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MAT CIRCULATION.
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Etate of Nebraska. County of noUBjai . ssl
Dwldht Williams, circulation nnn.af.eI
of The Bee PubllshlnR company, being
duly sworn, says that the avenue
circulation for the month of Mav. 1313.
was 60.M1. DWtOIIT WlbMAMS.
' Circulation Mannser.
Subscribed In my prosoncp and "worn
to before me wj&'jffifo-
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Bnliscrlhern lenvliiK the city
temporarily should hnvr The lire
tnnllril to them. Ailitrcsa will he
changed often n rrfineateil.
Who was It dared to romark that
it's cool In Colorado?
Tho senate lobby probo seoms to
Tiavo lost most of its point.
What is wanted U liBht, not heat,
on this gas franchise question.
It's human nature far a man to
blamo on others misfortunes brought
on himself.
That United States supreme court
seems to be sort of a hoodoo for tho
city of Omaha.
Thcso hot spells aro the days
whoa tho boon of lowor water ratos
would bo appreciated.
Old Sol runs the parks, not tho
PHrte commissioner, in those piping
days of 96 In tho shade,
The "insidious lobbyist" Is running
tho "undesirable clMnen" a tight raoo
for first placo in White House' fdlk
lore, It's certainly tough on Mr. Dry an.
,when he has to cancel sponklng
da.tes $ jLUottdttg" State dojartment
business,"" "
A congretjs gf insidious lobbyists
in connection with thq Panama ex
position would be a novelty If not
)an attraction. .
So we had tp pa nil the w&y. up
to the supreme court of tho United
States to get light on our Omaha
light question.
Jt is to bo hoped the summer heat
will not make us so dreary as to for-
Qt that matter of stuta government
by commission.
A New York banking houso ad
dresses a circular to the PUtiHo, en-
titled, "What Is Money?" Why put it
up to the publloT
Hoch der Knlsorl CQngrattUa
tlons qn twenty-flvo years of peco?
ful reign by the greatost war lord
of modern tiroes.
Somo of tho oppononts to the plan
of modernising qur stnto university
Hcfem to think It is right to fight by
fair means, qr fpul.
A professions! lecturer commits
sulcldo whon business falls off, which
Is (Jepjprablo, g( course., Just aa are
lo many professional lectures.
Soma peoplo tako thomsolves al
together too sorlously. Wo com
mend this thought to our ills
tressed Chautauqua date maker.
SeyerAl editors oxprefis, doubt P?
to tho value qf their puperlmenta)
appearance In the pulpit. Value to
tho congregation or value to them
selves? Kansas farmers, aro flghtlnp? grass
hoppers with keroson. whlph mils.
remind Mr. JtppkefeUer of the old
adaee about an l wind) that lilows
lobpdy 9004.
Afr4 Austin vrl not whp made the
&tlpnfl Uw or. wrote It septf. M long
-w no flrow a salary as poet leaureate,
courier purnal.
The salary Of the ppet laureate Js
Lincoln still furnishes water at
IB cents per 1,000 gallqns, But there
tho water department tg under the
commlsilpnerB the Purse as qther
cy .apsrtments,
That South Dakota new law that
requires salpons to be plaoarded
eeems tfi go pn the thepry that
jiarcbed people up there have a har4
umo tq rjnd thirst quechery.
That oaltqrfroploye who literally
Kicxea an "insidious lobbyist" out o
the office got moro results in five
minutes than the senate investigating
foiamittpe has achieved In "weeks.
Ecsulta of tho Lobby Inquiry,
Tho senatorial lobby investigation
has divulged a good doal of general
Information as to tho methods em
ployed by large intoiests In combat
ting and promoting legislation, but
It has not as yet fixed tho odium of
tho charges roado by the president
upon individuals, It may do so be
fore completed and will prove dis
appointing If It does not. It is to tie
regretted, so far as serious results
are concerned, that Intornal friction
has arisen in tho committee, for that
cannot help but mar tho effective
ness of tho inquiry.
