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Mnrnins, Kvi'imn ami Sunday Hoe printed
Juii.'ijf tht moiitli of November, 1910,
aaa aa lulloma-
1 43,680
t 43.SVO
t 43,060
43,570
43,330
.44,300
7 4E.330
S 4310
( 84,080
10 45,470
11 44,640
12 43,990
It 44,200
14 43,360
li 43,060
14 43,850
17 44,330
II 44,080
1. . . 43,760
20. 43,00
il 43,910 I
22 43,520
23 43.S30
24 42, 6d
25 43,740
it 43,150
27 43,880
21 43,280
2 43,340
10 48,830
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Returned copies 16,438
Net Total 1,308,464
Daily Average 43,618
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Treasurer.
KuhsrrlbBd In my presence and sworn
to before me this jlOtn. day of November,
110. M. f. WALKKIl,
(rfual.) Notary Public.
aubacrlbera tearing tbv rltr !
porarllr ehould bare The Be
mulled to them. Addreaa nlll be
This is good
cider.
weather to harden
The hotel clerks are welcome, snow
storm or no snow storm.
Salome got her share of the gate
receipts while she staid though.
What a merry Christmas It will be
for Alfonso, Manuel and Madero.
Women now can vote In five states.
Fellows, they are closing In on us.
Those Sugar trust barons put up
Sonus aeet talli, for men with sour
This cold weather will at least tend
to lessen the number of aviators
killed.
Kentucky's grsis is bluer than ever,
they say, sDce the. prohibition wave
began to set in.
A Massachusetts mart; 80 years old
has the whooping cough. He will
probably get' the eroup next.
At any rate, the Insurrectionists In
Mexico know now who in president of
'.hat passionate little republic.
Carter Harrison and Dunne's Jock
eying for a start Is almost as Interest
ing as a mayoralty race, Hself.
Still, the kaiser must not be blamed
for exalting the divine right Idea as
long as he can "get away with It."
Joseph Medlll PattersdVi baa written
play called "Rebellion." He could
easily fit Into ,.Ue title r6)e of that.
Does Wall street always have an
understanding with Mr. Hill that If he
founds the alarm it will get scared?
John BIgelow, who has celebrated
his ninety-third anniversary, severely
attacks the Uxiff. Ninety-three is a
rlp old age.., '
The schools are complaining that
letter writing is becoming a lost art
vIany a man ls wishing he had never
found It.
A runaway horse demolished two
automobiles in Rochester. Good for
the poor old horse. He has borne too
much already. i
It was all right for the weather
man to make the first snow a good
one, but It wasn't required that he
tive It to us all at once.
The Baltimore American says. "The
assailant of Mayor Gaynor ls shortly
to be tried." Tes, and let us hope he
Kill be tried shortly, also.
We may have been indulging exces
sive appetites for legislation, as Wood
ow Wilson says, but still we are not
uttering much from the gout.
U anybody think Mr. Bryan will
stop at merely taking a hand In Texas
politics he la wrong. He will have
both feet in it before he quits.
A New York state senator testifies
he was offered f 100,000 for his rote In
the legislature. Well, how much did
'he man want, for mercy's sake?
Secretary Meyer recommends the
abandonment of a number of naval
stations and naval yards, but nothing
in his report affects the status ef
Omaha. The local sea dogs are as
aafa as afe can brf.
No Time to Waste in Congress.
The abort and last session of the I
Sixty - first conKrrBa
which convened ;
yt tttorday, is important that incm-
hers aliouM foreco the precedent of,
transact inK little business before the j
holidays, adjourning for t'hrlHtmas
leaving the bulk of business fori
A tremendous1
volume of buslm aa awaits con press at
h, fa h
'
months. It Is extremely doubtful if It i
,, , , ,i
all could be completed under the most I
favorable circumstances, fcven if con
gress should take out no time for a
Christmas vacation, there Is still the
filibustering of the democrats and the
possible lack of entire harmony amenf
thp rennhllcans to count on
I " e rep U D I H U D S lO t OU Dl On .
President Taft makes a sensible ap
peal to the members of his party for
coherency of action in this session.
