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rkasget a ftea as reaeted.
According to tho almanac July la a
tunimer month.
Secretary Taft la a living, proof of
he old saying that a man Is broadened
y travel. '
Our old friend, John N. Baldwin of
e Union Pacific, must have his blue
ggles on again.
Mark, Twain Is perfectly at home
Ih royalty. He hag received many
lijiem from his publishers.
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The secret of a restful vacation,
Tom Edison, -"Is the absence of
And the presence of eagh.
Senator Foraker declares he is al-
i ready to fight the Philistines.
(wlth jhe same weapon that Samp-
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niels comet will be within
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0 miles of the earth on July
lit Mm seem to do closer than that
uly 4.
:arry Thaw is said to be writing a
1 Thaw's most effective literary
"wurk heretofore has been his writing
la a check book.
A Chicago banker has Introduced a
white evening suit to society. His
tank must be underwriting some clean
Jrig- establishment. ' ' x
i Mayor "Jim" Is said to be starting
out petitions asking himself to give
jthe people of Omaha dollar gas
'iWhit'a tnnnlnr him?
J
ine constitution, is not to perisn at
the hands of the impassioned phrase
rns iter," says senator Knox. Now
whom is be aiming at? 4
"Sober Sue" is tie big attraction at
New York roof gardens this year. Any
thing in the sober line Is a novelty on
a New York roof garden.
That. Young Men's Christian asso
ciation clock will have to tick consld
erably faster If It wants to Join In the
Fourth of July celebration. '
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi
fit been converted. The evangelist
vho accomplished the feat should
have, a Carnegie hero medal.
Colonel Colt wants "it understood
that It was not a lack of caliber that
caused him to withdraw from the sens
torial contest In Rhode Island. -
"Rockefeller is cutting down his
tips." says the New, York World. Prob
ably saying "Thanks!" Instead of his
i former generous "Thank you!"
Some Philadelphia person has sent
00 to the conscience fund at Wash-
,ton. Probably one of those capltol
alldlng grafters returning the price
I a lunch.
? Indiana girls have agreed they will
vt marry unless the prospective hug
C'md can show $4,000 In coin.. Those
girls understand bow much easier It
U for a man to get that much cash
before marriage than after.
Omaha's new sehejol ceasus shows a
reasonable gain over last year, adding
Indisputable testimony to the steady
population growth. The proportion
ate incroase of population of school
age will at leas hold good for the
erate states or the state of Georgia;
(2) lawful descendants of such sol
diers; (I) all persons of good charac
ter who understand the duties of good
begin an immediate investigation of
the relations existing between the
telegraph companies of the United
States to ascertain if they are
violating the anti-trust law, will be
cheering news to the business world
In which communication by wire plays
such an important part. The scope
of the investigation calls for facts con
cerning the nature and extent of agree
ments existing between the telegraph
companies, the rate of wages paid to
employes, the operating expenses and
such other data as may be useful to
the Department of Justice In deter
mining whether to Institute legal pro
ceedings and to congress, should that
body again take up the question of
government ownership of telegraph
lines.
The agreement between the West
ern union and the Postal telegraph
companies comes under the bead of
those things which everybody knows,
but which may be hard to prove. While
It may be difficult, if not Impossible,
to produce evidence of any written
agreement between pie companies, It
Is notorious that they are In absolute
harmony on the fixing of rates, the
scale of wages paid to employes, the
limits of free delivery and a complete
working system that returns to the
companies the largest possible revenue
at the minimum outlay. Both com
panies simultaneously advanced rates
throughout the country from 10 to 30
per cent last April and the tariffs bear
convincing evidence that the new
schedules must have been agreed upon
by both companies. There is not . a
shade of difference between them In
rates at any point or upon any class
of business. The companies have
acted like brothers In the present
trouble with their operators, the con
tention of the managers on every point
at Issue would indicate that the com
panies both listen to the same attor
neys.
