OIL PROMOTER
COMING BACK
Will Be Prosecuted in
Nebraska for Embez
zlement
Falls City, Neb., Oct. 9.—Another
Richardson county .1 bubble burst
when it was learned that Sheriff A1
Young left for Corsicana, Tex.; to
take, into custody J. B. Davidson of
that city on two counts charging em
bezzlement and obtaining money un
der false pretenses.
Davidson, who posed as an expert
oil prospector, appeared In Rulo last
June and startled the community
with the announcement that he had
found symptoms of oil near Rulo. A
company was quickly organized,
$1,200 raised, nnd several prominent
Rulo men were made directors.
Davidson then advised hi; associ
ates that he would have to return to
Corsicana to got a drilling outfit, and
would require a preliminary outlay
of money for freight charges and In
cidentals. He was consequently au
thorized to check ot. the $1,200 fund
deposited In ‘he Bank of Rulo.
It took Davidson five weeks to re
due the capital of the company to
$60, and then he disappeared. The
only word regarding Davidson, until
W. D. Beaton, captain of police at
Corsicana announced that he had
been apprehended, was in the form
of cancelled checks.
RAILROAD WANTS TO
ABANDON A TRAIN
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. V—(Special)—
The Northwestern railroad company
is asking the consent of the state
railway commission to abandonment
of Sunday passenger train service on
the Albion branch, between Oakdale
and Scribner. This service, it is
claimed, is so poorly patronized dur
ing the time when automobiles con
be operated, that it is heavy drain
on the reveneues, not Justified by the
cirmustances.
As a substitute it is proposed to
attach a passenger coach to two
freight trains. The coach will be
attached to the regular trutn from
Omaha and dropped off at Scribner.
There it will be added to the freight
train at 3 o’clock in the morning,
and reach Oakdale at 10:36. Return
ing it will be hitched onto a freight
train leaving Oakdale at 10:46 j
o’clock and after it reached Bcrlbner
late in the evening it will be attached
to the regular passenger train Into
C/iHha, leaving Scribner at 7:4S
p. m.
The railroad asks that no hear
ing be held and that the order issue
forthwith.
URGES BOARDS
BE JOINED UP
South Dakota Commission
er of Agriculture Recom
mends Consolidations
Piere, S. D.. Oct. ..—(Special)—In
the second biennial report of the de
partment of agriculture, Frank M.
Byrne, commissioner or agriculture
and former governor, expressed the
opinion that a consolidation of several
agencies of the state acting in agri
cultural matters would result In giv
ing better results and In a saving of
expense to the state. The report says:
"There are several agencies, boards
and departments of the state govern
ment that, In one way and another,
exercise control of different agricul
tural regulatory and supervisory ac
tivities, each acting independently of
the others and without any central
authority to direct or harmonise their
activities or bring them into accord,
one with another, it would seem that
some of these various agencies should
be consolidated and brought under the
direction ahd control of one depart
ment, bo as to co-ordinate and harm
onize the different lines of agricul
tural work. The primary purposes of
such consolidation would be the in
creased efficiency of the service that
would result from the co-ordination
of these various forces and bringing
them under one directing head, but
It would nlso result, in economy o*.
administration by eliminating dupli
cation of effort and utalizing the
services of employes to better ad
vantage.”
BANKERS ARRANGE FOR
ANNUAL TARGET SHOOT
Arnolds Park, la., Oct. ' •—(Spe
cial)—The Dickinson County Bank
ers' association has completed ar
* rangements (or the annual target
shoot to be held Ht Camp Holiday,
on West Okobojl, October 15. The
winner of this shoot will attend the
annual state shoot at the ranges at
Fort Des Moines. October 27 and 28.
TO OPERATE PRINTING
PLANT ON WHEELS
Huthton, Minn., Oct. ' .—Jay Jack
son, who recently disposed of his
newspaper here, is making plans to
tour the south and west In an es
pecially equipped automobile. Mr.
Jackson proposes to have his car
converted Into a traveling printing
office and intends to do Job printing
at the small towns he visits while
en route.
SENATOR LAFOLLETTE TO
SPEAK AT SIOUX FALLS
Sioux Falls, S. D.. Oct. .—Sena
tor Robert M. I-aFollette, independent
candidate for president, will speak at
the Sioux Falls ediseum Friday nl<jht,
October 17.
