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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1909)
Or THE DAY PEARY DOUBT8 COOK. 0. I I t i 4 TUBERCULOSIS INCREASES, IP ;MSv items Gathered from All parts 01 Hiu Hunu. 0RED FOR THE BUSlf READER important but Not Loot Intor- (Itlng HflPPO"'nB rom rwrniB Outsldo tho 8tato. .. ibvb ho will prove Cook was 't tho Polo B,rrmn llncfl oro not UKoiy to novo flmidlani are dotormlnod to ro-opon ifirrlman stocks did not drop on tho tak exchange as woh oxpcctod. ,.i Pnaolmrrv hnB loft tho Oritleh Mci party and joined tho Liberals. m flrit drawing In tho Cuban na- feail lottery yielded tho government 0O,OOO prom, Utet atlvicofl any 10,000 Uvea woro btin the earthquake which .destroyed jtipoico, Mexico. rwico enrmon nro again ondoovor t( U ftrrangu for arbitration with tho tetcr company i iltuatlon In Northern Mexico is f (ImA la miinrl ailfTi. among uio pcopir. Unuiual building operations through oat the United States is reported for i-tjjL Portland shows nn increase !29per cent. I. P. Morgan has offered financial ijj to Explorer uook. Wireless messages from tho Pacific fitt report it near Honolulu. A movement has been started to cite St I'aul and Minneapolis. Birrlman s fortunei is variously es- tauttd at from $G0,000,000 to $100, mooo. British people nro inclined to favor Cook teainst Peary after reading tho htttr'i itory, During his trip through the West flit will explain tho now tariff bill in tiipecchcit. Government suits involving tltlo to 31ind In California will bo delayed tjthe death of Harrlmiin, Ite party of Jupaneio business men raitug the Const express surpriso at CiBignituuu of tho country. Cook hag icnt for Eskimos to aid in swing that ho reached tho i'olo, but wraay not reuch this country beforo fJTBg, There is much speculation as to Her gsm a successor... mroo men are aoed in thin connection, J. C. Stubbs, ft ft t . . . '. .s.U)vett, and Julius Krutschn tt. He Southern Pacific is to enter tho hniMnl nontnl i k. He Volcano of Akutan. Alouttnn CUdl. Alnnlfn 111 In uinlnnf Northcliffe sava Gormnnv is ly preparing for war with Great cnum. Wealthy capitalists WW for con! land Oilf. . iom Johnson hus been nominated w mayor of Clovoland, Ohio, by tho said ProHldont Taft will sus- TOretary Ballinger and that Pin- wiii have to go. Offers for Cook's lectures and books oeen doubled by tho controversy " was urat nt tho polo. noirs nave won paying tho ffno government just Tie (W .i .. , -...rami mo (uroct primary I LU IllllVflP J w onyi no was Nover Out of Sight of Land In North. now York, Sept. 8, Tho following "771" UD lutoivoangro cany today: Indian Harbor, Labrador, by wire Ims, via Capo Kay, Sept. 8.-MolvilIo b. titono, Associated Press: "I havo nailed tho Stars and Stripes to tho North Polo. This is authorlto- tivo and correct. oook b story should not bo taken too seriously. Tho two Eskimos who accompanied uook nay ho wont no dls tnnco north and not out nf nlwnf t Other motnbors of tho tri bo corroborate tnoir story. (Signed) 'Commandor Robert E. Peary. Poary Has Added Nothing. ivnriBtiana. bent. S. Cnnfnln i?ni,i Amundsen, discovororof tho Northwest passngo, said today: , "It Is quit- oviclont that Paarv riU. covered no traco of Cook in tho contin ually drifting Ico. Peary probably, as uu jjiunncu, muue nis dash Irom a morn eastorn point than Dr. Cook, but many clrcumBtancoB may havo arisen to causo a cnango." -uo you think that Poary obtained moro valuablo sciontiilc rnRiiltn thnn iook" Loptain Amundsen was anked. "i'robauly not," ho replied. "They woro equally equipped with only abso lutely necessary instruments. ' graphlcolly, their achlovomonts aro of great importance, and It is very Im portant aiso mat tho two ronorta bo compared." POLICEMEN SAVE LIVES. NEWS FROM- THE NATIONAL CAPITAL VACANCIES ARE LIKELY. GREAT AREA OF DRY FARMS. Juatlcos Harlan and Moody in Poor Health and May Rotiro. Washington, Sept 10. When