On the question of rates, the rep
resentatives of the government should
experience little difficulty in securing
evidence of agreement to establish
tariffs that are absolutely unwarranted
by conditions. Telegraph charges
have been advanced from 10 to 30 per
cent more than they were twenty years
ago, In spite of the fact that the volume
of their business has increased more
than twenty-fold and the construction
and extension work has been compara
tively light for years. Telegraph rates
are higher In America than in most
other countries, while expenses are
lower here. The two companies In
question have' an absolute monopoly
of the. business and follow the usual
monopoly plan of collecting all the
traffic will bear. '- . . t
It might be profitable for the fed-'
era! authorities making the Investiga
tion to inquire also Into the relations
existing between the telegraph com
panies and the telephone combines. It
Is no secret that an understanding ex
ists by which they agree to keep out
of each other's special fields, the tele
phone companies refusing to accept or
deliver messages and the telegraph
companies In turn agreeing to not en
gage lu the telephone business. It
works splendidly for the allied com
panies, to the annoyance, Inconvenience
and cost of their patrons. So far as
the public is concerned, the proposed
Investigation cannot be too prompt nor
too thorough.
read or write correctly; (6) any per
son who Is the owner of forty acres
of land on which he lives, or (6) any
person who owns 1500 worth of prop
erty In the state of Georgia.. This
clearly Is an attempt to eliminate the
negro voter. The governor says that
the amendment proposed does not con
flict with the federal constitution, as It
does not abridge the right of suffrage
on account of "race, color or previous
condition of servitude." The amend
ment is shrewdly drawn, but no. less
palpable a scheme of negro disfran
chisement. ' Altogether) Governor Smith's mes
sage is shrewdly calculated to appeal
to the people of Georgia and the south
If not to the democrats of the north.
HOKE SAfTH'S PtATTOBU.
Hoke Smith, the new governor of
Georgia, and a touted candi
date for the democratic vice presiden
tial nomination, has used his Inaugural
message as a vehicle for a pronounce
ment of principles. While most of the
subjects touched 'upon In his address,
relate entirely to Georgia affairs, a
national application of nearly all of
them might bo made. Governor Smith
viciously attacked tho lobbyists, de
claring that while most of the citizens
of the state are busy at home the hired
political agents are always on hand,
ready to bribe and corrupt weak'legls
latora to secure the enactment of legis
lation harmful to the public welfare.
K urges a law making It a crime for
any agent or attorney, hired to support
or oppose a measure, to discuss bis
client's Interests In the presence of
THA T RAILWAY COM MIS A fOJV VA CA AC T.
Political wiseacres at the state cap
ital are said to be debating among
themselves the question whether the
vacancy in the Railway commission
caused by the resignation of Robert
Cowell and filled by appointment of
Henry T. Clarke, Jr., is to be filled for
the unexpired term by the voters at
the coming election.
This debate seems to be largely
academic, because at the time the gov
ernor made the appointment to supply
the vacancy all the circumstances were
inquired into and the conclusion
reached that his appointment would
hold good only until some one should
be duly commissioned by popular elec
tion next fall and the certificate of ap
pointment was made to read that way.
Nothing In the constitution of Ne
braska indicates any different purpose
or Intent, while the law defining the
duties and fixing the compensation of
the railway commissioners specifically
declares that vacancies shall be filled
only temporarily by the governor until
the next succeeding general election.
This is the same practice that prevails
with reference to the Board of Regents
of the State university, members of
the board to fill vacneies having sev
eral times been chosen at intermediate
elections. The appointment of Mr.
Clarke, too, notwithstanding certain
constitutional prohibitions resting
upon members of the legislature, was
Justified on the ground that he was to
fill not an appointive, but an elective,
office subject to ratification by the
people at the next election.
Be all that as It may, the practical
requirements of the situation make it
imperative that this office be included
among those for which nominations
are made at the primary and Voted on
at the November election. The posi
tion of . railway commissioner is
specially Important and charged with
unusual responsibility. It is a posi
tion which the railroads would like
very much to control and for which
they would take advantage of any neg
ligence or omission on the part of the
people or their representatives. If
the railroad manipulators saw a chance
to smuggle some trusty railroad hench
man Into the commission by forcing
his name on the ticket after everyone
else had agreed no such office was to
be filled this year, they would not let
it get past them.
