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Sl'ATKMiSNT OF CIRCULATION.
Mate or Nebraska, liouglaa County, aa.
ceurae B. 'J sac hue a. treasurer 01 ihe be
1'ublismna Company, being duly sworn
nay that Ah actual number of full and
completa cop.ea of The latly. Morning,
Kviiung ami Uuqdy liee printed durtnir the
month of November, Ulu, waa aa follows:
1 It M6
1 4VXW ' 11 M,aao
43 ,044 t 44.080
...tun i .
I a,a ' t a,o
It 43,10
I aa.jao t ,tao
43,110 ta a,3a
9 M.U0 14 40,640
10 44.470 it 48,740
11 ,.44.40 It U1M
II 43,Sa ' IT 43, DM
J I 4400 ll 43.8.0
14 43.UM it 4340
Ji 43.SM IU 43.S JO
Total I,3a0,80
Kturol copte 16.484
Net Total 1,306,464
Dally Avaraf 43,61
UICOKGE B. TZtiCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
before in thla Sum uay of NoVetnOM, law.
M. 1'. V AL.KKK.
(deal.) Notary 1'ubiic.
Mubsvrlbcr leaving the city tem
porarily ohuuld hare The Be
mailed tn them. Adtlren will
c-haiiaed aa often aa requested.
The
shorter.
shopping time
Do .It now.
la getting;
A Kansas man rejoices that he has
to go to Jail. Is Kansas that bad?
The Gridiron club must have seemed
tame to some of those lame ducks this
year.
It is to be hoped there will be no
padding of the census In Mrs. Sage'a
model city. ...,.
"Girl Holds Key to Murder Mya
tery," gays a headline. One of those
skeleton keys?
Now, honest, democrats, don't you
really think President Taft is a rather
good Judge-maker?
A packer tells us there will be no
further rise in meat prices. Why, is
the roof in the way?
Uncle Sam's army is quite as effi
cient as genial host as in the capacity
of a fighting machine.
In inventing the noiseless soup
spoon that Bt. Louis man overlooked
the noiseles soup mouth.
Pittsburg at the age of 152 years is
another object lesHon that smoking
does not prevent longevity.
The world is. becoming more truth
ful. Lillian KubhcII bus confessed to
another birthday Anniversary.
Letter-writing may be a lost art,
but mechanically the divorce courts
show it is still freely practiced.
There Is a town in Texas named
Meaning. Hut you would probably
wonder why if you ever visited It.
The "Prisoner of Zenda" bus been
released for the bargain-counter sales.
Paroled for the holidays, so to 8eak.
Judge Baldwin waiting for Colonel
Iloosevelt to come to htm to "kiss and
make up" Is our Idea of a patient man.
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Mayor Seldel of Milwaukee wants
folks to see Salome before condemning
it. Vou have to show those socialists,
. " t
A Boston woman admitted she mar -
r ed to prevent the man from killing
h mse f. Seems he waa Just bound to
have a traiedv
" 6 ' g6ay-
Is ap -
r.very time a new postmaster is ap
pointed his defeated opponent tells of
the setting up of a new machine. It
Is hard to Jar one loose after he has
had four years at the pie counter.
John D. Rockefeller barely escaped
being bit on the head with a 500-foot
fire hooe the other day. Perhaps it
will be noted that Mr. Rockefeller hasiU PrP?s that Callfornlana combine
a way of escaping being hit ou the j t0 co"vert him to their side. It seems
head. (Improbable that he would require con-
1 - . j version. If San Francisco's claim to
Motor accidents are uot always the extositlon is sunerior w
avoidable, and the chauffeur who set
the example of carrying his victim to
a hospital for treatment has made a
new record that might well be ex
tended. I'p to date Mr. Carnegie, In his ef
fort to die poor, has given away $179,
000,000. We hope the grand old man
may live twenty years longer -so that
he may improve ou this splendid start
be has inaJ
Democrats and the Tariff.
The democrats have failed In their
firm attempt to decide on a definite
policy of tariff revision. Colonel
Watterson, one of the party leaders In
the council, puts the matter sig
nificantly when he aaya: "Some
brushwood was got out of the way and
a clearing made In the labyrinth of
confusion and misunderstanding."
