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FINAXCIAhCATECHlSM! I
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CHAPTER ON INDEPENDENT j
ACTION PLAIN FACTS. I
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C oder the .Safe punt'd* of the Democratu j
Platform the l’lilted IStatea Can Coin i
Silver {free Without JK«t*ir of I’oreign
Conspirators
IX. 1
Q Bui if we adopt free silver will j
not our foreign securities he thrown :
Ujiou the markets and how are wo to j
pay our foreign obligations?
A. AM foreign.obligations falling due j
must, be paid, no matter whether, we
have free silver or a gold standard,
unless they ! e extended, If foreign
securities, which are foreign debts, be
thrown upon our markets they will be j
eagerly taken toy our own people, and
no patriotic citizen will regret very
deeply such a change. From eoinli
Hons brought about by “foreign in
vesti meats” so ardently loved by advo* i
catCH of the gold standard, by which
30,000,000 acres of our domain—a ter¬
ritory sylvania. greater than New York or Penn¬
belongs to foreigners, such
as the British Lord Scully, who owns
3,000,000 acres In Illinois, and applies
to it the pernicious system of British
landlordism; the legislature of Illinois
has thought it necessary to protect us
by prohibiting the ownership of lands
in Illinois by foreigners. And t am
one of those who would rather use
home capital and home products for
the development of home lands and In¬
dustries, We will pay our foreign ob¬
ligations as we have always dono, In
our own products, which consist of
gold, silver, wheat, cotton, corn and
manufactured articles, just, as we paid
them from i860 to 1880. when we had
nothing hut paper money. And be¬
cause the burden will fall upon our
wheat and cotton and corn it is im¬
portant that the price of these articles
shall be kept, up in order (hat we may
k<- enabled to pay,our debts.
^ Q. Does the disuse of silver as stand¬
ard money affect the price of these
commodities?
A. It does. With 60 cents in gold
the English merchant can buy from us
one ounce of silver. He can lake liis
ounce of silver to India, Russia or the
Argentine Republic, all silver coun¬
tries, and exchange it for ft bushel of
wheat. By selling a bushel of wheat
for an ounce of silver the wheat-raiser
of Russia, Argentina or India is get¬
ting as much for bis wheat as he ever
got, and his ounce of silver will ex¬
change In his own country for as much
as it ever would. Because he is com¬
peting with us for the wheat market
of the world we must sell our wheat
for the same price, 60 cents la gold, or
one ounce of silver. But an ounce of
silver will only pay 60 cents’ worth of
debts or buy 60 cents' worth of sup¬
plies for 11s, where formerly it paid
$1.29 worth of debts and bought $1.29
worth of supplies. So If we must com¬
pete for the market of our most im¬
portant products with silver countries
we must use the kind of money they
«so or get worsted. What is true of
wheat is true of all our products bo
far as they compete for the markets of
the world. One result of this decrease
of prices is shown in the following
statement: To pay the national debt
at the close of the year 1S95 would re¬
quire
646,778.584 bushels of wheat, J
90,780,731 barrels move flour, ]
S,673.406,863 pounds more cotton, j
51,339,540 barrels more mess pork
than it would have In 4866. j
Q But why do you take wheat, etc,,,
for illustration? Has not Hie cost of
raising wheat and other agricultural
products been greatly reduced of late
by the Invention of labor-saving ma¬
chinery, and a re not I hi tow prices due
to overproduction?
A. We take wheat and other agri¬
cultural products for example because,
as has already been said, they are.Im¬
portant in that we must rely upon
them in trade with foreign nations and
in paying foreign debts. They consti¬
tute 93 per cent of our exports. We
are very much interested in them. The
period of great labor-saving inventions
came before 1873. Prior to 1873'steam
was being utilized, the. cotton gin, the
grain drill, the reaper and the thresher
had taker, tlie place of hand work, the
cradle and the flail, yet prices had not
fallen as they have done since 1873.
Nor is the cost of production of whefft
being greatly reduced. According to
the report of the Illinois state board of
agriculture, for'1895. the average cost
of production of wheat from
1873 to 1895 was 72 cents per bushel;
1S81 to 1893 was 75 cents per bushel;
1893 to 1895 was 69,4 cents per
bushel.
Nor is over-production the cause.
