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gnbacrlhers leaving; the rlty
i temporarily ehonlit hate Ihe
j nee mlle4 to thran. Addrcas
J Trill be .changed aa often aa
reqaeated.
i ! Hang up your "early shopping;"
j 'n.
No women on the MacN'atnara
; Jury yet.
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Omaha, will soon be on the postal
pavings map.
; No matter what the temperature,
boost for Omaha.
President Taft found Chicago the
j city of the square meal.
I ! "Hand me my hat," erica the In
I 'fant Chinese emperor.
The president certainly smoked
; them out at Pittsburgh.
It seems that Brooklyn still has
people getting hurt In folding beds.
' Now, then, all aboard for Christ
mas with a brief stop-over for
Thanksgiving.
At any rate, Mr. Morgan has not
yet been accused of financing tbe
Chinese revolution. '
We may all feel safe now that the
United States navy has been duly in
ispected and reported sound.
Actors, both theatrical and ' political,
jiaturally favor the recall. St. Paul Flo-jiaer-Preas.
'
It is their stock-in-trade.
! All right. Jack Krost, we now know
you ar still able to do business at
I the old stand when you really feel
Jlke It
j ; Something must have happened to
! car reformed reformer who was
! making such big promises a little
while ago.
j Many freight cars are reported to
i be coming into Omaha suspicloualy
disordered. That will not help any
legitimate cause.
The Chicago parson who advises
joung women not tor wear shoddy
underwear under gaudy gowns is at
least an observing man.
The, anti-suffragists' declaration
Jbat the home calls for womar. la
Irrefutable, however righteous and
jjrgent woman's auffrage may be.
A Chicago man asked the presl
dent, on bla departure, "How do you
J!ke Chicago?" And, of course, the
president was courteous to his host
Kyee of tbe Country are on the Third
Platrlct-Wortd-IIerald.
Doubtless trying to detect where
the democratic check-book comes
from this time.
Radicalism seems to be running
out to its logical ends in California,
where a socialist has all but been
i-k-cted mayor of Los Angeles and
iuay yet be.
ma Uiuuiuui uh tii-urt avCiS 3
is everybody could pick the world's
champions, but picking the next
democratic presidential nominee is
the real puile.
Of course, it is ancient honor the
.Vlancbus are fighting for, but they
: could probably endure with a little
Hss honor if only their pensions
' iwere continued.
The trusts insist that all they ask
U an equal break with the other fel
iow, but they know very well that if
tbat were all they had ever got they
could not have developed the atrength
tb'.-y posaesa.
Jsdo LeaUe afcould kjiow that he
is o-iJrg time directing letters to
the editor ot the local democratic
!Vtry. Tbat thet will not give him
tf siu?rs de.tl co matter what the
fs (j and clrcums'.ant ta, if It thinks
n era mae poJUit'itl capital by tula-ir;!tcetat!on.
Harmon'i Tour of the Wet.
H ia quite thought fu) In Governor
Harmon to arrange for several stop
offs in thp west, an he goes to and
from San Frsncisro, where he will
select the aite for the Ohio building
at the Panama exposition. Of course,
as the governor says, his trip at this
time is only for this state errand.
Governor Wilson has already made
a similar tour and now It remains for
tbe others to follow suit.
Governor Harmon la too old a poli
tician to take chances on the "ene
my's country," and leave to a later
date the sounding out of sentiment In
this territory. He was tbe first cuu
dlilnte for the democratic nomination
to enter the ring and It would not do
to lag behind the others now.
Governor Harmon's Itinerary lit
detail has not been tl!clOKed, unci !
until It Is the public will nsturally
be serious to know whether It will
Include stop-offs In Nebraska, where
dwells the man who not loryj, ago
ordered Harmon to "prepare to stand
aside," and who claims an exclusive
right by pre-emption to the democ
racy of this stale. Harmon's whole
plan savors strongly of a bold chal
lenge, but la he bold enough to defy
Mr. Bryan on his home ground?
Evidently the Ohio governor la
satisfied with the. "feelers" set to
work In Nebraska and other western
stat'-a and encouraged to "come on,'
It is itinit significant that bo me of
his lending exponents In this state
are Bryan apoatatee, led, In fart, by
he "original Rryan newspaper."
Governor Harmon does well to an
nounce his nil no ion as purely tae
choosing of his state's location at the
great exposition, but to others tt has
he appearance of the opening gun In
he aggressive Harmon campaign for
1912, an early move to rally to
gether all the Harmon workers west
of the Missouri river.