Announcement of Senator LaFol
lettc'B visit to Sioux Falls was re
ceived in n telegram by H. C. Newell,
local chairman of the Sioux Falls
headquarters, from national head
quarters In Chicago. Mr. Newell said
that Mr. LaFoliette would be earoute
to the Pacific ciast next week and
would make a special side trig to
South Dakota.
SEEKS HIGHER
PHONE RATES
Cedar County Farmer* Com*
pany Makes Request of
Rail Commission
Lincoln, Neb., Oct *. (Special)—
The Cedar County Farmers Tele
phone company of Hartington has
filed a request with the state railway
commission asking for permission to
add 25 cents a month to Its present
rates, which are $2 for business ser
vice and |1.40 for residence and far n
telephones. The company has $73,
000 worth of property and only $18,
C90 of stock outstanding.
It is explaim-d that this discrepan
cy is due to the fact that it has been
unable to sell stock and had to pay
for all of its improvements out of in
come. At the present time it has no
replacement reserve, where it should
have $25,000, the money being put in
to new plant, and it has reached the
point where it must have a larger re
venue or it cannot maintain its prop*
erty and pay dividends.
NAME CAN NOT
GO ON BALLOT
Death of Judge Graves Cre
ates Vacancy for the
Annual Election
Lincoln, Neb., Oct —Under a re
cent ruling of the attorney general
there Is no way possible by which
any one who aspires to fill the vac
ancy caused by the death of Judge
Guy T. Graves of the Eighth judicial
district can get his name printed on
the ballot. Judge Graves had no op
position at the primary, and the man
who will shortly be named by the
governor will serve until next Jan
uary, with a chance of having two
more years of the work.
The law permits the voters to write
In names on the election ballots, and
the person getting the highest votes.
If that be equal to 10 per cent, of that,
cast for governor In 1922, will be
elected. If no one Is elected in this
way, the governor's appointee will
hold over till another election date.
The names of Mark Ryan, of Pend
er, and J. C. Robinson and E. H. Bur
kett, of Hartington, are being sug
gested for the vacancy. Ryan and
Burkett were defeated in recent years
by Graves.
LA FOLLETTE'S NAME NOT
ON ONE TICKET
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. (Special)—
Secretary of State Pool has rejected
the application of lepresentatives of
the progressive party to have the
names of La Follette and Wheeler
appear as the presidential candidates
of that organization. Frank A. Har
rison, La Follette manager, made a
strong protest. He said that It was
nn effort to take away votes from La
Follette because no votes cast for
him or. this ticket could be counted
since It has no presidential electors
and they could not be added to the
votes cast for him on hts own ticket.
C. A. Sorensen, representing Nor
ton, the democratic nominee for gov
ernor, said that It was a scheme to
enable Butler, progressive party can
didate, to get support by pointing to
the fact that his ticket was headed
by La Follette.
Mr. Pool based his ruling on the
law that provides a candidate’s name
may not appear twice; that notice of
nomination must come from a nati,~«
al convention and that 30 days before
an election is the limit for filing. He
also has caused to be omitted from
the ballot blank spaces In which per
sons may write names of selections
for president and vice president on
the ground that these would be inef
fective since no electors are named
to represent such vot.j.
SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE
GOOD POTATO RAISERS
Spirit Lake, la., Oct. (Special)—
Through the Bankers’ association, of
Dickinson county, 20 bushels of certi
fied potato Beed was furnished to the
school children of Dickinson county
and all the children with the excep
tion of two schools, of the sixth, sev
enth and eighth grades, took part in
the potato project. The varieties used
were the Rural New Yorker, Irish
Cobbler and the Early Ohio Accord
ing to the agreement with the Bank
ers’ association, one peck in each five
bushels raised was to be sold to pay
the expense of financing the project.
The children met with exceptional
success. Sixty-five bushels of the po
tatoes, in peck lots, were exhibited in
the school exhibit at the Clay county
fair, under the supervision of Miss
Grace Kettleson, county superinten
dent. The potatoes were sold at auc
tion after the exhibit and brought
good prlceB.
Automobiles registered In the United
States during the first six months of
1924, amounted to 15,552.077. an increase
of 20 per cent, over the corresponding
iwsriod of a year ago, the American
Automobile Association announced.
TO HOLD INQUEST
Crete, Neb., Oct. (I. N. S.)—A
coroner’s inquest will be held today
over the body of Harold Belden, 16
years old who died from gun »hot
wounds sustained while the boy was
on a hunting trip last Saturday with
four companions. Belden was wound
ed by a shot fired by Robert Lutx.
