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October 13
Thought for the Day
StUetmd by Crocs A. Portir Andtnon
Gwd Umptr it Ukt a tunny day; it thtdt if
brightntt tvtrywnert. Sidney.
All right. Billy." here's hoping Syracuse It
aa good to you.
After the street carnival and the religious
carnival comet the foot ball carnival
Even political farmers will enjoy a brand of
weather peculiarly adapted to fall plowing.
England clings hopefully to the thought:
'The darkest hour la Just before the dawn."
Persistent fighting along the Btyr river
renders comparatively eaay the translation over
the Btyx. !
Still those people who shun mansions here
below may prefer the bleachers to the grand
stand up above.
After all the hopes and boasts of militant
Europe, to the United States falls the happy task
of carving turkey.
War bulletin makers are eqaal to every oc
casion. The farflung battle line affords ample
scope for their versatility.
King Peter reached the Serbian throne
through a sprinkling of blood. He seems fated
to go down and out tn a deluge ot sore.
If there are "heavenly mansions' carrying
"tor rent" signs, Omaha need not be abashed,
then, because a few houses down here are
"to lot."
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Twelve nations, big and little, are now In
volved In the world war. Is It any wonder that
Greece and Itoumanla dislike to be the hoodoo
i.etnber?
The hesitation of the Oreeks and Rouman
ians has a distinct Missouri flavor. They want
to be shown that the entente allies can deliver
tho goods.
The response to King George's appeal to "Mr
people," for more recruits will determine
whether the volunteering system of a democracy
will survive the necessities of militarism.
The bankers will now convene In their state
association to take an Inventory of the proceeds
of the year's crop. The Nebraska farmer who
cannot borrow money these days Is an exception
to the rule.
Another unforeseen result of our biennial
elections Is witnessed In the necessity of Mr.
F.ryan going away from home to do his annual
campaigning "stunt" and keep In practice for
the big show next year.
Rumors float In from China of trouble brew
ing (n certain provinces opposed to the monarch
111 Idea. These provinces were largely, It not
chiefly, responsible for the birth of the republic,
and for organised resistance to President Tuan,
two years ago. The vigorous suppression of that
revolt and the exile ot Dr. Sun Yat Ben and his
associates Is too recent to expect that another
revolt. If undertaken, will get farther than a
graveyard.
-IT li i ii a i, m
Tba often delayed game between the Union Pacific
team and the ladlea' baae ball club finally took place
at the Athletic park before 1.W0 spectators and waa
pronounced Immense. "As'de from It being a de
cidedly ludicrous event, the game waa no account,
the glrla demonstrated their Inability to play ball.
and the boy showing their good nature by allowing
their fair opponents every poeelblo privilege. "
lilshop Worthlngtoa conducted missionary Sunday
services at Trinity. ,
The subject of Rev. W. E. Cope land's sermon at
Unity waa "The Value at Keaeta"
A New York traveling man who Is la Omaha said
be had the pleasure ot meeting one of the greatest
Omaha swindlers. Loyal Li Smith, wa-e riding on
the Canadian Pacific from Windsor to Montreal.
Omaha Typographical union waa preparing for a
grand Thanksgiving eve, ball. The committee of ar
rangements la made up of Messrs. Kunkles. Cos,
cumlngs. Clinton, Dermody. Hoyle and Moelean.
The Young Men'a Christian association gospel
meeting was conducted by U. A. Klnkel. won dis
coursed on the subject, "Christian Liberty."
Work on the Nell line at the stock yards la being
pushed rapidly, and the construction of the bridge
HIUHOtKN.
What of the Presidential Primary?
Three years ago many people were led to
believe that the last presidential nominating
convention bad been held and that all our fu
ture presidential standard-bearers would be
selected by direct vote. Tbe presidential pref
erence primary was to be substituted for the
customary nominating machinery end put an
rnd alike to convention trades and deals anl
stampedes. The direct-vole nomination of can
didates for president became a plank in one of
the big party platforms and was publicly favored
by the winner of the race, who now occupies the
White House. But here we have another presi
dential year almost upon us and the lines being
laid again for the convention preliminaries out
of which the presidential tickets will be evolved.
