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Brytn and Watterson can shake now.
When Billy comes marching borne,
tra la.
' For once Grover Cleveland bas been
taken at bis word.
Conditions bave changed. The west
la "the enemy's country" this year for
the democratic candidate for president
The beat in the St Louis convention
naturally Inclined the delegates toward
the coldest man available and they
probably got him.
Nebraska democrats can, sympathize
with the feelings of those of New York
la 1890 and learn t look with less dis
pleasure upon bolters. .
When the Standard Oil octopus car
tied the day at St Louis Bryan's anti
trust declaration in the platfoYm.be
Came a tverlug- fare.'
tlaa anyone beard the Hon. William
Baadolpb Hearst say anything about bis
little boom, lately deceased? For a
ahort-lived luxury It was an expensive
one,
i The democratic party bas traveled In
Sj circle and bas reached the point where
It looks at current events from the
standpoint of 1876 twenty-eight years
behind the times.
"Tammany is for the nominee," says
the leader of that organization, but Da
vid Hill, who bas beard that- remark
before, will probably desire to ee the
guarantee bond.
I
Speech is silver and silence Is gold.
The democratic platform is' Silent on
the money quostlon and that will be in
terpreted by Wall street as tantamount
to 'a declarationin favor of gold.
The recent reduction In the price of
oil announced by the Standard Oil com
pany may be Mr. Rockefeller's delicate
Intimation to the colleges that Christ
mas presents will not come so easily
this year. 1 y
1 It would be Interesting at this moment
tp hear. Just exactly what Orover Cleve
land bas to say on the situation, and
the democratic chance of success in No
vember. ;A little louder, please, Mr.
Cleveland."
Qrover Cleveland's alleged character
isation of the Wilson bill can with equal
truth" be applied to the present demo
cratic platform. The former president
Is said to have used the words: "Cow
ardly makeshift"
The whirligig of time, brings its re
venges. A petition in bankruptcy has
bnvn filed against the United States
Clock company by its civdltora. The
overissue of stocks Is said to bave been
thi cause of its untimely impending de
mise. ' A klnetoscope panorama of the demo
cratic national convention wljl now be
added to the other Interesting spectacu
lar features of the St Louis exposition
en ling up with the musical composition,
"For There Was a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tolght"
It Is generally believed that Judge
Parker's committee will bave little diffi
culty In connecting with the campaign
appropriations of the trust magnates;
but whether that money will be more
effective than the funds provided by the
silver mine owners remains to be seen.
. Nebraskana will not have to go to the
circus this summer to see lively acro
batic exhibitions, for every town has a
number of democrats wbo will turn a
ttn vigorous handsprings, and Jump
from the extreme platform, of populism
to that of conservative democracy as
defined try Mr. Tatter. ' " .
PARKER FOR PRESIDENT.
The thorough organization of the sup
porters of Judge Alton B. Tarter made
his nomination by the St Louis conven
tion inevitable, and for this organization
the credit is chiefly due to the leading
Tarker champion, David B. U11L It Is
a question whether the New York Jurist
Is the most available man that could
have been chosen. He Is as yet an "un
known quantity," so far as national
questions are concerned, and be bas
never occupied any executive or legis
lative position, so that In regard to his
capacity and qualifications for the great
office of president of the United States
nothing definite can be said.
Ills public career bas been wholly Ju
dicial and he stands well as a Jurist
He is now chief Judge of the court of
appeals of New York, the highest Judi
cial body In that state. He was chosen
1o that position by a large majority after
service in the supreme court of the
state, to which he was elected by all the
parties In the Judicial district in which
he lives. Before bis transfer to the Ju
diciary Judge Parker was somewhat In
politics, having represented the democ
racy of his congressional district In the
state committee of the party and was
the leading man of that committee in
campaigns in which the democracy was
successful. When he was chosen to the
bench he renounced political activity
and sundered political relationships.
Since then he bas devoted himself en
tirely to Judicial duties, though bis
friends say he bas not failed to take an
Interest In and keep in touch with cur
rent political events. ,
Mr. Hill has given assurance that
Judge Parker will approve the platform.