From 1860 to 1873 the production of
wheat in the world increased annually
«t the rate of 2.8 percent; at the same
time priori advanced 20 per cent. From
5.873 to 1'V, the world’s production
only Increased 1.6 per cent annually, a
decrease of almost one-half, but prices
fell nearly 32 per cent. Under present
conditions, however, there seems to be
an under-coiwiimptiou. in 1877 we
consumped per capita 5.01 bushels of
■wheat when it was $1.17 per bushel,
In 1894 we consumed but 3.41 bushels
per capita, though it was worth but 67
<'C- 1 m bu-hel The conclusion u in
cvitable that neither tthc reduction of
the cost of production or an over-pro
’bu tion has caused the decrease in
price and It G also shown that a great
deal tmwe would be consumed if the
f'cople bad the means with which it
c ' n! id be secured. *
Q. Is there not a possibility that
some one or some “business interests"
may !«» injured to f-osne extent?
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prices ' tor ..... wh it th* ' > uy aa£ ‘ elve
more than they now do for their ser
vices or any Increase of income?
A. The class receiving fixed incomes
of being advanced is atone
the beneficiary of a single gold stand*
Blaine put the case very dearly
1880 when he said: “The destruction
of silver as money and establishing of
^Oltl flS the golf? Ulilt Of VltlUC HlUSt
have a ruinous effect on all forms of
property except those investments
which yield a fixed return in money.
Those would be enormously enhanced
in value and would give « dlspropot
i-on ate and unfair advantage over
other species of property. Few
incomes, however, are absolutely fixed.
Almost every line of business and
1 very product of human endeavor
must be affected advantageously .toy
general prosperity of the masses.
It it be insisted that some will suffer
at least, some inconvenience if not
slight actual loss, I can reply In no
better way. than by using the language
of an old soldier of my acquaintance;
the war broke out I was lead¬
ing a pleasant, prosperous life. My
country called me to face the dangers
of flying shot and shell and-whistling
bullets. Did 1 heed her call I must
give up my peaceful pleasant career
and risk my life, 1 must give up my
$40 per month to receive $1.3. But the
welfare of my countrymen, the fate of
a nation hung in the balance, and 1
my gun.’ Almost the same
condition confronts me today. Ten
million ill-paid or unemployed labor¬
ers, mv countrymen, are appealing to
me. I hear the. complaints, tit' fifty
minions of homeless men, women and
J know that tens of thou¬
sands in this land of abundance are
in want. The future welfare of tay
country is at stake, My duty is clear,
and though I and some with - me be
reduced to bread and water, I 'will
vote for bimetallism' and a return of
prosperity to my country.'’ Because a
roan has a fixed salary or Income to¬
day is no Indieuttiou that his condi¬
tion will he the same next week or
next year. At the caprice of an em¬
ployer he may be dismissed at any
moment and he supplanted by one of
the dozen or more who are waiting for
such a place. Nor is a present fixed
income an assurance to any man that
ids good fortune will descend to his
children and possess them of a like
advantage.
Q. Do not the Republicans favor the
free and unlimited coinage of silver?
A. They say so in their platform,
affirm that we should wait for in¬
agreement.
Q, Well, if it be a condition to be
at all, why not have it at
A.
Q. And if it be not desirable, why
to promote it by international
A.
Cj. Or, if it be In any measure neces¬
what are we to do while waiting
international agreement or in case
failure to secure it?
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The platform does not answer these
and 1 leave them to the
reader........J. J. Thompson’s Financial
The JSryau Dollar,
’The Bryan dollar,” to
which our New York contemporary al¬
ludes with undisguised contempt, was
not invented by Bryan, but was ere
ated by the people of tbe United
*8 rate a acting through their congress,
\Ye make the statement not in the
way of news, but because of the con
firmed habit among a great many
newspapers of sneering at “the Bryan
dollar.” We have some 440,000,000 of
standard Silver dollars in circulation,
largely by paper proxies. All told, we
have silver to the amount of ?550,0(30,
000, reckoned at its coined value. Ev¬
ery penny that has gone out of the
bullion value of silver since the de¬
cline began has caused a loss of mil¬
lions to the people of the United States
—a loss that can only be made good by
a rise in the price of silver. But each
of the despised “Bryan dollars,” al¬
though containing less than 41 cents'
worth of silver, is still good for 100
cents; still as good as gold, for each
has the faith of the United
pledge to keep It a parity with gold,
and the world believes that the
will be kept. In other words,
of these silver dollars requires about
59 cents in fiat to keep it afloat at
Considering the immensity of
stake this nation has in silver, Is it
patriotic, is it wise, to do or say any¬
thing calculated to cheapen that
al;? Is it fitting that officials of
United States treasury and the
money” papers should join in a
of sneers at the ”Bryan dollar”
chuckle with glee whenever values
out of and flat goes into our
000 of silverA-Washington Post
New Ise for Oilcloth.
