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How far off la the sciential who (lei-Urea
that every gctiluB la flaxy?
Tbe Moon bill before congresa has
nothing to do with the celestial world.
The famous painting, "Samson and
Delilah," baa been .burned up. Serves
them right.
"There la no such thing as neutral
territory," shouts Mr. Hobson. Not
for Hobson.
There are atlli a good many under
ground rumblings about that New
York subway atatiou.
Before it la over with this Panama
exposition may be a regular Culebra
tut In the political affairs of the next
year.
A feminine member of the Colorado
legislator la named Riddle. She
doubtless keeps them guessing all the
time.
Philadelphia newspapera are declar
ing that what that city needs la Judi
cious advertising. What about the
Athletica?
' The flare-back in City Clerk Uut
ler'a office haa subsided, but the
matches are still uncomfortably close
to the gunpowder.
Sometimes the little boy's definition
of a politician, that he la a fellow who
saya what he thinks' will make a hit,
la not so wide of the mark.
Is a man who marries a widow with
fourteen children a martyr or a fool?
asks a contemporary. Probably de
pends on the per capita wealth.
It looks as If the progressives were
in favor of direct nomination of allwnere systematic misrepresentation
elective offices, including United States
senators, everywhere except In Iowa.
Tennessee must have been Jealous
of Ohlo'a new senator, Atlee Potn
erene. when It decided to send as ita
successor to Senator Frazler Luke
Lea.
One cannot help admiring the San
Francisco spirit of doing things, any
way. "Give ua the fair. If you please,
but if you do not we will hold It any
way." The man who shot David Graham
Phillips, tha author, la aaid to have
written poetry and studied palmistry.
Then It la superfluously added that he
was insane.
Whether tbe ultimate consumer is
a myth or cot, somebody responding
to that name gave a very realistic
twibt to the finish of Senator Lodge's
fight for re-election.
After all the redisricting bills are
in the legislative hopper in Lincoln,
the quickest way out will be to shake
them up and let a blind-folded page
" pick the lucky one.
Km.n atate senators mike thir
arguments more forcible by using
their fists. Nebraska law-makers are
evidently not quite as progressive as
Kansas law -makers.
Representative Dies of Texas has
iouj.j out aa the first insurgent demo
crat in the house. His name is prop
erly pronounced a good deal like that
ol Mr. Pornrio Diax of Mexico.
iThe rrof;rtMTf Rr-pnbliran league.
1'rom WoKhlnsUm ronirs a procla
mallon annotmrliiK Iho rortiiatinn of a
National rrosre8le Kepublli-an
league a an outgrowth rf a confer
ence of a email group of norm torn and
congreanmcn, the rxprc object of
which la to rescue popular government
and rcniore rule by the people. The
program proposed I substantially
what la Known as the Oregon plan of
government, which, up to the present
time, has been tliHmploned as much
by democrats ss by republicans. Some
of the planks will command approval
where olhca do not, but whether the
platform defines Issues upon which a
new alignment of political parlies may
be forced Is et to be demons! rated.
The impression ill naturally spread j
that the purpose of thu orKMilxntion
Is to promote the personal politlciil
fortunes of Ita promoters and secure
the nomination of one of Its Ictnlcra
for president In the republican na
tional eonvetitlon'tiext yenr, for writ
ing the pint form would be poor com
fort unless someone were put on It im
bued with its spirit ami entluiHiiisI ie
for ita execution.
One plnee where the organlratlon of
the new tongue must strike people as i
inconsistent with Ita professions lies In
Its creation from the top downward
rather than Ita evolution from the
bottom as a popular uprising. An or
ganlaatlon to let tbe people rule mlRht
be expected to emanate from the peo
ple and take form through gome pop
ular convention Instead of by edict of
leaders Investing themselves with the
offices. In this respect the new league
also recalls the preliminaries of the
free allver movement In 1fi9.r, when
a group of lfi to 1 congressmen at
Washington Issued a call to arms to
capture the democratic convent Itm of
1866. They at that time proposed to
rally behind that great patriot nnd re
former, Joseph ('. Sibley of Pennsyl
vania, aa their candidate for president,
and this eventually led to the Ill-fated,
nomination of Mr. Hryun.
