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Good morning, teacher.
My, who is this breezy littlo
stranger?
' Tho man who follows tho straight
path nover seta lost.
Old Sol threatens also to poatpono
tho opening of tho foot balL season.
The New York Post says, Huerta
plays politics. What politician docs
not?
Certain cities' 'we know of had bet
ter let up on the old joko about St
poula heat.
Power or not to entorco action on
non-resident property owners, tho
weeds should be cut
"Nanking has iallon;" exclaims an
exchange. Jump up, Nanking, tho
procession will catch you. '
Tel refer to it as "the white, slava
.act" may be a misnomer, but it does
"the business just the same!' -
Lore may be blind, but a foreign
he-titled fortune hunter often, dis
plays the keonost ot visions.
For a man tottorlng on his last
logs, President Huerta seems to bo
standing up bettor than expocted.
Still It will take moro than tho
mere replacement of wood carsAvlth
steel cars to stop railway collisions.
I
If it requires legislative enactment
to Inspire tho sowing ot alfalfa along
the highways, then by all means let
us have it
Bernard Shaw is said to havo
reached his limit in his now play.
Perhaps, but many people will rotuso
to believe It.
Reports cay John Llnd's hat was
stolen at Vera Crus. it is to he
hoped the thief does 'not throw it
Into the ring. v
Does anyone suppose Thaw would
be tolerated so long in Canada or
elsewhere, buWor tho money to hlro
an army ot lawyers. 1
Why all this slloncs on Hobson's
part with his cation floundering
around in a sea ot oxporlmonta for
a solvent in Mexico.
Water, more than any other public
utility, ought to be furnished at a
price that encourages its mse rather
than compels people to economlro It.
It Is totally wrong to say that non
resident property, owners have no in
terests in a city. Interost on their
Investment Is exactly what they are
after.
Colonel Roosevelt says Sulzor
should face the charges. Perhaps
tho colonel would not think so It ho
knew what he had to face as well as
Bulzer does.
The democrats have taken longer
to enact a now tariff law than did
the republicans. Presumably the
democratic tariff builders were out
ot practise.
How progressive Omaha is may bo
gathered from the fact that some
cities of our class are Just coming to
free text books for, public school chil
dren which we have had for twenty
fire years.
Caminetti and Dlggs convicted and
the Western Fuel company fined
f 3,000, with one of its officials ad
ditionally punished and more to
come yes, McNab must hare known
what he was talking about
The Deplorable feature.
The deplorable feature ot this
Thaw fiasco from its Inception Is not
the cheating of the gallows of a
murderous degenerate. It Is not tho
substitution of a room In an Insano
asylum for a prison coll. It Is not
tho success of the deliberately
planned escape. It Is not tho legal
duel In the courts of Canada. It Is
not any one of these things, but all
of them together In conjunction with
tho known immense wealth of tho
central figure, without which wo
would havo had nono of them.
If the power of limitless money Is
tho moving inspiration to the un
heard-of twisting of tho law to
achieve freedom for a worthless scion
of plutocracy and how can It look
J otherwlso to tho vision of the or
1 dlnary person how can tho Ignoblo
spectacle fail to undermine and de
stroy respect for authority and faith
In the impartial administration of
Justice How can the poor devil who
finds himself up against It help
thinking, "If I only had Thaw's
money."
We used to think that legal loop
holes wero common only In our
American form of popular govern
ment, but here is Canada seemingly
affording as good a stage for tho lat
est act of the Thaw melo-drama as
any provided on this sido of tho bor
der. Alas, instead of rollevlng our
own Institutions from odium, Can
ada's sharing of it only heaps fuel
on tho flames of this popular distrust
and discontent.
Oh, Ton Sarcasm I
If you enjoy a flno bit ot sarcasm,
just take a slant at this from Edgar
Howard's Columbus Telegram:
I insist that It Is time for democrats
to quit talking about' defeating' Con
gressman Stephens for renomlnatlon.
