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STATEMENT OF CtRCtTtATION.
Btata of Nebraaka, Douglas County. ss.:
Oaorra B. Taachuck. treaaurer of Th
Boa Publishing company, being duly
worn, aaya that tha actual number of
full and complete copies of Tha Dally,
Morning, Evening and Bunday Ben printed
during to a month of January. ll, waa aa
follows.
1 88,800
1 88.890
88,800
4 38.190
I..... 88,010
8780
T 88,400
88JSO
t B4VtO0
It 88,900
II... 88.910
II. 88,270
II 3890
1 88,870
1 8890
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ti!!.C!
M.1W
M.660
8S,B80
89,090
99,180
99,030
98,880
37,800
39,019
89,030
89,940
38,990
89,090
38,800
37,700
Total 1,196,130
Lass unsold and raturnad copies. 10,418
Nat total '.. .1.188,714
tajJly average 3844
OBOROB B. TZ3CHUCK,
Treasurer.
Bubacrtbed In my presence and awom to
before mo tola Id day of February, 19.
(Ssl) at. p. WALKER,
Notary Public
When out of town.
8arlbera laavlaaj tha city tea.
wrarllr sfcoald have The Baa
aaalled to theaa. Adaraea will ha
aaaa- aa aftea aa raajaaatoal.
Have you bought your automobile
yetr
More to change the name to the
"Square Meal" club.
If editors were pensioned but why
waste space on an Iridescent dream!
Down In Kansas there is a vast dif
ference between the drug business and
the drug store business.
Tha courts have been asked already
to decide whether the Kansas prohibi
tion law will hold water.
"Who's a IlarT" asks our amiable
democratic contemporary. No need
to go In search of the answer.
' If those glastlcutuses hat have been
mutely watching over the city hall for
nearly twenty years could only speak.
Mr. Taft Is committed to the lock
type of canal at Panama. That Bhould
and probably will end the argument.
A buried forest has been discovered
400 feet under the soil in New Jersey.
Tha Lumber trust occasionally over
looks a bet.
The dispatches failed to state
whether Mr. Reuterdahl lifted his
tolce In cheering welcome to the re
turning fleet.
The date and the head are to be on
the same side of the new 1-cent coins.
Looks like a direct blow at the "heads
or tails" crowd.
It is announced that the price of
steel rails is to be cut. Thrifty house
keepers shouldlay in their supply at
the bargain prices.
Wall street la preparing for a mild
celebration when Mr. Roosevelt follows
3eorg Washington's example and
crosses the Delaware.
There is some delay about putting
Henry James' new play on in New
York. Chances are that the transla
tion is not satisfactory.
Tom Watson has written a lengthy
magasine article criticising Lincoln.
Th9 reply to It will be withheld until
the centenary of Watson's birth.
The Arkansas legislature has invited
Ellhu Root to deliver an address be
fore It. Senator "Jeff" Davis will be
classed as a mollycoddle if he does not
protest.
"Which state has the worst leglsla
ture?" asks a New York paper. The
question can never be, decided, aa state
pride will compel each state to vote
for Its own.
John W. Gates Is playing la hard
luck In Texas. First he waa bitten by
a dog and now comes the report that
he has been seriously bitten by a Texas
real estate agent.
"Georg Cuban's last show is mak
Ing a mint of money for him," says a
theatrical note. Unfortunately, the
statement la erroneous. It Is Cohan's
latest and not last show.
We doubt very much whether Pres'
Ident , Roosevelt, himself, expected to
convert Congressman' Walter I. Smith
to the support of an unconditional
secret service appropriation. I
Mr. Bryan la taking great chances
In going east for another lecture tou
ana leaving ms rairview fence ex
posed for .trampling down by those
tntaaied aamocratio Uw-iaakers at
4-Ucola,
The New Cabinet.
The completion of Mr. Taffs cabi
net, as authoritatively announced after
the acceptance by Franklin Mac
Veagh of the treasury portfolio gives
the public an opportunity to become
acquainted with the men who are to
form the president's official family.
Of the nine men, seven are lawyers
by education, Mr. Meyer and Mr.' Wil
son being the exceptions. Mr. Mac
Vesgh has not practiced his profession
for many years, but is admittedly one
of the great business men of the coun
try, with vsst experience In financial
and business affairs, an experience that
will serve him well in dealing with the
complex problems of the Treasury de
partment. Six of the nine men have had more
or less varied experience In federal
public life and therefore are trained
In the work that will devolve upon
them.
