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TilE BEE: OMAHA, TLESUAV, 1'E13UL Altl 24, 1U14. t. i THB OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWAIID ROBBWATBIU VICTOR ROHBWATKR, EDITOR. BEE HU1L.D1NU, FARNAM AND 17UI. tlnleted at Omaha poslotrico as second tliM matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, Uunfay Bee. one year .W Haturday Bee, one year Dally Bee, without Sunday, one year.. .00 Dally Bee and Sunday, ono year 6.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. r.venlnK and Sunday Bee, per month. .4ta Evening, without Sunday, per tnonth..o Dally Bee, Including Sunday, per mo..o Dally Bee, without Sunday, per month.ua Address all compIalnU ot irregularities In deliveries to City Circulation Dept. REMITTANCE. i M Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only S-cent stamps received In payment of smal! accounts. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchanges, jiot accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee JJulldlng. Soutt Omaha-JSlS N Street. tzouneil Bluffs- North Main Street. lncoln-M Little Building. C'hlCAKo 801 Hearst Bulldlns. , Now York-Room 1106, m Fifth Avenue. St Ix)Uls-C03 New Bank of Commerce. VxshlnBton 7 Fourteenth Bt. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relatlnu to news and editorial matter should bo addressed Omahc. Bee. E-lltorlal Department. JANUARY CIRCULATION. 50,542 Elate of Nebraska, County of Dolifclas, as.: D wight Williams, circulation ihanaser ot Tne Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that tho average dally circulation for the month o! January, 1914. vas K,5. DWICJHT WILUAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my pretenca and sworn to pecoro me una 3d day ot trcoruary, iai ROBERT HUNTER, (5eL) Notary Public Sahscxibera lenvlas; tho cltr tem porarllr ahoalil hnre The Be mailed to them. Address '111 be changed mm often am roqnestea. Tho Auto show alone Justifies tho Auditorium. Whero Is tho man who was longing tor a good old-fashloncd winter? This snow puts "the arallo that won't come oft" on the face of tho winter wheat grower. Inow is tho time to repeat our declaration that wo have no torrltor- II al designs upon Mexico. Now Is tho tlmo for all good men to speak up for their country and help Kill tho lltoracy test. Hut Castillo, tho noted Mexican bandit, Btlll enjoys tho aafoty nnd (comfort of an American prison. At any rato, Mayor "Jim" has a "versatile anibltion sheriff, mayor, ifiovornor or congressman It does not raako much difference Becauso bo many lawyers are tol erant of tho crooks In their own pro fession Is no good roasou why all tho crooked lawyors should have an lm- bnunity hath. Slowly but surely tho democrats of the north. aro being forced to reallzo that they aro merely playing pigtail to the democrats of the south who aro in the saddle. Now, they havo gono and censored tho massacre out of tho raovlo deplet ing the last Btnnd of Custer and his forces, which must leavo it like Hani let without Hamlet. "Tho Voice of Spring" Is tho title of an article in tho Independent How timely for people who hare Just been listening to tho gentle prattle of that Uttlo nor'westor. Joseph "V. Folk Bays tho Wilson .Administration has unhorcd in tho "golden ago" of democracy. Ho evi dently feels Buro ot getting Sonator Stonp's toga away from him. Tho Chicago base bail magnato takes up a column to explain why ho is out, when as a former nowspaper man ho might havo covered the story with tho one Uttlo word, "ousted.' The only effect of tho blizzard on tho Auto show is to relnforco the argument that the auto is an abio luto necessity for such emergencies In every well regulated household. In connection with thd federal ap propriation of 50P,0D0 to fight hog cholera, it is interesting to recall that scientist's nssortlon that doves carry, germs of this disease. So the administration may only bo trying to do what It can to chock tho mischief of Mr. Bryan's birds. The city of Omaha 1b paying out around $30,000 a year for collecting garbage turned over freo of cost to tho hog-fccdlng contractors which tho latter used to pay out of their own pocket. Wonder If this Is not a clue to the suddenly aroused oppo uttion to garbage incineration. Armed Intervention In Mexico, although It la the last thing desired by President "Wilson or congress. Is now clearly lore thadowed as tho result or tho latest de velopments In the southern republic New York Herald. As the Horald Is a strong sup porter of the present administration and has borno tolerantly with Its do nothing Mexican policy, its opinion may bo entitled to added weight. if tho utrcet railway company suc cessfully establishes Its position that the city cannot legally cut its