Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 9, 1910, Page 6

POUNDED BY EDWARD ROBEWATER [ s VICTOR ROSEWATFER, EDITOR. — - Entared at Omaha postoffice as second- class matter. pows 4 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily Bee (inoluding Bunday), per weok.lic Daily Bee (without Sunday), per week 16c Daily Beo (without Sunday), one year Daily Bee and Sunday, one year. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.8c Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week...Jo Sunda; one_ year 05 Saturday Bee, one vear .50 Addreas al) complaints of irreguiarities in Aulivery to City Clrewiation Department. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha—Twenty-fourth and N. Councl Bluffs—5 Seott Street. Lincoln—518 Little Building. Chicago—1648 Marquette Building. Now York—Rooms 1101112 No. 3 West Thirty-third Street. Washington—72 Fourteenth Street N. W, CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news editorial _matter should be add: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by Araft express or postal order Bayable to The Bee Publishing Company. ly 2-cent stamps recetved in payment of mail accounts, Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern axchange, not accepted. and STATEMENT QF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska Douglas County, #s.: George B, chuck, treasurer of o Bee Publlsi Company. bel uly sworn, says that the actual number of Qll and complete ooples of The Dlw orning, Evening and Sunday Bee prin 8uring the % GF February, 1910, was as follows 1. montl THE BEE. Graft Trials in Pennsylvania. The decision of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, confirming the action of the lower court in finding certain former state officials gullty of con- spiracy to defraud the state in the construction of the new state house, as met with pronounced public ap proval. The case Is historic and aroused intense interest and excitement through the country at the time. That a few men could defraud a state of over $5,000,000 and “get away with it” was beyond comprehension and patience of all. 4 The general trend of sentiment throughout this country has been steadily against dishonesty, whether in public office or in private business. This sentiment became stronger and stronger until all individuals in pubd- lie office are required to answer to the public for honesty in the performanee of duty as never before, The trial and convietion of those charged with fraud in connection with the building of the Pennsylvania State house was only public sentiment taking on defi- nite form and activity. Pennsyl- vania happened to have the most open, above board and high handed bunch of grafters and public senti- ment was relentless in its prosecution of the culprits. ‘When the people of a community unanimously condemn a breach of pub- lic trust, It indicates a wholesome public conscience and regard for the| principles of square dealing. When aroused, the American peoplé have ever been relentless in their denuncia- tire style of male attire will tend more and more toward the armored crulser effect, The ancient rights and privi- leges of the hat pin may then rule supreme and undisturbed. Speak Up, Edgar. According to Edgar Howard the cor- porations have already selected two men to “fix” the nominees for state senator on both tickets to be submit- ted at the coming Nebraska election, of whom the democrat is “‘a prominent Omaha lawyer and the republican .is now holding one of the best offices in the state.” Now, Bdgar, is this fair? Do you want to point to every democrat who thinks he might be entitled to come under the classification of a ‘“promi- nent Omaha lawyer?" Do you want to make indiscriminate charges against every republican “who is holding one of the best offices in the state?” It is not like you, Edgar, to make blind allusions and indefinite refer- ences calculated to do injustice to In- nocent people. Come out in the open, Edgar. Name lican officeholder and give them a chance for their little white alley. Taking Care of the Immigrant. A new feature in American civic activity has recently developed in the organization of leagues for the pro- tection and guidance of immigrants. Meeting the forelgner as he passes the the democratic lawyer and the repub- | ted that he would pray for a little fallure In life, just to vary the dead monotony of his triumphs. ) Always Sure of a Chicago Reécord-Herald. Taft thinks one of the best things about belng president Is that he s always sure of having an audience when he wishes to speak. People who have had experlence on the platform will agree with the chief executive In this opinton. ;| tlon ot one—Dr. Waking an Old Passenger. New York World. Massachusetts has lost nearly $2.000,000 within the last six months in bank and town stealings and Is beginning to sit up and take notice. As a result the mere thief may find*it harder than heretofore to make a living In the Old Bay state, Washington Etar, For latest information about the growth of the Ananias club, follow closely the reports of investigations at Albany and in this town. Always a husky organization, both as to numbers and personnel, the club came into unusual prominence un- der the Roosevelt regime and grew