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Thought for the Day
J am not glad till JnavaxrtatoA
Lift that eon lift m from my own,
A loWsr Uvtl mut b tpon,
A mifhiitr $trength to Uan upon.
Xey Lartrm.
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Still the home team gives a, fair representa
tion ot Russia's bom run.
1 Tha Nebraska farmer who baa tha wheat
lirOl let the other fellow worry.
Tha "better building" slogan of tha con
struction contractora strikes a popular chord. ;
8tlll tha Ogden gateway swings wide to all
persons showing the right ticket with tha right
punch.
Much will be forglTen tha weather man If ha
projects real lummer Into tha fag end of September.
As a business proposition there Is no better
time than the present to shun tha speculative
markets.
What's this? An order for shrapnelto ba
tranufactured by a Lincoln concern right under
tbe shadow of Fairvlewt
Why not a grand publlo reception and con
cert to celebrate the city's taking oyer tha Au
ditorium? What's tha use of buying ths build
ing except to use it?
Coming events cast their shadow before.
The rapidly rising tabernacle is tha visible ad
vance agent ot the "Billy" Sunday earalTal ot
religion. In boo elgno, Billy cometh.
If conceding wheat orders ranks as a sign ot
early peace, day and night shifts working on an
order for 1,000.000 camp stoves is equally
prophetlo of another winter of war.
My, but that must have been heavy work for
our Congressman Lobock to compile all those
ponderous figures In defense of tha consular
service under democratic administration!
If imitation is slnqereet flattery, Fremont's
Tractor show haa a right to feel all puffed up
by tha efforts of numerous other places through
out tha country to pull off a similar enterprise.
With the soothing gentleness ot a sephyr on
. sultry day, word comes from Washington that
tha anthracite coal rata cut is not likely to reacfe.
the pocket books of western consumers. For
Tery small favors, thanks! ;
Opposition to tha. Deakyne Report.
It is now certain the report ot Lieutenant
Colonel Deakyne ot the army engineers corps,
recommending that expenditure for improving
tha Missouri river for traffic uses be abandoned,
is to meet with forceful opposition from tha
river towns. From SU Louis to tha headwaters
of the stream protest is heard, and conferences
are being planned to organize tor effective
efforts to secure continuing appropriations and
definite plans for taking care ot the Missouri as
a navitable stream. Colonel Deakyne rests bis
opposition on the fact that the traffic so far de
'elopod i not enough to warrant the expense
involved. So far as present-day conditions may
te concerned, this is a potent argument.
What of the future? Have the states that
border ong the Missouri river attained their
ultimate development? Will the years to come
nee no more of commerce and industry here than
uow exists? It is extremely unwise as well as
iMitafe to predict what the future has in store
fcr the Transinlssourl country, but if another
Lalf-century sees growth in proportion as tha
last fifty years have witnessed, the transports
turn facilities of the region will need to be sup.
I'leiuented by all the aid the Missouri can pro-
tide. .
it is true the Missouri river presents prob-l-.ns
for the engineer that are not easily solved.
lie strtam is unruly and its control is not read
ily accomplished, but it can be made useful. To
du so will call for tbe adoption of a compreben
five plan, and its faithful carrying out This
;!aa ahould not be exclusive for the Missouri,
but should be part of a general waterways pro
f rani for the freut Mississippi basin, not to be
(.( hteved in a eek or r. month, but to be worked
tit to the end that the future population of this
wonderful region, may Lave full advantage ot
tt.e hUi! II mil! in possibilities of its streams
ii curriers of freight
An Overlooked Item of War Cost
While the thought is by no means novel, few
people have the faintest 'conception of the ex
tnt of the draft of tbe European war upon tbe
brains, talent and genlns ot tha nations engaged
in the conflict Of course, wa all know that the
trenches are filled with artiste and bankers,
musicians and captains of Industry, physicians,
scientists and lawyers, all standing shoulder to
rhoulder with the mechanic, the clerk, the truck
Silver and etren tbe men formerly serving them
In menial occupations in a word, nothing
counts on the firing line but physical endow
ment and military prowess.
From Italy comes the account of the recep
tion accorded to Msrconl, the Inventor of the
wireless, when be reported for duty aa lieuten
ant of aviation In the Italian army, wearing the
uniform of a second lieutenant of engineers
which Is tbe rank ha holds. Wireless communi
cation has transformed the commerce of the
world, and wireleae transmission Is one of tbe
potential factors ot the present war. But sup
pose Marconi had been forced into military
sctlvltles twenty years ago, before he had en
riched mankind with his wonderful discovery,
and his Invention bad never been perfected, or,
ia any event, bad not yet been perfected?
