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4-n HIi; OMAHA SUNDAY liEE: AUGUST 2J. 1915, THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATKR. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Tb Bm Publishing Company, Proprietor. Py mstl per year. $ ' 4 Ort , .' 4.' . 1 on BEH BU1LDINQ. PARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omaha poslofflr aa second-class matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Hy carrier per month. party and Sunday , for... ISally without Similar....' 4fc... Rvenlng and Sunday "c... Kvening without Punday 2e... nunriav Pr only 30c... Send notice of change of addreas or complaints of Irregularity Is delivery to Omaha Uee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCK. Remit by draft, worm o- portal order. Only two rent postage stamps received In payment of email ac counts. Personal rhecks, except on Omaha and eaatarn exchanga not accepted. offices. Omaha Tha Re Building. Pouth Omaha 18 N street. Council Fluffs 14 North Main street. Lincoln Llttla Bulldlrg Chicago am Hearst Building. New York Room llfl. Fifth avenue. Pt. Louie MS New Bank of Cummer-. Wsshlngton Fourteenth St.. N. W. Bidding1 for the Balkan.. At this moment th great powers of Europe are enpagod In a moat edifying frame, that of trying to lure the Balkan states Into the war on one side or the other. Many baits are being dangled, each of the rompet.tora offering special Inducements In the way of territorial dlrlslons, political advantage, commercial opportunity and the like, to secure the desired assistance from the little countries that have thus far refrained from taking part In the general conflict. The situation Is In amusing contract to the course long pursued by the rival bidders for Dalkan favor. In the past the "Balkan question" has always been present as unfinished business in the European chancelleries, and whenever the little nations hare undertaken to fight out their differences they hare found themselves checked and thwarted In the end. The victor has been robbed of his plunder, and the "balance" haa been restored by the "European concert." Just now the Dalkan states are In a position to sell something, and It Is Interesting, at this distance, to wat(ih the bidding. CORRESPONDENCE). Address communlratlona relating to newa and edi torial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. JLLV hl.N.. 1 Jm.,l L.YllO.N. 47,003 Ptate of Kehraeks. County of Douglas, aa : I'wlght Williams, circulation manager, eav that the average Cumiay circulation for the month of July. Iflo. was 47. nn. DWIOHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Puhacrlted In my preenre and sworn to before me, this lid day of August, 1KIV ROHEKT Hl'NTtR, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily aboiild have The lire mailed to them. Ad dress will be changed as often aa roqnested. Aagasi aa Thought for the Day Thtrt it no tpucK nor language to txprtti Tht tveet mtwt$ ol Ood, that malct Ftrptival music in tht human htart. - Fan Dyke. -.J Says the kaiser to the czar: "It's your move." Put in a boost tor Omaha, ud keep s boostlng ! Government by mob violence Impelled race prejudice) la not civilised government by It ii said the lynchers of Leo Frank cannot be Identified. "Where there' a will therea a way." Advleea are that the Russian ministry la do for a shake-up, which In turn is due to a shakedown. Georgia's resentment at "outside Interfer ence" Indicates a survival ot the old delusion that secession aucoeeded. "I regret to report," or Slavonic word a to that effect, for the second time la Indelibly en ihrtned In Russian war literature. It la not yet October, but It the war In Eu rope la brought to an end ahead of schedule time, no one over here will object. Transacting publlo bnalneee In secret con fabs behind doors does not alt well with a up poiedly aelf-governing community. Taken all In all, Nebraska's geographical location la about aa veil protected from the up heavala ot the elements aa any spot on earth. The flattery ot Imitation doea not count with Uncle Sam. It la certain that the Ohio counter feiters of Omaha bank notea will get a lively run for the money. ' Leisure and opportunity now beckons con gressmen to fruitful fields. The task of meas uring the harvest from free aeeda la the highest duty of a statesman. In the years to come searchers for deep sea treasure will find the British watera a regular Klondike. The ocean'a float thereabouts la already dotted with ateel-bound millions. Governor Harris ot Georgia says bis people are "humiliated" by ouUide criticism. That la not what baa humiliated them. By their own acta they have taken themselves almost outside the realm of civilisation. The Germans and Austrian a say they are holding S, 000,000 prisoners of war. Just let those figures