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rtabertbers. leaving tha city temporarily
abould hate The Bee mailed to them. .Ad
dress will be chanced aa often aa requested.
It li not yet too late to do your Christmas
shopping early.
The war tat fells alao on rouge and face pow
fit. But what do we earet . ; . , .
!The French government it moving "back to
Paris, bnt not to "Oay Pare."
One thing aeema certain, that there are vic
tories enough for all In this-war. '. .
.Well, what ! your latest guess on the next
provisional president of Mexico?
The two colonela at laat find themselvee alt
ting aide by aide on the water wagon.
The noncomhatanta are eagerly awaiting the
general who can bring home the bacon.
'Not a great deal haa been aald thne far of
the part martial mualc la playing la the prevent
war. '
The Bank pt England baa Just bought 185,
000 pounds la gold brick, but they are the real'
roods. ,
. The "oldest Odd Fellow In the United States"
has died again. Beema a If he were always)
dying.
ii '
:?And the erode design and workmanship, o?
those new war tax stamp Hook, life a demo
cratlo administration. ' - .
Anyway, t&e marriage licenae clerk Is still
on the Job, and doing a brisk business as usual,
despite war distraction.
'To Aiolih-Poverty" nine a headline,
There Is one kind of abolition for which all will
boost If someone will ahow the way.
Weeks hare paaaed slnoe the announcement
of DIek Croker's engagement to aft Indian prln.
cesa and not a 'pome" yet to the rbytam of
-Hiawatha.-
Good I Uncle Earn does not owe Johnny
Bull any Is.OOO.OOQ.OOO, after all. aa somebody
misunderstood the British chancellor of the ex
chequer to aay.
;Yea, but ts It fair to arrest one witness for
perjury in. a case where the whole defense was
aa alibi which went to smash with a prompt ver
dict of "guUtyT"'-'
What If former Ambassador Myron T. Her
rick was a great diplomat and aorely needed at
this time In Parts, the spoil system' la politics
knows ns etjity outside of Itself. '. ;
' The "Commercial club would like to hire
Omaha more frequently represented at meeUngs
of great national organisations. , There "is Just
one way to make sure of such representation;
and that Is for the Commercial club to name the
delegates and send them, as most clubs In large
cities do.
A commlaaion appointed by Governor More
head Is about to discover the cause of crime
and their remedies. The cause may b hard
to get at, but the remedies are all at hand
prohibition, eugenics, votes for women, recall
of judicial declnloas, single tax on land talues
any one of which win do the Job.
Looks Like a Bluff Call It
Beaten to a frawle arter bavrng forrd the
city to fight the Dodge street viaduct case clear
up to the United State supreme court, the Mis
souri Pacific now come back with a line of talk
about elevating Its track Instead of building the
viaduct.
This look to us like one gigantic bluff de
signed solely to spar for wind, and again delay
Indefinitely the building of the viaduct which,
the road has already succeeded In postponing
several years. The track elevation scheme
sounds fine, but It will not get further than a
pretty picture this year, or next year, or the year
arter. If the Missouri Pacific had any notion
that elevating the tracks was the correct solu
tion It would have proposed It long ago and
called off the viaduct litigation.
When the. mandate comes . down from the
supreme court lit favor of the city of Omaha it
should be promptly served on the railroad with
notice to get busy without more ado.
Serious Sarcaam.
. "It could materially assist railroad develop
ment, but o far It baa proven Impoaslble for
seven men' In one center to act not merely as
regulatora, but a administrators of the rail
roads, leaving the financial results and responsi
bilities of that administration to be borne by
the companies and their owners," aald President
Rea of the Pennsylvania system, referring to the
Interstate Commerce commission. If there be
sarcasm In hie words it. Is of far too serious a
character to be lightly passed over. Many be
sides railroad presidents have come to believe
that the Interstate Commerce commission hae Its
hands more than full. Much of the work falling
to It, In the opinion of President Rea and others,
could as well be done by subordinates, leaving
the commission free to look after the matters
of supreme Importance to the mutual interests
of railroad and shipper.
That something Is cumbersome la the present
regulating machinery Is plain. It I clogged and
result that ought to be achieved promptly are
still wanting. The suspicion that the govern
ment Is playing a game of bide and seek), either
with the railroad or with the shippers, ought to
be dispelled, and other obstacle to a clearer
understanding removed. For about four years
the element of uncertainty ha been growing,
and complaints multiplying mostly, It la true,
emanating from the railroads yet if the rail
roads' outcries are bnt part of a refusal to co
operate cordially with the government, even
proof of that would show the need of quicker
acting machinery to deal with them and with all
eonoerned.
