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temporarily shontil liae The
llee mailed to them. Address
mill he changed a often aa re.
iinested.
Yes, ifB chilly.
Girls, remember, it la your leap.
And the coal man la Rotting hla
end yours, both.
These are the days we do not miss
the old swimming bolo much.
Bulletin from. the front: "Fight
ing over the presidency In Kcuador."
Same here.
King Georgro la auch a good tiger
hunter he might tackle Mr. Bona
Murphy's pet.
Good Advice to Students.
The students of the t'nlvrrsity of
Nrbrnska inn well nfford to hoed
the advice? slven them by Regent
Frank I. Ilallcr in li is address warn
ing them not to overdo the social
side or their life, not o go In too
much for the fraternity, athletics
nnd to avoid for the time the senti
mental affinities between the sexes.
Such plain sponklng Is perhaps not
the most agreeable to university stu
dents, but It Is very Important and
needs more emphasis than It ordl
I'arlly receives.
Those Indulgences may be, nnd
probably are, no worse at the Ne
braska university than another, and
not ns bad an at many collegf s and
pnlvernltles, but they exist to an un
due extent at all of them. ' In them
selves, athletics, fraternities and
even affinities are not necessarily
harmful, but they are so potential of
harm that young men and vomen
preparing or life's work have to b
exceedingly wise not to develop them
to excess.
One of the commonest plaints of
educators the country over today Is
ngainrt these abuses. None In
louder In h!s denunciation of thU
than President SchurniHn of Cornell,
who has found a shocking percentage
of failures among young men as di
rect results of too much frnt life.
These abuses and failures are by no
means confined to ono Institution,
and they are worse In some of the
very largest Institutions of the land.
Mr. Ilallcr says: "I sometimes
think it would bo a good thing to
confine the attendance at tho univer
sity to students who make their own
way through, or perhaps to those
who have to borrow money with
which to secure an education." Of
course, such a restriction would
evoke a loud popular protest, but at
the same time la a state university
like Nebraska's, maintained at the
expense of the people, It la a shame
for young people fortunate enough
to be there to throw away their op
portunities, which others would give
much to have.
finding the war a heavy drain uf.on
their resources of every character
and both must see more dreadful
consequences Impending upon a con
tinuation of hostilities.
It. is possible and probable that
President Taft has already indicated
through diplomatic channels a readi
ness to make this offer whenever our
mediation is acceptable. That time
ought not to be far off and If our
country proves to hold the mission
of peacemaker there surely will be
no reluctance In taking up tho task.
After examining the books, Wall
street finds that It has not the heart
to declare a panic.
Mr. Bryan is returning home by
way of Washington. He must set
things la order there first.
It is pure nature faking to speak
of a presidential bee making honey
at this season of the year.
Tho Pullman company need not
fear the nine-foot bed sheet law so
long as it persists In giving a six-foot
berth. ,
Boston democrats "want Foss to
succeed Taft," says a headline. Why
try to give democrats what they
want?
There will never be complete
peace In India so long as there are
so many Gaekwars. Here, put up
that club!
Party treason curely Includes the
engagement of a republican cam
paign manager by a candidate seek
ing nomination on the democratic
ticket.
My, but Champ Clark must have
a good chance for the democratic
presidential nomination. Ills chief
factotem, Senator Stone, when asked
for an expression on the subject,
said: "I do inot care even to dis
cuss It."
At any rate, j ex-County Commis
sioner "Jeff" Bedford should be
credited with being a wise guy. lie
knew when to say adieu without
waiting for his bout to hand him his
hat, which la knowing more than
some others.
How fortunate that Nebraska has
furnished the nation its astute dem
ocratic senator to save us from walk
ing blindly Into a trap In the arbitra
tion treaties. The list of the world's
twenty greatest men will now have
to be revised.
Postal Civil Service.
