Show il ie wrong to rock the boat but you may tip the waiter hay fever will be along presently to prow that summer Is here before long the will re echo the first call for the dog muzzle won t some one please start the simplified spelling bee buzzing in tur key A adorth pole explorer frequently finds it much further returning home than it was going in some absorbing and disappointed quarters it Is suspected that the little princess of orange Is looked on ai more of a lemon have you ever noticed that the man who adopts every health fad that cornea along is seldom a very well man show us a great man and we will v show you a man who was just simply crazy to join a drum corps when he h was a boy graft being a dutch word mean ing canal we are inclined to think that the graft on must have boen something terrible A boston man was arrested for laughing at a woman s big hat bos ton considers the size of those chopping bowls no laughing matter the automobile pays scant respect to its venerable forerunner the alcy cle frequently the arrogant chaut beur refuses to allow the humble wheelman even six inches of space when meeting him in a narrow croaa way in the consumption of cigars in the united states was 4 in 1908 the total was just double or that represents a great deal of money to go up in smoke but it also shows that abo tobacco business is enormous and as most of the cigars are made of american tobacco the growing of tho weed is of importance rally china wants americans to partle ipaty in the new loan that is to be applied to railroad building and to the development of ibe resources of the empire the present wideawake rul ers of the celestial kingdom are aware of the value of disinterested american friendship and of the useful ness in their business of american ideas the first airing of the little dutch princess brought good luck as the soldier who saw the royal baby and gave the heiress to ahe throne hr first salute was rewarded with a bank note it is a happy augury that the first official act connected with the baby princess life was the cause of honor to herself and happiness to others the precedent should serve as a good one for her future reign the proposed tax on american motor tourists in england of over even for a visit of a few days will result in cutting tha tight little isle out of many a motoring trip a itinerary and aa american tourists are a very profitable european sum mer investment the short sighted au ebora of the tax will be the sorriest of all it it is imposed the idea in europe apparently is when short of funds tax americans more ways A wild coffee plant discovered in the congo country Is being used with great success in java where it thrives in ground in which other coffee plants die or cease to bear the african variety Is very prolific and the taste and aroma of the berries improve as the plants grow older alon like civilization seems to have a de effects it takes a little infusion of the wild at intervals to keep things going the united states war department wants a lot of young men with some engineering knowledge to help lay out the work of intracoastal waterway improvements from boston to florida the young men are needed for sur and the duties involved will make good training for embryo en incidentally the announcement indicates that waterway am provement pro Is making steady progress and means much tor the future trans port atlon interests of the country eagland may now recover from the apprehension felt regarding attack by the upper route reports from that country are to the effect that an air ship has been perfected that surpasses of the kind in existence and H Is expected that a flight from paris to london will soon bo made the flying machine Is the property of an english company but was constructed la france the announcement seems tal bo a sort of answer to the zeppelin challenge tuberculosis keeps at the head at the liet af pf fatal diseases on baitt more s weekly mortality lit and fur terrible proof of ehfe need of even a harder fight than la being made against thin devastating adlea agencies now at work are doing all IB their power but they could do far more vese more abundant there is no hauae that calls for more real philanthropy which could mace better use of large gifta of asaf to aade human lift la a d alae work |