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The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
JUST FROM GEORGIA"
from the Atlantis Constitution.
"The Next Dance Mine.D

rom the Atlantis Constitution.
"The Next Dance Mine"
I.
Trouble comes to see US,
But we never fret an whine:
Hands round, Jenny,
An the next dance mine"'
II.
Winter shakes the shutter,
But amt the weather fine,
So it's Hands round. Jenny,
An the next dance miner
III
Cheeks as red as roses
All the gals IN line;
Jenny, keep your promise.
An'-the next dance mine!
".
Ialk o summer weather
All I would resign
Fer holdin' hands with Jenny,
an the next dance mine.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

From the Chicago News
Democrats are unanimous for Bryan,
though it must be confessed Jsat Grover
Cleveland has not yet spoken.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Nineteen hundred and eight will be
Georgia's first year Of prohibition; Ala
bama's last year Of anti-prohibition Il
would be interesting to compare the idea
Of times flight entertained by each State
when the year 1909 shall have arrived.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
A Natural Failing.

From the Omaha Bee
A Kansas policeman has testified that
the prohibition laws in that State are so
well enforced that he would not know
a saloon if he saw one. That's one Of
the failings of policemen in prohibition
States.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

The chaplain of the Oklahoma house OF
representatives prayed for Mr. Bryan's
election few days ago. and the house
went on record as officially indorsing his
act It seems that the Democrats are
not going TO take any chances anywhere.
or on anything, next time
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

A Philadelphia youth made four at
tempts to commit suicide because his
sweetheart wouldn't marry him. When
he announced his intention TO try it
again, the girl said: "Oh. well. IL that's
the way you feel about it, come on, and
we'll get spliced." Evidently she was
determined that the job shouldn't be
bungled any more.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
Pie Problem settled

From the Cleveland Leader.
Two Eastern newspapers are in a red
hot wrangle over the comparative merits
Of pumpkin and mince pie. This is an
easy problem Each is better than the
other II you haven't the other in the
house.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
The Country VIII Smile.

The country will be smilin' from the
mountains to the sea,
An the Lord whose love IS over il, VIII
smile on you an met
With gardens rich with roses. an the
meadows an the plains.
Wen reach the greening pastures. Just
a-tinkle with the rains,
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

''Ah. your paper is one of the Hearst
papers, is it not?' inquired Senator "Jefr'
Davis of a New York Evening Post cor
respondent just after the Arkansas man
had finished his recent speech. We i'm
agine that viii hold somebody for a
while.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

II see you're stin using the old auto
mobile Jokes" remarked the first hu-
-sorist
What Of it?" snarled the second hu-
morist.
Don't you know the 1905 models are
out?"
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Mr.. James Hamilton Lewis intimates
his entire willingness 20 serve as governor
of Illinois, If properly requested. That.
we should think. would dispose Of every
thing except the shouting.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Some Arkansas newspaper UP and cali
ed Senator JEFF Davis "a political in
transigeante." Doubtless this accounts
for his precipitate rush homeward; there
is liable to come time in every man
life when he must fight
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

The Russian government IS said 10 be
determined upon policy OF banishment
for practically every editor inside the en-
pire- 1t is hard 10 understand why. un-
der the rigorous censorship maintained
throughout that land. editors can't do
much harm, even if they DO no good.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

How much did you make out Of your
new bool6?'
Breakfast, dinner and supper for two
weeks but I'm thinking Of getting out
a second edition.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Gov. Conner. of Alabama, saws he
would not enjoying living in the White
House" This thought will tend to tenn
per the blow TO the Conner boomers. con-
siderably when the day for making nomi-
nations in Denver arrives.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

II there is any truth in the Houston
Posts rawlings about the great number
Of widows in Texas. il is evident that a
man takes his life in his hands when he
gets married in that State.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Mr.. Frank S. Black can easily prove \
mans right to change his opinion by
calling upon Mr.. Bourke Cochran for
expert testimony.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

The Milwaukee Sentinel calls upon the
Photographers Union to taboo the stuff
that made Milwaukee famous. The Ala
bsma and Georgia contingent win do
this soon, but not because they want to,
especially.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Mr.. John Wesley Gaines wants some
body TO ''rivet the vultures" Of Wall
street That's rather a novel way Of re
straining the vultures' activities. but if
Mr.. Gaines insists upon it. it goes.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
LIFE IN NEW YORK.