Lutz was arrested after the shooting
and has been held In the jail at Wil
ber. Lutz declared to county authori
ties that he did not know the gun was
loaded.
WIFE PENNILESS
HUSBAND GONE
Another Woman Blamed
For Breaking Up the
Hogan Home
Omaha, Neb., Oct 9.—Sayng she
was penniless save the rings on her
fingers, Mrs. W. R. Hogan of Grand
Island, appeared in police court to
testify against her husband and Miss
Franklo Morrow, a stenographer, ar
rested with him, but only to learn
that they had disappeared.
Upon agreement of Hogan’s attor
ney, Judge Dineen dismissed the
charge against- the man and ordered
his bond money given to chis wife.
The girl's bond also was forfeited.
“He drank and gambled—you can
put up with a lot, but this is too
much,’’ said Mrs. Hogan. "He met
this girl three years ago in Newton,
la., and she has been following him
everywhere.”
According to Mrs. Hogan, Miss
Morrow trailed her to her hotel and
then to a restaurant after she had
refused to talk to her. "She told me
If I appeared against them, they
would die together in a suiede pact,”
said Mrs. Hogan.
Mrs. Hogan said her husband had
lavished money on the girl. “He even
tried to take my rings to give to
her. I kept them only by pressing a
razor blade to my wrist and threat
ening to slash the artery if he tried
to take them again,” said the wife.
Mrs. Hogan’s mother was with her
and said she would take her daughter
to her home in Iowa.
A statutory charge is still held
against Hogan, but the warrant has
not been served on him and police
do not know where he s.
INDIANS COMPLAIN
AGAINST SUPERINTENDENT
Winnebago, Neb., Oct. 9.—Indians
of the Winnebago tribal council are
gathering here to air complaints
against the superintendent, F, T.
Mann and his administration
Dr. Bamuel Blair, inspector of the
Interior department, Washington, is
here to conduct the investigation.
One of the complaints is said to
involve Mr. Mann in permitting an
Indan to sell his land at an unfavor
able price, and then using the money
to buy 40 acre tracts from the First
National bank of Winnebago of
which Mr. Mann is a stockholder.
"There was absolutely nothing ir
regular about, the transaction," said
Mr. Mann. "It was all done, open and
above board, with approval of the
Indian office in Washington.”
BANKS GET REFUND
ON MONEY ADVANCED
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 9 (Special)—
i<’.*e slate guaranty commission Is
rending out checks to all of th»
state banks as their portion of a re
fund of the assessment made on them
to build up a conservation fund.
This fund is used to curry on weak
banks after the commission has
taken them over. The total refund,
available because of collections made
from the failed Atlas bank of Neligh,
totals a little over $101,000.
ALL TEACHERS MUST
HAVE CERTIFICATES
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 9.—(Special)—
All county superintendents have been
order* d by the state superintendent
io report l.y October 18th, under oath,
the names if all teachers who are
without the permission of the state
to act us instructors of the young
This requires that the superintendent
xnake a survey of the private, de
nominational and parochial school*
of tne state. Uu untill 1919, the teach
ers in these schools were not required
\o secure such certificates, but a law
passed that winter gave tihem until
September 1, 1919, to supply them
selves or resign from their positions
The state superintendent calls the
Attention of county superintendents
in a letter he is sending out that
under the existing laws no person
can be permitted to teach who is
not legally qualified in any sch**d
even though it It agreeable to tlv.
board members and the patrons and
the teacher is willing to work with
out salary, a condition that is said
to exist in some of the church school^.
In addition the law says that before
<% teacher can take a position she
must secure the grade of certificate
that is required in that particuWi
line of work.
Parochial and denominational
school teachers must have <% certifi
cate to teach corresponding course*
to those in the public schools thal
would othtVwlse be attended by thf
children under her instruction.
FIRE PREVENTION DAY
OB8ERVED AT YANKTON
Yankton, S. D., Oct. 9. (Special)—
Fire Prevention Day was observed in
Yanklon with the Chamber of Com
merce giving active co-operation.
Speakers were sent Into the schools
for short talks on the subject, and
prizes wore awarded for best essays
by school children upon the subject
of fire prevention.
DENTAL SOCIETY HOLDS
CONVENTION AT BERESFORD
Beresford, S. D., Oct. 9.—(Special)
—The first Dental association held
Its annual convention here, Tuesday,
with a large attendance. Officers
elected for the coming year are: pree
ident, Ralph Collins, or Vermilion;
vice president, Dr. Nelson, of Aven;
secretary-treasurer. Dr. C. L. Kermis,
of Beresfurd; executive council mem
ber. Dr. W. W. Prloe, of CentervfUn
The 1925 nwetlng will be held at
Vermilion.
