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JUNE CIRCULATION.
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duly sworn, says thai thVayet-o.se dally
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qabaerlbem leaving h city ,
temporarily nhoulil Iiave; The "Sea
mailed (fa them, Address vt III ha
changed oitejt,A (teqursicd. , ,
A snakq has beVa (omd Jtks M
coin water pipe. vVen,onioasl
Woman Wont a, JPennloro-lIeadUne,
That ought to pl'easo lier husband.
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1
The early blrA.gets-.Uie worm pro
Vl4ed the plowman does not over
sleep, i w
, . . 11 1 r - im-,,'., 1
Th who aviator will'seo to it, that
he Is over & lake when;th,o accident
happens. ., '
Omaha's goottsnama is all right
Tha way to triake betier U to
boost laBteadkfaock
' ' v" H..- i ,
Mdy SaokyUle sfices at last, la
landlag tho sacle.of ' .lirraj .flcott
ailllons she -was after,
It lekn m if that r'aduated re
wtwe Ux a tehceer.wuld go uy. Ik
m4i Ilk ether frfst dreams. r
W BMAlK t & JMMSHSWr Wti tbftt
a mm Mm f iwytty girl gveu?
Wk w wa canaot entti a w
Industry by law?.,.lioK at tke lmst.
HtH of iiKially Mid- refertmdutn
HMtsrapk eftctfe;.
It is to hs inferrtsd the dtosenters
WHld Kite Wgsed up it votes for
wma nd prohibition had been
writWR iijkt the charter.
The Boers are reported as chafing
under British rule in South Africa,
Gee, John, what if they pooled Issues
with your militant suffsf
Mtw .tlUm Stoae, once kidnaped
'by Eutearlaa baudlUi. .must
keenly palaed to red the recurrisg
yeporU "of Slcrla lossea OA the
lkafca.
artry S'ryan.wUl maks a six weeks
MMUrme t8r, Ntwa Item.
Ye 't kee a go4 elMtavi
umi eowaevws ky W-aryls ktm ,1a
TM seotttery et war k ie VMt
OsMk. yfkm k arrives he will
it m U Meet pces!e asd
ce-lFiM kMh m tke fact of
We. earth.
V
?hotora)h9 ef the Aweaty-four-
ory bulldlBg kottslag the ritts
l)Urh bank that failed go to show
what klgk-staading lares tments the
eeeeera'ad, 1 '
box ef jewels . bldwa from
by tke March tornado la
foun Ib. Iowa and bow returned to
jthe owaer. Which at least snakes
a good "wiBd Btory.
. Our Owoha carpenters are at any
tate ceaslstent, Taey struck for
liigker wages, and te prove that they
fcieaa tt immediately raised the pay
Pt taelr fewa business ageat.
It la fa aeiford with the eternal fit-
fceee ot hlngs to bjive our blue sky
law become effective la the middle
P" July, whea tha heavens aerea
Kl are their ttoet beautiful asure,
It'ls esy xto kgree with Senator
jjvr&, .who aayi, the house gad
BeaisalUeee e iRvest&aHea
"are. maklar theaselyea ridiculous'
iakir-iyalfy Tor tha prior ifigat to
for. uetardjpaster of the Cleve
ad fckwili, attended by John D,
JteeketUer, tteriM to Mr. Rocke-,
feller a Moae at the rosea, fa the
,tf" Ot ,Uja cllmblag
yi1ty, MaMHrtt haye added,
akfiHt tke state's sup-H-t
te ntn Osaka's toeal
AfJUsa JEcV m. Tfc state k ae wor?
(Mifer 1 rea eur olty elections then
U HiMi ear peii 4ertflet or
U' ndt& r jsarJes or our ater
Kmr mi MaH
tkat wt Ma Mr ewn affairs far
urivff,
Nebraska Socnery.
If you bavo conjured In your mind
tho Illusion that scenic bdauty means
only lmmonso mountains, with their
yawning conyonB and ruggod steeps.
tho soa stretching out in endless
spaco or forest fastnesses, go for a
few hours' drive through the coun
try In Nebraska, and har your Il
lusion dispelled Even the "farmer,
always consorvatlvo, admits It. Ne
braska was never more beautiful
than now, Tho wlntor wheat harvest
Is on, 8bmo grain Is in tbb shock,
other falling beforo tho reaper;.
