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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION
Stnte of Nibraxka. Dnuglaa County, J".
George B. Tsschuck. treasurer of The
Bee l"ubllnhlng Company,
being duly
ia-
Iowa:
1 44,760
B 43,000
9 45,460
4 42,090
. 45,800
40,360
T 40,040
8 40,450
t 37,400
10 40,180
11 40.410
It 40,310
13 40,180
14 40,870
15 40,610
It 37,500
17 40,340
Unturned copies . . ,
18 40,190
If 40,130
80 40,140
81 40,480
88 40JJ10
83 39,300
84 40,180
85 39.D40
88 40,030
87 40,100
88 40,440
39 41,070
30 38,940
31 40,350
Total.
.1.859,900
8,988
Net total 1,849,915
Dally average 40.319
. GEORGE B. TZHCHVCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
bo for ruo tlila 81st day of May. lttbs
M. P. WALKER,
Notary Public
ftiibarribera tearing; the city tem
porarily ahoald have The Be
mailed to them. Address will be
changed aa of tea aa requested.
The weather incubator la expected
to hatch out the tariff bill.
The crusade against the fly has the
earnest sympathy of the bald-headed
man.
Germany has entered upon an active
crusade against the corset. Trying to
squeeze It out, so to speak.
In thlB gusty, windy climate lawt
, nave been inadequate, up to the pres
ent to keep the straw lid down.
The Philadelphia traction strike has
been settled. How much better could
It have been settled without a strike.
The fisherman who gets fined for
catching more than the law allows has
one advantage he can prove his
ttory.
It must make some, cities which
think they are big look up and take
notice when they scan the Omaha bank
clearings.
A Chicago man who confessed bis
guilt was nonetheless acquitted by the
'jury. Ilia reputation for veracity
must be bad.
Between ralaing money for the navy
tad buying works of art to keep them
away from American millionaires John
Dull Is about broke.
If President Taft keeps up hit golf
record be Will too n be In a position to
tell people who ask for a game to go
and get a reputation first.
Two more railroads have ved
guilty and paid fines for rebatimj. It
will soon become apparent to tha rail
roads that It pays to be good
To a reporter John D. Rockefeller
declared the other day that' finance
waa not nearly to Interesting aa golf.
But then John has a meal ticket.
To give or receive a tip In Wisconsin-subjects
the offender to a fine of
$50. And Pullman portera are ex
peeled to dress like danVing masters
on $18 per month.
And now Northwestern university
baa a pledge of the last $180,000 of a
$1,000,000 endowment fund. Didn't
knew the contagion raging here In
Omaha had spread that far.
The British government gets
$9,000,000 inheritance lux from the
estate of man who was not known to
be millionaire until after he died.
Give decedent credit at least tor mak
tng no vulgar display of hit wealth.
A brave Chicago city official has had
the hardihood to tell ft Woman's club
there that the phrases "Garden City'
and "City Beautiful." as applied to
Chicago, aire not appropriate or justi
liable. That man U entitled to a hero
medal.
Only nine of the ninety-two regis
tered lobbylata filed expense accounts
as provided by law. The natural in
fere nee would be that the other eighty
three carried the banner and had no
expenses but that lsnt tho hal it of
the lobbyist.
1 The Seattle exposition la
doing
tome very effective advertising.
and
ttlll we venture to give the manage
ment a hint. Altogether too much
trees It being laid on the beautiful
buildings and fine exhibit and too lit.
1 tie on the midway attractions.
worn. Bays that tne acm.ii mi. .. .... .
and complete copies of The Imlly. Morn
ing. Evening and Sunday Bee. printed dur
ing the month of May. ll0. waa aa fol
Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska.
The current Issue of Collier's contains-
an article by Andrew Carnegie
on "The Library Gift Business," to
gether with a statement purporting, to
be the Bret accurate list of Mr. Car
neglu'a girts. The tabular exhibit
shows aggregate donations of J51.59G,
903 for the erecting of 1,547 library
buildings and 311 branch library
buildings. The distribution of the
library gifts within the United States
Is summarized by states, with the
names of the beneficiary cities and
towna within each state. The Nebraska
list Is as follows:
Twenty-on libraries $31S,00
Alma,
Albion.
Auburn
ReatiJc"
De Witt,
Falrhury,
Fremont.
Grand Island,
Hastings.
Havelock.