Never was It more Important. The
tiortv 1; an mnnv ftlarloraa tit n Ka ta-
deemed. These pledges Involve the
good name, not alone of the president,
but. of congress and the entire party.
The executive has done his best toward
their fulfillment. Hut If they are all
performed it will be because his party
In the house and senate has heeded his
eall for harmonious, persistent in
dustry this winter. No more lack of
wisdom could be displayed than for
republicans to withhold such co-operation.
They have nothing to gain and
i everything to loRe by such a bourse.
We believe they will not pursue it.
Certainly they will not If they listen
to their better counsel. It should not
be a matter of how little legislation
congress can perfect this winter, but of
how little it must leave unperfeeted.
Measures of immense importance are
up for action. Of course the demo
crats are sure to devote the seeRion to
playing politics, laying their plans for
action in the Sixty-second congress.
But if the republicans stand squarely
together, they still will be able to
accomplish vast good for the country
In spite of the opposition.
Growth of Western States.
The states of the new west are show
ing up with remarkable population In
creases. The new census discloses
even greater advances than had been
expected. Idaho, which tops the list
thus far, has more than doubled its
population in the last ten years, mak
ing a growth of 101.3 per cent. Nevada
ls just a little behind it in ratio. It
has gained 93.4 jer cent. Next comes
Oregon with as Increase of 62.7 per
cent, then Ci&ifornla with 60 per cent
and Colorado with 4 8.
One encouraging feature in all this
Is that the percentage of increase, as
well as the -actual gains, has been
consistently greater l(n the last decade
than they were In-the ten years pre
ceding that, or ffom 1890 to 1900.
This is really the cause for greatest
satisfaction. It cannot , but show a
progressive development It discloses
beyond any question, what westerners
have been maintaining for a long time,
that this country has taken an ad
vance from which there can be no re
cession. And what does It mean? It means
simply that this fair domain In all Its
beauty of climate and scenery; Its
prodigious wealth of natural resources
and Its amazing opportunities for the
man with small capital and large thrift
has at last come to be known abroad.
The day has gone by when one can
intelligently pass judgment on this
western empire as merely a nice place
to visit. If ls that, but It Is also an
inviting field for Industry, for busi
ness. And It ls to the great advantage
of Omaha and other Missouri valley
cities that this fact has finally im
pressed Itself. Development in the
new west opens up new trade for the
interior markets and factories and
therefore we have an active Interest la
all this empire building.
Nayy Improvements.
Secretary Meyer of the navy calls
attention to some Important changes
he wishes made In his department of
the government. One is the abolition
of a number of navy yards which he
says are neither well situated strategi
cally, nor essential to the service if
they were. By doing away with them
he shows the government could lop off
an annual expense of more than
$1,600,000. In the pursuit of the
policy of bringing the navy up to the
maximum of efficiency it would seem
this recommendation should call for no
argument. The secretary thinks the
nation should proceed with Its progres
sive plans of building war vessels each
year to maintain me standard of a
first-class navy and If it does this it
will be quite satisfactory to retrench
wherever elBe possible.
Hut equally at interttstlng as his
recommendations for more warships
and fewer navy yards, ls the secre
tary's urgent appeal for the passage of
a "personnel bill now pending before
congress which will Insure rapidity of
promotion and the accession to higher
grades of the service of a limited nam
ber of officers especially qualified."
The fact is, he points out, our flag offl
rers retire within one or two years
after attaining this rank without Ue
veloping their fullest efficiency.
This would seem to deprive the
American navy of a sufficient quota of
top men. That, in turn, theoretically
at least. Is a weakness. Men who are
qualified by long years of experience
for these pobltlons should be able to
give their country the benefit of longer
periods of service. This ia the purpose
aimed at in the measure Mr. Meyer
wants pasaed. Then to give additional
strength, he advocates the creation ot
grades above the present rear admiral.
This would, moreover, conform to naval
custom of other nations and Improve probably will never, feel the assur
adnilntBtrMimi, hesa. ance it would like In this discovery.