The worst of It la that prospneta for
ever getting out of thla labyrinth of
confusion and misunderstanding are
not bright. There is little to encour
age a democrat to hope for a well
defined tariff policy which his party
w 111 accept aa its basis of action In the
Sixty-second congress. Free trade is
out of the question and tariff for rev
enue only would have the gauntlet of
southern bourbonlsra to run, and since
the bourbons of the south are looking
out for their home Industries, which
require a stout form of protection,
they are not likely to yield their in
fluence on a show-down, even for tra
dition's sake. Bo far as that goes, the
northern democrats are 'not a unit on
any one policy of tariff revision. What
they do and say for political purposes
is entirely apart from what they and
their southern brethren will do for
business ends.
The strength of the recent demo
cratic victory la to meet Ita crucial test
at the very outset on thla one question.
To pull the party out of chaos and
place it upon anything like a coherent
tariff plank, which all will actually ac
cept in good faith, Just now seems to
be too formidable for its powers. Of
course, some form of tariff program
will sooner or later be developed, but
it is likely to be a plan of evading,
rather than' meeting the issue. The
game of politics is on in the house of
the regenerated democracy ( and po
litical considerations will control.
Why Kentucky Grow Slowly.
Discussing the question, 'JVVhy Ken
tucky's Growth Has Been TTetarded,"
a writer in the Louisville Courier
Journal cites the defective tax system
of the state as the1 cause. His argu
ment would seem also to make it. In
a measure, an effect as well as the
cause. He compares Kentucky and
Pennsylvania and Louisville and Pitts
burg to prove his point. The Ken
tucky farmer on an average pays four
times the taxes of the Pennsylvania
farmer; the Louisville real estate
owner about two and one-half times
that of the Pittsburg realty man. Ken
tucky property values have been
crowded to their limit to make them
bear the burden of taxation and bonds
and intangible personalities are de
creasing in value, which adds to the
load real estate has to carry.
"Bring in capital, bring in popula
tion, build up the state, multiply the
sources' of revenue and ,we feha,lL have a
division of the burden and lower rates
with greater revenue will result," says
this writer. But he seems to have the
cart before the horse. So long as
present conditions of taxation exist
any Inducement they can offer to cap
ital to come in will be handicapped.
Capital is a very timid element, and it
has been known to falter at much less
serious obstacles than an antiquated
system of taxation. Kentucky seems
to have some laborious work to do at
home before it may look , for much
help from the outside. With its ex
cellent natural resources, its fertile
soil and delightful climate, It ought
to have little difficulty in solving its
problems.
It is possible that this defective
method of taxation ia partly an effect
and that some of the cause may be
found In that reign of terror over the
tobacco industry when towns were
sacked and country places menaced
by outlaws. This sort of thing went
on too long in Kentucky not to have
left some Injurious- effects and it is hot
at all Improbable that this situation
Is one of them. Now that the census
has lifted the warning finger to Ken
tucky, it ought to find the way without
further ado.
San Francisco and the Tair.
An anomalous situation seeuis to
have arisen out of the relation of the
Harriman railroads to the proposed
Panama exposition. The I'aion Pacific
is supposed to be doing Its utmost to
have the fair located at fan Fran-
Cisco. The Southern Pacific, its twin
j sister, is charged by San Francisco
people with promoting New Orleans'
interests. The charge is laid directly
j at the door of Judge Lovett, who is
'president of both roads. Ifltlstrue.lt
, ld look ,,k. , '
th mMdle OM cau -nd J
,k, , A , rLe'y oeneve
Judge LVeU WOuld foret that
California Is the chief source of ih
!8oUthern Paclflc 8 lncome; that th
ouumern racitic. wane It extends to
New Orleans as Its eastern terminus.
Is really a California Institution.
The Chronicle asserts that President
Lovett is not actuated from business,
but personal grounds. He Is a
southerner and, that paper says Is In
fluenced from his southern sentiment
lieve it is, to that of New Orleans, as
shrewd a business man as the head of
the Harriman system of railroads
surely may be depended on to see this.