Let no one take this to mean th.it the presi
dential primary Idea has made no progress nor
that the conditions of president-making have
remained unchanged. Eighteen states have by
law adopted some form of choosing national
convention delegates by direct vote of the party
membership, with more or less subjection to
preferential Instructions, and these states have
representation constituting much more than the
mjortty required to nominate In a republican
convention and almost the two-thirds necessary
in the democratic convention. These primaries
begin as early as next March, Indiana and Min
nesota leading of, and continue into June.
( Here Is where theory and practice diverge,
for the Ideal of direct nominations would
call for a choice between all the candidates by
the members of the party all over the country at
the same time. Piecemeal primaries, on the
ether hand, emphasize the Importance of those
first held for their potential effect to lnfluencs
those that come after. Obviously, too, it Is
not probable that all the aspirants will be voted
on In all the states. Some of the favorite son
will doubless confine their efforts to the home
constituency, being content to rest their chances
on the possibility of a long-drawn contest event
uating to the advantage of the half-concealed
dsrk horset
The salient point of the situation Is that the
direct primary, Instead of simplifying things,
aa it might had It been perfected and made
nation-wide In scope, has really Introduced com
plicating factors. Except for President Wilson's
uncontested claim to renomlnatlon, these com
plications would confront all the political parties
alike. Bo far as determining the make-up of the
tickets in advance of the convention, therefore
the direct presidential primary In the crude
form that we have It, Is certain to fall far short
cf original prospectus.
Civilizing the Censor.
The British House ot Commons has set it
self a task that makes Its other achievements
look small In comparison. It Is going to try to
civilise the censor, at least to the extent that that
extremely efficacious official will soften his
heart towards the message Intended to be used
by newspapers shall not be entirely shorn of
whatever ornate flourish the writer may use In
his effort to conceal a fact from the scrutiny of
the censor and yet reveal It to his readers. Tho
Incident from which the present move arises has
to do with the elision of some lines from Brown-
leg and from Kipling, which the inspector of
copy failed to pass. Sir John A. Simon, secre
tary for home affairs, explains the matter as
not being due to the military objection to poetry,
but to the failure of the censor to recognise the
lines. He adds that a suggestion has been made
to the War office that Its copy readers cultivate
the muss. The possibilities that reside in this
re so alluring that they lead even to the hope
that officialdom In England may yet develop a
sense ot humor, and when that happens It will
be the end to most of the censor's present day
activities.
Pancho Villa's Future.
. Friends have Invited Pancho Villa to lay
down his arms and seek safety in the United
States, threatening to desert him if he acts
otherwise. A tar better course for Villa would
be to cease his fighting and make his peace
with Carrania. The United States would afford
him asylum, but, If he possesses any of the
patriotism he professes, he will stay at home and
use the Influence he baa to help In restoring
order. This seems too much to expect of him,
for his course has been such as to establish him
as an adventurer whose sole object Is his own
advantage. Yet It is not without precedent, nor
beyond the range of possibility, that Villa should
even now tarn his energy into the course of use
fulness to his country, and supplement the small
service he has already done her by trying to undo
some of tbe harm he has accomplished. Such a
life would be far nobler than existence aa a
fugitive on this side ot the border, with the fate
cf Pasqnale Orosco and the example of Huerta
before htm as warnings of what may come to
plotters against the peace of Uncle Sam's neigh
bors.
In Whom Do We Trust! -
When a president undertook to leave a well
known inscription off the coinage of the United
States, he aroused such opposition as compelled
him to abandon his project . The retention of
the motto was accepted aa signifying the con
tinuation of the traditional national and indi
vidual trust In Ood, aa befits a Christian and
enlightened people. Circumstances arise, how
ever, that Justify some inquiry as to how far
that expressed reliance really extends. For ex
ample, when the keel of the battleship Connecti
cut waa laid at the Brooklyn Navy yard, before
anything else was done, the chaplain offered
prayer. Then the workmen proceeded to natl
a horseshoe on a post which stands as the prow
of the vessel, and finally, the secretary of the
ravy told of tbe tremendous power of this ship,
which will exceed that ot any afloat In which
of the three do we really trust the Ood of the
Universe, the goddess of fortune, or "reeking
tube and Iron shard T"
While civilisation is being shot to pieces
among Its monarchlal votaries, it Is consoling to
note that Massachusetts is still carrying the ban
iier ot light and uplift to the benighted ot
Africa. Within six months 1,000,000 gallons ot
Medford rum has gone from Boston to the west
coast. The usual proportion of Bibles doubtless
hit the same trail at the same time.
