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J Ml 6 The omaiia daily bee FOUNDED UV BDWAllD llOSBWATRlt VICTOR HOSBVvATlJIl; ADlTOlU CKK 1IU1L.UINC, FAUN AM AKD 17T1I. Entered at Omaha, postoff Ice as second- iisfs mailer. t r iiAfs ni' simsr'iifiW'io S P. Hundar lie, one year fg Saturday Utc one year " Ually Be, without Sundn, one ytar.. iW Dally Bee and Sunday, one year 6.W DBMV15HBD BY OAlUtlBR. KvcnlnK and Sunday Uec, per month.. 40c Kvenlnc, lvlthout Sunday, per month.. so Ually Hce. Including Sunday, per ino..8c Dally llee, without tiunday, twr month.: Address all complaints of irregularis m deiherlfg to flty circulation Dept. tiw i i tta nr. v.. Itcmlt by dratt, i-xpress or postal order, payable to The Bee lMbllshlns company. Only S-cent stamps rwlvrd in payment of small accounts, l'ori-onal checks, ex ept on Omaha and eastern exchanges, not accepted, OFFICES. Omaha The llee liulldlnR. South Omaha-atS N Stiect founell Ulutf-ll North Main Street. I.lmoln-IS Little Uulldine. i hlcaso-tWl Hearst lhillainK. New Vork-oom 1116, aa Fifth Avenue. St. Louis SOS New llank ot Commerce. ajhlngton-TO Fourteenth Ht N. - i-imiiMSPnxnKNCK. c ommunications relatlnt? to news and edltcrfal "matter should be addressed omnlm lice. Kdltorlal Department. FEUItUAHY CIRCULATION. 51,715 Stale of Nebraska, County ot Douslas, as.: DwlBllt Williams, circulation manacer tf The Bee l'ubllshln company, bolOK duly sworn, sayn that the average dally circulation for the month of February, Mil. waa WDWKmT WLMAMH. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and "worn to before m this 3d day of March. 19U. IIOIJU11T 1IUNTKH, (Seal.) Notary I'ubllc. Snbicrlliers Iravln the fltr icmpomrllr tionlrl have Tltc llr mailed tu them. Address Mill lie rhanseil uflen aa rriie(cil. March so far seems to be an alter iiatlng Hon and mouse. Fort Bliss, on the Texas border, Is not all Its name Implies just now. Henry ford's next proAt-shnrins act will be to pay income taxes on $7,ooo;ooo. Mr. Taft very plainly defies ,tUo Kentucky voto by urging his friends not to call him colonel. Why not have tho new Missouri capltol built on tho cliffs just abovo iho new Kansas City, depot? It Is ovldent that Governor Colqult of Texas has no notion of calling a quit on this Mexican buslnoss. Late Spring Frosts Vltlt Mars. Head line. Probably in the interest ot world peace ', A convict who can sing himself out ot the penitentiary ought to be good, for a vaudeville stage engage ment. , iahii Carranxaahdv-vllla seem to havu misunderstood us; lot them have bullets to shoot one. anothor,"not to hhoot Americans and Britons. The govornors of western' 8111108' will meet In Colorado's capital next month. Nebraska ought to be in line to entertain them next time. Great Britain now indicates she may participate in tho San Francisco exposition after nil, evidently fooling sho has accomplished what was iu tended. Tho way to stop the blackmail game is to set a few examples that -will make tho blackmailers and their lawyer partners think twice bofore btarting operations. Young men with a Httlo money looking for a good oponing might hear in wind that the cattle shortage in this country last year was esti mated at 18.000,000 head. Brkljrif Wants Homo Jtule. Brooklyn Eaclb Sirae hero; but the privileged cor porations who prefer to lot well enoi'gh alone are seoing to it that tho lssuto is befuddled. One of the chief "Indoor winter Bporta" In Chicago just now 1b for malo.aldermanlc candidates to gather at omen's political teas and tell hovMhey have fought, bled and died for the cause. Jimittlng that the salary of the Michigan mine superintendent is only $75fl)00 instead of $100,000, that wlllUurely ease the minds of those wha'are said to labor for 20 cents n day down in the shaft. "Private monopoly Is Indefensi ble," reads a succc'eslon of demo iratjc platforms. But hero comes a democratic congressional committee with assuranco that tho Steamship trtistj Is a good trust, and should not be disturbed. And now we are told that CO per cent ot