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JUNE CincULJVTION,
50,401
mat of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss:
Dwight Williams, circulation mftnatrer
ot The Bee Publishing company, 'being
duly sworn, says that;.tba .average, dally
.circulation for.tbe month of June,
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KOBEUT 1IUNTE11,
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mailed to them. Address Trill bo
cbnhstert as often n requested.
Somebody seems to bo throwing a
few lemons In those Orango riots at
Belfast.
Wage Issue is Up to Wllsoh.-Ueddllne.
Of tho railroad employes, not cab
inet officers.
"Must a legislature "bo an ass"
isks tho New York World. If It
tomes natural, yes.
iTammanr his lost, control ot Sing Sing.
-rNews Item.
Inside or outside?
' It looks as If tho various Ptnchots
-were, in danger of bolng "mixed up"
Uko Buttercup's babies.
It certainly is not tho high price
of grapojuico that runs Mr. Bryan's
living expensed up so high.
It will bo necessary to' revise tho
ojd song. .It has boon dlicovorod
that tho Danube Is golden, not blue.
Weather conditions must be . nor
t mal again in West Virginia, WtV
t has been, resumed'4 In tho mining
.-anip8i . m , , ,,
'iv f't jf"' i
i What in tho- warjd rando Colonel
Mulhall sa-ooro all of a sudden? Was
f. It tho fact that ho was dislodged
from the payroll?
Let us cross ono bridge at a tlmo.
; The first special election confronting
,us s the ono next weak to voto Juo
t tornado loan bonds.
f Secretary 'Bryan should have ex
plained that ho Is merely responding
; on hlB part to an irrlslstlblo npon
taneous popular demand. '
How is this for a fish story? A
) boy uses a moBquito for a bait and
catches a thirty-pound trout. It is a
California story, ot course
Whenever one hears of the issue
raised In a New York political scrap
the mindV eye Instinctively pictures
to itself tho .face of a tlgor.
Surely It cannot bo that Senator
Brlstow, one of tho country's great
( "Unafraid" men, fears the cornpeti
1 tlpn of Secretary Bryan on the chau
, tauqua stump.
Those Richmond officials who ar
rested the young woman with a silt
skirt are the kind ot gentlemen who
would not stand and ogle at women
n tight skirts boarding street cars.
Nebraska's new hotel law requires
every hotel and rooming house to
furnish every guest two clean towels
every day. Where the law falls
short is tijat It does not require tho
quests to use the towels.
Criticism of Secretary Bryan seems
to have reached the boomerang stage
Kith this from Cole Blease. the flre-
feating governor of South C'rllny:
'He reminds me of a cheap circus
liorao rider, operating under tho
rack of a whip."
A Kansas City jury unanimously
agrees on the guilt of a man tried
tor second', degree murder, but ac
quits him on hls.promlae to go home,
be a good boy-antf remember his aged
mother la the future: Yet some
oiks think Justice ft stern. -
Buffalo Bill's part on the program
last season was to announce becom
ing retirement from active leader
ihlp in the arena. This year it seems
to be the announcement that ho has
retired. The. colonel for a third of
a century has been the best showman
'a the business.
Secretary of Stato Walt is foxy, all
right. He disclaims any duty de
volving upon him to read through
M4 verify thosd initiative and refer
endum signatures, and insists that it
(s for their opponents to challenge
them. la other words, Mr. Walt ex
UalwV "I loul4 worry "
t
Coming to a Head.
ISvIdontly things nro rapidly com
IriB to a hoad In Mexico. Reports o(
ncuto dissatisfaction with our policy
ot non-intorferouce on tho .part of
loading Kuropoan powers with 'Inter
ests In tho tr6ubled republic, nccom
j panlod by n purported demand that
wo olthor recognize tho Huor'ta gov
ornmont or ossay tho tank oursoU'dB
of restoring order, or step aside and
loiye tho Job to Europe, are, of
course, significant. So Is the nsBqr
tlon by the governor of Sonora that
Huorta haB Inspired these protesta
tions and demands, and also the
further fact that Ambassador Wilson
has b6cn recalled, temporarily or per
manently. '
It Is hardly necessary, In view of
tho obvious, to seek, an explanation
for European activity In the unpleas
ant charge of subsorvlency to Hucrta.
