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TUB BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JAXUABV 12. 1912.
The Omaha Daily B;
Busise uid Politics.
Forxb'rD BY eowijjioskwatkr . It eems still fashionable in some
OTORTiovvATkR, EUlToli. ! quartern to lay all business dlsturb
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Entered at Omito poetuftice as.ecuna poljHeK" "Taking broad TiJW of
th1nr" ut-i th Commercial and
Financial Chronicle of Wall irt-eet.
thtxe ii nothing fundamentally
elaea matter.
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will ko rhaa aa a .
That grand Jury
right.
It coming. "
Looka aa If Omaha were du to
have a new poatmaater aoon.
Mr. Morgaa waa ot forced to flea
to Egyp to re'u. togh, nor for
for.
If thl thing keepa on. the con
tributing editor ought to be entitled
to a ralae In pay.
Never again" ' K',k of
the weather moderating until
along about May or June.
According' to report, the finance
committee of the echool board alao
kaa a man a Job oa Ita hand.
Yet.: Drfwilaon may dtecow that
rem cocked bate baTO a greater po
litical tralue thanallktMea.
That 1109,000 check from Balti
more auggeata that the democrat!
we going In for a literary campaign.
Alao. the weather la another thing
about which it la not aafe to count
your ehlckcua Wore your egga are
batched. . ,
"Back ta the dear old aonga." la
h. ,,v. Bure. ''Little Annie
Rooney" and
for lnttance.
"Dowa Went McOlnty,'
wrous in the ioduetrlal or financial
-ord. Ike trouble may be aurunied
op in a tingle word politic." That,
of course, hat been aaid again and
aain and contain aa element of ac
rited truth, but it comes far from
containing !! the truth, as even many
big business men, themselreu, now
freely admit.
This "big business" organ calls on
Industrial leaders to "apeak oat and
make themselves beard." regretting
to see so many "inclined to bend the
knee to political clamor." It finds
that "amid the many dlscourage
mcita, they appear to be losing heart,
and accordingly profess a lll!ti?mess
to accept regulation even to the ex
tent of having the government fix
prices." Therefore, the Chronicle
gleefully hails the expression of
President Jams A. Farrell of the
Steel corporation that "pernicious
and harmful activity of cheap politi
cians In attacking corporations." Is
entirely responsible for the "distur
bance in business conditions."
That Is very different Iroin the
view expressed by the chairman of
uie board of director of the Steel
company, Judge Gary, who admits
that, with all the mistakes of politi
cians, the big interests have made a
few themselves, and that the time
has come for saae governmental regu
lation of them. Incendiary agitation
Is pernicious In politicians, but no
more so than in "big business" and
talk like that of President Farrell',
backsd up by Wall street. Is nqt go
ing to atop agitation or settle dis
turbed business. It Is mis-stating
facts to try to make out that tbia
"attack" by the government waa
wholly unprovoked. No "attack" Is
being officially made not provoked
by the lawless gggresslon of the
trusts and the process of reforming
snd regulating la sure to be carried
to a rational completion.. Legitimate
business requires no legal loopholes,
snd neither doe legitimate politic
require business disturbance in or
der to thrive. 1
urged also that saeh a departure
would entail "unremunerative bur
dens" on the government But results
have knocked thae aubterfage into a
cocked hat, aa Woodrow Wilson
might say. The parcels post Is coming
and all the akill and art of paid op
ponents cannot prevent
Are Higher-Ups Treed?
The two McManlsala, Ortie and bis
father, for an entire day, testify
before the federal grand jury at In
dlaoapoiia in the dynamiting cases,
and several signlficsnt questions fol
low them out of the wltnes room
questions as to the identity of the
persons who paid'th'e money for cer
tain joba and directed certain
other lobs In different cities. The
answers are enveloped in mysterious
secrecy, so far aa the outside of that
witness room is concerned.