So In all probability the organiza
tion of the National Progressive Re
publican league will produce a sharp
competition in many atatea for control
of the republican national convention
delegates next year. If the same di
vergencies appear among the demo
crats, as now seems probable, a Na
tional Progressive tietnocratle. league
may also be expected, with assurance
of equally brisk warfare on the demo
cratic side.
Advertising for Citifi.
Several cities and even atatea have
entered upon systematic campaigns of
publicity aa a means of attracting
capital and population. Philadelphia
Is one that Is seriously considering
doing so under advice of some of Its
newspapers. One of the papers. In
pointing out the occasion for Judicious
advertising of Philadelphia's resources
and advantages, remarks upon the
vast amount of undesirable advertis
ing it has had In the last few years, a
kind to retard Instead of to promote
tbe city's growth and welfare. It In
alsta that It Is time now to shift the
scenes and give to the outside world
a better, and probably what wilt prove
to be a truer, view of Philadelphia.
While things have gone on In Phila
delphia and Pennsylvania that reflect
discredit upon both state and city
alike, the worst feature of It all la
that these mistakes and misdeeds have
been grossly magnified and exag
gerated by aensational writers who
have been able to work off great
volumes at so much per word or line I
to a class of publications that coin
such scandals Into money. Philadelphia
la now being urged to realite the In
Jury It haa sustained at the hands of
the muckrakers and to arouse Itself to
action In an endeavor to repair the
damage.
Judicious advertising for cities and
states Is a departure of modern busi
ness that needs no defense; it has
already proved its feasibility. It not
only becomes feasible, but positively
necessary In such cases as this one,
has been at work so long.
Raising; Sates for Surplus.
Walker I). Htnos. chairman of the
executive committee of the Santa Fe
railroad, who sponsored the theory of
Increasing rates for the purpose of
"raising money with which to protect
the railroads from depreciation or
obsolescence and to Improve and ex
tend," seems to have mistod a general
conversion, even among financiers, as
to the soundness of his plan., A very
carefully prepared article attacking
the theory has been sent out from
Wall street, or to be precise from
Nassau street, which offers somi very
patent arguments on the other side of
the question.
It has been brought our before, but
may well be reiterated, that no hard
and fixed rate standards may be ap j
plied to all roads alike, for "rates
that would be fair to one road would
cripple if not bankrupt the other and
would be unjust also to the shipping
public who happen to be located on
and dependent upon roads as last
mentioned." Nor is it any nearer
I possible to apply generally the theory
I of raising rates for surplus. Who
N'ould think of applying It to tbe
Union Pacific, for instance, with its
record-breaking divideuds and its al- j
ready accumulated surplus for stock of
19 per cent and more. And there are
many other roads in a similar posi
tion. Tha fact Is that rallroada must
distinguish between the problem of
raising money foy betterments and the
problem of the increased cost of op-
eratlon by higher wages, prices of
materials and Increased expense of
public regulation.
Moreover the public has not yet
been taken sufficiently into the rail
roads" confidence as to the exact rela
tion between thelrlntrlnsle values and
their capitalisation. The author of
this circular, attacking the theory of
raising rates, claims to represent in
vestors and says on this point:
tt t annul t Rnlnsal't Hint under the
flnsm In pnlli'lr which have hitherto pro
tailed, the ntitslsmllng , eapltnllintlon of
line of our rsllroails ex eerts what they
sie Intrinsically w-orth from shy stand
point, snil In briefly reviewing this condi
tion nothing lirieln staled Is Intended as
sppllcsMn to securities, which stood at
their Inception and still sinnd, in their
relntlon to intrinsic values, as gold luiclts
do to the genuine article.
Whenever the railroads will be more
frank on this Imixtrtant matter of
earning dividends only on actual In
vestment, they probably will get a
belter hearing, or a more satisfactory
one, on the proposition of rate regu
lation. I
Nebraska.
The biennial report of The secretary
of state gives In condensed form thin
Interesting information about Ne
braska: The territory of Nebraska whs
organized May .10, 1R.14.
The territory was part of tha
I.oulHlana purchase tract ceded by
Trance to the I'nlted States In 1S03.
