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49,044
fitate of Nebraska, County of Douulas. :
Dwlght William, rliculatlon tnanitgrr
of The life l'ubllihlng company, biinff
duly "worn, any thnt th average dully
nrculatlon for the month of December,
IflZ. was OfiU DWIOHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Managsr.
Subscribed In my pretence nnd sworn
to before me thin 3ln dav of December.
rm. nomniT iiuntisi:,
Seal! Notary" Public.
Subucrlbem lenrtAir tln Ity
teinnornrlly nhnulil linve The Hee
inntled to them. Adrircua itIII lie
cbaniced ns often na rcitetrl.
With January two-thirds gone, old
Father Winter will have to hurry If
lie beata any recorda.
is it sarcastic to add after tho
i.ame of William Hockofollor,
' brother of John O.?"
Whllo tho rouda to California muy
lto blocked with snow, thoso leading
to sunny Nebraska aro still open.
mo owico oi justice or poaco may
need lots of reforming, but wo are
not bo sure nbout the need for fatter
fees.
When tho wind blow tho unow off
tho walks as it foil, It substantiated
a certain old saying about "an HI
w Ind."
Whero is tho old-fashioned boy who
used to stand around waiting for tho
lickings" when mother made tea
cakes?
It la qulto In accord with the, etor
nal fitness of thingH that the Hoard
of. Control should prove so hard to
control. -.." " ' .,
''"y-'' ? ' '
Drcsldetitrolert Wilson has selected
ti scqroturyj nttjnetlumnltjttr-yjjt ho
hjtb ho qnn socr u drifted .dQtijocracy
frbn: ijo oh.' ,' ; '
It;ii fioturfll'8lng''th'at thb Stool
trusqbarpnB Shquld-fol chilly toward
Ptcafdftht Taft, who has" mado things
wirm for. thcui. ' "
S'layor Oaynpr-sayr-ho-vi- not
Htand forl ro-clpctlon. ' .It Ys !agroat
man ho' Icngq, Avjicn th$",pebplo
don't want him. ' " :
A Chicago nowspapor sn.VB that
city Is officially "bankrupt. Thoro Is
a chance for somo ono to do some
pood Samnritan work,
Whllo clamorlug fijr, election of
president, by the -people France
ecoms to have got tho nfuu .for tho
office the majority wanted.
Colorado women aro boconijng
practical politicians, tha la very evi
dent from the fact that they aro now
clamoring for part of tho Jobs.
Kvcry legielaturo la willing to cut
down tho number of cmplqycs of suc
ceeding legislatures, but . It is dif
ferent when called upon to apply tho
lirunlng knife to Its own.
If tho Sackett Jaw for ousting
derelict public officers Is really a
failure, then tho case of those two
South OmaliA police commissioners
must be the exception that proves tho
rule.
The Houston Post ronitnda tho
tlomocratic , congress that it was
elected on a pledge of construction
and not destruction. It may ltavo oc
casion to repeat tho reminder sev
eral times.
The "old-timer" who writes to his
XAinlly newspaper to-eay how he and
other dovb of his day relished that
ne old pastime of carrying in wood
qvcry morning, has waited quite a
While to express his Joy.
Chicago has an alderman who owns
fi, saloon that Ib said to violate the 1
o'clock closing ordinance and when
lto was haled up on the charge, the
otty prosecutor dlsml6Boa tho case.
We tremble to think what might
liappen If that were Omaha, instead
of Chicago.
Congressman Lobeok objects to
placing fourth -class postmasters
itader civil service, while favoring It
fpr their clerk. Uo' saves himself
tie trouble of attempting to give' a
plaueible reason for his position and
Is not candid enough to admit It is
almply becauau he hopes to cut up tho
The Army on the Panama.
Colonel Goethnls' recommendation
of n garrison of 25,000 men to gUHrtl
the Panama canal doubtless will
provoke the snmo controversy as.
arose wo years ago over fortifica
tion In -onBresfl when those In oppo
sition contended that the chief ob
jection to fortifying the canal at all
was that It would necessitate a large
standing army. The objectors have
gone so far as to deny the govern
ment'B nttthorlty under the raool act
to provide fortifications. In u speech
January Id. IP It. on the floor of the
house, Representative J. Warren
Kelfor of Ohio Insisted that wc nroj
"not authorized under the law toi
fortify." quoting from the law specl-j
fylng the power of the president to
control the territory and the canal,
"giving him the right In tho oxcrclso
of-"
Jurisdiction over mild ulrlti mid the
iwtrtf, at th ami tVlarnf lt nnlit llr.h
police and eanltary rulen and reKiilntlona
aa shnll be uecucmry to enforce alli-h
rule and regulation.
