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STATEMENT OF CTRCT71.ATION.
Nebraeka, Dougla County. .:
Oeorg B. Tsschuck. treasurer of Th Be
rtibllnhlng company, being duly wom, ay
that th srtual number of full nd complete
eople of Th Dslly. Morning. Evening and
mnday B printed during the month of
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GEO. B. TZSCHUCK,
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Mfora m this lt day of March. 1908.
. M. P. WALKER.
(J) Notary Public
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mailed ta than. Address wtU be
mm oft) aa raaavatad.
The storm door la getting wobbly on
ita hinges.
Take the calendar maker's word for
It. Spring has come.
EMU, a tariff that would auit every
one would be something of a freak.
St. Louis is now claiming a popula
tion of 720,000, but most of us will
have to be shown.
The waji and means committee
doubtless felt safe In placing a tax on
tea, as China has no navy.
Have you read the 9,000 pages of
reports of the tariff hearings before
the ways and means committee?
"The Master Hand" Is the title of
Nat Goodwin's new play. Nat has
held all kinds of 'em in his tlmo.
Eight Cuban soldiers have started
a rebellion. When they get five re
cruits they will call it a revolution.
A forgotten city has been discovered
near Los Angeles. It will probably be
recalled, as the recall is now a fad In
California.
Henry James' new play Is said to ap
peal entirely to the Intellect. It is
difficult to understand why It should
be tried out In New York.
The first session of the new Cuban
congress has "done nothing." Those
Cubans may make the mistake of
sticking too closely to the pattern.
Winston Churchill says that an
African lion will slink away at a stern
word. Mr. Roosevelt may discover
that a lion Is not as nervy as a con
gressman. The man who gets an unexpected
wallop on the head from a base ball
while he Is passing a vacant lot may
know without further investigation
that spring is here.
Jim Jeffries has refused to fight for
a purse of less than $75,000. He
thinks it would be disgraceful for a
prise fighter to get less money than the
president of the United States.
Some of the corporation magnates
who expected to find the "Welcome"
sign on the White House door Imme
diately after March 4 are having diffi
culty In suppressing their chagrin.
Frederick Palmer wants to know
why more missionaries are not sent to
Central America. As a rule missiona
ries are not quick enough on the trig
ger to enjoy long life in Central
America.
The New York World refers to "A
Chicken Coop" as meaning a poker
hand containing three aces and three
queens. Apparently they cannot even
play poker In New York without run
ning in a ringer.
A Chicago minister says that a
preacher should always have a third
party present when he Is talking to a
woman. The preacher who feels that
way about It should have his con
science polished up a bit.
The Indianapolis News has discov
ered that the panio was caused by the
refusal of President Roosevelt to pre
vent the absorption by the Steel trust
of the Tennessee Coal and" Iron com
pany.' The World-Herald and the
Commoner must feel humiliated over
being beaten to that remarkable dis-)tery.
The Presidential Susceision.
The appointment by President Taft
of two former democrats to cabinet
positions, one of them professing still
to be a democrat In all essential mat
ters, has been discussed In various
phases, but nowhere, so far as we have
seen, in its bearing on the presidential
succession.
For the first hundred years of the
republic the line of succession ran
from the vice president to the presi
dent pro tern of the senate and to the
speaker of the house of representa
tives, but this was changed by an en
actment of congress for the very pur
pose of preventing a transfer of execu
tive power according to the varying
political control of the senate or the
house. It was argued that the elec
tion of the president constituted a pop
ular vote of confidence In the political
party he represented and a manifesta
tion of lack of confidence In the pollt
loal party or parties represented by his
antagonists. To make sure that the
presidential office should remain within
the control of the party Invested with
it at the election a new line of succes
sion was established through the cabi
net, beginning with the secretary of
state, secretary of the treasury, secre
tary of war, and so on, conditioned on
the eligibility of the occupants of
those positions for the time being.
