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THE BEE: mrH, T RTD T, jr.vrc T, ITO Tub Omaha daily bee i-OUNUKU BY EDWARD ItOSBWATBll VICTOR ItOSEWATKlt. EUlTOR PEE "jtlMtHjlSd. FARWAMANU17Tlj Entered at Omaha, postofflcs a second- ciass utialter. TRttiviH np armsntlPTtON! Sunday Bee. one year IfJ? Saturday Bee, one- year -JJ Datly Bee. without Sunday, one year. 4.JJJ Dotty Bee, end Sunday, one year.... &w ' DEIilVEnKD BY CARRIER. Evenlrtr and Sunday, per month. .....wc , Evening, without Sunday, per month.ac Dally Bee, Including Sunday, per mo.6.o Dally Bee. without Sunday, per ,mo.J5o Address all complaints of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Dept. REMITTANCE. 7 Rerfilt by draft, express or postal order, payable to The ttJee Publishing company. Only I-cent stamps received In payment of small accounts. Persohal checKs, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICnSI Omaha The Bee building. Bouta Omaha f31S N Street. Cooncll Bluffs-H North Main street. Llncoln-a Little bulldlrifr. . Chfcapo-Ml Hearst building. New York-Room 11M. 2S0 KlflhAve. St. JTouls-Ba-New Bank of Commerce. TVashlngton-TSS Fourteenth St.. N. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter nhnuld bo nddressoO Oroaha, Bee, Editorial department MAT CIRCUUVTION. 50,261 State of Nebraska, County ot Douglas, ss! Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company being ddly sworn, says that the average dally' circulation for the month of Mar. 1913, was 50,aa. DWIQHT WILLIAMS, Circulation ' Manager, Subscribed In' my presenco and sworn to before me this ,th day of June, 191S. ROBERT HUNTER. (Seal.) Notary Public. ' Subscribers lenrlnn the city temporarily should, hare The life mnlled to them. Address trill chanRCd 'am often ns refinested. Thq weather won la surely good to tho picnickers. Hounding the homo stretch now in tho Juno hrldrr f rco-f or-all, Dr. .Stuck reached tho top of Mt. McKiriloy in epltp of: his name. Water base ball is becoming popu lar tn'sonio places, night in tho Bwlrrj all the tlmo. Some day old Doc Cook may admit thatt was a cold doal'lio handed ub In nls Polarfako, - U II Cboyenno, whoro tHo 'women voto, has lust como Into tho commission planjot city government class, Dut whyjso tardy? " GojSrgo Thatchortho .famous mlns Etrolr s dead. It overy ono who laugfipd with him wept at his, grave there would be rivers pf,.brlno. ..I... -i- H J those mllltan, EngttB'h suff ra gettefe road .the papbrs - thoy must havo.bqcn Interested In tho way tho Illinois women-rgof7the-(balot Llfo Is Just ono llttlo swatting of tho fiy.idlBElng ot tho dandelion and bolliig'of tho water, after another, and gull It is a glorious institution, ChaUnoey Depew'a idea, of national, de fense llto talk the enemy to death. Boston Transcript, Then j our defense should be Im pregnable." If wo aro not careful In our diplo matic reading wo will get our pages mixed between V, H. for the Court of St. James and Thomas Nelson for Homo. "Lcjve Makes tho Homo Look Coiy' Is tho title of a storiotte, Yes jind. it At jlatho-. Toal.Jttuffji1 does more" than? merely mako it look that -ay. Without assuming to question '.so. great in authority as Dr, Sorviss wo. reaimoct not appreciate wn.atilno cays about "tho gradual loss of heat by the' nun." Mr. (Bryan and Mr. Carricglcuad. wlre kaiser bb a peace advocate, but tljoi.kajsor believes. ,ln, Keeping. ma peace uy unaiuug wim prepara tions" ior wax. A St, Louis nowapapox offers 9100 In casjfor the beat ten reusons'why a person should; mdro from another state. "$tv Missouri. They will' ' be Jfrorth tho mdnoy.1 The postal laws' prohibit sending threatening 'duns' -vn postal caffdB. But. of courBo, that was not Intended to apply to our Wator board, which la above' all' Jaw. The reappointment ot Chief Brtggs to head 'South Omaha's police department is another; triumph of common sense and. 