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Yea, it's perfectly stunning.
What would a coronation be with
out its poet laureate?
The death of a Lorlmer witness did
not kill the issue, it eoems.
Dare Memphis to offer Billy" Sun
day $2,000,000 to go there.
"Militant progressive democracy."
Oh, well, It sounds well, anyway.
It Is difficult to consider the harem
klrt as a "full-grown" problem,
though.
Paris, we are told, has been de
ceived by a bogus marquis. Is there
any other kind?
It will be hard to believe this Mex
ican affair. Is a real war until Richard
Harding Davis goes to the front.
If the weather man wants to be
solid with the fair sex he knows what
brand to hand out on Easter Sunday.
, The colonel will doubtless admit
that African game trails are a bit
more Interesting than American fame
;, trails. - .
The effort to prove that King
Charles XII was a woman suggests
.tbat"e,very age has had its molly
coddles. It may be all right for Dr. Hyde to
. get a new trial, but If It could be held
in secret the public would not miss
anything.
With the Mexican rebellion at its
height, how timely that the Daughters
of the American Revolution are about
to assemble.
The mistress of the poultry yard Is
entitled to a vote of thanks for revis
ing downward the high cost of eggs in
time for Easter.
Events of the last two years in Illi
nois have not proved that every great
lumberman makes a successful hewer
of political timber.
Those Mexicans might give a prac
tical turn to their war If they would
fence off the next battlefield and
charge admission.
WsBaaaaaasanaaaJsaaaaBsaaaaaaassnajM,
M t Luther Burbank's newly invented
.strawberry must be good If It
beats those, handed down to us from
i the Garden of Eden.
But why does Mr. Bryan leave
Washington? Does he imagine that
Just one little advising of congress
will do for the whole session?
King George has employed Sandow
' as 'his physical culturlst Now If he
bad Qotch, for the toe-hold he might
go, to. the mat with Parliament most
any time.
f , Joetors at a New York hospital are
j Offering 112.50 a quart for human
blood. Wonder what Is the best they
wquld do on about a gallon of real
blue blood.
, President Diax may not retire hlm
j t self, but he should be quick to see the
i , wisdom of retiring his troops from too
: close proximity to the American side
of the line.
Mr. Ilines probably realizes now
the force of the wise man's saying,
"Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for
thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth."
The Los Angeles girl who signed a
contract with her employer not to
marry for ten years need not worry,
' for she probably will now be deluged
with chances.
The mad rare tor money has culmi
nated in Pittsburg, where a youth of
UO has married a lady of 83, only he
U the fourth victim. Answer The
wife Is the possessor of 15,000,000.
Springtime and Eastertide.
The forceful appropriateness of
springtime and Eastertide coming to
gether must recur to the world as
often as Easter Itself. Easter Is a
Christian festival, commemorating
Christ's victory over death and tho
tomb, but a signal significance of the
day Is that It marks the blossoming of
human hope; it breathes the spirit of
new life. How completely befittlnit,
even to the finite mind, then, that
this triumph comes with the first flush
of nature's new year. It deepens the
meaning of the new life, of the spirit
born again, for in the spring all things
that grow and bud and bloom are
anew. Autumn Is the time of decay
and death, but spring is the season
of Joy and growth to the physical as
well as the spiritual, the season "when
the spirit of newness creeps Into every
tree and shrub, cop.xlnp" them out
Into new beauty and Btrength.
The whole world is filled and per
vaded with a certain sense of new
effort, of new Ideals and aspirations.
It Is easier at this time for any man,
be he of the Christian fa'th or not, to
feel the worth of himself and the war
rant of a rekindled zeal to do better
and to be better. It is hard for any to
resist this energizing glow that comes
from the freshness and the purity of
the air and elements In spring. How
people look forward to It! How you
hear them say, and say yourself,
"Spring will be here!" How
eagerly all embrace It when it
comes. There Is a yearning for
the out-of-doors, a getting closer
to nature. The old garden spot,
the trees. the shrubbery, the
lawn all these become the compan
ions of man. New seeds for new har
vests are sown, new thoughts for new
deeds. It Is the spirit of uplift and up
look abroad in the land. It is the
time of Nature's matriculation. Pity
the man who cannot feel the Inspira
tion of spring and rise from the grave,
of past failures to the effort of new
deeds and livelier expectations.
