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i nin nr;E: mr.MTA, moxtjat, .TAytTAitv mis THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUND r.r RT EDWARD RO.SEWATKR, VICTOR ROPEWATER. EDITOR. Tha Re Publishing Company, Proprietor. M R BUILDING, FARNAM AND REVF.NTFF.NTH. Entered at Omti pnstofflc ss seeond-rlsss matter. TF.KM3 OF SL'IUK'RTPTiON. Hy carrier Rv mall (or month. per yer. ni"( tinv Me W "9 I'diy without Sunday. .. .t 4 lVenins; snd .""undnv x . ........... .rO 1-vening without Sunday , -0 4.(4 F'lnrtay Fee only c I 00 f;id notice of rhstTtre of sldr. or complaint of trrecttUrlty In delivery 10 Omaha Ilw, Circulation I'epartwent REMITTANCE. Rerrt't bv draft, erpre.e or postal order. Only two cent stamps re-eliel In rsyment of smalt ac counts. J-ersonal cheers, except on Omaha and es stern exchsog-, nut accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Pee FuiMins. iuth Omnha KM N street. Council Bluffs 14 North Main street. I Incoln W Little Puihlirt. Chicago efll Hearst Rui'dlng. New Tork-Room ll", 2 Fifth avenue. Ft. lnnla MS New Hank of ('(imnnri. Washington T Fourteenth St., N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Andres communications relating to news snd H tonal matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department DEC?!BEK CIRCt'LATION. 54,211 Stat ef Nsbrsaka. Countr of rjouslaa. Dwht Williams, circulation manager of Tha Fa Publishing company, being duly (worn, Kay a that tha averse dally circulation for the month of WcwnHT. was 6I.SH. LWICJHT WILLIAMS Circulation Msnsser. 8ibcr1hed in my tirwinr and aworn to before ma, tela a flsv or January, 11 r. ROHEHT HUNTEB, Notary Public. Subwrlhrra leaving th rlty temporarily ehonld have The Bee mailed to them, Ad dress will b changed aa often aa requested. rr 7aauary 09 Thovrrht fat the Diy 5.'cfW bp Amilim H. Somtra J um tun it s ft grtal mislaJte, olwnyi to inou t mouy'i f uo in mhm il rains. On may kttp (nt'jf ami pry hy uch ktumltfye, tut out mitse anorld of Jowlinc. Adeline Knap p. -Vs jr War Is Increasingly op in the air In ways other than by aviation. To sign, or cot to sign, th literacy bill that Is President Wllnon's hg question. The activity of If gisUUv foundri8 promiaos large additions to the statutory scrap pll. Tm, bat H1 this Bero temperaturt pull down the price of ice next summer to any ap-1-reclable degree ? It never rains but it pours, as witness tha rail on Governor Morehead to make two Judicial appointments Instead of one. The steadilf shrlnklna; canh balance in the national treasury bears a solemn mestiaee of gloom of the "pork hunters" at Washington. The tendency toward filllbugterinx maul ' rested by senators suggests the urgent need of another neutrality proclamatl&n without teeth. If Uncle Bfttn does not get the needed' de fenses out of the $101,000,000 carried in the army appropriation bill, why hit family will get the money. In telling the women of this country the proper cut ef clothes for spring- wear the Chi cago Art Fashion league exhibits Its nerve with out giving the tonic away. . . Terhapg it woall help annexation to innert a rrovlao in the law that no one hold a placa on the public payroll In Omaha who does not reside, within th city limits. The hlp puchsse blH Is to be a party meae ure. That means we wU! have an ocular detuon atrafjoa of tbe disciplinary power of the party V'hln as wielded by King Caucus. g":. . With wheat prices sailing among the clouds, th nprMoiAd 0f Europe should welcome an invasion by Kiay Corn. Ills suetalnlng power is efficiency reduced to a science. Thoush a trifle late la treakln Into the trrzs tha Ttir!:!ih Tear bulletin editor is not a whit behind kls rivals In the number and crush ing character of victories announced. Car noet esteemed uplirter of the country. George W. rerklns, toils consumers that the routa to piosferlty is to buy in built. But he ehows no deposition to supply the money. tST c- i:rt I I.,' .cwh&t for any one drsiwlng a salary from tho r-ye'S cf Omaha while llvlnff outMdo of ':. to be fomenting sentirfeot sgalnst s;or Omaha consolidation. 1 proposal for an l&g.QOO bog harn at Efiyc'r-s cf exeeeslve luxury. But con. .:'.zz tho tirsisj power cf tha tcz, It he not -'il 'a all the D.odern cDnvtulences and .r.i tint a gratofal people can bestow t 1 s A. -.... i. i J W . -.4. j .i,tu aol. .nid in Oamha, hu-h ia ia ti . t.Hurfca on t-t't?'