amaxingly. But, as now appears, Its growth does not depend upon any par- tloular condition or environment. The waltlng list is always long, and candi- dates—sometimes a little unexpectedly t> themselves—are gladly given the glad hand. Mr. Pinchot's Flasco. Springfield (Mass.). Republican. Mr. Pinchot has completed his testimony, and it Is stating the case mildly to say, In view of his dramatic preliminary state- ment, that no more complete personal tlasco, has been scored in a long time. Only the general admiration in which Mr. Pinchot is held, because of his former services, prevents severe criticlsm of hi performance the last week. And this m Army Gossip | Mavers of Intersst On asd Back of the Firing Line Gleaned from egister. The February examination of elght can- Aidates for appointment to the army medi- cal reserve corps resulted in the qualifica- Howard Clerk, of New York City. Of the others one fafled physi- cally. This makes twenty-one qualified candidates for the next class at the Army | Medteal school at the term commencing | October 1. There are now 138 vacancles in |the regular corps, with fifty-seven student | officers, who are first lleutenants of the medlcal reserve corps, now at the school under Instruction for the final examina- tion n June. The progress of the court of inquiry in the Brownsville case indicates the termina- tion of its work. It Is expected that Gen- eral A. 8. Daggett, U. 8. A., retired, will make his address to the court on Thursday next. From present indications the court should be in a position too make its report to the War department within the next two weeks. Those who are famillar with the situation are entertaining the bellet that the court will make no recommenda- tions which change the situation in any | matertal degree respecting the enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry who were dlscharged without honor on account of [the ehooting affray at Brownsville, Considerable interest attaches to the ac- tion of the munieipal authorities in Wash- ington In levying taxes upon army officers for personal property. The policy In this matter appears to be to tax these offlcers, regardless of the period of duty here. While there might be some justification for taxing an officer for the support of the community in the case of ons who is retired and makes Washington his permia- ‘We know of no other medicine which has been so suc- many genuine testimonials, Vegetable Compound. have been restored to health etable Comgound. Almost either been taining over one million one their own signatures that the taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s cessful in relieving the suffering of women, or secured so as has Lydia E. Pinkham's In almost every community you will find women who by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- every woman you meet has enefited by it, or knows some one who has. In the Pinkham Luborato?: at Lynn, Mass, are files con- undred thousand letters from women seeking health, in which many openly state over have regained their health by egetable Compound. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has saved be sald entirely without prejudging lha‘ issue in favor of Secretary Ballinger. The | nent place of abode, or even in tho case of reit of the testimony in the Investigation |an officer who s destined to stay here must be awaited before any final conclu- for a four-year tour of duty, there appears many women from surgical operations. Lydin E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is made ex- clusively from roots and herbs, and is perfectly harmless. officlals at the ports of entry and keep- ing him from falling into pauperism and crime i{s a matter of no small im- tiop of “wickedness in high places,” irrespective of the political or party Srazale, BRIty o brereesis Returned copies. Net total . Daily average. GEORGE B, TZS(%HUCK. reasuror. Subacribed in my presence and aworn to betore me this 38th day of Febru: 1910, ROBERT m.mflhi 1 Notary Publle. Subscribers leaving the city teme porarily should ha The Bee mailed to them, Address will be changed as often requested. o180 | state house thieves get their just de- livery worn by the culprits and they will be glad to see the Pennsylvania serts. i e — A Nebraska Conservation Congress. Steps have been taken for holding what is to be known as a Nebraska Conservation congress along the'lines which have been pursued in a number of other states, but with an accredited memberskip that will make it practically a mass convention. If the congress takes up and discusses the It is all right to talk about keeping the streets clean, but let us first get them clean. : —— 8till those millionaire feasts in rati- fication of divorces are not likely to become too common. Any more blg raflway jobs to be pulled off?” Omaha seems to be fully able to supply all requisitions, y NSy pye——— Former Postmaster Crow has emerged from a rallway wreck. Not the first time Mr, Crow was in a wreck. SETTp— Colonel Roosevelt seems to have smashed . the, tsetsa fly tradition into smithereens and also beaten it to a An. explosion in & Chicago starch factory, killing eight or ten people, leads to the question, What is starch made of, anyway? The mew fTecord for carrying two