Anticipating the counter claim that
this discretionary power might be
sufficient warrant for fortifications,
Mr. Kelfor promptly adds that, "tho
president's power ovur tho canal, It
will bo seen, is carefully limited by
this law In harmony with calBtlng
treaties."
II lit It Is doubtful if this is the
dominant view of the country or the
ono thut will ultimately prevail. Tho
people seem to consider thnt the gov
ernment not only hns tho right, but
from a practical standpoint, Ik duty
bound, to provide adequate', fortifica
tions, for an enterprise, the Initial
cost of which Is sonio $400,000,000.
And If fortifications hrn required
at all, they will have to be com
mensurate with tho ncedB nnd charac
ter of the Institution.
The Inaugural Ball.
Tho ball n s a part of tho Inaugura
tion ceremonies mny be dispensed
with this year, at least, aB the in
coming chief exnoutlvo has suggested
its omission, and about Washington
there Is something of a nontlmcnt
ngalnst It, chlefiy on the grounds that
it, involves a usoloss expenditure. Of
course tho tlmo and money are not
final considerations.' If the ball were
deemed essential, no ono would hest
tato on that account.
Yet thoro Is Btlll another point of
interest to bo noted In tho attitude
of l'resldont-clect Wilson. Ills very
statement In which ho suggests tho
omlsBlon of tho ball la that of a tac
tician, conceallug any personal scfji
pletf he may hnvo on tho Bubjoct
wlioro they cannot possibly occasion
criticism or offend. Now, such a
statement might have afforded a
vehicle for a most spectacular exhibi
tion hadlihq. president-elect n.PIre6la
Jcd .tlipvulno of bucI) public declara
tions. Uvldcntly tho country Ib to
hnvo four rears moro of diirnlty'ln
thb offl6b o'f V'os'ldotir, whatovbr jolse
it info lniTtf. , . ' '
H r-r-.' ,
; '.'v 'Walking for, omwy ,t
'rile mania for long Jousncys by
foot- which seemtngly hns seized qost
orn' BuffagottCB may bo ontltlotl to
inofo, 'boVlbuB cpnRldoratrpnfs.fhfin It
has provoked.- It-Is qulte-notablo that
as n rule American worsen aro not
.walkers; thnt they do not wnlk as
much ns is good for them, Thay are
tho subject of all manner of comi
cal criticism by thplr UrltlsU sinters
on Villa account. 'So, perhaps, if tho
suffragettes do 'liot enlist -many
woman in thotrranks by.thla exam
pic, they might get thorn to' tako up
walking na a fad. When n thing
gets to bo a fad among certain pco
pit? It Is almost auro of success, for
a time, at least. ' ' ' '
Tiio rati to.geuout aim wuik a
few miles each day might prove very
beneficial to women, who do nil their
traveling by easier and loss exhllarat
lng' methWds. TJq suffrngottps, who
recently walked from Now York to
Albany, are now planning a Jaunt to
Washington and proposo all 8hall
Join or pay for sending a substitute.
Tiio substitute feature offers no par
ticular value to tho exemplary fea
tures of the project, though it might
result In swelling the ranks consid
erably. '
One of our Judges of tho district
court sees much significance in tho
fact that 75 per ceitt of our divorces
arc sought by tho women. Tho sig
nificance Is that ovon whero ho Is not
at fault the husband Put of gallantry
usunlly yields precedence to the
woman. Likewise they aro much
more likely to got tho mutually de
sired divorce when tho woman sues.
Omaha water users must bo labor
ing under n great delusion. When
the Water board told them npt to
pay the' excessive rates demanded byj
tho old water company, tho Wator
boarders must have been fooling, for
hero they are sovon months after pos-i
session by the city charging the same
old oxcesslvo rates for lessoned
sarvlce.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon enumer
ates aa four of the great enemies of
mankind "gluttony, tobacco, drink
and luet," but he does not give any
assurance, that theso enemies may bo
routed overnight by tho legislative
cure-all.
The Nebraska legislators should i
giro their attention to the passage of ;
an effective 'blue sky" measure that
covers the whole aky aud not Just a
little twriuir ut IU
ookind Backward
Hills Day in Omaha
1 JK U.
COMPILED f MOM nRR
.ia.v. im.