Bale Works Both Ways.
Recently San Francisco elected a
mayor by lta new primary plan, by
which the candidate receiving a ma
jority of all votes cast Is declared
elected without again being balloted
upon. This, advocates of tho plan
declare, saves tUe trouble and ex
pense of the second or general elec
tion and interprets the will of the
people Just as accurately, and, they
maintain, it would be manifestly un-l
fair and superfluous to send two or
more candidates back to the polls a
second time after one had obtained a
majority over all the others.
Los Angeles has just held its city
primaries under the same plan, but
it did not work out as conveniently
as it did in San Francisco. The high
man for mayor, who happens to be a
socialist, led the "good government,"
or next highest man, by more than
3,000 vote and yet felt short of a
majority by more than 4.000. So
these two candidates are to be voted
for at a final election.
It wan our contention at the time
so much was being made of the San
Francisco event that It was a strange
rule that did not work both ways
and that possibly thla would prove no
exception. Where sentiment la pre
ponderating one-sided, tbe rule
would, of course, secure the end
sought, but where sentiment is more
evenly divided, as ta Los Angeles,
it would fall, and this, no doubt,
would happen In the great majority
of cases. But even where the rule
works out aa desired to the first In
stance, it is not certain that It pro
duces the fairest results. Nine
times out of ten conditions obtain
which prevent a primary election
from fairly reflecting the majority
will.
Los Angeles is now to have the
help of the women in electing a
mayor. The city , boasts of being a
paragon in clvlo righteousness and
progress and yet It did not find its
power in that direction great enough
to elect its "good government" man
over a socialist and now has to call
on the mothers, wives and daughters
to rescue it from the socialists. Pasa
dena, Los Angeles' next door neigh
bor, haa a socialist mayor. Good gov
ernment ia really a relative consider
ation, for which there is no patent
right.
Beno's Cut-Bate War.
From reports that come out ot
Reno, Nov., one Is led to couclude
either that the divorce trade la Bug
ging or that lawyers have btvconie so
numerous aa to threaten the Integrity
ot tbe bualness. Dispatches say a
"bitter cut-rate war la being waged
between attorneys in divorce cases."
It dues not say whether the number
of dlvorcea ia materially diminishing
or tfiat of the lawyers increasing.
But ratea are certainly falling. Here
tofore it has been customary for
lawyers to get a fee or $250 for
breaking "asunder what God hath
joined together," where there was no
contest and all the work was purely
perfunctory, but now under the cut
rate war a lawyer is lucky to pick
up $76 and pay court coats himself,
which formerly were hung onto the
client. Steps already are being
taken, however, by tome of tb pro
ethical members of the profession to
remedy conditions and do away with
such unseemly disorder by laying
the whole matter before the State
Bar association for action.
It Is quite possible that the facility
for makfng money offered by this
class of practice has lit Nevada, it
not elsewhere, had something to do
with what is usually charged up en
tirely to marital Infelicity. If there
were any way of eliminating that
festure of the problem, It would be
well. The most reputable lawyers,
of courr-o. do not strive for thla char
acter of practice and doubtless they
would like to see the unsavory side
of It auppresscd, whether they ever
take any steps, themselves, to sup
press it or not. It Is very bad when
the man whose profession commands
h! dignifying the law and aiding so
ciety in legitimate and laudable ways
to solve Its problems, departs from
this fundamental duty to embrace a,
scheme of burlesquing law and ex
ploiting aocloty.
The Democratic Panacea.
The democratic panacea Is simple
and tilreit. Tor uil the Ills that
Mesh Ik heir to the admonition of
Hie democratic organ Is. Vote the
democratic ticket.
if registration In the wards that
cast the heavy democratic vote for
Mayor Jim fast year Is under sus
picion, cure the evil by voting the
democratic ticket.
If the democratic county attorney
falls down in an attempt to prose
cute for alleged Illegal registration,
vote the democratic ticket.
If the town management under a
democratic mayor is not Just to your
liking, vote the democratic ticket.
If the work of the democratic
court house combine looka coarse,
why, voto the democratic ticket.
If you are a republican, still the
only way you con please the
democratic organ Is to vote tbe
democratic ticket.
But do you recall any advice ever
given from that source to democrats
to rehuke democratic misrule or cor
ruption by voting for republicans?
