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Bee mailed to these. Address
- will be changed aa oftea aa re
vacated. General Humidity evidently does
not want to be relieved of nig com-
mand. '
If worse comes to worst. Council
man McGovern might hope for a Job
on the police force.
. The Chicago woman who asked
and got 0 for a broken heart must
hold love very lightly.
The marines are being decked out
in new pajamas. But somehow con
gress has not yet debated It.
The prohibition candidate for pres
ident ranks Mr. Deba as an average
drinker. Well, yes; fully a .300 av
erage.; .V
No amount of reiteration will get
the American people to regard the
! Panama canal as a one-man enter
prise. Y-iY v'i' V
A reckless member of congress de
', mauds an investigation of the gau
sage industry here In the middle of
dog days. -.
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Governor Wilson doubtless believes
by now that a candidate should never
write books until after he has quit
office-seeking, t
Never mind about that West Vir
ginia district convention endorsing
;Mr, Bryan for 1916; let's get this
1912 affair settled first.
The Boston Globe says the way to
I keep shoes from squeaking is to take
,them off. There ought to be a more
agreeable cure than that. ' , - :
; One big tent show come and gone
without a city hall root over' free
ticket. Score another for the com
mission plan of government.
' Champ Clark boasted that his
toun' dawg wore "the collar of no
special interest. I That must be the
reason the dog-catchers at Baltimore
got him. . t-
Perhaps what made the southern
ers resent Mr. Rockefeller's offer to
care them of the hookworm was his
failure to call It by Its right name
epring fever. ,
Mrs. Champ Clark says she told
her husband to look out or that man
Bryan would get him. ,, When will
stupid, perverse man learn to heed
the advice of his wife?
The colonel continues to address
hie invitations to ex-republieans and
to- . ex-democrats alike but ex
democrats are not yet in sufficient
evidence to be identified. it ' A '
Notice has been ;; sent ,oit for
Douglas county among others, to an
awer before the state board wby its
assessment ; should not be raised
What 1 it this time automobiles or
Bewing machines? r
Those Detroit ' boodlers will . seek
, vindication by asking r 'election.
The dispatches seem to be sadly de
ficient la conveying information as
to whether they are republicans or
x democrats, or merely grafters.
Why, asks, a, correspondent, should
a republican aupport Taft? Well, one
reason Is that Taft has made a good
record that deserves .a second term,
and another is that he has served the
party and the people faithfully
against heavy odds. '
The law's command to the auto
1st to come to a full stop where street
cars are taking on or unloading pas
sengers Is observed - mostly Y in the
breach. There will be little sympa
athy for the culprit who perpetrates
a fatal accident by this sort of reck-leseness.
Test of Business Strength.
Business seems to be running the
gauntlet of a year of most intense po
litical strife and confusion and surely
if it succeeds as well finally as it
has thus far in maintaining its equi
librium it will have proved its power
to withstand whatever strain may be
put upon it. That it is meeting the
test with remarkable strength is evi
dent in the continued demand for
labor, . the large purchases of fall
stock and the freedom of the money
market.' Along this line the Wall
State Journal observes:
The call for the laborer has gone over
the', land. He la wanted in the grain
fields. the steel mills, the car-building
plants, the textile factories, and to
more or less extent, In every branch of
industry. There is no unemployment
should be none. Money . Is circulating
freely, the demand for the necessaries
and for the good things of life Is on the
increase and all classes will enjoy a high
degree of prosperity In the coming time.
Such a state of affairs ought to
have a sobering effect upon those
who for obvious reasons, personal or
political, are beating the tom-tom of
discontent and distrust.
Where Are the Pops?
Our old friend "Tom Tibbies" of
fers to take a contract to deliver the
populist vote in Nebraska to Wood-
row Wilson. But Tibbies' ability to
deliver anything will have to be dem
onstarted. In the last primary up
wards of 10,000 populists cast re
publican ballots and swelled the vote
recorded for Roosevelt to that extent,
reducing the total ,'ln the populist
cblumn to 1.097 Whether Tibbies
himself is Included in the 1,097 still
carrying the populist banner, is de
cidedly open to question.
