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WHEN OUT OP TO WW.
tabaerlbera leaving the elty tem
porarily should have The Ilea
mailed to them. Address mill ba
ctmniced aa often aa requested.
Mark Twain is homo from Europe as
'nil of degrees aa a thermometer In
fuly.
The royal family in Corea ia learning
be difference between the throne and
i0 thrown.
"Ia the bathing suit a crime?" asks
e Toledo Blade, It Is apparently a
ttle short of it.
However strong may be the demand
r labor, the toafer supply always ex-
eds requirements.
Jew York is now talking about mov-
i uiuiiuiuis. mats me Kina tne
cfemocraU have patented.
The "rule of the people" is about to
be preserved by edict of fourteen self
constituted democratic bosses.
A scientist declares that the whoop
ing cough germ has been located in
Germany. Let it be kept there.
Bachelors will not worry over the
advance in the price of thread, so long
aa safety pins remain stationary.
jniel Frohman announces that he
present "The Robbers" next sea
n the box office or on the stage?
)maha is after the 1909 Eagles'
Ivention. This ought to be an ex-
aple of the early bird catching the
lstoi declares he can see nothing
It ruin ahead. Tolstoi must be bld-
g for the democratic nomination in
isala.
am a democrat," says Alton B.
jrker. Kb should go further and
1 us to which of the fifty-seven varte-
I ho belongs.
Chicago is boasting about a dog that
.tua over the telephone. That's noth
ing. The country is full of hogs that
'-Ida on street cars.
It is Just as well to remember that
candidates for the presidency are nom
inated in national conventions and not
Chautauqua assemblies. .
Prof. Starr of the University of Chl-
igo asserts that American people wear
ho many clothes. Posslblv. hut ail
us cannot live at Atlantic City.
iThe war between the United Statea
Japan Is over, although peace
rotocols have not been signed by the
JUow Journals of the two nations.
pramatlsta of the blood-and-thunder
fiool will find more material for their
m In New York Just now than in
of the wild and woolly west towns.
senator Knox has opened political
faqtrirrfers in Pittsburg. If his orea-
Intlal boom survives a short resi
de there, he will be Justified in
king It on the circuit.
Can it be possible that the allied
mocrats and popultsta throughout
h four counties constituting this Ju-
lal district can dig up only three
wyers eligible to alt on the district
neb?
Those railroad lawyers must have
Overlooked a bet when they neglected
I to question the constitutionality of the
quadrennlal real estate assessment
Vhen they had their tax-shirking case
i uciurt tua tuuea buxet supreme
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PRESIDENTS AND PRECEDENTS.
As a natural and apparently Insepara
ble part of the ante-campaign gossip,
students of political history are calling
attention to the handicap of precedent
that faces some of the aspirants for
the republican presidential nomina
tion for the campaign of 1908. Ac
cording to form, as the race followers
would put It, vice presidents and cabi
net officers are destined to be slated
among the "also rans" In the presi
dential stakes. Since .Jefferson's time,
thpse wiseacres recall, only two men
who have served as vice president have
been elected to the presidency, while
only three members of the president's
cabinet have been elevated to the pres
idency In the history of the govern
ment and no cabinet member has been
chosen president since 1824. The
record also shows that no United States
senator has ever stepped directly from
his office to tha executive mansion and
only two or three former senatora have
been elected to the presidency.
Under ordinary conditions, such
precedents would tend to discourage
the aspirations of Secretaries Taft,
Cortelyou and Root, who are members
of President Roosevelt's cabinet, Mr.
Fairbanks, the vice president, and Sen
ators Knox, LaFollette, Foraker, Cul
berson, Daniels and Bailey, who have
been credited with presidential aspira
tions. But "all signs fall in dry
weather" and precedents have lost
their prestige and potency under the
administration of President Roosevelt.
