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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 24, 1913.
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carnage as after as requested.
Jack Frost la In bo great hurry.
The highways to success are not
always the smoothest pared roads.
llow does that excusa continuance
f the "robber" water rates, anyway?
An Okie thief was fed on eggs for
five days, but why cackle about that?
It coat $62,009 to convict and oust
Suiter, yet sotae folks call It cheap
politics.
Now who will bo the first member
at congress Impaled on the sword of
the suffsT
Mrs. FaHkhumt may go on tho
rssap- yet if she ass to fac many
ssssty heuses.
WHh a 'HKhoolaaster" In tho
WhHe Heae, why should not the
SehooltBMterB' club feel Us oatsT
The New York Herald tells of fish
at $40 a pair. Might as well oat
luxurious porterhowM and he done
within. ,
Huertft's orders to Diar as to
whore sad wh to (and go to shew
that he t trying to lire tip to his
poeltros of dictatorship,
Our advice to the boys! sharing the
train robbery reward: Don't lot any
smooth get-rlch-qulck gent soparato
you from your money.
Unci. Sam's land lottery looks like
BOtnethiag for nothing. A profes
atonal gambler, however, nover risks
nosey m a less than one chance In
a hundred.
Wonder If the lawyers will have
th nerve to play the ostrich with its
h4 in the sand, and then say they
can't se any signs of crooked law
jsrs hereabouts.
'Til have a earn that will make
thorn all so' says Omaha's esteemed
base bait magnate. That speech
t fits off of Corane Xeurke'e eloquent
lino automatically each autumn,
The day after tho flrst-of-the-soason
snow in Ohteago the censor
board announced that the women
night VUm to ths lake beaches with
shirtless suits. Come on in girls,
tho water is fine.
i
By graco of tho law's delays, those
South Omaha boys who found the
train rob sew had to grow to man
hood before getting the reward
htaey, e which they can now start
life for themselves.
As boob as President Wilson pad'
flos those recalcitrant senators, per
haps ho may find a little oil to pour
ovsr tho discord between Brothers
Bryan and Champ Clark, for it
meet that all the brethren dwell to
gether in unity.
Sulzer is said to havo walked down
the gang plank at Albany with his
hat drawn over his eyes, his chin in
his coat, unaccompanied, to his train.
Now, if some power could only send
"loss" Murphy through the chutes
the Jod would be worth while.
Ho for Cbanute, Kan., where pos
ters displaying the female figure in
tights or otherwise in not decently
eowploto costume are prohibited!
Buck & hearen on earth ought to be
fosced Ja so that the lnnooonts will
t become contaminated outside.
P)b4 the answer In the columns of news
MSra the Jt Lincoln) Journal and tha
0ux City) Tribune that strive Inces
saaUy to mold public opinion in the forms
of iBAllca. prejudice and unfairness, and
wesM !. their readers strangers to
this iAfluewt of fact and arguments hon-
stay state fairly reasoned. World-
Oh as, Mr. World-Herald man, you
will find this answer easier by look
lag la tho mirror
t
The President and Civil Service.
President Wilson signed the sundry
civil service bill which President Taft
had vetoed because of Its rider pro
hibiting use of tho money for enforce
ment of the anti-trust law against
any labor combination, and sought to
soften the disappointment of his
friends by explaining that he would.
it necessary, uso other funds to pro
secute such infractions of the law.
In signing tho deficiency bill with n
rldor tacked on taking deputy mar-
Bhals and collectors out of civil serv
ice protection,. President Wilson fol
lows the same plan, excusing bis ac
tion on the ground that as long as
he Is president ho can control the sit
uation, and reasserting his personal
dovotlon to civil servlco principles.
Without questioning Mr. W.lson's
good intentions, his concession to thu
spbllsmongors is still a partial sur
render, even though It stop there.