It is but natural that these countries
.'should manifest a destro for action,
although Germany disclaims partici
pation In ouch concert. All assume,
that If there Is to bo outside Inter
ference In Mexico, tho task must de
volve on ,tho United States.
- , Almost, But Not Quite.
A finespun point has been raised
against tho referendum petitions that
would hold up tho 120,000 appropri
ation to build nn armory at Nebraska
City pending submlRslon, to a voto of
tho people. Tho constitutional pro
vision, we are reminded, makes an
express exception from referendum
ntllllflcfat'lon of "nr.li rnnltlhh- nnnrri
t- - ew. - -
prlatlons for tho expenses of tho stato
government and state Institutions ex
isting at ho time alien act Is passed."
It In urged 'that tho'conlpauy of tho
National Guard which is to bo housed
In the proposed armory is tin existing
state Institution, anil that the con
struction of a bulldingJ is simply u
substltuto form of "paying rent and,
therefore, an item of expense of tho
National Guard within tho exception
of tho constitution.
This demonstration Is Ingenious,
If not wholly convincing. It would
be more convincing were it not for
certain circumstances In connection
with the referendum that are of com
mon knowledge, namely, that the
otltlonB were preparod and circu
lated by a group ot distinguished
and patrotlo reformers, who al
though hidden behind tho high-
sounding name of "Legislative Vot
ers' league," aro, In fact, tho most
unselfish solf-conBtitutod guardians
tho pooplo ot Nebraska evor had, It
would ho near leso majesto to ques
tion tho legality or the wisdom ot
any proposal or proposition emanat
ing from tho source from which this
armory referendum comes.
Fine-r-But for How' Loner t
This nowspaper dies' no'( b'elleVe In call
lleVo In call-
,-e In rippeal-',
lng names. It dooi n6t bellev
Ing tq prejudice. World-Herald
Good. It sounds fine, notwlth
standing the notorious and chronic
falluro to practlco tho proachmoht.
But If it's notlco of turning over a
new leaf, It's entitled to approval
and applause Lot us see how long
It lasts.
Woodrow'i Weather Eye,
A woman democrat has -been ap
pointed to a 4,600 foderal office In
California. Evidently President Wil
son Is not tho sawney .in politics
Bomo thought. Ho scorns to havo a
.fine weather eyo. Women vote In
California and women have a way
and nowhoro more than in California
of expecting recognition' of their
rights as well as powers ot assist
ance, tor ull we know, this might
havo boon Just tho most worthy and
befitting appointment, but 'In any
evont it Is likely to provo a clover
political atroko.
It will bo romombcrod how tho
president parried words with the
good women who recently watted
upon him to learn first-hand his
vIowb upon woman's suffrage Per-
haps, hefhaa wisely decided that it
will bo quite as well to show as to
tell the women what he thinks of
them In public places. But to favor
a woman over a man In a state where
women do not vote would be like
wasting fragrance on the desert air.
It turns out that tho now Nebraska
Uw Riving penitentiary convicts half
of wh.at they earn at their enforced
labor must remain for a time iheffoc
tlvo, because of no appropriation.
Wonder if this is Intentional or ac
cidental. What a nice graft It will
give i Ik- energetic lobbyists who un
dertake to divide with the convicts
b collecting their claims on a CO per
cent commission.
Our former school superintendent,
who since leaving Omaha has boon
the stormy petrel ot the Milwaukee
schools, has been offered a lite tonurn
normal school presidency, and is said
to be inclined to accept, although It
carries a salary smaller by 1 1,000
than what he has been getting. Any
other city trying to tato our Wat6r
board . boss away from usT We
haven't heard a single bid.
