THE "OMAHA DAILY BEE:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17. 1008
Tim Omama Daily Bee.
FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER
VICTOR ROBE WATER. EDITOR.
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State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as !
George H. Tssehuck. treaaurer or thi i
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complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Hundey Bee printed during
tne month or May. lo. was as ioiiuw.
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ag.700
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It .8860
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88 S5.800
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88 85,880
90 85,480
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-ally average . 88,838
QKOKGB B. TZ9CHUCK,
1 Treasurer.
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to before me this 1st day of June, 108.
, M. P. WALKER,
v Notary Publlo.
WHEN OUT OF TOWN,
tabaeribers leaving- the city lm.
porarlly shoal ktrt The Be
Mailed to them. Aodresa will be
changed aa eftea aa r.aeete.
The permanent list of the Omaha
public schools baa again proved Its
efficiency.
Miss Bible, accused of stealing dla
monjs in Chicago, has written a chap
ter of revelations,
"What will the Chicago platform
bo?" asked an anxious correspondent.
It will be republican.
Foraker is to .get two half votea
from Ohio. ' The Toraker faction has
been reduced to fractions.
Kansas City la not a prohibition
town, but it would b delighted to be
V
jlaced in a dry, district for a little
while.
Thia June weather - Is trying on
fclke, who find It 'either too cold to
go to the ball game or too hot to go to
church. ,' . 4
The curtain- went up In Chicago
promptly on time, which shows that
the state management, at least, waa
efficient.:. . .
Senator Foraker could not be
trusted to deliver the keynote. He
would be certain to thump hard on
the black keys.
President Kooaevelt has served
notice on the Fanamana that they must
not employ Tammany methods at their
coming flection.
Governor Hughes is willing to admit
that horse racing la the sport of kings,
but be objects to making it the sport
of gambling kings.
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The Fourth of July is coming and
It is not too early to begin telling
little Willie that noise and patriotism
are not synonymous.
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Hetty Green saya her daughter is
not , yet ready to marry the best man
living. She won't be either, unless
she moves away from New York.
Democratic atatesmen are apparently
much Incensed at the refusal of the re
publicans ,at Chicago to pay much at
tention to plans for a populist plat
form.
"You have a beautiful country,"
said Cardinal Logue to Mr. Rockefel
ler. The answer Is not reported, but It
la presumed that Mr. Rockefeller said:
I have.'V .
Whom do you suppose rushed to the
defense when the American Medical
association tried to pass resolution
denouncing the cotset? Why, Dr.
Gallant.
The fire and police board now pro
poses to take a hand in the war on
the aalary loan aharka. Anything that
will tend to auppress these leeches will
be of service to society.
"What," asks a dramatic critic,
"has become of the large blonde Queen
of Burlesque who used always to
stand la the middle of the front row?
Neither know nor care.
"The good Lord knows where we
are going to get any campaign fund
lor Bryan," says Colonel Watterson.
That'a so, Ryan la In Europe and won't
be borne tantil late in the fall.
It will be noted, that the chief ob
jections to the proceedings of the Chi
cago convention arise from those who
are not likely to support the nominee.
This fact ought to comfort republicans
who are loyal and earnest lzr their pur
poa.
AfJa TAtV KUSNlntr WXTKt
Perhaps the beat and moat effective
answer to the charge that the .work of
the Chtcaga convention In being cnt
out and dictated from Washington Is
the keen content now in progress over
the 'selection of a candidate for w the
vice presidency. Just as Mr. Tsft se
cured the support of a , majority of the
delegates to the convention because he
waa the choice of the republican voters
of the different states, bo It is prom
ised his running mate will be'mjlefcted
by the delegates to the convention,
after a careful consideration sal been
given to the merlta and claims of the
different candidates presented. ".