The nature of the vehicles as well as the
work cut out for them renders submarine and
aeroplane operation the riskiest branches of
Liodern war. Official admission ot a high per
centage of loss Is not surprising.
Our National Wealth
William a. Ballsy.
IN A SPECIAL bulletin of the bureau of census Is
given the total and pr capita national wealth of
this country from I'M to 1912.
Total (eplulve of Tr
Year. exempt real property), capita
lf!2 llTSiW.'") HAT.
l'4 nin ,7J (."' i.
Vn R' 3nr,,nA.iinD
I) 61.:ft4w." ITS
41 f,42iiin k.i
171 24'.kVi.nnQ H) K!i
jainninjimn mi
1HM 7.136.).ii0 '
In this total exempt real estate to the value of over
twelve billions of dollars was not Included. This Is
made tin of the reel prorcrty owned by the federal,
state end loral governments, together with the real
property of educational, charitable and religious In
stitutions exrmptod from taxation. If this smount
were Included the per capita wealth tor the United
States In 1912 would be II.W6.
The largeat Items which make up the total wealth
of 175 Mlllon dollars are:
Taxed real property and Improvements 1' tl non iw
Hallroadn and equipment lS.149.ono.mo
Manufactured products 14 1(H 'HiO.onr)
Furniture, vehicles and kindred property.. 83.V0
Live stock 6,2aH,000,000
The total wealth of New York state I about twenty-
five billions of dollars, followed by Illinois and Penn
sylvania with about fifteen bllllona each. There are
ten other atatee with a total wealth or over rive
billions.
When we come to the Der capita wealth the order
of states Is very different. Nevada leads, with W.stf,
followed by Iowa with .. North Dakota with 13.210
and California with 13.113. There are sl other states
In which the per capita wraith la over IZ.G0O, of which
Nebraska with 2.9M, Is one. Neither New York nor
Pennsylvania, however. Is In this list.
It la Impossible to give comparative figures ror
many countries. In lo the total wealth of the Rrlt
Ish empire waa estimated at 108 bllllona. In 1WS the
wealth of Oermany was estimated at seventy-eight
bllllona of dollars.
'Twas Ever Thus
Wew Totk Times.
The aranea tn New Jersey are sour In the
mouths of soma of tha champions of the Cause there
and elsewhere. The acerbity of the beaten women
politicians will be sweetened later. The brokers call
women "bad losers," but the wall of the walloped tn
the morning after election Is stereotyped. The suf
fragists have teen defeated In the Jerseys, It seems,
by the same old league of all the Iniquities that al
ways llcka "our aide." The "corrupt bosses," the
interests," tha dear old truepennies, the Rum Power.
the machine tha World, the Flesh, and the Devil
against the children of light. Fraud and Corruption
were "rampant," aa usual. The great antl vote ani
majority In New Jersey could all be plausibly at
tributed to tha Ignorant, the political machine, the
saloon keepers. Woman suffrage Is right, therefore
those who oppose It must be wrong, but there Is no
good In them. New Jersey Is an unprogreaalve. a
backward atate. A distinguished Hay Btate auffraglst
calls New Jersey, In that urbane and polished English,
to be expected of the Boston Pale, "a punk state'
Can there be so great angers In celestial minds?
Tha decision of New Jersey against woman suffrage
la especially significant because It Is the decision of
a progressiva state: a soberly progressive state, not
given to the worship of novelty for the mere sake of
novelty. Deaf to volcea that are alwaya heard with
respect, refusing to follow Mr. Wilson and Mr. Gar
rison, New Jersey rejects a political experiment un
tried in tha east and of at least doubtful aervloa any
where. Tbla year Is probably tha most unfortunate time in
which to try to persuade tha voters to grant Votea to
Women. Men'a minds are occupied with matters much
mora important Doubtless that delightful Massachu.
setts critic of New Jersey will be able to add three
more "punk states" to her collection In November.
