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5 THE BEK: OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1913. THE OMAHA DAILY BEI3 FOUNDED HY EDWAHD K08S WATER VICTOR KOafiXVATBIl. KPlTOft. PEE DU1LPINQ. PARNAM AND 1TTH. Entered at Omaha postofflce aa second claaa matter. . TERMS OP BUBBCIUPTlO.Nj Sunday Bee, one year....... fw Saturday pea. one year i w Dally Hee, without Sunday, one year. 4.00 Dally Bee, and Sunday, one year.... DSUVKItEP BT CARRIERS Evenlnf and Wunday, per month. ......wo Bvenlnr. without Sunday, per month .e Dally Bee, Including Sunday, per mo.M Dally Bee, without Sunday, per ,mo.41c Addrasa all complaint of Irrenlarluea In deliveries to City Circulation DepU ' REMITTANCE. . m Remit by draft, expreaa or poital order, payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only J-cent itampi received In payment of amall account. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not aixepled. OFFICES: Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha EJls N Street :ounctl Blufr-14 North Main Street. Lincoln-! Little bulldlna-. ChleacWl Hearst building. NewYork-Room IVX, 9 TUtix Ave. BL Louis New Bank of Commerce. Washington 7iS Fourteenth 8t.. N. . CORRESPONDENCh. CommunlcaUons relating to news and editorial matter should bo addressed Omaha Bee. Editorial department. AUOUBT CIRCULATION, 50,295 EUte of Nebraska. County of DouglM. as. Dwlcbt WUUams, circulation manager ot The Bee Publishing company, being duly awom, says that the average dally emulation for the month otAj-Wst, WU, was WJai. UWIOHT WILX.LA.ilfl. Circulation Mai-oner. Subscribed In ray presence jnd iworn to before me taU h dar, of .Pternb.r. u, " NoUry jpubUo. Mayor Gaynor, Tho unexpected death of Mayor Oaynor ot New York Bummons the attention ot the whole country, be cause the oftlee Is ono ot more than more local Importance, and because, also, he was a character ot command Ins personality and Impressive Indi viduality. His passing will brine; forth many a measure ot tho man from as many different angles, all of which, however, will, we may bo sure, credit him with superior quali ties that make greatness, although coupled with weaknesses and small nesscs that always mar greatness. As mayor of Now York, and as Judgo before that, Mr, Qaynor chal lenged admiration for bis fearless assertion of tho courage of his con victions. Ho was mado mayor ft? Tammany, but was not Tammany's mayor, as was conclusively proved by the failure of Tammany to make him its candidate for another term. At one time ho was seemingly on tho point of becoming a factor in tho na tional political arena, but circum stances prevented, and it Is idle to speculato on what might have been. Whether the death of Mayor Oay nor will simplify or still further con fuse tho Impending municipal cam paign In Now York will shortly be disclosed. Lookind BacWairl TkisMHnOnmk COMPILES OOP (, bec nvta SKIT. ia. r POO fataorifcera leaving tho city temporarily cbonld hv The Be Mailed to tkctxu Addresa Trill be cfeamsed am often sua reaacated. Jhc-w demands a "square deal," pad here Is hoping he goU it. Coaticook and Shorbrook mar now dip h & Into their little holes ot pbscurlty. ' Canada, evidently has a fow fool hnto 'worshippers. Just as we and Other countries have. ' Our eld friend, Dr. Cook, will tog&k to us. "Who says our Omaha Commercial dub la not progressive! Thaw's deportation may not have been altogether regular, but you can not blame Canada for any Irregu larity, That proposed big tax on colossal Inheritances no more testes us than that threatened big tax on huge n comes. Mayor Gaynor did not leave Tam many In doubt as to his opinion of It. "Corrupt scamps" was his latest ex pression. If the sultan's slaves danced the turkey trot, they did it because they had te; our sweet American women dance it from choice. Whatever else may bo said about hm, everyone will admit that Mayor Qaynor managed to get the center ot the stago whenever he wanted it. John Klrby, Jr., says the National Association of Manufacturers will contlnuo its "class fight" But with new men and new methods, wo take it Those Missouri and Arizona Judges seed not have to worry their wise fyeads about tho propriety ot pink tights under diaphanous gowns, for old Boreas will settle it soon. Overdoing a Good Thing. Tho westorn governor who sends prisoners to the woods to work un guarded will have to hurry if ho dis tances the warden ot tho California penitentiary at San Quentin In leni ency to convicts. This official has allowed 1,400 prisoners, Including four awaiting capital punlshmont, to