THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1907.
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' Tom Lawson Is betting that he will
win the pennant in the Copiier league.
Minister Wu is a great lover of base
ball, a regular Chinese fan, as it were.
The Stove trust has been boosting
prices. It is lime for stoves to go up.
, Mighty is the house of Ak-Sar-Ben
and King Ak-Sar-Ben XIII most
mighty of all. '
. "Modesty is a disease," declares an
English physician. Oh, well, most of
us are immune.
There will be another state in the
union as soon ' as the president puts
his "O. K." on Ok. . .
. Wonder" if. Mr. Hoot took a course
teaching him to like chile concarne
while he was at Muldoon's?
. . "We must walk in the light," says
John D. Rockefeller, who is willing to
supply the light, at the usual rates.
Senator Foraker is learning that the
country appreciates the difference be
tween a trust buster and a trust boos
ter. Speaker Cannon says his presiden
tial boom is a Joke. The joke would
be on him if the people took him seri
ously. '
Senator Beveridge has returned
from Europe to find that his presiden
tial boom did not suffer any in his ab
sence. The stranger within Omaha's gates,
luring Ak-Sar-Ben week should be the
special care of everyone who lives in
Omaha.'
Mr. Bryan is specially proud of Ok
tahoma. The new state seems to be
wearing a lot of his old political
liothes.
The Chinese government is asklrrg
for a council of deliberation. Our
Omaha paving contractors would fill
he bill.- -
Senator Dick Is still on the doubt
ful list in Ohio and In danger of let
ting both the bandwagons get '.away
from him. ' ' ; ' ;) '
That Cherokee Indian elected to the
United States senate from Oklahoma
Is also a millionaire. His credentials
leem to be complete.
The increase in the price of dia
) nionds may not be a combination in
restraint of trade, but it certainly is
'a restraint of engagements.
Attorney General Bonaparte's prop
sitlon to Inflict the death penalty on
labitual violators of the law would go
laid on the automobile scorchers.
Two Baltimore young, people, "who
went over a precipice together a year
ago," have decided to get married,
aolng to repeat the performance?
New York papers Insist that Colonel
Bryan la losing ground, but be will
Dot worry so long as no other demo
crat seems to be gaining any of It
When.Jaroee Hamilton Lewis an
nounced that he would be a candidate
.'or the democratic nomination for gov
ernor of Illinois it snowed in Chicago
'he same night.
George Fred Williams declares that
)r'CB!i8 the greatest living Ainor
'aUsinan. It Is a cheering sign
Vuun George Fred Williams concedes
first place to anyone.
. T1IK I EAST J II A T FA 1LKP.
Among other things for which the
ror-pnt meeting of Nebraska democrats
in s:a?e convention tt Lincoln should
tp rernombered IB the failure to pull
i)ii" ;bo iipnrj,:cl to Colonel Bryan,
which v. I'll it was to have furnished
iho but R ground for a key-note speech
by the "Pe:rlcss Leader" and .the
formal launching of Jila third expedi
tion In quest of the White-House. The
fcaHt that failed was advertised In the
local demociatlc organ a week ahead
of the date in the following language:
The IiIk event of the meeting will be the
banquet Wednesday evening- The speakers,
who are to fullow tho disposition .of the
ni nu, are well worth the price. The invi
tation. Is to everyone who enres to attend
at tho price per plute of 31.50. The visitors
from the aevetal cities will be entertained
free.
In .due course special invitations
were sent to the faithful in various
parts of the state. One of them was
read out loud at the meetlns of the
democratic county committee here in
Omaha, which promptly resoluted to
accept and to arrange to charter a
special train, providing 100 deVotees
of Bryan could be gotten to develop
the necessary conditions of hunger and
thirst. Far and wide from the shores
of the muddy Missouri to the western
edges of the sand hills, hopes of the
dismantled democracy were aroused in
expectation of a square meal, followed
by a flow of wit and oratory, culminat
ing with the advent of another full
fledged presidential boom. '
But these hopes were only raised to.
be quickly blasted. Announcement was
made a day or two later that the great
Bryan banquet would have to. be'
"postponed" to a later date because
the guest of honor, then taking his
vacation In the mountains, did not feel
that he should be asked to cut short
his rest and recreation and would be
unable to be present. The 'half
famished faithful- could not go back
of the returns and had to accept this
ultimatum. The order ) for special
trains was rescinded,, the .difficult be
ginning made to save $1.50 had to be
abandoned' and all incentive to. go to
Lincoln to attend the platform con
vention was destroyed.