Tho essence of merit appointment
and promotion of public servants is
that tholr rights be protected by law,
and not by the personal equation of
the superior officer for tho time In
control. President Wilson may
stand up against the place-hunters
without a legal barrier, but his suc
cessor may not bear the pressure so
well, In which event the modification
of tho law becomes a distinct stop
backward. The president would, wo
believe, havo dono much better had
ho simply said by a veto, "Thero will
bo no Impairment of tho civil servlco
law with my consent."
Oh, So Simple.
"To levy an occupation tax ten
tatively flxod at 15 por canto on all
public service corporations and use
tho proceeds to buy out tho corpora
tlons ono by one, and mako the prop
erties they operate tho property
of the city" Is characterized by our
amiable democratic contemporary as
a simple ideal" and "a fascinating
program." Why, the Idea is so sim
ple that it Is simply nmazlng that It
had to wait to spring Minerva-like
from the glgantio brain of our self-
constituted Water board boss. The
consumntlon of such a "fascinating"
program, however, ought not to bo
needlessly deloyod. It a tax of 16
per cent will acqulro.all these valua
ble properties without cost to the city
In a certain number of years, a tax of
30 por cent will do It In Just half tho
tlmo, Why wait even that long,
when It Is so easy to shovo up tho
ate? A tax of 60 per cent will
reach the goal atlll faster, and a tax
of 100 per cent will do it almost "in
the twinkling of an eye,"
Rewards and Pardons.
Nearly four and a half years after
the famous Laae cut-off train rob
bery the $30,000 reward for the cap
turo of the bandits is distributed by
the court, la the meantime one of
the robbers is pardoned from prison
and the affair, profoundly sensa
tional at tho tlmo, all but faded from
tho public mind.
Whether a rovard In such a case
loses Its Intended force or not, it
seems a pity that tho nacs of th
courts might not be geared up to that
of the pardoning power, so often
noted for its celerity. But the
wheols of Justice In this Instance, It
Is said, wero clogged by contending:
lawyers, representing many claimants
for the spoils.
Jt Is such examples of delay that
not only encourago certain unwhole
some criticism, but often defeat the
onds moat desired. It my bo easy
to convince a legal mind exactly why
it should take four years and ftvo
months to divide a reward beiwn
eight or tea men sad boys, but It is
hard for a layman to understand it
. "The Same Old Bill."
As tho bull moose nominee for tho
assembly, Sulzer will havo a swift
and strenuous race; more so, per
haps, than he bad for governor, If
he needs a shibboleth for the cam
paign that will rally the boys with
much delight and noise to his side.
why not "The Same Old BUI," which
worked with such magnetic force in
that memorable campaign of money-
raising, while Incidentally running
for governor? As a slogan, It has
tho true ring of proletarian simplicity
and honesty. It ought to be a win-
nor from the start ."The Same Old
Dill."
What though Boss Murphy has
threatened hi worst against Sulzer
for his "betrayal and exposure of tho
Inner circle secrets of Tammany
Hall." Ha, hat Dp your worst and
then some, but It will come back to
you after colliding with this boomer
ang shibboleth. But, of course, It Is
uot necessary for any of the unin
itiated to offer "The Same Old Bill"
any suggestions on how to fool the
people; any man who for twenty
three years has successfully dodged
In and out of tho political hurdles as
he has needs no pointers from ama
teurs. And now the suffragettes threaten
to defeat for re-election every con
gressman who opposes votes for
women. That's playing the gamo
like the others. Remember bow the
Mul hall bunch threatened to defeat
every congressman favoring labor
legislation, and bow tho Oonpers
crowd threatened to defeat every
congressman who opposed?
The sense of touch Is often most
acutely felt whn the monthly bills
come In,
T I f XI 1
,7hbJ)ar in Omaha
rectus rssM set nua
OOTOKKIt 24.
