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Slate of Nebraska, Pouglaa County, as.:
Oeorre R. Tsschuck, treeeurer of The
Pee Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
eay that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of June, IPO, via aa follows:
1 41,370 IT 41.80
41.380 It 41,60
3 41,t80 19 41,80
4 41,150 tO 40.000
41,690 tl 41,760
as.too sa 41,870
T 41,480 B3 41,680
41,440 84 41,790
9 41,430 OS 44,440
10 41,560 80 41,630
11 41,030 aT 40,030
18 43,040 M 41,70
13 40.300 88 41,740
14 48.979 30 41,870
18 41,840
16 41,840 Total.. 1,847,800
Returned 1 Copies 8.380
Net Total 1,838.080
Dally Average 41,a9
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Up-to-dato wheat holds tho season's
high jump record.
You may not feel comfortable, but
the corn 1b coming along all right.
President Taft la an odds on favorite
in the tariff handicap and no takers.
Those Pueblo players should not be
so rude the next time they come to
the local lot.
The mayor and council should take
a few top stories off that sky-scraper
city tax rate.
Omaha's auto scorchers are again
speeding up regardless of possible con
sequences. 81ow down.
Chinese law prescribes strangulation
for opium smokers, and If consistently
pursued it should be a sure euro.
The thermometer Is 100 In the
shade down in Texas and Senator
Dailey htiB not yet returned home.
It may bo worth while to recall that
It will bo another year yet before Ne
braska elects either a governor or a
senator.
In spite of the announcement that
an heir has been born to Prince do
Sagan, we haven't seen anything of
the cigars.
The democrats of Duluth have en
dorsed Governor Johnson's veto of the
tonnage tax. Mr. Bryan will please
take notice.
. It requires $5 a day to keep the sen
ators in lemonade these summer days,
and even at that much of the debate
has been dry.
Tin? Frenchman who proposed to fly
across the English channel has given
it up as too hard a Job. J. Bull may
now take a full breath.
Among its other advantages, the
new petroleum butter Is safer to use
for lighting the kitchen fire than the
original raw material.
Castro says bis only desire is to be
buried in his native land, and if re
ports are correct he will be gladly ac
commolateil If he will only return.
The new shah of Ferula Is a youth
who may possibly enjoy the thought
that he Is ruling the country, but so
far as real authority goes oh pshaw.
Now that Louisville, Ky., has at last
a supply of pure water, the people
there are prepared for the worst If the
prohibition wave should sweep that
high.
It is understood that Mr. Bryan does
not charge the regular Chautauqua
price for lecturing President Taft.
Probably just acting as his own press
agent.
' It seems that Edgar Howard wanted
some old-time fire on the editorial
page of The Bee, but when he got it
concluded It was not Just the kind he
wanted.
I .
The Department of Commerce re
ports coal enough In the United States
to last 7,310 years. But the house
holder will still have to settle with the
coal man.
The accident near New York demon
strates thoroughly' that while aerial
flight may be safe for some, it requires
a man of nerve and quick wit. It ia
plainly evident that it U bo game for
the novice.
Poital Money Order Buiineii.
The record of tba fiscal year Just
closed demonstrates the growing popu
larity of the money order service of
the Postal department, 'particularly
for transmitting small sums. In spite
of the active competition of express
companies and banks over 3,000,000
more orders were Issued than In the
preceding year, though the total tn
money was less, which would indicate
the express companies and banks were
cutting In on the larger business.
What is even more significant than
the amount of business transacted is
the record of the international money
order system which sent $($,000,000
more abroad than was received from
foreign lands. This vast sum repre
sents almost exclusively money saved
by foreign born citizens sent to the
old country for various purposes, not
the least of which was to bring rela
tives and friends to the United States.
The people who left horn and cam to
the United States did so to better their
condition and sending back money is
proof that they have accomplished
their object as well as that they have
been industrious and frugal.
Every money order sent abroad Is
an advertisement in the old country
town where it is cashed of the land of
opportunity beyond the sea which at
tracts immigrants of the Industrious
and frugal class. Slxty-slx millions Is
a large sum to spend in a year for ad
vertising, but it comes back to us In
brawn and brain to help build up our
country.