Iloldrege,
Kearney,
Lincoln (?).
MeCook.
Neltgh.
Norfolk,
raTtirt City,
South Omaha,
Superior,
Tecumseh.
Making the division, this gives an
average of a little more than $15,000
contributed by Mr. Carnegie to each of
the cities enumerated. It is well
known that the amounts given to
Beatrice, Lincoln and South Omaha
considerably exceed the averago, to
that most of the others must counter
balance by being below the average.
Do tho people of any of these cities
feel that they have been humiliated
by accepting tainted money or pauper
Ued by letting Mr. Carnegie help
them house tbelr libraries properly?
We doubt It. Yet whether or not tho
donation of a library Is regarded as
the most effective way of distributing
wealth, one feature which Mr. Car
negie emphasises must strike straight
home. He insists that what he Is. do
ing 1b to help the individual and the
community to help themselves that
the library gives nothing for nothing.
The condition of the gift is that the
library bo supported by taxation. "It
is owned by the communityX It is no
gift to the poorer classes. They help
contribute their mito. It Is the library
of the people and within its walls the
poorest citizen has all tho rights of the
mayor."
This principle of Mr. Carnegie'8 li
brary gifts ought to be kept fn view
in all similar undertakings designed to
provide charitable or educational insti
tutions for a community. It must al
ways be remembered that the erection
of a building is only providing the
plant and that the cost of maintenance
and operation is a steady and per
petual obligation. The foolishness of
giving useless gifts It exceeded only
by the foolishness of accepting gifts
whose burdens outweigh the benefits.
Pressing the Food limit.
In hla address at Seattle James J.
Hill pointed out that the exportable
surplus of wheat had decreased from
120,000,000 to 20,000,000 bushels,
with the time In prospect when there
would be no surplus unless production
should be Increased. '".
The limits of food production have
been repeatedly foreshadowed and sys
tematic efforts have been made to in
crease both the acreage and the yield
per acre. One feature usually over
looked, however. Is that the consump
tion of wheat per capita has Increased,
leading Inevitably to the conclusion
that the standard of living is higher
and that there are by no means so
many underfed people as In years past.
Another question connected with
food supply which has attracted little
attention has ft double significance. It
Is the problem of getting more suste
nance out of the production than we
now bave. There is entirely too much
food waste In American home life. It
causes an excessive demand for food
stuffs and Increases the cost of living
without returning any equivalent. It
was not so long ago that the "book
farmer," as the agricultural school
professor was called, was laughed at.
Today hit advice la sought by every
progressive tiller of the soil. The
schools of domestic science have the
same work to do In their field and are
just beginning to be appreciated. The
woman who cooks "Just aa mother
used to do" may learn that there are
ways of getting more nutrition out
of food producta and of utilising what
formerly went to waste.
Indirect methods of increasing the
food supply are at Important aa the
direct, for they work a double econ
oiny.
' Why Not Escape I
The crueltlea perpetrated upon the
Armenians for generations suggests
the question why they do not leave
the land where there Is nothing but
misery lor them. They have lived
there for centuries, persecuted first by
one conqueror and then another and
through it all have clung to the land
of their fathers and preserved their
national identity. They are not lack
tng In either 'courage or shrewdness;
In fact, In trade are more than a match
for their neighbors. Yet they are not
the only people who have similarly
suffered and have faced their destiny
in the same way.
Weighting poverty, inability to see
a brighter future elsewhere and In
born human Inertia each play a part
exert an influence to keep the Ar
menians In Armenia, but the great
impelling siutlment is attachment for
the land which has been their home.
This sentiment Is even more charac
teristic of the oriental than of west
era races and few ever completely
alienate themselves from, the home
country. Compared with our ideals
lite In those lands la hard and unat
tractive, yet those who wander con
stantly look forward to return. The
Chinaman and others Impose upon the
living the duty of returning the ashes
of the dead for burial In their native
land. The oriental's attachment for
his native land is beyond the compre
hension of the occidental.
The Armenian it an oriental and
possesses In the highest degree this
characteristic ' of inertia. ' Few have
emigrated, but the mnjorlty remain
and face their fate, and unless the
Turk la restrained will continue In the
land until the race is exterminated or
liberated.. Their refusal to emigrate or
assimilate with other peoples stimu
lates the persecutions which have
decimated their number, but their
Ideals, remain unchanged.
