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Subscribers lesvlng the city ehould bava Tha Bee Bullae
t thorn. Addreee chenged as niton aa requoetod.
Prayer and publicity are a great team.
Saving the teed spells safety first for farmers
and the next year's crop.
One reformer demands prayers for "some of
our leading citizens." Why such-invidious dis
crimination?! i
But the lid wouldn't tilt unless someone tried
to tilt itl A little reformation work with the lid
titters might help some.
Although scarcely begun, the 1917 obituary
list Is already filling up with notables. Remember
the (Jrim Reaper loves a shining mark.
Reported discovery of a wireless station near
the City of Mexico suggests the pertinent ques
tion: "Where did Carrlnza get the money?"
Viewed from the price list of table necessities
l merry-go-round in vegetable garden, at a
meant of profitable recreation, beats a dozen in
i park,
Reference to the legislative score board of
stringed speeches leaves no doubt that several
coming' statesmen ia easily qualify for the fili
buster championship.
It will be noted in connection with the British
report on the Dardanelles tragedy that the bur
den of obloquy-is placed on Lord Kitchener, who
cannot answer; back because he is dead.
In "other words, our amiable democratic con
temporary emphatically approves the president's
order 'ior selection of postmasters by competi
tive examination provided he does not mean it.
It must be on the theory that the first shall
be. last and the last shall be first that the legis
lation 'qualifying Nebraska to share in the fed
eral good roads appropriation has been kept from
having right-of-way.-
Wholly aside from the theological phase of
the question, a layman may be permitted to en
quire if a ministerial servant, it justified in putting
up to the' Master prayer test calling for a pre
liminary knockdown?
Washington authorities are said to be alarmed
' by. the establishment of direct wireless communi
cation between Germany and Mexico. While we
are insisting on freedom of the seas, how can we
object to freedom of the air over the seas? ,
Real "improvements" in the railway mail serv
ice will always be welcome, but "improvements"
that merely demoralize the' service and delay de
livery of the mails, tinder the pretense of saving
the salary of a clerk or a carrier, will never be
popular. . .
Cheer up! The country is safe I When six wise
judges suspend regular duties and solemnly an
alyze the whichness of the wherefore of a county
job, he who entertains a doubt of the self-sacrificing
spirit of American patriotism lifts himself
into the shelf of hopeless cynics.
Otoe county farm land bringing $190 an acre
at forced sale sets a Jtbt pace for neighboring
counties. ' Considering present values of farm
products the sale price it not excessive. Its chief
emphasis lies in showing that farm ownership
nowadays represents more solid capital than ever
cheered the dreams of homesteaders.
As a war machine Count Zeppelin's monster
airships proved more frightful in the advance no
tices than' in execution. Practically useless in
-day time, their operations at night were handi
capped by "low visibility" of targets, white their
great bulk offered effective targets for invisible
guns. Their efficiency as airjiavigators was dem
onstrated in peace times, but the stress of war
added little to it Long before the shadows
gathered about the distinguished inventor he was
a regretful observer of the supremacy of the aero
. plane as a factor in war.
A Real Achievement
-Washington root-
While slaughter continues in Europe on a
scale never dreamed of by historians of the past,
the United States has been making steady pro
gress in its life-saving campaign and in the pres
ervation of health, ihe health bureaus ot the
federal government and the various states, as
well as energetic private organizations, have sub'
stantially reduced the number of deaths from
tuberculosis. The railroads have reduced the
number of train accidents and grade crossing
casualties. -Probably
in no branch of this national en
deavor has there been an advance more marked
than in savins lives at the coal mines.
, Fewer men lost their lives in American coal
mines during 1916 than in any year of the last
ten, although the yearwat the most prosperous
in the history of mining, with more men employed
and a greater tonnage taken from the earth than
ever before.
The army of mine workers numbered more
than 750,000. Three and three-tenths of each
thousand was the percentage of killed by acci
dent,"' the lowest death rate in eighteen years
and the lowest on record per ton of coal mined.
This great advance in like saving has been due
largely to the skillful work of the federal bureau
of mines, as well as to the helpful co-operation
of the mine owners and the workmen themseves.
1 he saving in life may seem insignificant in com'
parison with the enormoiu loss of life by willful
destruction in Europe, but it is this saving in
time of peace that marks the real progress of
virilization.
The, President Acts,
In announcing his intention to permit the arm
ing of merchant ships flying the American flag
and issuing a proclamation for an extra session of
congress, President Wilson has set out to retrieve
a blunder which could easily have been avoided.