tho Supromo court of tho United States convenes for tho October term It 1b probabio that two of tho chairs upon tno Doncn, tnoso tnat nave been occu pied by Justices Harlan and Moody, will be vacant. Justice Harlan is eligiblo for retire ment, but until recently his health has been exceptionally robust for ono of his ago. It is roported that ho is likoly to go from his Bummer homo at Murray bay to California to recuper ate, and that unless a change of cli mato restores his health ho will retire. Justico Moody, who recently suffered a sovcro attack, does not recover, it ia stated. RoportB concerning tho condition of Justice Day aro not reassuring. Chief Justico Fuller is eligible for retirement. President Taft will, it is believed, havo within a short Umo tho designa tion of at least ono Supremo court jub- tico. Governor Hughes, of Now York, and Justico Lurton, of Tennessee, are among tho prominent lawyers mention. ed for tho fim vacancy. BARBERS AND BAR BOYS USED havo been ar fruuda Ir Wy- Horolsm Dlspfaysd at Hotol Firo In 8an Francisco. San Francisco, Sent 8. Moro than 00 persons were saved from death by patrolmen yostordoy when a firo that broke out In tho Vendomo hotol on Pa cific and Montgomery avenues in tho Barbary coast district, nractlcallv gutted tho structure, dolnir damatre estimated at $00,000. In addition to tho destruction of tho hotol sevoral piacos adjoining wero damaged slightly. Tho firo was first discovered bv Po liceman J. J. Man ion. By tho time tho firo fightora hud arrived tho flames woro eating thoir way through tho first floor of tho building. At tho risk of their lives a sauad of nolicemen went into tho hotol and succeeded in arousing tho sleeping occupants and loading thorn to safety. When tho guests wero awakened many of them bocame panic stricken and refused to go down tho stairway, up which great rolls of black oil smoke bolchod from tho burning tanks in the basement. As a result tho firemen and policomon wcrn compelled to carry a number of women ('own extension lad ders raised to tho windows of tho Bee ond, third and fourth floors. Meanwhile tho hoBemon worked their way into tho basement of tho hotel and fought tho oil firo. Several wero ovorcomo but nono wero injured. It is boliovcd tho firo was caused by an explosion of gas which accumulated in tho oil tanks in tho basement. Roosovelt to Dig Canal. Now Orleans, Sept 8. Former President Roosovelt ia to tako chargo of tho work of pushing ' tho Panama canal to completion, according to a re port current in official circles in Pan ama. This statement was made hero today by T. W. Harrison, of Columbus. Harrison is attached to tho engineer ing department of tho canal, and hnB juBt arrived hero. Ho declared that President Taft was not dissatisfied with the present canal administration, but had already arranged for Colonel Roosovelt to tako chargo of tho work when he roturns from his hunting trip n Africa. All, Entrymon Engaged In Conspiracy From New York. Washington, Sept. 11. The entries on account of which Dally, Sully, Ire land and Weils woro arrested involve about 60,000 acres of valuable coal land in tho Lander, Wo., land district. Tho entries wero made in 1906, and it is charged that all the entrymen, about 100, wero residonts of New York: city, most oi thorn being barbers and bar tenders. In the indictment it is as sorted that tho entrymen engaged in a conspiracy with Dally, Sully, Ireland and Wells and others to defraud tho government, tho ontrieB boing mado in tho interest of tho Oil Creek Coal com pany and tho Northwestern Coal com pany. Others indicted wero Samuel W. Gcbo, of Montana: Thomas McDonald, of New York, and John Noison and John B. WrightofWyoming. Parts of Canal Finished. wasnington, sept. 11. "Uood pro gress is being made on tho Panama canal and four sections of it havo .been finished," said Colonel Goethals, Lchief engineer in chargo of tho construction work,iupon his arrival