The Millionaire'! Borden.
In a recent interview, John Ar
buckle, the millionaire coffee man,
laments the sorrowful spectacle of the
sons of rich Americans who travel
over Europe and haunt home pleasure
resorts making fools of themselves.
Mr. Arbuckle is not the only Ameri
can who is ashamed of these money-
burners for every self-respecting Amer
ican blushes at the recital of their
inane doings. He is unable to com
prehend how men whose energy and
business acumen have accumulated
vast fortunes can possibly be fathers
of such worthless sons.
Every rich young man who starts
out to demonstrate his eligibility to
the foolklller class finds plenty of
help and so long as the money lasts It
is a continuous performance on a
twenty-four hour schedule. His as
sistants will even show him how to
Improve on his home training and by
the time he reaches middle age he can
qualify for stellar roles. The million
aire's son may have no greater natural
ability in this line than the poor man's
boy, but he has superior opportunities
for improvement and better press
agents to spread his fame.
Mr. Arbuckle Is unfair in blaming
it all on the millionaire's son. The
angel child who is too good to work
must do something and he follows
human nature by taking the path of
least resistance, with the result that
he often finds himself dumped in the
human rubbish heap when he should
be in the prime of bis usefulness.
Passing of Spanish Pretender.
Don Carlos, who has Just died in
Italy and who as claimant to the
throne, kept Spain In a turmoil for
several years in the 70s, bad more
recently lived quietly and kept up only
a nominal claim as the rightful ruler
of his country. His claim was based
on the Salic law of succession which
had its origin in the old days when
monarchs were the actual leaders of a
nation's army and women were barred
by reason of unfitness for tho task.
His pretensions found little encourage
ment in these modern days of consti
tutional government and the following
which he gained waa due rather to
the unrest and dissatisfaction prevail
ing In his native country.
Don Carlos' son and successor to the
mythical throne is not likely to have
any other function in Spain or else
where than that of the numerous other
royal exiles, furnishing marriage al
liances for the children of royalty
whom custom forbids to wed outside
of royal blood. As political factors
the French and Spanish bourbons have
been a negligible quantity and all the
drift of modern thought is away from
the ideals which they represent, leav
ing them merely to pose as fine ex
amplars of fallen greatness around the
various European courts.
Witte Returning to Favor.
The presence of Count Witte at a
dinner given by the czar of Russia in
dicates bis return to favor which
he had forfeited by his uncompromis
ing advocacy of a real constitution for
Russia.
As a constructive statesman Count
Witte is head and shoulders above any
other man In Russia, but his progres
sive ideas incurred for him the enmity
of the reactionaries and bis good Judg
ment estranged the radicals. Ha. fore
saw that the day of absolutism was
passed and that substantial conces
sions must be made to the demand for
popular government, which earned
him the undying hatred of the bureau
cratic class. He also knew that the
Russian masses were not fully fitted
for the measure of selfgovernment en
Joyed in this country or the other
countries of Europe, but despite per
sonal failure, his Ideas are prevailing
and if the ciar is again Inclined to lis
ten to the advice of his wisest coun
cillor It will be well for him and Rus
sia. Had the czar heeded Wltte'a advice
the humiliating defeat by Japan would
have been avoided, but the ruler chose
to be guided by the fatuous courtiers
and lost. Witte knew the unprepared-
ness of the country owing to official
corruption and incompetency In high
places, but he was overruled. Neither
the czar nor the Russian people can
afford at this time to dispense with
the services of a man of Count Wltte'a
ability.
Party Senrioa.
So far aa known, Charles R. Crane bas
not eontiibuted to campaign funds, nor
even polled his precinct. Yet ha goes as
minister to China Lincoln Journal.
While we question the correctness
of this statement, even were It trne,
it would not be anything to a man's
credit. Why should hot every man
interested in good government, and
believing that he will get better gov
ernment from one political party than
from another, contribute to the suc
cess of that party in the most practi
cable way? Everyone knows that bus
iness prosperity has regularly accom
panied republican ascendency in na
tional affairs, and why should not the
successful business man be glad to
contribute to the legitimate expenses
of a campaign which he Is sure will
bring him more prosperity?