Thirty Vcnrs Ago
net or subscriptions, with acknowl-
ments, for the Child's hospital building
on Podge street, near Eighteenth, Hear
ing completion, totaling U,W), the larger
amounts being as follows: Mrs. Fanny
L. Ogden, Now York, tioOOi Mrs. n. II.
Clarkson and Mrs. ,T, M. Woolworth,
each JoCO; Herman Kountxe, John L
Rcdlck. Levi Carter, Mrs. Quy C. Bar
ten. Bishop Clarkson, each S100: Mm. J.
J. Astor of New York, Mrs. A. J. Pop
pleton, James K. Boyd, Sirs. Nathan
Shelton, aeorge W, Poane, Fred II.
Davis. If. W. Yates, each $S0.
Rev. D. RadlntK Invites our German
friends to attend a. series of meetings In
our German church on Dodge atreet, held
rvery evening.
"Will II. Daniels, the champion roller
skater of America, Is giving exhibition
or fancy skating In Omaha. "lie is an
artist."
Mr. Georce Parisian of Mr. KrUehaut's
book store was married by Fattier
frailer yesterday to' Miss Eda Helnbott,
sister of Mrs. F. Krause.
A pleasant surprise was given Mrs. &
D. Hooks of Kansas City, visiting at th
residence of Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Wright on Fifteenth street, by friends
who knew her when she lived here.
Mr. II. K, Burket, an experienced and
practical emblamer and undertaker, will
open tip soon an establlahement of his
own In the Millard, making It the fourth
undertakers' rooms In the city.
Mr. M. Parr and Sarah H. Cooler wero
married, Rev. Charles W. Savldge, pastor
of tho First Methodist Episcopal church,
officiating.
Mr. Jesse Withers of Grand Island and
Miss Anna Burley of this city were mar
ried at noon at the residence of Mr.
Alfred Burley. They will live In Grand
Island.
Twenty Years Ago
uovernor ireni Crounse, who was In
the city, said he was contemplating call
ing the legislature In extra session to
consider certain proposed amendments to
tho constitution, tho result of which might
effect sufficient saving to tha stats to
more than offset In two years the ex
pense of the session.
General Charles II. Van Wyck and Mrs.
Van Wyck arrived In the city from an
extensive tour of the east. Tho ex-sen
ator severely criticised President Cleve
land, who he said was "a dead duck po
litically." lie predicted that McIClnley
would sweep Ohio for governor and that
Massachusetts would also elect a repub
lican aa chief executive. Ho was fer
nlnal Cleveland because he cracked the
whip that made the "gold bugs danoe,"
and he said the gold bugs were in con
trol. The Omaha Guards were mustered Into
the servlco of the Nebraska state inllltla.
Governor Crounse was present at the
ooremonles, as also were Lieutenant Per
shing, V. 8. A.; Inspector General Jlotch-
kiss, Colonel Bills and other military gen
tlemen. Aa mustered In the company
stood as follows: Captain, II. B, Mul-
ford; first lieutenant, Charlea H. Wilson;
second lieutenant, W. B, Ten Byck; first
sergeant, A. P. Cone; second sergeant,
A. P. Bqutre; fourth sergeant, J. O. Lund;
quartermaster sergeant?, 191 lfodrtns;
second corporal, W. B, Walker; third
corporal, C. D. Wlttman: fourth cor
poral, Charles Anderson; privates, A. A.
Atter, C. R. Boudlnot, C. F. Burmlster,
Jr.; A. J. Cody, F, H Ferguson, II. 8.
Kelly, Xm V. Landergren, C. F. Manches
ter, B. II McCague, J. B. McDonald, T.
J, MeKee, W. A. Plxley, It, "Wl Snow,
I H. Tate, a P. Walker At F, Walton,
W. II. Willis, Alexander Wygant
Ten Years Ago
Senator Millard facetiously said he did
not know whether he ought to serid out
a search warrant or not for Benator Die
trich, for whom so many people were
Inquiring. "I do not know where my col
league Is," said Benator Millard. Benator
Dietrich went to Alaska and his friends
had not been hearing from him.
Mrs. It. W. Baxter was said to be rap-
Idly recovering from a recent operation
and would be ready to go east with Mr.