'efficiency over political ple-huqtingjj" Tho consensus of opinion is "that it our 'city jail Vrero'oonducted. as a summer resort, dopendlng upon its attractions! to draw boarders, it would be a flat-failure. ; All the patriotism that, an unsafe and Insane Fourth, ot July can ex-press-docs not equal, tho fourth part of a iommon sense celebration that taker account of life and limb. In rconolderlng prances J, Honey lor apodal prosecutor in' the Cal ifornia cases from vhilch McNab, rei tJres President Wlfsorf evldentlyi;!. tendsrto keep up the excitement to the last. "Wtgit Is it our amiable democratic contemporary IsjtryJng 'tQ do? Shoo the tty Jail pawners un to the counts Jail so the. reform democratic 1 sheriff can try tou.colIect 50 cents per head per day for their ,'bord, ( "which at the city Jail costs only 17 uwtUa day? Budgets and Fork Barrels. Party spoils and peanut politics have again triumphed over tho bud get plan in tho democratic Iioubo caucus, but the result is not wholly discouraging, slnco Speaker Clark, Chairman Underwood and Congress man Fitzgerald, thrco party loaders, championed tho budget system. This BConiB to Indicate ultimate suc cess ot tho plan, cvon in a demo cratic congress,, as against tho old, pernicious pork barrel graft. Tho strong fight made for tho budget system by President Taft and tho illuminating arguments ho set forth, conclusively rovcaled tho indefen sible weaknesses of the old method. The differenco between the budget and pork barrel Is simply tho dif ference, theoretically, at least, bo tweon tho grab bag nnd business methods. Tho budget plan of for mulating appropriations fs tho one which largo private Institutions as well as all other great national gov ernments except the United States operate, so that the principle Is not new or lacking in demonstration, Tell it to the Marines. Nobody now bollovos what Mr. McNab charged lit his resignation, that tho In fluenco of wealth, friendship or poslUon can away that administration, or any ot Its departments, contrary to th demands ot justice or tho dictates ot honor. NVorld-Hcrald, In tho languago of Mayor "Jim," "Toll It to tho marines." It there is any ono thlni; that stands out as cloarly proved, it is that it was tho lnfluonco ot friend ship, politics nnd pull that procured tho order to McNab to defer prose cution, an ordor so contrary to tho doniunds of Justlco that tho presi dent forthwith revoked it. A Point-of Agreement. It should be. noted that in Blgnlng tho sundry civil appropriations bill President Wilson, explains, that , ho wpul4,have vetoed bno clause If it could, have been divorced from tho rcst.ot tho measure, and passed on separately. Prosldqnt Taft votqod tho bill that camo to him with this labor union exemption, in tho faco of similar appeals as, camo to President Wil son. Prosldont Taft did not be lieve in tho Jogal soundness or Jus tlco ot tho exemption and bluntly saldj bo. With, his slncorlty ot pur poso and courage of conviction no labor man, however much ho con demned his., vlowpolnt, could find faujC, Now, before, tho democrats Book to capitalize this action Into campaign thundor to catch tho.labor voto, lot it bo clearly understood that Mr. Wilson. 1b in precise agreo mojitwlth Mr. Taft and that ho defi nitely stated in signing tho bill that ho foU.ho dld-itiot' Bacritlco n, principle slnco ho stood willing and even anxious to voto tho oxomption ctauso Jt only, ho could extract It from the context. It is drawing no uufalr conclusion, thon, to pay that Mr. Wilson showed thajt,JioJ&qkod tho. cpur.ago.pf con viction, which Mr, Taft displayed. The Voice on the 'Phone. The story told by Chairman Lov- ott of the Union Pacific about tho volco on tho phono purporting to bo that of a congressman advising him to hlro somo ono to "greaso tho wheels," suggosts that tho noxt big invention demanded in tho interest of-publlc- safety-is a dovico to iden tify a speaker at tho other end of tho wiro. v It.haa beonkBaldthat bankers pre fer a tolophonlo iendorscmont'to ono in writing or ;at least i regard tho volco Just as reliable as tho auto graph signature,,.. ThlBi will not ap ply, however, to. ,thar .communicants It thoy arp not personally1 acquainted or familiar with ono anothor's con versation, i Tho mischief tthe. mysterious volco ont tho phono- might. , do,, and tho