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4 the m:vi. omaha. fkiday, September 10, wis. THE OMAHA DAILY DEE FOUNDED BT ED W A TO RQ5KWATKR. " VICTOR ROSKWATER, EDITOR. TV Bee Publishing Comrsny, Proprietor. BKB BUILDING. FARMAM AND SUVKKTCKNtTT lntr at Omth postofflc as second-claa matter. TERMS OF BL'BSCRIPTION. By rrrler By mall par month. pr y if. j-iHy s gundsv sc "0 TSailr without 8undy.... ! 4 09 Evening ar.l Sunday v girt Frenlng without Sunday........ 4.00 Sunday B only Mc 2. 00 Bend notlc of chng of addres or complaints of Irregularity In deUvery to Omaha Bee, Circulation DopartmanC RIMITTANTI. Rasntt T draft, express or pomal order. Only two rant stamp received la payment of amail aa. count. Parwinal check, except on Omaha and aatra sebaag, not teoaptad. omcw Building. OmahaThe Be Building. tout Omaha 9if N art. Council Bluff M North Main street. Uoonla M Little Building. Chtcfo-01 Hearst Hullfllng rlfw Tork Room im, 1M Fifth avenne. ft Iwit MS New Bank of Coramerr. Washington 7X Fourteenth Bt, N. W. CORRE8PONDENCB. lMrMt eommunlratlona relating to news and d"U serial Mttw to Omaha, Baa, Editorial Department, AUGUST ClltCUMTIOH. 53,993 State of Nebraska, County of Door1"". Iwlght William, circulation manatcrr of Th Baa Publishing company, being duly sworn, aaya that th vn circulation for the month of August. IS la, waa Kl.flM, D WIGHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manasr. Subedited In my presence and sworn to before ana. thta Pi day of Heptemner, Itnk ROBERT HUNTER, NoUry rubllo. Suhacribers leaving, the dty temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad dm will be changed as often m requested. Dr. Dumb alto tad to learn by experience how dangerous It Is to write letters. "No more msde-in-Omalia teachers" 1 the School board's edict. Stand up for Omaha! Lincoln la hereby Invited to reclprooate by attending Ak-8ar-Ben's festivities in full quota. Ye that have straw hats to shed prepare to shed them now. Storage room In the political ring Is ample. A 13,800 tag day for Omaha's. Visiting Nurses shows bow one worthy charity strikes the popular purse-string. The Texas schedule of 1 2 a vote so far ex ceeds the democratic maximum In Indiana as to smack of prodigal extraragance. Dallas takes the next letter carriers' national convention. Dalian Is a live town, but still it will have to hump Itself to keep the pace set by Omaha. Public business should be transacted In pub lic. Star chamber sessions held by the people's representatives behind cloned doors do not fit la with the spirit of our government. Highly proper and most becoming are the smiles of visiting nurses. The cordial glad hand of the tagged public conveyed well de served appreciation and encouragement on good deeds. Alabama's legislature has rejected a proposal to prohibit altogether the sale of cigarettes within the state. Nebraska is still one of the few places where that fool law remains on the statute book. Those high-up postal officials at Washington should have come out to the letter carriers' con vention at Omaha. They would have heard something that was good for them, although they might not like It. Democratic! leaders are wasting valuable time In thinking up new Urnies for the Nebraska campaign. The typewriters' batteries of the state have so thoroughly covered the Issue field that there is not room for amateurs to butt in. It Is evident from the Berlin report that the German submsrlne which torpedoed the Arablo returned safely, to its home port. The confi dent assertion of destruction put out by London newspapers proves to be a vain delusion. Great Britain's labor congress unanimously approved the government's course In prosecuting the war. At the same time the congress let it be known that any attempt to get th members closer to war by means of conscription will start something. Testimony of witnesses at th trial of polltl lcal crooks In Texas help to explain the whoop ing democratic majorities for which the Lone Star state Is noted. The excess of party seal rent to th extent of paying out real money for lit purpose of making the vote unanimous. Exports of war supplies grow by lesps and bounds. The immensity of the business may be faintly grasped by the transfer to this coun try or 1178,000,000 In gold snd securities within nine months. This huge sum provides for only a part of the