Oilcloth is the new material for
paring ceilings, the term “paper”
ing used at present in a very
sense, signifying anything that can
put on walls or ceiling. The
tags of an oilcloth Ceiling is
discernible, as dust, like good
is sure to rise, and if one's home is
luminated by gas or lamps there is
the recourse- to the unsightly
Her protectors to keep the celling
getting smudged The oilcloth can
washed frequently and be kept, by
aid of a damp cloth, as good us new
infinite spaces of time or until
moves to a newer apartment The
{ j of putting the on the oilcloth requires
expert, as joining Is not the
i thing, to do. If you think so, try
j The pattern# of oilcloths s« to
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’ j wail i paper or its monochromatic ?
“WE APPLAUD THE RIGHT AND CONDEMN THE WRONG.”
JESUP. GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1808.
THE OUTLOOK IS GOOD
FOR A SWEEPING REFORM VIC¬
TORY IN 1900.
How tli© Kepablicstis MAtfa Gains Tills
Ytf&r In the West—The Adoption of
Direct Tfc#ltf!aticm In South Dakota a
Populist Triumph,
All along the line the opponents of
the gold standard and the allied mo
nopolies are expressing their confi
denee that in two. years more, when
the Hannaites now in full control of all
branches of the national government
have shown their hand, there will be
a complete political overturning and
the people will be in the saddle.
The Kansas City Star, in crowing
over the Republican success in Kansas,
unwittingly proves that the result was
no popular repudiation of free silver,
and that the small Republican major¬
ity was secured simply through thor
ongh organization and unlimited cam
ps ign funds used to bring to the polls
every Republican voter, while nothing
of that, kind was even attempted by the
fusion sts. who merely stated their ar
guments and left the people to vote or
stay at home, as they saw fit. In any
off year the minority party can always
win if it makes the effort and spen
the money necessary to poll its full
vote, while the majority party relies
upon the usual campaign methods
Chairman Ilarma conducted a still hunt
in all of the western states this year
and furnished the money to get the
whole Republican vote to the polls.
The Kansas City Star says: “All this
was done so secretly that the fusionisi
committees bad no idea what they were
up against until the votes were
counted.”
in a presidential election the voters
all vote, and in the west and south the
majority for free silver and against
monopoly control of the government is
as great as it ever was, while the elec
don returns showed that in the middle
west and the east the goldbugs have
decidedly lost ground.
In South Dakota the direct legisla¬
tion Constitutional amendment, sub¬
mitted by the fusion legislature, carried
by a decided majority, thus establish¬
ing forever Populist government In
one state at least —government by the
people. The only reason similar
amendments have not been submitted
in Kansas and other western states is
that the fuslonists did not have enough
votes in the legislatures. They will
have the votes two years hi'r.ce.
The organs of the pawnbroker’s par¬
ty assert, with a good deal of self-com¬
placency, that, they have the senate
“fixed” for the next twenty years, so
that no matter how much the people
may struggle for relief from the ruin¬
ous single standard, they can accom¬
plish nothing during that long period,
li; would indeed be a dark and hopeless
prospect if this were true, but the con¬
ditions do not warrant so gloomy art
outlook. We shall have a Republican
majority in the senate after next
March, but the size of that majority
cannot yet be predicted. There will be
a change o! 30 senators, 15 Democrats,
12 Republicans, 1 Populist and 2 Silver
Republicans. Several of the so-called
Democrats who retire are for the gold
standard, and in changing them for
Republicans we lose nothing, as both
represent the same principles'. In get
Ting rid of them, therefore, we are sim¬
ply clearing the field for action and dis¬
posing of a dangerous and unfaithful
element.
