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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 191.
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' By George, tho king or England
now knowti what a ball game Is.
Like all bandits trapped, Villa
realizes that dead men toll no talcs.
Mnybo March will come In like a bull
moose. Detroit Free Press.
Another prediction gono astray.
Some ground for ouspecting that
brains under that "green hair" may
be ot like color.
England favors establishing a
peaco commission at The Hague.
Will it includo MoxJco'fl representa
tion?
DoBplto your lot and location in
life, it you try liard enough yotl can
serve your fellow men in soma way
and to some extent.
Congressman Lobeck wants it
distinctly understood that he ap
preciate the honor ot being nien
tiOMed for governor, but declines to
swing.
1'rcsMont Wilson's "Watchful waiting"'
having failed, what do you proposo to do
bow? New York Evening; Mall.
As the. Irishman said, It is a quee-
4 Intx vnim r w anttttir nitaxtm, I ft
youref.
The OwahaVVVoma's club is to
Issue a prlsted history covering its
twiwty-oe years' career.' Who's
afraM to be advertisod as a charter
menifeer?'
The World-Herald glvos unquali
fied endorsement to 'Senator Hitch
cock's endorsement ot Chris Gruon
tfcor for internal rovenuo collector.
Will wonders novor cease?
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Te high, salaried attorney Jolutly
employed by tho Water board and
tho street railway company seems to
have no better- luck fighting against
the city than he has fighting for the
city.
According to Pittsburgh advices,
the steel output, is increased up to
70 per cent ot its normal capacity,
which shawn that we are gradually
Raising semo ot that lost republican
vreeperity.
State, Hallway Commissioner Hall
threatens to resign if te commission'-
cklef engineer does -not. Well
now that looks serious. The next
move will be for some one to back
down or call a bluff,
"Writing authoritatively," accord
lug to ono of his "string" of paporn,
James Creelman Bays American In
tervention )n Mexico is "essential,"
With this from tho highest author
ity, why put off the evil hour?
Even though the lawyers may not
-want to do .their own houso clean
ing, that cannot afford to obstruct
tho fumigation by trying to protect
tho crooked lawyers who havo
brought such odium on their profes
sion.
The 'fact that Boss Murphy has
accepted Governor Glynn's plan, so
thoroughly satisfactory to antl-Tam
many factions, seems to Indicate
that the man who Is drawing Sul
iter's salary as governor of New
York Is also 'filling the Job.
Still, It you have been unable to
figure yourself into tho privileged
claBS of Income tapayers. do not
despair. You may still enjoy tha
opportunity either wncn you sue
cced in boosting your earnings or
when congress towers tho exemption
limit
The Cleveland Plain Dealer left it
to Its editorial staff to determine
"Who ate the six greatest living
men?" One of the associate editors
headn hU list with tho cutthroat
Villa, so no one of self-conceived
giea-tneskjiot u the lists need feel
tsrtly about it
Seven for a Quarter.
By the court's refusal of the In
junction asked for by the street rail
way company to prevent submission
ot the seven-for-a-quarter Initiative
ordinance at tho impending election,
the question is put Up squarely to a
vole of the people.
It is. a reasonable inference that
tho people who ride on street cars
favor lower fares, and tho lower tho
better. But tho merits of tho claim
of the street railway that to sell
seven tickets for a quarter would
bo confiscation and give returns less
than cost of operation, can hardly
bo intelligently passed on at tho
ballot box; certainly not without
thorough discussion In a campaign
of education.
Tho peoplo ot Omaha can. how
ever, relegate tho question ot fact
to the courts, and this they will
doubtless do by voting for soven-for-
quarter. Adoption of tho ordinance
will mean a law suit, more or lesj
ong drawn out. and It uncertain out
come but in tho end will let us
know what. If any. reduction In
street car fares we can enforce.
If we are. entitled to more rides
for a quarter than we are getting,
by nil means let us have' them.
The Freedom of the Press.
A federal Judge has fined two
New York rdportors for rofuslng to
dlvttlgo their sourco of information,
Their newspaper will carry the case
to tho court of last resort and it
could afford nothing less for tho
frocdom of the press is at stake. If
courts can thus coerco newspapers,
tho searchlight of publicity can no
longer render tho service it owes to
the people.
