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Subscribers leaving the city
temporarily should bnvo Tho Dee
mailed to them. Addreaa will be
chanced aa often as requested.
Glvo tho woathcr man credit for
doing hlB prottlest.
In Mexico Just now bullets are
used as billots between statesmen.
Tho HuBslan Duma has denied
woman admission to tho bar. Sober
up, ladles.
Among other things Nobraska
can got along without is a constitu
tional convention.
Wo take no stock in the report
that Colonel Roosevelt contomplatos
a law bourse at Yalo.
No man can afford to sit down
content with his own egotism: the
world needs his output.
In thero any utility corporation
that has not Hho 10 per cent for
cash reduction schomo?
China's ability to borrow ?12G,
000,000 strengthens its 'claims for
recognition as a republic.
Tho debate, "Is Bernard Shaw
Ovorratod?" might easily bo settled
by, simply asking Mr. Shaw,
starching suffragettes are snow
balled In Pennsylvania. They would
never bo in balmy Nobraska.
Colonel John-Manor offers to take
a regiment to the front, but will ho
also tako his fighting typewriter?
That 14,000 flno got on Jim Pat'
ten's nerves nothing like .tho treat
ment ho roceivtjd' Jn Liverpool that
day. 1
Tho county attorney doesn't think
a "strong",! case can be made against
in osposod quack. Why doesn't ho
try?
The Ohio rubbor workers domand
that their 'wages be stretched uo as
more nearly meet their living de
mands. '
Now that Denver has adopted .thd
commission fojm of city (govern
ment, of course, all. wrongs will ba
righted.
Sunny Italy is reported to havo
experienced the severest winter in
years. Aha, thero is whero our win
ter "went.
Now that tho public morata com
mission of New York is run by Tam
many men there should bo no fur-n
thor troubld keeping the city
straight.
That new telegraph Instrument
designed to send 40,000 words
minute would havo been in grout de
mand at the White House during
one administration.
President Bush of tho Missouri
Paclflo railroad, who, it Is said,
draws a salary of $100,000 a year,
hap never had a valet. What ho
needs is a private bank.
Missouri Is hurrying along to give
votes to women, Just to show that
the state can progress. U'b been
some time since Senator Ingalls
wrote his "Catfish Aristocracy."
The- demand for a modern Institu
tional church in Omaha Is to bo luot
by a congregation of colored Bap
tists, it seems. It may be a good
example to set the white brethren.
Maybe If the Mexicans could see
the' array of colonels assembled at
the Wilson Inaugural, they would
think more seriously of the prospect
of inv'tlng trouble -with Uncle Sam.
Ambassador ."Wilson reports that
the rules of civilized warfare havo
not been broken by either side in
Mexico City. What about that leather
chair that was knocked to pieces in
the American club rooms?
Joaquin Miller.
Tho "SaKe of tho Sierras" must
havo boon truly n born poot, for his
early experiences among tli hardy
pioneers of OroROn and California
wore conducive of almost anything
olso tthan poetry. But Joaquin,
whoso roal namo was ClncinnatUs
Holno Miller, was born In Indiana,
tho state of Rlloy, most fecund of
nature poets'. In prouo and verso
this bid woodsman" has Butifi some
sweet songs of his beloved Golden 1
West, whoso early traditions wero
all consistently conserved In him.
Walt Whitman, John Burroughs,
John Mulr and Miller, with what
ever faults thoy may have men of
their typo, who Hvo and talk with
nnture out-of-doors, aro bound' to
breathe a simple Inspiration wholo
somo to tho rest of us. "Seo what
fellowship ho has with night," wrote
Burroughs of Whitman, ab ho ro
callod these linns of his:
I am ho thRt walks with tho tender and
growing night,
I call to tho earth ami sea half-held by
the night.
Press close bnrn-bosom'd night press
closet, tnuKiictlc, nourishing night.
It mlRht havo boon written or
Joaquin Miller, who whllod away
the lator yean of his Ufa alono In
"The Heights," his log-cabin homo
on tho crest of tho beautiful hills
overlooking tho city of Oakland.
Tho speochless specimens of nature's
handiwork make most wholesamo
companions If only we might avail
ourselves of their company more.
The Extortionate Habit.
Congress proposes to pass a moas
uro calculated to prevent Washing
ton hotels from charging extortion
ate rates during tho week of inau
guration, feeling It is time to stop
tho dlsgracoful practice of commer
cializing governmental functions at
tho national capital. ' Hotols nil over
tho country have ralsod rates on
every possible occasion, and perhaps
if congross sols tho procodont for
rostralnt, It might bo followed olso
whero with rollof to the public.
