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V France Looking to the Future
Fruce has been accused of encouraging the Pole to attack the bolshe
viki to farther her ova interests. It has been said that her principal motlY
was to brine about a situation in Russia which would make it possible to
collect the debt the old Russian government owed to Trance.
Whether these allegations be true or not it Is not unreasonable that
Franc should desire developments in Russia that would insure the pay-
ment of the debt and the Is not to be blamed for helping alone a moTement
looktas t that end.
It la an honest debt that Russia owes France 'and If the bolabevlk gov-j-nment
were a responsible government It would guarantee its payment
fhn policy of repudiating debts is one ot the features of bolsheTlsm that
utlaws It in the Kind of honest people.
But there Is a deeper motive than this behind the action of France in
xtendlng aid to the Poles when they were hard pressed. - The statesman-
Up of France It appears is more fareeeing than that of other European
ountriea. France is taking no chances on what Germany may do in the
atarav'x-
Tha French living next door to .the Germans are determined that their
Ictary shall not be brought to naught by a Central European combination
at might threaten her existence in the near future. The French believe
at the Germans are desirous of forming sn alliance with soviet Russia
.1 iwf the resources of Russia in re-establishing herself as 'a menace to
rane and Western Europe.
Should the Red Russians overwhelm Poland and advance their borders
Germany a German-Russian combination would no doubt be formed that
jcJJ endanger France.
ta secognbdng General Wrangel and in aiding the Poles to drive Jbe
Zant ot Poland France is unquestionably acting indirectly to prevent
y iwvtval of German power to strike back at her. In an important sense
jce) la acting in self-defense. In her precarious situation it Is necessary
r her to he constantly alert to counteract any development that may en-
to future.
Wore the League of Nations functioning properly and where the treaty
iwexm France England and America to protect France in force it might
t b necessary for France to act upon her own initiative in the European
loailon but being more or less dependent upon herself for protection her
SYacament la taking the only logical course in safe-guarding ihe future of
Yanca.
Ot all the nations that were engaged In the war on the side of the allies
Yanoa has pursued the most consistent course since the armistice was
gned.
; The Texas Rice Crop
Among the most important food products grown in Texas must be'listed
ice which is produced almost exclusively in this State In the southeastern
actios with Houston and Beaumont as the principal markets and dlstribut-
g canters.
Btoa la to form a larger part of the State's food production this year aa
w result ot the increased Interest in the rice growing industry Inspired by
he) profitable prices received lsst year and as a result of the favorable crop
auditions which have made the yield per acre above the average.
According to the local office of the bureau of crop estimates. Federal de-
artntent of agriculture the acreage in rice in Texas this year is 281200
ompared with 117000 last year. The yield per acre Is 31.1 'bushels com
arad with 32 last year and 30 the year before.
On this basis the fbtal production in the State thia year should be 9094-
39 bushels against 6588000 bushels last year according to the local bureau
r aa Increase of 2106000 bushels.
Th Southern Rice Growers' association has just fixed the minimum
rioa for tha opening of the season at IS per barrel for No. 1 and No. J
-a4ea; 5 There are 8.67 bushels in a barrel and the State's production in
xrell is thus seen to be a little less than 1500000 barrels. If all the
oe Were ot the best grades the returns from the Texas rice crop should be
proximately 20000000. Granting that much of it will be of lower grade
e income tram Jice will yet be. probably $12000000" or $15000000.
Last year the Southern Rice Growers' association fixed a minimum price
f 10 per barrel but much of the rice sold brought $12 to $13 per barrel.
Even with tha lower price this year the farmers should receive about
much tor their product as they received last year as the production
amines to be much larger.
This Is a situation which is favorable to both producer and consumer.
arger supplies and lower prices for food products Is what the country
eda. 'The rice situation looks good from all standpoints Just now.
Early Morning Observations
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The UMuasitive subscriber of Wharton wants te
know how we reach the coochtsioa' that Tammany
Hall is sa organlaatioa representtag pure pounca aa
skyscrtplng ideals Easy v enough. - Every tiaieSre
went to tMak wen t l aaamany yn jmm spcaa
t tbiakinc of Big BH Tkempioa's gaag of poitu-
cal devus ia Ckicafo. That ceatparisoa enaeMM
Taaamlny. ' ''
The story from Uarioe TO. that a aMviag plctare
is accepting dead rats ss adausaiee nckata .te
his shew and that many women are getting ia that
way it unnatural and unbeUevabk. If k were dead
tiger or elephant w could readily believe it A
woo u would fight a lion at tha drop of a set to a
rat caa nm her out of the county.
