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bacrlbera leaving city
temporarily ahevU Tha
Baa snalle to them. Addrcaa
will fee vkaatared aa m
reieated.
Who aald It couldn't rain any
mort?
Omaha bids you welcome, Mr.
President
All quiet again In the militia camp
at Cinder Siding.
And they are till chewing orer
the Tobacco trust.
Food prices continue to soar, but
the food, somehow, it goes down.
The beauty of dollar dinners has
always been the absence of gout af
terward. If we are ever to have a benevo
lent despotism, we Vote for King
Ak-Sar-Ben to be despot.
Don't know whether all this food
Is pure or not, but three meals a
day are not to be lightly passed.
High heels may be a menace, but
many a persistent- young man has
found a worse menace In the toes.
The Ideal height of folly is for a
man to try to , predict what the
weather will be twenty-four hours
ahead.
In spite of what Is going on tn
Portnral,- Spain, -Franoe,- Germany,
Italy and Turkey, far-seeing men
persist In talking of world peace.
Japan resents being called a war
like nation. Certainly. It has not
paid off all the bills accumulated
from that run-In with Russia yet
The Japanese are getting more and
more belligerent In their treatment
of our peace envoy, Dr. David Starr
Jordan, who la lecturing In Toklo.
What effect will the failure of Cana
dian reciprocity have upon the selection
of president Exchange.
Come around in November, 1912,
and we. may be able to tell you.
If we are to have a real strike of
railway shop men, at any rate let
us hope that the contest will be
reasonably peaceful and soon over
with.
So far as la known none of the
campaign managers In Nebraska have
as yet bad to dodge the law that lim
its contributions to 1 1,000 from any
one person.
We have not heard that 'the
chairman of the republican state
committee of Kansas has lost his Job
for promising President Taft that
state next year.
They aay that what we lack on the
Panama sons Is the recognition of
Colombia that what has been done
Is. But that will not block boats
out of the canal.
Governor Harmon may visit Ne
braska, but. If so, he will probably
discover that Mr. Bryan has made
the circuit ahead of him and rolled
tha water In advance.
The fact that the people do not
make; Judges of those who go to ex
tremes to criticise the courts may
be taken as evidence of a lack of re
spect for the criticisms.
Congressman Hobson is being
touted as the successor to Senator
Johnston from Alabama. Senator
Johnston, it might be mentioned, was
one of the pro-Lorlmer senators.
The republican nominee for gover
nor in New Mexico started his career
there as a section hand. The door
of opportunity is evidently still open
in this wonderful land of liberty.
The man who asks what will the
trust-busting lawyers do when all
the trusts are busted, Is respectfully
referred to the size of their fees
for proof that they will cot have to
do anything.
The President In Omaha.
Omaha today Is honored with an
other visit from the president of the
United States.
While the time given to Omaha
comes on a Sabbath, and will be de
toted chiefly to rest from the ardu
ous duties of a long tour, an' oppor
tunity will be accorded our people
to greet and hear the president at
a Sunday afternoon meeting In the
Auditorium, whore he will speak on
the very appropriate subject of
"World Peace." What the president
has to say on this uppermost topic
will doubtless have added force and
find specific object lessons In the
war drama that Is threatening be
tween Italy and Turkey, and the
general unrest that permeates Euro
pean powers.
If there Is any one thing more
than another In which all the people
are In thorough accord with the
president's efforts, It Is, we believe,
In his avowed purpose to promote
the movement for world peace, and
the ending of armed conflict be
tween the nations.
Aside from this, the president In
his own personality Is assured of a
cordial welcome on the part of
Omaha and Nebraska, which he en
ters here, where he will find only
well wishers, irrespective of politi
cal differences.
Women and the Farm.