Twice Told Tales
Loan Headed
deflator Lodge waa talking tn Boston about certain
Investigating committees.
"They are Ilka tha brook," he aald; "they flow on
forever. Rome ot them. In fact remind me strongly
of 81 Hosklns.
61 Hosklns got a Job last spring at shooting musk
rats, for muakrata overran tha mill owner's dam.
"There, In the lovely spring weather, 81 aat on tha
grassy bank, his gun on his knee; and, finding Mm
thus ona morning, I aald:
" "What are you doing. Sir
" I'm paid to ahoot muakrata, air,' he answered.
They're undermlnln' the dam.
" 'There goes one now,' said I. 'Shoot man! Why
don't you ahoot'
"fll puffed a tranquil cloud from his pipe, and aald:
" "Do you think 1 want to lose my job?' "Boston
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Baalty Bspbalwe.
When Jenkins oame downstairs tn tha morning and
took a aeat at tha breakfast table, ha noticed that
wlfey was wearing a cold expression that chilled Ilka
the early frosts of autumn.
"Mr. Jenkins," finally remarked the good woman
In a metallic voice, "you were talking In your aleep
last night and I noticed that you spoke In rather af
fectionate terms of one EXiphemla."
"Of course, my dear; ot course," hastily explained
tha old mam. Buphemla la my sister."
"ETuphemla your sister!" axcalmed tha mother with
large emphasis. "Your alater's nam la Jane."
"Yea, I know, my dear," answered tha esteemed
Jenkins, "but we used to call her JSuphemla for
short." Philadelphia Telegraph.
If oae Got by ntsa.
A young Irishman waa sent by hta backers to a
neighboring city to box with an athlete living there.
Ha was getting tha worst of It aa his friends eooo
realised.
"Coma, brace up, Jim," cautioned ona of hla friends.
"Stop more of bis blows."
"Stop thlmT" tha unfortunate Jim cried. "Do you
see any of them get tin' by met" Harper" a Weekly.
Tee lever.
At ona time Joe Jefferson was persuaded to ac
company a friend to a new production. The piece In
itself proved to bo Inferior, and the comedlana wero
even more so. On their way out the friend remarked
that the comedians seemed nervous.
"What they need la life." he concluded.
"You're too severe," said the gentle-hearted Jeffer
son, hla grave face concealing Internal laughter. "Ton
years would be enough." New Yoik Times.
People and Events
The chief detective ot a New York hotel worked
hard and earnestly on a stolen watch "oase." and
finally recovered the missing article. As a reward the
owner of tha watch, a woman, named her dog after
tba nice man.
A passenger train from New York City waa atuck
for two hours on a molasses-coated track In the
mountains.' A freight train ahead had spilled the
sticky stuff, and Engineer McAloon had to call
Bcranton, Pa-, for help before ha could get hla train
through.
Tba Grand canal at Venice, one-tlrae home of
moonlight, gondolaa and romance, la aald now to be
cluttered with torpedo boats and cruisers. It waa
through a war that drove the people to aeek refuge
en those many Islands that Venice came to be es
tablished. Johnston Cornish, a farmer of Harmony township,
New Jersey, haa a aunken garden created by nature
In the last two week. In that time one of his fields
planted with garden truck has sunk more than ten
feet. It la thought that an' underground stream is
slowly eating away tha underlying strata.
The upward leaps of the cost of government tn
New York state causes extended searching for sources
of revenue hitherto untouched. Income taxes are most
favored. Prof. Bellgman of Columbia, urges taxing all
Incomes over ll.IX), with aa additional exemption of 140)
for married men and S300 for each child. Other tax
ing experts favor a minimum exemption of tl.600. la
all the dlscuasloa, not a whisper Is heard for economy
at the source of expenditure.
War and Christianity.