Without Congressman Stephens to hold up
his hands President Wilson' administra
tion would have hard sledding. If Con
gressman Stephens should bo defeated,
then tho congress would contain no mem
ber capable of advising the presi
dent If Congressman Stephens should
fall cf renomlnatlon by tho democrats of
this district the president would be as
helpless a was poor Garfield without tho
torvlce of James G, Blaine as adviser.
It Is time for all this Idle talk about de
feating Congressman Stephen to cease.
Are the democrats foolish enough to
shoot at that cloud which truldes tho
domocrntlo hosts by day, or to turn tho
hose on that pillar of fire which guides
them In tho night sooaon7 Let's have
done with all such treason!
Why sure, overy democrat in the
Third Nobraska district is in duty
bound to uphold tho hand of the
demooratlo president and tho only
way to do it is to koop tho redoubt
able "Dan" there for him to loan
upon.
"Now, Johnny, study your lesson
and keep your eyes oft ot that
thermometer.'
Mrs; Fankhurai Coming.
It the press dispatches are correct
Mrs. Emmollno Pankhurst, loader of
tho British suffragottes, contemplates
another excursion to tho United
States in tho interest ot her mili
tant idoa. Sho was very graciously
received upon her formor visit and,
on tho whole, gave the impression
ot fine moderation and culture, ft
ceomed impossible from her demure
personality, hor quiet dignified boar
ing and speech in public, to identify
hor as tho loader of what ovon then
was known ot militant suffragette
ism in England. So persuasive was
her manner and method that she
succeeded in plausibly explaining
tho stone-throwing ot which wo had
heard so much. Sho left America
much more kindly disposed toward
the cause sho represented.
But how will it be this time? The
world has been astounded since Mrs.
Pankhurat's formor visit to tho
United States by the reign of terror
and fanaticism among England's mil
itant suffragottes. It will be strange
it Mrs. Pankhurst does not find a
marked cooling ot feeling and It Is
questionable whether hor presence
in this country now can have any
helpful effect upon thojwtuso of suf
frage, either as It exists in England
or hero.
Keokuk has started the wheols ot
its colossal Mississippi river water
power installation, to be capablo
oventually of producing tho energy
ot 160,000 horse power. No, we
didn't say a word about the water
power Omaha Is to havo as soon as
our Platte river power canal Is built
once more.
Tho task devolving upon the nowly
apolntod governor-general for tho
Philippines Is aptly described as to
teach the Filipinos how to let go.
Incidentally it required several cen
turies and the help ot Admiral Dewey
and the American cavy to reach
the point ot letting go ot tholr Span
ish overlords.
Yes, the new Wilson administra
tion has started soverat anti-trust
cases, but they are are merely civil
suits, not criminal prosecutions.
Their "put-trust-magnates-behlnd-the-bars"
slogan was evidently an
other platform plank to get in on
and not to stand on.
It is worthy noting that the lrrl
gatton ground yields good harvests
even In this year of excessive drouth.
The lesson Is too well learned In No
braska to require further instruction.
We have the soil, the water near the
surface and should bore the wells
and apply the pumps.
Lookitlo' BacWarrl
UisD&inOraak,
COMPILED FROM PER rH.Bg
SEES HlSPTKMUKlt . ' POO
Thirty Years Ago
The sioux Indian commission held a
session at the Paxton, hearing representa
tives for South Dakota, urging steps for
the early opening of the reservation to
settlement.
Preparations are almost complete for
the opening of the state fair next week.
for the benefit of out-of-town visitors a
list ot the principal hotels, and their
accomodations Is printed, the Paxton. the
Millard and the Cozzen's houso leading
at $3 a day; the Metropolitan, the Planters
and the Occidental at 2, and the Pacific
houso at $1.60.
Mr. John Began and Miss A. C. Holl
Inger were married last evening by Itev
C, W. Savldge at the parsonage of the
First Methodist church.
Bev. Wlllard Scott Is back from his va
cation, and will resumo preaching In SL
Mary's Avenue Congregational church.
Ruth Bebekah lodgo met at the call of
Mrs. B. C. Llvesey, secretary.
