VWHO'S WHO IN THE COMICS

By Fred Schaefef.

"Nobody."When we are in trouble, who

'comes along juSt at the righttime?

"Nobody."He-'- s a peculiar and funny cuss,

this "Nobody." His hat as thekind that "Nobody" would wearand his coat one that "Nobody"could have any use for, and hiscane is just the kind that "No-

body" would choose. And striphim of his clothes, there is "No-

body there.We receive a perfect flood of

inquiries about "Nobody" fromConstant Reader and Virtas andPro Bono Public, but there arequestions that "Nobody" couldfully answer. The best we cando is make a try at it.

Q. Who is he?Ans. Nobody in particular.Q. Where does he live?Ans. Nowhere.Q. What does he eat?Ans. Nothing.Q. Has he any brains?

Ans.' That's something he keepsunder his hat.

Q. Is he dissatisfied?Ans. On the contrary, "No-

body" is satisfied.To go ahead and tell you every-

thing we know about him will nottake long. He is a mysteriousmember of society and somewhatof a nuisance. It is he who stolethe jam, who struck Billy Pat-

terson, who has seen Kelly, andwho understands what the wild

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waves are saying. ,

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martyr, for it is he who is gen- -erally hanged for the many atTT

rocious murders that are coml"mitted. Well, we can't be verysorry for him since the evidencealways puts the blame stronglyupon him. Still he has virtues.He and George Washington

told the truth. He never-mad- e

a mistake, does his duty al-

ways, pays his taxes willingly andis always helpful. To throw a lit-

tle more light on the latter state-ment, what you leave for Every-body to do "Nobody" does.

Some eccentric qualities he alsohas. He believes Dr. Cook reallydiscovered the North Pole. He isthe only person who will admitthat Opportunity knocked at his,

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door loud enough to be distinctlyheard. He is the only individualwho loves, some people, but thegoldfish. Yea he can even safelytrust human nature. Oh, he isaccomplished, too, is "Nobody."He can catch old birds with chaff

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and make a purse of a sow's ear.(Not that he needs a purse, be-

cause he can get along withoutmoney.) He can decide whendoctors disagree, he camprehendseternity, and is immortal.

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lieves Taft will be

TWO TIMES TWO IS NOT FIVE

In New York a man and a woman committed suicide together.The woman had deserted her husband for this man, lived with him,and married him after her husband got a divorce.

In Newark, N. jk, a man has been sentenced to death for poison-ing his wife, in older to "be free to marry his stenographer. Thelatter threatens to kill herself in case the man .is executed.

In Chicago a man Jeft his wife, and a woman her husband, re-

cently, to live in open guilt together. This action was defended bythe man, in a long newspaper statement.

. The first-nam- couple have finished 'their story, so far as thisworld goes. The second pair are in a fair way to. Regarding theothers, watch the newspapers. The finish will be there, sooner orlater. It will be an ugly, or at least, a wretched story. It always is.

Why?Because two times two is not five, and never will be.All these people have proudly and vaingldriously "defied con-

vention." The have declared they will "live their own lives," re-gardless of "the world."

"Convention." "The world." These they say they defy. Andwhat do they really defy or seek to defy? Law and order.

They are going to "live their own lives" regardless of law andorder.

This universe is governed by a fixed principle of eternal and in-finite harmony. That principle is expressed in every exact science.It governs the" science of mathematics. Because of the unvarying-nes- s

of that principle, two times two is four alway four. Neverthree, never five. "

As the human race has developed in its progress that which weu 11 civilization, it has, consciously or no, adopted as the basis ofcivilization the principle and law of universal harmony. .

Society exists subject to law and order. Sound morals are an "

essential factor of that law and order. Legal marriage and fidelity10 the obligations of the marriage covenant are as necessary to the

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Ex-Sulta- n, Abdul, called theDamned does not hear prostrateTurkey calling for him m-h- ex-tremity, says a foreign, corre-spondent. But Ab has heard somany things calling him thatperhaps he's wise in not coming

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you got off that'delighted me.Comedian What was that?Critic The stage.