Yet, lo and behold! when the day
of the "big event" rolled around here
was Colonel Bryan back in Lincoln,
ready to respond to the call for a con
vention speech and congratulate the
delegates on 'the bright prospects for
democracy." The flow of oratory was
"well worth the price," but was sadly
lacking in provision for the inner man.
The great meeting had taken place on.
schedule time, the guest of honor was
on the 6pot, but the feast had failed.
The mystery of the reason why is still
to be cleared up.
MR. ROOT'S VISIT TO MEXICO.
When his trip to Mexico, which Is
about to occupy several . weeks, shall
bo completed, Secretary Root will have
set a precedent in the administration
of the Department of State by having
visited every important country of the
western hemisphere. While other mem
bers of the cabinet have made tours of
this and other countries in an' official
capacity in the past, former secretaries
of state have been content to hedge
themselves about with diplomatic dig
nity and' to conduct all their negotia
tions with other countries by agents or
correspondence. Departing from thl9
custom. Secretary Root has made it his
personal business to touch with the offi
cial representatives of the other Amer
ican peoples. He has already made
a pretty complete tour of South Ameri
can capitals and has been twice to Ot
tawa and Toronto, on official and
friendly visits to the Canadians. The
excursion to Mexico will round out a
remarkable series oi Journeys, all con
ceived In the statesmanlike spirit of
Improving our relations with our
neighbors.
Without disparagement of his pre
decessors, Secretary Root must be
given credit for being the first to ap
preciate the advantages to this nation
of the 'establishment of better trade
relations with Canada, Mexico and the
iJitln-American countries. Mr. Blaine
had a theoretical grasp of. the situa
tion and gave it some direction by
the organization of the Panamerican
association, but Secretary Root has
planned for the perfection of the al
liance in a perfectly practical way. The
purpose of his visit to South America
was to impress upon the peoples of
that continent that the United States
harbors no designs of encroachment,
but earnestly seeks by all legitimate
means to promote closer and mu
tually profitable iclatlons and the ad
vancement of all In peaceful, enlight
ened government and prosperity.
Perhaps one serious criticism that
ran be made against (he administra
tions at Washington in the past is the
neglect of trade with our near neigh
bors, while great effort has been made
to develop business In remote parts of
the world. Trade emissaries and con
sular agents havo been sent to Abys
einia, Algiers and to obscure ports In
Turkey and Asia,' while little or no di
rect effort has been made to encour
age trade relations with Canada. Mex
ico, Brazil and the rich countries of
South America.
This oversight is particularly true as
to Mexico. Within ten years our ex
ports to Mexico have grown from $23,
000. 000 to $75,000,000 annually with
out any special effort on oor part. It
is estimated that $750,000,000 of
American money is Invested in Mex
ican rallro.-ds, mines and manufactur
ing establishments, acd more Ameri
cans are finding investments there
every year. At the same time Mexico
buys more , goods , in Europe than In
the United States. The republic Is a
great consumer of cotton products,
and every yard and pound of cotton
should be supplied from the mills of
the south . instead of from . England.
Mexico's manufacturing interests are
in their Infancy, and until able to meet
the local demand the United States
thould supply Mexican wants. The
completion of the Panama canal will
give Meftico a new importance in the
world's trade and Mr. Root's visit
should do much toward binding the
two republlca closer together.
Secretary Root's visl should also
have another significance. Just now
Mexico is sharing with the United
I States the role of peacemaker for the
turbulent Central American nations.
Mr. Root's visit as the representative
of the greatest power of the new
world will be construed In Mexico as
a tribute to the Diaz government and
a compliment to the ruler who has
rescued Mexico, from a state of an
archy and given it a place among the
nations.' The visit is certain, too, to
Impress the Central Americans with
the fact that Mexico and the United
States are in earnest In their plans
for peace north of Panama.