.uer 18, 1 when Mr. Thomaa I tri.w ui ilar li Heau,t cr uot4 in umr- " m i-ae?i. Mr. rvnnfa at th i c.f i,f a laiK tia.-t of tl;,i!-pr land in lUr n cu.,iy, ln.in ahi.h Urge torU..n cf lh tjiut.r io coit-tliif tha ImrneOWU pur. x if tie fnlon l.uini- was aubequr,tly oUalnrd " !"r-nia t zi t3:"3- t!':t D.-nBUi as auld at thla ' i tfc a - : t i.f i u jr. Mr. l : . i!. i.Vfrca a tl.iid of a aerUs of fct 1 !'::!.!.' on the anb)-,t: " to I'-.-ne. ir tiow I : am a Cfcthoilo." ' ' ' ' ' lf vv 1- ""y. lata aB.-i.r.t lilelit ' ' u A -''" 11 l "i fc'-rc. tui k .iitce In t hl " '-' " t-l'rj.,eif H-iidi.a- as their floral I ,w ! the iiamUr "JTI." I . .j t :it i. t I vyd yt.sViJajr M a : i? i 'i tii.i.jl it,, i it. in.i fairly w-i ' -1 it ::.-. ;:i l.ava S.e,n nul '" " t e ; i '.y i . (-4 tt t h..;0 " 4 it- e ..t a n t: .;, 11 ' : ' ' tvl H Kebrtskft. Presidential Primary Possibilities. It la commonly hetlevad that Hurhes would unrter ft elrcumtanoa aeek the nomination nnr allow the use of Ms hum, In the old convention days It would be poaaiMo to nominate him by acrlamatlon and iJt the thins before Mm as a completed faet Plnco the panaaae of dlrrot primary laws In so many states, however. It It more difficult to nominate a man with out his formal participation. In many of the states the direct primary law requires that no man can be voted for bnieas he has stated formally In wrltlns; that he 4a a randldata. This, undoubtedly, Hughes wouli never do. It Is eoneelrahle that at tha republican convention In 1J1S enough fsvorlt sons will turn ip with the direct prlmnry nominations of their respective tales to create a deadlock, and that edi of tha dead lock thef nomination of Unities could come. This Is, to to speak, the mechanics of the possible nomination of Hurhes. This is what Mark Sullivan says In his po litical comment department of Collier's discuss ing Justice Charles E. Hughes s a possibility for the 1918 republican presidential nomina tion. While Mr. Sullivan's diagnosis may be correct with reference to certain of the direct primary states, it Is not true of some of these states, and particularly of Nebraska. Our Nebraska presidential primary law per mits the filing of any name for an expression of preference upon it for either the presidential or vice presidential nomination, and requires noth ing more than a petition bearing the signatures of the designated number of electors affiliating with tbe political party mentioned In the head ing. This Is the way tbe names of Roosevelt, Taft, La Follette and of Wilson, Harmon, Clark were placed on our primary ballots In 1912. Nothing In our law even provides expressly for withdrawal of such names after they are filed, although the secretary of state In -barge of the makeup of the ballot accepted a construction permlttlog withdrawals either at the request of the candidate or of the elector who bad filed the petition, ansumlng, of course, that the latter was acting by direction of the person named as the candidate. It would be quite possible therefore In Ne braska, and In states similarly conditioned, to put the name of Justice Hughes on our presiden tial primary ballot, and to take a preferential vote npon it, and thus to Instruct the conven tion delegates without any positive action on Ms part, either announcing his candidacy or ac cepting a nomination filing. All he would' need do would be to do what Mr. Sullivan Intimates to be his attitude sit still In a receptive mood, and not roc the boat. But this being true, tha ."nomination mechanic!" are quite different from what Mr. Sullivan concludes. , Hot Wholly Defenseless. The setting aside of the rather tidy sum cf $101,000,000 to defray the cost of our military establishment would suggest to the ordinary mind that the United States Is not altogether at the mercy of a hotlle Invader, For weeks, as this big appropriation bill has progressed through tbe committee and the body of the house at Washington, the country has been disturbed by the clamor of the alarmists, whose noisy ap peals have happily not had the effect of .stam peding anybody. With amazing inconsistency, these advocates of extended argument denounce the war is Europe and demand that this country prepare for a similar orgy of destruction in al most the same breath. "The United States Is not a warlike nation; it has engaged in, war only when compelled by influences beyond ita control. From the first It has stood as