Tho Bee has often said that no
legitimate interest has anything to
fear from the limelight of honest
publicity, but rascals havo every
thing to fear. In the case at hand
the publication rovcaled certain
criminal practices and thoreforo
contributed to tho ends of Justice,
To compel disclosure of the sourco
ot Information in such a caso would
tend, not only to obstruct or defeat
JuBtlco and protect the guilty, but
What Is worse, to destroy tho essen
tial power of a free, untrammeled
press, which the organic law meant
to vouchsafe
It was old Lord Berkeley, one ot
tho minions Goorgo HI sont as gov
ernor of Virginia, ,who .thanked tho
Lord that "wo havo no freo press in
this country," and prayed that "wo
shall hot havo for these hundred
years." Who wants to tako a stop
that would load us 'back toward
George III? -Lot us noto also In paBs
Ug that' tho two most conspicuous
countries today without a freo-press
are Russia and Mexico.
Grade Crossings.
The state of New York has 11.7C3
grado crossings, 1.01 tf of which aro
unprotected. In six years 531 deaths
rand 1,718 other accidents have been
reported from those places. Tho fig
ures may not strike one as appall-
.lug, but they aro far too largo and
they Interest us here In Omaha and
Nobraska because ot tho largo num
ber ot unprotected grade crossings
whero casualties are constantly oc
curring. Wo are Just now having
ono ot tho most dangerous gradlngs
in tho city fortified, but others
equally as dangerous, remain Unpro
tected and tho benotlcent corpora
tions responsible for them have very
emphatically told tho. city that they
have no notion ot protecting them
any time soon.
Why?
Havo. not the people whose lives
aro imperilled nt thoso crossings, a
volco in the matter? Tolerance ot
these danger spots Is entirely Inex
cusable. Offended Dignity.
1 "Administration officials realize,"
says a Washington dispatch, "that
In not communicating first with
vGcncral Carranza they have of
fended his personal dignity and
they hope to ovorcome this by con
sulting him now."
By all means, let us hasten to ap
Poubo tho wounded sonslblllttcs ot
tho Mexican brigand beforo he Is
tues orders for additional American
and British slaughter. And let us
bo very careful that In repairing the
feelings of Chrrauza we do not rouso
the Ire and envy of Villa. Who could
hnvc beon so careless, anyway, ot
the dignity ot these gentlomen as to
pu.t us'lu so dellcato and embarras
sing a situation?
Hbb It como to this, that tho great
nation ot tho United States must
consult tho proprieties ot powerless
pretenders, while Its own clttzens
and those of other countries are Bhot
down merely to gratify the murder
ous passions ot a band ot irresponsi
ble outlaws? As a whole our poo
pie havo been patient and patriotic
in relation to the administration's
do-nothing policy, but it is hard to
restrain Impulses under circum
stances such as these. Huerta, Car
ranza and Villa in turn have shown
us all the contempt they can and we
are even now seeking to correct onu
ot our official blunders In order, for
uooth, that we may if possible avoid
offending tho dignity of Carranza.
Shades of Washington, Jackson
and Lincoln, what next?
"Do right and then do as you
please," is Dr. Lyman Abbott's for
mula for u Christian. Not a bad
one for tho heathen as well.
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lopKingcKwar
, 'JTuVPay in Omaha
nrnun rsoM bcc rtves
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MAltCH 4.
Thirty Yearn Ago
The celebration of the Robert Kmmet
anniversary was notable for the presenta
tion of tho trial scene from tho drama of
"Robert Emmet" with the oharactera
portrayed as follows: Robert Emmet by
K. A. O'Brien; attorney general, by II.
D. Estabrook; council for prosecution, by
J. J, Lander; counsel for defense, by J.
J. Nellgh; Lord Norbury, by General
George M. O'Brien; clerk -of tho crown,
by W. O. Sanders. Many others contribu
ted to a lengthy program, all under the
auspices ot tho Kmmct Monument asso
ciation.
Ex-Counly Judge W. O. Bartholomew
Is slowly recovering from a long" siege of
nervous prostration and Is occasionally
seen down town.
Forty acres of the old Redman farm,
north of this city, was sold at sheriffs
salo, bringing $5,000, or $115 per acre. J.
J. Brown was the, purchaser.
Collector John Campbell received notice
from Washington that the government
would pay its share of tho expense In tho
paving of Fifteenth street, opposite the
postofflco building.
J. W. Lancaster Is the name of tho
now clerk at the Metropolitan.