A bill Introduced by Congressman
Norrls bringing tho entire Postofflce
department within the classified civil
service Is In line with President Taft's
recommendation for relieving the
executive of the appointment of post
masters by making their tenure per
roanent. From the synopsis given to
the press, some of the details of Mr
Norrls' bill may be decidedly de
batable, but tho twofold objective
point of Increasing the efficiency of
the service nnd eliminating tho post
offices as a factor In politics Is the
same as Is. sought by the president.
Right now, and every four years
for that matter, all the" changes are
rung by the opposition on the charge
that the party in power, and pnrtlcu
larly the president In tho White
House, is misusing this official pat
ronage to continue In control or to
name his uccessor. Of course, we
would be confronted with this eltua
Hon whether the occupant of the
White House were a democrat or a
repuuncan, ana wnetner lie were
seeking renomlnation for a second
term or endeavoring to pave the way
for a successor of his own politics
faith expected to carry out the poll
cles he 1b pursuing.
With President Taft committed to
complete postal civil service, congress
could, if It would, take htm at his
word by enacting a law for that pur
pose right now before the time for
(he selection of delegates to the na
tional nominating conventions. Un
fortunately, it Is Idle to look to con
gress to do anything of the kind, for
tho lower house Is dominated by the
democrats, who favor civil service re
form only when they are In posses
slon of all the offices. So Congress
man Norrls would have to work
near-miracle to succeed in pushing
his bill, with or without modlflca
Hons, through and luto law at the
present session.
i ne marquis 01 uueensuury an
nounced upon leaving Kngland that
it was forever and that he would be
come an American citlien. Ho evi
dently likes the space rates he has
been getting over here from some of
our newspapers.
Wiilroads Callyi?; for Capital.
When two or three years ago
JanieB J. Hill declared that the rail
roads would require $2,500,000,000
of new capital within the next five
ears to meet the demands of traffic
growth and expansion ho was re
garded as extravagant in his utter
ance, but It appears from subsequent
developments that he was not far
wrong. The report of the Inter
state Commerce commission for
1910, the last available on this sub
ject, shows that In that year alone
the railroads Increased their bonds
and other fixed obligations $501,-
KS4.408 more thai) the total for
1909, and that capital stock In
creased almost another $500,'
000,000.
Last year, 1911, was noted for
similarly heavy requirements and
1912 Is expected to sustain the ree
ord, so that the best judges of the
situation believe that Mr. Hill was
well within tho line of probability
with his estimate. Mr. Hill Is not
ever very far off when It comes to
Judging of the needs of the railroads
of the country. Few, If any, are
furnished with a keener or more far
reaching perception.
The New York Times brings out
the Interesting fact In this connoc
tlon, that "unless all signs fall, It
will bf'ome Increasingly difficult as
time goes on for railroad corpora
tlons to pledge their properties o
creditors, or to Issue more certlfl-
cstes to property owners," becauso
of the tightening grip the law la tak
ing upon the security issuing power.
But, as the Times observes, the rail
road, armed with convincing facts
and not depending simply on plaua-
lblo speculation, is not likely to
meet with serious difficulty in float
ing necessary securities. For the
railroads must have the money to
enable them to supply tho country's
needs for ever-expanding transports
tlon facilities. Ample causes have
justified restriction upon 1 stock
watering, nn'tbe government must
not pe censured tor doing what con
dttlons of safe business and finance
made imperative, but at the same
time real wisdom is required not to
hamper uselessly the legitimate de
velopment of railroads, the largest
Industry in a land of nearly 100,
000,000 people.
Our district judges have sagely
decided that there Is no law under
which they can appoint a public de
fender, although the desirability of
doing so Is conceded, and there Is no
question that it would save a consld
erable sum to the taxpayers. There
Is, however, no law to prevent the
Judges from appointing the same at
torney to -defend all the indigent
prisoners who cpme up within tho
year, with the distinct understand
ing with him that his total compen
sation allowance shall' 'not exceed,
say, $2,000. Of course, If the Judges
prefer to conttnue the costly practice
of distributing these appointments
among favored and needy lawyers
there is no law to stop them.