The Boy's Training: Period.
Stress is laid on the Importance of
juvenile training - during the first
seven years, but experts in the han
dling of youth are inclined now to
agree that the crucial years in a boy's
life are those between 15 and 25. If
this is so, the supreme effort must
be made during that period to bend
bis career in the proper course.
With adolescence comes a certain
realizing sense that penetrates what
theretofore has been but a sort of
mystery to the boy and. as the in
quiring vision of his mind and emo
tions opens to receive entirely new
conceptions of life, a steadying in
fluence, not needed before, is re
quired. Prom this time on the youth
is of more importance in his own es
timation as well as to' others. He is
just bursting into the vigor of young
manhood and the small things that
have satisfied him no longer meet
his demands. He begins to think of
life's work, what he shall do, how he
shall live.
i Right there is where his most care
ful training should begin and It
should continue until, according to
the common viewi he is full grown.
What convictions, what predilections
he is to form are likely to be formed
then, though not necessarily un
changeably. This is the period when,
It seems, the capsheaf of the boy's
training must be. placed if he is to
travel the right road in manhood.
Promise and Performance.
The party that proclaimed and has al
ways enforced the Monroe doctrine and
was sponsor for the new navy will con
tinue faithfully to observe .the constitu
tional requirements to provide and main
tain an adequate arid well-cronortioned
navy, sufficient to defend American poli
cies, protect our clttseni and uphold the
honor and djgnity of the nation-Part
of the Democratic 1913 National Platform.
The democrats perform this cam
paign promise by again voting down
an appropriation for even one new
battleship this year, having already
killed the item in the naval bill call,
ing for the usual quota of two ships.
If the democrats In congress adhere
to this stupid position they will make
it hard for' their campaigners on the
stump to say much for their plat-
form. The pretense at economy is
not deceiving "anybody, unless It be
th6se political trick horses who im
agine it is deceiving others.
The plan of our Nebraska 'demo
cratic senator to solve the trust prob
lem by graduated taxes on increased
product is said to be meeting with
favor. Yes, but what does William
Jennings Bryan think about it? In
essence it is Internal revenue tax on
protection lines, and the democratic
jSlatform announces" as unconsti
tutional the levying of a tariff tax
for any purpose but for revenue.
Considering the,; desperate scram
ble on for the Job Of democratic state
chairman this year, the expectation
must be , thoroughly - entrenched
among the faithful that a large con
signment of campaign boodle is to be
headed this way when the pot raised
down east to elect Wilson and Mar
shall be emptied.
,..Y Plenty of Wnrlc for All.
Springfield Republican.
There U no lack of work In this coun
try today. The mills in New England are
short-handed; the steel plants in Penn
sylvania are short of labor; the harvests
ot the great west yearn and cry aloud
tor abundant reapers
- t'ofceUevable.
; Chicago Record-Herald.
'It. is alleged that Buffalo Bill's long
Curls are false. We can't believe It We
would be almost as willing to believe the
teeth of the third party candidates were
porcelain. . ,,. .
Wouldn't Take the Money.
The authorities of the District of Colum
bia turned down the request of Glfford
Flnchot for Increased taxation on hi
property, contending that Oiff needed the
money for Bull Moots alfalfa,
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OBSEEVATIONS OF A DEMOCEAT
. ON THE REPUBLICAN .CONVENTION
W. 0. Hart in the IT
Having attended the democratic con
vention in 1908 as an alternate at large,
and finding the occasion so Interesting
and attractive, I concluded that this year
I would like to attend the convention as
a delegate-so as to be "in the swim," as
It were and through the kindness of my
friends In the party I was elected a dele
gate from the Second congressional dis
trict ,
The republican convention being but a
week before the democratic convention I
wanted to attend that also and see what
was going on; and on the Invitation of
friends, who were delegates thereto, I was
given the courtesy of a seat, and never
missed a moment of the convention from
the time of Its opening, on Tuesday,
June 10, until the gavel fell on the final
adjournment Saturday night, June 20, at
half past ten. Many other like myself
were constant attendants at the conven
tion, waiting for the explosion, which
never came. '. ' . ,
The Coliseum, In which the convention
was held, though of massive size, was not
built for convention purposes, but 'for
exhibition purposes, and, therefore, the
acoustics were very , poor, and, besides,
there were other defects In the arrange
ments which prevented those present
from getting a full grasp of the pro
ceedings. The speaker's platform was
too low, and was so small that anyone
wanting to address the convention was
compelled to stand Immediately in front
of the presiding officer, so that when he
was called upon to rule he had to walk
forward and stand with the speaker, in
stead of remaining at his desk; and most
of the reading and announcing clerks,
as a rule, were of weak voices and seemed
to take delight In making the announce
ments while the applause was going on.
