a lot of chaff because of the failure Just at that time ef his bureau to correctly forecast the weather. Bitting near the professor was a young physician, who, In a very facetious manner, took special delight In twitting the chief on the failure of hla bureau's prognostica tions. Prof. Moore took the matter good naturedly, and each time made soma humor ous reply to the sallies of his medical friend. "Frofesser," said the doctor, patronls lngly, "I'm glad ef one thing." Pythian Visits- in Omaha UPREME CHANCELLOR CHARLES E. SHIVELEY of the Knights of Pythias was elevated to that office at the meeting of the Supreme Conclave of the Pythian Order of the United States at its last annual gathering in Louisville, in August, 1904. He was promoted from the office of supreme vice chancellor, to succeed Supreme Chancellor Tracy R, Bangs of North Dakota, A Native of Hooslerdom Supreme Chancellor Shiveley is a native of Indiana, his home being at Richmond, in that state. He is a lawyer by pro fession and occupies a prominent position at the Indiana bar. ne has been associated with the Knights of Pythias for many years as one of its most active and enthusiastic members. He was for some years a member of the Board of Control of the order and has held nearly all of the offices in the supreme council. Routine of Inspection Tour His recent visit to Omaha followed a tour of the state vis iting the local lodges and a meeting of the grand council at Lin coln Monday,) November 28. He was given a royal reception by the Omaha lodges Tuesday evening, November 29, at Myrtle hall, there being present also Grand Chancellor Kildow, Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Will H. Love of Lincoln and other distin guished Pythians of Nebraska, with visitors from Iowa. Program for Immediate Future Mr. Shiveley went from Omaha to Chicago to meet with the Board of Control and after that meeting will make a tour of the .,V, I. il lA J- cia i id m iue UllfXCBb Lome at Richmond, Ind. i BMBMiaBeBBBBBBBi v"And what is that?" asked the chief ox the weather bureau. "That you chaps at last admit that you make mistakes." ' "Oh, as to that," responded Moore, care lessly, "we must, necessarily. Now, with the medical profession It's quite different You can bury yours, you know I" New York Herald. Overshot the Mark. Ex-Judge Mayer and a party were dis cussing various maxims at the Repub lican club the other night when Colonel Henry Clay Plercy of the house commute said: "Well, Judge, do you really bellave that honesty Is the best policy T" "I'll answer that question by a slory," replied the Judge. "When I was practicing law one day In the Interests of a client Z said to a man: " Do you own a large, black dog with Whl t spots r "He Jooked at xn quizzically and then said: " 'Oh. no; that dog la merely a stray canine that occasionally strolls into my yard. You're a tax assessor, aren't your 'No; I'm only . a lawyer. I came to tell you that a client of mine had aocU dentally shot and killed the big dog and authorised me to pay the owner t25 dam ages. But, as the animal has no owner, why, of course, there's nothing to pay. Good morning.!' "Louisville Herald. ilia nKli Kafnn ivliirrinn n hla t"o mwws akbuiuaxij, lu iu Intimate Character Sketch of Francis E. Leupp From a Ftnff Correspondent.) I ASH1NGTON, Dee. L (Special.) w "I have no sympathy with graf ters. They will not find any ree as long as I am commissioner of Indian afttlrs." Francis . Leupp snapped out the word a His eyes flashed and his Iron gray hair bristled anew as the next commissioner of Indian affairs answered a question regard ing some of hia policies he would inaug urate when he succeeded to the place Shortly to be vacated by William A. Jones. The coming of Frnncls E. Leupp to be the head of the Indian bureau of the In terior department Is really sn event In our political history. It marks the beginning of a largor and more comprehensive treat ment of the Indian question and a corre sponding broadening of the field of the In dian commissioner. Ever since he was a little fellow Mr. Leupp has been Interested In the Indian. At an eurly age a book containing pictures of the American Indian was placed in his hands and the gaudy colored prints attracted him mightily. When old enough to understand the text his Interest in the Indian grew until the character of the red man, his manner of living, his tribal customs, and his new place In the world, by reason of the white man's encroachment, begun to suggest a fruitful field or study. A Live Newspaper Man. One day William Cullen Bryant, then edi tor of the New York Evening Post, talk ing to his young friend, said to Mr. Leupp: "While it is necessary for the newspaper man to know all about his field he should do more; he should be, Ir such a thing Is possible, an authority upon some one sub ject, to which his enthusiasm and his abil ity should forever be directed." It was the voice of a sage, bidding his pupil turn his thoughts ouulds ths gr.nd of his trade to something that would broaden his horlson and keep him from growing atals in bis newspaper