Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1909, Page 6

FOUND VICTOR, ROSEVATBR. IDITOR. Entered at Omaha postoffice as ncond~ class mattef TERMS OF) SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bes (without Sunday). one ye: Daily’Bes ana ne YeRr. . ) D By CA R inchuting Sundag). por wesk. I ('|m\“ “uflll!i’?tr W. Ifi aily irig Bee ( (with Sunday), Sat Bee. one yeu ; urday Bee, one Address all com -| s of m-\u-mu- n delivery to City CI tion Department. OFFICES Bujlding enty- hurul'nnd N. 15 Beott me"—sl'r;'a Marquetts Buiding. 0! o te Bul h?ral—nltiom;‘l 1101-112 No. 34 West rd Btreet. ngton—725 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. - Communications relating to news and edi- torial_matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Bditorial Department. REMITTANCES. Repit by dract, express of postal order e to The Bee Publishing Company, Bhiy 3-cont stamps recelved in payment of mafl accounte. Persona), check: ept on Oiatia or eastern exchahges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. ln-n of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: s9rke B. Taschuck. treaswrér of The Ree Pnb Company, being duly sworn, # that the aetual number of full and #te copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 158, was a8 follows 18. S8kt siis v, Bur; The Total Returned Coples Net Total. Daily Average.. GEO. B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed in my presence and sworn o befors me this ist day of December, 108 Seal) . P-WALKER, Notary Public. Y T == - Subscribers leaving the efty tem- porurily should have The Hee mailed to them.. Address will be changed ax‘often as requested. Congresslonal investigation flles are swarming to the sugar bowl. That bridal shower that burned up must have had a pretty dry reigm. Tests have already begun to deter- mine whether the Christmas tree fis inflamable. - It is. ) Pringeton, astionomers want it dis- tinctly understood that Halley's is not the only comet within reach. If Canada rebullds the Welland canal as proposed, it will go against the l\‘nm af the Eue waterway. I8 thirl s inn‘m: in alfiterdtion, the Peking mission is well favored, with Calhoun of Chicago for China. —_— Mr. Roosevelt was never able to sat- isfy the erudite editor of the Omaha double-ender, 50 how can Mr. Taft hope to? —_—e The president’s ensign as com- mander-in-chief of the army is to be made larger. In symmetry with his avolrdapols? —_— ‘With a greater area than last year, and a yvastly improved condition, win- ter wheat gives precocious promise of & bumper 1910. — In the interests of the public, the word compromise may very properly be given a show In the dellberations of the railroad wage disputants. A Nebraska man will govern Pofto Rico for the next four years. Ne- braskans have the habit of getting to the front, no matter where they are. Dr.! Fletcher says that five years hence sickness will not be considered Te: ble. Anyona who js really ill doesn’t. care what other people think. i The, of the Frenchman who fell ith when his airship exploded the conviction that gasoline is {nfallible aloft than on terra g (T The Belglans do not like the world's comment on Congo aftairs, Well, the world does not like Belgium's conduct of Congo aftairs. 8o, honors are easy. ad 1n v.he mauume Leopold may well 1 The price of wheat in western Ne- braska ‘has risen owing to the cold weather, -also the price of coal in Omaha. storm was not without its advantages & to so s;‘ Havihg goften a taste of political bl . Britieh lion fs now licking his w Aariff reform. When that campdigh “ix ~well under way, the d ode will seem llke a prac- budes apln h ':uprcm- court pointedly calls attention to the fact that Ig Dunn is debarfed from practice in all the courts of the state. This may have no effect immediately, but the bet that Ig will While Secretary Wilson of the De- partment of Agrioulture was singing the song of the farmer’'s joy over his banner year of production and profit, the cluh women of the west were con- sidering the condition of the farmers’ 4.0 | wives, with the resuitant announce- ment that for every member of the family the slogan “Back to the farm” has everything to commend ft. In the early days of the west it was & common remark of eastern women that they pitled their western sisters, whom they pictured as going insane by wholesale because of their dreary iso- lation and monotonous existence. But today the tables are reversed, and the eastern dweller in cramped city quar- ters is learning to look with envy upon the prosperity and contentment of the farmer’s wife in the west. Truth