They've fats in New York,
Apartments. courts.
And r0osting spots
OF other sorts.
They've chambers, arms,
Retreats, hotels,
In which the sad
New Yorker dwells.
They've palaces
With gilded domes:
They've everything
Excepting homes.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Senator Harry A. Richardson. Of Del
aware. is a descendant Of John Alden
and Priscilla Mullins. and his reputation
for integrity is fit testimonial to those
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

a Texas farmer says he has lot Of
fodder stored in his barn, whore it has
been for forty years We presume he
keeps his money about the house IN an
old sock, and IS still voting for Andrew
Jackson for President
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
OverIonked n Feyr.

How do you account for his fcilure?"
why. If he bought an article for eighty
cents and sold 1t Cor a dollar, he figured
that he made twenty cents. Didn't con-
slider rent, heat, light, clerk hire, wear
and tear, or any OF those little items"
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

From the Chicago News.
It looks now as If Bryan could have
the nomination without buying a single
cigar
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Perhaps even ten tons Of snow viii not
be enough TO keep the Denver convention
hall cool If the pugilists in Congress in
tend 10 all go as delegates
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
Day Before Christmas
In Football Terms.

Hello, Grace"
Hello Maud"
Did you get any of that remnant rib
bon2"
Yes; hammered the line for seven
yards"
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

II the De Armond-Wfiiams encounter
is 10 be taken as a precedent, we suppose
one Southern gentleman may now call
another Southern gentleman a liar one
time without tight. but not twice.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

a learned professor announces that
by using radium, a lady may keep young
and beautiful at least a hundred years
longer than she can without H." says the
Chicago Record-Herald. We suppose this
insures another hundred years Of the
present supply Of dear old chorus ladies.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Twenty-six pianolas accompany the
fleet. Evidently the big guns are not the
only instruments aboard calculated TO
strike terror TO an enemy.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

The Populist national convention is 70
be held on April . They might have
given themselves three days OF grace IN
which to escape the obvious joke, at any
rate
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Now that Mr.. Thomas Lawson has also
called upon the President. that gentle
man should have something like a corner
on what not to do in order to relieve
financial fiurries.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
Seeking the Man.

From the Chicago Recora-HeTald
Hughes seems 10 be determined to
make the ONCE come right up and pound
on his door II It wants him.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Appendicitis has always been classed
as luxury" says the New York Tri-
bune. And yet the most expensive thing
about II is cutting the appendix out.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

A Philadelphia advertiser offers a
plaster Of paris Venus de Milo for sale
and marks it "One-third or. That S
about correct. too.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Mr.. Upton Sinclair has organized what
he calls "a colony on wheels" Doubtless
a colony with wheels is what he
meant
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
A Yuletiae Maxim.
Behind the Times.

Early to shop and early to quit makes
with the merchantmen quite a big hit
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
PaternaIisnn.
RooRng MaterIuI.

Quoth Uncle sam: Il need an isthmus
to give my bards rhyme for Christmas '
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

WHATS THIS on the roof Of J
nOuth2"
Tastes ike tar paper. Doc"
Day Before Christmas.
Reduced TO a dime."
Said the sign.
And a man for a tine
Read the line.
AS be went on his way
With a sigh,
He did tearfully say:
so am J..
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Of purpose. During a run on the Dover
Bank, Of which he is president. he stood
at the door and promised the deposltors
that his fortune would be sacrificed 10
the last dollar rather than have the bank
suspend. That act endeared him to the
people of Dover. and subsequently 20
the entire population Of Delaware Sena-
tor Richardson has not been heard at
length this Congress. but bis worth has
been recognized in the committee assign
ments. He has said: My time win be
devoted 10 the best interests OF my peo-
pie and the welfare Of these great
states This remark. coming as II does
from man with such a record, can be
relied on
The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Senator Knox, according 10 Pittsburg
news. probably viii be tOastmaster al
the Lincoln's Birthday banquet to be
given. February L by the Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce" said James ).
Wilson. who is interested in the iron
business in the Smoky City, at the Raj
eigh last night 4 understand the ban
quet is TO be a most elaborate thing
As Senator Knox IS likely to be one OF the
most promising candidates for the Presi-
Dental chair. more than ordinary interest
attaches % this gathering Of the CONNER
cial organization OF Pittsburg. There viii
be a great array Of spell-binders, includ-
ing such speakers as Senator DoiIiver, OF
Iowa; Senator Carter, Of Montana. and
Representative Fassett, OF New York
Whatever Senator Knox viii have TO say
on that occasion win no doubt be Of an
important nature"
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The Washington herald., 1907-12-24