OLENWOOD. Ia., Oct. .-To the
Editor of The Bee: ToUT editorial tn
The Bee upon the present war situation
and the failure of so-called Christianity
to prevent that shocking calamity la un
fair to Jesus Christ and Ills actual fol
lowers In the sssumptlon that He has
ruled the world or any appreciable por
tion of Its Inhabitants at any time for
many generations In the Immediate past.
A cssual knowledge even of the vital and
fundamental principles and conditions
which Jesus Christ announced aa neces
sary If His will shall govern mankind
must settle beyond a question the fact
that this generation has never beheld a
thorough Christian. In no place on the
earth within at least a century past
have those doctrines at any time been
proclaimed or Insisted upon by those who
profess to bo His followers. Therefore It
ta entirely and absolutely true to declare
that a genuine Christian, should one
exist or appear, would frighten to death
tho greater portion of those who now
Inhabit the earth, so unusual and strange
would such a being appear In the light
of our present standards and principles
or lack thereof.
The war now raging In Europe comes
from tha failure to follow Jesus Christ
and on account of men and nations hav
ing rejected His words. A Christian, ac
tual and genuine, will never engage in
war. There la not even a chance for dis
pute on this proposition. The angels an
nounced "Peace on earth and good will
to men," when the advent of Jesus was
proclaimed. He declared a baalo tn the
kingdom to be by Him established, cer
tain principles. In the operation of which
no men or nation governed by Him can
ever under any circumstances engage In
war. If they do so engage the proof la
thereby aettled positively that He is in
no manner tha ruler. No person even of
the most general Information aa to Hla
kingdom and tha truths and principles
thereof can question this fact In any man
ner whatever.
INTERESTED READER.
Is the School Board "Ssrrewf"
OMAHA, Oct. 23. To the Editor of The
Bee: Two short editorials In your paper,
one October 16 and tha other October 23,
have not stated fairly a certain altuation
with which many of your readers are
well acquainted. Ona Justification of the
Omaha school board's attitude In re
fusing Mr. Sunday permission to apeak
to high school students tn the high school
building, you state to be that down at
Llneoln, whan tha evangelist appeared
there, it Is to be noticed he did not use the
university buildings. The cases are not
comparable. One of tha committee who
arranged Mr. Sunday's visit la authority
for slating that no attempt was made to
use the university buildings, for none
was capacious enough. The largest free
auditorium In tha city, seating over 1,000,
was used, and waa crowded.
In yet another particular these two
short editorials have been misleading.
They did not hint that university au
thorities dismissed for two whole recita
tion periods, tha entire atudent body that
Mr. Sunday might help them In moral
and religious uplift If that was not
official approval of Mr. Sunday and his
ability to really help the students, then
It cornea near enough te satisfy anyone
who Is looking first to the character
training of youth. When haa tha Omaha
achool board shown during these meetings
an equal Interest In tha high moral up
lift of tha rising generation?
Omaha must have the good will of the
stats, else Its one greatest asset Is weak
ened. I believe my work throughout the
state, and residence In Omaha and the
state for twenty-eight years, permit me
to say that tha narrow attitude of cer
tain Interests In thla city to high moral
and openly religious efforts haa been Its
most pronounced fault In the eyea of
people who know our city as respects
other cities. Every thrust against such
a decidedly moral asset aa Mr. Sunday
robs our city of respect, and therefore
dollars, that rightfully belong to her.
RALPH H. HOUSEMAN,
Educational Superintendent Presbyterian
Synod.
Sepport Home Colleares, Too.
OMAHA, Oct. 14. To tho Editor of Tha
Bee: Tha future of any city depends
upon the loyalty and support of every
cltlsen to the Institutions of that city.
All must work and pull together. What
la true of commercial life la equally true
regarding city co-operation In college
Ufa. Every man, woman and child
knows that we have auch a college aa
Crelghton, but few realise tha standing
or rating of this school among the other
colleges of the country. ' Headed by the
moat efficient Instructors that money
and efforts can produce it ranks second
to none and la recognised among ool
leges aa one of tho leading Institutions
of learning.
Omaha la four times the slse of Lin
coln. If It gave four times the support
to Crelghton university aa Lincoln gives
to Nebraska we would have an educa
tional center, at least, twice aa great.
