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If areoplanes could; Jay eggs at the present ", prioo" could all afford to own a flock of thorn. v It is Just possible Jack Johnson may get his knockout in Ihe courts of New York long before heUs a chance to meet Jeffries. v- n : . . One of the prominent characters In a new French play is a Jack-Bs. Are we to infer that this Is a political play with an;"American setting? ., If Df2; Wljgyli Bfyipicion tthat egg are gettingrsmaller' proves true, the only remedy will W a law compelling; the dealer- 6' 'selrggs by weight. Mayor Oaynor of New York would like to do away with? personal taxes. Here'B a chance for!taayor "Jim" to advocate don awayIwith all taxes. Philadelphia1 Is all' stirred up over an ice cream war. 'Another example how alow Philadelphia Is.' Last sum mer was the time for the ice cream war. An extra levy of 9 mills on every dollar of taxable property in Omaha will serve t.-reni)a4 us what a costly luxury we have had - in I our Water board. A nation-wldo reception for Colonel Roosevelt' ;hen, ha; returns from Africa? By 'all means, and let it be Just as big and big-hearted as It can be made.,... ... Several nieaty" orations were re cently delivered by congressmen. The meat-boycotting constituents of these congressmen should be informed of their action at once. Uncle Andrew Carnegie would en shrine hls name In the hearts of a grateful peopfe If he would stop put ting up libraries a while and establish a free public pie factory. Report now has It that the comet has three tails. It must be a mistake. This ',Js winter, and what astronomers see is Just a set of the latest furs which, the comet Is Wearing. A New York woman willed her for tune to ber. three dogs and her hus band, share and 'share alike. The husband doubtless got more than he expected. But, really, isn't he a lucky dog? . ' ' Th increase In salaries for public school principals may have come with out any log rolling, but we may be lure that the teacher will not sit still without an effort to pull their salaries up, too.. , The1 law In the state of Maine which, provides for fining a hunter who acci dentally, hoota a companion would look pretty good on the statute books of Nebraska. Accidental shooting is too common. General Chamorro has eluded three columns of soldiers and has escaped o the woods with his entire army. It would not taka a very large strip of woods to bide all parties In this Cen tral American riot. ' .. . - One new nrm of . contractors ap- teared in the list of paving bidders lefor.' the city council at Its last meet ing In response to the advertised Invi tation for proposals. Advertising in I he Beeevldenlly brings results. Lftwym and Lawmaking. A -bill Introduced in. the New York legislature making it a felony for any number of either house to accept a fee or retainer for legal or other services from any Individual or corporation In terested In legislation, prompts the Lincoln Journal to say that such a law Is needed in Nebraska. "In Ne braska there has scarcely been a ses sion for twenty years," declares the Journal, "In which some prominent members well known as attorneys for some interest or corporation have not appeared." It goes on to say that Ne braska pays members of the legisla ture but 300 for a two years' term, for which the election expenses fre quently cost the candidates more than their salaries, and that when the In cumbent Is in receipt of a large salary from other sources his work In the leg islature naturally follows '-the pre ponderance of compensation. That there Is a measure of truth In this will be generally admitted. Ordi narily lawyers would be expected to make the best law-makers because of their legal training and supposed familiarity with laws. But a lawyer Is so accustomed to representing either side of a case for which he is retained that he has difficulty when he goes to the legislature In shaking off the Idea that he Is not there solely to represent the. particular clients who pay him. At the same time' most of our law-makers are personally Interested in ome pri vate business or profession, whose wel-' fare is their especial care, the chief difference being that the nonlawyer is not looking for good-pay clients, and does not have so many lines out at one. time. We have had legislatures In Ne braska made up predominately of farmers, and they have never failed to take care of the agricultural Interests. The assessors, for example, make their rounds in Nebraska In April, when the farmer's surplus of grain and live stock is at the lowest. The farmer is exempt from the laws limiting the labor of women