seep Into your brain. The whole population of Nebraska, Including men, women and children, la about 1,150,000. The Governor and the Government The conference of the governors, soon to come together In annual conclave In Boston, will renew dlacueston of the old problem ot the rela tion of the governor to the government. None more fully realltee than do the executives ot the several atatea tbe limitations that check the ac tivities of tbe governor In the actual administra tion of the affairs of the commonwealth of -which he Is nominally the head. Under the tri partite form of government, adopted when the United States came Into existence, la perpetuated the resentment of the colonists against the crown. In colonial times governors were ap pointed by the king, and represented him, and were alwaya assured ot and frequently merited tbe opposition of the legislative assemblies. This condition was carried over into the new govern ment, and to curb the executive, the three-cornered system, with Its "checks and balances," was brought Into exlatenee. The moat obvious objection to tbe existing arrangement la the division of authority and fre quent lack of harmony between the legislative and executive branches of the state governments. "Whatever reason the colonists may have bad for distrusting their governors, today the governor and the legislators are chosen at the aame elec tion, and are therefore responsible to the same toverelgn cltUenship, and any cause for Jealousy or friction between the two departments of gov ernment should be removed, that the beat poe alble results msy be bad. Many suggestions for accomplishing this end have been made, but none adopted. It may be that out of the coming con ference will proceed something practical in the way of a plan for bringing the governors and the government Into closer working relations. Not Georpa'i Private Affair. Governor Harris of Georgia has given warn ing to outsiders that they must not comment further on the Frank eaae. The people of Georgia, he says, are sensitive and hlgh-etruns, and keenly resent any Interference or meddling In their affairs. It Is ey to understand that the sober, thinking Georgians feel deeply humil iated by the general expression ot Indignation and horror that has come from every quarter of the country, condemning the barbarous mob that disgraced American civilization by Its dreadful deed. The case is not, and for many months has not been, exclusively a Oeorglan affair. Its progress baa been watched by the people of the entire country, concerned to see that justice was done, and that law and order were upheld. Georgians of all classes knew this, and, knowing it, permitted the perpetration of one of the foulest crimes in all our history. They well deserve the censure visited on them, and cannot, through protest, escape from blame for the work of the mob. Just now they have but one way to convince the world of their sin cerity of purpose, and that Is to hunt down and expose and punish tbe men who murdered Leo M. Frank. War's Demand for Gold. During the first half of the war the German government, foreseeing the need of hoarding all available gold, appealed to the people to ex change their gold for national currency. The re sponse was a remarkable showing of patriotism. Not only big and little hosrdlngg of gold coin, but also large quantities of gold Jewelry were turned Into the national strong box, swelling by 250,000,000 the stock ot gold In the Relchs bank. France Inaugurated a similar gold cam paign last July and the response was equally rotable aa a measure of national devotion. In six weeka the people turned into the Bank of France $78,000,000 In gold, surpassing the Oer man record for the first alx weeka by $8,000,000. Considering the vastly greater population ot Germany and ta Immunity from hostile armies, (while French territory la occupied by tbe enemy and ita population acattered, the gold outpouring evidences the admirable thrift of the French peo ple and their readiness to make any sacrifice In defense of the nation. OuorvdL S yjLtjojuaj-6 r riCTom xonvirn, Gueita Worth Mentioning. For several days Omaha has been entertain ing some guesta who have unobtrusively come amongst us, and have with equal modesty pur sued the business that called them here, to the end that not a great deal of public notice baa been given them. They are deserving of much attention, for several reasons. The mere fact that the colored people have formed themselves Into secret societies Is not at all noteworthy, for It Is but a manifestation of a custom that has come down through the ages and Is not distinc tive of any people. But the societies that have been here conducting their general business are representative to a large extent of the growth and development of the colored cltixens