THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1913.
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50,261
Bute of Nebraska, County of Douglas, m:
Dwlght Williams, circulation manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that the average dally
circulation for the. month of .May. 1913.
was 60,261. DW1C1HT WILLIAMS,
' Circulation Manager.
Btibecribed In my presence and w
lo before me tbl. ftbdaof J X
(Heal.) Notary Public.
Snlisrrlhers lenTlntf the city
temporarily should have The nee
nailed to them. Address will he
chsnRCil a often ns reeneteI.
Who was It dared to remark that
it's cool In Colorado?
Tho senate lobby probo soonw to
have lost most of Its point.
What is wanted Is light, not heat,
on this gas franchlso question.
Iffl4human naturo for a man to
blame on others misfortunes brought
on himself.
That United States supremo court
ecems to bo sort of a hoodoo for tho
city of Omaha.
Theso hot spells aro tho days
when tho boon of lower water rates
would bo appreciated.
Old Sol runs tho parks, not tho
park commissioner, In thoso, piping
days of 06 in tho shado.
The "insidious lobbyist" is running
tho "undoslrablo citizen" a tight raco
for first place In White llouao folk-'
loro.
It's certainly tough on Mr Bryan
when he lias to cancel spoaklng
data? to. attend. .to Btato department
business.' " -v
A congress of Insidious lobbyists
in connection with the Pana'ina ex
position would bo a novelty (f not
lan attraction. ........
So we had to go all tho way. up
to tho supremo court of the United
States to got light on our -Omaha
light question.
It 1b to bo hoped the summer's heat
will not make us so dreary as td for
got that matter of stato government
by commission,
A New York banking house ad
dressos a circular to tho public, on-
titled, "What is Monoy?" Why put it
up tb tho public?
Hoch der Kaiser! Congratula
tlons on twenty-live years of peace
ful reign by the greatest war lord
of modern times.
Soma of tho opponents to tho plan
of modernizing our state university
seem to think it Is right to fight by
fair meanB or foul. ;
A professional lecturer commits
suicide when business falls off, which
Is deplorable, of course Just as aro
to many professional lectures.
Some people tako themselves al
together too seriously. Wo com
mend this thought to our dis
tressed Chautauqua dato maker.
Several editors express doubts as
to the value of their experimental
appearance In the pulpit. Value to
the congregation or valuo to them
selves? Kansas farmers aro fighting grass
hoppers with kerosene. Which must
remind Mr. ftockefellor of the old
adage about an 111 wind that blows
lobody good.
Alfred Austin cared not who made the
nation's laws or wrote Us songs, so long
o he drew a salary as poet leaureate
Courier-Journal.
Tho salary of the poet laureate is
? 485 a year.
Lincoln still furnishes water at
15 cents per 1,000 gallons. But thero
the water department Is under the
commissioners the same as other
city departments.
That South Dakota new law that
requires saloons to be placarded
seems to go on the theory that
parched people up there have a hard
time to find a thirst quencbery.
That capitol employe who literally
kicked an "Insidious lobbyist" out of
the office got more results In flvo
minutes than the senate investigating
committee has achieved In weeks.
Results of the Lobby Inquiry.
Tho senatorial lobby Investigation
has divulged a good deal of general
Information as to tho methods em
ployed by largo Interest In combat
ting and promoting legislation, but
It has not as yet fixed the odium of
tho charges mado by tho president
upon individuals. It may do so be
foro completed and will provo dis
appointing If It does not. It Is to lo
regrottod, so far as serious results
nro concerned, that Internal friction
has arisen in tho commltieo, for that
cannot help but mar tho effective
ness of the inquiry.
Nothwltlistanding the failures
of the Investigation to shed particu
larly new light upon tho system of
lobbying so as to single out "Insid
ious" offenderl, it will havo had its
successes in a fuller revolatlon of tho
old conditions If subsequent action is
taken to right the wrongs and cor
rect tho abuses. Wiiat should bo
dono after this probing is to deflno
the limitations of lobbying, so as to
distinguish between tho legltlmato
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 tell a senate
committee that they havo directed
the expendlturo of half a million
dollars In a porlod of years promot
ing or opposing legislation.
The Biggest Beneficiaries.
People who contilbute tho least to sup
port a newspaper usually knock on thorn
the moat. Some of those who say the
meanest things of a paper are men who
nooch the greatest umount of freo adver
tising at the expense of the publisher.
Western Laborer.