Spring wheat and oats are ripening,
corn la at Its deopest green, alfalfa
waving in tho wind, fruit slowly
turning and all promise Immense,
some rocord-brfiSklng, yields.
Over the hills and the dales of
this vast farm of nearly 4 0,00 0,0 0
acres Is Just now painted a picture
which no magic art could surpass.
Tho old black, doep, rich soil fjooma
to groan as If in tho travail of Its
production, for it nover yielded a
Tftore abundant increase, The soaV
son has been altrioet'ld'cal and that in
all that is ever' reauirod to ,wako
crops ideal in Nebraska, Once our
state' wim -known, as part .of the
.great Ame rfcati desert" but it "was
ft desorf, llkq tho one of old, that
tojoldod. and blossomed as tho road.
No, li If Is scohery one is seeking, lei
him seek' .no further than Nebraska
at this tiino of year and-he will find
back p- our rural glory vtho literal
wealth, of an emplro, tho golden
rfrodigiajS. th4t are" needed" to keep
to country going when merer sUb-
nlantial .things afo roqutrod than pic
turesque scenery! - - 1
What Ivestigratlon ifext , " r
"All the wars that have . been
fought between lab.6r.and 'capital, all
(be efforts that both, have mado to
secure Icglsia'tithat would profit
them and- tho; tattglod skein woven
about their .relations in. tho last teu
yeara" are now to bo invos.tlgatod by
congress. And Incidentally, in con
nection with theso and othtir investi
gations U0Vr ia progress an -latiuiry
la proposed Into tho financial opera
tions of the New' York Central lines.
TWs, being of Buth minor slgnlfl
eahco and- extent, tomparallvoly, may
have foeon throwh' ln Justias inattor
ofi good measure, to make euro that
congrbaa did not fall into ennui for
lack of something to Investigate
"All tho wars that labor and cap
ital have t ought!" And yet congress
Is called to eaaeTtarltf aad currency
laws at this extra seaeloB, Never
hs.8 the ceuatry had a congrena with
seh a, oaeaelty. eh a lasatlable
yearn la fer Wwrx, Rone . day n
may coeilu4e est ef tkece InyeetWta
tlpns. After it wias up all tho
laber-eaeim wars, "what et will It
tackleT, Like Alexaader 'tke'Great,
it seems, to lament for, more king
doms, to conquer, ,uV MBlik'tkV
great Macedonian, it does very little
conquering, ...
Ttte Mexican Situation.
Aa conditions in Mexico become
Bteadlly raoro tease, it would aoom
to be tho part of prudence for our
own government, before changing
our policy, to run down tho per
Bistent reports of American aid to
the rebels, This, of course, should
be done, less to reassure the Mex
icans than in justice to oUr own
noHltlon. "
When tho present rebels, at. least
tho Maderistaa among them, were
tke federals ta control werefuMd io
sanction tke sale of munitions ot
war to Um the rebels, who, for the
ost part; are now the federals. For
us bow to permit e-r acquiesce in tke
shipment of rebel arms into Mexlcol
would iaetaatly Involve our o6i
zauit. on tke other hand, tke
United States eaaaot be expected to
forbear indefinitely acts of overt
hostility and violence to our cltxe&s,
aa has bean charged tine and time
again. No matter how rabidly the
anti-American press of Mexico Qlty
foolishly advocate vrar with us, we
must be sure we are rjsht and then;
bo ready to go ahead,
The IaJastrious Immifrant,
Attention Is repeatedly called to
the tremendous, handicaps encoUn
terod by the. immigrant ivho casts his
lot in oae of out larger cities. In
way he finds himself aoraethlng ot
an iahwtellte. with the- hand of so
oletr and Industry lura'ed against
htm. If not lifted In direst opposl
tlon to hint, H at least is not. ex,
teuded ss it should b in his behalf,
indifference . to Mn r' welfare nelng
about the best construction, that can
he placed npba i&e'aversge attitude
towar.d lm. A stranger, Jn a strange
land, he is left as a rule to 'work out
his pn aalvjttien. The sult is in
tKe larger" cltla ;the ' fbrtelgn-born
folk engregate; in settlements ac
cording' e nationalities. . They no
qp?. their lot with a grim BtoigiBm
that eomraelB admiration fnonttn nf
Hrejuaicee ana in time rise even un
der, the heavy 'UWfdea, of dlsadvaa
tagee. No wprider our Sotil$logista
and some of aur ckurohmea are be
ginning to take'ae'tlvejntereat in the
wke'le subject of tmsalgratlefl, with
partllar atttiutlaa jo. tke welfare
ef the newcomers who are settling
la tha eltlee.