San Francisco Is gaining in Its en
terprise. It has won support In New
York, where the New York Tribune
editorially declares the Pacific coast
metropolis to be the proper city for the
Panama exposition and adds that It
vyould still hold to this view even if
New York Itself were a candidate for
the prize. Han Francisco Is entitled to
win this contest on its merits. That
being true, it Is strange that some of
Ita promoters are resorting to denoun
cing and berating New Orleans In order
to magnify the advantages of Ban
Francisco. Much literature of this
character has been sent broadcast over
the country. It Is a mistake. It
should be called In. It is unnecessary
and will, If persisted In, hurt San
Francisco. San Francisco has enough
good points to play up without com
pelling It or any of Its friends to try
to find bad points in New Orleans for
exploitation. '
Reforming Rarebit.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
finally come to the rescue of the Welsh
rarebit. He proposes to lift it out of
Its obloquy and place It on a plane of
safe and sane dietetics. He is going to
have the rarebit analyzed and then
make experiments to test Us properties
of indlgestlbllity. If he finds, as he
thinks he will, that It can be made di
gestible, then he will prescribe the
remedy and Issue a bulletin on the
subject, telling exactly how to prepare
It BD that anyone may Uke It Into his
system after 7:30 p. m. without en
dangering his life.
Nothing but the consummate skill
and fame of Secretary Wilson aa a
dleteticlan would warrant the slightest
faith In this undertaking. It is by all
odds the greatest task that either he
or Dr. Wiley has ever essayed. It ought
to stand, if successful, as one of the
great reform of thla era of inventive
genius. True. It may rob our comic
supplements of some of their literary
flavor, but even that loss cannot de
tract from the value of such an
achievement. To be able to prepare
melted cheese thickly smeared on hard
toasted bread so that it may be ad
mitted to the human system 'without
fatal results will be worth all the car
icatures imaginative brains could con
trive. Some there are who will not be sur
prised if the venerable secretary falls.
As well talk of making mince pie, Ice
cream and lobster a la newburg a
harmless combination as to try con
vincing some people, with varied ex
periences, that a rarebit Is susceptible
to such civilizing Influences. Lead is
more plastic when it comes to mould
ing it Into digestible morsels, at least
these people will so contend. All they
can say to Secretary Wilson is, "We
wish you well," but they would not
buy stock in his enterprise. Anyway,
what is the use Reformed,, the rare
bit would lose its fascination of dan
ger, the only inherent quality it really
posHesses. It would be no credit to a
brave man to eat it as a denatured
delicacy.
'. State Buildings. -The
incoming legislature Is to be
presented in a more or less concrete
form the matter of erecting a number
of sadly needed buildings at Lincoln.
This is a problem that has been neg
lected too long already and must now
be given proper attention. It will
not be possible for the new legislature
to complete the task, but it can set It
well along. The people of Lincoln
have given some assistance by having
prepared a general outline of what
ought to be done to render the capital
city one that will be a model of beauty
when the state shall have finished ita
work of providing proper buildings
for the housing of the government's
several departments. Whatever the
legislature does should be along the
lines of a comprehensive plan that
will look to the end of proper compo
sition, so that when all is done the
great state of Nebraska will have
pride in its work. The people of the
state are more vitally Interested In the
capital city than in any other, for they
must pay a large proportion of the cost
of beautlfication and Improvement,
and they will want the work done in a
fitting manner.
At the same time something of re
sponsibility rests on the good citizens
of Lincoln. They must realize that
the work that Is being done at the
charge of the state is not being done
solely for their use and behoof, but is
for the people of Nebraska. . In this It
behooves them that they should co
operate with the legislature and show
no disposition to make a selfish profit
in the matter of real estate deals. The
experience of the regents of the uni
versity in the purchase of lots for the
athletic field should not be repeated in
the course of providing for the further
Improvements and extensions that are
to be made there.
The question of armories for the
Natonal Guard is coming before the
legislature again and deserves to have
more serious attention than it has
ever been given. Nebraska does not
want to shirk Its share In the work of
preparation for national defense, and
this can only be accomplished by giv
ing the National Guard proper sup
port. Armories are a necessity for
the proper care of property the state
Is directly interested in, and some bet
ter provision than now prevails must
be made if the Guard is to have any
permanency.
Whether lumber prices are too high
Is a question that ought to be settled.