The record- of the last seven years
shows that in almost every throbbing
Issue presented to congress and the
chief executive for solution, precedent
has been Ignored and a new, distinctive
and very generally pleasing policy
adopted in the management and con
duct of national affairs. "Roosevelt
policies" have appealed to the people
more strongly than any regard for the
sacredness of past performances, and
the question today is not so much
whether an aspirant for the presi
dential nomination In either party is
a member of the cabinet, a senator or
a public officeholder as whether he is
committed to a continuance of the pol
icies that President Roosevelt has
adopted with such satisfactory results
to the whole people. So pronounced
Is this feeling that a very strong senti
ment Js abroad In favor of overriding
one of the most firmly entrenched na
tional precedents, that limiting the
presidential incumbency to two terms.
The respect for this precedent seems
to be entertained almost exclusively by
President Roosevelt and certain demo
cratic leaders whose hope of triumph
in the next election Is based entirely
on the assumption that Mr. Roosevelt
will adhere to his expressed determina
tion not to accept another elective
term.
Politicians and president makers
planning to eliminate candidates out of
respect to precedent may as well
change their tactics. The precedent
observing era has passed.
0 L'A DRENSIAL REALTY ASSESSMENT.
The demand of attorneys for the
Union Pacific and Burlington that the
State Board of Equalization make a
record of refusal to raise the real es
tate assessment Indicates that the next
move of the tax-shirking railroads con
templates an attack on the validity of
quadrennial realty assessments as
provided tor in the Nebraska revenue
law. The gist of the railroad conten
tion is that landa and lots throughout
the state have largely Increased in
value since assessment' and have thus
come to pay disproportionate taxes a&
compared with railroad property. Just
moved up by the state board.
The inconsistency of the railroad
position la exposed right on the sur
face. If realty values had fallen as
compared with other property the rail
load lawyers would have been as still
as a mouse. More pertinent, bow
ever, la the fact that the railroad as
sessment was Itself left stationary for
three years, while the railroads were
enjoining the collection of their taxes
in the courts in order not to affect the
Issues there involved, it Is notorious
that for three years no re-assessment
of railroad property in Nebraska was
made, although obviously increasing
steadily In market value, and that as
a consequence owners of personal
property, annually re-assessed, suf
fered a distinct disadvantage.
That the present proceedings on the
part of the railroads are an after
thought is clearly demonstrated by
the history of the revenue law. Every
one knows that the railroad lawyers
and lobbyists bad much to do with
the framing of that measure and that
those sections which relate to the as
sessment and taxation of railroad
property were eminently satisfactory
to' them. Had they wanted" anything
in the law changed they would surely
have made It known, but they seem
to have gone on the theory that the
railroads would control the ' State
Board of Assessment In the future as
in the past, enabling them to fix their
own valuations and pay taxes only in
ouch amount as they themselves
rhould decide. Had - they had the
slightest suspicion that the assessing
board would soon get away from them
they would doubtless have made rail
road property taxable as real estate
and assessable once every four years
Instead of as personalty every year.
So far as the point of constitution
ality raised against quadrennial as
sessments is concerned, all that need
now be said is that this practice pre
vails in a number of other states be
side Nebraska. It is assumed that
real estate values are ordinarily fixed
and steady and that re-assessment
once in four years will make the aver
age, considering buth up and down
fluctuations, approximately what it
should be. Admitting that an abnor
mal condition has been presented dur
ing the last three or four years by
reason of the continued advance In
realty values docs not necessarily
vitiate the principle. It Is for the leg
islature to determine how and when
property shall be assessed for taxa
tion, subject only to the constitutional
requirement that taxes be levied ac
cording to value, and the courts will
probably hold quadrennial assessment
of real estate to be fully within the
legislative discretion.
.4iv.tr t nnM ro.vr jvew.
The old adage, that you have to go
away from home to hear the news, is
again exemplified by the following an
nouncement made by the Brooklyn
Eagle, through the medium of its
Washington correspondence:
Nebraska will probably have a vice
presidential candidate In the person of
Its young senator, Elmer J. Burkett, who
la not quite 40 years of age. Burkett Is a
rough-and-ready orator, whose strength
with the west lies In his sterling Integrity
and general devotion to the Interests of tha
common people.