But will be endorse the omission of any
reference to the money question, or will
he give expression to his own views on
that question? The Brooklyn Eagle.
which claims to have been the first to
suggest Judge Parker for the presiden
tial nomination, makes an urgent appeal
to him to declare himself for sound
money and the maintenance of the gold
standard. It tells blm that the demo
cratic friends of sound money will ex
pect this of him and that duty to these,
to whom he owes the nomination, re
quires such an expression from him
Doubtless the Eagle will In this bave the
support of other sound money demo
cratlc papers and the response of Judge
Parker to the appeal, which . be will
hardly venture to Ignore, will be awaited
with general and great interest The
understanding is that although he voted
for Mr. Bryan in 1806 and 1000 be is a
gold-standard man, but it Is necessary
to secure the support of sound money
democrats that he shall make his posl
tlon clear and beyond doubt. If he does
this, what will be the effect upon the
democrats who are unfriendly to the gold
standard and are still quite numerous?
That Is a matter which may cause the
candidate no little perplexity.
Judge Parker Is unquestionably an
able Jurist and a citizen of high char
acter. There Is no evidence that he has
any of the qualities of a statesman and
be certainly has had no experience to
qualify him for the work or statesman
ship.. The claim of his friends thst he
Is a "safe" man is perhaps well founded.
but what of those such men, for ex
ample, as Hill and Belmont and Don
forth who would probn.bly exert a com
manding Influence In the administration.
should Judge Parker be elected? That
Is a question which the people will serf
ously ponder between now and Novem
ber. ' ' A
TUB DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
The platform adopted at St. Louis Is a
patchwork compromise and as a whole
does not satisfy either the conservative
or the radical elements of the democracy.
It is platitudinous and commonplace. ' It
presents no paramount Issue and offers
nothing that will commend It to the In
telligent Judgment of the country. It
speaks of fundamental principles and
defines none not now recognized and In
operation. It calls for economy and hon
esty In the administration of the govern
ment, which is desired by every citizen.
The record of democratic administration,
however, offers no guaranty that If that
party should again be restored to power
It would practice economy.
- On the tariff It maintains the party's
traditional position, denouncing protec
tion as robbery and favoring a tariff for
revenue only. The first draft of the
platform took a conservative position
on, this question, but the anti-protection
element was able to carry Its de
mand and place the party again In an
attitude of hostility to the industries of
the country whose maintenance and de
velopment are essential to the welfare
of labor. In Ignoring the money ques
tion the sound money democrats made
an Inglorious surrender to the radical
element which places the party In an
embarrassing position. It leaves as the
only authoritative decuarntlon of the de
mocracy ou this question the money
plank of. the Kansas City platform.
That this will seriously trouble the
party In the campaign Is not to be
doubted. It will not be sufllclent for it
to say that the money issue Is dead, In
view of the fact that hundreds of thou
sands of democrats are still devoted to
silver and that their representatives In
the national convention were able to
prevent committing the party to the gold
standard.
The denunciation of trusts and com
binations expresses a practically univer
sal sentiment. Republicans are as
strongly orposed to monopolistic com
binations as are democrats and the
former have shown their hostility by
enacting and enforcing anti-trust legis
lation. The St. Louis platform offers no
practicable plan or proposition for deal
ing with trusts and combinations, which
Is quite In keeping with the failure of
the democratic party to enact any anti
trust legislation when It was In control
of the executive and legislative branches
of the government. The deliverance' in
regard, to the Philippines will five little
encoiiraKeuient to tuone In the islands
who are 'hoping fer independence. It
TITE OMAHA
carries the promise to the Filipino people
of independence at some indefinite time
and under certain conditions a promise
that will not only be disappointing to
the island people, but also to the so
called antl-lmperlflllsts of this country.
It Is perhaps unnecessary to point out
In this connection, what ought to be ob
vious to all men of Intelligent discrimi
nation, that there Is really no parallel
between the cases of Cuba and the Phil
ippines. There are some features of the plat
form which all citizens can approve, for
example, the declaration favoring larger
powers for the Interstate Commerce
commission and that for maintaining the
Monroe doctrine, but as a whole the
platform Is weak and will not make a
favorable Impression upon the thought
ful and discriminating.