Tames Hamilton Lewis told the Amencaa Bar as
socUtion that the United States waa going te have
another great war which woald grow out of tha re-
venge of Germany th vengeance ot Russia and the
Oriental hatred of Japan. Anyway it wont costs
until all our defensive facilities' hav fallen into
decay.
Is Trail's End a jumping att place to w kUa
Barnstormer Bryan traveled ia 1806?" asks th Bos-
ton Transcript No. There arc two end to every
trail the atarting cad and th terminus. Trail' End
is where Jimmy Cox started. jThe other tad is th
White House. It's no troohle to answer question.
Our reputation didn't suffer so much during th
campaign. As we understand it to men as wbo ui-
agreed with u only charged that we were a drunkard.
liar a slanderer sn enemy of virtue a hypocrite a
traitor a bolshcvist aa anarchist a fool and aa idiot.
But then we were not running for office.
It is estimated that there it a shortage of 1000000
homes in Americs. Judging by the number of peopl
who live in their cars we can't believe it. Aa aooe
is our factory for "God Bless Our Car" mottoes U
completed we intend to have this beautifuj sentiment
artistically framed and put on the market.
Another thing that proves that th Ohio repttb-
icans are loainc in political tcumea is that aom of
them are demanding that Jimmy Cox resign th Ohio
governorship. They seem to forget that bylaw No.
of our party is. Never relax one clutch until some
thing better is clinched.
From the wiy our alleged "practical" statesmen
talk when discussing the sorrowful condition in Eu-
rope one Would think glutting one's own belly is the
supreme philosophy of life and the ultimate of hu
man culture.
The Crisis in Cotton
Tha wide decline in the price of cotton has naturally led to the belief
'X other than legitimate economic influences have been at work in the
jak.. Since J3ie prices of other commodities hare fallen only slightly ln
:neral it la BOt reasonable to assume that there is warrant for cotton to
idlna from 4J cents to 29 cents within a few months.
At present prices the farmer receives about $75 per bale less ban the
ie) that ruled when he planted his crop last spring or practically one-
5rd lees than he had reason to expect he would get when he started the
i 1m tntMns Us crop his expenses have been on the basis of costs of gen
al tteimoditles with which cotton prices were in accord last spring.
Tha whole situation is that while what the cotton farmer has to buy has
clined In price scarcely at ail what be has to sell is now priced st least
s-third below the general level of values.
II Is obvious that some concerted action must be taken to prevent the
mats ot Texas from being forced to sell their product so far below cost
Th Federal reserve board has indorsed the idea of member banks ex
Sag all the aid possible in helping the farmers to market their crop
lastly; although It is advising strict economy on the part of farmers and
!nf that no unnecessary burden be placed upon the banks.
Unless action be taken soon before the bulk of the crop piles on the
zsL the farmers may be in almost as bad a predicament as in 1914
a tits price slumped so disastrously for lack of buyers.
It is up to the banks and the farmers to co-operate in a movement that
1 counteract the bearish attitude of the spinners. If Texas is to enjoy
prosperity that was expected from its crop this season the Interests st
t to depress cotton prices must be made to understand that they are
-dng to be allowed to buy this crop at their own prices.
1.
Consolidation of Rural Schools
j opening of the Agricultural end Mechanical college consolidated
! this fall should arouse new interest In tlfe State in the movement
solidatlng rural schools for this school will doubtless prove a model
will Inspire the people In many counties to pattern after it.
i rural districts have been consolidated a splendid new building
la a central location equipment is being installed and a competent
! teachers has been employed. An omnibus will carry the children
am the school.
'anal agriculture domestic science and arts and manual training
-jght as well as the grammar grades and the high school courses.
1 will be affiliated with the higher institutions of learning.
uld seem to be an Ideal arrangement of the educational facilities
1 districts. In this school the children in the. five districts will
Hy all the advantages that are offered in -the big city school
est approach to transplanting the city school to the country
1 as 7t been made. It means tor that section at least the
tie baa or two-room school which at best wss but A make-
scatlonal Institution. The consolidated school will cost but
t the total cost of the five small schools.'
sell president of the Agricultural and Mechanical college
tha organiiaUoa of this consolidated district jand the
tral school. Is to be commended for his interest in tha
meat ot it should commend It.far and wide throughout
' its other communities to take up the movement
Every time a centenarian dies we are reminded by
reflection that. Saturday-nighting for three-quarter
of a century did not abortea their lives. We vote the
bathtub ticket but can not fly into the face of history.