passengers in the combination biplane and monoplane is fifty miles an hour ~landed. sately, too. A% & man gets to holding down a cushigied chair fn the halls of con. gress_he always finds an irresistible demand at home to keep him there. { ———— Limiting the length of hatpins to one inch mope than the width of the hat erown does net mean anything. Just look at the crowns on the hats. While condemning false labels in politics, don't forget the dyed-in-the- wool democrats who feign nonparti- sanship to fool republicans into voting for them. It i8 ‘not necessary for anyone to write Mm ta any of the democratic members of the Nebraska delegation at Washington to ask if they want to try again, —_—— The Ohlo farmer who waked up the other morning to find a river steam- boat in his cornfleld could not have been very much impressed with his new crop developmen The freedom of the city of London will be tendered Colonel Roosevelt in a gold box. Of course, Colonel Bryan would have insisted on representation for silver at the sacred ratio. There s much dispute as to the number of strikers in Philadelphia. It looks as thqugh Philadelphia had enough of a dispute on its hands not to bother with technicaliti It 1s reported that soclal leaders in London have glven up smoking cigar- ettes and have gone to smoking pipes. No wonder the Englishmen have been coming to this country to get married. ——— Philander C. Knox, jr., apparently presents as dificult a problem for the segretary of state as does the Nicara- ‘guan question. But never mind, he is married and will be managed good snd plenty from now on. ! It 1s suggested that the two China- wmen who carried a quarrel which has lasted for 3,000 years mto the Colum- bus, ., police court ought to be given about 500 years to get over their lft- lle ‘personal differences. tonlc of Nebraska folks is the Ia pulled off at Los Angeles. Nebraska will be pleased to return the varjous phases of the conservation movement insofar as they may affect this state with a view to arousing pub- lic interest, it can do much good. Nebraska fortunately, or unfortu- nately, can look upon the conservation movement from the broadest stand- point and with as little selfish interest as any state in the union. Nebraska has no mineral deposits to be ex- ploited nor mines to be exhausted, it has few water power sites worth de- veloping and no great rorests to pre- serve. Nebraska’'s natural resources consist almost entirely of its fertile sofl, with which few can compare and none excel. The state has a possibil- ity for timber culture and borders on one navigable stream), For Nebraska, therefore, the conservation movement ‘means the fullest utiitzation of the properties of the goil for the cultiva- tion of food products, the rasing of cattle, sheep, hogs and other farm ani- mals. Being required to draw all our coal, lumber, building stone, oil, irom, copper and other metals from other states, Nebraska is vitally concerned that the natural resources from which these supplies must come, should be conserved, and not wasted, and should be kept within our reach In exchange for our own products on reasonable terms. ing Off the Hat Pin. When is a hat pin not a hat pin? A Chicago alderman replies, “when it is a snickersnee.” He ralses his voice in forcible protest against the encroach- ments on the right of mere man to live, move and have his being free from the peril of belng dissected, bi- sected and cloven by the cutlasses and raplers usually concealed in the dirigi- ble headgear affected Dy all-conquer- ing woman. The burgen of his plea is that amidst the flowers, chickens, ducks and geese, vegetables, ribbons, lace, corn beef and cabbage and ba- nanas so very commen as mlillinery decorations the rapler hat pin is a concealed weapon, @ nuisance, a menace to the tout ensemble of every contiguous human visage and at reasonable grimace in the direction of the goddess of liberty and the peace of the community. But why this protest? Can not a Chicago alderman defend himself? The anti-hatpin alderman should remember that the majority of the American men are modest, and during the reign of the sheath skirt, directoire and tuber- cular gowns, did not dare ride on the street cars except early in the morn- ing. 8o it really looks very undiplo- matie of him to require the rapier to give way to the short sabre hat pins. Is it any wonder the women present hooted him—in a very ladylike way— as he spoke? A look into the future of styles for men would have saved such universal condemnation for the orfending alder- man, Men should be compelled to wear blinders. A helmet of heavy bronge covering the head completely, with an especially strong vizor to pro- tect the eyes, might serve the pur- pose. Our future man will cultivate the habit of walking in the middle of the street to keep from belng dismem- bered by the buzz saw hats of feminine attire surmounted by a complete arse- portance to the country as a whole and to the alien himself. These leagues have taken a stromg hold on the proposition of making Americans out of our foreign immigrants and is recognition. One of the present problems in our soclal affairs is to prevent a demoralizing exploitation of our immigrants. The problem of our immigration does not stop with