an advocate and example of what may be achieved through the arts of peace, and today has the respect and friendship of ail the world. The course of fairness and Justice In International Intercourse that hag established, reasonably may be expected to maintain those conditions. It is well, therefore, that our people devote themselves to the pursuit of their severnl vocations, and let the people of Europe make the final test of the doctrine of "might makes right." ' '. . In any event, we are not likely to be at tacked until the affair now in progress over lher is concluded, and by that time present day methods and apparatus may be completely suc ceeded by more efficient weapons or processes. Let us not load up with armr that may be found obsolete when we come to use them. If we rout go to war, we should be fitted with the very latest of fighttng tools. Wist cf that "Indissoluble Link!" Whett Mr. Bryan buret 'into the political firmament his orbit was marked by a corruscs I25 d!?p!sy of oratorical brilliance auch as as tonished all observers. Brightest of all the rays be then emitted was that which blazoned forth across the field of economics the new "law, that the prices of wheat and silver were insep arably linked, and that a variation ia one was marked with equal variation in the other. "Gretihani's law" vanished, for the time being, and the Bryan dogma took the front and center in "Coin's School of Finance," and the people were taught anew. Other laws, among them that of supply and demand, were most cavalierly disposed of by the apostles of the new philosophy, but time has gain applied the unfailing test. The affinity between wheat and silver has dissolved. On the Omaha market Friday wheat sold at $1.89, while silver was to be bad a( less than cents. In other words, the dollar-a-bushcl wheat prom ised has arrived, with the parity between the buHhel of wheat and the ounce of silver sadly knocked aukew. It will take uea.ly three ouuees of silver now to buy as much wheat as on would hen Mr. Bryan first blazej for"th as the cham (ion and eavlor cf blmet&lism. and ths country la still prosperous. Standing by aa an innocent spectator, Switz erland gets hammer knocks on both sides and la the middle. Not only is the mountain re public's xpn8 vastly increased in maintain ing a mobilised army on Us frontiers, but Its trade with neighboring nations is cut to pieces and national revenues reduced to rero. The i,ol comfort of the eJtuation Ilea in the fact that the lives cf the people are not Jeopardised. sanaaasanasMsnaaasasjaasaasstaicsBssssfsaHBa Official announcement Is made that at 4 p. m. on April 2, the United States will cross tho population meridian of 100,000,000. The date aligned for the great event must not be con fused with the day before. With th tallut box stuffer on the run ia the south, freight trr.lo, kidnaped in the i-orth, and tbe It tUIsture do'ag bublcens ia the n.i.'.r.d, Indiana's i-Iaia ia tU sua is ccccpUn. tus, If not a'u.lj-tlle. Bryan's Brother Charley ",K Will Minimi I. w.x.. ' H5 IS the only brother of the honorable secretary of state, bat be rewlly 4s entitled to credit for being considerably more than that. Tbe promt nence of Brother William has resulted In keeping Brother Charley somewhat in the political back ground; but leaders of the democratic persuasion know full well that to him la due in considerable measure the success that has attended the political efforts of Brother William. Himself disinclined to public pech-makln. Brother Charley can sit In the quiet of his little office, where he manages the busi ness of the Commoner, and gather Into .his finger more political wires and atrtngs and things than most men Imagine la be In existence. Through an organi sation Njilt up of devoted followers and supporters of Brother William, Brother Charley keeps In close touch with the rank and file, and In 'his wise he is able to give Brother William mighty valuable political pointers. There Is very little politically that Brother William says or does that la not first talked over with Brother Charley, and all the political advice an J counsel that Js poured In upon the e.'der brother Is thoroughly Investigated and sifted and diagnosed by the junior brother before It la finally passed on by William J. Bryan. Being always buey with Ma big public affair Brother William has little, time for business details, but Brother Charley la