And new, in the face ot the preju
dle, iasllee and, exploitation of tke
Iwaajgraat, doea he sink, or swim as
a rale in this vast sea of strange
tblaajat In Ckicage, with Its thou
sands of aae peeels, elr 177 lmt
sraata wk kad hea in tke United
OMAHA,
States less than three years were
found among 17,000 cases of destitu
tion last year handled by tho United
Charities, and 114 out of 22,000
handled by the Jewish Aid society.
Borne day it will be more clearly
appreciated that people with tho grit
to dare and do what tho average im
migrant does In coming to our
shores are desirable material for
American citizenship.
Belief for the Leglslautre.
The now Volume of tho Nebraska
session Jaws cobtalnlng tho enact
ments of tho Into legislature carrloS
eight dlfforent and separate laws in
tho nature of amendments to the
charter tor metropolitan cities, and,
Hherefo'ro, ' rotating exclusively to
Omaha, Compared to what previ
ous Jaw-making bodies have jdono,
this Is letting Omaha off tolerably
oasV. for 'bome Vif thnm haVo hanrftid
Uo more!.tbaa eight plecos of chartorl
tinkering. As long as, wo have to
go to. tho legislature for every change
desired in the management of our
city affairs, a continuance of this
tnoth'od of patcning Is unavoidable.
It is no longor necessary however.
for Omaha or- any other city in No-
braska to r6mnln a pr6vlhco of non
resident dverlords, The. homo rule
amendment, to tho constitution au
thorizes .tho framing and adoption
ot a homo rule charter which) when
approVod by' tho voters, supplanto
tho charter made for us at Lincoln,
and, while subject to modification at
any time-by our own -voters, is Im
mune froni amendment or repeal by
the. legislature After, the home
ruld rfbdrter is adoptod Wo will not
havq, to bother the legislature ip.
matters ofc purely local concern, nor
will tho legislature have any bUsl'
ncsa or tight to bother us. That la
the essence of the home rule chartora.
that are now jn the'., making for
Omaha auditor Lincoln, '
Subduing tho Suffragettes.
In the midst of all his woo Johnny
null is able to mako his Undo Sam
uel laugh One day cornea tho rip
ping report that England at last has
snuffed out militant shffragottotsm,
the next tho news that militant suf
fragettes have stormed another royal
battlement and burned down a fjne
mansion or two.
It looks like , a bally good joke
someone had played on John or John
ou Bamuel. At any rate, the torch
wiolders of Ooneral Pankhurst's
army teem to be on tkd Job with
reinforcements and Colonel Bull has
not snuffed tut anything! This.ti mo
u m tae neantry residence ef Sir Wll
llasa H, Lever, -foaader of Port Sua-,
light and chairman of. the Liverpool
College ef, Treplcal Medicine.
Hah Hal Ask Sir WUHara If there
has been any snuffing- out of fern-
tttiatf ifiilltaricy; 'Arpiuish old Joke
t".,s, gpanny. vyu, rorsootn.
What do the ladles say? Listen :
"We shall do Just aa much aa we
Chooso." Miss Richardson, who had
additionally assaulted a fow inof
fcnalvo and patriotic police.
This la the Barao England whoso
Imperial sun nover sets, bo vast Its
domain, so regnant Its power, What
if Napoleon had only had an army ot
suffragettes to send to Waterloo that
w w
, Perry in' Japan.
un a promontory overlooking
Vedo bar and visible far out into the
aa stands a great monument of Mat.
thCw Calbralth Perry, commodoro in
tke American navy. It was erected
by Japan as an expression, of its
gratitude to Perry for Inviting it Into
relations with the natloaa of tha
west,. The invitation was sent toy
President Fillmore and sixty years
ago tniB month July 7, 1853 Com
modare Perry on hie flagship, Mis
sissippi, put la at Kurlhama. In the
Bay of Tedo, and Just one week later
uc(iyered his message to representa
tives of the Sbogun, -which, the prosl
dent of the United States sent to tho
ruler-of Japan, -
J,apan took It 'seriously, acted upon
the InvltiUon'jUst as though It were
seriously meant. Today, sl?tty. years
later, we still crave Japan's relations
insofar aa they relate." exclusively to
Japan's patronage of our commerce
and schools, reserving the right .to
re8lnct those relations when they
extend t 'certain limitations arbl
trarlly fixed by us. What of, reaultir
So faithfully .has Japan maintained
tnose-relations- as to- control today
the commerce of the Pacific, insofar
as It la controlled1 by any ilngle
rqwer; at least it .eclipses anv hold
that Ani6ican,have on It, and year
by year as American trade loses.