It Just so happens that the two
former democrats chosen to Mr. Taffs
cabinet family occupy the two places
In the line of presidential succession
next only to the secretary of state, and
that the democratic secretary of war,
who Insists he Is still a democrat, is
only four removes from the presiden
tial chair. The possibility of a demo
crat succeeding President Taft by sim
ultaneous death or disability of presi
dent, vice president and secretary of
state is, doubtless, quite remote, but it
Is an existing contingency nonetheless,
although perhaps not close enough to
warrant speculation on what might
happen should it transpire.
The Inheritance Tax.
The Inheritance tax, recommended
by President Taft In his Inaugural ad
dress and embodied in the new tariff
bill,' had its origin with the Egyptians
long before the Christian era and has
been employed in various forms by
states and nations very generally since
the time of the Roman wars against
Pompey, being used originally as a
war revenue measure and latterly
adapted to more Immediate peace
needs. It Is In force today in France,
Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain
and practically all Important foreign
countries. In the United States the
federal government used the system
twice, from 1862 to 1870 and from
1898 to 1902. The different states of
the union now generally have inherit
ance tax laws. The tax has been
thoroughly established as a sound
economic principle and the real prob
lem before the present congress will
be to adapt it to national needs with
out Infringing upon the claims of the
states to this source of revenue.
The chief opposition to the proposed
national inheritance tax Is that it
would superimpose on present state
taxes an additional Inheritance tax.
Inheritances are now taxed in thirty
six states. Twenty states tax both di
rect and collateral bequests and in
thirteen states the tax is In some de
gree progressive. Wisconsin, Califor
nia, Idaho, Minnesota and Massachu
setts have progressive rates for both
direct and collateral heirs. In Illi
nois, Nebraska, Colorado, South Da
kota, Oregon and North Carolina the
progressive rates apply only to distant
relatives and strangers in blood, while
in Washington and Texas they apply
to all collateral heirs. In some states
no distinction Is made between direct
and collateral heirs. There is a wide
difference among the states both in the
rate of the tax and in the amount of
the exemptions, the rate running from
1 to 15 per cent and the exemptions
from $100 in Michigan to $25,000 in
North Dakota on collateral heirs and
from $2,000 to $20,000 on direct
heirs. The proposal pending In con
gress exempts everything below $10,
000 for direct heirs, with a $500 ex
emption for collateral heirs. The ar
gument will be offered with force that
this broad exemption by the national
bill will serve to avoid double inherit
ance tax on bequests valued at less
than that amount, most of whiah are
taxed in the various states. Of the
thirty-six states having an Inheritance
tax only ten place the exemption as
high as $10,000, the amount fixed In
the federal bill. The inheritance taxes
paid In the various states now amount
to about $10,000,000 a year.
The constitutionality pf this form of
taxatlou has been repeatedly tested In
the courts, the almost universal ruling
being that its Imposing is nothing
more than the exercise of the power
which every state or sovereignty pos
sesses of regulating the manner and
terms upon which property may be
transmitted. Every feature of the law
has been passed upon by the different
courts and the taxing power of the
state or nation has been Invariably
affirmed.
The only question at issue over the
Inheritance tax Is whether the same
source of revenue should be adopted
by both federal and state governments.
Most students of public finance advo
cate a complete separation of the
sources of revenue relied on to support
different governmental Jurisdictions
Invested with the taxing power, other
wise It might become a question
whether one should yield precedence
to the other, should there arise a com
petitive demand between them for
more revenue.
It goes without saying that the pres
ent proposal for a federal Inheritance
tax is a revenue-getting measure and
not prompted by any theory of re-
adjustment of swollen fortunes. If
the design were to promote more
equitable economic distribution, the
rate of the taxes would have to be
progressive and much higher to ac
complish tangible results. So, even if
adopted at this time, the inheritance
tax Is likely to be temporary or at
least elastic, with the rate subject to
Increase or decrease, according to the
treasury needs.