Think how the progress of the world would have
been set back.
Yet Marconi Is only ona man of eminence
and distinction out of hundreds of thousands
called to the colors, who, each in bis own ffeld,
had been contributing to tha advancement of
civilization, but whose efforts now are directed
more to its destruction. For every useful in
vention stimulated by the war, scores are pre
vented or deferred but thla Item of cost Is not
Included In the estimates.
Safety of Railroad Travel.
Tha slogan of "Safety first," vitalized by
railroad managers and operatives, Is steadily
lifting railroad travel to tha higher levels of
security. Records for tha last three months of
1014 show that of tha 250,600,000 passengers
carried 7,834,000,000 passenger miles not one
life was lost in a collision. Only seventy-eight
fatalities are reported due to train accidents of
all kinds, and fourteen of that number were
persons trespassing on the right-of-way. West
ern railroads rank at tha forefront of safety.
The Union Paeiflo shows a fiscal year record of
4,761,935 passengers carried without a single
fatality. Other roads ara equally zealous in
presenting spotless records to tha traveling pub
lie. Rivalry for safety deserves encouragement
both as an educational force and as a measure
of restraint against tha too prevalent custom of
taking chances."
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Standards in Art
A debate la In progresa lust now among cer
tain of tha local cognoscenti, having to do with.
tha quality of certain paintings, and in soma
degree touching on standards ot art Its prog
ress baa been noted with some satisfaction, as
Indicating tha growth ot tha lately awakened
art spirit in Omaha, and with something of ap
prehension because the arguments ara proceed
ing from rather than converting to a focus.
Art in itself is not to ba determined by weight
or width; certain canons ara fairly wall fixed,
In painting, for example, having to do with har
mony ot color and composition; the rest Is very
largely a matter of personality. Painters,
sculptors, musicians, writers, actors, all who'
seek to create or to visualize great thought, deep
sentiment or noble aspiration, are amenable to
this rule. It escapes definition, and Is beyond
measurement, because It is Intangible, and yet it
s definite. Price is no criterion, nor are medals
a proof of artistic worth. Msny a masterpiece
has been sold for a song, and fame has usually
been aohleved by tha true artist soma time after
ba has actually put on Immortality. It is a good
thing, though, to sea Omaha folka taking a
deeper Interest in matters that have to do with
tha purely esthetic. High ideals betlt a commu
nity as well as an individual, and the debata In
progress ought to elevate rather than lower the
standard.
Blanderin; License.
Sculptors, Ilka poets, exercise license in ex
pressing their ideals in stone or bronze. License
is necessary for the free play of artistic skill In
the essentials and details which vitalize tha
purpose ot a statue,. When license descends to
tha inscription and blunders by omission the
artist shows a very restricted knowledge ot bis
theme.
Tha statue of "The Pioneer Mother," one ot
tha few permanent memorials on the grounds
of the San Francisco exposition, carries beneath
the inscription a bronze map ot the various
routes traversed by tha pioneers between tha
Mississippi river and the Pacific ocean. With
two exceptions the names of starting points for
western caravans appear on the map. Omaha
and Florence ara omitted. Settlements which
did not exist until tha ralroads came are desig
nated and halt a score of cities and towns which
were founded or energized by Omaha pioneers.
The credit due the foster father is bestowed on
the offspring.
. "The Pioneer Mother" undeservedly bears
tha burden ot historical and geographical Inac
curacy, f
Pestering" the Farmer.
Always the busy days of the farmer are filled
with annoyances ot a kind that dispel his peace,
interrupt bis rest and disturb his poise, to the
end that he is worried from daylight to dark,
and sometimes Into the night. Just now, the
manipulators of grain prices ara adding to bis
perplexities by their activities on the board of
trade. A few days ago it was the heavy rains,
and a few days later It will be the possibility of
early frost. The late spring, the Hessian fly,
tha chinch bug and tha grasshopper, the cut
worm and the root louse are other things that
combine to make the farmer vigilant and watch
ful. And, finally, bis greatest worry will be
where he is to store the enormous harvest his
fields ara yielding, and where to Invest tha
money he gets on the market. And when these
problems are solved he Is still tha object of tbe
arduous pursuit of the automobile salesmen.
