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Sisbserifcpra leaving the city tem
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nailed to them. Addreaa will be
rhaaareH aa often an rvnjaested.
Is Champ Clark doing as Mr. Bryan
would have him do?
Hare you taken In the Auto ahow?
Of course, you ought to.
The rzar, in other word's, wants to
dance a two-step In China's front yard.
Now the Turpentine trust In under
fire, which makes an explosion Immi
nent. Wyoming's legislature has been
duly adjourned. No rfuch luck yet for
Nebiaska.
The automobile la the best evange
list for good roada that ever came
down the pike.
President Taft doubtless will seek
opportunities after this to make com
pacts with Champ Clark.
The best Mr. Heyburn can hope for,
however, is to delay the advent of the
popular election of senators.
Up to date Colonel Bryan' has not
coused the administration of stealing
tbt reciprocity idea from him.
Always remember, however, ' that
extra Sessions should not be allowed
to conflict the Chautauqua seasons.
Did you notice how that Hague
tribunal restrained Russia when It de
cided to serve notice of war on China?
Miss Canada Is the kind of a girl to
have. She sweetly says, "If you can't
(OBia to see me now, Bill, I'll wait till
you can."
Mayor Love of Lincoln wants to run
for re-election just to vindicate his
administration. Must be envious of
Mayor "Jim "
Our Omaha minister who Is going
to bead. back-to-tbe-land colony is
entitled to credit for trying to practice
what he preaches.
Some Englishmen propose to con
dense the Ten Commandments. We
trust this is not an attempt to make
a short-cut Into Heaven.
The democratic party has something
to hope for in Champ Clark aa
speaker, and that is he will not be
able to speak aa often as now.
"Solons Plan to Get Busy." Head
line, referring to the Nebraska legis
lature. What are the honorable law
makers In such a hurry about?
Of course, if Johnny Bull could
figure out that reciprocity between
Cauada and the United States would
tighten bis grip on Canada he would
be for reciprocity.
If we really cannot have our canal
fortified, then we propose that Jack
London and Richard Harding Davis
stand guard at each end with thoir
trusty fountain pens.
Tbey are grieving down in Osawata
Liie because they have discovered that
their hero, the late John Brown, did
not get a square deal. Why not cheer
up in the faith that he is getting it
now?
The Omaha Public library has
reached a new high-water mark in the
number of books Issued for home cir
culation in a single day. A further
algn to the growth aud Intelligence of
Omaha's population.
Comes now saother member of the
Harvard faculty taking precisely the
opposite end of this birth-rate prob
lem from President Emeritus Kliot.
How are we going to follow these col
lege piofeeaors. anyway?
Maine is to vote again on the con
stitutional amendment for prohibition
and, it is believed. mill decide against
prohibition. The new democratic gov
ernor, Mr. Piaieted. is in fsvor of a
change and is throwing his Influence
on the side of the 'liberal policy.
Premature Obituaries.
"Neter write a man's obituary un
til he Is dead" was one of the axio
matic rules of the founder of The Ree,
which applioa lo political parties as
r-n. We offei Ms suggestion to our
'amiable democratic contemporary,
(which la giving over valuable editorial
ispac to a premature obituary of the
republican party, which it solemnly
assures us is "going to pieces as
swiftly and as surely ss did ever a
! great political oreanir.atlon."
Political parties, to be sure, rise
and fall, and some of them suffer total
eclipse, but th Vitality of a political
party with an active career extending
over more than fifty years must not be
so lightly estimated. The political
party that fought tu war of the re
bellion to a successful conclusion,
emancipated three millions of slaves,
worked out reconstruction, built np
our prosperous Industries, put the
currency on the sound basis of the
gold standard, subjected the railroads
to federal control and regulation, put
the brakes on the evils of trusts and
monopolies, carried Independence to
Cuba and freedom to the Philippines
and responded to all Important de
mands for domestic reform Is not
going to, pieces over night.-
As a matter of fact we have seen
the democratic party apparently more
nearly on the verge of dissolution,
and the problem whether it had any
future, more seriously discussed sev
eral times within the past two de
cades. Democrats have despaired of
their party so often that despair al
most became a habit, and the ability
of a party so long unused to responsi
bility to accomplish anything now is
yet to oe demonstrated.