Qualification! for Office.
The danger that menaces the move
ment for direct nominations Is the
open Invitation it extends to men to
seek office who have no claim or fitness
for the positions to which they aspire.
If anything will make the direct pri
mary break down or turn It into a
farce it is the confusing multiplication
of names on the ballot from which
even the most Intelligent voter cannot
make an Intelligent choice.
The multiplication of offices to be
filled by popular election and the mul
tiplication of candidates to be nomi
nated for each office tend to make the
election merely a gamble in which the
Ignorant, the disreputable or corrupt
have almost as good a chance of win
ning out as the experienced, induBtrl
ous and honest. The only remedy
that seems feasible is to hold down as
much as possible the number of offices
to be filled by popular vote and to es
tablish much more stringent qualifica
tions for office.
In our city charter a councilman
need be only a freeholder of the ward
he wishes to represent and the free
holder qualification is about to be
abolished, so that anyone who has a
right to vote may run for a place on
the board of managers of the munic
ipal corporation. The qualifications
for mayor are practically the same, so
that a man may become the head of
our city government who knows noth
ing whatever about Its machinery and
problems. If to be a councilman a
man had to be a taxpaying resident of
his ward for not less than five years,
and to be a mayor a man had to have
previously served either In the city
council or In some other responsible
city office, the choice at the primary
election might be more intelligently
directed. (
The same is true with reference to
the legislature and the state executive.
If It were made prerequisite that the
governor should have seen service In
the legislature the executive would be
better equipped for his duty and the
incentive to men of ability to serve In
the legislature correspondingly in
creased. The adage about locking the stable
door after the horse is stolen, however,
is applicable here. The people are
not likely to wake up to the necessity
of action in the direction of requiring
higher qualifications for offlceholdlng
until the accident of free entry to a
direct primary puts some flagrant mis
fit in the most conspicuous official
position.
A Divorce Innovation.
The somewhat sensational testi
mony in the Stirling divorce case,
which has attracted much attention
throughout Great Britain and no little
notice In this country, haa been sup
plemented by the novelty of the find
ing in the case, Lord Guthrie, in
granting a divorce to John Alexander
Stirling, having decided that the costs
must be borne by the man named as
co-respondent.
In this country there is little heed
paid to the legal obligations of the co
respondent in such cases. The usual
recourse against him is a suit for dam
ages for alienation of affection, al
though in some few states he Is liable
to criminal prosecution. For the most
part, however, he escapes with what
ever share of criticism or obloquy so
ciety may have to offer, and society at
the t'8t is not harsh in such cases,
rather preferring to shrug its shoul
ders iiml to Intimate in whispers that
the fulprli was not wholly to blame.
In thu n,!tutlon and consideration of
d i i) i . - rt forms it might be a good
plan to Include the plan of Lord Guth
rie aiid provide for mulcting the co
respondent for costs. The injured
husbaud might hesitate to ask the in
fliction of thiB form of penalty, but its
adoption might go far toward making
home Invasion unpopular.
Mr. Carnegie Peace Plan.
Andrew Carnegie, president of the
American Peace society, has made a
proposition to the organization looking
to the disarmament of nations and the
establishment of world peace. He
proposes an alliance between the
United States and Great Britain for
mutual protection on the Atlantic and
Pacific, arguing that the combination
of the two powers would create a force
which would dominate the rest of the
world and make war Impossible.
Briefly outlined, Mr. Carnegie's plan
is as follows:
Britain and America to agree aa follow:
America will defend agalnat attack the
BrttUh possessions upon the Atlantic, In
cluding the inland In th aouth.
Britain will defend against attack th
American coast upon th Pacific and Ha
waii and the Philippine.
This agreement to terminate at th end of
five year' notice, given by either party.
