The Omaha Sunday Bee
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1918.
By EDWARD BLACK.
H(;nry Leffingwell answered
telephone. Mrs. Sharp wanted
know whether the foreman of
Leffingwell refectory would assist in
the serving at a church good-fellowship
dinner: The feminine inquirer
was so, importunate that Leffingwell
did not have time to negative the pro
posal. "I suppose, Mrs. Leffingwell. that
you have got me into this, and I also
suppose that you have told tftosc wo
men that I was the best little waiter
in the glen," remarked Leffingwell, as
he hung tip the receiver and addressed
himself to the forclady of his domi
cile.
"You may suppose nothing of the
kind, she replied. Its just like a
man, to get alt hct up when he is
aked to do something out of the rou
Mne. It is time that men become in
ured to varieties of work which they
lave not been used to do, because
Aomen are doing all sorts of chores
these days, aud it is a poor rule that
won't work one w ay "
.To See It Through.
Leffingwell resolved to carry the
flag, figuratively speaking, and he
would see it through, if he did not do
another thing. He had too much pride
to be a slacker, although the thought
of waiting on table at a church eating
affray did not cause him to go into
transports of merriment. He assumed
a look which told his wife that big
thoughts were filtering through his
mental recesses. He visualized Mrs.
What's-Her-Name and Mrs. So-and-So
conferrirg acrid glances upon him at
the dinner, but he would do or die,
would be a spartan in an apron, and
would have the whole neiKhborhood
agreeing that there was at least one
wan in its midst who knew how to
lace food upon a table where it would
do the most good.
Leffingwell arrived at the church
ia!t an hour ahead cf the hungry horde.
He donned an apron which had been
provided by his spouse and then he
reported to the lady who had in
veigled him, into the adventure. Mrs.
Leffingwell and Willie and Mary ar
rived in due time and they pointed
with pride to their captain in white,
lieffingwell'a apron did not fit like the
paper on a wall, but he appeared to
be oblivious to the grotesqueness of
The Weekly m Bumble Bee
OMAHA,
THE WEEKLY BUMBLE DEI.
A. STINGER, EDITOR.
Communication! on any toplo
received, without postsg or
signature. Nona returned.
NO ADS AT ANT Pltica
ENOUGH. '
We ara Informed by the Boa
ton Tranacrlpt that real knowl
edge of the German language la
necessary. Without entering any
argument, might It not be sug
geated that when Mr. Perilling
complete hie task ft real knowl
edge of English will be aufflcl
entT ..
WEDDED BLISS. ,
First Man -How do yon Ilk
married life
Hecond Man Oh. I live like
bird.
First Man How' that?
Second Man I have to fir
for my life.
- OBV.'OlS ERROR.
Flrat Man I waa juat talking
to tour wife. '
Second Man Ton were Juat
talking to my wife T
P. JI. Tee. ,
8. M. You're wrong; It waan't
wife. .
MORAL.
' Pain falleth alike upon the
:jst and unjust, eayeth an
.indent proverb. Unless the un
just alealeth a march by awlplng
i he Just's oilskin and boots.
COINCIDENCE,
The Standard OH company re
cently boosted the Wagea of Ita
employee. A few dayi later gas
oline hit ft new high mark all
jver the country.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
An actor has appeared en
Uroadway whoae name la Adam
Kgg. Juat what kind of an egg
night that be?
ONE ERROR.
The beat of plana often go
adly a tray. For Instance, the
ice leer planned to dettroy the
3rltlah Armies.
TOO MANY ODDS.
Trying to beat ft train to
croaalng to ft popular pastime of
the motorist, bat It often to high
ly snsucceasfuL,
' ' ' ABSENT. '
The German-Alliance appears
to be In the aame predicament
: a the young .man who waa
eent for ad couldn't oome.
CAME GUT.
He toft' moat eourac ecue guy,
.le'd look cannon In the eye,
'And never flinch for ft fear of
. that -.
. He wears the een'e first atraw
hat. . - .:
his decoration. He seemed to be glori
fied in the righteousness of his cause.
And He Didn't.