The Minneapolis Journal discussing the "Instinct
of Cleanliness" says everything except the small boy
likes its bath. The Journal editor has probably never
attended a political rally 00 the East Side.
If Lillian Russell and Theda Bara go on the stamp
for the republican ticket we intend to put Our Mary
Pickford and Dorothy Dslton with her champion
complexion right on their trail.
Washington ssyl the prices of fruits and vege-
ables continue to decline. We have observed it.
You can get eight slices of cucumbers for so cents
now st our cheap restaurants.
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Twenty-five Kansas City teachers have resigned
to marry. That s the other cause of teacher short
age. In other words the trouble is matrimony and
not enough money.
: hmt3 f.Ixddkton Cos vr
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' By trbert Corey. sT ' '
COLUMBUS. Ohio At ssV-Xkra is something
paththe ia the picture of tiled littl "Jimmy Con
during hU'twehr years el Uf oaki father's fam.
One sees him is. tvery story told of those day of
youth aa an earhest inquiring intelligent little (has.
aatereetcd in everything trying kit ant to aiorat
bwt elwtyt at werk. H never seems to
have played. . . . . i . x-
"I doaY reaemher ever haviag played with Jim
Cos. said 00 et hU earfy awighbor. "He was
ahrayh toe busy .
Politics we sad is aaaaxTossing pursuit of th
Ohio tamer. Those whe knew th boy then remem
ber him .as a -ttsteeerrln st every discussion on
politics ; . ' J
II can see hiffl." said one "as plain at I see you
today. Half t do ten farmer were talking politics
and Jim had crowded up so dose that he wat almost
under their elbow. Two or usee time one of them
brushed hla away.
"Get out of here they said te him petulentty.
My lord boy I cam aught' aear steppin on you
that time."'
But Cox always came back. Comment and inquiry
from and by children waa not favored in those sterner
days. Th theory that children are to be seen and
not heard was firmly lodged in th breasts of th
elder of th Jackson burg community. Only Jimmy's
mother ws able at time to reply to her boy's
question sad straight out his immature fancies.
The bond between soother and son .seems to have
been a more closely knit - oa then is usual. In
later lift h never spoke of her but with admira-
tion and affection. After h became governor she
came to live with him ia Cohunbu and presided over
hi home.
"H was s serious add." said Ed. Antrim one of
his clo friends in the days. "He did not have
time to play with us much but when w got together
h was alway th boa. H waa always trying to
do something too. I do not mean that h wss any
more altruistic and benevolent than any ether twelve-year-old
but it seemed to com natural to him to
keep at work.''
Cattlemen ued to drive their herd through Butler
county on th way to th Cincinnati markets then.
The field that bordered the roads were often un-
fenced snd many of th patches of. woodland did not
have even a pretense of fencing around them. Natur-
ally enough the tired and thirsty cattle were tempted
by the pleasant shades and did their best to enter
them. The straying sheep were often lost.
So Timmv oraanixed a sort of a Boy Scout con
pany said Antrim. 1 do not rememoer inai u
had any name but our job was to keep ta came
and sheep in the road. To make the job worth while
ua he devised a tignttng-inoian gam ana w
and scouted and used our trusty cornstalk
to
crept
The Milwaukee Sentinel saysGovernor Cox is try
ing to apply ward politics to the presidential cam
paign. Well that is not as bad as applying the Dead-
wood Dick system.
The American Jewelers' association asks that the
war taxes on jewelry be repealed. That's the stuff ;
take 'em off our diamonds and lay 'em on our vittles
and union suits.
Another reason why woman suffrage is not going
to prevent a common sense decision as to Cox and
Harding is neither candidate has -wavy hair or a
curly moustache.
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When we see Mr. Robert Ryder of the Ohio Statt
Journal in October we believe we shall behold
kitohen convert to the glorious leader of an invinci
ble democracy
Those 60-cent paper suits they say are worn in
New York probably give much more satisfaction than
the $60000 paper oil wells that are so numerous fn
the country.