of America, more especially as regards the It&m of thrift and the quality of social stability. The representatives who have gathered here are In themselves proof that the colored man has made progress In the race of life since equal oppor tunity was given hliu, and that materially and intellectually he Is worthily striving with his white brother. He is learning to be not self sufficient, but self-respecting, and in this way above all othera la he serving his own race. For thla, and for other reasons, these guests who have so quietly followed their own affairs white in the city are worthy of our hospitality. The Lure of Pensions. Pension systems for civilians, no matter what the object or class, are certain to develop abuse. Easy money constitutes too great a lure td escape the reach of the undeserving. This is shown by an investigation of the bankrupt pension fund of New York City's school teachers, a fund com paratively young and made up of a small per centage of teachers' salaries and certain public revenues. The Immediate cause ot the Insuffi ciency of the fund Is due to "padding the rolla" with Ineligible pensioners. In some lnstancea teachers who lacked from one to four years or service to reach the retiring service age were easily pushed over. Teachers threatened with dismissal escaped the odium by retiring on a pension. Disability were an equally fruitful source of pension recruits, but the disabilities were no bar to the subsequent marriage of the pensioners. Gross favoritism was shown in promoting teachers before retirement in order to swell their drafts on the fund. These are typi cal of what may be expected from the operation of Increasing pension scheme unless the respon sible authorities rigidly eliminate favoritism, sympathy and personal pulL Chairman Walsh of the Industrial Relations commission haa a peculiar idea of the proprie ties. He sends out the several reports of the different groups of his cotnruisalon to the news papers with future release dates, and then picks out a few excerpts from the report of his col leagues representing the employers, which, sep arated from their context, he thinks helps bolster up his position, and gives them advance publica tion. Still, that Is quite in line with Mr. Walsh's performances from the beginning of the commit tee's Inquiries. IT TRANSPiriKS that my account last week of the Inside dexelopmenta of the stubborn patronage fight In the last hour of the Urover Cleveland administration, whose outcome placed the late Jude William H. Munger on our federal dlstrl. t bench instead of Judge William D. Mcilugh, who was fitting aa a recess appointee, which account was that currently acreptod by those supposed to be In closest touch with the situation, la challenged In some of Its details by former Sen ator John M. Thurston. As an active player In that Kama, and the one holding the winning cards, Senator Thurston ought to know, and I am glad to give his version, which he lias for the first time made publls In a letter to me, as follows: "I notlc your article stating your understand ing of the cause which led up to the rejection of tha nomination by the president of Mr. W. D. Mcilugh, and the appointment of Judge Munger aa United Rtates district Judge. It la perhaps due to the living and tha uead that I place before tha publlo a true statement of thli matter. "Just ahout the time that T was to take my seat In the senate, Judge Dundy died, and Presi dent Cleveland nominated XV. D. Mr.Hugh. This nomination was made without anyone having consulted with me. I fplt that It was due my position that I should at least have been con sulted In the matter of the appointment of a J'idge. I had no personal objection to Mr. Mc Hugh and he would have been confirmed, except for the faet, that I was reliably Informed that certain friends of Mr. Mrllugh had gone about the streets of Omaha damning Thurston and say ing that I would have no Influence In the senate, and that they could confirm Mr. Mcilugh whether I objected or not. I am nnlv itntlnr In . tniit way what Ms fiol friends said about me In publlo. 