Iowa railroads are combatting an
order of the State Railway commls-
slon requiring them to make anex-',ho
urpiua ruie oi iti cents a mile for
the Iowa State fair. The railroads
look upon this as the lsvy of an en
forced contribution on them to help
put the state fair gate receipts. The
Joke would be on the roads, however,
If they were compelled to make the
rate and found that It .proved profitable.
THE BEE:
Looking BacWatd
i
tginpaw rwoM pee riLea
000 WAY 18. ? ODD
f
Thirty Years Aati
Port Huroos handed another paokane
to the crack L'nloh Pacifies, but only by
a acdre of 7 to 6. Fully 1,509 anxious
spectators crowded , the St. Mary's ave
nue grounds, ttf sajj nothing of those oi
the housetops and hilltops. "Tomorrow
Is the last chance for the U. P.'n to as,ve
themselves." says The Bee.
At the residence of the bride's parents.
Sands, V. Woodbrldge and Kannle 13. Wil
son were married by Rev. W. J. Harsha.
Governor Dawes haa Issued notarial
commissions to David S. Seldon and John
T. Paulson.
Frank liryant of the auditor's office
of the Pacific Express company will erect
a nanasome residence just south of John
L. Webster on Pleasant street.
.The city treasurer's. report for the year
ending June1 SO shows total collections 'of
;687,0, of which I190.WO was from bonds
and,W3,00i) from license's.
George A. Joslyn Is back from Colo
rado, Mrs. Joslyn remaining there a few
weeks longer.
.Kx-Benator Saunders has gone to Mount
Peasant, la, '
i-N. Merrlam left for- .ftallfornla on n
"pjeaaurS,-'trlp, ,.
.MissjAiinnlB: Adams of the Union Pa-
clfld freight auditor's office has gone. on
a six weeks' visit to relatives in New
York City and Paris.
Contractor Grant has cleaned the mud
off tho Douglas street pavement aaln.
TheIatest organlxatlon to be launched
Is the Catholic Knlghta' Insurance com
pany. Prof. S. V. Davits, H South Tenth
street, would like to glvu muslo and
singing lessons, and incidentally Is will
ing to tune pianos.
Twenty Yours Ago
Jack Uston, ono of the most popular
switchmen In the Union Pacific yards,
residing with his mother at 12U Fierce
Street, laughed himself to death. He was
returning at night from a meeting of tlu
Hibernian lodge In company with Block
Watchman Jerry Murphy, Thomas Bar
rett and Philip Terrlll. Ono of the men
told a funny story, which tickled Uston
Into a hearty laugh. Near Thirteenth and
Dorcas streets he stepped over to one
edge of the sidewalk to hove, his laugh
out. His companion strolling leisurely
along until getting some 'distance away
thoy missed Llston. Returning they
found him lying on the ground, grappling
fdr a telegraph post by which to help
himself Up. Two friends kneeled to help
htm and the other ran to call a doctor.
He died In the friends' arms of apoplexy.
He was 28 years of age, hard-working,
sober and Jovial,
Hugh Murphv completed the paving ot
J)ouglas street from Nineteenth to Twwi
Ueth with Colorado sandstone.
John L. Webster and family were in
Chlcaco visiting the World's fair.
Ed Maurer took out a permit to make
alterations I if tho store building at 130)1
Farnam street costing 13,000. .
Major Puray as sewer commissioner
made, his first appointment In giving Jo
seph Doherty, an old friend' and a rand
Armx-qf, the RepUbllccoip'rade: a'n ;it-
spectorahlp- The other rriembers of
Board.of'Publlo Worfes'TJabked bp'tlii
-inn uinur inemucrs i inn
e 'lip-
Ten Years Agi
"It will be a crime for . the city of
Omaha to purchase the waterworks
this year," said City Treasurer Hon
hlngs. He was thinking of the redemp
tion ot several hundred thousand dollars'
worth of olty warrants that could not
wait, water works or no water works.