is, the day of drudgery on the tarm s past. The development of agricultural resources has amazed the nation, and the farmer with his auto- mobile and lelsure to enjoy it is a liv- ing reality as well as & stock joke for the newspapers. In &llthe progression the wife has shared, just as she shared the hardships in the ploneer days. Now she has commonly as much help in her home duties as has the average city woman, she has the same com- torts of modern conveniences, and if she has not nelghbors crowding her at every turn of her elbow, she has a broader -outlook upon the world and can hold social intercourse with her chosen friends over the telephone, or by means of her motor car can join an agreeable gathering, as réadily as though at the very center of popula- tion. Rutral delivery is another human touch with her kind, and she has her own clubs and similar interests, as readily accessible and as entertaining and edifying as any in the land. Altogether, the time for wasting pity on the poor farmer's wife is past, except in those isolated cases where the fallure to rise above old conditions must be attributed to individual fail- ure to respond to those influences which have made home life in the west 80 independent and happy for the farmer and his wife and family. The Nation’s Finances. There is evident in the annual re- port of the secretary of the treasury a co-operation with the announced pol- icy of the administratien for close ecopomy and for & more concerted con- sideration of the system of estimates and appropriations which in this coun- try takes the place of‘the budget that perplexes European nations. It must be evident to the observer of Wash- ington events that the government is well on {ts way toward a final form of reorganization of its fiscal responsibil- ities, evolving a sclentific method of appropriations which shall be ; a marked gain over the haphazard mode of the past. * The new idea gives every assurance that the treasury will hereafter be widely administered a unit, not only as regards the passing of appropria- tlons by congress, but dlso as concerns the routine of tiie department, where it {8 apparent that the application of more modern business customs will simplify the work and eliminate anti- quated and roundabout red-tape pro- cedure. It is “clear that progress is being made in the dealings of the comp- troller of the currency with the na- tlonal banks, and that directors have been stimulated to a liveller and more detafled sense of thelr active responsi- bilitles. The seCretary announces a radical improvement in the ruling that examiners hereafter must be identified with the service, having no political or financial afiliation. The year has un- doubtedly witnessed a considerable strengthening of the banking intereets. Becretary MacVeagh is very precise in his interpretation of the corporation tax, and he makes clear that the treas- ury expects to collect 1 per cent of the actual net profits of each taxable cor- poration from all its sources of reve- nues, Banking and currdncy reform he finds to be stillo@ matter for the future to determiné and he argues convineingly for Il:%;lflmnte form of. adjustable currency s hd trustworthy surplus reserves, “tWo absolutely es- sential features of any banking system upon which the finances and the com- merce of this great nation can securely rest.” His attitude against any make- shift legislation may be construed as part of the administration’s policy of deferring all action Wuntil a ratiopal, existing evils shall ba¥e been reached. All of which shows that the |/ Civil Service Pensions. The subject of elvil sgrvice pensions cannot much longer bi_, evaded, yet there will be some Nesitancy on the part of congress to fasten another pen- sion system upon the mgmry at a time when the mil pension st is being increased I‘S.ghe recent old age legislation and By the never-ceas- ing importunities f6® the augmenting of old allowances. Secretary MacVeagh pointsout that we are the only nation that has no gen- eral legal retiring pension for em- ployes of the civil service, except as apologize s still open Yalp hae restored the primitive man 8¢ & model for the students, showing his great muscular development, but “the college youth are not likely to be thus diverted from worship of their own modern gridiron giants. b The punlu. of the Wayne Normal school was finally accomplished for less lhu 70 per gent of the amount appro- by the leglslature for the pur- pou This establishes a precedent in Nebraska which ‘ouxbt to be kept in mindby evewy state board, - - 3 pertains to the judiclagy, while large universities