It becomes the duty of the people,
therefore, to see to It not only that
candidates are nominated for railway
commissioner this fall, but also that
the candidates nominated on all tick
ets are capable and competent and free
from corporation strings.
SENATOR ALLlSOy.
Welcome news comes from Iowa
that Senator William B. Allison of
Dubuque Is almost entirely restored
to his usual strength and vigor. While
he has made no announcement him
self, some of his close friends and po
litical advisors state that he bas de
cided to seek a re-election to the
United States senate and will make
a public' statement to that effect at the
proper time.
General Apathy will have no part
In the Iowa campaign If Senator Al
lison decides to seek a re-election. He
has long been the active republican
leader of tbe Hawkeye state and until
now no republican aspirant for sena
torial honors haf had the temerity to
oppose him. Governor Cummins re
cently allowed the statement that he
those who are .to vote upon It, except would seek election to succeed Sena-
at public hearings. That sounds pretty
drastic, but the conditions In Georgia,
as elsewhere, are such that no legal
step should be overlooked to secure
the suppression of the lobby evil.
Georgia has suffered from the free
pass evil and Governor Smith pleads
for Ita absolute abolition, even to the
point of making it a felony to use
passes, money or other forms of bribes
in elections. He urges enlarged powers
for the State Railway commission, that
It may fix rates, enforce depot and
trackage accommodations and bring
tbe railroads to an appreciation of
their duties to their patrons. He urges
liberal appropriations for the state
Institutions and particularly for the
schools, insisting that the development
of the atate could come only through
the advancement of her educational In
stitutions. Governor Smith shows at least the
courage of his convictions In urging
an amendment to the state constitution
regulating tho rights of franchise. His
recommendation will Inject the negro
question Into the national campaign it
Hoke Smith Is named on the demo
cratic ticket. He calls for an amend
ment to the state constitution by which
the right of franchise shall be ex
tended to those who (1) served In any
war of the United States, the eonfed-
tor Allison to go uncontradicted and
there is no secret of the fact that he
la arranging to conduct a campaign
for that purpose. Whether he will
continue In the race after Senator Al
lison makes a formal announcement
of his candidacy for re-election, re
mains to be seen, but the mere fact
that Senator Allison's health Is so good
that talk of his retirement from public
life has been dropped, lends a keen
Interest to the political situation In
Iowa. So far as tbe people of the
country at large are concerned all
their hopes will be for a continuance
of Senator Allison In the honorable
place In public life he has held so
long.
King . Edward has celebrated his
birthday by admitting two bankers, a
cotton spinner, an iron manufacturer,
a railroad chairman and the director
of a wine making establishment to the
ranks of titled aristocracy. At this
rate, the list of the British nobility
will soon look like a section of Pitts
burg's socletyxblue book.
The passenger departments and the
freight departments announce that
they are conforming to the new rate
laws. The legal departments an
nounce taat they are getting ready to
t the new laws to a finish. Need-
to say that these two ends of the
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railroad business insist they are acting
tnirely independent of one another.
' '
The new president of the Omaha
CeUral Labor cnlon expresses himself
as opposed to another primary to put
the union label on a political slate.
Wli!h previous labor primaries In mind,
everyone else Is also opposed to their
repetition.
The World-Herald declines to come
to the defense of former Governor
MVkey against the alleged indignity
perpetrated at the mention of his
nrme at recent Ak-Sar-Ben meeting.
Another sting of Ingratitude.
American wlnemakers are about to
start a campaign to educate the pub
lic to the benefits of champagne drink
ing. The public will not be slow to
begin drinking champagne If it can be
convinced it la good for them.
. The British House of Commons has
voted to limit the power of the House
of Lords. The American house of rep
resentatives frequently votes to have
the United States senators elected by
direct vote of the people.
An Illinois physician has lived on
water for twenty-two days. He may
be heard from when the prohibition
ists meet to select their presidential
candidate.
