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Sakxrrtbara leaTlaa; tha city teaa
Serartls- shoal have Tha IIm
saallea taaaa. Address will ha
naaged ma aftea aa raaaeataa.
Ths hair-trigger policeman mutt go.
For good dollar diplomacy the need
la good 4o11aTe and gdod uipl6macy.
sss assess
It might not liurt to Inform J. Ham
Lewis that the Panama presidency la
ipen. ' V '
You may crown 'lm when you're
ready, Johnny Bull. Mlstah Johnson
s arrived.
Yuma,- Ariz., ahowg up with a tem
perature of 110. It must be having
Is winter now."
Uncle Sam has not yet officially
recognized the Republic of Lower
California, has he? .
Because the victim of a police brute
happens to be a poor man does not
mitigate the outrage.
. This peace propaganda seems to
cava allayed hostilities In Breathitt
county, Kentucky, anyway.
1 Mr. Bryan says chasing rabbits was
his hobby during boyhood. As a
twig is bent, so the limb will grow.
The Boston Record observes that
"The Boston ancients tire 873 years
old." Ought, to be fairly, good spirits
then. '
The democratic debate over free
wool waxes' warm, but unless we miss
our guess' Mr. Bryan's part of It has
just begun. ,
It remains - to -- be ' seen " whether
"Peaches"; Graham, the catcher Chi
cago got from Boston, will prove to be
a Kllng of not,.:
If Wall street is beginning eighteen
months ahead to worry about the next
presidential election it will not leave,
itself rouent time -for' cheer. '
About . every , time the democrats do
somethlng-that seems to them sensible
they flnd,ihy. have displeased their
three-time presidential candidate.
Troubles' never come singly. Right
after the supreme court decides the
Standard Oil must be dissolved Mr.
Rockefeller's Tarrytown taxes are in
creased. A former ball player doomed to die
In Nevada asked for the privilege of
umpiring a game of ball before going
to the gallows. Wanted to steady his
nerve, no doubt.
Senator Brows announces his pur
pose of sitting on the fence as between
candidates for the republican nomina
tion for president.' Yes, but suppose
every one should sit on the fence.
If. 'General Wood's plan of giving
each cadet six months in actual mili
tary life before graduation Is adopted
the p umber of applicants to, enter
West Point may become less and less.
Havelock ' has followed Lincoln's
lead in voting . wet. Havelock will
doubtless not be so self-sacrificing the
next time if the pendulum swings the
other way and Lincoln puts the lid on
again. ,', 'I ' '
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The local democratic organ wants
the republican state officials held to
account for ' the mistake bf locating
the new Agricultural school at Curtis.
But the people la and around Curtis
do not thick It Is any mistake.
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Twenty thousand school children in
Omaha and South Omaha are winding
up their year's work : A good slsrd
army, thlB army bf growing boys and
girls equal to nearly one-half of all
the regular military , forces of the
nation. ' . - 1
Congressman Nurrta write to tba Pro
gressive Republican league , of Nebraska
that ''we, ought to make an attempt tq
nominate a ral progressive for president."
All right- W ho he? Omaha Bee. Surely
tha republican national committeeman for
Nebraska ought to know. What la tha
tuatter with TaftT Nebraska City News.
: Nothing Jhe, matter with him that
we know of.
Madero'i Growing Strength.
The announcement by Provisional
President de la Barra and General
Reyes of their readiness to accept
portfolios In a cabinet under Madero,
should he become constitutional presi
dent of Mexico, Indicates the growing
strength of the revolutionary leader
and is easily the most remarkable of
ficial utterance that has emanated
from Mexico City since Dias tendered
his resignation. Reyes was a member
of the Dias party, De la Barra a rep
resentative of neutral forces working
for peace, though under no construc
tion of his political connections a
Maderlst. To be tendered, there
fore, the voluntary assurance of the
support and co-operation of these two
strong men of Mexico, must vastly In
crease the Influence of Madero, and
augur for his success and the future
welfare of the republic.