While wo freely give full publicity
to this Interesting information, Ne
braska people cannot help but feel
slighted that they should not have
been taken into confidence in the first
place instead of receiving notice at
long distance by way of the effete
east. Nebraska has presented other
vice presidential candidates in times
gone by to the attention of republican
national nominating conventions, but,
unfortunately, has secured little con
sideration for them. If we are to have
a real live vice presidential candidate
among us this time It may be well to
know thus early in order to get a
start In the political game.
END OF (OKOO MISRVlE.
Civilization has scored a triumph in
the agreement Just completed by which
King Leopold of Belgium relinquishes
personal control of the Congo Free
State, whicn he has so long ruled for
his own profit and benefit and in a
manner that has shocked the civilized
world. Irrefutable evidence has proved
the practice of atrocities by Leopold's
agents upon the miserable aborigines
of the Congo country, the like of which
has not been seen In the history of the
world. Missionaries and investigating
commissions, appointed by other gov
ernments, have reported year after
year upon the unspeakable crimes per
petrated upon this defenseless people,
but all efforts at reform have been
Ignored by him. So bitter has the
feeling against him become, however,
that Leopold has agreed to cede his
vast private African domain to the Bel
gian government, evidently fearing the
possibility of European intervention.
By the new agreement the Congo will
become a colony of Belgium to be ruled
by a system of government decided
upon by the Belgian Parliament. The
extent of the relief afforded the
wretched natives of the Congo will de
pend upon the action of the Belgian
Parliament. Wily old Leopold would
doubtless prefer to retain personal con
trol of the country, continue his horri
ble practices and shift the responsibil
ity upon the Belgian government. In
fact, the first bill reported to the Bel
gian Parliament gave the king almost
unlimited power in the Congo terri
tory. It has been amended, however,
and the pending measure provides for
a governing board of fifteen commis
sioners, of whom the king shall have
the naming of but one, the others to
be selected by the Parliament. This
measure also provides for the complete
abolition of the king's supreme and ir
responsible authority and ends his op
portunity to perpetuate his mlsgovern
ment of the Congo.
By accepting the cession of the coun
try from the king and establishing it
as a colony, Belgium becomes responsi
ble before the world for Congo condi
tions and, with the danger of European
intervention always present, will be
compelled speedily to abolish the
atrocities that have made Leopold's
name a stench in the world's nostrils.
SKNATOR FORAKERS R VN TO COXEH.
The "Iowa idea" that the tariff is a
shelter of trusts has been improved
upon by Senator Foraker of Ohio, who
sets it up as a shelter for opponents
of the president's policy of railway
rate regulation, trust suppression and
control of Interstate commerce. Sena
tor Foraker has made his position
clear by an appeal to the voters of
Ohio to refrain from Indorsing Secre
tary Taft's candidacy for the presi
dency, because such Indorsement would
amount to a demand from Ohio for
an immediate revision of the tariff, on
which question "there is a wide differ
ence of opinion among republicans."
The danger and the horror to Sena
tor Foraker of a Taft Indorsement in
Ohio is thus outlined by Foraker'a let
ter: If we make him our candidate, the cam
paign of a necessity must be a- campaign
for the revision downward of the tariff
schedules. I don't think we should enter
upon any such work at this tlma and I
don't believe that we should discredit
what the republican party has done for
this country under the policies repre
sented by the Dtngley tariff law by mak
ing our campaign of next year an ittack
upon that statute, especially not until
we have some specification aa to what
duties are to be changed, with the rea
sons that are to be offered In support of
such conditions.
Senator Foraker and his associates
have been beaten in their opposition to
policies of the Roosevelt administra
tion for the regulation of trust, rail
roads and interstate commerce, al
though the senator declares that on
these subjects "we are all agrred." and
he now raise the cry of the stand
patters, apparent!? la the boye of pre
venting further triumph In Ohio . of
Secretary Taft aud thot.e who stand
for the principles championed by Pres
ident Roosevelt. Senator Foraker's
letter is a confession of the failure of
his persistent opposition to the presl- i
dent In tha la., in. I
gress, as It Is a confession, in effect,
that the hope of the. anti-Roosevelt
faction in republican national affairs
rests In an organized effort to prevent i
disturbance of the Dlngley tariff !
schedules. Senator Foraker's latest j
defl might be considered more seriously
If it were not accepted as preliminary ;
to a run to cover.