C. C. WaUon, the weU known land ant, has re
turned from a five moo tha" trip to Burape where
he was detained louwr than be Intended by reaaua
of his wife's Ulneaa.
Members ef tha Independent Order of Foraalert
are actively at work in the formatton of a bleu
cott of rareatera fur tbe state.
Tha old houae built la tha oourt house yard years
ao by eherlff A. H. lioel was lacked up today, and
ataxted) on Its Journey to TwtatWUi and Jaokaon
streets. It was orlslnaily arectad by John D. Crelh
ton. Prank Walters and famll7 raalda l tk.
and rode In it va lu slow Journey to tha aoalk or
, IOWU.
CLartcs K. Breaner. on of th oiuim.
carriers, left on trip to Elkhorn, Neb., and the
BB "er vajiey. it la rumored that Charlie will
not return alone.
Cornelius Non-U. aa mariner am it., ir b
leavlii aa trip to rnglaod. Ireland and rtance to
u wiwni live mouiua.
Mr. Martin Caiuioa has taken poeaeoaUo- ef tho-
i.e.i.ornia. meat PVirKet. 34 NorlS Sixteenth. Which
ewnoui wim the aaalatanre of J. J. Ey r,
bo has ba4 yr of eipericuce In tbe bualnaaa.
How i the Tim to Dip la.
This la the time when the beads of the vari
ous city departments are outlining their pro-'
grams for tbe work of the coming year and mak
ing estimates of the cost of carrying them out,'
on which estimates the appropriations will be
based! It Is natural for every branch of the
government to want to expand It activities and
to ask for more money for that purpose. It Is
also, natural for payroll grafters and sinecure
bolder to wish to remain undisturbed. . Bo the
time for the taxpayers' associations and civic
leagues to dip In is before final action Is taken,
approving or revising these estimates, and not
after It is all over and no material changes are
possible! "The chief trouble with those who
complain of extravagance and waste In public
affairs Is that they sit idly by while budgets are
being formed and tax levies gauged, and never
wake np to things which they think wrong ear
lier than the morning after.
. ' Th Ferment of. Discontent.
The Qualities of true leadership appear In
the word of the Nebraska suffragist who warns
her sisters not to lapse into the comfort of self
contentment as to the progress of their fight
thus fay In this state. Some had gloried In the
showing mad In the laat election as a partial
victory. "It was no victory at all," declare
this more clear-sighted woman. "We lost. Let
us strip ourselves of this self-content, for we
didn't do as well a w might have done , Let
us acknowledge our weak spots, for we have
them."- ,'
No cause can win against the self-sufficiency
or lasy contentment of Its sponsors. The mon
itor who sounded this warning has .the weight
of experience and history on her side. The fer
ment of discontent has overturned empires, up
rooted 6ppreeslon, loosed the shackled forces of
liberty, opened the eyes of the blind, in every
combat for social or Industrial readjustment.
True, the Apostle Paul wrote to his friends at
Phlllppi that he had "learned In whatsoever.stat
I am therewith to be content.'" But did he not
also hnrltls IhVectiv against women speaking
in putUo and doing like thlngsT Dr. Anna 8haw
say she Is sure that If she had the Apostle Paul
here now she could 'soon convert him to woman
auffrag.. That, of course, Is wholly a matter
of speculation, but let no one be deceived as to
the strength of this power of discontent when
only guided Into right channels.
Itarket Value of Credulity.
Disclosures In the Chicago police graft In
vestigation show a divvy of big money made out
of the clairvoyant game In that city. One or the
kings of the combine confesses net revenues as
high a 13.000 to $0,000 a month, all of which
suggests that the market value of human cred
ulity la still high.. It matters little what the
bunco bunch put on. they are certain of a rich
harvest. The catch of suckers In Chicago baa
proved even better, we should aay. than the
catch made la Council Bluffs a few years ago by
Colonel Mabray and a few faithful satraps.
To be sure, these Chicago clairvoyants hav
at last come to grief at least they will npt be
able to continue operation In the same old way.