Entered as seoond-class matter October S. 1906.
the post-ofioe at Washington. d. C.. under act Of
Congress Of March g. 1878.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24

| looked not so ugly after all. And Mr..
| Stephen Osborne, who with Thaddeus
had gone round another way into the
hidden cupboard, that the former
might spy upon Miss Garner as she
had spied upon him, drew deep
breath, and whispered to the matr-
monial agent, IL suppose l can't do
better-ssle seems decent sort"
quite the lady, / assure you, MT.
Osborne" murmured the willy Thad-
| deus in his ear; amy amount OF ac-
mplishments-young, and little
bit Of money in the bank. Will you
come up to my house tonight? I'll
ask her round too"
mo, thanks" said Stephen Osborne,
'let it be tomorrow. I've something
else on tonight"
Tomorrow, then" replied Thad-
deus, you will make the acquaint-
ance of the future Mrs. Osborne"
Now, there was one thing in the
world for which Christina Field lived
and moved and had her being, and
that was jewelry. In her bedroom at
the little uptown house she had a
small strong safe built into the wall,
and the key Of that safe never left
| her possession. Her diamonds were
not imperial, still they were valuable,
| and had been mounted to her own in
structioDs, and she had a ruby brace
let for which many a fairly honest
woman would have risked her soul.
When an opportunity arose for Ma
dame Christina to don her glittering
treasures she was happy; when there
were women present to envy them
she became positively radiant.
In obedience to this ruling passion,
Christina-dressing for the early din
ner at which Stephen Osborne was to
meet Miss Stella Garner, and which
was to be followed by visit to the
theater-clasped about her white
throat and dainty arms some five
thousand dollars worth of precious
stones. Very well she looked, too.
did Christina, when she took her
place at the head of the table and
beamed on the ugly Miss Garner, the
admiring Stephen Osborne and the
complacent Thaddeus.
1t was az wonderfully merry little
party; each seemed to vie with each
in brilliancy. If Christina was gay,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24

grave charges against Mrs. Hartje
and her coachman and counter
charges on the part OF the wife that
she was the victim of a conspiracy,
in which her husband-the man she
had loved and with whom she had
lived-sought to blast her reputation
by hired and perjured testimony This
was one of the most notorious domes-
tic tragedies ever aired in any court
the Tagagrt case. Alone it was enough
to make the year memorable in the
matter of divorce.
In contrast with this the trouble of
Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes and Wilson
Miner were almost farcical. Mr..
Yerkes, the traction magnate, died
in New York in December last under
circumstances that called the atten-
ton of the whole world to his widow.
Although they had not been living to-
gether tremendously during the later
years Of his life, Mrs. Yerkes declared
to love her, and that she was devoted
to his memory.
Yet within a month it was an.
nounced that Mrs. Yerkes had Lar.
ried Wilson Miner. At first the pub
lie refused to believe it. Miner was
not 80 and the widow of Yerkes was
more than so. He was gay young
soldier of fortune, and people only
| laughed when he smiled and admitted
that the marriage had taken place
| especially as Mrs. Yerkes tearfully
and Indignantly declared that the idea
was absurd.
| But the news was true. Miner and
Mrs. Yerkes were man and wife. Be
fore people we're through talking
about the case the couple quarreleC
and parted and remained apart. Il
was said, though not known to bt
true, that Mr. Miner had insisted
upon her giving him 100000, ant
that she had refused. After the sep
aration Mrs. Yerkes-M Miner explained
the marriage by saying: "Mr. Miznel
came to me at time when l wa!
looking at life through eyes that Were
filled with tears. He was an artist
He enchanted me. The way / was ap
preached first startled and amazed
me, then captivated me-" But within
few days she discovered she says
that the young man did not love her
The case was a nine days joke to tn,
public, but it was great shock t,
Cupid, who insists THAI all matter
pertaining to love be taken seriously
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24