hero iastnight from tho iBthmus. i i,"Tho canal must bo finished some, time and tho excava tions will fall off from time to time bb each part is finished," ho said, when asked to what ho attributed the de crease in tho averago excavations in August compared with those of the preceding month. "If tho work for Culobra cut alone wero figured out, it would bo found we aro doing moro there at the present than at any previ ous time. Qovernmont Sots Aside Nearly 05, 000,000 Acres as Homosteads. Washington, Sept. 7. According to a statement issued today by tho secre tary of tho interior, almost 65,000,000 acres of land hns beon designated as subject to entry under tho enlarged homestead act, providing for dry farm claims of 320 acres instead of 160 acres. Tho land thus designated is distribu ted as follows: Colorado, 20,250,000 acres: Mon tana, 26,000,000: New Mexico, 1,550, 000; Oregon, 1,300,000: Washington, 3,500,000: Wyoming ,11,900,000. Largo areas in Utah have also been designated under the, special provision of section 6 of tho act exempting from rosidence. Tho lands aro non-minoral, non-tim bered, not susceptible to irrigation and, because of insufficient rainfall will not produco remunerative crops unless cultivated by some method such as "dry farming. Residence must be estab lished on tho land by tho entrymen within six months from da to of filing and bo continued, together with culti vation and improvement of tho land, for five years. Ban on Certificates. Washington, Sept. 11, Secretary Ballinger received today from Attor ney Oeneral Wickcrsham a second opinion, holding that the co-operative plan of building government irrigation projects ia illegal. Under this plan settlers were permitted to aid in build ing canals, laterals, etc., and wore paid in certificates, which later were to be accepted by the government from settlers in payment for water rights in lieu of cash. Secretary Ballinger says no further certincatcs will be issued, but that all outstanding certificates heretofore issued by the reclamation service will bo redeemed at full face vaiuo and paid in casn as quickly as tho money is available in the reclama tion fund. He expected all such cer tificates to be redeemed in the near future. Nathan Straus 8ays Plaguo Is Gaining Against Fight,, Budapest, Sept. 7. Nathan Straus, tho Now York philanthropist, who on Tuosday appealed to tho Interational Medical congress to stop tho spreading of disoaso that results from the uso of infected milk, today submitted detailed fieurca to that body to prove that to borculoais, instead of being conquered, is on the increase. Ho cited tho ofllcial vital statistics of New York city, which was credited by Dr. Robert Koch with leading the wholo world In the fight against tuber culosis. Ho showed that the Increas ing skill of tho physicians in treating tuberculosis had reduced tho death rato from this disease in proportion to tho population from 2.42 per 1,000 in 1902 to 2.39 per 1,000 in 1907, and 2.29 in 1908, but he showed that the number of deaths from tuberculosis in proportion to the total number of deaths from all caused had increased from 13.04 per cent in 1902 to 13.90 in 1908. ROBBED MAIL8 WHOLESALE. hiinr Kfiinlw.il'.. . - vviiuii o ult to eaennn VlElt him I... .L. More his death. "aeltatlnn lu n t i .. onimii xurnuvui More Floods In Moxlco. Mexico City, Sept 8. Scores of peraona aro believed to navo lost tneir lives as the result of a second flood which doscended upon Tula yesterday just iib it was slowly recovering from tho effects of the first deluge. Many rich plantations aro in ruins and tho property loss will run into tho thou sands. Tho food supply is also running low and conditions aro becoming des- norate. Tho oxact number who mot death in tho Bccond flood cannot bn ascertained at this timo, but it Ib feured that tho total will bo heavy. Railroads May Refund. Washington, SepL 10. An order in volving approximately