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dress m be changed a often requested.
Hy all means, keep baby well, but when In
doubt calla doctor.
Recreation marks progress when it smokes
out trouble and then amokea up.
The secret cause of the trouble elands re
vealed. Jeff McLemore was bora on Friday,
March 13.
Portugal gives a fair exhibition of the porch
climber in action, while the owner is engaged
elsewhere.
So long as touring politicians issue "public
statements," without provocation, the country
need not despair.
Again we invite our newspaper contem
poraries to come on in and join The Dee in pull
ing for a new Union depot.
If the regulars in Mexico need help, Nebraska
will of course promptly respond to any requisi
tion, but call will hardly have to be passed along
farther than Texas.
"Hustle for Hughes" exclaims the live-wire
Clay Center Sun. Show our republican voters
how to write the name in the primary ballot and
they will do the hustling themselves.
The college, professor who values a baby at
190, probably walked the floor with a colicky
package tbj jilgbt . before. Such exercise tends
to a temporary shrinkage of paternal values.
The buttermilk routes of Indiana showed up
a vastly greater voting population than the single
track watchful waiters could rally at the prim
aries. March breezes in Hooslerdom fortell the
direction of the November storm.
Watchful waiting wont get Omaha the new
Union depot that by fights belongs to us any
more than watchful waiting will put Villa out of
business. We must do more than merely wait
on the pleasure of the railroad magnates.
To those who fear for the nation's steadfast
peas in time of stress, it is sufficient to point
out that "Cyclone" Davis refrained from break
ing into the ship warning convention In congress,
w ben "Cyclone" is serene the surrounding winds
are playful zephyrs.
A member of the British cabinet sets an ex
ample of economy and humility by abandoning
the use of an automobile. Undoubtedly the ex
ample makes for economy, but the test of gen
uine humility awaits the shunting of the uni
versal "topper."
Vice President Marshall modestly Intimates
his love for the job, the emoluments and the
social distinction, which goes with it. These
considerations imply a readiness for further
service. Moreover, Tom cherishes the hope that
the tall will go with the head.
Government experts predict that the gaso
line supply of the country will be exhausted in
twenty years unless present waste is stopped. No
prediction is ventured on the consumers' purse
holding out for twenty years. On this vital
point government experts fall down as hard as
ordinary prophets.
American life insurance companies are also
sharing in the uplift of the times, participation
in war operates against new business, because
the "war clause" nullifies the risk. But rumors
of war in this country create a rush for policies.
A state of preparedness is as important for the
individual as for the nation.
Thirty Years Ago
This Day in Omaha
" "- Complied from Bee rUes. """"
Army officers here are divided In sentiment upon
the kill which Senator Manderson has Introduced at
Washington for the sale of the present site of Fort
Omaha, and Its removal to a tract of about 600 acres
further from the city.
Arrangements have been further perfected for the
celebration of fit. Patrick's day at Boyd's opera house
by adding to the program some songs by Miss Fanny
Arnold and a recitation by MUs Btacla Crowley.
Marshal Cummlnga suspended Officer Orahant
"for sleeping while on duty," having caught him en-
Joying a stealer la a barn when he was supposed to
be walking his beat.
A delightful party waa given by the Omaha LJght
Guards at their hall attended by about sixty couples.
Committee In charge was Lieutenant H. M. Wood.
Sergeant Adair, Corporal O. L. Colby, and Privates
A. Miihels. T. B. Wilde and P. C. Wrlghter.
MUs Mary Heron of Troy. N. V., who has been
vlaltlng with John 3. Willis at Idlewlld park, left
for her honitt.
Ml as Flora Iceland gave a progressiva euchre party
la honor if Mini Lou Cunningham of Ked Oak, la.
The Colonel in Eight About Face.
The pronouncement of Colonel Roosevelt
through a New York paper, of which there is no
reason to doubt the authenticity, is interesting
chiefly for disclosing the remarkable change
which has come over his attitude contrasted
with four years ago. Colonel Roosevelt now
says no one ran tell In March what kind of a
candldste for president should be nominated In
June, and takes the stand that the convent'on
delegates should be sent to Chicago unpledged
and free to confer together and reach the best
choice in the light of conditions then existing.