The proposition looks as pretty on
paper as a democratic "tariff for reve
nue only" plan or the prospectus of a
Nevada mining stock company, but
there are some very serious, if not
fatal, obstacles to putting the plan Into
effect. In the first place, the Amer
ican people since Washington's time
have been opposed to "entangling for
eign alliances," and all of the chances
are that any proposed alliance with
Great Britain would be rejected by
congress and the people. In th sec
ond Instance, Oreat Britain already haa
an alliance with Japan embracing pos
sible police duty In the Pacific, In re
turn for Japan's guardianship of Brit-
1h Interests In the far east, and
Britain would be barred from the start
from a new combination with the
United States, if such an alliance were
possible.
If there were o "previous engage
ment" on Britain's part It is still
doubtful if an alliance between the
United States and Britain on the Car
negie plan would accomplish the de
sired result. The first effect would be
a big increase of the United States
navy in the Atlantic and a correspond
ing enlargement of the British fleet in
the Pacific to meet the new responsi
bilities assumed. It would be the
most natural thing in the world for
the other great nations to make prepa
rations to offset this new and powerful
combination and they would figure
that the one way to do that would be
to increase their navies. Instead of
limiting naval expenditures the Car
negie plan would tend to Increase
them, and for that reason Mr. Car
negie's motion will probably be de
clared out of order.
The Disappearing Waistline.
Mere man will probably never be
able to fathom the mysteries of
woman's fashions and perhaps 'twere
better so but even the casual ob
server, even a near-sighted man, can
not avoid noticing the astonishing
changes being made in the geography
of woman by the beating of the waves
of fashion, particularly with reference
to the disappearing waistline.
It Is not many years since the waist
line of even the fashionable woman
was considered stationary. It was lo
cated by Just a slight drop of the hug
ging arm, or both arms, and every
swain, however bashful and Inexperi
enced, had little difficulty In locating
it with a reasonable degree of ac
curacy. For some reason unknown to
man, the waistline began to move up,
getting farther away from the hugging
curve until but a short time ago the
same casual observer became con
vinced that woman had been supplied
with arms solely for the purpose of
preventing the waistline and the neck
line from violating the anti-merger
laws.
But now again the waistline Is being
revised downward like the DIngley
tariff schedule. It has fallen below
the old familiar landmark, cleared the
hips bunker and is still dropping like
the price of corn after the collapse of
a board of trade corner. The orig
inators of the new styles have not
taken the public Into their confidence
and there is no authentic Information
aa to Just where the waistline will
wind up. Of course women have to
walk, and it is a fairly safe prediction
that the waist will never oe worn be
low the knee.
It would, of course, bo wasted effort
to Inquire whether mere man likes the
change. It Is also useless to ask if
the women like It. Change Is the In
dispensable Ingredient of style, and
the woman does not live who will ad
mit to herself, much less to anyone
else, that the new style is not becom
ing to her If she can possibly afford
it. A professor of the Chicago uni
versity recently declared that a sav
age woman from the Jungle would be
as much at home in a new dreas as the
leader of our most fashionable society.
He might have added that a leader of
our society out of fashion would be
just as savage as any woman in the
Jungle.
Inter-Bacial Marriagei.
Americans will have difficulty in
agreeing with so distinguished a
scholar as Dr. Charles W. Eliot, the
retiripg president of Harvard univer
sity, that the negro question In the
south Is a lesser problem than the
menace threatening the progress of the
nation in the intermarriage of the
races and the admixture of racial
stocks. In a recent address at Mem
phis Dr. Eliot is reported to have de
clared that "the Irish should not inter
marry with Americans of English de
scent; that the Germans should not
marry the Italians; that Jews should
not marry the French; that each race
should maintain its individuality and
that there Is no reason why the races
should not live together, side by side,
in perfect peace and amity."
