Newspaper Page Text
-fif m F"S A " i: v l!i rV 'k s w . 2jii$kjh 1- -& Daily Mirror. 1 i' - L ; ttT- W ' itV. PAGES 17 TO 20 tMBEE' " J-OCfMB XV. NO. 105. !ft MARION, OHIO. SATURDAY EVENING. MABCII 23, 1907. PRICE TWO CENTS pjaVj'y4?ij .it'Jjprt THE MARION i. . I . i.e i SEOTT -t;f'-- " . .. H ' v I 'i U-.w y & & lv. r V 4 mm 4 1$ u zt w t f Bpeclal Washington JLotlcr. wHE fact that tlloro linn been a ill largo theft of public money In .j unicngo some sny tlint It will I amount to n million dollars m tlrnt no nrrcat hns boon mmlo seems to show that "tlioro Is sonic thing rotton in tho slntc of Denmark" Rhd tlio secret service system of tho United States would bo grently strengthened by nn overhauling, fu migation abd renovation. Those Itc ' publican officials In tho Windy city seem to thlnlcittbo proper thing to bo Terjt frco with Unclo Samuel's money. (This nnd other recent happenings in dicate how, greatly a chnngo Is needed Intho, conduct of the government. No tfoubt wjuen Mnchln and his- partners Ipcrlmo, now resident In tho 'West (Virginia penitentiary for malfcnsanco In tho postal department, hear of tho fcearye swag which .their Republican brethren-In Chicago got nwny with hd then think of their own meager stealings .they musf bo In tho frame of tnlnd In which Lord Cllvo found him self, when ho was accused of robbing tho East Indian princes of a few mil lions, w.hcreupon he exclaimed, with a great oath, "When I think of my op portunities, I stand aghast at my own moderation!" A thorough investiga tion Into and shaking up of nil the de partments would do a world of good nnd savo much, money to tho taxpay er In tho days to, come. Of course what's gono Is gone beyond recall. Tho mill will never grind ngnln with, the water that Is past I do not mean by tho foregoing that all tho cniploy 'ees of tho government or oven a largo percentage of them arc dishonest, but I do mean that In many Instances there Is preposterous prodigality in tho expenditure of public funds and in somo "cases .dishonesty. ' Not long a.nce congress was compel led! to pass an act making It a criminal offense for any head of a department to .create a deficiency by spending oqcon "iracting to expend moro money'than was appropriated.- They hnd boon warned tlmo and again not to do so, bu$ they paid no moro attention to tho warnings .than a full feathered duck paya to a gentle April shower. They .went ,on deliberately and serenely making deficiencies till congress collar--ed. thjm,;i And' then they seemed to " think thatfttyey wero badly used. Out in bleeding Kausas (hoy nov,er tiro of. polftjcs.' Governor Hoch has Just been sworn In for his second torm, but already,-a rcdhot campaign is on tfir tho gubernatorial succession. Sev eral candidates art) in tho field, ami n stranger in Kansas would conclude that 'tho Sunflower Stato would elect a governor In a few days Instead of in November, 1008. Tho strangest pnrt of tho Btory is that tho Kansans fre quently grow -weary of their governors during tho two year term nnd refuse them tho Indorsement of a re-election. Their greatest governor was Georgo T. Anthony, but ho could get only one term. Balloy had only one, though ho wanted a second term very much, nnd . they cajno near beating Hoch' for re election.' tin BiBiBiBHiBrvrr'1BiBHiBH & 1 ' SBBiBiBiBiBHHBBKLriBiBiBiBH' IBBiBiBiBiBiBiBHlBiBiBHsBk 7- Z'iBiBiBiBiBiBiBa m kBiBiBiBiBiBiBlBiBHPrf$''PiSBH tfk BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHiS'0 7-5 &ti?LA JkPBBBBBBI 81 ' bbbbbbbbbbbbHPFKwW-NH k ' ; IMIiBrHBBBBV:-'';nKVMy T .- MSlBBBBBHBBBBK-'TC'VVHHKtr S"1' 'BV-'JnrBBBBBBBBBBBBBWd&J'''!iVNkKia BU I fBBBMfellMriP ?-VkaMiaMWsMBllBW M H-'v ' II 'X MRS. HILL-TREV0R, BRITISH BEAUTY. Olio of tho noted beauties of lUltlsh society Is Mrs. Hlll-Trovor, who cumes a dlstijigulsUod family nnd married Into ono still moro distinguished. Hllb vnr l the fnmllv uanio of tho second Huron Trovor, prC'fiont holder- of Uie f freyosi broMt'cy''wilci Vns crchtcd lu 1B30. crftie ,' Mri.'HJll-Tiovor Is foud of ",Mlfl.-.V -i" 'WTfm ,V'4?-" U TT St tt Clark! 