Mrs. Belmont's Long Island farm
for women has Come to dismal and
definite failure. The girls mllkod
the cows, fed the chickens and
pitched the. hay until the novelty
wore off and then they began to
filter back through the country by
ways to "Little Old New, York." It
was the gsy life for then? then. The
pastoral peace of buchollo simplicity
did not quite fill the bill. Mrs. Bel
mont, therefore, must contrive an
other means of turning the tide of
migration from the farm to the city
If she expects to be the first suc
cessful pioneer in this much-vaunted
philanthropy. ,
There is a good deal to be done
about a farm that is not poetic, alto
gether. Life there Is real and even
stern, Just as it is elsewhere,
rialnly, Mrs. Belmont sailed out on
entirely too ideal a level to make
the thing practical. But Mrs. Har
riet Ashby, another woman with a
penchant for helping the farmer's
wife to enjoy life and to get young
women In cities to become farming
women,, is hot disconcerted by the
Long Island failure. She ia pro
ceeding with her agitation among
Colorado women who manage farms
and has conceived the delicate iftea
of establishing theaters for them
out on the homesteads so that they
will not be lonely and lonesome for
the gay life they may have left be
hind them In town.
There are farmer women In Colo
rado and other western states, but
as a. rule, they are not asking the aid
of any reformers or agltatora In
making life pleasant for them. The
back-to-tbe-farra movement, like
most very other worthy cause, has
been taken up by the faddist and, in
some cases, burlesqued. That will
not help it. It will not tend to give
It serious effect. On the other hand
It may Impede its real progress. Why
cannot the self-seeking step aside
and let the earnest-minded people go
ahead as best they can with what
under any circumstances is bound
to be a hard Job? Loneliness is
comparative and some folks on the
farm are always going to pine for
gayer environs. The man In the city,
young or old, is going to be hard to
move toward the farm. Mere senti
ment will not move him. If he goes,
It will be because he finds that his
physical and financial welfare will
profit by it. The project is able to
bear all the practical sense that may
be put Into It but It cannot stand on
nonsense and sentimentality, j
Held for Pottage.
Do you get a notice every little
while Informing you that a letter,
or a picture post card, or a package,
addressed to you, Is being held for
postsge In some far-off postofflce,
and will be forwarded If you enclose
stamps In the requisite amount In a
stamped envelope mailed to the post
master?
If you do, you will appreciate
more keenly the purport of the reso
lutions proposed in the recent post
masters' convention at Omaha urg
ing congress to change the law so
that unstamped mall matter may be
forwarded at once under postage due
collectible at the other end In double
the amount of the regular postage.
The held-tor-postage rule Is read
ily understandable as the chief
mesns of enforcing prepayment, be
cause in the inception of the post'
office the charges for carriage were
regularly collected from the person
to whom the letter or package was
delivered. The old order still pre
vails In some of our international ex
changes, so that a letter from for
elgn parts will be transmitted with
out prepaid postage where a similar
domestic letter will He dead at the
office of posting. However, all agree
that the. beld-for-postage rule not
only delays the delivery of mall and
Inflicts aunoyaucos on the person ad
dressed, but also makes It cost the
postofflce more to send the notices,
keep the record and affix the stamps
when sent than it would to forward
and deliver at once.
The really strange thing about It
is that it requires congressional leg
islation to authorize the postofflce)
to chsnge its procedure In this re
spect. But the chances are that be
fore lohg th held-for-postagc rule
will be abrogated In the Interest of
service efficiency.
Ak-Sar-Ben'i Glory.
King Ak-Sar-Ben Is with us again
tn all his glory, and King Ak-Sar-Ben's
glory is peculiarly his own.
The glory of King Ak-8sr-Ben's
court emanates a lustre thst for the
time being In Omaha obscures all
other orbs, however brilliant, and
with King Ak-Sar-Ben there Is al
ways glory enough for all.
The highest and the lowest, the
rich snd the poor, the great and the
small, may 'share equally and with
out price In the effulgence of his
regal street pageants, and each and
every one has only to enter Into the
spirit of the occasion to be with
and a part of Ak-Sar-Ben.
The harvest festival of old has
been reincarnated in King Ak-Sar-Ben's
annual reign, which is espe
cially appropriate for the market
town of a rich agricultural territory
to which the coming of the autumn
means the gsrnerlng of the soil's
prolific yields.
King Ak-Sar-Ben'a glory, there
fore, is the glory of nature. It Is
the only glory that is substantial
and enduring.
