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THE BKE: OM.NHA, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1914. 8 t: . - f r ft ... a 1TSX If f 4 THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD nOSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATEU, EDITOR. " Tho Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. BEE lUILPlNG. FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omaha postofflec as etcond-clats matter. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. By carrier By mall per month. ptr year. Dally and Sunday Me X6M Dally without Sunday.... c 4.00 Kvenlnff ami Sunday Wc . Evening without Sunday 35o 4.C0 Sunday Bee only 30c J. 01 Fend notice of chamte of addrtts of complaint of Irregularity In deliver)' to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department REMITTANCE Remit toy draft, expreoa or pasta) order. Only two rent stamps received In payment of small ac count. I'ertnnal checka. except on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted, OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha 2318 N atreet. Council Blurts 11 North Main MrceC Llncoln-M Little Bulldlnjr. Chlcago-901 Hearst Ilullillnc New York Room 1105. M Fifth avenue, St. Louis-S03 New Bank of Commerce, Wathlngton-itt Fourteenth St , N. W. ' CORRESPONDENCE. '. '. Addrera communications relating to new and edi torial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. APRIIi CIRCULATION. 58,448 State of Nebraska, County of Douglaa, as." Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of. The Be. Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that average daily circulation for the month, of April, 19H. was (MM. ' , DWIQHT WILLIAMS. Circulation 'Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before' me thla Sth day of May, tH. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public Btibscrihera leaving tlio city temporarily should hare The Bee mailed to thcni. Ad drees wju be changed as often a requested. "Billy" Burke Ih the "Tom" in the play, "Jerry." .... Matrimonially , speaking, thlfl in tho ,nioHt , notable administration wo have yet had. Now we shall soon soe whether thoso Mexi ctn peace delegate's are what their names imply. Why do crqoKod lawyers always Insist on their cfqoked work being Investigated by law yers'? ' Huerta may be going.on tho supposition that "whlfo tffe light holds out to bUrn the ''vilest sfnnor may return," A bill, Is pending tn tho senate appropriating $50,00.0 for an International Congrcss.qr Thrift. Now Haven directors, plenso take notice. If those great bribory sleuths are on the square, their only desiro should be to como right back to Omaha and tell all about it. Candidates for nominations are .blossoming almost as fast as dandelions, and, like the dandelion, they como out fastest when tho sun shines. The' rallroadBmay-need moro money, for running expenses, as they say, but in that they are no different from most people who rldo and ship over;tHe'lr'llncsr , ' ) 'yj v , What, young Mr. Rockefeller refuse to soe Judge Lindsey after he has traveled clear across the continent to tell tho mine-owning king all about It? Proposterotisl . . Mr. Mellon says ho beliovea in nn nbeoluto monopoly of transportation, but wo are willing to lay a few on this, that ho does not want to be the goat for such a concorn, Somebody says that when John Llnd's report of his Mexican mtnsion Is finally put in words It will amaze as well as entertain tho public Lndoubtedly," if only ton Nvnrds. , j Ono neighbor tells y.ou that the way jo got rid of dandelions Is to lot your grass grow, an other t6 keep your grass closely mowod.fclthcr ".ay-you will eventually havo no grass.' Friend Hammond is ready to quit his fed eral job at any moment. It is not his fault that he la.foroed to stick to the payroll while' the democrats quarrel ovor tho Identity of his successor. Tho presumption is that one' or the' condi tions, of the employment of thbse Burns sleuths must havqbeen that, In case of .failure, ,tp , turn the trick", "they'Vere ti nlako themselves scarco, and keep toura to prpect their .bmployos.. Free admission for school children at the ball park filled the seats to overflowing. Spe cial rates to school children for a symphony concert Polled less than three .score of the youngster, though thousands upon thousands of dollars are being spento' give them , a njusi cal education. "Just ponder on thisf '" As showing hat It has a woather eye out for the .main igale, Williams colloge has sent , out the asslslipt to he