iflK REE: OMAIIA. "WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 10, 1010.
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BTATEMKNT Of CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, m:
George B. Txachuck, treasurer of 1 he Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual nurnnn of full and
complete coplea of The Dally, Morning.
Evening ami Sunday Una printed during the
montu of July, 1910, was as ioiiows;
1 44,970
48,490
a 41,380
4.. 88,900
49,720
41,800
T 41,830
41,840
t 41,840
10 .....43,400
17.
IS.
40,350
.... 43,070
1. 43,330
00 .41,800
31 43,180
ga 43,870
83 43,040
84 40,800
88 42,310
8(1 ..43.390
87 43,300
88 43,410
89 43,330
90 43,450
81 40,300
.41,860
.41,810
.41,030
.41,740
.41.880
.43.350
Total
1,333.310
BetBrneA coplea
13,867
te total 1.310,043
Sally average 48.88
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma this 1st day of Aucuat 1910-
M. P. WALKER.
Notary Publle.
abarrlVrra learlns thm cltr traa
porarlly shonld fcars The Be,
ualleel thena. Address will be
taaiitit as often as requested.
It has remained for August to re
deem Mar. June and July.
The assassin has no place In a free
country. Nor any other country.
It goes without saying that Mr.
Hearst will have no trouble to prove
an alibi.
They have
Georgia, Let
own row.
a boys' Corn
every, fellow
club In
hoe his
It may be that Wellston, Mo., ousted
Mayor Kicks because It did. not like
bis weather.
Wonder If ' Governor Patterson Is
viewing, anything with alarm in Ten
nessee these days.
With a wet governor and a dry leg
islature next time, Texas ought to have
a mean temperature.
A college professor thinks girls gig
gle because they are myopic. Bet the
girls do not know It.
Paradoxical as it may seem, the
tootto of the uplifters appears to be
"Knock," and not "BooBt."
According to recent photos General
Weyler still wears his side whiskers.
They would . make him ill-tempered.
When It comes to legislative slates.
If Congressman Hitchcock does not
have on in the interest of his sens
torlal candidacy it will not be his
fault.
A few people hereabouts witnessed
a peculiar metcorical phenomena the
other day. Some others will be seeing
meteors about the day after the pri
mary election;""-
The Houston Post says Texas needs
Mr. " Bryan's' Influence and services
more than hi residence, as it is opu
lent of statesmen." Yes but is it also
long on opulent statesmen?
If Kins Corn makes good, all those
Nebraska farmers who are riding in
automobiles wlll throw them 'in the'
junk heap and buy new models for
next year, without signing a mortgage
either. ... . v
We are sure we divulge no secret In
saying that the preferred choice of the
Commoner for United States senator
la Associate Editor Metcalfe and that
the preferred choice of the World-Her
ald is Editor j Hitchcock.
Mayor "Jim vetoes the creosote
block paving ordinance for the benefit
of "Charley" Fanning, who gets a com.
mission on all the brick paving. If
Fanning were not for Dahlman he
would. Indeed, be ungrateful.
The Portuguese duke who had sat
by and calmly watched many a fatal
bull fight fainted when he hit thei
Bowery in New York, which goes tc
show that bull fights are tame affairs,
after all. There is also another possi
ble deduction.
For the first time in a long time
the supply of rentable houses in Omaha
seems to have caught up somewhere
near with the demand, with the result
that the newer and more modern dwel
ling has the fall over the antiquated
back-number. Jiouse. Peoplo who live
In this live, progressive city want
everything the best aud most up-to
date and insist upon having it
Ehootinj of Mayor Gaynor.
The people of the United States,
profoundly shocked and grieved at the
shooting of Mayor Gaynor of New
York, will await with Intenscst Inter
est every report of his condition in
the eager hope of hearing that the
wound will not prove fatal. The at
tending surgeons seem to hold out
such hope, which at first dd not seem
possible. The mayor's calm self-control
under trying circumstances should
be a great element in his favor.