Hotels, of course, havo oqual rights
under the law of supply and tlomarid
which might Justify reasonably In
creased rates at times, but tho law
was not'mado for their special bono
flt and 1" not to bo Ignored or abused
by thorn at will. As long as tho pub
lic plods patiently along paying In
tips a good proportion of tho wages
of ho'tol employes, It Is only fair for
tho hotols to forego, to som6 slight
dogroo, tho power thoy havo arro
gated to thomsolves of Increasing
tholr rates .arbitrarily whenever, an
unusual domand for accommodations
arises.
Portrait of Wilson,
Membors of the houso have do
voted a good deal of tlmo lately to
debating tho proposed appropriation
for painting n portrait of Secre
tary Wilson of tho Department of
Agrjculturo, pursuing a custom of
prosorylng portraits of cabinet offl
cors. Cortaln domocratlo jmcmbers
opposed tho proposition as to Wll
son and wero chargod by Congress
man Mann, republican floor loader,
witli acting from political motives.
But it will make no serious differ
ence whether James Wilson is cn
shrlnod In oil and canvaB at Wash
ington or not; he has drawn his own
portrait, which neither tlmo nor
carping criticism can mar or de
stroy. . Wlieh' ho-became.' secretary
of agriculture slxtoon years ago, tho
work carried on.'tiy that-department
w'ns such us could bo 'covered in nn
annual appropriation .' of $2,000,-
uuu, wnuo rtoaay .it. requires $17,-
uuuivuu'io fiQ,uuu,uuu, ana a cam
parison of results accomplished
shows that the present approprla
tlons are rolotlvely vory modest.
The fact is, tho progress ;ijd dovol-
opmcni jn- agriculture' wnlcn this
country has made under James Wil
son cannot be measurod by any
mohotary standard, and this is ad
mitted by Mr. Wilson's critics as
well as friends.
Applying the Criminal Clause.
Tho imposition of prison sen
,tence.s in addition to money fines
upon tho president and twenty-eight
other officials and employes of the
National Cash Register company
following conviction under tho
criminal clauso of tho Sherman ant!
trust law, is another vindication of
tho law's Inherent power. Evidently
the criminal clause is effective In
raachlng those who violate It, irre
spective of their station. If effectively
applied. The president of tho com
pany In this caso receives tho heav
iest penalty, a year In prison and a
flno of $5,000, Of courso, the' caso
Is to bo prolonged through the usual
channels of appeal, ponding which
tho accused remain on bond, but it
is Bafo to say that thoy, themselves,
are seriously impressed with the po
tenoy of tho criminal clause, which
has so often been questioned and
thwarted under tho overpowering
Impact of strained technicalities.
Since tho Taft administration began,
however, the country Iiub bad sev
eral serious object lessons of the
law's effectiveness. If affirmed by
tho higher court, the decisions' at
hand should go far toward securing
respect for this act. And, as the
presiding Judge pointed out, the gov
ernment is aula to vouchsafe full
protection to legitimate business of
any kind, bo that there is no oc
casion for resorting tolllegal meth
ods to secure advantages over com
petitors.
BacWard
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Thirty Vcnrs Ari
Alma IS. Ktlth, 1242 Famam street, In
vites attention of her patron to her sup
ply of manuueradlng wigs.
A Brown's Krocery store on Cuming
street Is holding for lis owner n vallso
which fell out of a runaway farmpfs
wKon
A call for a meeting of the Lncl.o
auxiliary' of the Voung Men's Christian
association Is mado over tho noino nt
Mrs. J. K. Davidson, secretary.
Among the real estate transfers re
corded Is one by O. A. Joslyn nnd wlfi
to G. Marriuod and wife, a lot in
Harbnch" First addition for J700.
Captain R. F. Travelllck of Michigan
lectured In Kuhny's hall before inn
Knights of tabor, his subject being,
"Organization, Ha Hlstdry and Neces
sity."
Haverly'a English Opera company guo
Strauss' masterpiece, "Tho Merry War,"
at Boyd'a to a largo audience. Among
familiar names In the cnat arq Richard
Golden and Paulino Halt.