The prediction, therefore, that the
republican party, tinder its present
name and in its present form, has won
Its last victory, "if only the coming
democrtlc congress measures up to its
opportunities," is not only conditional,
but gratuitous a premature obituary,
with no Imminence that the political
undertaker will soon be called.
Important Eailway Decisions.
The United States supreme court's
rulings on several important measures
affecting the regulation of interstate,
as well as intrastate traffic, should
offer encouragement to the country aa
being on the right track in its effort
to .solve these great problems. The
rulings in most cases sustain the laws
and terminate discussion and dispute
of questions that have' led. to great
Inconvenience and litigation.
One of the most important decisions
upholds the Iowa law, which provides
that no contract of "relief, benefit or
Insurance" should be a bar to the
rlght of' a railroad employe engaged
in the operation of the road to sue the
employer for damages resulting from
injuries sustained In the course of his
employment, The principle Involved is
one of wide application and its de
termination by the court of last resort
should be a matter of extensive in
terest. Not only railroads, but street
railways and other corporations oper
ating under state and national fran
chises have for years disputed the right
of recovery under such conditions and
endless litigation has thereby ensued.
Another important ruling Is on the
matter of a railroad's right to pay
for advertising in transportation. The
court holds that this is not permitted
under the Hepburn law. If a railroad
could buy advertising with transporta
tion or other consideration than cash
then it might accept any commodity
in exchange for the transportation,
opening up anew the ; old and per
nicious system of rebates. The logic
of the ruling .will strike most
lay minds as entirely sound and the
court is to be commended for defining
its interpretation of the law so clearly
as to bring out the danger Involved
of reviving the rebate system, which
was so pernicious in its operation and
so difficult to combat.
Cans da' i Promotion.
In the appointment of the duke of
Connaught as governor general of
Canada, succeeding Ear Grey, the
dominion advances from a colony to
a national class of nearly equal status
with Great Britain, itself. Being the
first British province to have a royal
prince as Its hesd, It steps into the
front line of component parts of the
empire.
The duke is a sou of the late Queen
(Victoria and the father of Princess
Margaret Victoria, the crown princess
of Sweden. His entire family Is re
markably distinguished in the courts
of Britain and kindred European na
tions. His wife is the daughter of the
late Prince Frederick Charles of Prus
sia, who won fame in the Franco
German war. His appointment by his
nephew, King George V, is being mis
construed Dy the jingo press of Eng-
; land as a peace measure "to counter
act the possible injurious effect (to
England) of dominion loyalty as seen
In the commercial approximation of
Canada and the United States." Sev
eral of the London papers profess to
see in the appointment a strong bid
by the king for Canada's rejection of
the proffered hand of Uncle Sam, as
represented in - the present ruovs
toward reciprocity. But to show that
they are giving way to unnecessary
fears it may be recalled that the duke
waa chosen for this station by his
brother, the late King Edward, at a
time when nothing was being said or
done sbout closer relatione between
Canada and the United Statea.
These lonJon papers take the view
that Canada is drawing nearer to the
United States and farther away from
Britain. That is not proved, however,
by anything Canada has thua far done
In the pending negotiations. I'ndoobt
edly then reciprocity negotiations
have served, to remind Canada of. its
own national importance. For the
present Finland has to fear Canadian
j Independence far more than annexa
tion. The national spirit is growing.
and yet England nerd not look for
any precipitate dissolution of the tics
that bina Canada to the mother
country.
China Bays light with Life.
After all. the plsgue now devas
tating parte of China seems to bring
its recompense. Fear of its terrots
has overridden the am-lent supersti
tion sgalnst burning the bodies of the
dead and led the Chinese to take this
sensible precaution . against greater
spread of the malady. Torches are
being applied to piles of corpses.