Tho new city directory Is completed and
contains 18,410 names, which furnishes
tho basis of an estimate of Omaha's popu
lation nt 65,80.
Dr. S, D. Mercer has gono to Denver
on business connected with the Union
Pacific hospital there.
Twenty Years Ago
i-erry u. iieatn. The Bee's Washington
correspondent, stated In a dispatch 4mt
Tobias Castor, democratic national com
mitteeman from Nebraska, waa at tho
capital working for Dr. deorgo L. Millar
as successor to Judge McDIU on the In
terstate Commerce commission. Castor,
tha dispatch oald. was closeted with J,
Sterling Morton, secretary of agriculture,
and Dr.-Miller's very Intimate friend.
Oeorgo T. Ilfck of Sheridan, Wyo., son
of a former senator from TCnntuebv. -n
In I he olty and related a good story of
now uoionel Cody (Buffalo Bill) whipped
a pair of assailants In a Washington
hotel. Beck said he held the rotnnM'n
Coat lie said eastern minora hint
Dieu mo account of the fight; that ono
or tne men stood more tlinn iv ff .nH
weighed 225, and that "Buffalo Bill" licked
mem both to a finish.
An Interested reader of The Bee wrote
to tho paper suggesting that imif n
Of Omaha's wealthy citizens build homes
cosung irom w,cro to 1100,000 ar a means
of helping business nnd the unemployed.
Tha Burlington was advertising one-way
faro to California at M and round trip
at 135. Tho rate war was on.
Colonel 13. J. Johnson nf Thlln,iri,i.
comiade of Major Erb of the Mercer!
" visiting the latter at his hotel.
Ten Year Aao
, 1 congratulate you on havjpg plenty
of room. I hate to see any one stand up
or saw any one
stand up during one of my loctures. Per
sonally. I llkn thA lltll. ..
, .....u mum imruca
-they give a more frlondly feeling than
- -,.c.,vt:B. inuH spoKo ironically
Elbord Hubbard, tho Reycroftcr of New
Aurora, x. y.( to a small assemblage at
Kountio Memorial Lutheran church. l
lecture showed ono plainly that, .tho
speaker was a preacher of the gospel of
num.
Albert M. Ill nr. fifti crt,,u m .
path street, died at tho age of 44.
All Union Pacific train vaIhw
' .VIII, "POl.
Were uslnar Ilia ........
- -'w.-..ui irucKS as
far as Fremont, owing (o theifaet that
tho Union Paclflo bild
down arid out. ' ...
IlatTV Davis anil liit-.ltr-J.'f.
. .. t ,,v. -ini,..uvMuin pro
cured license to marry. ?
. It was admltliil Virn. n. . ......
, ... . ' iuis auvisory
board (hat competition morely In the Hs-
. uk ...u Kujr KarDago did not insure
ajicccss. It vr. Breckenrldge appeared
and asked for timo to enable a local com
pany wlthTa. now scheme to enter the
Miss Man- .... ..
-- i Jiarricia
Ilonoymoon' nnn,!i,i . v .
-nu ui me oya ana
Ingratiated himself ,nore securely than
S2 "ffect,ona Oniaha theater-
People and Events
W, C Goldsbv of V. m. i. n,-
prefers to wear a kimono when lounging
"""'r' una 10 amuse himself often
does the family cooking.
J co,n,,er,n "asures ror the com-
miVl th0. hu rac result,
might bo gained by placing a atlff duty
on weather exports from Medicine Hat.
rrobobly Uncle Sam's new treaty with
Great Britain had nothing to do with It.
but the fact that Kln ts,. t.Z
.... . "."'. i.nn oar-
ley water as an offset to grape julco forc-
""' "o uawn of an era of peace.
Miss Esther M.
(Alberta) Is believed to be the only woman
In Canada, who Is clerk of her city, Leth-
iiuo is unaer commission government
and tha women v6te at municipal election.
Rainbow wigs now Affected by ex
tremely fashionable wpmen were orlg
inally Intended for men, to lend a bit of
color to their bald spots. But the women,
hies 'em, snatched them baldheaded and
decorated themselves.
Matt Booth, a railway varil fntrin,,. .
Connecticut Q insists that he has often
soen jsngiiiu sparrows place grains of
corn on the steel rail d that the loco
motive might crush tho corn and rnako it
more easily swallowed.