M II Mil" SJ
Thirty Vcarti t
Your Books' waa the subject f th-
Sunday evening lecture by Itev. W. 1
Marsha at the PreMiytwIan hurtli.
The sermon at the North Prcabyte:ian
tliureh waa delivered by Itev. I'. S.
Hiayncy on a text from IlomnnM.
A resolution adopted by the official
board of the Eighteenth atrcet clitirch
ilenylmr the rumor of a merffnr with the
Klrat Methodlat 13T'leooitl church la
printed over the natnea of K. A. l'tirma-
lee. John IS. JIurKcti. 'A. Stemtig. l:. II.
i Wood. c. W. Cain. C. A. Hparrow. a. .
JIIIIk. C I,. Hurt. I). SI. Haverly. Thomas
Orocox and J. At. Maistoli.
A tnnmorlai addreaa on the life and
works and Ulshop Tnlbnt was delivered'
by Ulnhop Clarkaon al Trinity cathedral.
Tlrketa for the Hums anniversary cele
I brntlon nuiy be procured nt Citllckshnnk
& Co. h, William Fleming' and Wllllum
Aleldrum's.
Slla Jlahel Otrhnrd waa u Kiit of tho
Mttropolltun yoeterduy.
Tred J Conwny, city iHlltpr of the
Sioux City Tlmtti. la In town.
ArrutiKetnentfl hnvo been nmdo for Jem
Maee, the celebrated Kngllah IHlgllUt, to
stop over In Omaha, and rIvo an exhibi
tion with Blade, his Australian protest.
Ttvonly Yen Ac
Health Commissioner Somcrs ordered
confiscated nil tropical fruit offered for
snlo In Omahn, which bad bten frozen.
Senator Church Howe of Nemaha
I county found It possible to break away
irom iiih lefiiHlntlvc iltltlea at Lincoln audi
tun tip to Omaha for the day.
The flnanco committee of the Hoard of
ICducatlou submitted Its estimates of
money needed for tho school vear, iwrure-patina-
WH.ao. of which $2W.0W wns for
teachers' salaries. Tho committee nntlol
pated receipt aa followa: Prom license.".
27('.0X); Jrom fines. r..C0i): state appor
tionment. WS.Ono; to be nmdo tip from
tnxe, pH.ron.
The parlora of First Methodist church
wore filled with many friends attciidlnB n
fccppuon to iiiahop and Mrs. Newman.
During tho evening tho bishop suKUeated
rBiii pians tor tho church's cxpanaUm
In antlclpHtloii of tho Browth of the city
nnd one of the suRBcstlpns waa for thn
consolidation of tho church's finance
On sURBestlon of tho pastor, Itev. bVank
nine, n. committee was appointed
tnke up these suKKcstlons.
to
Ten VenrH Agti
aonto Miller took chance aa lessee
or the Millard hotel, succeeding J. K.
Market A Bop. Mr. Miller, actual mnn
HHement was to begin February 1, and
ho said he would Invest $20.0) In Improve
ments, acv. K F. Trefs. ,,Ustor of Kountzc
Memorial Lutheran church, recelvcjl a
call to become pastor of the First Con
Kredatlonnt church 6f DltiBhamton, N,
.. and decided to Bo east Ui kIvo -tho
matter lib personnl consideration. ,
Hon. U. K. Thompson spent the Any In
town bidding his numerous friends fun
well prior to departing for Ilrarll to take
up tho dutlc of American minister. He
had to ct back to Lincoln In the even
ItiK. whero a Mg reception was planned
nt tho Capitol hotel for hm and Mrs.
Thompson. ,
Kd Henry, n niotoniinn on the I)oaBe
street cur line, had been frugal and
saved up 11.300 from Ida hnrd-earfled
money. He hnrt ....
li. . . V 1 i-""iivu mc money in
a "trunk In his room Instead of n bank,
ny somo mysterious means, this fact
EZT t0.,rTh a Bneok mrt' wll U
if Z." !J wpnt nround to
"" - "-.d in mo lattera nbsenco nnd
Jtulu r.lBl0 exchange wont
,.. .ra ns ennorsing tho compulsory
purchnso water works bill.