contracts awarded Amer ican firms. Maladroit Diplomacy. Some disclosures In connection with the Dumba Incident give the affair a much graver s'gnlfiranco than at first appeared. When it van understood that Dr. Duraba hid acting on Ms own Initiative, the conclusion was that some, tiling of sn execs of coal hsd Induced the Aus trian amlinesndor to overstep the bounds of diplomatic propriety, and that his action had t een taken In pursuit of a patriotic Impulse that led him to risk some blame In order to secure an advantage to his country. His statement that he wss acting under Instructions from ienna puts a very different color on the situa tion and gives It a gravity that must make the action at Washington, yet to be determined, of utmost Importance. Interference by one gov ernment In the domestic affairs of another Is not an unheard of practice, nor Is It to be lightly tolerated. Not only Is the dignity of the t'nlted States concerned In this, but its whole tiltitude of neutrality is Involved, and a proper respect for ourselves will require firmness In asserting disapproval of Dr. Dumba's course. Another feature has arisen, that of the abuse rf the American passport by an American cltl sen. Secretary Lansing's notification to Arcbl-t-sld, the emissary who wss overtaken with the dispatches to Austria, that he must return to this country will be enforced by the fsct that his passport has been tsken up, and that he must com bark or be sent to an English prison for detention during the war. His conduct is niost reprehensible, but the only punishment the law can visit on him Is to put him on the blacklist at the State department. The maladroit diplomacy disclosed by this miscarriage of plans Is not likely to Improve a situation that wss spparently clearing up to the batlsfsction of all. How Motorist Hay Help. Omaha has been singularly free from serious automoblllug accidents during the summer, a condition that Is ascribable only to the fact that drivers have been careful and have exercised ordinary prudence In the operation of their cars. On this they are to be congratulated, and may be assured they have the thanks of the public. Yet some of them are not quite as care ful as they might be In the observation pf some of the regulations laid down for the control of vehicular travel, in th interest of safety1 first. One of these rules Is that of slowing down speed when passing public schools. The vacation time, just over, brought about the suspension of that rule, but it is again effective and should be more scrupulously observed than any of the others. The careful driver will not find it hsrd to slacken his speed when passing a school house, and all drivers should be careful. Russia's Change of Leadership. No more startling news has come from the war front recently than the announcement from J'etrograd that Grand Duke Nicholas had been removed from the supreme command of the Uusslan forces, and that the czar would take command In person. It Is the more surprising because of the fact that for weeks the world I'.as been sounding the praises of Nicholas be er, use of the high grade of military skill he. has exhibited in a most remarkable retrograde Movement. It has been admitted all along that the Russian army is short on all the needful accessories to carry on a campaign, having plenty of men only. Stories of empty cases sent to the front to supply men who needed ammu nition, of soldiers In the ranks waiting for a comrade to fall in order to secure a rifle, and similar incidents, have been frequent as Illus trating the plight of the Russian army. That the comraandeMn-chlet was nble to withdraw such poorly equipped forces over hundreds of miles of retreat, pursued and harassed by the greatest army ever organised, officered and equipped In a manner never before approached, v-ould seem a feat worthy of the highest com mendation. In retirement, which means disgrace, Grand Duke Nicholas will be followed by th sincere admiration of even his enemies, who see In him a soldier of unusual qualifications. The ciar's assumption of command win be merely nominal, for It is not expocted he will show any of the qualifications for military leadership. Tt Is significant to the other members of the Entente that the Influence of the old Russian ring is still potent at Petrograd, and that calculations for future campaigns will have to