and Industrial corpora- tions of the country have taken strides along this very line. He finds that the public service is blocked In many in- stances by the unwillingness‘ of the officials in charge to throw out worthy men and women who have given the best of thelir lives to the work of the goyernment, 80 that, he argues, we are, practically paying pensions under a ‘gysteni™that is very impertect and wholly unsatisfactory in form. President Taft likewise contends that & eystem of pensiens for old em- harmonious agreement for the cure of | l‘flE BEE: ployes and the substitution therefor of younger and more energetic servants promotes both aconomy and efficlency of administration. Secretary and president are in accord on the necessity fox some method of superannuation, and it may be that their united recom- mendation will result in the presenta- tion of a form of pension bill repre- senting their views for consideration at the current session of congress. Extending Our Influence Abroad. The proposal to ralse the United States minister to China to the rank of ambassador with the accession of Mr. Calhoun to that office, has to recom- mend it the fact that with the in- creased diginity of the post its incum- bent would have fuller opportunity for developing our relations not only with the Chinese emplre, but throughout the far east. There can be mo doubt that our neg- lect of business opportunities in the field beyond the open door has been due chiefly to the lack of understand- ing in commereial circles of just how vast those opportunities were, and it may well be that in thus honoring our representative to Peking we will im- press upon our own people the tre- mendous importance of the post, and awaken the mercantile interests to the fuller significance of the open door. To the world at large, such eleva- tion of the minister would serve as notification that we are not to be lag- gard In any respect in the matter of international diplomacy as affecting affairs in that part of the world, and (mgzedlate strengthening of our pres- tige would undoubtedly follow. Republicans and Reform. The report of the Nebraska Rallway commission to the governor is a sum- ming up of accomplishments that the citizens of the state will do well to re- view in detail. Without question it is as remarkable a showing as was ever made by a body similarly consti- tuted. Less than three years ago this body went Into office under a title that was immediately questioned in the courts, and was sustained in all particulars. Laws for its guidance and operation were passed at the time the body was organized, and in the short time that has elapsed since its formation it has achieved more in the way of benefioial .reform as regards railroad rates and service than had ever been done in all the history of the state. The enforce- ment of the Sibley law against the ex- press companies in itself is a sufficient triumph for the rallway commission, but this is only ome of its many vie- tories for the people. It fs stili en- gaged In securing reforms in service that will be for the good of the publie. One polnt should not be overlooked. This board was constituted by a repub- lican legislature, Its membership has been republican from the beginning, and the'laws it has been called upon to enforce were enacted by republicans and approved by a republican governor, The only bit of legislation for which the democrats are in any wisé responsi- ble is the cute little bill by which the antl-pass law was juggled so as to make it more difficult to prosecute its violators. The republicans of Ne- braska can well stand on the record they have made in dealing with the common carrier question The passing of the old market house will be regretted by mnone. It has steod in the middie of the street for many years, a monument to a blunder made by the city council, and the sooner it is removed the better. But its femoval does not finally dispose of the question of a public market. This will again force itself to the front, and the wiseacres of the present council might perform something Mke real service by undertaking a solution of the problem. | Americans cannot but be amazed at the action of Willam Watson, the English poet, In disclosing for publica- tion immediately on his arrival in New York the personal confldences of Epg- guest in their homes. his case to the phrase, “A fine old Eng- lish gentlpman." The Douglas county tarm hand who has finally come into his reward as the an exemplar, cheerful to contem- plate, of the oil-time servant who lived | to aid his master rather than for per- sonal profit. The breed is 8o rare that carefully preserved. If the consolidation of the Bellevue and Hastings schools will result in the strengthening of the new |nlmu(lon, the work will have been well done.