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GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NEBRASKA.
Thousands of Nebraskans who are still hale and
hearty can remember when it was very generally
believed that fall wheat could not be successfully
raised in this state. Then, as now, there were some
men who had to find out for themselves. So they
tried it.
Today Nebraska is the third largest winter whcatr
raising state in the union.
Just a few years ago, comparatively speaking, Ne
braskans believe4 that alfalfa would grow only on
low land, irrigated or subirrigated. There is always
tha pioneer, the fellow who has to find out things for
• himself and for others who follow'. Today alfalfa
is being successfully grown on land more than 100
feet to water.
Less than a quarter of a century ago a governor
of Nebraska derided the idea of trying .to make an
agricultural country out of that portion of the state
lying west of Hall county. He said God intended it
exclusively for cattle. But the men who h*ve to
find out things for themselves insisted on trying
it, and today the sacred cattle country is one of the
greatest agricultural sections of America.
Because a few men insisted, in spite of sneers
and discouragement, on trying sugar beets in Ne
braska, there are now five sugar factories in the
state, one at Grand Island and four in the North
Platte valley. During the last sugar campaign they
manufactured more than 200,000,000 pounds of
sugar from Nebraska beets.
Just a few years ago it was thought that corn
waa a poor crop to plant west of Buffalo county.
But some men would not belike it until they had
tried it out for themselves. That is why Charley
Downy of Ogallala has more than 20,000 bushels of
corn to sell and feed this, winter. He raised it on
his own farm.
If wa will study Nebraska we will learn some
thing new every day. Wa will find new crop possi
bilities. New manufacturing possibilities. New
home-making possibilities.
The early settlers of Nebraska had a hard time.
They tried to make soil and climate fit their pre
conceived notions. The next generation fared much
better. The Nebraskans of today, wiser in their day,
ara adapting themselvea to the soil and to the
climate as it is. They are seeking for the crops best
fitted. And seeking, they are finding something bet
tar every day.
And while Nebraska ranks right at the top in
per capita production of per capita wealth, it has
scarcely made a beginning. The wealth production
will increase as Nebraskans get better acquainted
with Nebraska.
PUT AN END TO CHILD SLAVERY.
Advocates of the constitutional amendment to
forbid child labor will be pleased by the action of
tha aenate subcommittee. It has just reported to
tha main judiciary an amendment that will give con
gress power “to prohibit the labor of persons under
18 years, and to prescribe the conditions of such
labor.”
The joy will arise from the fact that the ma
chinery ia in motion. Debate will come very certainly
on tha proposal, once it is brought out from com
mittee. No question but throughout the country the
sentiment favors an anti-child labor law. If an
amendment to the constitution is needed, and it
items to be, that will be favored.
Against the proposal will be arrayed, as in de
bate in congress at other times, of interference with
state rights. Also, interference with the sacred
right of contract. This means, as was amply proven
in tlve cases from North Carolina on which the two
laws were declared invalid by the nipreme court, to
bo tho right of the father to contract for the sale
of tho labor of his own children. Such doctrine
may bo sound from the view-point of the court, but
It is abhorrent to the theory of American home life.
One of tho greatest supports of the American
wage scale, on which the American standard of life
rests, Is that it enables the father to support his
family decently. Children should never be required
to earn their own living. At least until they have
passed the age of 14 they should not he permitted
to enter mine, mill, factory or warehouse as regular
employes.
One of the greatest things the present congress
can do will bo to submit to the states the amendment
that will forbid tho sacrifice of children on the altar
of Mammon.
LONG LIFE AND A USEFUL ONE.
Grim death, according to the doctor’s figures, was
cheated out of 750,000 victims last year. That is,
compared with the figures of 43 years ago. To make
tit a little plainer, if the death rate of 1880 had con
tinued on the same ratio, the number of deaths in
the United States in 1923 would have been three
quarters of a million greater.
No usa in discussing all the details of the
methods by which this result was brought about.
Better sanitation, fuller understanding of disease,
•specially those of children. A simpler way of liv
ing is responsible for the change. A baby born now
has many more chances of living than only a few
years ago. Infant mortality under 1 year was long
the disgrace of civilised life. Science has reduced
this. Fewer little graves are dug each year, herausc
folks know better what to do for baby.