, FITNESS
A recent number of the Engineering
News calls attention to an Incident
which Illustrates tho .too prevalent
popular failure to appreciate what con
stitutes fitness to perform duties re
quiring special skill and professional
attainments. Reference Is made to
the offer to Admiral Robley D. Evans
of'a position at the head of tho engi
neers In charge of construction work
n tho San Pedro harbor. The report
cited continues:
The offer was made by Mayor Alexander,
with the understanding that if Admiral
Evans consented to make Los A nudes his
home steps would bo taken Immediately
after, consolidation for Ihe creation of the
position. When the offer was made It waa
thought that the wide, experience of the
famous naval hero from his trips to the
harbors of the world would be of Immenso
value In the work of building up the great
harbor of the future of southern Cali
fornia. Without questioning at all Admiral
Evans' ability as a naval officer, or his
reputation as a naval hero, the ques
tion Is asked why either of these dis
tinctions qualify him to assume re
sponsibility for a great civil englneer-
ng work and suggests that the Item
would be no more ridiculous If It read:
Mr. Isham Randolph, well known to the
public, and to the engineering profession
for his long service as chief engineer of
the Chicago drainage canal, as well as for
his achievements as a civil engineer In
other Important works, has been selected
to be admiral of the Atlantic squadron of
the United States navy. It Is thought that
the wide experience of this famous engi
neer In dealing with apparatus for the
restraint of water will be ot Immense value
n the work of controlling vessels which
float In this element.
While Indulging this criticism. En
gineering News adds by way of tribute
to Admiral 1 Evans' good common
sense:
In fairness to Admiral Evans, It should
be said that ; i did not accept the offer of
the civil engineering position. He recos-
nlzed, doubtless, that It was as absurd to
place him in charge of an Important civil
engineering work as It would have been to
make him consulting physician to a hospi
tal or chief legal adviser to the Sugar
Trust
AH of this goes to re-enforce what
The Boe has said time and again about
putting square pegs in round holes.
Because a man may be fairly success
ful in one line of activity gives no as
surance that he will answer the re
quirements of any position just be
cause It Is in the public service, and
more particularly ot positions that call
for Experience and technical knowU
edge possessed only by specialists.
Uniform Car Service.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion will perform a service of great
value to both shippers and railroads
if it succeeds In bringing about a uni
form system of car service. At pres
ent each railroad syBtem has its own
methods with which shippers on other
lines are not necessarily familiar and
which are often so at variance with
these of connecting lines as to cause
needless delays. When traffic Is nor
mal or below no serious harm results,
but at floodtlde, as in . 1907, this lack
of uniformity produces costly compli
cations.
Conflicting state lawt are an In
superable barrier to uniformity In
many Instances and lack of co-opera
tion by the roads In others. Business
demands, however, are so Insistent
that the obstacles must sooner or later
be removed. Railroads cannot keep
sufflolent equipment to meet promptly
all extraordinary emergencies, but a
harmonious system would make It pos
sible to utilize equipment to ita full
capacity and greatly reduce the Incon
venience ot traffic crushes.
Disagreeing railroad managers and
conflicting state laws point to eventual
federal regulation ot car service. The
general government Is the only power
broad enough to cover all fields and
all conditions. Railroad managers
themselves realize this and generally
favor federal control, which originally
they fought bitterly. They do not rel
Ish control now more than before, but
they see that It la unavoidable and
naturally prefer something .uniform
and definite to something indefinite
and conflicting. The traffic problems
are growing larger and methods which
sufficed yesterday are Inadequate to
day. Uniform methods In all trans
portation are an essen.iul and cannot
be obtained without lodging authority
in one place to prescribe and enforce
them.
Schooling: for Diplomats.
For years the consular and diplo
matic service of the' United Statea waa
admittedly the poorest of all the great
nations. Political backing largely die
tated the appointments. A great step
forward waa taken by the Roosevelt
administration and congress strength
ened the executive order by enacting
the consular reform bill. Under this
law and the executive action the con
sular service is becoming one of the
most efficient departments of the fed
eral governnion and ita value will In
crease with the gradual weeding out
of Incompetents left from the old
regime.
The consular service law, however,
did not include the diplomatic service
and ambassadors, ministers and offl
I clala under them continue to be tub-
Ject to the old methods ot appoint
ment. With the approval of the presi
dent. Secretary Knox Is said to be or
ganizing a school of diplomacy to
remedy some of the difficulties. This
school will be under the charge of men
having long experience in the diplo
matic service and all appointees below
the grade of minister will have to take
a course of Instruction before assign
ment to their posts. Foffowing up the
merit Idea, all promotions In the
subordinate service will be under sim
ilar regulations.