The Radius of Learning.
The conquests of science and the
spread of intelligence have made
great inroads into the realms of
ignorance, but people are apt to have
an exaggerated Impression of the area
covered by scholarship and learning.
An Illuminating ray of light Is cast
on this dark Bubject by a report made
public in real boastfulness portraying
the activity of the publication depart
ment of one of our greatest universi
ties for sixteen years, during which
time It had issued with its own Im
print "no less than 134 books and
pamphlets and had sold but 800 short
of 40,000 of its publications." A
schoolboy mathematician can perform
the division showing that the average
sales of these volumes of learned
disquisitions and scientific treatises
were a little less than 300 copies, al
though as many more were doubtless
exchanged and sent to book review
ers. On one occasion a noted lecturer
was Introduced at another great uni
versity as the author of a monograph
in the university publications, the call
for which had exhausted the ; first
edition of 600 copies and had com
pelled reprinting In a second edition.
The distance between the popular
novel, which is run off the press by
the hundred thousand and forced into
temporary circulation by modern in
dustrial methods of advertising and
distribution, and the philosophical
tome or essay that waits for highly
educated specialists to hunt it out is
still a long road, because the top
peaks of literature, science and art
are climbed by very few.
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Doctors and Social Service.
It would be interesting to know
what' the practicing doctors think of
the move made by the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, which Is the
medical school of the University of
Illinois, In preparing a special course
of lectures to the students on social
service as an adjunct to their work
in the world. As a profession this
one of medicine has always done a
vast amount of social service and
chiefly without hope of recognition or
reward either In money or fame.
That is one of the glowing virtues
of high-grade medical men. So that
the step taken in Illinois cannot be
with the Idea that doctors have been
selfish as a rule, or unconcerned with
the needs and suffering of the unfor
tunate.' But this seems to be the first plan
to make social service a part of the
regular course of Instruction to medi
cal students and therefore the first
plan of generalizing what has been
done only by individuals. Doubtless
the Idea has come, partially at least,
from the opportunities for doing good
that practicing physicians snd sur
geons have met up with and em
braced. At any rate, it Is commend
able and might well be emulated by
other institutions of this kind. Pro
gressive' medical schools elsewhere
will be forced to take the matter at
least under consideration.
No men have a better chance to
find out where and how social service
may be rendered than those whose
mission it is to minister to human Ills.
So It would seem to be neglecting pe
culiar advantages for doing good not
to take steps toward systematic relief
through the channel of the medical
profession. This course of study Is
to embrace such Items as social
hygiene, efficient and humane medical
charity.' scientific philanthropy and
even neighborly visiting. It Is more
than merely giving, free, of charge, a
little medicine or surgical service.
For one thing, it aims at comprehend
ing the very highest ideals for this
great profession and making its range
of usefulness to mankind almost limitless.
A New Nationalism for Railroads.
The recent Minnesota rate decision
of Judge Sanborn, while yet to run
the gauntlet of the highest court, holds
in substance that every railroad rate
which may affect an Interstate rale Is
subject to the Jurisdiction of the na
tional government alone, and cannot
be changed by order of any state leg
islature or state commission. This
opinion practically declares that state
lines cannot be recognized In the op
eration of the' railroads of the rountry;
that the conditions of transportation,
whatever they may have been at the
start, have now become thoroughly
nationalized,' and that the national
government, and not the state govern
ments, must be the regulating author
ity. This doctrine, if accepted, wou
be a new nationalism for our rail
roads, and eventually constitute the
most far-reaching centralizing factor
In our civil and Industrial life.