What is true with reference to na
tional politics Is true in only smaller
degree with ' reference to state and
local politics. The good citizen should
align himself with tha political party
whose policies most nearly coincide
with his views, and should accord that
party the support of his personal in
fluence and financial assistance.
There is altogether too great a dispo
sition manifested by such newspapers
as the Journal to praise abstention
from party politics and to applaud pre
tended nonpartlsanshlp, which Is noth
ing but a shirking of the citizen's
duty. If a man is recognized with po
litical honors who "has not contributed
to campaign funds nor even polled his
precinct," It Is not because of this fact,
but because this deficiency is offset by
other qualifications or claims.
Fashionable Women Smugglers.
Another fashionable woman smug
gler, this time a society leader of Bos
ton, has come to grief through an ef
fort to avoid paying duty on a valu
able necklace. Not only has the finan
cial penalty been exacted, but the cul
prit must answer a criminal Indict
ment. It bas been common knowledge
for years that wealthy people who
travel abroad have been guilty of
smuggling on a large scale and par
ticularly has this been true of women
shielding themselves behind social pos
ition and deference paid to their sex.
When Collector Loeb at New York de
termined to break up the practice, tha
catch waa heavy with numerous heart
burnings in the wake.
Just why women of high social
position. Whom fear If nothing else
would deter from committing any
other crime, so persistently violate the
revenue laws is difficult to understand.
Mr. Loeb is on the right tack, how
ever, when he insists on one and the
same law for the rich and powerful
and for the poor and tha friendless.
Though tbey may not look at it In that
light, these fashionable smugglers are
no different in law from the profes
sional smuggler and In one aspect
are worse there Is not the same in
centive that moves tha professional,
but rather the false notion of being
above the law.
The moral effect of the conviction
of one rich and powerful smuggler is
greater than that of a dozen nonde
scripts and unknowns, for the one goes
unnoticed while the other ia heralded
all over the land.
If It will ease the disturbed mind of
our amiable democratic contemporary,
Tba Bee ventures to extend the assur
ance that Its editor Is not a candidate
for any office, present or prospective.
The Bee, and its editor, believe in the
principles of the republican party and
are interested In republican success
whenever it Is represented by worthy
and competent candidates. It has
been tha habit of the democratic oppo
sition to attempt to make people be
lieve that the editor of The Bee is reg
ularly running at each succeeding elec
tion for every place on tho ticket, but
this game of deception has been played
so often that it has been worn thread
bare and only the new crop of suckers
are caught by it.
Tha Chicago Tribune tries to make
out an act of extreme discourtesy on
tho part of Mr. Bryan In giving pub
licity through tha press to bis recent
letter to Mr. Taft without waiting for
straining at a gnat. Everybody knows
that Mr. Bryan wrote that letter, not
to have it read in the White House,
but to get front page space In all the
newspapers of tha country without
charge. '
It looks aa if wa were to have the
same old bunco game of fusion lu Ne
braska again this year, with demo
crats masquerading as populists In or
der to get votes by false pretenses.
The high-mlndedness required for a
nonpartisan democrat to sit on the su
preme bench is sot expected to draw
the line at stealing the populist party
label.
If tha enactment of tha law restor
ing the elective precinct assessors is
expected to give tha county assessor
a better corps of assistants, disappoint
ment is In store. Tha names of the
candidates who want to be elected as
sessors read very much tha same as
those who rav heretofore been ap
pointed assessors.
Tha new pretender for tha throne
of Spain will probably think ha must
do something to show he is working
at tha Job, but present conditions do
not appear to be encouraging to him.
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Our amiable democratic contem
porary, the World-Herald, Is again
working Itself Into a frensy of distress
over the terrible factional differences
which, in its imagination, are rending
Nebraska republicans. If the repub
licans will only let the World-Herald
direct their politics for them demo
cratic victory will be assured.
A Reaeonahle View.
Washington Poet.
Ferhaps Bryant offer to assist Taft In
obtaining a constitutional amendment pro
viding for tbe .popular election of senators
may bs viewed In the light of a Nebraskan
bearing gifts.
amaaraTllna; In Falae Bottoma.