be made with tl at understood. I SM The fair is booming under fair weather, and tha racing continued until shut off by darkness. Miss Clara Brown of thla city haa bn awarded first premium for a handsom hend-palnUd vase and MUa Nannie M. Brisg. daughter of J aha 8. brtssa. ftrat premium for tha largest and beat dUplay of needlework by a girl under 16 years. A packed houaa witnessed tha presentation of "Th Fboaulx" at Boyd's, put on by Milton Nobles and his company. A fore ot workmen commenced to mov tha old fraina rctur on Fifteenth and Karnam prepara tory to tha erection of the Barker building, which la to be five alortea high. l.teute nant liraiiu-rtf of Greeley polar expedition fame. aa la Oiuaha on hla way to Fremont. hr Ma brother reaitle. Mia. A. L. Ptranf and children ar back Irum a visit to tha raat John tVbaatUn, general weatera paaoenger agent tit tha ItcH'k Island, la In town. Jome fctone and Hrry K IJngefelt have baen tHJ.iji.ted letter earlier by Poatnutater Coutant Wealth of a Mighty Empire. Figures from the Department of Agriculture, having to do with the crop yields for the current year, will not carry their full significance be cause of their Immensity. It is difficult to grasp th full meaning of th statement that the wheat crop or th United State this year la set down at almost a billion bushels, and that the corn yield will run to almost three billions, with oats at a billion and a half, and other yields Mounting high into th hundreds of millions. Such ststements briefly tell partially of the wealth returned by the farms of the United Slates, and to take no account of the lesser crops, the live stock, the dairy products, the fruit and th many minor items of production that nowadays make up the sum total of tb farmer's annual output. It Is wealth beyond understanding. Nebraska's shsr in this is notable; for corn, the September estimate Is 203,000.000 bushels; for wheat, 75,000,000, and for other crops sim ilarly Impresaiv figures. For Omaha even deeper Interest will be found In th report, for It gives Impressively the Importance of the region for which thla city Is the market town. Of the entire wheat crop of the country one fifth is grown In the fields of Nebraska and Kansas, while Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas pro duce more than one-fifth of the entire corn crop cf the United States. These figures spell pros perity for th people of th country surrounding Omaha, and presage business for th merchants and manufacturers of the Gat City. Tn th old days robbing Indians wag a pale face pastime. It was as easy as taking candy from a babe. Experience and education and fcoverument protection were hopefully ex use ted to put the Indian wUe. All thase safeguards failed the Indian who dropped his roll to Mex icans, lo be trimmed by white men is not so hurtful to the red man. being used to It; having th operation performed by Mexicans humbles listlve pride1 to the dust. Ee Polite to Your Children X.aaxa Span oar Tottot la Mother's Xarasla- THR bad mnnnera of AmerUan children ara notat ion. Obviously It la not the children who can te held to account for thla. Certainly the re sponsibility must rest with American parents. You mill hardly find anywhere pP' who are mote ambition for their children than we American sre for ours, more ilestrou of having them "get on In the world" a we ay. Tet any one who thinks of the matter at all seriously must realise that to be rude. III-mannered. I one of the serious ohataclea to iicceaa. That man I not welcome among people of good breeding or attainment who blunders against, and goea counter to, thoac common social rule on which human society ho a for Ita own afetyand betterment agreed. What me are pleased to rail good manner 1 not a rnera accomplishment to ba acoffed at by the down right and the Independent, but It la deep rooted In human need, In human kindness and In human Justice. We may go counter to the rules of good manner If we like, but In doing o we go counter to some of the strong bond and inattneta of humanity, and we shut nuraelvea out from much that la beautiful and broad ening. So. also, children who are rude, thoughtless, Inconsiderate, are shut out, automatically almost, from a hundred helpful plcaaure and benefit. The child whoae mother Is gentle and polite ha a place already awaiting for him In the world, and there are