Police Judge Foster announces
that he will begin daily butliieas a
half hour earlier than heretofore.
If he would hold court about one
hour each midnight the accommoda
tion would doubtless be moru appre
ciated by his customers.
Senator Rayner of Maryland and
Senator John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi, both democratic mem
bers of the senate foreign relations
committee, favor approving the ar
bitration treaties as submitted by
the president, but, of course, they
ought not to count na against our
erudite democratic henntor frefm
Nebraska, who takes the opposite
Mew.
If the "ugly rumors" about the
Police board are to be lnvcbiigated,
uo repetition Is wanted of the pros
pective whitewash of the paving
scandal, Unless the Inquiry were
to be made on the square It would be
useless to waste time and money
on it.
Our state dairy Inspection depart
ment wsnts to extend Its work to in
clude the testing of condensed milk
brands. We are under the Impres
sion that we have a state pure food
department charged with that duty,
and, if so, there should be no need
vt dapllcatloo.
America as a Peacemaker.
Should America offer to mediate
tho war between Turkey and Italy?
Turkey," Italy nnd the t'nlted States
are bound by the terms of The
Hague peace tribunal, which provide
that, "It Is expedient and desirable
that one or more powers, strangers
to the dispute, should, on their own
Initiative and as far as circumstances
may allow, offer their good offices
or mediation to the states at vari
ance." I'rging that, "If it is ever de-
, slrablf to offer mediation, If the
circumstances allow, this Is the time
and theno( are the circumstances,"
The Outlook points out that there Is
nothing lu the way of America's per
forming this office. It further shovs
that America Is the one great power
that can most conveniently per
form It. since Kngland, France,
Germauy, Spain and Hussla "all
have luterebts which would cause
both Italy and Turkey to look upon
their proferred mediation with some
suspicion."
Turkey, as further mentioned, has
already asked for mediation from
Kuropian powers. It, therefore,
uuld not consistently object to our
proposal and there Is tio reason to
believe that Italy would, but on
the contrary there Is every reason
to believe that both governments
would cordially accept our offer, If
they are disposed to accept media
tion at all. . Both belligerents are
That St. Louis athlete who fought
five detectives is living proof that It
pays to develop one's muscles.
o ftoldlerlnif oa tho Job.
Pittsburgh IHspatcli.
The I'nltmt Statea (supreme court con
tinues to woeri aside procraattnalory pro.
ceUure. There U to he no more of this
roiulnit around to see tho Job and going
Pink to the shop for the tools huilncBsi In
the practice of law Lt-tore the iup:cni
tench.
Slake a oc. of It.
Philadelphia Record.
NVe truat our manufacturers Jiavo read
the UiKpau li announcuiK that "the
Zrmatvo of the uuvrrnnu'iit of Yolhynta
today adopted a rexolutlon declaring" a
boycott against American noodj" he
caue they are not likely other ImT to
have the matter brought to their attention.
r m m a
lijookindljackwQnl
Ibis Day in Omaha
COMPILED FROM DF.r. FILES '
J AS. 0. LtJ
Thirty Years Ago
The Entre Nous club's German takes
front rank In the brilliant social seaaon.
ho favors came all the way from (inn-
her of rh;caito. The dancing was led
by Mr. George E. Jewett. assisted by J.
fiharp, Moae Karkalow and Ed Pock.
Twenty couplra participated as follows:
jcorge E. Jewett and Miss Dollie Mc-
'ornilck, N. Crary and Mlsa New-comb of
yitlney, Joe It. Ihmer and Miss IIot
of L'tlca, John Carrier and MIhs Mollle
Urownwn, William E. Annln and Mis
Dora Jx'hmer, William II. Wilbur and
Mlna Carrie I Jama. Major Furay and Airs.
Kuray, Hobert U GarlU-hs and Miss Mora
Ilalcomb, J. C. Bharp and Miss Carrie
Ulahop, Morn Karkalow and Miss MJnnle
lUthardaon, Charles McCormlck and Miss
Grace Chambers, J. Ware Pouter and
Mlas Mattle fiharp, I 8. Heed and Mrs.