Chicago Surely New Years day
must have been the saddest that Gu
bid ever has spent When the little
god balances his books for 1906 he
will be compelled to sit down and
weep, for the list of the matrimonial
wrecks of the year shows an awful
humber Of disasters. There have
been enough domestic jars to shake
the continent worse than the earth
quake shook San Francisco, If they all
had occurred at one instant. The
Tears that have been shed would make
salty sea IL they could be collected
In the desert basin of Sahara.
Indeed. 1t has been bad year for
Cupid. Divorces have been more
numerous than in any other twelve
months since marriage became an in
Btitution. Princes, dukes, counts,
statesmen, magnates, and millionaires,
butchers, doctors, grocers, lawyers,
and laborers have come to grief in
their love affairs.
In the good old days people married
and lived happily ever after" Now
ktead of ending at the altar. People
BET married and then get divorced.
Chicago still leads the world in di-
vorce population, and perhaps in the
facility with which divorce is grant
ed, due cause being shown. The hear
Ing Of testimony and the granting of
! decree in default cases in this city
takes only a few minutes, and the
average length Of time consumed Is
estimated at ten minutes by people
who study divorce methods. That
Is WIN the local courts are known as
divorce mills" They work with the
speed of steam buzz saw as they go
through the knots Of matrimony. Your
lawyer files the papers, your case
Is called, and burr-r-r-you are di-
torced.
1t is the women who keep the buzz
Baw working in the divorce mills in
Chicago. Four out Of five suits are
brought by the wives. The men are
meaner than the women, perhaps;
br else the husbands are more willing
70 tough it out without appeals to the
sourt.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24

Miss Garner was brilliant; If Hhad.
deus was overlooking with good hu.
NOR, Stephen Osborne proved prince
of entertainers.
Suddenly upon the mirth of the party
there descended an astonishing quiet
Thaddeus, strange to say, fell asleep
in his chair, and Christina, after q
gallant struggle to keep awake fol.
lowed his example.
Then Mr.. Stephen Osborne and Miss
Stella Garner INDUCED in a very re-
markable proceeding. They Rose
from their places and calmly proceed
ed to strip their sleeping hostess Of
her jewelry, Miss Stella's light I'm.
gers unclasping Christmas necklace
and bracelets, and removing her
rings, Stephen Osborne the while
deftly concealing the jewels about his
person. When Christmas shoulders,
wrists and fingers were barred OF their
glittering load, the pair turned their
attention to the slumbering Thad-
deus, relieving him of a diamond
| stud and ring, worth together a hun.
dred dollars or so. Then they paused
and, looking at one another, laughed
| silently.
ITS fair have Polite" said the
man who had called himself stephen
Osborne"
Miss Stella Garner nodded.
Are you sure that stuffll only
make them sleep?' she asked, anx.
! iously
Certain sure" said the other. "Do
you think | want to swing? Not
much Come on. look slippy, now:
this way out"
And with that Mr.. stephen os-
borne" Miss Stella Garner" and
about five thousand dollars worth OF
"swag" disappeared through the
! French window of Mr.. Thaddeus
! Fields dining room.
Mr.. Thaddeus Field never found a
sufficiently ugly partner for Mr.. Ste
phen Osborne, in fact he never saw
Mr. Osborne again, Nor did he ever
set eyes on Miss Stella Garner, nor
find her some one to love. They had
/ Vanisheu into the unknown through
that French window, and Christina
sull mourns her diamonds.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24
Air Of Festivity in Courtroom.