In splta of striken, riots. Investigations
and other excitement, tha Calumet and
Ilccla Copper Mining company ot Michi
gan managed to soothe the stockholders
with a nuarterly dividend of ;j a share.
The yield used to. be tts a share.
Ruth Elliott, daughter ot Lucius P. El
liott, a wealthy Racine (Wis.) manufac
turer. Is to take up the tamrva n nrn.
fessloiu This became known when it was
announced that she will make her debut
as a tango dancer in company with Rob.
ert Archer Bowlby of Boston.
rotating to his brother. Congressman
Ilobson ot Alabama, candidate for the
United States senate, 8. A. Hobson says
he lias the purest character of any man
who ha appeared In the world since
the first half century of the Christian
era- Huw Is that for a tatty atntar?
Dlartnud Lynch and Tomas Ashe, two
gossoons from Dublin, put their auto,
grapha in Oaello on a New Tork hotel
register and paraded around In costumes
of gray kllt trimmed with green. jut
about the time the earthquake shook
Manhattan island and vicinity. Sure they
didn't cau It Dvll a bit Tho costume,
they explained, is the official toga of the
Qaello league of Ireland
Twice Told Tales
Censor on the Alert.
While Abdul Hamld was stilt upon the
throne of Turkey tho president of tho
American Missionary college at Tarsus
sent to New York for a largo consign
ment of textbooks. In due time all ex
cept the chemistries came rafcty. At first
tho president could not find out what was
tho matter, but finally tho commissioner
of the port sent for him.
"Christian," he said, sternly, "It Is not
for you to complain. It Is for you to
give thanks to Allah that you did no't
follow your diabolical books Into tho
flames. Here la ono copy that we saved
for a witness. Not all of its deadly
ciphers could we read, but this Is plain,
even to the eyo of a babe." Pointing to
tho symbol II20, he read, with triumph
ant air nnd voice: "Hamld II, Is no
thing!" Youth's Companion.
A Bud Tnlc,
On one occasion as services were 'held
in a country church, the good minister
was teaching and preaching about tho
glorious heaven, there would be no sick
ness, so no physicians would be there. A
fow days later ono of tho country doctors
was found very sad and walling aloud.
On being asked what ailed him, ho
answered:
"Oh, I have found out now that I can't
go to heaven."
Ilia friends seemed somewhat surprised,
and one said:
"Well, Doc. you must be a pretty bad
roan If you think thut."
"No. It Isn't that," he replied, still
sobbing. "I am as good as any man In
(his community, but after all my being
good, the preacher said, 'There will bo
no doctor there-' "-National Monthly.
I'rovldeuco on Ilia Hide.
As a rule tho habitual wrongdoer bears
little resentment toward the detective
who may have brought him to Justice.
Neither Is ho always Bevold ot a btlnd
belief in the workings of Providence. Ono
known to the police as a "chronic crook"
met ono of the detectives who had on
seyerat occasions unpleasant business
with him.
"How are you doing now, Tom?" asked
the detective.
"Doing!" bitterly exclaimed the crook.
"You nnd your pals havo fairly" bottled
our business!"
"Well, how's tho wlfo?" asked tho man
from tho yard, whereupon tho crooli
nearly broke down.
"Tho missis," ho said, "died a month
ago. It was a. near thing that the parish
dldn t have to bury her. but," (with a
ring of heartfelt gratitude In his voice)
"Providence was very good, for It sent
along a mug In tho Mck ot time and
I dono him for twenty ciuld. We was
ablo to bury poor Liz quite decent-like!"
Manchester Guardian.
Editorial Siftings
BoRton Trnnncrint: And moreover Van
Diedcrlcha shows that aa an admiral ho
statement in an official report instead of
a Juccnt magazine.
Philadelphia Ledger; Secretary Red
field has begun a lecture tnur to nrnvn
that thaijMrtlon 1 filled -with prosperity.
Whin ;TM-OMUrtv haa In tiA .U.,wl 1...
xument tfiero Is more argument than
prosperity.
Indlananolla Vvi; ti.a.h ......
enough revolutionary times, for Instance,
tho Society ot Sponsors of tho United
mates navy nas decided that hereafter,
in naming a ship, the bottle-breaker shall
say, "I namo thee." Intpi nt r .hri.u.
the." Whaf the world coming to. any
howt New York World: Nifm o'sinn.i,.
noisy, our efficient representative in the
uy or .Mexico, ha not exactly declared
War, bUt as hO Carries two rnvnlvara Via
may be sold to bo upon a war footing.,
in a country where most peoplo are shot
In tho back, all thiit ho needs now is
caution. Ho has courage, evidently.