Four years ago Colonel Roosevelt insisted
that every convention delegate be instructed by
direct vote of the people, and held up all the
unlnntructed delegates to suspicion either as
purchasable commodities or masqueraders re
fusing to fly their true colors. We have not
the slightest hesitation in saying without fear
of successful contradiction that had a majority
Or any considerable number, of the delegates
to the 1912 Chicago convention been free to
exercise their own Judgment, there would never
have been the unfortunate split that produced
two presidential tickets and placed a democrat
In the White House by a distinctly minority
vote. Four years ago, if we remember cor
rectly, the colonel and his followers, declared
there would never be another convention
nominated president because all conventions
would be abolished and a direct-vote presi
dential 'primary nomination substituted. Now,
however, he discredits the preference primary
altogether as a dependable president-making
mechanism, and enlists for a good old fashioned
convention where the leaders (not bosses)
shall get together and decide what is best to be
done.
The mere statement of these contrasted
positions requires no further comment.
Nitrogen from the Air.
The United States government is again be
ing urged to undertake or to encourage the
fixation of free nitrogen by electrolysis or other
available process. Reasons for this are many,
the uses of niter being of much importance
and the present sources of supply for the United
States being limited and uncertain. As a basis
for fertilizer, and as a factor in vital industrial
operations, fixed nitrogen has come to be an
absolute necessity. Methods for restoring it
to the soil through the cultivation of certain
crops, such as alfalfa, have proved successful,
but these will not afford niter for the uses of
manufacture.
The Norwegians have met with great suc
cess in their Immense government plant, where
in 65,000 horsepower Is available. They have
developed a new method of separating the
gases that make up the atmosphere. The air
l.i liquified by the well known compression proc
ess, and the nitrogen, which vaporizes at a
lower temperature than the oxygen, is easily re
covered. The liquid oxygen remaining after
the escape of the nitrogen is retained to assist
in the further process of liquefying the air.
The nitrogen is fixed by combining It with car
bon calcium, the product of an electric furnace,
and Is thus made available for commercial and
industrial uses.
This process is said to be much cheaper and
more productive than 'the electrolytic method
now used at Niagara Falls and elsewhere In this
country. The proposals now being made to con
gress are worthy of the closest consideration.
In Fairness to Governor Capper.
The governor of our sister state of Kansas
has been receiving quite a little unreltshed at
tention over the boast attributed to him to the
effect that Kansas Is $1,630 richer per capita
than any other western state, which. In its in
vidious comparison, had naturally aroused re
sentment. We have, almost direct from Gov
ernor Capper, a categorical denial, with ex
planation that whatever the governor may have
said on the subject has specific reference to the
"assessed valuation." We quote the letter we
have received:
t wish you would say for me that Governor Capper
positively has never made any such statement as that
which Is attributed to him respecting the per capita
wealth of tha cltlsens of Kansas. I believe The Bee
hss published this dispatch from IJncoln, as did a
great many other papers, believing, of eourse, that it
waa true. This statement originated with Barton W.
Curry, a staff representative of the Country Gentle
man, who wrote to the Committee of Greater Dos
Moines, Hs Molnrs, la,, attributing the assertion to
Governor Capper.
Upon one or two occasions Governor Capper has
said that the assessed valuation per capita In Kansas
was greater than In any other state, and he has given
the per capita wealth. I suspect these two have been
confused In the minds ef some writers. I shall be
very glad if you will contradict this story for us.
So far as The Dee has been misled by erro
neous quotation we are glad to give Oovernor
Capper the benefit of this correction. We all
admit that Kansas is a wonderful state, even
though we are unwilling to concede that it out
ranks Nebraska.