right there to look after such things. He took the business management of tha Commoner from the start, and two years ago be launched a farm paper in connection with tha Com moner. And for fear that he would nave too much leisure time en Ms hands he bought a big farm and spends considerable time xperimentlng along agri cultural, horticultural and live stock lines. Brother Charley has never been a delegata to a democratic national convention, but he hasn't missed one since 18s. - Not being a delegate his name has never been heard on roll call, but just tha same Brother Charley has registered quite oftoA. The Bal timore convention Is not such ancient history that men will have difficulty In recalling a certain reso lution introduced by Brother William, which resolu tlon hoisted 4me verbal brickbats la tne direction of two or three gentlemen deemed to be "political unde sirables" by the now secretary of state. It Is gr. rally conceded that the resolution had great bearltig on the final outcome of that convention, but only a few know that It was Brother Charley who advised It and practically prepared It Brother .William Is a great orator and a great leader, which statement no one will deny; but It is Brother Charley who knows how to perfect tha or ganisation and put the boys In the ranks to working overtime. He Is a strong advocate of the elght-hm.r day for everybody but hlmelf, being able and willing to work forty-eight hours at a stretch when neoeaoary to get things to working without undue skipping of cogs. Ills genius for organisation work, and - nls willingness to use It for tha benefit of others. Is sd well known In his home city of Lincoln that he is usually the first one called upon when a big civic teak Is to be undertaken. Physically Brother Charley and Brother, William look about as much alike as a goober-nut and a buf-ter-bean. Tha only point of resemblance, personally, Is that neither one haa any' hair to spoak of on that part of the head usually covered by a hat. Indeed, so bar Is Brother Charley's poll that he usually wears a skull cap when he is supposed to be bareheaded. But the two brothers are much alike temperament ally. Both are affalrie, easily approached and good company in any aooial gathering. In short. Brother Charley Is Brother William's alter ego, and about everything else needful and necessary. Ha makes alt of Brother William's lecture dates, attends to all his business, sees that the Insurance premiums are kept up and Interrupts a lot of correspondence. Ha is just as temperate In his habits aa his more distinguished brother, using neither tobacco. Intoxicants, nor pro fane language. But be is admittedly one of. the best "bottle pool" players In a lively little city whose Commercial club la made up of energetlo business men, most of whom find in the aforesaid "bottle pool' a vent for their luncheon hour enthusiasm, e Charles W, Bryan Is leading ia active and suc cessful business life; he Is, and . has been always, closer to his distinguished brother than any other man, and he enjoys every minute of Ms activity. When he Is not active In politics or business or some chic duty, he Is enjoying his home life with bis wife and his two children. Twice ToW Tales WUI Water. , The long-winded member of tha debate club baa held forth for many minutes past his allotted time, and still showed no signs of exhaustion. Feeling thirsty, he reached out for the water carafe, but found It empty. Motioning to the usher to have It filled, he would have prooeeded With Ms speech, but for an Interruption. X member in th back seat rose and waved Its arms excitedly, "I protest, Mr. Chairman." he said. proieeu . - "Protest against what?" ksked the chairman. - "Running a wlndmr.l with water.""'was th reply. Pittsburgh Chrcntcle-Diupatch. ' , v ' ' . f Ta Doables, " Colonel Roosevelt, as all the world knows, shaves every evening before he goes to bed. Apropos of this odd fact, there Is a little story. Before th Outlook office one' day a robust maa of middle age approached the. colonel and said, dis placing a row of strong white teeth in a smile; "Colpnel, I'm taken for you everywhere. It's moat embarrassing." , Colonel Roosevelt looked the man over keenly, then, with a smile that displayed . his own strong, white teeth, ha said: "Well, of all my doubles, you resemble me the most. In fn t. If I cculd stand you cp before me very evening, I'd be able