His power to authorize the armament for protec
tive purposes of American vessels is neither great
er nor less now that it has been at any time since
he took office. If his present action is within the
scope of his constitutional prerogative it might
have been done without appeal to congress when
ever in his judgment conditions demanded. Bet
ter late, however, than never.
It was the course the president chose in going
about to reach the point he has at last attained
that precipitated the deplorable filibuster and
caused the failure of important legislation that
makes an extra session of congress imperative.
Americans generally approve the president's ex
pressed determination to keep us out of war, but
they also expect redemption 'of his pledget to up
hold American rights and protect the lives of
American citizens everywhere. If he is now pre
pared to act firmly along the lines admmittedly
within his constitutional authority and also to
recognize the equal responsibility of congress for
preserving the public peace and safety, he will
make headway against the sea of trouble that has
almost overwhelmed him.
New Rule Governing Senate Debate.
Limited cloture has been adopted by the
United States senate, its application to be deter
mined by the assent of two-thirds of the members.
This indicates a willingness on part of the senate
to avoid future filibusters by making them almost
impossible. So long as the present rule prevails
one or two men will no longer be able to force
their will on the body, except in the very closing
hours of a session. The two-thirds rule will have
another effect, important to some degree, espe
cially in such a crisis as that of last week, for
it will require an expression of opinion from all
the senators through a vote of assent or dissent
before the main question is put.
, Senators who are in opposition to the president
resent, and properly so,, vigorously hit public ex
pressions denouncing them as "unpatriotic." In
his chagrin at being refused a "blank check" the
president evidently overlooked the fact that he
was criticising a co-ordinate branch of the gov
ernment, into whose keeping the making of war
is placed by the constitution. He asked for the
keys to the temple of Janus, and, failing to get
them, exhibits a degree of petulance that doet not
well comport with the seriousness of the sit
uation. The ambiguity of the phrase, "other instrumen
talities," not only mystified the senate, but has
left the whole public guessing. More of open
ness and less of insistence on his own views
might have saved Mr, Wilson quite bit of em
barrassment,. It is not too late to remedy the
matter,. The new rule will permit the passage of
the armed neutrality measure in any form two
thirds of the senators may agree to.
Mora Postal False Economy.
The Commercial club of Omaha is rightly
protesting against the latest manifestation of
false ecenomy by the Pottoffice department. Not
content with making the local postoffice run
frightfully short-handed, regardless of its rapidly
growing business, the economizers at Washing
ton are now crippling the railway mail service,
with the contequence that the transmission and
delivery of mail Is more delayed and irregular
than ever. No one objects to the Postoffice de
partment organizing its forces upon an efficiency
basis, cutting out waste and slack and requiring
of employes a full day's work for a full day's pay,
but economy attained by deteriorating the serv
ice or proceeding on the idea that the people can
wait for their mail until the mail clerks catch up
with several dayt or weeks' accumulations, is
wholly at variance with prevailing ideas of enter
prise and destructive of private business that de
pends upon the mails. The postal economizers
seem to. forget that it it service which postoffice
patrons want and are paying for. They should
be politely but firmly informed that, while post
office patrons njay have io take what is handed
them, they cannot be made to like it or be kept
from registering their dissatisfaction.
.. Zeppelin, Explorer of the Air. f
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin, just dead in Ger
many, will live in history at the inventor of a
dirigible airship that hat taken man far towards
the goal of mastery of aerial navigation. Zeppe
lin served in the United States during the civil
war at an observer, and while on such duty he
made his first balloon flight and gained an idea
that never left him. During the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870 he served with distinction as an offi
cer of the cavalry and, was decorated for dis
tinguished conduct. Following that war, while
yet connected with the army, he gave his time
principally to the ttudy of aeronautics, and
finally impoverished himself in his efforts, to build
the airship of hit dreams. The German people
caught his enthusiasm and great popular sub
scriptions aided him in carrying on his work, till
the Zeppelin was finally brought to its pretent
stage of usefulness.
Before the present war much was said of the
approaching trip of a Zeppelin to the United
States. Hostilities intervened and the extended
flights of airships have been directed to the pur.
pose of attacking enemy towns. The tervice of
the Zeppelin in warfare, beyond its capacity for
dropping bombs, is not' yet demonstrated. Its
capabilities are only partly realized, and it may
be worth much more in peace than in war. At
any rate, the studies and experiments of Count
Zeppelin and his associates have led man far into
the air, and knowledge thus gained will be of im
mense value in the ultimate solution of the prob
lem. The Germans may not feel like telling all
they have learned during the present war, but the
flights recorded must have produced something
that can be put to use in times of peace.