The strange part of the threatened
revolution In railroad policy is that
the railroads are, themselves, clamor
ing to hava brought about what they
have for years been trying to fight off.
It is almost the Irony of fate that the
railroad spokesmen, who at first de
nied and defied the right of any pub
lic authority to intervene between
them and the shipper or passenger,
who then set up that this authority
should be vested in the states and not
in the federal government, should now
reverse their position and insist that
regulation by forty-six different states
is Intolerable and Impossible, and that
federal regulation, even to rate4nak
lng and stock limitation, is the only
feasible solution of the railroad prob
lem. The real question is whether the
nationalization of the railroads can be
made to fit In with our dual form of
government by Judicial Interpretation.
The constitution of the United States
was framed and adopted In 1789, and
it was twenty years before the first
steamboat ploughed the Hutrson river,
and twenty years more before the first
experiments with steam locomotives
were made in this country. The franl
ers of the constitution had no pre
monition of the advent of the steam
railroad and no provision of great
railway systems traversing the con
tinent and crossing a score of state
lines. The constitution which they
made, however, has successfully met
all the vexatious questions that have
since arisen. Complete nationalism of
railway supervision and regulation Is
logically the final step. v
The Jingo Papers.
A combination Of newspapers owned
and controlled by a single Individual
is blamed for fomenting the anti
Japanese spirit in this country, and
for the attempt to stir up strife be
tween the two friendly powers. One
paper, discussing the subject, says,
"If we do not get Into an imbroglio
With the Japanese It will, not be the
fault of these publications." Another
expresses the reassuring view that "it
at least may be considered fortunate
that these publications reach Japan as
rarely as they And their way Into the
homes of Americans of the thinking
class."
But It Is not the "thinking class" of
people with whom the yellow Journals
work their, mischief, but the unthink
ing. These papers crater to so-called
unthinking people, and that Is why
papers of this character are enabled to
wield an extensive evil Influence. They
appeal to people with grievances; they
harrow the feelings of the man who is
down, or thinks he is, and magnify his
misfortunes; they persuade him that
his troubles are the fault of certain
persons or powers more fortunate
than himself. The menace of a yel
low peril is Just what they want to
conjure with.
There Is much to the assertion that
If these Jingo papers would cease their
agitation of the anti-Japanese ques
tion there would be no anti-Japanese
sentiment to speak of in this country.
To keep up this sort of bellowing is to
fan flames of passion which cannot
help but have a bad effect.
The Pace of Life.
A good many years ago an eminent
teacher laid down the precept that
man's besetting Bin was. not avarice,
envy, selfishness or idolatry, but in
dolence, and in the early years of this
nation's life, when large patriotic
tasks had to be performed, public
speakers and the press rallied men
around that slogan.
But times have changed if this
were the condition. These pioneer
preachers of patriotism evidently did
well their part to arouse people from
their lethargy. The common fault to
day is anything else than Indolence.
With very many too many, In fact
It Is over-Industry. The other ex
treme seems to have been reached,
so that even now the call Is for more
moderation. In many lines of busi
ness and professional life and even
social activities the pace is excessively
swift. Dally men are falling by the
wayside in futile attempts to keep up
and others lag along for a time only
to come to premature ends.
It la making a fearful toll upon
us, this strenuous speed at which we
are going. It Is not right fo consume
In a few years physical and mental
powers that should be spread over a
long number of years any more than
It is right to shut out of life every
thing but work. The idea thst it Is
worry and not work that does the mis
chief is only partially correct. It
would have more to commend It If it
were possible In this mad passion, for
work to shut out all worry, but most
men find that It is not.
Very few but who could afford to
slow down just n little today, so that
the whole motion of modern industry
be reduced to a moderate rate. Men
have no right to make machine of
themselves. They cannot except at
the expense of the man. Great powers
or small powers are given to be used,
but not abusod, and intemperance or
dissipation in the ordinary and legiti
mate pursuits of life may lpad to very
serious consequences. Just ns "all
work and no play makes John a dull
boy," so all work and no play makes
John's father a less effective man.
