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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEEi SEPTEMBER 9, 1906.
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A Year of
I HERB U a (rowing recognition of
the need for the standardisation
Mid mort eoonomlnal distrlbu
tlon of the higher educational In
stitution, of this country. Thl.
year Iim seen the first fruit, of an effec
tive effort toward the accomplishment of
then ends through the distribution of the
Income of the flO.OtAOPO given to the On
ers! Education board by John D. Rocke
feller and of the $11,000,000 given by Andrew
Carnegie for the pensioning of college pro
fessors. This latter Is one of the most In
teresting events in the educational world
during the year, and will have ft wide
reaching effect upon the h'gher education
of the country. ... .
In regard to the standardisation of the '
wider distribution of. colleges and uni
versities, educators and the American
people generally are awakening to the
fact that the present system t ft collec
tion of several hundred Institutions of.
varying standards and alms, with little
relation to one another, may be' described
as ft systemIs wasteful In the use of
Its opportunities, its ' energies . and of .
money.
The wastefulness In the use of oppor
tunity and energy has exhibited Itself
specially in the location of colleges. lr.
Walter H. Page in a recent article de
clared that the waste by duplication "had '
been so great that It was probable that if
the work of building, developing and con
structing colleges had been done In the
United State with good, asneiaj . judg-t,
ment from the beginning we ehould now
have developed with the eame expend!-.,
tare that has been made an efficient and
well equipped and locally maintained col
lege within easy reach of every youth who
could profit by It. The opportunity to se
cure an education of the higher character
near at hand often breeds the desire. It
Is said of the Inhabitants of ft certain
Connecticut town, li which agriculture la
the chief occupation, that tn conversation
they are on ft par with college men. Doubt
less one of the reasons la that a welt
known private preparatory school has
flourished in , that town for more. than.
' fifty years and has afforded tho people
an opportunity of securing ft good educft-
tlon at ft moderate cost. '
Wavatefalaess of Location. ,
The wastefulness In location has many
Illustrations among the hundreds of In
stitutions calling themselves colleges or
, universities and granting degrees. For
Instance, in one southern town there are
two Methodist colleges. One is assisted
by the northern branch of the Methodist
church, the other by the southern. 1 Thoy
are, of course, rivals for their constitu
encies are In the same territory. Dr. Page
mentions another Instance. He writes:
"I know ft town where there are two
colleges. At each of them the boys are
; taught the usual ' subjects, anolont and
modern languages, mathematics, physics
and chemistry, and they are taught with
practically the same 'degree of thorough
ness. In several departments they use the
same textbooks, and several members of
the faculty of one college were trained
at the same university as several mem
bers of the other faculty. These two col
leges have buildings and grounds, too,t
that are very much alike. One has a finer
house for Its library than the other, but
the college with the poorer building boasts
that It has a better collection of books.
One has ft more pretentious dormitory
than the other, but this advantage, too. Is
offset by some corresponding disadvan
tage. If you stay In this town for ft while
you will discover that the population Is
divided Into two parts those families
who think that the college on this side of
the town is better than the college on the
other aide of the town, and those families
that hold the contrary view. Each group
Is forever talking about the "better
"spirit" of Its college. Inside the college
themselves this college "spirit at times
becomes Intense. Most of the boy who
are graduated at one -college earnestly
thank heaven that their parents or chance
or their own good Judgment kept them
from becoming students of tho ether,
with Its far worse "spirit" Tet if. stand
ing outakle this partisanship, you were to
take a serious measure of the work and
worth of these colleges, you would find
It hard to decide which is the more useful
to the . community. The boys ho have
gone out from one have become as useful
men as the boys who have gone out from
the other. Tou would discover that the
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president of one Is a somewhat broader
man than the president of the other, but
they are, after all, men of the eame good
type. Some of the teachers In one are
better than some fthe teachers In the
other, but this remark can be turned
around with reference to other teachers,
The presidents of both of these colleges
were asking for money from the same two
or three rich men, the chief difference be.