Evidently the McManigala told
lot of things about vartoua persons
that bad not been related before
and the general belief is that they
Incriminated some men more con
spicuous than themselves. It all
leads forcibly to the conclusion that
the federal Inquisitors have got the
"hlgher-upa" treed. If there are
"higher-ups" let us hope tbey are
treed at last and that tbey will not
scape.
It stands to reason tbst all ttte ex
plosions are not yet out of this
bomb. Undoubtedly McManlgal knows
moret ban has come out publicly In
bis testimony and be has agreed to
tell what he knowa. The McNamaras
know more than they have told and
It la not too late tor them to fire
off another shot. Exposure and pros
ecution of the real culprita behind
the scenes would help the cause of
labor aa well as the cause of Justice.
ookinoBaclvwanl,
IhisDay inOmaha
'COMPILE FROM BfcE FILE-
"JAX." 12.
The peace dinner habit of big men
m coming to be aa big a trouble-
naker a the piecemeal habit of Ut
ile Johnnie's.
One nunTgeU ISO.000. another
111,000, for Informing on cuatoms
frauds, thus showing that "virtu Is
It own reward.'
Perhtps a few pf those S.00O ac
tor out of work might land Job aa
nd men to some of bur leading po
litical minstrels. .
If Mr.Carnegie did beat bis
friend, Rookefeller. the latter had
bo trouble In putting It over the
Merrltt brother.
"It kaa been a little warmer alnc
New Mexico came Into the union,"
observes the Chicago Tribune.
Where, In New Mexico?
Governor Woodrow Wilson doubt
less finds that when a man run for
office his past sayings come trooping
borne with bells on them.
Whet, indeed, is In n nam, when
those of Hawthorn and Qulncjr are
connected up with charge of using
the government mails to defraud?
A KillioBAirt'i Joke.
Mr. Carnegie, In his testimony be
for the Steel trust Investigating
eommlttee, has given us an entirely
new view of high finance and cor
poral aggression. It is all a Joke,
a huge Joke, of course, but a Joke,
nevertheless. Wby will not Uncle
Sam look at it tn this light here
after? Mr. Carnegie got the better of
his friend, Mr. ttockefeller, In that
Lake Superior or deal, Involving
few hundred million dollars, and is
chuckling over It yet. "It doe my
heart good to think how I got ahead
of my fellow millionaire," he ex
claim between convulsion of
laughter.
What a tin spirit! Why could not
ths Merrltt brother have looked at
Mr. Rockefeller's little prank that
way Instead of getting mad and
making a fuss over it? They must
surely bar very dull senses of
humor. Either o, or Mr. Csrnegls s la
abnormally developed, and they do
say that th Scotch, aa a rule, are
none too keen on the edge of humor,
Ha. ha. thla it Just the dandiest
little Joke ever.- Oh, you, John D.,
the kids won't do a thing to you whan
they hear of thla.
Just to show that there are no
hard feeling and that Mr. Rocke
feller took tfc whole thing la fun,
the Jolly Laird of Skibo added that
he and Mra. Carnegie had been over
to visit Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller
recently, "and nothing waa said of
his Joke." Not a word. There Is
nothing 'Ilk a millionaire's JoE for
fun and Sir. Carnegie has shown
himself to be the regular Peck's bad
boy of blgk (inane. Just how funny
be strike hi triaad. John D.. as
being, la another matter.
The commission plan law makes
a petition bearing the signature of
100 electors necessary for a candi
dal to file for office, and no elector
may algn more than seven -petit Ions.
Counting the number of voters In
Omaha at 1 1,000, and assuming that
each one In able to write his auto
graph and does, hi full duty, It Is
possible to have the 1,470 candidates
for commissioner legally entitled to
have their nimea appear on the pri
mary ballot Get your petitions
early and avoid being crowded out.
Yet, nevertheless, hsd not Sir Ed
ward Ore? made that bad blunder
'when be gave it away," our keen.
penetrating, mlnd-readlng ' demo
cratic senator from Nebraska would
have discovered It anyway In time
to warn the nation against the tstal
mistake of making a peace- treaty
with Great Britain.