' Dr. Wiley's Simple Remedies.
Dr. Wiley, our national pure food
and drug expert, has a new plan of
freeing the people from bondage to
patent medicines. He would have
doctors, especially In smaller com
munities, meet and make out a num
ber of simple prescriptions and leave
them at drug stores to be available
at a reasonable price without Impos
ing on the patient tbo extra expense
of a medical fee.
On the face of it this' strikes us
as a rather plausible proposition,
but we can see two defects In It
In the first place, Dr. Wiley, being
a physician himself, ought to know
that, while the profession does a
great deal of charity work, its code
of ethics Includes no rule that com
pels a man to go around cutting off
the channels of his Income and that
not many doctors are likely to go
Into a movement with that object in
view. In the second place, the drug
stores are pretty well stocked al
ready with simple remedies that go
by big, confusing names. In many
cases, ' all that would be necessary
would be to change the label make
It English instead of Latin or other
hidden meaning signs. This would
not destroy Its efficacy, though, of
course, It might impair its commer
cial value.
Dr. Wiley's Idea of having on hand
at the corner drug store the common-aliment
specifics is certainly a
good one, but it is like many other
good ideas it needs popularizing to
give It push.
The Much-Scolded American.
The American gets enough scold
ing from himself and his critical
cousins from over the sea to make
him a better man, but he takes much
of it very lightly, so lightly, In fact,
as to lose the effect of It His Eng
lish cousins have always claimed a
special prerogative tn pointing out to
the American his own errors as com
pared with the superiorities of the
Briton. Charles Dickens encouraged
this disposition when he wrote his
"American Tales," and every other
English writer of note has appar
ently followed ault.
Rut here, now. are two American
celticisms on Americans. One, from
a Boston newspaper, that Americans
are not as buoyantly happy as they
should be, even suffering by com
parison in thla respect with Russians
in Warsaw. This is, Indeed, a severe
Indictment. It Russians In Warsaw,
or anywhere else in their native
land, can be gay and happy, certainly
Americans ought to be. The writer
goa on: "This repression of feeling,
this reluctance to run the risk of be
ing considered light-hearted, this ex
cessive 'individualism' even In recre
ations, is exceptionally characteristic
of Americans outside the home."
The other criticism li made by a high
class periodical and is on our break
neck speed. "But tit twentieth cen
tury man can't take time to think.
The world won't let him; It insists on
shoving him into the thlngoutrtght
aud he Is caught in it and committed
to It before he has a notion whether
it Is decent or fair or not."
This latter criticism seems to place
the blame more on the times than the
Americans and It contains a lot of
truth. But what of the former?
Are we not a happy, llght-bearted
people? Do we take ourselves too
seriously? , On every side there are
evidences to the contrary. They
crop out In the Immense amount of
time and money we give to pleasure,
to high living, to sports, to travel
Our theaters, our base ball parks,
our resorts are more numerous and
elaborate and more numerously pat
ronlsed every year. What Is this it
uot pleasure and what la pleasure it
not happiness. This disposition even
manifests Itself In our vernacular
press, in its comic supplement and
Its many highly-paid expert fun-makers.
It is apparent in our dress, our
manners, even In the way of trans
acting business. Perhaps it Is not
necessary for us to enjoy ourselves
In exactly the same manner they do
In Warsaw, Russia, or elsewhere in
Europe to really have a good time.
We work hard, to be sure, but we
play hard at If-ast some of our num
ber do. And yet, why should this
bustling, busy, happy-go-lucky Amer
ican care for the criticism, home or
foreign? He can laugh while he
runs, and run while he laughs and
get results In the race.
Guarding Agaiiwt e Eat
Whatever one's occupation may
be, however serviceable to himself
or others, he must guard against the
danger of falling Into the rut, of
growing dull in his work or allow
ing it to grow dull to him. Once In
the rut he becomes a mere hack,
his vocation loses its charm for him,
Its chief benefit to others and drags
him and itself down to the level of
the mediocre and time-serving plane.
Jt simply becomes drudgery and he
a drudge.