"If we had proper buildings for them
I bellve that thirty new Jobbing houses
would locato In Omaha daring the next
twelve months," sold W. S. Wright ot
the firm of Wright & Wllhelmy. And
John Utt, seceretary of the Commercial
club, coincided with htm.
The board ot directors of Brownell
hall at the First National bank set asldo
soma ll.OOO for Improvements at the
school for the next school year. Present
at the meotlng were: Bishop A. iJ Wil
liams, Herman Kountsc, K: H, Davlij,
Q. C. Barton, C. W- Lyman, I D.
Richards of Fremont, Q. W. Doans,
Rev. Benjamin J. Fits ot Lincoln.
H, D. NCely and John Dale went to
Wonolres lake In northern Minnesota
on a fishing trip.
The Omaha team continued Its gener
ous work pf promoting the standing of
the other seven teams of the Western
league by contributing- a gome to St.
Joseph, 2 to J. It was a good game,
in which Omaha puthtt the visitors.
The True Voice, Omaha's exclusive
Catholic, weekly paper, made its initial
appearance with Charles Curtis Hahn, a
local poet and writer, aa editor.
People Talked About
Rental and upkeep of the home of the
Dryans in Washington might easily swal
low Mr. Ilryan's salary aa secretary of
state. The home is known as "Calumet
Place" and was leased frflrp Mrs. John
A. Logan.
A pathotlo wall comes from a youni
Englishwoman who ran away from her
husband and was turned back, penniless.
at Now York, "ShUu Cigarettes and don't '
marry above your staUon In lite" Is the
substance of her plaint. The first Is wis-
dom In the concrete, but the. second Is'
like Ice cream you can't tell the flavor
until you taste It.
The worst charee hurled at Governor
Sulser by his enemies Is that lie wroto
mushy poetry to an alleged affinity.
What next?
Sweethearts In their youth, but parted
for more than thirty years, Peter J.
Dames. 75 year old. of Kansas, and Mrs.
Augusta Doty. 71 years old! of Pleasan.
Valley, fc Y., were married In Pough
keepete. Clara 8. Loewus of Towanda, Pa.. Is
made' of unconquerable stuff. She worked
her way through Cornell and for twenty
weeks lived on food that cost only. SO
cents a week. Miss Loewus would simply
laugh at poverty.
Living with her husband, from whom
w.. separated for more than forty
years, yet not being known by him as his
wife, is the unusual experience of Mrs.
Orson Howard, who. with her husband,
resides Just east ot Jaokson. Mich.
Miss Narcttsa pillow Baundets. a belle
in Washington during the administration
of President Buchanan, died at her home
in Nashville recently She was a step
daughter or Aaron V. Brown, postmaster
general Q Ruchanan's cabinet, and a
niece ot Qeneral Gideon J. Pillow.
OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY
Twice Told Tales
Looked Like IJnil,
The immorality of French fashions was
beiFig'tKseussed 'at a tea In Denver. The
new Idea of American fashions for Ameri
can women was being praised. The Rev.
Alpheus C. Kars then salds'
"It Is time that w,e removed, our women
from the perils of French fashions, with
their suggest'lvo lines. 1 attended the
opera last yror .during the Kaster boll
days. My companion pointed out to me
a young -matron blazing with diamonds,
and he ald(
'"That Is old Gubea .Gold's daughter,
the countess. I knew her father when he
went about with his pants held up with
one suspender.'
'"I regarded the beautiful young -woman
through -my glass. ' Her dress was- auda
cious. T said dryly:
" 'Bhc must take after her father, then.
Her down, 1' see1, ' Is held up -'by one
strip.' "Dehvir Post. -
Suspicions lln'ste.
"The trusts' are In the'pbsttlon 6f the
man whose w!fo has gone to the country
nd matter what they do, it lays. them
otcn to suspicion,' ' '
The spartker, Charles M.' Schwab,
ground tits' teeth. Then he -resumed:'
"The man whose wife ls'lA the' country,
or at the' shore, or on the 'mountains, Is
always a suspect.