work. Then It was that the picture book of bis boyhood, filled with the counterfeit presentments of the American Indian came back to Francis El Leupp and he knew that here waa a limitless field for Inquiry and Investigation. From that day until now he has been a student of Indian char- . acter and Indian conditions. And being an enthuslastlo Investigator his desire for first hand knowledge of Indian 'life as it really Is In camp and on the trail has taken him far afield. And so conscientious has Mr. Leupp been In his search for ac curate Information that he has visited In the past twenty years nearly three-fourths of all the distinctive tribes In this country. He has lived with them, taken "pot luck" with them and learned their customs. Rot a Bewttmeatallst. Francis a Leupp, however, la not a senUmentallat regarding the Indian. Pos ihiv the beat Idea that can be formed of the new Indian commlasloner'a estimate of the Indian la that takeu from an ar tlole prepared by ajr. Leupp for the Southern Workman on that aubjeot. In the courae of the article he aayat "I like the Indian for what Is Indian In him. I want to see hla splendid Inhsrited physique kept up because he glories, like, his ancestors, in fresh air, In freedom. In activity, in feats of strength. I want to retain all his old oontempt for hunger, thirst, cold and danger when he has any thing to do. I love the spirit of manly Independence which moved a copper col ored ssge once to beg that I would Inter cede with the great father and throttle a proposal to send rations to his people, because It would pauperise the young men and make them slaves to ths whites. I have no sympathy with ths sentiment which would throw the squaw's bead box Into the rubbish hsap and set her to mak ing lace. Teach her to make lace, by all means. Just as you would teach her bread making, as an addition to her stock of profitable accomplishments, but don't set down her beadsd moccasins as barbarous, while holding up her lace handkerchief as a symbol of advanced civilisation. The In dian Is a natural warrior, a natural logi cian, a natural artist. We have room for all three In our highly organised social system. Let us not males ths mlstaks In ths process of absorbing them, of washing out of them whatever la dletlnotly Indian. Our aboriginal brother bringa as his con tribution to ths common store of character a great deal that Is admirable and which needs only to bs developed along the right lines. Our proper work with him Is Im provement, not transformation.'' - Oood tm All-Roead laforsaatloa. During the oourse of my interview with Mr. Leupp I was struok with his InUmate knowledge of those problems whloh have perplexed us In Nebraska, In Iowa and ths, Dakotas so far as ths oontrot and manage ment of the Indians In those states ars con cerned. He knew ail about the troubles over the ohange of agents at ths Winne bago and Omaha reservations, ths Tanktoa and Prns Ridge reservations, and ths re fusal of ths Sao and Fox Indians In Iowa to send their children to schools outside ths reservation. lie knew the history of the land-ln-severalty law and as for the state claim business hs believes that It Is doing the Indian as much damage today aa the ration system ever did. All of whloh tends to show that Franols EL Leupp Is neither a theorist or a dreamer as to the Indian situation. Hs oomes to the office of In-, dlan commissioner better equipped than any man who has filled ths place in twenty . years. , 9 Believer la Civil Service. "If dissensions, and even quarrels, oome," said Mr. Leupp, "during the course of my administration of the Indian office, they will not be of my seeking. I am not going about hunting for trouble. To essentials I shall be firm; to nonessentials I shall pay only such attention as seems absolutely neces sary." ' "How do you regard the practice that has grown up of trannferrlng agents to bonded school superintendents?" "I am a thorough and absolute believer In civil service," replied Mr. Leupp, "but whether sll sgenta should be made bonded school superintendents I have very serious doubts. Bo far as agamies go, each agency Is a law unto Itself. Conditions that may make a civilian agent necessary at one In dian agency may make an army officer nec essary at another. There can not be laid down any hard and fast rule relative to the government of Indian agencies, except that they must be operated honestly and the In dian must be made to feel that his friends are working In his behslf. not for his ene mies. I bava no sympathy whatever with grafters and wherever' they axe found you may depend upon It the whole power of the government will be used against them.' Bis Professional Work. As a newspaper man Mr. Leupp stands In ths foremost rank In this oountry-. He learned hla profession on the New Tork Evening Post under William Cullen Bryant and waa assistant news editor of that fear less Journal in 174. When Mr. Bryant died In 1878 Mr. Leupp, wanting to try his wings ss an editor, associated him self with Arthur Jenkins, one of the verr beet all around newnpaper men In