According to dispatcher from New York,
negotiations have been concluded for the
Union Paclflo by Sldnoy Dillon, presi
dent; T. U Kimball, assistant general
manager, and li. P. V'lnlng, assistant
traffic manager, with the Northorn Pa
cific with Its president, Henry Vlllanl,
for a Joint traffic agreement on through
ooast buslne&s.
Twenty Your Ago
Tho 3-year-old son of George Lyons, a
Missouri Pacific switchman residing at
132S North Seventeenth street, was run
down and badly bruised by a Sherman
avenue street car.
Senator W. V. Allen of Madison ar
rived In town, going from here to AcU
ley, la., his old home, to attend a rocop
tlon planed for him, nnd from there l-o
Intended proceeding to Washington to
tako his neat In tho senate March 4.
Rev. D. IC Tindall, preaching at
Seward Streot Methodist church, re
pudiated asertlons made by B. Fay Mills
In his recent revival meetings here to tin
effect that Omaha was the most wlckd
of cities, "I understand Mr. Mills made
similar statements In Sioux City about
that town," said Dr. Tindall, who took
the position that sin waa- common to
all cities, and no worse In Omaha than
In others.
Thlrty-olght delegates from Omahn,
South Omaha, Council Bluffs, TJncol.i
and Plattsmouth assembled at Gate City
hall In response to a call Issued by
Central Labor union for a state labor
congress. Tho result of tho moetlng wns
a confederating of all labor organizations
In Nebraska. J. B, Schupp, president
of the Omaha Central I-abor union, con
vened the meeting nnd 11. P. Stein of
Lincoln waa elected temporary chair
man and D. C. Deaver of Omaha tem
porary aecretarj. Tho congress waa or
ganized with theso offlcors: President.
J. B. Schupp: vice president. F. K.
Smith; financial secretary, I,eo O. Ulnr
recording secretary, D. C. Dcavor; scr-goant-at-nrma,
David Hopkins: commit
tee on laws, G. W. Chlvls, E. E Wood
ard, O. A. Lang, J. D. Murphy, J. W.
Vogan; trustees, F. F Heacock, Thomas
Hamlin, Julius Meyer.
Ton Years Agi
Senator-elect Reed Smoot of Utah, en
route rrom Wojhlngron to his home, anld
ho anticipated no trouble In taking Ids
neat, for he was not and never .had been
a nolygamlsL
A son wojs born.tq Mr. and Mrs. Fred
A. Nash and .named E. W. Nash II.
Mtlwaukco railroad headquarters, over
which Mr, Nash prealdod, wero regaled
In cigars and smoke.
Mra. C. S. Loblnger left for Washington
to represent tho local chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
at tho continental congress mobilizing
for action the coming week,
The Cooper club elected these offlcors:
President, If. F, Molntosh; vlco president,
James McMonles; secretary, L. U. For
Ban; treasurer, 81as Robblns; executive
committee, John. Emblem, George Mg.
ney, Ij.;J. Qulnby; F. G. Kellogg and E.
J. Morrow.
A woman, whose name waa not learned,
shot and soverely wounded a footpad
about 10, o'clock. at night near Twentieth
street and Capitol avenue. Tho fellow
accosted her from behind, demanding
money. Sho told him she had no money
and he told her to "dig up or I'll aeo
.what you've got." 'Til gtv you aome
thing," she retorted, and with that she
'whipped out a pistol and shot him. She
carried the pistol In a .paper bag for
protection, as she lived alone. Conductor
Keane of the Dodge street line, to whom
alve related her story, omitted to get her
name and Uddresa for the police, who
took her victim, to the city Jail for re
pairs.
People Talked About
Andrew Kangitrom, a Swedish graduate
Btudent at Cornell, will lead another
assault upon Mount MoKlnley next sum
mer, under the auspices of the Smith
sonian.
Five thousand Bibles havo been dis
tributed among the hotels and boarding
houses of Washington. The oibject la to
furnish Inauguration democrats all the
comforts of home.
Poo Tanner, the noted faster, observed
his eighty-fourth birthday, In California
by 'pouring foodleaa hot air on the local
frosts. He proposes to live to be ISO. Doe
has another guess coming.
Two wlvej of a Chicago man, gazing
In court at the former object of their
affection, solemnly assured the Judge
"All husbands are Hare." Their experi
ence la limited to Chicago husbands.