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rThis isn't the first time they hadto clean up a few mail sorters atthe Lake Shore depot.

"But I know what I'll do. I'llsend a force of my deputy sheriffsdown there with gun3 on them,and clean the whole place out,"

Just for the information of thepublic, it is well to remark thatwhat Max Armenberg means b"my deputy sheriffs" is "my licensed sluggers" persons likeArthur Friedman, implicated inthe murder of Conductor Witt,

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and the Barrett brothers.Doubtless eerybody in Chi-

cago will be right glad to knowthat Max Annenberg and hissluggers are going to keep orderin our fair city.

After Jones and his mail sorterfriends left Judge Beitler's court,Annenberg started his "keepingorder" crusade. He and his slug-gers chased Tom Monahan, oneof the mail sorters, to Harrisonand LaSalle street and beat himup.o

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--QtLaPorte, Ind. Gov. Marshall

asked Harry B. Darling andThos. A. Dally, members ofJ3oard of Pardons, to investigatecase of Clinton L. Bader, former-ly Indiana legislature, now serv-

ing prison term on graft charge,,with view, to clemency. Bader's- -

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WEATHER FORECASTSFeels Like JReal Summer Gen-

erally fair tonight and Saturdayfor Chicago and Vicinity; warmertonight; moderate winds, mostlysoutherly.

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Mrs. Bacon .one of themost obstinate women I everknew.

Mrs. Egbert Indeed?Mrs. Bacon Yes; why, I be-

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She's Knocko It's hard on the peo-ple of Greenland to have nightssix months long.

Henpecko Yes. Just think ofthe sufferings of the poor manwhose wife's mother drops in tospend the evening.

If ordinary scraps and washingpowders do not clean the glassdoors on ovens Use common bak-ing powder just as you would anycleaning powder.

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that investigatedJudge Hanford, will recommendthat impeachment proceedings bedismissed.

Jackson, Miss. Progressivestate convention in session. Willname delegates to Chicago con-

vention and electors. ConventionIs "lily white," as negroes havebeen barred.

St. Louis. Capt. Horace E.

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Bixbey, 85, who was pilot of gunboat-fle- that attacked Memphisand Vicksburg during Civil war,and who taught Mark Twain topilot steamboat, is dead.

Atlanta, Ga. Attorneys forMrs. Eugene H. Grace have de-

cided on startling move. Willtry to prove that Grace shot him-

self following quarrel with wife.Ridicule idea that she would

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'Republican form . of govern-ment." At the time the constitu-tion was written,- - the initiativeand referendum 'hadn't beenheard of, so of course, theycouldn't be included' in what theconstitution meant by a "repub-lican form of government."

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gress' to 'say wtiat constitutes a"republican, form of govern-ment," and that the judiciary hasnothing to do with it.

He also pointed out that whatthe telephone company had donewas to haul the state of Oregonup before the supreme court on aquestion of the state of Oregon'sright to legislate as a state.

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LAST COURT OF EMPRESS;CHINA'S NAME CHANGED

Pekin, Feb. 14. ,The EmpressDowager of Chinagranted herlast audience tody hr the- - paiaceshe so soon must leave forever.It was to Yuan Shi Kaithe manwho has saved henandthe royalfamily from death.. V

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loyalty," she said, and wept. "Weowe our lives to you. I shall praymany times before the tombs ofour ancestors that you may beshielded from your enemies andbe blessed with a long life."

She spoke bitterly of theyounger Manchu princes "who

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' Roosevelt people will not ze

roll prepared by national? committee- - as temporary rollwhen convention convenes, andwill insist their delegates should

ebi seated.Two conventions may take

place in. the same hall. Bedlam is

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bound to break loose as soon asVictor Rosewater finishes read-ing the call for the convention.