Bernard Shaw says he cannot under
stand why the Bible continues to be
the best selling book In print The
things Shaw does not understand about
the Bible would fill volumes.
A California paper asserts that "the
demon of unrest is at work 4n China."
Last reports from the demon of un
rest were that be was working over
time in San Francisco.
A Rivetted Clneh.
New Tork Herald.
Who can get the farmer vote away
from Bryan now? He has confessed that
he stilt clings to the old-fashioned nightshirt.
Forgotten Heroes.
Washington Post.
Tn th list nf the country's haroes should
be added the names of the men who for the
last four days have gone about their
business arrayed In boiled shirts, topped
off with high linen collars.
Prospective Thrillers.
Indianapolis , News.
Th possible Imposition of a line of 120,
260.000 on the Standard is Interesting to
cnntemnlata. but there la little reason to
fear that it will result la an unwteldly
official surplus.
Blooming; Impertinence.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The British House of Commons has voted
to curtail th powers of the House of
Lords. As soon as the lords get around
to It they will veto the resolution adopted
by th House of Commons, that being th
principal function of th House of Lords.
Chaslaa- Elijah's Maatle.
New Tork Post.
On a Missouri, Kansas - 4k Texas train
William J. Bryan lost his rob da nult
It was found by Conductor Jefferson Davis,
who turned It over to Station Agent
William McKinley. Th garment of th
great commoner Is running a close second
to the mantle of Elijah,
What 1 a HenebUcaat
Chicago Record-Herald.
In th name of clear thinking and bis
torio truth, let us know what a "republi
can" Is, what the present tests of repub
licanism are, and why It Is that men like
Aldricn and Foraker and Penrose have aa
much right to ths ram republican : as
Roosevelt and Taft, LaJTollett and Hughes
and Cummins T !
Feod for Naval Thonaht.
Springfield Republican.
There is food for thought - In the coin
cidence that on the very day that th
United States launches a so-called scout
cruiser, the Chester, whose business Is not
to flght but spy, and vhose speed is twenty-four
knots, England launches a Am
elias lighting ship, the Inflexible, with a
speed of twenty-five knots. A scout ves
sel with less speed than a righting ship
it might be called to spy upon Is some
what of an absurdity. It would be cheaper
to haul the Chester upon the mud flats
than to send it scouting sn Inflexible.
The coincidence llluatiates two things: Th
extent to which EngUnd is advanced over
th rest of the world In warship building
and th millions whicU are wasted on ships
that are obsolete when launched or soon
aflr.
WARNING rH THE BOYS.
Ialoraaattoa on Treatment ot Farth
of July Lockjaw.
Chicago Tribune.
. The Chicago healU department repeats
its statement that tetanus antitoxin, when
given In time. Is an absolute preventive of
lockjaw. It la unfortunate that this Infor
mation, which Is of so much value to the
boys who tntead to slay with firecrackers
and other exploslvu on th Fourth of
July, cannot be brought directly home to
them. They do not get th health depart
ment bulletins. They are not great read
ers of th newspapers and miss most of
the good advice given there therein. It
they would be made to understand that
Fourth of July wounds, no matter bow
trivial they may seem, may b fatal unless
prom p try and properly treated, there
would b a- much smaller death roll.
Whenever a boy's finger was cut by a bit
of a percussion cap or burnt by a cracker,
ti should report th Injury and proclaim
himself ready, for an Injection of tetanus
antitoxin.
The department of health of New Tork
City Is having printed a "consumption
catechism," which is to b distributed
among th school children. Those who
can b persuaded to read It will be ben
efited. It did not occur to the Chicago
health department to print a brief "lock
Jaw catechism" and distribute It among
the children In th public and parochial
schools.
It Is not too late, however, to give them
a little good advlc by word of mouth.
It will Impress them more If they get It In
that way than If It were to come to them
in print. Th public schools have their
closing exercise this week. The follow
ing week the boys and some of the girls
will be courting the dangers of the Fourth.
