Show DAILY babes london cablegram the chicago daily lac alarming re ports come from russia the czar la a raving maniac he shot dead the secretary ol 01 state who entered his quarters unannounced the czar has finally determined to shut all american made goods out of russia act ing under instructions of the czar M de alers ambassador at pekin has or dered all americans out of china it looks as it the relations between rus sia and the united states are badly strained england yet lives the london dally beet says russia Is robbing japan of manchuria eng land cannot stand idly by while this wholesale robbery of territory Is being perpetrated let japan and russia come together and england will do A r duty berlin the dally bung starter says editorially editor lally if england can get japan into a fight with russia and also keep the people of the united states convinced that russia Is an enemy of the united states then eng land may take a hand what england wants Is a chance to grab the very territory in which russia is now strongly In trenched manchuria in either case it Is no cheese to germany we want a slice of western china st petersburg cablegram to the achl cago daily anglo the czar has invited charlemagne tomer american ambassador to accompany him on an automobile trip overland to odessa they held a long confer ence today the british ambassador Is yellow with envy he be green the american flag Is every where being displayed in recognition of the friendly relations between the bear and the eagle it the enghu lasts much longer the british ambassador will ask tor his passports st petersburg the dally canards ky says editorially that an alliance be tween russia and the united states Is more than likely this will it con eum mated insure the peace of the world for all time to come chicago cablegram to london daily beet prince Odo the celebrate ce ed russian anarchist was given a royal reception by the citizens of chi cago today he delivered a fierce tl rade against the czar and his govern ment among the speakers were the british consul and the editor of the lac chicago cablegram to the st pe kersburg burg prince odorous ky the anarchist and paid slanderer of the czar of russia received a cool A few canadians attended ane meeting at music hall last night the prince Is not worrying however as the british government is paying all his expenses he Is a guest at bull house ex HF LET IT GO AT THAT what Is the sacrament of mar asked the sunday school super In of a girl in the juvenile class it Is a state of punishment into which we enter to prepare for another and better world replied the little miss who had learned her lesain by rote and got things slightly mixed that isn t the orthodox answer said the superintendent with a deep sigh but perhaps after all it may be correct STUPIDITY he arent you most ready dear she how many times are you go ing to ask me that questions 7 I 1 ve been telling you tor the last half hour that I 1 d be ready in a minute friendship S LIMIT aiom the detroit free press this young man is not so confiding as he was and his ideas of friendship are not so exalted yet he takes it pallo and Is willing to place a heavy credit in favor of experience I 1 started in a way he tells and I 1 had an idea that my business would expand rapidly but I 1 find a good many leaks and drains of course you know jones he Is my friend and knows about horses so when my horse went lame I 1 consulted him he being the one friend I 1 had who I 1 thought could help me out pretty bad shape he said as he looked the nag over need him on your delivery wagon don t youa I 1 need him or some other horse and asked jones what I 1 could get for the lame one he looked him over felt his legs examined his eyes and teeth and finally said that being a friend of mine bed give me 40 for the horse I 1 took it that same after noon he sold the horse for 80 a baet I 1 learned about a weel later t now said jones I 1 m not ohp man to leave a friend in a scrape just rustle around and find you another horse thank you but keep within a hun dred I 1 cant afford to pay more next morning my friend showed up with a boree he told me I 1 could have tor 98 though he was really worth more he was sound gentle 7 years old according to jones he had bought that horse for 0 he had spavin and was knee sprung and 13 years old so jones had made 78 off me ind left me with one of the worst old crow baits you ever t III 1 saw I 1 not saying much about it for jones la my friend you know but an old codger that buys groceries from me says friendship ceases in a horsa dicker A VERY CLEAR CASE very eccentric fellow that burk ling Eccentric 7 I 1 call it something else when a fellow keeps himself soaked with whisky all the time and would rather go around begging tor money to help kill himself off than to work once in a while there s no use trying to soften matters by calling him ec centric give the devil his due but never try to make him out better anan he Is still you know this chap doean doesn t claim whenever he strikes you that it s to be the last time and that he wants the money to get a clean collar and a shave so that he can accept a job which Is waiting tor him around the corner A ESCAPE bull ailing youa fido my I 1 had to run I 1 saw a man down the street there with such a hang dog look REASONS W L riordan in lesliea weekly ah yes sobbed I 1 con tess I 1 love you but it can never be we can never marry I 1 feel that mother is right that social distinctions must be observed however much they may interfere with the inclination of our hearts go harry hallum the chasm that yawns between us Is too wide I 1 will go said the young man his voice trembling with emotion but would you mind telling me where this chasm comes in I 1 always thought that our families were on aboud the same social tooting has anybody left you a fortune no walled it Is not that it is it Is but oh harry why should I 1 pain youa never mind the pain said the young man now thoroughly aroused I 1 must know why you consider me be neath you socially then hear it cried the maiden we have mantel mirrors and gas logs in our new flat have you these things in your flata answer me harry haw lum but there was no answer the young man had lived all hie life in harlem and he knew its social dis functions but too well with a groan of despair he fled to his old fashioned flat and sat down and cursed the in of mantel mirrors and gas logs he obeyed from the new york world you must push matters a little james said a chemist to his new boy by calling a customer s attention to this article and that article you often effect a sale yes sir responded the new boy and then he ha stend to wait upon an elderly person who wanted a stamp anything else inquired the ambitious boy politely hair dye cos face powder rheumatic drops belladonna mole destroyer the elderly lady deals over the way now 1 the family credit clara I 1 get tired seeing you carry that everlasting reticule around with you well george I 1 d hate awfully to have a man snatch my purse from my hand and find out there gasn wasn t a cent in it LITTLE LAUGHS A hopeless Hop elees case mr goodman why dont you take the pledge my good fellows baggsby because there are too many other things to take literary note the love letters of a lady with a goiter and the love letters of a widower with amne children are announced for early publication bu ans arethusa says she s afraid to get married f oh she say she has been racing tor street cars so long she s afraid she will run down the aisle to the altar achieving greathem Great neM and how did your husband become so famous mrs oh whenever anybody did anything he always gol interviewed about it inactivity pa what do statesmen doa well mostly tommy they ride on the railways from city to city paying visits which have no political signify cance that binl h d him he thank heaven I 1 never brot you any love letters she oh well they probably wouldn t have been literary enough to publish even it you had A chance to do better julius would you like to live your life over again adgar no but I 1 d like to spend over again all the money I 1 ve spent |