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Notary Public. WHEX OIT OF TOW!. obscrlbera leaving the city tem porarily shonld hare Tb Bee mailed to them. Address will be changed as often requested. King Haakon YI1 will be fortunate t he succeeds In Inspiring the Sagas ib did his Illustrious namesake. A cermus of former Standurd Oil em ployes may look like a subpoena from Jie United States court In a few days Cabbage growers are once more play tog in luck. A Connecticut tobacco warehouse with its contonts has been flostroyed by fire. Messrs. Greeuo and Doremus are loubtless glad to think packing house disclosures and rebate cases came be tore their trial was culled. Norway's ambition to make visitors feel perfectly at home cannot be ques tloned since Colonel Bryan Las been requested to make a speech. Martial law, even in Russia, does not have such en awful sound when declared to prevent repetition of out rajfes like those at Binlyotok. With the "bull pen" suit In Colorado dismissed, the Centennial state will be forced ti fall back upon the "Denver iituation" for political sensations. Now that the sultan of Morocco has signed the Algeciras protocol; Euro pean statesmen will probably endeavor to prove that It does not mean what It says. Japanese called to testify for Ad nil ml Rojestvensky might introduce several battered ships as evidence of the condition of his fleet at the time he surrendered. Colonel Bryan's Commoner prints in full Colonel Wntterson's oration to the home-coming Kentucklans. That what one would call prompt and grate ful reciprocity. President Roosevelt Is to be asked to pardon former Senator Burton, and unless there has been a recent change In the state, the matter will yet be come a political issue. With 50,000 people In San Francisco till dependent upon charity for their food, It seems that the recuperative power of the golden west must have been somewhat overestimated. - Senator Uluckburn of Kentucky is supposed now to be the official recon ciled minority leader In the senate but Bailey and Tillman will continue to trot at the head of the line. Since the Iuterstate Commerce com mission has decided to suspend hear ings of coal men during the summer It might Interest public attention by call ing the ice dealers upon the carpet. A Colorado newspaper asks: "Why not stop the Russian butcher?" For the sumo reason, perhaps, that Colo rado was permitted to fight Its dis graceful labor war to a flalsh without outside Interference. The only logical conclusion to be derived from the act of the man who committed suicide because he feared fatal result from the bite of a cat is that he did not want to enter the next world on the suggestion of a lower animal. Unless come ot!uf occasion presents. Chancellor Day will not have 'another opportunity to brock lato the lime light uutll he gives his welcoming ad dress to the students of Syracuse uni versity at the beginning of the sew tollese year ucxt September. KtDHAHKA i.V TUK SKXATK. It will goon be forty years glnce Ne braska was admitted into the union. n those forty years Nebraska has been represented in the senate from time to time by various men whose nblllttea commanded recognition for this state In the councils of the nation. Among the first senators who Intro duced Nebraska Into the capital at Washington was the late General John M. Thayer, who rendered honorable and noteworthy service to the people. The late Senator Taddock was an in dustrious and effective worker In the public interest, although by no means attracting the attention accorded to General Van YVyck, who succeeded him and whom he In turn again succeeded. General Manderaon, during his sena torial career, brought distinction upon Nebraska, as well as upon himself, by his elevation to the position of presi dent of the senate. Senator William V. Allen, although attached to a min ority third party, was recognlred as one of the ablest constitutional lawyers In that body, and Senator Thurston's brilliant oratory overcame his mistakes of Judgment. Without disparaging the more recent senators. It can be truthfully said that Nebraska has at various times set a relatively high standard .for its repre sentation in the senate, and there is no good reason why the highest standard should at any time be lowered. Our senators cannot all be brilliant orators, or experienced parliamentarians, or thorough-grounded constitutional law yers, but they can and should be the most representative citizens of whom the commonwealth boasts. Nebraska Is not behind other states In men of recognized achievements and commanding ability. in men who are experienced in government affairs and well versed students of public ques tions. If Nebraska is careful to send senators to Washington who will give the state a standing anions other states and In whom all can take pride, we raise ourselves in the public esti mation. If, on the other hand, Ne braska prefers to experiment with un knowns, or to commission mere agents of tho great corporate Interests, our prestige is sure to suffer, while other states take the lead in accomplishing results for the' people and as factors In national legislation. YOVKO AMUr OFFICERS' rAT. General