leave the prison grounds to attend a ball game unguarded, with no assur ance but their word to roturn. For tunately, all returned and everything went woll, Evidently the warden is now convlncod of the ultimate suc cess of his theory. Whether tho leo lated location of San Quontln, which is not an easy place to escape from. onters into vital consideration, it is questionable if this experiment proves anything ot final value not already known, These samo con victs might not all feel the same way about returning next time, If the experiment could not bo made a per manent practice, of what valuo is it? Admitting all the strong points in favor ot the honor system ot han dling convicts, this really seems like overdoing a good thing. Such wholesale and unusual freedom, is noring all safeguards, is not noces sary, to say tho least, and so far as the principle' of the honor system, Itself, is concernod, subjects It to an oxtra strain. Twice Told Tales Could anyone Imagine Woodrow "Wilson, no matter how scrimpy his Alary, appearing on a stago in a tent show with soml-vaudovlllo perform M it he were secretary of state? 1 Th Backwardness of Brother (Wea4 ia eemiac forward to push his ylsw ter a duplicate set ot mains to grre the hydrants separately from th rest ot us is almost lnexplalnablo. That' Is an interesting disclosure about hydrophobia being curod by quinine. Still, hydrophobia is too rare a disease for this to stimulate much ot a boom in the qulnlno isarket. " It must be admitted that from some sort ot censorship, public sentl ment, probably, wo are gotllng a bet ter average grade of exhibitions in the moving picture shows than at first presented. It seems that someone else also sees how near to home in his cabinet family President Wilson struck when ho declared that no man Is entitled to praise from another man for doing his duty by neglecting his own duty. Safety on American Railways. The Railway Library tor' 1912 sup' piles encouraging information as to tho number of railroad accidents and fatalities tor that year, which is especially interesting In view of tho agitation tor foderal control ot physical railroad operation growing out ot rocent wreaks on eastern lines, Attention is directed to tho fact thai twice in the history of British rail ways tho London Board ot Trado was privileged to boast that a year had gono by without a single fatality to a passenger in a train accident. This has been the basis of invidious com parisons in our own country ot Brit ish and American railways. Such immunity from accidents really Is an accident itsolf, according to the rail ways' contention, nevertheless tho Railway Library Bhows; Every year this aocldent of Immunity from such fatalities befalls on more miles of American railways than there aro miles In Germany, France, Austria. and tho United Kingdom combined, and 1911 was no exception, as this statement shows) Number ot operating compa nies ...a.,. .i...... 90 Mileage of these companies.... 101,i$t Passengers carried SU,UI.BU Passensers carried one mlle.,..ll,Jls,J3.0M Passengers killed In train acci dents , None Passengers Injured In train ac cidents , 3,( This is a mighty favorable show ing, Along with It goes a welcome reduction In tho total number of fa talities on all American railroads, and undoubtedly this Is due In large part to the fact that these roads, most prominent among which are leading western lines, have lnvosted millions ot dollars in safety appli ances and are exerting vigilant ef forts to promote sate travel. According to dispatches Europeans are astounded at Sccrotary Bryants persistence in chautalktng, but, ot course, they cannot understand the pangs ot poverty that come in trying to eko out an existence on 1 12,000 a year. House Leader Undorwood defers announcing bis intention to become a candidate tor United 8tatea senator "until after the president Blgns the tariff bill." As it there were any doubt about it) Ob, why wait, Mr Underwood? When Mayor Gaynor entered the race bio enemies said he bad only messed things up in favor of Tam many, which, had Gaynor kept out, -would have been surely and badly beaten. Well, now that Qaynor is out of (t, will it bo any easier to beat Tammany? Thirty Years Ago - The Port Uurona handed the Union Paolflrs another package by a score of Mo i. Uy way of balm the nccount of the game says "the decisions of the um pire were most absurd, and prove that gentleman, one might say, entirely Ignorant of base ball," Wilt Redlck and Miss Mamie Wood were married, and the couple left tor the east expecting to occupy a new house