We do not want those who have differed with u
politically to wallow in bitterness. All they have te
do is to confess and repent and we stand read to
forgive.
Houston it the forty-fifth city in the United States
and will remain to until we get our omitted 0000.
Then she will-give Bridgeport Conn. a shove.
Progressive though we be we are still reactionary
enough to have more respect for the old-fashioned
cakewalk than for rag jazi or shimmy.
We celcbrate'd the Bentztown Bard's birthday yes
terday by eating a fine dinner which we wish the
Bard himself could have shared.
Somebody wants Governor Cox to adopt
Ion as a slogan. It wouldn't do for limmv.
Drive on" sort of man.
"Carry
Jimmy
Governor Cox has some more in reserve but we
suspect the next demand for proof is not going to
be so stentorian.
Governor Cox says he will rub the republicansore
spot until November. That's the stuff governor and
run salt on it.
X
Uet your mind off the smash and think about
something pleasant like ..the weet potato crop for
instance.
It is ncuse for the embiftered antis of Tennessee
to sob so bitterly over ratifications that are past
The people will be able to recognize the winner
just as soon as he can have the mire scraped off.
tlfe
We suppose now we shall hear
name for it is vox populiara.
that
proper
Some Postscripts
a caterpillar
bores
For the use of electric comoanies
tread tractor has been detisned that ouicldv
holes ia any kind of ground' and then hoists and sets
poles in them. -k
French scientists hsve found a war to
person working- with X-rays from harm bv aurnrand-
ing him with s shield of infra-red rays which neu
tralize tne otaera.
Sesearch by a French scientist has Droved that
paper of every kind harbors living snd cultivable micro-organisms
that are -proof against compasatively
aiga temperature. . :
'Of English Invention is a revolving fireplace. that
can be so installed in s aoueaNhat it can be turned
to heat any one ef four rooms st the same time sup-
plying hot-water to sll four. r.H'-
The invention of s Chicago Woman a. telephone
with a receiver for each car and a t ran emitter ail
mounted in one unit is said to be 50 per cent more
cttKteuf wan wnunary natrumema f . ( r 1
rifle on th accursed redskins. It was a fin Job.
The drover were appreciative too. Sometimes they
gave us nickel.
The poverty of the boy' lift not In the common
place of food and clothe but in amusement and
entertainment is illustrated by his liking for bologna
sausage. The one delicacy the country store unfail-
ingly held in those days was bologna.
"It wss better bologna than you can get nowa-
days too" th ex-boy of Butler County say. "Some-
how nothing you eat tastes now like it did forty
years ago.
When jimmy got a dime wnicn wss not too orten
he saved that dime until he managed to get to Jack-
tonburr. Then he scent it all. recklessly cxtrava
gantry with a fine air of devil-may-care upon bologna
sausage and crackers and invited his friends to regale
themselves with him. An. enormous hunk of the
delicacy culd be had for a dime then. Last year
Cox and Ed Antrim were riding through a country
road when they came to a cross roads store. Cox
stopped his roadster.
ttiv
Ed." said he "here's a dime. Get out and buy
us a hunk of bolorna.
The boy was not any hungrier than any other
growing hoy of course. The Coxes were not well
to do but their table was sufficiently stocked. But
there was a sunestion of the outer world in the
bologna. It titillated bis palate aa the more sanitary
and reliable ham and eggs of the Borne table could
not No doubt he told himself that when he wat a
rich man he would have bologna on the table every
day
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It la a stream and ssvae tint : there is a carnival
of crime that never atoos or rests: the slayer te his
victim wends; and voters kill their lady friends and
ship them off to chtstv Amsataationt fUl th land!
we find deed gent oa every hand thy clutter up
the.mews and peelers snd detective Wl and vainly
ura the autbught .oil to thrash out stacks or iws.
Here wkere Paoifle billow roar three awdered sjrys
were washed ashore withia two weeks or on; aad in-
land other chap were slain and no one offered to
explain Just why the deeds were done. These beastly
erhnca we eO abhor are but the outcome ftf the war
the year of deadly strife where men who if ought for
flag or king eooa felt that nature's cheapest uung is
stuff called "human 11fe.Y Tor years we tatted of
doom and death and every' time we drew a breath it
seemed to test ef gore; we read of dead men piled
in ricks snd all the hosts upon the Styx were freight-
ing corpses o'er; The people' wffl hsve kerned te
slay and now if some on' in their' way they See
that torn one diet; oh may we see the times again
when genu won't swat their fellow men as. they
would swat the flleel Watt MaSO.