He was assigned to transfer the
first-course plates from the kitchen
to the diners in the planner provided
by the latest authorities of domestic
science, lie made the first trip down
a narrow aisle, with head erect and
stolid face. Mrs. Leffingwell was fear
some lest that in his confusion Lef
fingwell would display profusion in
the distribution of the viands. He
scanned the row of faces whose open
mouths were craving sustenance. It
was then 7 p. m. of the clock and
the gustatory attack had been billed
for 0:30. Leffingwell almost tripped
and as he righted himself, he caught
the glance of Mrs. So-and-So who
greeted him as tf to say, "He shall
not pass!" Mrs. So-and-So was afraid
that her new dress would be despoiled
if Leffingwell actuallyshould take the
count. As he passed Willie, the male
offspring of the Leffingwell canton
ment, Leffingwell head this remark:
"Say, dad, wisht you would do a
little yodeling while you peddle the
hash. We want music with our meals."
Leffingwell negotiated the first
round without disturbing the seating
arrangement or causing Mrs Leffing
well to utter an outcry.
She, Just Knows It.
"Isn't' he just grand?" was the
effervescent query of Mrs. What's-Her-Name,
as Leffingwell lowered a
plate of provender to her place with
SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL
SPORTING SECTION
BRAYERT.
A fan In ftew York bet
12,590 to 11.009 that the Olanta
would win the pennant this
year In eplte of the fact that
Ilughle Fullerton picked 'em.
COMRADES.
Ted Lewis and Jack Brltton
arei to meet In the ring for
the ltth time May 1 at Scran
ton, Pa, They ought to let It
to muato.
GET OCT THE MAT.
A syndicate of aportamen In
Cedar Point, O., have bid
$200,000 for the Wlllard-Ful-ton
fight, thue making it
known that such a place aa
Cedar Point, O., la In exist
ence. TEMPERAMENT.
Johnny Dundee and Lew
Tendler eesm to think they
are champion. Their bout waa
called off because they
couldn't agree on referee,
WRONG DOPE.
We read that Porky Flynn
was disappointed because hla
bout with Jack Dempaey waa
called off. Porky ahould have
given three cheer.
It waa an anolent fan.
lie chortled In hia glee,
"There la a match tonight,
bnt I
Will not be there to see.
'The press guy says the bout'
ft bear.
Between two husky guya,
Who'll ahed blood by the
bucket,
' And gouge each other's eye.
But boy, I know these wrest
ling lada.
They're friendly business
men,
And all the wrestling they
wilt do
la for the festive yen."
It wa an ancient wrestling
fan.
He chortled In his glee;
"There la ft match tonight.
but I
Will not be there to see."
NOVELTY.
Jack Dempsey la an unusual
ftghter. Jack to fighting hla
fight In-court Instead of In
the dressing room.
ONLY ONE FAULT.
Bughl Jennings haa 11
pitcher. The only trouble
seems to be that none" of thorn
can pitch.
VON HINDENBFRO.
Many a ahlftlng, shooting star,
la seen In the dark night aky
- afar.
And many (hooting star ha
buret.
For instance, Hlndy jon April
e flrat
PRONUNCIATION.
General Foch'a bam pro
nounced In French la aatd to
rhyme with Boche. Thue, if you
know how to pronounce Foch
you also know how to pronounce
Boche.
Dl'RT.
I love the dark and rainy
weather,
I love the weeping, leaking
. eky.
For dust oh, how I hate It
When It nestle In my eye.
WHICH f
A new Item conveys the
startling information that a
woman waa taken seriously .111
after eating atrawberrle and
cream. Whether this la a left
handed alap at Louisiana or the
Nebraska cow I a point for argument.
Friend Russell: This I a very
dull and quiet week and there
la not much news. The office
bullshevkt I behavin' them
selves owing to me threatentn'
to pip off the time some of
'em gets down to work In the
mornin' so I got nothin' to kick
about
Beein' that you're all the time
selpln' for some of them thru
lin' moments I'll slip you one
that Is a .pippin. This ain't no
bush league thrill like fallln' oft
ft cliff or turntn' over In an au
tomobile or gettln' In ft train
.wreck or shell shock or sny of
them little trick what happens
every day In the year and causes
no fuss except for. the, guys
what Insist on renin" about
em. Thl I an A No. 1 thriller
what makes a movie serial look
like an atfernoon tea.
Louis Lanyon, who Is the
treasurer over at the Orphoum.
leraf nn
doraed Tom Falconer for city
commissioner. Odds are ( to I
the Carpenter' union endorse
Henry Wulf.
ECONOMY.
- On advantage In being bald
headed toe that you don't have
to get your hair cut Another
1 that you don't have to listen
to tonaorlal conversation. .
NATTY NAT.
Wife No. I to suing Nat Good
win for divorce. Nat's plea that
the pullet fancier help win the
war to expected to vall nothing.