There is no paucity of material from
which the vice presidential candidate
may be chosen. Governor Hughes of
New York, Governor Guild of Massa
chusetts, Governor Sheldon ' of Ne
braska, Governor Cumrhlns of Iowa,
Governor Fort of New Jersey, Senator
Knox of Pennsylvania, fenator pever
Idge of Indiana, Senator Dolliver of
Iowa, Congressman Sherman of New
York, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff
of New. York, and other men who have
oi iew. i or, nou uwin iiru t...wi..
prominent and active fn p.bllc
life and party work are'Telng consid
ered In the list of availables out of
which the contention may be trustedl
to select a candidate' who will measure
up -to the qualification ..desired In a
vice presidential candidate and add
strength to the ticket to be headed, by
Mr. Taft. !;'""',-. T-
The contest over -the- selection, of a
candidate for the vice presidency 1b
open. While the administration has
expressed . a preference for the nomi
nation of either Governor Cummins or
Senator Dolliver, the delegates aje free
to exercise their expression of choice
when they determine ans. them
selves upon-the' -candldatt .who will
best, represent the sentiment of the
party and the interest's fi the coun
try. Efforts . to arouse enmities over
the selection of a candidate for second
place on the ticket will not, and should
not avail. The choice, when made, will
fall upon a republican, pledged to re
publican principles and policies.
ATHLETICS AND STATURE.
The president of one of the most Im
portant universities of Japan has re
cently made a report upon the effects
of athletics upon the growth of the
Japanese youth, and couples with it a
prediction that it will not, be many
years before the Japanese become as
tall as the average of Americans or
Europeans. The prediction Is not based
upon any theory, but upon the posi
tive resulfe obtained by experiments,
and la. therefore, a matter of Interest
everywhere.
It appears that the mikado appointed
a commission some fifteen years ago to
Investigate and report upon the causes
for the interior alxe of the Japanese.
The commission went Into the Investi
gation most thoroughly,,- making ,a
study of the Japanese diet, mode of life
end all. their habits. Jt found that
the Japanese students and youth were
usually very well developed above the
waist and In the arms, but that their
lega were Bhort and weak. Thla led to
an Investigation of the sports of the
students, with the discovery-that the
Japanese boys pay much attention to
boxing, wrestling and sword contests,
and that in all of the schoola there
were no playa or exercises calling tor
development of the lega. ,
On receiving the report of the com
mission, the mikado issued a command
that not only those in the schools, but
adulta aa well, must sit less and walk
more than theyhad been accustomed
to doing; that they should stand
straight and take such exercises aa
were prescribed to strengthen their
legs and develop their height. Gym
nasiums' were established la schoola
and colleges and a general bracing up
was ordered throughout the empire.
The commission now reports that as a
result of thli order and the people'C
compliance with it. the younger Jap
anese are taller than tbosgFtf the aame
age were fifteen years ago, and that
the average height of tjbj Japanese
youth it fully twJ Inches mor than
the average before the new regime waa
Inaugurated. The lesson carries Ha own
moral. It simply shows the beneficial
results that follow rational life and ex
ercise. Aa physical health is the great
est reaource of a nation, Japan's ex
perience ahould be an Incentive to the
rest of the world. Proper diet and
proper exercise reduce doctors bills.
RtOlSTSMNO tASjD TITLES,
New York has passed a law relating
to the registry of land titles that was
much talked . Of aame years ago,; but
haa of late been little agitated. It waa
known aa the Torrene ays'-em. and the
New York law la bat a Blight modifi
cation of the old plan. .--.-.'K
By the provisions, of jhe new.4aw,
any propertyowner "can et hit title
registered by submitting to tne courts
the report of any official examiner,
title Insurance company or attorney
especially licensed for examination.
Notice ia given by personal eervlce or
by publication to all adverse claimants
and the court, after taking teetlmony.
If any conflict ia offered, decides in
whom the title Is vested.' and a certifi
cate is Issued which is accepted aa con
clusive evidence as tq'the. ownership of
the property. A sale Is perfected by
the transfer of a deed with the certifi
cate and the purchaser secures a new
certificate , from the proper official.