And even those who used megaphones
were evidently unfamiliar with their use,
as even with - them ; their voices could
often be Heard only at a comparatively
short distance. "
Allen the Most Interesting- Speaker.
Several of the speakers, however, could
be heard practically all over the hall,
end among the greatest of these, so far
as oratory was concerned, was Henry
3. Alln of Kansas, who spoke early and
often, and, although always on the losing
side, was most Interesting and entertain
ing. The tension on both sides and when
I say both tides I mean the Taft side
and the Roosevelt side was yery great
when, after the opening prayer, the con
vention was ready tor business. Immedi
ately Governor Kadley of Missouri, rep
resenting the Roosevelt side, presented a
motion that the temporary roll, aa pre
pared by the National committee, and
which had been printed and circulated
throughout the convention, be replaced
by a roll call which he presented, and
which had oh it about ninety of the so
called Roosevelt contestant delegates,
Instead of the Taft delegates recognised
by the committee; and It was just at this
point that Roosevelt lost, in my judg
ment, his only opportunity to control the
convention!
The presiding officer, Mr. Resewater of
Nebraska, chairman of the National
committee, declined to entertain the mo
tion, when Mr. Watson ot Indiana, rep
resenting the Taft side, made the objec
tion that no business could be transacted
except the election of a temporary chair
man until after the election, and that
the motion of Governor Hadley was out
of order. , From this ruling Kadley took
an appeal, which Watson moved to lay
on the tabl, and the chair ruled out
both the appeal and motion for the same
STRONG POINTS OF MODERN NEWSPAPER
Bev. Charles M. Sheldon in
1. The modern newspaper la a splendldf
everyday source ot world knowledge.
With remarkable energy and enterprise
the managers of the modern press reach
around the world with long arma and
strong hands to secure knowledge ot
world events. These are brought to our
doors at a minimum expense. World
history, the advancement of science, the
movements of government, adventure,
sport, commerce, human energy In vari
ous and interesting forms become a part
of the Individual reader's education. The
modern paper serves a vast number of
individuals, ' working tor the enrichment
and Interest of their lives. - ;
1 The modern newspaper la the advo
cate of the people.
In very many Important eases it starts
reform movements for the good of the
entire community. In very many cases
the newspaper originates plans for human
betterment, sometimes on an exceedingly
large and unselfish scale. It It had not
been for the assistance of the newspapers
in Kansas, it Is doubtful if the present
prohibitory law would now be Iri force.
In general the press ot the state, in over
whelming majority, Joined hands with
the church and good eltlsens to advocate
what was In many ways a very un
popular movement which cost . many
papers hoavlly in a financial way. The
tame use of the modern newspaper Is
found in many Instances tn different
periods Of history. ;i
a The modern "newspaper la of great
educational value, with special features
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Primaries Swell the Cost When Economy Begins.
; Indianapolis News. f ,
, Postmaster General Hitchcock, chair
man of the republican national commit
tee In 190& told the senate committee
that the total ot the republican fund for
that year was il,635i$.27. The fund four
years before, when the bull moose was a
candidate, was, according to Chairman
Cortelyou,, U.9O0.OOO. Thus we see that
there was a very encouraging shrinkage.
With the exception of a few banks
which gave $5,000 each no corporation,
as far as Mr.' Hitchcock knows, guva
anything. ' There were gifts , from some
men interested In the Steel trust-Muu-sey
and Cochran among them, Perkins,
he thought, did not contribute.