Ing that one asked for a library, while the
other sought ft contribution to hl endow-
ment. There are not enough students at
both to make more than ft moderate slsed
college, yet the community Is e-ked to sup-
port two Institutions, with two presidents
and two faculties, each doing much the
samo work; two libraries, etc. The Income
of both, which, divided, maintains neither
well, would support one very well, and
enable It to do much better work than
either does now.
In another town, not forty miles away. Is
a third college furnished by the state. This
Institution Is a competitor with the other
two for students In the same locality.
A glance over the different states shows
that In many of them the real college needs
have not been known, and as a result of
Ignorance of conditions, the best posslbto
se o fthe Available funds has not been
made. ,
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"Bnnehlns; of Colleges.
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In South Dakota, a state having ft popu-
allot less than hsJf that of Cotmectlcut.
there are eight colleges, all of which i are
down In the southeast comer of the Urge
stat and away from the center of popuU-
tlon. If on. cul?
sourl and see all the colleges and unlver.1-
ties contained therein, he would discover
that there la ft double row, containing
twenty-eight one might style them lines of
educational bouys Inclosing the Missouri
river. The two row. stretch entirely acros.
dwcu
hi practically barren of colleges. Still ft
third western state, with a population of
ft little more than twice that of Connecti
cut has twenty-eight Institutions author
ised to confer degrees.
Dr. Page makes the emphasis ft little
stronger when he point, out that easttsn' " . . ' , "
, . . , .... are professors, associate or adjunct pro
Pennsylvania and central Missouri are . .... . . .
among the most thickly planted region, of V P f the
the world with "college." and "unlver- Lm , L
..tie." that the three largeet college, in
North Carolina are altuated within a circle J V" ""n a hv ,om anom'
of thirty mile, diameter; that of the si. .n flH,tlon. " W an average
college, (a South Carolina Ave are within n. to each professor of $1180.
a circle of fifty mile, radius. "Of tb. nt" t0 be 'ound ,n eUh"
eleven college. In Kentucky." he con- ' thV othr ' AlY av'r
tlnue.. "eight are within a clrol. of the J7 f A th "vln f
same sbW. On the map of Ohio you may -- Professor are neceaear ly
draw three such circles, and In one circle. h,ber, th" tnoM men ,n
there are fifteen colleges. In another elev.nc'"s j'hw t'B.
and In the third six. In Illinois you may Portunlty to save money for the . period of
draw two wch circle, and one will In- the .upport of hli rmUy
elude eleven college, and the other seven. hul1 c '"l. . 4" ,n "l""1 ""l
In Wisconsin eight out of the nine col- Not only does this fact serve to prevent
leges are within such ft circle; In Ne- h,h ra men from entering the tesch-
brsska, eight out of ten; In Kansas there n profession, but It atoo serves to keep
are eleven college. In one circle and seven on the ctlv n men wh to be tn
In another, and all the colleges In Mlnne-
set are within one such circle." '
A striking illustration of this condition Is
that revealed In eactern Tennessee where
there are four colleges of the same denonv
Inatton. Ou of them has only 130.000
worth of property and an annual Income They have decided that a college
of $J.O0O. and thirty students. About In.Ututlon having "at least six pro
forty mile, away Is another college, an 'lessor giving their entire time to college
old one. with $S2.M0 worth of property, n university work, ft course of tour full
an annual income of $600 and 1 tu- 'a liberal arts and sciences, and
dents In Its combined preparatory and requiring for admission not lees than the
collegiate departments Fifteen mile, from lour year, of pre-.cademio or gram
thl. college 1. a third, founded only school studies.
few years after the second, having an tn- A college, ta order to participate In the
come of $.00 and tM studenta. of whom allowances, must also, have a productive
forty-flve are In the collegiate depart- endowment of not lee. than $200,000. As
ment. There ha. been rivalry between the oollege I. to be the unit In the dl.tribu.
these latter two colleges for a hundred o of the pensions (the fund distributing
years, tor they were founded en plte. A l allowances through college treasurers,
. I... ..nu. h.in K.n those college, that meet the requirements
unable to persuade tho.e In ch.rge of It
.ir.. .V,i. ,i. .. hi. .,v
cesser, went over the county line fifteen
mile, iway and founded another college for
., ' . . . ,
his son. Both receive help from the same
denominational board.