The growth of the city Is Involved in
the question. Both sides of the case
are entitled to a hearing and Judgment
should not be formed on one state
ment. And now I.afe Young Is roing to
violate senatorial precedent and make
a speech before he has been the wearer
of a toga for a year. His reply to
j Cummins w ill bo worth listening to,
and may give the world another angle
from which to view the "Iowa idea."
Senator Brown's proposed amend-1
ments to the primary law will bring
a few more matters closer to the peo
ple. The law cannot- be made too
broad. If it Is to remain on the statute
books. "Let the people rule."
One of the present troubles In
Omaha is that too many people exem- J
plify their trust In Providence by let-;
ting the snow He on the walk till the'
sun can remove it. Faith with works
Is needed in this direction.
Omaha is still holding forth as the
convention city. Each body that as
sembles here realises the advantages
afforded, and each delegate goes home
more and more convinced of the real
quality of Omaha hospitality.
We wonder If It feela as bad to be broke
when the bills come In after Christmas as
It does two weeks before. Houston Poet.
That's a good bluff, "we wonder."
Promises That Failed.
Wall Street Journal.
Price of radium has advanced to i.'i.ttni.OUO
an ounce. And we were promised that a
reduction In the cost of living would follow
a democratic victory.
A Logical Point.
Indianapolis News.
The reasoning: of the State department
in the Charlton caae seems to be so log
ical as almobt to make one fear that It
will turn out to be illegal.
Wnltln fop the Kleshpola.
Washington Herald.
Wait till Champ Clark and his majority
ar ccnfronUd wltn tho swarms of Egypt
that will descend on tl.cm the day the
Slxty-BcconU congress is organised!
Talks I.Ike, an Old Hand.
Washington Herald.
When Woodrow Wilson declares that
what the country needs Is less lenlnlatlon
he convinces the public that his long
career as an educator has not unfitted
him for practical politics.
Tackling; HoniMklnK of Job.
ChlcaKo Kecord-Herlad.
QeorKe XV. Perkins Is going to quit tho
firm of J. P. Morgan & company and try j
to solve the differences between capital
and labor. Mr. Perkins has a Job that
is likely to last until spring, at least.
1'hanre for Work at Home.
PtttKburg I'lspatch.
Governor-elect Woodrow Wllnon of New
Jerney smoothly recommended to the gov
ernors' meeting that the states forentall
federal encroachment on the trust iiues
tlon by each one smashing Its trusts.
Pending the action of other states it can
not fall to attract attention that Governor
Wilson will have In his own state a beau
tiful chance to set a fine example.
liood Thlnar to Posh Along.
Indianapolis News.
The only objection we can think of to
Postmaster General Hitchcock's recom
mendation for a parcels post Is that it
does not go far enough. But as far aa It
goes it Is admirable. , The Installation of
the service on the rural routes would serve
as an object leson.ito the country of the
utility V the Innovation. Of course. It Is
not so easy to establish a general system
In this country, with Ms vast territory and
long distances, as H was in Ureal Uritian
and Germany, but we could do vastly
better than we are doing now without
much added trouble.,.
PK.NAI.TY OF fc EGLEt'T,
I nele Sam llanda One to a Poker
( iiluinunK).
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Cities which are seeking to extend their
area of free mall delivery will have to
"look a little out", for the condition of
streots and sidewalks. The city of Clarks
vllle, Tenn., has been enjoying free deliv
ery for a long time. Recently the govern
ment notified the city officials that In cer
tain sections of the city the houses must
be numbered and sidewalks must be con
structed. Nobody seemed V be In any hurry to
comply with the government's wishes. The
Postofftce department repeated the request
several times without receiving any sub
stantial response. The houses were not
numbered and the carriers continued to
wada In mud up to their shoetnps. Citizens
of the suburbs got their mall and didn't
worry themselves about building sidewalks.
Home of them looked at the matter with
the same calm philosophy of the Arkanras
Traveler's native, who, when asked why
he did not repair his roof, replied, "When
It ain't ralnln', I don't need It, an' when
It Is ralnln', I can't."
Uncle Fam is a patient Individual, but
he got tired of waiting for Clarksvtlle to
number Its houses, and otherwise make
things more convenient and comfortable
for the carriers. The other day the post
master at Clarksvllle received an order
from the first assistant postmaster gen
eral to the effect that the free delivery
service would be withdrawn from a large
territory in the city that la now covered by
carriers. All of which goes to show that
when your ITnele Samuel makes a mudest
request In a matter of this sort, It is not a
good Idea for city councils to go to sleep
and forget about It.