Zeppelin's faith in his ideas was not wholly re
warded, but he left enough of his work to be of
great assistance to his successors.
Mrs. Catt shields herself behind an alleged in'
terview of Attorney General Reed, printed in a
Lincoln paper, which, on its face, i palpably
garbled. If Madam President of the National
American Suffrage association wants to be fair,
why not first write, to Mr. Reed and "ask him
what he really said? But, whether he used the
language credited to him or not, the facts are
conclusive against the "counted out" charge which
Mrs. Catt has so recklessly sponsored.
Rev. J. Frank Young
4 'My First Sermon
"It was really serious business wilh
me, as I believed all I said."
11
My first sermon was preached in a little coun
try school house, a few weeks after I graduated
from college. Few memories of it stay with me.
The text, however, always has, as it was a very
good one. It may be found in the First Book
of Kings, the twentieth chapter and the fortieth
verse, "And as thy servant was busy here and
there, he was gone." What I said or what impfes
sion was made I do not now recall. I do not
think there was anything funny happened. It
was a hot summer day in the state of Michigan,
and the fanner folk who made up the little audi
ence were tired when I began and I expect more
so when I stopped, but they were kind enough
to ask me to come back again, possibly because
the money obligation was so slight that they
thought they were not likely to be badly bur
dened if I accepted. I went back several times
and preached the best I could. It was really seri
ous business with me, as I believed all I said
and worked hard to make those who listened do
the same.
Pastor Westminster Presbyterian church.
(Noil "My Pint Sermon" by Rov. Charles W. Savidga.)
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With all postoffice ioba removed from the
belt, the prospect of. financing future congres
sional campaigns takes on gobs of political gloom
Catholic Directory Census
There are 17.022,879 Catholics fin the United
States proper according to the 1917 edition of
"The Official Catholic Directory," published and
copyrighted by P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York.
With sixty-four American archdioceses and dio
ceses reporting increases, four showing decreases
and thirty-three archdioceses and dioceses mak
ing no change in the population figure the increase
in the number of Catholics during the year 1916
is shown to be 458,770.
According to Joseph H. Meier, the directory
compiler, the figure 17,022,879 is very conserva
tive, including, as it does only the figures sub
mitted by the chancery officials. Taking into con
sideration the "floating" Catholic population and
the fact that some of important archdioceses and
dioceses take up a census only at intervals of ten
years, Mr. Meier teels that he is sate in saying
that the Catholic population of the United States
is at present nearly 19,000,000.
Looking over that section which contains the
data for our island possessions one finds that
there are 7,342,262 Catholics in the Philippines
and adding to these Philippine Catholics the num
ber reported for Alaska, the canal zone, Guam,
our possessions in Samoa, the Hawaiian islands
and Porto Rico the total number amounts to
8,413,257. This figure does not include the Cath
olics of the three recently acquired Danish West
Indies.
There are. therefore, under the united States
flag, 25,436,136 Catholics divided as follows: Con
tinental United States, 17,022,879; foreign posses
lions of the United States, 8,413,257.
Other figures taken from the 1917 publication
show that there are 102 seminaries in the United
States with 6,898 youtig men studying for the
priesthood; 216 colleges for boys, 687 academies
tor girls; 293 orphan asylums, 106 homes for the
aged, as well as 5,687 parochial schools with an
enrollment of 1,537,644 children.
There are twenty-seven states in the union
having a Catholic population of 100,000 or over.
New York leads with a total of 2,962,971, followed
by Pennsylvania, Illinois and Massachusetts in,
the order named, each being in the million class.
Nebraska stands twenty-fourth, with a Catholic
population of 115,432.
Cutting Up Big States
Sea Francises) Chronicle -
The lower branch of the Idaho legislature has
passed a resolution for calling a constitutional
convention to consider the question of dividing
the state.
The proposal does not seem to be the result
of ill-feeling between the sections, but of a gen
eral recognition of the fact that the interests of
the mining and lumbering counties of the north
so greatly differ from those of the agricultural
sections of the south that it is expensive, incon
venient and unsatisfactory to combine them in one
administrative unit. Concretely expressed, each
section is taxed for state services by which but
one section benefits, and both feel that it would
be more desirable for each section 'to pay its own
bills.