Tha farmer has a lot' ot things to poster him
these days.
Mr txotob Mtrwina
Not another Friday, the thirteenth, this
year! It will do no barm, though, to be careful
without this spur of tbe hoodoo.
PATRONAGES squabbles ara not Juat present day
occurmncea. nor ara they recent Inventions. There
nave always been dosens of willing- patriots aura
they ara entitled to fill every political Job, for ever
vacancy that opens up, and while the fight for tha
spoils today appear fierce, they are mild by com
parison with aome that hae paaaed Into hlatory. H
waa one of theaa hotly waged patronage contents that
resulted In the unexpected elevation of tha lata Judsa
W. H. Munger to the federal bench, whoaa eighteen
year Judicial career has been terminated by tha grim
reaper.
Ucfora he waa appointed nobody, probably not
even Judge Munger himaelf, had tha remoteat Idoa
that ha atood any chance of landing thla moat de
alrable appointive plum. When hla predeceaeor, Judgt
Dundy, died in tha fall of 1MM. a moat peculiar situa
tion, waa presented. Grover Cleveland waa president,
elected as a democrat, but deserted by his party on
the free silver Issue, and already prediratlned to de
liver over tha executive office In March to a republican
In the person of Mr. McKlnley. Democrats In Ne
braska who had wandered away after Bryan and
other atranga gods bad no clalma for favor with tha
powers at Washington. Tha only loyal dyed-ln-tho.
wool Orover Cleveland supporters In Nebraska wer
tha so-called gold democrats, who bad been battllna
desperately in tha political trenchea with certainty ot
defeat staring them In tha face. If Orover Cleveland
had tb" appointment, the new Judge was bound to be
a gold democrat, and tha prospect of any other loaves
and fishes for tha faithful was nil.
Under aueh conditions nothing was to be gained by
delay. With tha help of J. Pterling Morton, then
secretary of agriculture In tha Cleveland cabinet. It
was quickly arranged that the position on the federal
bench should go to William D. McHugh of Omaha,
then only S7 years old, and a commission was dul
Issued to him as a recess appointee. Fart of tha deal,
so it was commonly understood, was that the highly
desirable and lucrative berth of clerk of the court,
In which Judge Dundy's son, B. 8. Dundy, Jr., waa
neatllng, would ba passed over to Lee Bpratlen. Judge
McHugh mounted the bench and there waa much
Jubilation In tha small, but select camp of gold
democrat political orphans.
But tha gaiety waa not long-lasting. The - board
of strategy that planned tha recess appointment had
neglected to Include confirmation by the sonata In tha
specifications, and at that Important turn of the road
they were helpless. On ona side was United States
Benator Allen, a populist and a Bryanlte, from whom
they could bop for no help, and on tha other side.
United States Benator Thurston, a republican, who
quickly aaw that If he could hold off the nomination
of McHugh until the end of the session, It would lapse
and tbe filling of the vacancy would devolve upon
President McKlnley, who. In vlow of the senator's
activity In connection with his nomination and sub.
sequent campaign, would unquestionably harken to his
suggestion. It soon- developed, too. that Benator
Thurston was not only alive to Ms opportunity, but
bad a preferred Judge of his own In reserve, being
none other than his law partner, tha lata Richard 8.
ItalL Senatorial courtesy, then stronger than now,
afforded the leverage to hang up Indefinitely the
McHugh commission. Every effort to budge it, and
have It reported out proved unavailing, and ' tha
bands of tha clock kept creeping constantly nearer
and nearer to the fateful fourth of March, which was
the dead-line on all unconfirmed Orover Cleveland ap
pointment i
XXroerete eases, we are told, demand desperate
remedies, snd this certainly was desperate, for It
looked Uka nothing but a watchful waiting game for
the senator to win hands down, to the Intense dis
comfiture of his opponents. But here la where ona
of the shrewdest pieces ef potltlcei maneuvering ever
pulled off on the chessboard came Into play. Under
pressure, Benator Thurston was prevailed upon to de
clare that his refusal to accept McHugh was based
on personal and not political grounds, and that an
otherwise unobjectionable democrat might be ac
ceptable. Incidentally, a number of names, among thera
that of W. It. Munger. were mentioned as possibly
providing satisfactory material, and) Thurston, con
fident that McHugh would stick, haa diplomatically
Indicated that he had no obJeeUons to them.. Quickly
Judge McHugh Jumped Into the breach with a re
quest to the president to withdraw his nomination,
which was done so fast with the aubstltutlon of the
Munger name that no one had time to draw an extra
breath. Though It was already the closing hours ot
tha Cleveland regime, Benator Thurston held to his
word, and sgreed to confirmation without reference
to a committee. McHugh stepped down from his few
months' Judgeship, while Munger took the seat which
he retained till now.