Did you ever stand at the corner
waiting for a car with the mercury
10 below aero, and the wind blowing
small gale, and have two street
ear pas wltnout even slowing up?
Did It ever happen that way?
Russia define It attitude toward
Mongolia, which la to gobble It up In
toto, being Russia'a attitude toward
any other laud that looks good and
easy.
As chairman of the new county
board. Commissioner Lynch baa a
fin chance to abow the difference.
which he may be depended on to
utilise. ' '
It will probably take a lot of rul
ings and legal opinions, and then
some court decisions besides, to
mske sure exactly what our new Ne
braska primary Iw means.
Scientists tell as that in a few mil
lion yean it will be J art as cold oa
earth aa this all the time. Bo. then,
even at that we may eongratalata
vurseJve we art living in the year
ma. - ' . ,
The Brook!? Eagle says that
Mayor Gayaor o New York nas'
mox JacknonJsadsm In his UUle
finger than Mr. Brysa has la his en
tire carpo.-al system. Possibly; we
Ta Xxp-rau Companies Buy,
"Postal Express versus Parcels
Post," I the title of a pamphlet "pre
pared for the Bureau of Railway
Newt and Statistics by Slsson Thomp
son,' that 1 being circulated over
the country, attacking Congressman
Lewis' bill proposing that the gov
ernment take over the express busi
ness. A large quantity of such mat
ter Is being; distributed by the ex
press companies, which, late la the
day, have found themselves en the
defensive.
Mr. Thompson, who is a student
of railway ecooomlra and, therefor,,
know a thing or tw about the ex
press business. Is alao an effective
writer, but all that he says in these
publicity campaign circular I n
tartly discounted by the fact that he
I employed by the a-lied Interests to
say those thing. When, therefore, he
warns the country that a parcel post
system "must necessarily impose an-
remaaeratlvo burdens on the finance
of the poatofflce," it must be
aumed that Mr. Thompson's anxiety
Is at kaa aa much for th welfare of
the railroad he represent aa for the
people.
The express companies are not
pleading except to be let aioae to
As long a our city charter is
built especially for that purpose,
snd the paving contractor can mulct
the treasury easier by combining
than by competing, Omaha will con
tinue to be easy picking.
Colonel Bryan knocked Guffey and
Onffey won. Colonel Bryan knocked
Baltimore and Baltimore won. And
Colbnel Bryan la th acknowledged
leader of hit party. What's the
answer? ,
.... Hahaea otr-looaes.
Indianapolis News.
It took the eagle aye of Henator Hitch
rock to discover how th signing of a
pear treaty wouldn't do a thin to us
but drag ua hue war.
Oaljr Roate ta Salvatlea.
Indianapolis News.
According to ths sentiments that hsv
almost seen expressed b Mr. Oeorse W.
Perkins th only thing that can aav this
oountrv Is for It to agree to let Mr. Per
kins and Ms friends run It as thy Jolly
well please.
AU Warklaa lav rather.
New fork Tribune.
New Jersey Is rport4 sow to lead
every other state la th union la Its la-
oems from railroad tax, proportionately,
ws Mama, te the mlleac of th roada.
Conaeetlcut la said to awad ant, but
Nw Jersey ta SO per cent higher.
Around New York
Rtpwlca aa ttnwt af Ufa
aa See la the Gfwt Aawrleaa
Metro pall fraa Star ta Bar.
Thirty Yean Ago
The following animate of eipenaea to
rug Douglas county for the year ISC has
been made by the county commissioners:
Jurors and court expenses, fc.Oi: poor
relief. I'.COOO; Jail and prisoner, S4.;
miacellanenu. I15.SM; roada and bridges,
tX0O; salary, rents collections, etc
tiz.ow: sinking fund, rA; grand tout,
tiM.eoe.
The Hess Opera company, playing "The
Mascot" at Boyd's, with Adelaide Ran
dall. Henry C. Peaks and Mark gmlth la
th principal roles, elicit laudatory com
ment.' "
John !. Jacobs' est Is dead, snd the
whole establishment Is In mourning.