MUSEUM OF CURIOSITIES.
Railroad tax agents are now collating
a symposium of curiosities and oddities
of assessments under the new revenue
law. Advance copies of the material
prepared for the forthcoming bulletin
embody some samples to which publicity
is given in the Lincoln Star. In Chey
enne county, where the "whirr" of the
lasso Is heard In the land and the som
brero is the dress hat for all occasions,
revolvera are worth $1, typesetting ma
chines $10 and the toy steamboat is
quoted at $1, while in Washington
county typesetting machines are quoted
at $2 and five and one-half steamboats
at $10.75 each. The half boat Is sup
posed to be stranded on the county line.
Whether Burt county returned the other
half Is not divulged.
It should be borne in mind, however,
that these figures represent only one
fifth of the actual value and conse
quently old "bulldog" revolvers quoted
at $1 really represent $5, a typesetting
machine $50, and that Is about all any
body would be willing to pay for them
unless they are brand new. i
A good deal of fun Is poked at the
Omaha dogcatcher by pointing out the
fact that In Cheyenne county cuijs are
actually quoted at 60 cents, while those
In Fillmore county are returned at $1.02.
This really means an average of from
$3.00 to $10.20 per bead, and we doubt
very much whether any poundmaster in
Omaha or South Omaha would be will
lng to appraise an ordinary barker at
more than SO cents, and an extra biter
at more than $5. It Is barely possible
that the Cheyenne county assessor made
his return for prairie dogs. The omission
of the owls and rattlesnakes is, how
ever, Justly censurable from the tax
agent's point of view.
If the forthcoming bulletin of the tax
agents Is to be funny, they must add
something more than the sombrero and
sheep dog to tbelr museum of curiosi
ties. RECIPROCITY AND ANNEXATION..
From time to time there appears to
be an . outbreak of the Idea ' of
closer union with Canada, , both Indus
trtally and politically, In the northwest
era. and New England states, under the
name of reciprocity, and In a few sec
tions of the middle west they call it
annexation.
A man who bas been for many years
a close student of Canadian affairs and
Canadian sentiment summed it up In
the laconic expression, "Reciprocity,
possibly; annexation, never!"
There undoubtedly was a time, before
the passing of the Dlngley bill, when
the bard times and prevalent industrial
depression In Canada had forced the
people to consider the Idea of a union
with the United States, and at that time
a treaty of reciprocity might have beeu
consummated between the two coun
tries. In the natural course of events,
under the then existing conditions, such
a treaty mlgbt well have led to closer
political relations, and ultimately to an
nexation, and there were not wanting
some public men of Canada wbo de
clared this to be the "manifest destiny"
of that country.
The passing of the McKlnley bill, and
the subsequent Dlngley bill, with the
consequent raising of a great tariff wall
between the two countries, had a pe
culiar effect. Rightly or wrongly, the
Canadian people interpreted It as an at
tempt to force them on their knees
with an appeal to the republic for better
trade relations, In which event, of
course, the United States could, dictate
their own terms, and this, if It had ever
occurred, would probably have led to
ultimate annexation.
But the same spirit of independence
which Animates the American nation
lives also In the Canadian people, and
rather than be forced Into union, they.
In their turn, erected a tariff wall, and
resolved to depend on their own efforts
and their own resources for their needs.
Industrial and otherwise, to build up
their own manufactures, and to shut
out much of that American competition
which had well-nigh ruined many Cana
dian Industries. So unanimous was this
sentiment that the liberal party, then
In opposition, who had been advocating
free trade, stole' the conservative thun
der, and came out at the next election
with a protection plank stronger than
was In the conservative platform and
won the election, and it Is today the
strongest plank with both parties, and
one on which they are both In hearty
accord.
The solid, substantial and growing
prosperity of . the country today bears
witness to the wisdom of that policy.
They have come to feel that they are
quite Independent of the United States,
and from the utterances of the leaders
of both parties in Parliament it is clear
that if there ever Is another reciprocity
treaty it will not be the one-sided affair
which they claim all previous agree
ments have proved to be. They feel
that they have proved to themselves
that they are secure In their own
strength, and declare that any over
tures must come from this side of the
line.
