(5 ' THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1912. '
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Bea mailed tm them. Address
will be cheated aa oftest as r-
J seste4.
The weather man may be an avia
tor, but be can use the parachute
kg well...: .'
isandy money raiser for torn strug
gling college.
i
It it significant, too, that the bull
anoose belongs to an animal species
i-ery nearly extinct. 1
Nothing could be more exciting
IJnan former Senator Lorimer mak
ing, another race for vindication.
i A Boston paper says clam bakes
;jtr going out of style. Nothing but
ijradltional. prejudice ever kept then)
n style. ; . '' . . ' '
- - i 1 - - ' .
it Dr. Wiley says be keeps cool, by
Vinot worrying .The doctor's profit
ikble lecture engagements enable him
iio do that. ; . ,':
!; Of couse, that. socialist who inher
ited a million will now proceed to
; distribute it. among his fellow men.
iKvatch him.
; American athletes have no foolish
notions on International comity that
prevent .them frqin,, beaming all com
ers at Oympjcgr
With so many claimants for the
sole credit of ousting Lorimer, anj
arbitration board may be needed to
decide who'g who.
,J - If the weather man can assure us
.that the backbone of summer was
broken by. that wallop Sunday we
will let it go at that.
Most of our summer troubles are
ver the National' Education as
sociation has adjourned in the wake
l the big political conventions.
V Omaha people hare tamely stood
for snd applauded everything their
..Water boarders have heretofore done,
bo why find fault with these little
things nowT :
" It is suggested .that nothing short
-of a moving picture camera could do
Justice to. "Mike" Harrington's
. political peregrinations. If so, it will
-have to be one with a fast shutter
to it
Another collision in the fog pro
"duces another heavy toll of human
life. All the mechanical devices for
preventing wrecks were there, yet
human fallibility found it' possible
1o blunder. V
Wireless telegraphy has saved
Hwenty-two ships from loss In two
-years. . But perhaps they would not
iihave been navigated so recklessly
'. without depending on the wireless
. for succor. ' -,
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: Those Finns at Stockholm singing
-in. the face of Russian crown heads.
VTbink Not that Finland's Might Is
"Dead." show much more valor than
Visdom, aa a comparative study of
maps suggests.
.,; That lawn sprinkling order re
stricting the use of water from 6
t o'clock In the evening to 8 o'clock
ia the morning must be especially
intended for night , owls who , can
-lurn on the hose before going to bed.
? Tha Lincoln star,' a welcome and able
.""recruit to the cause of democracy in Ne-
frska.-World-HaraM. ; : i .
v In tha eyes of our amiable demo
"cratic contemporary, the Lincoln Star
Jwas neither welcome nor able when
Jt was plugging jaway ; under the
-republican banner. Oh, what a dif
ference a short time makes.
While pleading for democratic
"harmony democratic -' newspaper
organs in Nebraska are doing their
.beet to promote republican discord
"That is a legitimate part of the
game, but It rests with the repub
licans to say how far the last half
of the democratic program snail suc
ceed, v .
Express Bates and Parcels Post.
The tentative order to reduce ex
press rates by the Interstate Com
merce commission makes certain that
the charge for transporting express
packages will soon be subjected to a
downward revision. If what is now
proposed had been voluntarily, put
Into effect by the express companies
a few years ago, the movement for
parcels post might not have made so
much headway. It is plain that early
readjustment of express rates would
have been forced by parcels post,
and at best the handling of small
packages properly devolves upon the
postofflce and will eventually be
taken over by It.