It remains to be seen whether con- Thin Is but natural In view of the fact,
fcrcBs will act favorably upon the secre-1 unavoidable ss it may be, th:it what
tary's plea for another fresh lot of war j the lay world regards as "the proofs"
vessels, since the keynote of the pres- j have not been laid before It. Captain
ent session is rigid economy. Of j Peary however, displayed a patient
course. It might be economy to build j determination in his grim quest for
the vessels, but we imagine that this 1 ten years and is entitled to much dls
view will not Impress itself on the j tlnction.
minds of some congressmen, though
Ihev mav be ni.en to mnvlrilnn aMr!
fuller light on the subject. It ia ajtwpen American and Hritish practice
notable f:ct that Secretary Meyer gives ls t""' Jut at present In the ln:ed
scant credence to the notion of settling i States four notorious murderers,
wars of the Immediate future by Inter
national agreement. He makes that
very plain. Therefore he ls not pro
moting the disarmament idea. He
probably Is on very solid ground here,
too.
Mrs. Eddy.
Contemporaries should not write
history, and their attempts at biog
raphy should be tentative rather than
definite, for this reason no one
should undertake to put a final value
on the services of Mary Baker Glover
ICddy. In many ways she was the
most notable woman of her time. It
may easily be questioned If any other
woman of modern times has wielded
the influence and affected directly as
many lives as did Mrs. Eddy, and this
influence was of the most benign char
acter. It does not matter what Indi
vidual opinions we may hold as to the
correctness of the teachings of Mrs.
Eddy. Whether her premise was ten
able or her conclusions sound, we are
forced to admit that her followers
found under her a peace of mind that
does not exist elsewhere. Mrs. Eddy's
church brings to its people a. message
of peace and a promise of better
things. It is unobtrusively militant
along lines of doing good, and the
woman who founded this cult will be
followed to her last resting place by
the hearts Of millions who looked up
to her as the Inspired head of a great
school of religious activity. She will
not be publicly mourned, at least, be
cause her people believe she has gone
on to a higher plane of existence, and
in this there is no cause for sorrow.
She must necessarily be listed among
the remarkable women of her time,
and the prediction Is not unwise that
sets down for her a verdict by history
that she did good while living.
French View of Our Penology.
A French delegate to the recent
prison congress at Washington com
ments unfavorably upon the tendency
of penology in the United States. He
criticises us on the ground that we are
disposed to make our prisons and our
systems of correction too easy and
comfortable for the man convicted ot
crime. And he is not far wrong.
It Is dangerous to preach, as some
so-called -ph.iloeophers are doing, that
all punishment ls wrong and must be
stopped." It Is dangerous because
some day it may be taken seriously by
those in control of the penal Institu
tions and the system of meting out
justice. It ls not necessary to overlook
the reformatory element of imprison
ment to hold to the punitive purpose.
All the nice talk in which men may
Indulge cannot change the fact that
imprisonment for crime is highly puni
tive In Its elemental nature. When
ever the penologist loses sight of that
he misses the main point.
First offenders, or men, who, under
the heat of sudden passion, violate the
law or even endanger life, but who,
under normal conditions are wholly
law-abiding, are entitled to every con
sideration of this purely reform doc
trine that the ends of justice permit.
For them the punitive part of prison
life may safely be emphasized, if it is
not overdone. But no such system can
be followed In the case of the hardened
scamp who goes from place to place
committing crime and from prison to
prison serving terms. Therefore this
soft-pedal penology must be handled
with care or it will do quite as much
mischief as some of the prisoners it
would benefit. So long as criminals
are a menace to society, so long must
society demand and receive as much
protection from them as the law can
give and It ls not receiving such pro
tection when this sentimental notion
of penology ls carried very far.
It was expected that the democrats
would be strong for civil service re
form when they began to go out of
office. It was not mere chance that
enabled Governor Shallenberger t se
lect "the best men." He merely
picked democrats. And now when
Governor-elect Aldrlch ls about to re
place them with republicans the state
ls disturbed by a dreadful walling.