In other regards we have improved. For exam
ple, a doctor states in 1898 ono man out of every
70 who responded to McKinley’s call to arms suf
fered from typhoid fever. In the World War only
one in 20,000 had typhoid. Omaha and other large
cities were regularly scoinged liy typhoid, diphtheria
•nd similar diseases not so very many years ago.
Now cases of these are comparatively rare, and very
seldom fatal.
Triumph over yellow fever and malaria was some
what spectacular. These, however, are not the only
victories for medical science and surgical skill. The
scythe of Time still cuts its swath. But it is among
the elderly now, and even these are being instructed
in how to prolong life.
And as the doctors of medicine are showing us
how to live longer, doctors or divinity, of laws and
of philosophy are trying to show us how to live bet
ter. May these succeed as well as the medicos!
TERROR IN TEMPLE OF JUSTICE.
The shocking episode in the court room at Lin
coln is more than a crime of violence. It is sym
bol of the disregard of institutions of law and order.
When a judge is shot to death in his own court room,
by a culprit who has been openly defying the law
and the court’s order, society’s very existence is
challenged.
Reason in plenty for thinking the murder was
premeditated is present. Little need to discuss this
phase of the question, beyond the fact that the
slayer went armed to court. That he took his own
life is only further proof of his desperate resolve.
The Omaha Bee has long stood out against gun
toting. Nebraska has a well framed law on this sub
ject, which is very laxly observed. In the Lincoln
case, the former wife and daughter of the killer
say he was an habitual gun-toter. Two revolvers
were on his person when he entered the court room
Monday morning. His response to the judge s in
quiry, “Are you ready for trial?" was a shot. No
matter at whom it was aimed, it killed the judge.
The judge, who, in his person embodied the law, the
might and the majesty of the people of Nebraska.
Until we reach a place where such things are
impossible, our civilization will be a failure. And
we will never reach that place until everybody be
gins to thitjk more seriously on the duties and obli
gations that rest upon all. Less about rights and
privileges. Laws are made to protect everyone.
Courts are the instruments for carrying out the law.
No one is justified in taking the law into his own
hands.
Disregard of the laws of civilized society
is in the main chargeable to those who indis
criminately denounce public men and public institu
tions for the furtherance of political ends.
There are thousands of minds just on the verge
of insanity, that are overwhelmed by this sort of
vicious propaganda. It leads men and women of
this sort to fgel they must take the law into their
own hands. In their fevered brains the fulminations
of the political propagandists spell a world in which
all order has come to an end. The truth of the mat
ter is that those who support order are knit the
more closely together to uphold the institutions of
government. The shooting in the Lincoln court
room is a warning that all should heed.
FILIPINO FACTIONS FIGHT.
Some of our democratic brethren are getting
quite a little joy out of the troubles General Wood
is having at Manilla. Of course, to make his em
barrassment a source of pleasare to themselves, they
have to overlook certain facts.
Chief of these is that the dominant faction at
Manilla draws its sustenance from the unfortunate
experience of the islands under the Jones law. At
tempting to clothe the Filipinos with self-government
just about ruined them. The Woods-Forbea com
mission found that about all we had done in the is
lands had been destroyed while Burton Harrison
was governor general, and was letting the Quezon
faction run things. Railroads and other means of
communication were decaying. The national bank
had been looted, and general carelessness and cor
ruption prevailed.
More regrettable than these things, though, was
the disruption among the Filipinos themselves.
Mindanao and Sulu did not stick together when the
former came to the front. The Mores would not
submit to the domination from Manilla. Insurrec
tions have followed. Sulu sultans have visited Gen
eral Wooifc asking him that the United States con
tinue its control. It is a house divided, not a house
harmonious, that is represented by Manuel Roxas
at Washington.
When the Filipinos become united and harmoni
ous, asking independence, they will be listened to.
When a faction, and one with a rather bad record,
seeks to be put in full charge, we feel their request
should be scrutinized rather closely. Uncle Sam does
not want to hold the islands in leash any longer than
is absolutely necessary, but for the good of the
Filipino soul it should be kept under restraint at
least long enough to thoroughly grasp the need of
self-control.
Very thoughtless of the president not to get
Senator Walsh’s permission before appointing Atlee
I’omerene as a prosecutor. However, the senate
confirmed the president's choice.