One way to avoid this dangerous
pitfall la to find new interest and
greater value In one's work each
day. That, of course, Is not so easy
where the highest standard of one's
service is measured by the dollar
mark. It Is all right to make the
test utilitarian, but let the utility
have an Intrinsic side which money
cannot measure. That is not to
speak disparagingly of money, or of
those occupations highly remunera
tive In themselves. They are none
the less beneficial and laudable be
cause of their emoluments, but they
would lose in character of Influence
If this worthy element In them were
made the one absorbing element.
Details and routine make up life
and most of life's occupations. The
man or woman who fails to recog
nize that often conies to grief. But
at the same time routine Is some
thing that has to be guarded
against, to avoid becoming Its vic
tim. In some professions and trades
it Is very hard to keep from this. In
school teaching it is especially so.
Dr. William T. Harris, formerly com
missioner of education, Bays that a
majority of school teachers succumb
to the mere routine level within
three or four years and from that
time on simply are feeding material
to a machine. It Is pleasantest to
think that la overdrawn. But it
nevertheless serves to remind us of
the disastrous consequences of a
teacher gone to seed, so to speak.
The poor pupil pays the penalty. In
the end the community, of which
this pupil one day becomes an in
tegral part and to which he is sup
posed to contribute something vital,
pays the penalty. .
The person who finds contentment
in his work for work's sake, that is
for the sake of the good the work
can be made to produce, la not likely
to lapse into this state of desuetude.
And more than that, One should at
tempt, no matter what his occupa
tion may be, to master it and keep
on growing In it and widening his
sphere of influence and in time his
Job will get so big that he will not
have time to grow dull or routine
In doing it.
Champ Clark tries to get away
from his part in the rejection of
reciprocity by Canada by declaring
that the president's speeches had
more Influence than his fool remarks
about annexation in bringing about
its defeat Champ is altogether too
depreciatlve of his own power of
speech. If everybody, appraised him
at his real value he could not do so
much harm.
A Denver newspaper has started a
world-wide movement to force the
sale of the Philippines to Japan and
spend the money improving semi
arid land in the American states.
Why not devote the proceeds to
building a monument in honor of the
paper for promoting the project?
Japan would not care.
"My mind has turned toward the
attempt to negotiate reclproctiy ar
rangements with France, Germany
and other countries," says W. R.
Hearst. It may be settled now,
then, that we shall soon be on recip
rocal trade bases with many other
countries.
Some folks are atill waiting to
find out why Omaha had to be put
to the expense of two special elec
tions to vote authority to issue
$8,250,000 of bonds to secure pos
session of the water works plant lm
mediately, If not sooner.
Mr. Bryan uses a large part of the
space In the current number of the
Commoner under the caption, "Reel
procity a Defeat Some of the
Causes." Mr. Bryan is an expert at
explaining the causes of defeat
The aftermath of that governor's
conference is coming now In a lot of
fine free advertising for the actors
through the publication of the
gubernatorial portraits in the picture
papers.
The- Only Mean Left.
St. Louis Reoubllo.
Gentlemen who have questionable
achamea to promote through the malls are
referred to the aerial poat. It will re
quire a pretty nimbi fraud order to
awoop upon an aviator In full flight.
Good A dice, If Heeded.
Baltimore American.
With the preaent high price for food.
nobody can deny that the prealdent ia
about right when he advlaea people to
take to the farm. There la much money
to be made theae daya by induetrtoua
and intelligent cultivation of tha aoil,
but In aplt of thla there are many who
prefer to atay In the cities and do both
Int.
BJookln Backward
COMPILE.!
p from pre riLf-a n
Thirty Vears Ag.
The republican convention held today
nominated Dave Miller for sheriff, John
Hush for treaaurer, John Baumer for
countyvclerk, A. M. Chad wick for county
Judge, A.' J. Folnta for auperlntendent.
George Smith for aarveyor, John U. Ja
cob for coroner and B. H. Knight for
county commissioner.
The republican county central commit
tee la made up aa follows: I. H. ltaacall.
chairman, and J. II. Butler, aacretary;
Pint ward, James McMahon, John
Chrtatophereon, L. H. Webiter; Second.