Japanese gains; on this ocean that
comprises on e-third of. the earth's
surface; -
"Whatever nation secures tho do
minion of tae Pacific and maintain
H ha reache'd the sphere and poa-
alblllty of -world-cmplre," observes
General Homer Lea, writing In tbb
NortJ American Review, and Don Q.
Seftx. eentrlbutlne to tha same nub'.
flpatlea. gbe bo far as to, say that
instead of our Pacific coa$ interests
being helped, they will be hurt. In
this, resnect, by tke Panama 'canal
so long as we continue to yield our
national treatment of Japan to a Cal
norma. The trade from the east,
he says, will prnceed direct to New
"k, "the great hespitablo free city
that has ae hatreds and no toes."
' paa cranoneo aas lost 70 per
coat of nr industries since the fire
and tke finest karar o& tke Pacific
SUNDAY MOBNINO, JULY
is empty of ships," he adds. But
California at all hasards must main
tain Its anti-Japanese censorship at
tho Golden date. Under all tho odds,
rightly or wrongly Imposed by us,
Japan continues to stand by the
Mikado's acceptance of tho Fillmore-
Perry Invitation, and in such a way
as to make our position somehow
seem pitiably weak and Inconsistent
How long our nation will bo content
to neglect her own Interests at sea
and let tho Japanese question drag
along unanswered, who can tell?
Kick Hick Off the Screens.
The publishers claiming a copy
right on Nick Carter literature have
gono to court to prevent exploiting
their lurid hero on moving picture
Etireens. Whether tho authors win
or lose, let us hope tho youth of tho
country may be saved such impres
sions of heroism as Nick Carter pic
tures would make. Thoro Is enough
of "Old Nick" on the screens with-
oot adding tho dlmo-novel demons
to tho repertory.
Fortunatoly, the species ot litera
ture typified by Nick Carter novels
seems to bo not aamuch in -vogue
now aayformerly, ' though perhaps
Eoma orHno more moaern species are
no Improvement on. them. Regard
less of that, there Is certainly no oc
casion 'tSti. visualizing Buch 'stuff by
means of .the mbvleo,. and our censor
hoards can well cut thorn out
lost in tfce "gToods.
Precident. Wilson cot lost In. the Mew
Hampshire wobda today, flnally'feathlnff
after tho longest 'automobile rld4of!,Ws
Visit hero:-CornUh INH.) Dispatch,
But such an. experience only adds
i il..H1 .nlliw Tf I
is pleasant to bo l6st among, tho
friendly old trees oti the forest, es
pecially when one knows he Is suro
to llnd the way out. . Presld6nt Wil
son had another forest to penetrato,
though, in which, If he gets lost, he
is not apt to emergo'-eo easily. It Is
densei1 broods than -temple the gentle
hills ot Old Now Hampshire, nnd
moro treacherous in It's undergrowth.
In this timber ot free trade and cur
rency legislation tho ground is
thatched with thorna and briers and
tramblobush, which try thd mettle
ot tho most experienced and skilled
woodsmen". Many a ono has been
lost in them and none como out un
scratched. Yet the president hurls
himsolf into this unfriendly thicket
aa if ho knew all about it add how
to keep directions Let .him beware.
Let htm at least tell the folks at
heme not to be anxious If ha falls to
return in time for tho next meal, and
not to count on him to do the carving
lest the hungry crowding the .demo-'
cratlc family festal board famish tor-
pie.
. c Woriy.-
. .Thore is m'orophiijjsQpny'th'an ap
pears on the surface In thepdpular
"I should worry" retort. It is with
out doubt susceptible of proof that
worry produces gray nalr, prema
ture Crinkles and that haggard look
that betokens lack. of contentment.
"Don't borrow trouble" Is only an
other Way ot formulating the same
)dea on tho assumption that every
person has troubles enough of tiU
own. The person who- does not
worry may lose out la many waysj
hut tho chances are that unruffled
equanimity will conduce to a happy
'disposition.