Notwithstanding tho failures
of tho Investigation to shed particu
larly new light upon tho system of
lobbying so as to single out "Insid
ious" offenders, it will have had its
successes in a fuller revelation of tho
old conditions If subsequent action is
taken to right tho wrongs and cor
rect tho abuses. What should be
dono after this probing Is to define
tho limitations of lobbying, so as to
distinguish between tho legitimate
rights of citizens to confer and advise
with their representatives on matters
of legislation and sinister interfer
ence. It is high tlmo for such defini
tion and discrimination when men
known for twenty years about Wash
ington stand up and toll a senate
commltteo that they have directed
the oxpondlttiro of half a million
dollars in a period of years promot
ing or opposing legislation.
The Biggest Benefioiaries.
People who contilbute tho least to sup
port a newspaper usually knock on (hem
the most. Homo of 1I)obc who say the
meanest thlnus of u paper are men who
rrooch the greatest amount of free adver
tising at the expense of tho publisher.
Western Laborer.
Nqw you'ro talking. An JuBt let
us add, by tho way of emphasis,
that tho peoplo of the town as a
wholo, aro tho biggest boneflalarlcs
of tho nowspapcr that Is fight
ing their battles day after day and
spreading the fame of the city far
and wide by constant publicity which
it would takq a mint of manoy to
buy.
The Los Angeles Problem.
Los Angeles has found as the re
sult of a municipal Industrial In
vestigation that, whoroas it requires
M. ft day properly to maintain a
family In that olty, moro than 6,000
of tho 50,000 worklngmon inter
Ylpwpfl .rppcivp less than $3 a day
wage; that in department stores
64 per cent of tho omployesvrecolvo
less than ?2 and 42 por cont re
ceive less than $1.50 a day, Los
Angelos has had a phonomonal
growth in population It is a beau
tiful and delightful city and its nr
dustrles aro steadily multiplying,
and expanding, but ovldontly Its
.material prosperity cannot kooj) pace
so long as such acute ccpnomlp
problems exist.
. Tbg rvUqrt fjl.od by thq city's
JnvcaUBOtqrp pbflQryogi
.ThA fiVttfiXiVB, .deprlyatlpn and dUap
ppjn.tm,cpt wh'ch these Inadequate yiaeen
Ipdlcato must bo Very great.
While ' (he commlttqe may hnvo
ijxqil Us minimum qt f4 a. day a
JlUlo. hlRlii. l.t? conolgslona as tq
the. melancholy aspect of thq sltuar
tlon are not to bo gainsaid. Lob
Angelos has been distinguished for
its versatility and agrosslvoness in
Civic reform cxnprlmontatttm ns wqjl
as population growth. On the, ono
hand it has nn army of underpnld
wngo earners, on tho other, as thP
lto city qle.tlpn ahpwed, ft rapidly
Increasing socialist voto. Somo things
fipqm obvious l Its plight ! mQ is
that stern ocpflpmla ills cannot bq
erMlpateiHr Olred by pPllte t.oqrles
qf olvlo roform alone, Th.o poor we
have always with us, but that does
not answer tho quostlon ponfrontlng
Los Angelos.
Secretary Bryart'g lAmoh.
Mr. Bryan's reputed plan pf carry
ing his qwn lunch tp thq pffipq oach
day Instead of going out to get it at
oafo or restaurant is domc-crat!'
pally Qharacterlstlq pf him. Mr.
Bryan In a lover of the slmi'lfi life
and wholosomn foqil, Hq craves hl9
grnpo jutco and his radishes, He
might get his till of them every day
by having Mrs. Bryan put up his
lunch, at hopio. Then it has boon
reruarHed. that tb frugality of tho
plan also commenced it. But that
we arp aure, Is pot an element pf
consideration. The sumptuary ques
tion Is pot troubling Mr. Bryan. Us
esample, however, might, set a. highly
valuable precedent to clerical subor
dinates. And what a dramatically im
pressive object lesson In simple Jef-
ferpqnlfn dempcr,py It would teaqh
for the prqrolor of thq capinqt to
trudge throURh thq Ptreeta qaQh
mnmlng aqc eveninB with hln nttie
luneh basket swinging from hU ,rm.
gopg to do tho business of his up.
Hop with the nations of tho world.!
But all these, good-hurnpred Uttje
Btories qq Mr. Bryan-"srape Juice,
radishes, marketing ana lunch basket
-only go tp nhow tht Up continues
to occupy tho centor of the sta;e
Around whlPh the affairs, gossip and
pusineafl pf the present admlniatr
tiop seem tp rsvplve, Mr. BryAn
has, a dominating peronllty that
stapds put in ml or Btftvity,
A eorpippndpnt writing to the
fjew York Evening Post declares
thqt tho direct primary In Nebraska
has completely dethroned an the
''political bosses" and put the one-
tlBlo pqwerful "maoblnes" a the
scrap heap. ,ThBt sounds rpftspna
hie. out then, what are we still
fighting about?