fares by forcing the sale of seven tickets for a quarter, it may next contest tho jpwer of the city to cut its fareu pv forcing payment of a percentage or tne receipts as an occupation tar. Once depart from the principle of home rule snd there is no certain stopping point. A Man Who Made History. Becauso in his later years no longer prominently In tho public oye, D. Clem Deavor, whoso death has Just been chronicled, was a man who helped mako history, for without him tho political nnnals of Nobraskn would not read as they do. Mr. Doaver rose to fame on the wave of tho Knights of Labor and the Farm ers' Alllanco that culminated in tho organization of the populist party, In which ho became a leader. In recognition of his services Governor Holcomb named him on the Omaha Board of FJro and Police commls-j doners iu that period of stress and! storm when the contest over tho po lice board waged so furiously that it tested tho fighting mottle to the core. Later, Mr. Dearer stood out ncalnst tho demo-pop fusion, which ho clearly foresaw would mean the swallowing of tho populists by the democrats, and through the "mlddlo-of-the-road" movement contributed potentially to tho "redemption of Ne braska" In 1000. Tho rlrulence of tho democratic attack upon him, par ticularly when ho accepted a land office appointment under President McKinlcy, testified to the forceful ncss and effectiveness of his work. Hr gavo up that office to tako the position of Industrial commissioner of tho Burlington. His career Is a wonderful ezaraplo of what a poor boy, with meager educational equip ment and no resources but his own, can do by porslstent and honest en deavor. The Blizzard. Elemental disturbances with heavy snows in tho east and engulfing rains along tho Pacific last week cul minated Sunday In a gcnulno blizzard sweeping tho continent from tho Ilocklott to Now England. In parts of somo of tho central Btates it Is re ported as the Bevorost of official record; in all parts of tho country it Bpont itself with far moro fury than nnythlng felt this winter. Indeed, tho severity of It was so groat bo causo It camo at almost tho end of an unusually mild winter, with the coun try languishing In tho bollof that Old Boreas had quit tho Job and lot us off easy for this time. An with all such winter storms, much suffering ensues and much aid is promptly at hand. Temporary dis tress is relieved as far as possible and for tho most part, especially In states llko Nebraska, wo find tho bonofltB outnumbering tho burdens in tho wnko of tho storm. For thoso who llko to cBtlmato the valuo ot deep snows In forthcoming wheat crops and hay harvests and grazing for llvo stock, hero is occasion for delight ful occupation. In the lucantlmo re moval of the snow- banks along city streets has its compensation on tho Bido of employment of otherwise Idle men. Virtue of Deceit. It would shock tho tenderest sensi bilities of right and wrong to say there was morit In decelttulness, and yet who dooB not know that, whether professing It or not, wo practlco tho principle of. tho virtue ot deceit in diplomacy, politics, business and oven ordinary social Intercourse? Between nations it is almost a slno qua non of smooth-running relations to color or conceal facts, to foster falso protensos. Throughout the long administration of Porflrlo Diaz AmorlcanB had a way, officially at least, ot alluding to Mexico as our "groat and good friend," to Presl dlal neighbor. And ho was por sonally on friendly tonus with our government moat of tho tlmo, but it wero folly for the United States to havo pretended that tho Mexicans as a people wero friendly to us; they never havo been, Perhaps it was wlso and beat for us to practice tho pretense, but Burely tho mask Is ompletoly torn away by now. And this ugly grlmnco of hato and con tempt on tho faco of our neighbor Is not now; It appears so only becauso we see tho real faco of Mexico now Instead of tho disguise. Tho scorn ful term, "Gringo," dates back even beyond the reign of the old Iron Ruhr, The virtue of our deceit, it such thoro has been, lies In the honest, porslstent effort ot our country to bo decent with Mexico nnd build up a relationship of genulno friendship. But we have been wastln' 'io sweet ness ot tho flower ot out ...c&ls upon the hot desert sands oi Ignorance and senii-savagery. From this on our part surely Is one of candor and decision. ( It is sad but true that not ono per son in a hundred expressing them selves on tho proposed homo rule charter has over read the document, or can dlBcuss It Intelligently, aa is quickly dlscloBod when an attempt Is mado to answer questions pro pounded. What is more tho pity Is that this Is true of most of the bodies that, havo adopted resolutions on the