our divorces are due to tight corsets, A law 0 prohibit women from qualifying for the di vorce court In this fashion, and ci eating a commission to see to Its observance and enforcement, should be promptly forthcoming In evory up-to-date state. Every unbiased critic who has ex amined the proposed home-rulo char ter for Omaha has pronounced it a vast Improvement over the existing charter. What those who are fight ing t object to Is that It provides real and complete home rule, free from interference by governors and leg!slf4urea at Lincoln: they are against1 home rule, Present -Charter Suits Them. ii mo proposed nonie rule cnarier for. Omaha Is not adopted, tho old charter remains subject to the regu larly recurring legislative -charter tinkering. This contains the ex planation why the franchlsed corpor- MARCH 0. Ptlonn and public works contractors Thirty Years Abo - and other agencies that usually get Thft favorable report ot a senate com- In their fine work with tho law- "Z?? nZT" ".mL VU T , .... ., .1 MlMoiirl at Omaha one-third of a mile makers at Lincoln are quite content j from the old bride Is regarded of surh to have things remain as they aro. ! Importance as to warrant a telegram con Tho adoption of a homo rule char-j veylng the news over the signatures of tcr would vest comploto control over '',0 two Nebraska senators, c. II. Van proposed alteration in tho voters of Ma- , .. . . . . , About forty friends swooped down on the city and close the door against Mr. and Mrs. 11. Kcss on Park avenue putting anything across under cover for a surprise party, of legislative nmendmcnt. It would' General Howard, starting for Kurope, Is also inniiKurnto a lot of reforms thati accompanied as far as Chicago by Oen- tlio special Interests have so far suc cessfully fought off. Even granting that so mo mistaken have crept into the proposed charter, It carries with It the corrective by making possible immediate changes to any extent needed by operation ot its own amending clause, The rejc: tlon o ftho charter, on tho other hand, keeps the city In its present straltjacket indefinitely, for thero Is no assurance that a subsequent charter convention will do as satis factory work. As to Hannis Taylor. Mention of Hannis Taylor of Ala buma, minister to Spain under Presl dent Cleveland, as a possible succes sor to John Dassett Moore as counsel to tho Stato department, Is particu larly Interesting In view of Mr. Han nis recently avowed antagonism for tho administration's canal toll policy. In a statement made at Washington February 2n Mr. Hannis said: A large body ot our citizens. If not a majority of them, betlcve that all tho regulation of tolls In a canal built with MOO.OW.OOO of our money, without a slnglo foreign contribution, through our own territory, Is purely a domestic question with' which foreign nations have nothing whatever to do. Upon that theory tho congress of tho United States litis acted I already; It has disposed of the question on that basis. When under those circumstances a rent Britain demands the repenl of that act of congress (exempting American coast wise traffic from tolls), no matter how respectful the terms of tho demand mar be, a large body ot our people, probably a majority, are up lit nrms against what they denounce as an Insolent attempt nt foreign dlctatloa Under such conditions I feel sure that the act In question can not be repealed, If It could be, through the driving force of the party to which r belong (democratic), 1 believe It would wreck Its .future, Mr. Taylor bears the reputation of a great constitutional lawyer and one of the highest authorities on interna tional law. But ho is evidently dls qualified for this position, Noto that Mr. Taylor prodlcts the wreck of the democracy If it repudiates itself on. Tthis- issue. It is! perhaps worth whllo. also to observe .jthat'ho gives some place. In diplomatic considera tions to the will of tho people. ' Preposterous. Felix Dlal is no longer misunder stood. There ja no qU0Btlon now of his ability to lay