The circumstances of this tragedy
are not much unlike those attending
the assassination of President Gar
field. In both cases the assassin was
a discharged employe of the govern
ment with fancied grievances. The
criminal who shot Mayor Gaynor
seems to have Imagined that the
mayor personally had deprived him of
his means of a livelihood, when as a
matter of fact some subordinate of the
mayor had discharged him for Incom
petency. Mayor Gaynor has been ag
gressive In some of his reform meas
ures and his own secretary had appre
hended harm to him from political
enemies who had felt the chastening
influence of his office, but certainly
this man, who held a very humble po
sition, could not have been one from
whom the secretary feared evil.
The mayor's administration, even
bis political opponents in other parties
admit, has been characterized by an
apparent determination to improve the
conditions of the city, and so popular
had he become with his own party that
be was already mentioned in connec
tion with the governorship and the
presidency.
Assassination typifies a form of an
archy that seeks tho overthrow of gov
ernment and because of this, in addi
tion to the wanton attack on human
life, It arouses deepest resentment
among people enjoying a popular gov
ernment. In this case the assassin did
not even know by sight the man
against whom he held his grievance.
but he knew the mayor of New York
when he was pointed out to him, and
it was the office at which he aimed his
pistoL Such crimes must always call
for the extremest penalty tinder the
law. Wrath at such acts is righteous
and the people, whose official repre
sentatives are shot down In the peace
ful pursuit of their duties, . have . a
right to insist on vindication of the
law.
Sockefeller, the Speeder.'
That was a handsome reception Mr.
Rockefeller accorded the humble con
stable who approached him at his For
est mil nome in Cleveland witn a
summons for his arrest on the charge
of speeding his automobile beyond the
lawful limit. Mr. Rockefeller received
the law officer most cordially,
promptly accepted summons, promised
to be in court at the proper hour,
thanked him for his courteous manner
and method and gave him a carriage
to convey him back to his place of
business. But it is rather a high ante
for all other speeders to come to, is it
not?
Mr. Rockefeller, reports say, was
caught in the act of scorching. Noth
ing, then, but the consummate lack of
nerve by the officer who "caught" him
could have prevented negotiations
right there on the spot, one may well
conclude. There is not a doubt that
had this officer whistled to the fleeting
oil king to attract his attention he
would have stopped instantly, got
down out of his auto, surrendered
himself and gone along there and then
to the station, meekly and gladly, and
paid his farthing into the coffers of
the county for this infraction . of its
laws. ,..- j
But this officer must not be too
harshly criticised for falling to rise to
the situation. He probably knew that
Mr, Rockefeller, who is not notably
slow in anything he does, has not al
ways been in the habit of yielding to
men with summonses and subpoenas;
he may have remembered how a whole
army of officers once vainly sought for
weeks to serve a subpoena on 'Mr.
Rockefeller at this same Forest Hill
home, scouring its beautiful, undulat
ing hills and templed dales in search
ing for the man wanted at the Chicago
court that was hearing the celebrated
Standard Oil case. The moral must
be that Mr. Rockefeller's attitude to
ward summonses and constables varies
with the occasion.
Taft Protects the Indians.
White citizens as well as Indians
will applaud the president's announce
ment that he proposes to protect the
Redmen of the southwest in their land
rights against the rapacity of the pro
fessional spoilsman who has for years
practiced his shameless frauds upon
the government's wards. The Depart-'
ment of Justice has been instructed
to proceed with plans for regaining
title to vast tracts of land wrested
from the Indians by these land sharks,
many of whom have amassed great
fortunes through the system.
It was to be expected that the land
grafters would hit upon the specious
plea that since the government had
conferred the
rights of citizenship
upon the Indians they were no longer
wards and therefore were not entitled
to the governments protection. This:
Is a peculiar sort of sophistry and the
government probably will have little)
difficulty in defeating it. In the first!
piace, many or me nig tana steals were
no doubt put through before the In
dians who held title to the land be
came citlsens, but in the second place,
as the government will maintain, it
deals with the Indians, not as Indi
vidual cltlrons, but as members of
their tribes even today, and therefore
It has the power and the right to pro-
tect them from the grasp of these un
scrupulous looters.