Incidentally, the chief objection
raised to parcels post has come from
country merchants, and wholesalers
who sell to them, imbued with the
idea that cheaper parcels delivery
would operate to build up the great
mall order houses. The objection on
the score of cheaper delivery, bow
ever, will apply Just as much to re
duced express rates as to parcels
post. If lower . express rates are
coming, we might as well have par
cels post, too, and extend the bene
fits to all the people reached by the
postofflce instead of limiting them
to those within express company ter
ritory. '
The Hole in the Doughnut
Those back of the scheme to seize
and use' the republican party, ma
chinery for the benefit of a third
party candidate refuse to see the hole
in their doughnut. They resort to
the fiction of "tainted" delegates to
justify the pretense that President
Taft was not the rightful nominee
at Chicago. Assuming merely for
argument all they allege, it does not
prove that Colonel Roosevelt is, or
would have been, the rightful nomi
nee. ' On the contrary it is' certain
that Colonel Roosevelt . is not the
nominee of the republican party, and
because he realizes this, Is planning
to accept the tender of a nomina
tion from another party in which he
will .have no competitor for the
honor.
But what about the renomlnation
of Vice 'President Sherman? Mr.
Sherman was named by the votes of
597 delegates, being fifty-seven more
than the necessary majority, and his
nomination must stand unquestioned
even subtracting the hghest number
against whom the charge of taint is
laid by the staunchest Roosevelt
champion. " . v
Omaha and the Weather. .
The recent widespread rainstorms
which destroyed property and lives
south, east and west, serve to re
mind us, who live in Omaha and im
mediate vicinity of the benevolent
providence .that hag spared ua In the
last two summers from climatic; ex
tremes. ' To be sure Omaha and a
strip of country a few miles wide
along tha Missouri river have ex
perienced " unusually ' dry weather
both this summer and last, dryer in
fact. than, the rest of Nebraska and
adjoining states, but we have had
sufficient moisture to avoid distress
and have entirely escaped such dis
asters as come from cloudbursts and
other elemental disturbances of the
kind. Perhaps It would be the part
of prudence not to boast at. all over
thia dispensation, yet It can do no
harm simply to remind ourselves,
when Inclined to complain over ex
cessive heat or dryness, that even
they have their offsets. In the mean
time we' in the corn, belt generally
are blessed with a medium of
climate and crops not to be surpassed
the year round anywhere.
Publicity for the Other Fellow.
Although it is reliably stated that
$3,000,000 was spent in the prelimi
nary campaign to defeat President
Taft for the nomination, the senate
committee inquiring into 'political
finances is not entirely Content with
these acknowledgements and pro
poses to go behind the curtains in
this and other campaigns. Chief in
terest in this Inquiry centers, how
ever, just now in the details of the
democratic campaign of 1904, as a
general indication of democratic
methods.
Tom Taggart. democratic chairman
that year, admits burning the books
containing the records of money re
ceived and disbursed in the Parker
campaign. . Ordinarily that would
constitute a presumption of some
thing to hide. It seems to throw
upon the democrats in general and
Taggart in particular the burden of
proof. While this may In no wise
distress or disturb Mr. Taggart, it
will nevertheless give the democrats
an opportunity of telling how Its
political pot Is replenished. It may
help explain also why the democrats
always demand publicity for the
Other, fellow.
f The Nebraska member pt the
credentials committee at the Chi
cago convention was not present dur
ing the hearing of the Washington
contest, but that does not deter him
from giving assurance that the con
test was. In his opluion, wrongly de
cided by a two to one vote of the
committee who did hear the evidence
and argument. K, .'
After increasing the tax valuation
of Douglas county by twenty-odd
million dollars, It Is up to the county
assessment board to see to it that our
taxpayers do not get the worst of It
from the state assessing board.
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JhisDay lnOmak
COMP11XD FROM DE.E FIISa
JULY J 6.
Thlrtj Tears Ago
The river is at a standstill.
The city 'jail was wholly empty to
night and Deputy Marshal McClure was
taking It easy.
George Thrall will furnish meals for
the visitors to the Grand Island reunion
of the Grand Army of the Republic. .
. Mr. George Brown, a prominent citi
zen, is on a visit here to his brother, 8.