Contradiction.
In enumerating the good laws and
progressive legislation enacted by the
recent Nebraska legislature, to say
nothing of the bad bills killed, is there
not a contradiction in placing the in
itiative and referendum topmost
among the achievements? The es
sence of the demand for direct legis
lation is that duly elected lawmakers
cannot be trusted to give the people
what they want or to refrain from
doing the bidding of the special in
terests. The argument for direct leg
islation Is that it would be useful
even necessary to abate evils and to
accomplish reforms Impossible through
a legislature, and yet, as we have be
fore pointed out, Nebraska, so far
without the Initiative and referendum,
may confidently challenge comparison
of the laws on its statute books with
those on the statute books of Oregon,
South Dakota and any other initiative
and referendum state. Considering
the progress it has made with tlio old
fashioned machinery of government.
Nebraska Is doing tolerably well.
Industrial Armies.
According to the muster of the late
census, the Industrial army of the
United States numbers 36,000,000
men and women. This classification
includes farmers and farm workers.
The total war strength of the world,
exclusive of the United States, accord
ing to the official figures of every
country maintaining an army, Is
19,142,300. We may, therefore
rightly be considered a nation of
peace. As to our own military
prowess, our laws provide that tho
total enlisted strength of the army
shall not exceed 100,000. So, while
the1 United States has always found
its resources sufficient In times of
need, its own standing military army
Is a small fraction of Itg vast army o'
Industry.
' No statistics disclosed by the census
bureau may more . aptly reflect the
prodigious growth and development
of this country than these of Industry.
What needs to be observe! in.viawius
them alongside of 'the question of war
Is that primarily this Is a country cl
peace, with war only an emergency
condition. Our soldiers, the vast ma
jority of them on whom any Issue af
fecting the integrity of this union
would depend fon settlement, are to be
found in the fields, in the factories, in
the office and wherever the wheels of
industry go round. Those stationed
at the various army posts over the
country, the enlisted men in blue,
would form but the nucleus in a grave
crisis, about which the full army
would be organized.
Taking this view of the situation
might help to dispel any lingering
gloom of fear as to this country be
coming pro-military. There Is not
the remotest danger of that. Our
people are too deeply engrossed In the
business of peace. This all nurtures
and strengthens the spirit of peace
and breathes its cogent influence
abroad to other nations. ' If the
United States has made such marvel
ous progress along Industrial lines In
the last decade, why doubt as to what
it will do In the future?
Proroguing Congress.
Uncertainty as to the length of the
present extra session of congress has
elicited discussion as to the power of
the president to adjourn or prorogue
congress. This discussion 1 loses its
vital interest, however. In he presi
dent's flat statement that he has no
notion of availing himself of any
power of this kind which the constitu
tion may grant him.
As a matter of fact some authori
ties contend there Is no such thing as
proroguing congress in the sense that
the British Parliament is prorogued
by the king and that the word "pro
rogue" has no place In our vernacular
of politics. As a matter of genera
Interest it. may not be amiss to quota
just what the, constitution, section 3
of article ii, says on the subject:
In case of disagreement between thetn
(the two houses of congress) with re
Kpect to the time of adjournment, he (the
president) may adjourn them to auch
time as he shall think proper.
This Is the provision regulating the
president's power to convene "both
houses or either of them" in extraor
dinary session. It is contended that,
despite Its verbiage, which seems ob
vious enough, the right of the chief
executive la restricted to certain well
defined cases of section 4 of article I
of the constitution, which provides
that "congress shall assemble at least
once In every year, and such meeting
shall be on the first Monday In De
cember, unless they shall by law ap
point a different day."
Prorogation of the British Parlia
ment discontinues the pending busi
ness and compels a complete new be
ginning when Parliament reconvenes.
Though we have seen that this has
been the order with diffeernt con
gresses. It Is not for the same con
gress, where adjournment between
sessions is equivalent merely to a re
cess, for the convenience of the law
makers and of no immediate concern
to the executive.