Baxter In November.
Miss Faith Potter entertained Informally
for Miss Pratt In the afternoon.
The York and Omaha High school foot
ball teams fought a hard battle without
scoring, the game ending 0 to 0. Theaa
boys composed the Omaha team: Flem
ing, Benson, Stein, Thompson. Patterson.
Rogers, Putnam Swedebersv Shields, Ixf
tus, Burnet, Yoder. York I Freld, But
terfteld, Newman, Nelson, Karth, Runner,
Crutchfleld, King, Bovem, Taylor, Os
borne, Wlleman, Kennlion, Brown.
A. Hospe, who had suffered a dislocated
collarbone and a badly broken rlfht arm
aa the result of a runaway a day or two
before, was resting eaxlly at hla horn
on Seventeenth street near Chicago.
Tho Kegeath Paper company, IBM Far
nani street, was sold to Meyer Kahn.
who was to take Immediate charge of
the business.
People Talked About
British heirs to a big estate In Eng
land the other day called at tha Ameri
can embassy and requested cash for 15,000
In confederate money. Nothing doing.
The Pittsburgh and Baltimore Frlck
wedding with Us gifts of tl.000,0oo, most
of It put up by the groom's father, pushes
recant royal weddings Into the back
number class. It Is confidently expected
the groom will be able, with dad's band
out, to support the bride In the style to
which she has been accustomed.
The prince of Monaco didn't find any
signs of the wild west of fiction In his
recent rambles through Wyoming. The
state Is too busy plugging for oil, dig
ging coal, raising mutton and like necee
sarin of life to Indulge in wild west
capers ottener than the Cheyenne annual
blowout.
Because Uxe railroad authorities refused
to allow their poodle to be transported
to southern California in a parlor car,
Mrs. J. C 'Wtlkeahlre and daughter of
Kansas City gave up the trip they had
planned, returned their railway tickets
and canceled the hotel reservations, which
had been made for the entire winter.
The Geographical society of Paris has
invited Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman to
describe her latest Himalayan explora
tion. This is a rare honor, for the society
to give anyone. Prince Roland Bona
parte, thfc president of the society, only
extends such Invitations to those whose
work Is considered to have been moat im
portant The last guest of tho society
waa Robert Peary, the discoverer of the
North pole.
Twice Told Tales
The Rattnjt Passion.
The digger had been caught In a net
work of falllrwr Umbers and imprisoned
thlrtr feet below the surface. He con
trived, by pounding on the boards, to
attract attention. The rescuers worked
vigorously. An Iron pipe was pushed
down to him. He was fed through It.
A larger pipe was inserted, and pres
ently a vigorous Jarring of the metal In
dicated that the man desired .to' talk.
"Hullo bolow there," called a rescuer.
Ho put his ear to the opening.
Suddenly, he made a silencing gesture
wlih his hand. ,
All was quiet
Suddenly the man started.
"What does he sayT" clamored a hun
dred voices.
Tha man with his ear at the pipe
looked around.
"He has Jtmt asked me a Question."
"nepeat It." they yelled.
"What's the scorer'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
On I of th Qnestlon.
The talk toplo turned to modern ax.
travagsnce and this one was contributed
by Congressman John W. Langley of
Kentucky.
Some time alnco a vount man In an
eastern dty went to his employer and
asked for an addition to his weekly dona
tion. The boss, thinking he waa already
payins him a fair Dlece of monev. b.
came exceedingly thoughtful.
"What Is your nartleular ruinn for
asking for an Increase?" finally observed
the boss. "You have no family responsl-
Diiiucs and you should be able tn save
a little on what you are now getting."
am engaged to a young girl."
answered the clerk blushfull', "an4 I
would like to have a salary on which I
can get married and live comfortably."
"Geo whlsz. man!" exclaimed the boss,
with considerable fore. "Th im'i xum.
a salary I "I'll give you enough to got
roarnea on, but that's as far as I can
gof'Phliadelphla Telegraph.