si.uuu.uuu in reparation was issued by tho Interstate ommerce commission today. It In cludes claims in the Central Yellow Pino association territory Louisiana, Mississippi and Western Alabama- and involves a refund of amounts paid by shippers or lumber from tho terri tory to points in other states in which an overcharge of 2 cents a 100 hundred pounds was collocted by various railroads. tho American play- Clyde Pitch, ti is dead. 1 CZt 8l'Kht wthquoko shock has """It in Mexico. . . ji.uuu iuul ill un b- i lUMirii linlli, .till o" "muijt iiijureu, mill Kansas Capital. C.nf Q Tliia ltt la 1ft!. forbeijX :.K0 ,,0VO EOno 0,1 fc&tMChIrm ,mvo Binci trcnty tno Mancliurian 6 - .eieinont of An t .V0"1"!' ' Just had a WOllr.. " 1110 BKln9 Of "Wit rat- hiZ "88.eu stool Car company, of '"Miff U vuiiij,uiijf, ut trik Krnted tho demands of 1K"iK employoB. Eetirn.,.. . 'iy a,..0 01 l"o population of tho - f uuout 05,000,000, oo oonr 1008 MM to amount w,""roiorod men Doluge In Toiioka. Kon flooded today as the result of tho hcav ieBt rain over recorded in this vicinity. Tho street cars havo been put out of commission. Tho water in tho Btrota Ih from threo inches to throo feot in depth. Tho rain begun lato yoBterday nnd continued throughout last night and today. At 10 o'clock this morning tho ofllcinl rain gaugo Bhowoti tnat s.y inches had fallen. All tho atreamB in this section aro swollen. Buys Subtreasury Site. San Francisco, Sept. 8. Tho United States government is now tho owner of a nlot of cround on tho southwest corner of Pino and Snnsomo Btreors, where tho BubtroaBury building will bo orcctod. Yostorday afternoon tho gov- ornmont officials turned . ovor to tno roprosontatives of Virginia Vanderbilt a draft for $375,000 In payment for tho cornor. At present tho suutreos- ury is Bltuated on Commercial street. Bradbury Handling Jute. Sim Rafael. Cal.. Sept. 7. William B. Bradbury, tho Corto Madro capltal Infc. who beoran yostorday a year's in carceration In tho ponltontiary at San H i ,tr if ... MnMMnwnin in inn nnniLnnnuiv ul uuii tl. . .. -vva nuVH F1A linn .Inln m baiWHiHMUti n- . . --- inn tni t .. : " I -i.. t! .nMn,minnH umric twinv in tno i .i :."'umneniicfti tnnthn wns vu""i w - 7 Bl " North Polo " Juto mill, after an attempt to escapo ' u,u I 7. ... a.. It 111.... ITn alnn innf i.n i I ir nn iiih tiiiih ill iiiiiddd. .aw w v w .mm ricraiiA . ... i- - G J - l',VAUfl in I B IfAKHln .tn.fn I Hlr.h. n n 111 r f 1 1 1 1 1 1 Willi 4. U U UUIU. ik... increaBo in wamui nnr) nnvlifn. Ineludintr a number of mur- " 'vDlRPn.1 I vw. "-O I . ,, . uy xxinaus, I dororo and otnor uesporaw crimuiHio. Taft Has Heard Balllngor. Beverly, Mobb., Sept. 11. Althouch ho had concluded his conferenco with Secretary Ballinger today Pesident Taft refrained from making any state ment as to tho controversy that brought tho cabinet oiiicer to Beverly. Mr. Ballinger hua returned to Washington. Ho will not seo tho presidont until Sep tember 29, in Seattle, unless ho finds timo to reach Colorado on thn day the president visits tho Gunnison Irrigation project. Great Secrecy at Bevorly. Bovorloy, Mass., Sept. 10. Interest In tho earrand that brings Secretary of tho Inorior Ballingor to tho summer capital wna intensified today by tho greater secrecy with which his confer enco with President Taft wbb veiled. Tho socrotary remainod in Boston throughout tho day, in company with Mr. Lawior, assistant attorney general for tho Interior department, awaiting an opportunity to renow his delibera tions with tho president. Foreign Capital for Peru. Washington, Sept. 9. Leslie. Coombs, tho United States minister at Lima, Poru, has reportod to tho State department under rocont date that a London Byndicato composed of tho Bank of London nnd Poru, tho London Bank of South America & Moxlco, W. R. Graco & Co., and Baring Brothers, Bharing with tho Gorman bank ond n. fi r t i apuzor, oi raris, nave tatcon uomo $1,500,000 of tho bonds of