On tho other hand, tho "I Bhould
worry" admonition must not be
takea to mean cold Indifference to
other people's needs, nor should it
stop anyone from bolng helpful to a
neighbor in dlstrees. It should not
prevent effort to relieve other folks
ef their worries, But If worry could
be eliminated altogether for al of
us, what a load would .he lifted from
the burden bearers.
In the death of Frederick P.
J3cknake another' of the ploneor jour
nalists of Omaha's early career
passes to tha .great boyond. Mr.
Schnake was a rugged "character,
fearless and' outspoken, and unwav
ering In his devotion to tho principle
ot liberty, both. In ata native father
land -and here, where for trfany years
he wielded' no little power through
his German newspapers.
with tho eeteenled Commoner ro-
.duced from a weekly to a monthly
visitor, -the assumption Is. natural
that tha country has survived at
least some ortfcn moTo'Dresslnsr dan
gors that bo long menaced It. Of
courae, the fact that the cdltor-in
chief and associate editor nave both
"l'andfed" has nothing to dp with the
dhango. .-
' That must' have been intended aa
a , Joker that' announcement of
shorter hor for, firemen at the
water, work pumping station, fol
lowed immediately by the purchase
of .automatic stokjsraV warranted .to,
cut thm altogether off the payroll.
while yelling so loud for pub
licity ot lobbyists. It would be n great
thing It there-were some way to cam-
pel the fake. rotormv organs that are
opposing tke home rule charter to
tell right .out,, and truthfully, In
.whose latemt. they are fighting
Uncle Bam Is not worrying over
the fast tbat his flag was trampled
In the- dust at Winnipeg. He knows
it was not dene, by decent Canadians
and that it is Impossible- for Canada
as well as the Halted mates to build
thus-proof boundary llae.
13, 1913.
LookWBacWatd
llibDiiiOraalia
COMPILED rnoM
tXX3
JULY IS.
Thirty Years Ago
A near riot la on atralnat th council
trying to force Colorado i.naton for
paving material against yra'.is'. of prfip
erty owners who ere to pa for it.
Atlas Etta Wells has gone on a visit to
Kenosha. Wis.
The Misses Margaret Vllsn, l)'le
Dickey and Lulu Cramer loft for A so
journ at Lake Qenevn, Wis.
Miss William Ompcrson nnd son accom
panied by Miss Anna Qulgley ot the .en
ter street school have gone to Milwaukee,
Iter. C. W. feavldge, pastor ot the First
Methodist Episcopal church Is back
from Minneapolis where he officiated at
the weddin of bis brother.
John McFaddeh, a young man who
drives a team for Bradfr-d's lumber
yard, was killed by llghtuln during- H
thunderstorm ' thl morning-. it Is said
to bo tho first instance of a fatal light
ning stroke on evidence In Omaha.
Geergo W". Boydon for a ldng'Unte cdn.
nected with tho Union Paclflo railroad
bin Jhla city and subsequently- tnov."d nrt
to Norm Platte,- has returned to Omaha
where lie will make his" 'heiflquslrters
horeaften
A fcW (f 'those 'elegant 5-Mnt lr.Wns left
at Wltg fit Westberg's. 'Call ahd Bet
inwtnfir beforo ' thoy drc air gdae.
OeOFta P- Rrflwn. nnnnattM
George Brown, opposite" the past-
office,'1 wants an experienced Iry tools
Salesrnan.
Twenty Years Ago
Friends of Bpud Farrish were planntns
a big benefit ball game for htm at the
fair grounds between, Birmingham's Con
ventions and tho Fort Omaha soldiers.
Joo Dolan was secured to play third base
for tho . Conventions and Eildlo Lawler
left field, while Fred- It us tin and Mon
Beal of1 the 1'alo college earn, who were
home on a vacation, 'were to play with
tho soldiers Beal second and flJistln
third.
KounUo place, Omaha's fashionable
suburb, was the scene of a happy mar
riage at 8:39 p. m., that united Miss
Augusta McAusland and Dr. W. M. Mo
ConnelU at tho home of tho bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C McAusano,
tm Locust street Rev. W. K. Beans
of Trinity Methodist church performed
the ceremony. Following four cute little
tots Eugenia McAusland, Laura Cron
dall, Bowena McAUsland .and Florence
P&rmalee came the bride and groom,
walking to the wedding march, played
by Herbert McConnell, a brother Of the
groom. Or, and Mrs. McConnell left at
midnight for Chicago to visit the World's
fair, thence to proceed to Crawford, N.