Mortgage llena ar noted njhe certifi
cates and Judgraenta do not become
liens until they have bee entered
upon the registration books. ;
Claimants against property, are as
sured, in a way, by a fee of 1 mill on
the dollar, which la charged for the
registration, and which becomes an as
surance fund tor claimant .ho may
have valid claims that susses aai pre-
sen ted st the hearing which settled
the question of ownership. The claim
ant may recover by ault agalnat this
fund, hut only for the value of the
property at the time the certificate of
ownership waa granted. He can not
bring suit after a lapse of years for
the Increased value of the property or
for any improvementa that have been
made upon It. Under the New York
law the use of this plan of registration
of land titles Is optional. Any proper-
tyownera who prefer the older and
more cumbersome systems of transfer
and title Inspection may adhere to
th.em, but the indications are that the
new plan will be generally followed
Loan companies and investors prefer
the new system as' facilitating trans
fers, the placing of loans and generally
simplifying all real estate transactions,
The plan is already working In eight
states, with a reported result of greatly
decreasing the cost of transfers and
checking litigation over land titles.
FAY VF THE TEA CHKHS.
The Omaha Board of Education has
before it a petition for an Increase In
salary, signed by the members of the
high school teaching staff. In support
of their request for increased pay the
teachers cite as examples the pay In
fourteen other states where the rate
Is higher than It Is in Omaha. A num
ber of cltlea might be found in which
the rate la lower, but of thla nothing
is said. The question ia one that re
quires careful consideration and ahould
be given the fullest inquiry before it
la finally decided.
No objection can be raised to the
payment of adequate wages to compe
tent teachers, and Omaha certainly
wants the best to be had. On the
other hand, Omaha citizens who pay
for the support of the public schools
do not care to have the burden of tax
ation unreasonably Increased. While
their sympathy will undoubtedly 'ex
tend to the teachers, the practical side
of the ouetttton must be given full
weight la whatever decision Is reached.
If the Board of Education can find
means whereby the advance in pay sug
gested may be granted without adding
heavily to the expenses of the school
no criticism will be raised, but with a
school population that Is steadily In
creasing and thereby adding to the
annual cost of maintaining the public
schools, an advance in the salary roll
Is a problem more serious than It is in
some of the cities .cited at examples
where conditions are much different
from those In Omaha. f The teachers
may rest assured that their services
are appreciated and will be requited as
liberally as the city can afford. .
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
It la not too early to remind the
votera that the constitutional amend
ments submitted by the last legislature
are worthy of careful consideration and
support. Under the amended primary
election proclamation the voters will
have the privilege of registering their
feelings on this at the primary election.
If the amendments receive a majority
vote of either party at the primary,
they will be incorporated as a part of
the regular ticket of that party and all
straight party votes will be registered
as la favor of the amendments.
The first amendment refers to the
investment of the permanent school
fund and is Intended to loosen bands
that have restricted the usefulness of
thla fund and cut off a large sum of
revenue. The other reWfto the num
ber of Judges on the supreme bench
and the salaries patd to the. Judges of
the supreme court and the district
court.
SECRETARY TAfTS SUCCESSOR.
The early retirement of Mr. Taft
from tho cabinet serves to direct atten
tion to the importance that has been
lent to the position of secretary of
war during his administration of the
affairs of that department. Prior to his
acceptance of the portfolio of war in
the president's cabinet, the position
waa not Considered particularly desir
able except to men who had had mili
tary experience or were especially In
terested in military affairs. In times of
peace the secretary of war was simply
the head of one of the big executive
departments of the government,
charged with a 'great deal of detail
work. Mr. Taft has made It the most
prominent department of the govern
ment, at least so far aa general inter
est Is concerned. He iias'had direct
charge of the Philippines, the Panama
canal and the government's occupation
of Cuba, three of the big problems be
fore the administration.
, fl'he War department ia co longer a
war office alone. It now embraces ac
tivities entirely alien to purely military
affairs, department which in most
European countrlea would be of'cab
lnet rank. While Cuba Is still occu
pied, the Panama canal atlll under con
structlon and the Philippines still un
der American role, the War depart
ment will command the services of a
man above the ordinary cabinet stand
arfl.