subject for the guidance ot other people. The Now York Sun stupidly refers to The Commoner as "the personal organ and proprietary enterprise ot tho secretary of state." Shucks, it Is just Brother Charley's annual al lowance. Now let Senator Gore go after tho blackmailers who concocted the frame-up on him, and help make that kind of business both odious and unprofitable. cmtrtm no an nus FEBHUAHV 21. Thirty Years Ago "ino urasplng Miller," a play in four acts, was given at tho Stadt theater to the delight of a good audience. The prin cipal characters were taken by Mr. Mi chael and Mrs. Ilaurels. The snow flakes that fell today were simply enormous In size. They looked a If tho gate had been left open and the snow tossed out In shovelfuls. Information comes that tho marriage of Louis Bradford of this ctly and Miss Ida A. PugH of Springfield. O., took placo last Tuesday as announced, although no cards wero issued. Omaha Typographical union elected Mr. James Dcrmody to represent them aa their dclrgate to the International meet ing at Now Orleans next June. Manager C. M. Iord of tne U. P. Ath letic association has secured nearly nil of his players for the coming season. All of tho nlno with tho team at tho close of last season remain except Lark In, who goes to Cincinnati, and four other players will be added. Tho many friends of Mrs. o. "VV, I.lntn gcr regret to learn that she Is confined to her house by Illness. Miss Ella Grnlinm has opened rooms at 1613 Dodgo street to teach art needle work. Delugo Hose company No. 4 gavo a well attended masqucrado ball nt Turner .hall last night. Thomas Swobe, one of tho pleasant pro prietors of thn Millard hotel, has gono to Chicago on business. H. 11. Oalcy, socond liouso south of Davenport on the west sldo of Twenty second street, wants a girl for general housework. K. L. Whitman, 1102 Davenport street, I offers a reward for a watch charm con sisting of a compass, square and globe. Twenty Years Ago ino iiocK island mado answer, protest, lng against the suspension of tho bridge contract ns proposed by the Union Pacific. It further alleged grievances against the Union Pacific, which It charged with constantly hampering It ever since the contract went Into effect. "Kid" Baldwin, tho noted Ijttlo catcher, was signed to ploy tho ISM scuson with Manager Bill Rojurko's Omaha team. Time was when thero was no bettor backstop than tho Kid." Railroads announced that tourists car berths would he raised from J3 to March 1. from all Missouri river points to tho Pacific coast, the chief reason being, evidently, that the companies needed and could got the money this way. They promised Improved service, how ever. Julius Caosar was reserved for the finale In tho Wardc-James repertory nt the Boyd, and despito the well known dif ficulty In casting the plot, tho burden of which falls on four nrfnm jlrutus, Caslus and Antony it was well presontoa and to tho satlsractlon or the audience. Fred Warde. thouch fiom hoarseness, played Antony with inarKca enccuvencss ana Louis James was at his very best In Brultm. Health Commissioner Savlllo clean-up or Rescuo hall and that It cease for a tlmo rescuing men, many or whom lately had been diseased, turning the hall Into a hospital, ' , Ten Years Ago-- H. J. donden, manager or the Krus theater, received w"ord 0f another two night stand by Weber & Fields. Court Sergeant "Wholcn of the police force was taken to St. Joseph, suffer ing with stomach trouble. lie had been ailing for Homo weeks. Tho advance salo of tlckejs for Mrs. Flsko In "Mary or Magdaia," at tho Krug, was progressing rapidly. Peter Hart, 67 ycara old, died at his residence, MS North Twenty-third street. Thomas M. Schumacher, trarfio man ager or tho Oregon Short Lino and formerly or Omaha, passed through tho city en route east In his prlvato car to consult Mr. Harrlman regarding tho af fairs of tho road. Julius Kruttschnltt had hastened cast the day before. Mr. llarrlman's calling his men In at a time when tho air was full of rumors about tho Northwestorn buying tho Alton, was regarded as very Significant. M. jr. Krauss or Logansport, Ind., was in tho city for tho purpose ot forming in this stato an association of abstrac tors to be allied under one general head with a national organization. One pur pose ot this organisation was to cen ter the matter ot responsibility ot ab. at rectors. People and Events Recurring to tbo subject of "big minds," the captain ot ono of the Atlantic liners reports going head-on against a gale speeding 110 knots an hour and spuming seas that tossed his ship about llko a Cockleshell. Mr. Thornton ot Long Island, chosen as general manacer of llrltlah nrnt jern railway, la likely to find his new Job cnveiopca wun rrosi. Already lie has been denounced in Parliament as "an un desirable alien." The fact Is brought out by the observ ance ot Lincoln day in Oregon that a sis-ter-ln-law ot Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Harah Todd, aged 103, Is living at liugene. 