Brooklyn Eagle.
It seems logical that tha millionaire's
wife who had a trunk with a falae bottom
should now be In a aanltarlum with
wracked nerves. Possibly her nerves are
not ths only thing she's wrecked.
Land Problema Are Coming.
St. Louis Republic.
. Big as this country ia, the rush for ths
homestead openings in Washington shows
that ws have already reached ths point at
which thsrs Isn't enough land for every
body that wants It Our land problems are
eomlng. Tha first of them Is to make two
bushels grow where one grows now.
Bnaeklna; Ont tbe Tohacce Trnat.
Philadelphia Record.
At last the government baa found a way
of Inflicting a severs blow upon the to
laceo trust: Ths War department has
Issued an order that the commissary gen
eral Is to enter Into no contract with the
American Tobacco company or affiliated
corporations, each of which was held by
ths United States circuit court In New
Tork last December to ba a combination
In violation of ths anti-trust law. Tha
soldiers will not smoke and chew tobacco
manufactured by an unlawful combination.
The Independent tobacco companies expect
a large Increase In the amount of their
business with the government.
Splendors of Senatorial Baths.
Philadelphia Record.
Washington correspondents describe with
rapturous admiration the new baths in
ths senate office building, hat are now
nearly ready for use. The building Itself
has cost 84,000,000, and ths baths are said to
exceed In luxury the famous baths of
Hellogabatus. One correspondent dwells
with unction upon the rooms of purest
marble, the "glided steam pipes," the
splendid tubs with handsomely carved
bases and the great marble slabs wide
enough to accommodate the ample form of
Senator Heyburn of Idaho when submit
ted to manipulation of a senatorial ser
vitor. It may be admitted that soms of ths
senators are much In need of physical as
well as. moral purgation; but all this lux
ury hardly comports with republican sim
plicity. BRYAN'S LITTLE JOKE.
Unseemly Frlvoltry from a Solemn
Mentor.
Chicago Tribune.
Usually Mr. William J. Bryan la as
solsmn as the day of Judgment. He feels
so deeply the responsibility which rests
en him as national monitor or censor that
he will not stoop to Jesting and mirth. But
for once he bas frivoled. He has done It
tn his advice to President Taft to ask
oongress to submit an amendment for ths
direct election of senators along with ths
Income tax one.
Behind the grave appeal one can see the
grin of the Joker. For Mr. Bryan knows
that the senata would pay no more atten
tion to a- request from the president to
submit an amendment for the popular elec
tion of Its members than Mr. Bryan would
to a fervent appeal from demooratlo lead
ers that he evwear eternal silence. If the
president were not aware of the senatorial
state of mind and were to send a message
to congress on the subject Mr. Bryan
would be much amused.
Some may fancy that Mr. Bryan had no
other object In his letter to the president
than to keep himself before tho public.
"Whoso bloweth not his own horn, by
no man shall his own horn be blown," Is a
great saying which Just now fits Mr.
Bryan's case. But It Is unnecessary to
assume that he Is playing politics or seek
ing to show how strenuous a champion
of ths popular election of senators he Is.
His only object Is to have a little mild
fun with President Taft Is possible.
INDUSTRIAL GREED.
On (ha Prime Factor In tbe
Strike Near Plttabnr.
St. Louis Itepubllo.
The pressed steel freight oar carries 110
tons and Is higher in proportion to Its
load than any car heretofore designed.
It has a steel body, steel wheels and steel
trucks. It Is part of the. material triumph
of American civilisation. Thousands of ex
cellent examples of It are turned out
yearly from the great plant at MeKees
Rocks, near Pittsburg. Much of the work
la dona by foreigners from southern
Europe. They know nothing of American
Institutions; they speak little English;
they are herded In shacks at which a well-cared-for
horse would look askance; they
work at work which requires ths mini
mum of Intelligence. The brains of ths
plant Is concentrated in a small force of
highly trained technical men and over
seers. The rest Is a matter only of passive
obedience and brute strength. But the sys
tem makes cheap steel.
The wage question that precipitated the
atiik IS tne least Important phase of this
awful occurrence We may safely Ignore
It for the consideration of graver things.