(topyngni oy ucorg aaanacw nwanj
HE COULDN'T LOOK AROUND.
Woman Big strong man like you begging. You
ought to look around for work.
Tramp Excus tne lady but I've got such a stiff
neck I simply can't look around.
HS WAS WELL QUALIFIED.
The Em dover For this position we require a maa
who ia thoroughly familiar with the taste of all th
best people la town. '
Th Applicant Thafa mei For ten years I tended
bar in th sweuest place in this village.
GREEN APPLE TIME. .
Greea apple tml an' Oh the Joy
Once more to be a healthy boy
Casting a longia' greedy eye
At every tree he passes by I
' Ritldn' th direst' consequence
To sneak inside a neighbor's fence '
An' shake from many a loaded limb
The fruit that stems so near to him.
Gosh I but once more I'd like to be
The boy I waa ia eighty-three.
Her I am sutia' with my pips
Waitin for apples to get ripe;
Walrln' until the friendly sun
Ha bronzed 'em all an say they're don;
Not darin' any more to climb
An' pick a few afort their time.
No legs to run no teeth to chew
. The way that healthy youngsters do
Jut'' old nough to sit an' wait
An' pick my sppl from plat.
Plate apple aint to be compared
With thoM you'v ventured for an dared.
It' winnin' 'em from branches high
Or nippin' 'em when no one's by.
Or findin' 'em the times you feel
You really need another meal.
Or comin unexpectedly
Upon a firmer' loaded tree
An' grabbin' -all that you can eat
That goes to make an apple sweet
Earthbound
By Dr. Frgnk Crsne
Spiritism has got into the movies.
A photoplay entitled "Earthbound'' has for its
theme the supposition that the spirit of s dead person
lingers about the scene of his earthly activities for
time and is thus "earthbound" until the psychic
forces of forgiveness allow him to fare forth on hit
way to hit permanent spirit abode.
After the man it shot we see his spirit trans
parently outlined by trick photography rising front
the corpse and sfterwards vainly endeavoring to
communicate with the living.
The incidents of the play are made the occasion
of a deal of conventional moralizing.
The appeal of the picture is based upon the theory
quite commonly held that if we could have more
positive not to say visible and audible proof that
the dead live on it would strengthen the roots of
virtue and make us all better folk.
The intention ia good the theory it striking and
fascinating but is of doubtful value.
Of course when belief in departed spirits hat
become a religion it ceases to be arguable and is
question of personal privilege" and any discussion
of it is hotly resented by its advocates as an affront.
But for those whose minds have not been closed
and locked a clear statement of what we actually
know may be of use.
We know' nothing whatever about the departed
spirits and never can. We may believe and imagine
and be confident but not know
Not because it it dubitable but simply because it
belongs to that class of thing's that are not knowable.
And that class includes the most certain and im
portant things m the world. You cannot know what
Love is nor uie itself nor Electricity for that mat
ter. You can know how to use these things and
how they function but not what they are.
1 nat is why Kaith Is to necessary to maintain the
higher values of- life and why the Bible says "The
tust snail live by fattn and By faith we are saved
Ibis "Lartbbound ' olay. and all the activities of
Sir Oliver Lodge and others are efforts to substitute
Knowledge for Faith. It cannot be done. Sound
minds do not want it done.
Sir Edward Clodd says this sort of propaganda
drags in tne mire wnatever lottv concentiona of
spiritual world have been framed bv mortals."
Not only scientists reject this following the safe
principle "Phytics beware of metaphysics but long
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gu we umuiic am iihit me cuigiisn L.nurcn nave
protested against any fanciful recrudescence of the
superstitions ot tne past.
It is a consolation to feel that our dead are still
near but ra haold' never fort that U la tt.tth
and not the evidence of the senses that feeds this
persuasion and th trod comforter as a great writer
At ! J ' SaU ft. . . - f t.a . .
recently aara iracnei na to live Wltnout those Who
are gone to clot up the rank snd 'carry on' until
we too cross the grew divide.
(Copyright ipso by .Frank Crane.)
A Vanished Republic
(From London 'DM Ntws.)