manlfdld ivays ln which it might 'got folka Into trouble... are beyond cal culation. ''An unescapablo system of telephonic ldontlfJcaUon is clearly tho calPof-tho hour. Bullies5 in Congress. Thft COllRtlllltlnn mnnnritn Irahnsa rib"prora(um on rowdyism when it provided Immunity from; arrest to senators and representatives "in alii cases except . treason, folonv. and broach o peace." Tho privi leges thua vouchsafed dl.d not in elude the right of a Texas con crass. man with an exaggerate idea ot his own importance to snash a street caf window and thou pummel the conductor for remonstrating with him. Tho immunity was intended. no for bullies, but membora whoso conduct entitled thorn to It. Tho constitution, therefore, could havo no quarrel with holding tho Hon. Martin Dies as strictly ac countable for what Is reported to have been an uncalled-for assault upon a street car conductor trying to protect the property of hla em ployer the some as any ordinary street bully, Jf accurately described, tuo episode clearly Indicates a "breach of -'peace,." as well as an en tire lack of appreciation of his of ficial position. Congressman Barton Is going to have congrcaa appropriate 'money to' supplement the states' appropria tions to take tho surviving Gettys burg veterans back to the battle field tor the semi-centennial celo- bration. The congressman's Inten tions are good, only he did not wake up until after the train had started. Lookino' Backward iiiUraahaJ COMPILED FROM DCE. TILES 000 i JI7XK 27. Thirty Years Ar After tho rehearsal of Thomas chorus. the loader, Sir. Dlakeley, was presented with a handsome baton. A paper received by John Baumer from Hamburg, Germany, shows that Henry EUohe, and party, accompanying him as commissioner from Nebraska to the Berlin exposition, were given a grand reception on their arrival. George 3. Sternsdorf of the Union Pacific freight department, has returned from a trip to the Rocky mountains. Hugh FlUpatrlck. has been sent to the pest house as assistant steward. .JIIss L. V. Loomls will open a sum mer school at 1914 Webster street, begin ning Monday, July 2. Terms: 14 for young children, and $5 for advanced pupils. John Carroll, night porter at tho Grand Pacific will be married Sunday to Miss Anlo Knox of Indianapolis. Mrs. J. H, Mumaugh has gone to Michigan to visit during the summer months. Mrs. ' J. W Paddock and Miss Emma Paddock, went to tho west to spond thes ummer at Fort Robinson. Miss Margie Hembrlght has returned from a pleasant visit to Grand Island, whero she spent several weeks. She was accompanied by Misses Annie and Maggie Howard, who will stay over tho Fourth In Omaha. Tho Her Hose Cart club has challenged Boyd's club to play a game of baso ball. Crelghton college commencement exer cises taxed the capacity of the hall. Among tho prlzo winners announced by Bishop O'Connor were; John A, Mc Crcary, Robert E. Donoagh, John Toner, William A. Flartnlgan, Peter R. Sher lock nnd John H. O'Nolll. Twenty Years Ago - President 8. II. II, Clark of tho Union aclflo left for the cast in his private car. Hon, James E. North of Columbus was at, the Paxton hotelj where lh tho even ing he held a "Columbian" reception. Harry-C. Miller came down' from Blair and spent tho day In Omahaj J, A. Tuthlll left for Memphis, Kansas City nnd St. Louis, to engage horses for the running meet on July 4-0. Victor Blerbower, attorney lor the Union Pacific at Pocatello, Idaho, for merly of Omaha, was in the1 city, visiting his brother, E. L. Blerbower, prior to a visit ntuho World's fair in Chicago. CleorgS Francis Train "Citizen Train, as ho called himself a globe trotter and pioneer in tho early development of Omaha, arrived Itt the city as the guest of his cousin, Mayor George P. Bemls. The Omaha , club was In a peck ot trouble, running behind in Its bills and a .meeting . ot the1 directors was called to consider the expediency of closing down the grill room, which was proving a heavy draft. Eroatus Young denounced as ' me height of. folly" the report, that tho itiiinn "PApifio had taken oft trains because of th maximum freight rnln law, ii