hold of the ship ot state and pilot Mexico out of Its pres ent predicament. Anv 111 n n whn personally or through his representa tives, would nBk the Unltod Stntes for ndvnnco support of a personally conductod revolution needs no further definition or measurement of his caliber. Huorta, or evon the ii lltorato4 Villa, would know bettor tl an to make such a proposal as that, Vet Dlax probably has lost noth ing in public estimation. Thero has nover boon any sorlous regard in this country for cither his valor or abil ity, whlph could be violently dls turbod by this crazy notion. And wo must put In the same category with hint the agonts ho enlUted to present his proposition. Tho sena tors, who deacrlbed It as "prepostor ous" usod the mildest possible defi nition. Boy Garden Question. Dr. P. p. Claxton, commissioner of education, persists In his project ot substituting a season of remunera tive gardening for the school boy'j .summer vacation. Ho would have tho work done under school direction on vacant lots and In uuslghtly back yards, combining business with pleasure for tho boys, The only new feature Is that of having teachers In chargo of tho work and abolishing tho regular va cation, If tho doctor could deviso some means of softening this blow he would undoubtedly make his scheme much more attractive to thai kids. The average boy deal nnih. lng quite so much when school lets out as to got clear away from all con nection with It and Its preceptors. Indeed, it would be fine, so fine that it seems idealistic, to have all tho ocant lots and ugly back yards in the country devoted to gardening every summer to the ethical, physical and financial advantage of Young America. In this connection. Dr. Claxton mentions that fully 83 per cent of tt-e boys from 6 to 20 years of ago run at random without anything specially to do during vacattons,.and that they would be much better off thus engaged part of tho time at re munoratlon to themselves. Theoret lcally, It looks good: doubtless com mends Itself to many parents. If not me uoys. ,ow for Its successful operation. The new Federal Base Ball league Is evidently on a steel-constructed " basis if, as reports Say, Henry C Frick has become its good angel. THE BEE: lpkinx$ Backward f ijhbjsy Omaha cwiiih ft on ate nui cral Dandy. General Gibbon has been signed as acting department commander In Oenernl Howard's absence. Fire Chief Butler's house was Invaded by a party of friends last night Including, among others, Carl Woodworth, W. J. Mount. Charles Turner and IS. K. Long. Richard M. Genius, the wholesale mil linery man. and Miss Mamie Genius havo gone east. Manager 8,'.M. Mello of the Academy o Sluslc has been confined to the house for several days with lung fever, but Is now convalescing. Tyrrell & Cook, the shoe people, will re move next month from their present plnco of business. 1312 Douglas, to the store. room occupied by M. A. Kurtc UW Far nam. County Hurvcyor Doc Smith has filed In the county clerk's office separate mape of all the preclncta Jn Douglas county with the various school districts outlined on them for use In making the next tax assessment. KUliolm & Kilckfon advertise "one piano for tent." Twenty Years Asti The police received u message from City Marshal Gilbert of Calhoun, say)ng he had a man In toll who corresponded to the description of the robber who shot Frank Rlbak, the Clark street grocer. Rlbak. physicians said, probably would lecover from his wounds, Mrs. F, AV. Barnes of Havana, Cuba, was visiting Mrs. J. K. Click,. 