LooltW BackWard
Urns Day in Qraatia
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JUNK 17,
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Thirty Years An
Among the delegates from Nebraska to
the American Institute of Homeopathy,
to be held at Niagara Kails, are Dr. O.
8. Parsell and Dr. Wood of Omaha.
At the Qerman theater "The Young
Lieutenant" was put on with Miss Mag
gie Tennat In the title role, supported by
Mr, and Mrs. Baurola, Mr. Puis and Mrs.
Puls-Ahl.
l. T. Calkins, formerly of Fairmont,
later of Lincoln, necepted the position of
traveling passenger agent of tho Bur
lington. Hon. Jphn A. Crelghton and wife have
returned from a month's visit to Ohio.
Prof. And Mra. Hchenok and daughter of
Dayton accompanied them and will spend
the summer In this city.
a. C. Davenport, formerly of The Bee.
but now with J, J, Brown, has gone to
Ithaca, N. Y., and rumor says he will
pot return alone.
Miss Clara Brown is back from Chi
cago, whoro she has been attending Ms
Grant's ladles' academy.
It. B. Klttrldge, late of Rockport, N.
Y., has, been engaged as night alerk at
the I'niton.
Mrs. Alfred Morris Is visiting her sis.
ter. Mrs, aFlest, In North Platte.
Mrs. P. Van Buren has arrived to
visit her sons, S. f. and P. Van Buren,
Rev. Wlllard Hcott wept to Crete to
address the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation at that place.
Tiventv Yearn Act,
Mrs. (3. T. Russell of Denver, formerly
Minn Lonegap of this oily, was the guest
of Mrs. W. R. Hording, 1913 Farnam
street.
H. A. Thompson of the firm of Thomp
son & Belden left with his family for a
visit at his od home at Olrard, Pa.
The serious Illness of Mrs, Charles 8.
Klgutter was giving the family and
friends grave apprehensions.
The city coupcllmon held a star cham
ber session at the city hall to decide upon
an attorney to defend the city In tho suit
brought ngalnst It by Major Balcombe.
Those present were Wheeler, Hascall,
Saunders, Steele, Parker and Back, jt
took Just thirty minutes to decide that
the ono man for this Important work
wn Judge Eleaier Wakeley and Messrs.
Baundcrs and. Wheeler were authorised
to employ him.
Inspector Ilolmes has resumed the
task of malting dally Inspection of the
ml'k sold by dairymen to the consumers,
It was admitted that Mr. Holmes was
a fairly busy man.
News of the death of Harrison J.
Browne nt North Manchester, Ind.,
reached frlenda In Omaha, where Mr.
Browne had been an early settler. Asso
ciated with Ed F. Schneider, ho helped
Issue the first copy of the old Omaha
Republican on May 6, 1S58.
Ten Years Ago
The, high hcIiooI cadets returned from
Missouri Valley, whoro they completed
th week of their annuaj encampment.
Ray Scholbcln, a bricklayer working on
the federal building, had his foot mashed
When a coping slope fell from ft height
upon It. The slope welghod J.poo pounds
and It was first thought necessary to
amputate tho fpot, hut later diagnosis en.
cpuraged the hopo that this might not
have to be done,
In attempting to save tho Jives of a
urooa or her ducks, Mrs. J. P. Coats,
Fourteenth and Uurdotlo streets, whllo
driying the ducks off Ihe railroad track.
vtm herself fltruqk hy the enplpe, which
passcn over ner eg below tho knee.
necessitating amputation. Mr. and Mrs.
Coats had a small duck farm op the
fieu Mip ana it waa a switch engine
mat ran over her.
The city found Hpelf without a claim
agent, tho city council having relieved
qcorge C. Cookrcll of the duties of that
office. The council's action had tho .ef
feet, In fact, of abolishing the office.
though Mr, Cockrcll said he thought It
might recreate It.
Somo seventy-flvo cigar store keepers
were supporting tho ordlnaneo Introduced
In tho council by Davo O'Brien to rcgu
latn slot machines. So far ns known
none of thorn or any member of tho
council opposed It. The measiiro was
lrawn In such a way, It seems, as to
meet the approval of the cigar men.