Madero has grown since Navarro
surrendered Jusres to Garabaldi. That
was the climax of his six-months old
revolution, culminating in Diaz's res
ignation and bringing Madero to the
pivotal point in his career. He must
now advance or retreat: he cannot
stand still and maintain his leader
ship. He has advanced that is admit
ted. He took his first step forward
when he refused to declare himself
provisional president as the fruit of
his victory, which would have been
but following the ordinary custom In
Latin republics. Since then he has
conducted himself with a commenda
ble bearing, tending to disprove for
mer estimates of him. He is now the
only formidable candidate in the field
for the presidency, and, unless he
makes some serious tactical blunder,
he is certain to be chosen to succeed
Dias, whose all but invulnerable kov-
ernment be overthrew in six months,
when' the people go' to vote In October.
Either De-la Barra or Reyes would
previously have been considered a
stronger character than Madero, but
the public must take a new mps-jure
of Madero in view of what he has ac
complished and how he has accom
plished It. The friends of Mexlco wlll
hope the new leader will avoid mis
takes and continue to rise with his
opportunities for large-brained and
useful service to his country. Few
men In this western land have had
held out to them by a generous fate
a greater opportunity for constructive
statesmanship than this soft-man
nered little man, under whose leader
ship Mexico, resting upon the funda
mental power implanted by Dias, may
rise a really united and Influential
nation.
Prestige of the South.
A southern orator reminds . the
south that if it will fix its attentions
upon business instead of politics it
will soon regain its ante-bellum pres
tige, politically. He contends that
greatest industrial development and
population expansion are to be made
in the south in the next few years, and
that if the south makes the most of
these opportunities it will soon, find
itself repossessed of great political
power.
Hie theory Is partially a good one.
Whether it works out Just that way,
or whether it would gain by holding
the balance of political power, It cer
tainly stands to reason that the hope
of the south lies, not In devoting its
energies to politics, but to business.
And, judging from the tone of leading
southern newspapers, that seems to be
what the south realties, and Is, in a
measure, doing.
But It seems to us the point of chief
interest In this new outlook- Is
Whether, the southerners appreciate It
or hot that with a rehabilitation of
political prestige will come, by this
route of industrial exnansilnn a nnm.
mingling of political forces destructive
in Its tendency of the old exclusive
domination, but constructive of a bet
ter system of politics, society and in
dustry. This will come becalse north
ern capital and enterprise will have
bajf a vital part In the developing and
a a .1 lt A. t i a ...
uinuumi oi i no souin, m me exploit
ing of Its resources.
If. therefore, this orator. -had n
mind a rehabilitation of the old south,
as he scarcely could have had. he was
wrong. This Infusion of new blood
could never produce that kind of
retrogression, nor Is it desirable that
It should. With every sweep of south
ern expansion that much of sfctlon
slism and prejudice must be effaced.
The New Superintendent.
Taking the bull by ihe horns, as It
were, the Board of Education has
promoted Principal E.'U. Graff of the
High school to succeed Dr. Davidson
as superintendent of schools without
waiting for other eligible to make
their appearance and without giving
consideration to any other applicant!.
While we doubt the wisdom of precip
itate action in so important a' matter,
w hope the choice of the board will
prove to be a' wise one and that Mr.
Graff, who has made a favorable im
pression as High school principal, will
measure up to the requirements of his
new position. Omaha has never be
fore taken just this line of promotion,
no High school principal having ever
been put io charge of the entire public
school instruction. 'Mr. Graff has
shown himself In his High school work
to be Industrious, tactful and imbued
with sound educational principles and
has succeeded reasonably well n
handling the corps of High school
teachers, and this experience ought to
stand him In good stead in the larger
field. The success of the superin
tendent, however, . depends, after all,
largely upon his ability to enlist the
cordial support of the principals and
teachers under him. Omaha has ag
fine a body of public school princi
pals and teachers ss Is to be found in
any city In the country, and If a su
perintendent cannot make good with
them he could not make good any
where. The promotion of Mr. Graff devolves
upon the bosrd another delicate duty
of selecting his successor, but that
task will be easier because the rule of
promotion can well be followed by
making the choice from among the
assistant principals, who know the
school and whose efficiency has been
tested.
Still Building.
James J. Hill is not allowing age to
diminish his seal, nor curtail his ac
tivities for railroad building. At 73
he is still reaching out for new con
quests and his .ambitions are entirely
laudable, since they contemplate a
larger heritage, for the two countries
he has served so well. For the Hill
railroad enterprises bestow their bene
fits directly upon both sides of the
Dominion line. .