the officials and laws governing the ports of entry. Un- less care is exercised, some of the un- wary, although keenly alive with ability and splirit, become victims of sharpers. Criminality and pauperism are apt to result while others join the ranks of the spollers. It is stated by the immigration bureau that hundreds of immigrant girls drop out of the sight and knowledge ot the authorities enroute to inland cities, The leagues propose to know what becomes of them and to protect them, giving them @ fair chance at an honorable lveli- hood. . /A long list of offices and occupations which will constitute the imcumbents ipso facto delegates to the forthcoming Nebraska Conservation congress is made public. If anyone who wants to go has been left out he will be accom- modated if he will only communicate with headquarters. That list of students and instructors in the various subjects taught at the University of Nebraska leaves out foot ball, base ball, track athletica and all the most important and popular branches. This oversight should be mended at once. The deputy food commissioner {s sald to be feellng out the Fourth dis- trict with a view to going after the democratic nomination for congress. He evidently believes that the best way to a man’s vote is through his stomach. In spite of the pledge of the demo- eratic platform, only one democrat in the United States senate voted for the postal savings bank bill. When the democrats in the house go on record we shall see what we shall see. Dr. Wylle predicts that in fifty years the world will be run by wind, water and alcohol. It is easy enough to understand the hot air part, but how the water wagon and the bottle are to mix 1s hard to see. Those French duelists seem to be satisfied if one of them receives a seratch. It is still very probable that a healthy person can get more exercise out of yelling #t a base ball game than he can in a French duel. Remarkable how nervous the show of friendship between Japan and China has made other nations that have been fearing they might not get along well together. Instead of worrying about the face of the earth eing swept by the comet’s tail it might be well to beat him to it with brush and broom. A Grim Joke. Baltimore American. In his great benefactions Mr. Rockefeller has made no provision for the American Humorists' assoclation. This is & joke on the assoclation. Jetf Owned U Pittsburg Dispatch. Stil), it must be admitted that Senator Jeff davis differentiated himself from other senators—though it was In a fit of absent-mindedness—by owning up. ————e e Tributes to the Ofl Can, Washington Herald. Mr. Rockefeller may read his press elip- pings for the next few weeks, we imagine, and never be afrald for an Instant that something unpleasant is being sald about hira somewhere. nal of weapons of anclent, medieval and modern warfare. Men will have to travel in groups when appearing on the street for mutual safe keeplng or make use of underground passages while going from place to place. In compliment whenever the southern|nis street equipment esch man will Califorriians want to visit the best > L . sy AR AL A ¥R s e 1 A, e e 27 7 S R need & complete outfit of “first ald to the injured” mccessories, The en- Monotony of Triumphs. Springfleld Republican. Describing Mr. Roosevelt's arrival at Gondokoro, on the upper Nile, the dls- patoh says: ‘Colonel Roowevelt during his hunt along the Nile killed two bulls and one cow of the glant eland. He is over- Joyed ut his successes.” One would suppose that success by this time would fifi Mr. Hoosevell's eppetite for it 80 utterly satia- accomplishing much that is worthy of |' slon can be reached. But Mr. collapse as a witness having first-hand knowledge of the facts involved throws the entire burden of the ‘‘prosecution’ of the Taft administration in this business back upon Mr. Glavis. “SCHOOLS OF COURTESY.” Training Baggage Smashers and Other | Union Pacific Employes. St. Paul Ploneer Press. The Union Pacific railroad announces that it Is about to open a “school of cour- tesy"” for fts employes. The detalls of the methods of Instruction and the require- ments for graduation are not given, but may be assumed that the course will be | practical and designed to meet the require- ments of a great corporation that is deal- ing with the public. There Is nothing that pays better than courtesy. It costs lMtttle or nothing and returns dividends that cannot be secured by the investment of money. The good will of the people is an {mmensely valuable asset to any public service corporation, to any inst'tution or to a city, even. There is no way of going after business that will be completely successful unless it is backed up by eourteous miethods of hand- ling customers after they have been se- cured. A satfsfled patron or a pleased passenger s a good advertisement that costs nothing ‘but a little attention and courtesy. Politeness on the part of em- ployes not only-will pay but should be en- forced regardless of that fact. The people are entitled to be treated with consider- ation. Anything short of that is an {m- - position whigh,mo rallway company would intentionally inflict upon its patrons. All companies have rules to provide for polite- ness, The “sghool of courtesy” is golng