Undoubtedly this is sanitary and
the best possible way of disposing of
the bodies. It Is like "wading through
slaughter to a throne to shut the gates
of mercy on mankind." but even
plagues that kill millions of human
beings may have a civilizing Influence.
It is too bsd China did not learn the
lesson before, when former maladies
were ravishing Its land, but it is a
great thing she has even now
awakened.
Eyes blinded by. centuries of Ignor
ance and superstUlon must be very
blind eyes. They cannot be expected
to open under the spell of any ordi
nary influence. But gradually China
has been dropping her scales for many
ears, and when the nation, with Its
400.000,000 people. Is fully awake
civilization will experience such up
heaval of energy ss to feel that all It
expended In the effort of arousing
China has been returned at compound
interest. These ancients are buying
their freedom from the thralldom of
superstition at the cost of their lives.
A Court Under Probe.
One of the most remarkable official
Investigations cn record is now In.
progress in California, where the leg
islature is probing the state supreme
court. The Issue is the Ruef case, a
rehearing of which the supreme court
granted after the former San Fran
cisco boss had been sentenced to the
penitentiary for fourteen years.
The court, itself, asked for the in
vestigation as a result of the popular
dissatisfaction expressed with Us rul
ing. It was bitterly attacked from one
end of the state to the other, where
people felt that, since Ruef had con
fessed in the trial courts of San Fran
cjsco to bribing supervisors his guilt
was too plain to be palliated by tech
nicalities and that he should be sent
to the state prison without further
ado. His rehearing was granted en
tirely upon technical points. '
Four members of the house and
three of the senate will conduct this
investigation. It Is to be hoped thai
nothing will prevent a full and fair
probing and that if any ulterior mo
tives are concealed - they wfll ' be
brought to . the surface. California
seems to be having its own troubles
in purging itself of its iniquities. Out
side states have a right to wish it well.
It seems .passing Strang the court did
not rise upon its dignity and take
refuge behind the ancient right of ex
emption from criticism, as some courts
of late have done.
Washington No Prig.
Is it not about time that schools
were beginning to teach what the beet
historians agree to he the truth about
George Washington? It is highly de
sirable that children be impressed
with the distinguishing virtue of
honesty ia the life of this Ideal Ameri
can, but it is not at all desirable that
they be taught to believe him a prig.
And that is the ultimate effect of the
Mason Weems cherry tree story on
many young minds, an effect not al
ways effaced by years of maturity.
Washington waa unquestionably a
truthful boy and man, but he was not
faultless, either in childhood or man
hood. He was large, full-blooded, high
strung, as we say, and we know that
boys and men of that type today are
liable to err. Sometimes they even
say and do things tbey should not.
Henry Cabot Lodge, an accepted
chronicler of Washington's life, thinks
Washington was not so fsr above the
rest of humanity and finds him quite
apt with strong language when prop
erly provoked.
Mason Weems was an itinerant
parson of some literary merit, but not
profound. He seems to have conjured
up the cherry tree myth and linked it
with other illusions about Washing
ton's perfection. He wrote a book,
which had a ready sale In this coun
try and England, and his fairy tale
gained' such a foothold that even a
century and more has not uprooted it,
The character of Washington,
though, hss much more to teach the
young people, we believe, by ridding
it of all prlggishness and resting it
upon more natural theories. If by
nature the boy and' man were as good
as Weems pictured him, then he de
served little or no credit for it. But
if he- were, like the rest of humanity,
subject to err, as, of course, he was,
then he deserves to stsnd upon the
pedestal to which his words and works
have lifted him.
In commemorating his anniversary,
it seems, the schools over the land
should give more thought to Wash
ington's real life and less to the mythi
cal things related of him.
The hundreds of poor people who
lost their savings through that bubble
bank fall to appreciate the justice of
rewarding the man, who took the as
sets and let them hold the sack, with
the secoud best federsl office In Ne
brttka. Without holding a brief from the
stock yards, w sua be at least per-
mitted to remind our Isw-mskers at j
Lincoln that the live stock market at !