Why do they call them un
dertaker when they alwaya
overtake ul
I the guy this thrill happened
to which makes it A No. l right
off, because theater
ain't supposed to ever
thing except , grouchy)
tlons. But Louis to different. He
wears ft green aye shade and
smiled once and does a lot of
things theater treasurers ain't
supposed tr do.
This her thrill happened to
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out causing the contents to skid onto
the table.
Leffingwell did not make the sco
ond rouno. Eleven other waiters fin
lshed the work. Mrs. Leffingwell
finished her meal and with every step
homeward she registered something
direful tor her companion along Iiie s
Highway. Nie wished that he were
traveling with her just then.
"That's the way you protect the
proud escutcheon of the Leffingwell
fireside," she exclaimed, as she tossed
her bonnet into a corner and faced
her liege lord with anger flashing
from her eyes like sparks from the
anvil of the village blacksmith down
at Havelock. LeffingwelPs eyes
ounkeu. lie knew he had done some
thing naughty and should be pun-
lsnca.
What Will They Say?
"What will the neighbors be say
ing about the Leffingwells when this
has been p .ssed around? Fine morsel
of gossip for' the neighbors. It will
take us a year to live it down. Think
of the head of the Leffingwells being
a quitter at a church dinner. I feel
so angry I could tear the paper off
of the walls,", Mrs. Leffingwell added.
21, 1918.
IN OCR TOWN.
Billy Byrne has n new spring
suit
Al Kugel lntenda to take ft
long vacation soon,
Al Dreyfooa la counting the
calendar until opening day.
Vina Unltt expects to go to
New York eoon to see the sights.
Johnny Robertson Is still keep
ing one of his new year's resolu
tions. Charley Martin has pledged
himself to put all his whist
earnings In war savings stamps
If he wins.
POIGNANT POINTS.
Page the copperl Robins are
not observing the daylight sav
ings law.
It takes ft '"good gas mask to
combat the conversation of the
tonsorlallst
There 1 no bullet-proof
cloth, but there's a lot of bullet-proof
uniforms.
Why Is It a bald-headed man
will always look longingly at
a pair of military hair brushes?
The scientist who claim the
brain Is the seat of all pain
never tried to force a Quart
bunion Into ft pint shoe.
Roar of the crown prince's
Ug gun wa heard ID mile
away, or not quite far enough
tor the crown prince to hear It
Fathead who protest against
digging trenches In public park
should remember It' better to
dig 'em for fun than In earnest.
GROW1N1 CP.
Come, lltlta bootlegger.
Don't you cry;
You'll be a big bootlegger.
By and by.
TO THE BOSS
htm last fall. Probably you
know how the government get
a war tax on all theater ticket,
because you must know It, be
cause It must give you terrible
pangs whenever you have to dig
down in your pocket and dig up
the dough for the war tax. when
you go to movlea, which 1 about
S cents. So the other day when
you was hollerln' for thrtllln'
moment and threatenln' to
amputate everybody from the
pay roll unlee they come
through pronto, which didn't
scare me none because I'm on
to you and your bark Is worse
than your bite, ' because your
teeth Is all gone from chewln'
that navy plug. I takes ft chanoe
to ask Louts, did he ever have
a thrill. He wa behind hi cage
at the time so I figured I
could be out sight before he
could get out of the cage and It
waa a pretty good chance. And
Instead of trying to snap at me
throush the. harm, h tinatji all
treasurers the dope and say yes. So I
have any- I asks him what It was and
dispost
whaddayft suppose he says? He
says he had a thrill that mad
the gassln' of Private Peat look
like a W. C T. V. reclul the
first time he hooked a newspa
per guy for the war tax on hi
theater pas. Resy, F. S. H.
"Sarah Leffingwell, just calm your
self, calm yourself. Leffinewell be
gan, moving over to an open window
to get some fresh air with which
to accelerate his respiratory organs,
as the humidity of the room was op
pressive.
"I would have you know that I am
a man who knows his limitations, at
least is able to find them out," Leff
ingwell continued. "I was not raised
to be a waiter. I may be able to plow
corn, but when it comes to waiting
on a table well, I prefer the buffet
luncheon atyle for mine. So if the
neighbors lose any sleep over this,
just tell them -that Henry Leffing
well is no quitter, but he knows when
it is time to quit. After making that
first round at the dinner, I learned
that it is better to be safe than
sorry." ,
They Just Laughed.