The humor of the day Is heightened !
by a lengthy diatribe In the Senior
Yellow against the performances of!
Clarence Harrow as attorney for the
defending miners In the great Boise
trial. The objection to Darrow is that
"he had recourse to demagoguery,"
and that he showed "a yellow streak
woven Into the warp and woof of his
speech to the jury." We are further
admonished that "while the power
and gifts of the man attracted this
yellow streak repelled." Holy yel- j
lows!
The concentrated efforts of the rail
road publicity bureaus are Just now
being directed toward convincing the
public that the railroads of the coun
try are actually worth more for re
placement than the face value of all
securities outstanding against them.
The railroad tax-bureaucrata who are
at the same time trying to depress j
railroad values for the purpose of i
evading taxation are liable to get their I
wires crossed.
Russian students, when appearing for
an examination at Baku, each pulled
a revolver from his pocket and coolly
laid it on his desk. Each student se
cured a certificate declaring that its ,
holder had passed "with distinction."
Those Russians must have been read
ing the educational history of Breathitt
county, Kentucky.
By suggesting thnt Sixteenth street
ought to be renamed Broadway Mayor
"Jim" has offended the local demo
cratic organ, which thinks that "Lariat
Avenue" would be much more appro
priate. If the street Is to be re
chrlstened In honor of Mayor "Jim,"
why not call It "Poker Row?"
An amiable contemporary prints a
list of about twenty names under the
caption, "Where Some Oraahans Are,"
locating Congressman Hitchcock in
France and Prof. Waterhouse at Val
entine, Neb. Presumably the other
129, 9S0 Omahans are right here in
Omaha.
It Is hardly fair or honest for Colonel
Bryan to urge the democratic -party
to make railroad rate legislation a
paramount issue so long as he con
fesses that he does not believe any
good can be accomplished by attempts
at regulation.
Our district court will be practically
In recess until September, but the
Judges may be depended upon to re
main within call. Every one of them
is out for renominatlon and re-election
at the polls in November.
That Pittsburg man who Invented a
method of burning ashes must be tak
ing a vacation with the man who pre
dicted that denatured alcohol would
be furnishing motive power for the na
tion before midsummer.
Old Reliables.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Two distinct Vlnds of progress are to be
noted In the western part of the country:
The call for harvest hands and the demand
for more school teachers.
It Won't Work.
Brooklyn Kaule.
The proposition to establish a close season
for trusts, and make It Illegal to harry
them for two years, Is one of the most aw
ful attempts ever made against a president.
Foraker'a Progress nackward.
Bprlngfleld Republic.
As a "reactionary" of the extreme type,
Senator Foraker la headed back Into the
arma of Thomas Jefferson. There Isn't a
hint qf Alexander Hamilton in the aena- j
tor's statement: "I believe that the coun
try which la least governed Is best gov
erned." That was the Jeffcrsonlan cry, in
sofar as the idea waa ever emphasized in
American politics.
I'nprofltable Warfare.
Baltimore Bun.
No railroad company will find It profit
able to engage in warfare with the atate
which created It and the people who sup
port it. However much the state maj be
restrained by the federal authority from
making rates, It can still Injure any rail
road company within Its boundaries by
the use of the police power and by the
hostility of jurors.
Where Ksoeklsg Doesn't Co.
Kansas City Times.
The government refuses to allow the rail
way mall clerks to express an adverse opin
ion of any of the rules of the department,
its officers or anything connected with that
branch of the postal service. U ta evident
that the railway mail service intends to
escape anything that looks Hke intelligent
criticism. Those who desire 'to Indulge In
any remarks as to the conduct of the rail
way postal service must admit that they are
only guessing at It.