The fund, though smaller than that of
1904, waa quite large enough, much larger,
we have bo doubt, than any party will bt
able to command this year. For the peo
ple are shewing a very cheering sensitive
ness on this subject One ot the greatest
dangers which a free people can7 be ex
posed lies in the use Of money at elec
tionsor at primaries cither. A bought
election is no election at all. since it la
not the expression of the people's will. It
we make our campaigns mere questions
of finance we thereby exclude poor men
from office, or else make It necessary for
them, to get the support of men who nave
money; ' ' -'v.v." . ,
It Is a curious fact that lust as we
ew Orleans States
reason, as above given, and the roll call
on the vote -for temporary chairman was
then ordered. " ' - -
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What Beat Roosevelt.
If Governor Hadley, when the chair
refused to entertain the motion, had put
the motion himself and had declared it
carried, It is possible that the Roosevelt
aide might have been able to organize
the convention; or, If not. I believe at
that moment" all of the Roosevelt dele
gates were ready to leave the hall In a
body and twlth the contestants would
have had a quorum of their own and they
could have done as they pleased. But the
very moment the Roosevelt side tempor
ised and allowed the roll call, it was
beaten forever. In writing of the first
day's proceedings of the convention, I
gave the opinion that the Roosevelt
forces had been outgeneraled from the
start, and that ppinlon I did not change
at any time. So far as the convention,
as finally organised, was concerned,
Roosevelt at no time could have been
nominated notwithstanding reports to the
contrary. '
On Thursday there was no session of
the convention, it met at 12 o'clock,
Immediately adjourned till 4 o'clock, and
then adjourned to the next day. I ap
prehended that this delay was in the in
terest of an effort to bring about a com
promise, and on my way to Baltimore I
was told by a delegate, and it was con
firmed by another delegate in Baltimore,
that this was the reason, and that a
committee had called upon Mr. Roosevelt
and stated that if he would withdraw
Mr. Taft would, and a third man might
be selected. But the only, reception
the committee met with was the state
ment from Mr. Roosevelt, "I am the
only candidate," and so the tight went
on. ' : '
Taft Delegates Properly Seated.
As a careful and disinterested observer,
I want tosay that I would have voted
with the Taft delegates on every one of
the contests that were presented; I made
up my mind before the voting on every
occasion, except as to the California case,
which presented questions of law rather
than of fact, and upon which I reached
no conclusion until the same point waa
presented at Baltimore. But In every
one of . the other oases, the statement
presented in the report of the majority
waa so clear and satisfactory, and pre
pared just as a brief In a lawsuit would
be, as to carry conviction with It-, while
the reports of the minority, and the argu
ments of the Roosevelt orators In support
thereof were but glittering generalities, In
which the word "fraud," "thievery," and
"robbery," predominated.
The California ease presented the ques
tion aa to whether delegates who receive
a majority In a congressional district
could be overruled by a vote of till
state at large through the action of t
convention, and upon this vote the Tail
delegates, who were district delegates,
had but two over a majority of the con
vention. The sisiie question waa pre
sented at Baltimore where nineteen dele
gates from Ohio claimed that they should
be allowed to vote as they pleased, or
as Instructed, and were not bound by the
unit rule of the convention.- The creden
tials committee reported In favor of the
convention unit rule, but the Convention
Itself, decided the, other way, and recog
nised the freedoni' of .' the district dele
gates, adopting the minority report, for
which I voted, having thought over the
question after leaving Chicago and com
ing to the conclusion that that was the
only proper way to decide It.
Hew York Independent
of an educational charcter.
The editorial dlscussiona carried on
from day to day are in many papers of
great assistance In shaping public opin
ion. Articles are published in the daily
press gathered from the ends ot the earth
from the best literature, from the best
minds, both past and present. One could
gather from a file of dally papers In this
country whole volumes of literary value.
These are continually coming into the
homes At the people and enriching and
enlarging the lives of the readers.