Leslie if. Shaw, who spoke here
a few days ago in front of the Lib
erty bond bank on the court house
lawn, told this story on hims lf: "I
lived many years in Denison, la.,
where I practiced law and was in
the banking business. After having
been away from the old home town
for a period of years, I returned and
visited around with some of my old
friends. I asked one old friend, 'Do
you suppose the boys around here
know that I have been governor of
Iowa and treasurer of the United
States since 1 left here?'
" 'Oh, yes, I guess they heerd folks
tell about it,' he replied.
'"And what did they say to that?'
I queried.
"They just laughed."
Wild, Wild West
Well, I should say that I do re
member the most thrilling moment
of my life," remarked Tom McVittie,
veteran base ball player and cigar
dealer. "It was way back in 1870
when my parents were traveling
from Montana to Omaha by wagon.
We were required to stop at Gold
Creek, Mont., for more than a week.
I was a boy about 7 years old. While
we were in this town I went out with
an Indian boy to a mountain stream
to get some trout. I pushed the boy
into the water and when he got out
of the stream he started to chase
me back to the stage coach house.
I was too scared for speech. The
stage coach house proprietor locked
me in a shed to keep me away from
that Indian boy who was in the war
path for my scalp. I have dreamed
many times since that I was in that
shed and that Indians were trying to
break in to get me. It was an awful
suspense and nothing along life's
way has impressed with so much."
Do You Hear Me, My Boy?
Helen, S years old, attends Frank
lin school. Recently she came from
Canada to grow with Omaha. The
other day Miss Curtis, representing
the Aldine system of reading, ac
companied Superintendent Beveridge
and Assistant Superintendent Ryan to
this school, where they heard the first
grade pupils read. Helen read with
her eyes on the page until she came
to this line, "Do you hear me, my
boy?" when she unwittingly cast her
large brown eyes upon Superintendent
Beveridge, Who made a heroic effort
to restrain the risibilities which had
been aroused. ,
Thank You!
"How do you find business?" asked
the old rag man of the scissors
grinder.
"Rathtr dull How's your busi
ness?" "Oh, it's picking op, thank you."
i A Gifted Son.
Although Alfred had arrived at the
age of 21 year he ahowed no Inclination
either to pursue his studies or In any way
adapt himself to his father's business.
"I don't know what I will ever make of
that son of mine," bitterly complained his
father, ft hustling business man.
"Maybe he haan't found himself yet," con
soled the confidential friend. "Isn't he gifted
In any way?" , 1
"Gifted ?- queried 'the father. "Well, 1
should say he lsl He ain't got a darned
thing that wasn't given to him," London
Tit-Bit y
By EDWARD BLACK.
Omaha got Roy N. Towl because
he was stricken with malarial fever in
Mississippi where he had been work
ing as resident engineer of construc
tion for the Illinois Central He had
planned to take a position as engi
neer of the then new Moffatt road in
Colorado and stopped over here to
recover or to die. He was so ill that
physicians almost despaired of his re
covery. He did recover and then he
decided that if Omaha was good
enough to get well in, it was good
enough to live in, so h gave up his
Colorado work and resolved to live in
this salubrious clime.
He had worked in Texas. Colorado,
Wyoming, Illinois, Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Louisiana and Iowa, and
came back to Omaha, the place of his
boyhood days and activities.
Carried Bee Route.
Mr. Towl came to South Omaha
from Chicago when he was a boy of
5. He has seen the Magic City grow
from a pasture to one of the greatest
packing centers of the world. When
he was 10 years old he carried a Bee
route on the South Side. He attend
ed the elementary schools and high
school of South Omaha and while in
high school he attended night school
at the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation where he took a course in me
chanical and architectural drawing.
from early bovhood he had a pas
sion for utilizing his time to best ad
vantage.' In 1898 h&went with a Un
ion Pacific surveying party to Wyo
ming and three years later he was di
vision engineer for the Rock Island
in Texas, being 19 years of age when
he took the latter position, f. n.
Peters, chief engineer of construction
for the Rock Island in Texas, sug
gested to young Towl that he might
be spoiling a career by continuing in
railroad work before he had equipped
himself with sufficient technical
knowledge, so Towl acted on that
suggestion by ntering the .Armour
Institute of Technoloev at Chicago.
His previous knowledge allowed him
to enter the institute as an advanced
student. In 1903 he became resident
engineer of construction for the Illi
nois Central in Illinois and Missis
sippi and in 1914 he was assocated
in Omaha with the late Andrew Rose
water in private practice of his pro
fession. Survey of South Omaha.