Our Birthday Book.
Secembsr 18, 110.
George WhtlefleM, the great evangelist,
was born leceiiber 16, 1714, at Gloucester,
Kngland, and died In 1770. He was the
founder of the ect of Calvin Methodists,
and his power aa an exhorter Is said to
have been unsurpassed.
Gerald L. Van Lilucl.tr, the great Prus-
slan field marshal, who finished the job for
Napoleon at Waterloo, was born lJeoenlierl
16, 1762. at lUiestock, and died In 1M!. Wel
lington credited Blucher with making vie-j
tory sure.
William II. Ahmanaon, assiHtant secre-1
tary of the Utate Insurance company of Ne-i
braska, is Sx today. He is a native son of j
Omaha and has been In the fire Insurance)
business since 1W with various i'ompnles,
and with his present company for two'
years. j
Frank L. W eaver of Weaver & Glller, at-:
toi neys-at-law in the Uramleis building,!
w aa born December 16, 1X1,1, at Anamusn, j
la. He was graduated in law from the l.'nl-j
verslty of Michigan, and lias been practio-1
Ing hurt In Omaha for mure than twenty
years. He was deputy county attorney f or
one term and president of the Jacksonlan
oluu three terms. j
Aaron ChadwK k, now retired, is celebrut-1
Ing his seventy-fifth birthday today. He'
waa born in RenselUervllle. N. Y., and waa
graduated from tlie New York State Nor- 1
tnal school In lSoS, becoming a tea her the'
next year in Brooklyn Polytechnic instl-!
tule. He organised lh Omaha Milling
company ia 1M7. j
NEBRASKA TRESS COMMENT.
Curtis Courier: The woman's hobble
skirt looks Just about like a man feels
when his eusienders have busied.
Nebraska City Press: While vou are
reading of the stiowslMes in Colorado and
skating in Florlla. just think what a
lovly sen on It Is In Nebraska at the
present time.
Kearney Pemncrat: Omaha mothers have
opened up a vigorous crusade against the
costly, foolish and extravagant "com
mencement gowns" practice In vogue In
the public high schools throughout this j
state. I tie extravagant graouation gown
ought to be and will be abolished.
Orand Island Independent : The cltlsens
of Kearney are arranging to ask Mr. Car
neRle for JK.OiXi more for the library of that
city, an addition to be bultt to the $12.ono
building already constructed and occupied.
It is devoting more than U.rnO to the main
tenance of the library and believes It en
titled, under M.v Carnegie's rules, to an
other slice of his steel profits.
Ashland Gaxette: We think that Omaha
is bad enough, but It Is no comparison In
wickedness to some other places. In
Omaha some outward appearance of
respectability Is maintained, even under
the Pahlmnn administration. Pundny ssles
of Intoxicating liquors are made through
back doors, while in Chicago and New
York there is no cessation of the saloon
business for the Sabbath.
Central City Nonpareil: Arthur Mullen,
attorney generil pro tempore, Is In danger
of overdoing the publicity business In his
effort to crowd some of the regularly re
tained attorneys out of the bank guaranty
hearing before the United Slates supreme
court. It Is barely poslbie that an attorney
who has spent sevjrul months In Investi
gating the fscts and the law in the case
Is Just as conetnt to represent the state
before the court as an Inexperienced
lawyer-politician, who happen3 to be tem
porarily at tho head of th state's legal
department.
Plattsmouth Journal: The proposal of
Postmaster General Hitchcock for a modi
fied parcels post, limiting the weight to
eleven pounds. In connection with th
rural free delivery, would b of mighty
little benefit to the farmers of the country.
What is needed Is a system like that ob
taining in Germany, where merchandise
and produce Is transported at one-sixth
the cost now extorted from the people by
the express monopolies of this country.
And these will see to It that even this
modified or limited parcels post idea shall
be neatly pigeon-holed.