3511 Far nam street. J. O. Phllllppl, assistant general freight agent here for tho Missouri Pacific, just smiled when told of a report that his road would soon make Council Bluffs i freight station, saying there was no use to even think or shell a thing until the Omaha Bridge and Terminal company built Its proposed viaduct over the yards of the Missouri Pacific and Omaha lines, The marriage ot Miss Hannah Hawke to Charlea F. Bcovll of Chicago took place at high ni.on at tho homo of Mrs. W. H. Rector, 21)7 Wirt street, sister of tho bride. They left In tho evening for Chi cago to reside In Hyde Park. The body ot Charles S. Goodrich wad laid to rest In Prospect Hlll cemetery, the funwal services being conducted by Rev. Newton Mann of Unity church. Word was received, from Cheyenne of the death thero of Andrew Gilchrist, woll known .among bankers and 'business nun of Omaha, where he was often seen. Ten Years A go- Prof. Nathan Bernstein of the high school lectured on "Kther end .Wlrelesa Telegraphy" before the Omaha Polio sophlcal society. 5 City Treasurer Hennlngs" report for the year 1903 showed disbursements $70,CW teas man tno receipts. Mrs. Y. C. Patterson, JIM South Tnlr-ly-ccond street, returned from Chicago, whore sho had been at tho bedside of her ion, who lost both legs In the Iroquois theater fire. She brought the news that he would not have to undergo another operation, as had been feared. She ex pected to bo at home a few days only and then return to Chicago to remain wjth her boy until he was able to be brought horqe. , Rev. P. J. Flanagan, who had Just ar rived from Ireland, preoched his first sermon In the United States at Sacred Heart Catholic church on "The Relapsing Sinner." "The Sinner of whom I speak.'' said the father. "Is not ho who falls by reason of occasional weakness, nor he who glories In Ills sin. but the person who has repented, made firm purpose of amendment and yet tu time slips back Into his old ways and habits." . Frltx AVIrth,' proprietor of Wlrth' place. Tenth and Harney streets, one of the old timers of Omaha, died at the City hotel, JS years old. He came to Omaha In tifio. People and Events Sensing the eternal fitness ot things in the petition of Morris Ureenspun for per mission to dispense with the last syllable of his name. Justlco Olcgerich of New York entered a decreo as prayed for, to become fffoctlvc March 17. Thlgglnthu? Out of 317 men assigned to work by the municipal employment bureau ot Chicago last Saturday, 199 failed to show up at the Jobs. The manager ot the bureau reports that It Is difficult to find men for all the work available. Jobs offered to W) followers of "r leader of the un employed" were spurned by the whole bunch. Because she Insisted, In the editorial columns of her papvr, that Cheeunlng needed "a real boss to keep the town from going to the dogs," Miss BlAnche D. Ingalls, editor of the Chesanlng (Mich.') Monitor, has been appointed town mar shal. Slis accepted tho position and Is getting ready lo run the town to suit nerseir. Major General Joshua U Chamberlain. one of the best known officers of the cjvti war, an ex-governor of Maine and formerly president of Bowdoln college, died recently In Portland. Me. General Chamberlain was breveted brigadier gen eral at Uttle Round Top for heroism on the field of battle, and at the close of the war was breveted major general. The state ot Montana, through Its sen ator. James Walsh, has presented to Kptre Dame university, South Bend, Ind.. the sword ot General Thomas Francis Meagher, worn during the civil war. General Meagher was territorial governor ot Montana following the close of the war. and his death by drowning Is on of the tragic mysteries ot the upper Missouri. Margaret K. McKamara tua been ap pointed chief matron of the industrial School for Girls at Delaware. O.. after much trouble. The law of Ohio forbade uie uppointinent of a woman on niiliilr borJ institutions, but new law wss I. . popular vote at the last elec Hon. and wom, m.v . . " ... ... board. ninrormH win, .v.