People Talked About
A tnuslo publisher, addressing tho New
York Stato Muslo Teachers' association,
said the nation's annual mso bill WftS
nearly 60O,O0O,O0O, say a per capita of
W.M, which Isn't so much.
Now Jersey fears the June frost hit Its
cranberry crop below the belt. With
Thanksgiving five months away, sug-
gestlons of a price boost will pot scars
the turkey trotters.
A Mrs. Lambert of St Louis cheerfully
give up an elaborato horn and alimony
qf $1,000. a month to wed, the third Busoh
qf the royal house of Anheuser. Merely
dropping her name from a payroll and
annexing an overflowing treasury.
A waitress In one of New York's ros-
taurnnts lures an.avr ftf J8q a. week
In tips by her smiles, and rides
o and from work In a limousine. "It
is Just aa easy to smile as It Is to look
lore. " "She explained. "A grlrj prlngs
tip where a grouch chPks one. Always
tell your customer what Is good today.
stick to these rules and you'll noon find
tips coming ofWner and larger.''
Bara, Pernhardt, In her la&t American
tour, scooped in WiQM. Now she insists
that American strawberries should be
drowned In wne Instead of belpjf smoth.
erea with cream. Pc-uiiJ Ingjat'tMde
piount to loftUr helshUJ
With if, fpntrapt pf a a month and a
third Interest In the profits, Miss Praca
SJlmpson, pf Mlnneapplls, Mlpn., has hn
hjred to manage lars; farm in Bethel.
iinn. aiibs pimpgpn Is to have personal
supervision over the farm work.
Kor the first time In the history of
Somerset county. Pa., a will has been
probated before the death of tha festatqr,
The Instrument Is that of Israel fullem,
01 pummii township, tllspi and hs
Wife. Mrs- FuIUm, Itfdla Wrljbt BVUem,
maoe joint will Mrs. ruiiem died sey
rai days ago and the, wl has been
probated..
A very tender message, com.blnlnf
tribute and farewell, come to Ths Bee
with a mem.prlsl photograph of A- P.
Brown of tit. Louis, president of the
llamllton-lirown. Shoe eqmpsny, whq
died May W at the a? of 61, Mr. Prown
wax the founder of the house and. devoted
forty -one years of his life to the uphulld
Jng of its business, making for It a rpp
ptatlon for merrantllo honor as Mtentlva
as the west A. C Brown ee.eeds his
1a.10.cr m we presidency 01 tb comsaar.
After the Big Meet
A Illftht Knynl Welcome.
West Point Republlean.
As a meeting It was absolutely one of
the very best ever held, large In attend
ance and strong In Interest and enthus
iasm, with benefits Clear and positive.
Another thing much In evidence was
Omaha's right royal welcome. It met you
everywhere and danced close and free
hearted Attendance upon you at all hours.
It was frrsh and winning each morning
and by night It had lost neither Its flavor
nor quality, being In fact equivalent to
an adoption.
A Most DellHlitfnl llnst.
Grand Island Krce Press.
Omaha provod to be a most delightful
host and showed the visitors a royal
Orrjaha welcome.
I'ninoiis hy Unnnlmous Vote.
Kalrbury News.
Nebraska editors aro unanimous In the
decision that Omaha Is famous aa a con
vention city,
2Vo Uiiat n Idntertntners,
Cortland SUn,
the Hun man and his wife went to Ne
braska's metropolis determined to par
take' of everything In the line of enter
tainment that come our way and before
the program was half qver were com
pelled to acknowledge that Omaha was
prepared to hand out more than wq could
stand, As entertainers, the peoplo of
Omaia and South Omaha have no equal.
They are tho last word In sociability, tho
big scream In extending hearty welcome
to their guests, nnd live wires of the high
est voltage In boosting for Omaha and
Nebraska.
Cqrnnieniliilile Selfishness.
Albion News.
If the editors are not all puffed up with
exaggerated Ideas of their Importance it
wiir ne nq fault of the residents of
Omaha. We (msslne we hear some say
umana is not spending time and monov
to entertain the editors of the state for
nothlpgi hey have a solfUh end In view,"
This no doubt Is truo to a certain extent.