The "Prarle Lights" and "Willing
Worker" missionary societies of the
Congregational church, held sessions In
the church parlors to organize for thfe
coming season.
Mrs. Corbltt, iei Ht Mary's avenue,
wants a sewing girl and two apprentices.
Miss Julia Shepley of St. Louis is the
guest of Mrs. Joseph' Qarneau.
Twenty Years Ago
ire destroyed an unfinished house be
longing to Mr. Tory on Thirty-second
street, between Poppleton nd Woolworth
avenues.
John C. Hoggart and Josle Hart man
and John Endqulst and Christina Nelson
took out licenses to marry.
War whoops began to come In from
Union Paclfia employes all over the west
who were affected by the general order
of retrenchment, which took effect In
their pay envelopes. Bomo sort ot general
resistance was more and moro vividly
Indicated. George W. Vronian, trouble
boss for the Union Pacific engineers,
errived In town from North Platte and
while he did no talking, one ot hla asso
elates sententlously remarked that "Mr.
Vroman does not come to Omaha for
the benefit of his health."
CoUnty Attorney Kaley was devoting
all his time to tho preparation of trying
criminal cases to come before tho Sep
tember term of district court.
The county fair managers aroused the
Ire ot certain business men by publish
ing their names In lists of those who. it
was said, would close their stores and
places of business on "Omaha day" at
the fair, The merchants said they had
never entertained such a thought and
would like to know who started the re
port, which they averred would Injure
their revenues on that day.
Ten Yearn Att
PubUa schools opened with a large
and prompt attendance, showing that
1903' enrollment would be surpassed.
The populists In nominating a district
Judicial ticket, swallowed the five demo
crats, C. T. Dickinson, A. N. Ferguson,
E. C. Page, Guy It C. Bead and George
W, Doane and named John O. Telser
from their own rank to boot. Elmer E.
Thomas, as chairman ot tho pop. com
mittee, called the mass meeting to order.
auy W. Cramsr, chief clerk. of( the Dur
llngton passenger department announced
he would leavo the railroad September 12,
to become cashier of a bank at Mullen.
Neb, A, T. Iewts, rate clerk, was picked
to succeed Mr. Cramer, who had held the
position for many years.
Tho Great Western openeo ror business
in the Omaha National bank building, on
Thlrtenth street between Farnam and
Douglas, witty B. F. Thomas as general
agent
Mayor Moores, tho board of publlo
works and seven city councllmen made
arrangements for the repair of all the
asphalt streets In need ot It and secured
John Grant of the Nebraska Bltullthto
company to superintend tho work, with
such experts as necessary. City Engineer
nose water was the only city official to
object to the proceeding.
People Talked About
John D. Long, ex.governor, ex-secretary
of the navy, has vetoed the desire of his
Hlngham (Mass.) townsmen to paint the
town red in his honor on October JT his
seventy-fifth birthday,
It Is worth while noting, as a solemn
warning, that a base ball rooter at Grand
Rapids. Mich., lost his voice while yelling
at the umpire. Providence moves In my.
terious ways, eh, umpl
A bunoh of con men have been corralled
by Uncle Bam In Indiana for working the
fake horse race game among bankers and
other plutes from Texas to Terrs Haute,
The spirit of Mabray shines where
gudgeons bloom.
Miss Gladys Ravenscrort, former cham
pion woman golfer of Great Britain, will
come over to this country with Miss Ma
bet Harrison and Miss Muriel Dodd, the
present champion of Great Britain, In
quest ot championship honors In the
autumn.
In a will of fewer than fifty words,
filed In New Tork, Timothy J. Kleley,
who died on August 19 last, disposed ot
property estimated at slightly less than
ttOOO.OCO. In his short testament he gavo
his entire estate to his wife. Mrs. Mar
garet V. Kleley.
Edward Payson Weston, after a life
time of walking on many famous trips,
wilt become a Minnesota farmer. Re
turning from a trip to the Lake of the
Woods he announced that he had bought
a farm five miles from Warren, In Roseau
county, and that next spring he would
take up his residence there.