Divorce and Disillusionment
A Chicago judgo, who Is also a bachelor, has
Just been relieved of his assignment to the
bench of domestic difficulties, because he can
no longer withstand the strain of listening to
the troubles of mtsmated couples. "Once I
viewed marriages through rosy mlBts of senti
ment and poetry," he says. "I believed there
was still In the world love that endured from
the altar to the grave." Dut his ideals couldn't
stand the dally bombardment of marriages
gone wrong, of love that had died, and of ro
mance that had sped. The Judge should not
give up so easily. If he will cast his glance
around a little outside the court room, he will
discover millions of marriages that have turned
out well, homes that are lighted by the lamp
of love and affection, children growing up un
e'er the fond care of devoted parents, and every
possible proof that domestlo happiness does
exist, even In this day of progress and Inno
vation. Divorce unlocks bonds that have
grown irksome, and relieves those who are un
happy under the restraint of matrimonial re
sponsibility, but It hasn't destroyed nor even
affected tha Institution of matrimony. It will
be a sorry day for the world when It ceases
to be that "a man shall take his wife and cleave
unto her, and the twain shall be one flesh.
That bachelor Judge needs the companionship
of a good woman.
Shoemakers here and there are preparing
the publlo against the shock of a boost of sum
mer prices. The public is hardened by experi
ence to shocks of this kind, but will, neverthe
less, appreciate the humane impulse of break
ing it gently.
Tho Fourth Dimension
Oarreti P. ferries.
WHAT is meant by the fourth dimension, and do
you believe In It?" asks a high school student.
Tour head Is the center of the universe
for you. When you think of the space around you It
seems to extend away In every direction. Blnce ex
tension or stretching out Is the basis of the Idea In
volved In the word 'dimension" you might, at first
sight, say that there is an Infinite number of dimen
sions. Just as there Is an Inflnlta number of direc
tions away from your head as a center. But upon
examining the matter a little closely you will find that
all the directions, or radial lines, that start from you
may be grouped under three heads, vlt., up-and-down,
fore-and-aft and right-and-left
All the Intermediate directions can be reduced to
these three. If you combine the first and the second
you have an up or a down slope; If the second and
the third, you have a trend to right or to left, and
so on.
When you apply this to any solid object outside
yourself you will see that Its fundamental dimensions
are "length," "breadth" and "thickness," and you will
also perceive that only these three, combined, are
needed In order to produce an object ef any form
whatever. More than that, you will find that you
cannot hold In your mind any clear conception of a
"dimension" which Is not definable In the terms of
those three.
Take a book in your hand; you see that Its exten
sions In space all fall under the three heads of length,
breadth, height, or thickness, or are made up of com
bination of the three. Our senses give us no knowl
edge of any ether dimension.
Now, notwithstanding all this. It Is maintained by
certain mathematicians that there may exist a fourth
dimension which bears to the others a relation similar
to that which they bear to one another. But ordinary
mathematics, such as Is employed by engineers,
astronomers, physicists and others who have to mako
calculations based upon the world and the universe as
we see and know them, cannot deal with anything be
yond the familiar three dimensions, although the first
suggestion of a fourth dimension was derived from
considerations baaed upon mathematical equations of
the "fourth degree."
Even the Idea of a fourth dimension can only be
brought before the mind Imaginatively, and by reason
ing from analogy. The usual method Is to suppose
that our world were absolutely flat, extending only
In two directions and having no thickness or no up-and-down
whatever. Now, If you were an Inhabitant
of such a flat world, having no thickness yourself, of
course you could not even think of "up and down,"
for that direction, or dimension, would lie entirely out
side of your experience. It would appear ridiculous to
you to speak of such a thing.
But then suppose that after all there were a third
dimension (as we know there is), of whose existence
you had, owing to the limitations of eour senses, been
Ignorant, and suppose that something moving up or
down, In the third dimension, should cross the plane
of your flat world and thus come within the range
of your perception. Tou would be amazed beyond
expression. Tou would think that the appears nee
via supernatural. The apparition would seem to you
to have been born out of nothing, and when It passed
on across, or through, the plane of your two-dimensional
world, it would certainly seem to you to have
vanished into thin air.