Perhaps a hundred mile, away I. the
fourth college, by t.r the the
quartet. It ha. an erdowment of $2. .884 tnd
own. property worth $110,000. It lina an
enrollment of tot students, with IS In the
collegiate department.' In common with the
others, however. It receive, aid from one
aenominaxionai ooaro. Ana me inm men-
tloned college I. only fifteen mile, from
Knoxvllls. where the University of Ten-
nessee Is situated. It would seem to be of .ntrance therein or of connection there
more economical In every way to unite the with," are to benefit from the Carnegie
three .mall colleges. J , fund. The trustees of the fund made the
Investigation has shown, too, that there nr,t provision because they desire to edu
1s no fixed standard In this country for ad- Cate the American people to the Idea of
mission to or for receiving a degree from a providing pension, for their teacher., and
college. The parchment from one college do not believe In providing private fund,
mean, more than It doe. from another, for publlo Institution.. This year the al
Some so-called colleges have no claaslfi- lowanoes granted amounted to $160,000, and
eatlon by course whatsoever, simply re- the following fifty colleges and universities
spending to Inquiries as to their method were accepted as , Institutions which could
of preparation for the degrees offered with draw upon the fund for penelona for tbolr
the Indefinite word, "Literary." In not a professors: Amherst, Belolt, Carleton,
few cases the studtee pursued In these so- Colorado, Dartmouth, Hamilton, Hobart.
called colleges are no higher than those Knox, Iowa, Marietta, Mlddlebury, Mount
taught In preparatory schools. Holyoke, Oberlln, Radcllffe, Rlpon, Smith,
. Trinity, Union. Vassar, Wabash, Wsllesloy,
. ' " Wells. Williams, Tufts and Washington
no usatrai Baneation oears. ul Jefferson colleges, Clark. Columbia.
This year has seen the flret fruits of ft Cornell, George Washington, Harvard,
plan to bring about a reduction of this un- Johns Hopkins, Lawrence, Lehigh, Leland
economical educational chaos to an effee- Stanford, New Tork, Princeton, Tulane,
tlve system and an elevation of the stand- Washington and Western Reserve unlver
ards of the low grade colleges, through the slttes, the University of Rochester, Wor
Oeneral Education board. The board I. caster Polytechnic Institute, Case Bchool
made up of a number of well known men of Applied Science. Clarkson School of
of different faiths, parties and professions. Technoglogy, Massachusetts Institute of
Through the use bf t. funds. Its Influence Technology, Polytechnio institute, Stevens'
and 1U More of Information regarding edu- institute of Technology, University of Penn
cation In the United States. It may In course sylvanla and Western University of Penn
of time, coupled with the Carnegie founds- sylvanla. In the United States, and Dal
tlon for the advancement of teaching, be- hou.le and McQUl universities of Canada,
come sort of . balance wheel upon the Under certain conditions widow, of pro
higher educational movement of the eoun- fessor. may ftlso receive pensions from
try; It aim. to be of benefit to education the fund. It ba. been ascertained that
In general and to give assistance to both there are 4.000 In the United States who
colleges and giver. may ultimately claim pensions under the
Its power lies In the large resources be- requirements. About 10 per cent of thoso
hind It It I the cuetodlan of the $10 000 . ve reached the aa when they may ask
000 given to It by John D. Rockefeller and lor theru. Most of them have not yet
ef other sums Intrusted to It by other per- done so.