The people of Idaho may set a fashion. When
Texas was admitted to the union it was expressly
provided that whenever its -people should so de
sire it might be divided into not more than four
states.
This provision was in contemplation of the
necessity, from the viewpoint of the south, ot
maintaining the influence ot the siave-noioing
states in the United States senate. Happily, that
particular reason for increased representation in
the senate no longer exists, but it may be found
that other reasons, equally potent, have grown
out of the progress of the nation.
The territory west of the east line of Colorado,
comprising nearly one-half of the United States,
, . j : .1 ; f .u. . r(
nas imcresis greatly uniciuig uum i,,a swat v.
tli at Vmr Thev differ, in fact, so ereatlv that the
eastern people cannot be made to understand
them. There are also aouDtiess temperamental
differences between the oooulations. And yet the
eastern half of the continent is represented at
Washington by fifty-four senators, while the west
has but twenty-two. The natural alignment of
the western half of Texas is with the western sec-
tion of the nation. And Texas, with its 265,000
square miles, is much larger than the lierman
empire and win some time support a larger popu
latioiu And Texas, like Idaho and California, in'
dudes sections which are industrially, and per
harm temneramentallv. diverse.
1 he time may come wnen in ine general inter
est it may be deemed wise for the west to rear
range its state lines so as to create state adminis
trative units as nearly homogeneous in interest
as may be found possible. At any rate, it is a
subject which should be considered from the
standpoint ot sense ana not sentiment.
People and Events
In Omfrtia Thirty Years Ago.
Articles of incorporation were tiled
of the Omaha Women's Christian asso
ciation. The incorporators' are Me-
damea P. L. Perine, J. J. McLain, J.
B. Jardine, C. L. Soule, J. B. Knight,
J. H. Grant, Iaabella P. Ludington, H.
M. Jamea, W. J. Welshana, H. Roh-
ner, H. M. Mr-Cagus, M. E. Pratt, M.
A. Ellott, E. B. Wood and W. V. Doo
llttle. ,
Joe Needham, the affable and popu
lar clerk of Cozzens, had gone east
and hla friends say he was drawn
Professional dienitv docs not stand in the way
when safety points to a window. Back in Ke
nosha. Wis., two doctors fled through a window
to escape the artillery of a father enraged be
cause his 5-year-old daughter died under the
knile. The window surtered all the carnage.
Between 4.000 and 5,000 persons disappear
from New York City every year. Most of them
do so because tliey want to. Keai mysterious ots
appearances are few, so far as police records show,
4 lie most recent or mis itina is mc utsappMi
nnce of Ruth Crueer. a Harlem school girl, miss
ing for three weeks past Not a shadow of a
clue has been discovered and her fate appears
as baffling as that of Dorothy Arnold.
Sigiisf spring are not limited to thtUwitters
of robins. Fish stories are taking on life and
snake stories are already on tap. Gloversville,
N. Y.. leans to the fore-with a rattler of the latter
species. Edward VanVarren had a cough--something
of a corker. I Thought a "frog" was
hitched to his gullet. A particularly violent spell
of coughiuglcoughed up a snake as big as a lead
pencil. ' Van feels better with the wigglerjout of
his system,
I TODAY
Health Hint fur the Day.
To keep the hands in good condi
tion, wash with a mild soap, dry very
thoroughly with a soft towel and when
the hands are dry ruo in completely
little glycerine of starch scented
with lavender or eau de cologne.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
German attack on Verdun centered
around Vaux.
British torpedo boat and destroyer
sunk by mines oil east coast of England.
British relief column advanced to
within seven miles of surrounded Brit
ish force at Kut-el-Amara, in Mesopotamia.
If Hunting for a Goat.
Omaha, March 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: What are the chief of
police's duties? Is it really up to the
commissioner to go around and see
that questionable places are closed?
Why always make the commissioner
the goat? The fire chief is always
with his men at fires. Why not our
great, broad-shouldered chief of police
with his men? MRS. T. K. L.
Suppress Woostcr? Oh, Not
Upland. Neb., March 9. To the
Kdltor of The Bec I would like to
know what would satisfy Mr. Woooter
of Silver Creek. All letters I have
read from him mtve beenx running
down the present administration. Such
a letter as he wrote yesterday should
be kept our of your paper.
A PATRIOTIC AMERICAN.
thither by the attractions of a young
lady in Jersey City, whom ne intends
to bring back with him as his bride.
Crelghton college received as a do
nation from John A. Crelghton his
valuable lot on the northeast corner
of Nineteenth and Chicago with tne
church standing on the ground.