and children, and haB the benefit of most severe penalties for stealing horses, cows, hogs and chick ens. This is doubtless as it should be In a state primarily devoted to agricul ture, but it Is because the farmers have had the say In the legislature." It goes back, then, really to a ques tion of representation' and misrep resentation. - The. large Interests and corporations should have equality be fore the law and before the legislature, the same as the farmer or .wage worker. A lawyer who has no clients is certainly not calculated to make a better law-maker than a lawyer who has clients. But a lawyer who goes to the legislature and takes retainers, which he would not otherwise get, for the express purpose of influencing leg islation is simply taking ' a bribe and should be amenable to the laws we now have agajnt rjj)e.gtvng,, and bribe-taking. . -vf-e f ; 1 ' i ' The Lenten Season."" -With Abu Wednesday -the . Lenten season has begun in t ha. religious world. Services in churches through out the land have inaugurated . for thousands of people ' the observance couimemorative of the closing days of Christ's life on earth. In connection with the commemoration - of Lenten season is the observance of the forty days of fasting and deep thoughtful ness, which in some churches is also a period of "sacrifice for charity's sake." , -' ' , There are few church people ' who complain about the Lent., interfering with their social pleasures, although there are a few. The majority really welcome the season, glad of a chance to rest from social duties and; the' ex tra demands of other seasons of the year. It does them good to stop, to "listen to the sound of their own thoughts" for a time and realize a sol emn duty for the sake ' of religious principles. The world Is moving pretty fast In this century and if one Is going to last in his efforts It behooves him to look to reflective rest occasionally. .The tendency of man in all ages of history Is to get away from the spiritual and emphasize the material. While people are not over spiritual In these days, there is more spirituality among the men of the business world than Is gen erally realized. , , Exterminating; the English Sparrow. "The English sparrow must go," says the Department of Agriculture at Washington. It has been a menace to many species of native birds besides being of no appreciable value as a de stroyer of Insects and worm pests and being a great nuisance in horticulture. In fact, the English sparrow has been outlawed on all counts known and has been condemned to extermination as a detriment to the country as a whole. The work of destroying these "cun ning, destructive and filthy birds" Is no small Job when one considers the number of them In this country. This task has been taken up by the biolog ical survey at the behest of the De partment of Agriculture and the work Is actually begun. A pamphlet has been Issued urging that all nests and roosting places frequented by spar rows be destroyed, great care being taken not to interfere with the nests of native American birds. This pamphlet pronounces a very severe Judgment on these birds, de claring, among other things, that "in its economic relations the English sparrow among birds Is comparable to the rat among animals." About the only credit given is that It consumes considerable weed seed, but In every other -ay ' It has nothing to boast. The main source of grievance Is found In the fact that it la a great destroyer of vegetables and fruits while in the bud and that It has reduced the num ber of native American birds, ot which we have been so proud. A few years ago the sparrow in fested the public buildings at Wash ington to such an extent that much damage was done. The custodian of the grounds and government buildings employed an expert rifleman to shoot them off. With a small-caliber rifle the expert was busy for many weeks. But this method 1b practically out of the question in cities, besides being very expensive. Attacking the nests seems, therefore, to be the best method, although poisoning and trap ping are not prohibited. The trouble with all methods is that care must be taken not to carry on the war of ex termination so carelessly that we de feat the end In view by killing hun dreds of songsters and birds of plum- Ready for the Eray. Twenty-two feet fronting on Farnam and that portion of the World-Herald building at 1412 Farnam have been Bold for a consideration of STjO.000. Thla property wa bought by the World Publish ing company In 1&89 and has always been the home of the World-Herald. The com pany has leased the building temporarily (for six years) until