"For example: Oile woman said' to an
other on the plazxa qf ,the Hotel .Ball
Bieeze:
" 'What; leaving today? Why, r thought
you were staying llll the end of August.'
'" 'I did Intend to.' ' explained the other
woman, 'but ty husband has just se,nt
tno a $500 check without V murmur.' "
81. Louis Globe Democrat
Another Mild Drinker,
The testimony brought out at the trial
of Colonel Jtooipvelt's, case In, .'Marquette,
Mich., rcmlncfs a Kansas story teller of
this Incident: Once there was a college
jjrofessor who had been a total abstainer
all his life. He became run down in
health and had no. appetite, and his fam
ily Physician, reepmmonded that he take
a little beer before each meal, In a
week he reported to the .doctor.
"That beer. has done me no good, and
I have taken It regularly before meals
each day."
"Uh huh," ald the doctor, "how much
did y'u take at a timet"
"Why, doctorr" s$dd the professor, "I
tqok a teispoonful before each meal In
a glass of water," Boston 'Herald.
Ron Compos Mentis.
A commission In lunacy had called a
woman to. the witness stand.
"And now." . said the commission's
.counsel to. her, "what l yur BrourfdVor
claiming that the accused Is Insane?
The woman gulped, wiped her eyes,
and answered:
"Well"' gentlemen, he took mo o the
theater twice In one week. Each time
we, wen In a taxtcab; we hod supper
each time arter the performance; ami
each t'me he bought me chocolates and
flowers'. He didn't go out to see a man
between the acts, either."
"But, madam," said a commissioner,
"surely these actlqns d6 not 'prove In
sanity on the accused's part."
"Uut you forget; sir,'' said tho lady,
with a sad. Smile, '"you forget that the
accused Is my husband. San Francisco
ArftbnallX "' " - -'",..-nf'
. :r u. i, ,,;
nopai ISnonab. . -
A theater In "one-night" towns Is al
ways called by the natives the "Opery
Housi,"- and "Is usually up one dYmore
flights ot stairs; the aUgetturnJahed. with
dim lights uiul the dressing room with
nothing. In ono of these "opery houses"
In Southwestern Missouri a certain the
atrical manager found but one dressing
room a large apartment beneath tho
stage.
"Where are the dressing rooms?" .he
wanted to know.
"There ain't any others." returned the
local Impresario.
"Well, what are wo going to do? I
have a large, company ot ladles and
gentlemen, and they cannot dress In this
one room,"
"What's the matter?" returned the
Mlssourlan. "Ain't thw c;tukln''r'
Llpplncott'a Magazine.
Illinois women. suffragists say they will
not seek office, but content themselves
for the present In seeing to the election
bf proper men.
Miss Frances Qreeley Curtis, recently
elected a member 'of the Boston school
board, the first woman elected to that
committee' for eight years, says that she
is Interested-In two. things, first the
heatth of. the children and then the con
tinuation schools.
Miss Katherlne Comus, professor
emeritus of We'lesloy college, la chair
man of the board of trustees of the In
ternational Institute for Girls at Madrid,
It is a nonsectartan college for women,'
and In the twenty years of Its existence
it. has succeeded tn opening institutions
of learning to women that had been
closed tor centuries.
Mrs. John Sherman Hoyt of New York
lias b.?cn . trying to persuade the park'
commissioners to establish a model farm
'n Qentral ,park. The plan contemplates
a farm cottage, the beat farm stock that
can be. purchased, an' dldVfashloned flower
gqrden and other thing connected with
a farm that would) enable city people to
farm life under' the best conditions.
Mra. Charts J. Starkey of Ashtabula,
f., passed the examination for lawyers
the other day. which" is n6t remarkable
of itself, except for the fact that her
husband passed at -the same time and this
Is the first Instance In Ohio of certificates
to practice law being given to a man and
wife at this' same ttnieT Their children
had, all been graduated,- frpm college be
fore thy began to study.