Corbin's deprecatory state ment to the graduating claBS at West Point, that the young army officers must for the next five years work for lower pay than Is earned by carpenters and bricklayers, deserves the criticism which it has promptly received. The assertion Is not true In point of fact; for, while for a limited season the pres ent extraordinary wages In the build ing trades In large cities may exceed that of fresh West Point graduates In army service, the average "pay" of the latter exceeds that of the former. If the term pay be narrowed to mere money wage, the fact remains that the United States government, which Is a good paymaster, gives Its young officers a guaranteed employment for life In godd times or bad times, with many additional allowances equivalent to money. Beyond that, however, is the opportunity and certainty of promotion with, larger emoluments, honor and in fluence, which should be reckoned In the compensation. It would seem more fit If General Corbin, Instead of enlarging upon the Ingratitude and Inequity of the govern ment, had emphasized the great debt and obligation every young officer owes to the nation. It had supported each free of charge for four years, while it was giving him a magnificent educa tion which would Insure lucrative em ployment If at any time he should leave the military service. Whether the mere money remunera tion of our army officers be adequate or not, the fact remains that It Is larger than most foreign governments pay, and in any event the nation opens to the young officer a career. If he is of the right stuff and appreciates his advantage, which falls to the fortune of but very few. "sectioxausis." Henry Watterson's protest against "sectionalism," In his address at Brown university, Is a note in harmony with the spirit of the times. But sec tionalism, although an obstructionist force, has, In fact, been so broken and weakened within a few decades that in most practical situations Its battle with progressive Americanism Is no longer doubtful, but universally as sumed to be lost before it has begun. There is an almost Immeasurable gulf between the state of mind which about the time of the adoption of the na tional constitution led citizens of New York to refuse to permit New Jersey farmers to sell firewood and produce In the city market, or later caused the southern states to stop the nutlonal malls, and that which now demands national regulation of interstate com merce, national meat inspection and pure food laws. Sectionalism at bot tom is Ignorance, of which suspicion, jealousy and narrow exclusiveness are the top phasea. Next to the civil war, which forced the north and the south to see and know each other better In spite of themselves, the compulsory, continu ous commingling of the people through the amazing Industrial development of the last few decades, for which the re suit of the war paved the way, has done most to break down the barriers of sectional Ignorance. Within ten years lnter-rom.nunicatlon has been rapidly taking form on north and south railroad lines from gulf and south Atlantic ports, so that an al ready vast direct commerce with Its potential interests and illuminating lu tercourse Is already In existence. SecUoDalUtu, which, la Mr. Waiter? son's pertinent phrase, "deals with the remote and unfamiliar," had the very foundation cut from under it by tho es tablishment of such conditions. The people of all the sections arc being brought in contact with and mr.de fa miliar to each other." It is impossible to overestimate the cumulative effect of the play of such forces, with the su peradded influence of periodical and newppaper literature, of the great edu cational Institutions, of the alternating summer and winter vacation migra tions north and south and many other characteristic circumstances of modern American life. Yet the precedents and tendencies of the sectionalism of nn earlier time re main as a fact which has to be recog nized and whose michief has to be per sistently encountered. The spirit, whose most dangerous manifestations have been between north and south, of course, survives in one degree or another In all parts of the country. But the notable and encouraging cir cumstance 1b that that spirit Is no longer dominant, even. if occasionally formidable and frequently annoying. Whllo It may cause embarrassment and delay, progressive minds every where, north and south, oust and west, can in this day take courage in every emergency In the assurance of the speedy triumph of liberal sentiment and intelligent national opinion over the narrowness and ignorance of sectionalism. CLEAN ASD PVR E. Public sentiment is worked up as never before to demand that the meat and food and drink Bitpplied to the people shall be clean and pure. Re cent disclosures following persistent agitation has aroused the public mind to a sudden realization of the unneces sary filth and dirt which people have teen compelled to absorb In their daily meals bciauso of neglect or Indiffer ence to the quality and methods of production. The result, as everyone knows, has been a general awakening to the need of laws requiring re enforced inspection, stricter regulation and better sanitation