The incorporators of the new South
Omaha Loan and Building association
are T. Whittlesey, E. H. Hervland, E.
F. Bayless, E. M. Hunt, J. A. Stlvee, E.
K. Wells, Adam KeUner, H. C. Miller,
C. Van Kuren, E. K. 8. Mccau, il.
Bostwlck, W. C. Cok, M. J. De
Graft and J. D. Jones.
The marriage of Miss Mabel Dyer
and George A. Stlckney occurred at
ths residence of Mrs. Dyer on Far
nam. Misses Lena Deltz and Mar
garet Dyer acted as bridesmaids, and
Messrs. F. A. Brown ana v. w. iveie-
ter as groomsmen. Ths ceremony
was performed by Rev. A. W. Clark
of the Calvary Baptist church.
H. A. Penrose and William Brewer
have returned with seventy-six ducks
which they bagged In two and a half
hours near Bellevue.
This Day In History. ,
1804 The uDDer Louisiana terri
tory was transferred to the United
States.
1814 French defeated' by allies
(mostly Prussians) at Laon.
1817 gamuel Meredith, an officer
of ths revolution and first treasurer
of ths United States, died at Belmont,
Pa. Born In Philadelphia in 1741.
1847 American army under Gen
eral Winfield Scott began the invest
ment of Vera Crui.
1851 Second constitutional conven
tion of Ohio, which had adjourned
from Columbus to Cincinnati on ac
count of cholera, completed its labors
and adjourned.
1863 Marriage of Princess Alex
andra of Denmark and the prince of
Wales.
1872 Giuseppe MazzinI, lamoua
Italian patriot, died at Pisa. Born
at Genoa June 22, 1805.
1891 A great fire in Boston de
stroyed nearly $5,009,000 of property
and several Uvea
1895 Spanish cruiser Relna Re
gents foundered in Trafalgar Day,
with loss of over 400 Uvea '
1902 William H. Moody of Massa
chusetts was appointed secretary of
the navy.
.1911 The International peace
bureau at Berne, Switzerland, sent a
circular letter to all the powers, urg
ing ths limitation of armaments as
proposed by the United States con
gress. 1912 Yuan Shi Kal was Inaugu
rated president ot China.
The Day We Celebrate.
Walter V. Graham, accountant, was
born March- 10, 1869. He is a native
Nebraakan and attended the Univer
sity of Nebraska. For ten years he
was in tne auditing oeparuneui
ths Burlington. ,
Congressman John J. Fitzgerald or
New York,, chairman of the appro
priations committee of the house, born
in Brooklyn, N. Y., forty-five years
ago today.
Arthur Reynolds, noted Chicago
banker and financier, born at Pan
dora, la., forty-nine years ago today.
Rt. Rev. John Hazen White, Epis
copal bishop of South Bend, Ind., born
In Cincinnati sixiy-eigui. w
today. '
Anna Vaughn Hyatt, noted woman
sculptor, who designed the Jeanne
d'Arc statue recently erected In New
York City, born at Cambridge, Mass.,
forty-one years ago today.
Rt. Rev. Theodore I. Reese, bishop
coadjutor of the Episcopal diocese of
eouthern Ohio, born in New York
City forty-four years ago today..
Everls A. Hayes, representative In
congress of the Eighth California dis
trict, born at Waterloo, biaij
two years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Suarar cards are to come Into opera
tion In Francs today.
Sunday is tne day nxea ior ine
imm elections for Tjreaident and mem-
hera of congress, according to recent
advices received In Washington.
The grand loage oi tne t
trm.nn nf fienrriA and Florida, an
organization composed of persons of
German aescciu, to u"
Aa.r mt Tn flfKnnvIl le.
Teams representing uoruen
Ohio State universities are to engage
in an Intercollegiate debate at Colum
bua today on the subjeoet otunlver-
i milltnrv service.
Tnrlav has been set a Dart as Orange
day in California, and an invitation
has been extended to all the other
states in the union to participate in
the festivities.
The twenty-first annual National
VmmAmr nd Rreedera' show, an ad
junct of the annual convention of the
Cattle Raisers' Association of Texas,
Wto have its formal opening tonight
at Fort Wortn.
Storyctte of the Day. 1
When It comes to repartee trust the
Rotary club to have a quota under
steam all the time. Just for Instance:
At a recent meeting of the club
Roltare Eggleston was, on the floor
railing for volunteer performers for
th forthcoming Rotary minstrel
hnw '
"I can play a flute," Walter Kipp
shouted- '
Somebody suggested that- Harry
Stormont could play trap drums.