And now we are told that Douglaa
county is fortunate in having the
democratic combine doing business
for the county board while 11,200,
000 Is being spent on our new court
house. Douglas county Is Indeed for
tunate in having as much to show for
their money aa they have, but they
would be still more fortunate If they
were rid of the gang that has been
changing specifications and authoriz
ing substitution of materials always
In the Interest of the contractors and
at the expense of the taxpayers.
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Champ Clark, at least, Is frank:
enough. He wants Nebraska repub
licans to vote tho democratic ticket
this year to help the democrats cap
ture the presidency next year. If
there are any republicans in Ne
braska bent on doing that particular
thing above everything else, why, of
course, they will heed Champ's ad
vice. . - i
It Is pathetic to what extremes one
Idea people will go. Here la the Anti-
Saloon league out with "Instructions"
for Its adherents to eschew partisan
ship and vote for only "dry" can
didates for supreme Judge. No ques
tion of fitness or qualification or
political viewpoint beyond this enters
Into it If only ha is "dry" he will
make a good enough judge for them.
The fight over annexation Is wag
ing warm in South Omaha. It la up
to South Omaha people to decide by
themselves this time as the incontlve
of an impending census is no longer
spurring Omaha to special effort.
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If folks are known by the company
they keep, members of the democratic
court house combine in political co
habitation with George Stryker, Fred
Brunlng and others of their ilk must
furnish a good Index.
For the first time in twenty-eight
yeara the government postoftlce sys
tem Is being conducted at a profit,
instead of a loss of millions. Who
did it? Not the democrats.
The Lincoln Journal is still knock
ing on the only candidate on both
state tickets residing iu Omaha. If
conditions were reversed, oh, what a
yelp! .
Lata Kick aad at flood One.
rittBburgh CMapatch.
It may seam a little peculiar to wreak
revenge ever a ccintu""t that took plac
aavaral centurle ago, but tha Chines
seam to think that tha lonxer ago It oc
curred tha mora reason for making a
thorough Sob of tha overthrow now.
laa't It Awfolf
Minneapolis Journal.
Have you forgotten Senator I.orliner?
A senate committee Is still listening to
the testimony of the dastardly scoundrels
who took that splendid stateaman'a wealth
and are now trying to undermine his fu
ture usefulness. That is gratitude!
Uatrtaa; Teat ef Power.
IndlanaH)lia New a.
The experiment of the poatofflce de
partment fn trying to masa presidential
uoslmaatere earn their salary la such a
daring one that It It really eucceofta al
most anything in the way of govern
mental reform would appear to be pos
sible. riaaalaraa of Naval tadeta.
Ht. Ixiula Globe-1 m.ocra t.
Another exhibition of claastneas by mld
ahtpmen at Annapolla haa aonalMed In
the hating of freshmen In the presence ot
women. The frequent gaalnlne exhibitions
at Annapolis of lata will create an im
pression that we are not getting a big
enough navy until we get ahlpe enough
to keep thla budding talent out of the
country and at rough aea eervtca.
Greatest Pa mama Aekteveaaeat.
Philadelphia Record.
Whether or not our government shaU
succeed In tearing a way across the
lathtnua of Panama for ahlpe la the time
fixed by tha engineers, it haa ac
complished almost aa formidable a task
In making the canal strip prartloally a
health rrt. It uard to be, before the
Rooaavalt Invaaioa, a peat hole ef per
petual yellow fever. Now It la ridded of
moaqultoa and fever, and bag a lower
dath rate than Philadelphia,
Eoojiiii Backward
V wr au aas wiiiiutM
r COMPILED t WOM Pr.f. FILf M
j. I. IT..JT-I nov. a. i-t-jsJ
Thirty Years Ago
A novelty In the way of sulk took
place yraterday among tha driver of the
street railway lines. Owing to muddy
street u haa been naxt to lmpoa."lbla
for tha drlvera to make time. Manager
Mai h diacharged four men. tha drlvera
of t and S. Red Una. and and 1J, Oreen
Line, who were reinstated later by mak
ing dua apology for ssaalng back.
A skating rink lighted by electric light
la talked of, to ba located at tha cornr
of Ninth and Fsrnam.
The prairie achontiara entered town to
day, and from under the canvas conld
ha aeen peeping out two beautiful ante
lope enjoying their rlda.
Colonel YVataon B. Pmlth and wife are
vlaltlng frlenda In David City.
MIbs Nellie Magea haa gone to Ne
braska City to realda with her brother. .