John A. Johnson refuses to be a
candidate for another term as gover
nor of Minnesota, but haa an idea that
he would like to try conclusions with
Moses Edwin Clapp tor the United
States senate, if it can be arranged to
conduct the contest on the Oregon
plan.
Oil Inspector Allen's report shows
that Mr. Rockefeller'a company la still
doing considerable basinets ia Ne
braska. It also ahows that the office
la not only self-supporting, but ia pay
ing over a nice little sum semi-monthly
to the state treasurer.
Mr. Bryan la withholding hla com
ment on the Chicago convention pend
Ing the announcement of the platform
He will not have to wait much longer
to deliver himself of his personal opin
ion a. ,
, The Nebraska State Pharmaceutical
association la having a good time in
Omaha In spite of the weather. The
visit at the den of Ak-Sar-Ben showed
that the apothecaries are not afraid of
colored lamps.
"There is no democratlo party."
saya David B. Hill. That man ought
to know, aa he waa present at the kill
ing of It and served as one of the
active pallbearers and ever since has
been In mourning.
Colonel Watterson says he sees a
united party behind Colonel Bryan.
It is unkind to call attention to a
gentleman's physical infirmities, but
Colonel WStterson's eyesight has been
very poor for a number of years.
Fifty-six rooms will be added to the
working equipment of the Omaha pub
lic schools by the time they are open
next fall. Thlb.is an eloquent state
ment of the growth of the city..'
Frank H. Hitchcock was the cham
pion boxer of his college class. Those
contestants who have had the politi
cal gloves on with blm admit that he
still Is in the championship class.
The correspondents are a little slow
In sending out that quadrennial story
about the delegate who had to pay 40
cents an hour tor sleeping on a bil
liard table in a crowded hotel.
A love letter 4,000 years old has
been found In Egypt. A look at the
bottom will probably disclose the faet
that it was signed by T. C. Piatt. He
began writing them about that date.
- Working Overtime.
Kansas City Journal.
Liquidation of the western banks seems
to be still going on, especially the banks
of the Missouri and its tributaries.
Why Thla rorgettalaeaa f
Chicago Inter Ocean.
80 far as known neither the republican
nor the democratlo platform framers have
submitted for approval a plank pointing
with pride to the over-throw ofthe cam
paign fund.
The Weight ( Argameat.
Baltimore American.
It la said that the typewritten copy of
Senator Lafollette a apeech tipped the
scales at nineteen pound. It evidently
waa a heavy argument, but paradoxically
It did not carry much weight,
Noisome Oelor of the Boogie.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The 115.000 that Judae Parker's friends
were induced -kn put Into the Nebraska
campaign In 1904 waa never Intended for
publicity, and the odor from It Is like that
of a gumshoe frtullng on a hot stove.
Valao of GsperleBCO.
New York World.
Charles A. Town delivered a commence
ment address Thursday at the University
of Nebraaka on "Government by Parilea."
It la a subject ha ought to understand. He
has belonged to theh .republican, silver re
publican arid democratic parties.
Cika Mitt B nady.
New York Tribune.
The United States cannot be expected to
remain in Cuba Indefinitely. If It Is under
an obligation to organise Cuba for good
self-government, Cuba Is under at least as
strong an obligation to facilitate and ex
pedite that organisation aa much as possi
ble. We are Inclined to think that the
ordering of these elections is the best possi
ble way of moving Cuba to fulfill that
obligation. ' There have been those in that
island who have desired American occupa
tion to endure aa long as possible, and
who therefore have actually discouraged
and delayed preparations for renewed au
tonomy. It is well that they ahould be re
minded that such tactlca will not perma
nently work. Tha proverbial postponement
until "manana" cannot be Indefinitely re
peated in dealing with the United States.
BRYAN HAS A CINCH.
Nomlaatloa at Denver a Foregone
Coaoloaloa.
New York Tribune.
Gaining seventy delegates last week, Mr.
Bryan la now absolutely assured of a re
nomination at Denver. Instructions for
him were given by state and territorial
convent lona in Oregon, New Mexico, Ken
tucky, Virginia and Utah. He has now the
support of 668 delegates exactly two-thirds
of the membership of the democratic na
tional convention. One hundred and twenty-four
delegatea are atlll to be elected.