9 n Government Department Need Invest! gallon People! Money Squandered. A Suggestion Denatured Alcohol. n Plain Talk by Mr. Sims. Judgo Sims of Tenucsseo docs not set up for a gltncrnck orator, butthero is no mnn In the house who talks moro sensibly thnn he. Ho (s n plain, blunt man who loves not only his friends, but the truth' also. Ho Is a terror to tho looters of tho treasury. Ills hon esty nnd courngo arc proverbial with the members. On n proposition for tho District of Columbia to pay two or threo prices for some land Brother Sims delivered this brief but forcible ,'epecch: ' Mr. Chairman, I nlsh to opposo this appropriation bccnilso It Involve moro than tlio mcro amount appropriated. Ev erybody who has nny land In this Dis trict that ho cannot sell to a speculator or to his neighbors endeavors to sell It to tho government I know of ono gontle man who hns a lot of Mils, ruts and ra vines that nro not tit for anything except to furnish shado who Is trying to unload them on tho' government for park pur. poses. Another party or parties who have u pleco of land a llttlo nearer heaven than any other spur In tho District, with no shado on'lt, want to unload It on tho gov ernment for tho purposo of furnishing frco sunshine. So that you con go down Into tho cool, shady, damp, musty hollows In Rock Creek park and got cold, nnd then you can go on tho sun clothed heights of Meridian hill and get hot, and vlco versa. They want a park hero nnd another yonder and everywhere, and ev erybody that has any Innd ho caTlnol sell to anybody clso endeavors to unload It on tho Government for A street or an avenue or to havo nnother park. As tho gentleman from Kentucky has asked, I would llko to know whether men could recover their senses by working on hills llko thoso In tho land to bo pur chased In this bill. Why not provldq for condemnation proceedings Instead of put ting It on tho government In this way? No doubt porno of theso propositions aro log rolled through. This particular ono may not havo been, but It Is tlmo to stop encouraging this port of thing In tho city of Washington. Every tlmo wo try to reduco tlio government's sharo of taxes In this District of Columbia wo aro met by. tho statement that tho government owns moro thnn half of all tho real es tate In this District, leaving Insufficient property on which to levy taxes, thus making it necessary for ,tho government to pay nt least half tho burdens otvthe city and District. Unloading on Undo 8am. And yet every man. that I know any thing about who has a bad job on his bands' is trying to unload It on tho gov ernment. Now, wo nro asked to buy ev erything south of Pennsylvania avenue lying, between tho avenuo and tho mall; to buy power houses, theaters, meat mar kets, hotels, railroad odloos and all other buildings In that 'strip Of laud, because tho property Is offered at a bargain and Is going up. Nino times qut of 'n it Is just as tho 'gentleman from Now York said nbout this property It. Is going down. Tlio city Is building nwny from It, private Individuals do not want it, nnd immedi ately tho government Is asked to becomo a llurcftuser. How long has it been slnco this hoUso heard nothing but tho benudes, glories nnd necessities of a hall of rec ords? Somebody hurt soma land to sell. When they got It sold wo heard no mora nbout tho hall of records. So It goes on nil tho tlmo. Hock Creek park must bt Increased, tho Hues must bo strnlghtcncd, Anacostla must havo a park, Georgetown must havo a park. Wo nro naked to ap propriates for parks, streets and avenues Without llmlti Tho superintendent says they need thU land, but ho docs not present nny very convincing reason why they need It. In my opinion thin is another attempt to un load undesirable property on to tho gov ernment. People who havo good prop erty that la advancing rapidly in prlco do not usually show as much anxiety to get rid of It. I havo always fought shy ,of Llko most KiiglUhwomen of tlio arlsto. outdoor sports', lu society sho la a proinli II bargain counters. What wo purchnso on bargain counters usually lu the end costs