R. Brown, and C. H. Dewey.
Miss Anna Downs and Miss Jessie
Smith have returned from St. Louis,
where they have been attending St Mary
institute. .
Mr. Thomas Wright Is the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Vinegar.
J. B. French and his father have re
turned from their old home In New York
state.
Hon. Elmer S. Dundy was In the city
en route to the Chicago races. Goodly
Bruckcr has also gone to Chicago to at
tend the races.
District Attorney Burnham la back from
hla trip to Salt Lake City.
Among the latest acquisitions Is the
new hardware firm of Mc8hana & Sulli
van, Phil McSharfe having purchaaed an
Interest In the firm of D. Sullivan & Co..
located at 1010 Farnam.
The New York stock exchange quoted
Union Pacific at lit and Missouri Pacific
at par.
Tha Academy of Music band, under the
leadership of Prof. Yeager, went down
to the Union Pacific train to meet and
serenade Harry Montague, manager of
the Bella Union theater of San Fran
cisco, who was going east, accompanied
by his wife and her sister.
Ticpnfv Tnn Air
Dr. r. 8. Merrill, pastor oi tna iri
Methodist Church, announced his decision
to leave Omaha at the end of tha confer
ence year, September 1. completing three
years' pastorate work here. He said ha
felt that he could not afford to continue
In a pastorate where he had to devote so
much of his time to financial and busi
ness affairs of the church. '
D. C. Patterson and family left for
Spirit Lake.
Mrs. J. S. Bennett and daughter Jennie
left for Hot Springs, near Ogden, Utah
Territory, for the benefit of Miss Ben
nett's health, '
t Omaha's weekly bank clearings showed
up being a gain of M.l per cent
as compared with the corresponding week
for the year before. " That gava Omaha a
rank of seventeenth In the country, ahead
of any city its else or anywhera near Its
size and many twice and three times me
large aa It ,
Roswell Q. Horr of Michigan, a writer
on the New York Trtbuna, addressed a
large and distinctly representative audi
ence at the Farnam atreet theater on tha
political Issues of the day. It waa a re
markable meeting and Mr. Horr made a
remarkable address. The Eighth Ward
Harrison and Reld club was conspicuous.
Edwsrd Rosewater addressed tne assem
blage before Mr. Horr. Dr. 8. D. Mercer,
republican state chairman, 'presided.'
Mrs.'H P Jensen, wife of Dr Jensen,
left for" London, Ontario, to visit a month
with hep relatives.
Ten Veara Ago r ,.
Mrs, 'Minnie Dragef, wire or unanes
Drager, died at the family home .near
Sarpy Mills, at It m.
O. R. Robinson, of Center, Neb., the
youngest sheriff In the state, waa In tha
city to look after official business. While
he was youthful, ha had had experience,
serving In the army In tha Philippines,
rising to an official rank. ,. , , .
Vicar General Choka passed away at
St. Joseph's hospital at 4 p. m. His ail
ment being cancer of the liver.
News came to Omaha that W, & Dim-
mock, formerly superintendent of the
Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway
end Bridge company, had resigned his
position as general manager of the Vir
ginia Passenger and Power company at
Richmond, to accept the position ot
general manager of a large electric rail
way system on the Faclflo coast.
Mrs. Francis AUce Swlgart, 43 years
of age, died at the family home, S1U
South Forty-first atreet.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Heyden returned
from Sioux Falls, S. D., whare they at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Heyden'a
father, Mr. D. R. Jones. .
Miss Lomax and Miss Cotton were the
guests of Mr. Haskell and , Mrs. Esra
Millard at a Country club dinner. .
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rahm, Mrs. Lacy,
Mr. Platter, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Denney
were guests at dinner of Mr. and Mrs.
F. J. Hoel and later to the evening they
attended the Field club dance.
Vie Murdock has managed to keep hla
red head remarkably cool during the re
cent uproar. As an original Insurgent he
might have had a lot to say. but he haa
kept silent aa the tomb.