the newspaper Is lo cated In new quartet. World-Herald. Read this in connection with the well known fact that the World Pub lishing company Is practically Q. M. Hitchcock, who Is editor of its publica tions and also drawing $7,500 and per quisites a year as member of congress, and the political significance of this sale will be hotter appreciated. The congressman-editor has been grooming himself to get Into the senatorial race, and $50,000 ought to make a pretty fair campaign fund. As Nebraska senatorial contests go, & man with an advertised roll of $50,000, and still more hidden away somewhere else, has a right to stand as the barrel can didate. A silk-stockluged democrat posing as a friend of the common, peo ple and at the same time ready to put $50,000 into the Jackpot has a perfect right to draw cards In the game. Now for the official announcement of the candidacy of G. M. Hitchcock for the democratic nomination for United States senator. The Stock and Money Market. Recent reports from Wall street In dicate that the heavy buying expected for February has not materialized and that . there is a consequent uncer tainty among both bulls and bears. Where haB the trouble and the hesi tancy come from? To be sure, it is largely speculative and will not ma terially affect legitimate business, yet It is causing all interests to notice that conditions are not just as they would like them. In spite of this the Jobbing trade in all parts of the coun try Is fairly heavy. It Is not a surprise that a setback, however temporary, . has followed the artificial 'inflation of stocks, noticeable during the few months at the close of last year. It is a rule in specula tion that depression always follows over-Inflation and booming. That there haB been inflation is admitted publicly by financiers in both east and ; west. Bankers have been keep ing close watch of it, and although, the stock exchanges of the country do not lead directly into banking circles, yet there is an effect felt by them, a check, although slight, in trade ex tension and business expansion. Eastern papers are connecting the protest of the public against ( high prices with the dullness of the stock market. Of course the effect Is indl- i rect again, but, nevertheless, such a protest will have Its Influence. The thought brought out by the boycotts concerns the reason for such high prices on everything, 'especially the necessities of life. This would natu rally check the demand ' on the mar ket. The fact that speculators attribute much of the present uncertainty on the market to tlje protest against the cost of living Is In Itself a confession that there has been Inflation. If stocks were on a sound basis there could be no great shrinkage simply from a' protest. These conditions are naturally reflected in the banking business, yet the clearings in all clearing house cities In the United States show an Increase of 14 per cent over last year. Some cities, like Pittsburg, Pa., show an increase of 16 per cent. The bank statements themselves show a decrease of $10, 000,000 in cash, loans have Increased $6,637,000 and there is a decrease in the surplus reserve of $9,277,000. The margin indicated is $28,867,000, which In Itself is about equal to the average of all margins for previous years. The president ot the Associated Ad Clubs ot America declares that people do not want fiction either In alleged news reports nor in advertising an nouncements. He should have added that advertising In papers notoriously given to faking tends to place the ad vertisement also in the fiction class. Governor Hadley of Missouri thinks every married couple should keep a cow to help reduce the cost of living. Well, flat owners might not be so par ticular about keeping cows In apart ment houses as they are about babies. The Omaha city council has passed a resolution calling on the Nebraska delegation In congress to get an appro priation of $250,000 to protect the Missouri river banks opposite this city. That ought to settle it. The courts will be asked to deter mine finally whether the Omaha street railway system Is engaged In interstate commerce which brings it within the Jurisdiction cf the Interstate Com merce com mission. There must be other street railways Tn other cities bordering on state lines that are In the same situation that might help throw some light on this question. "8hall the United States do some thing for Peary?" is a headline In one of the eastern papers. Well, really, with all the free advertising he has re ceived and the Chautauqua season coming on he ought to be able to do something for himself. How can Governor