- .. ... . I women and tbildicn OMAHA, Fill DAY, MARCH 6, 19U. Twice Told Tales Itnlsnc In Vnll Street. Two stock trader, sitting In a cus tomers' room In a brokerage hoHse In Wall street, were dlseuralng the various au thors. "I think. ' said the first trader, "that Balzao wan I he moU forceful writer. Ho Is my favorite author." The second trader started in to crltlelno some of tho Balzac works and boost thoso of some other writers. "A general argu ment was under way when a third party entered the door, a gentleman known for shrewd Investments. "Ah, here come Jones," sold the first trsder: "we'll leave tlm unfit Inn to lilm " Then; 'Hello, Jones, Say. I was Just boosting Balzac, and our friend here has taxen tne other side. Now we re going to Itnve It to you. What's your opInlonT' Jones face trink nti n tiitlni1 vnra. slon and, with his thumbs placed under nu arm pits, he answered: "You've got the wronir nnrlv. hnv. I tivr hnucrlit a share of mining stock In my life." Popular Magazine. "Oct Tito Cooking; Hclibnln. carost," coaxed the young wlf. "would you mind getting your o.vu luncheon today?" "Why, no," sighed the business man. "I 'guess not. I " "Oh, It won't be a bit of trouble, 'fh eggs are In the ice box, th butter Is in the cellar, tho meat will be on the bncl: porch and the coffee Is where It always Is, and " "BUt where arc you going to be nt the lunch hour?" "At the cooking school, dear. Tbe In structor Is telling us how to make tho grandest meringues!" New York Globe. The Debtor. Sir Thomas I.lpton's grocery firm Is In troublo In Knglnnd, the wnrjofflco accus ing It of bulbing canteen quuttennasters to push Its groceries In the iinny can teens, A Chicago grocer, apropos of this, said tho other day: "Upton Was a great friend of the. late King Kdward." The grocer winked. "Lcntyhlm money, you know. That's how he got his knighthood. "Well, thoy say that King Kdward onco Invited Upton to a very smnit dinner party at Bandrlngham. The queen, hear ing of the Invitation, took the king to task. " 'The Idea,' she said, 'ot Inviting a nou veou rlcho grocer like that! Think what you owe society!' ' 'But think, my dear,' the king chuckled, ' think what 1 owe tilpton.' " Chicago Record-Herald. Stories in Figures Tho United States has more than ,P,- 000 factory employes and 1,GOO,000 railroad employes. In West Virginia their aro "0.M1 mtrt employed In the mining Industry. Of th'.s number 32,612 aro Americans. The production of eggs In Iowa In 1SI? was worth more than tho annual output ot the gold mines of Alaska or Callforn'.:i or any other stato In the union, accord ing to a statement Issued by the- lov.a department of agriculture. The year's lay amounted to 97,549,731 dozen. According to figures compiled by fn office ot public roads of the Department of Agriculture, expenditures In tlv United Btntes for Improvement of roads havo moro than doubled since 1904. Iu 1501 expenditures for this purpoio amounted to $79,771,417, whllo In 1912 the total was 1M,332,MS. One of the causes that lead to the high cost ot living is Indicated in the simple, statement that statistics gathered by the Denartment of Agriculture show thnt nf all the tillable land In the Unlred StaUs only 27 por cent was under cultivation at tho last census. There were 1,140,000,(00 acres that might bo tilled, but only "Jl. 000,000 acres that were tilled. For every 100 acres nctually cultivated thero wero 375 acres lying Idle. Tabloids of Science The strength of the individual hairs Is Increased by frequent cutting, but not their numbor. It is stated on good authority that 0110 out ot every three blind -children loses Its slcht owing to carelessness ot nurses or attendants at birth. Test wells will be driven by the gov ernment In saveral sections of the Philip pines to determine whether petroleum ex ists In profitable quantities. One Mississippi river scheme proposed to prevent tho recurring floods of that stream contemplates a Job ot excavating BOO times larger than that ot the Panama canal. Joseph and James Martin, brothers, liv ing In Syracuse, N, y., have built a windmill nttaohed to an ordinary buck saw. It cuts as much wood In a day aa twenty-five men. Roman antiquaries are beginning to think that the story of Romulus and Remus is not a myth. Commendatore Bonl, who Is In charge of the exploration work, believes that he has found tho tomb of Romulus. Nebraska Editors The Kdgar Post celebrated Its twenty- ninth anniversary last week. G. F. Williams, proprietor of the Alns- worth Star-JournaJ. installed a