heavily. I say let our genorous minded landowners hero In Washington keep their bargains nnd pay taxes nnd get tho benefit of tho Inovltablo ndvnnco in values thoy so confidently predict whon endeav oring to unload their undesirable stuff on tho tnxpnyers of tho wholo country. Let us voto down all such propositions. Tho house took Judge Sims nt his word and promptly voted down tho proposition. A Presidential Suggestion. A writer lu ono of tho Washington city papers suggests tho name of Hon. Samuel McCall of tho Harvard district of Massachusetts for the Itcpubllcan presidential noinlnntlon. Of course no body commissioned mo to select Itc publican candidates for tho presi dency or any other office, but I give It as my opinion for what It Is worth that tho Ilopubllcans might go much further nnd do much worso thnn to nominate Mr. McCall. Ho Is a scholar, a geutlcmnn, a philosopher and a speaker of great force. I havo never henrd a mnn who uses tho English Inn guago with moro grace and delicacy than Mr. McCalL It Is n delight to listen to his polished periods.. As to. veroai' precision no is tlio equal of John James Ingnlls. Ho Is honest as tho day and Independent as a hog on Ice, as we say out In tho Mississippi volley, nnd there's tho rub so far as his presidential nomination Is concern ed. Ho too frequently nets on his own Inltlntlvo and too frequently kicks out of tho. party traces to ploaso tho bosses. They want a moro pliable man. If elected, ho would mako n clean, capable nnd pntrlotlc president. Though representing the Harvard district, ho was neither born nor educated In tho old Bny State. Denatured Alcohol Once More. After hard trials and grenj tribula tions tbo friends of the house denatur ed alcohol bill got It placed upon tho statute books. Senator Aldrlch of Ithodo Island fought It tooth and unll for fear It would damage the Standnrd Oil, !but ho was finally rolled decisive ly. His way of doing It to death was by nn amendment requiring tho per sonal presence of a United Stntes rev enue officer nt nil times when denatur ed alcohol was being distilled, whereas tbo house bill provides for scaled- tanks to which a federal officer cnrrlcs the keys. These tanks arc bo constructed that no ono savo the revenue official with tho key can get ono drop of the stuff out. In this way ono revenue of ficer can easily look after several stills, thereby reducing tho cxpenso to tho minimum. This will enable oven small farmers to couvcrt thelf surplus prod uctsanything containing starch or sugar Into denatured alcohol, which Is destined to revolutionize beating, light ing nnd motlvo power. That wos pre cisely what Aldrlch feared. Those of us In tho house who havo. been active lu pushing the bill sent word over to the senate that if the Aldrlch amend ment should bo added wo would kill our own bill In tho houso rather than havo It emasculated by tho Aldrlch amendment, which would havo con verted a tiptop bill into u legislative gold brick. Many members of tho houso deserve honorablo mention In this connection, but Hon. Ebenezoj J. III1I of Connecti cut Is entitled to first place. Ho work ed llko a boavcr nnd haunted tho son ata chamber until ho made llfo a bur den to some of tho conscript fathers. Hill Is tho most Industrious mortal I ever clapped my eyes on nnd In this caso rendered tho country splendid service; A Commoner. Tho wolcoino which Hon. James Brycc, British ambassador, has met In America breaks tho record. It seems that, everybody Is glad that ho has como among us. It Is a pleasure to meet him. Tho enthusiasm for blin grows out of two or threo things. IIo wroto "Tho American Commonwealth," decldodly tho best book over-written nbout us by a foreigner. Ho has visit ed this country mnny times before. IIo Is distinguished In his own Innd. Ho has a charming personality. Ho Is a commoner. It Is In keeping with the oterunl fitness of things that a plain, untitled mnn should bo ambassador to Washington. No doubt his official resi dence hero will bo of advantage to both countries. In politics ho Is a Lib eral, and Americans, at least