to shave by you. Js'ow Tork UalL People and Events It Is explained In behalf of New Tork that th shirt brigade to outer sunshine. t To give force to his demand for better conditions In thevceunty jail at i?lnckneyvllle, Ul V. U Ulricb. a mtXiiant prince and bank director, haa been appointed janitor of booh court house and jail, at a salary of I ) a year. It Is up to I lrkh to make good. Th mobilisation of the suffrage forces In Indiana is mc-t by an "offensive and defensive alliance" by the ba.cleior members oftha tealalature who fear an at tack on their liberty at any moment. A group picture of Indiana allies Indicates that they can stop anything that movea Whenever Billy fsiclay draas a check against nls account in Itilladeiphia or any other sinful town. It a' ned by th evangelUt and hi wtf In disposing of the Lord's tenth, th proportion of his earning) given to the rauaa. the check bears the signature of "W. A. Sunday. II Timothy. 11:16." Ferdinand P. Earl scores again as the champion affinity arttut In the country. Ills latest soul mate, Uas Charlotte Herman, living niLhta wnlsiing dis tance of etrJht-laced Asbury Park, N. J., gave WrtU to child, which event startled the gossip and ciuwil Karle such pain that he moved lilmaol and family to a Icm noUy locality. The artist proposes to square himself as soon as wife number three ia legally de tached. The January circular of "?T simplified spelling board fell jnto the hsnds of a student at Appleton. Wis., who was so charmed by its touching possibilities that he penned the) words to dad: "l'leaae kum akros ilh twenty-fla buck. Tune's in nede of funds.-' and "diar dad" kame aXrx-s In thee simple trmi: "I'll etaud for Tiot ball, fiats and dances, bj U Is the 8. O. B. you need in sixriliiia " Probably the leitwr ub. KtiitMr rot'cfuiui-nvist'oue vml ipsar la the next tnoullily clrvuLur. Ueraon.Aai$'rlens Their v Olfles. OMAHA, Jan. JX. To tha Editor of The Dee: C. r, Welier says in The Bee's Letter Box: "W want ships that carry ,the American flag and can go Into any port In the world unmolested." But Eng land objects to such a competition and to any Interference with Its sole possession of the seas. Three miles from any shore England's empire commences. The United States may fret and fume and that Is all the good It will do. But should Uncle 8am muster up courage and show only the least signs of force, which Is quite Improbable with our present secretary of state, England Will unchain that little hairless rasral, the Japanese dog, and say, "Cave Canent." By the way, that would be a splendid subject for your cartoonist. Uncle Sam, John Bull and the dog. Mr. Waller in a communication to Metcalfe's Nebraakan argues against the Hitchcock bill. Rather inconsistent Is it not,t To keep on furnishing England with arms and guns which may at any time be turned against us. Tour Bhelton,. Neb., contributor In his reply to your recent splendid editorial, "Altogether Unduly Alarmed,' wants to know if German -American can be at one and the same time a citiran of the tkilted States and a subject of tha Ger man emperor, saying that an article la the Literary Digest seem to suggest that he ean. If tha Shelton maa will take the trouble to read the oath of allegiance to the United States required from any proa peotlve United States citizen when he de clares his Intention to become such, he will find that tha applicant thereby re nounces all allegiance to any foreign po tentate. And as you hsve said in your editorial, tjie history of the United States records that German-Americans have ever been faithful to that oath. ' The "Call to German-Americans to Or ganise," upon which the Literary Digest comments, applies merely to organising against the systematic slander of the pro British press In this country, and to counteracting the prejudice created by It. That object does not Involve the slighter strain upon the -loyalty to the United States of citizens of German descent, and even though the provocations on the part of certain, German hostile papers and writers Is great, Germans want only fair play and a place In the sun of public opinion in their adopted fatherland. Tor that however, they will do valiant battle with every lawful means at their com mand. .DR. HERMAN GERHARD. ' "It's a. Laser .Way." NEW TORK, Jan. 22. To tha Editor of The Bee: The following la the up-to-dato version of "Tipperary." as sung st iha annual