Qf theae Mr. Bryan aeema pretty certain
to K'et M from Tennessee, 18 from Missis
sippi, 6 from Montana and 6 from Colo
rado 63 in all bringing his total up to 721.
He haa a good chance also to win I In
Georgia, 24 In North Carolina and ( In
Florida.
Since his nomination la a foregone con
clusion, the opposition to Bryan may, in
fart, let all the remaining delegatea go by
default. The anti-Bryan forces will play
an absolutely quiescent role at Denver.
PERILS OF ALTITIDE.
Langs of the Tiger.
Chicago Tribune.
The eastern democracy haa learned that
the democratlo - aattoaal convention la to
be up In the air geographically, if not
politically. Denver, It haa been discovered,
Is 8.30 feet above aea level, and the voice
of Tammany can be heard faintly calling
for help.
Tammany carea nothing about the aea
level, per as, and Denver could separata
Itself from both salt and fresh water by
two miles Inatead of one If the matter
rested there and had no disagreeable con
sequences. Unfortunately It has.
Portions of the eastern democracy admit
a liking for the trencher and a fondneaa
for the flowing bowl. When they are In
formed that persons moving auddenly Into
high altttudea must avoid eicltement and
worry, shun heavy eating and the social
cup, and get plenty of sleep they are
filled with fear and view with alarm.
Tammany sees Itself eating two crarkere
and drinking a bowl of milk at T p. m
and retiring to reat at 8 p. m. This Is
not the gay Ufa. but It haa been recom
mended to the aaatern democracy aa the
safe I If by a New Tork physician recog
alaed as a cltmatologiat.
.Medical advice cautions the convention
against excitement, and it Is suggested
that at the thrilling moment when the
destinies of the party have been settled
and the nominees named some revered
elder statesman of democracy whose words
carry weight arise quickly, quiet the as
semblage, with outstretched handa, and
aay:
"Gentlemen, remember the doctor. Let
ue tiptoe out of the hall and go down to
Omaha, where It la safe to yelL"
ROUSD A B017T !EW YORK.
1 on the Cnrreat of Life la the
Metropolis.
The growing value of the tip aa a factor
In the prosperity of the tipped was strik
ingly shown In one of the swell New Tork
hotels recently. The doormsn of the hotel ab
sorbed a stress of coin with the avidity of
a slot machine, so that at the end of eight
months of regular and overtime eervlce he
hsd a stske of 112,000. This fsct became
known when the doorman knocked the
management ' of the hotel speechless by
buying HJ.000 worth of the hotel company's
bonds. It's part of the doorman's duty to
stand In front of the hotel and open car
riage doors. He bows and smiles and
smiles and bows until the tip elusive is
nereu anu luciiea away in nis pucuvt.
One of the curious sights of the Italian
quarter uptown, -known aa "Little Italy,'
la the macaroni hanging outside stores
where It Is sold right over the sidewalk.
There are dosena of these placea In that
part of town with groves of macaroni on
wooden frames which are fastened to h$
upper part of windows and extend the
whole width of the shop front. The macn
ronl is fresh every day. As soon as It Is
turned out In the clow cellar, where ex
perts from Italy manufacture It In sym
metrical narrow cylinders which are never
approached for artletle evenness by ordl
pary Americans, It la carried out and hung
ever the poles In the air to dry. One of
the new Ideas In serving macaroni,, accord
ing to one of the vendors, la that Parmesan
cheese la not regarded aa Indlspenslble, as
used to be the case. Tour Italian has an
other kind of cheese, which looks like
soap and smells like tallow, but Is pleas
ant to the palate, which he grates over
his-steamed macaroni. Just 8a he used to
grate the Parmesan, and with the most
satlafactory results. For good maoaronl
there la only one place to get It and that
la the Italian quarter of New Tork.