People Talked About
i'l;mcetou wants Jt.OOO.OOO nnd Tufta
W.000.000 to run tlM, colleges without a
deficit. Collegians, give the collego yell
and dig up. ;
The diplomat who Is pressing ltu
niani'a'a clalmi or compensation" agauist
Hulgarla owns pP to tho name of Mr
Tak Joneacu. You can't lose 'cm.
Governor Toner of Pennsylvania would
like to go to tho United' States senate.
Governor Haas of New Hampshire har
bora u like feillmr. There are others
one governor nnd several exes In each
state.
A special bathtub, eight feet long, four
irci wine nntl Tour feet deep, wns or
dcreij for tho sulto In tho Hotel Taft, 111
Nowf Haven, Ct which Prealdent Tuff
will (occupy uftcr leaving tho White
House. . '
Prif. T. s. as t.a. .,
... - . ..vr., m, M.D.iuiiuiqiicU
American Inventor, la dead u' Lon An-
giics, ubou (c. no was tho Jlscoverer of
tho Wuter gaa proows, Invontor of ortl
flclal refrigeration, a balloonist and a
railroad builder.
A rlaughter woa born to Mr. and Mrs.
aogtr Walker or Morrison, J. This
makes tho fifth generation on tho mater
nal lde. The beud of tho family Is
Mrs. Han let Kvuns of Xewton, Ifan., who
im T? vnax. nt.l .. . . . .
" uiu nun iias im acscemiants.
Peter Dubrny, said to bo tho heaviest
cMI war veteran. Is dead at pi in w
l4Ue. X. Y. Ho weighed 4T9 pound
when ho stepped on tho scales New
Yenr'a day to please a gathering of hli
twelve children and 'thirty grandchildren.
Jblin W. Meeks of Massachusetts.
named to succeed Senator Crane, u
gruduate of AniiapollH. with a record of
tnreo' yeara- forvlco In' the -old -navy of
the i'SOs, stuiids six feet ono, weigh 2)
laiunds and "has the iort of an admiral"
presumed to bo a curved front
Charles Allen, for sixteen years one of
the Justices of the supremo oourt of Mas.
imchusettx, died at his hqme In Boston.
aged SC. He wus appointed tu the su-
promt bench 4n I&Si, and retired In 1S0S,
Jpdge Allen was grnduatod from Hur-
varrt in Ut,. and wa onfe of tho oldest
of, the alumni.
"Mrx. Kllxabeth Glakley, a well-to-do
dressmaker of Montclalr. J., gae a
dipper at her home to celebrate her rv
unlon with her sister. Mrs. Cornelia "Wlofc
low of Orange, whom she had not seen In
thirty-eight years, but who for the last
fourteen years bad been living within six
mile of her sister.
Huffalo Bill tn eagerly bought by Den
vp tit mitritni mi t ImuI ttiu tm(u...j
Indian show of isuv-'ti.b La,. 0ralld
Ontnotl of the Red Man" which the
mountain town Is booetinr. The show Is
to be capitJtxil for weveraJ millions and
ccrurrrss Kin bo ajiot to couth up at
luAJ. JVWW
Aimed at Omaha
Fremont Tribune; An Omana committee
has exacted a promise that the Omaha
connection with the Ashland cutoff will
be built. Here may be an opportunity
for a Fremont committee to put the
buslnesf across. '
Plattstnouth Journal: OmaliA people
are very much peeved over the removal
of the auditing dejiartmcnt of the Uur
IhiKton to Chicago, but they must not
cut off their noses to spite their faces."
Tho Hurllngton people, If they sec fit.
could do Omaha moie damage than
Omaha possibly could do the Hurllngton.
I-exliiKtoti I'loneer: The plan to an
nex South Omaha to Omaha meets
Its grenteet opposition from tho of-
flee holders nnd politicians of South
Omaha Tlny want no nnnexntlon for
tint reneon that they do not relish tin-
Idea of losing their soft place ut the pie
counter. However, one set of officials
could look after the municipal affairs of
tho two cltlen Just as well as two do
now, and nt a much less prlc to tho
taxpayers.
Oakland Independent: J. J. Mill prom
Itted the committee of Omnha husl
nesH men who went to seo him about
OinnhiflJurlliigton matters that the
Anhland cutoff branch, to Otnuha will
be opehed In 1911. - This Is tho line
which It Is expected will run from Oak
land and for which surveys have been
made. Hurrah for another railroad in a
year.