With all this, there Is a very strong
feeling 6f friendship for the United ,
DAILY DEE: SUNDAY, JULY 10. 1904.
States, and there Is no doubt that closer
trade relations would be welcomed, but
they feel that If they cannot obtain
a quid pro quo, they do not want any
agreement at all.
With the firm and determined attitude
assumed by both parties, not to be
forced Into union, and a realization of
their own strength and resources, came
a rush of national feeling, which re
sulted In seeking closer tics with Great
Britain, and the Canadian preferential
tariff was the outcome. To this there
was added a great impetus to the move
ment called imperial federation. All of
this has developed a national spirit
fully as ardent as is to be' found
among ourselvs, and today any man
preaching the doctrine of annexation
would get a reception much the same
as that accorded to Dowle during his
recent European trip.
All this need cauro no animus among
us on this side of the line, for It Is pre
cisely what we would have done under
similar -circumstances, and we cannot
blame them for giving full rein to their
aspirations to build up a strong nation.
There can be no doubt In the mind
of anyone who bas mingled at all with
Canadians and their leaders that our
northern neighbors are both content and
determined to live and work out their
own problem, of nation-bulldlng, on lines
chosen by themselves. The declaration
of the democratic national convention
In favor of Canadian reciprocity Is man
ifestly a sop thrown to New England
manufacturers, who hope to profit by a
reciprocity treaty with the dominion,
but the democrats, even If successful In
the election next November, are Impo
tent to fulfill their promises and will
so remain until they elect a majority of
the senate.
TO REGULATE EMIGRATION.
There Is reported to be a movement on
foot to bring about an International
agreement among the leading govern
ments of the world to regulate emigra
tion from one country to another. "As
sisted Immigration" growing out of the
keen rivalry between big steamship com
panies for the business of transporting
emigrants Is said to have convinced offi
cials of many governments that It will
be necessary soon to bave international
restriction and supervision of the whole
matter. Considerable light has been
thrown upon the subject by several spe
cial agents who are traveling through
the principal countries' of Europe for the
immigration bureau of the Department
of Commerce and Labor.
These agents have been abroad for a
number of months, investigating and
studying the various phases of Immigra
tion as it relates to the United States.
It is stated that some of their discover
ies confirm the impression that was held
pretty generally by our Immigration au
thorities, that a largo percentage of the
aliens who come to this country do so
entirely as a result of the Inducements
held out by agents of steamship com
panies. These agents are paid a com
mission for every emigrant they , land
and they consequently make the most
extravagant representations regarding
the chances of those wbo come here for
securing remunerative employment
It bas been found that the European
governments generally are opposed to
the methods of the steamship companies
In working up sentiment favoring emi
gration to the United States and several
of the continental countries have adopted
laws strictly prohibiting assisted emigra
tion and imposing severe punishments
upon persons who make a business of In
ducing people to leave their homes to
seek new ones In tho United States. It
is pointed out that another growing evil
which has suggested ah international
agreement is the practice of steamship
companies of landing their passengers at
remote points on our coasts where the
inspection faculties are poor. To ac
complish this certain lines follow the
most circuitous routes In order to evade
the rigid Inspection they would encounter
at the regular ports of entry. Still an
other matter suggesting international
regulation of emigration is the jaxlty of
South American countries with regard
to the admission of aliens, some of those
countries having absolutely no restric
tive laws and admitting the worst class
of foreigners.
It would seem that the governments
acting Individually should be able to
protect their people from being misled
by the statements of steamship agents,
but an International agreement to regu
late emigration might prove beneficial.
It appears that the matter has been re
ceiving consideration at Washington.
The only remnant of a former para
mount Issue that will still be a subject !
of serious discussion In the Impending
national campaign Is the policy to be
pursued with regard to the trusts. The
trust plank Inserted Into the democratic
national , platform to placate Bryan Is
presumed to represent the consensus of
opinion of anti-monopoly democrats. As
a matter of fact It does not begin to be
as expressive as the platform proposed
by Judge Grosscup of the federal cir
cuit court some months ago, which read
as follows:
First and Foremost The subjection of all
corporations to government supervision.