The large number who failed to
pass consular examinations has
brought out forcibly the poor quality
of material seeking appointments and
prompted this action to be taken In
the diplomatic branch In advance of
legislation. There are no.tr seventeen
newly appointed vacancies and these
will provide tne first pupils for the
school. The candidates will be in
structed In the routine duties of their
office and listen to loctures by experi
enced diplomats, which will equip
them fairly well for their duties.
By making efficiency a fixed policy
of his administration and applying It
to the diplomatic service Mr. Taft is
bound to Improve the standard of
American representation abroad.
Sale of municipal Securities.
The tales of municipal bonds In
1908 reached the enormous total of
$313,797,649, as against $250,754,946
in 1904, the next highest record in
the history of the country. The north
Atlantic group of cities floated $176,-
065,777 and the north central section,
in which Nebraoka is placed, comes
next with $65,242,723. The southern
section Is far behind the others.'
The purposes for which the Be bonds
were lesued were as follows:
Grand total $313,797,549
Refunding 16.7S4.S40
Net additional..., 277,012,709
Water 60,087.709
Urldgcs, streets, etc 75,756,730
Sewers 26. 573,296
Schools 46,832,101
Buildings '. 27.684,9ti5
Parks 11.7S6.647
Light and gas :. 1,657,989
Funding and Improvement.. 26,S2,965
Miscellaneous 30,350,307
It is a fair presumption that the pro
portion of refunding and funding or
floating debts will not vary much from
other years and In this view Is a re
liable Index of the amount of munici
pal Improvements for the year. . How
much of the large sum under the head
of water Is for new work and how
much for the purchase of existing
plants does not appear, but New York
City is spending millions on new con
struction and the probabilities are that
no large amount was used for pur
chasing private plants.
The most notable conclusion to be
drawn from the exhibit Is that Ameri
can cities are not only growing, but
that they are expending millions to
make city life more healthful and
pleasant. , Practically all this vast sum
went for the things which directly
minister to these wants. We are con
tinually reminded that European cities
are far ahead of us, but with such a
tremendous rate of expenditure it can
not be long until American cities will
compare favorably with any in the
world In meeting these demands of
urban comfort.
Broader View of the South.
If the people of the north imagine
they alone have learned to take a more
liberal view of the civil war they are
mistaken. Memorial day in the south
gave a good illustration of this. There
are many thousands of northern sol
diers buried In southern cemeteries
and on practically every one of them
the people of the south strewed the
graves with flowert. In many In
stances the veterans who wore the
gray Joined with the few union boI
diers In the southern communities In
paying tribute to their dead.
The south. It Is true, holds fast to
Its Ideals, but It Is a sentiment of com
radeship rather than an Insistence that
the victory should have been theirs.
Whatever difference of opinion there
waa aa to the Issuea of the-war, there
are no two opinions north or south
as to the mutual benefits of preserving
the union. A charity which is broad
enough to pay tribute to a fallen op
ponent must be broad enough to bridge
the gap between the living. The south
was the greater sufferer from the war,
and It la not atrange, therefore, that
bitterness should rankle longer there.
The episodes of Memorial day in the
south afford occasion for congratula
tion that it has not been left for future
generations to bring about this under
standing, but that some of the par
ticipants in the conflict have been
spared to promote It.
We have received invitations to the
graduation exercises of quite a number
of the great universities and colleges
throughout the country and, among
others, one handsomely engraved from
Milton college requesting the honor of
our presence for its commencement at
10 o'clock on Thursday, June 17,
1909. with this Inscription in the
lower left hand cdrner:
Address by
Hon. David Eugene Thompson,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister
' Plenipotentiary of the United
States to Mexico.
We will be on the qui vive until a
week from next Thursday to learu
what is about to happen at Milton,
Wis.
Chronicling the death of the late
Dr. Theodore Barth, Nie of Germany'r
most distinguished Journalists, it is re
called that he spent some time In 1S96
traveling with Mr. Bryan la order to
study political conditions and election
methods In the United States. Dr.
