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THE ELLIJAY CO VOL XXVII DIAZ HAS BROKEN ALL ID BONDS DEPOSED PRESIDENT WOULD NOT RETURN TO MEXICO IF HE COULD. HE WILL RESIDE IN SPAIN Diaz Wouid Return to Mexico Only if Foreign Power In^ided Country. Santander, Spain.—The steamer Ypiranga, with Gen. Porfirio Diaz, ex¬ president of Mexico, aboard, sailed for Plymouth. Several tugs flying the Mexican colors and crowded with cheering people, escorted the steamer for several miles. General Diaz bald the friendly demonstrations at Spanish ports had comforted him greatly in his bitter exile. On the voyage from Gijon to San¬ tander, General Diaz consented to talk. Asked if he intended to take up his residence in Spain, he said: , “It is quite possible that after a few months’ rest I shal turn my steps to the peninsula. I speak only Span¬ ish, and 1 am too old to begin the study of foreign languages. However, nothing has yet been decided. I shall make up my mind in Paris, where l go direct from Havre." Although reluctant to talk of Mex¬ ico, General Diaz Anally made this statement; “I abandoned power when I became oonvinced that nothing but war, last¬ ing at least a year, would put down the Revolution. I wished to prevent the spilling of the blood of the chil¬ dren of my country in the fratricidal struggle, and, above all, to avoid the possibility of an international conflict or even representations from foreign powers. 1 wished to avoid the weaken¬ ing of the national credit and the dis¬ satisfaction of foreigners living in Mexico, who have contributed greatly to the prosperity of the nation, and who merited the consideration of my oountry by their work. “I have broken all the bonds which held me to Mexico, and even if I were asked 1 would not ijeturn to take part in the politics of the country. Only some international difficulty necessi¬ tating a supreme effort on the part of all Mexicans in a -close union r ouiu my decision.. I.ih it Uch an eventarose nothing could stop me from goiaf to the end of my life as in the final years of my manhood, rifle in hand.” THREE AVI ATORS A RE KILLED Tragedy Marks Beginning of European Circuit Aeroplane Race. Paris.—Fifty aeroplanists took wing from the aviation field at Vincennes on the first stage of the European circuit race, which calls for a flight to London and return, with stops at various places going and returning. Three of the aviators were killed and at least one gravely hurt. Captain Princetau, whose motors ex¬ ploded in midair, flooding him with gasoline, and burning him to death. M. Lemartin, who dashed against a tree, the motor of his aeroplane crush¬ ing his head. Lendron was killed near Chateau Thierry. Benzine in the reservoir ex¬ ploded, and the aviator was burned to death and the machine consumed. Of the fifty aviators who started in the race, thirty-eight were d$vilians and twelve officers assigned for mili¬ tary duty. Hung up for the competi¬ tors are prizes amounting to $94,00. CAROLINA CONVICTS KILLED Four Men Killed and 26 Injured in Collapse of Bullpen. YVaynesville, N. C.—Four convicts were killed, twelve seriously injured and fourteen convicts and three guards slightly injured in the collapse Of a bullpen near Waterville, N. C., in the heart of the smokies, the only remaining mountain pass to the east. The convicts were all negroes, the property of the state of North Caro¬ lina, and were being worked in con¬ nection with the construction work of the Transcontinental railroad. A The fact that every convict was burdened with ball and chain render¬ ed the victims helpless Detectives Indicted for Kidnaping. Indianapolis. — Detective W. J. Burns and James liossick, a city de¬ tective of Los Angeles, Cal., were in¬ dicted on charges of kidnaping John J. McNamara, secretary of the inter¬ national Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, from this city, and McNamara was indicted on charges of conspiracy to dynamite by the grand Jury. In all the grand jury relumed a total of eight indictments. Three of the indictments are against McNamara, who is in jail iu Los An¬ geles. “Trust Busting’' Cost $845,140. Washington.