The logic of the world's history is
against Dr. Eliot's contention. The
Japanese and the Jews are in fact the
only' highly civilized races that have
kept their stock practically pure from
refusal to Intermarry with other races,
and even with the Japs history shows
that many of the most eminent men in
the mikado's kingdom trace their or
igin back to Malay sources. The
Chinese who have resisted, or at least
not Invited, Interracial marriages have
taken their position In the world's
march of progress with the rear guard
since civilization was young. The old
world races have intermingled and ap
parently profited by It. The Britons,
Irish and Scots have mingled with the
Normans, the Danes, the Angles and
the Saxons and have grown in strength
and progress with each merger, just as
the Slavs, Spanish, Italians and French
have intermarried with the Germans
in practically all of the German states
and colonies. All European tests of
these mixtures have assayed for gen
eral betterment and there Is nothing
to Indicate that Americans have suf
fered from a similar cause.
The man who has had behind him
three generations of ancestors In the
United States, and who Is wholly Irish,
German, English or French, is a rare
specimen. The intermingling of the
white races In this country has pro
duced the "American" type. Theodore
Roosevelt, who boasts of Dutch, Eng
Ush, Scotch, Irish and French blood,
Is a striking example of the American
mixture, and there can be no sound
objection to a blend of nationalities
that produces such vigorous and capa
Ne stock. There are no barriers of
religion, social caste, language or gov
ernment in this country to keep the
white races apart, and the stngle fact
that the American blend of all the
white races is challenging the admlra
tion and envy of the world Is the most
effective answer to Dr. Eliot's argu
ment.
The Birth of Spring.
The calendar fixes the date at March
21, but the birth of spring is an In
definite date which the Indlvidua
really has to locate for himself. Some
persons watch for the dandelion or the
crocus, while others pin their faith to
the appearance of the robin, the frlskl
ness of the squirrel or the movements
of some other wild or domesticated
animal or bird. But the real spring
arrives when the Individual finds
new feel outdoors, when the Varth
begins to yield under his tread, when
the sky takes on a sweeter blue and
tinges of green force through the dead
leaver on the lawn to greet the warm
lng sun.
These are the early symptoms, and
some folks whose sympathies are so
attuned as to catch the first opening
notes of nature's spring song have a
Joy in living that comes to even the
stalder souls later on. To these fa
vored ones the soil has an odor of Its
own these days, a notice that the good
earth is awakening again and giving
thought to the necessities and Joys of
all living things. Winter's cloak is
dropping and nature la bidding its
children to get closer to it and watch
anew the enactment of the miracle of
creation. It needs no cross mark on
the calendar to notify the nature lover
of the birth of the season.
It Is reported that Henry White la
to be dropped from the diplomatic
corps because he snubbed Mr. and Mrs.
Taft when they visited Vienna on their
wedding tour, when Mr. White was
secretary of the American legation
there. The story is substantially cor
rect except for the fact that Mr. White
left Vienna two years before Mr. and
Mrs. Taft were married.
"What has become of the old-
fashioned man who always used to
turn the wringer for his wife on wash
day?" asks the Detroit Free Press.
Last time we saw him was cranking up
his automobile and insisting that It re
minded him of old times.
In Italy about 62 per cent of the
murderers tried are convicted. The
percentage of convictions in the United
States is only 1.3 per cent. The
'Black Hand" has a reason for select
ing the United States for Its field of
operations.
A Workles Job Approved.
Salt Lake City Tribune.
It Is said that President Taft has selected
his family physician, and this Is perhaps
about the only publlo appointee who the
people hope will have nothing to do.
An Effect It Invasion.
New York Evening Post.
While Englishmen have been watching
from dune and headland for th Invading
armies of the empress of the north, the
Englishman's home has been captured by
an American deportment store.
An Officios Hnttlnsky.
Springfield Republican.
Mr. Pinchot's labored argument for the
high tariff on lumber Is calculated to dls
trust many people who have supported his
crusade for the preservation of the forests
very .cordially.
Killing- Merely Incidental.
Chicago Tribune.
Common fairness ' demands that Mr.