tho Electric Tram & Electric Lighting company. Rear Admiral Sperry to Retlro. Washington, Sept. T.Rear Admiral Sporry, who was in command of tho American battleship fleet on tho me morablo cruiso from San Francisco to tho Philippines and through tho Suez canal to Hampton Roads, will be placed on the retired list tomorrow. Ho then will have reached tho ago limit of 62 years. Tho admiral la now on duty at the naval war college at Newport. To Gaze From High Point. Washington, Sept 8. Scientists will soon have at their disposal the highest meterological and astronomical observatory on tho Western continent, It is on the top of Mount Whitney, California, over 14,000 feet above sea level. Realizing tho value for effect ive astronomical and meterological work of on observatory far above the clouds, the Smithsonian institution de cided to build a suitable one on Mount Whitney. It has been difficult to con struct the small three-room stone struc ture, as it was necessary to take all the material to the great height on pack mules over narrow, rocky trails. Studying Up Coal Cases. Washington, Sept. 9. Special Acrent oheridan, of the land office, who has S 9 . 1 oeen assignee, to conduct tno govern ment s case at the bearing on the Cun ningham Alaska coal land entries, to begin at Seattle October 15, ia now in Washington familiarizing himself with Buch records in tho case as are now on file in the general land office. Upon completion of this Investigation he will return to Seattle in timo to begin tho hearings at the time set WiJI Agree on Boundary. Washington, Sept 8. Tno boundary controversy between Peru and Bolivia seems near an amicable settlement tl. ri... i j A . . xnu oiuiu ueparimenc nas received a telegram from Minister Stutesman. of Lapaz, Bolivia, reporting that the Bo livian congress referred tho wholo mattor to tho executivo department of Bolivia for treatment. This action is conaidered a hopeful sign of friendly adjustment by direct understanding of the two principals, Bolivia and Poru. Man and Woman Caught h Chicago Head Big Gang. Chicago, Sept 7. In the arrest of Allen Posner, 26 years old, and a young woman giving her name as Emi ly Snyder, 20 years old, who ore in cus tody at the Harrison street police sta tion, Postoffice Inspector Stuart believ es he has part of a gang of mail thieves who have been operating in Chicago and other cities. Two men aro being sought as accomplices of Posner and the Synder girl in tho thoft of letters and chashing of checks found in stolen mall. Posner and a man named Gray and another man whose name is being kept secret are said to bo under indict ment in New York for a $1,000 theft of jewelry. The Synder girl is said to have come to Chicago with Posner four months ago. It ib charged that the pair operated by stealing letters from residence mail boxes after delivery by letter carriers, Posner is declared to have admitted cashine a number of stolen checks. According to the postal authorities, Posner and his associates stole $1,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables which were brought to Chicago. MORE MEXICAN FLOODS' Ovii - Cloudburst Floods Rivers and flows Fertile Valleys. Mexico City, Sept 7. A special dis patch received here from Morella says that floods yesterday . ruined a large section of the Zamora district A ter rible cloudburst in the mountains caus ed rivers and streams to overflow and miles of fertile valleys are ' under water. Further details have been received here of the flood that swept the town of Tula, in the state of Tamalpais, last baturday. A wave between 45 and 50 feet high engulfed the lower half of the town. Two hundred houses and the San Juan bridge were carried away and many lives were lost The storm raged for three days. Terrible as aro tho conditions at Monterey, the correspondent declares they are just as bad at Tula and vicin ity. The entire northeastern section of the state is said to have