Oregonians are going to put William Jennings
Bryan’s name on the list for presidents. Oregon
didn't have so much luck the last time it picked
a candidate.
Senators are finding plenty to object to, but they
will look a long time for an outstanding lawyer who
has not at some time been in touch with big business.
One thing the oil investigation has done; it has
taken the public mind off the klan for the time
being.
The railroad brotherhoods stick to McAdoo, but
where does that leave Billy Johnson and the shop
unions?
Easy way to make the front page: Make a speech
and call someone in high office a crook.
Mr. Vanderlip is not the only man who has
stepped on his own ears lately.
Mexican revolutionists shine at blowing up
things.
Again the pill box patrol has justified itself. ,
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha'a Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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WEDNESDAY.
"The Silent Night.”
Think of the rich little popr man’* plight
on the silent night, the solemn night!
Think of the eheme of his crystal net.
And the far off towns that ho can not gel;
Think of hi* grief and his pitiful woe,
Think of til* ear* as ho strain* them so,
Listening ever as a deaf man might
On the silent night, the solemn flight.
l.nder the roof of til* hnmhle cot,
Listening In but hearing not;
W ife and little one* by lit* side —
llc*t and comfort are denied!
Hoping, uniting, hanging on (
<ift till the night Is nearing dawn,
Tfflnk of the rich little poor man * plight
On the silent night, the solemn night.
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By EDWIN 0. PINKHAM.
The King Decides to Teach America
a Lesson
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The new king (George 111), having the most exalted
notion of his own authority, and being, from his miser
able. education, entirely ignorant of public affairs,
thought that to,lax the Americans for the benefit of the
English would be a masterpiece of policy.—Thomas
Henry Buckle. Hislorv of Civilization in England.
XI.
HUB colonies followed up the
action of the Stamp Act
congress by forming asso
ciations to boycott English
goods, and nonimportation
agreements came everywhere into ef
fect. The English merchants were
struck with dismay. To them a
colony was a market, and nothing
else. A closed market meant loss and
ruin. They promptly brought pres
sure on parliament, and that body
found itself between two fires. It met
the situation by the adoption of a
policy characteristic of the statesman
ship of the times. It repealed the
stamp act to placate the clamoring
traders at home, and at the same
time passed a declaratory act assert
Ing Its right to tax the colonies If It
wanted to. No principle was settled.
Parliament had acted as the ancient
kings sometimes acted when put in a
corner. They sometimes made con
cessions "of grace.” By that they
meant, "I'm not doing this because I
have to, but because I'm good matured.
Now, run away and play."
Parliament was not long In testing
Its asserted powers. It soon passed
Samuel Adams.
an act to raise revenue on certain ar
ticles imported by the colonies, and
to use this money to pay the salaries
of the colonial officials appointed by
the crown. This was not only to tax
the colonies, but to deprive them of
the election and control of their own
(fflcials. The English government
called this a civil list. The Americans
mu' in It the destruction of self gov
ernment. and a pension roll, which
they were to pay.
At the name time the king's govern
ment decided to punish New York for
refusing to make provision for the
maintenance of an English garrison,
and suspended its legislature. As the
other colonies had been making It as
difficult ss possible for the king's
troops, this action waa a notice of
what all might expect.
In Massachusetts Samuel Adams,
whom the English and torles called
"Maltoter Sam,1' In allusion to his ear
ly occupation, drew up ft petition to
the king which the assemly adopted,
and urged the other colonies to sup
port. The petition ’excited the In
dignation of the king, and the assem
bly was Instructed to withdraw it.
This It refused to do, and the assem
bly was suspended.
The Virginia burgesses suffered the
same fate when they adopted resolu
tions aimed at parliament's taxing
power.
The colonies were now In active
correspondence; their attitude waa
resolute: the suspended assemblies
came together again as popular con
ventions and a strong agitation con
tinued everywhere against the new
taxes and the presence of the
troops.
In the face of this opposition the
| mlnisteni again tried the|r previous
experiment, they decided to repeal the
taxes but retain the principle. With
this view they notified the colonies
the port duties would he lifted on all
the articles that had been named tn
the new act, except on tea. Tea was
excepted to a*sert the principle. The
colonies retorted by asserting a prin
ciple of their own. and refused to
drink tea, a cargo sent to Boston
waa seized by some persons who w ere
dressed like Indians but acted like
Bostonians, and thrown overboard.