Before teachers and pupils part oompany
th former might, with propriety, say a
few words to their charges on the subject
of Fourth of July Injuries, lockjaw and
tetanus antitoxin. In that Way the Infor
mation given by the health department
will reach many of those who ax most
In need of It
ON PRESIORNTIAL FIRING LINK
Reply Collier's Attack Tie
President Falrhaak.
A late number of Collier's Weekly printed
sn extended review of the csreer of
Charles Warren Fairbanks from th tlm
lis was In col left e until ho becam vie
president. Th articl was peculiarly vin
dictive In that It assembled a mass of smsll
Incidents,' gossip and allegations, and
welded them Into a concrete Indictment of
Mr. Fairbanks aa a dissembler, an over
rated statesman, a man whose prominence
was due to his money. The Tribune of
ftnuth Bend, Ind., takes up the charges of
Collier's seriatim and refutes them In de
tail "Th purpose ot th attack," says
th Tribune, "made at th end of a period'
of a dosen years during which Mr. Fair
banks has been prominent In publlo life and
surpassing In savage vlndlctlveness any
thing that was said concerning this dis
tinguished son of Indiana by any rafresen.
tatlve of th opposition party, even during
the national campaign when Mr. Fairbanks'
name was coupled with that of Theodore
Roosevelt on th national republican ticket,
is evident enough. Th Vice president's
name Is having favorable mention through
out the country In connection with the re
publican presidential nomination. A Syste
matic campaign la being carried on by a
coterie of literary soldiers of fortune In
Washington In the interests of whom It
does not yet appear, but certainly not by
Inspiration from the friends of Governor
Hughes, Speaker Cannon or Senator Knox.
As to who It Is that may be depending on
the vilification of other republican leaders
for his own political advancement Is not yet
entirely evident, but If the origin of these
esnaults becomes known It will hardly Inure
to the profit of those th republicans hold
responsible for them."
Taft and Knox at Tale.
Secretary Taft and Senator Knox, rival
aspirants for the republican nomination for
president, occupied seat on the stage dur
ing the commencement exercises at Yale
college. Senator Knox received the hon
orary degree of doctor of laws. Secretary
Taft delivered an address at the alumni
banquet and jollied his political rival with
this story t
"Senator Knox agreed, after was
chosen to speak this afternoon for those
awarded the doctor of laws degree, that
I tell this story to express our present
view of the political situation.
"A long time ago ther was a repub
lican governor elected In Kentucky, and
an old man, who had voted the republican
ticket for years without any result, cam
dovfn off the mountain on his old mar
Jenny and hung around th publlo square
till he became, finally, of the opinion that
republicans were ungrateful. He turned
his horse's head toward his mountain home
when some of the boys who sat on the
piasxa of the hotel at Frankfort called out
to htm and asked him what he looked so
glum about. He stepped his mare and
said, slowly:
" 'Well, boys, I've heard It said thst the
office should seek the man, and not the
man the office. I've been down here for
several days and I haven't seen any offices
seeking the man, but If you do you Just
tell them at you seen Jim Stubbs going
down the Alexandria p4k on his little mare
Jenny, and that he was going damn slow.' "
Influence of Location on Nomination.
' Leslie's Weekly (rep.).
Possibly the location of the republican
national convention In 1908 may be made a
test of the relative strength of th Roose
velt and anti-Roosevelt elements in th
republican party. Roosevelt's opponents
want to get the convention for New Tork
or Philadelphia, believing that th local
sentiment of those towns would be against
him, while ' his friends seek to give. It to
Chicago, St. Louis or any other western
city which Is bidding for It, Roosevelt and
his policies being particularly popular,
throughout the Mississippi valley and on
the Pacific slope. At the meeting of the
national committee In December the time
and the place for holding the convention
will be determined on.