The truth Is that we, as Americans, have
largely Ignored the human side of Indus
trial progress. W have gloated over the
figures of steel production and have had
our magailnes filled with Illustrations of
Bessemer converters, continuous mills and
open-hearth furnaces. One machine we
have forgotten the man, ignorant and un
skilled and Insignificant, who fills In cer
tain gaps in ths cycle of automatio pro-
oersee. And while we reveled In statistics
and In engineering detail, there have been
built up communities which are not Amer
ican are not even otvlltsed in the heart
of the manufacturing regions of the United
States.
Wages are, as we have said, the least
part of It; for they are eo much better than
the wages of Poland and Russia and Italy
and Bervla that the Immigrants have kept
coming. Ths grave things are the brutality,
the lack of contact between the man be
fore the furnace and the spirit and life of
th nation whoss ward he Is. Now comes
the explosion, but It Is not an accident. It
has all been prepared. A few men did
tha work actively. They brought theae
men over, rented the ground on which
their shacks are built, bargained with tha
padronea, "organlsed"-'-theae were not the
same ones tha foreigners, gavs them union
cards, taught them their "rights." But
no one employer, "organizer," steel buyer,
ultimate consumer cared what happened
Id smoky Pennsylvania so long as tha work
waa dona, the union dues cams In regu
larly and wages were maintained and stesl
eould be made cheaply.
The negleot of a man Is an awful thing.
No matter how well paid by the employer
apd "organised" by tha labor leader. If
his manhood la nothing and he la permitted
to live on a foreign substance In the social
organism which Includes him, the machine
will cease at some hour to act mechanic
ally. Look at McKees Rocks and behold
the result.
Army Gossip
Markers ef Interest Oa and Back
ef the Firing XUae Qleaaea from
the Army aa BJavy eglssr.
The construction of the army redoubt at
Fort Riley has begun under ths direction
of Lieutenant R. P. Howell, corps of en
glneers. Tbe proposed tests this year will
take place In the late summer, probably
tn September, and wilt embrace the mod
em high-powered rifles and howttssrs.
There will be used the 4.T rifles and six
Inch howltiers. Some approximate notion
of the advance represented by these guns
is derived from ths statement that the
4T rifle, which more nearly corresponds
to ths five-Inch rifle, carrying a forty-five
pound shell, will carry a sixty-pound pro
Jecttle loaded with what may be called
a large charge of high explosive. The M
rifle carries a thirty-pound shell, and
while the 8.1 gun, Its nearest prototype,
csrrles a twenty-pound shell. Ths six-lnrh
howltser sends a shell weighing 120 pounds,
the nearest caliber for comparison, the
seven-Inch, only taking a 110 shell. These
maneuvers will be for the trial of entirely
new material. Including fuses as well as
rifle material and construction.
The construction of laundries st mllltsry
posts was not undertaken during the last
fiscal year, although money was available
for such purpose. It was found- that the
probable cost was about double what had
been estimated and, instead" of costing $10,-
000 each, the cost wo'- be nearer 128,0 0.
It was Intended to c struct laundries at
Fort Bayard, at the 'recruiting depots at
Columbus Barracks, Jefferson Barracks,
snd at Fort Slocum, last year. If It could
be done Inside the limit of $10,000 for each
place. Bids were Invited and the lowest
offer for the construction oS a laundry at
Fort Bayard was $18,000, so the program
of construction was dropped. However,
this year, authority having been obtain!
for construction at ths higher cost. It Is
contemplated to erect laundries at Fort
Caswell, Key West Barraoks, Fort Morgan
and Fort WaKhlngton of the coast artillery
posts and at Forts Des Moines, D. A. Rus
sell. Sam Houston, George Wright and
Yellowstone In the order of their needs.