of the establish ments in which food products are pre pared, together with heavy penalties on any Infraction menacing the health of either the operatives employed in production or the consumers who pur chase the product. But while we are holding up our hands in horror at the filth that has been taken into our systems in impure food and drink, is It not time also to pay attention to the filth and reeking dirt constantly poisoning the public mind and sapping public morals in the form of unclean tales and Impure pic tures in the sensational yellow Jour nals? While few people have had their health undermined by rotten food, thousands of youthful minds are being systematically led astray by the red ink and big type and pictorial temptations of these so-called newspa pers- Many a man who would shudder at the thought of taking home a can of prepared meat admits into his houso day after day vile sheets more danger ous to the mental and moral health of wife and children than would be the stale beef or potted leavings of the slaughter house to their physical health. It Is true we cannot have government Inspection' or censorship of the press in this land where free dom to write and speak is guaranteed Dy me dhi or rignts. Each man or woman responsible for a household of nis own must act as inspector or censor for himself and judge what reading matter is clean and pure and what filthy and degraded. Surely the selection of the reading for the home, especially of the home newspaper, should be made with as much care and as much precaution as the selection of the food which Is to go on the table. ASSUAL HARVEST KMKRQKttCT. The call for help In the field as har vest is about to begin in the southweBt bids fair this year to bo as loud as usual and is being made earlier. The real trouble Is not merely that the harvest Is likely to be great, but that the time during which It must be gath ered Is necessarily short. In spite of all that can be accomplished by labor- saving machinery and the large nura ber to whom the recurring harvest emergencies gives employment, the line of ripening grain moves so rapidly northward from the Texas plains, through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas. across the Canadian boundary, that an annual labor short age Is Inevitable whenever there is a fair crop. The certainty of the short age, however, is a fact that enables all who desire such employment to make arrangements for It and the farmers to better themselves in good time. One circumstance which tends this year to limit the number of harvest workers is the universal industrial ac tivity, causing In the cities and towns a regular demand for alt Ulndi of workers, including common laborers at high wages. But it is a consoling re flection that there are worse calamities than such prosperity and that tho grain will somehow be gathered, and this year's harvest emergency, in the mutn, like others before it, safely passed. Wisconsin railroads are up against a new proposition in a threatened suit by the state for taxes which should have been paid on freight charges earned and then rebated. Wisconsin used to have a gross receipt tax on the railroads operating within its boun daries, the state belnj rttitlcd to a specified percentage on til tbe earnings of the roads from freight and pas senger traffic. It tbe railroads earned money and then gave it away, they gave away, along with their own propor tion, the share which belonged to the Ute as taxes, and the amount of such rebates extending back over a long series of years would, it Is said, make the state's claim amount Into millions. The iniquities of the rebate business evidently reach to unknown depths and threaten to plague the railroads in' countless ways. A member of the Massachusetts leg islature, expelled for bribery in con nection with the defeat of an anti bucket shop bill, Is attempting to get even with his former associates by ac cusing at least fifty of them of being tarred with the same stick. If this should result In taking the lid off the Massachusetts state bouse, a situation is promised which would throw In tho shade the operations of some of the St. Louis boodle councilmen. Let the good work go on. The Standard Oil company Is said to be next on the list of illegal combina tions fizalnst which the government will proceed under criminal laws. The Standard Oil will find little sympathy for ita methods among the people In any part of the country, and If the prosecuting attorneys can .prove a fractional part of nil that has been charged against it and its agents by legal evidence the Juries will not be out lung. A special order of tho Postofflco de partment notifies rural letter carriers to stop for collection of mall wher ever signals are raised. If some such arrangement could be made for city collection by which letter carriers would take up mail as well as deliver it at residences and offices it would be a great convenience to postofflce pat rons. House-to-house collection will come some of these days as well as house-to-house delivery. The death of Governor Pattlson of Ohio, elected as a democrat, and the succession of the republican lieutenant governor to the office emphasises