But that Is the technical aspect of
It, for behind all that Is the govern
ment's original promise to the Indian,
which the Indian already has com
plained of being broken in too many
Instances. That is a trust which must
be preserved and it Is not at all likely
that with the power of the president
on the one side, the land grafters are
going to succeed in tilting the balance
against the Indians. A victory for
government probably will end. or
mark the beginning of the end, of all
this outrageous plunderbund, and this
very announcement from President
Taft, which betrays a thorough knowl
edge of the situation, no.doubt will
disconcert the plans of those involved.
The National Committeeman.
Judging from expressions from time
to time in various newspapers most
people must have a decidedly confused
Idea as to the function and responsi
bility of a member of the national
committee of any political party. The
relation of a national committeeman
to the national organization of a party
corresponds precisely with that of a
state committeeman to the state or
ganization, a county committeeman to
the county organization and a city
committeeman to the city organization.
Upon the committee in each case rests
the management of the campaign for
candidates on national, state, county
or city tickets, respectively, with a
view to a successful outcome. The
presidential campaign comes but once
In four years, so that the activity of
the national committeeman need be of
brief duration, and after the campaign
Is over the only duty devolving upon
the committee is to call the next pres
idential election and supervise ar
rangements for holding it, making
way for the new committee commis
sioned when the standard-bearers are
named.
For congressional elections there is
In each party a national congressional
committee, presumably with a member
from each state, to look after the in
terests of congressional candidates
every two years. In "the mid-term
elections these congressional commit
tees have the field to themselves so far
as activities covering more than one
state are concerned, co-operating with
the national committees when a presi
dent is to be elected. The member of
the national republican congressional
committee for Nebraska is Congress
man E. H. Hlnshaw, and this commit
tee is supposed to work in this state
through him.
It happens that the member of the
republican national committee for Ne
braska is also editor of The Bee, and
as editor of the leading republican
newspaper in the state has duties and
responsibilities In every campaign
which transcend any obligation to any
political organization.- Irrespective of
the personality of its editor. The Bee
will continue-to advocate republican
principles, will endeavor to bring
about in the Interest of good govern
ment the nomination of the best and
strongest candidates for office, and will
be free to denounce and oppose scala
wags and rogues whatever party label
they may wear. ,
The East Watchei the West
Crop conditions in the west are
watched with eager interest in the
east and form the subject of much
newspaper comment The New York
Herald prints a significant editorial
junder the caption "Prospect of Rain
in the Corn Belt,", and finds cause for
hope in recent rains in Nebraska,
Oklahoma and Kansas. This is not a
transient interest; it is an interest
that comprehends the business stabil
ity of the country. The west long ago
has taken its place as the great food-
producing section and as goes the
west, agriculturally, so tho country is
likely to go financially and commer
cially. We do not have complete crop
failures any more, so that it is not
necessary to consider how serious one
would affect the money centers of the
east, but we sometimes have partial
failures and they have a very vital in
fluence on every channel of trade and
commerce.
It is gratifying to know, however,
that crop conditions at present, those
Harvested and tnose to como, are
nearer an average than prospects in
dicated some time ago. From a dls
play of the government's statistics the
winter wheat yield in the aggregate
will be more than last year and pre
cisely the same per acre, while the
quality is. about 2 per cent above that
of 1909. Certainly in this showing
there is no encouragement and no
warrant for unsettled conditions in
I Wall street.
Nebraska stands high both in qual
ity and quantity of wlnter'wheat. only
one state surpassing it in quality and
two in quantity.
Corn, on the whole, in all states does
not rank relatively as high as wheat,
but it strikes an average yield of 79.3
per cent, as against a ten-years' aver
age of 82.1 per cent, which certainly
cannot be regarded as poor. But the
redeeming feature about corn is that,
while the percentage condition is
slightly off, the acreage has increased
enough to bring the total output far
above the total of last year.
i "
Although Governor Shallenberger
gave Attorney General Thompson writ-
ten orders to institute quo warranto
proceedings against four of Omaha's
public officials, designating them by
name, for alleged failure to enforce
tho law, the attorney general has
brought suit against only one of them.