Colonel J. Edward Hank Rennet of
Detroit, Mich., has left a will In which
sums and properties supposed to bo worth
millions are bequeathed to relatives and
friends. As far as la known, however.
Colonel Rennet was practically penniless
at his death and possessed nothing except
In his Imagination.
The suggestion of Assistant Secretary
of State Osborne that the remains ot the
discoverer, Christopher Columbus, be
taken through the Panama canal on tho
first ship to make tho passage Is a novel
touch ot national sentiment which leaves
out of account the problem of locating
the remains. Tho resting placo of Co
lumbus Is as difficult to solve as tho ago
of An.
foolish Yeurnlnar.
Chicago Record-Herald.
More than 2.000,000 American fanners
have telephones and many of them have
automobiles also. BUll. for some reason,
the farmers' sons keep on yearning for
city life.
Church nnd School.
OMAHA, Sept. 7.-To the Editor ot
The Dee: There Is a movement on foot
looking to tho reading of the Bible In
the public sohools.
This matter has been threshed out
tlmo and time again In several of our
large cities and the move has never not
with popular aprroval.
When all the world Is of one faith
and religious belief, and everybody be
longs to that church, tho Bible, as it
will then exist, will no doubt find a
hearty reception In alt our schools, but
until that time, the place for the Bible
I In tho various churches and their Sun
day schools.
Let the reverend gentlemen concerned
In this movement get busy at home
make their Sunday school as attractive
as a picture rhow. Young people like
to be entertained; their IntereH must
bo arousod; the Sunday school should
bo reformed and mnde up to date.
Again the mere reading ot the Bible
In the public schools would b productive
of little, if any good. The Bible makes
very dry reading to the young mind;
they do not comprehend the beauty ot
It, nnd they never will until It Is ex
plained to them. In short, religious In
ttructlon would be In otdcr and that
will not do In a public ichool. Each
of tho fifty or more different churches
would want tho children trained .along
the lines ot their particular btltct. Better
let tho churches attend to the religious
end of the business and let tho publlo
school train the child for tho business
of this life. L. A. ELLIS.
IIKm of IMlnnnpt,y.
OMAHA, Sept 7.-To the Editor of The
Bee: Tha church seeks after nnd ac
cepts the vilest sinners, and those who
are exposed to the scorn ot the world
may, without Indulging In dialectical ar
guments or examining contradictions,
throw off the burden of a guilty con
science and be restored to moral health.
It Is never too late to attempt a reforma
tion, and faith and hope are Indispensa
ble conditions of hnpplness.
It la n good rule never to borrow money
from a friend, for It compelled to refuse
you he will feel bad on your account, and
if he lends you the money he may later
on feel sorry on his own account. Men
are only expected to be as good friends
as they think they can afford to be.
When the husband sits up with a s!ck
friend flvo nights a week, and the wife
snorts along In the automobile every day,
dressed llko a snake charmer, we may
expect that our asylums will be filled
with assassins and our cemeteries with
libertines. It Is hard to understand why
persons of mature age wilt cast aside
the manifold blessings of life and plunge
Into the whirlpools of destruction and
folly. I have made soverat desperate at
tempts to solvo this question, but It
oscapes every analysis. If a man is less
than 100 year old he should never say
lie knows tho world, for the human heart
I inscrutable and of all things the moat
deceitful.
A man does not require a great amount
of strength In order to carry his head
high; some hfads are not as heavy as
they appear to be, and there is no neces
sary connection between the height ot
the head nnd the breadth of the Intellect
There i such a thing as' the. luxury of
knowing nothing. E. o. M.