Eupen snd' Matatdyf which hsve just voted for
incorporation with" Belgium have been in turn Aus
trian Fiwich. Presslaaand how BelgUn. The major-
ity of thdr" inhabitant are even now mainly of
French descent. ' Befor the war there wat. wdad
Jn between Euoea-snd Aix-le-Chsoelle. a little Inde
pendent reouoiie eaueo Moretnet. it 100 citizens
were actually celebrating th centenary of their inde
pendente in August 1014 wnen tne uermtns marched
m snd that was .'the end ef mat v.vx-i -."?'
' Versailles Conference save Moretnet.' to Beiafam
Without more ado onv the principle that about very
uttie tnings tne jaw does not car. .
Green apple timet Go to h boy
An' cram yourself right full o' joy
Watch fer th farm? dog an' run
Tberell com a. time it can't be don.
There's come a day you cant digest
The fruit you've stuffed into your vest
Nor climb but youll tit down like me
An' watch 'em ripening on the tree
An' jut' like me you'll have to wait
To pick your applet from a plat.
(Copyright 190 by Edgat; A. Guest.)
NOT TjRESSED FOR THE OCCASION
Edwin Which'!! we see? There's sn awfully funny
Charley Chaplin at the Bijou. Youll spHt your sides.
Then there's "Shrieking Souls at th Scarehesd.
It u make your bair stand on end. -AA.rlln
ir.n't vnu think of aomethlne else? I'm
wearing ray new georgette waist and I ve just had s
permanent wave.
THE MAGIC MOON.
Last night the moon came up at nine
Out of the bay as red as wine
And then its feet to silver turned
As on the river floor they burned.
Stepping so fairy snd so fleet
Across the water magic-tweet
With beauty of nature and the calm
Of harvest moments with their balm.
Witchery of life r a faery spell
Of wonder and music and delight
This moon that silvers ses snd dell
That calls from the crests of by-gone hours
The beauty of love immortal thing
Of Isughter snd joy snd poignant flowers
In gardens where memory sings I
The large start faded down the night.
That ere the moon 'came were so bright;
The west wind breathed with mystic dew
Upon the fieldt; the night birds -knew
And somewhere on a chestnut bough
A mockingbird's gay rowdy-dow
Burst with tuch lyric passion through
The magic moment like some vow
Of passion eternal from old time
On lips of lovers Idst with rime
Of beauty and burning and delight
Down some mad lustful Roman night
Magic I Ah like .tha spring is when
The whispering lips of phantom years
Lean to the besting hearts of men
And murmur of smiles and tears.
Her white breasts trickle still with streams
Of water from thcsbay of dreams;
. Her silver cheeks are moist with brine
This moon of magic and of win -Whose
footsteps o'er the river glide
In silver cadence like e bride
Wavering along the aisle to be N
Wed to torn nameless mystery
Of love and vast passion and the sweet
Of lips when eternal kisses meet
She has a grace this magic moon
A swaying grace as to a tune
The far-off lutes of faery played
Upon the green stillness of a glade
Where pixies in flutter of wings unseen
Drank from the cup of hippocrene.
By Iht Btnittoum Bard.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN. J
Mr. A. is s very enthusiastic lodge man spending
about five nights out of every seven at vsriou lodge
room of sll of which lodges he Is a member.' His
wife who is rather tolerant of the whols business
however does occasionally get peeved enough to say
a few sarcastic things. And th other night cams
her chance. For a wonder her husband wet at
home for an evening curled up In a rooking chair
before the grate fire' and reading busily. For
long time the tat silently wstchtng him then she
ssked "John whst sre you. resdlngr v "My ritual
he answered. ""Well I must say" ahe'ntaarked
with some spirit "if you hsd studied your marries
vows at much at you hav studied that ritual you
would be a model nutosna.. ". . . f .. .
. THEY WERE THE WATCHl j
A number of English officers wen sitting 'la
German restaurant In Colotn having a vry good
time for peopl who were away from home They
wer struck by a rather lvry conversation between
the' leader iof the orchestra and several ftf Its mem
bers. AH of a sudden the' orchestra began to play
"Dl Wacht am Rhein." ; Every 'on rose to hit
feet whil th officers Including the English stood
st attention until the last. note had been played. sTh
leader was so surprjeed that hi came down to th
English' officer snd began th following eonvt na-
tion! -"Gentlemen may I ask you a question f "Go
ahesdl"' "Did you recognise thpise we Jutt
pleyedr. "Surer ''Do you know that wat OHa
Wscht am Rheln'f? ; "Why. certainly? said w
of the Englishmen raising his voice to s te be
heard all. over the hall; ''but that's sll right Die
7vfr';'.AWUS 30 189$ IS SOUSTOfsY
A' tores -ef ever ta men It st work repairing Ct
roadbed of the City Street railway.