Springfield Renubllcam Pri.int ,.
8hl Kal In offering to William W. Rock
hill the Position of
vacant by the resignation of Prof. Good
now, gave moro recognition ot Mr. Rock
hllt' distinguished diplomatic ability than
dkt tho democratic administration of Mr.
nockhlll'a own country. The State de
partment may take note.
Philadelphia Ledanr
v. 4.swiviuu iil
tho arbitration pacts by tho senate Is
neiy to oe the crowning historic glory
of the administration. Tho President ha
proved himself more than an advocate
of peace by words only. Ho has en
Joyed, moreover, the very earnest sup
port ot hi political
regard to partisanship, which is insplr-
.. io nn 8ooa Americans. Tho imme
diate effect should bo to clarify our dtp
lomatlo relation -with tho rest of tha
worm anu vmaicate the Integrity of our
motives.
Bleached Views
Springfield Renubllcan; dull. i
the famoua question, "What is whls-
i .- is uio question. "What is poison?"
The supreme court of the United State
seems to take the ground that a poison is
a poison when It poisons.
Sioux City Journal- Foreattl n rr !! .Mill
legal point the supremo court ruling, ap
peal to common sense. The purpose of
the pure food law will be conserved whan
tpn pumio ncaitn is protected If jn im
proving the appearance of flour a process
adds an Ingredient that waa not there
originally, the publlo Is not harmed un
its the added lmrrdUnt u ininrin,,.
health Why then should the government
nrji in 10 imcnero with a process that
help the western wlnto .
, - . " iulH
and the miller to market their wares
witnoui nurting anybody?
Indlananollb News: Th ktlnrn.A mm.i
la going over this test cae, decided that
ine taw aia not make necessary condem
nation of foods not containing sufficient
foreign substance to injur health. It
naiurany touowa that It Is not within the
power of government fnut in.n-.n.
under present law to condemn food
unless they can prove that these food
contain enouch Doisonomt r,,fiii.i,
In process of preparation to harm tho
uuman system. Tina construction of thq
law. extended, aa It mii tw.. in nih.
tide of food, will have a tremendous cf-
ect. it may cause not only an ultimate
reversal In the bleached flnur ft tint I.
also may et free other food products
now in uuiavor oinciauy, but which do
not contain doubtful mih.i.nr.. in
title sufficient to Injure the human sys-tern
Justice nnd I'nmlirnt Ion.
HASTINGS, la.. March 3.-To the Ed
itor of The Bee: It I moro than a year
lnce tho Douglas county court house
was completed. Perhaps there was somo
feeling of satisfaction on tho part ot the
owners of the structure, the taxpayers,
when completed. They could point tho
finger ot pride here, for the building is
beautiful, pretentious, modern and Up-to-dato
as compared, with the one It super
ceded. It was here that the common
people hoped to look for Justice according
to "the law and tho evidence," and t-
see human wrongs righted In the eyes
of Justice. But In this short space ot
time it seems to already havo given
shelter to "fako detectives." "perjured
wltneses," "blackmail lawyers" and tven
the "scum ot the earth," as portrayed
by your artist.
Without fulsomo pralso may we say
The Beo docs good work In showing thuni
up. With our boasted civilization what
a shame such conditions should exist,
but the stand pt Tho Beo and its rtlst
In taking up this work of showing them
up is a grand sight Indeed. You havo
them on the run, and if wo could voice
the sentiment of the public It would prob
ably be a wish that, like Lot's wife ot
old, they would turn to something more
useful, If not so ornamental, It they ever
look back, in tho interest ot good gov
ernment keep "em goln'.
TEE J. AITCII.
If Uncle Sam Owned the Railroads.
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., March S.-To
tho Editor ot Tho Bee: As a reader ot
your paper, I would like to rise up to
the point of Information and ask a fow
questions.
Why would not It be better to have the
railroads owned by the United States
government than by the heartless cor
poratlons? In The Beo I read Mr. A. I
Mohler's address beforo tho Hiutlng.i
Chamber of Commerce, In which he. said
they would not be run right by Undo
Sam, and wondered what the people of
Nebraska who pay taxes would say If
they had to pay tho extra 12,600,000 which
tho railroads now pay. Well, if Uncle
Sam owned them tho taxpayers would not
havo to pay an exorbitant rato for having
the mail carried over the atato by these
railroads, ond I think this Item by itself
amounts to more than tho taxes these
corporations pay.