The English crown got ll.SOn a year
from this tax on tea and lost 13
colonies.
Conflicts between citizens end sol
diers now became frequent wherev*>
the troops were quartered, the feel
ing culminating In what came to he
known throughout the colonies as the
Boston massacre" when a clash In
the streets of thst town resulted in
th» dentil of five civilians.
The clear fact that now must l>e
recognized Is, that King George and
those in his government who passed
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Abe Martin
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One o' th* things it don't pay t*
advertise is our honesty. Who re
members when w« got pulled In if
we stopped in front of n clothin’
store?
by the name* of the "king's friends”
were angry and had made up their
minds, as a British historian puts it,
to pay (he colonies out. They meant
to punish them. They proceeded to
Introduce in parliament, and parlia
ment proceeded to pass with the most
amazing levity, a series of penal mens
ures against Boston and Massachu
setts. The port was qjosed and addi
tional regiments of troops sent to the
city. The colony's charter was for
feited and in Us place was Instituted
arbitrary tow’n yule. Town meetings
wer® abolished. Juries were to be
drawn by sheriffs who owed their
places to the crown's favor. Citizens
were, In specified cases, to be trans
ported to England for trial, on the
ground that justice was obstructed In
the colony, notwithstanding that Bos
ton had just given a signal illustra
tion of the quality of Its Justice by
acquitting, at the hands of a Jury of
Its .own citizens, the commanding of
ficer of the troops that had fired on
the people.
These penal measute*. by which the
king's government tossed away the
fairest portion of the British empire,
were put through a house of com
mons that jeered at and howled down
the few voices, that were raised in
protest. George himself complacently
fancied he had settled the whole vex
ing business. He had been talking
to General Gage, who had assured
him the Americans would yield.
"He says," the king wrote to Lord
North, "they will b« lyons whilst we
are lambs; but, if we take the resolute
part, they will undoubtedly prove very
weak.”
"Blows," said the obstinate king,,
"must decide.”
Blow's did.
(Copyright, the Kanes* Ctty 8t«r.)
“The People's
Voice"
Editorial' from reader! of The Morning
Bee. Reader! of The Morning Bee are
invited to uie thii column freely for
expresalon on mattera of public
interest.
Stair Climbing at Technical Higli.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Having sent my chil
dren to both Central and Technical
High schools, I want to say a word
about the gchedullng of classes at the
new Technical High.
My daughter attended this school
last fall but had to quit school this
winter because of falling health. She
was a strong girl last fall but after
three months of climbing stairs she
broke down. Here was her schedule:
first class on the second floor, second
class on the fifth floor, third on third
floor, fourth on second floor, then up
to lunch on the fifth floor; sixth class
on the third floor, seventh class on
second floor, eighth class on fifth
floor, then down to second floor to
leave In the evening.
This made 20 flights to climb up
and down carrying books every day.
Farther than climbing thfl Woodmen
of the World and back every day.
How many business men and business
gills and women could and would
stand that? Could not the classes he
arranged so that the girls, especially,
would not have to do so much climb
tng of stairs. She said other girls
had poorer arranged schedules than
hers, but her schedule was an aver
age.
A friend of mine had to take hl»
daughter out of school for the same
reason. 1 was down to actually see
one day and found It to be true.
I also found 12 large, finely
equipped executive ( dices on the main
floor. Probably half of the most de
sirable floor Is used for offices.
Why so many and such desirable
rooms ii'ed for executive offices
Central High, with nearly as many
students, has only four medium
aized executive oflh cs.
Another friend of mins has a son
at Technical High school and wished
him especially to study this vear sub
jects which would help him In his
office, but when his schedule was
made out It contained three periods
In gymnasium and swimming pool.
Rome practical subjects which he
wanted he would not be let eehedule
for. Rome of the eubjects that my
daughter desired the moet she was
unable to get also. A PARENT.
Against Single Tax.
Schuyler. Neb,—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee; The farmers' old
friend, the Nolan land lax bill, has
reappeared in congress with a new
Sponsor. Representative Keller of
Minnesota has introduced a bill which
provides for a federal tax of 1 per
cent on all land valuea above $10,000.