Heed. George Patersnn and Miss hear
C. Wakeley and Miss Clulre ltustm,
W. A. Itedlck nnd MIhs Anslo Berlin. W.
F. McMillan and Ml Emma Paddock,
E. P. Peck and Mrs. reek. The nrlvl-
eg-ed spectators were Mr. nnd Mrs. G.
F. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baled, Mr.
and Mr, fchlverlek. Mrs. Itlchardaon.
Mrs. McCormlck, Miss Anna Crary. Mr.
Itlchard Carrier, Mrs. Ilruco and Mr. K.
F. Bonsall, Jr.
Dr. S. D.Morcrr, chief gurffeon of the
Cnlon Pacific railway, ennounecs that all
employes ef that company who desire to
bo vaccinated free cf charge will call at
his office, 1018 Harney) street, between
the hours of 1 and 2:" o'clock on Mon
days, Tuesdays and Fridays until Feb
ruary 1.
The funeral of the late Mrs. C. 8. Chase
took place from the family residence at
Thirteenth and Dodge, conducted by l an
MlllspauKh. The pallbearers were Judge
H. Wakeley, Hon. George W. Doane,
George Thrall, Ilerniun Kountze, J. J.
Dickey and Henry W. Vates.
The prospectus is out for a new educa
tion Institution called the Omaha Acad
emy, under the ptincipalshlp of Miss
Anntu E. Thomas, with Mlsa Fannio E.
Walkor as assistant. The academy will
for tho present make uso of the parlors
of the Christian church, and In addition
offers Latin, taught by , Rev. M. M.
Blaney;. Frenrh, by Miss M. M. Bar bo,
German, Prof. James Wilson; painting,
by Miss Fannie Wilson.
I.Hlle Robert Houck had his bead and
face badly hurt by falling over back
ward in Ids hlghchalr.
Twenty Years Ago
Tho six-day bicycle race at the Coliseum
had narrowed down to one Englishman,
an American, a Hootchman and an Irish
man, ranking in the order named up to
the 100th mile.
Senator Paddock left for Washington.
Ho Intended to labor hard for Ms Otoe
land purchase bill.
A meeting of the property owners af
fected by the proposed cut and paving of
Douglas street from Sixteenth to Twen
tieth was held at the rooms of the Real
Estate Owners' association and a com
mittee consisting of Henry Pundt, Guy C.
Barton and Dr. Grossman named to wait
upon Edward Rosewater and the New
York l.lfe Insurance company to see how
much of a cut they would assent to.
.One of the most beautiful afternoon af
fairs of the winter was given by Mrs. C
F. Catlin at her home, 17M Dodge street,
in honor oT her sister, Mrs. E. A. Taylor
of Colorado. Miss Catlin was assisted In
keeping the tally of games by Miss
DundyvHlss Moore and Miss Lorlng. The
iirsi prixe was won by Mrs. John M,
Thurston, the second by Mrs. Gallagher
and the third by Mlsa Mellona Butterfleld.
ins Misses Wallace entertelned at
luncheon in honor of Miss Beckwlth, hav
ing as their guests aside from Miss Beck
with, MIhS Nash, MIhs Rawles, Miss
Chambers, Miss Brown, Miss Clara Haw
ley. Mlsa Mary Hawley, Mlsa Jessie Mil
lard. Miss Barber and Miss Wanton.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasels entertained at
curds in the evening these friends:
Messrs. and Mesdames Wakeley, Irlt
chott. Morsman, Cowln, Barker, Wallace
Grant. Richardson, Bennett and Dean
uaramer.
Ten Years Ago
The board of education cuts salaries
pruning ine city superintendent's stipend
uown irom w.euo , te 3.a Carroll O.
t'eurse was superintendent. The high
school prlnjlpai was cut from $2,400 to
W.1W. similar reductions were made all
along the line, down to the kindergarten
teachers. Robert Smith attempted to get
through a resolution reducing the school
year to thitfy-six weeks and the kinder
garten term to only a half day each
day, uixlng that this would effect a rav
ing of a,0in.