DIVORCE REFORM THAT CO CATS.
New Jersey, whence the country
usually expects no news but bad news,
has given distinct Impetus to the
cause'of progressive morality by adopt
ing the restrictive statute recom
mended by the universal divorce com
mission. The new law does not
change the statutory grounds for di
vorce within the boundaries of the
state, but it throws many safeguards
in the way of dumping on the state the
divorce filth from neighboring com
monwealths. .
The importance of the Jersey legis
lation is apparent, in view of the fact
that heretofore much of the business
of its civil courts was made up' of di
vorce cases from liew York and Penn
sylvania. Under existing law a de
serted wife cannot procure a divorce
In New York, but can cross to New
Jersey and file her plea. : In both New
York and Pennsylvania decrees of sep
aration have been made difficult to ob
tain except upon a square showing of
facts. Thus New Jersey had become
a veritable Mecca for the marital mis
fits of the east as Sioux Falls was in
the west.
The new law requires that a decree
of divorce will not be granted, where
one of the parties Is a nonresident,
unless the grounds are recognized as
adequate In the state from which the
complainants come. In Illustration,
anyone seeking In New Jersey a di
vorce from a husband or wife living
In Nebraska could win out only by
citing grounds for the decree that are
recognized as cause for divorce by the
Nebraska laws.
The universal divorce commission
has been working for some years to
prevail on the different states to pass
uniform divorce laws. .. Some progress
has been made, but not enough to
caitBe over-enthusiasm as to the final
accomplishment of its aims. The New
Jersey Innovation offers an easy way
out of what has promised to be a 'very
complicated . problem. The adoption
of such' a law by all the states would
without question do much toward
lessening the divorce evil and could
be adopted in every state without in
other ways affecting existing pro
visions of divorce laws. It would not
change the grounds for divorce, the
time of residence or any other features
of existing laws, but it' would put an
end to scandals which have flourished
in the past by parties going to other
states to get divorces that could not
be secured at home.
GENERAL BOX AP ARTE' 8 PKltAlTlEV
Attorney General Bonaparte's ad
dress before the Prison Reform con
gress at Chicago Is arousing no end of
discussion among reform workers
throughout the country and is meeting
with denunciation by those who have
worked for years to abolish capital
punishment and lessen the rigor of ex
isting methods of dealing with crimi
nals. General Bonaparte, stating that
the primary 'purpose of punishment is
to secure obedience to the law, pro
posed that when a man already had
been thrice convicted of crime upon
his fourth conviction he should be lia
ble te the death penalty.
Public sentiment will be slow to en
dorse the Bonaparte proposition. Right
or wrcjng, the trend of public senti
ment for many -years past has been
setting toward the abolition rather
than the extension of capital punish
ment. The question is still one open
to debate, perhaps a majority of the
people of the country holding that,
while certain crimes should be pun
ished by death, there should be a les
sening of the work of the hangman
and the executioner. In most states,
v aii v VMM c k fUUlOU IUV11J, 19 Oil 11 IUC
law, there Is great difficulty in securing
Juries that will return verdicts for. the'
death penalty. Many guilty persons,
on that account, have escaped punish
ment who would have gone to prison
on life sentences it the jury had pos
sessed authority to dispose of cases in
that way. This situation Is becoming
more and more pronounced each year.
The habitual criminal curse is well
recognized and there is a growth of
sentiment in favor of adopting heroic
methods in dealing with It, but the
sentiment is cot yet strong enough to
support the plan of the attorney gen
eral. Much of the abuse In enforce
ment of criminal laws today Is the un
due authority vested in pardon boards
and the overzealousness of enthusias
tic reformers who have an idea that
after a man has served a few months
in lull he should be pardoned or
paroled in order that he may have a
chance to lead a better life. Profes
blonal criminals, taking advantage of
this sentiment among prison workers,
' Railroad Valuation and Rates
Victor Rosewater, Editor of The Bee, In September Journal of Accountancy.
From the standpoint of investors, a rail
road property la overcapitalised only when
it falls to pay full Interest and dividends on
all the stock and bonds secured by It.