The farm management survey for
eastern Nebraska shows that tho moet
efficient farm unit la 240 acres. A
conservative price on this land cer
tainly Is not less than $150 per acre,
which brings the value on this land
to $.10,000. Deducting from the same
$10,000, leaves $20,000 to be taxed at
1 per cent, or $200 additional tax for
the farme rto pay above the taxea lie
Is paying now,
" If lx »H this tax cutting talk. It
sg( ms In ma that our bright men In
congress cannot see other taxable
property besides lan,|. Tbe American
farmer has always been the gout. *o
why not pass him another favor—the
honor to support every phase of the
I'nlted States government. Should
the federal government land tax be
come a law, I can aee where In no dis
tant future the farmer will be ex
propriated and the land will he in the
hands of a few bloated capitalist* and
tilled by tenant*, a condition glmilar
to that existing in England, or of
the negro in the south.
What are we farmers going to do
about It? Are we going to just stand
around and take things as they come,
the same as we do the weather? Or
are we going to bolt our political par
ties and organize a party of our own
and vote in our own_men? Too late!
Election comes in November and con
gress is In session now. We must or
ganize for immediate action ancj peti
tion our representatives and con
gressmen to dare not enact such a
law,
l^ong ago the American Federation
of Labor recognized the fact that to
safeguard their • interests they must
organize and pay annual dues In or
der to hire men of executive ability
to look after their Interests. Cannot
the American farmer spare a few dol
lars yearly for the same purpose?
We must have county, state and na
tional organization, and It must be
financed. We have auch an organ
ization in the farm bureau, but to be
really 100 por cent efficient it must
have a much larger membership. It
must also have more funds available.
When Leopold, the profligate king
of Denmark, decided thaA he had to
have more money for his riotous liv
ing and levied a special excise tax on
the land, the Danish farmer started to
organize to oppose the tax: their lead
ers were cast into prison whenever ap
prehended, so they had to organize in
secret and under a terrific handicap,
but they did organize and refused to
pay the tax. The king sent his agents
to confiscate property, to satisfy the
tax, but he reckoned without the host.
He had to convert into cash by sale.
The farmers a'tended these sales and
bought tiark their property at what
they thought was a fair tax. There
being no other bidders present, in
fact the other tddde-rs dare.l emt come.
The king 'earned a lesson, for be had
to recognize the organized farmer,
and today tie Canes are reputed to
have tl,s b?st f-.rm orgao'zation ex
isting.
The land tax bill had to come be
cause the arm r», of tax free securi
ties realize that they ultimately will
lie taxed if the tax burden Is not
shifted elsewhere, namely to the land,
and why not?
The farmer is In the same predica
ment as Little Willie. Little Willie s
folks had guests for dinner, so Willie
had his meal alone and was put to
bed an hour sooner than usual. While
he was lying awake thinking of his
hard fate, the unmistakable aroma
of roast'duck wafted up to him, so
he got up an* went down, determined
to demand his share, but when his
little white-clad figure appeared in
the door. Ids father demanded:
"Voung man, what do you want?"
Little Willie lost his courage and
stammered: '‘Excuse me, please. I
just came to find out If. when you
get through, would you please let me
have a bone?" r think that is the
"ny with most of us. we lose our
courage. F. A. CCBA.
Center Shots
Any doubt as to the high state of
Newfoundland civilization is removed.
A former premier testifies that it is
Quite the custom there for corpora
tion* to contribute to campaign funds.
—Boston Transcript.
' There s no oil on Al" is the slogan
of supporter* of the New York gov
ernor . Thus favorite sons are now
1 icing slicked up —Louisville Courier
Journal.
About the only satisfaction the re
publican party is getting out of the
oil scandal is that a few unofficial
democrat* seemed to have picked up a
crumb nr two dropped in the scram
ble. My, how wicked those demo
crats are!—Rochester (N. Y.) Tost.
Sunny Side up I. -
jbAt Comfort, nor forget
Jhat Suntin ' j
WAITING.
I'm yearning for the-days In the open.
For tramps over valley and hllle;
For blue in the sky, the rippling by
Of water in murmuring rills.
I want to stt idly a-dreamlng.
And O. how I earnestly n||»h
For a nook by the bright water*
gleaming
With nothing to do but to flab.
I'm yearning for balmy wind* blow
ing.
For scent of the newly turned sod.
I w ant to see flowers a growing
And nodding their faces to Ood.
I'm yearning to see the trees green
ing.