4. The modern newspaper le a medium
of intelligent publicity between states and
nations. 'j; ,.M-
A newspaper is a demooratlo thing. It
Is for all the people. One of the essen
tial things in a government is that the
states In a republic like ours should be
acquainted with the history of one an
other. The newspapers furnish thli his
tory, What once took days and weeks
and sometimes years to accomplish Is now
brought to publie notice lri short order
through the press, and even a country a
large as our own, with Its varied inter
ests and different local concerns. Is in a
remarkable degree unified and knit to.
gether through the printed pages of dif
ferent newspapers of the different states,
each one Uklng account of the doings of
the entire people. ; In the same way the
knowledge of other countries and their
affairs thousands of miles distant helps
to unite the Interests of the world. The
modern newspaper occupies a large place
In the shaping of democracy. . Y
are getting rid of the old system under
which vast campaign funds were raised,
we should adopt a primary scheme whl:h
makes the business ot getting a nomina
tion as costly as elections used to be
and atill are. It is admitted by tn
friends ot the presidential primary hat
something will have ts be done ,to limit
pre-nominatlon campaign,, funds. The
system as we. have It today la certain'
bad. ! Efforts to reform It will at least
serve to show whether or .not high C03t
Is an essential element in It." But nevei
again shall we have such election cam
paigns as those which once shamed u.
What happened in 1K4, under the leader
ship of the bull moose, to the scandal
of the country, will not happen again.
We have entered a new era. Those who
are despairing of the country and its In
stitutions ought to get some encourage
ment out ot the great advance that has
been made la this matter of campaign
fuads. ,... . -,.
BanUhna: the Gloom.
- Pittsburgh Dispatch.
President Ripley says that the west is
going to kave the biggest" 'corn crop m
ten year. From which we deduce that
President Ripley has postponed that ruin
which he predicted last year that -was to
fan on the railroads by the government's
prosecution of them.
ookln Backward
IhfoDay inOmaiia
COHPIUD FKOM BEX rils
JULY 28c
Thirty Yeare Ago
It turns out that William Aust. a
popular business roan on Sixteenth street,
who, after leaving for a trip to Dead
wood, had completely disappeared, per
ished in the wilds west of Sidney. Mr.
H, Nieman was sent by the Knights of
Pythias to bring the body back.
It Is the style now to exhibit big corn
stalks, and the boss ample adorms the
front of Joe Blake'a place.
A buggy broke down In the middle, of
Fifteenth street, and left the driver sit
ting between two axel in the mud.
Five wagon loada of poster were sent
out to bill the country, for the appearance
of Bachelor and Dorris circus here next
month. , .-. ' ;
Mr.. Luke C. Redfield. the well known
Job printed, is the happy father ot a
pair ot bouncing boy babies, total weight
nineteen pounds. He . resides on South
Tenth street, and as this is the-seventh
pair of twins In ' that neighborhood in
the past year, It la creating quite sJ sen
sation. ' The & A M. atheletla association has
secured grounds at the end of the Green
street car lines. Officers are: president,
Q. W. Holdredge: vice president. C. D.
Dorman; secretary,1 C. E. Funk; 'treas
urer, James G. Taylor; directors, P. S.
Eustis, W. Randall, R. N. Taylor, A.
Mountmorency. 1
A lively blaze broke out at 7 In the
operating room of the Western Union
Telegraph company. The heat melted
the wires and Ignited the switchboard.
It was nearly 11 o'clock before the of
fice was again In working condition.
Mrs. C. K. Coutant has Returned from
a trip to Salt Lake City.
W. A. Paxton and eon returned from
the east yesterday. .
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Johnson, 1213 Cass
treet, celebrated their silver wedding an
niversary. Their Swedish friends pres
ented them with a fine full silver tea
Set. The only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Johrison Is Mrs. John M. Peterson, whose
husband Is head painter in the Union
Pacific shops at Evanston. . .
Twenty Years Ago
An important meeting of the Gentle
men's Roadster cub was held at the
Millard hotel for the purpose of selecting
new grounds. Charles A. Coe was chair
man. The Omaha Driving association
submitted an offer for the club to join
with It at Its grounds and the club ap
pointed a committee to go over the matter
with the association and also consult J.