Hon. Jamea Morris of the Treasury de
partment at Waahlnaion ia In the city on
short - visit.
L. Ilclaley of Fullfrrton la In the city.
N seriously contemplate settling in
Omaha, and will doubtless make a bril
liant acquisition to the young attorneys
of the city.
H. C. Hobble returned from Chicago
from visit on his brother, Charlea Hob
ble. w" was seriously Injured a few
days sgo by a kicking horse. Mr. Hob
hie reports the Mlsalsalppl ten mile wldo
where the Q. road crosses it, and the sea
of water on the prairie covered with
millions of geese.
Tha I'nlon Paclflo Is advertising a
western excursion for Montana people to
come to Omaha at the marvelously cheap
rate for tha round trip of 1123 from Hel
ena and $102 from Dillon, with ninety
dava' limif.
The steam ferry, "Xew Ells." which
hss for two years psst been running at
Plattsmouth, arrived at the levee en-
route to Fort Pierre. Dakota territory,
a distance of SOD miles. It Is making the
trip In charge of Captains Fousley and
Elmpson. sccompsnied by Ledwlch, one
of the purchasers.
Twenty Yearn Ago
Keturns showed that Judge Post beat
Fdgerton for supreme court by approxi
mately 6,KW.
I'eorge P. Bemls boat Henry Osthoff
for mayor on n landslide mnjority. carry
ing winds by J.'iOO which the year beforn
gave Jamea b. Boyd for govornor- a
mnjority of H.nro.
The voters at the city and state elec
tion had their first experience with the
Australian ballot and there was much
debate as to Us succass.
Senator and Mrs. Manderson left for
Washington.
Mrs. N. F. ralton of Indianapolis, who
had been vlaltlng relatives at the Phelton,
left for home.
V.A Darlington of gouth Omaha dared
venture Into a bath tub and, losing his
balance, fell out on a hot stove and
burned his srm.
John D, Robinson severed his connec
tion with tha Hammond Packing- com
pany and left for Chicago. '
Ten Years Ago
Anna Johnson, Colored, atlas Cocaine
Anna, pumped two bullets Into the body
of ,ier beloved Oeorco rMngllahblel. yet
failed to deprive rjeorge of his llfe.Tr.
Horglum. pollee snrgeon, attended the
wounded men.
Three watches were token from the
store ot B. Ilakan.MU Potifh Tenth street.
A stranger stepped In. aaked tha clerk
to show him some watches. The clerk
placed three on the show case, and the
stranger took them and walked out. say
ing, "lii take these."
The funeral services of Captain Joslah
B. Redflnld were held at Masonic temple
and' the body was burled at Prospect Hill
cemetery. The ceremonies' were eon
ducted by Charles P. Lohlngler, master
of 8t. John's lodge No. i Ancient, Free
and Accepted Masons.
Mrs. George B. Lake wss bitten by a
dog supposed to have had hydrop-iohla.
The wound was cauterised and Mrs. Lake
taken at once to tha Pastaor Institute In
Chicago by her son, Pr. Fred W. Lake.
People Talked About
Appalling obstacles to the popularity of
Jury service loom up In. the state of
Washington. Three women in a recant
panel appealed to the court to prohibit
their nine associates from smoking In
the Jury room.
Champion Jack Johnson and tr. Cook
are painfully convinced that some aesv
tlona of the effete old world Is utterly
unresponsive to the thrills of tha box
office uplift. Johnson was touched with
a 160 fine in London and Cook la nimbly
sprinting away from the Panlsh boot.
The last run of the season on Home
Itun Baker's schedule is from Philadel
phia to Trappe, Md., where the Bakers
have a eeventy-elght-acr farm and
where hunting la extra good. "My wife
and I are country bred," Mr. Baker ex
plains, "and we will never get over it"
A notable optical cure ia reported ' In
Chicago, Trtal. conviction and dtamtseal
of two police Inspectors who were color
blind shattered the goggles on the re
mainder so thst now they ae clearly
where the tiger and the kitty hibernate
and are diligently pulling devoteea ot
these anlmala.
Anderaaen. the assistant keeper of the
lighthouse at Fire Island Beach, Long
Island, ssys advertising pays. Ha ad
vertised tor a wits, because he had no
opportunity to move in society and cap.
ture one In the usual way. ills reward
is a beautiful French widow, only 19 years
old. and with only .one child. Thus one
little want "ad" brlnga cheer to a lonely
spot.