Why should not Brlgham Young's
Image appear on Utah official silver
ware T This sturdy old pioneer has
stamped his personality Indelibly on
one ot the great states of the west,
and the mere matter of religious dif
ference of opinion ls not sufficiently
potent to obliterate the Importance of
the service rendered under Brlgham
Young's leadership.
At least one appointment made by
Governor-elect AldrUh will meet with
the World-Herald's approval. Chair
mac Manuel of the populist party sup
ported Hitchcock Just as enthusi
astically as he did AldrUh, and thus
laid up for himself treasure lu both
places. Sometimes it pays to be a
populist.
Secretary Meyer of the navy gives
official recognition to Peary as the real
discoverer of the North role and pro
poses the highest honors for him. The
one regrettable feature about this is
that the world at large does not, aad
Another point for comparison be
guilty of a crime as heinous as Dr.
Crippen's are appealing for a new
trial against a life sentence. It Is this
that the BrltlFh avoid.
Congress is proceeding under its
own steam again, but It will not be
considered as fairly started until It
hears from the president. It is ru
mored thRt Mr. Taft has several mat
ters to bring before the attention of
the law-making body.
Bill" Husenetter showed himself
a gallant general (luring the late un
pleasantness in Nebraska, and the co
horts of the oil octopus might as well
keep this fact In mind.
Avhealthy horse, we are toli. eats
nine times its weight in food every
year. It would almost pay for a horse
not to be healthy with the present food
prices.
The real test of Dr. Woodrow Wil
son's administration will come, though,
In Its ability to make those New Jer
sey mosquitoes stop biting.
A French speclallst-elate8 how he
cured a drunkard with nothing but
water. Well, some of that French
water ls strong enough.
weetlr Solemn f'onrlnelone.
Indianapolis News.
H begins to look as though the govern
ment, after careful consideration, had
finally reached the conclusion that the
American Sugar ltefinlng company ls a bad
trust.
t.'alled the Blulf.
Baltimore Sun.
are indications that Attorney
Brandels cannot be bluffed even
There
Louis D.
by railroad magnates. It will be interesting-
to obaerve what answer they will make
to hlH offer to show them how to save
tno.OOC.OOO a year and accept no fee for the
service.
Heal Ilrothera Sow,
8t. Liouis Times.
The Japanese have done many things to
win our sympathetic appreciation; but they
now have become our own brothers, since
they have equipped an exploring vessel,
and eent a band of their sons to the reglona
where the ice floes are, and where men are
most certain of acquiring a reputation for
mendacity.
"Lo-kliK tne Stable Door."
Baltimore American.
Now thaie Ja ty. be. the usual "rigid In
quiry" into the Newark fire with Its hor
rora and 1W terrtalff tors ot tile- It would
be bettor to ' substitute for thene "rigid
lnqulrica." which aeldom fall to develop
any responsibility and which are seldom
followed by punishment, a rigid Inquiry
Into the efficiency of buildings, fire es
capes, precautionary rules and other means
of foreseeing a'nf preventing accident. It
is the old story of the superior worth of
the ounce of pretention.
Can Hrov "Come Ilackf"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Tha report that W. C. Brown of the
New York Central waa on the point ot
resigning and becoming a farmer turns
ted. Nevertheless, Mr.
Brown has bought an Iowa farm, and de
clares: "I am going to do It some day.''
Probably he will, for the call of the coun
try to a man brought up on a farm la one
of the strongest . things In life. As a
young man ne may rejoice i ci
from the farm, but when no geta to miauie
. ... . - . . . hsivh.. .A 0VmW
age tne longing 10 rumm "-i .-..
upon him. Forty years ago Mr. urown
was a farm lad in Carroll county, Ill
inois, and deserted the farm for a Job as
water boy for a section gang.
Smothering; Knke College.
, Boston Herald.
It is a wholesome decision of the state
of New York that an institution tor in
struction In hypnotism, mesmerism ana
personal magnetism shall not be permitted
to advertise Itself aa a college. For twenty
years past a concern existing merely on
paper, but bearing under oharter privilege
the name of a atate university, lias been
carrying on a profitable business in the
sale of academic and professional degrees
to persons In foreign lands. The new
conference of governors might well con-
alder "what constitutes a college," and
take steps for auch uniform legislation on
the subject among the atates of the union
as shall wipe out forever a shameful Inol
dent ot cur academic life.