Now you'ro talking. An Just lot
us add., by tho way of emphasis,
mat the people or tho town as a
whole, aro tho biggest beneficiaries
of tho nowspaper that Is fight
ing their battlos day after day and
tproadlng tho fame of tho city far
and wldo by constant publicity which
it would tako a mint of money to
buy.
The Los Angeles Problem.
Los Angeles has found as tho re
sult of n municipal Industrial In
vestigation that, whoreas it requires
?4 a day properly to maintain a
family in that city, moro than 6,000
of tho 50,000 worklngmon Inter
viewed, .recolvjo, Jess than $2 a day
wage; that In department stores
64 per cent of tho employes recolvo
Icsb than $2 and 42 por cent ro
coJyq less than $1.50 a day. Los
Angeles has had a phenomenal
growth In population, It U a beau
tiful and delightful city and Its in-
ddstrlos 'are steadily multiplying
and expanding, but evidently Its
malarial prosperity cannot kooi) pace
so long as such acute economic
problems oxiat. .
. Tho report fllod by the city's
investigators observes:
. .The. .Buffering, .deprivation and disap
pointment .Wblph, these Inadequate wages
Indicate, must be very great.
. White tho committee may havo
.fixed its minimum of $4 a day a
Jitlla high, .its .conclusions ns to
the molancholy aspect of tho situa
tion aro not to be gainsaid. Lob
Angeles has been distinguished for
Its versatility and agroBslToness In
civic roform experimentation as well
as population growth. On tho ono
hand it has an army of underpaid
wngo earners, on tho othor, 'as tho
lato city election showed, a rapidly
Increasing socialist vote. Some things
soom obvious in its plight; ono Is
that stem economic Ills cannot bo
eradicated or cured by polito theories
of civic reform alone. Tho poor wo
havo always with us, but that doos
not answer tho question confronting
Iios Angelos.
Secretary Bryan's lunch.
Mr. Bryan's reputed plan of carry'
ing his own lunch to tho office each
day Instead of going out to get it at
a cafo or restaurant is democrati
cally characteristic of him, Mr.
llryan Is a lover of tho slmplo Ufa
and wholesome food. He craves bis
grape julco and his radishes. Ho
might get his fill of them ovory day
by having Mrs. Bryan put up his
lunch nt homo. Then it has beon
remarked that the frugality of the
plan also commended It. But that
we are sure, is not an element of
consideration. The sumptuary ques
tion is not troubling Mr. Bryan. His
example, however, might sot a highly
valuable precedent to clerical subor
dinates. And what a dramatically 1m
preeslre object lesson In simple Jof-
fersonlaa democracy it would teach
for tho premier of the cabinet to
trudgo through tho streets each
moraine and evening with his little
lunch basket swinging from his arm
going to do the business of his na
tion with tho nations of the .world?
But all theso good-humorod little
stories on Mr. Bryan grape Juice,
radishes, marketing and lunch basket
only go to show that he continues
to occupy the center of the stago
around which the affairs, gossip and
bualnc&a of the present admlnlstra
Hon seem to revolve. Mr. Bryan
has a dominating personality that
stands out in Jest or gravity.
A corespondent writing to the
New York Evening Post declares
that tho direct primary In Nebraska
has completely dethroned all the
"political bosses" and put tho one
time powerful "maohlnes" In the
scrap heap. That sounds rcasona
hie. But then, what are we still
fighting about?
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TROMDMriLM J
JUNE 17.
r1 000 I
Thirty Years Aw
Among the delegates from Nebraska to
the American Institute of Homeopathy,
to be held at Niagara Falls, are Dr. O.
8. Parscll and Dr. Wood of Omaha.
At the German theater "The Young
Lieutenant" was put on with Miss Mag
gie Tonnat In the title role, supported by
Mr. and Mrs. Baurcls, Mr. Puis and Mrs.
Puls.Aht.
L. T. Calkins, formerly of Fairmont,
later of Lincoln, accepted the position of
traveling passenger agent of the Bur
lington. Hon. John A. Crelghton and wife have
returned from a month's visit to Ohio.
Prof, and Mrs, Bo he nek and daughter of
Dayton accompanied them and will spend
tho 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
not return alone.
Mlis Clara Brown Is back from Chi
cago, where she has been attending Miss
Orant's ladles' academy.
R IS. Klttrldge. lato of Rockport, N.
Y., has beon engaged as night olerk at
tho Paxton. t
Mrs. Alfred Morris Is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. LaFlest, In North Platte.