Ponth Omaha, and the big packing
houses that work up the rsw product !
of cattle, sheep and hogs Into dressed
meats, constitute the biggest manu
facturing industry In Nebraska, and
that It ia not to the interest of the
farmer, or anyone else, to have that j
great Industry wantonly crippled. I
The United Ststes supreme court
J has refused the motion for a rehearing
on the Oklahoma deposit guaranty
case, which presumably carriea with it
the Nebraska and KanFas esses, which
were simultaneously argued and de
cided. Nebraska state banks will,
therefore, prepare to comply with the
guaranty fund requirements of the
new Nebraska law.
Inasmuch as Omaha and' Douglas
county contribute more than an eighth
of the money raised by taxes for sup
port of the Stste university, the main
tenance of the medical department in
this city, which is the only place in
the state that offers tho ellnlcart and
hospital facilities for the necessary
study, is by no means a one-aided ar
rangement. - The Wyoming legislature trans
acted business up to the hour of ad
journment. Which is what any legis
lature should do. This silly custom
of turning themselves into monkey
shows In the closing hours, as so many
law-making bodies do, is unpardonable
ribaldry.
A woman working as a domestic for
a wealthy New York family saves
$32,000 entirely from her earnings In
the brief span of fifty-two years. Un
fortunately, she died at the early age
of SI, or she might have enjoyed a
long res upon her srug little fortune.
nnoatlnsc Hla Trade.
Ioutaville Courier-Journal.
General Miles Bees war tn tha "Amer
ican Mediterranean" because he hap
pens not to be looking upward seeing blood
In the moon. The General is a true son of
Mars.
5 pa red the I'nln of Denial.
Washington Star.
George Washington was born too long
ago to have much knowledge of a number
of topics concerning which various ora
tors will undertake to define his views
clearly.
Not Taking Exninpl.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Lafe Young' withdrawal from the sen
atorial fight in Iowa ia an example that
is looked upon with vast approval In half
a doien state capitals where deadlocks
have no ready keys.
Keeping J. Bull Awnke.
Baltimore American.
With reciprocity looming In Canada,
woman suffrage In Australia and home rule
coming to Ireland, England certainly haa
Ita share of trouble Just now, to say noth-
ing of the perennial German war scare.
... A Waratna; Tint.
. Philadelphia Record.
' There . wllK.be no presidential or con
gressional election this year, but the -Department
of Agriculture has Bent out
warning that a brood of the aeventeen
year lucuats Is due to appear from New
York to North Carolina, generally east of
the Allegheny mountains, and a brood of
the thirteen-year locusts will visit the
lower Mississippi valley. As the pessimist
complained, "Life Is only one thing
after another."
' I'ncle Joe and Ilia Neighbor.
Springfield Republican.
Speaker Cannon's home vlty of Danville,
111., seems to be of the atandpat persua
sion In all questions. It has voted down
a commission form of government by 2.0M
to 930. At the same time the county
grand Jury there ralaes Its number of In
dictments for vote buying ..further into
the hundreds and orders printed 1,000 blank
Indictment forms. Probably th Danville
voters reached the conclusion that some
thing more than a change In the form of
government Is needed to better things
there. What la wanted Is a new birth
of voters In clvl spirit.
Vot r -V Orrrtltne.
Indianapolis Newa.
The president Is making no threats, but
ha ia letting tt he pretty clearly understood
that there will be an extra session If the
Canadian arrangement is not ratified. The
country wilt support him In this purpose.
It is the only fair thing to the Canadians
and to Our own people. The arrangement
has been sanctioned by the popular branch
of eongresa by an overwhelming majority.
This action undoubtedly correctly reflects
the sentiment and desire of the American
people as a whole. If the senate, as at
present constituted, falls for any reason to
approve a policy that the country demands,
the new senate should have an early oppor
tunity t act.