with t lo said It was simply to conform ho demands of business. Ten Years Aco - Tho Omahd Commercial- club mapped out its itinerary for a considerable tour ot some Nebraska and Iowa towns, com prising about three days' time. Mr. nnd Mrs. Myron L. Learned toolc ft coaching party to thof aturday races. M.,iitmi,i,rn nnd other railroads, fol- w-inir h load of the Union Pacific and Burlington, filed Injunction suits' to pro- vent, Tax Commissioner . leimng anu, City Treasurer llonnlngs from collecting taxes on the basis ot valuations maae Dy tho city authorities at an Increased; rate. Th rnmnletn nroeram for the National Editorial association's convention was announced. It was to pen at the or nhmim theater on July 7. nnd bring to the city. It was expected, 1.000 people. Dr, George L. Miller, veteran editor or mo old Herald, was selected to open tho con TCdward Rosewater of The Bee, O. M. Hitchcock of the World-Hcrald and V. W. Kellogg ot the Dally News wero down for addresses. An announcement was made' ofrarr ar rangement by all" railroads west" of the nfi...nitt, ,f .in AinnmrA ihei norln ticket luin.viu. t v . - - - - - - r 'and adopt ''an interchangeable. mileage book Instead, to be 2.000 miles denomin ation. People Tallied Atout According to tho latest statistics 13.4J7 plutocrats tn Missouri' will be touched by the" Income tax. Tho stork visited the homo of Nathan Valono. a Pittsburgh merchant, recently and left a baby girl weighing 14 pounds. This is th twenty-sixth child born to Valone. Modistes are rallying to the assistance of a New York Judge by handing him a negatlvo answer to tho question: "Can a "Venus clothe herself on 35 f- week?" Twenty-two drownings reported last Sunday 1 And the fool who; rocks the boat hasn't yet got his hand In. A Chicago officeholder who has been quartered on the payroll for sixteen years, .performed tho monthly task of drawing his pay so unobtrusively that when he applied for a vacation his boss required him to be identified," Mrs. Hatoyama, & Japanese woman who was educated In this country, states In an" eastern paper that Japan has. ho old.inlda and, therefore, no suffrage question. f. MUs Julia It fiommer. "lecturer Jr scientific thcosophy." tells . us. 'that . any girl can marry the man she wants by holdlnsfchls image in her mlrd. Miss .Jessie Ackerman, the champion woman globe-trotter, has Just arrived tn New Tork on an eight-year tour around thetworld,- She has encircled tho gobe eight times within the last twenty years. For a woman traveler Miss Ackerman has broken the record, with SS1.000 miles to her credit. One hundred and eight years of lite have wreathed, up from the pipe ot Maria Tom; ancient of ancients among the eynsy tribes of Georgia, It the pipe escapes breaking, she sees no obstacle to Indefinite life. 8he Is engaged now upon smoking herself" Into as many years as the prophet lived- Brigadier General Robert II. Carna h'an, who organized a' regiment at Fair bury, III. .during the civil war and com manded it at the battle ot Pea Ridge and through to the Red river campaign. Is dead at tho National Soldiers' home In Danville. III. General Carnaban also saw service Id western Indian cam-palm. Twice Told Tales From a Scotch Collection, Sandy and his lass, had been sitting together about half an hour in silence. "Maggie," he tald at length, "wasna I here on the Rawbath nlcht?" "Aye? Sandy, I daur say you were." "An1 wasna I here on Monday nlchtf' "Aye, so you were." "An' I was here on Tuesday, nlcht, an' Wednesday nlcht, an' Thursday nlcht, an' Friday nlcht" "Aye, I'm thtnkln' that's so." "An' this is Saturday nlcht, an' I'm here again.' "Well, what for no?" "I'm sure ye're very welcome." Sandy (desperately): "Maggie, woman, dae yo no begin to smell a rat?" nrnalvK Hpelllnsr, Prof. Alfred E. Stearns, principal of the Phillips Andover academi'. said at a re. cent alumni dinner in New Tork: Tho easiest way In raising funds, as in other thlnffft. Is th wmn, wav r -- member a man and his easy spelling rulo. in orange In my childhood I once com plained of "the difficulties of -.polling. I said that 