two-magazine linotype last week. Harry K. Ruhlow. editor of the Hosklns Headlight, took charge of the postofflce In his home town Monday. Miss Chattle Coleman, editor and Pro prietor of the Stromsburg Headlight, has purchased a, No. u linotype, which will be installed some time this month. H. IL Fairchlld. new owner of the Schuyler Sun, has begun his career as proprietor by ordering a large cylinder press, equipped with the latest Improve merits. K W. Huso Is now sole proprietor of the Wayne Herald, having purchased the half Interest owned by John T. Bresaler. Mr. Huse has been editor and manager of the Herald stneo August, 1910. The booster edition of the Bridgeport News-Blade made Its appearance last week. It contains comprehensive de scription of Bridgeport and other towns In the territory tributary to it and is Illustrated with hundreds of views ot business houses, farm scenes and por traits ot business and professional men. a. A Call for Contribution. OMAHA. March 6. To the Editor of The Bee: Dan Crawford of Central Africa has been In Omaha and given his mes sage, and started on his way back to tho "Dark Continent" to spend the remainder of his life with the blacks with whom he ha been living for the last twenty-three years. He greatly desires to build fifty school houses, costlng.1300 caoh. that may be as lights In tho fifty villages: He translates tho Bible Into the la but tho pcoplo must be taught to read or his labor Is In vain. He can teach men whi will go out as teachers of their fel lows The Women's Missionary federation, who brought Mr. Crawford to Omaha, would like that one of those schools should be named "OmJm." n,i h ni- Is mado,for contributions, large and small, 10 mane up tne ncccssnry amount. At the meeting Tuesday afternoon 170 was taken as an offering for this purpose, and In the evcnlnsr X2Q In rn.ii i,i WJ received, making a total of 3o. This ieaes only 1120 to bo rald to make the 1500 needed to hulbl n Central Africa bearing tho name of "Omaha. ' Will the many Omaha boosters help to boost right now"? Individuals in several cities will each give so Omaha unitedly should build uiir. Mrs. Crawford Joins her husband In Australia, and, leaving their 32-ycar-old boy with his grandparents In England, thev go on to Africa to establish there a Christian home-a great object lesson to the natives. Any one desiring to have a part In this Omaha sohool house, set up In Africa, can send their contributions to Mrs. George Tllden. 124 South Nineteenth street, who has had charge of arrange ments for Mr, Crawford In Omaha. Con tribution received vary in nmoimi frm G cents to $10. Send at once. . MRS. GEORGE TILDEN. l.iMVinml Sentiment. AOCA, Ia March B. To the Editor of Tho Bee: As you hnii to h rinin- to give each side a hearing, will you Kincm- puuiisii this. With regard to Mis mcnt that the lew and sentiment were two uirrerent things, wo have an Illus tration In the conviction nf Mm n, for murder and that she Is sentenced to die In tho electric chair. Sentiment and "motherhood" did Tl fit CSV. tin. nA . 1. suffragists, who are clamoring for legal equality, agree to tho Justice of-tho con viction. Thero Is. of opinion among the suffragists or antls 10 me propriety ot ever Inflicting the death penalty, nut. Prnnl fA Hint Aallnl punishment Is proper, I would urge one single exception to "legal" equallty-that Is that the death penalty be never inflicted m a woman. I would have the Judge say In pronouncing sentence: "Madam, the lury have brcusht In n vrit nf In the first degree. Owing' to the fact that your sex at such fearful cost of suffering, and sometimes nt cost of life, brings life Into the wnrlil. ih .i, alty will not be Inflicted, iiut you are sentenced to Imprisonment for the rest 01 ypur natural life. ANNE -HESLET JENKS. tJ v'ZV'ZZ't?'1'''' for Woo.ter. SILVER CREEK. Neb., March 4.