People Talked About
Just as everybody was hoping that the
necessaries of life were getting cheaper
we read that Mme. Ktmet is paying 1100,
800 for a husband.
The Kniperor William addressed a num
ber of farmers last week and told them
Jokes, at which everybody laughed. That
I no ef the advantages of being an em
peror. Mrs. Anna Kpeed of Ilelghlngion, near
IJnooln. England, who haa Just celebrated
her l!1st birthday anniversary, travels by
train to Uncoln market every week, w here
she dlspoees of a ouaket of eggs.
Thomas Hopkins of Brattleboro, Vt, is
credited with holding the vorlj'a record
for doughnut eating. On a wager in that
city last week he ate a doxen doughnuts
In nine minutes and thirty aecouds. wash
ing the doughnuts down with a cup of cof
fee. Alvin C. Bmlth of Netcong. N. J.. la
Chief Smith. Collector Smith. Superin
tendent Binith, Hupervixor Smith, Officer
Hinith and Janitor Smith. He holds six
positions In the police, water, r id anl
truancy departments. He has Just had a
raise In pay, making his salary ij a month
for all the Jobs. He gets $12.50 a month
more as percentage on collections.
Colonel F. 8. Haatlnga, a civil iar vet
eran, who has presented handaotne flag
poles t various schools and oommunltlea
In Alameda county . Calif jmta, has offered
to erect a flagpole 1.USS fret high with a
dtMtnwter of eighteen feet at the base and
fiyin an Am.y lean flag W0 feet long, in
front of the central permanent building
at the Panama-Pacific International ex
position in .n Fmnclawv. Tbie will b
the btgtieet flagpole la tbe worlaV J
G. Washington
A Modem lBaatlg;attoit rune
tnraa Yarions riba that gart
Bean Told of nation's ratbsr
Moat biographers of Cleorse Washington
maKniried the reaimnalhlllty of nioniirltm
the life work of the ' Father of Ilia Coun
try." All hla achievements In peace and
war are handled with the respectful defer
ence which children proierly ahow parents.
i The result la a wrlea of aoletnn pictures.
linposinB In their frigidity and utterly
cheerless. Modern Investigate are In
clined to put some warm blood Into the
k'raven Imagca handed down to posterity,
and are bold enough to assert that a cheery
xmile la very becoming; to his features.
This human view of the great figure of the
icpiihllc Is urged by W. J. Iampton. a poet,
who haa delved Into biographic prose until
the available stock was absorbed. Re
viewing his discoveries in the New York
Tribune, he emphasliea these facta:
There waa something peculiar about
Washington a family relations which ordi
nary historians have overlooked. Homphow.
tt la thla: George wax the father of hla
country. Including Virginia, the state In
which he waa bom. Virginia waa he
mother of presidents. Including Washing
ton, who wsa the first of her children. He
waa, therefore, the father pf his mother,
and well, here Is where this biographer
gets off. If the gentle reader wants the
answer he can stay on and wait till he
comes to It.
Vou have all heard of George, his little
hatchet and hla father's famous cherry
tree. If you have not and you ouKht to
le ashamed of youraelf If you haven't
don't aay you have until you find out
what the point of the story Is. because It
will be a dead giveaway on that sort of
carelessness. Anyway, If the historian
who started it going had not done what
the story aald little George told his papa
he could not do, It never would have ap
peared In his unveraclous history.
Another historian, name unknown, hut
believed to have been a vaudeville artiat
or a newspaper humorist, has said that
the first time Washington ever rode In a
carriage was when he took a hack at the
cherry tree. Thla would have been quite
as true had the jokesmtth said a taxicab;
and everybody knows there were no taxi
cabs In those days. Why so truthful a
Pel son as Washington was known to have
been should be the origin of so rngeh and
such vlarlng untruth is one of those
psychological mysteries that vou can't
break Into with a Jimmy.