J. Browne, owner of the property at the
fair grounds the club had been using for
future use. This committee was Hal
McCord and Will B. Millard.
E. W. Applegate, lately chief operator
for the Western Union In 3fmaha, in
vented a new Incandescent electric lamp,
which, he said, gave GO per cent more
light than any other lamp of the kind.
He formed a company in Chicago to
handle the invention with W. J, Lloyd of
the Western Union, as manager. C. H.
Summers, . electrician of the Western
Union, became electrician of the company.
Mayor Bemis and the board of park
commissioners were engaged in some little
controversy aa to how Bemls park should
be Improved. The mayor thought the
board should fill the ravine In making
the road along the north side, but Dr.
George L. Miller and G. W. LInlnger of
the board demurred, saying they never
agreed to this. But the matter was left
unsettled.
Prof. Lee G. Krata returned from Lake
Madison, S. D., where he had charge of
the Chautauqua.
Colonel Frank P. Ireland came in from
Nebraska City, darted over the bridge
Into Iowa, where he went to get some
practical pointers on running a demo
oratlo state campaign from Governor
Horace Boise.
Ten Years Ago
Miss Grace Vandervoort received a tele.
gram from her brother. Fred Vander
voort, telling of the death of their father,
Paul Vandervoort, from paralysis, at
Puerto Principe, Cuba. Mr. Vandervoort
had been prominent in political and
Grand Army circles In Nebraska for many
years. He had gone to Cuba to look
after a large tract of land in Which, as
a member of a syndicate, he waa Inter
ested.
Chairman O'Keefe, and members Con
nolly and Harte of the county board were
cogitating over the probe into the mat
ter ot the bridge built by the Standard
Bridge company at the poor farm, for
which the county waa charged $14,922.69.
O'Keeffe thought this was at least Ct
cents too mush and maybe several thous
and dollars excessive and wanted to In
quire into it a little to settle his doubts.
One hundred and thirty-five men and
a dozen women were abroad the Ak-Sar-Ben
special as It pulled, out of the depot
for Deadwood and Gould Diets ran and
caught It after It got started, which
made 138 men. The Twenty-second In
fantry band waa there. The train was
given bon voyage by fully 200 other
boosters. -
Reports, of crops compiled by the Bur
lington indicated a record-breaking corn
crop in Nebraska.
When asked about the report that Gov
ernor Odell of New York might come
to Omaha as president of the Union
Pacific, President Horace G. Burt said:
"t know nothing whatever about the
matter."
A woman In Binghamtoa, N. T., was
cured ot rheumatism by a stroke of
llehtnlng. The great objection to this
specific is the difficulty of examining the
label before taking.
Former Senator Billy Mason le cavort
ing around the suburbs ot Illinois politics
striving to convince the plain people that
his Jokes are new rib-ticklers. Just now
Illinois politics have as much use for a
Joke aa a graveyard has
"Sunny Jim'' 8herman. vice president.
for the firei time in thirty years Is
obliged to give up all business cares and
take the rest eure for sever: months. He
has recovered much of hk; strength lost
in the niness of last month, bujt not
enough to Justify ah early return to the
activities 6f public life. t , . ,
the cigar store trust is about to treat
its shareholders to slices of the Juiciest
"melon" cut Into this season A stock
dividend of two shares to one, carrying
the capital from J3.000.003 to 127.000,000.
and first pick at a bunch of 7 per cent
preferred, la calculated - to make the
favored ones bunt up the best stogies
in stock,
People Talked About
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The report
that some Nebraska democrats will try
to eliminate Bryan strikes Tammany as
the most astonishing political Item of
the day. ,
Philadelphia Record: It was all very
wrong for the Taft lieutenants to steal
delegates from the claimant at Chicago;
but it Is everlastingly right. If it be pos
sible, to steal Taft electors wherever and
whenever there may be progressive op
portunity. '
Houston Post: Colonel Bryan says he
has In his possession 10Q letters written by
Nebraskans offering to gi as his sub
stitute when he had enlisted In the Spanish-American
war. Perhaps they thought
there was real danger, or maybe they
just wanted to be colonels.