Crelghton university depends tor its
future upon the friendship of Omaha. I
would plead for support to the foot ball
team. In my opinion the Crelghton foot
ball squad is one of the most promising
In the school's history, but they need
support to carry them to victory.
Business men, you are continually cry
ing, "Support home Institutions. Buy
Omaha made goods," yet you deny our
schools and colleges the very thing by
your absence for which you so earnestly
plead support !
When Crelghton, our largest university,
has a winning team students from tha
west north and south will stop off In
Omaha Instead of going east Would
you argue that an enrollment of from
6,000 to 8.000 students will not benefit
Omaha aa a city, lis merchants, business
men and manufacturers? When each of
these men go to their homes during va
cation or wherever they go after gradu
ation. It will be Omaha of which they
speak, and this, from the view ot busi
ness men who realise what advertising
means, will be inestimable.
1023 Park Avenue, C. E. WALSH.
Lkr, Tempera ate. Proklbltloa.
OMAHA, Oct. n. To tha Editor of The
Bee: I regret to note that Prank J.
Lynch In his communication la of the
opinion that tha Nebraska FMeratlon of
Labor used poor Judgment when they
passed resolutions against prohibition at
their recent state convention.
sir. Lynch want to make It appear
that It would have been better If the
convention had remained neutral on that
subject, but entirely (ignores the fact
that moat of tha delegatea who opposed
prohbltlon would have been, glad to re
main silent on that subject had they not
realised that a very strong effort waa
being made by a few dry delatea to
Induce the convention to adopt a prohibi
tion resolution. They U all probability
would have succeeded If the counter
proposition hsd not been made and car
ried. It la misleading, thereiore, to make
It appear that the convention would have
remained neutral on that subject.
Tha animus of Mr. Lynch's letter seems
to have been, however, to discredit the
editor of the I'nlonlst prompted, no
doubt, by a few prohibition enthusiasts
In the labor rarus. for the simple reason
that he has refused to have anything to
do with their cause.
Laboring men resent the Idea that tem
perate habits amonrt them are depen
dent upon the straight-Jackets of pro
hibitory laws, as an Insult to their In
telligence. They Insist that they are no
more Intemperate than the rich and well-to-do,
who Indulge moderately or other
wise In their homes and clubs, even
where the open sale la forbidden. La
boring men know that poverty and Ill
ness, nonemployment. domestic Infelicity
and similar reuses lead to Intemperance
more often than being caused by It.
R. B. 1AJNAHOE.
One Shift of Officers Only.
OMAHA, Oct. 23-To the Editor of The
Boe: The officers on our police force seem
tn outnumber the patrolmen! How would
It work to have one shift composed en
tirely of officers? W. W. W.
Nebraska Editors
R. Taylor has launched the Graphic at
Maskell, Dixon county. It Is a six-column
folio, two pages printed at home, and well
filled with local advertising.
The Tekamah Journal has Installed a
model K linotype, carrying two ma (ra
tines, and hereafter practically all of the
paper will be set and printed In the home
office.
The Orleans laser came out last week
printed In magazine form, containing
twenty-two pages, all printed at home
and filled with illustrations. Editor
Shields points to the paper with a feeling
of pride.
The Burt County Herald, published at
Tekamah, found business so good last
week that It was compelled to publish a
twenty-page issue. It was filled to the
margin with news and advertising of local
firms.
The Fillmore County Signal, published
at Geneva, has celebrated Its fortieth an
niversary and regardless of Its age Is feel
ing pretty lively. For twenty-one years
the paper has been published by the pres
ent owner and editor, Frank O. Edgecombe.
Around the Cities
Albany, N. T., haa adopted the near-side
atop plan for street cars and Jitneys.
Wichita Jitneys refuse to be regulated
and the city authorities have appealed to
the courts for speedy affirmative action
on pending litigation.
Every ona of seven propositions for
public Improvement bonda were turned
down by the voters of St. Joe, last week.
Knockers were in the minority, but the
boosters could not rally two-thirds to
tha polls.
To make anda meet and keep tho city
budget on an economy basis. Mayor
Mltchel of New York announces that
wages of employee will be reduced next
year and personal taxea boosted twelve
tlmea. Tha roar from both quarters Jars
tha heights of Weehawken.