Rmllroad Earnings and tho Weat.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
The Increase In the gross and net earn
ings of tha Union Pacific and Bouthora
Pacific lines is enormous and Is. perhaps,
not matched by the figures of any other
system of railroads in the country. Tha
Southern Pacific shows up with IIS.Sl.fK
gross and 17.678. OuO net earnings for the
fiscal year ""just ended and the I'nlon Pa
cific iU9ii.0u0 gross and t3.St5i.OU) net. Roth
1 companies have largely Increased amounts
avauaoie lor dividend purposes aiier pro
viding liberally for betterments. These
ihennmenal gains Indicate that tha coun
try generally la In a highly prosperous con
dltlon, but they also point mora particu
larly to the fact that the great west Is
making a relatively greater degree v of
progress thaa any other section of tha
unto
ahmv r.oamr is WAjiinoTox,
t'wrrent Krenta fileaaed from the
Army and Jisty ReaUter.
It Is possible to make the Important an
nouncement In regard to the steps, which
arc bftng taken In the War department and
Navy department toward obtaining legisla
tion for the Increase of service pay. It
will be gratifying to every one to learn
thit. n a rtsult of a conference held at
Washington the other day, It has been de
rided that the best way to promote success
of the desired legislation will be the hearty
co-oreratlon of the War department tn
behalf of the army, the Navy department
In behalf of the navy and marine corps,
ami the Treasury department In behalf of
the revenue-cutter service. There are,
moreover, ampin assurances that this co
orerntlon w-lll be unstinted and according
effective. There will be a Joint bill, which.
In Its generous provisions, will take In all
branches of the service, the members of
the commlssploned personnel, as well as
those of the enlisted force. This la only a
step In the right direction and will be ap
preciated by those who ara most directly
concerned In the law which will provide
the badly needed increase In service pay.
It Is also learned that the president has
expressed his Intention to Indorse such a
bill, and the drart of the measure will un
doubtedly be sent to congress within a
few days after the beginning of the six
tieth session with an executive message
which ought to add to the chances of uc
cess. So far as It has been possible to
guide the cause, to a successful Issue, the
signs are most favorable. There la a dis
position between the representatives of the
three departments to be thorough and Im
partial In the effort to prepare a bill which
will fully meet the situation and at the
same time disarm opposition and remove
obstruction.
The War department, has received the
report of the cavalry board on a new
method of attaching the rifle scabbard to
the saddle, submitted by Captain C. A
Romeyn, Second cavalry, on duty at Fort
Riley, Kan. The cavalry board recom
mended that a troop, selected from the
First squadron of the Thirteenth eavalrv
which are to make a march from Fort
Riley to Dea Moines and from Fort Riley
to Fort Sheridan, respectively, be directed
to make the necessary alterations In the
prraent rifle scabbard. The troops will
carry the rifle aa nronos.fl hv c.ni.i.
Romeyn and the officers wllll closely ob
serve the method and report their views.
This will be a step toward ascertaining by
practical means the advantages of Captain
Romeyn'a method.
Much interest attaches to an Invention
which was made, and which is being de
veloped by Mr. Franklin K. Young of Chat
hum. Mass., who has patented what Is re
garded as a successful self-loading hand,
shoulder and machine gun. The should, r
arm has been Inspected by some officers of
tho army ordnance department. One of the
features of the cartridge Is that a portion
of the base moves rearwardly when the
Ignition occurs, which movement mechani
cally actuates other parts so connected that
the rifle or pistol machine gun bocomra
automatic in the same sense that the fire
arms manufactured at the Hartford, Utlca
and Liege plants are self-acting.