banquet of' the Boston Bar asso ciation last month, when William Howard Taft was the principal speaker: -We're a long way from woman suffrage, They've a long way to go; It's a hard road to woman suffrage. What they'd do we do not know. Good bye, both Dakotas, Farewell. Ohio State; We're a long, long way from woman suffrage, And we'll not tempt fate. And while we are saying good-bye don't let us forget Nebraska and Missouri 1 MARJORJH DORMAN. Thanks the Pi-ess. OMAHA. Jan. 23. To the Editor of The Bee: As chairman of the local committee on. arrangements for tha Splngarn lecture on 'The Teat of Democracy," I want to thank you for th liberal space so gen. erously devoted to giving publicity to the lecture and' your valuable and appre ciated work In helping to get out the larg audience which greeted Dr. Splng arn. Every one present, whether he agreed with a"! Drt Splngarn said, or not. was Impressed with his earnestness, his sincerity and his courage In denouncing glaring Injustices, and his eloquent and Impassioned plea for fair play. - Being jealous of Omaha's reputation, I regret exceedingly that so few of our thoughtful and liberal-minded white cltl sens were present. We had hoped to have them there in large numbers; for wherever Dr. Sprtngarn has spoken a large per cent of his audience has been composed of the best white citizens, upon whose help and co-operation we must rely In creating a more just sentiment and a better inter-raclar understanding, and the committee felt that Omaha would not fall behind other cities In this regard. Full publicity was given hy the press to Dr. Bpingarn's visit and for this, on be half of the committee, I desire to thank you. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Oil sss Water. ' SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. B.-To th Ed itor of Th Bee: I not In Th Be Sen ator Bedford's remarks as to the feasi bility of an oil pipe line from Wyoming to Omaha, I considered (outside of water power) this to be on ef the greatest beaeflts Omaha could have. About twenty-five years ago J. W. Crane of Arling ton, Neb., tried to finance a similar scheme, but for some reason he failed, Just as the water power from tha Loup and Platte rivers have always failed. It Omaha waa half as anxious to put into operation the above, as it ia In trying to annex South Omaha, It would be a great deal etter. as It now gets all the money made la South Omaha except our revenue. J. O. BLESSING. Hayaoeds la the City. -OMAHA, Jan, SI To the Editor of Th Bee: It Is generally advocated that country rubes can't make a living In the city. Tha test I have made proves th contrary, 'and I have been, asked to give my exporienca for th profit of some other struggling rube. When married, wife and X had aa un usual good outlay, given , by the old folks a good team and something like tiSuO in machinery and money. We rented a farm at SO an acre, and pitched In early and late. Just aa the corn ears began to st a hail storm stripped them clean, leaving us a rent debt of A We sold what vre could pinch along without and started anew next year. Th corn waa O. K.. but the cholera got the hogs. d. all told, I found I had VMlt left. much lees than when we started. I figured that one year more on th farm would wipe me out anyway, so I might as well ri&k something with less work. I watched th ad la The Omaha Bee and finally fount a house thai could be bought for its equity, located in a good neighborhood. I bought It and lt the rent pay balance on it. While paying out on it I got a job of hauling from T a. m, till S p. m better than 4 a. m. to IS p. m. on ti e farm. I was soon able to buy another equity on another house, letting the rent pay out on lt Now I own three fine looome propertels. In doing this the caution Ilea In buying in a good neighborhood at a good price. rather than cheap property la a poor acishborhood, then have renters give not re- reference, and ae they are glilered on the "howlers' " list. I would never go back to the-farm, for I make better, with less work and risk, and vr have access to school and church, P. O, H. Editorial Shrapnel Brooklyn Eagle: Ia lve ntonhr neiv trellty Italy has perhaps saved more Uvea than the earthquake rook, and. on an, average, more valuable Uvea. That le fiectloa is net InslgnlflcaiT, Louisville Coui-lcrJoumal: A physician who used to tell Ms if-h petient to o to Europe may he m Mrraseel by conflict, but the profaje 'ell.w ran y "go to Europe" v.itniut having lo apologise If iodics are present Cleveland Plain Dealer: For abscli t sangfroid commend :s t.