Boss Flinn of Pennsylvaniaand Gov, Glasscock of West Vir-ginia issued a statement in whichthey declared the presidentialelectors from their states wouldcast their votes for Roosevelt,even though Taft is nominated.

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How's your pig today?Johnny Pretty well, thank you.How's all your folks?

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on the borders of Russia, ispeopled by men only. Womenare forbidden entrance there.

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that the bean is a ofAmerica, and not of the old.world, as was supposed.

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BANANAS NOT DESERTBananas are food, not desert.

They belong in same catagorywith beefsteak, not in the blanchemanaee class. Remember this,

dfeyou can get a whole lot of goodUUl Ui uauauao i jruit urn. iim.For they are full of nutriment anddigest easily if properly masti-cated.

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a banana, means chewed asslowly and as carefully as youwould apieceof meat.

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Don't eat bananas for desertafter you haye eaten a heavymeal That's like eating a chbpfor desert.

Wife Waiter, bring some ofthat (points to menu).

Waiter Sorry, madam, but zeband ees playin' zat just now!

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Mme. Paquii big Paris- dress-maker, draws a salary of $60,000a year and owns a large interestin the very profitable establish-ment besides. Not bad for amere woman.

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Pelice Lyrie, newest grandopera star, is only 20, but 5 feet

1 inch tall and weighs only 98pounds. But shes all Americanand she's got the critics going her;way.

Housefly has two sets of eyes,one with thousands of lenses sothat it can see in every direction.You'll have to swat quick.

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"Good luck!" "What form willit take?"

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foul campaign to drive the littlenewsboys from the-stree- t cornersSpdkane's police boss must be apretty dirty one. "

Morgan employes no women inhis tfew York offices. With anpse like his, we wouldn't either.

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you'll pay my bills awhile."

"If you want steam, knock onthe radiatoradvises an editor.As if a ofus haven't been

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The Professor's Wife"The professor is in the labora-

tory conducting some chemicalexperiments. The professor ex-

pects to go down to posterity."(From the laboratory) "Br-r-- r,

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STUMBLING BLOCKSThere are two great obstacles

fo progress inelastic constitu-tions and usurping courts.

c Except for civil war amend-ments the people have been un-able amend the federal consti-tution for over one hundred yearsManx .state constiutjons are tied

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veto the people's will. The exist-ing irresponsible judicial oligar-chy must end J. C. Harper.

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Wife Oh, I've just got every-thing all ready for Mrs Meat-leigh- 's

visit. I've done up ajl thecurtains and pillow shanis and bu-

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is in such apple-pi- e order whylook so disconsolate abqUt it?

Wife (bursting into tears Oh,I just know, as soon as she seesthem, she'll know I cleaned every-thing all up because she was com-ing I'V-Jud-ge,

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, An Illinois man tried suicideand was arrested. He now asksif his life isn't his own to take.

Poor man, he overlooked theAnd dreams of his dreams, J fact thatjvvetire trust-owne- d.

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Marks So" you Woke up last5nignt to nna your wite cleaning'out your pockets. Didn't you askher to stop ?

Parks No; it always makesher mad if I ask her to do any-thing wjien her hands are in thedough. BosloiT-TfSfisaSpl!- .'

When George Henrygot homeJate to supper, his wife said: "Idon't mind you going to ' ballgames, but I wish when there'san extra-innin- g game you'd callme up ahead of time and tell me,so I'll know when fo:have sup- -

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i the Senate today to the chargesof President Madero of Mexicothat he had fostered the Orozcorevolution.

Fall said the charges wereand declared that the

situation was much worse thansupposed. He said Madero was.quite unable to cope with it.

"Conditions in Mexico cannot

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continue as they are," said Fall."In justice to Americans and tohumanity at large, they must notbe allowed to continue muchlonger. Maderohds gone fartherthan he intended." r

Fall said that reports of im-

proved conditions in Mexicowere absolutely without founda-tion. '

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Julia Going to Marie'sT dance?Bertha I shall be out of town

that night.Julia I wasn't invited either,

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sfreet. Also he has had enough left over to support his family infirst-cla- ss st?le, to give his mother an income, to pay his divorcedwife alimony and in addition, to start the building of a $30,000 homein a fashionable section of the Bronx.