Second A demand that the capitalisation
of a corporation ahall represent Its assets.
Third Insistence that the great seal Of a
stat shall not be employed to sanction
the existence of Institutions bora bankrupt
And Lastly Restrictions on th organ
isation of corporations of Eiffel tower con
struction, offering ground floor privileges
to a few stockholders.
To tell the peasantry of Europe that
In one of the best sections of the oriel
land was being practically given away
for a mere song, that every citizen had
an equal chance for it, with every pros
pect for the lucky ones to obtain a boun
tiful living for themselves and family,
would result In being looked upon as a
phenomenal liar or a lunatic. And yet
the Rosebud lands now being taken up
by homesteaders are as good lauds as
csn be found anywhere. Well watered,
fertile, virgin, It simply means oue more
great section of the west to be filled up
with a self-sustaining hard-working.
self-respecting population. : That such a
gigantic lottery should be Inaugurated
and carried out by the government and
that few thousand men and families
should obtain good land to sustain their
families and descendants for genera
tions, and that It should make so little
noise-In the world; testifies once more
to the generous rollcy of this great re
public toward the home builders.
We wonder If Alton the Silent will
consent to let go of a little wisdom now
that his nomination is an assured fact,
The country is curious to know what
his views are on some matters, or if he
hns any views at all. Some are wicked
enough to say be Is merely the mega
phone through which one hears the
dulcet tones of the great David B.
Those who have been telling us that
Bryan Is too honest to be successful in
politics should tell us what they think
of his falling Into line with the present
patchwork platform of the democrats.
Everyone knows that he is as staunch
a believer as ever In his peculiar views
on the money question, but not a men
tion is made of it in the platform, de
spite all the efforts of "the peerless
leader." It really does seem as if the
gentleman from Nebraska has consented
to ally himself with the money power
for the sake of being with the majority.
Vacation Tlaa Worries.
Portland Oregonlan.
Some peopl worry themselves sick lest
they won't get away on their vacation on
time, and then keep worrying lest they
won't get back to their work on time.
Patrlotlo Alra.
Washington Star.
A New York musician has composed new
muslo for "America." "A Hot Time In the
Old Town" will, however, continue to -receive
the usual popular recognition for pa
trlotlo purposes.
The Expert at Work.
Kansas City Star.
One of the drat official acts of Paul Mor
ton, th new secretary of th navy, will
doubtless be to arrange for new round
houses for the warships and provlda netting
(or the mosquito fleet.
Blister imoag the Bearded.
Chicago Tribune.
The tabulated statement of the Injuries
received in celebrating th glorious Fourth
will make no mention of several thousand
of those older boys with beards who has
tened to hide the powder burns and other
evidence of their folly from th curious
gasa of the public.
Lodge Room Obllgatloa.
Boston Transcript.
The relative Importance of a man's duty
to a secret order and his duty as a cltiien
seems to be pretty well Indicated by th
decision of the appellate division of th
New Tork supreme court that a man fined
and imprisoned for contempt because he
refused on of the leeeer judicial bodies
Information on the ground that he was
bound by a lodge oath not to give It, may
purge himself of contempt only by stating
the required facts. It is a pity such dis
cipline should be necessary In an en
lightened republic, - but so long as It Is,
it Is refreshing to have it thoroughly ad
ministered. '
Aa Era of Temperance.
Portland Oregonlan.
One reason, perhaps, why prohibition,
as a legalised system, doesn't get on Is
that in the matter of thirst and of allay
ing It this generation Is more moderate
than any other that has gone before it
In other words, there Is less excess of
drinking. Once It wasn't disgraceful to
be drunk. It is now. Among cultivated
people all passions and emotions are held
down. At weddings there are no tears of
Joy. At funerals no howls or sobs or
lamentations. At revival meetings no
shrieks, no incantations. The Homerlo
heroes in their wrath bellowed ilk boobies.
shed tears In their fit of anger and called
each other liars. Everybody la more tm
perate now.
The Tobacco Heart.
Baltimore Herald.