The comptroller's report showed that It
coat ll.lU.ia.U to run the city of Omaha
(luring tho year 1901.
G. E. Yates of Lincoln, who was In the
city, joining with thousands of Ne-
braHkans, declared lor himself and the
bent people of Lincoln, that Savafro's
pardon of Hartley was "an outrage and
incxL-onable.
President James Whitfield of the West
ern Bujw Bull league, came up from
KAiixa City and unfurled the banner of
defiance li I'realdent T. J. Hlckey nf
the new American aaiociatlon, declar
ing he could not plant a team of that
orsanisatlon in Omaha.
One hundred and fifty Canadian edl
tors arrived In Omaha enroute to Cull
fornla on a special excursion.
Gen. Charles l Manderson left for
Chicago, to proceed from there to Wash
ington.
Colonel Russell P. Harrison, who had
been visiting his family in Omaha, left
tor the tatt. .
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Crofoot.
Mrs. E. P. Peck left for the eust, ac
companied by her son. Lyman Peck,
wno returns to t. Paul's school.
In Other Lands
Side I.lahta on What Is Traas
plrlosf Anion the Near aad
Par Matlons of the Barth.
Natlair at the plBol.
St. Paul Pioneer Pis.
The democratic congr'iH aved 11I7.0X) In
alunes of useless employes. That help
lust a Uttlj in reducing . proposed ap
propriation of STS.oO.WM In additional pen
sions. Sfti.uiO.uM for public buildings and
a few other Incidental expenditures that
appear tu have the democratic Indorsement.
leloas fire ut Claptrap.
Chicago Tribune.
The Htory that President Gumpers stood
on the flag to shim his contempt for it at
a radical labor meeting In California will
not be believed by any sensible American
until It Is proved beond a doubt as to all
Its rlivumstances. Mr. (lumpers la not a
fool. Moreover, Mr. Gomprrs Is yet to be
shown to be lacking In patriotism. Both
would have to be true 1( this yara Is true
as given oyt.
A Profitable lnvriluml,
Buffalo Exprens.
Miss Ellen Htnne. who was ransomed for
over $00,000 A Turkey, has announced her
intention to Teturn to that country as a
missionary. The Turkish brigands who
once found her 'so profitable an invest
ment will probably sit up and take notice
Three Moaths Ahead ( Tim.
Boston Tianscrlpt.
The report that comes from Washington
that a boom Is under way for ex-Vice
I'resldeut Fairbanks for running mate for
President Taft rather kuggests that some
of Us authors have confounded the flrt of
January with the flrxt of April. A some
what similar story, started a few years
ego, in which Mr. Fairbanks figured,
greatly to his astonishment, was the coln
cge of a practical joker and was accepted
so eagerly by certain of the news mongers
that one cf them sent It out without the
qualification that formal announcement
would be made on February JO,
People Talked About
(rent Britain's Neir Year.
The new year opens up in Great Britain
with a cheerlem sky. Popular unrest.