'el' and 'ie' In such words as 'believe' nnd 'receive' always stumped me. "Then this man patted mo on the1 head and smiled and said; 'My boy, I will give you an Infallible rule of 'el and 'le' a rule that In fortv. seven years has never failed me.' I expressed my delight and waited. The man resumed; " 'Tho rule Is slmnlv (his; Writ T and 'o' exdct'ly alike and put youi- dot exactly Detween them.' " Trick I n r Her.' The editor of a great magazine sent for a certain author who had submitted an unsolicited manuscript. "I am glad to make your acquaintance, sir,' said the editor, enthusiastically. "Tho story you sent us Is perfedtlyf splen did. But why use a nom de pltlme? Let us publish It over yoUr own name, and It Will' make you famous." "I'm not after fame," objected the au thor. "It's' motley I want." "But you'll get Just as much money in cither case. ' "No. I won't If I publish It ovr my own name, my wife will get the money." Cleveland Plain Dealer, NclBhliorly Nerve. Mr. Wllklns was near tho exploding point when his neighbor met him on tho street. "That man Tompkins," he burst out, niw mora nervo man anyone I ever rtet." "Why?" askod hia neighbor, curiously, "He came over to my house last even ing and borrowed my gun to kill a dog" mat kept him awako nights." "Well, what of that?" "Why," shouted Mr. Wllklns.- "It was iriy dog ho killed." Ladles' Home Jour nal. Editorial Snapshots Boston Transcript: Secretary Bryan is carrying his lunch to the State depart ment In a shoe box, but he, will not transport grape Juice In one of those dark and sinister looking flasks. Springfield Republican: To be precise, Senator Lodge's frank saved to tho beet sugarinca tho sum ot KS.000 In noetnee. circulating -''Sugar at a Olanqe,"' These figures have gone Into tho official record, Cleveland - Plain. Dealer: The1 Depart ment bf AgrlcultUro. 'whlch'drafa only in seVen-flguro quantities, declarer the American farmer"la'"loslng J45$.0OO be cause ot bad egg's. t This Is enough to mako' any eelf-re'spcctlng 'hen 'fiuit tho Job: Itoustbn P6st: President Wilsori 'has not commissioned us as' his spokesman. qui wo icei mat me senators ana repre sentatives ought to knoW the early enact ment of the tariff and, .currency -'bills Is a- key that will unlock" the door to the po counter. New York World: Four tons of nold. silver and , glassware have.' been' shipped from Franco to tho French embassy In London to bo used In the , state banquet to bo given by the president ,ot Franco to the King and qUccn of England. The old feudal story nf "the field f cloth ot gold in Frolssart no longer reads so strange when compared with modern French republican simplicity In the mat ter of royal entertainment. Pittsburgh Dlspatch: Mr. Oxnard's tes timony that for many years ho spent 120,000 to Insure the presentation to con gress ot corroct tariff, views Srqn the beet sugar standpoint is calculated to. evoke pointed questions. One is, how. much of the JiO.Ctyi was used In those fa mous protests, first that Cuban reciprocity would ruin the beet sugar industry and next that Philippine reciprocity would do the same thing? Perhaps If that class of propaganda had been curtailed tho beet sugar protests would get a little more attention. , Grand Forks.1 N. D., will establish a municipal electric light plant. Ogden, Utah.' has equipped Its tire de partment with auto .apparatus. A St. Louis doctor tho other day ampu tated" the broken 'leg of a woman's pet canary bird. Ban Francisco Is to have a new twenty story buUding on tho north bide ot Mar ket, opposite-Second street. Portland, Ore.. Is to "have 's, great out door recreation' prgarUrati&n to be known as the Municipal Athletlo association Reformers are agitating (he. suppression of tobaeco smoking pn surface and elot vated trains in New York City. Tho movement hasn't passed the hot air stage. Two rival gas companies in Indian, apolls have been permitted to merge by the Public Utilities commission.., Tho maximum price ot gas Is fixed at. SO cents, with a large -opening for reductions as earthings, warrant. Judges of the courts ot New York City have