8ho ent a message to thoso who wore colobratlng at Portland. Recently, In Columbia, S. C, Benjamin R. Tillman and John L.' McLaurin met. shook hands and chatted Pleasantly about nonpolltlcal mutters. It was n. rcconellla. tion. Thirteen years ago. In tho senate at Washington, Mr. Tillman punched Mr. McLaurin'a head. Ono by one man's lordly glories are being plucked from him, ,Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Oilman, expounding "The Larger Feminism" In New York, announced that Ad.m. not Kve, grew out ot a rib. ' At me same time a Pennsylvania girl, com ing out or a trance, renarted that m.1 langels wero wingless. The Los Angeles Board or Publlo Works, requested by tho city to make om minn. repairs and save councilnien "from pres. Dt ana future torment," promptly agreed to provide for Present needs, hut remarked rather warmly that provision against future torment wa beyond human rcacn. The board assumes to be well acquainted with the councllmen. Mme. Theodpre Amet, mother of twen-ty-two children, all of whom aro living, has bceu proposed to President P.ilno.ir by Captain Malre of the League or Large r amines, ior me cross or the Legion of Honor. Captain Malre has been by M. Polncalre'a secretary that tho mat ter has been intrusted to the ministry or the Interior for consideration. Aimed at Omaha Norfolk News: Victor Rosewater wants to clap tho lid on the shady; lawyers In Omaha. The lid was never In such de mand in the metropolis as It Is now. Grand Island Independent: Tho In dependent cannot refrain from protesting against the management of the .Omaha. Automobile show. The state fair officers wero denounced only last week for send ing reading notices to the newspapers of Nebraska and enclosing tickets. Indeed the matter was one of "scandalous pro portions." Yet these Automobllo show directors, buzz wagon aristocrats, mag. nates selling, for private gain, cars at prices ranging from iU to $,CG, havo tho temerity, with the resolutions re ferred to stilt hot from the reel, to en close two columns of reading matter-ami two red tickets of admission? Respect fully referred to the committee with the suggestion that tho action of the Omaha promoters has reached even moro "scan dalous proportions." Hastings Tribune: ir It were not for Charles Wooster the papers of Omaha' and Lincoln would be pretty dry some times. Bridegport News-Blade: Omaha Is stunned at the nerve of a man who stolo three cars and sold them without the consent of tho original owners. And yet there aro men In the world of flnanco today who actually stole whole railroads. and got away with them, too. Fremont Tribune: At Omaha a bunch of Arabs attracted attention by wearing aandals and going barelegged on the streets. Women with their wishbones exposed to tho elements gazed In amaze ment and wonder at the eccentric Bedouins, but we don't know that ihv had anything on the Arabs. Blair Democrat: To e ihn Jamtn Stnto Journal booming Vf. J, Bryan for uie presidency in 1916 is ns strange ns it would be to sec tho World-Herald boost "Vic" Rosewater for TnUert stt. senator. Ornnd Island Indenemlen ago has called on Editor Howard of tho v-ommous ueicgram to make good his charges that the Omnhn. m,tn. i. o Mi totan nnd that he has hold his own views to ue superior to those of any organized body of Christians. Huh! Whi'. it n about? Nebraska City Press: Thn Alhwt To Seems tO liaV'e been B. fnrrn In innnir "V" - brHska communities. Omaha. Lincoln nnd Norfolk havo had clean-ups and women have been ordered to leave the town. Now comes Grand Island with an caict to tho red-lightcrs to leave, and forty-four women houeht tr.Tnnoii to other towns. Tho Albert law has been n larce ana has been enforced only after SOmo SUCh Calamity as Omntin l,o.i few weeks ago. Llko many other nn. tlonal problems our well-meaning re formers have tried to cure an evil by starting at tho top of the tree Instead or digging at the roots Over Land and Sea Trade unionism existed In Egypt In the earliest centuries of Its history. The co-operative agricultural ' associ ations or Russia numbered 1,150 on Au gust X. 1913. Berlin, Gormany, under normal condi tions, employs almost 1.000.000 workera in Its Industries. In Now South Wales, Australia, there are 4,477 children under 10 years or ago nt work In factories. Mora than ono-third or Australia's resi dents llvo In four cities Sydney, Adelaide. Melbourne nnd Brisbane. In Holland many milkmen deliver their wares In bottles wrapped In red paper, tho keeping quality ot the fluid being greatly Increased thereby. Austria-Hungary, which not long ago waa ablo to supply almost its entire de mand for grain, has In recent years im ported considerable quantities. Tho city council of Bergen passed a yieaauro at Its lasijmeeting appropriating rnrAA .. u.uw crowns wrt;iiv) ior tno purpose or erecting a public building to bo used as a city murKct. Among the household industries of the Philippines that of hat making has In recent years become a leading one. In 1W0, C21.IS75 hats were exported. 