An interesting episode of his life
occurred in 1905 when he assisted in
making a topographical survey of
South Omaha for a sewer system. As
a boy he had roamed-over every part
of the ground which later became the
site of the packing city and while
making this survey he had in his
mind's eye a picture of the hills and
depressions. In fact, he said he car
ried in his mind a topographical map
of South Omaha. ,
"That was pleasant work for me,
he remanked.
His home is at Fourteenth and N
streets, on a tract which commands a
grand view of the river. When a boy
he was chased from this tract which
is now his home, by an old watchman
of a plant. He related that he and
companions threw stones at the
watchman's ducks and the watchman
set his dogs cm the intruders. In later
years this same old watchman called
around one dav and was reminded
of the old days when he was the boss
of the situation and Towl was the
mischevious youngster.
Grew Up Together.
Roy Towl and the South Side have
grown up together and both are still
growing. The boy who sold papers
more than 25 years ago was known to
South Siders as a hard-working
youngster who would make a name
for himself some day, because he
was persistent and never wasted his
time.
He was one of 75 candidates at the
city primary on April 9. He has never
dabbled in politics, nor is he a poli
tician in the ordinary sense. A group
of men prevailed on him to file for the
nomination and when the primary
ballots were counted, he was well
within the list of 14 nominees. In the
realm of politics his name was prac
tically unknown, but as a compara
tively young man of ability in the en
gineering profession, his name was
one to conjure with when Omahans
were advised on his candidacy. He is
now in the race for election as city
commissioner on May 7.
Arbor Day Will Be Utilized
For the Planting of Gardens
In former years Arbor day has
been observed as an occasion for the
planting of trees in Nebraska and
particularly in Omaha. This1 year,
Arbor day, April 22, will mark the
date of the planting of thousands of
war gardens, instead of trees. This
is the information that comes from
all parts of the city and from out in
the state.
Of course, in the public schools
there will be the regular Arbor day
exercises of songs and recitations.
Then, too, in the schools will be told
the story of the life work of the late
J. Sterling Morton, who for nearly
half a century was a resident of Ne
braska City and who was the "father"
of Arbor, day.
In Nebraska, as well as in other
states of the union, Arbor day is a
legal holiday. There will be the
usual sessions of the public schools,
but they will be held mainly for the
purpose of permitting the pupils to
take part in the exercises.
Change Custom.
In other years in Omaha it has
Deen the custom with the grade
schools to plant trees on the school
house grounds. This year,( generally,
the custom 'will be ignored. There
are two reasons for this. One is that
at most of the schools there are a
sufficient number of trees on the
grounds. The other reason fordrop
ping the tree planting is to give the
children extra time to go home and
plant their war gardens.
' In connection with the Arbor day
programs, teachers will tell the pu
pils of the . importance of planting
war gardens and encourage them to
take up and carry on the work.
The. park commission has formerly
urged the plinting of trees along the
streets and .n the lawns. This year,
while there is some encouragement
given to this work, officials are devot
ing their eneigies to inducing people
to cultivate the vacant lots and raise
war gardens, thus aiding in winning
the war.
Arbor day is distinctively a Ne
braska holiday, though as such it is
Thrilling
Moments of
Their Lives
Leads Boy Scouts.
Vincent C Hascall, justice of th
peace, scoutmaster, former state ath
lete of the University of Nebraska
and basket bal! player, has found the
work which affords him one contin
uous round of thrills.
There is nothing quite like the task
of leading a bunch of live youngsters
out in the country for a holiday in
the woods, where they practice their
Scout work, such as building fires
without matches, bandaging up "
"wounded" companions and kindred
enjoyment. "Stub" has one of the
best trained troops in the city5 and
they have made a fine showing in all
the bond work, Red Cross solicita
tions and relief measures.
A $1,040,000 Thrill.
Sovereign Commander W. A.
I Fraser, head of the Woodmen of the
World, no doubt experienced a thrill
when he mounted the city "tank" last
Thursday to deliver his speech, pre
senting to Miss Columbia and Uncle
Sam the $1,040,000 which his order
subscribed to the third Liberty loan. ;
As he neared the third rung. th
stepladder on which the sovereign
commander was climbing atop of thf
"tank," slipped a bit before Gus Renze
could grab it. Mr. Frazer made a
frantic grab for the 40-centimeter gun
which projects from the side of the
war horse. '.