OPPOSITION TO
BRIDGE, FOUND
Taxpayers’ League for Da- j
kota County, Formed
at Hubbard
Hubbard, Neb., Oct. 6.—(Special)—
A Taxpayers’ league, for Dakota
county, was organized here, Friday
night, thie express purpose being to
give thorough study to the proposi
tion to vote a tax for the building of
a free bridge across the Missouri
river between South Sioux City, Neb.,
and Sioux City, la. E. B. 'Wilbur, of
South Sioux City, a booster for tne
tax for the free bridge, gave a talk
and, from questions asked him, it
is evident there will be much opposi
tion to the proposition.
Officers for the league were elected,
as follows: George Timlin, of Hub
bard, president and D. G. Evans, of
Homer, secretary-treasurer. A com
mittee, witli members from each pre
cinct in the county, is to be appointed
to complete the organization and put
it in working order.
FARMERS STUDY MEANS
TO COMBAT GRASSHOPPER
Sidney, Neb., Oct. 6.—(Special)—
A large meeting of farmers was held
here with the county agent last week,
to consider means of eliminating the
grasshopper pest. Grassnoppers did
a large amount of damage in the
county this year. In order to secure
state aid, a petition must be cir
culated and signed by farmers and
landowners, and at least 25 signa
tures must be secured in each voting
precinct. It is then filed with the
state department of agriculture which
will then investigate and grant a
hearing to any opposition which may
develop. If It is decided to take
steps against them, each farmer :n
the precinct will be compelled to
poison the grasshoppers on his land.
If he refuses to do so, an agent of
the department of agriculture may
spread the poison and collect it from
him.
HEAVY FINE FOR
SELLING RHUBARB WINE
Falls City, Neb., Oct. C.—(Special)
—A quart of rhubarb wine, sold by
George Creed, to a deputy state
sheriff cost him a $300 fine, the con
fiscation of his car and costs of the
case.
PIERCE MAN HAD
HAIR-RAISING EXPERIENCE
Pierce, Neb., Oct. 6.—(Special)—
Caught under the body of his riding
horse which fell dead as he reached
the bank of a stream after fording
it, C. H. Braasch succeeded in work
ing his foot free in the sand. His
calls for help brought no response,
but he extricated himself from tne
stir up after hard labor.
City May Lose
Highway Costs
Rock County Board of Sup
ervisors Opposes Claim of
Town of Luverne
Luverne, Minn.. Or* 6.—Rock coun
ty’s board of commissioners, in reg
ular session, went on record as op
posed to the issuing of bonds with
which to reimburse the city of Lu
verne for trunk highway paving, the
bonds to be carried and paid by the
state highway department.
In other words, unless some of the
commissioners change their opinions,
the refund of the trunk highway
through Luverne will be lost. The
amount of refund which the city is
entitled to according to the schedule
allowed by the statfe highway depart
ment is $45,154.
The fact that three petitions, signed
by 150 Beaver Creek township taxpay
ers requesting that the county board
under no circumstances authorize ad
ditional bond issues of any kind, may
have had some bearing on the board’s
action, but it is understood that these
petitions were circulated and signed
primarily In opposition to the pro
posed straightening of the west en*
and the re-routing of a pori'on of
tiunk highway No. 9 n>ar Reaver
Creek so as to eliminate two railway
ciossings.
Bryan To Start On Long
Speaking Trip This Week
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 6. (Special)—
Governor Bryan returned Sunday
from a trip that took him to the ex
treme southwestern part of the state
and Into northwestern Kansas. Early
this week the vice presidential candi
date intends to start on his most ex
tended tour of the campaign, speak
ing in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mex
ico and Colorado. He will return In
time to fill his promised engagement
to pc^ticipate in Nebraska-South Da
kota day at the opening of the new
bridge connecting the two states at
Yankton. October 16, when the gov
ernors of Nebraska and South Dakota
are expected to meet in the middle of
the bridge.
YOUNGEST TEACHER IN
SCHOOLS OF NEBRASKA
Hartington, Neb., Oct. 6.—(Special)
—The youngest teacher in Nebraska
is claimed by Cedar county. She Is
Miss Gale Miller, daughter of W. E.