Nebraska Editors
C. F,'. Benshausen, editor ot the Loup
City Independent, has been appointed
postmaster of .his town.
K. Metjchke, publisher of the Scrlb
ner Rustler, ha completed the construc
tion of a nW home for his paper and
Is moving hla plant Into It.
The Burwell Sun has auapended publi
cation after fifteen months' existence,
Ttoe subscription list and advertising con
tracts were taken over by Publisher 'Par
sons of the Tribune.
Tho Peru Pointer, 8. W. Hacker & Co..
publishers, celebrated Us seventeenth
anniversary last week.
Kdltor George It. KraUse of the Hum
bold Ldr is pubilshtnjr , dandy jur.
In the ohautauaua oerlod In his city.
WomenVAotivities
18, 1913.
ox
A Unme-Dnck from Dry.
, URADBHAW. Neb.. July' l7.-To the
Editor of The Bea: Our friend Yelser of
Othaha, lnthls reply to our article makes
a ,weal( 'effort, vt think, and falls to
explain anything, except to still hold to
the Idea that there might be some cause
i for us to abuse him, which, to our
knowledge, there Is not. ' He still seema.
to hold to the idea, also,, that ho had,
seht us a blank petition a'nd had w.rltten
us a letter, in which' cas'e he Is mis.
taken. . 1"
dne statement of his we.cerlalnly do
fapt understand, wh'en he Says:
, In ord?f. to- get, results, X closed the
letter to MrDeyby suggesting that when
he c&me to Omaha, It they put him In
Jail to catl-me dp.
lt'W .very 'evident Mr. Yc'lserdoes not
know Us, or? inderstand our moral and
religious makeup. We never - perform
political . favors Vhen anytKliig like a
bribe vis behj'nd it. Furthermore We are
not. In the habit ot fcettlhg In Jail in
Omaha 'or ai)y other city. Wo are now
S years old and have never been In Jail,
and inofe", during cur entire; time In the
army wp ,wre; never In the, guardhouse,
so'the arpoal to usfby our "good fellow"
Yelser Jp.'hetp in out of JaU does not
touch Very close., As to AtrV' !Yelser's
referendum petition. We -know nothing
about It, having never seen one. We no not
think if we had have seen It that we
would have signed It, as we do not
thlnk that the occasion Justifies the end
When It comes to putting the state to the
expense of an election. We are In favor
of the Initiative and referendum It
Judiciously uied, but when any kind of a
pop pen -Jack lawyer can for; personal
objects Jump in and put the tax payers
tp expense Just for self satisfaction, we
so no.
With tt)ese few remarka wo rest our
case, for a .while, nt least. ,
JOHN B. DEY.
An Unconcenlnble Distrust.
OMAHA, July 1?. To the Editor of The
Bee: l will admit Jt Is degrading to pay
attention to the slush and foul rot of
the sheet which belches forth from, day
today, what ts Intended to be criticism and
condemnation of the proposed new city
charter. What a Juggling of facts and
what a distortion of truthj It must be
extremely offensive and nauseating for
any man with setf-respect to think that
such stuff could be dished out for the
readers of that miserable little sheet as
a daily diet without a word ot protest.
It Is really a reflection on the good na
ture and patience of the public to pre
sume that such lies would be swallowed
Without holding the nose.
Thinking people who followed tho pro
ceedlngs ot the convention and watched
the deliberations and actions of Its mem
bers are disgusted with tho distortion of
truth and malicious libel of the members
of that convention, who are men of good
standing In the community and who sravo
their time and labor gratis for the bene.
Sit of tho city.
And what logtol What flimsy argu
ment? aro produced for the sole purpose
ot befuddling the public or befogging
the real truth for the readers! Truly,
an Inmate ot a house ot Imbecility would
blush .at such argumentation as set forth
In tho "Star Chamber Charter" articles.
. . X. X.