In March, LW1, there will be another
change of 30 senators—11 Democrats,
17 Republicans, 1 Populist and 1 Silver
Republican. The legislatures that will
choose these senators will be elected in
1900, and that is where the great fight
for freedom must be made, We ought
to and must elect a president, a house
of representatives, and gain control of
enougb legislatures to insure a major
ity i n the senate after March. 1901, says
tbe Journal of Agriculture. Greater
revolutions have taken place under far
less vital necessities. Some of the sen¬
ators in this list who are Classed as
Republicans will vote for the people’s
interest on any reasonable proposition
for financial reform, while we shall
certainly replace quite a number of
others with true bimetallists. Among
the latter are Wolcott of Colorado, Ba¬
ker of Kansas, Carter of Montana, Cul
iom of Illinois, Elkins of West Virgin¬
ia, McBride of Oregon, McMillan, of
Michigan. Thurston of Nebraska. War¬
ren of Wyoming, and others. In fact,
| it is impossible to predict the result,
l for the force of the revolution prom¬
ises to be so great that it may make
almost a clean sweep.
PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION,
Some False Assumption* ami
Propositions.
It is often urged that business
be good and everybody prosperous be¬
cause we as a nation can and have pro¬
duced so much, in the way of
tural products and manufactured ar¬
ticles, Production of itself
make business for any length of time,
unless there is a sufficient outlet
that production in the way of
| sumption. The farmer does not
! money, and cannot purchase supplies,
j j no matter be bow has many raised, bushels until of
per acre a market
for that wheat is found and it is
• into money. Nor can. the
.
make a profit by mere production,
i u . could all that would be needed m
l j a dull period would be to start his ma
c^tncry and forthwith lie would
come wealthy These'propositions are
so self-evident that It seems a waste
of space to present them, but as long
as false assumptions are put forward
as facts it will be necessary u> com¬
bat them. The same people who are
now pointing to our ability to produce
as an evidence of our prosperity were
not long ago laying depressed busi¬
ness, idle factories and fifty-cent wheat
to “overproduction." At a great risk
of being accused of mixing politics and
agriculture, says Farm, Stock and
Home, it must be said that it seems
strange to an ordinary observer that
the same conditions of production un¬
der one administration made.- for-' ruin
:uul desolation, while under another
(he y stand for happiness and prosper
’ in< * low-priced wheat today is con
sideicd a blessing, when two years ago
lt was a rurse -
Prosperity Notes.
On a single page of a New York
daily newspaper last week appeared the
following items of news:
Charles Schmidt voluntarily deliv
ered himself into the hands of the po
lice, requesting that he might be com¬
niitted to prison for the winter. “1
have answered countless advertise*
meats.” he said; “I have walked miles
every day. J have performed menial
services for my meals and lodging,
But. despite my constant search, I have
been unable to obtain a position that
me from starvation. I have
no friends or resources, The cold
weather makes sleeping in the parks
a half « Impossibility. l am hungry, weary,
ill.” The magistrate, granted his
request and sent him to prison for six
months,
Hugh Dean? walked the streets of
New York until he fell exhausted. An
ambulance was called, but before it
arrived he was dead. “Starvation was
the cause of his death.”
A company of striking tailors march¬
ed up Fifth avenue, bearing aloft a
placard which all might read. Upon it
appeared the words; "We are the tail¬
ors who have made the coats and
gowns for the richest ladies in the
country, without being able to keep
ourselves and our families from starva¬
tion.”
VVagpg at Home anti Abroad.
A Boston manufacturer’s organ, aftej
making an exhaustive comparison of
the wages paid in cotton mills in Eng¬
land and the United States, is forced
to admit that ‘‘English weavers are aa
well paid as American, and in many
cases better paid!” The same paper
also finds that it costs the English
manufacturer more for spinning than
the American! And yet our cotton
manufacturers must be highly protect¬
ed against the products of the English
manufacturer, and our operatives must
be protected .against the “pauper la¬
bor” that is getting better wages than
they are! These are only added evi¬
dences that we are reaching or have
reached European conditions, the in¬
evitable result of the adoption of a Eu¬
ropean system of money.
Two Kinds of People.
Industrially, I divide mankind into
two great classes—wealth-makers and
wealth-takers. A farmer, a mechanic,
a laborer, is a wealth-maker. A mil¬
lionaire, a usurer, a capitalist, is a
wealth-taker. A tramp is a wealth
taker on a small scale. He begs for
what he gets; the other fellow simply
takes It without begging.—J. A. Edger
ton.
| Reaps What He Has Sown.
Wretched old John Sherman says
that Hanna and McKinley buncoed him
out of his seat in the senate and bit¬
terly complains of their treatment of
him. John, how about that little bunco
game you played upon the American
people in 1873? Are not these men you
complain of pupils of yours?—Silver
Knight-Watchman.