on their return, which Mr. Redlck has built on, Georgia avenue. A laWn party was given by Mr. and Mrs. J. M, Woolworth at their residence, Courtlandt Place. The Fourth Infantry band played during the evening, and visitors occupied themselves examining the ctirlos bought from Java and the Philippine Islands late by Charles Wool- worth. Many who were unable to bo present sent their U for tho completion of Trinity, with their regrets. The third day at the state fair brought It within the line of an unqualified suc cess; at least 10,000 people were In at tendance. The funeral ot Mrs, Estella Schrocder, wire of Ferdinand Schroeder took place from the residence on Tenth street. She waa the daughter of Hon. Fred Metx. Rev. Mr, Patterson conducted the serv ices at the houso and at the grave Mr, Houck pronounced tho benediction In German. The pallbearers were Colonel Chase, John G. Brandt, Henry Pundt, M, Parr, Charles Belndorf and William Krug. The North Nebraska Methodist confer ence Is In session at the First Methodist Episcopal church with Bishop Isaao E. Wiley presiding, Twenty Years Aro- Joseph P, Frenxer has gone east on an extended trip and Intended to stop for a visit ot the World' fair In Chicago. Dr. A. h. Talmage of New Haven, Conn., accompanied by his family, waa hero visiting his brother, who was very sick. Miss Minnie Haas of Allegheny, Pa., arrived a the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lou Rothschilds, H North Twenty-third street Grand Chief P. M. Arthur, the cxecu- tlvo head ot the Brotherhood of Loco mo. tlve Engineers, arrived in the city, ac companied by A. n. darretson, general assistant conductor or the Order of Rail way Conductors, for conference with Gen eral Manager Ed Dickinson of the Union Paolflo aa to conditions affecting their men on that road. Grievances had beon aired for some time, and it wa felt that the time had como for councils between the leaders on both sides, Arthur L. Nelson, editor of the Western Laborer, died of hemorrhage of the brain at the Presbyterian hospital, lie was well known In the city, especially among the union labor men, ills Illness was of brief duration. Tern Years Ago - ur. ana Mrs. it. p. Hamilton returned from a summer's outing along the shores of Lake Superior. It was announced that Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Updike, who had bought a hand some home at Thirty-sixth and Farnam streets, were preparing to return to Har vard, jeo., weir ronjr Place ot rest- aenee, to live. Miss Alma Fredericks entertained for Miss Mayme Hutchlns, Mrs, James Cook and Mrs. William Roberts of Chicago, President A. B. 8tlckney of the Chicago Great Western railroad wm the guest pt mo city and through the business men given a royal entertainment He was met out in Iowa by two carloads of business men and escorted to the Her Grand hotel In the evening he was the center of at' traction foe a large number of represent' stive men at the Commercial club, where speeches were made felicitating him upon the entrance of his road into Omaha. Tho occasion. In fact, waa In celebration ot this advent. Mr. Btlcxney made a notable speech, In which he dwelt at length upon Omaha, Nebraska and their future. A. M. Collett, retired general foreman of tho local Union PaeUlo shopa, was pre sented with a tin watch by his fellow men In the car department, W, W. Cross- man making the presentation. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Rogers an nounced the engagement ot their daugh ter, Jeannette, to Louis C, Nash. Ilelplnir n Brother. Referring to brotherly love. Senator William H. Thompson of Kansas said he never saw It more beautifully exempli fied than the way In whloh Green nelped hla friend Brown over a rather difficult place. Borne time ago the Greene called at tho home of . the Browns. Brown, not ex pecting the call, was absent from the domestic camp. "Oh, Mr. Green." remarked Mrs. Brown during the conversation, "I want to astc you something! I was looking through my husband's desk this afternoon and found some of the queerest tickets you ever saw. One was marked 'Mudhorse, 8 to 1, another waa marked 'Getaway, 10 to 1 and so on like that What do you suppose they refer tor "That's an easy one, Mrs. Brown," waa the smooth rejoinder of Orecn. "Your husband Is probably making a study of archaeology." "Archaeology!" waa the wondering re Joinder pf Mrs. Brown. "Do you really think so? How very Interesting." "Yes," responded Rrpther Green, "those queer looking tickets you found are un doubtedly relics of a lost race." Boston Herald. oxl JOLLIES FROM