Tet It would be Just as real as yourself, and In no
sense unnatural, or supernatural. Just so, say the
advocates of the Idea of a fourth dimension, we are
unable to comprehend things which take place In a
dimension above the three with which our senses are
acquainted.. If something moving In the fourth dimen
sion passes through our three-dimensional world It
seems to us Incomprehensible and contrary to nature,
although It Is nothing of the kind.
A concrete Illustration of this Is that of a body
passing through a solid wall, without obstruction, and
without making a hole in the wall. "Impossible!" wo
say, but It Is no more Impossible than would be the
passage of a 'body moving In the third dimension
through a world in which there was no comprehension
of more than two dimensions. In this way some peo
ple try to account for "spiritualistic" phenomena,
which, they say, are mysterious to us simply because
we cannot understand the fourth dimension of space
in which they occur.
Of course, all this reasoning Is purely speculative.
Nothing Is absolutely proved by it It is metaphysical
and not scientific, and If the Idea of the fourth dtmen
alon had not found Its way Into so msny books and
writings, as well as Into theconversation of people, I
would advise you to pay no' attention to It. But It is
one of the phenomena of our Intensely curious age
which all Intelligent persons must take note of, and.
besides, we don't know to what the Incessant progress
of the human mind may ultimately lead.
Twice Told Tales
tar Hablta.
When Senator William Hughes of New Jersey was
a Judge in Peterson he was presiding at a rial In
which a 'woman who kept a boarding house waa trying
to establish an alibi for a boarder. The man was
aooused of a crime committed at S o'clock In the morn
ing, and she swore he was at home at I o'clock on
that morning.
"How do you know?" asked the cross-examiner.
"Why, he always comes In at 1 o'clock. He doesn't
vary five minutes In the year.'!
"And you heard him that morning?"
"Tea. air."
"And you are sure It was 1 o'clock V
"Tea, sir, It was 1 o'clock exactly."
Did you look at the clock?"
"Tea. air."
"But" persisted the lawyer, "if he always comes
In at 1 o'clock In the morning, why did you look at
the clock on this particular morning?"
"Perhaps," said Judge Hughes, "she wsnted to see
whether the clock was right" Saturday Evening Post
Waalda't Slaasl for It.
In Cleveland they tell a story of a boy who loft
school to work for a small manufacturer. The boy
was dull and his stupidity annoyed hla .employer
greatly. Bo, after a week's trial, he waa discharged.
"Get your pay," said the manufacturer to him on
Saturday, "and let that be the last of you. You're
discharged."
It was, therefore, with great surprise that the
manufacturer saw the boy at work In hla former
place on Monday morning.
"What are you doing In this shop?" demanded the
manufacturer angrily. "I discharged you Saturday!".
Tes." said the boy, "and don't you do It again.
When I told my mother she licked me." Chicago Post
People and Events
A Connecticut burglar broke Into a landlady's
room to steal her money, but discovered on reaching
a friendly light that he had swiped men's socks. Now
and then enterprise meets disappointment
John W. Foster, father-in-law of Secretary Lan
sing, has been honored with the order of the Golden
Grain by the president or emperor of China. It Is the
highest civilian honor bestowed by the Chinese gov
ernment, and is given In recognition of Mr. Foster's
services as legal adviser of China.
Magistrate Handy holds down a Judicial bench
in New York City. One Philip Btern went to hint
with a grievance. Philip bought a motor at a Junk
shop, found It had been stolen and gave It up. When
he asked for his money the Junkman told him to go
to the hot place. "Is that why you came here?" asked
the court. "No, your honor," replied Philip, "you
were handy, so I thought I'd come across the street
and tell you. The pun softened the stern Judicial
visage and the Junkman was persuaded to come
BOS II
11 -'
Clyde A. Tlammgardaer,
OMAHA. March 12. To the Editor of
The Bee: Having been associated with
Ihe late Clyde A. Baumgardner covering
a period of more than twenty-two years
as an employe of The Tee, I fre! t int a
tribute to his memory by a fellow work
man would not be ami is.