"Whnt Mother Called Dad.
Conversation at a sod auilnn .
nights ago turned to the endearing terms
occasionally used by huaband on ir.
which caused a smile to ripple over the
icaiures or Congressman John J.
Mitchell of Masaa&uafttta. ir. .,m t,
It reminded him of an Incident that hap
pened in HOBton.
A children's aid society n hir .
meeting one afternoon a short tlmo ago
and during the sosslon ono of the women
workers asked one of th tlttl. riri. nn..
ent what her father's name was.
Smith," answered tha youngster,
"Smith, la It?" returned tha nnmnn
"And what la his Christian name?"
"He ain't got none," answered tho little
girl. Who hadn't tha falnteat Ii1a ah,)
Christian name was.
"Oh, surely he must have,f insisted tho
woman. "What does your mother call
hlm?"-
"Bonehead." was the atartllnr rwlnlnilrr
of the youngster.
Editorial Snapshots
New York World: In contemplating
Huerta "one comes to the ooncluslcn that
Castro and ' Kelaya and the rest were,
comparatively speaking, pretty good fel
lows. Philadelphia Ledger: Observe the size
of the fees and the quantity of tho of
fices being plied up on the new valuation
of railroads. It la the biggest new pie
In politics.
Brooklyn Eagle: Turkey, beaten by the
Balkans, bleeding from lta wounds, poor
and starving, still ha vim to defy the
Standard Oil company. National pride
survives everything.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Sulzer says he
has a mission to perform in New York
and slnea Hallowe'en is so close,, we ad
vise Murphy to nail his front gate to
the post lest some one carry It away.
Chicago News: Ws have an optlmlstlo
government. The bureau or labor sta
tistics in Washington In a recent bul
letin remarks that the girls of today are
to become the mothers of the next gen
eration, Indianapolis News: The man who In
vented cold storage has Just died "brok."
But tho gents who Improved his inven
tionwho made It a means of gouging
people In addition to preserving food-are
generally able to find quite a bunch of
kale In their Jeans.
Pittsburgh Dlsratchi The fall of the
autumn leaf Is not mora conclusive as a
sign of the advance of the season than
the disappearance of the base ball score
and the first notes of preparation for
the foot ball fray. But when we have
all three signs we are assured that late
autumn Is getting ready to merge Into
winery weather.
Playing Politics
BUI Sulser prophesies he will be back
In the governor'a office within fifteen
months. Same old BUI.
The Tennessee legislature completed the
business of the extra session in five days
and adjourned without firing a gun,
"Banishment of piggeries" Is a local
campaign slogan In Philadelphia and one
of the candidates for the reform
answers to the name of Hogg.
Jackpot republicans In Illinois are cir
culating petitions aaklng William Lo ri
mer to run for United States aenator and
get a vindication. The bounced senator
doesn't need much urging.
Tammany's candidate for mayor of New
York promises. If elected, to elevate the
character of New York newspapers or
put them out of business. There surely
Is a vast field for sanitary it-form. Go
to it!
Bo-called women progressives In Illi
nois fought the regular republican can
didate for the supreme bench. Fifth dls
trlct, because he would not pledge him
self to uphold the constitutionality of
the woman suffrage law. The candidate
they supported and the one they at
tacked were both beaten.
All the star performers of the bull
moose party, from Governor Hi Johnson
to former Governor Stubbs of Kansas,
are booked for stumping' tours of New
Jersey in the Interest of Kverett Colby,
progressive candidate for governor. Colby
needs considerable help Just now, being
forced to explain how a reformer of his
standing happened to be an active lobby
ist at Trenton some yrars ago and took
pay for the Job.
Contributors are sgala remiudea
of our rule re.uestlag reasonable
brevity and tbe right ws reserve to
ent Sow letters exceeding 300 words.
Call Dotti for Mrs. Pankharst.