J., Where the doctor had succeeded to the
practice- of his father, one tf the prorn
ihtnt physicians near New York City.- ;
W. J ConneU, city; attorney, vaa, in.
Lincoln, arguing & paving case before the
supremo, court, and & 31 Cornish, us
slstapt city' attorney, ri Chicago, famil
iarizing himself with the best points in
tho World's fair.
A very1 oulet wedding occurred when
Miss. Mabd' S'e Land ot Norman, Okl.,
became the1 bride of It. A. purclple of
Omaha. They arranged their home for
the summer at 1823 Farnara street.
Ten Years Ago -
The official figures ot the tax depart
ment showed that PougUis county would
raise for all purposes the sum or uv,mz.u
upon .the.. assessment lor the year.
It was base ball night at the Ak-Sar-
ntt nn hnrt. Pa Rourka and .Kid Nicholn
Of Kansas City escorted their respective
teams out to do obeltanoe. to ye goodly
king and was so conilctoly on the Job
that he didn't allow 4aShlt, except what
he made hlrhaelf.
The body 'of TUchard 8. Berlin, one of
tho roost popular men about town, was
found at his desk In his Continental block
off I cy where death had evidently ensued
as Mr. Berlin was addresslng'& letter to
his sister, Alda. The discovery Was made
by Dr. K. A. Foster, an, intimate friend,
and Robert W. Patrick, a cousin, who had
called td see Mr. Berlin, on business. Mr.
BerUn wa .expected at tho Patrick home
In Dundee far evening dinner.
Sister Mary Laurentla MqNiohbls died
In the Uth year of her r? l!glou;ilf at St.
Catherine's academy. 'Sl'ghttnth and
Cass (treta, . , l
Dick. Ferris came dQf n tfom' Minneap
olis to-takea personal part la theprsen
tattpa by hla stock company at thfe Uoyd
pf (hat stirring ;lltt contedy-droma,
"My Jlnr.'' so populajj in Omaha. Vhere
i(r, Ferris also, had many friends.-.
, AKM.ed Oar Thtngr.
Pittsburgh Dispatch,
Prof. Wilson and Prof. Taft both wrot
eutoclea of Commodore Perry to bo deposited-
In the cornerstone ot the new
monument at Erie. In tho Interest ot tho
historical knowledge of future genera, i
tlans thta might wleely be accompanied 4
w(th a footnpto statin that this is a
most tho only question' on which these
eminent gentlemen wero agreed.
Sotuv "Work Abend.
New York World,
A b)at of th herculean task ot the
anti-liquor and anti-tobacco reformers U
given by the 330S.4TleO Internal revenue
receipts for last year, n amount W.Wt, 1
093 In excess of that for the year prevt,
ous. '
Dark Spot Shed Ko Llwht.
St Loula-CJlobe-Demccrat -
Victory In Uexleo and the Balkan would
be more luteresUng- If anybody could tell
who whipped,
Comrade.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Lobbying, lying and Jawing appear to be.
partner.
ss-llfe
People and Events
Graft 'rumors are nbfoud in St Louis,
and Joe Folk Is off the Job.
Borne few Chicago men ore born great,
others are achieving greatness by'Ueej
lng house while their 'wives go out to
vote.
The only obstacle to the appotnbnent
of ten . women on tho police force ot
Chicago, tor service In the porks and
beaches, is the problem ot designing a
suitable uniform dad .that's some prob
lem. , -i
Most members of congress are. content
to work for their salaries in'-Wishlng-ton
in midsummer. Whatever tears they
Bhed aro tears of real grief over the
loss the chautauqua circuit suffers by
reason of their absence.
Tho people of this "glorious corn belt
wiU vibrate Wlth- thS trUfc hieody of -visited thV country gets into
life When soma genius perfects P''j,.hap 4 tobtaln.' h "solution ot one
LL.0,!!:.J.W that puaal-EvUt Chicago ho was
pahs which "may bo hltchfed tA' tils'., tolls
of tho coal trust in midwinter. '
Among the improvements noted 'In San
Francisco is the Jump ot the city 'tax
rate from to 12.29 per 31(0. In b,
year. A few years ago the rate 'was
31.10. But San Franclsod is growing. arid
it takes money to stretch the' bolt,
Ohio, rightly famous for It high per
centage ot patriots, points with pride to
.one cltlien .who wants only 32,000 from
a railroad company which, cut off .bbth.