That Is Another Story,
j What, would a barrel of flat paper
j money be worth if the government
j should go down, shouts the offlee-seek
j er? Ah! yes! What would a barrel of
i government bonds he worth if the gov
j eminent should fail? Don't all speak
] at once.—Noble (Ill.) Pilot,
The Right Cauuot Be Beaten,
When I hear a man complaining that
some cause which he has at heart will
be put back for years by a speech or a
book, I suspect that his attachment to
it is a prejudice; that he has no con¬
sciousness; of standing on a rock,—
William Ellery ©banning.
A Thriftless Habib
What an oversight it was on the part
of the Creator to make sleep necessary
for poor folks. Sleep is a non-produc¬
tive, thrift ices, unpatriotic habit, and,
like’ property, was certainly never
meant for the masses,—Coming Nation.
public l tUItte*.
Virginia’s foremost newspaper, the
Richmond Times, says government
ownership of public utilities is un¬
doubtedly becoming more and more
popular, and that it. is useless to deny
the fact.
Bonds Aro All fUght.
Issue lots of bonds, bin don’t make
them',over TVs inches long and 2 inches
wide. Then make them full legal ten¬
der, and pay no interest on them, and
there you are.- Pittsburg Kansan.
They Have it in South Dakota.
Direct legislation will give the pee*
j pie any reform that they want. Rep.
; resentative government will give the
monopolies anything they will pay for
| —The Sentinel.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Meekness makes might.
The right needs no apology.
To live love, is better than to lt*i»
life.
Gratitude is the whetstone of obodi
eDC "'
The faithful servant watches
*
«orkin<v ' fc ‘
Love makes fewer mistakes than
learning.
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Blood ,,, money cannot hush
an accus
mg conscience.
Known, s? how to think aids in know
ing xv hat to ‘V.,k.
Some people are willing to live up
kMrUt.l., bandaged. „U,drcjc, M .
It is our little deeds of love that
g* 1 " « e i ° m gleat Jee<ls of SeU
that are tittle,
The difficulties in the path of duty
disappear when we go forward
though they wore not there.
Some men lay the loadstone of Inst
alongside the compass of conscience,
and then talk about its being a good
guide,—Ham’s Horn.
WORKMEN'S ACCIDENTS,
Ways on "Which They Are Most Frequent
and Why.
Dr, Woiff of iStrasburg, probaby
one of 1 he best authorities m Ger¬
many on workmen’s accidents, Las
been investigating some interesting
and important questions. First, ou
what day of the week do most acci¬
dents occur? Second, at what hour
of the day ? Dr. Wolff bases his gen¬
eralizations on 1071 cases of accidents
which happened in his own district
during 1897. Mondays and Fridays
are the days when most accidents-.oc¬
cur, because, according to his state¬
ment, the drinking shops are most
frequented by workmen on the days
previous, viz., Saturdays, Sundays
and Thursdays. Fewer accidents hap¬
pen on Tuesday than on any other day
of the week because on no day are
drinking houses so empty as on Mon¬
day.
With reference to the hours of the
day, Dr. Wolff states as an undoubted
fact that the hours after breakfast,
dinner ami the afternoon rest are
those signalized by most accidents.
He attributes this to lassitude, h.insect
by the work of digestion, and to the
use made by men of intoxicants dur¬
ing meal times.
He also establishes the fact that in
factories where the meal hours are
greatly curtailed there is an excess the of
accidents over the factories where
men are more liberally treated in this
respect. If Dr, Wolff's statistics can
be corroborated by extending these
investigations to larger areas, temper¬
ance reformers will be in possession
of another powerful argument.
Colors of \jn ifo tin #«
The question of the color of sol¬
diers' uniforms has often been dis¬
cussed from many points of view, and
a number of theories as to the best
shades for the battlefield have been
proposed, only to be upset by subse¬
quent experiments or practical
ence, In Germany the subject has
again been approached, and the re¬
sults of a series of thorough experi¬
ments are not only most interesting,
but quite at variance with the ideas
on this subject previously held.
squad of men was selected for the
tests, and two men were clad in dark
gray, two in scarlet, two in blue, two
in. light gray and two in. green.
they marched across the country
movements were carefully watched,
and it was found that the first to dis¬
appear from sight ".were those
light gray,and then successively
in scarlet, dark gray, blue, and
those in green. The next test
nmde at the rifle-range, to find
color afforded the worst mark for
rifleman, and 20. soldiers, all
shots, Were employed at the expert
mentsi Here it was found that
scarlet, was by fur the most
color to hit, and there were
three misses for the scarlet target
one of any other color. These
ments arc quoted iu t he .British
by those in favor of retaining the his¬
toric red coat, as good and
evidence in favor of the scarlet
form,—New Evening Post.
