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But remember that every little
gloom has a Joy all Its own.
This la the rare year that the
woman proposes and man disposes.
Now leap to It, girls, without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any
man on earth.
Evldeutly Ohio's other favorite
eon, Governor Harmon, has no bed of
roses at home, either.
By tbe way, whatever became of
Aviator Fowler, who was going to
fly from California to New York?
Miss Ellen M. Stone has gone
back to Turkey to Bee If the young
Turks are more tender than tbe old
ones.
t Shove along, there, you fellows
' In the front tteats, and make rJjom
for the new recruits to the Ananias
f club. ,
Reports do not state whether
President Sun iat Sen took the
oath of office with his hand on the
Bible or not. ,
flie Chinese republic Is some
g like two weeks old, and we
have not heard a word about "Votes
for Women."
Possibly, If they uncorked more
"extra drys" at thoso peace ban
quets things would run along moro
harmoniously.'
Tbla coming marriage of fair Lil
lian will tie the score between her
and Nat Goodwin, four to four in
the tenth Inning.
Jut try the "arbitrate every
thing" racket on' the man from
whom you bought your wire's
Christmas present.
Two thousand laundry workers
strike In New York. Let the dirty
linen be washed there, without
preadlng the fight.
Here's success to the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican In Its effort to
rush tbe season with pictures of
base ball players in action.
It Is to be feared that some over
lnqultitlve people may wonder
whether Senator La Toilette missed
that train accidentally on purpose.
J.ust what politics ga.ins jg not
clear as yet, but scientific agricul
ture stands to lose In Prof. P. G.
Holdeu's entronce of the political
arena.
Bill Muldoon says the race Is de
teriorating in its scramble for
money. Presumably, Muldoon
would like to Join Mr. Morgan In his
attempt at unscrambling.
Now the throne demurs on the
ground that Tang, as its delegate to
the commission meeting, threw the
game by exceeding his authority in
agreeing to a popular election.
Press reports ttll us that Presi
dent Suu's Inauguration was "dig
nified." It U a pleasure to know
that the first yellow president did
l.ot conduct himself unseemly.
Newspaper illustrations of the
tordlal welcome accorded tbe New
Year In the big cities of the east are
quite convincing that no 8 o'clock lid
iaw blocks the way to due hilarity
for the occasion.
No bank failure in Nebraska dur
ing the last six months since the de
pox it guaranty law went Into effcot.
liut there were no bank failure in
JSebrakka cither during tbe six years
preceding the Inauguration of the
tiepofcit guaranty system, so the rela
tion of cause and effect is rather
Jiucoaiu. . . ,
Exceeding Their Authority.
Tin" Police board lias, adopted fl
resolution notlfjlng liquor dealers
that "saloon that persist In viola
tions of the rules of the lionrd be
penalized by closing the saloon for
mch a period of time an the board
think will correct the evil."
Whatever the purpose of this may
he. It strikes us that In making It
the hoard has clearly exceeded it
authority and assumed a power
which dors not belong to It at all.
1 hri only control over saloons vested
by law in the Police board Is to be
exercised by It an an exrlRo body
granting or revoking licenses to ("'II
lhiuor. The only way the Police
lard tun closo r saloon legally Is
by revoking Its license, and any
saloon keeper who persists 1n viola
tion of law and the rules of the
board subjects himself to the pen
alty of being put out of business,
not during the pleasure of the
board, but permanently.
The Polite board was never In
tended to be vested with discretion
In disciplining lawless Bnloon keep
ers by exacting the equivalent of
fines throush ordering the places
temporarily closed. Such a scheme
would leave altogether too much
neoe for playing favorites and be
almost sure to provoke abuse and
evoke scandal.
A Limp Boomlet.