-—"Trust busting" cost the government $845,140 in disburse¬ ments to special assistants to the at¬ torney genet a I and to district attor¬ neys between March 5, 1909, and May J1, 1911, according to a report whicti the department ot Justice has trans¬ mitted to Cbaiiiuan H<*jI 1 of the house committee oh expenditures lu that de¬ partment. The largest individual ills buisemetn was to Henry L gtimson, ta present secretary of war, who re¬ ceived $ 83,320 for his services in Um* sugar fraud prostcutiou. WHERE? CHARGE ANENI VOUCHER SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE IN CONTROVERSY. No Explanation as to Where It Came From Forthcoming—Secretary’s Explanation. Washington.—Intimation of ‘‘doctor¬ ing’’ the now famous Day portrait voucher, a consequent lively colloquy between Secretary Knox and Chair¬ man Hamlin of the house investigat¬ ing committee, and testimony of Dis¬ bursing Officer Morrison's white mes¬ senger that he found the voucher on the floor near Morrison's desk after the archives had been ineffectually ransacked, featured the state depart¬ ment investigation. Correspondence between Secretary Root and Consul General Michael at Calcutta indicated that the mysteri¬ ous difference between the amount of the voucher and the actual amount paid to the portrait painter was ap¬ plied to emergency accounts, probably Chinese matters according to Mr. Mi¬ chael. The exchange between Mr. Knox and Mr. Hamlin blew over very quickly. Mr. Morrison probably will <trr it'Cijtiled to ex^aln Low u,c Vouch¬ er happened to be ambng the "crum¬ pled envelopes" near his waste bas¬ ket at the close of the day’s work long after the search for the docu¬ ment had been on. The secretary explained apparently to the satisfaction of the committee the payment of $5,000 to Frederick Hale, son of former Senator Eugene Hale of Maine, for services in connec¬ tion with the Canadian boundary nego¬ tiations. Mr. Knox produced the sec¬ tions of the treaty of 1908, which au¬ thorized negotiations with Canada to establish the line through Passama quoddy bay. Mr. Hale was employed for this work, performed his duties to the satisfaction of Secretary Root, and Secretary Knox approved his bill of $5,000 a few weeks after coming into control of the state department. As to the voucher signed by Albert Rosenthal, the portrait painter, calling for $2,450, of which sum Rosenthal got but $850. Mr. Knox could give no new facts. 75 Cents a Day for Convicts. Montgomery.—In a decision by the court of appeals and sustained by the supreme court that section of the mode which authorizes convicts to be hired out at 40 cents a day is un¬ constitutional, owing to the fact that the subject matter of the fact is not clearly expressed in the title. An al¬ leged liquor dealer of Troy, Ala., who was sentenced to work on the roads, appealed the case on the ground that his wage per day should he 75 cents rather than 40 cents, and his conten¬ tion was held to be good. Grasshoppers Attack Cotton. New Orleans.—According to a prom¬ inent cotton planter, who has just re¬ turned here after a two weeks* trip through various parts of the cotton belt, grasshoppers in large quantities are beginning to attack the cotton crop in sections of Louisiana and Mis¬ sissippi. ‘Castro Closely Watched. Cipriano Castro, former president of Venezuela, now said to be plan¬ ning to return himself to power, will get no aid from any persons in tie Uuited States if redoubled vigilance of the secret agents of the state de¬ partment and the department of jus¬ tice can prevent it. The report of Castro’s presence at Haiti caused or¬ ders to be issued which will have the effect of a double guard being set at New Orleans and other points along the gulf coast from which a fiibus tering expedition might find aid. Handsome Present. Augusta, Ga—A silver punch set, valued at $will be presented to President atid Mrs. W. H. Taft, on the occasion of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary by the chamber of com¬ merce, Augusta Cotton exchange and board of trade, Merchants' and Manu¬ facturers’ association, city officials of Augusta and the Bonalr l}otel the waiter com¬ pany The inscription on will be: "To President and Mrs. Wil¬ liam Howard Taft— 1886— June 19, f9lt From Friends and Admirers, Augusta, Georgia.” DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF EU.IJAY AND GILMER COUNTY. ELLIJAY. GA THURSDAY. JUNE 22 . 