anew the Importance of providing against such contingencies. No one can tell when any of our states may have an accidental governor, and the lieutenant governor should always measure up to the demands of the first executive place. What will happen if the Nebraska populists In their state convention nominate a candidate for United States senator, while the democrats In their convention simply pledge themselves to support the petition candidate who gets tho highest vote? Would this not make it practically certain that the nominee of the populist convention would lead the fusion procession? It is officially announced that the headquarters of the democratic con gressional campaign committee are In working order, but that the committee does not expect to have much of a cash fund at Its disposal. It will probably feel free, however, to work the con gressional frank racket strong enough to get the postage account down to the minimum. The supreme court will be asked to pass upon the question whether the Philippine ialands are a part of the United States in the contemplation of the New York Insurance law. If It decides the case affirmatively it Is pos sible a number of enterprising pro moters will find their field of opera tions restricted. Senator Tillman describes politics In Pennsylvania as a "hodgepodge of mince pie." A pitchfork is not a good thing with which to eat mince pie, either. A Safety Device. Chicago Tribune. The girl who follows th president's ad vice and keeps her eyes on the stars will be likely to stumbla unless she ha a firm hold on some young man's arm. JS raring a Hot Finish. New York Tribune. A the rat bill and the meat Inspection bill move forward to the status of law the Tobacco trust advance to get what I coming to It. Awaiting Development. Washington Post. A number of eminent democrat are ready to admit that they may b com pelled to get on the Bryan band wagon, but they want It understood that they are taking their time about it. Exception to tbe Rule. Washington Post. A German physician now Insist that nearly all Ills may be cured by hot air. At this distance from the national capltol the Impression prevails that many HI are only aggravated by the treatment. Justice an tbe Rtgbt Track. Baltimore American. The child stealer in Philadelphia ha been tried, convicted and sentenced to the peni tentiary for twenty years. If Justice were alwiiys as prompt and as severe criminals might not be so ready to take ao many chance a they do. Ssfrgsnrdln Constitutions. Chicago Tribune. According to Mr. Roosevelt's conviction, when he took an oath to support the con stitution of tiie United States he assumed a moral obligation that binds him to pay some attention to the constitutions of tua people of the t'nlted States. Cause nnd Effect. Springfield Republlcsn. The college baccalaureates this season are pretty much all devoted to strong ser monising on the sinfulness and demoralisa tion of great riches and the centered quest thorecf. Is there any connection between this fact and Mr. Rockefeller's absence from the country T Tbe Motor of the Kntere. ' San Frsnclsco Chronicle. The extensive prepsrutlon of the Union Pacific to engage in th car building busi ness Indicate thst the much-talked-about gtirollne motor Is to be used by th cor poration on an extensive cale. The great Improvements made by the constructor of the motor type of engine hold out a promise of swifter and cheeper tranxrta tlnu In the future. Kor a long time It wa thought that electricity would hav th lust ray In this matter, but there Is dis position to revise opinion and meaowb.ll to wait and aee what th mr "" la go ing la do to push ILlug. SECtbATt SHOT AT T1IK PVLriT. Baltimore American: rowle ha seen fit to explain how he came to believe that he la Elijah. Bn far no one ha made a satln fnctory explanation of how he Indued other rrns t believe the same thinjt. Chlr.igo Chronicle: The English Mfihivi of Rlrxm addressed a mission meeting re cently and told his astonished hearer that "If Christian churches got rid xt aome of their egotistical belief In their own In fallibility they would probably get such a fund of Instructive lessons a would make for the federation of all those who are working In the mission field." Wichita (Kan.) Eagle: We attends church some time ago and listened to a vry good sermon, as sermons go. We en Joyed the singing and stood up with the brethren and sisters while they sang the good old hymn, "Shall We Know Each Other There?" While the hymn wns belns sung we glanced about us and counted about doten members of the congrega tion of the church who do not speak to ach other when they meet on the street or elsewhere. The thought occurrj to us: Why should they "know each other there" when they seemingly don't know each other here? New Tork Post: Mother Eddy la In one respect more powerful than President Roosevelt. She can refuse to see "tlelogn tlona." Hundreds of the faithful went to Concord yesterday, but were resolutely shut out of what Mrs. Eddy calls her propria persona. They mitrht Inspect the local Christian Science temple, but could not gate upon her. Is all this studied In order to deepen the mystery and so tho magnificence? Or 1 It simply a display of uufocratlc power for personal con venience? Any ordinary person might, In deed, be excused for not wanting to hold sweet converse with 500 Christian Scientists at once, but Mrs. Eddy could give them bathos for bathos, and la supposed to rather like that sort of thing. Her per sistent secrecy will, however, give rlne some day to the suspicion that her real name la Mrs. Harris, or that she is nothing but a literary bureau or a syndicate. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE!. Philadelphia shows the road and sets tho pace In dealing with chlldstealer. More power to the Quaker elbow! Chicago papers are needlessly sensitive. They deny that flaming billboards contrib ute to the picturesque beauty of the town. Pulpit critics of the peek-a-boo shirt waist can readily avoid mental trouble by not looking In that direction. Keep your optics on the text and be happy. Manhattan cocktails costing SM cents each are held responsible for two deaths In New Tork. Wood alcohol and hand-painted cher ries usually reach the spot and put crepe on the door. Some wives are mighty hard to please. A Chicago woman who occasionally asked her husband for pin money objected to having the coin rolled down her spinal column and hurried to a divorce court for relief. With all the commencement sermon and essays disposed of this weary old world may take in a few links of Its waistband, rotate a usual for another year and look pleasant betimes. "If a good enough world, whatever." St. Louis authorities show by statistic that 600 drug store In that city are league ahead of 4,000 saloons In promoting race suicide by selling morphine and cocaine. Victim of the drug habit are found In all classes of society. The new home of the New York Evening Post, which it hope to occupy within1 a year, overlook the old cemetery of 8t. Paul' church. Thus tho paragrapher, view ing the perspective, may truthfully exclaim, "I ee my finish." Time and experience prove that the ex pert were off In asserting that Carrie No tlon waa afflicted with a surplus of wheels. The fact that Carrie scoops In tlQ a night a a platform attraction put her In the safe and sane class. A Chicago banker who opened up his in stitution every morning with pious suppli cation has filed In the bankruptcy court a prayer to be released from debt amount ing to 786,977. The prayers of his victim are too warm for publication. Kaiser Wllhelm has a violent dislike for cat and.lt Is believed in Berlin that he In stigated the ordinance which puts a tax on feline of the capital. Unless a cat wear a collar and medallion showing that the tax ha been paid It will be killed by the police. 8. W. Woodward of Washington, V. C, owner of the historic old David Dudley Field estate on Eden Hill, Mass., Is to erect a fine colonial house on the site of the old house. On the property still stand the old mission house In which John Sergeant lived, built about 17S7. MISlBK OP THE MAILS. Another Confidence Came Spoiled by the Postofflce Authorities. Baltimore American. . The trial of "Dr." White la aald to hav cost the government $15,000. but it is money well spent, if In the result It shall prove a warning to that class of enterprising specu lators who seek to make a living out of the exploitation of human credulity and who believe that the United States mall consti tute an easy and convenient medium for "working" the public. That It Is not per fectly easy to discriminate between the legitimate and the Illegitimate In enter prises that depend upon an appeal to the faith of the public was evidenced In the course of the trial of "Dr." White by the pain with which the prosecution sought to how fraudulent Intent in transactions which casually upon their very face ap peared to be fraudulent. Thus In the mat ter of the "character readings" that were struck off by the printer In blocks of 5,000. Though It wss shown that the Identical reading was mailed to a great number of different people, this alone was not consid ered proof sufficient of fraudulent Intent. The fact of the sending of these Identical sheets to different people was used to draw out from the accud many Incriminating admissions. "Dr." White Is not the first arrested apd convicted of a fraudulent use of the malls, and doubtless he will not be the last. There are others and. though many of thefe will pick their way more cautiously and care fully because of the urvpleaaant mihaps of a court trial and conviction that has be fallen the confidence game brotherhood, the great prise of "easy money" will doubtless lure others to a crossing of the safety line, In promising to do either that which cannot be done or which there Is no Intent of do ing. And so there will be yet more "exam ples," but these will grow less when It be come widely understood that the govern ment mean to bring every fraudulent op erator through the mall to face a court of Investigation. It I too much to hope, perhaps, that the guileful will be entirely checked In making raid upon th guileless, either during this enlightened century or during th next that Is. to follow. A eeh feneration grows wiser than th one before It. there are in vented, to circumvent the Increased