Reports say Mr. Hill has acquired
a charter for the extension of ' his
lines in western Canada, enabling him
to build into that , rapidly developing
country a line that will connect di
rectly with his Great Northern In this
country, affording, therefore, another
outlet to eommerce and industry. Such
a Jine should have a vital influence on
the development that is now but in
Its infancy in northwestern America
and. southwestern Canada. This Al
berta country is growing fast and Mr.
Hill's keen vision enables him to see
Its wonderfnl resources and what they
will mean to the railroad that gets In
on the ground floor with a direct con
nection with the great trunk lines of
the United States, forming, In fact,
merely an extension of one system.
When Mr. Hill retired from the
presidency of the Great Northern some
years ago and substituted his son,
leaving himself with no other title
than chairman of the board of direct
ors, it was whispered that he would
retire, but it Is lucky for railroad and
territorial expansion that he did not,
although his directing influence will
be felt even after he is gone.
An Inexcusable Police Outrage.
The murder of an inoffensive by
stander "on a busy downtown thor
fare by a reckless hair-trigger police
man is an outrage against which the
whole community should rise up.
Such a brutal shooting by an officer
of the law is even less excusable than
it would be by a private cltisen under
similar circumstances, because the
officer is sworn to protect life and
property, and In duty bound to risk
his own life, if need be, before ex
posing the Jives of others. If a police-'
man cannot arrest an ordinary drunk
without using his revolver he has no
business to wear a star, and It would
be far better to let a drunken man
get away than to shoot Innocent peo
ple merely looking on.
" Neither can we understand why a
brutal policeman like Officer Woold
rldge committing an unprovoked mur
der, should have special consideration
as a prisoner when placed under ar
rest. Why should he not have been
suspended from . the force at oncer
Why shduld he be treated like a star
boarder in jail Instead of like any
other prisoner similarly accused?
Why should the police imagine that
they have to come to the rescue of
a murderer just because he has worn
a police uniform?
We prefer to believe that the spe
cial privileges accorded Officer Woold
rldge, under arrest for murder,- are
due to the thoughtlessness of those
temporarily in charge during the ab
sence of Chief of Police Donahue, and
that if the chief were here on the spot
Instead of attending the National Con
vention of Police Chiefs In the east
the brutal policeman .would have no
different treatment than any other
human brute.
One of the garbage contractors has
finally come to the rescue to test the
validity of the emergency garbage
ordinance. It looks as If the principal
emergency consisted of a notion on
the part of the garbage contractors
that they can get more money out of
It by collecting from the city instead
of from the householders.
The Nebraska State Postmasters'
association meets this week in York,
the convention having been taken
away" from Omaha, where It was orig
inally voted, because the stock of
Omaha's postmaster suffered a serious
decline. We hope the postmasters
will keep Omaha on the list for a fu
ture meeting.
. And yet if a Judge ascertained tnat
during ihe progress of a trial one
Juror had been bribed he would
scarcely wait to And out whether
enough others bad been bribed to se
cure a verdict; he would, if he were
a fit man to alt on the bench, call a
halt in proceedings right there.
A, little Texas paper quotes W. P.
Schwlnd of Lincoln as saying: "Mr.
Bryan will come back and be the dem
ocratic presidential nominee in 1914."
We do not doubt It. Mr. Bryan's
chief strength has always asserted
Itself in the "oft" years.
Judge Gary, Theodore N. 'Vail
President Delano of the Wabash, all
say. public utility corporations and
other big industries should be under
government regulation. -Chancellor
Day says not. Now for arbitration.
Faatlly Reaches for Tie,
. fit. Louis Republlo.
'ncle Alberta Madero la in a' receptive
frame of mind as regards ths governor
ship of ths sovereign sute of Chihuahua
and sores of the cousins are looking x-
pectantly toward tha post offices and
deputy collectorehlpe.
Aeaalrlea- a TresMeaome Habit.
.. - ' Plttsbury Dispatch.
It will he most unfortunate If after
shaking off the Dias yoke the Mexicans
should become so familiar with political
conspiracies and Indirections ss to make
them a necessary of life.
