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Vaahlngton-T2S Fourteenth St., N. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. MAY CIRCULATION. " 50,421' ' State of Uewaska. County of Douglas ,ss. Dwlght Williams, circulating macager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says the the average, dally circulation for the month i of May. 1313. was W,i21. PWIQHT WIUUAM8. - '..: Clreulatlort Manager. Subscribed In mv presence -and sworn to before me this 5th day of .June, 1812. (Seau ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. Subscribers -leaving the eltjr temporarily shooU hay The Be mailed to theni. - Address wpi be changed a oftea M re qnested. ;' . Colonel Wattersort Is finding the Samuel J, Tildeni more) and more scarce. What; the matter with Kansas? No new sensation sprung there for six months. -' Those aviators seem to be up In the air. over the route of their - coming western flight. H .1. " " A man named ttimbo of Oklahoma Is mentioned for, vice president.. It is not Bwano, though. - -Texas expects a 12,000,000 onion crop. Think of the odor arising from $2,000,000 worth of onions.- '- The battleship St. Louis cut a sub marine, boat In two, thug giving keen edge to an otherwise dull name. And yet, do you know, we cannot help feeling that this same old con stitution will wear quite a while yet Boston ia offering Dr-Wllejt extra inducements to settle "there and get busy. .Who le doping the sacred tod? It is only fair to students of im mature judgments not to allow them censorless control of college publlca tlone. "'. . ', ' r : , '; : Colonel Roosevelt' admission that he' only expected two delegates from Alabama ought to have a very Quiet ing effect. President Taft's eniraies have de liberately, chosen to misrepresent his kindness as weakness and now are being exposed, , , ...... - As "the tumult and shouting" of the primaries dies away, the thunder In the headlines, echoing' .from Chi cago, fills the' vacuum. , Governor Hadley of Missouri has freed his 521st convict. - This is one of the progressive ways of Working the recall on reactionary courts. The chlvalrlo generosity of the Chicago- weather man is reflected in a cold wave to make tolerable the heat on a section of the lake front. Mr. Bryan's Commoner mentions with'' apparent satisfaction the recent defeat of Tom Watson in Georgia. Tom was such an obstreperous boy. John Sharp Williams' estimate of 16 as the cost of baths for United States is based on plain water appli cations. Whitewash comeB much higher. ' , , Hungarian lawmakers show strong signs of progressive insurgency. In stead of throwing ink bottles, mem bers of Parliament shoot up the chairman. An investigation of the weather bureau strikes a popular chord. No other department of the government is so profoundly indifferent to, the rule of the plain people. A representative of Nebraska's progressive state administration, in urging building and loan men to go back to the methods of former times, raises a painful doubt as to the pur ity of the progressive label. "The law of God is grounded on the right of God," says an author And the law of man, to be equitable, must be grounded on the right of man. But it takes a lot of wisdom to ' determine what Is the right of man The projected co-operative plan of reducing the. high cost of living in New York will sot go into effect until fall. Greater New York is about to spring a number of attrac tions as a summer resort, and local pride forbids reformers interfering with the revenue getting possibilities of the schema, v , ; Function of the Commerce Court. The supreme court's determination of the functions and status of the new court of commerce should clear the way to useful service by that tribunal. It was perhaps necessary for the highest court to pass upon this question, and yet more, amiable relations between the Interstate Com merce commission and the newer body might have avoided such a necessity. It should hardly have called for judicial dictum to determine that the new court's function was confined to passing upon matters of law and not of fact where appeals were made to it from the commission, and to re straining and enforcing, as the case might be, affirmative orders of the commission, not to exercise Its own judgment by original interpretations Of administrative features of the law. To clothe it with such powers, would be, not only to lead to interminable litigation, but to deny the first prin ciple of our system of appellate courts. The country has a right, now that these