president, Mr. Sayje, who, you may recall, married the daughter of tho president of the United 8tatos, to collect an endowment of $2,000,000. Mr. 8ayro doubtless Ik given until March t.,1317, to ralse.the money. The Significance of the Filings. j Although six weeks still remain tor entries ! In tno race for primary nominations, tno tilings are fast accumulating, particularly on tho re publican side, with tho assurance that for all the most Important offices the rank and file will have a choice between several aspirants of ability and standing. The significance of this b that each candidate throwing his hat into the ring has canvassed tho political situation on the strength of all availablo Information and con vinced himself that tho nomination on the re publican ticket for the desired office is some thing worth having this year. While kaleidoscopic changes aro always pos sible In tho political firmament, tho stars right now point to the "redemption of Nebraska to re publicanism at tho coming fall election. That lj why competition in tho republican primaries In our stato is certain to bo keenor than it was two years ago and keenor also than In the demo cratic, progressive or other party primaries. Some Mexican Pictures Exaggerated News and the Penalty of Rebellion. Friend of the Fee Qrabber. Under tho dlsgulso of "amlcufl curiae," which translated 1b supposed to bo "friend of the court," ono of our woll known lawyers has Injected himself with a brief Into a caso ponding beforo the supreme court, which is to dotermino whother our district court clerk can get away with the insanity fees ho has been holding out cn tho taxpayers. No one can object to a law yer appearing in any caso in which ho is re tained by an Interested client, '.but thore Is no good reason tor him to masqtierado except to Mileld tho client or to fool the court. Would an attorney like John P. Brcon bo omaying tho ro'lo of "friend of- tho court" just now if ho were not really there as a friend of tho fee grabbor? Would 'ho not, on tho con trary. If he wcro a thoroughly disinterested "friend of tho court," bo filing a tlrief in behalf of il6 taxpayers, insisting that when tho logisla turo gave tho court clerk a llborat salary In lieu ol the fees formerly absorbed, It meant to stop this fee graft, and" not to lot It contlnuo through It-gal loopholes? Bocnuso the undisclosed fp'o'grabber In this partloulaV" caso Is our present district court 'clork', Robert Smith, who has constantly posed as n groat, reformer, does not change tho nature of the graft w,hethor 'It Is Insanity fees or naturalization fees that ho is trying to freeze to. On the .Eight Track. t Ono of tho subjects on whlch tho now league of Omaha taxpayers tmakes a request on Its members for suggestions Is the. mergor, in tho interest of economy, of city and county govern ments. Completo raorgor, It should bo under stood, io Imposslblo owing to constitutional ob stacles In Nebraska's fundamental law, but there Is nothing to' prevent co-operation, of city and county in certain lines of publlo activities, and consolidation of certain offices .othorwlso duplicated. ' ' r ' Reference Is made to consolidation already effected by which the county treasurer serves also as tho treasurer for the-clty of Omaha, tho school district' and the" water district. Tho as sessment of property for taxation is now done onco for all by tho county assessor whon we formorly. maintained a city tax "CftmmTeslonor's office 'to tib tho tame work over again? Legis lation was enacted several years ago to estab lish a singlo bureau of audit for1 both city and county, but it was permittod to bo ropoaled un dor pressure of office-holding tnx-cntors before it became fully oporatlvo without audible pro test, from the taxpayors. . ' There aro sovoral other pIhccs whoro the city and county can woll work together with substantial saving to both. For example, In tho maintenance of a common city nnd county work house, in tho administration of city nnd county hosnltals and In the gonoral enforcement of health' and sanitary measures. It goos without saying that what applies to city and county applies still moro strongly to Omaha and South Omaha nnd their suburban towns, whqse consolidation Into a grcator Omaha undor a single municipal govornment could not but make for economy and efficiency and 'do away with unnecessary duplication of admlnlstratlvo machinery. Any organization that promotes a movomont for merger of our numerous governmental agon cles will, be on the right track. Today tBundayi wai