The contract has been let by Mr. Stub
endorf for the erection of s fine residence
on South Tenth street te cost U ..
les cutting is resumed on Out-Uff lake.
The tea Is only fir Inches thick, but of
a fin quality. -
The friends of Captain Rodney Dutcher,
Injured a few weeks age by a fall from
a north Omaha bridge. wlU b glsd to
learn thst his recovery Is no longer
doubtful.
General Agent elevens of th Rock
Island has gone on a trip to Chicago.
Her. T. O'Connell Is In Omaha on a
brief vacation, the guest of Csnon Da
herty at Browell Hall.
The Be quotes an Item from th Lin
coln Journal referring to "our former
townsman. Carl Montgomery, of Omalia.
having his hand full of business In the
I'nlted States court
U B. Ixwmls advertises that he wants
four children as boarders la a select
school st Nineteenth snd California
streets.
Twenty Years Ago
At a meeting of the German association
thee ware atected directors: K Kunet,
Theodore Becker, O. Leuta. Charles
Kaufman. William Hchultie. Henry 11 au-
bens. O. Blatlert, Henry Rig, F. Frue-
hauf, P. Lehman.
These tf.Tleen of th Walnut Hill Rav
ings snd Investment company were
elected: President Adolpk Msyer. first
vice president, H. D. Neely; second vice
president K. A. Marsh; treasurer, Henry
Bolln: secretary, B. M. Mohr.
Mayor BemI received the confirmation
of the city council of sight of his so-
nolntments as follows: W. J. Connell,
city attorney; Andrew Roaewster, city
engineer; Dr, A,. B. Homers, health com
missioner; James K. Lilly, superinten
dent of buildings,; Charles Soudenbsrg.
boiler Inspector; J. H. Dumont street
commissioner; If. B. Cochran, city prose
cutor; E. J. Cornish, assistant city prose
cutor. Cochran wss th only on to
whom thsr wss no apposition In th
council. ' -
Mrs. W. S. Heavey was reported to be
quits lit
R. M. Patterson, a former real estate
mas of Omaha, was over tram Chicago
on a visit.
Rev. Charles W. Savldae. for many
years a Methodist announced .that he
severed his connection with thst
denomination snd would henceforth be sa
Independent mtnistsr. having gathered
about him a small congregation st High.
teenth snd Cass streets, where he had
sought church property.
Mors trouble wss brewing between the
two wster factions and was aeeentuatee
by the arrival of William A. Underwood
of Boston snd Clarence II. Venner of
New York. The latter charged former
Preslient fnderwood with trying to
wreck ths American Water Works com
pany. Venner secured s temporary In
junction restraining th Underwood fac
tion from proceeding with any plans of
attack at present
Tea Year Ago
Captain James M. Erwln. 1st adjutant
general of the Department of th Mis
souri, left for Fort Riley to Join Troop
A of the Fourth cavalry.
Mrs. Marlah ganford. professor of
rhetoric. In the University of Minnesota,
spent the dsy st the home of Rev. C W.
Savldge. In th morning speaking st tb
People's church.
Rev. M. P. Dowllng, P. J., president of
Crelghton university, concluded a
treat for the week and wss ready for bis
school duties.
Ourdon W. Wsttles, president of the
Nebraska Commission of th Louisiana
Purchase exposition, stated that h
would Issue an appeal during the week to
the people of Nebraska te prepare their
exhibit for th bL Louis lair.
B. Q. MeOlttno, attorney ror a guar
antee company, which wss Involved
through a contractor in the tire losses
st the Norfolk Insane asylum, left for
8t. Louts ta argue the case before th
federal court
B. J. Cornish addressed the Omaha
Philosophical society on "Proposed Re
forms." or "The Decay of Democratic
ideas." He said thst reforms to he ef
fective must be such an will encourage
th people to greater political activity,
Constable Hans Tlmme. who was shot
by John Rolfas, became able te talk and
explained how the feud came to occur.