hand already extended In the future to help him. For no one who la really well mannered herself will allow her children to grow up anything- but polite, and tha child who goe Into the world with graclou snd rerjtlo manner, ha already won. In part at leaat. the wojld'a approval. It takea time and patience, of course, to train a child to be well behaved and con Iderate, but the chl!d who 1 early surrounded by gentle and kindly manners, oon forms the habit of gentlenea and. klndne. It I true, alio, that a child brought tip In very good urroundlns. and trained to gentle behavior, not In frequently picks up at school or elaewhere manners of spearh snd action which ar contrary to all hi train Ing. But this 1 no serloua matter If the training hns been sound. With all thi In mind, let u come back to tha fact that tha American child I notoriously bad man nered. We may aa well face the laaue quarely. Our children are bad mannered mainly because Ve In au. thorlty over them set them auch striking; example of bad. manner. Tet. we ar not aa a people 111 man nered. Strangers vlaltlng our land hare borne witness repeatedly to court eay received and klndne observed. H cannot then ba sald-speaklng very generally, of courae that we are wont to behave ourselvea with dlacourtaay toward others. 8o, It Is not usually from hi observation of our treatment of other that tha child haa hi leaaone In bad manner; he has them, rather, from a source more likely to lmpresa him; he ha them from the had manners we practice toward him. To others he ees u kind and very courteous, with a apodal courteay. He notices that we sre mark edly polite to visitor, noticeably considerate of guests or caaual atrangers HI mind, making Ita logical dc ductlon. reason that manners snd courtesies are thing to put on and off; to be aaaiimedi at need, or neglected at will, and. since It la others who reap the benefit of thi m. and not himself, he acquire, logically enough, a distaste for them, and look upon" them a affectation more or lfc. and lnlncerlty. To discard or acorn them himself la. then, a kind of virtue In hla eye; and to have nothing to do with' them la warrant of hla own downrlghtnea. Thla, more often than not. I the real basis of bad manners In our chll dren. if the child were spoken to with the same genlleneaa and courteay with which he finds u apeak. Ing to strangers snd visitors, he would like good man ners without doubt, snd would Imitate them. Fw of us, I think, realise sufficiently the sharp and striking contrat between the manner we offer to the outside world and those we Inflict on our own. To realise this contraat fully. It might be well to Imag ine ourelve transposing our manner toward our children and our guests. Imt u take, for Instance, soma of the phraaea com monly uaed in dealing with an average little boy: Tommy, shut the door!" "Will you ever learn to wipe your shoes on the doormat before you come Into th houset I declare. It would keep any one cleaning up after you the whole day long." "Whe did I tell your -Don't do that" "You are a troublesome bad boy. "Don't let m have to apeak to you again." How many time have I told you not to do that?" Go and wash you hand." "Oome to dinner." Where have you been?" Didto't I tell you not to be lute?" Theae are by no mum Tinma Th... - .... . i m j nil:, in- aeed. rather mild form of rrudeneaa and rudeneae compared to some that many mother uts" But to get the run meaning of auch thing and to allie the effect they mint have on tha anw:. i alonable and Imitative nature of the child. I only ask ' ","' youreeir dealing in aome uch manner with a caaual visitor, even nna i., ... ..... . good friend. The situation become Immediately ludlcroua of course, but Illuminating. Imagine the vlaitor or friend making the aame blunders that the child haa made. Hha leave the door open, let u aay, which you would prefer to have shut. In a sharp tone aha Is greeted: "MIhb Wentworth. shut that dnnr" Tt I. r.in. j. Her shoea hav a bit of mud on them. That fact alao receive your anarp attention. In a ton not to ba mistaken, for It haa poaltlve anger In it. you say: "Will you never learn to wipe your shoea on the door mat! I declare, it would keep any on cleaning up after you the whole day long." Tha lady, somewhat confused by all thla faultfinding.' perhaps trips over a hassock. Quick and ready eomea your taunt: "There you go! What did I tell you?" She puts hV rubbers on the hearth, which haa Just been washed, and wher you especially do not like to have them. You snatch them up: -Don't do that! You ara a troublesome, mlachlevoua pereon!" "Oo and wash your hands," and then, "Come to dinner. Where haveVou been? Didn't I tell you not to ba late?" Ludlcroua? Yea Yet thi and worse than thla la tha manner assumed again and again and without apology-toward our children, and than, forsooth, w wonder why they are boorish, impolite, crude, an their manner absolutely not to be counted "on. - There 1 but one way that I know of to teach good mannera to children; good manners, that la. tht ar worth th practicing and era not mere potlah and aham and hyprocrtay; bvt one way. and that la Oh. elmple formula to p radio good manners ourselves.. People and Eventa Kansas City and Portland. Ore., talk of making Colonel Ooethal city manager at fcX.OOA a year. Th proposition haa not paaed tha talk stage, A South Dakota judge holds that the lel1atur ha power to repeal a law enacted by direct vota of the people, on the ground that th power of repeal of a statute must 11 somewhere. Th oase goes to th state supreme court. At th age of 107. Mr. Mary fag of Olen rail. N. Y.. has Joined th suffragettes, at th same time fervantly declaring: "My on ambition Is to lira long enough to cast a vote, snd I think I will." She I ealeemod th Matfcueelah of tha cause, Juat wliat h did la not mentioned, but h waa th only phyelrlan la th town of Hamra. 111., and a sentence of four months tn jail besides a fine brought screams of Indignation from the sick and tna well. Klfteen hundred rttitena petitioned th court for hi freedom. Th court relented and prescriptions aie again circulating hope and happlneaa A number of critics have takea Miaa Jan Addax to taak for aseit!ng that eohhore on tn watern firing lines ar given copious draugh of boos to stimulate fighting pep for a charge. John Kendrick Hang coma to her defense with aa explanation that xplalna In year ptiat, h aaya. British aoldiera wer armed with Martini rifles. It waa aald truthfully enough that they went Into battl armea with Mar tints. People unversed In arms got tha fcdea that the soldiers loaded up aith cocktails Instead of rifle a That's why eval report persist. Oar K rites t Kml. BENSON, Sept. I To the Editor of The Bee: I have noticed In The Bee of late Itema about frosts In August. I came here In the fall of 19, and Iiave had a chance to observe the weather since. On August Zl. is3 we had a frost that killed nearly everything. I well resjllect it, as I waa on the Jury In a criminal case, the trial of Cyru Tate for killing Isaac H. Neff. KLIJAI1 ALLEN. "A ftreater Ak-Kar.Bea." CHL'L.V VISTA. Cel., Sept. .-To the Editor of The Bee: Your editorial of eptrmber 1 on "Ak-fiar-Bcn' Growing Greatness" Is timely, a the organisation Is now of a- and should put off its swaddling clothes and by publicity be come seml-natlonal, or even national. In Importance and attract to Greater Omaha thousand of guests each year to view the Ak-Rar-Ben exposition, which could be inaugurated along commercial and ed ucational lines. Within a circle of GOO mile of which Omaha la the center there are 10.Ofi0.000 people, and by active pub licity a large attendance could be assured for a period of at least one month during the fall season. A Greater Omaha de mands a Greater Ak-Sar-Ben. Yours for success. H. 3. PEN FOLD. Sanday'a Rellarloas Despotism. NORTH PLATTE, Neb.. Sept. . To the Editor of The Bee: You are right to curtail a personal Immaterial discussion of religious questions. But upon funda mental principles, as set forth In this "Billy" Sunday movement. It would seem that Christian courtesy on the part of Rev. Sunday would make It proper that an ordinary cltlsen might talk back to him. On the contrary, Sunday fortifies himself behind his self-assumed authority from God to tell the people what to do, and no one can talk back. This Is practically religious despotism. The question now arise. I religion des potism? Does it destroy a man's Individ uality and render him the mental defend ant upon some other? If so, for what purpose? All history shows that all re ligions have been the prime factors of every despotlo government. A government may be representative in form but des potically administered. This depends upon the Individuality and ability of cltl sens for self-government. 