By the same logic the next thing in
order will be quo warranto proceed
ings against the attorney general for
failure, to obey the governor's command.
The sad fate which hns cut off in
his prime W. R. Mlchaells, editor of
the Illinois Staats Zeltung, drowned
the other day while rescuing his little
daughter, removes one of the strong
est men in the field of foreign lan
guage Journalism in this country. Mr
Mlchaells had all the good traits gen
erally attributed to the German
fatherland of bis ancestors, and stood
high among his associates In the news
paper world." His personality marked
the Staats Zeltung and maintained its
iilgh position of Influence with, that
sturdy German-speaking element of
our population which has contributed
so much to the upbuilding and devel
opment of this section of the country.
One fault in the system of "Voting
for the man" is that the voter has to
take the man's word for his superior
ity almost entirely. In all the preach
ments about how to select the best
men, they have' not yet given any in
formation on how to discriminate be
tween the man who Is best and the one
who is not, but says he is. The great
trouble is too many mountebanks are
sailing under false colors.
A newspaper household has its joys
and sorrows just as every other fam
ily, and the staff of The Bee mourns
the loss of one of its members in the
death of S. S. Peters, who gave the
last years of his career to the service
of this paper. In bis own unobtrusive
way Mr. Peters fought the battle of
life in war and in peace with patriotic
enthusiasm and a creditable record.
The open primary is not open to the
extent of permitting anyone to vote at
the same time for candidates for nom
ination on the democratic ticket and
for other candidates for nomination
on the republican ticket. Republicans
should make up their minds to vote in
the primary on the republican prob
lem and let the democrats take care
of themselves. ,
Colonel Nelson of Kansas City
thinks that if Massachusetts were peo
pled with a generation that had suc
ceded the men who fought in the rev
olution the state would be more like
Kansas. While, of course, no one can
disprove such an assertion, yet is it
not a fact that Kansas was peopled
largely by settlers from Massachu
setts?
That creosote block paving veto
must be Intended by Mayor "Jim" to
serve as proof positive that he will
stay with his freinds, and that he
would as governor be there with the
goods whenever a friend needed a
veto. "..i' ' '
Not content with putting a county
option plank in the republican state
platform, the anti-Saloon leaguers
want, also, to choose the republican
nominees. When some people get an
inch they want an ell.
A. G. 8paldlng says it is possible to
make politics as clean aa base ball and
he will work toward that end In his
race for the United States senate from
California. Or to make base ball as
clean as politics?
A Possible) Dlsaralse.
' Pittsburg- Dispatch.
If ex-President Roosevelt desires to in.
spect the country incognito, he will have to
shave off his mustache,, cultivate aide
whiskers and suppress his teeth.
Ileacfclnar Out tor Boalaeaa.
Wall Btreet Journal.
Notwithstanding: the enormous complaints
that American manufacturers do not prop
erly push their goods in foreign countries,
export statistics indicate that they are
taking hold of the problem- In the right
way.
Forsettlns Horn K nocks.
Now York Tribune.
Mr. Bryan wanta to read out of the demo
cratic party the democratlo members of the
Illinois legislature who helped to elect
William Lo rimer United States senator. It
is always pleasant to turn to distant fields
when doincstia troubles become acute and
irksome.
No Liberties with Truth.
Buffalo Express.
Whoever mistakes the army or the navy
for an Ananias club comes to grief. A few
weeks ago a cadet was dismissed for ly
ing when he wss asked if he were chewing
gum. Now a naval officer of the rank of
lieutenant commander has been sentenced
by court-martial to a publlo reprimand
and to lose fifty numbers In his file rank
for making a false statement. You cannot
take liberties with the truth If you are
going to maintain your standing in the
military services of your Uncle bamuel.
Our Birthday Book
August 10, 1810.