From the standpoint of the public, a rail
road la overcapitalised when It la stocked
and bonded for more than It coud ba re
produced. From the standpoint of tha
shipper, a railroad la overcapitalised when
it exacts from him exorbitant charges In
order to pay the owner more than they
are entitled to on a basis of value that Is
speculative rather than substantial.
That overcapitalization works an injury
to the public seems to me to go without
saying. We have had a very lucid example
in the manipulation of the Burlington rail
road. The stock of the Burlington was
bought and Impounded by James J. Hill,
who Issued In exchange therefor Great
Northern bonds at two for one. In other
words, he established a fixed charge of an
t per cent Interest account for all time to
corne In place of a variable dividend charge,
which would go up and down according to
the business barometer. Should the earn
ings of this railroad previously have fallen
it could have omitted a dividend. Should
Its earnings now fall to meet the Interest
charges, It would be thrown Into the hands
of a receiver. . This evil grows entirely out
of the pernicious method of overcapitaliza
tion and Is separate and distinct from the
Injury inflicted by mere stock Jugglery for
Wall street gambling.
As to the relation between freight and
passenger rates and capitalization, the rail
road spokesmen seem wUhln the past few
years to have veered completely around.
Stuyvesayit Fish has recently voiced their
present position (address at Columbia uni
versity June 10, 1907), that "the capitaliza
tion of railroads has and can have no bear
ing whatever on the rates charged." On
the other hand, when Nebraska In 1893
undertook to establish maximum freight
rates the railroads attacked the validity
of the law on the ground that It waa con
fiscatory in failing to provide adequate re
turns upon the capital Invested, and they
succeeded In having their view accepted by
the United States supreme court. In that
case ("Smythe vs. Ames," decided March
7, 1S98, and reported In 169, t. S.), the com
prehensive opinion handed down for the
court by Justice Harlan contains this
declaration:
We hold, however, that the basis of all
use it to the limit, with the result that
in many states it is accepted as a gen
eral proposition that freedom by par
don or parole comes to the most
vicious criminal after a term of ten or
fifteen years, although he may have
been sentenced to life. A little more
vigorous enforcement of the prison
rules and a little less interference by
pardon boards and prison reform asso
ciations would go far toward relieving
the condition against which General
Bonaparte complains and for which he
offers a remedy which cannot possibly
receive the approbation of the public.
The New York Yacht club has re
jected Sir Thomas LIpton's cup chal
lenge owing to certain conditions he
requested relative to rules governing
the race. That eaves him another
licking and gives him the desired ad
vertising. A lot of people voted at' the recent
primary election without registering
at the same time. If they want to vote
again in November they must appear
before the registrars and have their
names enrolled on the registration
books next Tuesday.
With the departure of Governor
Sheldon for a three weeks' absence
from the state, Lieutenant Governor
Hopewell will have another chance to
demonstrate his usefulness as an
understudy.
"The American nation relies too
much on Its fleet," says General Line
vitch. The general should under
stand that there Is a difference be
tween the American fleet and the one
Russia relied upon.
In the, Oklahoma election Cleve
land, Jackson, Jefferson and Bryan
counties went democratic, while the
republicans carried the counties of
Lincoln, Logan, Blaine and Garfield.
Anything in a name?
President Roosevelt will deliver sev
eral speeches the coming week and it
Is a safe guess that not one of them
will satisfy Colonel Bryan, no matter
how many of his political clothes the
president may put on.
The debate between Editor Sprecher
and Democratic Candidate Loomis is
becoming more interesting as it pro
ceeds. Judge Loomis" invitation to un
cover his public record is producing
results unexpected, by him.
' Marconi promises that a complete
wireless, telegraph service will be es
tablished across the Atlantic in three
weeks. , Marconi la as full of promises
as is a politician just before election.
The enthusiasm of the old guard of
tho populist party In Nebraska for the
fusion nominee for supreme Judge this
year is noticeable chiefly by its ab
sence. The municipal expenses in New
York are $14,700 an hour. That is
more than it costs In Omaha, even In
cluding the salaries and expenses of
the water commission.
Mr. Rockefeller says he never bad
the advantages of a thorough educa
tion. He appears to have quit school
after he had learned addition and be
fore be got to division.