As secretary of state, Philander
Chase Knox will have had a more va
ried experience than any other member
of Mr. Taffs cabinet. As attorney
general in the cabinet of two presi
dents and as United States senator he
has been actively and intimately asso
ciated with the Roosevelt administra
tion and finely equipped to carry on
bis work under Mr. Taft.
George von L. Meyer, who is to be
secretary of the navy, has made an ex
cellent, record as a diplomat and as
postmaster general. Jacob M. Dickin
son, the new secretary of war. Is cor
dially endorsed by the south as a man
of marked ability and integrity. For
attorney general Mr. Taft has selected
George W. Wlckersham of New York, a
man unknown to public life, but recog
nized as one of the ablest attorneys
in the country, skilled In legal work
of the . larger kind and particularly
equipped for the wide scope of work
that has developed In the Department
of Justice under President Roosevelt's
administration. Charles Nagel of St.
Louis will come to the head of the
Department of Commerce and Labor
enthusiastic and vigorous, with a high
reputation at home for ability and In
tegrity. Richard A. Balllnger or Seat
tle, the secretary of the interior, has
served as commissioner of the general
land office and Is familiar with the
land, lumber and mineral business of
the west and northwest, the adminis
tration of which is the chief work of
the Interior department.
No change is made in the Depart
ment of, Agriculture, Mr. Taft having
retained James Wilson of Iowa, whose
twelve "years' service as secretary of
that department has been marked by
increasing development and enlarged
usefulness.
Frank H. Hitchcock, the postmaster
general. Is trained In the government
service. He played a large part in the
organization of the Department of
Commerce and Labor and deserves
more credit than any other person for
the reorganization a few years ago of
the Postoffice department, In which he
served as first assistant postmaster
general. With the larger authority of
his new position he may be expected
to accomplish still greater reforms in
this one strictly business and popular
branch of the government service.
All the members of the new cabinet
ave apparently been selected by Mr.
Taft without undne pressure from out
side sources and can accordingly be
expected to act with him with harmony
and Intelligence In prosecuting to con
clusion the policies of what promises
to be one of the most important ad
ministrations in years.
The Oregon Plan.
Our democratic friends are trying to
make much ado over the opposition of
republican members of the legislature
to the adoption for Nebraska of the
Oregon plan of electing United States
senators. They are trying to make
out that this is a back-sliding from the
position which Nebraska republicans
have repeatedly taken In favor of the
election of United States senators by
direct vote. The Nebraska delegation
In the Chicago convention last year re
corded Itself for a platform declara
tion for direct election of senators and
republican legislatures have several
times passed resolutiona asking con
gress to set In motion a constitutional
amendment to that end.
The Oregon plan, however, is not
the election of United States senators
by direct vote, although it la supposed
to be an approach to It. The plan now
In operation In Nebraska comes as
near to being a direct , choice aa does
the Oregon plan, because It gives tha
rank and tile of each political party
the right to choose the candidate for
senator and then leaves It to the pop
ular Vote in the respective legislative
districts to say which candidate shall
have the election. By the Oregon plan
one candidate for senator might carry
two-thirds of the legislative districts
and still lose out on the total popular
vote.
The proposed change can be best
understood by applying it to the elec
tion of president through the electoral
college. . Presidential electors are now
all chosen by states, although they
have been chosen by congressional dis
tricts. The successful candidate is the
one who gets a' majority of the elec
toral votes In the respective states,
although not necessarily a majority of
the popular vote. The Oregon plan
applied to a presidential election would
require every member of the electoral
college to vote for the candidate for
president reoelvlog the highest popula
vote at the polls.
This proposition has never been seri
ously made In connection with a preal
dential election and would, doubtless,
be most 'Vigorously opposed by th
democrats because It would take away
from them the advantage they now
have In tha overweighted represent
tion of the solid south In the electoral
college. TM ea.'st they would want,
HIE OMAHA
to come to a popular election of presi
dent would .be to have the vote by
states go to th candidate who receives
the highest vote in each atate respec
tively. Because. the republicans In the Ne
braska legislature oppose the Oregon
plan does not put them on record'
against popular choice of United States
senators, but rather In favor of the
plan of securing . a popular choice
which has worked out best In practice.
Guaranty Law Defects.
Even the framers of the Oklahoma
law guarantying bank deposits are now
convinced that the measure affords
many dangerous loopholes which
might be used by reckless financiers
to their own profit and the hurt of the
state and the honest bankers. State
Senator Reuben Roddie, author of the
original law, Is now preening a number
of amendments that materially change
the scope and details of the original
law.