Dr. Fred E. Ladd of Brockton, MaM.,
who had recently admitted to tho state
bar. had previously passed examinations
qualifying him to practice as a physician
a dentist and an ocunst. First of all, he
wii a shoemaker,
Miss Mary Bldwell iBreed, who waa ad
vlser of women at the Unlveratty of Mis
sourl l&at year, was last week elected a
member of the board of director of Bryn
Mawr college. She takes the place of
Mrs. WtlUam Coffin Ladd, who was
elected a trustee of the college.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond haa retired
from the active presidency of tho woman's
welfare department of the National Civic
Federation. In the last two years she has
traveled nearly 6,000 mllea, delivering
twenty-five addresses and haa circulated
much, literature on subjecta In whleh wo
men are Interested, Member of the na
uonai congressional section, which she
has recently organized, reside In forty
tour states.
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Twice Told Tales
CnliiK Smite.
An Irish athlete, who was training for
a mile race, whloh he had high hope of
winning, went ono day, accompanied by
his man, Pat, to have a trial In a field
convenient to his own house.
"Now, Pat," said hts master, as he
handed him his watch, "mind that you
note the correct time in which I start
And finish."
Pat, who, by the way, was proud of his
young master's prowess In the athletic
arena, assured htm that he would make
no mistake.
Now, It happened that by some unlucky
chanco the watch stopped at the preclao
moment In which ho started to run.
Having put his best effort Into tho race,
tho athlete finished almost exhausted.
"Tho time, Pat?" he shouted, breath
lessly. Pat Immediately pulled out the watch,
and on looking at It for the first tlmo
since the start, nn expression of surprise,
mingled with pride, overspread his fea
tures. - "Degob. sir," he answered, "you havo
batcn all records, for you havo done It In
no tlme. '-lAjndon Tlt-Blts.
Ai-t-orillnir to the Word.
Dorothy had heard her mother talking
of Lent and frequently noted the word
fast, but It conveyed an entirely differ
ent meaning to her from that In which It
was used. Dorothy's mother observed
Lont by fasting, but evidently her daugh
ter had not come to understand tho
meaning of tho word.
On ABh Wednesday morning nho was
doing a little washing and Ironing for
her doll and was going about It In such
a hurry that her mother Inquired the
reason.
"well, mother," she replied, "Isn't
this tho day you have to do everything
fast?" Youngstown Telegram.
All In the Hound.
Many talcs might be told that hinge
on the sounds of hastily spoken words to
unaccustomed ears. The only true one
wo havo heard of late Is this:
Lost week Mr. Charles De Harrack, tho
well-known pianist, stood In front of a
local theater, being polite to a certain
society lady. In order to make conversa
tion ho said:
"Havo you seen 'Julius Caesar' this
week?"
"No, I haven't," answered tho ladv.
"Whero Is she playing?" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Activities of Women
Miss Agnes Wilson, daughter of Will
iam B, Wilson, representative from
Pennsylvania, has been her father
private secretary since she was 16 years
of ago. Sho has been with him In Wash
ington for tho last bIx years.
Mrs. Lydla Cooke WIckllffe of Wash
ington, a democratic party worker for
ears, has filed a claim on a front seat
at the national pie counter. Mrs. Wlck
llffo wants to be chief of the Children's
bureau and doesn't heatltate about telling
her wants.
Miss Bucna Vista Hill, a teacher In the
schools of Corpus Christ!, Tex was tho.
first woman In that state to make a
ffllsht over land nnd sea in a hydro
aeroplane1.. Sho was, bo delighted with her
first ride that she contemplates taking a
ooureo In aerial flying.
Miss Dora Keen was the first woman
(o mnko the trip from Mount Blackburn
to tho Yukon river and Dawson. She was
thirty-three daya on the perilous glaciers
of the mountain, and, with two men and
three pack horsea, made the first 123
miles over the Skolal pass In eight daya.
The Housewives' league of Lexington
Ky Is one of the latest additions to
organizations of that kind. It proposes
full Justice to tradesmen and will assist
them In every move to ayslemlze market
prices. Tho organization claims to be
educational, defensive and constructive.
Mrs. Annie E. Smith of Pittsburgh has
for several years been Interested In keep,
tng up a traveling library for tho colored
people of several of tho southern states.
Rocently tho Woman's club of Pittsburgh'
gave a book party, the object being to
add In this way to the contents of the
libraries.
A child welfare exhibit la to be held
In Atlanta In April during the convention
of the sociological congress. Open air
schools, nntl-tuberoulosis work, play
ground and kindergarten exhibits will be
among the things of Interest to be shown.