n vast majority of them, havo always had a friendly feeling for tho I.lDbrols of Great Britain, nnd whllo of courso a foreign ambassador Is not oxpocted or permitted to tako a hand in our poll tics, as Lord Sackvlllo West can tes tify, still It Is sofo to say that Mr. Bryco will bo a closoand Intelligent ob server of our political performances and Svlll mako many notes for uso In bis own political activities at home. Thero Is no sort ottroublo betwixt us and Great Britain, and there Is no pros poet, of nny. In fact, ns President Znchary Taylor said In his first mid orijy annual messago to congress, "Wo aro nt poaco with all tho nations of the earth nnd tho rest of mankind," so tho chances aro that Ambassador Bryco will hayo n delightful sorvlco In tho Innd of tho frco und tho homo of tho bravo, - Sober Old Connecticut, Who said that race prejudice Is con fined to tho south? All who believe fjny suchvtowfoolory would do well to glue their optics to this dispatch; , Hartford, Conn. Tho supreme court of the stato has just hnnded down a decision to the effect that barbers In the state need not shnve colored men, Tho deci sion was reached ,on nn appeal from a superior court decision In Ilridgeport by Henry It. Foulkncr, a colored man, who brought suit ngnlnst Thomas Holnzzl, a barber of that City. Solnzzl refused to shnve Poulkner, his defense .being that his barber shop wos not a placo of public accommodation within tho meaning of Alio law. Tho supremo court upholds that Contention. Ther you arc, gentle renders, squnre ly up nguliist proof positive that race prcjudlco Is not conllucd to the south. Connecticut Is' so conservative that sho has earned tho 'sobriquet of "the laud of steady hnblts." She Is solidly Ho publican. Both her United Slates sen ators nnd nil her representatives In congress arc Republicans. So nro the supremo court Judges who rendered that decision, which hnd It been ren dered by a southern Democratic court would have been bruited as a great out rage. And Connecticut Is n northern stnte. Surely that decision ought to tench somo pcoplo something. Como to think of It, hero Is another opportunity for President llo'osovclt to wield his big stick. lie forced the .Taps into tho San Francisco public schools by terrifying California sena tors and representatives In congress with n war bogy. The Callfornlnns seem to havo been ns badly scared about a war wllh Japan as tho Bos toneso wero scared about our skirmish with Spain in the spring nnd summer of 1S03. During those sultry days whon a president was making In Cuba no gonulno Bostonlan went to his vir tuous couch nt night without expect ing to bo shelled out of his bed before morning. To bo consistent tho presi dent should forthwith order tho su preme court of Connecticut to reverse that decision nnd should then order Hint barber to shavo that "cullud gemmnn." Such a. proceeding would not bo a particle. more high hnnded thnu his caper in .the California school case. v Joe Sibley. With deep affection , And recollection I often think of Joseph Crocker Sibley of Pennsylvania, nnd so do many others with whom be served In congress. So do nil others, In faet, who wero brought Into associa tion with him. God jevcr gave to any man n moro generous' heart or a more lovable character. Everybody regret ted bis quitting congress, which ho did not only voluntarily, but ngalust tho dcsjre of his constituents. In his long career In tho housb ho never said a cross word to any member, but spoko words of kindness and did deeds of kindness wherever ho had an oppor tunity or wherever he' could mako nn opportunity. IIo was a successful member and discharged his duties In telllgwitiyaudiifnlthfully. Many men duplicate that. Tho thing which en deared him to many Is that ho Is a lover of his fellow men, quick to rec ognize their virtues, chnritnblc, almost blind, to their faults, IIo Is a wealthy man nnd dispenses charity not only cheorfully, but enthusiastically. IIo made his money himself, having la bored with his own hands In his younger days nt tho hardest sort of work. IIo looks