1 looked upon Mr. Mclfugh aa a young man of IrreproachAble character, admirably qualified to fill the position of Judge, but I could not In Justlc to myself stand for the attitude taken by his friends tn attempting to discredit and dis parage me. I became a member of the judiciary committee of the senate, to which committee his nomination waa referred. No pressure of any kind waa brought to bear upon me for or against hla confirmation, but In committee meeting, I sUted to tha committee the exact situation as I understood If, and said to the committee that eome of Mr. McIhigVs most prominent friends were discrediting ma and my standing In the senate, and that I therefore opposed the nom ination. '"Chairman Hoar of the committee said, 'Gen themen. If there la no objection, I will refer this nomination to Senator Thurston with authority to report for or against, or to hold the appoint ment without report, aa ha may wish.' Senator Hoar's statement waa received without objection by all of the republican and A bora of tha committee and Mr. Mcltugh a appoint ment waa therefore in my poc4tet oma daya before Mr. Cleveland'a term was to expire, his secretary telephoned me saying that the president wished to sea me. 1 Immediately went to the White House and was received by President Cleveland, a man whom T greatly ad mired and respected, one of the greatest presl dents this oountry ever had. Ha said to me, 'Wen ator, axe you trying to hold this nomination of judge until my term expires, so as to appoint a republican r I said, 'No, Mr. President, when a vacancy expires during your administration, I recognise your right to name the successor.' Mr. Cleveland aald, 'Senator, will you confirm any other democrat In NebraskaT' I said, 'Tea air, any democrat that la aatlsfactory to ma will be confirmed, tf you appoint him the aame day his appointment comes to the senate.' He asked me to name two leading domoc ratio attorneys that would be unobjectionable to me. I Immediately named Carroll S. Montgomery and 'William H. Munger. both splondld men and good lawyers. Ho asked ma if he appointed either one of thoae would I have them confirmed. I said, 'Tes sir.' "The next morning a communication waa re ceived by tha senate withdrawing tha name of Vf. T. McHogti, and appointing William H. Mun rer. Within an hour I asked for an executive session, and being authorized by the judiciary committee, I reported Mr. Munger'a nomination favorably, and he was Immediately and unani mously confirmed. Four hours after. I received a long measaeTe from my friend Munger setting forth the reasons why he thought I should permit his confirmation. I cannot give tha exact terms of my telegraphto answer, but in substance I said, Tou were confirmed on my motion four hours before I received your wire.' "That la the whole history of the matter." It will be noted that In this letter Senator Thurs ton does not even mention "Dick" Hall, whom every one here recognised as the probable residuary legatee to the Judgeship in the event of a failed confirma tion, and the transfer of the appointment from the out-going president. Grove r Cleveland, to the in coming president, Major MoKlnley. Be that aa it may, and whether within the knowledge of Senator Thurston or not, I feet safe In reasserting that it waa the apprehension of losing this last piece of democratic patronage to a republican, and the con viction that tha naming of a republican, subject to endorsement by Senator Thurston, meant. In fact, the selection of Mr. Hall, were what induced Judge Mc ilugh to cease hla efforts In his own behalf, and to ask President Cleveland to withdraw his name and substitute another. Senator Thurston's graphlo description of wnat took place inside tha committee room when the Mc ilugh appointment waa referred to him aa a sub committee of one with power to act, will aurely be keenly relished by our present United States senator and make him long for a revival of tha old custom. It Is easy to imagine what a smile of satisfaction would spread over hla countenance, if, when those two Bryan-dictated appointments coma In, It should be unanimously voted that they repose indefinitely la tha senatorial vest pocket until the president should come to his terms. Tha Incident Is ch&racterlstia of the difference In conditions then and now for what ever political antagonisms Senator Thurston may have engendered, all will agree that aa senator he com manded tha confidence of his colleagues, and enjoyed to the full every advantage of that Man and tnlghty prerogative known aa "senatorial courtesy." msi n rf aii u Tha Poufclaa County Teachers' association elected tha following officers tor tha ensuing year: Piesldent. J. Ii. Bruner; vice president. A. W. Parker; secretary, Kate M. Duneher; treasurer, Sadie F- Manvllle. W. F. Brown, welt known commission man at tha Vnlon stock yards, la out again after belna cooJInod to tha house several days. "For tha new Broadway square crown men'a hats in black, brown and maple, and the new London style of Victor Jay in black and brown, and tha new bur gundy and stone, go to Hudson's Hat btora in the Millard hotel block." Rain prevented completion of tha game between the Union Paclflca ind St. Josephs, tha score at tha end of tha third Inning standing t to t tn favor of Omaha. Judge Dundy aMurovd hla federal court over tj September U. The announcement of tha I'nl vers try of Nebraska s fall terra ta made by Chancellor Mannatt, offering six thorough c-ouraea with degrees, namely. In