Miller, former county superintendent
here, and is only a few months over
16 years old. Miss Miller was grad
uated from the Hartington high
school last June and is primary
teacher at the St. James school,
where her father teaches the higher
grades.
Burton Says Man Must Destroy
War, Or War Will Destroy Man
From the Detroit News.
An epitome of all the peace plans the world ever conceived, of
all the invocations addressed to humanity for the abolition of war
fare, is to be found in the compact sentence with which Dr. Marion
LeKoy Burton instructed the student body at Ann Arbor as the
preface to the new collegiate year.
wMan must destroy war or war will destroy man.” Let every
American mother and father ask themselves if that grim truth is
not inscribed on the headstones in every community. Not only a»
the painful inheritance of the last war, but of wars before that;
not only of wars in which this country has been involved, but of
wars in those lands whence so many of them came.
What drove them forth from home and motherland if not the
want and wretchedness born of long and recurring wars which for
bade piosperity and sacrificed national welfare to the sustenance
of professional armies? Wherein is to be found the origin of that,
stagnant social state which pollutes life and demolishes fortune in
Europe today if not in those conscripted armies which first robbed
and then destroyed the surface of the earth?
Well may the University of Michigan’s president say: “Our
military and naval experts fully realize that the race is between
catastrophe and education.” The catastrophe is confiscation ' of
life outright, confiscation of energies which should be devoted to>
family welfare and communal prosperity, confiscation of hope, of
everything except the faith that somewhere in the vast scheme of
creation there is a place where the soul may find no wars but only
that peace which is the touchstone of man’s loftiest ideals.
Intelligence revolts at the barbarism of war. Education con
founds the sheer wickedness of such senseless sacrifice. Never eair
reason and logic and understanding discover justification for in
ternecine slaughter within the human family. The lust to kill
comes with madness and is a reversion to primitive, unintelligent
impulse; it is a denial of all that which comes with knowledge. The
only existing argument for armies is necessity, and the necessity
exists only so long as an enlightened world permits it, and not &
moment longer.
ihere are, in the far distant records of mankind, stories of peo
ples living for one thousand years at peace; they became rich, pow
erful, happy beyond all succeeding history vexed by warfare. This;
is a truth as immutable as anything the world has to offer and it
is the finest truth on whieh any university community can base
the thoughts and studies of the youth committed to its charge.
In such a solemn moment of dedication such words must fine?
root somewhere among the thousands who heard them; perhaps,
winging their way by wire and cable they will drop into other
hearts far distant. To place such a message before the young met
and women of the nation is to challenge them to consecrate their
minds to the task of tasks which sums up all the goal of all thfr
learning in the world : Humanity.
To The Beloved.
rf I could know that at the end
We’d meet again some quiet place.
Freed of our pulses, looking in
Each other’s faees steadily;
If I could know that at the end
Toor love were not a vanity;
That old romance were brave and
true.
And not a rondel for the lyre;
If I could know that you and I,
Making an epic of desire
Could quest our love as Angus did
His love and kingdom on the earth.
If I could know the market-pjace,
The petty folk, the meanness, all
The mediocrities of love
Could not claim ours, demeaning it;
Then I would seek your timid hands,
Yea, kneel before your comeliness,
You, whom my irtirelenting heart
Has sought unceasing through the
days.
Alack! I know that at the end
The world has banished beauty whom
We love; and your heart, too, as
mine,
Is small and burdened with the day.
Why, then, dissemble -what is sooth!
We are but cattle grazing where
Old castles stood, and beauty stepped
One day, miraculously young.
—Kenneth Sarr, in the Irish
Statesman.
Philologist Hanged.
From the Manchester Guardian.
Curious pleas have sometimes
been put forward in support of the
reprieve of notorious criminals. One
of the strangest was that on behalf
of George Ruloff, an American
schoolmaster, who was convicted in
1870 of a series of robberies and mur
ders, his own wife and daughter be
ing among the victims. For cold
blooded cruelty his record would be
hard to beat, but Ruloff had his other
side.
He was an ardent philologist, and
had been engaged for years on the
invention of a universal language.
No one could attempt to palliate his
crimes, but a widely-signed petition
was presented to the governor of
Virginia for his reprieve on the
grounds that as his invention, if
completed, would be of the utmost
benefit to mankind it would be
criminal folly to extinguish such a
light of learning. The governor
thought otherwise, and Ruloff was
duly hanged.__ _
Make the Punishment Adequate.
From the Lebanon Report.