Sliallonberger's appointees be expected to conduct a training school for attendants In the State' Insane asylum, when It takes all their spare time to run political train ing schools as adjuncts to the demo cratic machine? The difficulty encountered by Min nesota in securing a new head for its State university emphasizes the good fortune cf the regents of the Univer sity of Nebraska when they success fully tackled the same sort of a propo sition Inst year. ... Dr. Cook has been located again. Dr. G. J. L. Doerechuck of New York is the discoverer. It is not a surprise that the Doctor found him. A man with a' name, like that ought to be able to do niobt anything. Well Worth Its Coat. Chicago Record-Herald. Again let us acknowledge that the wire less is worth much more than It has ever cost. A Kirk of Long Ago. Boston Transcript. . So It appears that even 115 years ago the cost of living -was so high that Gov ernor Samuel Adams waa moved to send a message to the legislature with respect to It. The same old world. I Manifestation of the I pllft. Washington Post. Rich beyond the dream of avarice, the farmer's mind turns to higher things, so an awakened conscience moves him to apply for a dissolution of the silent partnership heretofore existing between himself and tha gambler In , foodstuffs.. I lu Down to the Worry Level. Indianapolis News. People who have received with absolute Indifference reports that $10, 120 or S50 counterfeit bills were In circulation are now sorlously disturbed. A counterfeit 11 silver certificate of good workmanship has been discovered. " , .' CI . 1 . )5&iml i Is ThU a Pl..j'li'iujli, Boston Globe. i ' How ashamed, Japan will feel when It learns that the',2,000 Japanese cherry trees which were presented to the United States government by .th.6 municipality of, Toklo are infested wltb worms and fungus dis eases. So tbat th,ey will all have to be destroyed, Captain, Hobson,. possibly, may see a plot In th.lsv., rJ!, , T-y Our Birthday Book " Tebrurjf' ',10, 1810'. ' ""' ' President Ir.a Rnisen of Johns Hopkins university wan born February 10, 1846, In New York . City. , Dr. Remaen made hla reputation originally In chemistry and Is a member of the board of experts who passed on the benzoate of soda contro versy. .. .. James Mooney, pne of the groat' authori ties on the language and customs of the American Indian,. Is 49. Mr. Mooney Is attached to the Smithsonian Institution and was the man who .mapped out the wonder ful Indian congress held under the auspices of the government In connectfon with our Omaha exposition. He Is a native of Rich mond, Ind. .' Harrison Gray ptis, ' proprietor and eijl-. tor of the Los Angeles Times, was born February 10, 1847, . at Marietta, O. General Otis has built up the most successful newspaper on the Pacific coast. E. G. McGilton. Is celebrating his fifty first birthday. He waa born at Eau Galla, Wis., and graduated from the state uni versity and law school of that state. He has been practicing . law successfully in Omaha for more than twenty years, and l now a member of the firm of McGilton, Guinea &. Smith. George J. Sluniy, clerk in the quarter master's department at . the Omaha depot, was born February ' 10, 1846. Mr. Stoney Is a native of Ireland, and his military record commenced with- enlistment during the civil war. lie Is also prominent In Masonic circles. George G. Crager, captain of No. 6 fire house. Is, 48. Captain Crager has been In Omaha since 18. and In the fire depart ment alnce 1S1. George L. McDonough, colonization agent with offices In The Bee building, was born February 10, 1845,- at Hlgginsport, O. Lieutenant Troup Miller, U. S. A., aide to General Morton, la 31. Lieutenant Miller is a West Point graduate and has been with the Ninth tavalry and the Seventh cavalry. James B. Nlckerson, chief deputy United States marshal, was born In Illinois, Feb ruary 10, 1874. He was for a time employed In the law department of the Northwest ern railway, later tho railway mall service, being appointed to his present position four years ago. Clement L. Waldron of the law firm of Waldron & AlcElfresh was burn February 10 lfS4. He wont through the University of Nebraska and tlW University of Wis consin, and before going into professional practli-e for himself was associated with Greene Breckenridge A Matters. This is the' trade mark which is found on every bottle of the genuine Scott's Emulsion the standard Cod Liver Oil preparation of the world. Nothing equals it to build up the weak and. wasted bodies of young and old. ao rruguu Basil JOB., at srr n4 this 4. ft oar tw-uUhil tun.,,, K.uk mad Child'. Skate. Wk. -bukoot