Thomas F Ryan, the alleged donor of
the Nebraaka boodle fund of four years
ago, recently offered $100,000 to the First
Presbyterian church of New Tork aa an
endowment fund provided the truatee
would agree not to sell the church prop
erty, which adjoins his home on Fifth
avenue. He feared the church might be
sold and an apartment house or business
block erected on the site. He was willing
to give 000,000 to have the church atay
where It la and for the assurance that no
one objectionable to him would corns Into
the neighborhood.
After the name of William Travers
Jerome, on bna of the ballots recounted in
New York the other day, the voter had
written the words "A Oaa Meter." Justice
Lambert admitted the vote as valid, be
cause the voter waa privileged to write
the rlama of any person for whom he
desired to cast hla ballot. His honor de
cided that It waa not within his province
to decide whether or not there was a man
in Greater New York named "A Gas
Meter." District Attorney Jerome might
employ one of his detectives to settle the
interesting question.
The Sun records these oddities of Met
ropolitan life:'
Sign In Stone atreet: "Panama Hats,
Bay Rum, and Shovels."
An old fashioned plough on 1 the sidewalk
in front of a store In Dey atreet attracted
a crowd. One man asked how It was used.
An Immigrant hotel In a narrow street
between Church and Greenwich streets haa
a veranda In front, where Immigrants alt
ln the evening, smoke German pipes, wear
wooden shoes and drink beer. In the base
mant are a bank, a billiard table and an
intelligence office. Open all night.
In one of the old buildings in John
street, on the top floor, reached by an an
tiquated stairway, the first steps of which
start from the pavement, la an offtoe.-'on
the door of which Is a sign. Under the
tenant's name are these words: "Office
hours, twice a week, from 11 to It"
Sign on the window of an East Side
bakery: "Look out for the dog." Under
neath, which a wag wrote In chalk: "And
don't get the rabbis."
On the wall of an entrance to an old
tenement house In Washington atreet are
written theae worda In charcoal: "But
tonholes made and floors srubbed, upstairs
to youre right.'
A seed store In Cortl&ndt street has
grass plots shipped dfilly from Jersey City.
The plots consist of shallow boxes filled
with earth In which the grass Is grown.
The plota are sold by the foot.
A marble bas-relief commemorating the
great flra In New York In 1S3S forms a
part of a building In one of the old streets
of the ,clty not far from East River
water front, but It la seldom seen, aa It
stands In the shadow of the Third avenue
elevated line Juat below the track.
J. Madison, tailor, haa a shop tn Thames
street. Just around the corner James Mon
roe sells bird cages and canaries.
An exploding automobile tire gave Broad
way the fright of Its Ufa Saturday after
noon. During tile excitement calls were
sent for ambulances, and rumors flew
about the neighborhood that at least three
persons had been killed and an untold
number injured. When the police reserves
got there panting and sore footed they
found that the facta were theae: An
auto tire "flattened" close to the comer
of Thirty-fourth street, and the owner
promptly got his little pump and began to
blow It up again. A pedestrian got so In
terested In the operation that he had his
face close to the wheel. Then the lire
exploded and hit the man on the nose.
A man entered a Tenderloin drug store
the other day and asked for a telephone.
Ha waa evidently front out of town. It Is
therefore probable that he atlll auppoaed
aothamltea were m the throes of the late
financial panic: ,
"Do I pay you flret or afterward?" he
asked the clerk, when .the Inatrument in
question waa pointed out to him.
"You call your number and then put
your dime In the alot," snapped the clerk.
The atranger waa auspicious.
"In thst hole theref he asked, looking
all around the telephone and fingering the
slot dubiously. '
"Yes."
"I guesa not." aald he, turning away
with decision; "I ain't lookln fer no sarin's
bank."
!o Only Alive, hot laernl.
Brooklyn Eagle (dem ). 1
There lano democratic party David B
Hill.
It would to about as true to aay that
there ia no donkey. The democratic
party la not dead. Nor haa its usefulness
ceased and determined. In thla Interval
between the election next November and
the fight for the presidency In 1912, some
600 lectures will be delivered. For these
discourses the coming campaign will be a
fine advertisement. Nothing can be
clearer, therefore, than that the party ia
not only alive, but useful. Indeed. It Is
also essential to a full bouae for the lec
turer. With at least one monopoly he has
no fault to find.