Nothing Is so fatal to thia sort of business as
the light of publicity if exposure le followed up
with prosecution. It would not be at all sur
prising, either. If the clairvoyant game bad ram
ifications or counterpart in other cities. Possi
bly the upheaval in Chicago might wisely sug
gest some quiet inquiry to determine Just what
Is doing In that line elsewhere.
The New York World' onslaught on Mr.
Bryan for filling so many fat Jobs with hi per
sonal friends would go further with the faithful
la Nebraska If It upbraided him for not taking
care of more of them.
All sorts of reasons are being advanced why
woman suttrage lost out. "When a candidate is
beat he usually admit that be did not get
enough votes, and lets it go at that.
Old and New Cracow
The ftaaalaa Invaeloa).
Affirmation and denial follow rme another In
news dlapatrhes reemrdlns; the approach of Russian
armies to tha ant-lent capital of Poland. That the
city la threatened by the Invaders appears reasonably
certain. Pome dispatches assert that siege gims are
being placed by the Raaatans and an early, attack
la to be expected unleaa tha United Auatro-Oermaa
armies permanently check the hosts of the ciar.
Cracow la the holy city of Poland, which yields
Involuntary allesianoe to Germany, Austria and
Ruaeta. About It cluster the dearest and moat
Blotioua memories of Polish national life; here rise
Its eta tell ret monuments, here lis 'Its famous dea.1
Although for one hundred and twenty years .Poland
has vanished from the muster roll of the nations of
the earth, Cracow remains the renter of ' Polish
art. ef the hope of national reeurreeUon.
Many ef the world's cities are the fruit of his
torical accident, but Cracow may be aald to have
been predestined by Its very situation for an Im
portant center of human activity. Lying- at tha
navigable head of the Vistula, the great river which
rolls majestically throurh the heart of Poland to
the Baltlo Pea, Cracow Is aet fair upon the cross
roads of - eastern Europe. Not only does the high
way from the Baltle north to the Hunrarlan south
pses beneath Its wails, but the main road from the
vast Rusalan plalna to western Europe leads through
It as well. Add the near proximity of the great
salt mines of Wlellcika, the most famous saline de
posits In the world, snd It Is easy to understand why
Cracow, despite many disasters and misfortunes, has
always been aa Important emporium of trade and
oommerce.
Tlewe froan Diet a nee.
It is from the east, and not, as most tourists do,
from the stteslan ridges on the northwest, that one
sees in their multitude the towers and turrets, the
steeples and domes ef Cracow, and. sees them un
tarnished by the network of narrow, tortuous, and
dirty streets which characterise the city that was
the slory of the Polish kingdom when that king
dom wss the rtval of Russia, the suseraln of Pruaata,
the possesaor ef a mighty sword that counted for a
great deal In the fortunes of Europe. Tor three
centuries Cracow was tha residence ef tbe Polish
kings. Iter reigned Kaisnilr the Great great alike
in prowess and In . encouragement of peaceful arte,
the anthor ttrls In the fourteenth century of the
celebrated edict ef tnlemnee to the Jews. Here
In ISfls was alao celebrated the marriage .between
Grand Duke Jagello of Lithuania and Queen Jadvlga
of Poland, which fused the two states Into one
powerful kingdom. And here, too. In US the fatal
mistake was made by King Slgtamund I of grant
ing to Albreoht of Brandenburg the duchy of Pruaata
In perpetual fief tpat duchy, which In course of
time grew to be the Prussia of Frederick the Great,
the STavedlffger of Poland. Cracow remlned the royal
residence of Poland till 1S0O, when Blgtsmund III
took up- his abode in Warsaw. But both he end all
his successors till 17M continued to be orowned ' at
Cracow, and all of them were laid to eternal rest
at . the Cracow Katedra the cathedral which atlll
survives.
Poland, Greatest Mlefortnne.
At the beginning of the seventeenth century Cra
cow received a mortal blow from the transference pt
the capital toWarsaw. By that time the mad period
of elective kings had already been In full swing, and
Cracow repeatedly fall the victim of the rival jeal
ousies ef the candidates. la ICS Charles Gusiavus
f Sweden, deeetred in his hopes for ; the Polish
throne, came and sacked Cracow, disarming Its
cltliens, expelling all Its clergy and professors, de
stroying Its churches and schools, and exacting a
heavy contribution from the Inhabitants. Ne' sooner
had he- gone than the Transytvanlan prince,' the
famous George Rakocsy, came and completed ' the
work ef devastation, Again, In 1T91, Charles XII of
Sweden, suffering defeat everywhere, wreaked hie
vengeance upon Craoow by first plundering and then
burning It. His Polish protagonist. King August It,
who alao was elector of Saxony, found nothing better
to do than te carry off the copper roof of be royAl
palace to Dresden, under the pretext of needing It
for making cannon e, fitting symbol of the Impending
doom. Russia and Prussia were already on Poland's
track, : and the so-called confederation of the bar,
with Its chief seat at Cracow, was formed In order
to offer resistance to the two preying Powers. Bnt
Ruvaroff took Cracow by storm In 1772, and Poland
underwent her first partition. Twenty years later
Poland was partitioned for the second time, and
then the great rising under Kosciusko broke out In
1T84 with Cracow aa the center of national defense.