questions are cleared up, to expect results .from the commerce court, unless congress proceeds with the resolution to Wipe it out of exist ence. , ' .Backbone of Revolution Broken! . Ambassador Wilson ;ieavei Mexico City tor Washington 6n an errand with the statement tnat "the back bone of the-.Mexican revolution is broken."' Americans have, reason to hope that their representative la cor rect In his Interpretation of "condi tions, for, if he ,. U may'mean the averting of the gravest complications for their own government, , to say nothing of the relieving of many of their fellow countrymen in Mexico from digtress and danger. Ambassa dor Wilson's prudence does Cot often lead-him astray, so that his decision that political conditions are so much improved as o Justify him' in tem porarily leaving Mexico gives real lone to his optimism. One thing is apparent, that the rev olutionary leaders,', when- pitted in crucial array against the government forces, failed to . make" the showing tboy, predicted and came pff , second best, . 'The situation is not entirely without Its hopeful signa.' Madero may have builded better than we knew, after all. He certainly has If he built well enough tcf enable Mex lco to settle its own problem without American Intervention. . Official Divorce .Proctor. Some months ago a divorce proctor was appointed by private citizens in Kansas City, who made up his salary by personal contributions.' The ex periment, has. proved, satisfactory nd I now, after a contest, tho county-coart I. . a Mat JJ? i f J nas maae mm an omciai orpine county, to be paid 'fom, Us. fuTitfs; He is to have bis place beside the judge hearing the dlvor.ee case and be given the. right of Interpolation. This brihgs the experiment down to a legal basis, where it may b viewed with keenest interest. ' One man sitting , as' a proctor offers, no thought of a panacea for the divorce evil, but itjs possible for him, by diligent inquiry into the circum stances of cases which a court might not make and Interested. ' lawyers would not disclose,, to .'be-of vital service to society.! One thing is quite certain, In a city whose, divorces run one. to every three marriages, the proctor should have.no difficulty in finding plenty to do. , , The Colored Man's" Advance. The-white people of the United States have nothing to fear from the negro. - The. problem of the latter will solve itself under proper Influ ences influences which the outnum bering white men control. The negro rises when given a chance. He sub mits to "every... good Influence, he takes an education, he acquires prop erty, he is Joyal and lawablding. on the average., The responsibility for his advancement, then, logically lies with those who control the conditions making it possible. " In 1870 practically 80, per cent of ail American negroes' wore illiterate. Ten years later the percentage wis 70,' In 1890 It was'57.1 per cent; in 1900, 44.4, -and in 1910 It was only 30.5 per cent. Where do we find greater continuous, progress and de velopment? In Louisiana, however, they do not favor negro .education with much zeal and promote with less. ' There nearly 60 per cept of the negroes are still Illiterate, and In some other southern states of similar prejudices the percentages" of" Illit eracy are nearly as great. ' Whoso fault is It it the negro is not educated? But- if education be not a fair test of his worthiness, judge the negro along any other average line of. human endeavor, the acquisition of. property, the orderly pursuit of industry in various call ings, the planting of homes and , the observance of law, and you will' find he responds Just about in proportion to the opportunity he gets. A race that does ep much for itself is en titled to all that a' stronger race can do for it.' Rumors of expected trouble in Chicago are not as dangerous as they seem. .Five leading hotels have ad vanced' the price of stewed prunes to 5 cents each, with an order mini mum of 30 cents. The danger .of fill ing up: on prunes iat that-price-is re mote. . THE BEE: OMAHA; MONDAY, JUNE 10,"19tt: SCHOOL DAYS IN EAELY OMAHA V. The High School in the Year 1883. BY VICTOR ROSEWATER, Member of the Class of 1887 and Now Editor of The BtC. . In view of the fact that I had gone through all the grades right in the same school building, admission to the high schoo) meant for me merely going up. or rather coming down to the second floor, only part- of which at that time was required for high school purposes. My class was the largest In number that had ever been promoted