Ifovr to T,.lr-nl , Bible.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., Sept. 8.-TO tho
Editor of The-Bee: If the majority of
the readers would desire to get ac
quainted with tho Inconsistencies found
In the Bible, 1 suggest, Mr. Editor, that
you would copy tho work of an able
critic like D. F. Strauss or some other
able man. I pity tho readers If they
have to read tho articles of a man who
evidently shows that he does not under
stand the text at all. Wonn schon-denn
schon. J. II. STEGER.
fihnnM Tnchr rVi Kxtrn Pnyt
OMAHA. Sept 6. To the Editor of Tho
Bee: Dr. Holovtchlner, recently returned
from the convention in Buffalo relative to
sex hygiene in the schools, has freely ad
mitted that Mr. Graff and he brought
back nothing of valuo to the Omaha
schools; but notwithstanding, tho claim
for tS3t for their expenses has been rushed
through to defeat Mr. Smith's purpose!
to put an end to these Junkets at public;
expense. j
Docs the publlo know that .during four
long, hot weeks In August twenty-five
teachers labored to accomplish what Is
bound to be of valuo to tho 1,000 to R.000
pupils who come under their Influence In
the manual training departments of the
elementary schools?
Mr. Graff's salary takes no summer va
cation, as do the ealarlus or all Omaha.'
teachers, who see no payday from some
time. In June until the first week In Octo
ber. But Dr. Holovtchlner' friends
might say that the doctor receives no pay
for his sen-leea, therefore It Is right to
pay his expenses. Neither did these
teachers receive pay during the time they
were following thU wood-carving course,
but did It occur to tho board to pay the
1500 expended by these teachers for tui
tion, or to pay their expenses for a month
in the city, when by going to their homes
or to inexpensive resorts they might
have stored energy for the coming year
Instead of spending It?
If the Board of Education has so much
money to expend tor junkets, wouldn't It
be a good plan for It to assume the ex.
penses of this wood-carving course, that
will prove to be ot great value to the
schools of Omaha T
A FRIEND OF THE TEACHERS.
Note by Editor It is only fair to Dr.
Holovtchlner and Superintendent Graff
to append their statement that the "noth
Ing of vi ' e" ndmlsalon had reference
only to thu teaching of sex hygiene in the
schools.
Tabloids of Science
A large mirror placed on the tog car
riage of the sawmill enables the sawyer
to make a survey of both ends ot lh,
log, with the view of economy.
Metal dlska take the place of vpokes
In a new wheel for heavy trucks, their
diverging rims where they are bolt. I to
the felloe affording resiliency.
Vacuum cleaners are coming into use
In New Tork for cleaning sidewalk,
sweeping thsm after S o'clock In tbe
morntng being forbidden by law,
German furniture makers Impart beau
tiful colors to several native woods by
burying them when' freshly cut for gov-
Spoiling Native Industry,
Washington Post
The hegtra of wealthy Americans from
Mexico is the severest blow yet dealt to
Us thriving rebellion Industry.
A Bird Colloquy
Mr. Reed Mr. President
The Vice President Does the senator
from Connecticut yield to tho senator
from Missouri?
Mr. McLean Certainly.
Mr. Reed I wish to ask, for Informa
tion, where are these algrets now prin
cipally obtained?
Mr. McLean In South America.
Mr. Reed What Is the bird from which
they are obtained?
Mr. McLean The white heron.
Mr. Reed It Is ot any use on earth
except for Its feathers?
Mr. McLean It devours a great many
Injurious Infests.
Mr. Reed I am asking It it Is of any
use to man except for the feathers it
produces?
Mr. McLean I think there ha been a
decision by the supreme court of Ohio
to the effect that the heron Is a game
bird.
Mr. Reed-I wish to know If It Is of
any value, not whether somebody has
passed a law about It.
Mr. McLean It devours Injurious In
sects, and that Is largely its value, out
side of Its beauty.
Mr. Reed Why tho heron 1 a fish
eating and a frog eating bird la It not?
Mr. McLean They do feed on fish to
some extent
Mr. Reed If you have a bird that l
not of any use except for Its feathers,
and has no occupation but eating fish
which furnish food. Just of what value
I that bird except tor Its feather? What
does the senator think God Almighty
made for, anyway? Certainly a heron
I not an ornament
Mr. McLean The reports of recent In
vestigations show that the heron eats a
great many Injurious Insects, and I think
the oplnlonof naturalists ha changed
very niueh' In recent years with regard
to the economic value of the heron, a I
will show later on In my remarks.