no" ordinary Omaha' Sundav.4 for tie. thdroughfarea were thronged tim. morning ta. night The saloons did, an. ejccellent'btialneas, and when their patrona became too troublesome they were tp.rn.ed out on the clty a streets, where they were run I r& -The day.'e. inoldents concluded with th accidental dajh- oti one -of Omaha's citizens, the pounding l nether by a piatof' tall, the injury of a P'rAJI Jftlttnjp."inJi an excavation; ; and the severe beating prjftne'f ; the clty a Celestials by Pugilist " ' . s, The Turjier quartet! cfuli, hfch has'btiome very,, proftcfeat. . tender the leaenhfp' 0f 'Hfnry' Hau en, gave an ..initial rntera.;nmiu at tfei7nan.ta hall. W F Soetkrrnmi jf,evT)ins wltLan.eVcei lent comie. s.ofig, entitled yirhjp. Bxrtjtng Udver." and Mr and Jfre. Baure's oort;(jbtd( elocutionary reading;- . .IT ' At the Gerrnaji theater Mis Anna Bpahn made her. eeeond appearance as "Anna Lelsse." ".''.. The UnlOn Polflc la now running dummy trafna to isroanway Inounpu Hiurra, and win run jpedal trains for the racea all thla. week. Cannon Bros. 'K Co,. pppoalte the postefflpe, wantr-. aji expenenMd cigar salesman to cell to city trade. Laok of Bibles. v The remarkable statoment is made by Rev. John Fox, secretary of the American Bible so ciety, that foreign missionaries are hamporcd in their .work .by. a lack of Bibles. Yet some 30,000,000 copies of this book are annually coming off tho Bible Houso presses, going into hundreds of lands and being printed In hun dreds of tongues. Tho 1914 roport of Mr. Fox's own 'society shows that It alone only ono of "the great publishing houses Issued 6,251,176 olumea in' 101 g. Those 'were" circulated In tovery state in the union, 1.G63.965 of them in the republic of China, others in other strange lands, This year's issue brings tho total num ber of Bibles printed by the American society In nlnoty-etght years up to 103,519,891. What . tho aggregate of all ' societies up to date Is wo, of course, do not know; It runs, as we say, about 30,000.000 a year. Yet Dr. Fox says the 4emand excoeds.the supply. American missionaries abroad are hlndorcd in their work among tho natlvqs because .of an Insufficient number of the. book of books. 1 What greater, more accurate tribute could be paid to the civ ilizing power and Influence of this boqk.and its principles? Why do those who hinge their tfaJth.,upon U.'grow weary of well-doing and fall to lament if In the easy channels of life here In the homeland their religions' seem to malte slow headway? Back In tho old prophocy of that book we read, "My word shall not return unto mo void." What aro lts'lssuos? What aro those wa'vcs of modern thought beating back upon our shores frpm the distant seas? What, indeed, Is this very plaint, that the teachers of the Bible abroad are Impeded In their progress by .'the lack- of supply? This seoms to us tho most 1rlumphanthbte sounded baok from the fron tiers of civilization in many a day. Surely It Is a. note wjthoujt avold. SrHnir Thlnan nn the Spot. A private letter from an unnamed American at Vera Cruz, probably a member of the fleet. Is given prominence In the -New York Times. In the letter, which ber dato May 1. the writer tells afeout ex aggerated news, tho atoriea of refugees, and x- , presses hi views of affairs In the captured city. He write. In part: "A sailor shot a firecracker In front of a cafe, and a reporter cent in a cable that desultory firing by snlpflrs continued. "Then. too. the talcs these refugees tell are largely the product of their vivid Imaginations. ' The average refugee la Ihe most self-centered man that I ever'saw, and If they pursued the same arrogant attitude to ward tho nntlvca that they have toward the servants of the American government here.' I am not 'sur prised that they suffered some Indignities. !Tho most unreasonable part of It all. to my mind, !a their cry, -On to Mexico City!' Borne of, them have Hot paid taxes In thn I'nlio.1 atnta. i . have hot voted there la that time, and will frankly tell you they do not propose to return to tho Vnlted Htatea. "It seem to me that thnv left thj. Ht.i. competition was keen there, and they could exploit better here. Ilavlnr take thedlco having gone against them, they seem to vuiiv i,j uncnuce inousanos or good American sol-' dlers whoso people are taxpayers baok In the States, to pull their chestnuts out of tho fire. The letter carriers hern are efficient tv,.ir ,.t. office la far better than what 'we have In the States In towns of similar sizo. All of their public buildings are good, and comparo