They appreciate the fact that friendly
reeling between their city and the people
of tho stato is necessary for tho best de
velopment of their city. This Is true pf
qvery .town relative to thp patrons, of the
tqwn. However, much of their effqrts
Is devoted tq tho promqtlon and develop,
ment or tho state at largo, as thoy well
know that unless th whole state Is pros
pcrous and progressive they cannot hopo
to grow and become a great business cen
ter. It Is entirely legitimate for u man
qr a community t,q encourage and Pro.
mot. a friendly feeling with his prospec
tive customers. That Is the spirit that
makes a wide, awake, progressive tpwp or
city. In years gone by there was a feel
ing of animosity between Omaha and the
state at large. Who was responsible for
thte feeling matters not now, but the fact
waS It existed, and It was detrimental to
the whole state, and especially so to
Omaha. Tho wide-awake people of our
mitrppojs resolved tq change this state
of affairs. They have done so. They
have done It by cultivating friendly ro-
latiohs with overy organliatlon that
comtfl rf'th.eir city. Not only so. but they
are working all the time to secure the
conventions and meetings for their city,
and when they get them to meet In Omaha.
they make their Stay bo pleasant that
they will want to come again. Pelf Ish T
Yes, but a most commendable selfishness.
It Is better expressed as loyalty to home
Interests. Naturally, their homo olty
stands first, and then their home state,
followed by section and country. A wide
awake, progressive city like Omaha. fi
wnrw muon to the people of Nebraska,
A CnntlnunuH Ril of Pleasure.
ptromppurK ifeftdiisbt.
Omaha did Itself proud last week In
honor of the pewppaper men and women
of the state, and those who attended en
joyed a continual round of pleasure. It
was ope of th heBt meetings of the
newspaper people and the attendonce
was the largest In the history of the as
spctatlon, and everyone went hojne happy,
I.nvlsb tn Its Entertainment.
" Tckamah Journal.
The Nebraska editors at Omaha, If
anything, found Omaha too lavish in its
entertainment. They realize, however,
thai Omaha Is the metropolis of the stato
and the leading commercial city between
Chicago and the great west. Really the
most of them ore beglpnlng (o realize
the worth of tho city to tho state at
large.
All Halt to Ontahii,
Lyons Mirror.
Qmaha entertained the tdltprs . (n I
royal style more real royalty than was
ever enjoyed, by the bins of Pld- Qro.ft.ha
has Us sins, but (fyey are overshadowed,
a thousand times by Its greatness, mag
nificence, splendor and beauty Ip hUR'
dreds of other ways. All hall to Omaha!
Jnt n pilahloneil (nopc,
Bl.!r Plqt,
We note that tho matter of the service
pf wipes at the luncheon given the mem
bers qf the Nebraska Press asspchittqp
hy thfl Bouth Qpiaha StoqH Kxqhan.ira
has gotten Into the state papers through
tho JeaJqusy, qf a jMppqln. paper. A dry
Martini and a wet claret were served,
hUt, thq npllpeable tWO;. 'about t wm
that mighty few of the glasses were
touched by tha newspaper men and
women. The members of the exchange
djsnk their own wines, but not the
newspaper folk, fpr they usually hft.Y
peed tr their brains. The banquet was
Otherwise so generous apd so excellent,
and evidently Riven with such good spirit.
that we can oaflly forgive nerving wine,
whlah pa pop was under obligation to
drink- The business, men pf South Omaha
mean all right, they're a qlly, generous
lot and would find no fsuH with the
guest who refused thejr wines, Ppnje
day they'll learn, tq save tblF Wlpa and
serv opy those who wsh (, or pot
sef-ve.it at all, aa the owntrs of the
thres Omaha dallies did at thffr banquet
at the Field club the same evening,
(qtlltiK fiU" tIomnsf,
Grand Island Independent
Walt for the gatlln'un fusillade, tha
Nebraska Press association will pull off
In the fall, when every county In th
state will have a special industrial edu
t'en Mid. tha scheme of o-operatai with
the State, Assc-Ptatlon of Commercial
aiubi Is carried Into fulfilment. H wl
be better than ft fJ$,uM appropriation or
a welfare commlMlon- It will bo In A
lar degree a voluntary service, by the
newspapers and cpmmr!al club fpr the
benefit q( every Nebraakan- Unless wa
are qverestlmstlng the results, this effort
Is (Olns to make an additional state
bureau unnecessary If every oitlsen In
the state, with vun tha smallest amount
of local and state pride In him, will dq
his r-rt, sven thpufh It be a, very sma
prt. It wH b en. 9f the biggest advfr
Uitmenta any etW has v bu gtvsa.