Ktiglaml*® (rood Wishes.'
the brotherly feeling shown by
Great Britain for America is not
tirely an outgrowth of Our war
Spain, but was most touchingly
dressed a score of years ago by
English novelist, W. Clark Bussell,
in “The Wreck of the
where, in chapter 27, in telling
story in the first person, he gives a
nfost vivid description of the
sinking of the ship he was in and
anxiety with which he looked for
rescuing sail.
Me- describes the joy on sighting
approaching bark, and, after
liow “she brought- her bows astern
us,'' he writes :
“At the :*nme moment she
Hussiftn colors, I was bitterly
pointed when I saw the flag. I
have been equally disappointed
the sight of any other foreign flag Un¬
less it were the Otars and stripea,
which floats? over brave hearts and
a signal to Englishmen almost, as full of w .l
come and promise, as
own loved bit of bunting.”
|-l i' r I fie a of I! i t*u
“Here’s an article for a woman,”
he said, “ou 'Bow to Make,
Attractive to a Man.”
“Before or after marriage?” she
quired, thinking it was a hunt tune to
have a little sport with him.
“After, of course,'’ he replied,
promptly, “No woman ever-loses
knack until- after she uj«rrjes,”
No doubt lie 'was, as she said,
mean old thing.’"— Cb. ago 'Post,
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WIT AND HUMOR.
Updo-Date Jokes ami Witticisms From th;
Comic Papers.
THE HAPPIEST XT AN'.
Who is the happiest man ?
Is Is it he lie that who is is doing wealthy the boat and that great? he
it
can,
Or Iso that governs the State ?
Is it hn that has won a fair maid for
his own,
Or the warrior who makes his foes
scatter ?
No, no; it is he v ho is sitting alone
With a woman who knows how to
flatter.
A HtTTAlU.E NAME.
“If this is your ‘Indian summer,”’
growled the refugee from Mississippi,
blinking dismally and drawing his
raincoat tighter about li is shivering
form, “J know what Indian it was
named after.”
“Well ?” said the curious citizen.
“Kain-ii'-thv-face. ”
TO CHEER A SADDENED SOUR.
Good gracious, Bridget ! I never
dreamed that when J gave you an
afternoon off' you’d come back lug¬
ging one of the funeral vvreaths,.”
Oi am goin’ to sind it to me sis¬
ter’s husband’s aunt, poor soul. She
has boon sick foivo weeks, an* Oi
think it might cheer her up.”
better than a waste basket.
Mildred—What’s the ‘poetic fire.”
one reads so much about ?
Charley--It's generally the fire in
lips editor's grate, if he cau afford to
have a grate in lux office,
Ol-r FOR THE HONEYMOON.
Bridegroom,—I’m afraid we will
look so huppv and contented that
everyone will know we are just
married.
Best- Mas (consolingly].—Don’t
worry, day old. chap.; it will only ‘ be'for a
<>r two. you know !
AN IB R IS P AR A BEB BREAK.
' After-he had kissed her and pressed
her rosy eh- ek against his aud patted
it, o a - l.-d:
“George, do vou shave yourself ?”
“Yes,” he replied.
“I thought so,” she said. “Your
face is the roughest 1 over”- Then
she stopped, but it was too late, and
he went away with a cold, heavv lump
' '
in las breast,
RIGHTNESS,
“You should put your mind on your
work,” said the candid friend,
“I do,” confessed Willie Wisliing
ton. ‘ Tint 1 never cm tell what, mo
merit something irrelevant is going to
come along and brush it off. ”
HIS GREAT WORE,
I-rrat iTofossor. Bn . fc U strange
about: oid Dr. Hard ore; he has taken
to going to ail the dances and after¬
noon teas in town. Do yon suppose
his mind can be affected Z"
Second Professor. “Oh, no; he is
gathering malarial for Lis now work,
Do Women really Reason
SCIENTJFICA/rnV EX nr. AIN Kit,
“There is one tiling in the compli -
rated philosophy.of our existence long that
I have solved and confirmed by:
observation. People who are quick
to anger are just as- quick to get over
it, ”
“'How do you account for it, pro¬
fessor ?”