JUDGE. Nnthlnsf to Penr. Cato Sells, the new commissioner of In dian affairs, told n story to a Washing ton bunch the other night In demonstrat ing that pur fears are often quite ground less, On entering a fashionable cafe In one of the big eastern cities some time ago Mr. Sells said, a doctor was amazed to see one of his patients happily plowing his way through a layout of beef. In stantly he speeded to his side. "What In the world aro you doing, Smtth7" demanded the doctor In his se- aret voice. "Didn't 1 tell you not to eat beefsteak?" "You certainly dd, Doc," frankly ad. mlttcd tho patient, "but everything is all right. There Is no occasion for alarm." "You are disobeying my orders!" heat edly explained the doctor, "I want you to understand'' "Don't get excited. Doc," Interjected the patient "As T satil before, there Is no occasion for It I can easily settle for the steak and pay your bill, too." Phila delphia Telegraph. Church Ilells. An energetic young priest In charge ot parish In Cambria county, Pennsylvania, had succeeded In raising money enough to build and equip a new church, all ex cept the bell. To get enough money for the bel, he held a meeting ot his pur. Ishloners, at which the members of his building committee made speeches. All except McCarthy had spoken. One men tioned their fine church! another, their comfortable pews; another, their splendid altari and another spoke of the stnnm heat they had in the church and of tho cpal In the cellar for the furnace. They wero all sorry, they said, that they were without a bell and hoptd the members would be able to make further effort and secure the money for that purpose. Then came McCarthy's turn and he spoke as follows! "We have a flno church.. Our pews is comfortable and our atlar Is grand. 'TIs true we have no bell. But," sold he, "we have steam heat Iq tho church and plenty ot coal fn the cellar. . Tho dlwle wld the bell. Lets put a whistle on the church."- Everybody Magazine. People Talked About Thaw and Charlton Oases. Italian lawyers evidently do not take to young Charlton as American and Canadian lawyers do to Thaw. The accused murderer at Como faces trial In a strange tongue unable with out tho court's aid to obtain even formal defense, while tho degenerate nun slayer In Quebec is besieged by legal lackeys, ready for his money'a sake, to mnko a travesty of Justice, No ono Is foolish enough to suppose that professional ethics plays a part In etthor caso. It 1b money, nothing but money, the comparative lack of It on one band, the limitless posses sion ot it on the other. It is holding no brief for the young American Is Italy to raise this combined spectacle to public view. There is nothing in the evidence to show, as the lawyers say, that the Italian barristers are any different in this respect than some attorneys In other countries Lawyers do not appreciate strictures of this kind, but as exponents ot a profession that makes so much ot irjt ethics, and ot its duty to the public, they have no right to resent It I.nok Out for the Crnnb. OMAHA, Sept. 11,-To the Editor of The Bee: Did you hear that crash? That was the high cost ot living coming down In response to the effect of the new tariff bill. Isn't It wonderful what a tariff bill can do, when It comes to the domestlo economy of tho housewife? I read In the printed reports prepared for Nebraska that Senator Hitchcock says tho bill has taken the tax off necessaries and placed It on wealth. Here aro some of the ar ticles placed on the free Hat, all In dally requisition In the homes of the people, espeolally the homes of the worklngmen: Antimony ore, limestone rock, asphalt, asphaltum and bitumen, fabrics of Jute yarns, wool blankets valued at less than 40 cents a pound, textbooks, sugar ma chinery, caatlron pipe, surgical catgut, cement, creosoto oil, denatured alcohol, flax and hemp, fur and fur skins, gun powder, pig Iron, splegelesen, ferro man ganese, wrought Iron slabs and blooms, photographic moving picture films, steel Ingots, blooms and slabs, cattle and other live stock, wheat sawed cedar, angora goal ana aipaca wool ana paper twine lor Dinaing wool. What a priceless privilege to the busy, economical housewife, trying to make CO cents go aa far aa a dollar used to, when she can walk Into the grocery store and buy her dally modicum of antimony. ore with the knowledge that she Is not paying any tribute to the robber trusts, entrenched behind a tariff wall. And think ot the untold quantities ot splog. elelscn that wtl now be lavishly used In homes where hitherto it has been con sidered