Grand Island Independent: This city Is
not the only point in Nebraska where th
prices of food produced right at home are
extraordinary high. Norfolk Is suffering
from a nuik famine. With pasturage and
forage lands all about It. stretching for
miles. Indeed. In every direction, only five
families on one sldo of the city were sup
piled a few days ago. It appears that two
brothers managed to get all of the dairy
business. All went well enough so long
as both remained In the harness. But on
was taken 111 and It was announced by the
other that he would deliver only to those
buying In wholesale quantities.
Waterloo Gaxette: We wish to call at
tention to the matter running In these
columns weekly regarding the Western
Land Products exhibit to be held In Omaha
next January. The object of the exhibit
is to attract general attention to the re
sources of the west and seek to stem the
tide of emigration tn the far north and
south, and especially to help build up Ne
braska and Nebraska Interests. The ob
ject Is' a worthy one and should be given
support by every lover of the state. Ne
braska Uas not shown a very large In
crease during the decade Just closing, and
with its fertile acres and diversified In
dustries it ought to show a much greater
increase In the next ten years. We have
everything to attract and little to repel
new settlers, If only our resources and
good qualities are brought to the attention
of prospective buyers and settlers. Ieta
everybody lend a helping hand in the good
work.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Thirteen Pennsylvania hunters were killed
this season. In some states this record
was greatly exceeded.
The sheriff in the opera. "The Girl From
the Golden West," wears a high silk hat.
The attempt of a real sheriff out on the
range to live up to his stage portrayal
would be so dangerous that none lias
made It yet.
The story that come from England of the
ex-king of Portugal nut having money
to pay cabfare .will hardly ereate a wave
of sympathy In this country. Walking Is
healthy, and before the young man starves
his rich mamma will provide him with sus
tenance. A statue has been erected in the city of
Birmingham, Ala., to Mary A. Calahan,
principal of a public school. She has
served In that capacity for more than
thirty years. The statue Is in Capitol park.
This Is almost an unprecedented honor to
a living educator.
Francis M. Coekrell of Missouri, who re
tires from th Interstate Commerce coin
minion by failure of reappointment, is 7ii
years old, which evidently explains why
he has not been reappointed. He lias held
public office at Washington thirty-five
years thirty years aa United States sena
tor and five years as an Interstate com
merce commissioner.
Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper, an aged woman,
who says she Is the original of the char
acter of LJttle Don-It In Charles Dickens'
novel. Is still living In the village of Old
Bouthgate, a few mllevout of london, re
cently celebrated her ninety-eighth birth
day. Unfortunately, a cold and the Incle
ment weather confined her to her bed,
but she wus well enough to receive and
appreciate birthday cong.-atulatlons.
A MKSSAt.K OF 1IOPK.
Force of I'opnlar Government Are
MrouMirr Than Kvor.
New York World
In the preface to the new l:tl0 edition of
"The American Commonwealth" James
Bryre writes:
"It was with some anxiety that I entered
on this revision, fearing the bopoul spirit
with which my observation of American
institutions from U70 to 1X94 had Inspired
me might be damped by a close examina
tion of their more recent phases. But
all I have seen and heard during the lust
few years makes me more hopeful for the
future of popular government. The forces
working for good seem stronger today than
they have been for the last three genera
tions." This Is not the message of a mere British
amhasnador to Washington. It Is the mes
sage of perhaps the greatest living student
of government, who has followed the prog
ress of American Institutions for the last
forty years.
Mr. Bryce dated this preface October 22,
ldlu, In-fore the elections had taken place.
Th result of those elections could only
Htrengthen the opinion that he expresatid
seventeen days earlier. No man need d'-s-
,alr of popular government In the United 1
States, and Mr. Brj ce Is right when he says'
that "the forces working fur good Mem
stronger today than they have been for the'
last three generations." j
SMILING REMARKS.
"I bv the pspers.' ssvs Cie customer
' that there has been a considerable reduc
tlin in the price of beef. Is Hist so?"
'i dunno." responds the butcher. "I
don't git time to read the papers." Chi
cago post.
"He's awfollv touchv. In't he'"
"I should sav he was. A man who bad
a gruilse SKalnst him defied him to come
out and f ghv, and he irot so mad St the
fellow that he locked himself In his office
end stayed there tw-o days." Cleveland
Plain !ealer.
Adam Zawfox Jevver git through a win
ter 'thout workln ?
Job sturkey Yeh : I spent one winter
In a workhouse. Chicago Tribune.