Ma arms andne foot Ahd thjr, bono -
headed corporation Insists on him -suing
for the money.
Eleven married women and One baohe
lor maid constituted a Son Francisco
Jury whtch heard the evidence In. ca
charge of blackmail mado by one woman
against another. The Jury returned a
verdict of not guilty in short order, -th
prosecution being unable to pfove Intent
to defraud.
The moral welfare, workers of Kan
sas City, headed by n, preacher, have
decided that olght- Inches Is, the proper
distance dancers in pairs must maintain
to. avoid suspicion.. The" rule Is fairly
well observed at public dances, but at
prlvdto dances, the preacher, declares,
tho clutch is' tight enough to flatten the
front buttons. My, what an awful
townl
Tho artistic temperament Is si ym
derful fiction. One of lta victims in
Boston, suing for divorce, accuses his
wife of too much domesUclty, though ho
was compelled to admit she Is an artist
in the kitchen. To his artistic mind,
that which ycltlos tna palate does not
blend with the colors on'.the palette. By
tho scales of the sacred codfish, wouldn't
that Jar you?
MTJTELI KNOCKS.
The average man is a guy who1 be
lieves he is better than his neighbors.-
A young woman can get more with a
look that an old woman can With a long
talk.
There aro some things that the devil
la too decent to do .himself so be turns
them over to the liypbcrltcs.
A boy of IS thlnka all stage robbers'
wear masks. But a man of E0 knows
that lot of them wear tights,
Some year ago a 'girl wouldn't think
of going downtown In her . nightgown.
But It Is different these days.
There are lots Of ginks who believe
they .ought to get credit for It because
their grandfathers fought in the., civil
yX" . ..,-. ,
8omo men ,are so suspicious that they
spllta'lead pond! to eee if the lead 'goes'
Hill -the way through before they "will
purchase it
The world is 800,000,000. years old, hut
lots, -of men believe that, If they blew
their'. Jobs today the blamed unlyersa
would quit revolving..
The reason Solomon is called the wisest
man Is because he never, tried to tell each
ot his wives that she was tho only
Woman he ever loved.
The man who brings the stump of an
unlighted Flor Do Glue Factory Into a
street car Is one kind of a pest But did
you ever have an Honest Son Of Toil
stack up against you lit 'a street car
after he "had finished his day's workT
The above merely being ample proof of
the fact that Sweat Is Mightier than
Nicotine. Cincinnati Enquirer.
BLASTS FROM SAM'S 110 JIN.
The nation that forgets -its past.-; will
never have much ot a future.
Without castles in the air there would
nsver hate been any palaces" on the
"ground
What, the country will i after a
whllo will depend upon 'what we- are
teaching the children i nowv
What wo would put into the life of
the nation we must first put Into the
mind of the child.
Without the dreamers of yesterday the
world would riot have been as Vide
awake aa Jt is today.
We ard what we are today because we
did unto, our neighbor what he wanted
to do unto usand did it first
Tho Puritan came to this country "more
than 100 years ahead of the mule' and
did all tho ktcklng until the mule ar
rived. Every boy should be taught Ih&t h
must sign his own declaration of in.
dependence, and fight his own; revolution
ary war. f
et us not forget the Purl fan mothers.
They net. only endured all the Pilgrim
Fathers endured, but also endured the
Pilgrim Father."
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New .York Post: A preacher of the
u..i.nk r nn.i.i.1 had thn lmftdn-
1'IV.IUU iiaillO VJ . Muokn.u.
atlon to call Mr. Rockefeller "a rose In
the garden , ot the Lord."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: A New Jer
sey minister ato thirty-two pancakes at
one sitting. lie should be tried for her
esy, for ho shows an Indifference to the
hereafter.
San Francisco Chronicle! John X.
Rockefeller's pastor describes him as
a rose bush In the Lord's garden. One
plergymarv. too pjActical to waste time
talking expensive .noiisense about tainted
moniK i
Philadelphia Ledger: The clergy broad
ens andbepomts moro tolerant with the
"passing t?r time. ThV preacher who
wanted 'toJdellateflljj question of bap
tlsni with "'thV pastor of 1the other church
practically is 'extlneL
Pittsburgh Dispatch', :A Scotch clergy
. .... . . . . . i . . i .
told th'af for a' JiergynVan to amoko
would ruin his roputauon as a religious
man. "It Was sa at the Moody Bible
Institute at any1, rate." But in LoUls
"Vilto. where-there-0s. a large Baptist
Hfmmary, ha foUnS that smoking was
"the , iriost orthodox thing they did."