been laid waste. Railroad and teletrraDhic com munication was delstroyed and the pop ulation oi Tula, some 7,000- persons, was cut off from the rest of the nation for four days. It will be Bix or eight montns before the highways can be re stored. Ihirty bodies have been re covered ond many bodies of shepherds and mountaineers are beintr washed down into the valley below. Sunday school should say so," thuslastically. fights." Buffalo 'Why. Ethel, Naval Contracts Slgnsd. Washington, Sent 9. Contracts with the San Francisco Bridge com pany for tho construction of the Pearl harbor drydocks, Hawaii, at $1,700, 000, and with tho Maryland Steel com pany, of bparrows Point, for the con Btruction of a fleet collier at $889,000 woro signed late today by Acting Sec retary or tno wavy Winthrop. Cotton Crop Shorter. Washington, Sept 11. Tho first bul letin of tho director of the conAun showing the operations of tho cotton ginners for 1909 was issued today. It covers tho period up to September 1 and biiows that for that timo 377,552 running bales havo been trinned. nq ! .. Hguinsi uz,zzy tor the some period iubi year. Many Census Jobs to Fill. Washington. Sent 7. Tho buronn of tho census announced today that ap proximately 3,000 temporary clerkB would bo appointed in connection with tho work of taking the 13th decennial cenBUB. The first examination will bo mauo before January 1, and not many will bo mado before April, 1910. Sat In Schley Inquiry, .Washington, Sept 8. Captain Sam uel C. Lemley, formerly judge advo cate general of tho navy, who becamo prominent In connoction with the fam oub Schley court of Inquiry, died in St Elizabeth'a hospital In this city last night Yellow Fever In Venezuela. Washington, Sept 7. Surgeon Gen eral Wyman, of tho marlno hospital corps, was today advised by cable of tho appearance of yellow fever at La Guayra, Venezuela. Cholera Loses Terrors. Paris, Sept 7. Serum and vaccina for treatment of cholera has been dis covered by Dr. Salambini. workinir un- aex tne direction of Professor Metch nikotf and Dr. Pierce Roux. Their serum has been tried in Russia in des perate cases and reduced tho death rate, which was 50 per cent, to below ia per cent Tne vaccine is prepared by taking bacilli from the body of a cholera patient and making a culture thereof, which is injected Bubcutane- ously into healthy persons. Local In lection follows and Immunity results. Greek Princes Removed. Athens, Sept 7. King George to day will sign a decree placing Crown frince Constantino and Prince Nich olas, at their own request on the un- attached list of the army and granting the other princes in the army two or tnreo years' leave of absence to Btudy abroad. Brigadier General Smolensk! will roplaco Crown Prince Constantino as commander in chief and Colonel Cortbas will be anoointod or or tne army corps at Athens. Tornado Wipes Out Town. atanat, bici v. Sent 7. Thn vii. lago of Scordoa was about wiped out today by a tornado. Five persons wore Kinea nnu ou in urorl. On him. - vaw v - area nouses woro comDletolv dnmni. ished and many others unroofed. Tho tornado was accompanied by a torren tial ram. The population took rofuce in iiuusuH on tne uuarter santn Mnt-in where tho Btatue of Santa Maria Mnr. gioro fell, adding terror to the supor- Dviuuuu moment. Tennessee Stays Dry, unatianooea. Tenn.. Sent 7 Th legislative act prohlbitlncr wholosaln nn won as retail sale of Hauor ih the Btato was upheld except as regards Bales for Bnipment outside of tho state, In an opinion handed down In Chancery court louay uy unanconor i, M. McConnell. He What did you discuss at your debating club this afternoon? She Nothing. Wo Just talked. Magistrate Are you a friend of the prisoner? Buxom Witness No, 1 m his mother-in-law. Now York World. Say something to the little boy," said Bobbio's mother. "Say, kid," said Bobble, obediently, "kin you fight yetr I hear you spent your vacation with friends." "Wo were