A novel acbeme of church debt lifting
has been Inaugurated by tha Methodists
of Garden City, K n. Young calves are
tha contributions solicited from parishion
ers. These will be herded together and
fattened without cost and marketed when
the price la right. In two years It Is ex
pected tha herd will kick off a debt of
tS.600,
Developments growing out of the violent
death of Theodor C. Pettier In Kansas
City ahbw a aulctde pact between Theodor
and hla brother Herman. Each pledged
to sacrifice himself so that life Insurance
might be utilized to square tho accounts
of people swindled by forged securities
The forged paper amounts to 1600,000 s
far, with life insurance equaling that sum
A contest over the Insurance money
aeema certain from two aides those who
hold preferred claims and from Insurance
companies whose policies carry the one
year suicide clause. Iusurance to the sum
of $23,000 waa taken out within a year.
SUNNY GEMS.
"What brought you to housebreaking,
my man?"
"Ial my Job as a base ball pitcher.
Judge.'' f
Well, you were foolish to go Into
burglary if you are poor at locating tha
plate." Boston Transcript.
"Look here, waiter. Eluhty cents Is an
outrageous price for a portion of aspara
gus." "Yea. sir, but you sa, sir, we're put
ting on a very expensive cabaret show,
and "
"I know nil about the cabaret show. I
paid for that with the soup." Kansas
City Times.
"You can't get aomethlng for nothing,"
said the ready-made philosopher.
"8omebod did.'' exclaimed Mr. Chtig
flns. "The automobile I bought day be
fore yesterday . wouldn't bring half Its
price if 1 sold today." Washington Star.
"Why don't you get married old top?"
"Can't find any girl willing to leave
her happy homo for me."
"Then why not look around for aome
girl with an unhappy home?' Louisville
Courier-Journal.
KABIBBLE
KABARET
PFAR MR. KAPIBBLT,
AY HUSBAND HAS LEfTMH,
Birr i DOeir cAfs. am I tifttr
TP FEEL THAT WW
eSOESe
IT ALL POtNW ON WHrTTTHfe"
NEIGHBORS SW or
"Do you think a man ought to try to
forgive his enemies?"
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum. "He
ought to try. But sometimes he'll have
more self-respect if he doesn't succeed."
Washington Star.
Ixt took a look at his wife who had
been turned Into a pillar of salt.
"She alwaya was too fresh, anyhow,"
he commented Judge.
"John was a good man," said the dis
consolate widow, "but he was so old
fashioned to the last."
"How so?" asked the aympathetio
friend.
"Why, he got killed by a runaway
horse. Albany Argus.
He What Is the difference between a
gown and a creation?
She I can't give you the exact figures,
but It's a small fortune.' Philadelphia
Ledger.
THE OLD AEMCHAUL
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Eliza Cook.
I love It! I love It! and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old armchair?
I've treasured It long as a sainted prise,
I've bedewed It with tears, I've embalmed
It with sighs.
'Tls bound by a thousand bands to my
heart:
Not a tie will break, not a link will start
mere:
And a sacred thing la that old arm-chair,
In childhood's hour I lingered near
The hallowed seat with listening ear;
And gentle words that mother would give
To fit me to die and I teach me to live.
She told me that shame would never
betide
With truth for my creed, and God for my
guide;
Bhe taught me to lisp my earliest prayer,
As I knelt beside that old arm chair.
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f sat and watched her many a day.
When her eyes grew dim, and her locks
were gray;
And I almost worshipped her when she
smiled.
And turned from her Bible to bless her
child.
Years rolled on, but the last ona sped
My Idol was shattered, my earth-etat
fled!
I leamt how much the heart can bear.
When I saw her die in her old armchair,
'Tls past, 'tis past! but I gase on It now.
With quivering breath and throbbing
brow ;
'Twas there she nursed me, 'twas there
she died.
And memory flows with lava tide.
Pay It Is folly, and deem me weak.
While scalding drops start down my
cheek;
But I love It I love It, and can not tear
My soul from a mother's old armchair.
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