'No cltlsen can possess the intelligence and individuality that qualifies htm for a competent free cltlien whoae mentality Is controlled by sny other man's religion. There sre now approximately lOO.OuO.OOO people In this country. "Billy" Sunday la one of them, and "Billy" Bryan is an other. By what authority does Sunday presume to be a rellgloua dictator? Is it the Intelligence and loglo that he demon strates on the platform? If religion Is not Intelligence and logic, what Is it? Is it myths and riddles to amuse an easy people and make them the victims of a despot's hypnotic power? There are In this country, say twenty different factions of the Christian religion that do not agree. If they agreed they would be 'united. "Billy" Sunday pro poses to bring them all to Jesus. How does Sunday know they are not already there? Is Sunday wiser than God. who organised theae different factions when he was "doing sll things well?" Does the $00,000 that Sunday gets for redeeming Omaha represent the salary of Jesua? Do the poor and lowly from whom Jesus came pay any part of Sunday's $60,000? They do indirectly, after tha religious plutocracy of Omsha have jackscrewed It out of them. Does "Ma" Sunday's smiles snd silk dresses bring any comfort to the honest worklngman's wife who tolls early and late to pay rent and take care of a family on her husband's wages of 2:60 a day? How many families In Omaha would embrace themselves with Joy unspeakable If want and sickness snd suffering were driven from their door? Sunday poises himself tn air and damns those who db not accept his dictation. If every one accepted Sunday's dictations one day Sunday would be out of business the next. , Sunday don't want to convert everybody. He Just talks about it and takea up collection. Sunday damns the underworld that gave him a Christ to talk about. The $50,000 Sunday receives from Omaha, the diamonds the 8undsy outfit wear upon their saintly breasts represent so much blood money wrung by rellgloua plutocrata from the underworld. LVCIEN STEBBINS. Tips on Home Topics Washington Star: Berlin editors who thought the United States government wss "bluffing" are not profound students of the gsme fnpm which they quote. Boston Transcript: Among curious references on the Ingratitude of republics file Cuba's use of the site for the Kemera-ber-the-Malne memorial to build a prize fight arena. Brooklyn Eagle: England's chestnuts are not pulled out of the fire, and our flngera ar not burned. London dlssa tie faction with the Washington-Berlin entente la very easily explained. Baltimore American: Russia, badly. In need of something to stop the Teuton advance, should not overlook the fact that at Plattsburg the strategic employ ment of an lea cream vendor checked a rookie drive. New York World: A well-known woman writer hss filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy, giving her liabilities aa $. 3U5 and her aaaeta as $415. That la quit aa weil aa any mar man author could do and help establish the equaUty of the aexes In a new field. Springfield Republican: "It Is not that th college turns out old maids, but that tha natural old maid goes to college and often becomes sn extremely valuable member of tha community," la one college woman's contribution to tha discussion of the alleged low birth rate among gradu ate of women's collegea Another woman "wonders how low an education 1 quit harmless, and why no scientist haa esti mated how far we may safely go, ao that we may stop in tiro." The whol dis cussion Is an ache of th time not so very long ago when any book learning at all for women waa considered Improper. 8prlngflld RepubMcan: Under tha new Ioaa law against th taking- of tips a bar ber ha bean arrested. H defend his con duct on th ground that tha law la un constitutional, being In derogation of tha Inalienable right to ask for special sarvlr and pay for It. or word to that effect. What the ouurte will decide ran only be guessed. To the man In the etrwet It would look as if tha tip system, being a nuisance, ought to be eubjert to abate ment. Minimum wage laaa ar In an experimental state; but. either by law or otherwise, the employe of a barber r anybody els ought to get his pay tn hla pay envelope and not depend upon t! plitlenlhrupto or terrorised customer to chip lav . Editorial Siftings Cleveland Plain Dealer: Now that grape Juice has been banished from the diplomatic dinner It may be hoped that neutrality will be maintained by a ju dicious use of German Rheinweln and French SSuterne. Pittsburgh Dispatch: The American Peace and Arbltrstlon league haa selected as honorary presidents Wood row Wilson W. H. Tsft and Theodore Roosevelt. The league will have sufficient employment arbitrating at home. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Paris being enable to dictate the fashions, owing to circumstances over which it has no con trot, women sre wearing skirts exactly the way they wast them convenient and comfortable and they're wearing them hort. Springfield Republican: It Is sad to hear that the blockade has caused a shortage of golf balls In Germany, but one had supposed that the only links to be found there In wsr times were the drill sergeant's "links rechts" as he gets the recruits to keep step. Ia there really leisure for golf In a war on three or mora front? Baltimore American: Stock manipu lators In New York are having the time of their lives using the wsr reports to knock securities down or send them soar ing. It Is a pleasant and no doubt a profitable gam for those on the Inside, but for those who are not, no greater danger could be found. It ha all the ear marks of a card game, with the paste boards stacked sgainst tha plsyer. Th wise man keeps out of It. Kansas City Globe: The fact that the attorneys for the gas company hsve looted It for upward of $300,000 reminds Harry Chin of a Balle Waggener anec dote. The story goes that Balls had a student in his office. One day the young man looked up from a deep reverie and said: "Mr. Waggener, do you think a fellow can be a successful corporation at torney and an honest msn?" "It's never been tried," wsa the prompt reply. Don't Say, M I of Want Matches Box Ask for Safe Home Matches 1 and yon will get the very best matches that money will buyj Non.poisonous don't spsrk don't sputter don't break a real safety strike-sny where match. Inspected and labeled Ly the Un derwriters' Laboratories. 8c. Alt i The Diamond Match Company CHEEKY CHAFF. During the course of a temperance d The novelist a small boy had Juat been brought to Judgment for telling a fib. Hla sob having died away, he aat for a time in allent thought. "Pa." said he. ' how long will It be before 1 top gettln' licked for tellln' lie an' begin to get na'd for 'em. Ilk you do?" Chicago Herald. Mrs. Exe Doesn't entertaining give von a lot of anxiety? What do you do when the conversation Is f Is aging? Mrs. Wye I take It for a signal to serve refreshments or ask someone to sing. Boston Transcript. "It must be glorious to be put Into a novel. Wouldn't you like that?" "Yes: I pueH it would be prettv nloe. But I'm satisfied. I'm mentioned In Bradstreet." Baltimore American. "A platform Is a very Important thing." said the statesman. "Yes." replied Senator Porghum; "a platform sometime enables a man to show, by disregarding It. that he is su perior to his party." Washington Star. "Here's a startling item." "What In It?" "Tt says the oyster haa not increased in price in twentv-flve yeara." "Hum! Looks like culpable negligence somewhere." Louisville Courier-Journal. Donald I'm tirln feesh. Sandy. It's sn excellent brain food, ye ken. Sandy Pine! But. man, in your case It seems a pity to waste the feesh. Boston Transcript. "A successful resolution for a club din ner la different from any other kind of a motion." "How Is that?" "It is carried and laid on the table at the same time." Baltimore American. WOOING THE MUSE. ' Charles Elkln, In Judge. Deep in the wood th wayward muse I ought Whom Horace wooed, the Sabine dells of yore. And won: but I grew limping sore, And cursed a root I caught. Then, aching, sat I cm a neaceful clump To JJJJJJV ,ute sa barcla had done who The fair to be right badly glued. Upon a fresh pine atump. At laat I aank upon a gentle hill. Nigh perfect for the tryst with her to keep; But I arose with sudden leap, As red ants sought their fill. A spider snd a snake ram forth, to see A wild-eyed lover scared, but pleading there; Till, aa I breathed mv passion'd prsyer, I found a low-brow bee! Within sequestered walls I'll woo mv sprite To ilead her smile on me; or by great Rome And ail it Gods! 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