Mr. Reed Why snould the heron be
permitted ruthlessly to destroy the In
nocent Insects and the innocent fish?
Mr. McLean I will leave that question
to the senator to answer for himself. The
annual loss to agriculture caused by In
sects Is enormous.
Mr. Reed I really honestly want to
know why there should be any sympathy
or sentiment about a long-legged, long
beaked, long-necked bird that live In
swamps and eats tadpoles and fish and
crawfish and things ot that kind; why
we should worry ourselves into a frenzy
because some lady adorns her hat with
one of its feathers, which appears to bt
the only uso It has.
Mr. McLean I have stated to the
senator the uso and economic value ot the
heron, which Is admitted now, although
It was denied years ago. But the egret
Is not Involved In this proviso. Beyond
that, I want to coll tho attention to the
Senator to the fact that more than 8.0,-
0000 of these birds havo been destroyed,
millions of them In Florida, all killed lh
the nesting season, when the young
were, eay half grown; and the manner ot
tho destruction of tho adult birds for their
plumage destroys millions of young
birds, which die by slow starvation.
Murder has been committed in this trade
in our own country. It semi to me it is
worth while, If these birds are to be
destroyed, that in civilized nations they
should be destroyed In a civilised way.
If they are useless, let them bo killed
In & proper way, and not by slow starva
tion. Mr. Reed-But the point I am getting
at Is the use of the bird. Now, I know
very little about algrets. I have a faint
protoplasmic notion as to their cost
Mr. McLean I should hope that might
Insure the senator's sympathy with the
proposed legislation.
Mr. Reed If the senator Is introducing
this bill not to protect the birds, but to
protect the pocketbooks of the male
population of this country, ho will arouse
a great wave of sympathy by which even
1 might be swept away; but If It Is on
account of the birds, I wish to ask the
senator If it is not true that the only tlmo
they are of any value Is an the time the
egrets can he obtained, which is the
time they are killed? If the young are
then left to starve It would seem to me
tho proper Idea would be to establish a
foundling asylum for the young, but still
to let humanity utilise this bird for tho
only purpose that evidently the Lord
made It for, namely, so that we could
get egrets for bonnets for our beautiful
ladles.
Mr. McLean I will say to tho aenatot
that I think the feathers are worth twice
their weight In gold at the present time,
Mr. Reed Then, I inilst. If that bo true,
that we oucht not to be prohibited from
having the use cf them.
Mr. aolllnger Mr. President will tho
senator permit tor & moment?
Mr. McLean Certainly.
Mr. Galllnger The senator from Mis
souri asks ot what uso they are. The
egret Is .a most beautiful bird. I do not
know of what use a painting Is excopt
to look at and admire. I feel very sure
that we might as well and with equal
propriety and esthetic taste look at a
beautiful bird and admire it. and that
they ought to bo permitted to live for
that purpose It for no other.
Mr. Reed Why. Mr. President theeo
birds come from a country where there
Is nobdy to look "at them, for the most
part. Certainly we In this country can
not look at them, and I do not know
why we should protect the denizens
of distant climes. The Indians ot South
America havo not enough esthetlo
taste to admire them nay, more, they
havo not enough humanity, according to
the senator's statement to prevent them
from slaughtering these birds In what ho
claims la a cruel and unusual manner.
Mr. Galllnger If the senator from Con
necticut will permit mo to say just one
word more; The usefulness of these
birds In the destruction of Insect I be
yond computation. ThU may not be an
accurate statement but I read in a
scientific Journal not long ago that If tho
birds ot the world wero exterminated tho
human race would go out of extsUnee In
a very short tune.