He said he pulled an empty revolver ea
Rolfas "Just for fun." whereupon Rolfs
pulled the trigger of a loaded on, not
being In on th constable Joke.
Greetla s"be rarwlaal.
A succession of receptions, banquets.
welcome bom speech, parades sou
illuminations stretching over ten days and
far into th evening await the hosaa-
eoming of his eminence, Joan Csraissl
Farley, who will reach New York next
Tuesday. A tew hours of each twenty
four will be allowed th cardinal for rest
sad recreation, but th managers of th
affair do ret calculate on a rest until
Um Catnoli: section of the but town is
arrayed In the color of th cardinals
new Bat Tb moat Important public
feature of th welcome Is to be a parade
Tuesday afternoon from the Battery,
where the cardinal will land, up Fifth
avenue te St Patrick's cathedral At the
door of the cathedral th cardinal will
be atst by the New York members ef the
Papal knighthood, who will escort htm
to the sanctuary. Waiting within will be i
some (. smart children tram tne
parochial schools-it will be a holiday
for them all gathered there to sing the
"Te Oeum" because of the cardinals
safe return. T'en be. himself, will give
the benediction.
The religious ceremony 'to msrk the
elevation will be held in the cathedral
on Thursday, January S, tb feast of th
conversion of St Paut It la thought
thst bishops and archbishops from all
over the country will be present la the
sanctuary during th celebration of the
solemn pontifical mass, which will be
celebrated by Archbishop Prandergan of
Philadelphia.
Sew Nwladler at the Pier.
According te Edward Mallon. chief of
the private detective service which pro.
tects the steamship piers snd liners along
the North river, the English and Italian
confidence men have disappeared from the
river front snd their places hsveeJMea
taken by Hungarians who try to prey oe
their homeward-bound countrymen In th
holiday season.
Th method of tb Hungarian eonfi-
dene men V have! been watching re
cently," said Mallon, '-are different from
thoea of their predecessors. They usually
work In pairs. One gets on th pier snd
takes the victim te the saloon to have
parting glass while his tiertner stsys
outside th saloon sad drops a purse by
the door, walking away slowly. The mas
with the Intending passenger picks up the
puree sad opens it disclosing a roll of
bills.
Why, look at this purse: thst man has
dropped Itr be exclaims excitedly. Call
him beak."
The unsuspecting greenhorn runs sfter
the ether swindler sad brings him back.
By that time the maa with th pun ha
gone Into the saloon, sad they follow Mm
In. There they have a wrangle over the
amount of awaey It contained. Th crook
demands a look st th intended victim's
pocketbook to see If sny of his money Is
la it and while be hss It be sad h'a con
federate manage te extract all th bills,
substituting stsg money for them.
Traffic Coaceatlaa.
New York City has never been able
to keep up with the demaade for trans-
Port faculties," ssys s writer In Caaeler's
Msgaslna, "When the Brooklyn bridge
e opened. a May M, UM, Brooklyn
hsd a population of only SW.ons. Today
It has a population of 1,.0. Elevated
railroads, ss w know them, were not
the In existence; nor wss electricity
used as a power for transportation. For
sis .yesrs pedestrians were charged a
cent for crossing th bridge Mr. John
A. Roeblln expected thst ths Brooklyn
bridge would carry lees than ten mil
lion people par annum, but st present
mora then hslf a million ere th brldg
very twenty-four hours. In MM ths
oabl cars not being sufficient to so
commodate the people crossing ths bridge.
many Brooklyn eleotrla car lines were
put on ths roadways. Aa each roadway
Is only eighteen feet wide, on readily
sees ths congestion caused by ths ever
Increasing vehicular traffic. The open
ing at the Manhattan brldg hss reduced
this trafflo one-half, has taken trucks
sway from the ferries, and besides has
created a traffic of Its own.
siKSASXA prass coMJcnrr.