"Tiaim E&aieAeld can Dlay horse,
piped Frank Shepard. The laugh
went round and everybody thought
Shepard had it on Eggleston, but the
t.ith mnnuH came back with:
"We'll book him. Somebody has to
haul the baggage." Indianapolis
News. '
More Equilibrium Needed.
Omaha, March 8. To the Editor of
The Bee: I noticed a very violent and
vehement outburst in your columns
a few days -ago from a young man
from North Platte, who signed his
name "Byron B. Oberst," because of
what I had said about the Boy Scouts.
What I wrote was simply my own
opinion, and the opinion of a good
msny others, and If the young man
does not like to stead what 1 write
for the papers there is no law com
pelling him to read my articles. If
I could write or say or do things that
would please every person living, I
would be able to do what Christ him
self was unable to do when He waa
on earth, for He was able to please
only a small part of the people then
living.
The young man Oberst would shut
off my writing for the papers because
I do not please him, but what I have
written has pleased a great many peo
ple, for I have received numerous
compliments from judges of our
courts' from scores of lawyers and
other professional men, including min
isters, from numberless business men
and worklngmen. Many cut out the
articles and save them. I never ex
pect all to be pleased with what I
write, nor do you as editor of The
Bee. But even the article that Oberst
takes so much umbrage at was spoken .
of approvingly to me by a great many
people.
Even though ne is of German de
scent, he need not feel so hurt over
what I aald in criticism of the Ger
man system of training boys for war
and how to kill people as soon as they
are born, for I simply crlticised the
system that the people ot Germany
are compelled to live under. More
than 99 per cent of the people oi
German birth in this country today
came from Germany to escape the
tyrannical government of the emperor
and his fellow despots and very few
of them care to go back there to live.
Oberst should follow his own teach
ings of self-control before he has any
more such violent outbursts. He will
probably gain more equilibrium as he
growa older, as he is quite young yet.
I want to congratulate Mr. Rod
man M. Brown on his fine article.
It was gotten up in fine shape, and I
read it with a great deal of Interest.
Yet all the scout managers do not
seem to agree. Some claim they are
semi-military organizations, while
others claim not
I do not claim they have not done
some good, but like a great many
other organizations it can be over
done and time taken that could be put
to better use a great many times.
Then if the suits cost about 17 for
each scout, it looks to me as if that
was a pretty heavy tax on a great
many people, for lew bdys oi poor
people or people in moderate cir
cumstances have suits that cost near
17. and there is bound to bs other
expense right along. It is no won
der the uniform manufacturers want
them organized. I do not blame them,
for they want to make some money.
As I said Defore, the boys can bs
ot great help in raising supplies for
home use when corporations and In
dividuals rob us, as they have dons
this winter in the prices of all things
in the lines of necessities. I know
of one Boy Scout who raised enough
potatoes last year for hla folks, who
have a large family, to last through
all of this winter. He could not have
done it had he wasted time in hikes
and "scouting." -If we keep on form
ing organizations that take time from
the realitiea ot life the high coat of
living will grow each year. That is
the reasonI say that we should all
of us try to do something more in
practical lines and a little less In the
sport lines. FRANK A. AG NEW.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"I'd like to havo you dint at my houxo
some time, old man."
"Good enough. Put my aam in the
pot."
Kh?"
"Than le, kindly deposit my vlilttns ward
In the tireless cooker." Louisville Courier
Journal. As'prlng Authur Candidly, now, what do
you think ot my new story?
The Critic Please don't ask me. Tou
are so much bigger and atronger than I
am. Puck.
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N,With prices of food stuffs
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YrtE PAW!
Actor I say, old man. I wish you'd an
vance me $6 and take it out ot my first
week's salary.
Manager But, my dear fellow, auppoae
It happened that I couldn't pay your first
week's salary, where would I bet Boston
Transorlpt.
Patience she apent two monthe at the
seashore laat summer, and not a man asked
for her hand.
Patrice Rather disappointing?
"Tea, but ahe'a going to try her hand
In Florida thla winter." Tonker's States
man. Mrs. Toungbrlde Our cook says those
eggs you sent yesterday were quit eld.
Grocer Very sorry, ma'am. They were
the best we could get. Tou see, all the
young chickens were killed off for the holi
day trade ao the old hens are the only enea
left to do the layln'.
Mrs. Toungbrlde Oh, to be Buret 1
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