Islaesrs of Fa vera to Cosaew
. Pittsburg DUpaU-h.
Senator Foraker permits It to be known
that be will support whatever candidate Is
nominated for preaident. The senator ap
peara to have recalled the fact that there
la to he aa election for United States sen
ator from Ohio, and that he may find It
convenient to be It. a highly receptive
mood concerning tbat office.
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And trembled lest everything go the wrong way;
May the greatest of contentment possess her at once,
May her guests and her servants all do the right stunts.
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Joe Brown, who has just defeated Hoke
Smith In the Georgia gubernatorial pri
mary, weigh but; ninety-five pounds, while
Smith tips the- scalea at 300.,
One of the Georgia delegates aeated at
Chicago the other day la named Ananias
Brown, but the national committee evi
dently believed hla side of the story.
John R. Malloy of Ohio, reading clerk
of the republican national, convention for
the third time, has a voice of such volume
that In comparison a forty-man-power
band In action sounds like a whisper.
Charles Nelhaus of New Tork has been
selected by the John Paul Jones monu
ment commission as the sculptor for that
monument, which la to be erected In Wash
ington and for which congress appropriated
$50,000. '
Charles A. Tallman, U. B. N.. retired, of
Richmond, Me., . suggested the new ar
rangement for the t stars In the United
States flag which became necessary with
admission of Oklahoma and which will be
come effective on July 4,
While Buffalo Bill was giving an exhibi
tion of markmanship at hla show with a
new gun the cartridge exploded and a part
of the right side of the great scout's fa
mous moustache waa burned away. His
facial adornment haaieen trimmed to cor.
respond wun tne one shortened by the
biasing gun, and while the flowing ends
no longer flow, the goatee has not entirely
tost its companion.
A Bl'CH OF SMILE.
"Put your feet where they belong."
snapped a passenger bound for the ball
grounds.
"If I old. ' growled his neighhor, getting
a fresh grip on the strap, "you wouldn't
be able to alt down for a week." Cleve
land Leader.
"I think that friend of your Is pretty
fresh en such short acquaintance," com
plained Mra. Nagget. "I overheard him re
mark that I waa 'no chicken.' "
"Well," replied Nnffget. "you can't blame
hlro; he couldn't he experted to know how
you cackle at tlmea." Philadelphia Preae.
"Splgella." aald the ardent young man.
"what do you suppose your father will say
when I speak to him about It?"
"He'll probably aay 'Shucks'' But you
musn't mind that, Alfred, dear. He waa on
the wrong side of that corn deal, and It
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rubbing his hands together as he entered
the room, "how do we find ourselves this
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"By chasing ourselve," snapped the
crotchety and Irritable patient. "I'va de
cided not to be aick enough to need any
call, today, doc." Chicago Tribune.
little Wife Grandad, what makes a man
always give a woman a diamond engage
ment ring?
Grandfather The woman. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Pa Sometimes I get discouraged about
Willie.
Ma What's the matter now?
Pa Here ho Is. 11 years old. and he can't
throw an outcurve yet. Newark News.
Adam ""beheld the first tragedy In the
human race, and turned angrily on Eve.
"It's all your fault," he cried. "Thla
all cornea from the way you have been,
raising Cain In this family from the start."
Baltimore American.
THE SWKET GIRL GRADUATE.
W. J. Lampton, In New Tork World. '
Standing with reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet.
See the sweet girl graduate
Brace herself to tackle Fate. '
Bee her In her dimity, ,
Plain White lawn or organdie, '
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With a rosebud in her hair
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Shaking aa she tskes tbe stand. '
See the blushrs come and go.
Soft pink bloom In fields of sdow
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Leading to the fair conflnea
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Dimly through her auguries.' 't
To her school daya, ending hero,
Paya the tribute of a tear.
And with a emlle she turna to meet
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She haa learned from books that Ufa
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Still the aame reluctant feet.
Where the brook and river meet.
That same evening, rather late.
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Swaplng moonshine much and .bliss, .
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