. Sarrl nif and IteapliXr-- i
OMAHA, July 17.-To tho Editor of Tho'
'Bee; ' Lo, atfottier champion' of Infidelity
stands forth, and with his "subllmo Ig
norance" he fearlessly hurls his defiant
Interrogations at the creed of our greatest
scholars. And Inspired by his matchless
logic the theory of "Inherited religion"
is evolved red hot off the pen of John
Soto.
Let. us, however, Mr. Editor, coolly In
quire Into the boundless depths of his
questions.
First "Ood permits the triumph of tho
hellish where he ordains a blessed peace."
'Mr, 8pto seems to have a strange, view of
life. Is not man a tree moral agent7
Can he not chopse for himself? It thltf
Is so, does not a man reap what he sows?
It a man puts his hand In a tire will he
'not be burped? Does a thistle bear flea?
If a man. commits a .sip he will reap just
what he sowed.
Second "Religion Is essentially a mat
ter of heredity." Why dd we not all
have tho same religion that Adam had
If this Is so? Do the converts to Chris
tianity inherit their religion? Do you
think that your children's children will
have the same belief as you? Have you
the same belief as your grandfather?
"The desire tor religion has expressed
Itself in man from his earliest state."
This Is very true, but why Is thla? I
suppose because he "Inherited" It. Where
did the first man inherit his religion?
"Supposo that a youth had grown to ma
turity, reared in Ignorance of religion In
a form, etc.," seems very strange that
you don't meet those kind of people very
often. Why?
ThIrd-"Would W. T. label a Chinaman
before hla Idol,', etc., a heathen? And if
so, by what right? Mr. Webster say
(and surely he Is' an honorable man) that
& heathen Is "an Individual ot the na
tions that worship Idols and do not ac
knowledge the true God; a pagan; an
Irreligious person." Yes, Mr, Soto, our
curiosity is aroused as to Its application
In your case, mi to your terrible fear
of hell (of which real Christians have
.none) I advise you to read a book en
titled "Ettrnal Itopo." Bishop Farrar.
FJnaly. Mr.r Editor, may- we venture to
ask of this Vnonbellevcr" who "does not
wish tp disparage" the Christian religion,
what good has Infidelity done the world?
What lost spul has it saved? What
wldPw has it comforted? What orphan
iiaa Jt cherished?. What actual benefit
to humanity. has it achieved,? What hope
has it Inspired In the breast of any hu
nan being? For what ultimate end do
you hope? Will yours be like that of
Robert, IngersoR whan dying, who cried
put,. "God forgive me"? Remember, "God
Is not moak, .for whatsoever a man bow
eth that shall he also reap." W. T.
Cnmhllntr Hankers.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A Pittsburgh bank, carrying- tS.ON.C0O In
deposits has closed -Its doors, and we get
new light on the art of gambling. The
bankers were Juggling-a -water company
and the banking- department did not
come to the rescue until the game had
been carried on for years. Our local
'Miller syndicate would have lasted longer
If It had enjoyed the dignity ot a regu
larly organized bank.
Pleaslsttr Flurs In Limelight.
Baltimore American.
The fair girl graduate and the college
orator occupy the limelight to the ex
clusion ot lefset- subjects ot natton-wlde
Interest And they take themselves so
'serlousfy that the world, with a sigh of.
regret that youthful enthusiasm and seri
ousness are so fleeting, .views them with
an Indulgence that makes the limelight
particularly oleaelnr alt ground
Editorial Snapshots
Boston Transcript: Many a self-made
man is too mean to admit that his wife
was the arohltcct
Chicago Record -Herald. Japan has sent
a professor to this country to study the
proper culture of the cherry tree. Carry
ing coals to Newcastle was certainly noth
ing" to this.
Indianapolis News; A lot of money
might be saved on souvenir post cat-da
if the vacationists realized how uncon
vincing they are to the folks at home.