Senator Stone, leafler of the
Champ Clark boomlet In Missouri
agnlnst Fo.lk, admits, according to
the Globe-Democrat, that his "pil
grimage to St. Louis in the Interest
of Champ Clark's boomlet bas been
fruitless." lie held n two daya' con
ference with state democratic lead
ers to try to perstiado them
to see the wisdom of turning
from Folk to Clark, repudiating the
state convention's endorsement last
year of the former governor, and
when asked what he accomplished,
Senator Stone Is quoted aa saying:
"Nothing,"
Prominent Mlssourians hare
jumped Into the fight and are argu
ing that as the state organization
gave Its free and full endorsement
to Folk, 'It cannot afford to back
track to take up Clark, for that
would be repudiation of a pledge
and that the democratic party can
not afford to begin repudiating
pledges at the ouening of the cam
paign. They argue that a pledge
made to get votes last year is still
binlng, which certainly ought to be,
In the light of the Bryan construc
tion of platforms, "as binding for
what they omit as for what they
contain."
All of which only goes to show that
the speaker of the house is making
mighty poor progress with his presi
dential band wagon.
Rehabilitation of the Wabash.
The committee cn reorganization
of the NVabash railroad commenda
the administration of President
Delano and favors his retention as
head of the physical operation or
the line, believing that this will in
sure success to the financial plans.
If the physical management of the
road is satisfactory and out of the
way the financial rehabilitation will
thereby be greatly facilitated.
Wisely conducted, a railroad like
the Wabash, traversing the rich
country it does, will never become
a drag on the money market.
It goes almost without saying
that the sooner this rehabilitation
takes place the better for the Wa
bash's territory. It needs the rail
road quite as much as the railroad
needs It, and has. suffered from its
deterioration. In spite of the fact
that It has been a foot ball between
different sets of capitalists contend
ing for control, tho road since Pres
ident Delano went Into office has
forged ahead considerably, so that
as soon as the ownership and finan
cial management work, in thorough
unison with the physical operation
the desired results will show.
Morgan'B Vacation in Egypt.
Having "learned to stray" at least
once a year "far from the crowd's
Ignoble strife," J. Pierpont ' Morgan
ls now about to embark upon his
annual pilgrimage to the sequestered
land of the Pharaohs. In Egypt, away
from the stress and turmoil of Wall
street's busy bum, he will remain for
months. F.vldently he is relaxing
his hold upon tbe reins of big busl
ncbu. It is bard to think of him
as aging and with age losing the
leaBt of power, even physical, but
there comes a time, to as great even
as the Morgana, when couquests
end. Next April he will be 75, so
these periodical vacations have a
very definite meanings
It ls natural that this master of
modern business should seek rest
amid tbe rocky ruins or early great
ness. Egypt's place In history la not
aa a land or "storied urn" or mute
mummies or a doad past. ' Even
kings or commerce, without a love
for the tiasblcs or religion and art,
find In it memories tbe monument
to ancient greatness lu trade, for
Pharaoh's cute corner in corn hut
not passed out of mind. But there Is
a more real analogy extaut here. No
land can be so Inviting to tbe great
mind aa Kgypt, whose lessons of
might and power go back to the sky
line of history. Here Infinity strug
gled with the conception of the race,
here were wrought the Krliest won-j
J ders vof time, and hence flows out a
stream of transcendent greatness.
Mere the'-big men of every age have
i come to delve Into the mysterious
depths of antiquity and the precious
I relics of early power.
Comparison Worth Noting.
When it comes to numbers, the ac
count of the much heralded La Fol
lette meeting in Ohio makes the re
cent assemblage to organize a Taft
league in Nebraska hhine out by com
parison. The Ohio gathering was
evidently likewise a mass meeting be
cause reference Is made to delegates
from counties which had no organi
zation, and it was held In Columbus,
a city twce the size of Lincoln. The
vote recorded on the resolution de
claring La Follette to be "the living
embodiment of the principles of the
progressive movement, and the logi
cal candidate to carry them to a
successful fruition," Is given as 81
to 11, which means that there were
exactly ninety-two pari Id nn tits all
told In the convention speaking for
the republicans of the whole state of
Ohio. This is no discredit to the La
Follette men of Ohio, although wo
believe a similar convention called In
Nebraska would probably show up
more followers of La Follette than
that. To our mind, however, it tloes
show that the people are not fcen'.r
ally worked up by political excite
ment as yet to the point of paying
out their money in railroad fare and
traveling expenses to attend politi
cal meetings for no purposo but to
endorse candidates and pass lauda
tory resolutions.