sons for the uee of education. Through 1
Its trustees, whe are also officially as- ' Mtiilo.a taw Edneaflsa
related with the Slater fund ef $1.$00X ' ' MimM "
for tbe assistance ef negro schools and In no other country in the world Is so
with the Peabody fund. It "has Influence In rnuch money spent for education. It la Im-
the distribution of all these great benerac- possible to say how great the sum Is, tor
tions. From the Rockefeller fund alone It n cannot go Into the books of the numer-
hs the annual distribution of $500,000 for cu private schools. The report of the
tho use of colleges. By giving this money United States Commissioner of Education,
to college, which show strength, have lefty recently Issued, which contains the statis-
alroa and standards and are well situated tlc tor tn y'r ded June 10, UOt, shows
in their relationship to the state In which lbat m that yttT $S.21a3i was spent
they are located and to the needs of the Simply on the public school, of- tbe eoun-
country, the board will exercise great try. Of this total $4S,463.!G9 went for sites,
power for good In the building np of con- buildings, furniture, etc. $lS7.S24.Tr4 for
slstent state and an effective national eys- salaries of teachers and superintendent.
t.em of college, of high mark. and $6S.IQ,iur for other purposes, chiefly
In order that It may be Intelligently maintenance. The total income of the col-
guided In the use of Its income, the board leea $U.1. while from benetbe-
collected a vast amount of Information In tlons was received $11700.55$ more. The
regard to the various Institutions and state value of college property was set at $166,-
systems of education. Aided by this com- fii$4S. an Increase of almost $&OG0,000 In
prehenslve and exhaustive library the board oat The total attendance In all kinds
1. continually analysing the educational of educational Institutions that year was
work and needs of the country and putting U.b.n. or more than one-fifth ef the en-
the results of Its studies Into the form of tire population. Of these W.J7S.M3 wero tn
monographs on the different states., schools supported by taxation and publlo
In this way, having obtained a first hand funds, while thoso in private Institutions
knowledge of educational conditions and numiwrea i.iiT.7. There were is this
needs, k Is prepared to offer Its fund of country tof universities, colleges and tech-
inforroatlon, as well as Its advice, free of nological schools, with a teaching staff of
charge to all who desire to knew the best ITM and 1U.02S students. More than .U3.-
channels Into which to turn their gifts to 004 of theee were tn the colleges. There
educational objects. were Lett private schools e( the seooudary
The board, la fact, does for higher eduea- grade. Kew York Tribuas-
Education
Hon what ft charity organisation society
does for miscellaneous beneficence. lis
value Is Illustrated by the two Incidents
that follow:
A wealthy New Tork bunlness man had
been visited by the president of ft cotleje.
one the name of which would be as unla-
miliar to 79.960.000 of the S0.000.000 people of
the United Btates as It was to the business
man himself. The visitor, a man with
sweeping side whiskers, had asked for
funds for ft gymnasium and ft dormitory.
"I wonder what sort of Institution that Is,
and what It la accomplishing." said the
buslnes man to himself, as he swung
around to his littered desk again. "I wish
I knew where I could get some accurate In-
formation about It, and what are the actual
educational needs of the community where
this college Is located." The General Edu-
cation board has Just the Information he
wanted, and was able to advise him Intel-'
ligently.
In another case the trustees of ft bequest
to establish a college In ft certain state
were about to put practically all their
money Into buildings at a remote place. It
occurred to them to secure the advice of
one of the secretaries of the board. Study-
Ing the educational map of the state in the
office of the board, they discovered that
there was no college In the largest city In
the state. When they began to talk of es-
tabllshjng ft college In that city, buildings
were offered to them at a nominal &t. and
ft MMdfttWt ma(J, . the,
fund, besides. As a result, the college will
iUrU(, w
Bted a much
Jarj.r p,t . ,t th. beg1nn)ng than K
porsibly ever would have had In ft remote
plac- r r
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"Pensions for Edaeaters.
This rear alan haa an (ha murt.