Assurance of his safety by specta
tors under the ladder, the principal
orator of the day continued his as
cent to freedom, followed by T. C
Byrne and others.
Too Much Crowd.
Ralph Yeoman, membership secre
tary of the Young Men's Christian as
sociation, does nnt Trntrirnr Vi
thrills of smoking, but when it comes"
to Dowiine and snootine billiards.
Ralph get a considerable portion of
the thrills 'of his life therefrom.
When the Young Men's Christian
association recently installed the
bowling alleys and billiard tables,
Ralph took his first lesson at bowling.
He had a beginner's luck, he says,
and after making five straight strikes,
the crowd began to cheering for him,
and shivers and chills chased them
selves about his makeup for several
minutes.
The excitement was too great, and
Yeoman chucked the sixth frame with
a split. Nevertheless he has hopes
of some day making a perfect score
of 30012 straight strikes.
Poor Uncle Tom!
"Way back in 1893 I was advance
man for one of the original Uncle
Tom troupes." declared Tom Johnson,
manager of the Gayety theater, "when
the traveling show business was con
sidered more or less hazardous. ,
"I had been ordered to double back
to take in a live town, and plaster
it with announcements of our wonder-
r..i . ...
mi spectacle, ana as i was riding i
through Poutrhkeeosie. N. Y.. I and- i
demy gazed out on tne piattorm, and
to my amazement, a thrilling sight
met my gaze there on the platform
was the donkey, icebergs and the
whole show, unceremoniously and un-,
guarded in an abandoned shape. ';
"I left the train and walked four
miles to Pleasant Valley, where the
'angel lived, and discovered the
show had been out of business for
several days."
Daddy' Little Frock. 1
A Scotchman In Canada had completed
his preliminary training with the "khues
and the wife journeyed down to his depot
to say farewell, taking with her their ,-year-old
grl, related Lord Curson at ft,
recent London banquet.
Wrhen they arrived, a It happened, the
husband was on sentry duty, and so they
could not approach him for a little while,
until It wan his turn to be relieved. The
child eyed her "daddy" with a rather sor
rowful but amazed expression as he paced
up ana down tne barrack square, shoulder
lng his rifle and wearing a kilt.
She had never seen him thus arrayed, and
for a few minutes the speotacle seemed quite
beyond her, but for no longer could ah
keep alienee.
"Mamma," she said, ra Tote that Be
trayed a trass of childish covetousneea, If
daddy finds the man that tol "ee trousers
will be gimme dat llckle frock T" Chicago
Herald.
observed by all the states. Througi
the efforts of the late J. Sterling Mor
ton, April 10, 1872, was first desig
nated by the legislature of Nebraska
as a state holiday, the time to be de
voted to' tret planting. Two yean
later, Robert W. Furnas, then gov- "
ernor, by proclamation fixed the third
Wednesday in April as the date foi
Arbor day. This date continued to
be observed until 1885, when the leg- '
T . ' . C XT-t 1 , .
lsiaiure 01 :e rasKa nasapn 9 law
designating April 22 of each year ai
Arbor day and making it a legal holi
day. This date is Mr. Morton's birth- j
day. ;. 'A
Although J. Sterling Morton ' has f
uvnu .imuj. ;vaia, 11C UVCU
enough to see. Arbor day become a
legal holiday in more than 40 of the
states and territories and in each sUte
and territory the observance of the "
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holiday is on his birthday.
A NATURAL MISTAKE.,
A Scot from Peebles emigrated to
Canada, and the morning after his
arrival hailed a coal black African
at a street corner.
"Hoot, mon," he said, "can ye tell
me whaur I'll find the kirk?"
It so happened that the African
had been born in Scotland himse.f i
and had a burr aa bad as the Pee
bles man's. '
"Gang richt up to yon house," hv
said, "take the richt turnin,' and. losh,
ye're there." ?
The white Scot looked dazed'. ,
"Aiblins ye're frae Scotland yer
sel'?" he said.
"Richt ye are," said the black
Scot. "Aberdeen's ma hame."
"Hoo Iang ha'e ye been ower here?"
"Aboot too year."
"Heaven save us and keep us!" sa'd
the whit Scot. "Whaur can I get
the next boat for Olasgae?" London
Opinion.
' Bill's Awakening.
"I understand old man Simpkins
was very much opposed to his tiauuii
ter marrying Bill Smith: called mil a 1
fool and all that sort of thing " S j
"That's very true, and before li 1
had been married six months Bii: iM- i
miuea ine oia man , was Il " ''
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