friends dur ing the first week." Louisville Cour ier-Journal. "Are you going to take the lato train to Chicago?" "No, tho engineer of tho train Is going to do that" Baltimore American. Customer Oive mo a bottle of Dop- em's Stomach Bitters. Druggist Wo haven't any In stock, molam, but here's something just as bad. There are two sides to every ques tion," said the broad minded man. "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum; "a winning side and a losing side." "Why did you leave your last place?" asked the boss. "I got six months off for good behavior," an swered tho Job seeker. Chicago Dally News. Prospective Best Man Got the mar riage license yet? Prospective Bride groom o; I m not going to get that until tho last thing. She may go back on me. Bes3 So you're engaged? Well, well! As for me, I wouldn't marry the best man on earth. Jess You couldn't I've got him. Cleveland Leader. Scott I remember reading of a very rich man who said he'xl sooner bo poor. Mott Yes, and probably you re membert reading somewhere that all men are liars. "I can't understand why Brown. should havo failed." "Nor can I. I always thought ho was doing finely. Ho often came to me for advice." De troit Free Press. "Did you have a good time at the picnic, Bobby?" "I answered Bobby, en "There was three Express. what's the matter?" asked her mother, as the little one almost choked at the dinner table. "I got a piece of bread head first down my cough pipe," explained Ethel. "I never havo no luck." "Neither do I," responded tho other citizen. "Therefore I keep out of enterprises requiring large gobs of luck to be a uccess." Louisville Courier-Journal. "We," remarked the young married woman, try to see how few quarrels we can nave In a year. "We," said the old married woman, "try to see how few cooks." Louisville Courier-Journal. Judge How did the trouble begin? Witness It began, yo honah, when do chairman of de entertainment com mittee swatted de secretary over de hald wlf de lovln cup. Boston Tran Slllicus We should all strive to bear each other's burdens. Cynlcus Yes, most of us seem to think we could bear each other's burdens mora easily than we could our own. Phll- idelphla Record. Bessie Oh, Mabel! I am in an awful dilemma! I've quarreled with Harry and he wants me to send his ring back. Mabel That's too bad. Bessie But that Isn't the point. I've forgotten which is his ring. Kansas City Journal. "What waa the date ot th Union of the Crowns?" asked tho school In- . spector and the answer was "1C03." 'Right And why was this date an Important one for you to remember?" Because you wero sure to ask for it" returned tho little victim of cramming. De Quiz Did he have any luck fish ing? De Whiz Well, ho says ho caught a number of fish, many ot which would weigh three pounds. De Quiz Yes, I gueas It would take a great many ot the fish ho cought to weigh three pounds. Chicago Dally , News. Little Bobby Papa, did you ever see a cyclone carrying houses" around up In the air, and cows and horsea and wagons upside down? Papa No, my son. Little Bobby Did you ever seo a sea serpent? Papa No. my son. Llttlo Bobby I should think It 'ud ba tiresome to live so long and never seo anything. "You ran Into this man at thirty miles an hour and knocked hlni forty foot," said the court "That, or a little better, I suppose,-' answe'red the chauffeur. "Why didn't you slow down?" "Mere precaution, your honor. Once I shut off speed and hit a man so gently that he was able to oiimh Into tho machine aud give mo a lick-'ng." "Your husband'll bo all right now said tho doctor, rubbing bis hands with evident self-satisfaction, "What yer mean?" domandod tho weeping wife. "You told me ho wouldn't live a fortnight." "Well, I'm going to cure him after all," said tho doctori "surely you'ro glad to hear such unexpected news?" The woman wrinkled her browB, "Puts me In a bit of Bhe said. "I've bin and sold all hU clothes for his funerall"