Beatrice Express: Jim Dahtman says
Governor Aldrlch win have no oppoelttos
I to speak of next rear. Ha didn't bare
last year, either,
1 Columbus Tersgram: If Harmon should
be nominated for prestdent a democratic
nomination for a state office 1b Nebraska
next year would be worth Just about ss
much as a republican nomination In
Texas.
continue in the business that enables
them to make the disproportionately
do not know exactly how much Jc-,large returns oa their investments. It
eonianisra. Mayor Usvnar has la bis I u worth wbHe te remember that op
LXUe firmer. Jponesta of the postal saving bank
AMID AT 0XAEA.
JCsarBey Democrat; Aa Omaha life
insurance agent was held up by a high
wayman th other a'ght, but before the
agent count get th fellow's signature to
sa sitpHcstina he broke awsv snd ran
ta caver. .
Niobrara Tribune: With Oaby writing
those long articles ea "How t look
young and pretty" la The Omaha Bee
and Santa Class donating four fin new
ties, bow la a fellow going to behave
himself when his wife Is out of town?
Kearney Hub: There Is nothing la the
taw ss the Omaha Bee reads It te pr.
rent Mr. Bryan from running as ths
choice for president and also for dele
gate to th national ceaventtoa. at the
April primary. This ft at least as It
should be. There should not be sny
strings oa greatsee.
Wayne Herald: The eiavtile railway
seine premohd from Stem City to Nio
brara, proposing to traverse a rich part
of thla state, eaooM Inept re Omaha to
eeetoe) mar direct feeders ta aorta
Nebraska. Whatever business Is dose ta
BaeeropotMaa center by thla section of
the stale, Omaha eusnt to nail it poast-
Me. and the way t do it ta ta mak It
Bear convenient to emroeet with that
place than tioux City Th latter 1
an alert and active member at con
otal society, and Is eat slow ta take ad-
vantage ef opeortualttea ta Inrreaae its
waal nssli trade. Nehraaaan usually pre
fer te deal with Nebraska points, and
would give Omaha preference aver out.
rid eeertera If mad feasible to a so.
lb Omaha ooairoerciaj club ougbt te
encourage railroad building up this way. ! rued him.
People Talked About
CHEESY CHAFF. .
First Suffragette-After all, you.
ahoulda't be se hard on your husband.
Second Suffragette Do you take hla
part?
Kirst Suffragette Not exactly, but we
women should show aorna consideration
for th weaker sex. you know,-Baltimore
American.
"Some -of the people who apply to ma
for automobile licensee took . kind of
scared." said the man from the city hall.
Yea," replied the man from the court
hmu.: "Kiii vou oueht to eee how soared
Plattsmouth Journal: Politic Is blamed j some of those who apply for marriage
v . .1 ImiBr YVa . i ll sTrtgsFl BtftT.
for the hsd water furnished ta Lincoln
talch resulted In some sort of an epi
demic. WelL politics ar to blame for
a good many had things about Lincoln.
Hastings Tribune; A. C. shallenberger
complains because a Texas paper mis
quoted him. The ex-governor hss hsd
more hard tuck along that Una than al
most sny other Nebraakaa, who has oc
cupied th gubernatorial chair.
Kearney Hub: Bryan says there is no
likelihood of th democratic party making
an attempt to endorse th Initiative and
referendum In UU. "but the discussion
of th issue will be useful." Considering
Bryan's well known position as to the
initiative and referendum this ststement
may be considered mildly surprising.
Falls City Journal: The democrats are
cocksure that tbey will elect the next
president Their confidence will last un
til about next September then they win
begin to weaken. Bryan was always sure
of the election in the early stages of the
campaign, but he has at least got his
wisdom teeth. He Is warning his breth
ren that th republicans may conclude te
vote next November.
Benkeimen News-Chronicle: If sny
Itinerant preacher or any ens else can
show a esse of destitution In the ex
treme part of southwestern Nebraska
thst Is worthy of relief, let him de so. In
order thst the people of the extreme sec
toa named may relieve It. ss they sre
able and willing to do. Ths man who
says there Is great poverty snd destitu
tion In this psrt of the country Is a llsr
snd ths editor of this newiaper stands
ready to back It up physically or legally.