Mrs. P. Van Burcn has arrived to
visit her sons. 8. S. and P, Van Burcn.
Rev. Wlllard Scott went to Crete to
address tho Young Men's Christian asso
ciation at that place
Twenty Years Aro
Mrs. B. T. Kussell of Denver, formerly
Miss Lonegsn of this city, was the guest
of Mrs. W. R. Harding, 1913 Farnam
street.
H. A. Thompson of the firm of Thomp
son & Belden left with his family for a
visit at his old homo at Olrard, Pa.
Tho serious Illness of Mrs. Charles 8.
Klguttcr was giving the family and
friends grave apprehensions.
The city councllmcn held a star cham
ber session at the city hall to decide upon
an attorney to defend tho city In tho suit
brought against It by Major Balaombp.
Thoso present were Wheeler, Hascall,
Haunciors, Steele, Parker and Back, it
took Just thirty minutes to decide that
the ono man for this Important work
wa Judge Elcarcr Wakcley and Messrs.
Baundcrs und Wheeler were authorized
to employ him.
inspector Holmes has resumed tho
task of making dally Inspection of the
milk sold by dairymen to the consumers.
It was admitted that Mr. Holmes was
a fairly busy man.
News of tho death of Harrison J,
nrowno nt North Manchester. Ind..
reached friends In Omaha, where Mr.
Browne had beon an early settler. Asso.
dated with Ed F. Schneider, ho helped
issue tho first copy of the old Omaha
Itepubllcan on May 8. 1868,
Ten Yenra Aeo
'iho high school cadets returned from
Missouri Valley, whero they completed
the week of their annual encampment
llay Bcholbpln, a bricklayer worklnc on
tno rcdcrnl building, had his foot mashed
whon a coping stone fell from a height
upon It. The stone weighed 1,600 pounds
and it wos first thought necessary to
amputate tho foot, but later diagnosis en
couraged tho hopo that this might not
havo to be done.
In attempting to save tho lives of u
brood of her ducks, Mrs. J. P. Coats,
ourieentn ana uurdotto streets, whllo
driving the ducks off tho railroad track.
wni herself struck by the engine, which
pusscd over her leg below the knee.
necessitating amputation. Mr. and Mrs.
Coats had a small duck farm on the
Belt Lino and It was a switch engine
that ran over her.
The city found Itself without a claim
agent, tho eltv pnmmlf hnvim. v.nn.
George C. Cockrell of the duties of that
office. Tho council's action hod the f.
feet, In fact, of abolishing tho office,
though Mr, Cockrell said he thought It
might recreate It.
Borne seventy-flvo cigar store keepers
were supporting the ordinance Introduced
In the council by Dave O'Brien to regu
late slot machines. So for ns known
none of them or any member of tho
council opposed It. The measure was
drawn In such a way. It seems, as tn
meet tho approval of the cigar men.
People Talked About
A music publisher, addressing the New
York Stato Muslo Teachers' association,
said the nation's annual muslo bill was
nearly JfiOO.OOO.OOO, say a per capita of
J6.0!. which Isn't so much.
New Jersey fears the June frost hit Its
cranberry crop below the belt. With
Thanksgiving five months away, sug
gestlons of a price boost will not scare
the turkey trotters.
A Mrs. Lambert of St. Louis cheerfully
give up an elaborate homo and alimony
of 11.000 a month to Wed the third Busch
of 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 res
taurants lures an average of 0 a week
In tips by hor smiles, and rides
to and from work In a limousine. "It
la Just as easy to smile as It Is to look
sore. " "She explained. "A grin brings a
tip where a crouch choks one. Always
tell your customer what Is good today.
Stick to these rules and you'll soon find
tips coming oftener and larger."
Sara Bernhardt. In her last American
tour, scooped In 176,XVU Now she Jnslsts
that Amerloan strawberries should be
drowned In wine Instead of being smoth
ered with cream. Could Ingratitude
mount to lolller heights?
With a contract of W a month and a
third Interest In the profits. Miss Grace
Simpson, or Minneapolis, Minn., has been
hired to mintage a large farm In Bethel.
Minn. Miss Simpson Is to have personal
supervision over the farm work.
For the first time In the history of
Somerset county. Pa., a will has been
probated before the death of tho testator.
The Instrument Is that of Israel Fullem.
of Summit township. Fullem and his
wife. Mrs. Fullem. Lydla Wright Fullem,
made a Joint will Mrs. Fullem died sev
eral days Ofo and the will has been
probated.