favorably with what we have nt home. Mexico Pnrlnji the I'rlcr. Mexico la paying an awful price In wrecked busi ness for rebcllon. Home, and. foreign trade shrunken mightily during 191J, particularly In tho last half of the year. Tables compiled from offjclnl Mexican statistics, and presented jri the Dally Consular and Trade Report, show n decrease of more than 124.000, 000 In foreign trade during the last half of 191?. The Imports were vnlued at J,042,2, as against t47.618.sra for the same period In 1912, and' the exports amounted to 162,081.421 ns compared With., IS1,"17,M. About W per cent of the total Imports came from tho United Htatcs, Germany coming next with 14 per cent and England with 12 per cent Tho consular service has made a vigorous effort to obtain trade reports from all American representa tives In Mexico, but this Is practically Impossible. At some points records have been destroyed. At others, access has been denied; and at still others con ditions havo been so deplorable as to leave little to report. High prices for food, at retail, demoralized railway traffic, abandonment of bank facilities, crop failures, business suspensions and unemployment are features of the letters thus far received from con sular districts. Occasionally a gleam of optimism is seen, but on examination the prosperity Is found to bo false, -.based often on military activity and the work of repairing losses suffered elsewhere by re bellion. PnrnlysU Everywhere. Vice Consul Blocker, at Ciudad Porflrio Diaz, now known as Plcdras Negras, says that business In 1913 was at a standstill, and that agriculture and stock raising were badly affected. Planters were so Intim idated that acrcago decreased alarmingly. In the' state of -Matamoros, export duties', ordered by the Hurcta regime, crippled commerce. Flat money caused the four. banking houses of the state capital, Victoria, to .clone their .doors. Ia the .statp or rather the consular district of- Hermoslllo- importations we're limited' to absolute necessities, such as loodAand cloth. Ing. Crops were scant. In the Nogales consular dis trict conditions were much disturbed, labor troubles adding to the danger threatened by r(rmed robelllon and armed, coercion. From Ciudad Juarez there were heavy rixports' M' HVo stock and farm products to avoid confiscation. In Nuevo Laredo there wero severe reductions In Imports. The rata of exchange rose to a .prohibitive figure. Insecurity of property was such ns to alarm all persons in business.' The utato of Aguas Caltentea Is said to have been com paratively free from disturbance. This state has been In the hands .of tho Huerta adherents, and Its pros perity Is traced to the demand for repairs and for munitions ot war occasioned by the revolution. Nev ertheless, local prices were extremely, high, Flnan clal operations, In rplte of federal authority, were precarious. Throughout the Interior, the reports are largely the same, anarchy and fear Joining to suppress business and government. At the gulf ports, of Tamplco, Vera Crux and Progreso Increased business was done, be cause of the paralysis of production In the Interior. The year 191 was disastrous' for Mexico. Compared with tho brief period of Madero government, and the longer period of Diaz control, It Indicates the' tre mendous price which Mexico has been compelted to pay for Huerta's'd'lctatora'hlp. Twice Told Tales fl BKfS2f A rehearing has been asked In tho ease In which our supreme court held a lieutenant gov ernor' to be. Ineligible under the constitution to be a candidate for governor. Oh, what's the use when tha constitution may be . so easily amended by the' Initiative route? X Matter of n. Com inn. "Bill," the poet gasped, staggering Into his friend's room. . "Why. what's wrbngT" the friend Inquired, star tled ua he grasped hold or the tottering -man. "Wrong!" the poet muttered. '"To gods,! I -wrote a poem about my little boy, I began the first verse with these lines: "My son! My pigmy counterpart.'