the east, and purchased the 8yraouse Herald. In 1285 Mr. Leupp sold his Interest In the Herald and came to Washington to da editorial and free lance correspondence for the Post, the telegraphlo and news matter being In charge of Mr. E. B. Wight, the reoogtilsed Washington correspo dont of that paper. On Mr. Wight's death In 18ts Mr. Leupp became the head of the Wash ington bureau of the Post, wh ch position he will hold until he enters upon his duties as Indian commissioner. Old Friend ef President. Mr. Leupp, when editor of the Herald, still continued In dose touch with the Poet, and It waa during this Urns ha formed the acquaintance of President Roosevelt. He had a "howdy-do" for the young assemblyman at Albany, but It was tot until Theodore Roosevelt came to Washington aa civil servloe commissioner that ths acquaintanceship ripened Into a friendship which has grown with ihs years. Roosevelt needed friends In a publlo way In those days, for the advocates of the spoils system were powerful end the friends of ths merit system were few. Leupp saw the forces that wars working together In Roosevelt's life and represent ing a paper that Is almost a pioneer for civil service reform, be threw himself en thusiastically Into the fight for Roosevelt, who was being unmercifully attacks on the floor of congress. It was during this time that the president bad to undergo an Investigation at the bands of an un friendly committee of congress and he came off with suoh credit to himself that then and there Roosevelt Slid Leupp swore fealty to one another. A Tilt with Reed, Mr, Leupp In relating of these strenuous times said. Incident thereto, that one of the few disagreements he ever had with the late Thomas Brackett Reed was at a Gridiron dinner a number of years back when Mr. Leupp suggested to Reed that Roosevelt would be president some day. Reed remarked that Roosevelt had "na background." This nettled Leupp and ha asked what Mx. Reed meant by "no back ground." "I mean by that." replied Mr. Reed, that Roosevelt does not have a section of the people behind him." "Well," replied Mr. Leupp, "when the time oomes he will have ail the people be hind him." And In the light of the November elec tions Mr. Leupp deserves to be classed among ths prophets of his time. By soms newspaper writers Mr, Leupp has seen spokes of as a member of the Indian Rights association, a volunteer or ganisation of philanthropists who work for the advancement of the Indians. Mr, Leupp baa never been a member of this association, although he has for many years been Interested In their work and has frequently represented the members before ths department In beaaif of the In dians. He was appointed by President Cleveland, as a member of ths Board of Indian Com missioners In 1196, and thereby hangs a story Indicative of the manner of man Francis EL Leupp Is. Bow Appointment Came. When newspaper announcement wag made that Mr. Leupp bad been appointed by Cleveland It came In the nature of a complete, surprise to him. The news waa followed the next day by a letter from ths White House asking him to go to ths proper officer and qualify, Mr. Leupp, however, wanted an understanding with ths presi dent before taking this step. "Mr. President," said Mr. Leupp on reaching the Whits House, "while . I ap preciate , the honor you have done me, X cannot aooept the appointment" "Why notr naked Mr. Cleveland, ' "Because I cannot tie my pen.' "Well, nobody Is asking you to do that," responded the president. "That's what X appointed you for. IX you see anything wrong la ths Indian service Z want to know it." And Mr. Leupp accepted the appointment and aerved for years, until his newspaper work forced him to resign. And It Is this very fearlessness, thla hatred of shams, this bravery, to do ths right aa hs sees the right, whloh Induce Theodore Roosevelt to appoint Francis B, Leupp as commissioner of Indian affairs. m c ft Prattle of the Youngsters Little Margie Mamma, the lady upstairs Is a widow. Isn't shsT ' Mamma Yes; that ' la, shs's a grass widow. Little Margie Why, mamma, did tier hus band dlj voi hay f evert . , ( . ' '" "Now, sir, (. told yen rd spank you If you disobeyed, me, said the bright boy's mother, "and I'm going to do It." "Say, ma," pleaded the boy, "lemme off an' I'll tell you what pa's gobV ter glvs you for Christmas." ' Sunday School Teacher WhatI Is It pos sible that you have never heard ths story of Cain and Able yetT Little Elsie Of courss I haven't My mamma says It Is bad manners to pry Into other people's family affairs. ' - "Bo you havs a stepmother?" said ths woman to a little girl of (. "Yes, ma'am," was the reply. "Well, you have my sympathy, dear," conllnuad the woman. "Oh, I don't need It," rejoined the small maid. "Give It to papa." "Oran'ma." says Georgia, "you gave me a awful little piece of pie!" "Why, Georgiel" cried the dear old woman, "I gave you an extra large piece. I remember cutting an enormous piece for you." "Oran'ma" the small boy ruminates a few minutes before speaking again Oran'ma, your glasses magnify a good deal, dua't they f