189,190 ot mem coming to the United States. In the last four years a number of Important nations havo adopted the com pulsory use of the metric system. Among tneso are Denmark, China, Japan, the flvo republics of Control America, Bui garla, Chile, Uruguay and Slam. The port of London authority announces tnat contracts for certain works at the port havo been placed with two German firms. It la explained that tbo contracts were obtained In competition with Brit ish firms, and that they showed a saving of S6 per cent on the lowest British ten ders or ;kx,3U). . The late Peter Coats ot the great Lon don threadmaklng firm of J. & P. Coats, left an estate of J12.000.OC). Tho death duty to bo paid to the state will amount to ti.iw.uu. Miie u,uw,wu estate or tne late Anthony N. Brady of New York has just paid an inheritance tax of fZ.SSi.oco, Tabloids of Science A new gem called hellodor has been found In German South Africa. A paper overshoe Is covered by a pat ent recently granted to a New York Inventor. According to recent experiments In Europe radium is Instrumental In pre venting diseases ot plants. Protecting gloves generally In use for X-ray work ore ordinary gloves having applied on the back a layer of rubber that contains lead, as lead is known to stop the rays. Scientists observe that the gases which water holds In solution have a marked effect on the wear or iron and ateel tubes, but ir the oxygen la eliminated the Internal corrosion ot piping la les sened. The stream which has been supplying the ancient city or Damascus with water tor nearly forty centuries has been har nessed, and will provide electricity to light the city and operate 100 miles ot railway. The average output of coal to each person employed In the Industry in the United State is a little more than 600 tons. In the United Kingdom iOS ton's, in Germany I to tons, In War"- Ut ton, and In Belgium W tons. 4& I Third Degree. OMAHA. Feb. 23 KJ.lltnr of Thi Reel A modest man may be good for somothlng, nut as a chief ot detectives he would utterly fall. Pious and klndheartcd peo ple believe that criminals should be treated With arcai tenderness, hut h police officer who undertakes to treat the active and violent enemies of aoclety with that respect due to an honest citi zen, will find himself absolutely unfit for his office. Mr. Maloney Is being thor oughly scourged by the Lincoln news papers, but whether ho applied or misap plied tho third degree to a certain woman Is, as yet, unsubstantiated. "Hut If h rild apply the usual third degree methods and failed to obtain the results exenected, it was nothing more than an error of Judg ment, nnd If ho had produced the result expected, nothing would have been said. Jt is absolutely Impossible for pure Jus tlce to prevail in the police courts and city prisons: a Jury cannot h nrnvM1 for every vagrant and prostitute charged wiui a petty offence, and It Is certain that occasionaly nn Innocent person will suffer. Now I believe that detectives by being long associated with, and familiar with tho methods of criminals, know pretty, well what thev they confer tho third degree on a candl doatc, and yet they make some mistakes. ano third degree Is not an evil If it provents a greater evil than itself, nmi I am constrained to belltwii that detec tives do not confer the socond section of this degree upon anyone unln th imv Kood reasons to bcllovo they have tho right party, out as I said before, their Judg ments nre not Infallible. I purchased a Job orf a police force In a large western city several years ago, and I made so many mistakes that I was soon dismissed. Bcnt a orunken cx-senator to tho sta tion when I should haVn flnt him VnwA in a hack; i arrested a boy for hopping iimna. anu me mother clubbed me with a mop-stick! she was a wealthy woman. One day I brought in a nice looking girl and charged her with " shoplifting," but the captain said. "Let her go, she is afflicted with kleptomania, and her nar. enU aro fine people." The pollco system is slightly corrupt, but the people are mil. reaay icr a better one, and when they aro ready, thoy will have It. E. O. M'INTOSII. Twice Told Tales Att Unexnecieil neium,'. Congressman Edward L. Hamilton ot Michigan told this onn nt ,n ner, when rercrenco was mado to the bad orraKs mat arc occasionally made by the Uttlo kids. Some time ago a friend or tho tamlly "iiuuiuu ior uinncr at a certain happy Uttlo home. Tho friend hart nn nnn,lll. ' .. that would havo made n boarding house niiBiio 10 raise tno rates, and aa he stowed away tho fodder in rrft.it nmn title?, he was interestedly watched by tuiui, tne little 6-year-old daughter. "Say, Mr. Smltk she finally remarks "I do wish you were here at dinner every iay." "That is certainly very sweet of you utue one.