The mayor of -Atlanta and prominent
women are to apeak, and every one la
working to make It a success.
Here and There
Uncle Barn's weather sharps put out
-weather maps In fifty-eight cltlea.
Pittsburgh Is striving to pull a new
postofflce building out of the "pork
bar')."
Policemen have repeatedly been called
to aid In enforcement of a new no-
smoking rule on Philadelphia street earn
New York's free dispensary for ani
mals, maintained by the Woman's
League for Animals, In 1912 treated o,tl
cases.
Waltham, Mass., now has a woman as
superintendent of public buildings ar-d
another a assessor and clerk of the
board.
The youngest newspaper editor In Kan
sas Is a girl. She la Miss Leah Kettle,
and ahe gets out the Austin Journal, a
weekly paper, Sho Is 17 years old.
New Yorkers are planning to celebrato
next year the tercentenary of the dis
covery of Manhattan and the historic
bargain sal pulled off on the Indians,
Not a True Proverb
In recently deolarlng that all proverbs
do not pan out according to plans and
specifications, Congressman Cox of Ohio
said that a friend of his wa rambling
through a small country town one after
noon when he saw a large colored woman
unmercifully walloping a little picka
ninny.
"Hold on. my good woman." expostu
lated the friend. "I 'wouldn't do that If I
were you! What has the boy done?"
"He hab done a lot!" replied the angry
colored woman. "He done lef de chicken
coop donh open, an' alt de chickens 'got
out!" '
"Well, thata not bo serious." smilingly
responded the frlepd. "Chickens always
come home to-roost, you know,"
"Como home to roost!" cried Aunt
Dinah, expressively. "Dat's Jea' where
you am mixed, Mister White Man! Detn
chicken will go home torooit!"
HieBeesUierliox
Defends AVntrr Rebates. ,
OMAHA. Feb. 18,-To the Editor of The
Bee: I feel that your publication of cer
tain rebates allowed by the water office
since the city took over the water plant,
aqd your treatment of the matter, has
been grossly unfair, and so I take this
opportunity of presenting the facts, and'
I hope that you will seo tit to give this
communication as prominent a place In
your columns as you have recently af
forded In the matter of these alleged re
bates. It waa nlwaj-B the practice of the
Omaha Water company to make rebates
where deemed proper and necessary In
water bills, because of excessive leaks
not due to negligence or over-reading' of
meters. Theso rebates have amounted for
the lait half of each year since 1S0G to
the following sums:
IW M&0.S5I 1910 X466.9S
1908 343.231 1911 323.90
VJW 337. KM
For a corresponding period In 1912 tho
total rebates allowed by the water office
have been 3tS.31, and these were granted
to some forty-five persons.
When It Is remembered that tho water
office rendered somo 70,000 bills between
July J, 1912 and January 1, 1913, and dur
ing that prlod received about M42.00O In
cash, these water bill corrections aro
certainly trifling. In fact, they are pro
portionately much less than the rebates
heretofore allowed by the Omaha Water
company, as since July 1 about 8,000 ad
ditional meters have been set, Increas
ing the number of bills sent out during
that period by one-third.
I am sending this letter because I am
familiar with the facts as they exist now
and did exist before tfie city took over the
water plant, and further, because prin
cipally myself or Mr. Saunders, tho office
manager, has made every adjustment In
these matters, with the exception of one
cose, which was made by Mr. Howell In
the absence of both Mr. Saunders and
myself.
I would further say that several re
bates which you have noted In your
columns were not made by tho Water
board, but by the Omaha "Water company,
as the bills were due that company.
Yours respectively ,
A. B. HUNT.
Superintendent of the Water Plant.
Cnre of Soldiers' Home.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Feb., 17. To the
Editor of The Bee: If tho report of the
committee of the house of representatives
of the Nebraska legislature on conditions
at the Soldiers' Home at Grand Island
are true there should be a thrill of In
dignation como upon every friend of the
union soldiers throughout tho state. If
Buch conditions prevail It Is a shame and
disgrace to the state of Nebraska that
tho men who fought for the union should
be treated worse than so many animals
and that they should be compelled to live
In such a place.
If enough money has not been ap
propriated to take care of the old vet
erans In the manner they should be taken
caro of, let the legislature Increase the
amount so that the old soldlera may rest
and die In peace under conditions that
are due them for their valor of many
years ago. Take care of tho old veterans
properly oven If it fJiould cost tho state
$1,000,000 a year.- But it docs not need to
cost that much to give the old men
every comfort and a decent place to
stay.