| Omaha people will not say good-bye to | Bellevue college without regret, but will wish the consolidated school at Hastings god-speed and all success, There secems to be a fallure to get together on a basis of military aero- nauties, At the time when we are be- wailing our lagging behind France that country laments its fallure to follow Germany's lead. The matter of rela- tive values In balloon fleets appears to be very much in the air. George Crocker has left a fund of nearly $2,000,000 to combat cancer, of which both he and his wife died. It any one of the manifold efforts of the millionaires to conquer malignant dis- eases prove successful, the fartunes|soas will not have been spent in vain. It Bermard Shaw is as hnpol-.ly wrong about affairs in coun- try as’ he shows himself to be in His latest dlatribe congerning America, he OMAHA, THURSDAY DFCLMBFR 9, ought to-emerge from his London bur- row and get acquainted. His decision not to visit the United States leaves him profoundly ignorant of things he 1909. Washington Life lish women which he gleaned while a | We may well | wonder what slgnificance attaches in result of the death of his mistress is| an occasional specimen ought to be | pretends to know, it, he is welcome to #tay away. Prodding the Consclenee. Brooklyn Bagle Customs receipts from liner passengers havo doubled. Closer inspection, not keener conscience s the explanation. An Experiment W Watehing. Baitimore American. BEvidently the British electorate are going to discipline the House of Lord® It may come in handy for our own uses some day. Goodness Rubbed Tn. New York World. Hudibras— And prove fta doctrine orthodox By apostolie blows and Knox. Supplies the Proof, Kansas City Times. ignorant of the dishonest welghing prac- tices of their subordinates and prove it by beafing on the matter. P — Ent tie A ce. Chicago Record-Herald. 1s reported from Washington It that carry aut the Roosevelt policies. on a stretcher he may rely upon the en- the two branches of congress. Ecomomy in the Conerete. Springfield Republican. Between them, Secretaries Dickinson and Meyer have cut the army and navy estl- below the estimates for the preceding year. No better news could be went east and west across the two oceans. Japan has already reduced military expenditure; the great powers of, Europe would like to, for their budget crises are revealing the hor- rors of armed peace. NEW MINISTER TO OMINA. W. 3. Cal a Mai Experience. St. Louls Republic. The new minister to China—who, by the way, 18 not an ambassador, certaln ought- to-be-well-informed newspapers to the con- trary notwithatanding—will hail from Chi- cago and his name will begin with C. There, however, the resemblance to Min- ister Crane ends; for Willlam J. Calhoun is a lawyer, and he has had diplomatic experience. Mr. Calhoun went as special envoy to Venesuela at the time when the harbor of La Guaira was full of warships and the situation extremely unstable. He made exhaustive Investigations and turned in to the State department a report wherein the diplomatic and legsl reefs and sandbars were 80 admirably charted that the United States has been able to steer safely ever since, with thé Monrve dootrine in tow. Before this achievement he visited Cuba as special agent of the government. The corporafidn ldwyef of the present day is more tHin half Yusiness man and Mr. Calhoufi is Tawyer and diplomat. The Chinese missforf atfords’ a-superb oppor- tunity for 'the display of diplomatic and executive quilifies of tae first order. We ‘Tarmestly hofe that President Taft has hit on the right’ M. — CONQUEST OF POVERTY. What Labor Unions are Dolng for Thdir Members. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Dr. Frank.Julian _Warne, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and long an earnest student of soclal and industrial questions, takes up in the current number of the Metropolitan Magazine in the course of his study of “The Conquest of Poverty,” [unions. the dormant and primary causes of pov- erty are not individual or soclal defects of character, but those egonomic forces over which the Individual vietim usually has no control. And he makes the claim that it s chiefly to the labor unions that the credit is due for the prevention of poverty regulation of factory management, the pro- vision of safoty appliances and the general enforcement of better sanitary conditions, The redord ‘of death and casuaity in the industries of ‘the ocountry is briefly re- viewed and authorities are quoted to show that were the same precautions taken and care pxercieed as in certain foreign coun- tries & vast proportion of the hoeidents would be avoided and thousands of human lives saved. From this Dy. Warno s led to a consid- eration of the movement for a change In the American law and practice eoncerning the employers’ ilabllity for accldents to workers and he nays that the brunt of the struggle for the prevention of indus- trial accidents,is being borne by the labor unions. In this connection he gives the fol- lowing table, not s a complete showing of the reliet work of labor organizations, Federatzd Unlons— Death Benefits Biek bencfits . Unemployed benefits Death benefits (memd Tool insurance .... Total .... strike benefits . Total .. Ratlway b | Grana total $9.094,396.48 | An Interesting feature of Dr. Warne's article is the Statement which he presents | as showing the attitude of the uuions on the subjeét, - Thus he quotes John Mitchell, ex-president of the United Mine Workers, | as saying: To_understand what the trede unions | aro doing to combat paverty it is necessary { tarconalder the cause of poveriy. Foverty ls the result of unemployment. low Sleeanes ‘aocident And miutortune. The trads | unions ‘have sought, with marked success, | to verty by sccuring for & rate of wages sufficientiy workmen and their families Ve in & manper conformable to Amer- a they—the unions—have accumu ge funds which are used to reliove workmen and their families who may be in distress as a result of accident, dcath, sickness or unemployment. Last yehr there were pald for the relief of the unemployed members of ttade unions out of, the funds in) the union treasurles, not leas than $,000,000. These expenditurés do not inciude seyeral millions of doliars paid in strike and lockout benefits, James Duncan, first vice president of the American Federation of Labor. in his staternent of labor's campalgn agalust pov- erty enumefates the reduction of the work- ing hours per day and the increase of weges as the most important contribu- tions toward the cauge and he adds I gontend that the recurrence of panics has trad \lnlonl ducing ree-quar- ‘or tunt time, also In refusing L gy e Aguin experience ves t the toller vn h not mr‘ol and who r‘o'lv.l m “'o‘h.:lu hht‘:.lul gives him mr y uun 'l'h\ll again, 5“"‘ against poverty. vention being better than & pure, -.l& Judged 2 in from any stand- upions ar: perform thelr campalgn agalnst po but If he can stand Apparently the government in teaching Nicaragua to be good 18 to borrow from Sugar Trust officlals declare they were concealing or destroying all of the records President Taft belleves Cannon and Ald- | rich will assist him In his endeavors to It he | means to carry the Roosevelt policles out | thusiastic ald of the gentlemen who run mates for the ensulng fiscal year $20,000,000 of Diplomatie the particular part played by 'the labor He ta)es the general position that by the removal of its cause—that is, the | but as a suggestion of what is being done: | 6.000,000.00 | Short Sketohes of Incidents and Mpi- #odes that Mark the Progwess of Events at the National Oapital The demand for a change of the date of the inauguration of president and vice president from March 4 to & day promising more agreeable Washington weather de- velops more than the languld interest ex- clted heretoforg, The experlence of the multitude in the abominable weather of the Iast occasion—weather so disagreeable as 10 compel abandonment of outdoor exer- clses—brought home to publio officials the oft-repeated truth that a later date should be chosen, both for publie health and gen- eral convenlence. How the change may be effected is a question which one of the house committees* will consider and report ot this session. Several pending measures fix various dates in April and May. Repre- sentative Gaines of West Virginia, chair- man of the committes, says he proposed to #0 into this gubject thoroughly. “Involv- Ing as it does a change In the vast and compileated machinery of the government with a lengthening of the term of one pres- ident and a general readjusting of dates, there should be no haste In dealing with the subject,” he sald. Chalrman Galnes sald the committee | would hold as many hearings as may be necessary to reach a full understanding of the subject, and determine what should be done. The anteroom of President Taft's new of- fioes affords an entertaining and varied spectacls these days, especially when the Hand shakers call In tow of their senator of representative. They came from every- where, and