.' "Yea?. "VesT" The poet drew. a long breath as he took a. news paper from his pocket. ,. , "Head!" he biased suddenly. "See what that crim inal compositor did to my openlngllne." The friend read aloud: "My son! my pig. my counterpart!" National Monthly. vSrtf1 by Applejack. , The conversation' at a recent social' function In .Trenton turned to, thi extreme precautionary, metlj ods of some people'and theigovernor-elect told of tl)- rule laid down' by a certain fellow native along that line. One day while In the cltvtho governor said, the fellow Jerseyman happened to collide with a bunch of hyglenlsts, aYid among other' things they referred to the water, supply ot hla home town. "It Isn't as good-a it might be." said the Jersey man, whon Questioned as to 'Its quality. "There Is something like 10.O0O.000 microbes to a drop, but It is the beet we caty o at preeent." , i "What do you do to safeguard yourself against water of that klndT" queried one..of,theihygenlsts, with a look of,concern. "Tou surely take some pre cautionary measures?" " 1 "Oh. yes," skilled, the Jersefmanj '"First we- filter the water, thrt we boll It, and then we'drlnk apple- Jack.'Plttsburgh. Leader. ...... i 'llntbhouse" Scripture, - ' "Rathhouee John ' and Raymond Robins evidently gathered the material for their public speeches from the same source. Each had. a different Interpreta tion, however, of the following well-known episode; Mr. Robins, speaking before the Sunday Night club, referred to the Pharisees,, past and present By way of Illustration -he cited the story ot the Magda lene, quoting the phrase. "He who is without sin amcng you." On the same day Alderman Coughltn assured hla poastltutntj of the First ward that "these stiff necked reformers went butting' In t.00 years ago the same as they do now. You remember Mary Magda lene?" he said, "and what hp done? They were .about to revile her when Christ said; 'Let the feller what's never done no thin' sling the first rock, " Chicago In'ter-Qcean. Automatic Vrnlth tleillstrlhatlon. UTOPIA, May 2i.-To the Editor ot The Bee: A practical automatic balancing ut the laws of production and distribution may be brought. about by the application of the specific Inheritance theory. This theory .contemplates adilng an amend ment to. the national constitution, pro vided that no Individual shall boqueala greater than 11,000,000. If the deceased dies Intestate, his chil dren shall receive the amfiunt (J500.MJ) to be specified by law, the remainder, if any, to bo distributed to the other rela tives according to the blood relationship. This theory Involves a time clement. It does not contemplate prohibiting any Individual from giving away his property to whomsoever he chooses (but rather en courages It), provided ho gives It iway any tlmo before the last ninety days nt his lire. The theory simply means this: That If young John D. Rockefeller dies and has not distributed his wealth before the last ninety days of hla life, why, the gov ernment will take control jof his wealth and distribute it. If he leaves a will, Ills children get $1,000,000; If he leaves no will, his children get WOO.OOO. The re mainder wll be distributed to the other relatives according to the degree of blodd relationship. , Society will remain as It Is, but It' s hoped' by removing extreme riches at the top to relieve ' extreme poverty at tho bottom. C. NATR. i , OWectlye Point ot Saffron;?. OMAHA,, May 23.-To the Editor ot The Bee: Our esteemed friend, Mrs, Covell, Mas once again given us a sidelight on the suffrago question. A local paper re ports her as saying: "Women do not want office. They want a chance- to vote for competent men for office." This statement Is Incorrect. The women who find themselves In tho suffrage ranks are of divers kinds. Some are sir.-; cere In asking for tho vote. We rcspot and honor that kind. But a great nun ber do not want competent men for office. They are willing and anxious to cast their ballots against any compclo nt, clean candidate who opposes their views on the suffrage question. Recently a po litical league of Women was formed in the cast to oppose any candidate for office who had antl-suffrago sympathies. Doc3 this tend' to Impress the average mind with the ..sincerity of ...the suffragists? They want tho vote. They Intend . tp us It, not for the purifying of politics, but for their own, more or less, selfish ends. Jt Is not bard to see why tho wonqan suffrage states aro no better off po litically or morally than the man suf frage states. AN ANTl (formerly "on the fence"). Not Far Knoufth for !ie Socialist. OMAHA, May 24. To the Editor of The Bee: In an Interview In the Saturday Evening Post, President Wilson Is quoted as saying things about tho Mexican situ ation that for clearness of vision and ap parent frankness would do credit to a socialist. But his real' views We tlnd on close Inspection to he craftily .hidden In his nummary, when he declares him self In favot ot tho develqpment of tha resource . ot Mcxlcp . by private , .enter prise, "but not tO' exploit."