.Wherefore ReV Dbhald MacLcan
calls, perhaps wltn gentle irony, on tho
,church-, people , of thb.nlted States to
find sqme means determining wnetner
t bk Mt jn taeS,bWr countries
t0 u Be,.Ued
by church authority; -.In this country If
a Church jautnoruy...peiues one oi mom
lit -a way'tnatdbes.'nbl suit you, you
can organize a little church of your own
or 'simply stay away from church as
'many Americans 'do.
SUNDAY SMILES.
Tpm-Whfit'S
the difference
between
betting and bluffing?
Jack-A' good deal, Yale Record. .
He Do you really think It IS raining
enough to put up the' umbreUaT
She Don t bo undecided. That's the
third time you've asked that question.
Now either put tfp or shut up. Baltimore
American. ' .
Smith My wife lold mo today that she
would have to have Bom'e new clothes
this summer. . ...
Jones Don't you believe her, SmlU.
They tell you that every summer if you
listen to 'em. Baltimore American.
"How do you like the new hat X
bought for my aunt7" . .
"It's rather ldud, isn't It?" ,
"Oh,'1welI, what's the difference? She's
deaf." Chicago Record-Herald,
Hub So you've been to the teacher of
physical culture. Well, what did she tell
you?
Wife The first thing she told me was
to keep my chin up.
Hub Huhl I hadn't noUced any falling
Oft in that line. Boston Transcript
"Gerald, have I ever given you reason
to think I would marry you?'
"No. Gwendolen, you never have, and
It you don't want me to bother you any
mors I won't Just glvo me my regular
good-night kiss and I'll go." Indianapo
lis News. I
"I was so gla whenmy musical neigh
bor on one side got rid ot his baby
grand."
supose so."
"But X got no relief from that, for my
neighbor on the other side has a grand
baby." Baltimore American.
"Say, come on, now; please do: won't
you ko ;wlth me to the dance tomorrow
n,."fyJJ( nnd wallflower all through
the evening. You know very well I can't
do anything Jiut wffltV' St Louis Re-
'Confound -U.V iald. "the mechanician
who was 07108' to wend the punctured
tire, "there1 nothing standard about
an automobile."- " . ' - . .
"Yes, there is," replied. the owner ot
the car. .
. "I'd like to know .what It Is."
".Trouble." Chicago Record-Herald.
THE FKEEMAITt
From Truth.. .
Let them levy Income? taxes, ' -
Let them cut their iarif f down.
Let the man who Strikes and- Whacks us
Blow old Croesus out of'town:
What care-1 for trouble makers?
Let the gored ox grunt and. groap.
I've a patch of good ten acres
And a roof tree all my own.
Head erect and independent
As a bird upon the wing.
In these, summer days resplendent
On my llttla patch I'm king.
Stocks decline And wealth Is fleeting.
Only God.' green earth is sure;
Hungry man 1. always eating;
He who feed him Is. secure.
Hear my strutting biddies clucklgt
Hear that boastful rooster crow),
While I'm sweating, digging, mucking
Where my .peas and berries grow,
Let sad. people do their rhyming-.
Let loud e pout era mouth and talk.
Jacks llk6 me .see fortunes' clImbintT
Top of eVry-green bean static
Banker, traders.' corporations. T
1
Must to others bend the spine: '
All have, debts and obligations;.
Who has freedom such as mine.
Runs the law of all the ages
First in Freedom ranks ehall's'stand
Ho who know no bond nor Wa&os
uwns tne eon ana rules the lane
I
a-iss aai3 VVvail
Not for me the foreign tour.
TolUr.g, I have sdmethlng finer" i'
Than the glltt'ring dollar's . lnr
Life that fears no man's resentment
Happiness that knows no sting;,
Health .and strength and calm- content
mnt, ' "' ,
Ten green acres .where Pm king.
(if
What care I for trouble makers?
I can reap where I have; eqwa
I v a patch of ten green acre A
And' a roof tree all my own, -
Thla the song of all the ages'-.
First in . manhood's Vaks-shall, stand
He who tolls, for- no man's 'Wftg
Owns the soil and rules tjie. laP.
Vrtf 4 m. Wis. that m iLaU '.
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