Horace Fletcher, lecturer and originator
of Fletcherlsm," was born August 10, 1819,
at Lawrence, Mass. He has been a great
world traveler, but has more lately de
voted himself to the study of human nutri
tion. Horace White, journalist. Is 78 years old
today. He is a native of New Hampshire,
who helped Joseph Medlll make a name for
the Chicago Tribune, and later succeeded
William Cullen Bryant as editor of the
New York Evening Post He is now, how
ever, retired from active work.
Rev. Samuel Z. Batten, lately pastor of a
Lincoln church and officer of the Antl
Baloon league In Nebraska, was born Aug
ust 10. lSf, at Swedeeboro, N. J. He not
long ago got a betters call elsewhere at a
higher salary and accepted it.
K. Barlow Harris, police surgeon in the
Omaha department, la Just 26. He was born
at Louisville, Ky.
K. C. Hoyt, clerk of the United States
district court at Omaha, la Just So. His
birthplace is Holland Patent, N. Y. He
came to Nebraska In 1879, and In UOT was
given a position with the federal court at
Omaha by favor of President Cleveland,
of whom he Is a relative.
J. J. Smith, formerly of the On-Time Yeast
company, but now looking after his farm
near Florence, was born Aurut 10, lSia, at
Centervllle. la- He was a member of the
Board of education for two terms.
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Washington Life
The tnamg-aral Crowd, What It
Will Ooet, Tears of JU tires rresl
Seats, aad a Baddlng- Sjtatesmta.
The Interstate Commerce commission has
made the discovery that the railroad laws
of the United States make absolutely no
provision for proper rata to charge on a
calf born In transit In the absence of
such express provision the commission has
ruled that calves brought Into the world
In this way shall take their first ride free.
The law was put to the teat by two
calves born in a car that was conveying
the stock and household effects of an Illi
nois farmer on a migration to Minnesota
by way of the Chicago Oreat Western
railway.. At the destination the freight
agent checked up the stock and found two
head more than the waybill specified. He
promptly assessed excess freight rates On
the calves.
The farmer kicked, but the agent said It
would be rebating to let the calves off
without paying fare. So the farmer paid
the excess, but was so peevish about It
that the railroad asked the commission
whether a refund wouM be allowable un
der the antl-rebatlng statute. The com
mission took the question under advise
ment and decided that the rebate ahould
be allowed.
Tha treasury has lust rendered a rule
of peculiar Interest in a peculiar ease.
The Commercial bank of St. Augustine,
Fla., has a debtor who la required to
pay to the bank 130 every month. The
mnn hn. a. rrurira aoralnst the bank and
makes the payment aa disagreeable to the
latter aa possible, instead or a rawing a
check for the amount, he baa been In the
habit of turning over a double handful of
silver coins. Ten dollars Is In halves, 10
In quarters and $10. in dimes.
The other day Treasurer -McClung re
ceived a letter from Thomas K. Cureton,
the cashier of the bank, asking tor an
nnlninn as to whether or not he was com
pelled to receive the money In thla shape.
He wanted to know whether unaer me
law the aggregation of coins waa legal
tender. The law on the point Is as fol
lows: c
"Tht tha tireaent silver coins of the"
United States of smaller denominations
than $1.00 shall hereafter be a legal
tender In all sums not exceeding 110, in
full payment of all dues, publlo and
private."
Treasurer McClung replied that the bank
waa not compelled to accept the mont?
as legal tender, his opinion being as
follows:
"The object and purpose of the pro
vision was to Justify a creditor in refus
ing to accept a burdensome and incon
venient quantity of the smaller silver coins
In payment of a debt. I am therefore, of
the opinion that the true construction of
the act Is. that a tender of a sum consist
ing of the several different denominations
of the subsidiary silver coins must not, to
be within the act. exceed the sum of 110
In payment of any single debt. It follows
therefore, that in my opinion, a tender
such as that described In your letter would
not be valid and sufficient in law."