- ncamcd me truest. "I nm afraid that you would get very tired of me." "Oh, no, I wouldn't," was the young ster'a startling rejoinder. "Jr you were hero oveTy day we wouldn't havo any scraps to eat tomorrow." Philadelphia uciegrapn. I.ooklunr Forward. A Chicago physician was congratulating Orvlllo Wright on his new aeroplane stabilizer. "I'm taking a lot ot work from you doctors, I am afraid," said Mr. Wright, with a mischievous smile. "I feel sorry for tho young Dayton medical student I heard about the other day. "Two medical students were discussing their prospects In the profession when ono of them said: " To succqed In medicine It is neces sary to specialise.' " 'Decidedly,' agreed the otlier. 'What specialty aro you going to choose?' " 'I'm going to specialize In aeroplane accldents-there'll be a great future there. "Chicago News. Show Ins Ml" Love. "Lookn here, Sam" "Yes. Llza." "I begins t think yer doesn't love me 110 more." "Nonsense, 'Liza; what put dat In yer head!" "Why, yer Just sit there by the fire and sees me work. . "Why. 'Liza! The more I sits by this 'ere fire and sees you workln the more I loves yer, honey!" Yonkers Statesman, Editorial Sittings st T miU r?lnh.TVmncnit: If a. ban queter accustomed to garpe Juice should accidentally drink some champagne the consequences might be serious and far- leacblng. Washington Post: At the same time It would be some amends it Alfonso would bestow the Order ot the Golden Fleece on a tew ot the Americans who have had dealings with the rich Spanish pris oner. Philadelphia Ledger: Bertlllon Is dead, tho man whose system of Identification by thumb prints revolutionised the police methods ot the world. He he.d a wonder ful record for success In protecting so ciety against criminals. Boston Transcript. We will go farther and hazard a guess that In probably a dozen Insane asylums In this country there are being constructed alrshlpa that could cross the Atlantic nnd make the return trip In twenty minutes. Sioux City Journal: Those Nebraskans, their name being1 legion, who as Individ uals agree each for himself as to his own titnees to hold federal office under this administration, will not welcome the positive denials ot Secretary Bryan and Senator Hitchcock that they have not agreed aa to appointments. And one- fourth ot the term ot this administration haa already passed . Pittsburgh Dispatch: It Is heard from Panama that while Colonel Qoethals as the head of the zone government bus- vended Mr. John Burke, it was Mr. Met calfe, formerly associate editor of the Commoner and now a canal commis sioner, who discovered Burke's crooked- ntsa. Mr. Metcalfe's success as a graft discoverer may create demand foe him nearer home. 1 MIRTHFUL REMARKS. "What's, tho reason of all this f!ht on the railroads?" ..."K dunno." replied Farmer Corntosel; but 1 can't help thlnktn' tome of the reason Is that the railroads ain't glvln' put near as many passes as they usetl to. Washington Ptar. .'l?for.B0.Wa.h,nBton tolrt his father the trte" Ut chopllnP tne cherry !!,c,Crp",'d the sweet. Impressionable Vyu' .Peorgo,knevr wh" he was caught with the goods, all rlghf-Washlngton otar. A vnnuti vfutHn.. ' At....t.i. inrTii KiC0ld "'"'"it her husband talk- tviCl'T doS,or salJ' "y" mlBht day time.' National Monthly. J?fa.!l,my,"Jftl1 her mlsress after din ner. how do you nltch your pies so evenly around tho edge?" ...Mnyr.r?"01 her eyes proudly. "Ah uses mah false tcet. minsus, dat wn't met. cm so regular'-Natlonal Magazlue. "I wish I had taken my mother's ad uce when alio begged mo not to marry you. "Did your mother try to keep you from marrying me?" "Yes." "Oh, how I have wronged that woman!" Chicago Record-Herald. Miss Kit-See MIrh Upper over thereto She thinks she's beautiful, evidently. But. my dear, that sereno pulse of hcrs Is merely pose. .miss ICat I know It. Strange that the ell iminaiion or an "l ' should leave a trait Crawford Whal'a thi matter with thnt fellow who Is holding onto the lamp post and shuffling his feet? Crabshaw There was a time when I'd havo said he waa drunk, but now, per haps, he's practicing a new dance. 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