Mrs. O. B. Colquitt, wife of the gov
ernor of Texas, has devoted aa much of
her time as possible to the campaign
being waged In that atate against tuber
culosis. She Is president of the Texas
Antl-Tuberculosls association, and ia es
pecially thoughtful ot tha Indigent pa
tients who come under the jurisdiction of
the association.
Lewis S. Collins, who haa died at
Honesdale, Pa., aged S4, haa served aa
surveyor for Wayne county since 1831
Mrs. Susan Look Avery of Louisville,
Ky., N years old, la the oldest suffragist
and. one of the most remarkable women
of her years In tha world. Recently she
waa asked to say something about the
causa of woman's suffrage. "I quit talk
ing about suffrage seventy-five years ago
and went to work for It," she naid, tvlth
a smile.
Arthur Smith of Denver has a govern
ment draft for 1 cent which waa Issued
to him May 25, '190J, In payment of h s
salary as postmaster at Vanes, Colo.
Until he saw It in a newspaper recently.
a statement that the lata President Cleve
land had also received a similar voucher
ha believed It waa tha only one In ex
Istence. . '
Miss Diamond Hardlnge, daughter ot
Lord Harding, viceroy to India. Is the
youngest girl who haa ever served the
queen ot England aa maid of honor. She
Is only 11 yeax old, and while she la at
tending school win be called several times
a year to attend the queen, who it "very
fond of the little girl.
1 Richard C. Kerens, ambassador to Austria-Hungary,
haa sold hit holdings n
tha German-American Press association,
which pubUsbts the St Louis Times, to
People Talked About
VEEDICT OF THE EDITORS ON
THEIR RECENT VISIT TO OMAHA
What Scribes Had to Say After They Returned Home and Cooled Off.
Home ef Men Who Do Things.
Alma Record.
The Nebraska editors, together with
everybody else who has ever partaken
of Omaha hospitality, firmly believe that
Omaha, the gateway to' the golden west
and Nebraska's great metropolis and
market town, is destined to become the
greatest city In the United States. And
there are good and sufficient reasons for
this belief. It Is located in the best state
In the union and is the home of business
men who 'do things. The eurta'nu:ent
furnished the newspaper men cf the stat
by the Omaha Commercial club and
Stock Yards company la just a sample of
what these boosters are doing every day
to keep Nebraska at the head nf the list
In the commercial world. The Knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben Is one of the most unique
and best known organisations in he
world today and does "mort to advertise
our great state than any other one thing.
The life of this association is duo ti the
untiring and gratuitous work of Omaha's
business men who ofttlmes are compelled
to neglect business to carry on the work
of the Ak-Sar-Ben. Omaha Is ons of the
cleanest, best governed and busist cities
In our country today. It la the 1 thirl
largest cattle market, second largest hog
market, second largest aheep market,
the largest feeder market and range
market In the world. - The South Omaha
stock yards occupy 200 acres, all buildings,
pent and floort being of concrete. The
average number of animals received per
day for 1911 was 21,834. Fifty thousand
cars ot packing house products are ship
ped annually. . Ten thousand people are
given employment and the annual pay
roll Is $6,000,000. The people of Nebraska
and Omaha should work together or tne
upbuilding of our great state. Neither
one could get along without the otV.
therefore, let us market our produce and'
raw material In Omaha and buy our
supplies from there. Let us circulate
money at home and build up horns In
stitutions by patronising home lndustrt.-s.
Flag at Half-Maat for Regret.
Falrbury News. -Omaha
showed the editors a hot time
this week, and this particular sanctum
had Its flag at, half mast because we
were unable to mingle with the con
vivial spirits and enjoy the hospitality
of Nebraska's metropolis. Omaha It fa
mous as an entertainer.
No Superiors aa Entertainers. ,
, Oakland Sun.