nftor his employees with pnrnntnl affection, nnd if all largo employers of labor treated their em ployees ns Sibley treats his there would not bo nnother strlko while tho world endures. Ho had ns many friends In tho houso ns.nny ;mombcr. perhaps more. Their benedictions will rest upon lilm all his days. Addled.', There aro certain professors In tho University of Chicago who appear to bo absolutely addled. To uso a horsy phrase, they nro rattle headed. Not long slnco ono of them declared that John D. Hockcfoller is a greater literary character than Shakespeare. To John D.'s credit bo. It said' that ho promptly squelched that sycophnut. That professor was a llttlo later "rais ed" at his own gnnio by another pro fessor, who declared that nil religious songs, hymns, psalms and chants nro mcro doggerel. Now comes still an other, who proposes to establish a de partment to teach folks how to mako love. Somewhere, somo time, somehow, thoro may' havo been a more asinine suggestion. If so, It has escaped ob servation. Why, bless my soul, love making was tho first lesson learned by Adam nnd Eve, nnd when Gabriel blows his horn ho will Interrupt multi tudes of Adam's sons popping tho old, old question. So Georgo W. Perkins has refunded to tho Insurance company tho $48(0K) of which ho looted It' to holp the Ilo publlcans buy tho presidency. This goes to show that even ,Perklns thinks that tho threo suprome.coiirt Judges who said ho hnd committed a crlmo know moro nbout It than tho four Judges who .said ho didn't. Wouldn't Trust It. "You reckon you'd 'irtdko do trip tor heaven of dar wits' a, elevator gwluo "No, sub! Kazo I xj-oll knows of I wuz In dot elovntor dodovll would bo sho' tor bo pullm' dd,roie!"At!anttt Constitution. 'Ayi -v mmsml t.tf. r-vt.. IE PERKINS FAMILY They Have Their Usual Dispute Over a Trifling Matter. THE LONG PROMISED FURNACE Why Mr. P. Did Not Place It In Hit House Exhibits Thirteen Different Roasons Mrs. P. Calls Him a Cap sheaf. Copyright, 1&7, by M. M. Cunningham. Mr. nnd Mrs. Perkins had been seat ed around tho family hearthstone for half an hour or so, nhd ho was rend ing the evening paper while she was d'arniug u stocking, when sho looked up and quietly asked: "Mr. Perkins, what would bo tho consequence of that coal stovo falling downV" "You mean with a flro In It, of courso?" "Yes." Ho regarded tlio stove from his rock ing choir for a moment and then roso up nnd regarded It from n standing mMB; Vvv AXTy furym yo-o yr "WITH A. IIOAB THAT IS HEA1U roll HAW A MIL1S AliO U.N 1). " position. IIo then gnvo it a shake and looked at tho stovepipe aud slowly an swered: "Mrs. Perkins, I havo uo wish to ex aggerate, but I may tell you that If that stove fell down with n reasonably hot flro in it at tho tlmo tho conse quences would bo disastrous. The chances would be nine out of ten that tho houso would bo burned to tho ground. Why do you nskV" "Because about an hour, beforo you came honjo I went to put In a scuttle of coal and I found one of tho legs al most worked out. Tho slightest Jar would havo sent tho stovo tuinbltug. I was so startled that I haven't got over It yot." "It was n wifely thing on your part, Mrs. Perkins, to look nt tbo legs of tlint stovo. Not ono wife In a buudrcd knows or cares whether u stovo has two legs or fdur or nny legs at all. I compliment you." Samo Old Coal Stove, "Thanks. Thoro Is another llttlo mat ter I want to refer to. About tbo mid dlo of last July as wo sot on tlio ve randa ono ovonlng wo somehow touch ed upou tho subject of winter beating. You then nnd there declared with u good deal of emphasis that this house should bo heated this winter by a fur nace. I called your attention to the fact that wo havo tbo samo old coal stovo beforo us vt'lth Its dirt niid dust. Havo you any remarks to make?'' "Let mo sec let us see," ho mused as ho felt for his memorandum book. "May, June, July. Ah, hero It Is. Un der tho dnle of July 19 I havo written: " 'Sut on tho veranda with Mrs. P. after supper. Sho was In her usual complaining moo1. Weather hotter than blank. Mrs. P. said that sho was