by thelr appearance and their actions demonstrate anew that, though God | made man in His own Image, ‘He hath yanushl out many lhventions.' All sorts and conditions of people came to the White House while congress is in session to make many and curious requests. An astounding number of them come to beg the president or members of the cabinet to make speeches In various parts of the eountry. Anything from the annual meeting of a state bar assoclation to the celebration of a harvest home festival brings a delegation to Wash- Ington looking for a “blg gun” to make the speech of the day. Not onme-tenth of these requests can be granted. The presi- dent tells all the delegations that come tg him that if the cabinet officers accepted one-third of the Invitations they have to speak, the government business would be sadly neglected. For the first time in over forty years the Postofffce department is considering the printing of postage stamps with another design than the display of the features of some national hero in the form of a medal- lion. The dozen or more designs submitted for the new 12-cent stamp, which is to be used in leu of the 10-cent on the registered letters, show the spread eagle of the na- tional coat of arms, with the Stars and Btripes adorning his breast. The - post- master general has deferred passing on the design for a few days, but the change is likely. A senator came Into the cloak room in 8 rather pensive mood, and stood silent for some minutes—thoughtfully smoking, re- lates the National Magasine It was sup- posed that some problem of leglsiation lay eavy on bis mind, until he broke the sllence, ‘without even a prelude: “I have been bothered with rats, and it makes me nervous because I have been reading so much about the bubonio plague. We had six cats in the house, but sud- denly five left, leaving a lonesome tabby. I tried a ball of yarn on him. Every time he jumped after that ball, he struck wide of the mark. Then I cauglit him, looked closer and, behold, the cat was cross- eyea! ““What pussies me now is to deoclde whether or not there Js an aristocracy of cat life into which & cfooked-eyed cat can- |not come. He was evidently an outcast and a pariah with his kind, for he care- fully kept his corner all the time the |other cats were around. Now, the rats left with the cats, and what I want to know is whether there is mot some foel- Ing of caste among rats as well as cats In refusing to associate with e ocross-eyed cat. No bubonie plague, gentlemen, with cross-eyed cats avallable. Its in the old Hindu Hoodoo book." This is a story about John Eversman, right hand man for Representative Me- Kinley of liinols, and playful as a pup with a bone; L. White Busbey, secretary to Speaker Cannon and dignitied as a |blind ow), and Asher Blunes, legislative clerk of the house, and neither playful nor dignified to an extreme. They were riding uptown from the capi- tol on a street car when, with one accord, they all lifted up thelr voices and each in- sisted on paying the fares of his com- | pan) 0, sald Eversman, who is the playful | Buy of the group; ‘‘we’ll match to see who pays.” They flipped up colns and each cofn fell heads up. By this time the conductor was getting ‘red In the face. “Well," said Eversman, “‘whoever has the coin bearing the earilest date must pay." The three coins, upon examination, proved {to bear each one the date 1892 At this mo- ment the conductor walked away from them and swore volubly, but in a low tone. Mr. Busbey's dignity began to feel sorg |and Eversman was laughing greatly. Hines looked puzzled. By the time the car had reached the Post- office department these three high browed employes of a beneficent government had decided that each must pay his own fare Eversman was the first to hand the con- ductor a nickel, but the collector of fares refuscd to take it “Your fare's been pald,” “Who pald 1t?" asked theé three in chorus. ‘“That gentieman over In the corngr,’ |sald the conductor, turning away. The | genteman he had pointed out was a total stranger to the three, and he was laughing | hysterically. For a few mohients the three | jokery sat in embarrassed sllenco. Evers man, who llkes to have jokes on other pso ple, sat with his face looking like a thous- and dollar funeral. Finally Busbey, who is dignitied and pays his debts, went over to the mirthful stranger and sald: “May 1 ask why you, a stranger, he sald gruffly Dlm‘ replied the stranger; “it was evi- dent that somebody had to pay, and 1 didn't want to see the conductor throw you off." Bossing the Scrappers, Baltimore American. A certaln sponsorship for the