While no formal announcement haa
been made, It Is presumed that cock
tails will be barred at all the banquets
to be tendered to the president on his
trip down the Mississippi.
, Wall street is much concerned lest
the telegrapher employed In the
financial district be called out It
calculations as to the reasonableness of
rates to be charged by a corporation main
taining a highway under legislative sanc
tion must be the fair value of the property
being used by It for the convenience of the
public. And, In order to ascertain that
value, the original cost of construction, the
amount expended In permanent Improve
ments, the amount and market value of Its
bonds and stocks, the present aa compared
with the original cost of construction, the
probable earning capacity of the property
under particular ratea prescribed by statute
and the sum required to meet operating ex
penses, are all matters for consideration,
and are to be given such weight aa may ba
Just and right In each case. We do not Bay
that there may not be other matters to be
regarded In estimating the value of the
property. What the company Is entitled to
ask la a fair return upon the value of that
which It employs for the public convenient
In some other cases the courts have held
that what a railroad la worth for taxation
It is also worth as a basis for rate fixing
and earning capacity and vice versa. In
another place (Political Science Quarterly,
Ma,rch, 1903) I have stated what elements,
In my Judgment, should be taken Into ao
count In the determination of values for
assessment for taxation, and I believe the
purpose for which the appraisement la had
would warrant a difference In the method
of arriving at the value and, perhaps, In
the valuation Itself. When we assess prop
erty for taxation we endeavor to ascertain
what Is Its fajr market value uner nor
mal conditions. When we seek a valuation
aa a basis for rate fixing we try to ascer
tain what . Its earning capacity In Justice
should be. The actual quotations of stocks
and bonds on the market Include a specu
lative element, -which does not necessarily
figure In administrative values and all of
these might still vary some from a physi
cal valuation of the railroad aa an en
gineering and structural achievement, which
would aim aolely at the cost of reproduc
tion. Ytt there should not be much varia
tion between valuations reached by each
of these methods. - The tendency would be,
under stable conditions, for them to ap
proximate constantly toward Identity. .
For these reasons I think a revaluation
of railroad property would be a good thing
for all concerned. It Is not so Important
who makes the valuation, whether federal
-or state authority, or the railroad people
themselves subject to review, providing it
Is honestly made and given full publicity.
It would be of no benefit unless followed
up by legislation designed to prevent future
stock watering. If not to squeeze the water
out of existing stocks.
T
would not make so much difference to
the west, which has come to look upon
no news from Wall street as good
news.
Mr. Hearst says he can conceive of
no circumstances under which h
would accept a presidential nomina
tion. The country can conceive of no
circumstances under which he could
be elected if he should accept the nom
ination. Aa Economical Lead.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The estimate that tramps, stealing rides
on the railroads, coat the Jatter 325,000,000
annually auggests the wisdom of turning
in and abolishing the tramp nuisance and
using the 325.000,000 to balance the alleged
loss on 2-cent fares.
Net. Afraid of It Now.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There was a time when Theodore Roose
velt could have given points to the nature
fakirs. He came home from church, when
a small boy, In terror of that weird animal,
the zeal. The text explained It: "The
zeal of thine house'hatheaten me up."
r Merely av Starter.
Kansaa City Times.
Several of the head officer of the Stand
ard Oil company have retired and the
company will reorganize, but these are
only a few of the "re'a" which are needed.
The Standard ought also to reform, re
pent, recede, reflect, refrain, regenerate,
regret, remit, refund, repay, renounce and
retreat.
The Coin Is the Thins.
Baltimore American.
It Is said there Is likely to be filed a
protest against putting on tho new gold
coin the profile of a young Irish woman
selected by the late Saint Oaudens as the
model. But the model on coins does not
Interest the large majority of the popula
tion. The general sentiment Is: "Just let
me get ahead on the coin, and the coin
can get any old kind of a head on It It
will."
Modern Affinities.
St. Louis Republic. 1
This thing of married people finding
"soul-sisters" and "splrlt-brothers" Is all
very well In ita way and harmless enough
to the divorce and remarrying point. What
we cannot understand la why they should
deem it abaolutely necessary to transmute
splrltuaf affinities Into physical relations.