WeesMerli
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Hirer Flood Control.
OMAHA, June I6.-T0 the Kditor of
The Bee; As a rule I have much respect
for any opinion Senator Shumway of
Scott's Bluff expresses on the general
topic of Irrigation, for I know him to
be wel posted In such lore. But In his
letter to The Bee, published today, he
makes the same mistake as did the bad
man In Tennessee he Includes too much
territory In his statement that "there
has never been a bad flood on the Plattl
above the mouth of the Elkhorn, since
the Pathfinder dam was built." Mr.
Shumway will havo some trouble In
convincing the people of Colfax, Platto,
Podge and Baunders counties that the
flood on the Platte river In tha spring
of 19)3 was not a ''bad flood" and "by
no stretch of the Imagination oould the
Pathfinder dam, hundreds of miles away,
be held to have had any effect on that
flood.
The Platte river is not a very good
Illustration on which tq support the
case of the reservor-cqntrol advocates.
Thq North Platte flows the greater part
of Its jenRth through Wyoming, under
auqh condition that the most available
place for tho construction of a dam for
Irrigation purpose was found not a
great distance from Its mouth; Its vol
ume Is entirely dependent on thejpeltlng
snows, and the steadiness of lis flow
s determined by the fact that the snows
In the mountains that feed It melt slow)y,
Tha spow that fell last Optqber In the
mquntalns In Routt county. Colorado,
will bo meltlpg In August this year. The
plains of Wyoming contribute very little
to the flow of this stream, for the an
nual rainfall pf that section Is only about
eight Inches, or about what fe)l In
Omaha during the month pf May this
year- The Bouth Platte, below Denver,
Is a rnlserablo trickle during; the greater
part of the year, because all tho water
is taken out for the Uses of Denver,
If a flood comes op the Platte river
below North Platte, Neb., It s "due to
tho precipitation over the Nebraska
drainage area.
As to the control of streams by reser
voirs, It must be apparent to any that
the reservoirs must be drained after
each recurring excess of river flqw, qr
the 'cor.tro" will fall.
A very little study of the subject will
convince any thinking man that tho
floods of the Mississippi drainage area
aro not duo to "melting snows In the
mountains," but to the excess of Pre
cipitation over the great central valley.
I abate my support of the fundamentals
of Irrigation and conservation to no man,
but 1 cannot convince myself that any
good purpose will be served by ox-
pending enormous sums of money In the
pursuit of schemep that are patently
chimerical. OLD FOGY.
Tnlktiifc About nolibery.
OMAHA, Juno 16. To the Editor of
The Bee; It Is a bad tplng when the
city, through any pf Its departments,
becomes a party to a deal that tonds
to flim-flam tho peoplo who pay the
taxes. The people aro entitled to a
souare deal, to 100 oepts on every dollar
of service rendered hy those -supposed
to bo their public servants. Therefore,
what do you think of this kind of a
transaction. The Water board has a
man's meter read for fifteen days' -ser
vice and finds he has used 25 cents worth
of water, (Doubtless an error was mado
In. the reading, but that is tho amount
charged, nevertheless.) New, when thg
man (both tax payer and freeholder) goes
tp the Water- board s ornce to pay pe
Is told no bills will be settled for less
than 50 cents. Why? Because that Is the
minimum rata arbitrarily fixed by It
Beecher Water Bqard. "Then," declares
the taxpayer, "why do you not wait until
the. month IS UP to read my meter and
let me get the benefit of a month's use
of water? Why do you send a man put
to read my meter every fifteen daysj Is
It because you think you have, a right
to tako thq mupoy that belongs to m,6 out
of my pocket and put It Into your cqt
fcrs?" Multiply my case by the number
that may arjse each fifteen days and see
what the Water board is nanaing me
people of this city. I think ths water
deal eomblpes more arroganco and arrant
stunldlty than any other experjenca. this
city, In my knowledge, evep had with
munlflpal government.