Indeed, the word comes to Dist. Atty. Whitman that Becker isworth considerably over $1,000,000. This is to be one of the state'sbiggest points if it is proved, for Becker never made a big "killing"in Wall street, and his salary was scarcely enough to live on morethan comfortably.

NOBODY BY MEEKU.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL

GEORGE W.

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STANDARD OIL

TRUST.

A teamster charged at the po-

lice co'urt with overloading hishorse was asked how heavy aload he had on his wagon. "Abouta ton," hc.replied, "but it was alllight stuff."

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wife) Look here, now! Thispaper says nothing will improvea woman's health like sweeping,baking, g, dish-washi-

and polishing the silyer. Mrs.Binks Huh! You know very

why me YOU CRYINOso hard, urric BOY?

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welPyou never gave me any silverto polish. No wonder I'm ill.

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NOW OONY GTEXCITE- D- I'flMGOING- TO RAISE.YOUR SflLHRY.

''Put a ruffle the bottomr the kitchen apron " Yqu will besurpnsea now many drops andspots prevents from landingyour skirt exposed below the hemof the apron.

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Hello, what's the. matter withyou? Are you forty-seve- An-gry Spinster (at the other end)No, I'm not! Who said I was?.I'm only thirty-thre- e I

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For Real Flights Now."Do you think eloquence, is as

much in request as it used to be?""No," replied Senator Sor-

ghum. "Nowadays prizes aregiven for aviation and not forflights of oratory." Washington

,1 Star.

. SURE nWHflT'S YOUK NAME ?nr

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It Takes Two, etc.Singleton. Do you think two

can live as cheaply as one?Wedmore Y-e- s, but not as

peaceably. Boston Transcript.--o o

No question is ever settled foronce and alL

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NOBODY BY MEEK

THOMAS A. NOBODY

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e ? '0iy"Do you know that I had two

offers of marriage last week?"asked a plain girl of a friend.

"Oh, I am delighted, dear!" thefriend exclaimed. "Then the re-

port that your uncle( left you hismoney is really true?" '

WHO HASINVENTED fl POCKETdGflR LIGHTER THAT

ALWAYS WORKS.

"Willie, mamma has a greatsurprise for you."

"I know what it is big bruv-v- er

is home fr.om school !" J"How did you know?""My bank won't rattle any

more!"

ITS RERL KIND

Of YO- U- WHO BE WU,r PLEASE ?

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SURE.

No Sand.Nellie Is that fellow of yours

ever going to get up the courageto propose?

Belle Guess not. He's like anhourglass.

Nellie An hourglass?Belle Yes; the more time he

gets the less sand he has.

PARDON THE INTRUSION. MT

OeflR LADY, BUT WOULD YOU

KINDLY PERMIT ttC TO ASSIST0V WITH

THC WSHESSl

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If you want funAnd little care

Just laugh real hard-Pre- sto!

it's there.

Hobson has again predicted warbetween the United States andJapan. In some respects he's likea goose-bon- e weather prophet.

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STOP!! YOU ARE PINCHED

FOR SPEEDING-- J!

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jpt INOBODYi: -

iv.S. ."The Duchess of Manchester

gets the right to wear the $3,000,-00- 0

jewels left by the dowagerduchess. But she can't own them,that would start an 'orrible p--

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ecent, don't y"know.

There ought to be a law com

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SIR !! HOW DARE YOU ?I AM R MIlUONfllRE.-WH- O

ARE YOU ?

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a.pelling circus parade to go pastthe school-hous- e.

Labor Question.Lady of the House You

you work ! At what ?say

Hobo At intervals. NewYork Times.