If tho Union Pacific were run by the
American people, would they lay off
Americans, many of them head of. large
families and taxpayers, and keep tho
Greeks on the pay roll, who never pay
ono cent In taxes to Undo Sam?
Mr. Editor, you know Omaha has kicked
for years over freight rates; so haa
Hasting, and so has North Platte, and
so has every other town. It Undo Sam
owned these roads, don't you think ho
would place all towns on an equality !n
regard to freight rates, as ho does when
wo send a letter or a bundle by parcel
post?
If Uncle Sam owned the railroads
and gave pood Bervlco, which wo know
he would, there would need bo no com
petition and we would not need a dozen
roads In North Platte no more than wo
need a dozen postottlce buildings In this
town. W. A. HANCIIETT.
Around the Cities
Chicago has started a municipal grocery
where needy people can buy goods at
cost
Holyolte (Mass.) Alpaca company has
put its 3,000 operatives on a profit-sharing
pay system.
Terpslchorean enthusiasts in Spokane
are kicking for Instruction in dancing in
the public schools.
Buffalo is trying to check the activities
of persons spitting in public places by
banding out warnings printed on slips of
pink paper.
Chicago's stately suburb, Evanston,
blow Itself to the extent ot giving U to
every baby born in town, which to start
a bank account.
Lo the poor Indian nas always been
asked to move on and not block the traf
fic and in Baltimore war ha been de
clared by city officials upon tho cigar
signs, ot which seventy-six still remain
in the dty.
Of 1I5,625,710 expended during the year
1913 for the operation and administration
of tho New York City government, ac
cording to Comptroller Prendergast, the.
modest sum ot 3101,369,113 was paid in
salaries alone.
Of seventy-eight deaths in New York
from bichloride of merenry in tho last
eight months, thirty-five were suicides
and twenty-two victim who took the
poison supposing it waa hcadacho tablets.
Thl leaves twenty-ono cases unaccounted
for.
Political Tips
The late Senator Bacon ot Georgia, like
the late Senator Cullom ot Illinois, died
poor.
Uncle Joe Cannon propose to run tor
congress in the Danvlllo district. Habit Is
a hard master.
J. Benjamin Dlmmlck, former mayor ot
Scranton. candidate for United States
senator. Is estoemed the progressive re
publican hope ot Pennsylvania at tho
coming primaries,
Tho gaiety of the Hungarian Parlia
ment haa been largely increased by the
appointment of an official bouncer. Tho
new official demonstrated his fitness for
tho Job by bouncing ten members of the
minority at ono sitting,
Iowa papcts report that the former
progressive candidate for congress in tho
Fifth district will not run again because
ho believes the party is shy on young
blood. What do you know about that?
Ollle James, the senator from Kentucky,
has the unique record of having- defended
more than eighty men accused of murder
without losing one of the cases. Ho was
admitted to the bar when eighteen years
old.
One of the new political scrap sched
uled for the spring campaign in Chicago
Is the go between bonbons and cigars
as voto getter. Woman suffrage is
revolutionizing political tactics in tho
Windy City.
Mrs. Eva. Morley Murpby of Goodland.
Kan., bull moose candidate for congress
In the Sixth district is tho wife of a
lawyer- Sho is a grandmother, a member
of the Women's Christian Temperance
union and a Woman' club leader, tsn ex-
perlenced platform tslker and a booster
for conservation, irrigation, prohibition
and better laws for women and children.
Mrs. Murphy's smllo Is said to be a
winner.
Edwin Cults, eminent bull mooser,
comes out for the republican nomination
for lieutenant governor of Michigan with
the remark. "1 do hot believe there Is any
longer any reason why men who think
alike politically should be voting different
tickets."
. Holding that a police recorder should
bo n man of high dignity and standing
the South Orange (N. J.) township com
mittee at a meeting named Francis S.
Currlef, a retired millionaire, to the of
fico for a three-year term. Ills annual
compensation will bo J200.
THE OLDER SISTER.