This time It was the end of Poland. King Stanislas
resigned his crown end Craoow wna taken and
pillaged by the Austrtans and Prussians, and Uis
latter carried off to Berlin the contents of the Royal
Treasury five diadems, four scepters, three globes,
two . golden chains and the sword of Boleslss the
Great. Which Tied girded the loins of the Polish kings
at the coronation ceremony for seven centuries.
neaaaaals ef Aaeleuat Glory.
Cracow now became an Austrian city, but with
the', restoration ef the duchy of 'Warsaw by Na
poleon It was Incorporated with It. By the Treaty
of Vienna, whlnh destroyed the duchy and sanctioned
the threefold partition of Poland. Cracow, with a
small ' adjacent territory, was constituted a "free. In
dependent, and permanently neutral" republle tinder
the "protection or the three Powers." The "ootcome
of this protection" ts well known. In IMS Austria
attacked and annexed the republic) againet the pro-;
tests of England and France. Since then Cracow has
been turned Into a flrst-claaa fortress and the royal
palace became a barracks and a military hospital.
The University Itself was at first turned Into a Ger
man school, but Its Polish character was restored n
187a Now the visitor to Craoow sees only the
remnant of its ancient glory. St. Florlan, Gate perr
haps the finest monument of Oothlq architecture In
Poland still marks the site of the ancient walls. In
the old market plane Rynsk Clown y, now reciirtst
ened RingsplatB still stand ttt. Mary's church of thtt
thirteenth century, with Its exquisite high altar, and
the old Clothhouse, now containing the national
museum. Not far from It is St. Anna's church, with
the tomb of Copernicus, who, though born at Thorn,
studied and died at Cracow. Above all, there la the
Cathedral, the Polish Westminster, with the tombs
of the eobleakls, the Kaslmlrs, the Ponlatowakla,
and of Kosciusko himself, and with statues from the
great chlael of Ttoorwaldaen. But along with these
monuments the visitor will find two belts of fort
one thirty, the other twelve mllee In circumference,
guarding tha approachee to the city against a Rus
alan attack, and barracks and depots without number.
j?
eea Tronblra Ahead If Alllee Wis.
SOUTH OMAHA. Neb., Dec. 4,-To the
Editor of The Pee: I noticed In the
paper the other day a profeesor'e state
ment that the Vnlted States may be
Obliged .to fight th winner of the present
war. Now, In my opinion, th; depends
on who wins. If Germany wins, which
she surely will, this country need neve
no fear of any war, but If Bngland and
Its allies win the United 8tatea may aee
trouble, as England never had any love
for this country, because England (alone)
never has nor never will be able to lick
this country. England gave the most of
Its aid to the south during the civil war.
Japan l in tht same box on account of
not having Its own way on the Pacific
coast, bo these countries with a little
outside help could mako It hot for
Uncle Sam by training their fleet on our
southern coast and shipping soldiers Into
Canada Japan from the west and Eng
land from the east. For this reason and
no other Japan entered the war with Eng
land against Germany.
J. O. BLESSING.
Politic, la Calif or ala.
LOS ANOBJLES, Cal., Dec. .-To the
Editor of The Bee: Aa you know Cali
fornia ts a "progressive" state, and prides
herself In keeping In the front rank in
her progreesiTe legislation. We have
female suffrage, the Initiative, referen
dum. recall and most of the other fads.
We held an election last month In which
all the fads were put to the test except
the recall. We had the recall tested out
earlier In the season, and resulted (aa
most of the recall elections do) In failure
to oust a vsry able and efficient official
(covlnty supervisor).
In the November election beside the
list of. state officials. United States sen
stor, congressmen, legislative ticket.