The military authorities at Fort Riley
will be asked to give consideration to a
new telescopic wagon of low body, such
as is used In the German army and which
promises to bo of some value In our mili
tary establishment The wagon Is so con
structed that It may be elongated wtth a
corresponding Increase In the floor area
and fitted with a canvas cover or roof. It
Is used abroad as the living quarters and
one wagon furnishes accommodations for
twelve men. It Is not proposed to make
that use of It in this country, where It Is
considered more serviceable as a means
of transporting subsistence supplies with
the provision of converting the wagon,
In Its extended form, Into a room or tent
for kneading bread. This comes back, of
course, to the problem of transportation
and whether the advantages from such
a convertible vehicle Justify an addition to
the rolling stock of an army in the field.
Another peculiar question has arisen as
to whether or not a soldier, whose death
was tha result of participation In a boxing
contest, should be regarded aa havelng died
in line of duty. It has been held that tne
contest In which the soldier was engaged
was one which is encouraged In the army,
that It was properly organised, a medical
officer was present, and also an officer
of the soldier's company, and that tne
best of feellpg prevailed between the men
engaged In the battle, both before and af
ter. The death of the aoldler was the re
sult of an accident met with while he was
engaged In an athletic contest encouraged
by the officers of his regiment, under
such circumstances his death Is held to
have oocurred In the line of duty. The par
ticular contest took place at the post gym
nasium at Fort St. Michael, Alaska, last
December. The contest was known as a
"battle royal." Five enlisted men of the
22d Infantry were engaged In It. The one
whose death resulted was at first knocked
down and, although advised by the mana
ger of the exhibition not to re-enter the
ring, he did eo and waa shortly after
knocked down a second time, striking on
the back of his head and sustaining a
fracture at the base of the skull, from
which he died about two hours later. The
oontest was held under tha auspices of
the' army officers and the soldier's death
waa a result of an unfortunate accident
Although the army regulations restrict
the operation of continuous warrants to
eases of re-enlistment, the restriction is
evidently based upon the fact that the
only occasion upon which It could be ap-
niiad would be that In which a post non
commissioned staff offloer re-enlisted in
the branch of the staff to which he be
longed. The army regulations provide that
tha warrant will remain In force so long
aa the soldier Is continuously In service
that Is, If he re-enlists the day following
that of discharge. It Is held that this prin
ciple Is very general and Is broad enough
to cover cases in which a post nonoom-
mlssloned staff officer Is appointed to an
office of the same grade as that vacated
tn another branch of the military service.
Where a commissary sergeant In the sub
sistence denartment Is appointed to the
same office tn a school detachment, his
warrant may Droperly be made continuous.
It Is also held that If a noncommissioned
officer Is appointed to one of the school
detachments his status as a noncommis
sioned officer of the line or staff would be
determined by the noncommissioned offioe
to which he Is appointed, i In the case of
a sergeant of engineers who was appointed
"aauadron sergeant major" of a school de
tachment, which la a noncommissioned of
fice of tho line, his appointment as a eoro
mlaaarv sergeant will not be leopardlsett by
his appointment as squadron sergeant
major.
KEEPING IN THE LIMELIGHT.
Mr. Bryan aa an Opnortanlat In Put
tlnar Ont Su?eatlona.
New York Poet
Mr. Bryan's appeal to the prealdent to
give the people the chanc to vote upor
conatitutlonal amendment for the direct
election of United Statea senators is
adroit, but not momentous. Mr. Bryan has
learned the art of keeping In the public
eye. When a noted opponent of Mr. Bry
an's was put In pillory by a legislative
resolution of rebuke he broke Its force by
a dramatlo long-distance horseback ride.
When Mr. Bryan sees some of his thunder
bring appropriated he keeps under notice
of the masses by suggesting publicly that
more of his thunder be stolen. The truth
la that statea that very strongly dealre the
direct election of United Stares senators
practically aeoure thla desideratum by re
quiring pledgea of candldatea for the legis
lature. The Issue of the direct election of
senators Is not likely to be Injected Into
ths present arena of national politics at
any man's dictum.
Powder Trnat'a Busy Time.
Wall Street Journal.
After reading tha happenlnga In Perele,
Morocce, Peru, Argentina and Turkey,
there Is little wonder that tha Powder Trust
Is taking on a few more subaidlarlea.
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is due to FIFTY-TWO YEARS of careful, con
servative banking method together with court
eous, liberal treatment of customers.