Roosevelt shall not be classed with the
Gordon Cummlngs. He Is not going to
Africa to kill lions for tho mere pleasure
of killing, but to collect specimens for the
Smithsonian Institution. Please bear In
mind that the killing, though unavoidable,
Is merely incidental.
Source of Jingoism.
New York World.
Senator Scott expresses the opinion that
Japanese war scares are started by persons
who have munitions or military or naval
supplies to sell to the government. This
belittling of the patriotism of Jingo agita
tors will receive the condemnation it de
serves from every owner of a vessel suita
ble for sale at a high price for use as a
transport, and from all contractors who
could profit from a war. It is an open
affront to a recognized American industry.
Not an Buy Job.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Those who think that congress will speed
ily lick a new tariff bill Into shape are not
basing their expectations on observation of
what has occurred In the past. Under th
most favorable circumstances the arrange
ment of schedules Is a work of extreme
difficulty, but, complicated as It Is this
time by the necessity of considering sources
of additional revenue, as well as the pro
tection of 'American Industry, th cnances
are tnat It "vlll lie pretty lute in the sum
mer before a inoajure Is re .-Jy for the ap
proval of the proalleat.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
March haa ten days In which to show Its
lamb-like traits.
St. Paul object to the odors of a packing
house. Reports to the contrary, the old
patriarch' proboscis Is closer to the earth
than the halo Indicates.
Qun-totlng in Missouri will be made a
penitentiary offense If a pending bill goes
through. Owing to th Increase In dry
territory the pistol pocket I needed for
bottled artillery.
Endowing automobiles to cover necessary
expenses appeals mightily to lively son of
rich fathers. The addition of a copious ac
cident policy would make the motion com
plete and Insure a unanimous vote.
A New York manager who advertised for
"thirty chorus girls." which the printer
hypnotized Into "thirsty chorus girls,"
wants to borrow Roosevelt's big stick for a
short, energetlo session In the composing
room.
A subsection of New York Is rejoicing
over the retirement of horse cars. At the
present rata of progress the antique re
gion of the big town will line up with the
procession before the twentieth century
wane.
Th last Seventeenth of Ireland, Ilk its
predecessors, brings to the front an ora
torical thought of som interest. On elo
quent panegyrist adds to Patrick's varied
talents th unlqu distinction of fathering
a snake story which dsfl the ravage of
Urn.
PER. CENT
During FYbrunry nearly OR per rent (7.0) of the pollrlce paid
a death claims by the Kqultable in the I'nlted State and Canada were
paid within one day after proof of death were received.
Pollclea Paid ... Si: 1,1 0.1,000.57
Tald within one day 330 1,175,070.40
There was only one claim remaining unpaid at the end of tho nee
ond day. When pollclea are not paid immediately It in usually due to
delay on the part of the beneficiary in submitting complete papers.
08.4 of the TOTAL AMOUNT IUII WITHIN A DAY.
H. D. NEELY. Manager, Merchants
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
The golden rule Is the best antidote for
the rule of gold.
The shortest cut to heaven is lifting
someone out of hell.
Virtue never needs to demonstrate Itself
by vociferation.
IJttle deeds are often like little windows
Into a large room.
A man never has any more religion than
his children can find out.
You never make a mistake In giving
where you give part of yourself.
The man who follows his appetites ex
pect his wife to follow his Ideals.
It takes more than singing "Home, Sweet
Home," to make homo sweet.
, When the preacher goes hunting for fame
the wolf needs no invitation to the fold.
It's no une talking about having divine
grace If you cannot be gracious to men.
The holiest work In this world IS buying
happiness for others with our own toll
and pain.
If the man who has nothing to say would
only say It ho would soon acquire a repu
tation for wisdom.
There Is a world of difference between
praying to melt rocks and praying by sur
mounting them. Chicago Tribune.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT
Philadelphia Record: The clergyman wtio
was quoted thn other day as saying that
he can take a pencil, a pad, and a 1100
bill and make a fortune in Wall street Is
only a beginner. The street's idea Is to
use somebody else's $100 bill.