Aa Iasalrlaa- Optimist.
Baltimore American.
Justice Marian, of tha supreme court,
says that the nation Is In no danger, and
that wa are nearer tha American Ideal of
government than ever before. This op
tlmlsm In the venerable Jurist, who has
the firs of youth In his soul. If not Its
blood In bis veins, ought to be an Inspfr
tlon for the young men of the country
ana a challenge to the pessimism which
sees decay In tha very excrescences which
prove growth, i
A City Deservlag Sympathy.
Bprlngfleld Republican.
Tha City of Mexico, ona of the world's
brilliant capitals, has been rudely visited
by an earthquake, as if natora were con
spiring with man to make things uncom
fortable. The neighbor country needs our
sympathy at this time. The blessing of the
uneventful Is most realised when the un
toward and the dangerous make their ap
pearance. - When Mexico most longs for
stability even Mother Earth goes back on
her. ........ '
Washington Schools and Darldsaa.
Washington Star.
The new superintendent, William M.
Davidson of .Omaha, comes well recom
mended and will bring to bear on his
new labors a goodly fund of experlnence
Sialthered In other school fields. The
need of the Washington schools Is not
only an educator of force and virility,
sagacity and accuracy of Judgment, but
a pacificator a man who can bring har
mony out of the discord that so long has
disturbed -the .school system. Mr. David
son Is entitled to and will receive tha
support - - and encouragement of every
friend of the Washington schools, and the
hope is general that his labors will be
crowned . with success.
NEBItASKAN'S IDEAL KPIRNKD.
Saga-ratloa for "a Good t'ltlseashla"
Day Radely Turned Dons. .
. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A gentleman out In Nebraska who Is try
ing to start a. movement for the obser
vance of a "good citizenship" day writes
to. ask if we have any suggestions to
make.
We have. i
Speaking to' this . gentleman in a heart-
to-heart way, we would say that we have
about as much need for a "good citizen
ship" day Is of a poultry day, an appls
pie day, a powder puff day or any kind
of useless day that might be suggested.
Ws have already about a dosen election
days, more or less. In this state, and It
strikes us that anybody who want either
to meditate on or manifest his good
cltisenshlp ought to find them amply suffi
cient for his purpose.
As for the children's education in pa
triotism a point our Nebraska friend
particularly . stresses ws haven't th"
slightest Idea, .that a ' 'good citizenship"
day would glva one 'more good olttsen
to the republlo" than it would otherwise
have. It would--probobly only make the
children tired., , , , . , .
Aaa why 5h1ju4jn:t .ItT , A . lot of edify
ing speeches, a collection of ponderous
platform sitters, a series ' of children's
exercises Isji6rbue1y prepared, heat, . fans,
thirst. orieHrfiHr ttfe'water -that Is about
what the goodcKlienshlp day celebration
would probably amount to, whether held
on Sunday or any . other day. ".,
The simple but often forgotten .truth Is
that the oplycsf to train children to be
good etiizens W net to try to bold up to
them at .amy eajrly age tbe abstract Idea of
good citizenship, which they are' Incapable
of appreciating,' but to rear them in the
nurture and admonition of honor, duty,
charity and patriotism.
-The church, the home, the school, the
circle of acquaintance these ars the aids
to good citizenship. And they promote It
by helping ta form and develop character.
And In our humble opinion nothing else
counts or ever will count enough to be
worth mentioning in the same connection.
We trust that our Nebraska correspondent,
falling to find, our reply exactly ia the
sense he anticipated, will not hastily con
clude that we 'are an open or disgusted
enemy of good citizenship. On tbe con
trary, we greatly favor it
: We favor it o much, in fact, that we
can sea no particular reason to cheapen
it by a superfluous sort of holiday cele
bration. . Ws value it so highly that ws
don't want it to run ths remotest chance
of being made a bore to the rising genera
tion. People Talked About
TREOERlC
THoriPSOrt
t bnu;." .niaii.i ,t a ii , in i ay-
gronnl for New York's mlUWiM when
Fred Thomson and ths lata "Bklp" Oundy
?' Omaha created Luna Tark and trans
formed the island Into a wonderful arrawe-
ment. resprt. , Luna Park escaped the
flames which recently destroyed the rii1
resort. ..".Dreamland,' and Thompson is d.
log most of ths business in consequeneti.