Ninety-four thousand persons paid good
money to "aae what beer ia and how It
la made" at the brewers' exposition In
Chicago. Half a million glaasas of the
goods were ssmpled, 100, OHO glasses of
mineral water, T5.00S cupa tt coffee, .1U0
cupe of tea and i&,M bottles ot pop were
put where they would do the moat good.
Duiing tha laat round of the celebration,
JO peraona gathered In a near-by church
and solemnly prayed for the salvatloa of
tho thirsty crowd.
Mrs. Bllsebeth Thayer Adams ot Hope
dale, Maa.. who haa Juat celebrated her
100th birthday, la aald to have ne arm
pathy with women who complain of
family oaraa. Mrs. Ad&ait reared eight
ehUdrea and yet round plenty of time te
continue bar social and edtteaUoBal Ufa.
following the example ef bee own mother
she gave each ef her ehlldren certain
household dutlea te porforsa regularly.
Mr a. Adams te levee that this dlvUIoa of
household taska la not ecdy the salvation
ot the mother, but ot the chUdteo.
The Bees Lcllcr Be
ox
Irelaad aa tea Ksatnple.
BOl.'TH OMAHA, Oct. 31.-To the Kditor
of The Bee: In a recent Issue of The
Bee, J. Barton Garland makes a number
of sweeping antl-Catholiu statements
without producing sny figures to back
them.
His thtoligy I will overlook, for truly
that la the one subject of human research
that the poet Pope must have had In
mlud When he said "Fools rush In where
angels fear to tread." But his slanderous
statements luck all historical basis, and
he can not find tha flgui to prove
the.m. He asserts that "Csthollc nations
are disrupted, distressed, Illiterate, dis
contented, etc.." and placea the blame
on the religion. He makes no consider
ation for the influence of civil govern
ment, or of economic conditions a sound
system of philosophy Indeed!. How will
It account for the wail sent up by our
Omaha clergyman last week deploring
(Tie fact that population in our country
had Increased 25 per cent In the last de
cade, and crime BO per cent.
1 call attention to a country where so
callgd reformed religion has made very
little progress the three southern
provinces of Ireland. Look up statistics
and compare with our own country, be
cause "people who live In gist's houaes
ahould not throw stones."
The success of a rellgoua teaching
amongst a people can be measured by the
evidence of two tangible results-the
law-abiding quality ot Its manhood, and
the purity of lta womanhood and figures
prove that no where In the civilised world
are the records of southern Ireland sur
passed. The Cnlted States shows a divorce per
centage of one divorce In three marri-rfcs,
to one in twelve, in various localities.
Ireland shows one legal separation in
each S.OOO marriages. Ireland his always
led the world with the lowest illegitimate
birthrate less than 2 per cent. The
United States shows 8 per cent, and
northern European countries, on average
of 12 per cent. Yes, Mr. Garland, those
virtuous Irish women died ot starvation
by the thousands, but there was not
gold enough in all England to purchsse
the honor of the humblest of them! As
to comparison of homicide, I refer to a
recent editorial It) The Bee on that sub
ject. The Cnltcd States has the highest
rate and brings to Justice the fewest of
Its criminals.
Aa to race suicide, no one but a Joker
would accuse tho Irsh Viatlon ot that.
Suicide has never yet earned the name
of the "Irish Route."
Concerning illiteracy, there are few of
them unable to read, at least their
prayer-books, and all have enough edu
cation to make you a clvfl answer tvhen
you merit one.
The power to deal with " Juvenile of
fenders la vested chiefly in father's
leather belt, and the parish priest's cane,
and they havo a decided advantage over
our Juvenile Court system, ss they are
always resdy for sctlon at the proper
psychologies! moment. '
It Is a common occurrence in Ireland
on' the day of the opening of a session
of court for the court bailiff to present
the presiding Judge with a pair of
white gloves to signify that there Is not
a single criminal ca-e on the calendar'
for trial.
If ever there existed a country where
tbe tyrannical lawt of an alien govern
ment have ' paralysed its commerce and
Industries, snd where a brutal system of
absentee landlordism for decades op
pressed the people to the depths of pov
erty, surely that country hss been per
secuted Ireland, Where. In the famine
year of 18ts alone 1.023,000 persons were
tb victims of a mlsgovernment that
hsd drained the country of Its surplus re
sources, snd whore. In thirty-three years,
4S2.O0O families, over 2,000,000 people, were
evicted from their homes; conditions,
such as under ordinary circumstances
would have reduced a nation to despair
and utter degradation, end through all
thla the peerlesa purity of Erln'a woman
hood, and the law-abiding quality ot her
manhood can be attributed to no other
source but the faith that Is In them.