tiOuo. Luck ftnaj. SCOTT BOWNH, 409 Pearl St. N. Y. ' POLITICS IN NEBRASKA. U Schuyler Free Lance: The Nebraska In surgents will not cut much Ice. The main part of their boosters are democrats who want to use them. Rushvllle Recorder: Well, Jim Dahlmsn baa filed and a few more have mentally filed a hope that he will not be permitted to make this state the laughing atock of the union. Tukamah Journal: From the jarrlnga that so many republican papers In Nebraska are giving the Lincoln Star one would think the Star outfit would take a tumble to themselves that they are getting some advertising that Is better for a competitor than for themselves. Kearney Hub: Kugar Howard haa a brace of political definitions describing a republi can standpatter and a republican Insur gent. According to Howard, the former has an office and the latter wnnts one. Rut In what class shall we look for the democrat who ta starring as a republican insurgent? Hast.ngs Tribune: W. J. Taylor has an nounced his candidacy for congress from the Sixth district. Taylor was one-! a popu list leader, but now- he Is a demo, rat, and yet he advocates the election of Lar'ollelte for the presidency. The worst trouble with Mr. Taylor appears to be that he djesn't really know whether he Is afoot or horse back. Fapilllon Timee: Brynn ought to be our next United States senator, and perhaps he may yet be. With Shallonberger for governor and Bryan for senator the demo crats would stand a most excellent chance of keeping Nebraska in the democratic column. It Is very doubtful whether Wil liam H. Thompson and Jim Dahlman can do this. Lyons Mirror: How did Dahlman, who is known everywhere as a champion of the Baloon element, carry Hurt county at the primary election? By votes of the goody, goody, republicans. Will those so-called temperance republicans dare repeat the rotten deal? If they do hell will be jawplng for them, according to the man dates of the Bible. Bloomlngton Advocate: There are In surgents and Insurgents. -The little coterie of disgruntled statesmen of Lincoln, who thought to ride Into prominence with the new candidate for the senate, have not met with much enhuslasm over the state. The state contains thousands of true In surgents who are progressive republicans from principle not because they want of fice. Scott's Bluff Republican: The blow that killed the insurgents was the one handed them by C. O.' Whedon, when he filed for the senatorial nomination. Before this ac tion waa taken many people over the state believed he was working for the Interest of the people and that something was really wrong, but since he filed for office and they realize all Is being done in the Interest of Mr. Whedon, public sentiment has taken a decided drop, and Mr. Burkett Is stronger with the people now than he was a month ago. Schuyler Free Lance: And now W. J. Taylor, the crooked-necked statesman from Custer county, has filed for the democratic and populist nomination for congress In the Sixth district. He comes from the same county as does ex-Judge Dean and that was supposed to be what Dean was to go after. Custer county like Holt county Is an in cubator for hot-air statesmen and there rnay be more from Custer as the campaign advances. Representative Taj'lor waa a fire-eating populist,' who became a demo crat because iie had aspirations politically. He certainly is a "beaut." St. Paul "Republican: The' big' spludge about the so-called Insurgent movement at Llricoln, was" short and sWeet, and died an awful death. Perhaps the men who were trying 'to stampede the 'state 'at a critical moment, by taking advantage of a condition, will learn from it that If they want to make a success of a political movement, they must do It incognito. Their names are enough to give an awful smell - to . anything. Bud Lindsay, 1 Paul Clark and Adphabet McKesson are not wands to conjure with In any pure gov ernment move. Nebraska City Press: George W. Norris of McCook, congressman from the Fifth kebraska, has made a name jfor himself In Washington, and those of us who like to be called "insurgents" love and admire this fearless and Intrepid Nebraskan who is not afraid to speak his mind and opinion, who is not In keeping with that bygone standard of republicanism, the ' player of "peanut politics." Mr. Norris Is one of the twenty-six "Insurgents" who make Jo seph G. Cannon lie awake nights. Norris represents the spirit of the west and if he is not good senatorial timber, we should like to know who Is? W 11 ber Republican: The gum shoe poli ticians of the state at their Insurgent meet ing In Lincoln which was called to in surga against