A very tender message, combining
tribute and farewell, comes to The Bee
with a memorial photograph of A. D.
Brown of St. Louis, president of the
Hamllton-nrown Shoe company, who
died May 10 at the age of it Mr. Brown
was the founder of the house and devoted
forty-one years of his life to the upbuild
ing of its business, making for It a rep
utation for mercantile honor as extensive
us the west. A. C. Brown succeeds his
father to tho presidency ot Um oomsanr.
III.
After the Big Meet
A night Ilnynl Welcome.
West Point Republican.
As a meeting It was absolutely one ofH
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 fresh and winning each morning
and by night It had lost neither Its flavor
nor quality, being In fact equivalent to
an adoption.
A Most IlellRhtfnl Host.
Orand Island Free Press.
Omaha proved to be a most delightful
host and showed tho visitors a royal
Omaha welcome.
Fnmona ! Unnnttnou Vote.
Falrbury News.
Nebraska editors nro unanimous In the
decision that Omaha Is famous as a con
vention city.
JVo Etinl na Kntertnlners.
Cortland Sun.
The Sun man and his wife went to Ne-
braska's metropolis determined to par
take of everything In the lino of enter
tainment that come our way and before
the program was half over went mm.
polled to acknowledge that Omaha was
prepared to hand out more than we could
stand. As entertainers, the people of
Omaha and South Omaha have no equal.
They are tho last word In sociability, the
big scream In extending hearty welcome
to their guests, and live wires of the high
est voltage In boosting for Omaha and
Nebraska,
Conitncmliililc Selfishness.
Albion News.
If the editors are not all puffed up with
exaggerated (dens of their Importance It
will be n6 fault of the residents of
Omaha. Wo Imagine we hear some say
"Omaha Is not spending time and money
to entertain th&j editors of the state for
nothing; they have a selfish end In view,"
This no doubt Is true to a certain extent.
They appreciate tho fact that friendly
feeling between their city and the people
of the state Is necessary for tho best de
velopment of their city. This Is true of
overy town rolatlvo to-the patrons of the
town. However, much of their efforts
Is devoted to the promotion ond develop
ment of the state nt large, as they well
know that unless the whole state Is pros
perous and progressive they cannot hope
to grow and become a great business cen
ter. It Is entirely legitimate for a man
or a community to encourage and pro
mote a friendly feeling with his prospec
tive customers. That is tho spirit that
makes a Wide awake, progressive town or
city. In yenrs gone by there was a feel
Ing of nnlmosity between Omaha and the
State nt large. Who was responsible for
this feeling matters not now, but the fact
wns It existed, and It was detrimental to
tho whole stato, and especially so to
Omaha. Tho wlde-awako people of our
metropolis resolved to change this state
of affairs. They havo done so. They
have done It by cultivating friendly re
lations with overy organization that
comes to their city. N)t only so, but thoy
are working all tho time to secure the
conventions and meetings for their city
and when they get them to meet In Omaha.
they mako their stay so pleasant that
thoy will want to come again. Selfish?
Yes, but a most commendable sclflshnpns
It Is better expressed as loyalty to home
Interests., Naturally, their home city
stands first, and then their home state.
followed by section and country. A wide
awike, progressive city like Omaha Is
worth much to the people of Nebraska.
A Contlnnnim rtnnnil of Pleasnre,
4 Stromsburg Headlight.
Omaha did Itself proud last week In
honor of tho newspaper men and women
of the state, nnd those who attended en
Joyed a continual round of pleasure. It
was one of the best meetings of the
newspaper people and tho attendance
Was the largest In the history of the as
sociation, and everyone went home happy.
Lavish In Its Kittertnlnment.
Tekamah Journal.
The Nebraska editors at Omaha, If
anything, found Omaha too lavish In Its
entertainment. They realize, however,
that Omaha Is the metropolis of the state
and the leading commercial city between
Chicago and the great west. Really tho
most of them are beginning to realize
the worth of tho city to tho state at
large.
All Hall to Omnlin.
Lyons Mirror.
I Omaha entertained the editors In
royal style more real royalty than waa
ever enjoyed by tho kings of old. Omaha
lias' Us sins, but they are overshadowed
a thousand times by Us greatness, mag
nificence, splendor and beauty In hun
dreds of other ways. All hall to Omaha!
Just a Cushioned Knock.
Blair Pilot.