If rum-runners cannot be punished
adequately as violators of the Vol
stead law, they may be as violators
of the tariff law. Attorney General
Stone has ordered action according
ly Under the federal prohibition
law a first offender cannot be given
anything more than a fine of $600
for bringing contraband liquor into
the country. Under the Tariff Act
of 1922 he can be sent to the peni
tentiary and fined $6,000. Two cases
of Texas recently resulted in sent
ences of 18 months and $6,000 fines.
Federal attorneys at all coast and
border points where smuggling is
practiced will be expected to handle
liquor cases in this way hereafter.
It is a curious situation, when
cheating in customs payments is
made to appear more serious than an
offense against national morals and
health. But there Is no need to
split hairs about it.
Queen Mary’s Economy.
From the Kansas City Star.
Queen Mary is said to be far more
economical in the matter of clothes
than is generally understood. Per
iodically she makes a personal In
spection of her wardrobe, in order to
decide what clothes shall be re
served for wear on subsequent oc
casions and what shall be disposed
of as no longer required. Much of
the laoe that is used upon her gowns
belongs to her large private collec
tion, and as soon as It has served its
purpose It is carefully removed by
her maids and packed away for use
oa some subsequent oooaeton.
That Wilbur Speech.
From the Wichita Eagle.
Frequently the most obscure things
in the news is the n.'o.st interesting.
That is proving true about the sec
retary of the navy, Mr. Wilbur,,
whom President Coolidge appointee*
not long ago. Readers will remem
ber that Wilbur was in California,
and was suddenly dragged back to
Washington post-haste. Wilbur hact
been making political speeches. They
were rather spicy, but were nothing
to the line of lava Dawes has been
letting loose. Wilbur was booked to
make a speech at Denver and copies*
of this speech had been released i»
advance. Apparently that undeliver
ed Denver speech was a rip-snorter,
It got into the race question. It*
took up prohibition. If whacked!
Woodrow Wilson. It is said that it
approved the League of Nations. Of
course the democratic campaign:
managers have a copy of the sup
pressed address and excerpts of It are
leaking out. But the public would
like to see the whole speech. The
public is in a wonderful mood for
straight-out speeches. Wilbur may
be thinking a lot of things with*
which nobody could agree in their
entirety, but which would help*
mightily in the present difficult dis
cussion. It is too much to expect
of course, but it would be wholly
within keeping with the present
temper of the people if Wilbur should
resign from the cabinet, hire a halk
and go to it hammer and tongs.
Our Various Sorceries.
From the Lincoln Journal.
There was no prosperity lust win
ter among the native tribes of north
ern British Columbia. Game was
scarce and the winter was long and
severe. Death walked in the wake of
famine and the people despaired.
The members of one of the tribe*
began looking for the sorcerer who
had brought this calamity upon the
country. Suspicion fell upon ono
Atol Moassin. His fellow tribes men
found him mumbling strangely in hi*
shack and to end his witcheries:
hanged him head down from the tree.
After several days of this torruro ar»
old squaw put him out of his misery
by cutting his threat.
A representative of the Brit.sh gov
ernment has arrested the perpetator*
of this, to themselves, pious act. They
will be tried for murder and punisbod„
Again we are able to register pro
gress. Among ourselves we do not.
think now of hanging anybody for
the drouths and panics which we'
suffer. We merely look to see who*
is running the government at tho
rnoinent and at the first opportunity,,
we overthrow him. Thus our politic*
becomes an eager confict of claim*
among candidates to this authorship
of such prosperity as we possess and
as eager a conflict of ddlsclaimers to*
responsibility for such inconveniences;
as, from whatsoever cause, the people:
nay be suffering.
Some thousands of years ago we
too. might have hanged our states
men by the heels for delation or
drouth or other evil. No getting
around it, the world is getting better..
There’s an aeon of difference between
cutting a witch’s throat and pelting
him with a ballot.
Adrian IV, the only English pope, la
to be honored by the erection of a.
monument nt his birthplace In Hert
fordshire.
Not Keeping Up With Current Events..
From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele
graph.
Olga Nethersale .tells the following;
story concerning a little maid she em
ployed. One day, while dressing for tlie
theater, there was an unusually heavy
downpour of rain, and Miss Nethersole„
peering out of the window at the over
flowing gutters, remarked:
"Why, Lizzie. It Is almost like the
flood?”
"Flood, miss?” queried the girl.
"Yes, the flood. Noah, you know, and
the ark.**
"I never have no time to look at th*
papers, miss." explained the girl apolo
getically.