1911 . TO FIGHT DIRECT ELECTIONS Popular Vote for Senators Will B4 Opposed by All Southern Congressmen. Washington.—The action of the sen ate in adopting the Bristow substitut* to the resolution for the popular elec tion of United States senators shift! the fight over this mooted questioc back to the house of representatives. Unless the caucus rule is applies by the Democrats, it is believed that the Bristow substitute will be accept ed by the house, and that the consti tutional amendment will be submitted to the states as it passed the senate. In Its present shape, the proposed constitutional amendment is obnoxious to practically all Southern congress¬ men and senators; indeed, its provis¬ ions are viewed with alarm by these statesmen who believe that its en¬ forcement will nullify the suffrage laws of the South whereby the venal and ignorant Negro voters are dis¬ franchised. If the house accepts the senate amendment to the resolution it might be safely predicted that the ratifica¬ tion of the constitutional amendment will be fought in the legislatures of the Southern states. A LAKE-TO-GULF RAILROAD Railroad? Arc Acting jWith 'Vied^ of Securing PanaW.a Caival BuainKa: Chicago.—The New York Central lines have entered into a traffic agree¬ ment with the Louisville and Nash¬ ville railroad, which practically gives the former a Lake-to-the-Guif line, ac¬ cording to an article in the Inter Ocean. The article says: "With the announcement made last night by officials of the Chicago, In¬ diana and Southern railroad, that on July 18 that road would run its first train from Chicago into Evansville, Ind., the first step of which may prove to be a great railroad war, was taken. With the bringing to a successful con¬ summation the plans of the former owner and builder of the road, John R. Walsh, the Chicago banker now in the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kans., the hands of two of the great railroad powers, the Vanderbilt and the Harriman interests, were shown already engaged in a struggle to get control of the gulf traffic which win result from the opening of the Pan¬ ama canal. • — "For, with the opening of the old Walihi railroad to the Ohio river by the Vanderbilt interests, which con¬ trol it through their New York Cen¬ tral lines, a traffic agreement has been entered into with the Louisville and Nashville railroad which practically gives the New York Central line a Chicago-to-the-Gulf line and which also brings the first actual competition to the Harriman Great L,akes-to-the-Gult line, the Illinois Central has ever ex¬ perienced.” To Probe Postal System. Washington.—The senate passed the Bourne resolution authorizing an in¬ vestigation of the postal system of the United States and to determine what changes are necessary in the present methods. The investigation is to be made by the senate committee on post offices and postroads, with especial at¬ tention to the possible establishment of a parcels post. Lumbermen Were Blacklisted. Kansas City, Mo.—In an attempt to show that the Southwestern Lumber¬ man’s association had a so-called “cus¬ tomers’ list,” which it sent to all the members with the purpose of black¬ listing wholesalers and manufacturers, the state called Henry A. Gorsuch, in its suit to oust the so-called trust from the state. Mr. Gorsuch admit¬ ted that here was such a list, but said it was merely a business guide for members. He said he did not recall ever sending out lists blacklisting wholesalers. Swamp Drainage Will Be Taught, Memphis.—The Southern farmer is to be shown how, by reversing meth ods, he can can profit to a like ex¬ tent as the farmer of the West in re claiming abandoned land. If ,:he arid lands of the Western states can be made fertile through irrigation, the swamp lands of the South may like wise be made productive by drain age, it is contended by experts of the department of agriculture, and to dem ouetrate this a "reclamation special' will start from Chicago for a tour ft the South. MANY FEATURES FI DR. BRADFORD KNAPP- IS ENTHU¬ SIASTIC OVER PROSPECTS OF CORN EXHIBITION. , BOYS' CLUBS ARE INVITED All Boys’ Corn Clubs in Georgia Will Be Invited to Atlanta This Fall. —Atlanta. Bradford