It is estimated that about 20 per cent
of th young men who itecently applied
to enter the Naval academy have failed
In the physical test, and th failure was
largely due to th use of tobacco, result
ing In the Irregular beating of th heart.
Nowadays physicians speak of the "to-
baoco heart," a trouble caused by the ex
cessive use of the weed. When the smo
ker develops into a "cigarette fiend" the
services of a physician are necessary, but
before this point is reached the heart may
be permanently injured. The trouble Is
often of a gradual growth, and It Is only
when the young man is subjected to a
physical examination that the extent of
the disorder becomes known.
An observant englishman, reclntly on
a visit to the United States, said in no
country In . the world had he ever seen
smoking carried to such excess as In Amer
ica. . ,
TITLES FOR OUR AMBASSADORS,
Tuft Banters Complaining; of Anterl.
eaa Simplicity.
1 Chicago Record-Herald.
Certain American ladles now In Europe
are reported to b complaining because
our ambassadors at foreign courts are not
permitted to bav titles. This lack of titles,
th ladles declare, puts our representatives
at a serious disadvantage. Whan Ambassa
dor Choate, for Instance, attends a function
at the king's palace he is thrown In th
shad by th representatives of petty states
merely because he is plain "Mr." Instead
of a duke or a marquis. This condition th
patrlotlo ladles wbo have been presented, at
court by Mr. Choate And exceedingly dis
tressing. W may readily Imagine bow they
blush for shame as they In their fancy see
some sa wed-off marquis from Italy or an
Inslgnlflcant-looklng duke from Spain stand
In front of our noble ambassador or crowd
him Into a corner back of the whatnot,
merely because he has th misfortune to
represent a niggardly country which I so
lacking In pride that rather than tax Itself
for th maintenance of a nobility it forces
Its womsn to acquire their titles by mar
riage and often sands as Its representatives
at th courts of Europe plain, blunt men
who wouldn't know th dlllereno between
th gules on a coat of arms and th trade
mark on a tub of buttertne.
Let us arts and ery out aglnst this
humiliating stat of affairs. Surely ther
Is a remedy to be found If w car to look
for It. Why not let the husband of our
daughters who have married titles be our
ambassadors If we can't do anything else.
Ther are plenty of them to go around,
and w have no doubt that most of them
would consent to serve provided their
fathers-in-law were willing to provide for
th extra expenses. Th cry of th good
American ladles who have discovered how
our ambassadors are eclipsed because of
their lack of titles must not go unheeded.
Let us mak hast to remedy the evil lest
the prestige w have labored so long and
eo hard to establish b for.v.r destroyed. ,
SKRJIONS I BENTBNCES.
Lor has no labor troubles.
Faith give heaven's firmness.
A short hand goes with a long face.
A Ilttl help la worth a lot of holler.
To recelv th false is to reject the true.
An Inspiration s greater than an ex
ample. No tnaa ever stays long In the suburts
of sin.
All great reforms start where charity
beclns.
True patriotism never thinks of the pre
miums. '
The best way to silence conscience Is to
obey It.
The church gets no grip when It tries
to graft
There Is no protection In the life that Is
all policy.
The cost of a thing cannot be measured
by Its price.
Lip that love bad news mak poor ones
for good news.
The world owe you a living; but you
owe the world a life.
Every Urn you think of another a
million angels think of you.
He cannot hav right thoughts of God
who refuses to take thought for men.
There is something wrong with a man
when all his nerves are In his pocket.
Advertising the shortcomings of others
does not help us to dispose of our own.
The man who la trying to reform the
world generally keeps a dog that barks all
night Chicago Tribune. '
PERSONAL ADD OTHERWISE.
Port Arthur continues to have Its dally
fall.
A Brooklyn woman, who owns up to M
years, claims to have seen Aaron urr
and looked Into his "dark, piercing eyes."
One difference between the Chicago and
St. Louis conventions Is that the former
laundered Its linen In advance of the meet
ing.
What Is now needed to put the finishing
touches on the world's gaiety la a regula
tion stunt from the Mad Mullah. Maud
Muller la busy raking.
During a bargain rush In Brooklyn a
riot call was sent for the police. Th
twentieth century woman Is a vigorous
proposition on bargain day.