Nagel's Trust Diagnosis.
Those who tke a broad, fair view
of the trust problem are ready to
adiriit that Its solution does not con
template Hie total destruction of all
combinations or capital, it is fairly
well settled that, us Secretary Nagel
says In his annual report, "A certain
degree of combination Is essential to
tho carrying on of our great business
enterprises." It would be obtuse not
to recognize that fundamentally
these combinations are a means or
economy and efficiency, although ac
companied by tremendous power to
prevent competition. It is the undue
exercise of that power to eliminate
competition that has created the
trust problem. It Is privilege
abused, not legitimate powers used,
that produces the trouble. The gov
ernment's task, then, is to sxId this
power in such a way as ,to regulate
and control it, thus retaining the ad
vantages of the system without suf
fering from lta disadvantages.
In approaching the solution of the
problem we have to keep in mind
this view of the question. Secretary
Nagel well says that, "The mere
breaking up of large combinations
into a number of separate parts by
no means meets tbe whole trust
question." The regulation Is the big
ger Job. He thinks this can best
be performed by a federal office or
commission whose special and sole
work it would be to control these
large industries. He argues for ner-
manent authority, with full supervi
sion, and It begins to look as if some
such plan were necessary. At any
rate, something seems to be wrong
with present methods. From our ex
perience with the Interstate Com
merce commission to deal with rail
road n:tters we ought to feel safe
in venturing to apply the same gen
eral principle to the control or the
other large business concerns.
Lincoln 1b still having all kinds of
trouble over its water works and
water supply. Our friends In Lin
could should call on the Omaha
Water board for expert advice on
how to relieve the situation imme
diately, if not sooner.
There are seven states with presi
dential preference primary laws, all
of which are reasonably certain to be
confronted with the same complica
tions of multiplex and unauthorized
filings that Nebraska is.
That roan who waa arrested at
Pittsburgh with seventy-two sticks
of dynamite in his valise will proba
bly urgue that he intended merely
to blow the old year out and, the
new one in.
President Taft declares that noth
ing but death will end his candidacy
for renomlnation. It might be noted,
too, that Vice President Sherman
carries the life insurance policy.
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J'rtpare for the Toneh.
CliUano Becord-Heruld.
Anthracite coal miners kLTC Ill'Pnu ritr fits
a strike and we are warned to be prepared
tor an advance in the price of coal. This
sounds familiar, doesn't It?
i Meaaurlnar tbe Blow,
Urooklya Eagle.
We ahull never know what a severe
blow we hav sustained In tha abrogation
of the Kusslan treaty until the czar's
subjects begin to organize old Horn
Weeks from Poland lo Blberla.
Weealsf Willie's Stark of Words.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tha records of the Lorlmer case contain
four tluus aa much rlng matter aa
Macau. ay a History of Kngland and more
than four ttnus as many words aa Web
ster's unubrldyed. Make your own com
ments. Had aaaaeatloa.
I'itlaburch Ittapatch.
A Chicago lawyer waives all terhnlcali
lies aside when he says that If a man
obeys the ten commandments be will be
on tbe safe aide. This opinion ls resin t
fully referred to those corporations who
bavs to ciaiuorlua" tor ligriit vn the taw.
ookincf Backward
1 lib Day in Omaha
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COMPILED FROM BKR PILFS H
JAN. 4.
Thirty Year Ago
A pleaaant card party wa given to
about twenty-five guests by Misa lleile
Kimball.
Jliaa liora Iioane, accompanied by Mla
Clarke, left to visit friends In Virginia.
Mia Ixhi Sprliixer, who haa been visit
ing" the family of (leneral Ketabrook,
started for home.
Mr, and Miaa jSaundera started for
Washington.
A cinallHjx acare lias created a vacci
nation boom.
According to the signal service station
December was the miWeat ever recorded
in Omaha.
About thirty-five pupils are In attend
ance at the Bohemian" acliool recently cs
tab lia tied on Jackson street.