Dutlon of h neomt e.rm,gte
foundation of $10,000,000 for the payment
of retiring allowances to college profes
sors. Them are In the English .peaking
countrle. of North America more than four
hundred Institutions calling themselves col
legia or universities. Information secured
, " . " - " -'""'' ' " 7T:. "
" "w ""' "i
youngnr, more aciivs ana progressive in
tructor
In preparing St s plan for distributing the
pensions,, the managers of the' fund have
" n ort to standardise the ecl-
und being given the privilege of
de-lgnatlng the recipient.), the announce- ,
n ,f tondar ia bound to have IU
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to a higher educational level. Already oer-
UJn of tfc t fl met
requirements are trying to rearrange
BO thu tholr
,tandard wlM tnat of the Carneg, foun-
daUon Ma,nab tnem to Mcur. lu bene.
... K-Jth- ...nr. m tnntutmn. sun-
by puW,0 fundi nor ..connected I
w.,h n,tltutionB under control of a sect, J
or wnlch m,., their trustees, their of-'
ncerfc faculties (or a majority thereof) to
t,eion-. to any .peclfled sect, and which
imnose any theological test as av condition
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Sideboard .
This large, handsomely designed
solid oak sideboard Is finished In
rich golden, full quartered sawed
solid oak: is beautifully orna
mented with hand carvings; has
extra , large French bevel mirror
and lined drawer for silverware.
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i 5 ' AtJlI'? Brirfl Our own exclusive design. Made
". Ttvfy,rt0irj with beautiful ornamented Joints,
r . . iwfU post knobs and chills. This bed
N-v . 1 i.fl,fu Mjr is flnlshed In three coats of thor
J ft St ' iHy1 oughly baked-on enamel and can
Ts.NHs be Vd I any of the popular colors
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(J, , Solid Oak
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American Quartered Oak Col. Lib. Table $12.75,
It Is made of American quarted-eawed oak with rich
golden finish, Is of massive colonial dealgn, strong, dur
able and elegant. Has heavy legs and large lower
shelf. Bpeciai for this week.
Large Ratten
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Rocker lor
Wide, spacious seat, and
very comfortable. This
rocker is the full roll de
sign and Is very hand
some, made in large quan
tities for our 22 stores.
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Tersely Told Tales
t'ao of m Free Press.
AMUEL OORDEAKO, the Spanish
evangelist, praised In New York
American humor.
Borne one Instanced, as a superb
piece of American humor, Arte-
i.iua Ward's dictum- on' tbs Shakespeare
Bacon controversy:
"I believe these plays were not written
by Shakespeare, but by another man of
the same name."
Thereupon Mr. Oordeano said:
"That is good, but I like better a piece of
humor about a tramp. ,
"This tramp, dilapidated, a ruin, entered
a newspaper office Jauntily.
" 'Say. cully, is dis de Free Press V he
asked the editor.
' 'Yes. my man,' the dignified editor re
plied. 'What can we do for you 7'
" I'll just set down a minute and unpeel,'
said the tramp. 'I want crease, 'pressed la
dess here pacts.' "
He, Went In.
A minister visiting Philadelphia and
Ignorant of tbe provisions of the Glranl
will, that "no eocleslsstio missionary or
minister of any sect shall ever be admitted
within the premises of tbe oollege," pre
sented himself at the gate of Glrard.
"Are you a mllnster, wltV asked the gate
keeper. "Yes," was tbe unsuspecting re
ply. "Then you can't enter here," said
the gateman, tersely giving bis reason.
"The devil you say," came from the as
tounded clergyman. The gateman hesitated
for a minute, but after pondering the min
ister's reply, he Is said to have remarked:
"Oh. you're all right. When you talk that
way you can't be very atrong In the
preaching line," and the barrier was re
moved." Buffalo Commercial.
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Too Bad lev Bart a Seat Higher.
A penver man tells a story of mlblng
days In Colorado when the greatest ex
citement prevailed by reason of the dis
covery of silver deposits In Qllpln county.