A. D. Dntton. 83 years old. who attri
butes his longevity, to his habit of eailnii
beans, mas married to Ilss Rebecca Jane
Galoway, 24 years old, In Muldrow, Okl.,
recently.
Electrician T. I Young of Tioga county,
Pennsylvania, has invented a huckleberry
plcksr; hs says it will pick two biiKhet
of berries tn an hour, and more. Naturally
turn human berry pickers of those pitrts
bar a new worry on their minds.
Mral Ellna Van Bramer of PtUsfleld.
Mum., 'taU'br&Ud her Sth birthday by
working i'r two hours In her flowsr gar
den and rea',:j? tlit dally newspapers
without speotacles. e, if wulks without a
cans and is as spry jts a woman of to.
Ths mothar of American woman's clubs
is dead in New Harmony, Md. 8he was
Mrs. Constance rauntterow fiuncls.
Known, If not personally, then by reputa
tion, in almost every place In the United
States where women have organised 'for
the advancement of their interests, shs
was recognised and honored as their pioneer.
Army Gossip
Matters ef Interest oa and Seek
of tha rirlsg X.IBS Cleaned from
tbe Army sat kTavy sseglate
On s of the most Interesting bills which
has lately been Introduced In congress Is
one (H. R. 11182) presented by Representa
tive Rucker of Colorado, providing for the
abolishment ef the military post at Fort
D. A. Russell, Wye., "ths same," In the
language of the measure, "having become
undesirable for military purposes." The
bill requires the president to causa the sp
praisal and sale of Fort D. A. -Russell,
either as a whole or In subdivisions, to-
gtther with the real estate, the proceeds
of such transaction to be deposited In ths
public treasury. For some time there has
been much jealousy on the part of the
people In Denver sgalnst Cheyenne and
there has been a disposition to do as much
harm as possible to the military post at
Fort D. A. Russell. Tha bill represents
Denver sentiment In that particular. Jt Is
not likely to make much progress toward
enactment. Should it pass the house It
will encounter formidable obstruction In
the senate, where Mr. Warren, who takes
a special Interest In Fort D. A. Russell, Is
chairman of the senate appropriations com
mlttee and ths second ranking member of
the senate military committee.
Some complaint has been mads that the
War department has Imposed exoessive re
quirements In determining the qualifica
tions of expert riflemen and sharpshooters.
The question of modification has been care
fully considered by those who are Inter
ested In maintaining a high standard of
accuracy In marksmanship In the military
service, it is believed that there Is no oc
caslon to modify the requirements or to
lessen any of the conditions which have
been prescribed. In the firing which oc
curred at Leon Springs the climate and the
background were found to operate to ths
disadvantage of the'marksmen. The coun
try was parched from the' long drouth and
It was difficult to see the target. But this
was considered an entirely local condition,
and It was thought there was nothing to
warrant a material change In the firing
regulations. It was desired, of course, to
Impose such requirements as shall deve'op
the greatest possible degree of accuracy In
marksmanship and this cannot be done, ob
viously, if there is any modification In the
firing regulations in this particular.
The new edition of the manual of the
army medical department will shortly be
ready for distribution. It has been In
course of revision for about two years.
upon which work Major Charles Lynch
of the army medical department has been
engaged In connection with other duties.
The manual Is much more than a revision
of the previous edition; it has been prac
tically rewritten, as was necessary under
the circumstances.. It will be found that
the new arrangement of text furnishes a
detailed account of the duties of medloal
officers. An attempt was made to sim
plify and lessen the number of reports.
and this has been accomplished to some
extend so far as it has been possible to do
this without an Impairment of records
which are deemed essential. The suddIv
tables have been very considerably rear
ranged. The general table, instead of be
ing distributed under a number of different
heads, baa been concentrated under a leas
number, with a view of making It easier
to and articles listed. Much space has
been devoted to the details of hospital ad
ministration and In the chapter on aanlta.
tlon standard methods of disinfection are
described at length. Great care has been
exercised to eliminate' conflicting I state
ments and the manual la considered aa a
decided Improvement on the edition which
it supplants.