UHuaily indicative of progress for better
ment, t:ik?s on the disquieting phase of
passionate rancor in which Industrial
strife, politics and poverty are the chief
elements. The Ktilkc la the cotton mllla
of Lancashire over the mploynient of
two nonunion women, Is likely to Involve
2.7,0ri operatives, ntenslfying the dis
content and dlstre.es prevailing in the
labor world of the kingdom. At any
moment a strike lmons miners may bo
precipitated, as their dispute with em
ployers over a minimum w.iRe ncars the
breaking point. Doctors are organizing
war en the provisions of tho sick and
unemployment Insurance law, which
threatens to diminish their Incomes. Tlic
problem ef dealing with poverty con
tinues unsolved, despite the old ago pen
sion system already in operation. London
alone disbursing $19,OW.00O for the enre
of tmunrrn ilurlni: the Lift year. "The
sense of weariness and almost despair,'
writes T. P. O'Connor, M. P.. "which is
comlns over tho country at tills continual
unrest Is bound to produce grave political
results. The. steady-going ruclal conserv
atism of England, vvhlcli aireaoy naa
begun to be alarmed by Lloyd George's
arinir finance bill, becomes more restive
as the laboring men advance their de
mands though many of these demands
aro justified by the hipher cost of living
and other conditions." Tory politicians
naturally charge all tho evils of the day
o tho party in powr and promise an
era of prosperity and good will if the
voters will return them to power. The
ffect of such political pabulum Is se-n
n the loss or tnreo nut-mi iof
seats In recent hy-eieciions. j minimi r
notable for Its success in dealing with
Industrial as well as political disorders,
supported by party divisions bound to
gether by mutual self-interest, may de
pended to find a way to disperse the
lowering clouds which ushered in tho new
year.
Pension Frauds in Germany.
Dr. Ferdinand Fi iedensburg. lately re
tired as president of the German senate,
In a brochure on the operations, of the
Imperial Insurance office, relates typical
natan.es of the eagerness of people to
to reach the Imperial treasury through
the pension system. All grades of false H
pretense are practised to obtain some
thing for nothing. Dr. Frledensburg
says: "Pension lies unblushlngly Involve
even family life. "Attempts are made, over
nd over again, to transform the wife
Into the employe of her husband and the
husband Jnto.the employe of the wife, as
circumstances my demand; brothers and
sisters become servants; even children,
not yet 4 years old, are alleged to be
regularly employed In agricultural pur
suits. In bis old age the man who has
retired from active life again becomes a
plowboy, and the mother-in-law, who has
been received Into the household, is meta
morphosed Into a nurse girl. This latter
transformation becomes especially popu
lar since, when the Invalid and old age
Insurance law went into effect on Janu
ary 1. 1891, persons who had already
reached the age of 7 could receive pen
sions only after proof that they had
been engaged In an occupation entitling
them to Insurance within the three years
previous." Every child killed, Dr. Frled
ensburg reports, was the "sole support"
of bis parents," gave his parents every
pfennig he bad and himself lived on air."
A farmer Injured going to church to pray
for rain Insisted that he was engaged in
an agricultural pursuit, and therefore,
entitled to a pension. A peasant who had
Infected a finger, while undressing her
child insisted that the undressing was
an agricultural pursuit, since the child
kept the geese.
Manehns Well Heeled.
Examples of thrift among rulers on In
secure thrones or presidencies have not
been lost on the Manchu princes of China,
Reports from Informed sources assert
that while Premier Yuan Shi Kal begged
for means to finance the army and save
the dynasty the princes declined to fouch
their huge hoardings, estimated at from
HO, 000, (ioo to I00.000.0uo. This Is not in the
form of Jewels, but in hard metal, both
gold and sliver. Vast sums are in the
various coins, gold and silver, while the
rest is In bullion. A great deal of the
bullion is in the form of what is krXwn
In China as "silver ' shoes," the name
arising from the fact that the silver U
cast in blocks somewhat resembling a
woman's shoo. Tho conviction Is general
both In China and abroad, that the prince
are clinging to this hoard In the expecta
tion that they will need it in maklr.i; thelt
escape from the country in the event of
the success of the republicans. Of course
if the emperor abdicates as, Indeed, he Is
already reported to have done a large
share ef the hidden treasure w'U be taken
by him and tho empress dowager. Besides
the hoard In the Imperial palace there are
In Peking- a great number of vast for
tunes held by Manchus. These, like the
Imperial princes, have refused to coins to
the rescue of Y'uan and the government
on which they have fed for centuries.
Venice's tr Camunnlle.
Venice's Campanile. Is so near comple.
tlon that the angc which surmounted it
Is about o be hoisted to its former place.