Our Birthday Book.
Jeombr 1910.
Howard Elliott, president of the North
ern I'aclflo railroad, was born December
, 1860, In New York. He la an old-time
railroader and for many years was with
the Burlington In various capacities.
K. II. Sot hern, the well-known actor, ls
Just 61. He was born In New Orleans and
his father waa a great actor before him.
Colonel John 8. Moaby, confederate
cavalryman, ls celebrating his seventy
seventh birthday. Ha ls a native of Vir
ginia and has reconstructed since the war.
He was for awhile special agent of the
Interior department with headquarters at
Omaha and helped stir up cases that re
sulted In the land-fraud prosecutions.
Francis A. Broi;an, attorney-at-law,
officing In the Brandies Theater building,
la Juiit SO years old today. Ha was born at
Ie Witt, Ia., and studied law at Harvard
university law school. He practiced for
awhile In Emporia, coming to Omaha In
Ivs?;. He baa recently been appointed at
torney for Nebraska for the Missouri Pa
cific railway.
Major Herbert M. Lord, paymaster
United States army of the Lepartment of
the Missouri with headquarteraat Omaha,
was born December (, Ii previously
edited the Rockland (Me.) Uatetta and
waa later clerk of the waya and means
committee In the I'nlted States senate.
Charles K. Foster, attorney-at-law In
the New York Life building, Is celebrating
his thirty-fourth birthday. He waa born
In LaFayetto. 111., and graduated In law
from the University of Nebraska. lie waa
for five years with the firm of Baldridge
A DeBord and for two years deputy county
attorney.
Army Gossip
Matters of Interest en and Baok
of the Flrlne; Line Oleaned from
the Army and Xavy RtgMster.
Tlin examination of civilian raivllilates
for Hrrxiintoirn! a second MMit,nar.t In
tin army ha-i I ern i-oinp'eti'd at W: t j
Leavenworth, but Hie insult lll not be
known for s-ine week a tbe pmer5 are
to be mntl-ed fit that pace. The War fle-
partment. after shifting fmm one drclMnn
to another, 'it-.ally dVMcil Mime months j
ego to examine ihTlu'is with a view to
the ariv Inttr.ent of some of tlieni t com- I
mission.!. There were about 2iX candidates
who vere authorized to presrnt themselves
before the oxuminlCK boanl. H haK been
MometNng of a surnre. I t !ew f ti e pres
sure brought to bear on the military
authf rities to have the civilians examined,
that not more thon thirty-six of them re
potted to the board.
There Is a steady Improvement in the type
of horse which Is being supplied to the
army. There Is an awakened interest In
horsemanship among officers and there Is
a gro-Aliig appreciation on the part of horse
dealers and horse breeders of the necessity
of a better horse for army mounts than
was ever obtainable under the old contract
method of aoiitiisitlon. The recent horse
shows held In New York and Chicago have
brought the civilian horsemen Into closer
touch with the army and the benefits of
the participation of army officers In the
events are bound to be real and lasting.
Much satisfaction ls expressed by army of
ficers with the output of horses at the
army remount depots, at Fort Reno and
Fort Keoff-h, and Oenerai William H.
Carter, assistant to the chief of staff of
the army, who has always been Interested
In the remount system, has expressed him
self In enthubla.stic terms concerning his
recent visit to the establishment at Fort
Reno. At that p'ace an Inspection of the
animals showed that 'M per cent stood
quietly without throwing their heads about
while being bridled, 92 per cent of them
stood quietly for mounting bareback from
the left side, 88 per cent stood quietly
for mounting bare back from the right side
and C6 per rent permitted the men to slide
squarely off their backs.