A circular will be issued from the War
department announcing that the term
'anti-typhoid vaccination" will not be
hereafter uaed In the official designation
of the treatment Intended as a prevention
of that disease. Tbe treatment Is here
after to bs known as "typhoid prophy
laxis," while the material used in the
treatment will be known as "typhoid pro
phylactic." This is necessary for the re
son that the term vaccination relates only
to the operation to render persons Im
mune to smallpox. The result of typhoid
prophylaxis In Texas have been most lm
pressive. The case which was suspected
among tbe troops at Ban Diego is now in
the doubtful column, as an examination of
the culture, sent to the medical laboratory
in Washington, Justifies ths opinion that
it Is not a case of typhoid. There is a con
stantly growing appreciation of the treat
ment aa the preservation of health, espe
cially among troops in ths field. The sec
retary of war received the treatment dur
ing the last week. The health of the troops
in Texas has continued notably good. Some
apprehension has been expressed that it
will be necessary to make a change In the
camp of the troops at Ban Antonio, aa
might be expected after so long a time at
one place.
Senator Warren oi Wyoming has trans
mitted to the War department a complaint
he has received from a local shoemaker
at Cheyenns, who says hs does not have a
monopoly of business on the military
reservation at Fort D. A. Russell as hs
expected would be ths case when be re
ceived permission to establish a shoe shop
as a feature of the Ninth cavalry ex
change. Ths complainant states tbat hs
offered to give to the exchange 20 per cent
of the receipts of his business and he
now finds there are other shoemakers com
peting with him for trade on ths reserva
tion. There are also two other exchanges
at Fort D. A. Russell, an Infantry and a
Held artillery exchange. There Is no
authority to require that ths Ninth cavalry
exchange should have the monopoly of shoe
work within the post. All Hie exchanges
ars at liberty to establish such a shop as
a feature of their business. Unless for
bidden to do so by a post order, there Is
held to be nothing to prevent shoemakers
from oQtslds the post coming into it and
soliciting business. It is held by ths War
department that to undertake to grant a
monopoly to a post exchange tn any one
11ns of business would be absolutely at
variance with the principles governing ths
business reZatlons of those who deal within
military isscvatlons.
A SOL.AK PLEXlt.
StrrI Trust ilaaaa a Hard Oae ta the
Railroads.
Comer s Weekly.
Ths prices of steel bars, steel billets,
beams iery form of steel, except rails
are lower than at any other time during
the last five years. Bteel rails alone con
tinue to sell at the same price that was
fixed by tha trust tea years ago. Why
tha exception? Whoever thinks out ths
leaaon for himself will bavs put his finger
on ths crux of the whole railroad situstlon.
Cher forms of steel ars bought by men
who have no other interest to serve than
their own, and no purpose other thsn to
take advantage of dull times and get their
goods at ths lowest possible pi tees; steel
rails ars bought by ths men who run the
railroads, who ars ths sams men that run
tha steel corporation, snd they are mors
Interested In ths prosperity of ths steel
company than of tbs railroads.
SUPERVISION OF MARRIAGE.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: George K. Howard,
professor of sociology in the University of
Nebraska, thinks ws ought to have a
drastlo revision of all the laws governing
marriage. in particular, he suggests the
endowment of motherhood, trained officials
to perform marriages, a school of domestic
relations to teach the problrma of sex and
parentage and thus prepare for marriage,
and a more efficient administrative system.
These suggestions for the offlclallsstlon of
every aspect of marrlsge, even ths birth
of children, open tip an alluring prospect.
They point to a brighter time when peo
pie will not go on and live their married
lives as suits them, but will have the aid.
comfort, advice and official sanction or
warning of some regularly constituted body
at every step.
Washington Herald: Prof. Howard would
endow motherhood by ths state, abolish
common law marriages, require twenty
days public notice before a license Is
issued, and would limit marriage to those
wno are or age. Whether one nr all nf
these suggestions are ever enacted into
law or not, the fact remains that students
or aocioiogy can find no better field for
ths employment of their talents than in
remedying the present conditions. It Is a
aiagrace to our civilization when, as was
recoraea in Lhlcajro a few dava .