out of the eighth grade In Omaha. At that time the enroll ment of the entire high school., with its course . covering four years, Was less than 140,. or to be precise, exactly 130. The main assembly room, which was on 1 the southeast side lng, of the build sufficed to all of us, dur study , hours, preference In hold lng the seat ON ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL selection being given to those of the higher classes. There was quite a high raised platform recessed into the wall on the west side facing the seats between which the aisles ran east and west A commodious coat room on the north opened aluo Into the main hall, white on the west were a small recitation room, a long narrow spate con taining a few. tables and chairs and some aoologlcal specimens preserved In alco hol, and another small room which served as an office for, the principal, frequently ornamented with boys and girls waiting to be called on the carpet or to offer excuses. The seniors, to", whom we freBhles looked up with intense awe, were permitted by special dispensation to study In the narrow space referred to or rather to pretend to study while in reality hold ing' a social session. There were two or three other recitation rooms, large and small, on the same floor available for the high school. " Tear by year the number of high school pupils steadily and rapidly increased, crowding out the grade rooms one after another, until the high school had the whole .second floor, and then annexed the third, and.' finally took . the ' whole building. The total enrollment, as I said, when I went Into tho high school was 139. In 1887, when I graduated, four years later,. It had mounted to 872.. The grad uates of the. same year, that I had en tered the high school consisted of seven girls, (the class of 1884 counted up ten Members,, the class of 1885 twenty mem bers, the, ilasa of J88S, eighteen members, and my class of 188T numbered thirty. When 1 went Into the high school the Instruction corps .consisted. Of Just five teachers. First and foremost was Homer P. lwis, the principal, who in addition to ; his administrative duties, taught classes In Latin and Greek and political economy. Prof. Lewis had at that time a most Impressive appearance, a largo, woll-built man,; with hair almost blacfc, but beginning to turn gray; a mustache, ttttliw QffiM . pvaj fftee, gnd,ly.;Mue jay e3es,("t8,fdellberate,jbutliflrm speech, fiisl Injujisiiyi ; was...pei;ljaps.of sternness, ,wlc,6ftnd, ijoyeirer, after a. person cBjine jfQ.now mm. . Jie was, a tnorougn $mnqmr ana student, ana taugnt witn a DEMAND OF A ' : Two .Views on R. New York Tribune (rep.). The determination of the national com-mltteeman-elect from Nebraska, .Mr. Howell, to present his Certificate .of elec tion and demand his seat Will force a decision by the present committee on Mr. Howell's status. There is little doubt what that decision will be. The only point at Issue Is the time at which a new national commlttta comes into ex istence and the terms of its members, whether elected at a state primary, named In a state convention or chosen by a state delegation, really begins. Mr. Howell Insists that he . Is already a committeeman, not merely a commit-teeman-elact He says that, Inasmuch as he was ohosen at a primary held on April 19. he was olothed with all the powers of his office from that date,' He also says that the call of the national committee recognised the validity of the state primary- laws and therefore con ceded the right of the republicans of Ne braska, to select a national committeeman whose title should become perfect at once. The call of the committee did nothing of the soft. It said that "delegates and alternates, both from the state at large and from each congressional district, may be elected In conformity with the laws of the state in which the election occurs, If the state committee or any each con gressional committee so direct." No pro vision was made for the election of na tional committeemen except in accord ance with the long established precedent that such committeemen shall be named by the state delegations and shall or ganize after the national convention ad journs. . . . . ' ";. ' - s ". The committee Is now asked to upeet the rules of the national organisation and shorten arbitrarily the terms of national committeemen 4ected in 1908 in order to please, a few individuals Who want to take office ahead of time. Mr. . Howell will admit that" if he is seated now he will become a member of the outgoing committee as well as of the incoming committee. He will have a tenure differ ent from that of the gVeaf majority of his associates. It is hot practicable to seat the' new committeemen before the convention meets, since ' not more than six or eight of them have been desig nated so far. Why disturb the orderly procedure of the past tor the. benefit of these few and give a handful of states an advantage which the others 'will not possess T The present national committee has no power to alter the terms of ; members or ttfe condittons under which they shall be elected. The proper way . to make a , change is to seek a recommendation from the' committee on rules to be submitted to the next convention.