Congress will assemble some day to dls
covsr that some of tha most valuable docu
ments in tho possession of tho government
have been destroyed by fire. Cabinet of
ficers have been pleading for years for an
appropriation for the eonstructlon of a
Hall of Records, In wfclcH the old docu
ments and papers of the various depart
ments might be stored. Bills authorising
the appropriation have been Introduced
(rnni iimi to time, and occasionally such
bills have passed one branch of congress
only to die in another.
Recently a fire occurred in the Hooer
building on V street, near Fourteenth. In
a portion of the building thousands of
documents of the Interstate Commerce
n.w.n.i.ir.n v,n Ktnred. and a vast ma
jority of these valuable papers would have
ben destroyed had It not oeen lor ie
...tiiHtv of William Connelly, cmei ciera
of the commission, in employing a large
force of men to remove them from tn
burning structure. The fire served to
iiin.tra.ta two things first, that the gov
ernment is sadly In need of buildings , of
Its own; and. second, that there is a
nresalns- need for a fireproof building to
be used for the exclusive purpo of
ing papers whloh are not In daily use.
New bronse doors to complete the series
of entrance doors to the Capitol have ar
rived In Washington and will be placed in
th main west entrance of the building.
The doors .were designated by I'rof. Louis
Amateis of Washington. The design con
slsts of a transom and two doors with an
ornamontal frame. The doors are nearly
elulit feet wide and thirteen feet In height.
In the design of the transom are figures
vhiM, reneraaent America in a chariot
drawn by lions and led by a child, signify
lug superiority of intellectual over brute
force. Besides the chariot are figures
representing the the scholar, architecture,
literature, painting, muslo, sculpture, min
ing, ooromerece and Industry. On one side
of the transom panels Is the figure of
Thomas Jefferson and on the other side
a figure of Benjamin Franklin.
Medallions at the four corners repre
sent Pesbody, founder of educational
Institutions; Emerson, philosopher; Horace
Mann, educator; and Hopkins, merchant
and philanthropist.
In the eight panels, four on each of the
heavy doors, are scenes symbolic of Juris
prudence, science, art, mining, agriculture,
electricity, commerce aad engineering, and
Two Ways of Spending a Vacation
on the sides of these panels are statutes
of famous Americans.
Uncle Sara has secured a second regular
contributor to the conscious fund. On
the first of every third month for the past
yesr, the treasurer has received a check for
130. It always Is accompanied by a brief
statement that It Is In return of a pen
sion received by an undcrservlng man.
For many years a man with a tender
conscience residing at Annapolis, MJ., has
regularly turned Into .the treasury his
monthly pension. The name of the man Is
not known outside of three or four per
sons. But he has been a regular contribu
tor for many years.
Tha government Is being run by subordi
nates. Assistant secretaries and chief clerks
are In charge of the executive departments.
For all that the wheels of the government
seem to be running about as smoothly as
ever. Persons down at Coney Island are
not likely to notice the difference.
All night long a bright light burns in the
central office of the White House. It Is
the room of the White House telegra
pher. He has a wire connected up with
Beverly, Mass., and is on the lookout every
Instant of the night and day for word from
the president.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Dr. Crlppen got his title of dentist by
selling old teeth to real dentist.
Fortune awaita the Inventive genius who
succeeds In canning the surplus hot air for
winter use.
A New York man engaged In an eating
contest consumed sixty-one eiara of corn.
The nature of the prize for which he strove
is not known, but a style, equipped with a
capacious trough, would seem to be most
appropriate.
Jraes Whrtcomto Riley Is still a resident
of Lockerby street in Indianapolis. He
thinks Indianapolis has the. finest book
stores In the country. Several of the large
eastern publishing houses sell more books
there than they do In New York.
Commenting on Women's protests about
oigareWe smoking by women, tha New
York World aaks for light on the question.
"Is this to be taken aa a" measure of the
tolerance that would be meted out to all
who do not bow to their ideas of morality
and propriety were women allowed to vote."
Talks for people
"What are the 'talking points' of a
savings bank? What could you tell
the peoplo about a savings bank that
they don't know?" asked a banker of
an advertising man.