Barth, however, refused to be carried
away by the free silver frenzy and
never let his personal admiration for
Mr. Bryan go to the extent ot accept
ing his financial fallacies. Dr. Barth
visited In Omaha and at the time ex
pressed particular ploaxure at meeting
here so many cultured people of Ger
man birth or descent.
Congressman Champ Clark Insists
that the administration talk of econ
omy Is all "flubdub." That Is proba
bly the Missouri way of saying that
the minority proposes to spend Just at
much money as ever it the majority
will shoulder the responsibility.
The Florida legislator who com
plained about negroes bolng permitted
to wear uniforms would probably not
be so captious in time of war. No
doubt he would Just as soon see a
negro on the firing line as to be ex
posed to a bullet himself.
Senator Tillman has broken out
again. He objected to the vice presi
dent telling him to take his seat be
cause he was out of order, but he had
been quiescent for so long that he was
unable to get up full steam on short
notice.
One eastern railroad shows a loaded
car movement of 297,634 cars for the
month of May, which is the largest In
Its history except May, 1907. That
looks as though tho prosperity path
finder car had blazed out the way.
A Fort Dodge man ent $35 for a
marriage bureau bride and then com
plained because she failed to put In an
appearance. Perhaps the price went
up and his margin was wiped out.
Braced for tho Onrush.
Baltimore American.
The commencement season, with Its an
nual flood of graduating oratory. Is draw
ing near, but custom has Inured the gen
eral public to Its exactions and hardened
that much-tried entity of Ita wisdom.
An Example of Economy.
Chicago Tribune.
President Jamea J. Hill says the people
of this country are too wastefnl. In one
respect Uncle Tim sets an example of
economy. He seldom Indulges In a haircut,
and he hasn't had a shave since the year
of the centennial exposition. v
Lightning; Is Welcome.
Boston Herald.
All the gentlemen of eminence in educa
tional work are not avoiding the call to
diplomatic service abroad. Friends of Pres
ident Butler of Columbia and Prof. Jenks
of Cornell have been active In bringing the
merits of these gentlemen to the notioe
ot Piesldent Taft.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Those "rare days of June" are worth
the watt of eleven months.
Injury to the Zeppelin airship by a tree
should Impress John Bull with the Mor
toulan motto, "Plant trees."
Rude shocks of fate have -their compen
sations. One of A. Hamld's expatiated
wives wore whiskers and weighed 300
pounds. ,
Experts agree that there Is some wis
dom In the official order forbidding mid
shipmen to marry during their six years
of training. The untrained will rock the
matrimonial boat, aa heretofore.
The blind senator of Oklahoma handed
Washington papers a package they do not
appreciate. He had read In the aenate a
portion of one, in order that It might be
'inserted In the Congressional Record"
and get the benefit of an extensive circu
lation. A delightful sample of pictorial, descrip
tive and typographic art la the Burlington
passenger department pamphlet on "Scenic
Colorado." The pamphlet Is expected to
draw tourists toward scenic wonders ot
the Rockies and persuade vacationists to
take the first train headed for the uplands.
The opposite effect is possible. The book
let tells so much and so vividly, by word
and picture, that the rest seeker may
peruse It leisurely at home and - feel like
one who haa viewed the scenery on the
spot,. minus the leg wear and the draft on
the purse.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The Presby
terians at Denver showed excellent senao
in voting down a proposition putting under
the church ban any Presbyterian judge who
will officially sign a license for the sale of
liquor. It Is remarkable to what extremi
ties fanaticism can go. When it urges
sworn officers to commit perjury it la
nearlng the limit.
Chicago Record-Herald: An Indiana
preacher gives It as his opinion that girls
like to dance only because they can thus
get Ihemselvea hugged. He surely la mis
taken. Moat girls could get themselves
hugged by merely stepping behind the door,
and it Is generally understood that hugging
In such a place la much more satisfactory
to both parties than out In the middle of
a lighted ball room.
Baltimore American: Just what effect
the position taken by the Presbyterians
will have may notbe aald, but as the agt
tatlon against the weed is not new. It Is
to be feared that the set habits of the
present generation ot smokers will not be
influenced. Doubtless some fathers, fond
of a smoke themselves, will be roused to
greater diligence In guarding their progeny
from following lu their footsteps. This
would be a good thing, aa smokTng la an
expensive and. It must be confessed, an
unnecessary habit. It cannot be said, how
ever, that the church and the weed are
in hostile camps so long aa the smokers'
churches exist.