Justice of the peace can frequently, wlth
out rebuke, marry girls as young as 11
years of age. More than that, it i. .n.
pears that the 1,600 marriage ceremonies
uicn ns periormea were all Illegal. This
Is a state of affairs which ! difficult t
understand, and la only another demonstra
tion or the prevalent disposition to regard
marriage aa a perfunctory and not as
solemn act
LAUGHING GAS.
lAy Vmm sTwIn tn a. nrii nariv (nnieht
Miss Sally. r " "'
Miss Bally What will vnn tt. .
present?
Ivlly Well) we didn't cal'clate nn t.lH'
no present. Yo' see, we don't wan' to sprlxa
nn iuu muiTiu r-nnaaeipnia liger.
The Marketer .Aren't mi
good deal of that steakln trimming it?
The Butcher No, ma'am: I weighed it
first. Toledo Blade,
Judge Why did you steal fh s-.nl-
tnan's purse?
Prisoner I thourht tha chinn wouM An
me good. Boston Transcript.
"My dear, have von arrant,, tn h
trust magnates at one end of the table,
and the magazine publishers at the other?"
res.
"Well, tell the hnM.r tn nnn.,n.. th.t
dinner Is served." Chicago Trlbuns.
"There is UflUnJIv a txtrrentlhla nlrferonrta
between a man's aneakinv and hia innnir
voice."
"1 should sav sot Tha nnea whn a.lb
big are the very ones most apt to sing
small." Baltimore American.
"Jaegs aoaulrad a larara nac.kuve tha h.r
day, and began a little pistol practice in
the lobby of the office huiMinv rm v.n
deaf man asked his office boy if the noise
no nea.ru ouuxae was a mail chute, and
what do you think the boy told hlra?"
"No It was a mnl hnnMnv "
American.
'Yea. mv wif iiwu n. t i Hit
her newest gown."
-values your opinion, eh?"
'Nfl It's natilw kakll m ..l.-J
Plain Dealer.
"Mrs. Findlav sav aha h prmiui th
Atlantic fifty times."
"Yes: but tha customs lnantm v. -...
become so Inquisitive that I heard her
say the other day that she had about de
cided to see America now." Judge.
'Travollna. In alt IrlnH. ... - .w.
places gives a fellow nerve. I remember
nn I ma T was w,lk . . .
wild part of the country, and we actually
sat down to rest and swap stories en the
"Humph! If you were telling- the stories.
I don t wonder the chasm was yawning."
Mrs. Rulilv-TIUF. r. .,
In life which are very puzzling to me.
.- runun iie wnat, ror Instance.
Mrs. OttIHV .WhM wn.. . I. .
. " J .. w., s " u -ii i every nuns;
. '" - his in a nook
for everybody to read, it la biography, but
when you Just tell tha same things to a
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Baltimore Amerlhan.
"Did you hear the rain last night?"
"Yes."
"Pleasant muslo, wasn't It?"
1 oldn t notice the music. I mas tor
busy hustling around closing the windows
uian t it seep you busy, too?
"Oh, no. We rent a furnished house, you
know." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE SP00NERS.
Bohemian Magazine.
Together we sat In a tete-a-tete.
i ne, prettiest girl ana I.
The light was out and the hvir was late.
rur me tririn, j-u anew, will liy I fir JOVS
How rapidly tlms will fly! '
Together we sat In the welcome gloom.
Alone, unheard, on wen.
Though her mother waa In ths other room
With a thin portiere between.
I knew that the mothar In ambush lay
As mothers do. It scams-
To csrry ttasr prettiest girl away.
away to tne land or dreams By Jove!
ro the wonderful land of dreams.
But the cherry-like Una of the pretty miss. 1
Alas, were a tetnntina- alvht t
And I ventured to beg for a tiny kiss 7
just one, before "uood night."
But the prettiest girl resented that
In a way I'd never dreamed.
For she airily sprang from where we sat
Ann, wnat do you think? She screamed!
By Jovel
8he certainly did she screamed!
I caught the coquette in my arms Alack,
For auch Is tha Irav nf men
And gruffly demanded of her a smack.
Ana men ana men ana then
.
Her mother came cruelly In with a light
Ana what do you think she said?
'Oh, come, little lady, kiss daddy good
ninni.
And carried her off to bed, by Jove!
And carried the babe to bed I
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