“I have concluded that they got so
hot that their wrath melts suddenly
away in fervid heat. ’'
nn BUHSED XT*.
“Dawson’s ah awfully extravagant
chap.
’\c-si, he is.”
“Has he got nineli money bark of
him 7
“I’m afraid he has more than
has ahead of him,”
inGHI.V SENSITIVE.
“I’xa going to report Uiat post office
clerk, indignantly exclaimed the
ytntng woman -vith ink on act linger-*,
•<g id ways seemed very polite,
said her eomjMUiion.
“Well, he* isn’t What i-nsine.-s
has he to By to criticise my writing '
. l-UV-v;
NO. 50.
When 1 wont to mail (t lot of poems
be. asked if they weren’t second-class
matter.''
ON’NECESSARY QUESTION.
“Have you be -n getting your hair
cut ?” asked the observant boarder,
as he rubbed his hand over the cross¬
eyed boarder’s! head in that peculiarly
exasperating xvay some men have.
“No,” replied the cross-eyed board¬
er, savagely. “I’ve been having my
shoes blacked. ”
v aoon rum
Lambkin—But, really, is there any
money in this thing you are pushing
so energetically ?
Wo!Ison—There will be, my dear
fellow, when the subscriptions for the
stock come in.
NO C O N SOD ATI ON.
“There's no use in being discour¬
aged, “itemember Victor,” said his William young wife,
that when Cul¬
len Bryant began to write he got only
82 apiece for hi- poems.-.’
“Only .-$2 1” exclaimed the strug¬
gling young literary genius, with bitter
emphasis on the “only.” “If I could
get $2 ajne.ce for my poems, Arabella,
I could make gif) a day i”
HE WAS MVSTITIED.
“What is ibis ?” asked the custom¬
er from i'ptreck.
“It's a kaleidoscope,” replied the
sales-girl.
“How do you play it ?” inquired
the customer, trying to find the
mouthpiece.
NEAR SEDATIONS HIP.
Clarence. - Aigy claims to be di¬
rectly related to Lord Littlebead,
Ethel.—-Dear me! How is t-liat?
. Clarence.—Why. the same girl
promised to bo a sister to both of
them!
a imor.u-'ifJ inventpb.
“I guess that- man has invented
more airships than anybody else iu
the - business. •’
“1 shouldn't have taken him for a
scientist, ”
“He isn't one. He's a rural, eerre
spondent for a western newspaper,”
SYMPATHETIC.
“Ves,” said the. young man, “liter*
ary work is very fatiguing.” so;” replied Miss
“I should imagine
Cayenne. hen I realize that some
authors have to keep their minds on
the stuff they write I feel positively
sorry for them.”
DEFENDING HER AGE,
“Yon have to tel! yonr age when
von register, don’t you, George ?”
■ “Yes.”
“And whether yon are married or
not?”
“Yes.”
“ Well, for toy sake, please, George,
toll thorn that I’m your second wife
j tll!it yon mskrri «d me lata in life.*'
_______
An Anecdote of Admiral Dewey.
Quo afternoon Mr, Dewey cam®
down to my tabic <>u the gun deck,
with an easy air he sat down on a
caiup stool and said quietly:
“Bo you are the ship’s writer J"
“Yes, Mr. Dewey.”
“And those, t presume, are the ship's
books.”
“Yes, sir.” '
“This is your liberty book. Let too
see,” A na Mr. Dewey turned over
leaf after leaf, glancing down the list
with a grrn smile.
“Mr. Kimberly mlD me that you nr»
a conscientious bookkeeper,” he said,
after a paase.
“The men Hunk that r am too much
so. sir.”
Devrey regarded me. with a search¬
ing look,
"Wiiv. what do tbey say?” he asked.
Boylike, impe-rema-iv anxious to
Dim what .1 uub-r M man 1 had to
deal with, I blurted out:
“-'They say they' want less book and
more executive officer.”
Mr. Dewe-y's face dnrkeupd *»d his
square set jaw closed hard,
'-ii They '*<> mean by that thaf they es
pjt . t q !U( sail - ship on siveet words
UU j f.ir promises in spite of past ex
pertenet *. they will be badly out of
u h- -a; 1 Mowij.-Harve*-*
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