"Thoughtful people seem to be giving
more and more attention to the frequently
offered suggestion that the title of tha
secretary of war be change to 'the sec
retary of the army.' It is admitted on all
sides," Vays the Washington Herald, "that
such a change would.be exceedingly sensi
ble, but no very vigorous effort to have It
brought about has ever been made. It Is
pointed out that the present title Is a mis
nomer, Inasmuch as many secretaries of
war have absolutely nothing to do with
war. Furthermore, It Is asked, why should
there be such a distinction between the
secretary of war, who Is merely at the head
of the army establishment, and the secre
tary of the navy, who occupies a similar
position with reterence to the forces at
sea? In any war in which the United
Statea Is at all likely to be involved In the
future, the navy probably would figure Just
as prominently as the army. If not more so.
It Is said to be not at all Improbable that
between now and the time congress con
venes In December a movement having the
change in the title for Its object will be
set on foot."
THE KINO OF CIIAWI,ER.
Fossil Resources of Wyoming: an In
rrrnilng Wonder.
Cleveland Tlaln Dealer.
The busy grubbers of the Wyoming State
university have Just found In one of the
fosall beds near the town of Baggs, In
that state, a prehistoric creature of the
lizard type, that la 314 feet in length.
Tills Is claimed to be the largest prehistoric
animal yet discovered. Nor la it merely
built up from a fragment or two with
plenty of Imagination thrown In for good
measure. No, every petrified bone Is said
to bo In place, one vertebra which has been
removed from the shale bed weighing half
a ton.' In short, the big lizard of Wyom
ing seems at present to have a secure hold
on the prehistoric fauna belt.
Just what the other monsters of that age
of mammoth things thought when the
creeping , fossil of the shale bank came
over the hilltop can only be Imagined. No
doubt It meant a wild scramble for the
nearest woods and safety. And man, If
man existed, how did he regard this ex
ample of terror long drawn out? Had he
weapons to pierce its scaly sides, or the
traps to hobble It? There is a chance here
for the human Imagination to enjoy a
nightmare of horrors, but luckily Imagina
tion has more profitable themes to engross
It than the fossil mammoth or the paleo
zoic lizard. '
PERSONAL NOTES.
Life In u California penitentiary Is not
unduly harsh. Doubtless Schmitz will be
permitted to take his fiddle with him.
One of the advanced professors of the
I'nlverslty of Chicago stakes his reputa
tion on the assertion that women will soon
grow whiskers. Who cares? Whiskers
may as well go with the rest of man's
prerogatives.
George Horton, the American consul gen
eral at Athens, Is about to take a leave of
absence and come to the 1'nlted States,
where he Is to deliver a series of lectures
dealing with his observations and experi
ences In modern Greece.
Mrs. William Tomasek, wife of a farmer
near Granite City, 111., has apparently
solved the problem of how to get and keep
harvest hands. I.emon pies will do the
work. This Ingenious woman feeds the
delicious pastry to the farm hands threa
times a day.
Sir John Hlunt. who received the thanks
of the government of the 1'nlted States for
his services to American citizens when he
was British consul In the orient, has had
conferred on htm by the king of Oreece the
cross of Officer of the Royal Order of the
Bavlor, for services rendered to (Jreek sub
jects while he waa consul at Volo and In
Macedonia.
The dispute over the larges estate of tha
late Thomas W. Evans, the famous Ameri
can dentist resident In Paris, who assisted
the Km press Eugenie to escape at the fall
of the second empire. Is now reported set
tled. As a result the Thomas W. Evans
museum of Philadelphia will receive some
: '.'", while Uia belrs-at-law will receive
MISS JULIE FLORENCE WALSH
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these symptoms Is
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RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE.
Rome Lessons the Corporations Con
veniently Forget.
New York World.
More than thirty years ago the granger
legislation tn the northwestern states wan
regarded by railroad Interests as a menace
to their very life, and In some respects it
was radical In the extreme. Tet Its net
results were beneficial.
Orangerlsm established forever the prin
ciple of government control, and that was
worth a great deal even to the raljroad
corporations thamaalvea.
Orangerlsm was violent and to some ex
tent Ignorant. In this way It Inflicted In
Jury upon Itself as well as upon corpora
tions. When the errors 'of grangerlsm
became obvious to everybody they were
abandoned, and there has been no serious
disposition In the so-called granger states
to repeat them. Thus the people and the
corporations both learned something which
In one way or another It was necessary
that they should learn.