The first territorial legislature was
held In Otnnha commencing January
1,, l S R fi , and the twelfth and last ses
sion eonvenetl at Omaha January 19,
18C7. v
The territory sent 3,157 men to the
union armies during the civil war.
Nebraska was admitted to the union
as a state on March 1, !Rfi7, by proc
lamation issued by President Andrew
Johnson.
The seat of government was perma
nently located at Lancaster, the
present site of Lincoln, July 29, 1S07.
The first state legislature was held
In Lincoln January 7, 18G9.
The present state constitution was
adopted November 1, 1875. i
The extieme length of tbe state
east and west Is 412 miles.
Its greatest breadth north and
south is SOS miles.
Its area Is 76.0SO square milea or
49,212.000 acres.
Number of votes cast in 1SC8 was
9.772.
Number of votes cast In 1908 was
271,491.
Nebraska's population in 1900 was
1,066.300.
Nebraska's population in 1910 was
1.192.214.
Gain in last decade 12 ft, 9 14 or 11. 8
per ceut.
Aa a nutshell compendium, this Is
Vorth preserving.
Governor Wilson's Victory.
It is definitely settled that James E.
Marline will be the next United States
senator from New Jersey instead of
James Smith, Jr., defeated for that of
fice. The result Is more or less of a
personal triumph for Governor Wood
row Wilson, who took the field against
Smith and carried on a very hot cam
paign for the election of Mr. Martine
as the popular choice under the pref-
reutlul vote at the regular election
last autumn.
Hut it remains to be seen Just how
much permanent strength thts victory
will add to Dr. Wilson's political
stock. Certain politicians think they
see a Joker in the deck and, of course,
the rovernor cannot be blind to the
possibilities of such a thing. Smith is
strong with the powers that have held
away in the democratic ranks of New
Jersey, not to speak of other atatea,
for a long time and his defeat Is dis
appointing to those powers. He has
been the party boss in New Jersey and
the question arises, la Dr. Wilson
going to be able to draw enough
strength from other sources to over
come the opposition of these combined
powers against htm- two years from
now, when, in all probability, he
enter the presidential race as a candi
date for the democratic nomination.
He may be, but the natural Inference
1 now Is that his crushing defeat of
Smith will tend to make votea In the
convention for Harmon or some other
presidential candidate.
This aspect of the New Jersey fight
has given to it a national interest.
What may transpire within the next
two years cannot be determined, of
course, but unless a reconciliation
should be effected between the demo
cratic factions in that state the party
may expect to find an unpleasant
problem on its hands there, one of
many which it would rather avoid.
There is little possibility of Governor
Wilson's offering terms to the Smith
crowd. He la more likely to hazard
hla personal political fortunes than to
engaged in dicker now or later.
Lincoln is opposed to capital re
moval, but nonetheless is reaching
out to seize the tied leal school, allied
with the Stat university, built up at
Omaha by Omaha at Omaha expense.
Omaha and Douglas county will be
graciously permitted, however, to con
tinue to pay one-eighth of the running
expenseijpf all tbe state instituttona at
Lincoln.
The decision of old Trinity church
in New York to deny tbe use of its
gymnasium hereafter to pugilists
training for a prixe tight should be
hailed as a commendable move on the
part of certain moral forces to get in
the bandwagon of reform.
Letting a city contract by throwing
dice Is a little out of the ordinary, but
I
j not entitled to challeuge
atteution
quite ao much as the fact that tbe I
three competitors put In Identically
the same figures. Is It possible that j
there was a gentlemen's agreement tn 1
the first place to let the dice decide ,
and make a "divvy" afterward?
Marvin llughltt reminds t'nrle Sam
that he should proceed cautiously with
his plan for controlling railroad se
curities That Is what I'ncie Sam
had In mind when ho decided to name
a commission of experts to handle the
matter.
"Is there no common sense?" be
wails the New York World, anent this
senatorial fight In that state. Next
thing It will want to ask, "Is Tam
many In politics for Its health?" This
thing is Retting serious, gentlemen.
Congressman-elect Lobeck has a
private secretary already. If there
are any other perquisites or patronage
belonging to the Job, they will not be
passed up long except through Ig
norance. Now, here cornea some upstart com
plaining that he cannot understand
what the grand opera singer says.