Cannot the minda and spirits and under
standings of a man and a woman "5m
munlcate with perfect Innocuityand pleas
ure outside of the marriage or physical
relation?
PER0.AL AD OTHKKWI8B.
Robert Allan Pinkerton left an estate
valued at $3,000,000. It takes a good de
tective to detect a good thing.
Sharks have been observed in the Po
tomac river some distance from Washing
ton. And congress is two months off!
By the free distribution of birthday beer
among the Hamburgers, the king of Slam
can have a majority vote whenever he glvea
the word.
"Acute confuslonal Insanity" Is the latest
kink In criminal technicalities. It Is much
more agreeable than a necktie party or a
life sentence. 1
Just to prove the prediction that the
international peace conference is a failure,
Guatemala and Honduras are arranging to
pull off a small war.
Since Tom Johnson received his fourth
nomination for mayor of Cleveland he haa
put on "the Intellectual pose of a man
chewing toothpicks."
' The affinity business la not enjoying
smooth sailing. Two exemplars of the sys
tem are In Jail In NeW TTork City, another
Is In a Chicago hospital, having received a
variety of Injuries In a mlzup with an In
dignant wife.
The sentimental and sympathetic Board
of Pardons of Illinois five months ago
turned loose a penitentiary bird before
his term was half served. A woman now
lies dead In Chicago, the murdered victim
of the pardoned criminal.
Vast as the profit of the Standard Oil
company appear, the percentage la away
off compared with the loot of the Pennsyl
vania capltol contractors. One thousand
per cent satisfied the Standard people.
Pennsylvania's loot went aa high aa 4.306
per cent.
Three hundred new street cars of the
pay-aa-you-enter style are ready for busi
ness In Chicago. The object of the trac
tion company la to make aure connection
with every nickel coming to It and relieve
conductor of the peril of taking microbe
money Into their system.
VISITORS
ARE INVITED
To inspect my stock of DIAMONDS. My assortment is
one of the largest and therefore I can undersell any
Diamond Merchant in the city and
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD
A. MANDELBERG
1S22 Farnam Street OMAHA, NED.
SEUiiOJil BOILED DOWN.
No man ever created anything greater
than himself.
Sermon prepared for the ear never get
beyond them.
The Lord will not lift the man who does
not try ' to rise.
One day' charity la a poor balance for
six day a' robbery.
Use the knowledge you have and you will
have all you can use.
There Is no solution of any social prob
lem without sympathy.
The Influence of your life depends on the
affluence of your heart.
The poorest man of all Is the one who
affects to despise the poor.
The tallow dip man always has Illuminat
ing Ideas on the responsibilities of an arc
light.
There's a lot of difference between the
work of friendship and working your
friends.
Some folk think they have lot of grit
because they know how to grind ..their
neighbors.
It will help the world wonderfully when
we can make virtue a Interesting as vice
already Is.
When you base your honesty wholly on
policy the tempter always -can show you
better, premiums.
- When faith sees- the glory of character
at the end of the way It does not need a
fence to keep it In the road, -Chicago Tri
bune. .
SECULAR SHOTS AT TUB PULPIT
Brooklyn Eagle: Long face In Georgia
One cannot have wine even at a communion
service. The gospel saya wine, but the leg
islature saya water, or sarsaparllla. Of
course, It would not do to allow the parish-
oner to have his say In the matter, be
cause this 1 a free country for legisla
tures.
Cleveland Leader: Preachers In this city
have raised their voices for a raise fn pay.
One ha gone so far aa to suggest a union
by which to enforce .a demand for a higher
acale of remuneration In the city where
John D. Rockefeller lovea most to worship.
The charge Is made that salaries have not
advanced in ten yeara, while necessities of
life cost so much . preachers must squeeze
each penny.
Buffalo Express: Another clergyman Is
driven publicly to regret that he per
formed a wedding ceremony for a divorced
man. He say he made a mistake, and was
deceived as to the facta of the divorce. A
license system, putting those Intending mar
riage upon record and laying them open
to prosecution If they misrepresent, would
protect, some clergymen who, are curiously
unable to protect themselves.