Over 100 editors of the state, guests of
the Omaha Commercial club, were royally
entertained from their arrival In Omaha
until their departure. Luncheon, auto
mobile rides and banqueta were the order
of the day. the good time ending with
the Initiation of the bunch Into the mys
teries of King Ak-Sar-Ben. At enter
tainers the live wires comprising the
Omaha Commercial club have no super
iors. The Sun is pleased to see the people
of Nebraska and the people of Omaha
getting acquainted with each other. The
closer we, get to the 'metropolis the hot
ter we can appreciate the people of the
best city between Chicago and San Fran
ciaco. What is good for Omaha Is good
for Nebraska, and what Is good for Ne
braska Is good for Omaha, The Inter
ests ot the two are Identical. sJVeshould
all wck together, The Sun Is proud to
b enrolled a one of-the boosters for
Omaha 'and Nebraska!
Snr to Com Again.
Hooper Sentinel. '
Orrja
aha did it up brown for the editors
of the state this year and have 'promised
that they will have something better In
store for them next year. Sure we are
going to b there. ,
A, Whole Lot of n Good Time.
Tekamah Journal.
J. R.- Sutherland and ton. D. C, and
HORRORS ON THE UPPER AMAZON
Disclosures That Equal Atrocities Eeported From the Congo.
Brooklyn Eagle. .
The report of Sir Roger Casement to
the British goverment on conditions like
those In the Congo Free State under
Leopold, existing on the upper waters
of the Amaion and within the jurisdic
tion of Peru, is a frightful schock to
Christendom. Nothing In all the horrible
history of the treatment of South Ameri
can Indians by the Spalnards, nothing
in the record of the African slave raids,
was worse than what has been going
on for a series of years In a vast region
on the east side of the Andes. A com
pany enjoying a British charter seems
to have established a private govern
ment to have enslaved the peaceful
Patumayo Indians, to have tortured hun
dreds to death, and subjected 90 per
cent of the men and women to brutal
floggings; to have beaten out the brains
of Uttle children, cut oft the arms and
tegs of adults and made the story of
the Congo pale by comparison. It la
Impossible to believe that the British
Investigator was deceived, or that fur
ther advices will change the picture. Sir
Roger Casement investigated the Congo
horrors. He Is not regarded as a sensa
tionalist .. ,
Manifestly the duty of civilization l
precisely the same aa when by interna
tional combinations the slave trade waa
stepped . on the high teas, and slave
raiding was stopped In Africa. But civi
lisation seems paralyzed. Great Britain
recognizes Peru as within the sphere
of influence of the United States. The
United States appeals to Peru. Peru
answers by pointing out the fact that
she has no means of sending an army
Into the wilds across tha Andes; that
her commercial communication with the
territory affected Is not direct, but by
way of Panama and the Amaion,
through Brazil. She also notes that the
territory haa been In dispute with
Ecuador and that her rights are more
or less doubtful.
It would seem that our nation should
promptly meet the situation by conced
ing to Brazil a sphere of Influence ot Its
own. It would seem that Peru should
own the right of Brazil to enter thia
country and stop the atrocities. And It
Would teem that the expanse of such
an expedition might well be jointly borne
by Brazil. Peru and the United States. It
la through Brazil that such a movement
mutt proceed. Water communication
alone ia available.
The motive of these atrocities as In the
Congo la the demand for India rubber.
The natives are terrorised Into work
ing till they die to turn In rubber.
The company coins their blood and tears
Into gold. But here there la no sover
eignty -that It responsible for what tt
done. Here the guilty men are simply
tha Journal publisher were the recipients
of the hospitality of the Omaha Commer
cial club and the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
en Monday evening. It ever there was
a bunch that waa royally entertained
by Omaha people it waa the editors of
the state at they gahered at Omaha
The fellow who missed it missed a whole
lot of a good time.
Original Boosters from Booaterrlllo.
f Central City Nonpareil.