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
All the stiffness In a man's neck la taken
out of his back.
Piety adopted because it pays costs more
than It la worth.
It la always safe to Idealise the real If
you realise tho Ideal.
A life is holy In the measure that it
makes Uvea really happy.
Keaources for tomorrow depend on re
serves made today.
The best proof of a great religion Is lu
use on small occasions.
The only way to digest a god sermon
is to do what It suggests.
The pe&slmist always puts hla beat corns
forward In a irowd.
Soma folks try to get rid of a man's
faults by advertising them.
You never can express the factor of man
tn terms of the dust alone.
Every man knows Just bow to play the
game until he goes to the bat.
Anyone can understand the divine love
wben It Is In terms ot buua kiwdA.
Chic. XrUun.o, -7
Read of the $50 Diamond
Rings I Offer Now at $35
$3B will take first eholea of a lot of 80 ptare white -
traordlnarlly perfect diamond rUtn that won d VKTEII
nnd.r otAiuary circumstances saU at less than 50. rve had
these mounted for this sale tha monntlngs Lioluda both la
dles1 aod gentlemen's styles and TOO may pnrohasa eae of
them on the EASIEST payment pla I have been able to de
ln, say, for Inatanoei (4-60 down, and the balance as 7s
SAKN It.
JHamond buying it ffU
eilge investing. Stones
are ncarcer and carcer;
prices an advanltng,
and one may always
$ell at a premium.
Mandeiberg
Importer ol
Diamonds
and other pre
cious stents.
Faro am
St.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
Student and Schoolmaster, July, 1870.
Keep It before the people!
That Earth was made Tor man:
That flowers were atrown.
And fruits were grown,
To bless and never to ban.
That sun and rain,
And corn and grain,
Are yours and mine, my brother!
Free gifts from Heaven
And freely given
To one as well as another!
Keep It before the people!
mat man is the image ot Hod!
His limbs and soul
Te may not control
With shackle, or shame, or rod!
We may not be sold
For sliver or gold,
Neither you. nor I. my brother!
For freedom was given
By Ood from Heaven!
To one as well as another!
Keep It before the people!
That famine and crime and woe
Forever abide
Still side by side
With luxury's dazzling show!
That Lazarus crawls
From Dives' halls.
And starves at his gate, my brother!
Yet life was given
By God from Heaven
To one as well pa another!
Keep it before the people!
That the poor man claims his meed
The right of soil . .
And the right of toll.
From spur and bridle freed,
The right to bear, -
And the right to share
With you and me, my brother!
Whatever la given
By Ood from Heaven
To one as well as another!
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Tou say you are in love with Miss
Basgs?"
"I sure am."
"But I can't see anything attractive
about her."
"Neither can I see It. But It's In the
bank, all right." Cleveland Leader.
"My wife always kisses me when she
wants money."
"Well she certainly earns all she gets."
Kansas Ctly Journal.
He Is everything ready for otir elope
ment? She Quite ready.
He And not a soul knows about It?
She Only my husband. Young's Maga-
slne. .
The stork waa despondent.
"If I've got to spend all my time." she
said, "in looking after the babies of the
human race. I shall have to neglect my
own little bipeds, and the stork family will
become extinct." Chicago Tribune.
"Dear lady I want to marry your
daughter."
"Bless you, my boy! But I feel It my
duty to tell you that she can't cook."
"That's all right. But can you assure me
that she won't try to?" Cleveland Leader.
"You've been courtlni? me now for a
number of years, Harold,' remarked Mil
dred to the young man. "and I want to
make a little proposal."
"I I am not In a position to marry Just
yet." stammered Harold; "but "
"Who said anything about marriage?" In
terrupted the girl. "I was going to propose
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that you atop coming here and give some
body else a chance." Spare Moments.
"It must make a girl' feel awful whon
she rejects a man and he pines away and
dies."
"Yes, but think how she must feel When
he gets fat and marries some other girl."
Houston Post.
"Duke," asked the heiress eagerly, "did
you see father?"
"Yes." '
"Well?"
"We talked about the weather."
"What? Lose your nerve again? Why
don't you brace up and talk like a man?
a subject of a king on whose domain the
sun never sets!"
"Can't," moaned the duke. "All the time
I was In your father's office he kept grin
ning at a big painting."
"What painting?"
"The battle of Bunker Hill." Philadelphia
Press.
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