Philadelphia Record: Divorce has been
made easier to accomplish In Russia. The
holy synod haa added the following addi
tional ground for untying the matrimonial
knot: First, mental derangement exceed'ng
three years' duration; second, Infectious dis
ease; third, maltreatment causing physical
atui moral suffering and endangering health
and life; fourth, desertion for three yeara,
and, fifth leaving the orthodox church.
(OKfKHM.VO GHOSTS.
IadlTldaml and Party Afflictions Hard
to Shake OC
New York Sun.
A certain Chicago widow aver that
for fourteen year the ghost of her hus
band has visited her and behaved shab
bily. The mischievous, spirit persists In
turning up every night, "sitting on the
ridgepole, where It amuses Itself by sing
ing and tearing shingles off and throwing
brick at the goat shed." A Poltergeist,
a robustious nuisance. The lady can't
get married again. The Poltergeist for
bids. He clatter and yella and hurl
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things. Tho unfortunate widow weeps and
walls.
No tipstaff can arrest a ghost, no In
junction, restrain It. The only consola
tion for the victim Is to know that there
Is another and a greater sufferer from
the same cause.
For fourteen years the democratic party
has been haunted unremittingly by the
Poltergeist from Nebraska. Does the
democracy wIbIi to be off with the old love
and on with a new? The old love howls
horribly and the bricks go a-flylng through
tho air. The democracy soba and peaks
and pines.
Poor lady of Chicago! Poor old democ
racy! That la. If they can't learn not to
be afraid of ghosts.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Mrs. Softheart Do you believe In all thht
modern progress that a woman really finds
any use In a club?
Mrs. Strongarm That depends whethet
she wants to use It for her own head of
on her husband's. Chicago Tribune.
"She's too fond of talking behind hat
back."
"Brhlnd whose back?"
"Her own. She'a a regular rubber neck.
Philadelphia Press.
Mollle I wish you were more like Mr
Simpson.
Coddle My dear, If I were more like Mr,
Simpson I should have a married woman
more like Mr. Simpson. St. Louis Post
Dispatch. '
"It's dreadful the way the cost of living;
has gone up.' The price of diamonds haa
Increased so, my husband found where tte
went to get me that necklace he hfl
promised me that he can't afford It at Tl
this year." A
"Yes, It Is certainly hard. I wonder how
poor people manage to live." Baltimore
American.
"We were dared to get married, parson,
and we never take a dare."
"Very good. Come around once a week
and I'll dare you to stay married." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
"I wonder why old maids are usually
thin?"
"Dispensation of Providence, perhaps. A
woman with sharp elbows can make her
way through the world without the assist
ance of any man." Chicago Post.
Young Wife (sobbing) My husband wu
In a furious temper at the breakfast table
this morning, .and he he broke his word
to me.
Older Wife (consolingly) Never mind, my
dear. Be thankful it wasn't one of the
cups of your bext set of china. Baltimore
American.
"Where shall the weary find rest?" ex
claimed the Rev. Dr. Fourthly, with dra
matic emphasis.
A oft snore from the pew occupied hf
Deacon Hardeoty was the only response
Chicago Tribune.
THE HUH AM) THE POOR.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Lawd hear de po" man cryln,
An' He ax him why an' how.
An' de po' niAn say: ,
"Hit's de rich man's day.
An' whar Is de po' man nowf
"Whar is de po man now
Wliar Is de po' man nowf
Too po' ter stay.
Or ter move away
Oh, whar la de po' man now?"
De Lawd hear de rich man cryln.
An' He ax him why an' bow.
An' dn rich man aay:
"Par's my fine ter pay.
An' whar U de rluh man now?
"Whar la de rich man now
Oh. whar is de rich man nowt
Kin I rise an' shine
Wid de gover-nilnt fine?
Oh, whar la de rich man now?
Den de angel come Turn glory
Ter take 'um ter de wort" dat's new.
But de rich man say
Dat he reckon he will stay.
An' de po' man aeaso, too!
Dey ain't In a hurry fr to go
Oh, dey ain't In a hurry fer to go
Da worl' Is a trial.
An' a big self-denial.
But dey ain't In a hurry fer ter got
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