When the law was first passed it was
predicted that-banks would spring up
in Oklahoma like "drug" stores in a
prohibition state, and the prediction
has been abundantly fulfilled. Sena
tor Roddie reports that in towns with
small population where heretofore one.
or at the most two, banks have been
able to handle all the business there
are now from four to six banks, thus
splitting up the town business to an
extent that really endangers the exist
ence of" all banking Institutions. One
of the proposed amendments Is to place
the capital stock of a bank at $15,000,
In even the smallest towns, and to in
crease the capital stock In proportion
to the growth In population. To stop
the national banks from circumvent
ing the law, state banks are also to be
prohibited from keeping more than 10
per cent of their reserve fund in na
tional banks within the state.
Another amendment provides that at
least two membersrof the banking
board shall be experienced bankers, It
avlng apparently dawned upon the
Oklahomans that bankers would be ex
pected to know more about banking
business than farmers and cowboys.
It Is also proposed to allow the state
officers to deposit state funds in the
guaranteed banks without offering any
other security than the deposit guar
anty law. The last proposition is a
clear plan to use the state funds, In an
emergency, to bolster up the guaranty
fund.
All of tha amendments furnish evi
dence that the law Itself is a species
of experimental legislation that is not
based on established economic princi
ples and might, In case of a general
period of depression, accentuate the
very evils it was designed to remove.
Stop Lying:.
Our contemporary, The .Bee, la greatly
exercised over the water works Issue. It
wants the question of municipal owner-
hip veraus an extension of the water
works franchise left to the Judgement of
the Water board without submitting the
question to direct yote of the people of
Omaha. World-Herald.
This Is a deliberate misrepresenta
tion of The Bee's position. In the
only article that has been printed in
The Bee discussing the proposed
6,600,000 water bond issue The Bee
said; f
Members of the Water board explain
that they want to find out whether tha
people wish to complete the purchase of
the water works or to compromise with
franchlso extension on new terms. If
this la the purpose the submission of the
proposition In that form will not accom
pliah It. To get auch an expression of
public opinion tha people should be per
mitted to vote for one of two proposi
tions either for tha bonds or for a com
promise and tha terms of the comprom
ise should ba known so aa to permit of
ntelligent voting
The people of Omaha were gotten
into their present water works
dilemma by systematic lying and false
hood, but it seems to us that they
ought to have had their eyes open by
this time sufficiently to be suspicious
of further Imposition on their credul
ity from the same' source.
A family dog whpae owners moved from
Ohio to' Nebraska returned afoot. How long
will It take the owners tS come to a similar
conclusion regarding- Nebraska? Buffalo
Express. .
The family will probably be autoing
back to the east before the Express
and other eastern papers awake to the
tact that present Nebraskans who left
the' worn-out farms south of Buffalo
and in other sections of the older
states visit their old homes about once
a year Just for the satisfaction of con
gratulating themselves upon having
made the change.
After beating the tom-toms and
blowing the horns about the necessity
of passing the- charter bill "immedi
ately, If not soonei1" because of the
Impending city election, its champions
have concluded that there la no noed
of such hurry. A comic paper tells
the story of a boy who, when asked
why he was running so fast, replied
that he waa on an errand for .his
teacher and was running because he
wanted to have time to loaf on the
way back.
And now we are told by a Water
board spokesman that It won't make
any difference to the people of Omaha
"whether they pay for their water
service in the farm of bonds or taxes
or water rates." It it won't make any
dTfference to those who .foot the bills.
why all this fuss?
The Kansaa legislature bas passed a
law prohibiting physicians from writ
ing prescriptions for whisky. Even
Kansas physicians do not prescribe
whisky. They always write it "Splritus
Frumenti," or Use hieroglyphics mean
ing that - 1
Thero is no question that the teach
ing of chemistry, or Greek, or German,
or mechanical engineering In the Uni
versity of .Nebraska, would., be very
DAILT DEE: SATURDAY,
much perverted if the Instructor looks
forward to a Carnegie fund pension
A San Francisco milliner, who was
kept In Jail seven hours by mistake,
has secured a verdict of 17,000 dam
ages against the city. With Raster on
the way, the milliner naturally values
her time at f 1,000 an hour.
Charles Nsgel of St. Louis, who Is to
be secretary of the Department of Com
merce and Labor In Mr. Taft'e cabinet,
was born In Texas. There seems to be
no other serious fault to find with him.