The newspaper men of Nebraska are
again in debt to the people of Omaha.
They were placed under a heavy obliga
tion a year ago when Omaha entertained
the annual meeting of the presa associa
tion and the obligation was renewed and
increased wben about 100 of them were
guests of the South Omaha stock yards
Company and the Knlghti of Ak-Sar-Ben.
The cltlseha ot Omaha and South Omaha
appear to have a liking for the country
scribes, at least they have a warm wel
come for them on occasions such as this
one. The editors were given a big dinner
at the exchange building In South Omaha,
taken from there in autos to Fort Crook,
Bellevue. the Field club, Happy Hollow
club and the Country'dub. At the latter
place they were bidden to eat at another
sumptuous dinner, following which they
were taken to the Ak-Sar-Ben den for
the climax of the day's entertainment
The knights this year are putting on a
"sirkus" which Is everything that the
name Implies and then some. It is a
rollicking, frolicking, musical perform
ance that sends the audience into gust
after gust of merriment. On this occa
sion It was made over In spots to hit the
guests of the evening and the hits were
apt and enjoyable. No such method of
advertising a city and a state can be
found outside of Omaha and the business
men of that town who spend their time,
talent and money In creating and sup
porting it are to be balled as the orig
inal boosters from Boosterville. It was a
big day and one that the editors will
love to talk about for some time..
Com. See and Be Converted.
Plattsmouth Journal.
We noticed among the list of newspaper
man who visited Omaha a number of
editors who a year ago were incessant
In their abuse of tha Nebraska metrop
olis. Words were almost inadequate to
express their contempt for the only great
city In the state. Such fellows certainly
possess great nerve or gall to accept the
hospitality of Omaha after all 'the abuse
they have heaped upon the citizens of
that city.
A Strong Poll Together.
Hebron Champion.
Upon Invitation the newspaper men of
Nebraska accepted aa invitation to en
joy a holiday at the expense of the city,
and to assemble expecting to have the
time ef their Uves. And to say we had
It Is simply an expression and not the
mere Impact of the word. And now we
are home, but before we close this little
wrlteup we desire to say a word regard
ing Omaha and her business men. We
have watched it grow for thirty years,
and must say that It has kept stride with
the world and In many Instances haa sur
passed the great New York and Chicago.
Twelve or fifteen years ago Omaha had
the "big head" so bad that she thought
the could get along wthout outside help,
and the press of Nebraska got so they
almost hated the name of Omaha. But
now all Is changed. Omaha began to see
their need of the country press and the
country press began to see their need of
Omaha, and so today we are bound hand
and foot together for the upbutlding
first, our home town; Becond, our great
city, and third, and not, however, least,
the state Of Nebraska, the greatest and
best state in - this greatest of all uni
verses, the United States ot America.
brigands to be hunted down remorse
lessly. This was not true In the Congo
Free State when things were, at their
worst. Leopold of Belgium stood for a
sovereignty.
No doubt the authorities at Lima ara
honestly helpless. The government of
Peru Is poor and weak. Humanity, as a
whole, however, cannot tolerate the con
tinuance of these horrors. Nor can na
tional claims be permitted to stand in
the way ot condign punishment for whole
sale criminals. The report of Sir Roger
Casement Is grewsome. repellant revolt
ing; but It Is trustworthy and important.
A high duty to the human race haa been
performed with care and conscientious
purpose by the British investigator. The
corollary Is action, action n which four
civilized nations must take part if their
civilization Is to be vindicated.
PERTINENT POLITICAL POINTERS
Boston Herald: Mr. Roosevelt Is find
ing that even progressives can backslide.
Washington 8tar: Mr. La Follette may
be landed on a sidetrack, but there is
no way of getting him into the round
house. St Louis Times: The prevailing be
lief Is that President Taft will not have
to look over the "houses for rent," col
umns for another four years.