Anne W. Young, In St Louis Globe-
All the day o my life Tva at by whilo
no unviii meir lun;
I waa oldest, you ee, of the alsters and
htl,
M l,.,,UI l m
'Two Hin 4l.i
while I helped with the waahtiV and
-sw ssiciiuiii innyucs
Or I'd have to run up 'cause the baby
U.AC I.I . '
And cryln' for me:
when the girls and the lads would be
strollln' come May-lime
In the moonlight,
With a Joko how they'd be a sad eight
for tho daytime,
,.T.heh" Jove-lock turned white
With tho fnll o' the blossoms the or
chard wn.i nhoddln',
T Wflltul ln.l,ll
the nearest I've ever come near to a
VTCUUIIl ,
Was drossln' the bride;
And the nearest to home was the hob
and the oven
Tim llav'l titln ni.1
And tho nearest I've come to the chll-
viacit vvun JUVin
And taltln 'cm up'
Wh&t Toilers Need
Hard working men need nutritious food
it should also be appetizing. One
thing the housewife should remember
la that by actual test
SPAOHETTI
eostaiai far more nutrition than meat
Faast Spaghetti makes a substantial and
savory raecL You can make i wholo
family dmaer from a ten-cent package-
write lor recipe book it a free.
Sc and 10c packages.
Buy today.
MAULL BROS.
St Leuu, Me.
$30
25
ONE. WAY FROM OMAHA
March 15th
THROUGH TOURIST SLEEPERS TO THE COAST
4:10 p. m.:
SALT LAKE
ROUTE
WESTERN
PACIFIC
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GREAT
NORTHERN
Everybody knows
where The Bee Building is
Can you have a better
address f of your office?
For offices apply to tho Superintendent, Boom '103,
The Bee Building Co.
ADVERTISING is a ong arm
that reaches out where
your salesman can't. It
has five muscular fingers called:
Magazines, Newspapers, Trade
Papers, Booklets and Folders.
SMILING REMARKS.
"They say there are only eight genulno
Jokos-'
"Yos," replied Senator Sorghum; "and I
think I could tell who they aro If cour
tesy did not forbid personalities in offi
cial life. ' Washington Btar,
"Now, I know you have been gambling
again and breaking )ny heart But you
don't care for that!"
"But, darling, 1 won. nnd I've brought
every cent of my winnings homo to you."
"Oh, you dear, considerate man. Always
thinking ot your little wife, aren't you,
pet?" Baltimore American.
"Wife, why does that young cub fttay
so Into?'
"1 believe he's pleading with Mabel for
a good night kiss."
"Well, it that Is the only way to get
rid ot htm, authorize her to bestow it."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Ollibs (with newspaper) Here's an ar
ticle entitled, "Hints About Taxes." Care
to read It?
Dibbs No, thanks. The hint given by
the regular collectors aro quite sufficient
Boston Transcript
Political Reporter After six lAontha
doing polities, I'm convinced that old
Dlogene handed himself a blind-alley
assignment.
rollco Reporter Console yourself, my
boy, by meditating on tho Immutable
many who nowadays are hunting for a
good 5-cent cigar. Judge.
"I suppose you know all about railroads,
banking, currency and kindred subjects."
"No," replied Senator Sorghum. -"If I
studied nil those things I'd have so little
time to make speeches that my constitu
ents would think I was neglecting my
business," Washington Star.'
Landlord Good morning, sir. I Just
dropped In to soe It It's convenient for
you to pay your rent
Tenant Glad you called. I want to com
plain about the doors; none of them will
shut.
L. New house, you know, takes time to
settle.
T. Ah! Then I guess I'll follow the
house's example. Good day, sir. Call
again. Boston Transcript
T0 California, Washington,
Oregon, British Columbia,
T0 Utah, Southern Idaho,
Central Montana
to April 15th
Tin-ouch tourist sleeufers cvorv
day to Los Angeles via Scenic Colorado and Salt
Lake. Personally conducted "Wednesdays and Satur
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every day to San Francisco, via Scenic Colorado and
Salt Lake and tho Grand Canyon of the Feather River.
Personally conducted on Wednesdays and Fridays.
4:10 p. m.: Through tourist sleeper service
every day to Los Angeles, via Scenic Colorado, Salt
Lake and San Francisco. Personally conducted Sun
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4:10 p. m.: Through rains via Billings and
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Washington.
11:35 p. m.: Through trains via Billings to
Great Northern territory, Spokane and Puget Sound.
"Wo will quota through rate aad secure your berth la
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