The Dandelion.
The festive dandelion Is here again.
After the most prosperous year of Its
life in theso parts, it has come bark
and promises to do business at the old
stand in the same o'd way. And it
seems to say with au assurance that
Is distracting to some folks. "And
what are you going to do about It?"
And what are they going to do?
Eternal vigilance is about the only
thing that will keep the dandelion out
of a lawn of blue grass and not every
one has the time or disposition to pay
tlu price. Haphazard methods will
not do it. Rooting up the little
pests here and there and now and
then will not answer. The rooting-up
must be done Incessantly, and even
then It is not always effective.
Many people have given up In des
peration to tho dandelion, and why
not? Why fret life away because of
It? After all, is Its unpopularity not
largely a matter of taste? To some
folks It Is a very pretty little flower.
To all who like tender greens to eat
It is a very useful one. Indeed, the
dandelion seems to have had a place
In the first garden ever set out, the
one where Adam happened to his lit
tle difficulty.
"Behold, I have given you every
green herb bearing seed." and cer
tainly tho dandelion is prolific of seed.
And "to you it shall be for meat."
There is your greens. Ono of the
Boston papers suggests that the com
muters, as they come and go to and
from their suburban homes, might
find in the dandelion the source of
much pleasure and food. They might
use the little yellow flower for bou
tonleres and the leaves for greens.
Certainly this can be done easier than
the dandelion can be destroyed. It
has made such a good fight toward
proving Its invincibility that It should
be entitled to some consideration.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
have abolished the public drinking
cup. (Joing back to' the old way of
getting down on the knees and tipping
the well bucket?
A California judge has been hanged
in effigy. The Judge himself escaped,
but may get a chance to return the
compliment to some of those who
"participated."
Efficiency Ides Kpreadlng-.
Wall Ftreet Journal.
Train robbers ignored the express car to
rob the dining car waiters. Efficiency Idea
on the railroads Is spreading.
Walt for a Showdown.
St. Louis Republic.
When a woman becomes owner of a base
ball team are we to expect purchases of
new players every time there Is a hint of
marked-down prices?
Why Nebraska Hesitates.
Chicago Tribune.
"Evidently," Bays The Omaha Bee, "Ne
braska does not want good roads yet." Evi
dently not enough Nebraska farmers have
bought automobiles yet.
A Sare Care.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An Omaha surgeon says he la certain
he can cure kleptomania by the use of the
knife. His suggestion Is that the "pa
tient's" hands be amputated.
A Point Well Taken.
St. Louis Oloba-Democrat.
A gateman at the Union depot In Omaha
has lost an aye through the enadvertent
Jab of a hatpin. It Is some months since
the hatpin ceased to be a Joke, but It still
remains the style.
Standpatters on Guard.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The choice of Martin not only makes the
Washington situation less desirable from
the viewpoint of the public, but also makes
It more difficult for the democratic party.
The only hope of bettering the situation
lies In a change of front by Martin. He
should break away from the Bailey Influ
ence. Any t'levrlandera In Omaha?
Bi. Louis Republic.
In half a dozen American cities acute
anxiety will continue until it is ascertained
whether Tom Johnson's autobiography
gives the names of city officials and legis
lators who used to have serreptltlous
sources of Income during the two decades
preceding 1900, and whether any data la
furnished as to the Identity of those who
supplied the money.
Income Tax Optimism.
Washington Tost.
Senator Brown of Nebraska Is certain
that bis federal income tax amendment
will be adopted this year. He figure that
thirty-one state legislatures have voted in
Its favor and that only four more are
needed to rarry it through. Mr. Brown evi
dently anticipates favorable action on the
part of several states where one bouse was
in favor only and where another vote will
be necessary.
Open Doora to Federation.
Boston Transcript.