I
Falls City Journal: The Omaha Com
mercial club fnvqrs a new state cap
Itol building but they have not de
clared for It on the present location
This Is one reason why Lincoln la
fighting shy of this proposition nt pres
ent. Omaha Is for lemoval of the uni
versity to tho stnto fa nn and Is believed
to favor removal of the state capital to
Hastings or Grand Island. Lincoln does
not take kindly to such removal all at
once.
Twice Told Tales
An AiUrrtlsliiH' Story.
F. I. Fletcher, at a Sphinx club dinner
In New York, told an advertising story:
"A man," ho said, "entered a shop onq
bitter cold day and bought a woolen
muffler. When ho opened the muffler he
found Inside It tho photograph of a beau
tiful girl, together with a note saying:
" 'If you aro single, plcnso write me.'
"A namo and addresB followed, and tho
man mnllcd.. Ho was single, and ha put
tho photograph on his Bitting room man
tel. There, every evening, looking up
rrom his book, ho boheld it. It was very
beautiful, arid In n week he had fallen
head over heels In love.
"$o ho wroto to the girl. Another week
passed, a week of anxious, .nerve-racking
p-uspenso.' Then th? love-sick man re
celved this crushing letter:
"'Sir The Mary Smith to whom you
wrote' was' my grandmUher,, .Sh'o died
njno years rtgo, aged &CA Yours' truly.'
"Our' hreart-broken baeheW. oh looking
into this strange matter, found ,that ho
had foolishly bought 'the. muffler from a
dealer who didn't adveUlne." '
Collec Workers.
"Voodrow Wllsdn naturally believes In
a llego cducat(on for boys and girls
oUke," jsald a banker at the Princeton
Club In New York.
"Mr. Wilson, lunching with me here,
onco said la Ids irunlnt way Uiat tho old
Idea about n; college education unfitting
a lad for work had quite died out.
"Wo, no longer hear," he declared,
"stories like that of, Gobsa Golde.
"When Gobsa Goldo's son Bcattergood.
he explained, desired to go to Princeton,
lie sniii to tho old man:
" 'Pater, Is It true that boya who go to
college aro .unfit for-work afterwards?'
Of course- It ain't true'.' snorted the
old man, Indignantly. 'Why, Pve-.got a
Princeton graduate nmnln' my freight
elevator, two of my best coal heavera nre
Harvard A. Ha., and a Yale H. S.. is my
star truck driver.' " , -
" '
Limit of Contempt.
Discussing a customs difficulty,. Col
lector Loob said In New York:
"If ours weren't such a big and Impor
tant country, I suppose somo tourists
would treat us as the Yankee automo-
blllst treatcdiMontenrgro.
"Tbls automobtllst. after a wrnnglp with
the customs officers on the Montenegrin
frontier, shouted i
" 'Here, shut up tho trunks! I'u't 'em
back on thercar again! I'll not go through
you at all! You're no country. You're
only a spot. 1 don't mind losing ten or
twelve minutes, and so I'll go 'round
you.' "
Editorial Sif tings
Philadelphia Record: An impeachment
will recall.
St. Louts Globe-Democrat: When'thlrty-
nlno democrats In ' the house vote to
Ignore fourth-clans postofflce patronage
Is it party Insurgency, revolt or revolu
tion? 1 '
Ualtlnfbte'ArtieYlean: Adapting the lines
of an English poet praying Heaven to
tnx hyprocrlsy. the mayor of New York
declared he favored a -tax upon- hypo
crltcB. There Is no. doubt such nn assess
ment ntlght materially decrease the tax
rae.
Washington Iost: Hot Springs gamblers
have formed a vigilance committee' with
the police tp run outside crooks out of
town; and thus the old theory that com
petition Is 'the -life of trnde succumbs
to the modern doctrine. of combination.
New York World: Suffragists on their
march from New York to Washington
will -wear brown costumes described as
"a cross between bloomers nnd a slieath
gown." together with brown cloakr and
brown knapsacks. The Important matter
of tho clothes having been settled, tho
"hike" may proceed.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer: A New Jersey
court has ruled thnt t.X) Is cnouirh for
arty woman to pay for. a suit. And his
honor would probably have called It-contempt
of court ir some fresh lawyer had
asked him what he iald for the broad
cloth ho was wearing when he pro
nounced Judgment.