Knapp, head of the farm demonstration bureau of the United States department of agriculture, who was In the city, is extremely enthusi¬ astic over the prospects for the suo seas of the sotuheastern corn show, which is to be held in November. While here Mr. Knapp offered a num¬ ber of suggestions, which are highly thought of by the com show commit¬ tee of the local chamber of com¬ merce. Following Mr. Knapp’s sugges¬ tions, the corn show committee will, in all probability, arrange to have excur¬ sions run into Atlanta from all sections of Georgia and adjoining states for the purpose of bringing here the members of the various boys’ corn clubs in this section. There are In Georgia alone ninety-two of these corn clubs, with more than five thousand members en¬ rolled. II is also being planned to have the members of the boys’ corn clubs take part in a monster parade, of which they will be the main feature. Each club, according to present plans, w}U carry banners and streamers, not only seting out the name and location of the organization, but showing the rec¬ ords made by each club. That this would undoubtedly greatly stimulate interest in these clubs throughout the satire southeast is the concensus of opinion of those who have the matter in charge. Another suggestion of Mr. Knapp of which the corn showycommlttee thinks highly is a series of floats showing the progress that has tbeen made in ag¬ ricultural implements: in the last 25 years and the corresponding improve¬ ments in the crops. To do this, it is |gden witn irtcfe jftf> fa years tea i _______________ Improved sub-soilers, cultivators and the like. On a third float it is planned to show cotton growing which will produce less than one-third of a bale per acre un¬ der the old-time methods of cultiva¬ tion, while on another wil lbe th^ prize-winning brands of today with their yields of more than a bale per acre. The corn show committee of the chamber is going rapidly ahead with its work, planning to make the show this fall the most momentous event of its kind the South has ever seen. 219 Convicts Escaped. In the future wardens in Georgia will be held personally responsible for sscapes from convict camps, and, if satisfactory explanations cannot be made to the prison commission, they are sure to lose their jobs. Statistics just compiled show that 219 convicts, cot including misdemeanors, escaped [or the lib twelve^ months endnig May 31, and of these are still at liberty. Amazed by these figures. Chairman Davison has written a sharp letter to wardens in all the camps in the state warning them that a strict ac sounting will be made in the future. Burwell Quits Speaker's Race. William H. Burwell of Hancock ;ounty has retired from the race for speaker of the next house, leaving the field to John M. Holder of Jackson, who will probably be elected without opposition. In announcing his retirement, Mr. Burwell gave no reasons, but it is pre¬ sumed that he conceded Mr. Holder’s claim of enough votes pledged to sleet. There has been some talk of H. W. Hopkins of Thomas as a candidate for sver, that the locust has really made of his candidacy recently, it is pre¬ sumed he will not allow his name pre¬ sented. This would mean, of course, Mr. Holder unanimously. With Mr. Burweli’s retirement, the organization of both branches of the isembly will be quickly effected when Lt convenes June 22. John M. Slaton's election to the presidency of the sen¬ ate has been conceded for some time. Mr. BurweB has long been one of Use leaders for Governor Smith’s poli¬ ces in the house and senatd, and it is presumed he will be floor leader for the governor’s measures this year. Obear Assistant Adjutant General. in addition to being reappointed quartermaster general of the National Guard of Georgia, when Gov. Hoke Smith goes into office, Gen. W. G. Obear will be named assistant adju Warrenton.—At a mass meeting ot the citizens of Warrenton and Warren county held in the court house at War lentou strong resolutions were adopt¬ ed condemn.ng the action of the au¬ thorities at Augusta for their alleged tanure to^enioi'ue tne prohibition law. Athens.—Juuge Duanes ti. isrand o. the western circuit is a cauthaaie 101 governor of Georgia m the event tau. Hon, Hoke tnuiu is t.aeteu to United States ssnati aau t.e place .. Ibo be filled by anoii.e. eitu..