We note that the matter of the service
of wines at the luncheon given the mem
bers of the Nebraska. Press auoclatlon
by the South Omaha Stock Exchange
has gotten Into the state papers through
the Jealousy of a Lincoln paper. A dry
Martini and a wet claret were served,
but the noticeable thing about It was
that mighty few of the glasses were
touched by the newspaper men and
women. The members of the exchange
drank their own wines, but .not the
newspaper folk, for they usually have
need for their brains. The banquet was
otherwise eo generous and so excellent,
and evidently given with such good spirit,
that we can easily forgive serving wines.
whleh no one was under obligation to
drink. The business men of South Omaha
mean all right, they're a Jolly, generous
lot and would find no fault with the
guest who refused their- wines. Some
day they'll learn to' suve their wine and
serve only those who wish It, or not
servo U at all. as the owners of tho
three Omaha dallies did at their banquet
at the Field club tho same evening.
(atlliiK Unn Coming.
Grand Island Independent.
Walt for th gatlltuf-gun fusillade the
Nebraska Press association will pull off
In the fall, when every county In the
state will have a special Industrial edi
tion and the scheme ot co-operation with
the Btate Association of Commercial
Clubs U carried Into fulfilment It will
be better than a 5,000 Appropriation for
a welfare commission. It wilt be In a
large degree a voluntary service by the
newspapers and commercial clubs for the
benefit ot every Nebraskan. Unless we
aro overestimating the results, this effort
ll going to make an additional state
bureau unnecessary. If every citizen tn
the state, with even the smallest amount
of local and state pride tn hlra. will do
bis part, even though It be a very small
part. It will be one ot tho biggest adver
tisements any state has ever beta given.
oxl
Klver Flood Control.
OMAHA, June IS. To the Editor 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 1 know him to
be well 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 ih his statement that "there
has naver'.been a bad flood on the Piatt)
above the mojith of the Elkhorn, since
the Palhflrtder -dam was built." Mr.
Shumway will have some trouble In
convincing thc people of Colfax, Platte,
Dodgo and Saunders counties that the
flood on the Plktte river In the spring
of 1912 was not a "bad flood" and by
no stretch of the Imagination could tho
Pathfinder dam, hundreds of miles away,
be held to have had any teffect on that
flood.
Tho Platte river Is not a, very good
Illustration on which to support the
case of the reservoir-control advocates.
The North Platto flows tho greater part
of Its length through Wyoming, under
such condition that the moat available
place for the construction of a dam for
Irrigation purposes was found not a
great distance from Its mouth; Its .vol
ume 1b entirely dependent on the melting
snows, and tho steadiness of Its f!6w
Is determined by the fact that tfte snows
In the mountains that feed It melt slowly.
The snow that fell last October In the
mountains In Routt county, Colorado,
will be molting In August this year. The
plains of Wyoming contribute very little
to the flow of this stream, for the an
nual rainfall of that section Is only about
eight Inches, or about what fell In
Omaha during the month of May this
year. The South Platte, below Denver,
Is a miserable trickle during tho greater
part of the year, because all the water
Is taken out for the uses of Denver,
If a flood comes on the Platte river
below North Platte, Neb., It is due to
the Drecloltatlon over the Nebraska
drainage area.
As to the control of streams by reser
volrs. It must be apparent to any that
tho reservoirs must bo drained after
each recurring excess of river flow, or
the "cor.trol" will fall.
A very little study of the subject will
convince any thinking man that the
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
1 abate my support of the fundamentals
of Irrigation and conservotion to no man,
but 1 cannot convlnco myself that any
good purpose will be served by ex
pending enormous sums of money In tho
pursuit of schemes that aro patently
chimerical. OLD FOQY
Tulkliiff Abont Robbery.
OMAHA. June 16. To tho Editor of
Tho Bee: It is a bad thing when the
city, through any of Its departments,
becomes a party to a deal that tends
to flim-flam the people who pay the
taxes. The people are entitled to a
sauare deal, to 100 cents on every dollar
of service rendered by those supposed
to be 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 yrater. (Doubtless an error was made
In the reading, but that is the amount
charged, nevertheless.) New, when the
man (both tax payer and freeholder) goes
to the Water board's office to pay he
Is told no bills will' be settled for less
than B0 cents. Why? Because that Is the
minimum rate arbitrarily fixed by R,
Bcecher Water Board. "Then," declares
the taxpayer, "why do you not wait until
tho 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 out
to read my meter every fifteen days? Is
it because you think you have a right
to take the money that belongs to me out
of my pocket and put It Into your cof
fers?" Multiply my case by the number
that may arise each fifteen days and see
what the Water board is handing the
people of this city. I think this water
deal combines moro arrogance nnd arrant
stupidity than any other experience this
city, In my knowledge, ever hod with
municipal government.