ONE OF VICTIMS,
Editorial Sittings
Washington Post! John Armstrong
Chalonur offers a volume of poems in
proof of his ability tq handle a Jl.500,000
estate. It ought to ponvey conclusive
evidence, that he need the money,
Indianapolis News: Figures have beep
gven to show that there aro i:i,000 really
rich persons In thq United tSates, but
Just watch the revision downward after
tho income tax gets to work!
Baltimore American: There Is to be,
acordlng to report, a clean sweep tn
the Weather department, with , nearjy
forty heads already In the official basket.
No wonder some frost has crept nto
thp atmosphere.
Houston Post: The colonel himself Is
too splendid a specimen of truth in
carnate to Justify challenging his testi
mony at Marquette, but we beleye some
p( his witnesses can make an prdlnary
poker lis, ook a an outburst of righte
ousness.
UpstPB Transcript: In tha good old
days the courtier who caused King
Upf$q (o oa $100,000 In Canadian Pa?
el(lc would have been sent tq the blppk,
but. In these degenerate times, hie life
doubtless will ba spared In popslfjeratlon
of making up the deficit.
Springfield Republican; "An Iridescent
drearq" Chau.ncey pepew calls ''this
world peace Idea," and likens the one
battleship man to "the old fellow sitting
by the mUlPond fishing while the other
fellow is getting n his hay," Mr.
Depew's dreams pf Imaglnery Invasions
are apyhpg tmt Irldcacsnt.
Stories in Figures
Russia leads the world In the produc
tion pf fla fiber an Argentina In th
prodiiGtlpn of seed.
What Is known a; the polar regions
cover 4.?ia,asa pquare m(le apd have
800,000 Inhabitants.
New Jersey's groat pat altitude Is U,
S7$ feet, whleh Is a point tu miles north
of Trucha's peak.
Divorces annually average seventy
three, of earn IWlOu pf population In the
United Etate. 1 . Austria, UK average.
U pu.
JOLLIES PROM JUDGE.
'What ever became of Ibat woman who
waa married on a betT"
She Is now srivlnc her time to a cru
sade against gambling."
mlnutea before be kissed me.
uoriE ium! was 11 an evenir
lmarnn(H-&Iv Hur. hAN nn ffftatonnv
expert!
He fof the flav Wavl Anil n vnli have
been married seven times. Some excite
ment, ehT
8hc (of the Spotlight) Not especially.
My act Is In a lion's cage, you know.
Crawford How dn vnu know vniir
daughter and nor young man haven't
made up their 'quarrel yet?
Mrs, Crawford Because the gas has
been turned up high all the evening.
Mrs. Qramorov You can't ludae a man
by what he was before you married him.
Mrs. Park Indeed you can't. My hus
band used to spend the evenlnss with me.
"Have you ever been best man at a
wedding?"
"Once."
"Did you enjoy it?"
"Well, I wouldn't get up In the middle
of the night to repeat the perfor
mance." Chicago Tlecord-dtrrald,
"Has your dauehter's second marrlacc
turned out hannlly. Dobby?" uuerled
Hawkins.
"Why yes, in a way." said Dobbs.
'Mabel sees how hannv she waa with
her first husband." Judge,
" "The horse and tho cow Is In the
field.' " read the teacher. "Mary, what
Is wrong with that sentence?"
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th- rulri n? pulltenr'Ps than In the rules
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-.Life.
TALE OF THE JOLLY MARINER
Chicago News.
He was a Jolly mariner
That sailed the seven seas;
By skill and pluek and sheer good luck
He had escaped disease,
And death In strife by gun and knife
And other things like these.
Alas! This gallant sallormup
Was knocked down by a carl
"You'll soon be dead," the doctor said,
"Perhaps there's one afar
To whom you'd send some word, my
friend."
Up spake that gatlant tar:
"You tako this message, mate," ho said,
"Ere I my moorln's slips. ....
And find my bride and say I died
With her name on my Upsl
Her name, you say? Well, one Is May,
But I'vp sailed aoveral trips!
'There's Sally Brown, of Dover town,
And Mllly, Jano and Nell;
If ypt will look In that there book
You'll find out where they dwell.
There Is a score, or maybe morer
You won't? Then I'll get well!"
He was a Jolly mariner
That rose up, strong and fit,
And then, said he, "Well, huly gee'
I'm bruised a little bit;
But I vq my life and nary wife
Is left a widow ylt'"
Always
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TrTlt PM?nger A!.
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Omaha, Nebraska
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