A Mexican, whe had repeatedly evlaoed
a weakness for robbing the sluice boxes,
was caught for the third or fourth time,
la view ef Us numerous offenses ia this
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EM) M!)ffll''tMa.
are represented In thia stupendous stock of sample pieces gath
ered in from the great Furniture Expositions recently held by
the foremost manufacturers of America at Grand Rapids, Mich.,
and Chicago, 111. The samples that were viewed and praised
The cabinet work on this
dresser Is very high grade.
It Is beautifully flnlshed
In golden oak. Is hand
somely carved, has swell
front top drawers and
large oval French bevel
mirror.
Solid Oak Combination Book
case and Desk, CI 3. 75.
Made of large flaked solid gol
den oak with hand-rubbed
polish. It la fitted with adjust
able shelves, double strength,
full glass door,- large, fancy,
French bevel mirror, it la beau
tifully carved and i. most sub
stantial in construction. -
CUKDIT TERMS!
$2T worth $2.(0 cash,
60c a week.
150 worth $6.00 cash.
$1.00 a week.
Hartman's Sneclal
Kitchen Cabinet
Hartman's Special 8S
Large slse, MxW, made of white maple,
. has two large bins, each holds $0 pounds,
two drawers and meat and bread boards;
top is conveniently arranged, having small
spice drawers as shown. Special price.
tt Oreat Store
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respect, it was promptly decided that tbe
"greaser should be "strung VP-"
Among thoee prominent In the proceed
ings was a big-hearted Oenverlte, after
ward elected to a high federal position.
He said that, much as he regretted the
necessity of auspsndlng the Mexican, he
was, like the rest ef the "committee," in
favor of it. Now, this Denver man wanted
to give the doomed Individual a chance
to pray, but, as he declined to avail him
self of the privilege, the master of cere
monels started in to give tho Mexican
what the miners called a "good send-off."
After recounting the man's crimes as an
excuse for the hanging, tho petitioner
said:
"This man Is unlit to live; be cannot
associate with honest people; he is an
outcast, the very worst in Oilpln county
and so. O Lord! take him to Thyself."
The Mexican was then properly hanged.
Harper's Weekly.
Effective Tipping.
A man who travel, a great deal and
who recently visited San Franclsoo con
fides to the Chronicle of that city hi.
method of obtaining the utmost service
from waltsrs.
"Usually when I arrive at a hotel." he
said. "I take a (1 bill and tear It In half.
One-half I give to the waiter ejt tbe
other I keep.
"Now. John, I say, lf everything
comes along all right, the other half is
yours; If not, you don't get It.'
"Usually I get the best of service and
the most marked attention. The waiter
always has his e.. on the other half.
"I find this pj tf.xt to be the best I ever
tried." . '
Were All Ureat Hen.
Boon after Mr. Choate returned from
England he met Senator Depew. They
talked of olden times and dinners and
banquet. The result was that they went
out to get a good old lf-cent lunch. On a
corner they met Pat Flansgan. They asked
him to show them a good, cheap lunch
room, which he did.
The insurance senator paid for tbe sueala
by dealers from all over the United States
are now offered you by the great enterprising con
cern of Hartman's at about one-half what the
regular stocks cost the retailers who ordered from
them. CREDIT GIVEN AS USUAL -
OU NAME THE
Ihene Cbrte l eather Couches
Oolnr nurlnjr This 5ale at
This marvelous value will certainly attract hun
dreds of buyers during the coming Week. This couch
Is extra well made, frame Is of solid oak. Is hand
somely carved and has large claw feet It 1. most
dependably upholstered In beat Chase leather and has
seven rows of deep diamond tufts.
WW ffici :fP'P
EbUra well made chiffon
teres of beautifully grain
ed and highly polished
Oak finish; have ,ve deep
easy running drawer,
each fitted with locks.
CREDIT TERMS:
$100 worth $10 cash,
$3.00 a week.