It may have escaped the recollection of
most army officers that the new regula
tions prescribing the uniform of the mili
tary establishment are still pending. It
has been a subject more or less before the
authorities for fully three year. The re
vised regulations were prepared In the gen
eral staff of the War department In a form
regarded as satisfactory and were about
to be Issued When the Infantry equipment
board was convened at Rock Island
arsenal, it waa determined to postpone
the promulgation of the new uniform reg
ulations until the recommendations of that
board should be acted upon In so far as
the subject bore any relation to the ques
tion of uniforms and equipment. Now the
cavalry equipment board,, aluo In session
at Rock Island, has furnished additional
reason for further delay in the appearance
of the regulations. The changes In the
uniform are of minor character and most
of them have been described from time to
time In these columns. Certain changes
which had to be adopted without delay
have baen made known to the service In
official orders. There ls no Indication when
the completed regulations will be published
to the army. That event will presumably
not occur until the War department has
acted, on the recommendations of the beard
which. Is engaged In revising the cavalry
equipment. Then, there may be some
other occasion for renewed postponement.
The lnttmatlthi has been given from those
in authority In the War department that
the policy is to have as few and as Infre
quent changes In the uniform as possible.
Adherence to such a rule will be received
with enthusiastic approval by army offi
cers. The secretary of war In his annual re
port and' the president In his forthcoming
messaga to congress will refer In emphatic
terms to the need of legislation which will
improve the ernclency or the army com
missioned personnel. It has been decided
that an effective step In that direction
would be accomplished by the enactment
of the measure providing for extra army
officers, amended In form as described by
Ueneral Leonard Wood In his first annual
report as chief of staff. In brief, the
changes Incorporated are such that the
number of officers detailed for duty with
ihe organized militia may be Increased,
the proportionate number ot officers in
the . field grades may be somewhat re
duced, and a definite provision Incorpo
rated whereby the increase will be' spread
over a period of five years In accordance
with the precedent established in other
acts Increasing the commissioned per
sonnel of the army. It has not been de
termlned by what method the amended
bill may be brought to the attention of
the house and senate military committees.
It may be that tk;e bill will be presented
In the house and senate, or In both houses,
by Messrs. Warren and Hull, respectively
as an amendment to the extra officers
bill; In which event the amendment would
go In the regular way to the military com
mitters and be considered as a substitute
for the pending measure, which, as is well
known to those Interested, is awaiting
committee action In both houses. It Is
expected that the militia influences, which
have been obtained by the departmental
amendment, will serve to engage the aid
of the national guardsmen, which aspect
of the case may Justify Senator Dick, who
Is a champion of the militia caus In con
gress, In presenting the amended bill,
which would go to the senate military
committee. It la Impossible at this time
to determine what chance the extra offi
cers' bill has of approval at the capitol
during the coming session. Everything
depends upon the decision reached by the
leaders In congress In their current con
ferences with the president. -
MOVEMK3T OF POPl LATION.
Iowa
Gets Some Convolution from
MelrsUa Census.
Des Moines Register and leader.
In Nebraska's census returns- may be
found moat of the Interesting phenomena
of population movementa of the last four
years, for Nebraska presented a variety
of condition typical of conditions the
country over. It had a few counties with
large cities; it had more counties that were
strictly rural and populated with the aver
age number of proaperoua farmer; It had
many rountlea that were sparsely sottled.
and which offered large areas of cheap
lands for settlement.
The population statistics Just issued show
that thwe Nebraska counties containing
the cities had a larg growth and so did
those counties which offered large areas
of cheap land for settlement. On the con
trary, the well eettled and thoroughly
farmed ruraJ countlea showed considerable
hiHsea In population. But for the cltlea and
but for the cheap land In wttaturo Ne
braska. Nebraska would have shown a !
of population Instead of a gain In the last
ten years. Nebraska gained and Iowa lost,
chiefly because Nebraska had the landa
and Iowa did noC
j FF.0FLE TALKED ABOUT.
Mrs. Amnio .Marlines, hn before her
JtnaitlSRs wa Wl'mle Horn, the ih-whsmI
who wns cie.ilite.l with having v: -knanied
1 Senator 1'latt the "Kasy Ho-s." died from
1 Ssthma In New Vol k.
i
The flnet rrop of alfalfa harvested In
Karrai this je:ir was exhibited In a To-
peka barber shop last neck Kat :iwr "o
burn cut off his whiskers Take the wind
of VVIIIIntu AMen White for it.