Hastings nawspspsrs please copy.
Alma Record: Many of the farmers snd
owners of stallions are of ths opinion
that ths new law compelling sullloa
owners to stand an Inspection tea of ts
so their horses snd bring them over had
roads whan they ar unfit for travel I a
most unjust taw. Not only thst. but the
fee Is excessive and the way It Is being
collected mskes It a perfect graft. Ths fas
Is smply large to pay tor the Inspected
trip onto ths farms of stallion owners
and there examine them. It's Just so
other half-baked law that fool legists,
tors palm off on ths public,
Rushvtlls Standard: Ths state levy
shows a large Increase this year over
last which means higher taxes for next
year. The taxpayers have been up against
ths reel thing ever since the republicans
have gained control of slate affairs. Ap
propriations, Incresss of sslsrles ef offices,
ths manufacturing ef new offices for
some favorites, snd hundreds of other use
less, expensive, luxuries have Increased
th tsxes until ths people sre ready to
cry out in alarm a protest. Yet there
seems to h enough of people In the ststs
te vou back In power the very vampire
who tax them to death. Will the people
never learn that to vote the republican
ticket I to vote themselves Into a slav
ery tar wore than th negro ever hsd
to endure?
vinnuwwiiit te the secret of success
in business? SelllnaVJie people what they
want?
Miintoburs No not exactly: educating
them into wanting the things you have to
L Louisville courier-journal.
Harry started to proroee to me last
alyht but his voice stuck in his throat''
"weiir-
"It was all right, though: I could see
his Hps moving, sad knew what he wss
trying to say-
Mr. Grimes." said the rector to the
vestryman, we naa neiter tea up tno
collection before the aarxnon this morn
ing:"
"Indeed!
Tea. I'm eolnr to preach ea th subject
of economy." Stray glories.
Tommy Cod What is It ttiey call s pes
simist. Pa? i . m .
Pa Cod A pessimist, my sen. Is a fish
whs thinks there ia a hook in very
worm! Puck.
-gome philosopher say there Is always
right way and a wrong way of doing
"I wonder if he ever tried to fall dewn
stslrs tb right war?" Judge s Library.
He paused, snd a horrified sllencs
reigned for seversl seconas.
'than le eood for us!
Then the revels broke
Chicago Tribune.
loose sgsin.
A LEAJr TSAR AFFAIB.
8. H. Kiser in the Kocord-Herald.
Hr nam was Msry Jonas and his wss
Jeremiah Brown;
Hs was tne richest bachelor, they said,
in Morrlstown:
ghs wasn't more than tt but people
called her plain.
And, aa (or him "he never would see m
sgsin."
"I wouldn't marry Jerry Brown, In spite
of what ne'e worth,"
Declared each woman, "if he wss the hut
, man on thla earth!"
"Poor Mary Jones," they often sighed,
"she never has a beaux:
She'd make some man a splendid wife;
nobody want's bar. though." ,
It .happened one prayer meeting night,
when snow was falling fast
Thst Msry left the churcn alooe-almost
the very last;
With splendid faith and pious thoughts
she hurried through the town.
And presently 'twas all by chance
caught up with Jerry Brown.
They Journeyed onward, aide by side, the
wild wind roared away.
They gasped for breath and neither of
tire tw bad much to say;
At but they reached hear door, snd then
she looked up with a smile
And asked him if he wouldn't like to
stop a little while.
Th parlor light was burning low, but It
ws pleasant therer.
And Jeremiah Brown forgot somehow, to
have a care:
Her hand slipped Into his. and then she
kissed him t the door. '
Their hearts were filled with gladness
which they ne'er had known before,
"The poor eld fool." the women ey. "to
let her rope him Inl
He's mors than twice ax old ss her It's
shsmeful snd a sin!
She's went end sold herself to htm!" So
Jeremiah Brown
And Menr .lones. th derelicts, hsv
scsndsllsed the town.
Anticipation, 'tis said. Is hslf the pleas-
ure of a coming event. But there are
exceptions. For Instance, when ths tos
man makes his April announcement that
the increased cost of cutting aa unus
ually thick crop Justifies an advance la
price.