Hear M. Curtln and family have returned f "
Morgans PoM . where they vspent a several .we.
vacation. 1 -.-:.'V-.-;.'-'5 1 " ' . .
The Emmett Rifle met and adonted resolutions of
sympathy for Sergeant Pat- McCabe who met with a
serious accident lately. .- - y- .''.' . -V.
T. H. Scaniaa will nut in a (last front and re- '
model the Interior of the bufldine on Main-street to
be occupied by Levy Broa . ' .' '
Hemoer or m Houstea totton exensnge are :
add th classifying and quoting of cotton seed prcd- 1
tots to the work. f the institution ; " a . ' .
A eoroorarioat -to Ks Vnown a th Texas Glass :
Manufacturing company it being orgaalzed a en ad-
dition to the Fena Bqck works near Coombs' Park.
Aldridae Kldd. aecemDanled bv his sister Miss
Mary Canon Kidd and. cousin. Miss Virginia n.
XUd. left for Boston to take no the study of "mutw '
in the Boston Conservatory of Musjc..; vW.i'jrv
Tse state boara ot paarmacy met ana saoptea new ;
bylaw to regulate all butttiets which cbmes ostr-
fon it in the future snd for the regulation of ta- y '
aminationa for ceruflcatea v It wu decided that J '
txamlnationt will be held every three month her-
after." ; - ' ; s j. t i 'a i.s.d. .v
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. . tTATE-H APPJSN INOeV ; ' rt . 4
Galveston. Great sreptratioa hsve been nude tor ''
the fresh wster Jubilee which will occur tomorrow. v '
AniHetoo A needne was held todsv to consider
way and mean for building a railroad from AlWn -to
thia city aad -on to Yakum. "
UnrVivnrtAA aeveea wind ha Wit blowine for SO 1
hours the bay is covered with immense breaker and f
the tide ia the highest tine th etorovof 1883. -y
Krhv Hon. A."S. Burleson and Major W. O. .
HntelilnaAf vera viaitara at . the Hava Count fair
today. Successful contestants for the prises offered ..
in the different departments wen Zk Nsncs .
Nance j. M. btone mis Miteneu am rvane n. : ..
Hallman and D. Bunton. - . .:
IauWSir Henry Irving leave for America tsV. . .
day. t ; .
Hamburg-Germatt-American veteran tourists were. ' j
eatertalned by Prince Bismarck today. . - & r-"
Boston. Hiirher physical reouirementt will be de-x'--.
mended ef all Harvard students who desire te enter t 5 .
sthlstic contests hensfter. . y -y . "J
Hsveiuu The autonomist party will make' aa effort
to bring to the attention of the Spanish government
the necestlvy for the establishment of home rule. - - '
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Little Stone fort Bedtimt ' J " : "
w TSMMafwH W. iiraaan.- : ) ' ' ' :
If s duty duty duty I TU me aewtl Ry yeW .1
Patase. . . " . . .a'.:.
Just why it Is so stidom thst it can be don with .
ease . '(
But almost always seems instesd the hardest thing Vv ' '
to do . -
I always find. It Jutt that wiy and so I guess .. -
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1.0 maa can t "1 r Is is s
turning to hit k - a u x I
a Bn rich. II i t s t-r r r
ha it aot accord.. u vL-i t L
!f Twenty-Five Ycifs
Fr$m ThV Houston f ct Fllst.
do yotte
So said Peter Rsbbit ss he sat In the old brier..
patch and thought of the duty he had to perform.
Peter knew thst it was going to be the hardest thing
thst hs hsd ver done In hi Hit. He didnt want
te do It He wouldn't have promised to .do.' it f
then had been ny wy .out of it. If it had been
just for himself slon Peter wouldn't hsve thought
of doing It But it wasn't Jutt for himself but fof
sll the little meadow and forest people. So Peter aat
in the old brier patch and said over and ever to
himself:
"I must I I mutt I I mutt I" - i
What wu it all about? Why. you see then had
been a meeting of all the little meadow and fonet
people excepting old Granny Fox and Reddy Fox to
plan' som way to stop Fsrmer Brown's Bey -from
kin tin with hit dread fal theGnen Maadowa. )
f
.and "in the- Green" 'V"
Forest every day end 'f.