It was the way of faU that the next turn of the
whirligig of politics should knock out tha rest ot the
original deal The hint came not directly, of course,
but from somewhere that ex-President Cleveland
would lie very much pleased to have the position ot
clerk of the court go to a brother-in-law, Richard C.
Ifoyt who happened to be a resident of Nebraska,
living at Beatrice. Tha expectant Bpratlen would not
stand In the way, Hoyt was Installed and Is today
the efficient clerk of the court In both Instances,
defeat of political ambition spelled success la other
flelda With a smile McHugh buckled down to the
law, and Is reputed to have made In a single case
more than the salary drawn by Judge Munger In all
those years. Bpratlen, then cashier In a bank that
later liquidated, became attached to the Burlington
road, and haa gone up to a place In headquarters at
Chicago, Iq which be Is ona of tha mainstays of the
president's office.
Twice Told Tales
Reaaoa Eaaacku
At a danre given by a social club there was a man
who met with a mishap on the floor, due to his lack
of skill In dsncing.
A little later the man sought out one ot tha guests
snd said:
"Sir, you ara tha only gentleman In the room."
"Thanks," replied tha other dryly. "May I inquire
what motive haa led you to seek me out for this com
plimentary outburst?"
"Why," explained tha man. "when I tripped In th
tango Just now and fell sprawling to tha floor, lnct
dentally ripping off a large aectlon of my charming
partner's gown, you were ths only one In tha place
that did not laugh."
Tha other smiled srlmly.
"The explnaatlon lies In the fact that tha lady la
my wife and that I have paid for the gowa." Phila
delphia Ledger.
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7rJU ifUUlftaZ6,
as s.a J
Tbe Untoa Paeiflo band plcnla to North Bad was
a grand success, fourteen well fUled coachea going
out with a double-header. Frank MoCreary waa tha
winner In tha running race and fern Btevenaoa la
tha one-legged race, and Master Frank Haskell car
ried Off a nickel watch as tha prlsa for tha apeedlest
boy.
Mr. A- Vandeueen. genial foreman at Rosenberg's
planing mill, was presented by his associates with a
beautiful clarionet as a mark of esteem and assurance
of harmony, ..."
About twenty Japanese atudaots passed through
Omaha on their way east to become students la
eastern eollegaa They were very bright looking anl
able already to converse a little in English.
Alma EL Kleth, Omaha's popular milliner, started
for New York to buy gooda
The wife and ta daughters ot Mr. Frank Tatea
have arrived front Laxawie and will make their -future
home here.
Mr. F.J Ilaney and his little eon left for a recrea
tion Jaunt to tt. Paul
SECTJXAS SII0TS AT PULPIT.
Cleveland Flaln Tler: A New York
preacher says that kla!rg is worse than
drinking whisky. If hs has tried both,
he haa a right to speak hla mind on the
subject; but It's going to be hsrd to get
statea to vote themselves klartesa
Ixnilsvllle Courier-Journal: Ths state
ment of a New Tork minister that plain
evidences of the decay of American civili
sation can be sen In the sbbrevtated
bathing suits and Indecorous conduct ef
women at the seashore will sell more
excursion tickets then anything a rail
road press agent could write.
Boston Transcript: Blxty-aeven millions
Is the sggregate of the funds now sought
by various Protestant churches In tha
United Btses to pay the pensions which
they plan to provide for their ministers.
When one considers In Its totality the
nw economic force which these funds,
when they hsive been completed, will give
to the churches, questions of the ethicsl
affect of a pension upon the Individual
who recelvea It which have been so hotly
discussed, loss something of their signifi
cance. Brooklyn Eagle: "I have no desire to
add to my burdens wealth that would
bring no satisfaction. I have enough for
my needs and I am nearly so. Olve It to
relatives who need It" So says a Pitts
burgh Roman Catholic priest notified
almost simultaneously of large bequests
from a great uncle In Australia, and an
other relative In Bolivia. No rule of the
hierarchy stood in the wsy of acceptance.