Pittsburgh Dispatch. Hv .lint of at
tending strictly io business the electoral
oolUeta eleott d V president In n (.ingle
day and rescued the country from tho
complications of throwing the election
Into the house, T'eople witrt aetlve .mem
ories may recall that some persons frit
quite uneasy nver that possibility no
kinder Uuus-Mm ' months-ag -
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OMAHA. Jan. 30.
To t!ie Editor of The
Itee: I want to commend the action of
Police Commissioner nvder and Chief
Dunn In levying nn embargo ncalnt
prlxe righter. 1 understand Commis
sioner Ityder was Wleged by promoter
for permission to run In a lot of their
fourth-rnte fighters on us, but he said
"no." It Is a great thing for a public
official to know when to say "no," nnd
to have the backbone to stand by It
after lie says It. Omaha has had too
much of the Indulgent, free-and-easy con
duct of such nffalca and It Is time for a
change. The city, as Tho Uee said
cdltornlly, needs a different kind of ad
vertising than thut which comes from
licensing such disreputables as pugilist.
Why should we let thetfl perform hero
when they have been barred from mo.it
cities and states? Good for Jack Ryder
and Henry Dunn. CIVIC LEAGUER.
The Mnniifni'turrr'n It vmhiI M 11 1 .
CLEARWATER, Neb.. Jan. IS.-T0 the
Editor of Tho Dee: While I realize that
tho til nde launched against Collier's over
the signature of A. .L. Meyer Is but the
howl of someone hit In a vital spot,
nevertheless I desire to correct a few
statemcntB nnd challenge a few others.
"t'nelo Sam," In paying Indirectly tho
full value of all Intoxocntlng liquors sold
nnd receiving directly a 73 per cent re
turn of his Investment, cobld hardly bo
looked upon as reaping a profit to snv
nothing of the millions of paupers mado
nnd the pieinaturo deaths of the thou
sands annually thnt directly results from
the sale of liquor. Wo might add the
loss of manhood nnd Integrity, one of tho
fundamentals of Uncle Sams existence.
I heartily agree that Uncle Sam reaps the
lion's share, but It Is the whirlwind that
bo reaps.
Again: "Stop the demand by education
and the supply will cease." I can Im
nglne the author of that remark standing
on tho outside of the ropes advising a
squad of, firemen to cease fighting the
fire and remove all tho buildings nnd the
fire would then go out of Itsolf.
As to obscene literature and lewd
dances, shows nnd posters, I bavo lived
In a city sometime myself nnd experl
ence taught me that about W per cent of
that kind of commerce wns obtained
only where liquor was sold nnd was de
pended upon ns a drawing card sideline
to tho licensed business.
Whatever Is the nmount of material
produced which is calculntcd to destroy
the moral stamina of young America.
Mr. Meyer (ir He be a manufacturer),
cannot excuse himself or a colleague In
tho "nefarious business" of the manu
facture nnd sale of Intoxicating liquors
oy crying "You're another."
On tltn nlli.. ,wt . ...
.. ..... v.. mi iiuiiii .rj per cent or the
liquors manufactured ore decidedly not
"used temperately" or "without injury."
and none was ever used without some
Injury physically nnd consequently a
moral' Injury.
From, a moinl standpoint never was
there a drop of Intoxicating liquors used
us they nre manufactured today tn
any sense legitimately, whero Mclally
or medicinally and no . amount of mis
representation of truth will Justify a
person engaging In Its manufacture.
"Why should the manufacturer bo
pllldrled?'" Because be Justly deserves
it na .the original cause of nine-tenths of
tho vice now prevalent In America.
However, so long ns the laws of our
Commonwealth permit him to operate I
will not.complaln ns long as ho doesn't
and doesn't try to, shoulder the re
sponsibility upon the schools (education)
and the tenchers of mornltly that op
poso his again "nefarious" work.
H. A. McF.. A TEACHER.
Jf you aro fond of living, don't
mpvo." said a Philadelphia highwayman
to n railroad ticket agent an he ex
tratited :H9 from tho Lehigh Valley safu
and tost himself In the crowd on Broad
street. The ticket agent obeyed orders.
Los Angeles has mnpped out certain
sections of tho city available ror fac
tories, and decjfird their banlshmunt
from residential sections. Execution of
the drastic ordinance, which has been
sustained by tho state supreme court,
will cost the industries affected over
$1,000,000.
New York. Is to have .an auto speed
way 011 a tract of 630 acres on the Jersey
meadows, provided with n grandstand to
seat 75,000 persons.