Harper's Weekly: We cannot blame
the colonel for drawing upon the com
mandments for a motto for 1,1s third
party; he discovered them, you know.
But why, oh, tell us, why did heselect
the eighth instead of the first?
Pittsburgh Dispatch: When they shut
out all corporations, trust magnates and
stock promoters from the campaign
funds a large number of able-bodied pro
fessional politicians will be looking up
Information about those positions as
harvest hands, where the bands go on
auto rides while the employer milks the
cows and feeds the pig. '
Sioux City Journal! "At last, I have
a free hand," gleefully remarked the
colonel. Do you know what he meant?
He meant that he was under' no obliga
tions to stand by the creed of the repub
lican party, but felt absolutely" at liberty
to follow his own Individual views In
defining, a creed for his new party. It is
a lovely position for the colonel to be
In, but his followers are not to be en
vied. Not one of them Is to have a free
hand. They must take what the colonel
says as gospel or get out of the party.
CHEERY CHAFF.
"How did we come to adopt 'The Star
Spangled Banner' as our national song?"
"As a matter of propriety. That tune
"A Hot Time In the Old Town' was es
tabltshing Itself so rapidly that we had
to do something to head it off." Wash
ington Star.
Toung Hopeful Ma, what's a carpet
knight?
Ma (glaring at Pa-One who will put
down the carpets for his wife without
growling before he'li see her attempt It
herself. Baltimore American.
"I don't believe any man who turns to
golf for his recreation can go very far
wrong."
"You don't, eh? Say, I guess you don't
know how easy it is for a golfer to slice
his drive." Chicago Record-Herald.
Hub Aren't you almost ready, dear?
Wife (with irritation) Why do you
keep asking me that questidn? Haven't
I been telling you for the last half hour
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Transcript.
If all rleht now. dad'." he said. "The
! bull moose was trying, to butt the e'.e-
' ., . . , ,, jt nut.
pnant - overooara. tuvemoa nam.
Dealer.
"Have you formed any 'opinion as to
this man's gujlt'.or innocence?" '.'
"I have not, but . I'm not eligible as a.
Juror." ;., '. .:.
"Why not?". , . ,
"My wife has." Louisxille Courier-Journal.
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I There was a frightful disturbance on
j the lower deck of the Ark,. ..'
' "See what's the matter. Hani," said the
."f,"... ......
The young , man was gone for soma
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Breathlessly he ; rushed tnto the law
yer's office. "Mv. next-door neighbor is
. learning to play the corpet.V h exclaimed.
I "The man Is a public nuisance. What
would you advise me to do?"
i "Learn to play the trombone." replied
the antute lawyer. "Ten dollars, please."
; Philadelphia Record.
DISSOLVED BEEF.
' New York World. , . ;
I 'The Beef Trust has dissolved," he cried,
Home-coming to his trusting bride.
1 "Why don't you say
! Hip-hip hooray
f And throw your hat around?"
But wearily she shook, her head 1 '"
And to her Jlmmieboy she said, .
"The butcher czar
Says soupbones 1 are ' " ' '
Ud twenty cents . a pound.". -T ,
"Ah!" said the simple altruist.
As he perused the butcher's list."
, "I trust that you
Have lamb for stew ...
I Extremely low to-day?"., ...-
j The cleaver-operating gent ''
Laughed In a way most violent, 1 ;
j . 1 And said, "You mutt, ,- t
, Talk's cheaper, but
" ' Beef needs a higher pay." .
"I trust the price, is cut In half- v
Upon this caput of a calf." ; ... ,,
The newly wed ' . ,:
Young housewife said, -'
And eyed its forehead nice. v. .
The weary butcher simply moaned,
"The trust has cut the name Jt owned,
' - Doar lady.- but' -
.fr It hasn't cut i - . ...
One f ragement of the prlcel'.' .
Ah! beautiful it is to see : cv" '
A- trust dissolve by court decree Y
And cease to make j.-
Our pockets ache . . .
In buying bite and- sup! 1
What's -that you- say, my wife dear?
I must find something else to cheer?, .
His butcher nibs . . , .'
Has put prime ribs A '
Another fraction up! ': ' '
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