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STUMBLING BLOCKSThere are two great obstacles

fo progress inelastic constitu-tions and usurping courts.

c Except for civil war amend-ments the people have been un-able amend the federal consti-tution for over one hundred yearsManx .state constiutjons are tied

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equally tight.Courts have usurped power to

veto the people's will. The exist-ing irresponsible judicial oligar-chy must end J. C. Harper.

ChOHens that lay 250 eggs a year

"on the average," lay about 62 onthe nest

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HERE IS THE.OMBREU.B THATWH3 THKEN FRbrtWUt PORCH THE.OTHER NIGHT.THOUGHT t HADBETTER RETURN

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The word-Hello!- " with whicha telephone conversation is usual-ly opened in this country, is usedall over the world, and has beenadopted in such far-aw- ay coun-

tries as Japan, Turkey, Russiaand PstasriniJ

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h o''How's your husband this

morning, Mrs. Finnigan ?".."Oh, he's very poorly, yer

I And it's a 'mighty ex-

pensive disease he's got. Thedocthor says I've to kape him inGood soirits."

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.lie trust-ridde- n Associated Press? ,

Or is it because the wealthy "brutes who make their millionsby grinding up the souls and bodies of men women and children,pour part of their blood money into the advertising columns of thenewspapers?

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I HEARD THERE WAS PLENTY OF WORKIN .CALIFORNIA SO I CAME DO YOUKNOW WHO WILL GIVE ME A JOB ?

EASTERN fu--J

WORKINGMHNl?

OH. THANK YOU WHOpre you?" I

Guess President Madero isn'tvery secure in his job when he has

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to yell for suppression of a freepress.

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NOBODY BY MEEK' . .

SOMe FELLOW Ss- -

(UP THE STREET V-- Thbvjf RppNk IS GIVING- - ' I XNrr( - fA (EVERETT TRUE AM V.A (EXPECTING-THI- S f A

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Smith Jones seems to have no j clothes, Brown Yes, he is ht

for anything except his jfectly wrapped up in them.

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Joe--H-ow you, old man?"Arthur Got beastly cold,

y'know."Joe Hard luck, b'yjoye. Been

going out-

the cold without- i

R LITTLE FASTER. JOHN. WRNtTO TO OFFICE R LITTLEERRLIER THRU USURLIF BOYS ARE THERE.

TIME !'.

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GET THETO See

THE RUOH

.your cane?"Arthur No. Called on Henry

hi"sstail arid creating a draught.

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Wi--L PY - ? - OF fl HUNDRED.YOU BUCK THAT r f ( WH"TS YOUR

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NUN DRAWS 18 MONTHS'SENTENCE; SUSPENDEDParis, Feb. 22. Sister Candide

the nun who swindled dealers inprecious stones out of millions toget money for charity, today wasfound guilty of fraud and sen-tenced to 18 montns in jail. The

sentence was suspended.The story of Sister Candide

and Dr. Leon Petit is one of thestrangest in the history of Paris.

Of all the millions of which thenun was accused of swindlingjeweler's out of, not one centime

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it .thfreaeration finds thischarge cube true, Factory In-

spector JDavies will be asked whytthe violation of the health and.safety appliance Jaws was per-

mitted.Price of new potatoes, wax

beans and green peas has drop-

ped almost 50 cents a bushel on--o

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the'Ohicago market in" the last 10

days.Jack Johnson wore hat and

cigar when arraigned for smug-gling in the federal court butnot for long.

Armed robbers held up saloonof I. Becker, 2855 Southport ave.,and got away with $40.

NOBODY BY MEEKj SAY, OFFICER. SOME)

SENT UP THE LINEIS ALL' EXCITED

OVER THIS SOUTH

POLE AFFAIR. YOU

BETTER LOQK.flFJERHIM.