Baltimore .'American: The remarkable
revelations pt Lamar, the New York, stock
broker, before the Washington senate
lobby, committee, show how easy It ts for
a voice tq, foil Identification and to
swindle easy credence Into belief of Its
ownership.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Employes ot
German government railways have been
warned to practise more politeness ot
resign. A railroad Job Is a "government
position" over there,, and Incumbents get
too chesty for their uniforms. Even
here but then the-weather Is so trying.
8t. Louis Rcpubjlc: Secretary Garrison
says he Is going to get rid of about 100
useless army posts. Similar remarks
have been made by other secretaries ot
war and by secretaries of th,e navy with
respect to useleks navy yarde and dr
docks, but did any of them ever g;et post
congress with their plans?
Pittsburgh. Dispatch: The progress
made In military sanitation Is strikingly
Illustrated by the happy failure of the
fears of the effects of the Gettysburg
camp on the assembled veterans. Rut
tho some improvement had been noted
In the mobilization of troops on the Mex
ican border. Comparison with the raV
ages' of dlseaso in the southern camps
in 1S93 shows what has been accom
plished. Nott, ' Suppose
Indianapolis News.
But If they mnjc the skirts tighter than
ever- and -with only an lght-Jnch slit,
Will the eight-Inch silt stay an eight-Inch
silt'?
Inspecting; Inspectors,
Indianapolis News.
An order providing- for the Inspection of
tho meat Inspection of the country once
more reminds us of how hard It Is to
keep getting anything done right, even by
federal officeholders.
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St. Paul 7:30 a. m., Minneapolis 8:05 a. m,
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. Mr. Underslze 1 wish I could
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Known you to ra salad days.
Miss Pert I don't. I never cared for
shrimp salad.
Helter What Sort of town Is New
York?
Skelter Judge for yourself. Two ot Its
burroughs aro named after cbcKtalls.
JonesWhat a puff ball Burleson's got
to be since lie bought that form up-state.
Why, every day the grinning nut comes
to the office wearing a raw potato for a
watch charm.
Smith Yes; he explained abftut that po
tato to me. It waS his share of last
year's crop.
"Did you hear that that poor feltdw
who lost both his legs In an automobile
accident Intends to go Into polltlcsT"
"No. How can he without a leg to
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"Oh, he expects to go on the stump!"
LITTLE STOMACH.
, i... Boston Post
LltUe Stomach wakes up bright.
Feeling good slept well all night;
Master sends his breakfast down
Bacon, eggs and coffee brown;
Little Stomach goes to work
To digest without a shirk;
Breakfast scarcely .finished when
Here comes lunch for two brave men!
Little Stomach onward tolls
lhro' the frlcasseo and broils;
Ihen. as If to get his goat.
Comes a dinner, table d'hote;
Lverything from soup to nuts;
Master Is the Kins of Mutts;
Dinner measures two hours long
rwixt the courses, wine and song;
Not the sparkling champagne drink.
But a wine a la red ink;
Little Stomach buckles down
To his task without a frown;
Works like fury thero below
Whllo good master sees a show;
Table d'hote stowed away;
Little Stomach's earned his pay;
"Now P'rest tilt morn," says he;
But, alas, that's not to be!
Just as he curls up to steep
Comes a high ball broad and deep.
Crying. "Cheer up, Little 'Tumi'
More to follow! Hero I comet
Cocktails lands on top of Jthat
Then the Brothers Gin stand pat;
Tom and Gordon are their names;
Most illustrious are their fames;
Lobster salad is the next; .
Holy Smoke! Hang Haman high!
Splash a quart of extra dry!
Little BtomaCh' now is peeved.
Hurt, indignant, sorely grieved;
Joke's a Joke, when it's at par;
But this Joke has gone too far;
Little Stomach thus doth quoth:
"By my sacred stomach oath.
I'll get even with this gink
For' this too excessive drtnkt"
L'ENVOI.
(ThB Mornlnjr After.)
"Oh, my poor, dear, aching headt
Would to goodness I were dead!
Oh, so very sick; am I
Joy 'twould give me just to die!"
Little Stomach laughs with Klee;
"Serves him right! Ho-hol Tee-heo!"
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