A. 1). BRENNAN.
I'reJadlclaej Wholesale I.lqnor Trade,
'A Copy of the following letter has been
aent The Bee with request for publica
tion: OMAIIA, Nov. l.-IIon. Rots L. Ham
mond, Collector of Internal Revenue,
Omaha: We wish to call your attention
to the enclosed clipping from Tha Bee.
and believe you will agree with ua that
the reporter could have obtained the In
formation upon which he wrote the ar.
tide only from some one connected with
the revenue office. It Is quite apparent
also that with the Information he received
from the same aourcc the Inspiration for
the slur csst upon tha business methods
of wholesale liquor dealera. and published
the article for the express purpose of dis
crediting them before the public.
Unfortunately the many absurdities
which get into the pres through irre
sponsible a,nd unscrupulous reporters are
accepted by many readers as facts, and
it seems to be an evil that we cannot
get away from, but it doea seem that
government employes. Instead of encour
aging the placing before the public such
absolutely falsa Information as contained
In the enclosed article, should do what
they can to prevent prejudice, and to see
that the public. Is correctly Informed on
subjecta ef thla kind which Involve the
honesty of dealera In the wholeaale liquor
and distilling bualness, upon which tha
government depends for aanie tl.V.OOO.OOO
annual revenue.
Tou know very well that for many
years all distillery tax puymenta under
tha law had to be, and have been made
on actual weight gauge, and that prob
ably all but 1 per cent of the gauging ot
liquors outside ot distilleries la also done
by weight. That the weighing eyatara ia
enforced now also on thst small per cent
ot goods formeily gauged by rod. Is be
cause It has been ascertained that the
rod gauge . Is unsatisfactory to buyers
and sellers alike, causing the under
gauglng ot packages aa often aa the
over-gauging.
We are aure that you do not approve
of erroneoua Information being given to
the public, and hope you can prevent It
in tha future. We are equally aure that
the honorable commissioner of Internal
revenue in promulgating the order effec
tive November lat, did not authorise any
such statements as contained In the
article referred to.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTKK, -Nebraska
Wholeaale Liquor IValera'
Association.
1'ass l Oaa ar Both.
Ht. Louis Ghbe-De:nocrat.
It will aoon be necessary for con-
sumera to take thtlr coftea without sugar,
or their augar without coffee. That U
oue way to In eat the combination.
LAUGHING LINES.
"Tl hi mlaerahle little dog of yours
coince. up In-In ml one, glvea a bite and
then runs. He's a mean heaat."
"(n the eontiary, I consider him a first
clas business model."
"How so "
"There ia so much snap and go about
him. Baltimore American.
"( see." remarked the traveler In the
southwest, "vou have an sntt-horse thief
aasociatton down here. What a the mat
ter? Can t you leave the pvinlahment of
horse thieves to the constituted author
ities? "Not hy a durn slylit'" snld C.rlsalv
rete; "they ain't anti-enough! Chicago
Tribune.
' I wonder how Adam and Kve came
to name their eldest son Cain." said Wat
ties. "They probably knew what thev were
raising, said Dighats. Harper's Weekly.
V'A man should not seek an election to
the senate with a view to making money."
?vo, ' replied fenatnr Sorghum: "and.
on the other hand, he'll be criticised Just
the Fame If he accumulates money with
a view to getting Into the senate."
W ashington Star.
The Doctor You d acarcelv believe It.
but th other night some thief broke into
a vacant housn belonging to a friend of
mine and carried away an ornamental
fireplace.
Tha Professor Great selxer! Chicago
Tribune.
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If It a nothing but holes 1 have in luy
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There s many a one that's traveling
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It's money, they ray, Is the devil's owu
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An' well It knows how to fly."
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he;
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I've all the roads of the worla at iu
feet
When I'm chooMng the way I'll go.
The root of my house Is a wondi rTul
eight,
And It ahlning with stars the l'.vc'otijj
night.
With the moon herself to be lendln t a
light.
Ia it pity I'm atking so?"
He shook my hand at the butt ot the hill,
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"For It's toll an' throuble you have Itself,
That'a easy enough to see.
But here I atand with a beggarman's
ahare.
The sun thrown In, an' the wind when
It's fair.
An" with never a wife or child for my
rare
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