Why, whoever thought it necessary to
understand what a grand opera singer
said?
Plreet bribery ss a mean of election to
the t'nlled States senate haa had aome
flourlxhlng days, but Ita time has come.
Senator-elect Hitchcock's newspaper.
Does this mean that indirect bribery
la the proper thing nowadays?
Missouri la going to spend a small
fortune advertising Itself this year.
But no use trying, you cannot, divert
the tide of migration away from Ne
braska and the west.
Knlamlnar the limnlRrnnt Teat.
Philadelphia Tteonrd.
Secretary Nagel tit the Department of
Commerce and Labor also shares In the
opinion that If the test of culture for Im
migrants (If It Is to be introduced) should
he applied to the practical use of the
shovel and pick and the plow and the har
row as well as to reading and writing.'
The Mote antl the Iteani.
Houston Post (dem).
The Montana leKtslature scorches the
Massachusetts legislature for electing
l.odKe. We do not like the result In Massa
chusetts, but unless the Montana legisla
tors have abandoned the habit of leaving
their transoms open when Senator Clark
Is mentioned for tlia senate, we believe
they Ignore the story of the mote and the
beam.
lMnrhlnit the Home FolLa.
Wall Street Journal.
The Tostal department has worked out
a parcel post agreement with Brazil. A
resident of Seattle can send a package
three feet, six inches long, weighing eleven
pounds, through the mails to Klo for 12
cents a pound, and this government will
carry It. But It costa a New Yorker IS
cents a pound to send a 4-pound express
package across the river to Jersey City.
Can llrymi "Conae llnek f "
Philadelphia Ledger. .
Can Bryan come btck? This Is what the
Nel raxka democrats are asking. In the
last cumpalgn In his ' own state Hryan
espoused county option, but was worsted
In the convention, whereupon he and his
friends defeated Mayor Dahlman, the
democratlo nominee for governor. Now
Bryan Is seeking to regain control of the
party machinery, and the first gun of his
campaign Is to be fired at a banquet In
Lincoln on Bryan's birthday, March 19.
Consistency la a Jewel with which Mr.
Uryan cannot appropriately adorn hlm
aelf. UK. 4 Til TOLL OK I MUM It I
Meaiarri of Protection Muat
Come
from l.rgUIn tors.
New York World
John Mitchell's statement that more than
100 workmen are killed In this country
every day. that the number of killed or
........ru nu.ou..,. ... UMwari or 0,. an-
nually, makes a strong presentation of a
familiar truth. Yet he draw s an unfair
CU..C.U..U.. woe.. ... a we were to
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pay the money saved to Injured workmen.
nstead of retaining the present system of
egal proceeding, to collecf damages for
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sitates changes In the old laws that fixed
the extent of an employer's liability for
accidents suffered by his workmen. Those
changes, however, must be made bu lewis,
lator.. It Is to them that workmi must
direct their petitions and address their
arguments.
People Talked About
Henry Surpreiiant of Orwell, t.. who is i
nearly SO years oM. went coasting w.th the 1
boys of the town last week or the first
time in his life. He is as act!e as a man
of tO. and there Isn't a gray hair In his
head.
A favorite idea of Mayor Seidel. the
socialist mayor of Milwaukee, has not
worked out well In practice. To amuse the
proletariat he Introduced "public municipal
dances." The merry whirl pleased for a
time, but the people became tired of pay
ing the piper.
Four years ago Frank U Bunnell, a
passenger conductor on the New York,
Chicago St. l-ouls railway, bowed polifely
a. he handed Mrs. Jennie L. Schofield, a
rich widow, her ticket after punching It.
Later they became warm friends. Mrs.
Schofield died in V. and bequeathed Bun
nell her entire estate of Itno.tViO.
John Morg, a native of Germany, believed
to be the oldest man In the world, cele
brated hla 124th anniversary at his home
In Uradyvllle. Ky. He U In the best uf
health, and his memory of more than a
century Is perfect. Morg was in the war
of IS U. and tells many Interesting stories
of Washington and other famous genera. s
of a century aso. '
Prof. Tamaaiila of the I'nlvcraiiy of
I'adua. has Invented and developed a new
method of Identification, baaed on the pat
tern of veins on the back of the hand.
This process, reaembling In principle the
well known "finger-print" system now
generally used In connection with the
Bertlllon s stem of measurements. 1. ,BJ
to be sinioier and muie effective, the di
versity of t lie arrangement of the veins
being well nigh Incredible.
Washington Life
torn Intarostlna Vhaaso
and Conditions Onsorrod
at tbo Motion's Capital.
Few men who have aired a. long stand
In- grievance have been aa fortunate as
Associate Justice Harlan In touching tbe
sympalhMIc chords of the public ear. tt
will ho recalled that during the arguments
In the tobacco trust cases the Justice
solemnly negatived by a shake of the head
the claim that tobacco now on the mar
ket, owlna: to superior methods, was as
far In advance of the snli-truet quality as
mi nrc Unlit outshlffes a- tallow dip. In
stsse whisper tones he complained of the
demorallr.lng Influence on the quality of
chewing tobacco exercised 1)5' the combina
tion "We can't get any more good chew
ln tobacco." he said mournfully. Tbla re
mark reached the ears of tobacco manu
facturers north, south and west. Since then
they have been busy trying to convince
the .iiiHtlce of the error of his remarks.
AlmoM everv mail brings s stock of prime
Plug. The Justice hns enough to lsst him
for years.
There I such a distinct charm and whole
souled air of ho-pltality at White House
function that the pressure to be Invited
to them Is' greater than It ever has been
before. Whether then functions aro
"smart" enough to meet the social stand
ards of Baroness Hengelmuller or not. they
seem to give entire satisfaction to the
guests of the president and Mrs. Taft.
What In particular surprises Washing
ton, says the Washington correspondent of
the Brooklyn Fagle, Is that the president
and Mrs. Taft should venture lo give an
elaborate buffet supper at these receptions.
tt Is nerved In the state dining room, and
a supper ror upward or i.ti guests is no
mean endeavor, and must be costly withal.
But food and beverages give a touch of
hospitality nothing else can. and tbe In
novation of the Tafts on this score Is very
popular In the capital. This Is the second
winter that this has been done. It was
the custom to offer refreshments early In
Iho days of the republic, but they were
given tip when the guests at the White
1 Inline became numerous.
Dancing at these receptions Is distinctly
a novelty. It was first arranged last win
ter, and now has become the regular thing.
The floor of the east room Is very polished,
and the room makes, moreover, a most de
sirable ballroom. The dancing Is Informal,
beginning about 11 o'clock, en the marine
band is moved from the atrium Into tbe
cast room, and the swinging of the part
ners begins soon after Bandmaster Kantle-
mann starts some Irresistible wsltz.
When congress, at the last session, and
at the behest of Senator La Toilette,
adopted an amendment to the railroad rate
law prohibiting the use of telephone and
telegraph franks, nearly every member of
the bouse and senate was hit hard.
Since that time most of them have been
compelled to resort to the mais, whereas.
In the past they were accustomed to tele
graphing merry messages to their families
and friends on the slightest provocation, re
ports the Washington Times.
There la one member of the I'nlted States
senate who has not curtailed big use of the
telephone wires becauseof the prohibitory
legislation. That member In Senator Wln
throp Murray Ci '? of Massachusetts. Sen
ator Crane Is the long distance telephone
politician of the I'nlted States, t'slng the
mails Is too slow a process to satisfy Mr.
Crane. '
When Mr. Crone happens to be In Boston
and thinks of something which might In
terest the preFldent, he gets Into a tele
phone booth and sends hla thoughts over
the wires. He doesn't care how far away
he gets he uses the telephone wire If he
can possibly get a connection. This habit
was the subject of comment In the senate
cloakroom recently when characteristics of
senators was under discussion.
"Crane." said one of his colleagues. "Is
one of the greatest coupon clippers in the
I'nlted States senate. There Is no man In
that body who receives more frequent divi
dend checks. Crane, likewise is the blggrst
Individual stockholder , In the American
Telephone and Telegraph company. When
he gets Into a telephone booth tn Chicago
and talks lo Washington for an hour he
can figure out that his next dividend check
will be increased Just as much. Hence he
has got the long distance telephone habit,
and while he spends more money on that
habit at the outset he gets It all back semi
annually. "
Ulie ,)f Hiighain Young's sons and one
of hla grandsons graduated from the
i nited States Military academy: both with
hlgh honors. Tha sun became an officer
of engineers and some of his work stands
to)tty a mnnumfnt t0 hls enij:lnecrlng
Mllllt, Th(. ,rwld,oni who ,laullllted ln
m and wno was one of the
most popular cadet, of his day. entered
the artillery service, but after a time he
resigned to enter business In civil life.
I
When the war with Upatn came, Bi g
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I bam a -grandson took command of an ar
'T,ry 9'a""tlon known as the rial,
bU" nd wlth 11 "nt P''lllp-
U" "J?" of 7'"'ma"- There
hp Baw actlvc tieiA service and with his
"""" won '" lrle of the War depart
mnt "d a fH"'9 W'"ch ,n rmy c'rcle
at leaBt ,a8tlnK- Colonel Young of the
1 ,ah baUer' ' visiting In Washington,
where he baa a number of classmates eta-
,"ml ouV "i the War department.
11 18 ,,l,e,'l' impossible w lien looking at
llhls I'tah soldier to believe tliHt be grad
uated from the military academy twenty-
eight year, ago and that twelve years a no I
be held the chief command In an artillery
organization In the field. There are gray
veterans In Washington who were the ar
tlller. man's classmates. He looks Just as
he did the day that he graduated, and If
a cadet uniform wera put on him he could'
take his u!d place as first sergeant of D !
company uf the battalion of cadets, and i
no one would think that his years made .
incotisinlenl hla holding of iioncommis-
sloped rank in a stripling soldier's outfit.
tine cannot help being Impressed with
! the way Mr. Core, the blind senator from
Oklahoma. Is able to recognize acquaint
ances. He has the taculty of distinguish- ,
iiiK persons by their voices and the shape
of their arms down to a finiv art. At the
democratic celebration In Baltimore on ,
Tuesday Senator Gore was one of the
most prominent men present. During a lull -ln
the sprechmaklng Senator Itaynor took I
U upon himself to Introduce a number of I
men gathered around the blind senator.
After each introduction Senator Gore !
would place both his hands on the arms
of bis newly made acquaintances and pay
very strict attention to the pitch of his .
voice. A constituent of Senator Gore then '
came up to pay hla respects. . Tbe Okla- :
homian took the senator by the hand and I
told him how glad he was to meet him '
i 'n
The senator hebitated a niinuu-
and s;.:d:
' Huw aie you. Mr So and J-o" I have
not seen you mice I delivered a speech al
Uuskusof a c.upla of yeaia ago. 1 cer
tainly ant giad to see you again."
Modesty with the liark On.
Cleveland Plate Iealer.
The finest example of self -repression and
modesty we have seen for years la Champ
I Clark ssin' (lu re ino more oratory In
I .onsets and tben silting tluwu.
Sixty Years
oL
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A Cream of Tartar Powder
uado from Grapai
NO ALUE.1
DOLEFUL DAYS AT DANVILLE.
Minneapolis Journal: What's this? Cor
ruption at L'anvllle? Those muckrakers
never will let up on Fncle Joe.
Chicago Tribune: More trouble In Ohio.
The trail of the vote buyer has been found
In old Scioto county. You never can make
us believe that the hardy yeomanry along
Pine creek, Uenntt's run and the Little
Scioto have sold themselves to him!
Chicago Record-Herald: Three thousand
five hundred cltliens of Vermilion county,
Illinois, may be disfranchised for selling
thejr votes. We Intended to say something
scathing about Adams county, Ohio, this
morning, but on second thought we shall
wall until we hesr further from Vermilion
county, Illinois.
Springfield Republican: After the reve
lations of vote buying In Adams county,
Ohio, the depths seemed to have been
sounded. Now Vermilion county, Illinois,
however, Is to be given the merciless
publicity treatment by the grand Jury,
and, as this region Is a part of Speaker
Cannon's congressional district, national
attention must Inevitably be fastened upon
the Investigation. The speaker at this mo
ment declares that he has "great pride
in the magnificent citizenship of Ver
milion county," and It Is to be hoped that
the grand Jury's Inquiry will vindicate so
high an estimate.
CHEERY CHAFF.
Fortune Teller Your life is going to be '
full of surprises.
Customer Good heavens! Is my husband
going to give me a new dress? Baltimore
American.
Deacon Flint Jane, if I die I wish you'd
marry Deacon Skinner.
Mrs. Deacon Flint And why, Amos?
Deacon Flint Wall. Abe Skinner beat ni
on a hoss trade once! Puck.
"I see you employ some very comely girls
as ticket sellers," observed the regular pa
tron of the line.
"Yes." said the elevated railway superin
tendent, "at points where we have competi
tion." Chicago Becord-Herald.
"1 told a friend of mine to sing1 Instead
of brooding over bis troublea."
"flood advice."
"I don't think so. Every time he gets
BS3
Fire Comes
Karly Monday morning, when the Millard Hotel was
burning and many lives and millions of dollars' worth of
property was endangered, it was a Bell Telephone that
gave alarm to the Fire Department.
That morning Be)l Telephones carried cheering words to
wives and families of men who had lodged there that
night: for newa of the fire had gone everywhere, and
Bell Telephones Bent the first comforting news to anxious
relatives.
Emergency situations always demonstrate the value of
the Hell Telephone. When word must be sent iu a hurry,
near or ar, Bell Service is always dependable.
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I u li zs Lfi U ly u' I
VIA
ILLINOIS
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS on sale daily to nearly
all iHiints in FLORIDA, via the Illinois Central. Long
limits. Liberal Stop-overs. Service via the "Seminole Lim
ited" cannot be excelled, lloineseeker's rate in effect fir.-t
and third Tuesday of each month.
Hates, descriptive pamphlet!; and detailed information
gladly furnished at City Ticket Office, City National Bank
Building, or write
SAMUEL NORTH,
District Passenger Agent,
Omaha, Neb.
iho Standard
AJITN
rFr!
W
IS
a little bit worried now everybody In the
building has to suffer." Baltimore Ameri
can. "Ha!" exclaimed the Mexican scout. "I
see signs of another revolution1"
"What are they?"
"Three men with seven-shooters and a
Jug of pulque." Baltimore American.
"Ha!" said the tailor when bis assistant
brought back the badly made suit from his
customer, "this, Indeed, Is my appropriate
fate!"
"How so?" asked the assistant.
"It Is," answered the tailor, solemnly, "a
tilting rebuke." Indianapolis News.
"Thev wui a fight up to Cy Hooppole's
house las' night."
"Wm there?"
"Yep. Cy's oldest boy Is Jest of age. an'
Cy said he had a right to sell th' boy's
vote, an' the boy said he'd sell his own
vote, an' they clinched an' Ma Hooppolo
had to pry 'em apart with a stove poker."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THOSE JANUARY SALES.
i.
Hark to the sound of tramping feet!
List to the rune of their rhythmic beat!
Where do they lead, these much trodden
trail?
Where do they lead? To the January sales.
II.
Haw you those eyes whose ruthless glint
Outvies steel and the hardest flint?
What do they seek with thnt fire Intense?
Five dollar goods for ninety-nine cents.
III.
Where Is the goal of that on-rushing crowd,
Hand-bagged and coin-pursed. In a dust
cloud?
On where they thread In a far-reaching
line
Ten dollar skirts sell for three sixty-nine.
IV.
Have you seen sister's new pony coat.
Fur at the wristbands, fur at the throat?
Tell you what, that coat looks nifty:
Worth three tens, sold at nineteen fifty.
V.
Why have our boaies such a desolate air'
Why does the dust congregate on the stair?
Dishes piled high In the sink tell tales
Housewife gone to the January sales.
VI.
One week more of the slaughter will do
All high prices cut square in two;
Then when February first shall dawn
Dad's pay check will be operated on.
Omaha -BAYOLL NB TUELE.
Unawares
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO.
. A. K Sic Adam, Local Manager.
CENTRAL