The talking points of a savings bank
are the same as any other business, he
was told. What do you offer the peo
ple?"" What returns do you offer them
for the money they place In your
hands? What about the quality of
your bank? What sort of service do
you offer them? Are your employes
courteous?
"But the people know this in a gen
eral way," said the banker.
Suppose they do, did you ever know
of anyone getting enthusiastic over
Everybody Relies on
I lie iiell Directory
Our Omaha Directory contains 27,500 names, and every
one of them is either one of your customers or a possible
one. You want to reach these people every day, and the
cheapest way you can do it is by advertising ; in the Bell
Directory.
The Dell Telephone Directory Is as much a part of the home as
the' kitchen rangeas much a part of the office desk as the Ink stand
or the'blotter. Our rates are very low. Call Douglas a, and ask the
advertising manager for space and rates.
By the way, have you an ad in the Bell Directory?
LAUGHING LINES. ' '
"Papa," said little Harry. , "I hellers
that the man In the moon Is a policeman."
"Why?" Inquired his father.
"Because." Harry explained, "you can
never see him unless the -moon Is full."
Judge.
"Mv," raid the flrat man. redtniir a news
paper at the club, "aren't thoae- bridge
uisHMers terrible?"
"Does your wife play, too T" answered the
second man absent-mndedly. Buffalo Ex
press. "What defense." asked the grafter's wife.
did you make when you faced the Investi
gating committee?" ,
"I vehemently willed the nian who hud
brought the charges & liar." Chicago Record-Herald.
"Yes." he said. "1 have burled six wives."
"Why," she exclaimed, "you must be a
regular Bluebeard."
"No, madame," he explained, "x am an
undertaker." Baltimore American.
"Do you believe that an offense carries
Its own retribution?" . -
I do. 1 once tried to cheat the gov
ernment by buying a box of cigars the
man said he had smuggled, men 1 trl
to smoke them." Wusiilngton Star. j
Mrs. Henpeck wlth newapaper)-dt Says
here that buttermilk will extend one a life
to over 100. . ' . .
Henpeck (wearily) If I was a bachwlor,
I'd take to drinking It.-Boston Transcript.
"He's a mutt." , , , , .
"Why, how Is that; he's nice looking and
apparently very bright?"
"Bright nothlngl That pretty (Miss Stsck
sotit asked him to teach her to swim, and
he told her he couldn't because he ditlu t
know how." Boston Post.
JES LAS FOLKS.
La. way! such a scrappln' roun'
Ob dera blue Jays on de groun ;
Mebbe hits a worm dey foun',
An' dehatln' whose. It am
Jes lak folks.
Looky! now deys In de trees.
Lak a lot o swarmln' bees,
And a ahamln'- de sweet breese
Wld ders flghty, squawkin' notes
, , Jes lak folks.
..... " ; . ' t . .
Hushyt now, yoti , tuseln'; lot., j.t nty t t
. Dere dey go! But what day gotT .. ,
Bits o' fat worm lak as not
Far de babies in de hes' .
Jes lak folks.
Harky! to de twitter dere, .
Ob dat pretty btllln' pair;
I,er behln', an' dey don' oare!
No-m! An In dat doy Is ''
- Jes lak folks.
J. K. FRE1
who sell things
general knowledge? The people want
special knowledge.
AIbo, you can tell people how ' to
save. Very few people really, know .
how. Show them the advantages of
having money laid by, give them your
reasons; prove to them that you are '
interested in having thejn save, be
cause it is as much to their interest aa
it is yours. Last, but by no means
least, you might make It a trills
easier for an ordinary citizen to Bea' Jj
an officer of your bank. Most peoplo
who have money to save are busy and
resent cooling heels in an ante-room.
Mr. Banker, Tho Bee has . 48,000
home subscribers, most of whom
wouid be Interested in what you have
to say about savings banks and saving
money. Will you talk to them?
Nebraska Telephone Co.,
Every Ad in the Del) Directory
brings returns.
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