Judges of all grades, county supervisors,
etc.. there were forty-eight Propositions
su.bmitted to the voters on the Initiative
snd referendum, a pamphlet containing
which I am sending you by mall under
separate cover. These were sent out by
mall to every registered voter In the
state. The postage' on them coat Los
Angeles county alone over 19,000. I en
close herewith the official sample ballot
which was also sent by mall to every
registered voter, and which Is aa exact
fac simile except In color. .
There have been no official returns of
the election In Its entirety yet promulga
ted and will, not be Until December 10,
but unofficial returns for Los Angeles
county have been published (which are
undoubtedly correct).' and I enclose here
with a clipping showing the figures.
Borne of the phenomenal features of the
vote are -that more than 80 per cent of
the full registered vote was cast. Fully
as large a percentage of the registered
female voters voted as of the men. In
Los Angeles county the total vote was
234.06S. .Ninety-five per cent of the total
voS? was cast for governor, and M per
cent on amendment I (state-wide prohibi
tion), A marvelous vote was cast on
many of the amendments.
The vote for governor is the most de
ceiving of any partisan vote ever oast
Johnson is (now that Roosevelt has been
eliminated), the-- leading progressive In
the country, but only remains In the
lime, light by reason of the peculiar situa
tion fn the state of California. The pro
gressive Party In California mnt It -
I hold by, undertaking to oust the Southern
racuio maemne rrom the politics of the
state, which-wss accomplished in .1310.
Johnson was selected as tbe "prophet" of
the new regime, and ' Roosevelt - saw a
chance to strengthen : progresslvlsm In
national politics by attaching Johnson as
a tall te bis kite. In that he failed and
progresslvlsm became a dead Issue all
over the country, Including California.
The 1914 registration was two to one re
publican as against progressive. But In
this election all partisanship was aban
doned upon the vote for governor, and the
vote simply showed that It was an Issue
between sny old thing against the old
Southern Paclflo machine. Whenever an
election Is held which does not Include
the Southern Paclflo machine as sn Issue,
progresslvlsm will show up as dead In
California as anywhere else.
EX-NEBRASKAN.
People and Events
It la fortunate for the memory of the American
cowboy that he disappeared befure his prowaee In
ahootlng up towns was over-shadowed by Europe's
paatmaatera In that line.
Governor Cole L Blease of South Carclhia eels
brated Thanksgiving day by pardoning 101 convicts,
fifteen of them convicted of murder. This puts up
to the courts the taak of fUUng the gape.
From London comes the flattering word, certain
to tickle natlunal pride, that the debts contracted by
atranded Americana August and September last,
amounting to tM.Ou, have been repaid excepting W
Aa eathaatasUe ' spinster, claiming to be a .onj
lost coueln. tried to give Secretary Bryan a regular
bear hug. during .his stay la Chicago last Saturday.
Mr. Bryan's long arms ehecked the onrush and Ute
long tost cousin loat out..
People who acquire greatness often negotiate a
loan of trouble at the same time. For . Instance,, see
what happened to the "Supreme Ruler ef tbe
Iridescent Order of Iris, Head of the Occult School
of Sciencea," headquarters In New York. For the
sum of H In advance membership was conferred and
the Initiate was given a "lucky stone"- warranted
to ahoo away tbe Ilia of the fteeh and beat any game
from a poker pot to a horse race. Vncle Sam ob
jected to burdening the malls with "luck stone"
literature snd aent tbe auprtme ruler to the pen for
eighteen months.
Editorial Shrapnel
Indianapolis News: After ail, Holland
Is about the gsmeat little country in the
bunch. It now announces that It doesn't
want any help In taking car of the Bel
gians that are stranded there.
St. Louis Republic: One of the big ex
press companies has adopted a producer-to-oonsumer
plan In imitation of the par
cel poet and yet they say that government-owned
uUlit'ea are not so eaterprts
log as the private kind.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: Considering the
change in naval tactics by the activities
of Get-marl submarines and German mines,
there seems to be- room for questioning
the accuracy of the name given the
British battleships known as "dread
noughts." ,
Boston Transcript: The Americans In
BerUn who are protesting to their coun
trymen against the use by the allies of
colored troops from India and Africa for
get that the United States was glad to
enlist negro regiments to fight the south
during our own great war.
Washington Start The spectacle of the
United States sending . 1,175,S36.64 to
China aa the balance of the remitted
Boxer revolution Indemnity may be rec
ommended to the warring European na
tions aa an example of how much better
we do certain things ever here.