— LS a poShield tU. u ct Lj-v.. 0 .u i>ci. Wbi/th Is being ducusacu. tant general. Tho Intention of Gov¬ ernor Smith to appoint Gen. Clement A. Evans adjutant general, and the general's agreement to acceptance of the appointment, have already been published. It is doubtful whether any additional emolument will attach to the new position which General Obear will hold. 13-Year Lccusts Appear. The 13-year locust has apeared In north Georgia, and is expected to scat¬ ter throughout Louisiana this summer. Twigs, punctured by the locust, in laying eggs, have been received by the state entomologist, E. Lee Wor¬ sham. This locust lies in the ground for 13 years in an adolescent stage, Lien bobs cut and proceeds to spread havoc among trees. It molests no other plants, but where locusts are thick they do much damage to trees, par¬ ticularly fruit trees. They do this injury by boring into the bark to lay eggs. Entomologists are able to predict with accuracy the time when these locusts will appear, and it has been known that this was the season for the 13-year locust' to appear in Geor¬ gia. The twigs sent to the state ento¬ mologist are the first evidence, how¬ ever, that the locust has realy made its appearance in Georgia. It will be confined to a limited area in the north¬ ern part of the state. This locust, or cicada, as entomolo¬ gists prefer to cail it, is of the same family as the “July fly." General Evans III. Gen. Clement A. Evans, member of the prison commission and one of the most beloved of the surviving Confed¬ erate general, is very ill at his resi¬ dence, 167 Capitol avenue, suffering from an attack of muscular rheuma¬ tism. While General Evans has been ill for a long time, his condition has been worse during the past few days, rie has never recovered from an attack of grip, from whicn he suffered in 1909, and has been in poor health ever since. v , General Evans was recently tender¬ ed the place of adjutant general by Governor-elect Hoke Smith, to succeed Adjutant General Scott, and he accept¬ ed the place. His place on the prison commission, it has been announced, will be filled by Judge T. E. Patter¬ son. Wants Increased Tax Return: i Comptroller Wright believes corpo¬ rations., in this state should show as gre ease in tax returns this as showed over the yeti he Httie satisttel } 'oi! *Last- cOTpouihiJns' shov creases $67,009,000 over 190$, as the ro: ad s all had good business last year, and most of them have (made big improvements, the comptroller is unable to see why similar gains should not mark 1911. To date not a single return of any of the big roads have proven accepta¬ ble. Some of them have cut down their returns, while others have made such slight increases that Colonel Wright has refused point-blank to ac¬ cept them. Moultrie.—Judge T. H. Parker, ordi¬ nary of this county, in addition to be¬ ing a good lawyer and expert politi¬ cian, is some farmer. Early last fall he decided he would experiment in preserving the roots of his cotton by throwing a layer of sand upon them, and when dangey of killing frosts had passed this spring breaking the dirt away. The result has been that he will reap a rich harvest and prove that the experiment is & decided suc¬ cess. He was exhibiting a stalk ot this cotton to a gathering of farmers, and it clearly show's where the oi3 stalk died last fall, around this dead portion sprouts to the number of six apearing with an exceedingly healthy growth. The plant has ninety-six well developed bolls, squares and blooms, and doubtless had it been left to grow and mature would have added a great deal more fruit. Cordele.—Among Improvements other industries and for Cordele and Crisp county that are being enthusi¬ astically agitated by the Cordele chamber of commerce is the building of a modern flour mill through the or¬ ganization of a stock company to be composed of local farmers and busi¬ ness men. At their regular meeting held at the court house it was shown by statistics that 6,000 bushels ot wheat had been produced by Crisp county farmers this spring. Dublin.