Such conditions did not need to exist
If Governor Aldrlch had properly at
tended to his duties as governor Instead
of chasing after tho Roosevelt fake end
phantom. Hai he attended to his duties
as governor Instead of cavortlngi over
the state and frotblng at the mouth at
the temerity of people who did not see
fit to support Roosevelt and hts fake
lsBue ho would be the governor of the
state today.
The welfare of the disabled old veterans
Is pf . far moro Importance than that
Roosevejt should force himself upon tho
people again. The friends of the old
soldiers should demand that the old men
at the Soldiers' Home at Grand Island
should be taken care of In a decent and
humane manner and that they should
have every comfort and every con
venience for their few remaining years.
The republic and the state of Nebraska
can never honor the union veterans too
much. Let the dlgracoful state of af
fairs at Grand Island be ended at once.
Let those who are In authority see that
tho old soldiers bo given proper and
decent care. Yours truly,
y. A. AGNEW.
What DM the llan Shoot at.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., Feb. 14. To
tho Editor of The Bee: I fear the Letter
Box will be crowded full, but If I can
creep Into the corner I would be pleased
to tako a poke at that spook story. I
might njako It short by saying that my
whim is this: That you can see Just
about what ypu are looking for. If your
mind Is worked up to prpper pitch to
seo things, why do I speak thus lightly
of things of which other people hold
fast as fact? Let me say that as wise
people ai I have ever know got fooled
and then were ashamed of It.
Well. I have not tlmo for a detailed
dlscrlption of case, but will briefly state
a few. In Ohio waa an old graveyard
near which some man had burned tp
death, and In which he waa burled. But
did he burn accidentally or was it murder
was the mooted question, until some ont
"saw things" one night and then it was
settled that that person had been
murdered for they saw him burning, and
It wa at the same time of the year, too.
And then others saw things. By and by
a man with more nerve than vision saw
something and he went to see It and
there laid an old cow and as ahe looked
at him he saw her eyea glisten In the.
darkness and as she threw her head
around, malting war on the Insect plagUes,
he saw the fires and the body move. But
that was no answer because there was
no cow there when they were there
Then a wise .one got a nudge; why this
Is in the fall and that happened in the
spring, and all the things seen hod been
seen in the spring about the same time.
So it had a new run then until early
spring, when several people "saw thing"
whose word was good as gold. But the
final chapter must come', and when on
one very dark night in early spring "It"
was seen, and another man with a de
sire to know rather than to imagine
wanted this party to go back and he
would go along and they would see what
there was In that scare, 'Whereupon the
first party said. "I have seen all I want
to see of people being burned alive:" but
the other man waa not to be put off. Syi
they went, and when In about tha right
distance and angle sure as fate there
was that fire starting under the man
But our friend who took his head with
him. Instead of coming back to tell the
same old story- went to It, and, horror of
horrors! there was nn old stump full of
that old fox fire. Plenty of the reader
of The Bee know what that Is a rather
green substance that would, form on an
old stump In damp weather and at night
would flicker like a firefly. And In front
of this very wicked stump stood an old
weed, and In the breeze It swayed to
and fro before the fire. Now here was
your fire and living motion, sure, but
the forms that were seen were those
they had in mind.
Many more Instance could be given
but Just let us call attention to th
"haunted house" f6rty rnlles eaBt of
Omaha on the bank of an old channel
of the river.
It Is said a little girl died' thero once
very suddenly, Then this fancy of th
mind began to get busy, and about
twenty-five years ago a man had sheep
In the field and the watcher was to
stay at ths empty house. Well, he aoon
saw things and left, and that was. re
peated over and over. The papers were,
full of It and the railroads ran Sunday
excursions from Council Bluffs and De
Moines. The best of them saw and
heard tilings. Finally the owner had to
butt Into this vision land, and went afte
the noise and located It and then spoiled
It all. The old house was celled up In
stead of being plastered. Muskrats, ar
Is their wont, dig out Into the bank be
low the water level, then up to air and
freedom, so they can come and go after
the water freezes, But In this case when
they got to the top of the ground they
were right under the house sill, an-1
when throiigh that they were between
the walls; so they went up to the second
floor and overhead, and their llttlt
whlnlngs were tho crying and begging
of a little girl.
Now will someone tell us what It was
tho man shot at?
FRANKLIN POPE.
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