the Nebraska delegation at Washington did not work up much en thusiasm. The reason Is plain. The people of the state don't see any very good reason why a real earnest, progressive republi can should be trying to stir tip sentiment against the Nebraska delegation, which has at all times been found working for the things that these self-styled Insurgents claim they want. If the meeting had been called by the Cannon-Aldrlch stand patters there would have been some sense In it. They are the only fellows that have any grounds for a kick on tho legislative record of the Nebraska senators and representatives. Tekamah Journal: The democrats are, as much at sea as to what to do In reference to becoming eandldutes for office as are republicans. Beyond a doubt, however, the Tekamah Statesman with the checkbook artist at his back will show IQdgar How ard of Columbus that the democrats of the Third Nebraska district . much prefer a candidate that can open wide the barrel to one whose financial resources are woefully at variance with his brain ability. There is no republican nor democrat in the dis trict who will not admit that the Columbus editor when It comeB to a comparison of mental attainments, is a giant, while the man who holds him in contempt Is a pigmy. The present representative has the powtr to furnish congressional cronies with expensive cocktails, while Howard could give them a mental feast every time he entered Into conversation. "Money makes the mare go" is as fastidious a truth now as ever, especially In Third district dem ocratic politics. Carter's Cireat lOffort. Philadelphia Pre. Senator Carter of Montana has done hlm telt pro-id. His spetch on tho proposed postal savings bank law was both convinc ing oiid comprehensive. It Is worth read irg. Senator Carter Indicates that the mtln purpose of the" measure Is to en courage thrift among the masses of the people "by furnishing widely distributed, ctnvenlent and absolutely safe depositories wherein small sums may be placed at-a low rate of Interest with the faith and credit of the government pledged to repay ir.ent." That Is tha sum and substance of It. Provisions Aaralnat Do-ht. St. Louis ' Times. ' If the explorers really seek the South pole they will be unable to obtain any Ksk linos as witnesses; but' probably they can put seals on all the reports. ... . A slramht. Honest.' - healthful cream of ' tartar baldng powder. s Ma'dc from Grapes. Contains not a grain , n na Ji -VI I oU LiU A Mm PER'0ftAL NOTES. A California judge has decided that the mule Is a deadly weapon. Mayor Oaynor actually seems to think that when a man on the municipal payroll has nothing to do his name should be erased. L. A. Kallnsky and his wife live at 106 Albemarle street, Baltimore. Mr. Kal lnsky Is 116 years ot age. He Is the old est man In America. A court has ordered the arrest of Homer Davenport, the cartoonist, for not paying h4s wife $100 a week. A check Is, often the hardest thing on earth for an artist to draw. Homer can draw a free breath easily enough, since he Is out of the court's Jur isdiction. "Every time you get cold feet," says a Chicago health department bulletin, "mark it down and see how often you get a cold. Do the same thing every time you get your feet wet. You will find that your Ideas about cold feet or wet feet have been more wrong than right." John Dooner of New York, who holds the record for devouring twelve pounds of steak at a sitting, has lost his city Job and must now go out Into the dold world and seek employment. With the passing of Dooner the New York City government loses 280 pounds of a man who did more than any other city employe between 12 and 1 o'clock. . , , TUB ANTI-TRUST ACT. Ron It. Waa Drafted and Methods of ' Enforcement. New York Evening Post. Ex-Senator Edmund's letter to Mr. Cl aries P. Howland on the anti-trust law presents more than one element of unusual lntorest. In the first place, It comes from a man of 82, but is written with a vigor and Inclsiveness much more suggestive of 28; and It comes from a man who was, for a generation, one of the small and remark able group of great lawyers In the United States senate. There are, In Mr. Edmunds letters, two particular statements of fact that deserve special notice. The first Is that the antl-truat act, which Is habitually referred to under the name of Senator Sherman, was not his work, or the work of any other member of the Finance com mittee; it was completely rewritten by the Judiciary committee, and was really the work of "one of the members of that com mittee" which Is merely Mr. Edmunds' way of saying that it was his own work. The