-- ; He. cunningly seeks to placate the hu manitarian spirit of the people while he makes himself strong with the same vested Interests he so heroically con demned only a moment beforo. Whoever heard of private capital "de veloping" a foreign eountry for nny other reason than to exploit Its resources nnd Its people? J. E. SHAFER. One Outspoken Democrat. CURTIS, Neb., May 3,-To the Editor of The Bee: Let me, through' your paper, address the governor and dSmocratlc vot ers pf southwest Nebraska. If there be any virtue In democratic doctrine, or pretentions, It lies In the fact that a man be honest In his; declarations. If he Is not honest In one thing he will not be In two thlngr, It Is a matter of - fact-that Gov ernor MbrcheaH declared when nominated that ho would not bo a candidate for i second term! Such promises might not, from a political standpoint, amount to muchf but If he meant what he said, as a candidate, then Governor Morehead should rise abovo "petty politics" and say to all theso "very solicitous" brethren who want him to 'go back on his word, fool the people, and say "that because ot the extreme" pressure brought upon him he would "In tho interests of party so licitation, run a second time. Governor Morehead. you have been a good governor, but you did promise the people ot the state that "If you were elected yot . would not further ask to succeed yourself. " v. i have known some of thetrlcks" of politics; It Is not worth yoir while to tell me' "It Is a popular de mand" when you, through your "hench men," have mad the demand I have ben on the democratic state committee for several years, havo can vassed' the whole ot southwest Nebraska several times, beginning in 1S96, and ever since, have done what I could to hold up the democratic hand, and While doing io have said democracy "was honest" In its profession, and now governor, If all there Is of democracy -Is to use your patronage to -make "people believe that if is a popular call for your election" and . use the "machinery" of the party to that end, then, as a man. I cannot do so. J. L. 'WHITE. Letters from a l-ollttral Hrnthen Mexico. SOMEWHERE. May I4.-To the Editor of The Bee: The two characters In the (Mexican farce, which ended In a tragedy, we're ' the villain and the clown. I have glyen- a sketch ot one of these. Let us look at' the other. Maximilian 'of Hapsburg there were two of them, the myth and the man. Fret the myth. It requires little material to make 'a hero. If you have an eloquent rt(er. Aiosworth made a' hero out ot Dick Turpla, Scott out of Rob Bey. Those writers. Jewish and Christum, who -havo found a saint tn the captain of the Adcllamltca and murderer of Uriah, or tho t1 low JournalLsts. who are trying to manufacture a VlrcinJm out of the coarse, fgncrnnt and filthy bandit, who leads the' horde of looters styled th cxnsUtuttortal nay ot Mexico, were and are ro mare at sea then those sentimentalists who made Mann 11 lan the myth. Here Is the tale. and. .as I tell it, keep tn mind tho spiel ot William Wirt on IUanaerli-usBrHt at the trial of Aaron Burr Maximilian and his aftecttanale wife were living at their casUe ot Mtraman near Trieste; he engaged in his. studies, ta,to- ta t saasnine of fcJar lenre. JL rrt entered this Eden. It wsur the napfTor of th,Ftei$ch, . Ttte. tefapter-trpe of the nondescript who succeeded with Eve, but failed with the Nazarene crept Into Eden and pictured to this loving couple a life beyond the seas, as rulers of an Eldorado, where they would be the peer and peeress ot any crowned head In Europe. The guileless pair. Listened and thev tell, as thn enc-eU fell from heaven to the blackest denths of hell. But the conscientious Maximilian would not go without the call of the Mexican people; a plebiscite must be obtained; Louise Bonaparte was a past master In this field; and a plebiscite was obtained, as plebiscites are obtained In Mexico. This guileless young man and his lovely wife answered the call ot duty nnd Bet out to be the Mosese and Miriam of Mexico. Louis Bonaporte pressed by the united States threatened to abandon Maximilian to his fate. Maximilian would not leave the devoted friends who had stood by him unless Juarez would promts not to harm them. This Juarez refused to do. Maximilian remained. Carlotta fled to Europe, and fell at the feet ofthe cold-blooded Machlavellan at the TuU lerles. But he spurned her and ordered her to leave France. Reason was des troyed. Carlotta was sent to a mad house. Maximilian was shot His last words were "Poor Carlotta." Surely here Is material for an epic, a tragedy or a yellow-back novel. DER HEIDE. LINES TO A SMILE. "What do you charge for your rooms? "Five dollars up." "But I'm a student " "Then It s IS down."