Thurlow Weed said It was the local senti
ment that defeated Seward In the Chicago
convention of 18B0 and nominated Illinois'
favorite son, Lincoln. Seward had a long
lead over Lircoln on the first ballot, but
Lincoln almost tied him on the second bal
lot, and he carried the convention on the
third. Local feeling i-ubtless had much to
do with the defeat of Pendleton, the Ohio
greenbacker, In the democratic convention
of IStiS, which was held In New Tork, and
the nomination of New York's ex-governor,
Seymour, who had not been thought of
In connection with the candidacy until
after the ballots had been taken. Cincin
nati, the town In which the convention of
1878 was held, had something to do with
turning the convention to Governor Hayes
ot Ohio In th general wtndup. Whether lo
cality will count for anything In determin
ing the republican presidential candidate
for the platform next year la something
on which positive opinion at this stag Is
hazardous.
Leaving; the Door Opea,
Atlanta Constitution (dem.).
There Is a diversity of opinion diverse
at least to the extent of being two-sided
as to what President Roosevelt would do
If the republican convention should
unanimously nominate him and adjourn.
Th belief that he would be overpowered
and swept Into the race Is too strong to
be disregarded, despite ths emphasis ths
president has put upon his refusal. Con
sequently, republicans everywhere are
building upon that belief, and are Incu
bating the cyclone. The door Is being left
open for President Roosevelt, and If thero
Is no other wsy. It looks very much as if
b would be pushed through It.
A Foar-WerS Platform.
New Tork Bun (rep.).
If there Is a democratic party, a real
opposition to ths republican party, and
not its parallel and double; tf there Is a
democratic party alive to the danger and
the duty of this time and faithful to the
one steady democratic principle, th plat
form of that party la plain and short. Th
flourishes, the flapdoodle, th welter ot
futile and Impertinent matter that Alls
political platforms will not be needed. The
Issue It: Stick to the constitution!
That covers the whole ground.
. Back to th Coastltatlon.
Indianapolis News.
It looks as though the next session of
congress were to see great searchlngs of
fundamental constitutional principles. Th
xact relations of state . and nation, ths
extent of the state's authority, th rang
of th national power, where thy over
lap, and where thsy ar distinct and sep
arateall thss questions are likely to be
thraahed out again with great thorough-
Lneas. The recent speeches of the presi
dent, of Secretaries Root and Taft, ' of
Senator Knox and of Judge Gray, to say
nothing of countless discussions in ths
public press, all Indicate that the time Is
ripe for a new and thorough discussion,
a new crystallising of thought on the
exact nature of our dual system of government.
Merely a Jlcaalader.
New Tork Sun.
It should be remembered that Senator
Knox has witnessed soni aotabl Illustra
tions of th campaign vslu e political
courage
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The kitchen work
vfint mtitt hft rlnnA
this summer will be lessened, your fuel expense
reduced, and your mtcnen cooler, u you uo a
NEW PERFECTION
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PERKONAL ROTES.
The chief flgur at Th Hague Is Andrew
Carnegie, the peace champion, and the most
prominent person In England just now Is
Mark Twt in. Wit and money will do any
thing. Former residents of th Queen City of the
Lakes, whose ears are attuned to the snng,
"Put Me Off at Buffalo," are requested to
send their names and addresses to John
L. Clawsoa, 107-115 Whit building. Mr.
Clawson Is president of Buffalo's old. home
week celebration, September 1-7. and has
som Information to communicate to Buf
falonlans browsing In th tall grass of th
west.
Th John Harvard house at Strattord-on-Avon
has been restored through the In
strumentality of an American beef packer's
money and an English novelist's Interest in
Shakespeare's native town. Nelson Morris
of Chicago, bought the home soma tlm ago
and commissioned Marl Corslll to supervise
the restoration. The house Is one of th
most Interesting of all the relics of Shakes
peare's time, .
Lieutenant Julius von Demner of th Ger
man army, heir to a $14,000,000 estate and a
member of the German aristocracy, has
Joined the L'nUed States army at Fort Lea
venworth, whera he has been assigned to
the third battalion of engineers. Although
only 23 years of age. Von Demner speaks
fourteen languages. He came to the United
States last winter, having been granted a
four years' leave of absence.