In all my experience with men I never
met another person who was so rea ly to
accommodate his fellows. It made no
difference with him that he already wu
swamped with enough work to keep two
men busy ordinarily, he somehow man
sged to find time to assume new obliga
tions for others, and always with that
same evenness of temper that character
ized htm among his acquaintances.
Clyde A Baumgardner was true to his
fellow man. His one leading "fault"
was neglect of his own personal welfare
In aiding others. Ills capacity for long
hours of labor in the work shop, tha
lodge room and the union labor hall, as
well as along other lines, was marvelous.
I have yet to learn of the person whom
Clyde Paumgardner wronged. His friend i
were legion, and his removal from their
circles will not easily be forgotten.
Realising fully that no human being
has as yet met the requirements of
others, I have no hesitancy In saying that
the world has benefited by the presence
of Mr. Baumgardner, and that It Is to
persons of his character that we are In
debted for much of the good that we
get out of life.
Personally I have lost a very good
friend. Another cannot take his placs
In Just the same niche of human experi
ence. I. J. COPENHARVE.
Testimonial from m Colleague.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., March ll.-To
the Editor of The Bee: I am much
pleased to see the names of F. M. Currie
and H. H. Baldridge placed on the re
publican ticket for delegates to Chicago.
I served In the senate with them snd I
am sure the wishes of the republican
party will be respected. I have the
utmost confidence in them and ask re
publicans to vote for them.
W. H. NEWELL.
Preparedness.
SlIEJNANDOAH, la., March ll.-To the
Editor of The Bee: I was Just reading
H. Schuman's letter from St Mary, Neb.,
and am convinced that whoever wrote It
In laboring under a very great misunder
standing of conditions in this country.
While it may be that thete is no 1 glj
In this country carrying on Its shoulder
a chip accompanied by a dare to the
world to knock It off, there certanly H
some good Judgment In being In a con
dition to defend our country. Should
any one or more nations attempt to make
serfs of us, which is not beyond the
bounds of posslbtll y shortly after the
termination of tho present war, espe
cially if Germany should gain a very de
cisive victory soon, as this country has
already gained the ill .feeling of a con-
-elderable per cent of the German, Aus
trian and Turkish people. And other and
more vexing questions may arise before
the end of the present conflict.
It la a matter of world knowledge that
the United States Is In a very helpless
condition at the present time, as well ai
In possession of the greatest amount of
gold and other precious metals and
valuable stones and stores of goods of
any nation on earth, and our porlt'oi
seems to be very like that of a I anker
who would presume tq, start hank with
$1,000,000,000 capital In a pasteboard build
ing and only one 10-year-old boy to guarl
over It at night and other times the bank
waa not open, declaring that he was s
rich no one would dsre to take any of
his wealth because he could prosecat-i
them to the full extent of the law which
would protect him.
Th's tou t y ahoull have under the
control of the government the best gun
works that any have, and alsa the bsst
submarines, etc., with enough ammuni
tion to last until such time as wo ild be
necessary to manufacture more In case
of a conflict. It may not be neces ary
to have a largo standing army, but there
should be enough at least for of flo ra
and a small army besides, and tht
artillery should be In shape for Immediate
defense, and the railroads of the country
should be so constructed that they could
be used for the beat defense, too. We
should also have more bases for supplier
scattered through the cen'er of our land.
Omaha Is fairly well situated for one,
Kansas City, St. Louis and Denver to
others. And very few if any of the fair mlndel
people would offer any seilous objections
to a rea'onab'e imiunt of money lenr
srent for a irh p irposes.
C. B. LEBARRON.
ome Volaateered Advice.
OMAHA. March 11. To the Editor of
The Bee: Regarding Mr. English's
plsn to conduct an institute for the pur
pose ef Instructing those interested In
playgrounds, social centers, etc., I want
to cast my vote In favor of such a plan.
Social center work and playground su
pervision can be carried on only by per
sons who have made a study of this
branch of our civic and social develop
ment Efflcency in any department of
human effort requires much study and
special training. This is an established
fact The fee suggested was a nominal
one and, since the board has shown such
a determination to retrench, it seems
that the criticism against charging a It
fee to help defray tho expense. Is rather
inconsistent, to say the least.