Mayor Jim is really to have compe
tition for the democratic nomination,
after all. This Is what the mayor was
anticipating when he ran a trial heat
for the governorship last fall. '
"I was glsd to pass through Penn
sylvsnia," said the president in a talk
at Harrisburg. Most people are glad
to pass through Pennsylvania it the
train does not stop too often.
Ralalagr the Limit.
Washington Herald.
Having discovered that the government
apends too much money, the present con
gress' has decided to raise the limit and
spend a little mora than 'ever.
Rebate Aeseorlea Liable.
Springfield Republican.
Vary emphatic notice has now been served
on railroad and trust rebaters that they
need expect no protection or mercy from
the United States aupreme court. The
decision In the New York Central case
means that secondary participation In re
bating is as offensive aa any other.
Restoring- aa Expanded Record.
St. Louis Times.
The president's ordor to replace on the
tablet on the bridge across Cabin John
Run the name of Jefferson Davis. chisHed
therefrom during the war in perfectly nat
ural heat, will meet approval. Mr. Davis
waa a gallant soldier, a distinguished
statesman of the union and an efficient
secretary of war, -but his later record all
but kept the fact from this generation.
Roosevelt's act furnishes additional proof
that tha war Is over.
t ran are, hat Welcome Bpectacle.
Brooklyn Eagle.
There is an "open market" in steel. In
other words, there Is competition. If the
minor concerns can underbid the glnnt of
the tribe so much the better for the pgy
mles and so much the worse for the mam
moth. Of course, the fittest will survive.
which Is to say those who are equipped for
offering the best Inducements will get the
business. Those who are not will lose It.
Meanwhile all will have a more or less pro
found respect for the law of supply- and
demand.
Aa Admirable Address.
Charleston News and Courier.
President Roosevelt's speech to Admiral
Sperry and the officers and men of the
battle fleet at Hampton Roads Monday
was the best thing that he has done. Ho
did not say too much, and what he saM
could not ha7e been said better. It was dlg
rlfled, appreciative and patriotic. There
was no clap-trap In It, and we congratulate
the commander-in-chief that on this one
occasion, at least, -'he measured fully to
his opportunity. We also congratulate the
American navy upon its splendid perform
ance. It waa worthy of the great country
which the ships of the battle fleet repre
sented. Tcaca Comes Htfth.
Boston Transcript.
To the $102,000,000 of the regular army
budget, must now be added about $6,,iO0,OU0
carried In the general deficiency bill. Then
there is the fortification appropriation bill
carrying nearly $8,000,000. Put thf-Be itetna
together with the cost of the military
academy and the upkeep of arsenals, etc.,
and It is a moderate computation that the
expenditures for our "permanent establish
ment" the coming year will approximate
at least $120,000,000. Peace comes high, but
we mist have it. There is room, however,
for a decided difference of opinion as t
the beat and least expensive way of hav
ing it. . .
BOBBI.U IP SKREJIKLY.
A Remark or Tn on Democracy's
Prlaelraa Ranner.
Brooklyn Eagle (dcm.). ,
Mr. Bryan says that everybody who
knows anything, or who has any sense at
all, knows where he stands In the matter
Of being a candidate for president for the
fourth time. He is not, he explains, an
out-and-out candidate, but if the people
want him to run again he does not see
how he could refuse. In the Interval ha
has "much Important work to do."
There Is nothing premature In this an
nouncement. Other candidates cannot com
plain that they have been kept in suspense.
Mr. Bryan tells them what to expect. He
warns them to "keep off the grass." In
due course of time the people will file the
customary demand and the party will com
ply with it. ,
Fortunately, Mr. Bryan Is his own jury
and his own Judge. He not only deter
mine what the people want, but decides
that they want and must have him. Nor
Is there any known reason why Ills ex
penses should not be paid out of the re
publican campaign fund. There la truth In
the statement that ha Is not an out-and-
out candidate. lie la out and out and out.
- POLITICAL PRUT.
The print shop proofrc-adT la putting
the finishing touches pn the Inaugural ad
dress of "the president-elect. .
Charley Magoon, late governor of Cuba,
Is resting In Washington, watching the
passing and speculating- on the coining
ahow. What show has Charley?
A Pittsburg councilman who went around
flourishing a 16,000 bill and waa caught in
the graft net, warns his colleagues tha
country over to restrict their displays to
small change.
It la estimated the Inauguration of PreaU
dent Taft will coat the participants $3,000.
000 In the aggregate. The information la
aa useful aa calculations on the amount
of money burned up on the Fourth of
July.