-Cornell Widow. "What have you got In the package?" "Drawing materials." I didn't know you were an artist "Artist nothing! It contains a couple ot pairs of forceps the dentist asked me to get for him." Boston Transcript. "So you are expected to do a kind act every day?" "Yea." replied the Boy Scout. "How about today?" "Well, the teacher has been having a, little trouble with me. Don't you think 1 might stay away from school and glvo her a rest?" Washington Post. "Are you going to rusticate this sum mer. Mrs. Comeup?" , "No; that placei from all tho people I hear of going there, is getting too com mon. I guess we'll Just rtst on the tarm." Chicago Post. "Pride goes beforo a fall," said thready-made philosopher. "Ves," replied the member of congress. "A man la liable to feel confident until he comes to figure on the November elec tions." Washington Star, "Do you try to make home Ufa pleasant for your son?" "Yes," replied Farmer Corntoiscl. "But It's mighty hard to llvo Up to the refined ways he Insists on. Ira annoyln him terrible because whon I'm workln' around the barn 1 keep forgotUn to refer to the hay-loft as the mezzanine floor," Wash ington Stan THE PATH OF DESTINY. Editorial Sittings Pittsburgh Dispatch That rumor that General Huerta proposes to retire from Mexico with 7,CO0,000 In silver bullion conveys the Interesting additional detail that when Huerta goes he intends to go by slow freight. Boston Transcript! Villa's denunciation of Huerta as a robber and murderer Is the funniest exchange of pleasantries that has occurred since tho passage of repahee between the pot and the kettle. Cleveland Plain Dealer: For an admin istration of pronounced dry proclivities It must have been pleasurable to ob serve the heartiness with which Ameri can troops nt Vera Cruz rushed to the! defense ot the water works. New York World: Two weeks ago we were told that the rich Mexicans were crazy to fly at the throats of the North Arperlcan Invaders at Vera Cruz, Now they arc tumbling over each other In nn effort tr irrt InRlrie flenernl Fnntnna lines before Villa finds them. There are paths through fragrant for ests, On hillside, vale and glen, Where the sunlight only flickers Through the foliage now and then; Where graceful ferns unfold their fronds And wild flowers push their head Through soft brown leafy carpets The seasons past have spread. There are paths by sandy seashores Where water of the deep Roll up In foamy billows With a mighty roar, and swept Acrofcs the shining pebbles, Chased by the winds that blow From distant foreign countries. Tropic climes and lands of snow There are paths through busy cities, Where stately bull .Ings rise, A monument to human skill. Dark lined against the skies: Where the pulse of life Is throbbing With ceaseless ebb And flow, And stranger Jostlcss stranger In the crowds that come and go. There ate paths o'er lofty mountains, And grandeur In the sea; The city streets are wonderful Tho mountains wild and free: But with all their vaunted splendor As praised In foreign lore; None aro half so dear to me As the path to my cottage door. Omaha. DAVID. You exercife dbcrimmatkm when you purchase wearing apparel or house furnishings. You insist on getting what you ask for. Why not be consistent and also msistent when buying bread and say Tl P-TOP R E AO please, nothing else will do. Since you eat bread, why not be careful to get the kind that's pure, good, clean and absolutely the best. The name is TIP-TOP. Remember it U. P. Steam Baking Co., THIRTIETH AND EVANS STREETS. sj 5Hr 1) saJr Jr Kansas City Three Trains Daily Via tho MISSOURI PACIFIC Ieave Omaha 11; IB p.m. Arrive Kansas City 7:10 a.m. Electric lighted Observation Sleeping Car, Chair Car, etc. FAST DAILY TRAIN Leare Omaha ..11:30a.m. AitIto Kansas City 6: OB p.m. Modern equipment. Drawing Room, Sleeping Car, Chatr Car and our own unsurpassed Dining Car Service (meals a la carte). ALSO Leave Omaha 8:00 a.m. Arrive Kansas City 4:00 p.m. Latest pattern of Coaches. Chair Cars. Making all stops. All above trains, make direct connection in Kansas City with Missouri Pacific trains 8outh and West. Tha route of this new service Is along the Mis souri River for a large part of the ray, thus af fording a most enjoyable, picturesque daylight trip. J" or restrrattoas and any Information, call or write TriOS. F. GODFREY, GENERAL AGENT PASSENGER DEPT., 1433 FARNAM STREET, OMATIA. 1