.Newly elected officers of the Omaha
InlvlriK aawclullon are: J. A. Boyd,
prealdtnt; 1. It. Wood, secretary; J. J.
IWown, treasurer.
ltetiriiiK county offiiers are: Sheriff
Ouye, Treasurer Heine. County OleiU
Mfinclientr, County JudKe Bartholomew,
County Superintendent Points, all having
ervHl two terms, except Mr. Points, who
complete three terms.
Henry W. Yates, at the llrNt National
hank, Ls InvititiK proposals for the pur
chase of the frame building heretofore
occupied a. Trinity caihadral. The pur-clHM-r
moat HKi'ce to remove the build
in within thirty day. Cur pete, seats
and other furniture, stained Klana win
dows and frame support tinder the build
in not Included.
.Sevi-iul utter were out on the alieet
wearing off tbe snow.
I'ally afternoon meetliiKs are being- held
at the You iik Men's Christian association
rooms, puraimnt to the program ter a
week of prayer.
Mrs. McNainara, 614 South Seventeenth
street, advertises for a Iflrl. "Must be
(rood cook, washer uiul lroner. None
other need apply."
Twenty Years Ago -
One of the greatest six-day biocle leues
ever run was started at the Coliseum
with these world-renown riders: Willie
Wood of Noi'th Shields, Kngland; Aichard
Howell of I.elcester, KnKland; William
Lamb of NewcaHtle-on-Byne, England;
Wallace StaKe of UIrxkow, Scotland;
Michael O' Flunnaxan of Keathered, Tlp
perary. Ireland; Charles AxhlnRer, Kd-
ward Reading and John S. Prince of
America, the two latter being of Omaha.
Eighteen miles and four laps were reeled
off In the second hour, and Mr. Prince
was bringing" up the rear.
Koine Miller of Norfolk was at the
Pax to n.
Senator A. S. l'addock was at the Mil
lard. Prof. W. Klch, superintendent of the
new Indian training school at Tucson,
Aril, spent the day with his son, At
torney Kdson Rich.
Dr. B. K. Spalding was elected presi
dent uf the Board of Education on the
first ballot without a Jar or harsh word,
Dr. W. S. Olbbn' combination missing
fire. Y. N. Bubcock was elected sec
retary. Judge Kstelle nollled many criminal
cases upon the motion of County Attor
ney T. J. Mahoney.
Tho Omaha ' Oas Manufacturing com
pany held Its annual meeting and re
elected its old board of directors, con
sisting of Frank Murphy, George K.
Barker, W. W. cilbbs, Bandall Moiaatn,
II. H. Wood. The board aguin chose
Mr. Murphy, president, Mr. Barker, vice
president and Isaac Battin, seen) ry
treasurer. Ten Years Ag
George Helmrod left on the Union Pa
cific for Kan Francisco, accompanied by
his daughter, Ail hs Dora Helmrod. They
were on their way to Samoa, where Mr,
Helmrod was to take up his duties as
consul-general, superceding the late Judge
Luther W, Osborn of Blair, who died at
his post. Many friends were at the
depot to bid the travelers God speed.
Miss Gertrude Kountze entertained at
Forest Hill at an evening dinner.
Another meeting of the committee of
fifteen on consolidation was held at the
Commercial club, when John L. Webster
wu the cbHt spokesman, W. Q. Whit
more, for the country, expressed the
bullet thut the rurallHta would look with
disfavor upon the project.
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Lord and family
returned from the east.
Miss Mary Hoolihan, 3020 California
street, fell on Twenty-fourth street be
tween Burt and Cuming and broke the
small bono in her left leg above the ankle.
Mis. Mary Deighty, 1:'I Sherman ave
nue, was robbed of a puree containing $tj
by a negro while, walking on Sixteenth
street between Chicago and Davenport.
J'Me footpad jumped front an alley,
gidbbtd tho purse and ran.
Charles J. Greene and It. W. Drecken
riUge left for St. Louis on cjurt business.
Uooatlua Hrlce of Footwear.