Jn his youth George Washington was a
land surveyor all over Virginia, but he did
not know the value of starting a boom
town, sue h as later made the south famous
and feathered the nests of promoters, so
when he had a chance to Join the army he
went at it quick. At this time he was not
yet old enough to vote for president of the
United States, but as he was not In It for
political purposes he didn't care much about
that. He was under General Braddock and
went with him out to Pittsburg to fight
i the French and Indians. .
j After safely returning from Pittsburg,
wnicn on:y tnose wno cannot tell a He can
do these days, Washington waited around
to see what might be doing next, and
presently he entered the revolution as com-
j mander-tn-chief of the continental army.
It was hard sledding for George at times
In this revolution business,- and frequently
the music his tattered soldiers marched to
was ragtime, but he stuck It out and suc
ceeded after a strenuous career of nearly
eight years in pulling the proposition
through without a acratch on his skin and
bringing ' along with him the American
eagle, the Btars and Stripes, the Declara
tion of Independence and the Fourth of
July, all In good shape and condition, and
better right this minute than they ever
were. Hooray f oreorge ! If he had never
done anything more than this he would
be entitled to the thanks of congress and
of the entire community. Even If the little
hatchet story had been different, It would
not have cut any ice with the people In
their esteem for a. W.
After the revolution had been brought to
such a successful finish Washington was
elected president of the new republic on his
war record, and did ao well on the Job that
he was re-elected. He was no third-termer,
and when he had wound up his second term
with credit to himself and no malefactors
of great wealth wishing him everlasting
oblivion, he retired to his farm at Mount
Vernon, on the banks of the wide and
winding Potomac, within trolley distance
of the city which had been named In his
honor and was to become the capital of
the country, owing to the fact that neither
New York or Philadelphia waa fitted to be
the proper home for congressmen, who
find tt extremely difficult to attend to their
arduoua labors when there r, any chance
at all to have a good time chasing bats
and other bugs that fly by night In large
cities.
Fliat in war! First In peace! First in the
hearts of his countrymen! That's G. Wash
ington all over and repeat. Anybody would
know It, though he had never heard a lot
of hoodlums thump It out at a university
test. And why? IJeten: At the battle of
Monmouth, N. J., where Washington proved
that he was first in war by mopping up the
Jersey earth with the redcoats, now our
best friends In a way, he observed an Irish
sergeant of a Manhattan company banging
Into the English aa only an Irishman can.
He enjoyed it for a while, because It looked
good to him to see the foes of his country
getting It In the slats that way, but blmeby
the Irishman got to be real erool and it was
a shame how he was Increasing the mor
tality list.
When It became too much for the general
to atand for he rushed Into the muck, re
gardless of his personal safety, and yanked
the sergeant out by the scruff of the neck
and the seat of the pants, for the general
was a large and powerful man, while the
Irishman m t bigger than a fried po
tato. Fortunately, the sergeant recognised
his superior officer or there Is no telling
what other casually might have occurred
at the battle.
"Sir," exclaimed the great Washington,
giving him a shake in .Ills' most dignified
manner, and letting him drop, "what In
thunder Is I he matter with you? Don't
you know you ought to restrain your im
petuosity and not make' a slaughterhouse
of the battlefield?" Which ahows that
Washington was entitled to the same posi
tion In peace as in war.
Anyway, Oeoige la all to the number
one.
Considerably more might be said of Wah
ingum, but what's the use? He is not here
to deny it. and that always makes
biography lopsided.
Hooray for Washington! That's plenty.
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Senator raoot opposes reciprocity be-I
cause it wtll ' do the republican party n '
good." That the republican party can do '
good to ltdf by doing good to the conn- j
try la nut dreamed of In ctenaiur Sinoot's
philosophy. j
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NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
lorn isews: ork has acquired a new
woman's club, an equal suffrage association
and a base ball team within the last ten
days. The city now has nearly all the
necessary adjuncts for modern civilised
living.
O'Neill Frontelr: The Butte Gazette edi
tor ventures the- opinion that I'Jo is too
high an estimate of the value of a woman's
affections. The Gasette editor being an
esteemed lady, hei testimony will be ac
cepted as competent.