Brooklyn Eagle: A Massachusetts church
has barred women from publlo worship
who refuse to take off their hats on enter
ing the church. Apparently there are
woman who could get Into the church with
out taking off their hats. Massachusetts
Is slow.
Boston Herald: The Protestant Episcopal
bishop of Arkansas recently received a
draft of $30. drawn on London, and given
by Chinese Christians in Hankow for uso
In relieving the physical needs of Arkan
sans, and converting them to Christianity.
This can be looked upon as one "of life's
tittle Ironies;" or It can be seen as a case
of bread cast upon the waters, returning
after many days. Or some may find In
It a prophecy that oriental missions will
work in America to save our people to an
oriental faith.
New Tork Tribune: "Slang and barroom
conversation" used by some evangelists
was the subject of cauetlo remarks by the
Rev. Frederick E. Hopkins, pastor of Pil
grim Congregational church, speaking of
Evangelists and Evangelism" at a meet-
ng of Congregational ministers of Chicago.
There seems to be today a kind of
evangelist that Is downright vulgar," said
he. "A woman fittingly described this
sort to me the other day when she said:
This species of evangelist cuffs the reg
ular pastor around when he pays a visit.
advertises himself and then takes all the
money nut of the parish and leaves the
minister aN the work to da' "
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Gladvs Bo Jack Btaylate's advances are
obnoxious to you?
Alice Very. I wish I could do some
thing to make him stay away.
tiiadys wuy not marry mmi new
York Times.
'The spirit of your husband wishes to
speak wt'h you, madam."
wiiat aoes ne say i
He save that he doesn't have to dreas
in a cold room." Bohemian.
Mrs. Youngwife What Is the first ques
tion you ask of a maid whom you think
of employing?
Mrs. Oldone I always say first, "Have
you ever lived with me before?" Life.
Esmeralda How manr times do you
make a young man propose to you before
you say yes?
Gwendolen If you have to make him
Fropose you'd better say ye the first
line. Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Bores Mr. Meekman Is a splendid
example of what a man ought to be.
Mr. Hoggs JSot on your lire, ne s a
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"Yes, indeed," said Miss T'pplsch. "my
great-grandmother on my mother's side
was noted for her proud and imperious
btHrlnK."
"How strange!" exclaimed Miss Knox:
"our servant girl's the same way. Cuth
ollc Standard and Times.
Mr. Hlghsome Your daughter rlnys
claiuiical music, does she not?
Mr. 8trnokyl I don't know. Mv wife
lKks after all thnt. Hut I think she docs.
I've hear her say she could play every
ono of BoiiHa's mnrchos with her ryes
shut Chicago Tribune,
Jack There's one good thing about
widow's weeds.
Tom What's that? '
Jack They rarely interfere with the
Rewath 0t oranKe blossoms. -Chicago
Mrs. Knloker How do you Induce your
cook to stay?
Mrs. rtnflrai-Wa .lu. .
mont ring that has to be returned.
Harper's iiasar.
HEAVEN SO NEAR.
Baltimore Sun.
Heaven Is so near, when ww go to find It
We can't see clear for the glory behind It:
It's rlRht at our feet, but we never mind
I
Heaven is so near, but wo sigh and sigh
for it.
We mourn and grieve and pray nnd cry
for It.
When the thing to do is to toll and try
for ltl
Heaven Is so near that we bump right
In it
On every Me and at every minute
That wb live life right and deservo to
win ltl
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Heaven is so near llko a soft wing press
ing. It floaa everywhere with Its tender bless
ing Of bloom and bird and the wind's caress
mgl -
Heaven is so near it's the morning, beam
ing, The dusk's still hour, wltli the starlight
gleaming,
Loved lips at the gate and the dear night's
dreaming!
Heaven is so near why. we anarch alt
around us
Tin It leans with fts ear to our hearts to
sound us.
And here in our own dear lanes It ha
found usl
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