Chicago Newt: From the frenzied way
In which some of those prohibitionist
orators talk It would seem that they have
been Indulging in carbonated water.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: If the col
onel's friends would manage to keep
their plans up In the air. thia old earth
would try to wiggle along Just the tame.
Philadelphia Press: Jt was not to long
ago that tha colonel said it would be a
calamity if hla name waa mentioned for
tha republican presidential nomination.
He waa right .
New York World: Preposterous faker'
snorts the colonel when he la told ef a
report that both ha and Taft will be
asked to retire from the contest Any
report relating to the colonel s retire
ment from anything Is obviously a pre
posterous fake.
Kansas City Journal: If ClarV had been
nominated Missouri probably would have
gone democratic this year. But the
shabby treatment given Clark at Balti
more will coat Wilson thousands of votes
in this state. Missouri may be pretty
tafely eet down In the Taft column.
Denver Republican: Report is that the
Baltimore hostilities are to be extended
to the Chautauqua circuit, with Bryan
barred from Missouri, Clark from Ne
braska. The Chautauqua la gradually be
coming a tort of progressiva political
meeting, the audlenco paying tor the
privilege of having the ambitions of poli
tician aired in the name of pbloaophy.
MIRTHFUL M0MEKTS.
Servant Tou want to see Herr Dok
tor? Could you come again tomorrow?
Patient-Why. Isn't he tn?
Servant Oh. yes; but you're our first
patient and it's hla birthday tomorrow.
I should to like It to be a surprise for
him. Fliegendo Blatter.
"The letter I is a curious part of
speech. At first a mere letter, it becomes
a pronoun."
"Tea." replied the plain person: "and
then it gets to be a habit" Wathlngton
Star.
Mistress I shall want you to be dressed
by 8 o'clock, Ellen, to receive any friends
that may call.
Ellen Oh. thank yer. mum! Ain't you
goin' to be In? Sketch.
"So you're In jail for taking a watch."
"Not exactly. I'm here because I
couldn't get away with It" Detroit Free
Press.
Patient I wish to consult you with re
gard to my utter loss of memory.
Dotor Ah. yes! Why er in cases ot
this nature I always require my fee In
advance Christian Intelligence.
"I don't care to be taken seriously in
my business."
"What is your business?"
"I'm a Joke writer." Satire.
She I never saw Mrs. Havertime with
that man before. I must find out who
he ia
He Tou needn't worry; It't only her
husband Illustrated Bits.-.
"I am willing," said the candidate, af
ter he had hit the table a terrible brow
with his fist, "to trust the people."
"Gee," yelled a little man In the au
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dience. "I wish you'd open a grocery.
Chicago Record-Heraia.
Wtr She's the sort of irlrl who peel"
tlvely refuses to stay single.
Wagg That's the sort that also posl
tively refuses to stay roamed. Philadel
phia Record.
Tnnm TVirnrWhH t dO VOU RUPDOSe I
got put of the senator'e windpipe?
Uia Doctor on, aooui uwuuu Hi
lars. Judge.
THE EVERLASTING RIDDLE.
- Pittsburgh Dispatch.. .
New birds in spring build nests and sing,
The old birds pass away.
We know not where the voices ring
That sang here yesterday.
The ants build up their little heaps ' ..
Of sand and carry down
T nnth aarth that thov mAV KMO
h In minute caves of brown.
That which to them ia riches worth
As much as any Known,
To us who think we own the earth
And hold Creator's throne.
And whether like the blrdt we sing
Ana like tnera pau
Or like the ants, we creep to bring '
The wealth that does not stay.
We creatures cast In larger mould.
Now tlngor play or slave
With no more knowledge than of Old
The Gods to mortals gave.
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As to the reason why we're here
Or what's Creations' plan
UnknownJs this at In the drear
Days of primeval man-
Old Omar's verses are aa true
As in the days he wrote them.
No clearer, farther can wo view
Who ages after read and quote him.
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