In sending an ioe crusher to the front
the Russians are enabled with that cap
tured Japanese brandy to forget some of
their troubles for a minute or two.
After experiencing a year or two of Ida
Tarbell the Standard Oil peopl are suffi
ciently seasoned to scoff at the bills of
George Rice, the New Jersey mosquito.
Texas has gone into court to prevent
the landing of the Paiagonlan ant pre
ferring to bear with the boll weevils It
hap rather than welcome those it knows
not of. '
Some pert paragraphers criticise th
manner In which Senator Fairbanks parts
his hair, (falling to give him credit for
doing the best he can with the few strands
in sight
On the open cars In New Tork custom
permits five persons to stand between each
row of seats, in front of the knees of th
people who are sitting. Those who stand
are native lap landers.
As a result of an Investigation, forty-two
Indictments have been returned against as
many bookmakers of the Hawthorne track.
Still, Chicago's literary talent bears up welf I
despite many dlsoourageaenta.
"Sight Draft at Maturity"
is up misnomer.
Of five companies the first to pay.
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"U-.n, tn mnrrv mv daughter, do voar
"Tee, sir,"' responded the frightened
young man, "but she's as much to btam
for It as I am." Chicago Tribune.
"Tee, just as soon s the person 1rt
his eermnn he stops all the electrle fana"
'What that for?"
"He knows that the hum Is much too
soothing on a warm day." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Towne Jlrley Is married now an4 he,
got a reputation to live up to.
Browne I heard he waa married to thtt
young widow, but what's the reputation
you Break oft
Tnwne His wir s first husbands.-FhUa.
delphla Press.
"Mrs. Mudgler A uo lartrty
"I know It. She worried herself rmarlv
sick because hr husband paid hie lit n.
suranc premium two day before It wa,
due. It would hav been Just that much
5ood money lost, she comp'alned. If he h1
led In the meantime." Chicago Record
Herald. Maria What be th attractions at th
operv hou this week, Joshua?
Joshua Electrlo fans, Maria. Tonkers
Statesman.
"I've often wondered, remarked ths oh
servant watch dog. "why you should prefer
Scotch whisky."
"Losh! dlnna ye ken?" replied th wis
owl, "that's what makes m hoot mon."
Philadelphia Preea.
"Before we were married," she com
plained, "you swore you would go to the
ends of the earth for m. and now "
"And now," he Interrupted, "there are no
nds of th earth any more than ther
were then." Indianapolis Nws.
THE BIVER TIME.
Benjamin Franklin Taylor.
Oh! a wonderful stream Is the River Time,
As It runs through the realm of tear,
With a faultless rhythm and a musical
rhyme.
And a broader sweep and a surg auburn,
As It blends with the ocean of yeara
How the winters are drifting like flakes of
snow,
And the' summers, like birds between.
And the year In the sheaf so they com
and they go.
On the river's breast with Ite ebb and Its
flow.
As It glide In th shadow and sheen.
There's a magical Isle up th River Time,
Where the softest of airs are playing;
There's a cloudless sky and a tropical
clime.
And a song as sweet a a vesper chime.
And the Junes with the rose are straying.
And the name of this Isle Is the Long Ago,
And we bury our treasure thore;
There are brow of beauty, and bosoms
of snow:
There are heap of dust ch, we loved
them sol
There are trinkets, and tress of hair.
Thar are ' fragments of song that nobody
sings,
There are parts of an Infant'e prayer;
There's a lute unswept and a harp without
strings;
There are broken vows, and place of
And the garments our loved used to wear.
There are hand that are waved, when the
fairy shore
Bv th mlrag is lifted In air:
And we sometimes hear, through the tur-
nulent roar.
Sweat voices w heard In the days gen
berore.
When the wind down the river was fata,
Oh, remembered for ay be that biassed
isie.
All the dav of our life till nlarht!
And when evening glows with It beautiful
smile.
And our eyes are closing la slumbers
awniie,
May that Greenwood of souls be in sight!
.Ypura'truly,
1 aT
Administrator
JAMES H. HYDE, Ttee-Pres.
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