If the United 8tates supreme court had
subjected the granger states to the same
discipline which a few minor Judges are
now seeking to enforce against states
which have legislated on the subject of
j railway rates. It Is doubtful If any good
whatever would have resulted. The co-
poratlons would have saved no money In
the long- run, certain popular rights would
have been Invaded and many Important
lessons would have been lost.
No one will believe that North Carolina
Intends to destroy the railroads within
Its borders. No one will believe that If
left to Itself it would even cripple them.
! There la reason to believe that If Its legis
lation should prove to be unjust, reacting
upon itself as well as acting oppressively
upon Its creatures, It would make haste
to correct It, and that the mistake would
not be repeated in that quarter right away.
Railroad corporations will discover In
time that privileges enjoyed under such
conditions are wortl more than any Im
munity which may be conferred upon them
temporarily by a federal judge.
CHECK OX SECRET MARRIAGES.
Features of n Law Recently Enacted
In New York.
New York Tribune.
At last New York state Is to be rid of
secret marriages and attendant evils. In
signing the Cobb marriage license bill Gov
ernor Hughes has taken the final step In the
long delayed legislation against young
fools and old scoundrels. The Cobb bill,
which will take effect next January, re
quires every prospective bridegroom to se
cure a marriage license from the town
clerk of the place where the bride lives;
and the official performing the marriage
ceremony Is required to return the license,
properly signed by himself, to the town
clerk on or before the tenth day of the
month next succeeding the date of the
marriage. Violators of this law may he
punished by a fine not exceeding J5o.
While no parson nor justice of the peace
In this state haa ever attained the reputa
tion of the high speed knot tiers of St. Jo
seph, Mich., who have long hefd the rec-
: ord for marrying Chicago simpletons "on
sight unseen," nevertheless Juvenile elopers
and battle scarred divorcees In this state
have always been able to find some un
scrupulous or thoughtless man, clerical cr
otherwise, whom a modest fee would coax
out of bed In the wee sma" hours. The
flimsy morality of these officials deserves
severest censure, but not merelv Kmb , a
j It offers no resistance to the wild, silly
Impulses of young hotheads. Probably the
vast majority of persons who seek a secret,
unlicensed marriage would Anally marry
anyhow If every accessible official should
refuse to unite them In wedlock without
a paper from the town clerk. No doubt
many of the clandestine knot tiers think
of this when the doorbell rings at midnight.
But they should also reflect upon the pos
sible after effects an unrecorded marriage
may have upon the Inheritance of prop
erty, the ease of desertion and the encour
agement of many varieties of trickery.
In putting an end to secrecy the Cobb
bill protects many women and children
from swindles that are only too easily
hidden behind the blind Impulse and sentl
mentallsm of would-be secret marriers.
Keep ' ArbuckW Anob Coffee in th
original package, and grind it at home as you
use It Warming it slightly develops the flavor,
ind makes the. grinding easy.
That delicious appetizing
aroma b too good to lose in a
grocery store.
Coffee loses its identity as coffee after it
b ground.
If you know and want a good coffee buy
Arbuckles' Ariosa
Coffee
and grind if at home. The cheapest good
coffee in the world.
AfUCIOJs BROS., New Tar at
WOMEN SUFFER
Many women suffer in Uenee and
drift along from bad to worse, know
ing; well that they ought to have
Immediate ajwlstance.
How many women do you know
wbo are perfectly well and strong ?
The cause may be eaally traced to
tome feminine derangement which
manifest itaelf In depression of
spirit, reluctance to go anywhere
or do anything-, backache, drrfgrlnff
sensations, flatulency, nervouanese,
and sleeplessness.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there'is danger ahead, and tin
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9
LIMES TO A LAUQ1I.
"Doctor, how can I cure Insomnia? I'm
not getting to sleep these days before 4
In the morning."'
"Have a boy knock on your door at mid
night and tell you it's tlma to get up."