Miss Maty l.ewts. 24 years old and prettv,
surprised I er frii ids In Wllhuttha. N. J..
by pjHiii i; adv rrtl. cment In papers In thst
section for a husband, taylna that time of
her friends or aonualntancs peed answer.
Benjamin Kshleioan, aged " and his wlte,
aged 74. of t'resswell, Lancaster conn!;.
Pennsylvania, have Just celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary, l-.shleman t
a blacksmith and sllll swings a sledge at
I ins lorge every uay, aespite his aavancen
years.
On the Clyde liner Mohawk, sailing for
Charleston and Jacksonville, the first
woman wireless telegraph operator who
ever bore the responsibility of this posi
tion on an ocean liner will have charge of
the wireless roc in. She Is Miss Oraynella
Tackcr of Jacksonville.
Mrs. Ida Vose Woodbury, field secretary
of the
Ameilcan Missionary society, ilius-
(rating her belief that the Indians are
not so bad as people are often led to be
lieve, said that the Sioux tribe raised
every year to send a missionary to their
worst enemies, the Crows, because the Biole
tella them to lovo their enemies.
FATHER KICKS.
Baltimore fun.
I'm a packhorse, that s what I am!
I'm a human checkbook.
A parcel delivery and a
Necessary evil. They take me along to
pay the bills
And carry tilings home.
Anything.
From a grand piano to a feather bed,
A package of pins or
A peanut.
They load on my shoulders, stuff In
pocket
And stick m my hand; and they say
To the clerk, smilingly, they say:
"Mr. Smith will give you a check!"
I'm Mr. Smith!
Yep!
Tin the human mint; the parambulatlng
mine!
I'm the fellow that has to
Blow the whistle In tne morning..'
I get 3 cents a day for lunch, and
My wife keeps the bankbook because
She's afraid I'd lose It; but
She lets me sign the checks because
She says It looks more business-like for
The man to spend the money!
They all let me spend the money.
My wife, my daughters, my sons.
My relations and my landlord are all
Unanimous.
They airri ed perfectly that I shall
Ppend the money!
Ijrnare's no chance of a disagreement on
f that;
isixey!
This Christmas thing brings me out strong!
I'm the checkbook, the mint, the mine;
I'm the packhorse! I'm the gettar! I'm
the brlnger!
Anything that's too big for the furniture
van,
My wife says:
"Here. John, you carry It!"
Mv name's John John Smith Mr. Smith.
I'm the gost!
lia-aa-aa-aa-aa!
SMILING REMARKS.
"When you go to rJngland, you exchange
dollars for pounds."
"Yes. that Is what the American heiress
said when her noble, husband beat her."
Baltimore American.
"Clarence, you don't realise what It In to
have all your career before you. I'd give
forty years of my lire to have your
chances."
"Of course you would. Uncle Benjamin.
You'd be glad to give forty of vour years
to anybody that would take em." Wash
ington Star.
'Bllgglns says he passes some of his
happiest hours In his library, is he a
bookworm?"
'Not exactly. The library Is the room
In Which ho keeps his card table." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Doctor He's unit a famous aviator
but
Isn't he homely?
rYofeseor Yes; he Is the aeroDlanest
man I ever saw. Chicago Tribune.
'I don't think there ls an honest hair in
his head."
"That's right. 1 believe he'd even cheat
at checkers.." Cleveland Blaln Dealer.
As the train reared the city the colored
porter approached the Jovial-faced gentle
man, saying with a smile:
"Shall Ah brush you' off. auh'.'"
"No." he replied; "I prefer to set off In
the usual manner." Brlnctton Tiger.
Fxlna An amateur at kissing, eh?
Katherlne 1 should say so. Why.
his
effort was only an apology for a kiss.
Ldna And were you angry, dar?
Katherlne Oh. no. I accepted the apol
ogy. Chicago News.
"What do you think," said Mr. Raf
ferty. "of the way them campaign folks
run one another down, each tryin' to set
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tiesn an' purity?"
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