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did you takethe pills I sent you?

and Idid not; ye wrote on the box onepill three times a day, and I'vebeen till I see you to askhow a man was'to take a little pillJike that three times in wan day,'

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NOBODY MEEK

THE USUAL

LERP YEAR

Doctor Dennis,

Dennis Indade, docther,

waiting

CATCH

,MEei

Johnny (grabbing his hat)I'm not a bit hungry and don'twant any dinner, mamma.

Mamma Where are you goingin such a hurry?

Johnny Out in the back lotwith the boys to roast sweet

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WHO'S-WH- O IN THE COMICS' By Fred Schaefer.

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Some years ago a gentlerinof-fensiv- e

stranger landed on thisterrestial sphere with no. luggagebut a notebook. Since then "he hastarried with us, pussyfooted andunobtrusive as a Japanese,, spy,picking up information and knit-ting his intellectualtrdw over theincomprehensible things " so dif-

ferent from those on . his , ownplanet. Tins was Mr. "Skygackfrom Mars. It is, however, notclearly known how long he willcontinue his earth study of earthbeings at their earth work's, norhow he will get back- - rs

when he concludes to return. Itwill probably be by the",samemeans'by which he arrived, un-

less by chance he came as a me-

teorite. 'We have conceded that Mr.

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Skygack is harmless. His cher-

ubic countenance, however, hasproved to be very irritating to oneof our friends, Adolf. The sightof Mr. Skygack aggravatesAdolf. Mr. Skygack is really oneof the trifles of life and Adolfmakes a mistake by noticing him.Adolf can't get used to the ap-

pearance of Mr. Skygack's cala-

bash, which is covered with a fuzzlike a bath towel. Adolf is some-times very brutal towards him,but Mr. Skygack is invulnerable.Like the Phoenix, he smilinglyrises when u light a fire underhim.

Snooping is Mr. Skygack's on-

ly fault. But that is because hehas difficulty observing our eti-

quette . We can't tell him better,because his language is not ours.It is a shrill, barbaric tongue thatsounds like clipping finger nails.It's about as musical as the crack-ling noise which you hear insome telephone receivers. Fewcan communicate with him intel-ligently, although one day a gen-tleman carried on quite a conver-sation with him by filing a saw.

Mr. Skygack is experiencingthe same'difficulties as did Gulli-ver among the queer creatures .en-

countered in his travels. Wemust be very puzzling to him. Forinstance, when we refer to a "BigSmoke," how is he to knowwhether we mean a forest fire,Jack Johnson, Pittsburgh or anickel cigar. Our every action

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puzzles him. When we shakehands he doesn't know-- whetherwe are rubbing, our antennat ortrying to pull each other, limbfrom limb. Street cars to him arejust liittle sardine boxes intowhich we rashly swarm, only toemerge from just as distractedly.False teeth are a strange thingto him he suspects that all of uscan take ourselves entirely apartif we have a mind to. And whatmust be his impressions when hedissects a mince pie?

Naturally scientists take a live-

ly interest in Mr. Skygack. Prof.Dopemoutsky of the Universityof Rawhide, has written a paperwhich argues that Mr. Skygacksfeet are so exceedingly flat fromstanding on a canal boat and pol-

ing it through the canals of Mars.'o o

GETTING DELEGATES ASIT IS DONE BY TAFT

New York, Feb. 10. A littlesidelight was thrown on politicsas politics is worked by ColQnelD. C. Collier, of San Diego, to-

day.Collier is president of the San

Diego fair and exposition plannedfor 1915, and when Collier heardtoday that the senate committeeon expositions had carelesslysidetracked San Diego's plea fornational recognition just recog-nition, not money of their ex-

position, he blew up.Before expressing his feelings,x

Colonel Collier pointed to anotherbit of news in the day's papers.It was that in which SecretaryHilles, for President Taft, claim-- .

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Vried the California delegation toGhicago.

"See that," said Collier. "Thatis the answer to the side-tracki-

of San Diego's request.''President- - Taft ' or his cam-

paign managers I dont' knowwhich entered into an agree-ment with J. J. