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. MAT CIRCULATION.
48,473
Btat of Nebraska, County of Dougla. ss.
Dwlght Wllllama, circulation manager of
The Be Publishing Company, being duly
worn, says that tha average dally circula
tion less apolled. unuaed and returned
coplea for tha month of May, ltH, was
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tefore me this 1st day of June, 1911.
(Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
Sahwerlbers learlac the city teas. ,
rarity ahoald hava The Bea
nallea then. Addreaa will ha
ehaaged aa aftea ae raajaeated.
Yes, v know it's cool In Colorado.
Now that be la duly crowned, let
Georgs do It. ,
It Is to be hoped those heavy rains
did not spoil the coronation ode.
Any base ball pitcher can tell you
.1 that balloon ascensions are generally
fatal. y
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: Still, the presumption Is that bonds
1 1 Toted now will have to be paid off
1 i aima rlav-
( Of the late Mrs. Nation it may truth
fully be said stfe carved ber way to
fame.
The wages for whose increase there
Is no special popular outcry is the
kind that sin brings.
'Another public nuisance is the man
who insists on mowing bis lawn at 6
o'clock In the morning.
That orphan boy who preferred a
hair cut to a watermelon might Just
as well have had both.
Champ Clark has been referred to
as the one successful humorist in con
gress. How about Uncle Joe?
Has not the auto enough privileges
without trying to devise the most
demoniac noises with its horns?
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This coronation has revived invidi
ous comparisons between the density
of Pittsburg smoke and London fog.
And no, evidence has been intro
duced to show thst the legislative
Jackpot has ceased to be an Institution
In Illiaols. .
They are talking of reducing the
price of the Congressional Record.
Then say, the cost of living is not
coming down.
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Two new words have been added to
the Sherman law direct and sub
stantial as a result of the Harriman
'merger decision.
Borne New York newspapers com
mend street cleaning at tight. That
1s all right, but street cleaning in the
day Is better than no cleaning at all.
Our neighboring town of Beatrice
gets Ice delivered at 85 cents a hun
dred pounds, for which Omaha has to
pay (0 cents. Of course, there is no
Ice trust in Omaha.
When Washington newspapers find
out what sort of a city superintends,
they are getting from Omaha they will
cease to complain that the office was
not filled from local supply.
jt the lawyers are al-
Nnpromlslng litigation
ayers are engaged?
Vf V .. V
u unun BUCU
in' fees.
ear that our
Hammond, Is
-s? and queen.
Look at bis
fees of com-
.about lack of
tes i4 supreme court
miuauons. Tc demo-
will make up the demo-
J ar
and in due tlmi lot h -
wow whom they are expected
ior.
ere are six members of the Water
. art as legally constituted, but so
far as the public Is concerned there
might aa well be only one, because
one and the same one does all the talk
ing and letter writing and makes mere
puppets of the rest.
It probably will not surprise many
people to hear that the "secret of the
Maine's explosion" will never be
known. This fart, together with the
statement that no remains of shtpmen
have beea found, might suggest the
questioa. "What Is gained by resur
rectlng t&e ship."
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Tha Harriman Merger.
Although it will probably go ud by
appeal to the court of last resort, the
circuit court's decision validating the
so-called Harriman merger indicates
the conjunction under one ownership
snd management of the Southern Pa
cific and Union Pacific. Its far-
reaching scope, therefore, makes the
case one of the most important to this
territory ever brought Into litigation
and the decision correspondingly
great In the transportation world.
To the layman the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific have always
seemed essentially to be one continu
ous line of railroad. They were or
iginally projected and built as one
transcontinental route, and that
theory seems to have had considera
tion with the court. But the point
of vital Interest Is that the merging
of these railroads did not work hard
ship upon the public. Rates were not
raised, service not lowered. Rsther.
on the contrsry, the standard of effi
ciency was vastly elevated. In 1898
as soon as Mr. Harriman had con
cluded the purchase of the Union Pa
cific he began his plans for improve
ment, starting on the roadbed. For
five years one of the greatest roadbed
experts In the world, Horace O. Burt,
devoted his skill and the Harriman
millions to building up the physical
condition of the line, which was bank
rupt and badly deteriorated when Har
riman bought it. Instead of suffer
ing, the public has apparently profited
by the merger, and the court so finds.
Here, then, seems to be a case
which a court Is willing to define as
reasonable restraint," if there is any
restraint, though it is not shown that
competition has been much restrained.
Where competition Is restrslned in the
interest of better public service, cer
tainly it is not unreasonable, but
highly desirable. The circuit court
reads two new words Into the Sher
man law in this decision "direct"
and "substantial," holding the re
straint to be neither. It Is Incon
ceivable that popular opinion should
influence a court decision, but this Is
one case where, undoubtedly, if popu
lar opinion had an expression, it would
be on the side of the ruling of the
court.
Reciprocity and Insurgency.
Canadian reciprocity is the greatest
paradox of yeara when it comes to
unmaking old and making new polit
ical alliances. It is striking especially
strong on the insurgents of the senate
and deforming their lines of organiza
tion. This in turn is severing rela
tions between some of these senators
and their former newspaper cham
pions. For Instance, here Is the St
Paul Pioneer-Press, which, under its
new ownership, goes as far in the line
of Insurgency as under its old man
agement it had gone in conservatism,
editorially lambasting both Senator
Clapp and Senator La Follette in the
same issue. One would almost as
soon think of the Houston Post de
nouncing Bailey as to Imagine that the
reformed Pioneer-Press could even
disagree with La Follette in nartlo-
ular and with anything insurgent in
general.
"It is not worth while trying to fol
low Senator La Follette's method of
reasoning," impatiently exclaims the
Pioneer-Press, which then serves
notice on the Wisconsin statesman to
this effect: "He has presidential am
bitions and has allowed it to be
known .that he will enter the race for
the nomination against President Taft.
He has openly sought a Quarrel with
President Taft. The public Interest
usually suffers when pitted against
personal antipathies, grudges and po
litical ambitions." It should be re
called in this connection that at the
famoua St. Paul conservation congress
President Taft found it very difficult
to get polite treatment from the Pio
neer-Press.
As for Senator Clapp. his position
on reciprocity Is the most difficult of
all to account for. His state is for It
and most of its representatives in con
gress are for it. ret he finds reason
for opposing it. He may be Just aa
honest in his convictions as a man can
be, but that is nog satisfying some of
his former hot-headed champions a
bit. Truly, reciprocity seems to be
making a rocky road for aome insur
gent leaders to travel.
First to Pay the Price.
Senator Paynter has paid the price
in Kentucky of espousing the cause of
Lorlmer in the senate. According to
reports he has withdrawn from the
race for re-election, leaving the field
for the democratic nomination free to
Congressman Ollle James.
Psynter was a member of the Lorl
mer whitewash committee and he did
not stop with signing the apologetic
report submitted to the senate, but
took the floor in defense of the Illi
nois senator. When James decided
to run for the senate from Kentucky,
being an aatute politician, he had no
hesitancy in determining to make his
whole campaign on Paynter's cham
pionship of Lorlmer. Evidently he
has had an easy time of It Thus
early in the fight the nomination
comes In July hia opponent clears
the track.
Now the question is, how msny of
the pro-Lorlmer senators will have to
pay the same price for going to the
defense of the Illlnolsan? Will
Barley of Texas? Many believe be
will, though, fortunately for Bailey,
he lives la Texas Instead of Kentucky.
Texas Is sot as sensitive on such
points as it might be. At the same
time there la trouble ahead of Bailey,
and no mistake about- that Hia
friends bare already beea put on the
defensive.' All things being equal aa
te eonstltaentav certainly If Paynter
is compelled to forfeit his seat In the
senate as the penalty of defending
Lorlmer, Bailey would be brought
even quicker to the same doom, for,
while other senators have been Lorl
mer men, Bailey has been "the
Lorlmer man. For some strange
reason he has seemed to tske the posi
tion that he simply ' had to defend
Lorlmer, and he" has done it with all
the gusto of his complacent nature.
Omaha's Chance to Get Busy.
Japan's two greatest heroes of its
war with Russia, Admiral Togo and
General Nogl, delegated to represent
their emperor at the British corona
tion, are on a tour around the world
and will shortly visit the United Ststes
as the guest of our government
Omaha, we are sure, would be glad to
entertain these two world-famed war
riors If their Itinerary in the United
States can be made to Include our glty.
What is Omaha going to do about
it? Here is a chance for Ak-Sar-Ben
to get busy. Here is an opportunity
for the Commercial club to reach out
and. do something thst will attract
attention to Omaha. Omaha is the
main gateway of the principal trans
continental thoroughfare, but unless
Omaha wakes up our distinguished
Japanese guests may choose another
route.
Checking the Pace.
In .all the time Americans have
been protesting against the high cost
of living they have-been living exceed-J
ingly well and at times it bas been
questionable if the complaint was not
high living more than high cost They
continued to buy luxuries, at home
and abroad. They persisted in indulg
ing their appetites for fine wines from
choice European brands and for pre
cious stones thst came from an old
world center. Economists then began
to admonish the people against the
evils of extravagance of this character.
Evidently they pleaded not in vain, or
has .the tariff on luxuries got In Its
work? At any rate qur people seem
to be beginning to economise in the
things that are not classed aa actual
necessities.
From the Department of Com
merce's statistician comes the showing
that in the last eleven months we have
cut our imported diamond bill down
about $7,000,000 and have whacked
our foreign champagne bill square in
two. In the last eleven months we im
ported $30,500,000 worth of dia
monds, as compared with $37,150,000
worth in the eleven months preceding,
and $3,000,000 worth of champagne,
as against $6,000,000 worth before.
So we may claim to be checking the
pace at all events.
Dog Tray at His Old Tricks.
It Is an old saying that a dog will
return to his vomit It would be Just
as natural to expect a vomiting dog to
change his habits as to expect a Water
bond election without R. B. Howell
exploding into a personal attack on
the editor of The Bee. - What troubles
this mountebank is that from the
start The Bee has seen through his
serpentine schemes and bas exposed
his falsehoods and fakes. What
troubles him still more is that one by
one the position of The Bee on every
step of the water works purchase pro
ceedings has been vindicated, . while
the bunco game played by Howell and
bis misguided associates has been
shown up In its true light
The only answer this costly parasite
on the community' could make has
been to ring the changes on the fact
that the water company and The Bee
are tenants of the same building. What
galls him most of all Is that the peo
ple have bad to come Into The Bee
building to pay their water rent as if
It would make any difference to-them
whether they paid their bills on Sev
enteenth and Farnam or on Eight
eenth and Farnam so long as the bills
are in the same amount. The fact
that Howell In drawing bis compul
sory purchase bill crested a high
salaried position as manager of the
water plant for himself to fill
and y which he still expects to get, of
course, has nothing to do with bis un
selfish and patriotic motives any more
than his continued draft on the tax
payers for salary and Junket expenses
as a member of the Water board all
tbeae years, with no water works to
manage. y .
Two years ago this same water
spouter concocted a wonderful yarn
about "a great conspiracy" projected
by a syndicate of capitalists, with the
editor of The Bee listed as a member,
to deprive the people of Omaha of the
rare privilege of being compelled to
pay $6,263,195.49 and Interest for the
water works plsnt, which Howell, on
his reputstlon as a civil and hydraulic
engineer, bad assured us we could
buy for $3,000,000. It goes without
saying that Howell heard all about
this syndicate, which never existed,
before any one la The Bee office ever
heard about it h.ut that does not stop
him from trying to resurrect the bogey
again now to frighten the people into
voting an $8,250,000 water bond
Issue.
The position of The Bee on these
bonds Is plain enough and need not be
distorted. The Bee believes the pro
posed issue of $8,250,000 water bonds
at this time, before the court bas told
us bow much will be needed to settle
for the plant, Is premature Just as was
the voting of $6,600,000 water bonds
two years ago. It does not believe
voting these bonds at this time will
hasten the court proceedings In the
least or that it will make any differ
ence whether they are voted down or
up so far aa ultimate results are con
cerned. Senator Bailey thinks the president
should not express opinions oa sub
jects under discussion in the senate.
If the president's opinions should
happen to coincide with Bailey's the
Texsn probably would think It proper
enough.
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The Bee prints a complaint from an
autolst In a neighboring town who
has been impressed with the Idea that
the police In Omaha lay for out-of-
town speeders snd give them the
worst of it. Our contributor con
cludes with the added suggestion that
this course will keep auto strangers
out of Omaha. If the complaint Is
well grounded there should be a
change and all auto speeders trested
alike. The out-of-town autolst should
not be more severely dealt with than
the In-town autolst, but neither should
the out-of-town excuse be accepted In
mitigation of flagrant dlsregsrd of
speed regulation. This is the place
where the rule of reason ahould be
applied.
When the Commercial club was
asked five years ago to help bring
about an arrangement with the water
company whereby a second supply
main to Florence could be built as a
fire safeguard the president of the
club wrote:
After consultation with the executive
committee. It does not appear to tne to be
a wise thing for this organisation at this
time to interest Itself tn an attempt to
solve the difficulties now existing fcrith
reference to our water supply.
What has come over the Commer
cial club that makes it so interested
now in what did not Interest It at all
then?
Dreathe Praeallr Brokea.
Chicago News.
With tO.000,000 gallons of liquor a year
shipped on mall orders Into prohibition dis
tricts, It Is pretty evident that the "driest"
places in the oountry fall far short of com
plete aridity.
America Wosaea at Coroaatlo.
fit. Louis Olobe Democrat.
The moat striking participation of Ameri
cans In the coronation seems to bave been
by our women. All reports agree that
"they biased In diamonds and gorgeous
gowns." This was better than the knee
breeches worn by our most representative
citisena whose names we are able to find
as among those present.
Fabllo Doeameat Waate.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Waste In the preparation and publication
of official documents Is a characteristic
fault of our governments, state, as well as
national. Volumes are written annually.
vrhlch are never read; editions are ordered
on a scale that might fit a "best seller," for
which the popular demand never material
ises, and tons of more or leas costly
printed matter are stored away in the
vaults until they go into the waste paper
market. ' ,
SOME CORN BELT HUMOR.
York News: "Mosquitoes," said a Boston
man at the Omaha convention, "never bite
a new thoughter twice." It's a wise insect
that knows when it has had enough.
Lexington Pioneer: A man committed
suicide down at Lincoln last week. This
thing of delaying the . opening of . saloons
appears' to be fraught with grave danger
in Lincoln town.
Nebraska City News: When we consider
the shrinkage of clothing for women from
the hoop skirt to the bobble we blush to
think what she will 'wear ten years from
now. But then we will be too old to see.
Aurora Republican: A retail merchant
In a certain Nebraska town advertises a
big shipment of fine ribbed ladles' vests
at bargain prices. The fine ribbed ladles
of that town had better hustle tn early in
the morning in order to avoid the crush-
Aurora Republican: As an optimist the
editor of the Blue Springs Sentinel is cer
tainly entitled to the championship belt
This is the way he bands It out: "A dry
June Invariably means a bumper corn crop.
Keep smiling if you do bave to use a
header to get the oats."
Bridgeport News-Blade! It Is said a
simple littlegopher bored the hole in the
trt-state' dam this week, which bad the
effect of letting down a large volume of
water to those who needed It further down
the stream. That gopher should be sent
to the state legislature, where that sort of
intelligence is sorely needed.
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People Talked About
He sits on the New York supreme court
bench. Befbre bis appointment by Gov
ernor Dlx he was Charles F. Murphy's
closest adviser In Tammany hall and was
known as the "brains" of that organisa
tion. His favorite diversion Is golf.
Captain George Anger, eight feet one
inch tall, a native of Cardiff, Wales, aad
tha tallest man In the world, became a
naturalised dtisea of the United States aX
Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. Leone M. Wells of Wyoming Is said
to be the best paid woman In the employ
of the United States government Mrs.
Wells Is assistant chief clerk of tha senate
committee on appropriations.
John Scullln. one of Bt. Iui richest
man, bas retired to the farm la 8L Law
rence county. New Tork, on which ha was
born. He says that he won't stand 6L
touts assessments and taxes any longer.
If the famoua Ananias club wants Justifi
cation for a national Jollification, the re
marks of General Otis tn the Los Angeles
Times oa the founder of the elub supplies
the needed excuse. Aa not stuff It lines
up with a Kansas Nroooo.
Charles H. Wilson of Troy. N. T., oc
cupied the unique position of having been
la business In one building for seventy-one
years; at least he will have completed
seventy-one years la the shoe business at
ta-tH River street Aug t U next This
record, it is believed, caa be equaled by
few, if any, shoe retailers la this country.
Mr. Wilson bas also beea In eualaeas for
himself for more thaat flrty years,
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Army Gossip ,
MaMera ef latereet oa and Beet
of the rtrtaa: I,lae Oleaaed fresa
the Amy en Wavy ef1se
The secretary ef war has at last approved
the recommendation of the surgeon general
of the army that recruits shall receive.
upon admission to the eervlce, the treat
ment which will protect them from typhoid.
More than a year ago General Torney pro-
poeed that this precautionary measure
ahould be adopted, but It was felt at the
time that the system had not been suf
ficiently tested to Justify thla proceeding.
The results In the army have been such ss
now leave no question among the medical
officers and those who are Interested In
the prevention of dlaeaae among the fight
ing personnel of the efficacy of the treat
men i. i no raw tnat mere Mas been no
typhoid among the troops In Texas has
been convincing, and It Is attributable en
tlrely to typhoid prophylaxis. Vnder the
orders -which have been Insued the army
will be immune to typhoid in three years, It
Is estimated by the medical officers. This
is nothing short of an Important contribu
tion to the efficiency of the service. -
The surgeon general of the army has
called the attention of the War department
to what he regards as an exceealva tihv.
slcal requlrment in the examination f
candidates for appointment as army pay
masters' clerks. Recent examinations wers
held of several candidates In Washington
and It Is understood that all of them failed
physically or, at least, did not come up to
tne standard adopted and publlehed In gen
eral orders No. 64. of April . from the
war department It will be necessary to
waive the defects reported by the examin
ing surgeons, hi order to appoint any of
them. The surgeon general Dolnta mi th
It Is desirable to modify the requirements
n tne case of these candidates, as the cir
cumstances of the service of ai-mv n.
masters' clerk are not such as require
in strict physical fitness of the fighting
personnel. The suggestion that the sur
geon general be permitted to waive auch
defects as may be regarded as not inter-
rering with the usefulness of a candidate
is not received with favor nv the mainei
officers, who believe there should be a re
asonable standard'wlth more or less strict
adherence thereto.
The house committee on expenditures In
the War department has been holding ses
sions lately, among those who have ap
peared being the quartermaster general of
the army, and, later. Major B. Frank
Cheatham of the quartermaster's depart
ment The latter officer has charge of
construction at military posts and the
committee desired information and opin
ions, especially concerning the wisdom of
establishing small garrisons. Major
Cheatham was able to inform the com
mittee concerning manr subject relating
to the cost of erecting and maintaining
posts, but be carefully refrained from In
dulging In any expressions of his personal
views on matters Involving policy. It has
been quit evident that the committee In
terrogation is prompted bv some member
who has a prejudice asainst Fort D. R,
Russell. Wyo.. and an effort has been
mads to make It appear that that post
Is an sxtravsjranoe and has been fostered
by the War department and provided for
by congress at the expense of other posts,
such as Port Logan. Colo. The investiga
tion is conducted with entire good humor,
but It Is apparent that a desperate effort
Is being made to obtain something dam
aging somehow to somebody.
Some consideration is being given to the
suggestion of the medical officer of the
army who are with the maneuver division
in Texas that there be a change in the
site of the big camp of that command.
If any transfer Is made, it will be a purely
local on and In the Interest of camp
sanitation. It Is represented that this Is
necessary for the protection of the health
of the troop. There I no prospect that
the ommand will be moved any dlstanoe,
since the present location Is the best
which can be obtained In Texas for so
large a body of troops. The desire for a
change of base, described as prevailing
among the troops along the border, can
hardly be regarded by military authorities
as Justifying any material change In that
particular. The withdrawal of the troops
from Oalveston and from San We go con
stitute all the movement which Is likely
to occur for some time, the deetlny of
the so-called maneuver division depending
entirely upon the outcome In Mexico, the
affairs of whloh oountry ar being ob
served with the keenest Interest by the
military and the Stat department people
In Washington. There Is some apprehen
sion that tha Mexicans will not abide by
the result of the coming eleotion, and
those who know of ths situation In Mexloo
and who are acquainted with tha tempera
ment of the pool ar dlspos dto regard
the condition a still mors or leas menac
ing. It Is for this reason that the Ameri
can troops will remain along th Mexican
border for an indefinite period.
' LOVE TAPS FOB OMAHA.
Nebraska City Press: Governor Aldrloh
will not return to Nebraska for two weeks
longer and Omaha breathes a alga of re
lief ia consequence.
Niobrara Tribune: Superintendent W. M.
Davidson of th Omaha publlo schools was
appointed to th same position In Washing
ton, D. C. Now if Bryan aould be elected
president Nebraska would be boas from
th kindergarten up.
Norfolk Press i If you ar skeptical about
the good don by tha commercial clubs
or kindred organisations go to Omaha and
see what a bunch of booster ar doing
for that town. Th Norfolk Commercial
club 1 worthy of your confidence and
should have your support
Kearney Hub: A Nebraska doctor de
clared at th But Board of Health meet
ing at Omaha a few days si no that fully
one-half of the graduates of the publlo
schools are rendered physical: worthless
by the manner in whloh the schools ar at
present eonducted. Th doctor was talk
ing through his hat, or worse. Conditions
ar not th best In th schools, but ar rel
atively as good as In our homes and places
of business, and w ar not as badly oft
on th whol score ss a great many of the
"soare-head" alarmists of the age would
have us believe.
Ord Quls: Omaha is in terrible straits
ever th fact that It baa been oompeiled
by the courts to take th city water works
and run them. The contract for th pur
chase was of oours put through by a oom
mission and, a is usual in such eases, the
deal was advantageous to some on other
than th city. After year of litigation the
oity was suck for the enormous prlee to be
paid, th coats of th suits, th attorneys'
fees and for alleged damage sustained by
th water company la th trick th
city politicians tried to play oa th com
pany. On big city la Nebraska has had
enough of city ownership already.
SmtBlMI Wkst HaBBBOd t Jim.
Houston Poet
Mr. Bryan declares he will not support
Harmon. Th governor, being notified, will
in the event of his nomination, probably
wear a blaok shield to protect himself
against th sort of wounds that struck
down Jim Dshlmsn last year.
AMENDING THE DEUO'ACT.
Wall Plreet Journal: iTeeident Taft
recommends that use of worlhli-sa patent
medicines be restricted as murh aa l
ble. Mere at least I a real neml of gov
ernment rtTilatlon.
Washington P'wt: I'nlesa cnnifrrsa ha
Changed Its mind about eafegnarMlng the
publlo against fraud, tha amendrd bill
j could be put through In rapid fslil- n
I thus prolonging th session to a sarl
appreciable extent.
Chicago Record -Herald: t-Ixtratasant
claims will continue to be mads for pat
ent medlrlnee, iner'irat discoveries and
processes of all kinds, but mmlerallnn
and strict veracity can no more be en
forced In drug labels and cures than
they can In political and social mouthing
Raltlinore American: No doubt a g"ol
motive exlata In the attempt of the pres
ident and congress to defend the public
against nostrums, but there In such a
large proportion of otherwise IntHllumt
American rltlaens who enjoy poor
health" that It borders on crurlty to de
prive them of Ibelr beloved cure-alla."
Brooklyn Eagle: In many parts of the
Country the right to drug ones self and
possibly to evade doctors' bills la a right
more dearly prized than trial by Jury.
In our Judgment paternalism will have a
pretty hard task to take thla right away.
The American cltlien greatly prefers not to
have government Interfere with his spend
ing or money that belongs to himself. I
Indianapolis News: It Is ' not proposed 1
to legislate against expressions of opinion
as to th effect of a medicine, for the
president agrees with the supreme court
In thinking that that would be abortive.
Nevertheless he Insists, and rightly, that
"If knowingly false statements of fact as
to the effect of preparations be provided
against the greater part of the evil would
be subject to control,"
SMILING LINES.
Tramp Madam, will you let m tell you
Of my heavy burdens
Lady of the House You needn't I ran
aee at a glance you're loaded UatUmore
American.
"Grigglns la an old friend of yours. Isn't
he7"
"Yes; I think so much of Grigglns that I
have his framed autograph hanging on the
wall of my room. It's at the bottom ot a
promlnory note tor HO18O still unpaid."
Chicago, Tribune,
She was a fluffy vision in white and she
was thirsty.
One of the new sanitary drinking foun
tains attracted her and aha lookml d own
at Its bubbly gush with a helpless exprea-.
"Dear me," she murmured aloud, "how
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TO THE BOY OF 1011.
, Kstelle May No.ie In Judge.
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Itiit cbrer up now and rm.ii tn stgh
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Mn't rry:
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Hut you're one of those boys
Who will make a great noise
That can help wake the world; and tot
You will hit -the light mark, I'm aura.
If you try
There.lltiie hov. don't cry,
inn't cryl
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