While Cupid weeps at the sight OF
divorce court, that is more than the
complainant does. One Chicago di-
torce lawyer says that there is n no.
tceable air of festivity in the court
room when cases are being heard.
The average woman who appeals to
the courts for release manifests no
bense of sorrow or humiliation. 1t
b a business proposition with her.
she sues her husband for his cruelty
br dssertion and tells the story to the
sourt in a business-like way. The
uniformed stranger, strolling into
he courtroom, easily might think the
dispute was over a grocery bill or a
ruined gown. rather than ruined
dfe. The law says she may have a
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24

by good fortune, as Mr.. Corey was
said to be. Mr.. White lived for 81
years with the wife of els youth. To
gether they had planned and worked
to build up the foundations of his
millions. After they had grown old
and rich together they found that love
had flown out through the window
as the millions came pouring in at tho
door. Mr.. White left home and Mrs.
no public scandal in the case, but II
certainly was enough to make Cupid
weep. He likes to see the white
haired man and wife going down the
hill of life hand in hand. Having
borne the burden of the day together,
they should reconcile themselves to
the calm and peace Of the evening
w. ]. Lemp, the millionaire brewer
of st. Louis, also had trouble which
resulted in his separation from the
beautiful Mrs. Lemp, known in St
Louis as the "lavendar lady" on &C.
count Of the prevailing color scheme
of her many beautiful gowns.
Four Times rs Many Separations.
Among the more famous Chicago
cases of the year might be mentioned
that of Clarence Eddy, the organist.
This was musical romance, in which
| the first discord was struck after near
| ly 80 years of married life. The ar
tistic temperament" of the great or
/ ganist is mentioned in connection
with the domestic unhappiness. Cupid
| has had trouble from time immemorial
with the artistic temperament The
separation of the Eddys occurred in
Paris. and Mr.. Eddy first brought suit
in Chicago, but afterward dismissed
his case and secured the divorce in
South Dakota last summer
The list of the years domestic trag
edies might be continued almost end
lessly. 1t is no wonder that Cupid
weeps. Efforts are being made by di
vorce congresses and reformers tc
cure the evil by national divorce
law 1t is claimed that If the road
to separation were made moro diff
cult to travel there would be fewer
divorces and perhaps less unhappi
ness.
In recent years, while the popula
ton was increasing 80 per cent, tn,
number OF divorces has risen 300 pei
cent. The disproportion is increas
ing rapidly. If it keeps on for another
generation there will be q divorce fol
every marriage.
Meantime detected Cupid ponderi
the case. He knows how to make
people fall In love and marry, but h'
can And no way in which they ma!
be happy though married. He doubts
much II legislation against divorces
would compel them TO continue u
love one another.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24

greater distress to Cupid, the deity
of all true lovers. 1t would seem that
the CLEAN Of suddenly acquired mil
lions, as seen through the smoky at
mosphere of Pittsburg, is sufficient TO
blind the eyes of love.
William E. Corey was ruined by Mr.
Carnegie, so Mr.. Corey's uncle is re-
ported to have said. This was be-
cause Mr.. Carnegie put Mr.. Corey in
the way of becoming rich. The head
Of the great steel trust, looking for
pleasure and thrills" in the byways
Of life, found only unhappiness. AS
the familiar saying goes, "he couldn't
stand prosperity" All the world is
familiar with the story of Mr.. Corey's
spectacular rise in the world of f.
nance and OF the alleged escapades
which caused his wife 10 leave him.
She obtained a divorce last summer
after living in the state Of Nevada
long enough to acquire citizenship
under the liberal laws Of that state.
In her bill she charged her husband
with desertion, but 1t generally was
understood that the family happiness
was wrecked by Mr.. Corey's public at
tentions to Mabelle Gilman, an act
ress
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24

present unhappiness proves that the
belief was unfounded
Among the wrecks of the year none
has caused more comment than the
"Plttsburg cases." which include the
tragical unhappiness of the Thaws,
the Coreys, and the Hartjes, and GER
tainly no other cases have caused
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24
Cupid and Senator Plat.

Senator Thomas C. Plat of New
York Is reported as saying: 1T is
better TO be wise than TO be rich"
and that "A good wife is the best of
all a mans possessions" Yet Sena-
tor Plat was not wise enough to get