Jacob M. Oli-klnson," slated to become
Mr. Taft's secretary of war. la ona of
those numerous southern, democrata with
republican leanings who leaned over so far
j that ba fell Into the republican field and
never got out.
There is a bill before the Massachusetts
legislature to prohibit the use of any but
safety matches in that state. According
to the estimates of the stale fire mui-alial
In Ohio, thi annual nas in the L'nl'rd
States due to matches is 2.0,U and 600
lives.
A Texas genius has Introduced in thi
legislature a bill dispensing with tsgs oq
lobbyists, but requiring them to carry a
policeman's whistle and give three sharp
blasts when approaching a lnwinuker. This
method gives the lawmaker a tham-e to
tura around and sea U anone la luoking.
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reader of tho
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In Other Lands
tide Ugbta oa What is Trans,
plring- Among the Hear and
rar Hationa of tha Earth.
Railroad c nslrucllon Is progressing In
tho remoter regions of the old world at a
notable pace. By far the greatest as well
as the longest road under way Is the
Capc-to-Calro road, penetrating tha entire
length of eastern Africa. Construction Is
progressing from both ends, nearly 4,000
miles have been completed, leaving about
2.5O0 miles of construction to ' finish the
longest railroad In the world. The un
finished stretch, lies between Khartoum, In
the British Egyptian Boudan, and Broken
Hill, a point In Rhodesia. This gigantld
undertaking, the most Impressive and dar
ing enterprise since the building of ths
Pacific railroads, opens up a new world
and carrier civilisation Into lands Inhab
ited by savages. England la building rail
roads into remote parts of, India, Unking
the coast and interior cities with a chain
of steel highways, designed to serve the
double purpose of military snd commercial
needs. Japan has grldlroned Its Islands
with 5,000 miles of railroads and projecting
as much more. Russia Is steadily pushing
line through Turkestan toward the east
ern shore of the Caspian sea. Turkey has
oovered onc-hatf the distance from Damas
cus to the holy city of Mecca, and Ger
man capital Is promoting two roads In
Asia Minor. Although all of these projects
have a political motive primarily, they
have trade possibilities of great Import
ance. New and old parta of the world will
presently be brought Into closer relations,
broadening the horizon of the Isolated, and
opportunity given room to woo the an
cients Into the stimulating sunshine of
progress.
Advancing spring Is generating some
warmth In Servia. The ruling elemerVt
of the country, seeing Austria's grip on
Bosnia and Ilersegovlna riveted and
clinched, are fearful leBt they, too, will
be chucked In the Austrian sack while thoy
sleep. Thoy do not Intend to he caught
napping and are putting every patriot on
guard, with irragHiine guns and knives
whetted to a razor edge. The Servians
are the only disturbing element in the
Balkans at present. Bulgaria and Turkey
are on good speaking terms. The Mace
donian cry is hushed.- Promises of home
rule makes tho Bosnians fairly contented
with their fate. But the Servians are
spunking up, and threatening dire things
to the peace of Europe. The spectacle re
sumbles the advance notices a feather
weight fires . at a heavyweight fighter to
attract attention. In this Instance the
bluff aerves the purpose of reminding Aus
tria that; Servia la on the map, and that
Austria cannot cut Its way to Salanlca
without some lively shooting.
At every turn of the long road toward
home rule, the confidence repotted by the
Iriah people In the leadership of Uohn K.
Redmond is amply Justified. Being a
shrewd politician, Mr. Redmond knows
there Is nothing to be gained by antagon
izing Ireland's friends In the liberal party.
The Dublin convention with great unanim
ity refused to sanction obstructive tactics,
snd that friendly policy prevails In Parlia
ment. It was made manifest In the last at
tempt to embarrass the ministry by a mo
tion attacking- the Houaa of Lords, which,
in effect, was a censure of the govern
ment. The nationalists refused the bait
and atood unitedly with the ministry. Irish
statesmanship may be credfted with more
brilliant mon than Mr. Redmond, but it
has developed no abler or more sagacious
leader.
The question of the location of tha oapi
tol of the federation of Bouth African
atates has been smlcably settled on a com
promise basis. For a time conflicting
claims, as bitterly contested ss a county
seat fight in. this country, threatened to
delay iriaeflnitely a union for which a con
stitution had been drafted. Pretorlane In
sisted on the superior claims of the old
capital of the Transvaal, while the Eng
lish Interests of Cape Town sought to
bluff the Dutch Into submission. The set
tlement arrived at makes Pretoria tha seat
of a-uvp.rnn.Mit. while the sessions of Par-
liament will oa held at Cape Town. Oom
Paul Kruger U dead, but his spirit Is
marching on.