I. S. Haacall, U. I.ahey, J. H. Butler;
Third, Captain Kent. W. H. lliley,
Charles Hunley; Fourth, F. V. Oray, M.
Ooldsmlth, T. Callan; Fifth, Henry Uolln,
(Jeorge Benson, J, W. Campbell; (Sixth,
M. T. Barlow, W. I. Baker, 11. Leavltt;
country, A. bampson, William R.
Turner, J. J. Qualey, H. C. Tlmme, 11.
Kelsey, I). R. Redman, Louis Thomas,
George II. Merman, V. II. Thomas, J. A.
Gillespie.
Here is the Douglas delegation to the
republican state convention: Paul Van
Dervoort, B. K. Long, Mike Meany, I.
i). Haacall, George Llnde, Ira Wilson, 8.
S. Brooks, 11 L. Blerbower, Joseph Red
man, John McDonald, Jr.; C. B. Tost,
W. I. Baker, J. W. Stewart, P. B.
Hoard, David Parmerlee, Samuel Forgey,
Henry Kelsey. I). P. Redman, William
L'mpherson. Carson Rohwer, F. W. Cor
liss, J. B. J. llyan, II. C. Tlmme.
A large exeurnlon of general passenger
and ticket agents of the United States
arrived at noon from Denver on a little
Jamboree after their convention, which
was held In St. Louis. Among the fa
miliar names In the long roster are: C.
8. Stebblns. Omaha; Ml.'s Bmlly Curtis,
'Omaha; Miss Mary B. Reed, Omaha, and
J. W, Morse and wife, Omaha. They
dined at the Transfer and listened to
speeches by Mayor Boyd and General
Manderson and a response by V. H. Car
penter of Milwaukee, "on of tha. oldest
pa'senger agents In the country."
The remains of Dr. Gilbert C. Monnell,
who died In Detroit, arrived In the city
today, accompanied by his wife and son,
A. J. Monnell, and Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
hi grandson.
Bemla Is advertising: "For Sale On
hundred and fifty-nine beautiful residence
lot located on Hamilton street half way
between the turntable of the Red street
car line and tha water works reservoir and
Just west of the convent of the Sisters
of Poor Claire, In Shlnn's addition, on
easy term prices ranging from $75 to $100
each."
Twenty Years A go
Edward Rosewater was tendered a
banquet at the Millard hotel by Omaha's
leading citizens on the occasion of his re
turn from a four months' stay In Europe.
W. A. Paxton, Thomas Swob and a few
other old frlenda of Mr. Rosewater
planned the event. At I p. m. ISO Invited
guests began to assemble at the hotel:
The Mualcal union orchestra was sta
tioned at the head of the broad stairway,
under the leadership . of Prof A. .A; Rohra.
At o'clock, Judge ET. Wakcley, wltb Mr.
Rosewater, began to lead tha long Un
Into the main dining room on the second
floor. Judge Wakeley was toaatmaater
and presented John L. Webster, tha chief
speaker of the evening, ex.-e.pt Mr. .Rosa-
water, who replied to Mr, Webster's ad-
drees. Senator Manderson, Thomo Kll
Patrick, Dr. 8. D. Mercer and Governor
Boyd were among the speakera Senator
Paddock wired his regrets at being un
able to attend.
These men formed a reception commit
tee to greet Edward Roaewater upon his
return from Europe:"- W. A. Paxton,
James E. Boyd, George W. Llnlnger, Wil
liam Coburn, W. I. Klerstead, Henry
Bolln. Euclid Martin, John Ruch, Dr. 8.
D. Mercer, Frank Kasp&r, St. A. D. Bal
combe, William F. Bechel, John Grant,
N. P. Fell, Clement Chase, Max Meyer,
George 11. Hicks, K. E. Bruce, Thomas
Kilpatrick, M. Hellman, Dudley Smith,
J. P. Johnson, Benjamin Gallagher, C. N.
Diets, Thomas Swob and Andrew Rose
water. Dr. George 8. Nason, formerly of
Omaha, but later a resident of Guatemala,
returned to Omaha.