- the hen K Brlll.-h offlc-r bears wltne th,t the hens of Flanders, tn th mld-t of most terrlfle cannonading, go about their buine with the sajn placM.tv and close attention that '.hey display In tlnw of peace. New Tork World: If Kipling were what Germans call a muslcker ha mlirht produce a war song better than "Tip perary." but he I only a poet, and armlee rarely march to the rhythm of verse. Hundreds of thousands of good Ameri can troops la eirfl war days adopted the tune of "Joha Brown." but they im provised their own words as they went along. Here and There Th Stat Grange Patrons of Hus bandry will ask the next legislature in New Jersey to appropriate ISO.S0O to erect and support a state college for women, the request having- been denied at th last legislature. Rear Admiral Reginald F. Nicholson, recently retired from the navy, is said to be th last active officer on th United States naval list who served la any capac ity in the civil war. . He waa 63 years of age on December IS. At th of 12, In 1864, he enlisted as messenger on ship commanded by his father. Captain Nich olnon, remained to the finish and thea returned to his school books, . Four years later he won his appointment te Annapolis, graduated with honors la 171, and worked his way up in the Use la th succeeding years. Only one officer with a civil war record) ia still left la tbe army. Colonel John L. Cloro of the quartermas ter's department, who enlisted as a drum mer boy the last year of the war and reaches retiring age next fail. SAID IH FUN. "It is a fad now te knit socks for the raf'iei'cs. " "Then It is fashionable to know how to knit ?' very! , "Hurraal Grandma la la style again!' Judge. WW! raw, why caa't a man serve two maotereT Paw IVncause the law won't let yon have but one wife at a time, my son. Cincinnati Enquirer. Mothr Robbl. I n ashamed of you. Tou era the eldeet and ought to be aa example to Raymond and Archie. Hobble Well. 1 U be an example to Ray. but I won't be an example to both ef 'em. Ray s got to be It for Archie -Itoston Transcript "They are always bragging of their an cestors." "Yes, from th way they talk tou would almost imagine they had selected them themselves." Oetroit Fre Press. "Didn't you see me hold up my bandT" asked the trafflo policeman. "I must confess that I did," replied the man who wbs driving his own car. 'Then, why didn't you stopT" "I lost my nerve. I had Just spent three ouarters of an hour getting this car to etsrt and It seemed a shame to lose all that work." Baltimore American. Bacon I understand that In many of the Chilean cities women are employed as street car conductors." Egbert Now. I can understand why men want to crowd the back platforms. Tonkers Statesman. Gee. what did you get t dst house?" -v man si oe nouse we a at nome. X got a red and greou necktie, a smok ing jacket a pair of carpet slippers and a box of Christmas cigar." Lousivllle ' Courier-Journal. "How's the babyr asked the neighbor ' of the new father. "Fine!" said tha proud parent "Don t you find that a baby brbrhteaa tip a household wonderfully? pursued ' the friend. "Yes," said the parent with a sigh we have the gas going most of the bight now." New Tork Globe. TLAYLXa TEE GAME. ' " Philadelphia Ledfrer." Life Is a game with a glorious prise, If w only play it aright It is give and take and build and break. And often It ends in a fight: But he surely wins who honestly tries tReirardless of wealth or fame); He can never despair who plays It fair How are you playing th garnet Do you wilt and whin If you fail to Win In the manner you think your due? Do you aneer at a man in case that h can. And does do better than you? Do you take your rebuffs with a knowing rain? Do you laugh though you pull up lame? Does yor faith hold true when the whole world's bluet How are you playing the game? Get Into the thick of rt-Wade In, boys! Whatever your cherished goal; Brace up your will 'til your pulsa thrill, And you dare to your very soul! Do something more than make a noise; Let your purpose leap into flame Aa you plunge with the cry, "I shall do or die! Then you will be playing the game. , i ,i If You Arc Contemplating tho Erection of a Building , s. 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