wisdom new and more ingenious arts of dec p'U n for gain. He who has frown wise to the Old trick that fooled his ancestors may yet go down disastrously befors th new trick that bav been devised while he was rot watching. It I melancholy, but true, that no advice administered brosdly and gener ally will save from the mesne of the de. signing those who ar bora lo b victims. DIAMSM E 4&3 ON Any longer to buy that Diamond or Watch you want. Iet me help you, and I can if you will take advantage of my KASY P.WMKXT ri.AX. I deliver the goods on the first payment. Wear a Diamond or a Watch and look prosperous they give prestige. You can pay me in small weekly payments that I feel sure you will not miss. Think it over, then call and see mo. YOt'It CHKD1T IS GOOD. a Dollar or Two This Ring $20.00 This Ring sW $1.00 a Week SO Can. iEHMO.VS 1IOH.KD DOWN, Kindness makes all kin. Character la made in conflict. Every loss met by love leads to gain. All we get from heaven we owo to earth. The proof of the cathedral Is In the kitchen. A strong breath often Indicate a weak backbone. Peoplo mho are always in a pickle soon get soured. l'aln Is a small price to pay for the Joy of sacrifice. You never get your rights by advertising your wrongs. He who fjive on feeling generally be grudges In fact. Tacking water bn both shoulders makes a slippery trail. There are too many people playing poker In their prayer. The Immodest may be virtuous, but no one ever accuses them of It. He alone Is faithful to old truth who will forsake It for the new. The man who tries to humiliate other is not the best friend of humility. The only reason many people are praying for victory I because they want to get out of the fight. The Master puts most of us to school learning to make bricks before he set u to building houses Chicago Tribune. 3 4 r-r r t t- aw m. STATEMENT OF THE OMAHA NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, NEB. MADE TO THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY JUNE 18, 1906 RESOURCES Loans and Discount 9 6,808,358.42 Overdrafts 0,5(3.:W U. 8. Bonds, for Circulation 024,tHMMM Stocks nnd Bonds 5H0,40.1.4a Bonking House and Safety Deposit Vault 200,000.00 V. S. Bonds for Deposits .. $ 410,000.00 Due from Approved Re serve Agents 1,273,321.83 Due from Other Banks. . . . 1,304,202.00 Cash on Hand 1,440,H83.0 Due from U.S. Treasurer. . 80,100.00 4,B44,008.43 12.S32,333.50 LIABILITIES Capital $ 1,000,000.00 Surplus Fund 200,000.00 Undivided Proflta 85,105.70 Circulation OOO.OOO.OO Deposits 10,387,187.80 912,252,333.50 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS J. H. MILLARD, Tresldent WM. WALLACE. Vice-President C. F. McGREW, Vice-President W. H. BI CHOLZ. Cashier FRANK BOYD. Asst. Cashier IV. M. BURGESS GUY C. MAKiON V. II. HHOWJI I. W. CARPENTER A. J. SIMPSON J. E. BALM THE EXTENSIVE CONNECTIONS AND STRONG RESOURCES OF THIS BANK ARE AT THE SERVICE OF ITS CUSTOMERS. Safety Deposit Vaults In basement ot Omaha National Bank Build lug -safe, strong, convenient; 95.00 per year and upwurds. Thirteenth Street, Between Farnam and Douglas THE CRAMER PIANO Notvery one can afford a high-priced piano. 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The purity of tone, the beauty ot case designs, the durability of the piano In fact tbe whole construction of the Instrument pleases and gives satisfaction. Note carefully the following: Style AD Cramer Piano, in genuine golden oak veneer. In genuine mahojrany veneer, in resl walnut veneer, 4 feet 8 Inches tall, 7 1-$ octaves, latest repeating action. Ivory keys, continuous hinges our warrantee (which meuas absolute satisfaction) for the one price (the only price), $100. Cash, or $6 monthly payments. Costs you nothing to sea and hear it A. HOSPE CO, 1513 Dou,u. street, Omaha. WE TUNE YOUR PIANO, AND DO IT SATISFACTORY, FOR $3.50. CREDITS Wait nP ' 1 a Week Will Do $5.00 This Ring $30.00 $1.60 a Week j a Week 0MAHAS S LEADING JEWDLER DOMESTIC n.EASASTRIKS. "Mary," Mrs. Houskeep called from the foot of the stairs, "Hhw about breukfast?" "Oh," replied tne new servant, who had overslept herself, "ye naden't trouble to bring me anny. I Hin t very hungry this ...ornlq'." Philadelphia Ledger. "I can't Imagine what la the cae of all that nole upstulra," said MIhs FUrtelgh, as she guzed tenderly Into young Mr Stay late's face. "To me. Miss Matilda.' answertd that unhappy youth as a bulky form appeared with strenuous stride at the lu nil of tho staircase, "the cause Is plainly a parent." Philadelphia Press. "My wife's tickled to death because I gave her a book of blank checks." "Gee! I should think she would be. Can you afford It?" "Yep don't tell her I didn't sign "em." Chicago Record Herald. Mr. Btoplate I believe I must say good night. Miss Tersleep Oh, don't. Why should you ? Mr. Btoplate Whv, really ah It's getting rather late. Isn't It? Miss Tersleep Ves, altogether too lnte to say good night. Say good morning. Cleve land Leader. Tommy What makes you so scared that you're getting too fat, sis? Maude Why, Tommy dear, what makes you think I nm! Tommy I henrd you say to Mr. Ppoon lelgh In th' parlor last night, "I'm afraid I'm growing too heavy, am I not?" Cleve land Leader. fflUG