According te a pathetle story related
la a St. Louis diverce court, a swat en
the head from a flrelog thrown by his
affectionate wife, cauaed the swatted to
seek local relief and liberty. -Not uatll
be waa shows did th poor maa compre
hend th St Louis style of waking up
husband.
Th fact thst Ooveraor Foss ef Maaaa-
ehnsetts smashed long line of prece
dents by substituting a derby .for a tall
til at his Inauguration, m the opinion
ef admirers puts htm la th Yorefront of
democratic aspirants for the BresldeBey.
Bestde. the Bay state governor baa a
long roll that would fill th firing tine
witB gob af Jay.
- The Brooklyn East straw currency ta
the nine.' "tbst the police of New Tork
are matting up all the buttons dipped
their oat clothes te furnish the
bands needed far th Roosevelt
campaign? Csuld any maa back away
from such loyalty?"
When PoBcemsa Mlctiset Casey tried
ta round up a goat In Rrrerview park, ta
Ptttsbursh. the animal charged him and
Casey was obliged to seek refuge la a
nearby tree. Th goat spent a bear
butting tb tree In an effort t dislodge
him. When Casey failed ta report aa
Uam the reserves were sent sut and roe-
Gets Pear Tkeaaaad fa a Tip.
Thomas Corrlgan, a watchman in th
park department obtained a verdict for
M.ess against Patrick Ooff, from a Jury
before Supreme Court Juetk-e BIJur for
kRformation Corrlgan gave Ooff when
they hsd a chance meeting In Bryant
park, where Corrlgan wss oa duty, thir
teen year ago.
Corrtgsn aaid hs got Into conversation
with Go ft while the latter wss sitting on
a park bench and asked him if he Waa
related to Henry Ooff, who hod owned
ttW.tot worth of property In Ths Bronx
snd wss married in ISM to Msry Peter,
eon, waitress in a Bowery restaurant.
Corrlgan told Ooff that Henry Ooff and
his wife sailed for Sweden on - their
honey moon: that the ship foundered
and both were lost; tlist no heirs af
Ooff had been found snd his property
was IB pti est salon of the state.
Then Ooff told Carrtgaa. as ths latter
says, that he was a consto of Henry
Ooff, thst It he wss abls to prove his
relationship and get his property
would pay Corrlgan tlftOSJ snd get him
a free trip ta Ireland. Ooff got the prop
erty, hut when C err! ran asked for his
ey Ooff said there wain t anything
coming, In hi defeaee ta the suit Ooff
said be paid Corrlgaa M snd thst Cor
rlgan waa entitled ta r
POLITICAl SNAPSHOTS.
New Tork Tribune: Colonel Bryan's
asms en the democratic ballot? There are
tiros who wouldn't reecjntss th ballot
as democratic without ft
Ft. lends O robe-Democrat: Nearly six-
tees year bare passed smos ths first
nomination ef Bryan. He has been nom
nated and defeated three times and yet
th. seat of McOracor seems to be his
when th democratic party holds
arret.
Houston Past: A Nebraska paper says
eld Jim Dahtman has tamed his back aa
vr steven. Ws eaa't believe It. The
last time Jim's back was In ths vtcmlty
of Mr. Bryan It received a good hefty
slash which left a permanent scar.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: But eve tf Wood-
row Wllaow had Imrubwd sta years sga
It there was net Basse way tat which Mr.
Brysa might ha got rid at" tar aa time,
what ef K? Caaaat Ms. Brysa target aad
fargtv th stas of a omrrert la ths grett-
Ocatloa ever hie eosreeratea;
Stows city Journal: Ia DST
wanted ta get rid of Bryan: thst Is
clear enough. IS no ej Wilson
changed bia mind ss te the Initiative and
refeeeaatum and a gd assay
things. It aveoasly would be na
tar him ts aunoonca that be has cbangsd
his mind as to lb destrabffity ef Bryan.
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