A boy named Alfred Wilson, In attempt
ing to board a street car at Sixteenth and
Cass streets, missed his footing and was
dragged 100 feet, sustaining bad Injuries,
but h managed to grab the guard rail
and saved his life.
Major McCllntock resigned as local
agent for the Union Paolflo in Omaha.
The marriage of Mr. George Swtfboaa
and Miss Sophia Huxhold was solemnised
In the evening at tha home of th bride
on North Thirteenth street, by Rev. J. C.
Kerr. Only members of tha family war
present The couple left for New York
to enjoy a weddlnc trip. v
Ten Years Ago
Th brtlUant social feature of th week
was th social given at th Omaha club
In the evening by Mrs. Levl Carter In
honor of Mrs. Joseph Morsman of Chi
cago. A pretty wedding in th evening was
that of Miss Edna Martin and Mr. Charles
Helmer at the Wirt street horn of th
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mar.
tin. Rev. De Witt Long read the Cere
mony and It was attended by nearly 1'.'
friends. Mlas Blanche Hungat was
bridesmaid and Mr. John Mellen best
man.
Oscar Garelsaen returned from Europe,
whera he had spent th summer.
Judge Smith B. McFheraon at Council
Bluffs, ruled that th east half of the
Union Paclflo bridge over th Missouri
river was not liable for city taxes.
City Engineer Berry of th Union Pa
clflo reported adversely on th proposition
to build a cut-off across Great Salt lake
from Lucln to Ogden. (The cut-off has
been In operation sine November, 1903.)
William Gulll. 43 years of age, died at
hla home. 1910 Burt street.
Dr. H. L. Ramacclottl, city veterinarian.
after making an Investigation, denied the
atory of dog vivisection In Omaha.
Klaid mt Harmomr Floated.
San Franclaco Chronicle.
Bryan declares himself against har
mony In the democratic party. H. at
least, could never b accused of doing
anything In the way of promoting har
mony either inside or outside hi party
But It looks as though th harmony he
la really protecting against la th unanlm
lty among democrata that he 1 hopeleai
and should b dropped.
For J a dares Oaly.
Boston Herald.
Taft advises th soft impeachment
r
People and Events
A Reno divorce Isn't worth the paper
In one Chicago court. No outside decree
looks as well as the output of th home
factory.
Three successive drubbing ought to be
a serviceable as an ax In convincing the
ex-shah of Persia that his com back li
a failure,
A com doctor leading a foot ball squad
on a hik on a gumbo road shows what
an artist can do In combining bui'neff
with exercise.
If proof I needed that women can keep
a secret, there are th fall session of the
P. E. O.'s In different states, and not ont
of tha "mere men" gets wise.
If th Toung Turks prove as good scrap
pers aa their father at Plvna and Tlr.
nova, several new and fat cemeteries will
decorate th scenery of Tripoli.
As th new comet racing through spac
Is fully i5,000,000 mile from th arth.
there a no danger of collision diverting
attention from th fall campaign.
An early fall attempt to touch office
holders comfortably hedged In by civil
service rules In Chicago was not a com
plete failure. The touching agent got his
hat back.
An exceedingly hard winter is confi
dently predicted for Adams county, Ohio,
and Danville, 111. Not a plec of money
showed up at th primaries, and the pros
pects for th November election are aa
gloomy as a Bryan election night.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Chicago Post: A pastor bars big hats
In church, but probably on th theory
that they shut out th sound of his vole.
St. Paul Dispatch: A pastor of a Cleve
land church announced at tha Baptist
ministers' conference in that city that
the fees received for performing marriage
ceremonies are no mora than waiter's
tips and should be refused. Coming as it
does from a Rev. Lemon tt sounds very
much Ilk sour grapes.
Harper's Weekly: Th challenge of th
church Is th same as th challenge of
steam and electricity and gravitation:
Use met It is a great power waiting to
be developed. It la an Immense organisa
tion that needs only to be harnessed to its
task. It Is a mighty Institution that
needs "promoting." It Is a vast army
that halts only for a plan of battle. And
it challenges its laymen to adapt It to the
need of the world today and bring it to
Its highest efficiency. The clergy have
tried it alone long enough.