do baucd from society becnuso wo didn't havo n furnnco lu tho bouse. I prom ised one for tbo winter, aud bIio quit kicking.' "Yes, Mrs. Perkins, you nro right. My diary proves that you nro right." "Well, havo wo got a furnace?" "I can't truthfully sny that wo have." "And why not, If you please?" Mr. Perkins got up and walked tho length of tho room threo or four times nnd pondered over tho matter nnd then sat down aud said: "My dear second wife" "Tjhero you go!" sho Interrupted. "You never miss nn occasion to throw that fact at me." Should Keep Wives Separate. "Softly, dearest. I sometimes speak of you as my second wife so us not to get you mixed up with my first. Ono should keep his wives separate. What I was going to say when you Interrupted mo with what seemed un due beat was that tho busbaud who won't promise his wlfo a furnnco for winter on ono of tho hottest days of midsummer has no philosophy about blm. Wo will mark that 'Kxhlblt A.' Again, within two days after .making tho promise I ran across Johnston. Ha Is lu tho furnnco business. I spoko to him regarding tho furnace, and bo said It would cost moro to put it lu than tho houso Is worth. ,Wo will class thot as 'Exhibit B. "Determined not to stop until I bad nil ppsslhjo b3jprmatkinl flguredon zmmm&0& . nus.s?iai ; is. ? WMfkS 4?5&ie&5---i' S -it-. 4UM. Wtf rttaW- .rT31 ' f 'iVia- janarc-ia f.ix'atxitrir I'm tho coal. I figured It down to n dead certainty that It would tako ten tons of coal f ruu It through thu season. That would bo placlnv ourselves In tbo grip of tho coal barons, nnd wo will clnss that ns 'Kxhlblt f V " "It would take two months to Install tho furnnco. nnd dlirlng that tlmo the workmen would hpvo possession of tbo house. 'Kxhlblt D,' my dear. "Then I consulted ull medlcul nnd ' i Bclcnliilc authorities available, nnd 1 ' ,llS..nvnrn.1 roimo Ititnri.stliiif r.,rt. lint ! air from a furnnco will cause numer ous ailments nnd Is particularly pro ductive of pneumonia. It nlso causes all the furniture to shrink nnd wnrp; wnrrnnted to draw threo legs off a sofa Inside of a month. That Is 'Kx hlblt K. "In ono year tho hot air furnaces of America caused tho destruction of -IS,-0Q0 homes. Coal stoves caused only a loss of nbout 1230. Wo class that ns Kxhlblt IV "If we hnd a furnnco nnd It con sumed ten tons of coal during the sea son, thero would bo the ten tons to feed lu nnd the nshes from the ten tons to take out und dump Into tho nlley. Owing to my Inino back I could not do tho work, und consequently It would fall on you. Would it be right for n husband to put such a burden nn his second wife? It certainly would not. Wo put that down as 'Kxhlblt G." "I knew you would answer mo with Just such nonsense!" exclaimed Mrs. Perkins after Standing It ns long ns sho could. "I'or Ilvo years, my dear, people poked fun nt Diogenes nnd paid that he talked nonsense. Today It Is uni versally conceded that ho w:s the greatest philosopher tho world ever saw. Dr. Bombs, who Is tho greatest medical authority lu Kurope. says of hot ulr furnaces, 'They ore responsible for rats, mice, cockroaches, bugs nnd all sorts of germs und microbes.' In fnco of that, my dear, what was I to do? That Is 'Kxhlblt II." As to "Exhibit I." "Once more.. Gases nro liable to ac cumulate In hot nlr furnaces. You sit here' sewing, nnd I urn downtown try ing to.ralso tbo money to buy n ton of coal. All Is peaceful and serene. You nro totally unsuspicious of danger. All of u sudden, without tbo slightest winning and llko u bolt from tho blue, thoso accumulated gases explodu with a roar that is heard for half a mllo around. Wo mark that as 'Kxhlblt I. "A groat cloud of smoke is seen In tho nlr, with debris Hying lu every di rection. Tbo flio engines arrive. Tho (imbalance Is rung for. A great crowd gathers. Fragments of your arms and legs nro gathered from the surround ing roofs. 'Kxhlblt J.' "I havo failed to raise tho plunks for tho ton of coal and am on my way homo wheal I seo the cloud of smoke, hear tho confusion and havo u feeling that disaster has overtaken you. I start on n run. 