protested against the proposed, round' court house -as unfitted forthe" purpose intended.' The Roman coliseum idea gets another knock by the announce ment' that tho cost must- not exceed J10.000.060.' An 'Uxrtnipl of Thrift. Philadelphia Ledger. Tho ex-president ot Cuba seems to have done the oustomary thing In sailing to Europe In 17.000 suite on a palatial ship. .In ther countries below us the comi mbn peopleudo not-have to bother about what to. do .with their ox-presldents. The presidents attend to the .problem befqro they become an ex. TIiq Bees LellerB ox Medical Fallacies. CASPER, Wyo., June 24. -To the Edi tor 0t Tho Bee: I have Just read your brief article under the caption "Possibili ties, of, Typhoid Numerous on .Vacation Trips," and the alleged recommendation Oft Dr. R. W. Connell, and though late, I ask spaed to call' attention to the fal lacy of this. (Somb years ago I studied medicine until I found out the urisclentlflo nature or Its theories and' consequent methods ot healing. ' I then promptly gaVe It up. Dr. Connell , Is represented as urging upon Omaha pleasure seekers to ask for "ImmtlhW'lng doses of typhoid bacterln" before setting out for their vacation. Atsumlng this recommendation to bo cor rect, I. do not hesitate' to declare It a deltislqn, and Indirectly a decided menace tJ the public health. Serums and vaccine therapy belong to the superstition of r the dork ages, simply modernized by a mpro refined. technique. The theory of tho serum treatment Is that there ore certain .organisms lq the body which have the power ot, rendering It Immune from disease germs, but that sometimes those protective .organisms are weak and unable to overcome tho pathologic or disease Kcrrns, th,e .serums are then supposed ,to aid tho feeble pro.-, tecttve. organisms .by, uniting, (htlr forces, so throwing off the .threatened, Invasion, This theory ma3f bft true Jq. tho labora-i tory amongst guinea , pigs and. , tortured, dogs, put ha,vo never seen jjrqvod to be, a particle of value as a protective In the living human body,, , Tho, typhoid serum fad was. tried upon a few dozen Individuals, and. forsooth, ber cause they did not contract typhoid after drinking a llttlo dirty water, the medi cals at once cried "Eureka." .Everybody With a ray of Intelligence knows, that fruch, artificial experimenting ptovee noth ing. Conditions are similar In connection so, we aro assured of a "sure cure" for that condlUon. At-present there are some thirty sure cures, such' as creasote, mer cury, iodln, the bromides, etc., ad Infln. Dr. Frledmann had the very last "euro" and succeeded In deluding hundreds ot Door creatures with his turtle soup. Tu berculosis Is, a rare disease; but, medicals brand ' all forms of lung disease os tu berculosis. They, nro pot.. Death, however,-Is hastened by stupid, treatment, es pecially the "death formula," "eat all the gcod .nourishing food you can .get," whether. It can,. be digested or. not, . ' It Is to be .hoped that tho Omaha vaca tionists will display their intelligence- by avoiding polluting their bodies with filthy terurhs, and at tbo same time save their money. If Dr. Connell had really desired the health of the peo ple, ho would have cautioned against tho drinking of well or cistern water except as " to tea or - coffee, but to drink milk, and especially avoid consti pation, living- largely on Juicy fruits. But then, there would be no fees In that ad vice. Should 'you take the "immunizing (7) dose" you will lose your money and very likely get typhoid all the same, as you will be under tlie false impression tha't you will' bo really secure frpm con tracting the disease, and so be careless as to tho water you drink. Should you get tho disease after you aro "Immu nised."