In reply to the MS women students who
have petitioned that two colored girls who
have applied for admission to Sage col
lege, the woman's dormitory at Cornell
university, should be refused that privilege,
President Sohurman informs them that at
that Institution "all university doors must
remain open to all students, Irrespective
of race or color or creed or social standing,
or pecuniary condition." It would be diffi
cult to make the Invitation to those de
siring an education and fair treatment
much broader than that.
TlIK MEANING OP A WORT).
Reach of the nrrrf System of the
Steel Trill.
Collier's Weekly.
Fourteen directors in the T'nlted State
Steel corporation are also directors In on
or more railroads; the railroads thus dom
inated, constitute. In the aggregate, four
fifths of the country's entire mileage and
are the purchasers pf one-half of the ateel
trust's entire output. This .situation w
ask every business man In the t'nlted
States to ponder thoughtfully; let each
man apply1 It to his own business and see
what It looks like. We are not hurling a
reckless eplrhet, but trying to observe
precision and core In the use of the con
temporary language of Americans, when
we suy that this Is exactly tha situation
which the word "graft" was Invented to
describe.
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g eta If
I bav several warm frlenflj imcnf the dia
mond Importer every once tn a wLUe I am o
fered someUilcg "special" In the way of loon
tone and defend upon It I XfcOW wben auch
apttlals are worth while.
Last week, through on of these close connec
tions, I purchased at an advantageous figure 40
carat of f u (very fine) pur wiitt diamonds la
weights ranging from li to 9 carats each.
X mounted the smaller oni at one Into
rings, lockets, studs and the Hko. and for a few
days Z am going to tempt you with prices like
tbs.
i oarat diamond mounted In
lockets or studs cy rings, at...
carat dlmorn mounted in
rings, lockets or studs
carat diamonds mounted In flA
-trust any tyls
Is of jewelry, at .
How how about on for yon at such prices?
Hand e lb ergs
GIFT SHOP
1522 Farnnm Street
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People and Events
Base ball cartoons give the Impression
that the average "fan" is "batty."
Solomon In all his glory and the lilies of
the field are pushed off the stage today
by the girls In their Faster finery.
Lobster famine hooked up with a
"champagne war" In France foreshadows a
dull summer In New York's "Oreat White
Way."
Word comes from Leavenworth, Kan.,
that Carrie Nation is recovering her
health. Bully for Carrie! The petticoat
warrior of the dry belt la too picturesque
a churacter to lose herself under the
willows.
Milwaukee's health commlslsoner reports
that In sections of the city where onions
and olive oil are common articles of diet
scarlet fever and diphtheria are scarcely
known. The repulsing power of the hum
ble onion not limited to fever bugs.
Simplicity and poverty In pulpit life is
not what It is cracked up to be. A New
York preacher responding to a $12,000 call
In San Kranclsco, waa favored with a
purs of $2,500. and a private car to miti
gate the hardships of tha long journey.
Inspectors raided on of New York'
markets last week and confiscated 1,200
ubstltutes for full measure peck and
bushels. The genius which shines In
splitting a bushel into five pecks oc
casionally stubs a toe in the race for the
coin.
Internal revenue officer In Kansas re
port that a whisky substitute made of fish
berries and other Ingredient has a demand
exceeding the supply. A monograph on
the cultivation of flshberrles is worthy of
a place in the stimulating literature of
Farmer Coburn.
A proposition to place a statue of War
Governor Andrew Q. Curtln In the stats
capltol of Pennsylvania Is regarded as a
good thing from two angles. It would be
a deserved tribute to the man who "saved
the state" and lift Into respectable com
pany the statue of the man who "shook
the plum tre."
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Boston Transcript: Bishop Neely objects
to calling his church "M. E." Certainly
that Is a good objection. It Is sufficient
perhaps to call It merely "Methodist," Just
a the Protestant Episcopal church is
called "Episcopal."
Minneapolis Journal: Rev. Dr. Aked, ex
pastor of the Rockefeller Baptist church,
la quoted as saying he doesn't believe the
biblical story of the deluge. This blow at
the greatest event In Baptist hlsto y since
the creation come dangerously near
heresy.