the old method one better by seeing to it that the employes understand the rules. _FOUNDATIONS THAT LAST. Proposed Henefaction of the Standard 01l King. New York World, Mr, Rockefeller's benefaction will be con- sldered for some time to come In the light shed by Standard OIL Motives will be ascribed. Doubts will be expressed. The money taint will be suggested. Yet it Is reasonably certaln that in due senson the good whieh this splendid gift must accomplish will be separated in men's minds from the methods of the grinding monopoly through wlich the Rockefellor fortune was accumulated. The hundreds of milllons which go to establish the new foundations for the advancement of clv- ilization, the spread of knowledge and the relief of suffering will not make privilege, extortion and monopoly more tolerable. That much is sure. DProperly used every one of these dollars will work forever agalnst a repetition of such wrongs. This is not the only foundation whose bedrock cannot be scrutinized agreeably. Empires, thrones, aristocracies, soclety it- self, rest too often upon beginnings of which no one is proud. Fortuned gained in slaves, In strange practices of the Span- ish Main, in smuggling, In carrying rum to aborigines, In extortion, in conquest, in downright piracy, long &go furnished en- ergy, culture and devotion on the right side in many a fight for liberty and progress. Without money derived from sources now looked upon with disfavor some of the world's greatest heroes could not have rounded out thelr careers. The offences of Standard Oil are one thing. The benevolent employment of some of its hundreds of millions s another. Mr. Rockefeller's gift does not blot out in any degree the record made by his corporation or relleve him of the fullest responsibllity for his part in its affaire. It stands by it- self and is to be judged by its purposes and uses only. If they shall be kindly, human- izing, enlightening and just they will serve not so much to obscure as to darken and render forbidding the practices that made the accumulation pospible. Our Birthday Beok March 9, 1910, Lioyd W. Bowers, sollcltor general of the United States, was born March 9, 1859 at Springfield, Mass. Mr. Bowers was a lead- ing attorney in Chicago before accepting his present position. Wiillam A. Richards, former govenor of Wyoming, is 6. He was born at Haszel Green, Wis.,, and was commissioner of the general land office at Washington for sev- | | eral years. Ellls U. Graff, principal of the Omaha High school, was born March 9, 1872, at Red Oak, Ta. He graduated at Lake Forest col- lege and Chicago university, and came to Omaha two years ago from Rockford, Ill., where he had been principal of the high school. Johin Francis Potter, teacher of musio, was born March §, 1874 Mr. Potter studied musie in New York and Chicago and has toured the United States and Canada as & mandolin sololst. John Ericksen, jr., captain of the eity fire department, is just 4. He was born in Bweden and came to this country in 1681 H. D. Graham, manager of the Howard Btove works at Ralston, is also just 4. He was born in Qallon, O., and started out in the drug business, but has more lately gone in for the development of Ralston. Pinchot's | 1| oftlclals values, it might pertinently be added, have \ of animated discussion throughout the ser- v good reason why exception should be made In behalf of those officers, for in- |stance, who are here attending the Army | War college and who may be in the city |tor only a few months. No Aistinction, |however, s contemplated by the municipal whose method of determining been the occasion of much complaint. One officer has raised the polnt that his horse, which 1s a part of his military equipment by service requirement. has been unjustly taxed. Considerable attention has been directed to the fact that Colonel George F. Cooke, U. S A, recently advanced to that grade, was not retired as the lieu- tenant colonel of the Twenty-second In- fantry. He was ordered for retirement with the latter rank, but the order was re- voked and his retirement was deferred in anticipation of his promotion, wh'ch has now taken place. It {s understood that in- fluences were brought to bear upon the War department to have this officer's re- tirement postponed until he was advanced in grade. In the meantime, he is not to be relieved from the atoppage of pay ordered by the secretery of war. The sum in- volved is $10,00, an unusual amount in the case of any army officer. The sum is that represented by the loss to the government through theft committed by an enlisted man in Alaska. It was held by a board that Colonel Cooke should be required to make good the loss, unless the soldier could be apprehended and the amount re- stored, & combination of circumstances which {s not lkely to occur, although the \'War department offéred a special reward of $1,000 for the capture of the culprit. The reimbursement to the government on the part of Colonel Cooke will be in liberal monthly {nstallments. Army elimination continues to be a tople vice. An important contribution on this subject has been derived by the secretary of war from the general staff and It is possible that the administration will see its way clear to present a substitute for the scheme