., the medicals will at once bavp a reason ready '.'cut aqd dried," napiply, you did not take a sufficiently large "shot." F. JOHNSON. rien for the Little FuIIott. . OMAHA, June 2?. To tho Editor, of The Bee;. I am pleased,.. at your stand on tho loWer water problem.. You do not go as far as I see you think you should go, , . I think your .idea ot lower rates for the little fellow Is good, What would you think ot changing tho entire rating and give the little fellow tho lowest rata , and let the well-to-do and rich pay. the high and, highest rate.. .The basjs the water Is now figured on. woa the make-up of ft private company. The city should inaugurate a new scale based upon the greatest good for the poorest people who are In greatest number, com mensurate with good business. I also desire to call your attention to the paid claim of Jackson & McKenzio of about $i0,0dQ. -There aro a score or more ot small storekeepers, teamsters and artisans who are Buttering for lack of this money. They have been after it in season and out of season, but were told tho the war lord they could not get it until two leaks were fixed, then they would be settled Instanter. These were fixed. Then the roads must be polished off. This was . done. Then his high mightiness said his duties were so numer ous he .would turn it over to the board's attorney, John L. Webster, and he has riot time to attend to It after eight months. For common shirks, the .present board beats them all. They talk big, but cannot afford tlmo to settle an account., the non payment of which hurts a great many people. Why can not these people be set tled with? They are not -rich contractors and were trying, to get, up .in, the. .worlcLI but the war lord liaa got It In for. them and, he la revengeful at any who doubt or dispute hla auuiqtffy,. Ask, hla help and they wilt tell you so, J sign myself, , , JOHN L. SMITH. Here anci'Tfiere General Humidity Is worklnr on the supposition that . humanity hankers for a Turkish bath. The. -association .for .the .Promqtlonj at. Political,;! qbs, flourishing ia.WasWjigtQn, threatens .to go on a hupgerstrike un-, less thft administration gives .some. at tention -tq the needs ot the faithful, The,. Illinois legislature. Just, adjourned l failed to put over a salary, grab of J1.J00 in addition to the regular salary of $2,000 for the term. The rallrpad anti-pass,; bill perished In the house because the senate swathed the salary Tab. Jack pot statesmen saved the pass. Tbo statement ot ,a, fassa,cmuietta mill girl, in court, that she , wprkod, tor, U a.iwcek, on -further.. 1lnyetIgation dei, veloped. tho fact that aho gayo her pay envelope unopenad,, tqher father and. the latter swiped all the en velope con. tamed,- ov.er js,. juuwrecoraa .spowea inat she had been receiving from ft to a week. Approximately ten tons of feathers plucked from birds by poachers four or five years ago In the Hawaiian and Mid way islands have been burned by tbo government In Honolulu. A Pennsylvania statistician, calculates that- In the last year 120.000.000 tons ot water wero pumped out of the, mines .of ono compaany lo tho anthracite region. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Mr Oldbatch You say your wife Is n suffragette. What's your fad? Mr Llttleshrlmp-iMe? Oh. I'm Just her partnerette. Boston Globe "I undestand the -text all right." re marked Aunt Ann Peebles, after the ear mon was over; "but the preacher's ex planation of It- puzzled mo a good deal' Chicago Tribune. "Tightwad says that he owes his suc cess as a money getter to his wife.' posed to pay her anything on account. ' ed to Buffalo Express. D6ctor-.My dear,- sir,- you must give your Wife, somarfchanger. Husband Good heavens, doctor, how. can I do that , when she goes through my Pockets -regularly every night. Balti more American. rabher. for she continued the habit of tho office In their home." "HOW SO?" ,-!., , , "When he starts to dictate she takes him down."' London Tlt-Blts. . ... ( - , "Como to our . suffragette house warming." "Whoso house ,oro you going to burn?" Louisville Courier-Journal. "Why don't you try to make your con stituents understand problems of govern ment;" - - -f, "That's what I havo done," replied Senator Sorghum. "I have teen too thor ough about It. A lot of . them how think that they, can give Advice. Instead of tak ing It." Washington Star. ','Oh. anama.Xaaivuladdj'lodayand. he. of Bee! 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