a luxury. Pig Iron, top, will bo heaper, and every man can buy his sur gical catgut and steel blooms with emo tions ot untold Joy, because they will no longer bear an Impost; moving picture films will be used as commonly as Brus sels carpet hereafter and no one need go without paper twine for binding woo), because the democrats have redeemed their promise to reduce tho cost of living. OLD FOOT. Various Reflection. OMAHA, Sept 11. To the Editor of The Bee: When mankind are unable from political causes to regulate their lives ac cording to the dictates of practical reason thoy complain without hesitation and con demn without discrimination; yet women cheerfully endure the tyranny of fashion and men acknowledge themselves slaves to vicious habits, and very few are ready to rebel or to challenge the authority pf their masters, Worldly pleasure and whitewashed wickedness are bosom friends, and while they are not always found together they seldom wander far apart When our vigilance becomes in the least degree re laxed we lose the power of distinguish' ing the ono from the other. Our Ignorance Is often Insulted by hav- lng arguments set before us which we cannot decline, and yet cannot answer, J, 8. Mill submitted the following logical puxsle, the solution of which, according to Prof. Hamilton, la Impossible: 'Achilles Is JW feet behind the tortoise; they both start running at the same In stant! .Achilles runs ten times as fast as the tortoise, yet cannot pass him; for when Achilles has run this 100 feet the tortoise has moved ahead ten feet and when Achilles has run the ten feet the tortoise has advanced one foot, and so on forever." The solution of this prob lem Is certainly beyond the Jurisdiction of the common understanding. B. O. M- Editorial Pen Points Brooklyn Eagle: Given wooden cars and wooden heads to run them, spontaneous combustion couldn't be averted by any railroad pn earth. Washington Post: Still, it may havq been the announcement of Emmellna Pankhurst's visit that made tho flro In surance companies wapt to get back to Missouri. Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Interna tional Association of Dancing Mastere proclaims that the tango and the turkoy trob ore "all right If danced with decor urn." Which to many will appear like saying that stealing Is all right It you do It honestly. Springfield Republican; Professional medical optimists have been chearlng us up through the dog days by telling us that It's really the most healthy time of the year. But there Is no need to worry no the dog days go; when De cember comes It will bp proved np les.i remarkably salubrious. There Is no sl'ckty season for the optimist Indianapolis News: If, as Mr. Frank A Vanderllp assures the country, S,O0O,00i a week for five years can profitably bo Invested In developing the country's electrical Industry, why should anybody hesitate longer? And likewise with such profitable possibilities before him why should Mr. Rockefeller blow In 110 to Join an automobile club? Chicago. .Tribune: The frequent cases of trouble over the display of tho stars and Stripes north of the border should have warned Mr. Jerome of the spirit In Which his Innocent and public recourse to the national pastime would be mlsun derstood and resented. There seems to be a most regrettable lack In Canada ot that alttllchkelt upon which Lord Haldano rolles for the perpetuation of peace among Anglo-Saxons. Philadelphia Record: Most of the Pull rr.an stock, something like four.rifths of It, Is water, or to be more exact, It Is made up of stock dividends, paid from the surplus earnings after the payment of UDerai dividends. Tho stock dividend In March. 1910, was J,OQ0,C00, and in 19W It was sa per cent of the then existing capital. Would It bo altogether unrea sonable to suggest that the company should have used some part of these phenomenal profits In burning a lot of Its wooden cars before they were telescoped. Mlsa Uabe) Nelson, the 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nelson who live on, a farm in the town pf Meno monee. Wis., recently assisted her father during tho harvest by driving the binder. Announcement has Just been made that Lome "W, Mullroy, B, A the blind hero of the South Amcan war, has received the appointment ot lecturer In English and Canadian history, at the Royal Mil Itary collsge, In Kingston, Canada. Colonel John A. Joyce, the "great poet ot Missouri and vicinity its persuaded that a bronse bust pf htm would be the finest decoration Washington could have, and 1 passing tho hat for the price. Mr. Joyce believes In