The aacrlfleeK which American heiresses
make In purchasing foreign husbands may
rot be wholly in vain, so far ss tha Eng
lish aristocracy la concerned. Prof. Ed
ward A. Simmons, formerly of McQUl uni
versity, Montreal, expresses ths conviction
that Yankee wives will save tha so-called
nobility from physical, moraV and finan
cial degeneracy. Ha believes thst ss a re
sult of marriage to Amerlyan women- the
next decade will witness a great Improve
ment In the British "upper crust." While
thla statement la open to argument, there
la no doubt about tha financial uplift of
much of the decaying nobility. An Amer
ican recently traveling in England with a
native for a companion remarked the ab
sence of picturesque old ruins ana inquired
the reaaon. "We bad them once," replied
tha native, "but your belresses have come
over and put them all In good repair."
Everybody works, even father. In Japan.
The amaxlug Industry and thrift of the
people, often remarked in Hit country, la
displayed at home to an astonishing da
area, Aa American, wiilipg Xrow Kobe.
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fact that this healthful
derives thoso primo qualities which
. t . .
iziaito u unique as
Qgcnt. a favorito with
eiro tho finest, most healthful food.
Royal is tho only Baking Powder
xazao tram lloyal Urape
says the earnings of an unskilled laborer
Is about $30 a year. The pay of a police
man, a much coveted position. Is 18 a
month, that of a soldier 46 centa per week,
while In the government service few heads
of departments receive over $26 per month.
But every member of a family works; even
the child of B takes care of the baby while
the elders hystle for a few yen. There
are no loafers. Boys and girls of 14 years
of age 'are to be found learning tradea in
all the industrial workshops. Those not
having such opportunities take part In the
commoner kinds of labor. "But ths coun
try Is poor, miserably poor," says the
traveler, "and the struggle for Ufa Is ao
close that the bent grade of food raised on
the land Is sent abroad and the poorer
grades consumed at .home."
In alt the orient there Is no class of
people possessing a more wholesome re
gard for truth than the natives of India.
An example of their amaxlng qualities In
thla respect Is furnished by the census of
Allahabad, which Is vouched for as a com
mon type. Thirty-five residents of thst city
described themselves as men who rob with
threats of violence, twenty-nine were
howlers at funeraJs, 264 men said they were
flatterers for ga,in. twenty-flva were hered
itary thieves and 145 described themselves
as ear cleansers. In addition to this re
markable list there were nine professional
false witnesses, fourteen hereditary paint
ers of horses with spots and seventy-six
makers of crowns with Idols. A truly re
markable showing for s country where the
art of Jugglery Is near perfection and af
forda occidental people a shining example
to follow when the tax assessor calls.
PANIC ROOSEVELT CAUSED.
. . Llpplncott s Magasine. ,
In tha forests Afrlcanlc, there's a really
dreadful panic,
'Mong the beasts and birds and snakes
and reptllna rare, ,
For a frightful rumor rang, worse than
any boomerang,
That a roayveld waa quickly coming
there.
Said the lion oold, "What is It that will
make us all a visit?
Is It snake, or beast, or creature of
the air?"
Answered back an gray old monkey, who
was really not a donkey,
"Why, ' a rosyveld's a creature vary
wild.
And It has a pair of eyes of a most tre
mendous size
And a nose that doesn't look so very
mild; s.
And not very far beneath la a frightful
set of teavh, .
That can hurt a creature worse than
any trap,
And the damage they've been doing on the
octopus a-chewlng,
Privea a ronyveld'a a wild, fero
cious chap!"
In the forest Africanlc, there's a really
dreadful panic,
In the jungle and tha river and
the air,
And they're hurrying away and they're
scurrying away.
For they drod the frightful thing that'a
coming there.
Said the tiger with a smile, "I will hide
myself a while
In a very safe and distant Jungle
lair.
For J think there la mora danger in this
guile furocluus atranger
Than there la In any other beast
or man.
For a roayveld haa eyes of a most tre
mendous size.
And his teeth are built upon a dlf
f'rent plan."
Then- the tiger slunk away, and the beasts
in deep dismay
Decided that he had very wisely
doha.
Said the owl, "That tiger's quaking proves
he Isn't Nature Faking!"
So the beasts to farthest Jungles all
did run.
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Willie Well. papa. 1 aueaa I felt the wav
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