To see the green grass on the
ground;
And against the creek bank to be
leaning.
Just watching my cork bob around.
I want to be up In the morning
With fishing pole, tackle and bait.
The notion of day’s work a-acornlng,
Just fishing till eventide late.
I'm Just a bit weary of waiting
To feel the warm breezes of spring.
O winter, please quit hesitating—
I’m yearning to hear the reel sing!
‘‘Of course I believe most people
are honest," declared the hotel man,
"but our experience is that there are
enough dishonest people to make, it
necessary to maintain a police force
and some judges and Jails."
This particular hotel man says that
one reason why hotel rates are so
high is that hotels lose so many blan
kets, sheets, counterpanes, towels,
bath rugs, etc.
It wag suggested that the hotels
might be losing all those things be
cause their rates are so high, but this
was denied. •
"You would be surprised at what it
costs us to renew light globes that
are carried away." We aim to keep
two drinking glasses in each room, and
by keeping plenty In the supply room
we manage to do it. But It Is really
annoying how many are carried
away.”
When asked why he didn't check
up on the room stuff as soon as a
guest checked out and. if anything
was missed, grab the guest's baggage,
the hotel man replied:
"We might recover some stuff that
way, but suppose we arreeted some
suspect, or searched his baggage, and
then didn't And anything—blooey!
What a beautiful damage suit we'd
have on our hands. No, we have to
he mighty careful. Now and then we
manage to recover some stuff, but
nothing Is ever said about it."
Biscuits and cookies and crackers
are not the only things that Penn
Fodrea knows a lot about. Long be
fore Penn became connected with the
Iten company he was connected with
the Burlington. Arst as an advertis
ing man and then as s member of the
colonization department. And If you
want to know things about Nebraska
—soil, climate, productivity, water
supply, etc., ask Penn. Some of these
days we two are going to call on
'Doc'* Condra of Linooln and organ
ize a real "Know Nebraska Society.”
We Refuse to Belter* It.
' We’ve got to give ’em Jazz,” as
serted s local amausemect manager
in reply to a complaint voiced by us
about the preponderance of that kind
of noise.
We don't believe It, and we chal
lenge the amusement managers to a
test. Instead of ail Jazz the next
time a featured orchestral attraction
in booked, let the orchestra divide its
time equally between the syncopated
Jazz it knows and .some of the oi l
favorites, not forgetting some of the
old southern melodies and the sex
tette. If the real music does not get
the biggest “hand’’ we'll swear off^ on
condemning the jazz. W e dare ’em
to come on.
We insist that there should bs s.
limit on "song plugging.” The next
time some artist steps to the foot
lights and begins singing "She's the
Kind of a Girl that Men Forget" we
are going to get up and walk out. If
we can muster up enough courage.
At any rate we are going to refuse
to give any evidences of approval.
The Umbo of Forgotten Things.
Where are the printers of yesterday?
The linotype put theim all away.
What has become of the old-ttms
masters of the printing tcraft—the
man who could lay a case, cast a
roller, true up a press, adjust the tog
gle Joint on a Washington or soften
up the blanket, level up and adjust
a country Campbell, knew proper di
visions. could punctuate with unerring
precision, spell correctly and could
handle any piece of job work or ad
that came in without having a type
foundry to fall back on?
Are they making such printers any
more?
A Real Bedtime Story.
“Mamma, come and listen in on
this bedtime story.”
”1 am too busy, now. my dear. . "
wait until about midnight, and hear a
brand new one when your papa comes
in.”
Nebraska Limerick.
There was a young fellow in Lowell
Who felt greatly burdened of soul.
Till at last in disgust
He went on a bust
And drank himself into a hoi*
Answers to Correspondents.
“Soulful’’—There is only one set
rule for writing poetry. Don't unless
you have a side line that guarantees
you a living.
“Hopeful”—We do not know the
whereabouts of the individual said to
have offered 1500 for a quart of purs
liquor. If you think you have it you
might submit a sample, after which
w-e could tell you whether it would
be worth your while to look him up.
"Distressed”—The only solution of
your marital troubles Is arbitration.
Ascertain what your wife wants and
then arbitrate. She will be satisfied.
“Inquirer”—Filling this column ie
not what worries us. It is filling seven
other locations three times a day that
keeps us on the Jump
WILL. M. MAUPIN.
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