Beaver City Times: The editor of the
Arapahoe Pioneer made a trip to St. Jo
seph with a tralnload of hogs, and In re
porting the momentous event for his valua
ble paper, saya "the trip did us good." It
would be Interesting to learn the effect It
had upon the hogs.
Beaver City Times-Tribune: The World
Herald states that It Is not the policy of
that paper to place the name of the re
sponsible editor at the head of lta editorial
page. We wouldn't think that anybody
would want to be responsible for the edi
torials that appear in theWorld-Herald.
Humboldt Leader: The Nebraska farm
ers' congress now sends a petition to Wash
ington favoring the parcels post, but this
petition will not purchase much In the face
of the fact that Nebraska farmers and all
voted last fall to send to the senate, the
one man unconditionally pledged against
the measure.
McCook Tribune: One department at
least of the Nebraska university does not
need promotion or extension or stimulation
we refer to the political department. The
alumni of the "unl" take to the "game"
as naturally as the gosling to water, and
for the most part they can sidestep a pan
ther in fast footwork. The "unl" should
formally add another degree.
Edgar Post: Ex-Governor Bhallenberger
took it back when he learned what a hue
and cry was 'sent up over his paroling of
Ernest Stout. Governor Aldrlch has sent
Stout back to the pen for the balance of his
term, much to the satisfaction of the people
of this portion of the state. It Is not
probable that Aldrlch will abuse the pardon-
in1' power, even before retiring from the
office. s ,
Ponca Journal: Representative Latta has
sent a printed letter to hla "home" papers
In this district in which he says. "Stop
my paper, they do f no good." Our, do
nothing banker representative evidently
wants to busy himself In Washington and
forget be has any constituents at home.
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How a poor old stick like "Banker I-Altcr,
alias Farmer Iatta," Just before election,
could fool ao many smart Nebraska pe
p'a in the Eleventh district hns lie n a
mystery to many. The Coleridge Blade 1 e
turned the balance due Mr. I.alta and it
is probable that when Mr. I.atta comes
up for governor he will find out how
much "good" the little local papers can do.
TICKLISH TATTLE.
"The trustees of our church seem to have
determined that there ahall be no more
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i' mis 111 in,; I IIOII.
"What have they done?"
"They have secured a new pastor and his
name Is Wttherapoon." -ChlcaRo Tribune
"Johns was a good-natured man and wan
never heard to speak ill of anvone. Hut now
he's got an automobile." 1
"Has that miule a difference In him?"
"A decided difference. Now he is alwavg
running hla neighbors down." Baltlnioi
American.
He Maud, has a splendid complexion.
She Yes. And, Just think. It hardly costs
her a cent! frihe answers all the advertise
ments that offer free samples. Judge.
"Why are we told not to look a gift horse
In the mouth?"
"I suppose." replied the man who has to
pay feed bills, "It's because looking In a
horse's mouth is calculated to remind you
of his appetite." Indianapolis News.
Hannibal had crossed the Alps.
"Now," he cried, "I'm going to make
Rome howl."
In spite of his victorious campaign,
however, the fickle Carthaginians subse
quently worked the recall on him Chicago
Tribune.
WASHINGTON.:
Ruscoe G. Stout In Leslie's.
Let those Who will their pages flit
With fine-phrased lore and story;
Let wise tongues praise the nation's fate
Without tills founder's glory,
With flnlohuH hitnnm I - .1 V. .. .
I sing my song for an honest man. .
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Let those who write In figure trite
Pay tribute warm and tender;
Let sages tell what woes befell
Our nation's first defender.
Then show how well his race he ran;
I sing my song for a fighting man.
Let poets' lays with depth of praise
Delight to boast his darlns:
Let men of speech from platforms preach
The load his heart was bearing.
Let scholars trace his life's full span;
I sing my song for a human man.
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Today a need where wrong and greed
Have sapped the natlnn'a living,
Is men grown strong who dare to long
To be best known for giving.
Today look back where growth began.
And sing with me for a God-made man. ,
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