"Has your neighbor mink any particu
lar bent'.'"
"Not that I know of. and yet he must
have one.''
"Why so?"
"Because he Is naturally ovooked." Bal
timore American.
Stage Manager I say, you haven't enough
ginger In that champagne scene.
Actor (who has to be bibulous) Well,
we've got loo much ginger ale. Italtlmore
American. '
"Hear about the row at our club'"
"No."
"Kerdy struck Cholly with a table
spoon." "Scandalous!"
"Isn t It though? Both were under the
Influence of ginger pop." Kansas City
Journal.
Church Here's an Item that says the
use of electric lights will make plants
grow
Gotham 1 wonder what kind of plants?
"Klectrlc light plants, 1 guess." Yonk
ers Gaxette.
The Manager Can you make quick
changes and double It In a few parts?
The Actor Can I? Say you know the
scene in "Ix)ve and Lobsters." where the
hero and the villain are fighting, and a
friend rushes In and separates 'em? Well.
I played all three parts one night when
the other two fellows were III Toledo
Blade.
BATTLE OF PIPES.
Puck.
"Twas midnight when I heard a shriek,
The crash of blade on blade.
As though two knights fought Jowl by
cheek,
O'er some poor frightened maid.
I heard the war axe bite on shield,
The short sword striking crest.
A gutteral cry for one to yield.
The moans of one hard press'd.
And then one mighty warrior fell.
Came armor rrashlng low;
The whole house shook for quite a spell
Ills gurgling breath went alow.
All covered close I lay In dread,
Afraid to move or speak.
There, In the presence of the dead.
My flesh was cold and weak.
And all night long the victor lay
Near by, but wounded sore:
Death rattled In his throat that day, ,
His blood dripped on the floor.
With daylight I grew strong and bold,
And dared to look about; '
Instead of warrior stark and cold
The furnas fire was out!
I
Came from the pipes those mighty blows,
The radiators sighed,
Pome water dripped upon my clothes
The fire alone had died!
FACE AND HEAD
Eruption Broke Out' when 2 Weeks
Old Itched So He Could Not
. Sleep Hair All Fell Out
Cuticura Cured Him.
"I wish te hare you accept this teatlma
alal, as Cuticura did so much for my baby.
At ta ag of two weeks
his head began to break
oat with great sores and
by the time he was tw
months his face and head
were aa awful sight. I
consulted a doctor, who
said It was nothing but a
light skin disease which th
baby would loon est over.
But he seemed to get worn
so I (ailed another doctor.
His opinion seemed to ba
I be same. Thsy both pro
scribed medic Ins that did
not do a bit of good. A
friend advised me to tsk
him to the hospital, whlci
I did. Two doctors there
gsrs m medicine in s liquid
form. It did him no good.
"Nearly every day I would read a testi
monial In regard to Cutkur and my wif
thought she would try It to see If It would
help the baby. I got a box of Cuticura Oint
ment and a cake of Cuticura Poap and after
using these he wss entirely cured. Betor
Cuticura cured him he could not seem to
sleep, as hs face and hnad would itch so.
What hair he had all fe'.l out but soon b
had a nice head of hair and his fac was per
fectly clear. It Is now nearly fire years sine
he was cured and there has been no sign of
the eruption returning. Chas. H. Evans, 81
Flint tit., Somervtlle, Mass., April 10, 1910."
A smelt set of Cutleur Soap and Ointment Is
ftn sufficient to cura, rendering It the most ro
aomlonl tratment for sffsctiuns of the iktn sod
snmlp. Sold throughout Ui world. Pottr brut
Chm. Corp.. Sole Props., Bostoa, Mass. v-aUUS
tn. tatoat Hook Cars of Skia sad ssals.
If you find any sub-
xtanct in xnttrhak-
ir& injurious tos
from ha k- J -
In
Calumet has been
AWFUL SIGHT
of $1,000 for any substance injurious to health
found in the baking prepared with it.
Docs not this and the fact that it complies with
all pure food laws, both State and National,
prove that Calumet is absolutely pure?
With the purity question settled then Calumet
is undoubtedly the beat Baking Powder. It
contains more leavening power; it is more urn'
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a.01 sjsrtisl ""In
fALDMEj
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j
better results and
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