- Then ail mem bers wu, be affected, equally. ' It Is ab surd for Mr. Howell to maintain that he should be-Singled out for special honors and special favor, , ; w , , .,,. t . , t ' ;,..- . cr - , -V Boston Transcript rep.).- Boesism is denounced by the 'third-term candidate In every speech he delivers, but his active leader are. Indifferent to his denunciations. Perhaps they - have de tected him winking the other eye; per haps they reason after the old-fashioned manner that -only the other side - has "bosses," "our side has leaders.,, Cer Wit J consciousness of knowing b.s subject thoroughly. jo pot recall ever having a teacher , who commanded the respect and confidence of those undor.him. and associated with him. as did Prof. Lewis. The high school under him was orderly, and he was seldom called upon to enforce discipline, more seldom to enforce It on the same boy or girl twice. He re mained at the head of the school until he returned to his native New England town to' become principal of Worcester, Mass. He has been out here since then, hie hair and mustache grown white, but the same buoyant' manner and the same benignant character. ..'.' Holding a position something like that of chlcf-of-staff was Miss Lena' L. HUI. She taught me algebra, and taught others higher branches of mathematics. She was a sweet-faced, brown-haired, blue-eyed woman whom everyone liked, and par ticularly fitted to make the children un derstand what Is usually their most diffi cult exercise. Miss Hill not long after left the school, and married In Buffalo, N. Y., where her husband, Charles A. Severance, Is now secretary of the Buf falo Historical society and Its librarian Mrs. Severance, with her husband and grown daughter, came through Omaha about a year ago, returning from a trip to the orient, and was delighted to be entertained by some of her pupils of. long ago days who remembered and admired her. . , .. Th third member of the high school staff wa Alono Norton Henshaw, a youjig man ,Just ,out of an eastern col lege, who devoted his efforts chiefly to Latin and history.-. We boys -made a Brest deal of fun in secret over Mr. Hen chaw, stimulated by his punctilious dress, and 'what we thought was his -as-rumed pos.' That was just the. time of the Oscar Wilde aesthetic cult, and as he wore his hair rather long and parted in the middle, we dubbed him "a dude" and w parodied his name by calling hlra TJudeshaw." As. a. matter of fact, he was a- tolerably good fellow, and. his mannerisms were not st all his fault We really regretted when he went back east, where, J am told, he entered the ministry. a.nd had a successful career. . eHHl another high school teacher was Miss Ida M. Street, a petite, -dark little woman, who had studied at Vassar, which was something ,to be wondered at in -that period, of Omaha's history. Miss Street taught - English, composition, rhetoric and: English literature and made these subjects .as Interesting as they 'could well be made. She was determined to devote, herseif . to. literary . culture, and after becoming a student .herself again taught in higher educational In-tltutions-at ens time, and possibly still, in Michigan university. ' The fifth and last member of this high school faculty was Miss Mary R. Harris, who took the boy and girls through the various branches of science, which were then restricted to physiology, soology, physics, chemistry, astronomy and geology. Mtss Harris was gracious and benevolent looking. Wore her back hair combed tightly back to a coiffure on th top-of her head. She was an indefatlg able worker and regarded by her pupils fji -unusually ewctlng. he.was, how Vei. sympathetic and : tolerant, as well as a persevering and forceful teacherv jHer, retirement f ipm tfte sqhpol was due to unfortunater C Jumstapcea that cut Short a useful, teaching career. . WOULD-BE BOSS B. Howell's