New York World.
Massachusetts shoe manufacturers
threaten to advance the price of all
gradea of alioea i0 cents a pair to meet
the increased cost of leather. Aa -l,(Mi,-00J
pairs uf boots and shoes were manu
factured in the United States In V.HXi, at
the higher price consumers will have to
puy approximately $14,(KV,0U0 more for
footwur.
The shoe manufacturer. If they Intend
to justify their action in putting up
prices, owe the public a detailed and
larllcular expl.ou.Uori ua to why con
sumers must pay f U(,0J0,oi) more tor
eIuh-s lu UU.
Havluu a Corkiwa lime.
Pittsburgh Dlaputcb.
If Colonel Roosevelt la not In politics
now It arouses In the mind an alarmed
apprehensloo of what would occur If he
should get lino iolitlcs once more. Of
course he lias a corking time whether he
Is in or out; but to the peace-loving citi
zen the wreck of matter and the crash of
worlds that might accompany hla active
entry Into the field, presents a picture
that is alarming.
Objections ot Well Founded.
Nw York Tribune.
Objection ls made to the constitution
of the United States as out of date and
inapplicable to present conditions be
cause It was "made by men who never
saw a railroad." Yes, and tha tea com
maadments were made before there was
ever a bank burglar or a Triangle waist
faotory fire. Yet the mandates Thou
ahalt not steal" and "Thou a ha It not
kill" are sti'l valid.
l-are Karallr ( Chinamen.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Tbs 1.1 family In China, to which the
great Hung Chang belonged, la a large
one. prolific In war corrvaiKindents. If
all the news Is not veracious the world
mill iU&X4'MX.
Washington Life
Some latereatlau Fhatei
and rkndlttona Ohaerred
at Ike ISatloa'a Capital
Convenience for Corporations.
To remove the moat annoylne; feature
of the federal corporation tax law mem
bers of the ways and means committee
of the House of Kepreaentatlves are
drafting a bill agreeable to the treasury
department for the purpoao of dlapeni-a-InK
with calendar year returns and allowing-
corporations to make returns at
the clone of their respective fiscal years.
The plan proposed. In outline, provides
that every corporation subject to the! so
cial excise tax may, with in thirty days
after the passatie of the bill, or within
ninety days after the date of the In
corporation, If subsequent thereto, file
with the collector of tho district In which
the corporation has Its principal plooe of
business, a duly certified statement set
tin forth the date on which the fiscal
year or business year of the corporation
terminates; and thereafter the annual re
turn to be mode shall be for each such
fiscal year or business yenr, provided that
wben the date of the termination of a
ficcal year la desianated by any corpora
tion as providt. for in the act, the first
return made! shall be for the period fol
lowing December 31 of the year for which
a return was last made to the day desig
nated as theclo8e of its fiscal year, and
thereafter each return shall lie for the full
fU'eal yeur. The new bill provides that
nil c)nes of consirations shall be
treated alike, and thin ls its apodal phase
differentiating It from other bills here
tofore presented.
Iterlvlna the Three-Cent JMecr.
A bill to authorize the coinage of 3-cent
pieces has been Introduced In tlte house
of representatives by Robert J. Bulkley
of Cleveland, O., who Is one of the young
est democrats In congress. The origin of
this bill Is rather peculiar. It Is due to
the fact that the late Tom li. Johnson
succeeded In giving Cleveland a 3-cent
street car fare. While the people liked
the 3-jjent fare, they found that it was
not so simple to pay as the old fare of a
nickel. It lias involved the yse of a great
many pennies, which are a nulaance to
curry. Several other cities in the west
are having 3-cent fare agitations and Mr.
Bulkle.y believes that there will be a con
siderable demand for 3-cent pieces.
He would not, however, return to the
old style 3-cent piece, which was a coin
smaller than a dime. The style which he
propones, would be somewhat larger than
the present nickel. Ninety per cent of It
will be aluminum and 5 per cent copper.
The weight Is to be twenty-four troy
grains. Mr. Bulkley's bill provides that
the mottoes and devices to be used on
the coin shall be fixed by the dtreotor Of
the mint, with the approval of the secre
tary of the treasury.