Mr. Reed-But, Mr. President If tho
senator from Connecticut will pardon me,
and then I will not Interrupt him further,
of what Interest Is It to the people ot
the United States to protect bird that
kill Insects In South America, If they do
kill Insects? It appears that this bird. If
It eats Insects at alt doe so In such
quantities that It took science a great
number Of year to determine tho fact
Pretty nearly all of us know was a heron
is. Every boy that has ever tramped
through the swamps hunting ducks has
been disturbed occasionally by a discord
ant cry, and the sight ot long and un
gainly legs, and etltl more ungainly
wings, and the flutter ot an awkward
bird over the weeds. If he has any use
on earth It certainly Is not to delight the
sense of beauty, for he Is about tho
homeliest combination of feathers and
bones and feet and olaws that ever was
gotten together on this earth. He lives
thousands of miles from our country.
He lives In tho unhabitable swamps of
South America. He Is captured down
there by the natives, and It appears that
he is captured because there Is one beau
tiful thing about him, and only one, and
that Is this little feather that they call
an egret that the women use to adorn
their bonnets.
Instead of making these things dearer
I am In favor of making thorn cheaper.
I do not know what Interest the United
States of America has in protecting birds
of that kind that are born In swamps
thousands of miles away, and that
neither delight the sense of beauty nor
servo any usoXul purpose.
Mr. McLean I will say to the senator
that the egrets are gone. There are none
today, except a few which exist In pro
tected heronries. All the wild birds, so to
speak, havo been extremlnated; so the
senator need not give himself any unensl
ness over tho egret question. If he will
listen, I sjiould like to read a dlscrlptbn
of the manner In which these birds havo
been destroyed.
Mr. Reed-But, Mr. President If thoy
are gone, If they are dead, If this chap
ter lies In the dead and buried past, why
should wo be legislating about It In tho
living present?
Mr. McLean But wo are not Algrots
are not Included in the proviso at all. I
am simply calling tho attention of the
senate to the way In which the bird
trade tried to deceive tho public at a
time when they were destroying tho
egrets. I am showing the senato how
utterly unworthy of belief tho plumage
traders are by referring to their attempts
to deceive tho public In tho post
Mr. Reed-It is hardly worth while to
take tho time of the senato to demon
strate that the man milliner has very lit
tlo regard for truth and veracity. I think
that might be conceded.
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"The children of today hear none of
the cood old fairy tales." he muttered.
"No," she replied, tartly, "but the mar
ried women are still listening to them."
Baltimore American.
"You say you called on husband at his
office? lie's always so busy. Did yoa
havo any trouble in seeing him?"
"Yes, at first He was sitting behind
his desk and I couldn't see him until he
moved his feet"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I never mince matters, Miss Mabel.
I am very outspoken. I always call, a
spade a spade. Is your heart mine?"
"Produce the diamond. Charley, and go
down and resign from your cjub and we'll
call It a go."-Jt Louis Republic
"Great Scott woman! Are you trying
to ruin me?" . .
"Why, Henry! You don't even know
what I paid for the gown." ,
"I know that any gown that looks as
bad as that one costs more than I can
afford to pay." Life
EEASSUBINO.
Blakeney Gray In Judge.
Now Myrtle with her eyes of blue
Once moro adorn the Avenue
A coat of tan upon her cheek,
And freckles playing hide-and-seek
Amid her dimples, and a share
Of summer's sun caught In her hair
It sets my very soul astir
To walk the Avenue with her.
But Jealous thrills come over me when
She bows and smiles on sundry men
Who pass along one. two and three-
An endless lino they seem to be
In number quite a score, or more
All brown as she, and all have got
A manner that me llketh not!
"Who are these crowds of grinning ape
In sundry guises, form and shapes,
Who beam, and gleam, and smirk, 'and
smile.
Like Indians In single file?"
Quoth I, with growing rage within,
For It hath made me mod as sin
To note the rather easy air
With which they greet Myrtllla there.
"My Summer Cohorts," she replied'
Yet snuggled closer to my side.
"I missed you so down by the sea
I had to let them comfort me"
"O faithless Jade" thus I began
As passed the twenty-seventh man.
"Nay, dearest" she replied, "I'm true,
It took "em all to equal you!"
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