His unwillingness to become rich at 00
is worth consideration. Perhaps It would
be better for the world If more men ex
perienced the same reluctance.
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
Hot vinegar will remove paint from
glass.
Experiments In Francs hsve shown that
ordinary sod Is sn efficient filter for
sewage.
A man's lungs require twice ss much
air when he is walking as when resting
quietly.
The marked decrease In the damage by
lightning In European cities In ths last
few years Is attributed to the presence of
slectrla wires which divert the bolts.
With ths Idea that much soap Is wasted
by allowing It to Its In water, a Texan
has invented a brush to hold a cake In
Its bristles until ths water drains from It
On the baals that every grain ef wheat
will produce fifty of Ita kind, a German
scientist has figured that the third year
progeny of a single grain would give S00
men a meat
A species of tree of unlimited growth In
Nstal, heretofore, regarded as worthless
commercially, has been found to yield a
Juice that contains rubber In large quan
tities. X sclentlfio investigator of Europe has
discovered a new method of destroying
fungus disease snd household pests by
the use of mercury. In Inclosed spaces
ths mercury Is employed in the form of
vspor. In other cases It Is Injected in
metallic form directly Into the circulat
ing fluids 'of ths plant.
WHITTLED TO A POUJT.
Leaders of fashions always follow It
Idleness Is the laay man's continuous
holiday.
Lovs cannot be bought or sold, but It
may be exchanged.
Don't owe your neighbor a grudge; bet
ter cancel the debt at once.
Heed the teachings of adversity If you
would avoid a second lesson.
Borne girls are relegated to the spinster
class because of their outeness.
' Many a man Imagines that there Is only
one honest man In the world.
tt a young man has money to burn It
Is essy to Induce some girt to strike a
match.
Awe Is the feeling with which one
woman regards another woman who
wears imported gowna
Getting Into debt is like dropping from
a balloon. Getting out again Is like climb
ing a greased pole.'
When a homely girl haa her picture
taken she acts as If shs considered the
artist responsible for her looks.
Our Idea of a mean woman is ons who
refuses to pay the doctor after he has
converted ths lata lamented's insurance
policy into ready money. Chicago Newa
VINDICATION OF EVE.
JVew Tork World: According to a
Babylonian tablet antedating Genesis by
fully 1,000 years. It was Noah and not
Adam who ats the spple. The discovery
relieves Eve of centuries of reproach for
providing the temptation. But was not
ths aged patriarch old enough to kpow
better?
Baltimore American: It was Noah who
ata ths apple and not EJve. according to
ths latest archeologlcaj find, and he' was
properly punished by the shortening of
his daya. That he did meet with retri
bution In a measure solaces ths world
which has never quits forgtvsn him for
taking that pair of mosquitoes aboard
tha ark.
Washington Star: If ths bit of baked
clay that has Just been translated after
keeping Its secret tor soma 1,000 years
tells the truth ths first man waa not
named Adam, but Tagtug, who is de
clared by tha solver of the tablet to be
ths aame as Noah, so that ths episodes
ef the flood and the garden of Eden ara
In a wsy Identical and not detached as
In ths accepted version of early history.
Ths moat Important aspect of this read
ing ot ths tsblet however. Is not ths
Identification of Adam and Noah, but
the acquittal ot Eva of Adam's tempta
tion, and If this is accepted wfcmenklnd
Is relieved of a grievous burden, which
has been borne for many centuries.
Boston Transcript: Curious, but unim
pressive. Is ths inscription tranalatsd by
an Oxford Assyrlologlst from a tablet
"said to have been written before the
daya of Abraham." recording that It was
Noah who caused ths fall of man by eat
ing cinnamon and not Adam and Evs
snd ths serpent snd ths apple. Prof.
Lantdon. the translator, Is convinced
that tha tablet la 1.000 years older than
tha account handed down In Geneala
Even so, tt often takes time to correct
hlatory, however voluminous ths writings
upon It If Noah did eat cinnamon, or
cassia. In any considerable quantity, ths
consequences were bound to be unwhole
some, for It Is sparingly uaed In medi
cine because of Its astringent qualities
and ths presence of tannin, and Is sel
dom prescribed alone. Ths most salubri
ous way to eat cinnamon Is by dusting
It lightly upon apple pie. and ss thst re
fection does not data back so far as
Nosh it Is poanlbl that the reason hs did
not live SO.0UO years was because ba took
ths spies "neat" The consequences,
many will prefer to believe, was merely
personal.