It is the work of the Recreation board
to help make the youth of today strong,
clean In body and mind, that they may
better qualify to carry on the work which
we shall leave to them.
Mr. Hummell has done much along
that line. He haa paved the way for
greater things to be accomplished by the
Recreation board. The people showed
their appreciation of his work by a grati
fying vote at the last election. But be
cause he has gained the confidence of
the people, let ua hope that he will not
make the mistake of sacrificing that con
fidence for personal giory.
ED D. BLACK.
A Slave Sal In Nebraska.
NEWMAN GROVE. Neb., March 10.
To the Editor of the Bee: On December
I, 1M0, there waa an execution sale held,
at which William P. Blrchfleld. then
sheriff of Otoe county, Nebraska, sold
two negro slaves. Heroulea and Martha.
In Nebraska City. The return of the
sheriff Is as follows: "This writ came to
hand November 15. I860, and waa served
by levying on the following described
property, to-wit: One negro man named
Hercules and one negro woman named
Martha, slaves, and belonging to Charles
F. Holly, said levy being made on the
17th day of November, 1V. I csused
notice to be published In the Nebrask
City News according to law (see execu
Hon) that I would offor the above de
scribed property for sale at public auc
tlon In front of the court house In Ne
bracks City In said county on the tin
day of December, A. 1. 1MO, between the
hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and J o'clock
p. m. of said day at the time and place
specified in snld notice. I first offered
Hercules, and there being no bidders for
him I then offered the said Hercules
and Martha together and sold the same
to William B. Hall for the sum of J,
he being the highest bidder, and that
being the highest sum til for said prop
erty the same was sold to him.
"WILLIAM P. BIRCH FIELD. Sheriff."
The title of the case Is William B. Hall
against Charles F. Holly. The Judne
wai Hon. Joseph Miller. W. C. Johnston
was district attorney and Allen Blacker
was the clerk of the court.
Scarlet Fever, Scarletlna, Grip.
PHER1DAN. Wyo.. March 9. To the
Editor of The Bee: Have Just read
"Scarlet Fever or Grip," signed "Medic,"
and will again state my wish that every
correspondent to The Bee's Letter Box
would sign his or her name. "Medic"
makes some statements that are humor
ous. He says: "If the dlsense was scar
let fever It could he controlled by quar
antine, but It Is an Influenza commonly
called the grip (or la grlppe, which some
have light and others severe, running
Into pneumonia. Influenza Is one of the
most highly contagious diseases." Mr.
"Medic" Is wrong In all of this. He
should first learn the meaning of the
names Influenza and la grippe, and where
they came from, before he attempts to
teach the public. Neither of the names
mean anything in any way regarding the
nature of the disense.
Influenza was a name given the affec
tion by the Italians as far back as the
fifth century, A. D. They considered it
due to astral Influences and simply used
the single word Influence, which In their
language Is Influenza. The French word
"grippe" has a meaning which covers a
fantastic, capricious or Impetuous seiz
ure. It may mean to grip or Seize with
claws as does a wild beast, or to seize
a crowd of people. It is probably for
the latter reason applied to epidemic ca
tarrhal fever. Bonnet says: "You per
haps have heard this bad epidemic, cold,
spoken of, to which the French, who
name everything, have given the name
of grippe, which Is, in fact, very signifi
cant" In the work of Hippocrates, written
nearly 400 years before Christ, Is a very
correct description of this epidemic, even
to the weather most suitable for Its propa
gation. Another authorllty states it ori
ginated In 1G10, in the Island of Mellte,
now called Mslta, from which Is said to
have sprung the order of Knights Tem
plar, known as the Kulghts of Malta.
Another epidemic of la grippe was In
15o7-80-91-9T, 1610. seven epidemics during
the 1700s. el(?ht of them during the 1800s
before the winter of 1SK9-90. and a very
severe epidemic of it struck Omaha when
I was practicing there in the winter of
1S91-92. I at that time made a careful
study of the disease and Its history and
was asked to write an article for the
World-Herald, and it appeared In the
Sunday, January 24, 1S92, Issue. Any per
son who says Influenza, or la grippe, Is
contagious does not know what he is
talking about.