Cleveland Leader.
"The French people are very nervous,"
said the observant person.
Yes," answered the man who alway
haa an explanation. "They can't help be
ing that way so long as France is bead
quarters for automobiles and champagne."
Washington Star.
"What we need," aald the managing ed
itor, "ia a good, snappy book reviewer."
"Well," replied the applicant's ohainplon,
"If you want a gsod, sharp, exacting orltio,
my friend Is Just the man for you. Has
an unsuccessful author." Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Caustic Crltio Why did you put that
Joker at the very end of the numbers In
your entertainment program?
Member of Committee VVasn t that all
right? 1 thought a wag ought naturally
to come at the tall end. Baltimore Amer
ican. "
"How changeable you mortals are!" ex
claimed a Cool Wave.
"Why do you think so?" queried a man,
gratefully baring his brow to Us touch..
"1 was here last April." continued tha
Cool Wave, "and never got the glad hand
once." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Life," remarked the man who com
ments on things, "Is Just wlutt we make It."
"Which goen to show," replied Senator
Badger, "that you never tried to run for
office and placed yourself In the hands of
your friends." Milwaukee bentluel.
"J a' ' BS,pd a Juvenile Interrogation point,
what do folks mean when they talk abojut
tainted money?"
The rural philosopher removed from li's
mouth tha straw he had been chewing re
flectively and made Hnswer:
"They .nean mostly by tainted money
thet 'tain t tiielrn." New York Tribune.
"Ah!" sighed the poet, "there Is noth
ing so sweet and tender as the bleat ft a
young lamb."
"Think so?" remarked the tli!c-nceked
man. "I suppose, then, when you get
lamb In a restaurant that ain't tender If
because the bleat s cooked out ut It.'-'-'
Chicago Tribune. - -
"I suppose all you hoys In the country
here," said the city boarder, "are fonj ol
bathing In the creeks and ponds."
"Waal," replied the country boy, "not
When you call it thut."
"Call It what?"
" 'UatliinY tho only thing we care for
Is swlmmln'." Baltimore American.
"Madge. I am going awav."
"Uh-huh."
"But before I go I haw something to
suy to you."
"Aw, save It 'till after your two week
Is up, Percy. You'll meet lots of nice glrla
down there at the beach. "-Philadelphia
Press.
The Lawyer How old are you?
The Witness That's my business.
The Lawyer Mr. Clerk, record the fact
that this woman Is old enough to be
ashamed of her ago. Cleveland Leader.
THE IX COMPLETE ANGLER.
Joe Cone In New York fun.
I've often spun a flshln' yarn which wusn t
swallered down
By ami of the other chaps who loaf around
town;
They alius seemed to doubt my word, when
I'm known ev'rywhere,
In tellln" of the fish I've kelched, aa bain
fair and square.
Now I'll admit some talcs I've told have
seemed adt'le strong,
An' folks have sometimes thought nerhapa
the weights an' measures wrong.
But I have got a story here thnt a abso
lutely true,
An' I could prove It If I had tho fish to show
to you.
One day I went 'way up the crick to reach
the other side
An' where 1 stopped to git acrost warn I
more than eight feet wide;
There warn't no bridge or boat In right,
but by an' by I found
A log which went from shore to shura,
night thirty Inches round.
I took my pole to balance with an' ut pred
upon the thing
An' got about half way a rost when
soinrthln' slipped, by Jlng!
That log went out from under me an' I
went In the crick
As neat as anything alive, an' forty times
as quick.
An' now the strangest part of all-thit lost
got free, an' suy.
It Jumped from out the crick a yard air
throwed the mud an' spray
All over me, an' ev'rywhere, an' with
mighty sweep
It started like a llghtnln' bolt down where
the crick was deep.
That log was Jest a pickerel who'd tried tt
-turn around, ,
An' as the crick warn't wide enough h'
gone an' run aaround.
Now. as I said, this yarn la true, an' 1
could prove It. too.
If only I bad ketched that fish an" brought
him home to yi.