Claims, tainly ..Mr. Howetl of Omaha, elected a member of the republican national com mltteee from Nebraska In the recent pri maries of that state, makes one or the boldest essays at bosslsm that the public has recently been called upon to notice. Mr. Howell claims that his commission dates from the day of his election, and that It is In full force, that he super sedes Mr. Rosewater on the national com mittee and Is entitled to the later's seat, Mr. Rosewater was elected under the old plan by the Nebraska delegation to the national committee of 1908. In accordance with custom and precedent, and Indeed with common sense,' Mr. Rosewater la entitled to act until the adjournment of the convention of lslt If Mr. Howell were seated there would be another Roosevelt vote in the national committee which is to pass upon the con tests for the Chicago convention that is to meet on the 18th. In brief. Mr. Rosewater would be displaced before the expiration of his term and an attempt would he made to pack the national committee in the Roosevelt Interest. Here Is bosslsm exemplified In its . most un scrupulous aspect. The Incident illustrates one of the many peculiarities of the primary law as It la in force In several states. The republican national committee, like the democratic national committee, is a purely voluntary organisation. It is not subject In any way to the law of any particular state. It Is not a corporation; it has no charter. Its organisation has been ' evolved from the customs of the party which have de veloped in the last half-century or more. Nevertheless, the Nebraska law under takes to Interfere with the rights and privileges of the national committee.. It may be said that the primary laws as a rule project state authority Into the na tional convention, which exists, not by statute, but by custom. The constitution knows-' nothing of national nominating conventions; they exist for the con venience of the respective patties. The conventions Impose no obligations on the states In return, and It certainly may be pleaded for the conventions that they aro fully entitled to make their -own rules for organisation and operation. . In the convention of 1WS, which ' was acting under its own rules. Mr.. Rosewater was chosen for the national committee In" be half of the' Nebraska delegation. The national committee has not changed, its rule since, and It Is difficult to see what authority Nebraska has tn interfere with those rules, ' . ' The OU Soldiers Kaow. - Boston Transcript. . ! " One of -the most conspicuous develop ments of Memorial day was the number of orations." ma'fiy' of Jheih "given by vet erans before veterans, that set forth the praise of peace. .The' old soldiers know, as Well' as General Sherman did, what Vas is.. ... . ..... . . , V- A si Ideal Conditio. . ' Chicago Tribune. . The Ideal condition will be achieved when It has become possible for every body to have a ticket to every national convention. Why doesn't some candidate promise to pui a universal ticket plank in his platform? icoklnBackwartl FH iM PEE f ILM Thirty 'years Age : ; ''''' Omaha anc TJncolc wen, agalr. con nected by .telephone with great success. A circuit taking in atl the leading Ne braska, cities will soon be established. A cricket club was organised with Dr. Lanyon president, J. BothweK secretary and W. J. Whlteheuse treasurer. A com mittee was appointed to purchase bats, wickets, balls, etc., and secure, grounds. Notwithstanding the rain, the base ball match between The Beo- nine and a picked Western Newspaper union team waa played, but called at the fifth Inning, when the score, stood 11 to 9 in favor of The Bee, ',.--,' - The new awning Just put on the Strang building gives it a dressy apoearance. H. E. White of the Union Pacific shops is rejoicing at the arrival at his home of a ten-pound baby girl. The old cathedral building, which stood at the comer of Eighteenth and Capitol avenue, has been relocated near the southeast corner of Nineteenth and Cum ing,, where It will be repaired for the use of the colored congregation of the (j Trinity mission and hereafter be known as St. Philip's chapel. J. M. McVittle writes The Bee to give assurance that the purpose of the newly formed Retail Grocers' association Is not to raise prices, but simply for mutual protection from deadbeats and the sell ing to consumers by wholesale dealers aiid commission men what legitimately belongs to the retail trde. .The first annual banquet of the Belles Lettrea club was celebrated at the hand some new. residence of Hon. John L. Webster. A literary breakfast with hand some, hand-painted programs was fur nished the club, which-" Is composed' of the following members: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Burns, Richard Carrier, Mr, and Mrs. William R. Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Powell, Miss Nellie Simpson, George P. Stebblns, General and Mrs. E. F, Test, Hon. and Mrs. John L. Web Her, Miss Mary WUson, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dickey. Lvle Dlckev. Miss Belle Dickey, Mr, and Mrs. M. Shelton, Major E. Stevenson, Frank Shelton, Warren Ewitsler, General : s- .d Mrs. Thomas Wil son and Miss Etta Wilson. . Twenty Years Agi There was great rejoicing among local republicans over the nomination on the first ballot at Minneapolis of President Benjamin Harrison, Nebraska's , .delega tion, headed by Edward Rosewater, be ing pledged to him. Among the repub Hearts quoted as rejoicing over, the nom Ination were: Major R. S. Wilcox, George W. Llnlriger, Henry Estabropk. Charles. 8. ElgUtter, E. A, Benson, A. P. Tukey, T. 8. Clarkson, Frank E. Moores, C. J, Greene, Ben 8." Baker, J. C. Cowan and others. The hospital formerly known as . the Presbyterian Hospital of Omaha and con ducted under the Presbyterian alliance, which was recently Incorporated under the state laws and passed into new con trot, elected the., following board of trustees: Robert McClelland, C, A. Starr, W. R. Drummond, Colonel Charles Brd, Lew Andersen, I. B. Williams, J. L. Weishana. .0.: .W; ; Hervey, . M. M. Van Horn, Vf. . Mcj4v ,Aj(a baritpn. z. t, Lmasay,,,y,tJ$nise, Harr.ijawrie ana r rana .oi. Mrs. Mary Osborne, 201S South, Fourth street, was nearly frightened to death when a man she believed to be Insane entered her house and created a disturb ance; - A lively contest 'Was being waged for the official shoes of George E. Tlmme, the deceased "commissioner of the Third district. Among the candidates were John Williams of Elkhorn, David Reed of West Omaha, Peter Mangold of Jeffer- soh, W. C. Whltmore of Valley, Omar Whitney of Elkhorn, Herman Tlmm of Jefferson and R. C. Patterson of West Omaha. ' , Ten Years Ago- Seth Cole returned from Minneapolis, where he attended the convention of the Eagles as a delegate from Omaha. Miss Catherine Stlllwell was appointed police matron to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mrs. Whitman, nee tittle. Thomas McCarthy got too familiar with R&Jah, the big elephant of the Gentry Bros, circus, and Rajah, who had the fame of killing three men, struck Colonel McCarthy a severe blow on the head with his trunk. Principal Waterhouse and the follow ing school teachers were re-elected by the Board of Education: Ada L. Atkin son, H. M. Benedict. A. R. Congdon. Amelia Farnsworth, E. E. Frisk. Mary Kellogg, J. L. Kind, Florence McHugh. Anna Peterson, Ella Phelps, Nellie Ran dall, Pearl Rockfellow, Ellen Roonle. Eunice Stebblns, Mary Sullivan, - Belle Wilson, Mrs. Ida Fleming. Mrs. Alphon slne Chatelaine and Mrs. Grace B. Sud borough. E. G. McGilton. candidate for the re publican nomination- for lieutenant gov- ernor, was given the privilege of naming the Ninth ward delegates at a largely at tended caucus th Washington hall. He named these delegates which were ap proved by the caucus: Charles A. Goes M. A. Hall, C. A. Grlmmell. J. I Baker, W. A. Gardner, O. N. Hypss and C. S. Huntington.' People Talked About Rev. Dr. Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell, one of the oldest living, suf fragettes, who haa Just celebrated her eighty-seventh birthday- anniversary at her home In Elisabeth. N. J., omits the word "obey" In performing the marriage .ceremony unless its use Is expressly re quested by the bride. Prof. O'Flanagan. representing : the Gaello league , of. Dublin, In a recent lecture in New York, rapped the heads of rich Irish Americans with a vocal shll- laleah because they have not encouraged the literature of the "ould sod" , with large contributions -of coin. . The pro fessor gave them no credit for countless contributions to the. political erfd of the game, evidently regarding his line the only one worth while. One of the; marked -effects of ,the waiters' strike In the lobster palaces of New York is the spirit of good fellow ship between the strikebreakers and the guests. During rush hours an amateur waiter may be aeen dash!:,g off a cock- tall with a lusny guest or breaking Into a conversation of dinner parties. Tips aggregating $11, $12 and $15 in thre days, as one of the strikebreakers, stimu lates the JoyCdS