' because H wis sll th V
fault of Reddy .Fox
who had arnica tb4. '
pet chicken of Fan-. f
mer Brown' Boy.- If 'J ' .
waa decided that th
only thing to do was " 7 '
to -. give up Reddy
Fox. Then- Farawr
Brown' Boy would' (
stop hunting snd the "
other little people " .
: wouW no longer be 1 ' .
in danger1 from thtF ; v
dresdful gun.- ' r
And becauss then ' ;
wss no one else j
whom Bowser the' .
Hound would chase ls
Prter tupped Out .atThaXbbitTwM d'ec'.'f
Old Briar Paten. d that. Peter must
shew himself to
Bowser snd then lead him up to the old house .
when Sedd Vox was hidins-. Of course when
Bowser once found when Heady tax waa nc woum
fonet all about Peter Rabbit and would make tuck i .
a fuss that Farmer Brawn'' Boy would hurry upite i '
tee what the matter waa and that would probably '
be an end of Reddf Fox and of th hunUng en th iV ' '
Green Meadow and m Me ureen rorestc . . f J -Pater
Rabbit was thinking of ill this aTi.lat
in th old brier patch waiting. He hsd no love for
Reddy Fox but eomenow n epuranv near to tnuuc - - j-
of being th on to- giv Rddy up. He looked Scro v-
the Green Meadows snd saw Fsrmer Brown's Boy
with Bowser th Hound running shesd of him. Peter "
sighed. IVe got to do ft" be said and slipped eut . v.
of the old brier patch to show himself tosBowser. h I
the Hound. ' . w. .' . -.-'
Bowser taw Peter mucily sitting up in front of .
him. "Bow-wow I rosred. Bowser and started after ? ..v.. -
PeterRibbit brasely -He
headed atralght for the place where 01' Mlstah '
Buzzard had told him that Reddy' Fox wu hiding.-7; '
The nearer he got the worse he felt There's plenty "
of time" thought Peter. So h darted off tone (-
side and led Bowser into the Green Forest But "
the longer he ran the harder It grew to make up 1
hi mind ta give Reddy 'Vrnt '
' . 11 ' 1 . v.-1 i .i k'.
Kext story: ' What .Boomer the Nlghthawk saw ;
The sober citixeni of London and Part alike' de-.;:
plon the invasion of the American Ja hind. -
vIt was thought that; Paris would stand for almost 4 u
anything that tasted like muic but the highbrow of
the French Academy are distinctly; pev4 over -the "X
wave of Jass stuff that has awtaphorleally swept the ;
Parlalans from' their' feet' ;t r' ' v ' ' '
In London they ssy it would be permlsslbl to call "l'
the Jsts.a sport an i sxsreiss even a devotion but to
call It Jnusia is a crime-Vlt is like introducing a snare
drum la the hour of silent prayer.'- " - ; '
1 But tn spite ot its denunciation tne jats music
continuet to ginger up -the lew of the' dancers in
Emglsnd knd France jutt u inlnes in little old New
York or Long Buch Everybody' say It cannot l nt
another moon and yet everybody line up on the f t
of th month for th newest and latest records tf t.15
orgie and excesses of th )tt btndV Arir'" r tve
fit Vitudnci sr performed by the 1 iU I t
last Orcheetrs Jiat btcomc our national ttr. A
thine thit Opens- wl'h a couple of exjitoa;
winds up at a tsw-filing tournament it a r-s
Joy. Our mualc 1 being written by a rnu
boilvrmakera attlsttd by th rillag bti er.
Everybody admit that two yean h-"- e j r
be classed with phscy mayhem snd c r t
It is said to hav emd the blgr wnr c t 1'
no really bright-rnindtd hitmtnt " 1 i
nyrth't. wh'n the . J-flat ' ' I
rndaa "Chlrig-a-li. r1! Tsst Bsw" t I 1
moat folk begins to klgs'e in uur . . . 1 .
lb day may com whi-n we ' 1
tvneopster or fed then to -tim
tit ressoo of America v' i
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