art, science, literature, engineering, agriculture and medlr clne; also a two-yewr preparatory Latla school. Clarke Bros. A Co., !40g Douglas, would sell a twenty-horsepower boiler and engine "for tha reason that they are not large enough for the new machinery we will put la our new building on Harney street." QUAINT BITS OF LIFE. Fijian cannllmls worship a god named MataWalco. who has cluht stomachs, and Is slwsys estlng. William A. Durst, sged To, of Philadel phia, is said to he the only man now living who was on tha "Tankee cheese box" when It played that little game with the Merrlmae. A New Jersey woman has been ar raigned under the old blue laws ss a ommon scold. The prisoner, 'tis said, "did disturb the morals and peace of th community" by calling a neighbor names. The famous old "money tree" rear Shepherdstown, XV. Vl, haa been de stroyed by a storm. For seven or eight years tha treo sheltered $16.ono, which had been concealed between the roots by an army paymaster during the civil war. Lightning played one of its peculiar tricks when It Jumped Into the homo of Walter Long of Frankford. Pa., while supper was being eaten, killed the pot dog which waa under the table, but spared all those eating except Long him self, who wss knocked out of Ms chair and stunned. Dr. Ira Priest, clerk to the city council of Akron, O.. haa In turn been college president, politician, horticulturist, mem ber of the bonrd of public service, presi dent of the council, militia chaplain, lit terateur, member of phllanthroirlcal boards and, finally, coppersmith, and still presides every Sunday In the pulpit of one of the Akron churchia A piece of cake waa exposed for sale In Philadelphia without adequate protection, then aaalytcd. It contained sand and coal dust, disintegrated bran fragments, human hair, wood fragments, black and yellow, cottcn fibers, white, black, blue, yellow and grren, straw partly disinte grated, cobwebs, pine and other wood fragments, paper fragments and bits of iron rust. People and Events TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES. Owing to tha fact that women are talk ing men'a jobs In England, there Is threatening a famine In female help. ' Nine prominent Philadelphia men have been announced aa willing; to speak against woman suffrage during the corn ing winter. It la also announced that tills committee of men will help the antl auffraglsts from the financial side. Aa equal suffrage amendment comes up ia November In Pennsylvania. New York la said to bo making places for a great many special teachers tha coming fall, and now haa eeventy-slx va cancies for shop work, forty tor teachers of cooking and ten for teachers of physi cal training. Because of lack of funda, however, no appointments of special teachers will bo made this year. Tha moving picture film producers -in England having been called to tha front, women workers have taken their plaoea. It seems Interesting that there should ba a demand for the movies, but the many soldiers recovering from Illness, and oth ers at home, unfitted to serve In the army, are said to need the diversion more than ever before. Miss Blanche Crawford, 17, of Morgan town, lnd., a product of a manual train ing school, demonstrated her skill In car pentry by building herself a bungalow, her only help being a man for heavy lifting. It Is considered a first-class Job and quite artistic In arrangement, even to tha large fireplace, every brick of which she laid. Miss Crawford completed the building in three months. The first convention of women voters ever held will be in San Francisco, Sep tember 14-ls. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont will be the national chairman, and Mrs. Phoebe Hearst will be the local chair man. It Is expected that there will ba representatives of 4,000,000 women voters at the convention. The convention la to prepare for a big demonstration of the Women's Congressional Union in Wash ington In December. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Scientists have figured that about "A. 000,000 bubles are born each year, or at a wto of about seventy a minute. In Ami. Ian nmrralgea. as soon aa th bride reaches the bridegroom's houa aha makes Mm presents ot household furni ture, a rpear and a tent. A capitalist at Oakland. Cal.. la fight ing for a fen of tl from the court. He was trial juror an 1 had started for court before he found there waa no sitting. Nevertheless he asks pay for that day'a work. A Maine newspaper recently published a long wedding report, complete In every detail, except that It did not mention the name of either the bride or bridegroom A man In Washington, D. C, Is so fat that he was unable to kill himself with three shots from a revolver. He weighs 460 pounds. The three bullets failed to hit a vital part Scores of Persons have been fishing