which makes elimination a factér in facllitating promotion. The sentiment among army officers 1s one of vigorous op- position to elimination and a number of Ppropositons have come from various sourc to show the disadvantage to the govern- ment of a process which forcibly transfers officers from the active llst while they still possess physical and professional at- tributes of usefulness. It I8 safe to say, without any exaggeration of the conditions, that elimination would produce a demoral- ization of the personnel beyond almost any other method of helping promotion, This apprehension has been promptly and con- vineingly communicated to congress and it is without Influence upon the secretary of war and the president. It is appreciated that certain improved conditions are desirable, but it is also realized that congress will be governed in any actfon it may take by the considerations of economy and will not legislate n a direction which may be det- rimental to many officers and extrave agant in the increase of the retired list by transfers thereto of officers who may be regarded as still in thelr prime. It s along these Iines, it is understuod, that the general staff protest, if it may be called such, has addressed fiself against elimination. In connection with the bill now before congress, which provides for promotion in the army by ellmination, an officer points out in the New York Evening Post that 31 per cent of all the sentences of dls imposed by courts-martial in the las years ‘were commuted by the president. ys: “Thirty officers who were found to be unfit for the service by army courts were restored to duty by an exerclse of executive power, Doubtless, in all of these cases of clemency, reasons of some sort were found for the action taken, but is it likely that any new eystem of elimination will work less injustice on the wholo than the army courts have worked by their sentences of dlsmissal in the last ten years?' The following table shows the number of army officers sentenced to be dlsmissed by sentence of general court-martial, also the number and percentage of such cases com- muted by the president to a lighter punish- ment, which had the effect of retaining these men In the service: Dis- Com- Percentage nfl:l«t murtsd Cum'llndv -3 BIENBEEZTH ForEras fusorfot S0K3 Bl aameanswme " Sloux Ciy Journal. Cartoonist McCutcheon, who also fs chas- ing blg game in Africa, met Bwana Tumbo In the elephant belt and had a long chat with the mighty hunter. “He talked,' MoCutcheon reports, “about the tariff and about many public men and public ques- tions with & frankness that compels even & newspaper man to regard as confiden- tlal” How's that for a teaser? What would you give to know what Cartoonist The reason why it is so su ingredients which act direct il months I was a il “I want this Vegetable Com 2115 Second S tressing ills peculiar to their etable Compound to restore PERSONAL NOTES. “Jim" Jeffries, the popular hand artist, has collected exactly $62812 in coin of the realm by a little work on a ten weeks' tour of the country. In & recent trial in England a medical expert testified that the prisoner was a “neurotic individual, with exceedingly un- own allenists beat that? Dr. William Coffin_Starbuck, for many vears a prominent dentist and the ffrst man to introduce the use of ether in Spain and Portugal, where he lived for several years, died In Boston recently in his 93a year. In a trlal in Washington, government chemists showed that gelatine is but one remove from common glue and that its use In lce cream serves to glue the con- sumer to a doctor's bill. Wouldn't that freeze you? Emperor Willlam has presented a large- sizod photograph of himself, inscribed with the words “From an ardent admirer,” above his autograph, to President Wheeler of the University af California, who has just closed his service as Roosevelt pro- fessor at the University of Berlin. Charles H. Schermerhorn, the oldest telegrapher In the world in point of serv- ice, died at his home in Plainfleld, N. J., of heart disease after halt an hour's Il n He was 71 years old. He was retired on & pension by the Jersey Central railroad two years ago, after forty-two years service. SUNNY GEMS. Stranger—How about those elevated cars? Are they the pay-as-you-enter kind, too? #uburbanite—No, they're the pray-as-you- eter kind.—Chicago Tribune, “Say, pa?” “Can & rear admiral go to the front?'— Judge. “What do you suppose, Algernon," the oung thing " asked, “is the reason the ocean Is salty?" “1 am sure 1 don't know,” drawled Algy, “unless it is becauss there are so many codfish in It.""—Success Magazine. 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When the women get absorbed In looking at the hats they're oblivious to paln."—Kansas City Times, ‘'Why do you keep this feather duster by {your bedr ‘A man ought to have something in casc of burglars, and my wife won't let m keep a gun."—Pittsburg Post. es with you when td Mrs. Newlywed. “I went up a dozen boxes yesterduy,' wered. 1 know. But those were parlor matches. These are for the kitchen.'—Buffalo Bx- press. “Bring some you come home " he “Say, you made a bad mistal your sister the kind of dgesn't like?" “Indeed I d1d. 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