pushing a good thing while you're a live one, A Boston correspondent at Coatlcook shjuldrs responsibility for Jerpm break Ing Into, that little game. Jerome was an Innocent spectator of the play until th newspaper man dropped 14 Into the pot and dropped out Thereupon the New Yorker filled the vacancy and trimmed the Coatlcookera. Alfred Austin, the late poet laureate. was lucky in his work as a journalist For many years he did his dally task at home with the assistance of a telegraph wire run Into his study sixty miles from the London Standard office. Hla Ipstruc lions come over the wire and his edi torial article went to town by train Fonr.et'rres he would telegraph the whobi article. The oldest barrister In England, W. A, Gordon Hake of Brighton, who Is a cousin of the famous Oenernt Gordon, celebrated his one hundred and second birthday re cently. For fifty years Mr, Hake has lived at 3 Old Stelne, Brighton. , one of J. A. Dickey, lato of tho Wilcox Herald, four houses built In the reign ot George has leased the Harlan County Ranger. III. which, with its cobblestone front and Mrs. Toungwlfe How do you make mlnco pie? Mrs. Matron Oh, out pf anything! Peter. Peter, punkln eater, Bought and used a carpet beater, Now tho doctor's down the street, Beating microbes out ot Pete. Hobaon Are you In favor of that cur few law? Dobson Yes; I'm In favor of any law that reduces the number of dogs. "A famous lecturer says that the slashed skirt shows whether or not the woman Is qualified for the ballot" "Huh! He means the ballet" Sarah The Bible speaks of people who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. Clara Well, I think I'd rather swallow a camel myself. I Just hate bug. While styles have changed, by fashion led, She's stilt a theme for Jest, Although In truth It must be said She's no more overdressed. "My plea," said the proud young law yer, "seemed to deeply affect the Jury," "Yes," replied the Judge, "I was afraid at one time that you would bring about tho conviction ot your client In spite of his Innocence." She broke the trotting record," Said he, all clean and slick. Say, talk about your steppers! alio maae tne rest ioo,k sick." What horse was that?" I asked him "XTv rialltrhtni- ua" She broke the record lately or tno turuey trot, did she." Knlcker What did the town look ltko? Bockcr X movlnir Picture show of molasses In winter. Ne,w York Sun. Odd Bits of Life A Pennsylvania millionaire wants a di vorce because his wife won't let him go to church. W. E. Sherwood is dead In Evansvllle, Ind., from poisoning communicated by a new pair of socks to a scratch pn his foot. Camels Imported from Asia have been tried In Australia wtlh fair success for hauling wagons In regions lacking rail roads. A 'Michigan woman, St years old, haa become the mother of twenty-fpur chil dren, and It Is reported that her husband remains an optimist One of tho world's largest church organs Is on electrical Instrument at Hamburg, which has 12,173' pipes, some ot which are thirty-seven feet long. By a German process the exterior of automobile bodies can be given a metallic coating, fine particles of metal belnf sprayed on under high pressure. The only man Jn the country whose name and address reads the same way whichever end you start is O. M. Reger, Reger, Mo., according to the Brookfleld (Mo.) Gaxette. A copperhead snake, about to bite child, was attacked and killed by a game' cock n an Ohio town. Congratulations to the child, the rpoeter and the town's correspondent. Nine cows strayed Into the rlght-or way of a Wisconsin railroad and ate como dynamite they found near the track, liu man life may have been saved, but beef has gone up again. Jesse Child? of Forsythe, Ga., Is ex hlbltlng a stalk of com grown on his place on which there are nlncwell ma tured ears. He planted a great many varieties of corn and found several stalks with six and seven ears. Warren H. Spangler of Montelalr, N J., caught a four-pound bass which re tatned Its lite In a curious fashion. When It was cut open a small and very feeble field mouse jumped out and a moraent later waa caught and eaten by the camp cat Nebraska Editors Stories in Figures OLD JJR'ER MERCURY. I. Ole Brer Merc'ry sot on a Urn', De topmoa' Urn' ob de tree. An' de people fussed an' de people fumed. But "I won't come down," sex 'ce. "No, sir-reel DIs llm' ob de tree Looks good ter me," , Said dat coptraryole Brer Mercuree. De stores laid In der fall stocks ob goods, An' folks put ooal In dere cellar, But still he sticks to dat topmos' llm', Like de stubbornest kin' ob a feller. Yes, sir-reel