"Medic" asks the question: "Why do
the doctors use the word 'scale' In scar
let fever (or scarletlna, both are the
same)." ' The term scarlet fever Is the
most commonly used, while scarletlna Is
the scientific term and the disease is di
vided into scarletlna simplex, scarletlna
anglnosa and scarletlna malignans, ac
cording to its mildness, part most af
fected, or its severity. TI.o world "scale"
haa nothing to do witn the case, and if
"Medic" had studied the real nature of
scarletlna he would not have asked such
a question, and the same with la grippe
and Influenza.
HORACE P. HOLMES, M. D.
Nebraska Editors
George E. Benschoter. formerly of Loup
City, has purchased the Hsy Fprlnss
News from George S. Peters.
Dennis H. Cronln. editor ot the 'Nelll
Frontier, Is a candidate for the repub
lican nomination for representative from
his district. Mr. Cronln has served two
terms In the house.
A rumor from Washington says that
B. A. Brewster, editor of the Chadron
Chronicle, Is slated for the Chadron post
mastership. It Is expected that the nom
ination will be sent in within a few
days.
The Wshoo Wssp, T. J. Pickett, editor,
has outgrown its present quarters, and
the proprietors are considering the erec
tion of a larger building.
SAID IN FUH.
I forgot myself and spoke angrily to
my wife." remarked Mr. Meekton.
"Did she resent it?"
"For a moment. But Henrietta is n,
fair-minded woman. After she thought
It over, she shook hands with me and
conpratulated me on my bravery.""
Washington Star.
"I was rather surprised when the doctor
told me not to give baby any blue milk."
"Why?"
"Of course, bahy Is a brunette, and blue
Is not her color. Hut I didn't suppose
that musty old doctors knew about such
things." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Hello, old man! Where did you get the
black eye?"
"I Jiined the Tmperial Order of Oinks
last nicht and that's my certificate of
membership."
"Your certiorate of membership?"
"Venn. Pomebodv handed It to me dur
ing the Initiation."
"The BlTglewumps are going to give a
grand coming-out party for Maud on the
tent." '
"Mercy! I thought Maud came out three
sensons ago."
"She did: but the Blgsrleiwiimns have
made a lot of money In war stocks since
then and they have changed their set."
Boston Transcript.
"As this Is a model prison. T sup
pose you separate your Intellectual pris
oners from the common herd?"
"Certainly, madam: we put them in the
brain cells." Baltimore American.
"What do you think of these mem
nrv tests the professor is sticking on
us? Rally nonsense. I say."
"Can't agree with yon." declared the
team captain. "Ouitht to he a nart of
every college course. I think. Some of
tho bovs couldn't remember their foot
hall signals last fall." Louisville Courier
Journal. "You owe me Mo.OOO which vou sav
von can't nay," nnnounced the flnnncler.
"'VTiv don't you marrv that eldest Know
all girl; she's worth twice that amount."
"No. T can't do that: but you might
marry her yourself and pay me the rif
f,.rnce," replied the young Adonis."
Judge.
THE HOUSE OF DREAMS.
Cornhlll Booklet.
Beyond the hills, behind the dawn, across
the Seventh sea.
There Is a moonlit garden, lass, that
waits for you and me.
Where past the River Lethe flows, and
by its brooding streama
That lovers know, the popples blow. It
is the House o' Dreams.
And when our hearts are weary, and
when our eyes are blind,
With tears of silent sorrowing for loves
we've left behind.
Deep do we drink upon Its brink, until
our fingers meet.
And all the past Is gone at last. And,
on, tne arau is sweet:
The heights are high, O love o' mine.
neyond tne vales or pain.
Yet shall we seek the utmost peak again
and yet aeain:
The paths to God our feet have trod
shall lead, like unto thee
Beyond the hills, behind the dawn, across
the Seventh sea.
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