Chicago expect to be the headquar
ters of the millinery trust as soon as
it la trimmed up.
A corps of instructing housekeepers
will bo the feminine branch of an en
larged bureau of sanitation balancing
tho sanitary police force of tho same
department under a scheme of organiza
tion now being planned by Miss Mildred
Chadscy, head of Cleveland's sanitary
police force.
M. Louis hotel hat boy recently
bought n hotel of I1I.1 own. A Chicago
waiter died the other day. leaving i 1,000, -OuO.
Tho moral for ambitious young men
seems to be get a Job whero tho tips
arc sure and frequent.
Political New Brooms
Sen'ator-elecf Edwin C, Ilurlelgh of i
Maine learned the political game as an
editor. j
"Uluc sky" laws are talked or in the 1
legislatures from California to New Jer- j
sey. Tho two extremes, whore the need
of such laws are urgent, are least likely
to get them.
Mayor Harrison and tho councllmen of .
Chicago announce that, they nro shott
12.G00.O0O In payroll calculations for the '
year. Money In sight Is good for only I
nine months. An Issue of emergency
bonds is under consideration. ,
Wisconsin and North Dakota legis
latures are considering measures allowing
citizens away from home on election
day to vote by letter.
Among the social service mcusures
pressed on the legislature of, Missouri Is
one requiring the' lapse of five days
between the application aud Issuance of
a matrlage license.
New York's legislature has approved
the Seventeenth constitutional amend
ment providing for tha direct election of
United States senators.
Prophet" IllM-mllffd.
New York World.
"You cannot unscramble eggs'' la a fa
mous dictum of the supreme court of
high finance. But that you can and must
uniTimblf ts a decision of the aunremu
HU.W court of the Uulud SU.ua.
Around the Cities
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BREEZY TRIFLES.
hat policlea will the new adminis
tration favor7 '
My trlcnd " replied Senator Sorghum
with a man In my position Jt is a quesl
tlon not of nhat policies, but of what
l'olltlclans."-Washlngton Star.
The Doctor Talk nhnnt mv hi..,- ,.i.i
! to l"l Income tax! Nearly half tho
money 1 make I spend In hiring motor
cars!
The Professor Well, isn't that Jour In-
vumr in 1CH07 mcago xrioune.
hat made him decide not to go on
the water wagon until Juuanry IS?"
just his natural aversion to strap
hanging. Uy waiting u bit he got a seat
nil to htmsolf."-Mt. Louis Republic.
Mrs. Kawler You don't mean to tell
me that Mrs. Gnysett got her furniture
on the Installment plan.
. , noimes-i uo. Shes had thteo
husbands and she got a portion of it with
each one. Uoston Transcript.
"It Is not a lawyer but n barber that
.'""niudgeon wants to draw up Irts
"How's thnt?"
'Ilecause he wnnu to cut his heir."
Haltlmore American.
"The automobile has caused manv
changes.
"I should say so." replied Mr. Chug
gins; 'why I can remember when, onue
In a while, you'd hear of somebodv being
arrested Tor driving a horse too fast or
for scorching on a bicycle." Washing
ton Tost.
-IJUt. George," protested the lovely
girl, "your salary Is only $20 a week,
and we can't live on thnt!"
"Dar'lng," exclaimed George. -ou
don t suppose I'd be mean enough to ask
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Minna Irving, In Judg
Tile day was bright and sunn- .
And business going well.
Out Reuben In his office
A prey to dreaming fell,
lie thought of woods and nuadovs
With all their sylvan charm.
"Good bye, old ton," he murmured.
"For Rueben buys a farm "
He found a roomy dwelling
With roses round the door.
A covered well behind It,
A picket fence before,
And ancient apple-orchards
Where sang, secure from harii-.
An orchestra of robin,
So Reuben bought the farm
Hut getting up so euiiy
To milk by inntern-llght.
And feed tho pigs nnd chickens
Wns not unmixed delight.
A pain was In his shoulder.
A cramp was In his arm,
And life was full of trouble.
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He loved his growing garden
And pleasant pasture lands.
But not his aching muscles
And badly blistered hunda.
The household gathered round I1I111
And viewed him with alarm.
"We nil," they said, "should htrstle
When Reuben buys a farm."
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The cows are Mary's' care.
The pigs and geese nnd chickens.
Jeannetto'a attention share.
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A never-falling rhnrm
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While Reuben runs the farm.
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