Inconvenience of Conalsteney.
William A. Cullop of Indiana is a mem
ber of the house committee on Interstate
and foreign commerce. Before coming to
congress he spent much of his time cam
paigning and one of his favorite pastimes
was abusing the republicans of congress
for taking Junkets at the expense of the
government. The other day when Chair
man Adamson of. the interstate and for
eign commerce committee celled 'the roll
to see who would go to Panama with the
committee, Judge Cullop kept the faith
with his people.
"You will have to excuse me," said, Mr.
Cullop. "fcr I started my political career
roasting congressional Junketers."
That was final. Mrs. Cullop tried to
get her husband to give way and accom
pany the party, but he would not.
"I may have been hoist with my own
petard," said Mr. Cullop, "but 1 wilf stay
by my guns."
Ilia Sam for a Key,
Last summer there was a great sen-;
satlon because one of the officers in the
House office building lost a master key
which would open all tbe doors In that
edifice. This meant that the finder of
that key, If he knew what It was, could
enter any room In the building. He
could get into the office of any repre
sentative or any committee. There was
a long search for the key, but It never
was found. Congressmen who had papers
and documents In their offices of a valu
able or confidential nature became nerv
out at the prospect of having their rooms
ransacked by some Irresponsible person.
It cost F.lHott Woods, the superinten
dent of the capttol, ll.SW to undo the
damage caused by the loss uf that mas
ter key. At first U was thought neces
sary to change the locks on every door
In the building. But It was finally dis
covered that, instead of having new
locks, the tumblers In the old ones could
be replaced at much less expense and
new master keys provided. This was
done. If the old master key Is Jingling
about la somebody's pocket today It Is
of absolutely no value, for It will not
open a Hingis one of the' locks which
formerly yielded to it.
Why &ot "Cut it Oatt"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Why not awear off on slang? For
"the correct use of language is a thing
to be desired. All the comman bughouse
phrases make the shrinking high brow
tired. There Is nothing more delightful
thap a pure and careful speech, and the
man who weigha his phrases always
stacks up as a peach, while the guy who
shoots his larynx in a careless, slipshod
way looms up as a selling plater. Pen
pie brand liim tor a Jay."
Canada Shoppls Over Border.
New York World.
Cm tii A a. la aurelv losins: her soul, de
spite the failure of reciprocity. She an
nounces that in the last fiscal year Her
purchases from the Unit ad States
amounted to SM.CM.oOO, an Increase of
t65,CK.0uO. while her purchaaea from Great
Britain were but JHO.OOU.UW), an Increase
of only iil.OOO.WO.
The MaMag of Hero.
Cleveland Plalndealer. .
A Pennsylvania niaa has been denied
citizenship because lie never beard of
William Jennings Bryan. Times change.
A few years ago he would have been
lynched for the same offense; a few
years benre he may get a Carnegie
medal.
UkssUik Grouches.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Right after the attack en George
Washington's knowledge of the art of
war, somebody gets busy reviving the
old story that John Faul Jones' revered
bones are not at AnDapolls. Seems a lit
tle ghoulish, doesn't It?
A Vole that Is Mill.
' Kansas City Star.
IJule did the world believe, three or
four years ago. that the Hon. Uncle Joe
Cannon would ever subside to his pres
ent obscurity,
People Talked About
The resolution that makes the least
nol!e Is the one that delivers the goods.
Don't beat the drum.
A cleanup of the estate of Hairy Th.iw
netted th creditors tl per cent. Many sn
Insolvent estate yielded much less and
the bankrupts were not erase, either. 1
Evangelist "Billy" Sunday induced
5,241 sinners of Wichita. Kan., to come up
to the mourners' beTich and promise to be
good. The achievement yielded $10.14", be
tides the entertainment.
Hear Admiral Peary has been awarded
a ytold medal by th. Academy of Sport
or France for the "admirable lesson of
physical energy and moral courage given
to the entire .world In pursuing in the
midst of fatigues, sufferings and difficul
ties the conquest of the North Pule.