Larger amounts pro-
portlonate terms.
AH
Goods
.Marked
In Plain
Fijjurei
Solid Oak, 6
Exactly as shown.
carved legs, securely
.
Querent oed
iteel Rang;e
Extra large slse, like out,
six holes, large square
oven, elesarttly trimmed
In nickel, has heaviest
castings, etc. Complete
with warming closet.
Tersasi
$3.75 Cash, T5o Week.
Throufhout the U. 8.
V
Douglas St.
Both Grim
for the three. They made two er three
rounds- and had a good time, so Mr.
Choate ax Iced Pat ami Mr- Pepew to the
Waldorf for a "good" dinner. Pat went
along and had a great meal, with B-oent
cigars after the end.
Near the close Mr. Depew .aid: "Now,
my good fellow, we would like to know
who you are and your business."
Pat listened and the senator went on:
"I am the junior senator from New Tork
and that gentleman (pointing to Mr.
Choate) la our ambassador to England."
Pat looked at one, then the other; then
ha said:
"If you are Mr. Depew. the senator, and
you Mr, Choate, the ambassador, why I
am the emperor of China,"
Mr. Depew thought an Insurance Investi
gation had struck him. New Tork Times.
Rest for Weary Jaws.
John Ridgley Carter, secretary of tbe
American embassy at London, was piloting
some American friends through the museum
at Hastings when be observed an unhappy
attendant wearing a military uniform, with
a helmet from which a chin strap hung, at
whom an inquisitive tourist was firing all
manner of silly questions. The tourist's
last question wast "Bay, what Is that
strap under your chlu fort" The attendant
sighed. "The strap is to reet my jaw when
I get tired answering questions," said be.
Met te Bo Balked.
A distinguished educator of Boston,
who once visited a western college dur
ing examination week, was, for some rea
son or other, not asked te address the
students, as he had expected he would
he. In chapel he was merely requested
to lead In prayer, which he did In this
wise:
"Be pleased. Father In heaven, to guide
the steps of the president of this col
lege. Thou knowest that he was a class
mate of Thy servant, a graduate of the
class of 'St, taking high honors. Thine
eye hath looked with favor upon the
happy choice that resulted In hi. ap
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college ought to look upon him as m
friend a. well a. their president. Thou
knowest that Thy servant 1. well pleased
with the high standard, of scholarship)
here prevailing and with the righteous
ness and loyalty of ths students. '
Finally, to the Intense delight of the
students, the visitor concluded his prayer
as follows:
"And I thank Tbee for this opportun
ity te address the studenta of this col
lege, '
Bn Doble's Advice.
Hank Brown of Fargo, the prosperous
contractor, might have become a famous
driver of fast horses had he not attended a
racing meet back In the early days. Thers
was a large crowd out and Budd Doble
was In the grandstand.
Hank had a horse that he had entered In
the two-something class. The horse was a
big, rangy fellow, with not too much speed,
but Hank thought he was the goods.
All the horses except Hank's had passed
the grandstand neck and ieck on the first
half. It was a beautiful race. Trailing be
hind about twenty rods came the big horse,
Hank urging him en. When he was In
front "of tbe grandstand Doble stood up
and yelled at the top of bis voice:
"Take the first turn to the left, Hank.
All the other, have gone that way."
Hank drove his horse to the barn.
'
Hole In a Fool's Hand.
"I'll stop the bullet," said Joseph Pugh
of Oslion, O., at bis bardlng houso. when
14-year-old Harry Stevens playfully pointed
a supposedly empty . revolver at Grace
Oump, aged 17. Then he playfully put bis
hand upon her temple just In time, for
tbe revolver proved to be loaded, and the
bullet went through Mr. Push's hand and
imbedded llself in the young woman's fore
head. Had Push's hand not been there It
would Undoubtedly have been a mortal
wound Instead of ft flesh wound for Miss
Oump.
Tbe revolver had been In the house for
thirty years, but eobody ' knew tt was
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