The angel was shattered when tho tower
collapsed, but the pieces have been put
together again. Tho head, arms end legs
are of solid bronze, the body Is made of
plates of hammered copper and the whole
flk-nre weighs I.I'JO pounds. Instead of
being fixed, as it was before, it will be
set on a. moving base so that the out
spread wings will make it act as a
weather vane. When It is In position the
angel will be regllded. The cost of the
work is paid by Pope Pius X as a girt
to the city whore he was so long
i-atrlarch.
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Japan's I.uaU of Debt.
Japan has Just struck Its annual bal
ance sheet, and the figures tell an old
and sad story. Before the wur with Rus
sia the debt of the empire was only
1205, il-,500. Now It is 1.1os,M1.ko. or an
Increased per capita fruin $6.11 to $5. To.
A billion doltuis of Indebtedness is not a
lu ivy loan for such nations as the t'nlted
Slst.s. England and Germany, but It Is a
staggering burden for such a poor nation
as Japan. And the event to which that
burden Is felt is Indicated by the fact
that there are now 70.000 Japanese In
prison, while the number of suicides dur
ing the year was 10,000, these tragedies
loxgeiy due to the Incerase In the load
the people are carrying.
The r slng Bun of the Chinese is not
inclined to walk the floer with the setting
son of the Manchus.
A Pass and a Bird are booked for mar
riage In a Massuchesetts town. By the
mere pronouncement ef the minister, on
Ihe occasion the bride ceases to be a Bird
and becomes a full-flcdRed Bass.
The annual budget ef M.noaoOO just ap
proved for Chicago Is expected to keep
the municipal machine going during the
year. An average of $25 a head Indicates
that Ihe Windy City is pushing into the
high living circuit.
Boston threatens to curtail the activity
of the sob squad at the coming Rlchrson
trial. The audience Is to be limited t j
counsel. Jurors, witnesses and newspaper
reporters, unless present plans are up
set.
In the hands of woman rightly nerved
the hot water bottle beats a short arm
gun. The daughter of Colonel J. A.
WatrouB of Milwaukee shied a bottle at a
burglar, missing his head by a few inches,
but tho scalding water caught him be
neath the collar and sent him on his way
screaming.
The leap year boom is gathering size
and power ns it moves over frost bitten
territory. Two Missouri Judges of the
marry I nif brand and two rural Justices in
Illinois have placed their names on the
roll of fame started by a Chicago squire,
each agreeing to tie tho knot gratis for
every woman who yanks a reluctant
bachelor to the matrimonial altar. To
the wood, eh man, -or surrender.
GREf? AffD GBOASS.
"Big-shy neems to wear a look of set
tled gloom."
Yes, poor fellow, ne can i nei
When he was a boy his mother made him
wear Fsuntleroy curls." Cleveland
Plalndcaler.
Church Whst nmkes you think Flat
bush Isn't right In his mind?
Gotham W hy. when 1 cal.ed there yes
terday I found him in the cellsr oiling his
gas meter. Yonkers Ptatesman.
A FABLE.
Calcutta (India) Capital.
The hen remarked to the muley cow.
As she cackled her dally lay
(That Is, the hen cackled): "Its funny
how
I'm good for an egg a day.
I'm a fool to do It, for what do I get?
My food and lodging. My!
But the poodle gets that, he's the house
hold pet,
And he never laid a single egg yet
Not even when eggs were high.
The muley cow remarked to the ben,
As she masticated her cud
(That Is. the cow dldl: "Well, what then?
You quit anil your name is mud.
I'm good for six gallons of milk each
dsv.
And I'm given my stable and grub:
But the parrot gets that much anywsy
All she ran gobble and what does shu
pay?
Not a dribble of milk the dub'. '
But the hired man remarked to the pair:
"You get all that's eomln' te you;
The poodle does tricks and the parrot
kin swear.
Which s better than you kin do.
Tou're nncessury, but what's the use
Of ncwallln' your dnllv part?
You're bourgeois; work's your only ex
cuse; Yo't can't do nothln1 but Jes' produce.
What them fellers does is art."
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