A Philadelphia lodge succeeded In Im
pressing an initiate by pouring alcohol
on his hair and touching off the combina
tion with a lighted match. Now the ex
pounders of the ritual are wondering
whether the surplus In the lodge treasury
will pay the subsequent expenses of the
flashlight.
Harry 8. Byrne, who arranged the
1300,000 bond of County Treasurer W.
G. Ure, signed by the Equitable Surety
company of St. Louis, Mo., Is the general
agent for that company in Nebraska and
Western Iowa, and Is the author of that
unique phrase, "See Byrne before you
burn."
A DOCTOR MAN.
Medical Herald.
Jt's very often that my pa
Stays out all night long:
They say It ought to worry ma.
'Cause It's Jus' awful wrong.
But he don't care what all (hem folks
Says 'bout It, an' he can
Jue' r.lt an' laugh at all their jokes,
"Cause he's a doctor man.
He talks to other wlmmen all
Th' time nn' ma don't care:
An every day he makes a call ,
To see some lady fair.
Th' neighbors says he takes 'em rides,
Ncn he laughs at It an'
Jus' keeps it up an' splits his sides,
'Cause he'a a doctor man.
He hold their hands an' smiles so nice,
An auks 'em how they feel.
Nen wlmmen sneak 'round, sly as mice.
An' give ma a long nplel
'Bout how bad pa Is. an' nen she
Jus' laughs an' giggles an'
Tells him when he comes home, you see,
'Cauae he's a doctor man.
Uieoll's January Speeia
Wo will keep our best Tailors active this month
by including V
An Extra Pair of Trousers
with your suit order. without
extra cost.
Suit and Extra Trousers
$25 to $ 15
Full lllark, JUue, or Grey Cheviot,'
Thtliet or Worsted Suit,
with extra pair of Trousers
oiu
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LAUGHING LINES.
"Did vour brother have much luck In
his shooting In New Kngland this sea-
son'''
"Yes. indeed, be hd. He was able t
compromise quite cheaply with all the
guides he idiot." Baltimore American.
"She holds peculiar views of matri
mony." "That so?"
"Yen. . She savs that even If her hus
band shouldn't make a fortune In five
years she expects to stick to him until
death." Detroit Free Press.
"An epigram." - - 'e cvnlc. "Is
:hlng thnt sounds Interesting but
doesn't realiv . h.
"I know," replied I'arnur Cnrntossel.
"You tlgger out an epigram purty much
Hie same wuv us the hoarders used to
rexard our dinner b 11." Washington
Star.
" Ta." said little Willie. looking up
from his paper, "what is a ' philanthro
pist, anyway?"
"A philanthropist, my son." replied his
wise pa. "Is usually a man who spends
his time getting other people to spend
their money for charity." Catholic
Standard and TlnifS.
Dugan Oh my, oh my! Isn't Casey
puttln' on g-grand airs wid his new au
tymoblle? An' over In the ould counthry
I darcsav he went barefutted.
Ryan Faith, not be his own accounts.
He says he had a turnout over there
thot atthracted great attlntlon.
Dugan A v coobm an eviction always
does. Boston Transcript.
Solicitor Then vou don't think It would
be the wisest plan to try and meet your
creditors ?
Client Good heavens, man they're Just
the people J wunt to avoid: lxmdon
Opinion.
Suburbanite (at railway station) My
dear, this Is .Mr. Trayne.
Suburbanite's Wife Isn't that too bad!
We missed ours. too. I beg pardon, but T
didn't quite catch the name. Chicago
Tribune.
"I try to do my duty." said the ex
ceeding sincere person, "and I do not
hesitate to remind others of their duty."
"Go ahead," replied the easy-going cit
izen. "You may prove to te a very use
ful member of society. But when you
get through you'll have aa many sincere
friends and admirers as an alarm clock."
Washington Star.
Downcast Alaskan Prospector I Just
ain't got the heart t' dig, 'cause with
every ounce o" gold I take out o' the
earth I decrease the purchasln' power of
th' dollar! Puck.
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