Louisville Courier-Journal: If congress
la going to ask for "all of the facts con
cerning America's unpreparedaeas for
war" the Congressional Record wUI re
semble the' Chinese encyclopedia when the
agents of ths armor plate trust and the
ammunition venders get through talking.
New York World: When we Interfered
In Mexico there was only two provlaional
governments. Now that we have left the
premiaea there are three, those of Car
ransa. Villa and Gonsalea. and If we
count Zapata, who Is an unknown quan
tity. It murt be said that there are tour.
As has been remarked In the case of the
United States, E piuribua unum!
Springfield Republican: The tendency
to exaggerate the military weakness of
the United States should not be carried
toe far. There was evidently no truth In
the recent statement that the big guns
of foreign battleahlps bad a range one
and a half miles longer than that of the
bl geat guns of our sea eoast batteries.
The ordnance experts of the War depart
ment anawer this alarmist statement by
saying that no navy In the world could
cope with the twelve-Inch guns of the sea
coast fortreaaes ot the United States.
But, aa a me.tter of fact, all the ooaat
batteries will eooo have the new foorteea
Inch guna, now beta manufactured.
The Water Wagon
Brooklyn Eagle: Moses did strike a
rock and water gushed forth. The rock
haa been found by an explorer. As pro
hibition was many centuries away, and
the children of Israel had nothing else to
drink, they were duly thankful, clamor
ing not for the grape Juice of a Bryan
civilisation.
Springfield Republican: Mr. Bryan's
prohibition principles ere obvlouely near
the point of bursting through slate boun
daries. Ills appeal to the democratic
porty not "to shield the brewery, the dis
tillery and the saloon from the rising
wrath of a determined people" closes with
the warning, "get ready for the fight."
It Is very possible that, supported by dele
gates from the prohibition states. Mr.
Bryan right now could rip open a demo
cratic national convention on this Issue.
New York World: Prohibition Is a state
issue, and is likely to remain a state Issue
for many years, with voters dividing on
personal rather than on party lines. But
whether It ever becomes a national issue
or not, we should think that Mr. Bryan
had enough important duties to attend to
without assuming charge of a prohibition
PTTSganrta. There have been secretaries
of state who would find In the Mexican
situation and in the greatest war known
to human history a sufficient Held for all
their energies and activities. They would
be so absorbed by their difficult and re
sponsible official duties that they would
neither know nor care whether the liquor
interests were "on the defensive" or on
the offensive. A aecretary of state In the
present circumstances who was doing his
full duty by his office and the country
would have no time to bother about pro
hibition or any other sumptusry regula
tion. Mr. Bryan seema capable of arous
ing himself to a hlrh pitch of enthusiasm
about everything except the functions of
a secretary of state.
JOLLIES FROM JUDGE.
Arthur I rish I roson roads a great hit
at school during the hay fever season.
Arthur-He Invented a college yell wttB
a sneese In It.
"The fellow who married your daugh
ter" "He Is mv son-in-law now," rrimly re
plied Orout P. Smith. "I don t know
-h he used to be."
He-I hear that MlM Smith is forever
on the tennla court. Is she a euffraettT
She-Nrt. Indeed; she believes that wom
an's plnce Is In the home.
He Has she a little tennis court la her
home?
"Do you think that the question of
mornls should enter into art," asked the
serioua girl.
"I don't s-e why not." replied Miss
Cayenne. "There's no apparent reason
why the nine muses should monopolise
artistic attention to the exclusion of the
Ten - Commandments." Baltimore American.
He had wailed thirty minutes for a
slow waiter to bring hie dinner.
" Now." lie said to the waiter, "can
you bring me some cheese and coffee?"
"Yes, sir; In a minute, sir."
"And.'.' continued the diner, "while you
are away you might send me a postal
card every now and then." Woman's
Home Companion.
"Brudder Perkins, yo' been flghtln',
I heah," en Id the colored minister.
"Yaas, Ah wus."
"Doan yo' 'membah whut da Good Book
ses 'bout tumln' de odder cheek?"
"Yaas. pahson: but he hit me en mah
nose, an' I se only got one." Puck.
"Did that cnlon poultice I sent you do
any rood?"
"Did me a heap of good."
"These external applications are often
efflcacio'is "
"I applied It Internally. - Those onions
smelt so good that I ate it." Loulavllle
Courier-Journal.
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