ONB OF VICTIMS.
Editorial Sif tings
Washington Post: John Armitrotajr
Chaloner offers a volume of poems m
proof of his ablty to handlo a Jl.&0u,toO
estate. It ought to convoy conclusive
evidence that he needs the money.
Indianapolis News: Figures have been
Even to show that there ore 121,000 really
rich persons In the United tSates, but
Just watch the revision downward after
the Incomu tax Kets to work!
Baltimore American: There Is to be,
acordlng to report, a clean sweep In
the Weather department, with nearly
forty heads already In the official basket.
No wonder some frost has crept Into
the atmosphere.
Houstbn Post: The colonel himself Is
too splendid a specimen of truth In
carnate to Justify challenging his testi
mony at Marquette, but we believe some
of Ms witnesses can make an ordinary
poker 11 look like an outburst of righte
ousness. Uostoa Transcript; In the good old
days the courtier who caused King
Oeorge to lose $100,000 In Canadian Pa
clfto would have been sent to the block,
but. In these degenerate times his lit
doubtless will bo spared in consideration
of making up the deficit
Springfield Republican; "An Iridescent
dream" Chauncey Depow calls "this
world peace Idea." and likens the one
battleship man to "the old fellow sitting
by the mlllpond fishing while the other
fellow Is getting In his hay." Mr.
Depcw's dreams of Imaglnery Invasions
aro anything but Iridescent.
Stories in Figures
Russia leads tho world In the produc
tion of flax fiber and Argentina tn the
production of seed.
What Is known as the polar regions
cover 4,9n,3S square miles and have
900,004 Inhabitants.
New Jersey's greatest alUtude Is 13,'
S75 feet, whloh la a point two miles north
ot Trucha's peak.
Divorces annualjy average seventy
three of each 100,000 of population In the
United BUUa. in Austria Uu average
U on.
JOLLIES FROM JUDGE.
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What ever became of that woman who
was married on a betf
' She Is now sivlnr her time to a cru
sade against gambling."
Imogene We weren't In the hall two
minutes before he kissed me.
Doris Yum! Was it an eventT
Imogen My dear, he's an efficiency
expert!
He (of the Gay Way) And so 1'ou have
been married seven times. Some excite
ment, eh?
She (of the Spotlight) Not especially.
My act Is In a lion's cage, 'you know.
Crawford How do vou know your
daughter and her young man haven't
made up their quarrel yet?
-Mrs. crawrord Because the gas has
been turned up high all the evening.
Mrs. Gramercv You can't Judge a man
by what he was before you married him.
Mrs. Park Indeed you can't. My hus
band used to spend the evenings with me.
"Have you ever been best man at a
wedding?"
"One."
"Did you enjoy It?"
"Well. I wouldn't got up In the middle
of tho night to repeat the perfor
mance." Chicago Record-ulcrald.
Has your daughter's second marriage
turned out happily, Dobby?" queried
Hawkins. .
"Why yes, In a way." sam ijodds.
Mabel sees how happy she was with
her first husband." Judge.
" "The horse and the cow Is In the
ttMrt.' " rffnd the teacher. "Mary, what
Is yrong with that sentence?"
Mary was evidently more versed In
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Youths lompanlonj
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TALE OF THE JOLLY MARINER
Chicago News,
He was a Jolly mariner
That sailed the, seven eos;
By skill and pluek and sheer good luoK
He hod escaped disease,
And death in strife by gun and knife
And other things like these.
Alas! This gallant sallorman
Was knocked down by a carl
"You'll soon be dead," the doctor said.
"Perhaps there's ono afar .
To whom you'd send some word, my
friend." . .
Up spake that gallant7 tar;
"You take this message, mate," he said,
."Kro I my moorin's slips.
And find my bride and say I died
With her name on my Hps!
Her name, you say? Well, ono Is May;,
But I've sailed several trlpsl ,
"There's Sally Brown, .of Dover town,
And Mllly, Jane nnd Nell;
If you" will look In that there book
You'll find out whero they dwell. k
Thero Is a score, or maybe more
You won't? Then I'll get welll"
He was a Jolly mariner
That roso up, strong and fit.
And then, said he, "Well, hully gee!
I'm bruised a llttlo bit;
But I've my life and nary wife
Is left a widow ylt'"
(or odier Inlomitioa liirtji
W.H. ROWLAND
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