'Kxhlblt K. "I nrrlvo on tlio scene. I learn what has happened. I look upon tho black ened fragments. I know that you nro no moro on earth and that tho chances of my getting a third wlfo aro nil. Thu crowd sympathizes with mo und ad vises mo to braco up. 'Kxhlblt 1..' "But I cannot do so. 1 feel that nil Is lost, and I lllng myself Into tho blazing ruins nud am roasted allvo nnd Join you lu that other land, nnd tho Perkins family Is wiped off the face of tho earth. That Is 'Kxhlblt M.' Gives Her Chance to Say Something. "Mrs. Perkins, I hnvo called your attention to thirteen different exhibits, beginning with A and ending with M. Hnvo you anything further to say?" "Yes, sir, I have," sho replied. "Of WW'M JBaVHaiBlBBBBBBBMBfBBBBBBBEs! a j slhBll if HmHu -j 7 iwi ,.i'I '" LHaVv." '''' St m t&i K&y aag--4y;ry-?JV?-'-v4--.a'?i?T'Jaaaal j MWr iseiaafwywaii..vi wawn? wjejaaaB LADY MILBANKE, AN IRISH BEAUTY. Lady Mllbnnko, wlfo of Captain Sir John Penlston Mllbnuke, U saW to b tho most beautiful Irishwoman lu Kngllsh society. Tbo wadding of tb Mll bankes about seven years ago was a great soclnl ovent. Immediately aftsr ward Lady Mllbanko accompanied her husband to South Africa, whan ttw latter' won the Victoria "cross for distinguished bravery in action against the Boer patriots. Tho Mllbankcs hnvo a son and heir five years of age wfco rlll taherjt Blr Jobn;s jnoldJ?jUJtusj.ox4, ( nil tbo mean husbands lu this stato I think you nro th6 capshcafl" "My dear second" ' j "Stop right there, slrl" , "My second without tho dear" "Kuough, slrl Tho Inst bit of coal wo havo In tho tfouso is Inltho stovo, and I shall lenvc you to kjocp warm on your philosophy. h I nui going to bod." Mr. Perkins sat for threo or four .,...., i.. .. ...i ..... " "l'r uwnpiicnranco n.m t',ls,1L,,1 off llIs sHPI'" nlld crncltcd 111 j toes and then musingly exclaimed: "What n woman! I wanted to savo her life, but sho wouldn't hnvo It that wnyl" - M. QUAD. Whero tho Shoo Pinches. First Magnate This problem of tak ing enro of tho poor Is n hnrd one. Second Magnate Most dlfllcult. It's easy enough to get money from them, but It ruins them to give It back. New York Life. On tho Scent. Beggar (to blind ditto) You hnvo no dog with you. How do you llnd your way home? Blind Beggar-It's all done by smell. For Instance, from hero I go past thu shops, and when I hnvo smellcd cheeso threo times, cook shops four times nnd chemists twlco Mum to thu left and urn at home. Pelo Side. A Recipe For Kisses. -Tako a tilt of dark plnzza, AUU somnjnoonllKlit not too much rresn In two strong hands n small one, Add of coy rcservo n touch: Sift In Juat a pinch of folly Mixed with softly whispered sighs; Of romnnco ndd two smnll teacups And tho starlight of her eyes. Then dlssolvo somo pure emotion In n lonKliiR and a laiijjli: Mix n grain of deep affection With a bit of merry chaff; Add an ouncn of mild resistance. Two of yleldltir then In mute. Inexpressible enjoyment Servo In quantities to suit. Nixon Wutcrman In Qt. Louis Republic' The Man With tho Shovel. With burdened look upon his mug he dona Hte mltt, nnd then, with shovel firmly "r'" grasped IIo makes grim onslaught on tho snowy porch In manner qulto heroic. Frequently IIo pauses, looks around to sec It he's Observed from neighboring windows. It ho Is, IIo straightway chesty gets, for then ho knows They think bo's all tho crcum. And soft ho says, "Oh, I'm tho noblo husband every time!" Tho porch cleaned off, ho pipes the snow- clnd walk That stretches out a hundred feet or moro And thinks 'tis tlmo for him to catch his car, But bo must finish or enduro a piker's lot. And ho ho shovcU on and on, and f,or a chniiRO llo nlBo sometimes shovels off nnd off. At Inst, when nil Is dono nnd musclos uche, Comes floating from tho kitchen, "John. bo ouro To feed tho furnace, for I think It'.i nearly out!" Mllwaukco Sentinel. SPlfP 1 !M ? ''M m m I ' t'tt '. ' I ' m wvi, V ritY' - ' A .4VlilS T lir' ''f. - r.-?. v-v Hi J .HI ' 9f 1, M t 'v a M l" r " H-r ,'Sv' wr.. '.V VI t .t ! b ."' . y . lit b ' . J5ffe I .nai i t :, a ' e 'jw 't jk rt. i& W-s : mMr