May We Not Serve Yon.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
A woman out west has sued for a divorce
because when she asked her husband why
married men lived longer than single men,
he replied: "They don't; they Juft seem
to."
Mr. N. H. Jackson, of Greenwich, Tex.,
who was It years old July 4, and is the mns;
active merchant In the place, celebrated
ths fifty-ninth anniversary of his wedding
June 29, and has 87 grandchildren and 18
great-grandchildren.
teora Japanese have been captured In thn
act of seal poaching. While the people of
the United States seem to have determined
upon the extinction of the seal, they de
sire no assistance. They attended to the
buffalo without help.
A rleh woman has been Indicted for
smuggling In a necklace worth $23,000. Per
haps she could afford the necklace at the
price, but whm the cost of litigation and
the amount of the fine are added, the
bauble becomes a luxury even to the
wealthy. Besides, one has to consider the
humiliation of being caught
A bit of that unconscious humor which
Illumines all things, even tha most tragic,
was thrown across the Thaw case when
the matron of a prison In whloh he had
been confined testified that he had told
her son, a prison warden, that It would
be a good thing If the warden had a
better job. She naively added she thought
he was rational.
Plans are said to be making for the
meeting of Presidents Taft and Dias at
the border. Similar plans have been made
during every administration since Dias
became executive head of Mexico, which
carries the matter back surprisingly near
to Jackson. All concede that the plan Is
worth making, but the desirability of bring
ing It to a climax seems never te have
Impressed.
Alrahln Ceaat Defnera.
San Franolsce Chronicle.
The proposal of the War department to
station airships at Intervals of tit miles
along the ooaats Is calculated to stir the
Imagination of the country. As yet we
have had no reports of strange visions In
the air such as gave all England a panic
some weeks ago, but there la no telling
what may happen. The possibility of some
foreign spy sailing' over the country , and
taking blrdseye pictures of the United
States must be prevented at all costs. Let
the airship coast defenders be provided at
once.
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SMILING UXZS.
"Ts modern college education Illuminat
ing?" "Well, It ought to be when it comes front
oil dividends." Baltimore American.
"Well Jolnny, do you wish you were a
grown-up man?"
"You bet I do.'
"But why?"
"So people wouldn't ask me such fool
question." Cleveland Leader.
Housewife Why don't you go to work?
Trapo I'm an honest man, mum; an I
can't find any business that Isn't full of
graft. Puck.
"What kind of part have I In the new
piece? Is there any chance of my pleasing
the audience?"
"Every chance. You die In the first act."
Judge.
"When are you going ' to marry your
stenographer?"
"How did you know I was engaged to
her?"
"I notice that you now refer1 to her as
your 'amanuensis.' "Cleveland Lead or.
Hank Stubbe Hens layln' much now,
Bige?
Blge Miller Skurce any.
Hank Ktubbs What's the trouble?
Blge Miller Don't hev time fur dodgln
them pesky autymobllea. Boston. Herald.
"Remember," said the Briton, "that It
Is from us that you Americana received
the language you employ In your dally
lite and your literature.". .
"That's so," answered the young man
from Chicago, "and I've always wantej
some Englishman to explain why. In turn
ing the language over to us, you tiled to
hold out so many "h's." Washington Hiar.
THE STAGE DRIVER SPEAKS.
Arthur Chapman, In Denver Republican.
There's an automobile on the old stage
llne-
It chugged past me today,
And me and this rickety rig of mine
Are headed the scrap heap's way; '
We're bent and shaky, I will Admit,
And we aan't go fast enough,
So we'll take the autos hint and flit
Though yleldin' ts tough, plum tough.
I've bandied the ribbons In early years.
On an overland coach til four;
The bullets have whistled about my ears.
And the redskins yelled for my gore;
There wasn't a honk-bronk on the road
To waken the echoes then,
And the only dust that was ever thrown
Was thrown by old Box-scat Be.
I thought I could finish the game out
here,
A ma kin' Just what I need,
'Mong the mesas that stand out, bold and
clear,
Where the buffaloes used to feed;
But there's nary a place for a man to
dream
While the reins are slack In his hand;
I m out of tha game though It don't lest
seem
T.iat the Lord can understand!
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