—Ed L. Wade of Montrosa made this year 2,000 bushels of oats on 20 acres of laud, or an average of 100 bushels per acre. Mr. Wade is one of the best farmers in the county. He believes in deep fall plowing, high fertilization, well selected seed and quick cultivation. He never makes a crop failure. The crops of Laurens county are unusually good, although good crops are always made in this county. Corn and cotton are both lookicg fine. John Black, who farms on the Burch place, has 25 acres of cotton nearly three feet high on an average. Greensboro.—There is talk of an¬ other railroad for Greensboro. The Madison Madisonian of this week says: “Hon. W. D. Branan is getting the rights of way so that the Bost wick railroad can be extended through Monroe to the Seaboard Air Line rail¬ way on the North and to Greensboro, White Plains and Sparta on the south. This will make a railroad seventy miles long and make a through line .-onr. Atlanta to Augusta, having con aezt.cns with the S. A. L. both into a and into Augusta." By refer ace j t.e map it can he seen that . i o:.d is quite- teas&lst CLEAR MAJORITY FI CHAIRMAN PENROSE FORCES THE BILL TO SECOND READING AND EARLY PASSAGE EXPECTED. \ NO AMENDMENTS TO BILL In Formal Statement Penrose Claims Sixty Votes in Favor of the Canadian Pact. - Washington. The determination of ttm senate finance committee to push through the Canadian reciprocity bill with all possible speed and the confi¬ dence of the senate leaders that there is a clear majority in favor of the bill without amendments, was made plain when Chairman Penrose of the committee forced the bill into its sec¬ ond reading before the senate, and announced its probably early passage. Consideration of the measure was brief. Before the senate assembled Senator Penrose had given out a for¬ mal statement claiming sixty votes in favor of the bill. Chairman Penrose said he believed no speeches would be ready before next week. He had found, he said, that few friends of the bill cared to speak of it, but preferred to vote as quickly as possible. The second reading of the measure brought it officially before the senate for amendment and Senator Root’s amendment was offered, but as Sena¬ tor Root was not prepared to speak upon it, no attempt was made to vote. RAILROADS WILL EXHIBIT Southern Railway and Allied Lines Will Exhibit at American Land and Irrigation Exposition. Washington, D. C.—In accordance with their policy of attracting the at¬ tention of the outside world to the manifold advantages of the South, the Southern railway and allied lines have aranrged to make a comprehensive ex¬ hibit at the American Land and Irri¬ gation exposition to be held in Madi¬ son Square Garden, New York City, November material 3 to M2. The used in making this _exUjbit vjB JbeMrawn by®fi« Southern from the ter tory berv'eif railway! the Mobile and!Ohio Soilthern raiirad, the £la jiama Great railroad, the Cin¬ cinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa eifi railway and the Georgia, Southern and Florida railway. Invitation | is extended to farmers throughout the South to make indi¬ vidual exhibits and compete for the attractive prizes to be offered, which include a $1,000 cup for the best short staple cotton, $500 in gold - for the best twenty-five boxes of apples, $1,000 cup for the best thirty ears of corn and $1,000 prizes for alfalfa, potatoes, wheat and oats. In an effort to enlist the aid of the farmers of the South in thus advertis¬ ing their section to the world, the Southern Railway through its land and industrial department is sending out a circular to th efarmers, giving details of the prizes to be offered and how to procure space for making exhibits. Any farmer interested who will ad¬ dress M. V. Richards, land and indus¬ trial agent, Washington, D. C., will be 'Horded every possible aid. The Southern railway and allied lines are making this exhibit for the purpose of attracting desjrable settlers to the territory which they serve. They’have made such exhibits at mjm erous fairs and expositions throughout the North and West in the past, and have found this one of tne most ef¬ fective ways of advertising the South. Cater to Women’s Vanity. Greeley, Col.