Chicago Post: Boston finds that unless
congregations can pay mora to preachers,
pulpits, If tilled at all, will be occupied
by "fourth rate" men. Even "second rate"
sounds rather distressing and not sugges
tive of active competition with the balmy
Sunday.
Chicago Kecord-Herald: A Kansas City
preacher has confessed that he Is the
husband of three ladies, and the courts
have decided that he will have to go to
the penitentiary for three years. There
are people who will think he Is getting off
very easy, at the rate of one year for
each wife.
Washington Herald: The Westminster
Presbyterian church tn Milwaukeo has
solved th riddle of how to keep out of
debt by Imposing a tax on the incomes
of Ita members. Incomes of $1,000 or less
are assessed 3 per cent, those from $1,000
up to $3,000 6 per cent. Pew rent, as well
a collections have been abolished. The
church made It budget In advance, was
enabled to compute the expenditures and
to mak them fit the revenue, and after
trying tha novel experiment for a year I
not only without a deficit, but ha a sur
plus which is to b invested.
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Me told me t tvaa wlmply stunning in
my tBncy costume."
"Ani what did he tell ynu when th
mauks were removed" Houston Post.
Husband How much money will
need?
Wife All yo'.! have. That will do me for
a few days. tioptnn Transcript.
"Ion't tell It for mercy's pake, hut I
caught Jinks the other nltrht In a dark
corner of the piazza, kissing a married
woman."
"You don't say w! Who was she?"
"lila wife." P'.ltlmora American.
He Po you think we can keep our en
gagement a secret for a while?
She Certainly, dear. Everybody has
promised me they'll not say a word
JudKe.
Mrs. He Sham Kxcuxe me for being late,
my dear Mrs. I'eppry. I was detained
downtown while my hair was belni?-
washed.
Mrs. Peppry (whose' luncheon ha been
kept waiting) And ynu had to go all the
way home to ret It? That was too bad my
dear Mrs. De Sham. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Mrs. Crabshaw There's no practical way
to shorten what you term the dangerous
hatpin.
t'rabshaw Then why not reduce the bIe
of tho hatsT-Judge.
"He got double-crossed tn that specula
tion, didn't he?"
"Yes, and the girl he was engaged to
threw him over because he went under."
Houston Post.
Maud Oh, dear, I'm In such a quandary.
Pleaxe give me your advice. Three men
have proposed to me, and I don't know
whlcn to accept.
Kthel Which one has the most money
Maud If I knew that do you suppose
waste precious time running around
advice? Boston Transcript.
EASTER POEMS.
The Lord Is Risen.
By Rebecca Parson McKay.
The Lord ta risen!
Now nature hints It
In emerald meadows new;
And leafy splendor of branche slender,
Uplifted to the blue.
The Lord Is risen!
The Illy glints It
In starry whiteness fair;
And fragile flowers of woodland bower
Tell it In tlntlngs, rare.
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The Lord is risen!
The spring Imprints It
On Plain and wilderness:
And vernal glory, the wonder Btory
Sells in ull loveliness.
Chicago, April, 1911.
Easter Morn.
By Frank B. Thomas.
In the east the dawn Is breaking;
Bee, the crimson tints appear.
Come, ye thitnkful ones, be waking,
Kaster's glorious morn Is here!
Gone the night of grief and terror
Unne the hours of pain and gloom;
All the powers of sin and error
Thwarted by an empty tomb!
Hark! A cry rings thro' the ages!
ties that angel rorm appear!
Mark It well, oh klnKS and sages
"Christ U risen! He Is not here!"
Ye who knew the days of sadness
Sorrowing with Ills every woe
Oreet Him now with hymns of gladnSHi'S
Let all men the tidings know!
In our hearts fresh Joys are springing;
Dim foreboding steals away:
Hark! 1 hear the chorus ringing
"Christ, the Lord la risen today!"
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