Chicago Record-Herald: Vocational
education Is receiving so much favor In
the United States that it may aoon be
thought desirable for divinity schools to
include In their courses Instruction about
distinguishing good from bad money.
Knowledge on this point would have been
of value to th dozen or mora Chicago
preachers who have each exchanged a
good $10 bill for a bad J20 on in making
chang for a wedding fee. "I wish. I
could afford to give you the whole of
this, but I can afford to pay you only
half," says. In substance, the groom who
has just been married in the pastor's
study, producing the twenty. Th clergy
man, happy to get tlQ and not handling
enough 120 notes to be an expert concern
ing them, finds the change. Where he
finds It may be a matter of wonder to
those who know th average mlnJater'a
salary, but speculation on that point is
unnecessary in view of the plain fact that
In several cases he has found and parted
with it, to his sorrow.
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D0MESIIC PLEASANTRIES.
He What do you women do at yout
club
She-Talk about the faulta of you
men. UhiU do you do at "
HoTry to forgot the faults of you
woman. Boston . Transcript.
"It was a curious slip of th pen that
Baron Fucash mad in writing to me.
aaid Miss t'uraroi.
What was itf"
"He meant to call m hla affianced
bride, but what he wrot was 'affluenced
bride.' "Washington Btar.
"Fan," said George, "you know how I
feel toward you. Do you reelprocatr
"George." Fan said, with a shy glance,
"does thla mean annexation 7" Chicago
Tribune.
"No, I never five up my seat In a
street car to women. My wlf won't
permit it."
"Why not?"
"She aaya that If I offer a woman a
seat she 11 think I m trying to flirt with
her." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I see your daughter la engaged to be
married.''
"At last."
"I hope she realises that marriage Is a
serious thing."
"You bet sne does. W thought dhe'd
never land this boob." Louisville Courier-Journal,
"Johnny, did you have a good tlin wt
th party T"
"How could I have a ood timet I had
promited mother to behav myself. '
Lci'ifvllle Courier-Journal.
"I know a man who contrive to keep
the respect of all who know him, and yet
he Is continually engaged In some frame
up affair."
'How can that b?"
"Easily; he's in a picture store." Bos
ton Transcript.
"Pops tells me he has a bouncing
baby."
"That's like Pops; alvwya talking
shop."
"Why, how is there any shop in
this?"
"Don't you know Pops Is In th rubber
business?" Baltimore American.
Mr. bray Thunder! What mad th
ra bill so big this month? Been cook
In for boarders?
Mrs. Oray I guess It was heating th
stones for my new tireless cooker.
Judge.
"Tha Flnchbys ara altogether too neigh
borly." "Ehl Why, I thought I heard you
praising them to the skies."
"You did. But the other night they
gave a party and borrowed our hired
girl."
"Well?"
"And they've forgotten to return her."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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BELIEF.
Baltimore Bun.
If I were asked what I believe, I could
not help but aay.
The gentle and the simple creed of boy
hood's yesterday;
Tha tender faith in Bdble things, th
truth, the way, the right,
Th golden rule to live one s life accord
ing to the light;
And everywhere the thought of God, that
we are everywhere
Th children of one Father's love and of
HI heavenly care.
If I were asked what I boiler. I know-
my thoughts would go
Back to a little child at prayer In the
And I can think of nothing else so beau-
I tirui, so aweet.
As praver beside a mother's knee Who
tried to lead our feet
In paths of righteouxness and truth
where none could go astray
From that dear life of simple trust in
childhood's yesterday.
If I were asked what I believe, rd have
to say, as then,
A Simpler faith in God's command, a
manlier trust 'mong men,
A clear and more abiding cours t'ward '
that which men might call
The stralffht-out-from-the-ahoulder faith :
of Peter and of Paul;
The teachings, most of all, that came to
us in Sunday school.
Way back In llttl childhood's land, the
land of Golden Rule.
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