temperament of good fellowship. r compile, r. POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS. Brooklyu Eagle. Laugh Young-no, It 's Lafc Young-has lost out In Iowa's sanatoria! primaries to W. S. Kenyon Humor has Its disadvantages, when the electorate ia serious minded, and earnest nest, which Is Kenyon, Is pretty hard to beat. Philadelphia Record: While It is Just criticism of the presidential primaries that lest than half of the voter have expressed theii' preference, nevertheless, it ic impossible to overlook the slgnifl oance of Governor Wilson's ten to one Indorsement by hit own state. New York World: Chosen by the na tional committee tc be temporary chair- man of the Chicago convention, denounced by Rooacveit as a tool of Boss Barnes and recommended by Carnegie as a compromise candidate for the presidency, Senator Rout Is beginning to look Ilka a Coryphee under the limelight. Springfield Republican: In one of the New Jersey districts a vote of 44,000 was polled for Mr. Taft four years ago, and yet In spite of the whirlwind campaign with all Its circus attractions only 11.000 votes were cast In the primary on Tues day for both Mr. Taft and the colonel. What are the 33,000 who stayed away going to do next fall? ' Now York Tribune: The Hon. Urey Woodson has been turned down as Ken tucky's member of the democratic na tional committee, after a service of many years. Mr. Woodson, once a slxteen-to-oner, was aceused of flirting with Har mon; hence his downfall. Out In Ken tucky they still believe that backsliders from Bryanlsm Should be buried alive. THESE ORIS OF OURS. 'My wife saw a predatory fly on a small marble Psyche." "Yes?" ; "She swatted It." ..."Did she hit the fly?" "No. she hit the Psyche."-Cleveland P.Iain- Dealer,. 'Why do women want to take a hand in politics?" "I suspect, replied miss cayenne, that some of them are generously sym ; ! -T in . . ' . ' ! Move Into a Wirei ,': . ' v .. 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'. ; via Pennsylvania Lines 30-Pay Limit To NewYork To Atlantic City Direct Route, or Via Washington ll V pathetic with ths predicament their hus winds have gotten Into while frying to run the country, and want to cqme to the rescue.'-rWashington Star. .. .. v Regular Cutomer-I shall want s. largo ouantity of flowers trum you nextweek, or my daughter's coming out. Flower Woman-Yes, roum, You shall 'ave the very best for er pore dear. Wot were she put in fort-Lpndon Punh. "Before I married my wife I thought when I had to wlt f.r ner 11 wtt aa eternity."' . "Veil" v ' ' ' "Now, I know It." Baltimore American, He If you'd only consent to marry, me you would help to make me a better man. She-I can t do that; but I'd be willing to help make you a best man.-Boston Transcript. - - NATIONAL POLITICAL ANTHEK W. D. Nesblt in Chicago Post My country, 'tis of thee. Sweet land of lA . ' . (If Harry New doesn't give pie six hundred seats for the convention I H make him think he has been e eeplng over a Black Hand convention!) -liberty, Of thee i sing. Land where my , ' . (Where's that last telegram from WlrepullT I knew he couldn t deliver , those delegates! Wardboss on th 1 long distance right away.) Land of the pilgrim's pride. From every mountain - ' (You see Sklddem this .evening and i tell him to organise those western delegates.) Let freedom ring. Tum-tum-te , (That's the stuff. Wave the flag. Bill, and get 'em to y.elUng.) Tum-dum-te-dum-te . (AH right! As soon as We interview comes out you see that my denial gets on the wire. It's all typewritten, in the lower drawer.) .., ... Tum-tum-te-dee! I love thy rocks and rills. '.' Thy groves and (Who Is that big fellow that just came ; in? Looks as it he -meant to start , something. .Have one of the,, boys stand beside him ) . , .. My heart with rapture thrills At, " '' " :'' . (Now wlille they're cheering pass the word to. a doaen "of the boys tq ap plaud for at least ten minutes When I get up to apeak. I hope thie'chalr- man doesn't get the notion thM be Is the speaker of the evening.) Variable Routes To Boston To NewYork Go One Rout ' Return Another Abo Reduced Fare Round-Trip Tlcfceta to LONG ISLAND RESORTS f liberal Stop-Overs The benefit of rednceoNsres mey be ob tained from points la tee West It peiteafarg ask for tickets over FenniYlvanta Linear or b aadressinir tbe Pennsylvania's represent ative, who will cheerfully furnish fall particu lars sad assist in arrangiag details. Address W. H. ROWLAND TrareUaf PiMtaterAfeflt Ctof National Bask Mfe. OMAHA. NEB. (721) i: f a 1 AS i ir