with rakes In the pastures along the Branch Creek at Sellersville, Pa. Tha creek swept over Its banks Juring the storms of lust week and baa, catfish and eels were flooded Into tha fields. Now In meadows' where cowa are wont to grace fish abound In plenty. The question haa arisen whether It Is lawful to catch baaa In this manner. Ttsh were being raked up as so much timothy and people carried away baskets of them. Teddy, her little pet dog, tugged so pcr slxtently at the skirts of Mrs. Hannah Crom of Brockton, Mas.., as she started to rsll en & nelghhor that she, suspect ing something amiss, followed the dog and was I'll to a loft in a barn off Bel mont atreot. There she found her hus band, biephen W. Cram. 5'J years old, dying. Ha had attempted, suicide by taking .-y.-inlde of potssnlum. When Cram had left his home after breakfast Teddy had followed, In spite of his efforts to drlva the auln-ul back home. EDITORIAL POT SHOTS. Cleveland Plain Iiealer: Patriotism scales all obstacles. Refused permission to carry or display the Italian flag when Italy entered the war the Belgians sub stituted sn.ill pt.i' 'f nix 'si-i.l ! J to coat lapels. Fvtn tha Germans laughed. Baltimore American: New York bank ers will lend the shies any little bllihni ! they may require for war auppllea. Tho latter parties are following tha good oil rule long ago established In Kiiropa: When In need, debt or doubt, see America first. New York World: it la Interesting ta nota that on behalf of one of the anthra cite coal railroad it Is stated that the Interstate Commerce commission's reduc tion of rates wul have no effect on tha price of coal to tha consumer. Needless ' to say. this railroad owns a number of ooal companies, and what It la forced to surrender In freight charges It eaa make up at the mine. Two more Chicago policemen have been convicted of grafting. Sandpapering the Itching palm Is a ssfer and cheaper treat ment than the milled edge of coin. In one of the townships of New Jer sey Police Justice Milton C. Lowden, aged 1. retired from office to "make room for a younger man." Ills successor Is Pete Btindy, 8". Score a run for young blood. The drouth In South Carolina was so keen during last June that the state dis pensaries sold IM.OOn worth of booie. an Increoso of tiO.000 over the preceding June. The famous remark of Carolina's governor evidently Is increaalng in pop ularity. Responding to the merry csll of pla cards in a restaurant In Clio, Mich., "All you tan eat for a quarter all you can drink for a nickel," four feeders de molished a case of beer for an appetiser, four watermelons and twenty-seven ba nanans and were about to tackle tha solids, when the feed mill, fesrlng bsnk ruptcy, suspended business for tha day. That M0 a year Is the lowest Income upon which an unskilled laborere family of five can maintain a standard of living consistent with American Ideals Is the finding of a New York board with regard to street sweepers. The present wase scale In that branch of the public service rangea from $730 to tsi a year. Tne scalo recommended for 1915 ranges from $720 to S40 a year. Purveyors of hot air health In New York have reached the conclusion after divers tests that fumigation of houses in esses of contagious diseases is of lit tle value. In place of fumigation the Board of Health urges repa'ntlng and repaperlng, fresh air, sunshine and gen eral renovation. Makers of formaldehyde and sulphur candles arc entitled to an Interview with the backsliding doctors. The "third degree," as practiced by the police of Pittsburgh was sharply con demned by one of tho locsl courts, which regretfully confessed its powerlessness to punish the guilty coppers. The vlcUm of the degree was bsdly used up and naa mree nns broken before he admitted his crime, for which he was sentenced to prison. "Offloers must be taught." com ments the Pittsburgh Dispatch, "that there la a limit to the torturing of human kind beyond which no man may go, even though he wear the blue and be orna mented with brass buttons." Scientists estimate that there are M.OnO species of fish In the world. According to a Paris phys'clan pre mature baldness Is due to some troublo with tho teeth. A textile made in China from raw silk can be burled in the earth a year without deteriorating. Illuminating gas leaking from mains under asphalt pavements will soften and disintegrate them. Herring, great quantities of which ar.i caught in Japan each year, are usd chiefly to, fertilise rice fields. After making more than J.O0O observa. tlons a Swiss scientist has decided that snails have no sense of sight. A physician Is the Inventor of a hollow cane In which he carries all the medicine bottles he ordinarily needs to have with htm. As a general proposition, a aite that Is elevated considerably above the surround ing areas la to be preferred for a peach orchard. A new process, developed In an English laboratory, makes sulphur dyes a substi tute for aniline dyes. The process Is easier and cheaper. A French scientist successfully com batted locusts in Argentina by inoculat ing a number of the Insects with a parastlo disease and liberating them to infect others of their kind. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "She can't be as progressive a you say If sue s taken up embroidering handker chiefs. ; Why not?" , V.Bf:au tnat ao'dom gets beyond tho Initial atage." Baltimore American. Judge-ilt seems to me that I have seen yoi before. Prisoner Yon have, your honor. It waa I who taught your daughter to plav tho piano. JudgeThirty years! Musical American. "How manv times have I told you that you must not answer me back. Norah?" said Mrs. Houaekeep. "Sure, mum, and ol ain't answerin yer back." snJd 'Norah. "Ol m answerin' yer face." New York Times, AROUND THE CITIES. Chicago haa put out 600 plainclothes men to round up the undesirables. Standing room at the Jails Is likely. Denver proposes to tax automobile gar ages $50 a year as an occupation tax. to make good a part of tho revenue lost by prohibition. Atlantlo City having decreed the top limit of bathing skirts puts up to beach policemen the ticklish task of making sure. The mean things use tape meas ures. Des Moines' commission raked the bot tom of the taxpayers' can before flln tne tax levy and raised the city's income rrom I9O4.O00 to $1)38,000. Tho city levy is 32.1 mills against Omaha's 75 mris. Cleveland proposes to make all clubs dispensing liquid refreshments take out a license. As a starter policemen have been stationed at club entrances with orders to maintain a drouth until the ciubs come across. A fool bather at Atlantic City who twica bluffed the life guards with criea for help, on the third bluff was vankad nut Of the water and into Jail, where he wss kept in his bathing suit until his bump of humor was reduced. New York City figures that decreased Immigration Is the chief reason for a marked falling off In street trafflo acci dent. Police report nearly 4,000 fewer ambulance calls during the first six months of the year. Kansas City officials nuicklv discovered In planning the widening of Sixth street that the value of the property needed rivalled the wealth of a Klondike gold find. The city figured On 13 & Inllar. foot, which made the owners smile and back off. Denver's local lumber combine, after three trials, refused to break the uni form list price for msterlal for the man ual training departments of the schools and the contract went to a St. Joseph firm. Tha school board saved $f00 on a $3,900 order. KABIBBLE KABARET MOTVOl a? RESQOe WU. NOW UWf. "HE HIT MC WTTM A TDMro, HU rr was srux inside- nor cam Patience There are no girls la the Boy Scouts. Patrice No. Patience iVt'ell, let'a get tip an order of Tom-Boy Scouts. Yonkers Statesman. "Please, mum, ye remember sendln" some brandy to a feller we saved from drownln' last Toosday?" "Vca What of it?" "Ho fell In again today." Life. "In the quarrel thev had Jlbbs' wifj threw a table knife at him." "I suppose that was her way of making a cutting retort." 'Baltimore American. APPLE TIME. J. M. Lewis In Houston Post. Along about this time o'vear. About a thousand miles from here. There is a place where all arouad Are apples layln on the ground: Aim Miiy ninn can anve rrom town 'Most any day and can aet down And load his wagon to the seat With apples that a king would eat; And tho farmer will tell him then: No, no a penny! Call again. That memory appeals to me A load of doad-ripe apples free.. The fanner s busy wlih his crops And don't care for tho fruit that drops; 1 used to love to tramp out far To where those rosy apples are. And tuck those rosy apples in Till cider dripped off cf my chin. And mother would be scared at night For fear I'd lost my appetite. Them was the days of long ago When apple-blossoms used to blow Across my path, and 1 would be Acquainted with each apple tree. And figure up the season's eata: ...... . tllv utr ui Kuiutn iweeu That every farmer has. and sigh , v.. inn un v n i-uuiin uv anil uy, When he would let me load uj at Mort every tree exceptln' that. Them was the apples that we hooked . henever that there farmer looked The el her way, then we would fill Our shirts with golden-sweets until e was as round as a balloon! Talk not to me of davs o? June' Twas when the suns of August days Mione bright and warm across our wavs That ued to mean the most to me. Of all the days that used to be. go abourTtVurtT? Th.WJ!-f r..",fu'. Itanuine diamond or fine watch If you . i Wo. 4 Men'a Dla. mond King, pionr Tooth mounting. Hk ttt so' Id sold eOQ 1.65 a Week. 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