People and Events
The fatherly bosses of educstlon st
Shsron, Ts., propose to regulste the per
sonal sffalrs of teschers, especially those
Inclined to matrimony. Sharon deserves
a place in ths fall Itinerary of ths fool
killer.
A careful measurement ot the Mils of
mosquitoes spending ths summer In New
Tork City convinces ths health depart
ment that they are home raised snd su
perior to ths New Jersey breed In artis
tic penetration.
Former Governor Sulser, Thomas W.
Churchill, r resident of the board of ed
ucation, and ex-Senator John Godfrey
Saxe are In the lists for the nomination
for district attorney of New Tork. The
chances for a dark horse ought to be
good.
Dr. Charles P. Aked of Ban Francisco,
who recently denounced the presclilng of
Billy Sunday, has received no less than
nine challenges to mortal oratorical coin
bat from as many wearers of the cloth.
Ths attacking doctor dodged the fray and
scooted for the tall timber of the Yose
mite. "The Torch of Liberty," emblem ot
woman's cause In the esstern states, has
been trausferred with much ceremony
from New York to New Jersey and com
mitted to the keeping of a man weighing
X35 pounds. Ths standard bearer Is ex
pected to give ths campaign the weight
of an Imposing front
An operation recently performed on a
Baltimore doctor Is not likely to be aired
In the medical press. It was performed
by burglars, who dosed the doctor with
hla own dope and stripped him of all his
valuablea, Including his nightshirt. His
asms Is Gauline, which epitomises the
nature of tha operation.
A fearless court In Philadelphia has
ordered a local preacher with a fog-horn
voice to put a muffler on It and keep
It there. In addition to this penalty the
preeoher Is required to close the win
dows of ths church whils he preaches on
hot summer nights. Philadelphia's no
tions of liberty matches the crack in ths
belt
THE BOX'S DESIRE.
J. M. Lia In Houston Post.
I sit sometimes end watch the clock
And henr It so tick-tock. tl-k-tock.
As It keep dnlns nlsht snd day.
And 1 wlsht 1 built thst way;
With s place In me 1 could flnJ
And put s key Into snd wind,
Po sleep, would never bother ms
No more then a machinery.
When grown men come to call on pa.
And ladies come to call on ma.
When they talk interesting things
They send me off to bed. by Jlnus!
If they, when It gets Iste at nlsht
Could take a key and wind me tight
And winding up would moke me atroni
And I could hustle all day long;
And when the nighttime came. Instead
Of being sent sway to bed.
I could hesr what they have to say.
And would not have to go away.
I'd ret a Job snd work sll night.
And then when It got sood and light
Id get wound up and so away
Again, and I would work all day.
And make the girl that lives next ooor
LAke me 1 think a whole lot more;
For that there girl looks mighty sweet
When she's got Ice cream cones to eat
And If I never had to sleep
I think that maybe I could keep
A-brlmTin conca to her till she
Would grow to think a heap of ma
When a boy eats a cone he smea-s
The Ice cream all around hla ears;
Hut she holds her cone like s cup.
And slmplv laps tho Ice cream up;
She sots there sweet and clean again;
But when T eat a cone, oy gee,
ihe bathtub is the placa tor me.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"I don't believe the woman who has
the next apartment to ours ever touches
her parlor carpet"
"My dear, that's a sweeping arraign
ment" Baltimore American.
"Jack, I wish you'd come to see me oc
casionally." "Why, Vanessa. I though you were en
gaged to Algernon Wombst?"
"No; but I think I could be If I could
get up a little brisk competition." Louis
vllle Courier-Journal.
Inquisitive Ichabod Father, what la the
difference between a fort and a fortress?
Prof. Llggendeive Fortress, my son, Is
feminine, (jo called because nobody ever
knows Just how to take It Puck.
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KABARET
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COMWT OlflT OF YHCM -THEY
HMC El W Sons AWb ONE"
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Proud Parent What do you think, pro
fessor, of my son's execution on the vio
lin? Irste Musician I think that sort of ex
ecution ought to be a lynching. Balti
more American.
"What are you rummaging forf
"Soma of ths lovs letters I used to
writs my wife before wa were married."
"That bit of sentiment does you credit.
Want to peruse 'em sgaln, eh?"
"Aw, g'wan. She's away for ths sum
mer now. I promised to write frequently
and I wsnt to sivs those old letters to my
stenographer to use as forms." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.,
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