On dat llm ob de tree As glum as kin be, Sits dat contraryole Brer Mercuree. De ole woman goes to de attla An' digs out her coat an' fur, But ole Brer Merc'ry sticks like glue To dat Urn' an' he will not stir. "No, sir-reel I'll not stir," ses'ee. "Till It pleaaes me." Dat pestiferous oleRrer Mercuree, Way up In Canady folks say De col' win's are a freexln , An' dars frost in Arlrony. But his ole ears er deaf to reason. Yes, slr-ree. . . As deaf as kin bee, On dat llm ob de tree, Sits dat obstreperous olo Brer Mercuree When we put all de new fall duds In soalc An' buy thin duds Instead; When wo git dat coal hauled back to de ya'ds. . . Den he'll take It Inter his head Ter flop down from dat tree As spry as can be .... He'll flop down offn dat topmos llm. An' he'll flop so low dat we cain't sto him. An' we'll shiver and freeze An' sniffle an' sneeze, An' "I won't come up, no, no, slr-ree, An' ole Brer Welsh he cain't make me, Will say contrary ole Brer Mercuree. Bayoll No Trele. old-fashioned windows. If an object of much Interest In the town. Don't fight a man with a wooden leg. That's the advice of .Michael Brophy of South Broadway, Tarrytown, N. Y., who npw lies In the Tarrytown hospital with three ribs broken and a punctured lung. Brophy had a fight with James McStay, Just over from Ireland, bringing a wooden teg with him. When hostilities started McStay unhooked his wooden leg and used it with as good effect as It he had a ahlllelah and Brophy waa carried from the field. v France has over 4,150,000 women work ers. There are 1,$S3 local labor unions In Canada. United States last year produced W.J3.. 000 barrels of salt The United States army has more than ,300 telegraphers In Its ranks. A proposed memorial tower at San An tonio, Tex., will be 02 feet high. visiting n New York, saw an X-ray skirt SS? B,Uare nl,e' anJ a Ppu,at,on of In a fashionable restaurant He says ho took but one glance at the garment and Its fair wearer, but the Impression seems to have been sufficient Inspiration for five paragraphs of description and com-n-ent. C. M. Reynolds, for about ten years publisher of the Sutherland Free Lance, has disposed of a half Interest In that newspaper to Miss Grace E. Martin. Miss 5,b06,193 persons. The estimated dally avcrag" consump tion of cigars In the United States la SL 71MU, and of cigarettes. S.TaUM. Japan each year produces more than W0.CO0.000 bushels of rice, nearly W.000,000 pounds of tra and more than 55.000.0C0 pounds ot silk. 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Now $6.50 a Ton Nebraska Fuel Coe Offlcei First Floor of Board of Trndo Building, S. W. Corner of 16th and Farnam Stx. SALE OF LOTS AT PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA SITUATED at the confluende. of tho Froser and Nechaco Rivera in Central British Columbia, 4W miles north-cast of Vancouver, B.C., and 467 miles east of Princo Rupert, B.C., or midway between Prince Rupert and Edmonton, Alta., on tho main lino of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. (I By reason of its central location, Prince George will be the natural distribut ing point for the extensive tcrrit ry comprised in the Pacific Province .of the Dominion, and it has therefore lone been the expectation of the general publio that upon the completion of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Prince George 7 will early become a I arge and important centre. q Having purchased what was knoa as the Fort George Indian Reserve No.. I for the purpose of locating a townsite thereon, tho Grand Trunk Pacifio Develop ment Company Limited hos couscd the same to be surveyed and platted and, will offer lots in this townsito for sale by public auotion at Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday September 17tb, 1013, and at Edmonton, Alberta, Wednes day, September 24th, 1913. (Tho terms of this sale will be one-quarter cash and the balance payable In on, two and three years with six per cent interest. For further particulars and plans apply to: q RYLEY, Lead CommUsloaar, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company, Winnipeg. Manitoba I Support "Bay ymur surgical supplies where your physician bays his" The W. G. Cleveland Co. Surgical a4 XnvoUa RnppUao. XilO-la Karaty St. SsU. Son. U&S wtu art Wj AbdtRlni! Cfiaanrtirft I SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, Martin was for seven years assistant 1 wamrn voters were disqualified for fall postmaster and Is also familiar with lure to pay taxes, as compared with Si. 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