—The management ot the street car system here contem¬ plates the establishment of a novel method to prevent women from alight¬ ing from street cars backward. Mir¬ rors will be placed on each car plat¬ form in such a manner as to make it necessary for one looking in them to face the front of the car. It is believed that the natural tendency ot the fair sex to look at themselves in mirrors will bring about the desired results. Americans Will Lose Millions. Chihuahua, Mexico.—Reforms imme¬ diately affecting millions ot' dollars worth of American property in Mexico were announced. Governor Gonzales said under the new regime foreign concessions which might be consider¬ ed monopolies would not be extended or renewed and every legal effore would be made to restrict foreign mom opolies. Chihuahua is one of the rich est states in minerals and timber and is practically controlled by Americans, British and German interests. The Americans are the largest holders. Chamizal Zone Case Decision. El Paso, Texas.—The international arbitration court, wnieh has been sit¬ ting in the so-cailed Chamizal zone case in El Paso to decide ownership of seven million dollars’ worth ot property in the souinern- part of El Paso, rendered its decision, which is a compromise. The decision gives Mexico part of the land in question and El Paso part of it. Both the Unit ed States and Mexico dissent. Tne Chamizal case has been in conten tion between the two governments foi more- than a dozen years. N<>. 1857 . 0MUQOm rby WILBUR D. NLTBIT Deadly Parallel m Four months ago When blizzards blew And Ice and snow Made mock of you. When cold winds hfcwled And skies were gray You growled and growled By night and day. “Confound the cold!" You muttered. “I’m Sick of this old Wild wintertime. With icy street And pipes that freeze— O, for the heat! Send summer, please!” Oi’4! Your nose was blue. So was your look; The teeth of you With coldness shook— You shoveled coal And stirred the fire; Warmth the goal ‘ was Of your desire. You could not see A cheerful gleam In snow-wreathed tree Or ice-locked stream; You sat and sighed; “Turn summer on! Joy Is untied When winter ’s gone.’ But yesterday You puffed and fumed, Though down the way The lilacs bloomed. On eveilkhanM^.* 4km And prayed furrrost “This awful heat!” You wealtly gasped To all you'd meet In tones that rasped. You sought the shade And sat there, grum. And asked what made The hot wave come. Your face was red. Your shirt a rag, You mopped your head And let It sag, And wished it were Four months ago. The air ablur With scudding snow. 7 " You did not rare ? A single hang For meadow fair. For birds that sang— O, when you're cold i 1 Or when you’re hot You sit and scold i For what you’ve not. \ At the Convention. "Bill,” said the first delegate, “it’s a great thing to be sent to a convert tion.” “It is," assented Bill. “Let’s go in to this place. It’s one we haven’1 struck before.” After they had ordered something cool and fizzy the first delegate harkec back to the importance of their duties “Bill,” he said, “do you know that we are making history?" “Say,” exclaimed the second dele¬ gate, with a hurried glance about him “you don't suppose anybody's going tc write up our little excursions, do you?" Real Tragedy. " I “Don’t you call me a freak any more,” said the fat lady in the mu seum. “No?” asked the tatooed man. 4: "i “No. Don’t you call me a freak again or I’ll sit down on you when you ain’t looking. I'm a tragedienne, that's what 1 am.” “Tragedienne? That’s the limit What tragedy do you star in?” “Don’t you cal? it a tragedy when a woman knows that If she only h enough money not to have to go on e hibltion she would be called plum Instead cf fat?” Such a Mistake. The war correspondent in Nagasa' has sent his Jap servant to the stor for some supplies. The man has been delayed, so the correspondent tele¬ phones. “Hilo," he says to the clerk, who is an American. “Is Takachua Bite down there?” “No, sir,” is the reply. “But we have sixteen other kinds of breakfast food.” Clearing Himself. “Henry,” said Mrs. Penhecker. “What is the meaning of this empty glass on the table? Is it possible that you have acquired the habit of taking a sly nip while you are reading?” “O. no, my angel,” explained Mr. Penhecker. “I was perusing a volume of poems entitled: ’Golden Memories,' and merely put the glass there as sort of help to my understanding.”