good or- der of its Latin nelghbors rests upon this country; by no means & blanket respon- sibility, but only as regards the dutios implied by the Monroe doctrine. The D®? RICE'S CREAM Baking Powder The Official Tests show Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder fo be _most ¢ {ficient in stre ngth, of highest purity and healthfulness NO ALUM No Lime Phosphates Avold Baking Powders made from alu " v. They 1y raise the cake, but alum is dele- terions and ‘no one caneat tood mixed with it without {nju- ry to ‘health PERSONAL NOTES. President Taft's message Is not regarded as “hot stubf’ by the screamers. To appreciate what the pole hunters got up north add forty lower degrees to the weather now on tap. The famed ‘rocky road to Dubiin” is a smooth highway compared with the road to economy. as mapped out in Wash- ington. The Sloux City Tribune is handing Oil Inspector Mullen of Nebr of hot bricks d during the present frost. Billboard decorators in Chicago. con- sider the move to restrict their opera- tions by law as a cruel assault on art and an attack on the policy of consery- Ing the pioturesque. An attempt to boost the treasury of a Chicago church by disposing of real kisses at so much per, brought such & rush of business that the parents were obliged to kidnap the girls to save their faces. - Soft coal producers in the Pittsburg lstrict have effected a merger in the in- terest of economy in production and dis- tribution. Consumers were apprised of the “happy news" by & ralse of % ocents a ton. —_— Cobless Corn. Natlonal Magaszine. And now it's an Illinols farmer presents the ‘Country *with' an 'almost ‘cobleas -sorn: Perhaps the time is coming when the diner munching corn will not have to ‘wrestle With the cob, and rising generations will bless the man who eliminated it. The new corn is described as having each kernel growing on the parent stem instead bf ad- hering to & cob. The Nlinols grower says that he ellminated the cob by taking the tip of each ear and setting only the very top kernels, and shortly expects to evolve a perfectly cobless corn. Thé agri- cultural college of that state is: looking after ‘the experiment. Of course, like all improvements, there are some disapprovers who remark: ‘“Where would be the delight af mupiching corn if there were no cob on which/to sharpen the teeth? The Limit Wyoming. Charleston News and Courfer. Wyoming courts have deefded that, evon though & man had promised to marry a girl, he was justiffed In refusing to do so when he discovered her with a different color of halr three nights in one week. He must have been shrewd to have noticed it. LAUGHING GAS. Dodge—I seo that the Hollanders want to drain the Zuyder Zee. Pinkey—That would seem to indicate that the lovers of schnapps think there Is a lit tle tqo much water on the side.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. have you ceased to admire that replied the political boss, “he no longer votes with the party to which his father belonged.”—Chicago - Record- Herald. ” Explorer— the cold was so intenso at the pole we had to be very careful not to pet our dogs. Miss Youngthing—Indeed! Why was that? Explorer—You see, thelr talls were trozen stiff, and if_they wagged them they would break off.—Boston Transcript. “That boy of yours is a promising youth." “Yes,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “He's purty likely, but a good doal do- pends on what he' does with his talents. Some times the prize punkin makes the poorest kind o' ples.”~Washington Star. Buclld was deep in mathematics, “My dear,” announced his wife, “T want to give. Mary Bmith a present that will |look like it cost more than the one she sent me, but really be less, and I dont know what she patd for it. How much thould 1 spend?' Herewith he sought New York Sun. GET BUSY. W. J. Lampton in New York World. gn the hop For. the 95 8DaDy . o 11 Kia Gone e Till you've got yeur crop Of Christmas things all in, And your tin, To the cent, / 1s spent On a sentiment ‘That's good all through, But which makes you swear If you stand it off Tii the very alr Is tilled whh the rush And the jam and the crush And ‘the pull and the haul And the punch and the maul And the run and the jump And the shove and the thump Of a million buyers Who walt and wait, Then all erowd In 8o they won't be late; A million buyers Who swear and sweat, Who squeese and reach Who fume and fret; A miilion buyers erowding’ through A millfon others Tust like you. Say, That's no way To get A hop For the Christmas shop, Is 1t? Wow! safety in flight~ Do it NOW! 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