OMAHA, Oct .-To the Editor of Tho
Bee: To put It mildly, Mrs. Pankhurst
made 111 biggest mistake of her life
when ahe said that white slavery was
more awful than negro slavery In its
worst form- Oh, horroral She is not
right and speaks from imagination. I
speak from experience and no slavery
was, is and cannot be worse than negro
slavery was. And If while here she makes
any mora great mistakes she had better
go back home and go on a big hunger
strike. Yours for truth, JOB BANKB.
Hope ts. Experience.
OMAHA, Oct Si-To the ICdltor of The
Bee: I notice In your paper thla state
ment by R. B. Howell:
By levying a IS per cent occupation tax,
not only on the gas company, but on the
electric light, the street1 car and tele
phone company, or an occupation tax
on Income that would be reasonablo to
each of these corporations, the city of
Omaha could purchase these plants and
conduct the business on a basis of mu
nicipal ownership.
Perhaps, but why should a city with
Omaha's experience wish to do such a
thing? The test of the pudding is tn the
eating. Is the mismanagement of tha
city's water plant a sample of what we
would get by the acquisition of these
other utilities? I think most people ex
pect a few pur-bllnd by prejudice, will
admit that the water consumer In Omaha
ts far more at the mercy of adverse cir
cumstances and dominating bosslsm to
day than when paying tribute to the
private corporation from which "we"
(Howell) bought the plant. I'm not ready
tn condemn the principle of publlo owner
ship, but before going further I would
want Instruction and demonstration from
some one beside a self-seeking politician
enlisted only for a soft Job at fat pay.
B. rumiBus UNUM.
Distorting Historr fer aiovlea.
OMAHA, Oct. 3. To the Editor of Tbe
Bee: People have been Informed through
the Papers that General Nelson A. Miles,
Colonel "William T. Cody, and other not
ables have taken part In a moving pic
ture making plan, ostensibly to "repro
duce" the "Battle of Wounded Khee.'
I can understand why Buffalo BI1U a
professional showman, would, sqek such
notoriety, but why a lieutenant general
of tho United States army should lend
the dignity of his presence to a palpable
sham is mora than I can fathom. T would
not detract In the least from the fame
and glory that attaches to the name of
a soldier whose services havo been so
eminent as those of General Miles. It ts
gratifying to note that he has hot only
refrained from taking part tn the
"movies," but that he also condemns the
to-called "battle" of bounded Knee.
To begin with, neither Nelson A. Milts
nor Bill Cody wan preiont In person, nor
did either have any part In tha so.called
battle of , Wounded Knee, other than
General Miles was then In headquarter
at Pine Ridge Agency, where ho was in
command of the army that was trying
to restore order on the Great Sioux In
dian rRfseryatlon. Further, tbr fight
waa mors nearly a massacre than a bat
tle; If either of the other regiments then
scouting through the region had Inter
cepted Big Foot and his band, who were
making their way openly to the agency In
order to avoid a conflict, not a shot
would have been fired. But fata so or
dered that the Seventh covalry, under
Colonel Foryth, encountered Big Foot,
and his party. Now keep In mind that Big
Foot had with him his women and chil
dren as well as his braves, and the Sioux
do not take their families along when
they go to war. Also, keep in mind that
it was but a little over thirteen years
befdro that that the Seventh cavalry
had suffered the tees of Its colonel and
three troops of Its organization in the
massacre on th Little Big Horn. Study
these facts, and with them the atorlea
that had permeated every Bloux lodge
aa to what would likely occur if the
Seventh ever again encountered the Sioux
In battle array, and you will have the
background for a moving picture display.
When Forsyth paraded Big Foot's
braves for tha purpose of disarming them
each Indian felt that he was to be mada
a victim of tha whtta man's vengeance.
Captain Wallace, a personal friend of
mine, fell under the blow from a war
club, and the slaughter began. Iet us not
talk of treachery, nor delude ourselves
with any sort of sophistry. When the
sun sat on tha last day of December,
1S, not on of Blr Foofa band lived,
save poor little Zlntka liuneta, "Little
Lot Bird" Indeed. Tha band of the
Seventh could again play "Garryowen."