other particular statement of fact Is that, in the Knight case, the decision In which did so much to weaken the efficacy of the law, the feeling of members of the bar of the supreme court was . that the case had been very feebly and Inefficiently presented to the court. As for Mr. Ed munds' general views, they are entirely In line with what hus recently become a growing conviction In and out of govern ment circleti that a vigorous upholding of the law along lines that time will make plainer end plainer is capable of accom plishing great and vitally-needed results. No law administers Itself,; and In the case ot a law whose scop is so comprehensive and whose stibjuct-matter is so complex, we have got to be prepared for difficulties and delays In establishing Its efficlacy. It Is only in the last few years that anything like adequate attenton has been given to the carrying out of the purpose of the law. It will bo time enough to throw It into the waste-basket after serious effort to en force it shall have been given a trial of reasonable duration. i Clean Water and Lenox Soap THAT IS THE COMBINATION that suits tho majority of woman cloan water and Lenox Soap. ONE IS AS IMPORTANT a. tho other. ,You cannot expect to have clean clothes If 'you do not use clean .water. Nor. will yew get rid of the dirt (without injuring the clothes) if you do not use good aoap. LENOX SOAP is good eoap. It Is Juot no satis factory' any of the higher-priced aoapsi and very much more aatlafactory than cheaper soaps. ' v -i i '- i' ' t -, - v'.' . ' ' LetlOX Soap-Just fits the hand ; V iiti, :s PASSING PLEASANTRIES. "A woman hasn't any sense of humor," said '.he cinlc. "Perhaps that ' In so." answered! Miss Cayenne. "The- lack Is probably what keeps us from laughing at some man's ef forts to be serious." Washington Star. Swift Do you mean to send any valen tines this year? , - Smith No. Valentines always nMss their object. A girl Is almost sure to laugh at the sentimental ones, apd ,cry . about the comics. Judge. ' "Seems to me," grnmhled the old rooster, "you're laying smaller eggs than your reg ular average' - . . , - , "Well, then," clucked the old ben, "I don't need any assistance In cackling over 'em. Kindly chase yourself around the yard." Chicago Tribune.. "Have you broken yourself of the habit or tne naoit you do it?" f a." Cleveland' or sleeping in cnurcn? "Yes entirely." "Congratulations. How did you "Quit going to. church." Clevelar Lieaaur. "I met young kFaklr on, the, street some f time ago and he told me he was making ' money very fast." ' - "He made it too fast." "How was that?" ...... "Went to the penitentiary f of ' counter feiting." Baltimore American. ' ' TfiUiM- ' There was a jolly bachelor i '. Who died at eighty-eight, .''.., And by his will the good man left The whole of his estate . , To women who had answered nay When asked by him to wed For he declared he owed to them The happy life he'd led. ' New York Telegram, i i I -. WHEN THE COISySIKE Dodd Gastit in New York World. If Mr. HaJley's comet's tall , Should wag against tn eartn, .t A superfervld biasing flail, ' - To show the comet's mirth. Just what would happen to our sphere I pon that festal day ' . , ' Would bo quite difficult, I fear, To say. jU y If it should hit tho Kaiser Bill Upon his royal nose, I much suspect his sneeze would fill The universe with woes; And If It clipped Bill Bryan on The tip end of his cbln, . . .. ,. Twould put an awful hush upon His din. . Were It to strike our canny. Boot . . Lord Sklbo on the chest, And melt the hero medals hot' ' ' 1 From off hla plaldy veet. And boll our Andrew. 'through and througk As though he were an egg, I wonder what would happen' to' ' ' His leg. . . . , If It should wag o'er Washington, At congress take a peek "'' : And scrape its blazing tall upon . Joe Cannon's Iron cheek, ' I wonder who'd be going some . , ; Or fall upon the trail. That cheek of Cannon's or the com- , Efs tall. If It should meet with Mrs. Spank Hurst on her speeding way i -) And tip the lady with Its flank In manner rather gay, . ' . Which would be first to cry "Enough! I'm through already yet!" Old Halley'a comet or the suf- . - i Fragette? Were It to hit the sugar trust A clip upon the ear . , And lay It out stark In the dust, A corpus cold and .drear, ' ' Who'd get the credit for the chill That followed on the probe, The comet or Collector Bil- Lle Loeb? - -' I do not know, I do not care; That tall can go on strike And hit the earth 'most anywhere It happens for to like, As long as when with rush and roar It gets within our zone It don't get fresh and strike me for A loan! . .11 i ft