-TQ the Editor of Tho Bee: Since I havo been "cast Into outer darkness," I. e.. fired out of "The Letter Box." I observe that the "weeping and walling and gnash, lng of teeth" among the pious In the said "Letter Box" goes blithely on. Now It Is a well known fart that 1 don't like to be hanging arpund where a scrap is In progress without having a hand In It. But it Is not a well known fact, though It is a fact, that of late I have been receiving scores of letters from sympathetic souls all over the United States and Canada, giving divers recipes for relieving me of my cussedness, or, In other words, of sin. original and acquired. 1 hether these letters havo been written through purely altruistic motives, or through a desire or saving the expense of tho abomlnablnmount of brimstone that would finally be required In my case. I am at a loss to determine. The suspicion raised by these letters that, after all there might bo something radically wrong with me. and the enforced consorting with the silly dove of peace, have much dis tressed me. and I have been speculating somewhat on my chances of getting Into tho 'ark ot safety," whereby 1 might save my pelt and at the same time have the privilege of an occasional round-up With the brethren. On looking up the sit uat on. I find It to bo about as follows: There seems to bo a sort of consensus of opinion that the Christ Is near at hand-the Pastor Russell i.ui.i uiinK not, later than the middle of next October. v It appears, from im rnnri.n. .1 or Revelations and elsewhere In the Bible mai wncn Christ does come It will be found that only Jii.nm f .11 .u. - "H IliC JUI1UU Itants of the earth will be prepared to meei mm: all the rest will be ot "'the beast" or have hla mark In ihi heads and will be counted out The Aorld Almanac gives tho present Christian Population nt 40o:oOO. from which It would nppear that oniy one Christian in about 4.000 will be Prepared to meet Christ if ir come any lime this year. And It further appears that In that event 3,999 Chris tians out ot every 4,000 would get awfully fooled. The, chances of those religious guys, who have bcerj knocking on Wooster. getting Into thai n worth one-fiftieth of one per cent of their iace value. NOW. Since the time trhon T l.i "play pins" as a kid at school. I never j lost or won anvthlner of val III. nn an I game or scheme of chance except that I once lost 10 cents on a lottery ticket at a church fair; I never Invest In a tlpket at a raffle and never bet on elec tions. So that It Is easv to ho Ren thai trying to get into this religious lottery wnere tne chances are so overwhelm ingly against me. must en v,rv mnh against my grain. Therefore, after pray- cnui consideration, 1 nave decided to chuck the whole thing, believing that 1 wouldn't stand as much chance of getting in on mat 144.OOO proposition as a snow ball in hell would stand .of getting out again. Please tell the brethren la eilt m nut of their prayers and not to blow In any moro postage stamps In sending me pious advice. I thank them very kindly; but It an inexcusaoie waste of good hp", air and good money. I'Ephralm Is Joined to his Idpls; let hhn alone.- CHARLES WOOSTER. The l.nckleat Jinn, Philadelphia Ledger , The lut klest man Is the one born with ability and common aenie. BREEZY TRIFLES. Mr. Jones hud recently becottic the father of twins. The minister stopped him on the street to congratulate him. "Well. Jones," he said. "I hear that the Lord has smiled on you. ' 'Smiled on mcT" repeated Jones. He laughed out loud." Ohio Farmer. "He's always finding somethhifi new to wnrfV nlwillt "What's his latest?" . 1 "He's afraid that If beef goes to a dollar a pound his doctor will proscribe It three times a day. -Atlanta Constitution. Jane and John were auto riding, and Jane ialcd to run the car. Her gallant reluctantly acquiesced, and his fears soon materialized, for this Is what she said: "Oh, Johnny, take It quick! Here conies a ditch!" Chicago Pet. Wlgg So young Gpldle has become a benedict. What was his wife's maiden name? Wagg Her maiden aim seems to have been to marry Goldie. and she proved an unusually Rood shot for a woman. Bos ton Traucrlpt. 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