General Miles' active part In the affair
was to order Forsyth before a court
martial on a technical charge In connec
tion with the disposition of his soldiers
befor and during th alaughter.
Now, let us glance at another back
ground for a moving picture: To tha
cabin of an aged Indian medicine man
and prophet oome a group of whit men
and Indian police; It Is long befor day
light on a winter' morning. The group
linger until dawn approaches; then one
of the Indian policemen atatlons himself
where he can command th door of the
cabin, and another knocks to arouse the
inmates. Th aged medicine man comes
to the door to inquire th occasion of be
ing so disturbed. He asks the man In
front of him. but before an answer can
be given a shot ts fired, and Sitting Bull
falls dead, with a bullet hole through his
heart.
Just why history should be distorted to
maka a moving picture film Is as much
beyond my comprehension a Is th van
ity that will lead an honored soldier to
take part in such a palpable fake.
OLD FOOY.
Gettinai Something- for Nothing.
OMAHA, Oct C To th Editor of Th.
Be "Old Fogy's" satire on n n
Howell' method of gaining publlo owner
ship of public utilities Is fine, but, in all
seriousness, if the Income tax is getting
something for nothing. Is not any other
tax of the same character? If all taxes
gUe value received when they nimwnt
Justice, and if a publlo utlUty Is taxed 15
per cent because it has taxed the public
this amount over and above its itut
earnings, what, I would like to ask "Old
is there wrong about it? Would
"Old Fogy" object to publlo competition
on tbe ground that It would be confisca
tion of property to run the urmnilnm
out of business, holding that the latter
bav not received something for nothing
when they have received long-time fran
chises for nothing, enabling them to get
something from the public for nothing?
WILLIS HUD8PETH.
SUNNY OEMS.
"The young fellow you see yonder .la a
coming man."
"Indeed! Who is her
"Tha rent collector?" Baltimore Ameri
can. "A Judge who Is wooing a woman has
one advantage over other lovers."
"What Is thatr
"If she won't listen to him, he can
fine her for contempt of court." Balti
more American.
"I may be odd, but Tm fond of these
muck-racking stories. I wonder what
November magaxlnes I ought to buy this
month?"
"Jlmmlny, but you're behind the times.
What you want to buy Is a matinee
tlcket"-St Louis Republic
"What are you doing at your house
now to fill up the long evenings?"
"We gather In a family circle and
guess what it is the baby want whon
lies crying. It's really more exclUng
than bridge." Kansas City Journal.
Kthet (Impatlently)-Oh. why doesn't
piiiv come; he's kept me waiting a whole
half hour.
Her Brother I always told you that fel
low had effeminate traits. Boston Transcript
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THE BALM OF LIFE.
New York Times.
Tell me not in mournful .numbers
Life Is but an empty dream.
Tariff turmolt sweetly slumbers,
Righteousness now reigns supreme.
Happy housewives thanks are giving
For tho cuts In Schedule "G."
anqulshed Is the cost of living
Brimstone is admitted free!
Evil trusts no longer plunder
Helpless ones on life's highway,
Now they realize their blunder
As they find they've loet their sway
Arguments profound and shallow,
Pointing out the nation's loss,
Failed to put a tax on tallow.
Fish skins, fossils, raaise and moss.
Kyery trust, Intrenched, protected.
for tha worker's welfare fears,
You can tell a trunt affected
By Us crocodilian tears,
No.IT.tn .man whoso money Jlngl,
Wife and family does not stint.
Since they took the tax off shingles.
Beeswax. Bibles, flax and flint
Those monopolising venders
Of tha people's lea and coal,
Heartless, soulless, old offenders,
Laugh at threats of tax or toll.
Speed the day that will remind them
They must face a hotter clime.
And departing leave behind them
Imprints of their brands of crime.
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