The model for the statue which Is to be
erected to the memory of the late Senator
George F. Hoar by popular subscription
from the people of Worcester. Mesa, has
been completed by the sculptor, Daniel
Chester French, snd It Is expected that the
complete statue will be finished In time
for dedication next October. It wilt be
erected on the common, somewhere In the
vicinity of the city hall, Worcester.
PASSING OP THE! PIONEER. -
Prccloas Llttl New Territory to
Attract Pataflnder.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. .
Humanity Is swarming over the globe
and penetrating to Its most hidden re
cesses. The noble army of pioneers will
presently pass away. The pathfinders and
the ax wlelders .will find their occupation
gone. Thore will be no more outposts of
civilization, no heroic advance guard. All
this will como to pass In time, but there
are still localities that are sufficiently wild
to test the courage of the pioneer skir
mish line. One ot the wildcat of these
appears to lie along the route of the
Uganda railway in East Africa. From
one of the advanced stations on this jungle
line the official In charge Is reported to
have recently telegraphed to the traffic
manager asking for ball cartridges for his
Snider rifle. He complains that for three
nights a lion has slept on the station plat
form. He adds that when the lion Isn't
sleeping he Is prowling up and down, claw
ing at the wall and door and doing his
best to fore an entrance to the office.
Naturally the lone station master finds his
rest a good deal broken by th unwelcome
caller, and he wants the ball cartridges
to frighten him away. Her Is a picture
tor you the lone station In the jungle, the
steel rails shining in th moonlight, the
great yellow brute pacing up and down
the platform, the wakeful watcher In his
Insecure office. When th last pioneer
goes he will take with him an element of
romance that the world cannot help r-
ti ciiiua
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
ways so giod-natured?"
"Too short-winded to fight snd too fat
to run, I guess." Cleveland Leader.
"What was the matter with that couple
on their honeymoon trip abroad 7"
"I believe th groom anticipated toe
much."
"In what way?"
"He was half sess over before th vessel
had fairly left port." Baltimore American.
"Tour wife used to sing ana piay a greas
Anl 1 hav nnt henrfl her latelv."
"Since we have had children she has had
no tlm."
"Ah, children are such a blessing. '
Milwaukee Journal.
"They say that great fortunes sre to be
made In the west by simply establishing
"Certainly." answered Mr. Dustln 8ta.
"Irrigation's the thing. Look at the wealth
I have amansed by Judiciously watering
Tommy Pa, what is a hypochondrlaoT
Pa Tommy, how often have I told yow
not to use bad words T Somervlll Journal.
"I didn't know he was athletic at all."
"He Isn't."
"Why, he tells me he's a llght-wetght
boxer."
"Very likely he Is. He's got a job not
ing all sorts of goods In a wholesale gro
eery store." Washington Herald.
"Jones is the most prominent member of
our golf club." -
"Why. he can't play Holf." ' '
Iso, out he alw
Cleveland Leader
ays pays his dues."
In the printing office where there wss
much Financial trouble and all the salaries
were owing, the nrnnager reluctantly ap
proached the head of the firm.
"The office boy leaves us Saturday
night," he announced.
The head partner gronned.
"Another one!" he sighed. "Then there
will be the devil to pay '"Philadelphia
Prisa.
TUB 81NDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.
Detroit Free Press.
How dear to my heart la the Sunday school
picnic.
The Sunday school picnic that comes one
a year;
The inHKuii Jar crammed with a wonderful
salad.
The eggs that were boiled till they're
hard end severe.
The succulent sandwich of ham and of
lettuce.
The iM iinut cake that was crushed on
tho trip;
The soft custard pi and the luscious
bansna,
The lemonade passed: you to moisten the
Hp.
How dtar to my heart is the Sunday school
picnic, '
The Sunday school picnic I used to en
Joy; The Kg shells the joker stuffs Into your
pocket.
The flies that are swarming around te
annoy.
The lunch In the shade of a wide spread
ing oak tree,
Tho pieces of chicken you take In your
hand;
How dear to my heart Is th Sunday school
plcnlo.
With joy the old-timer can best under,
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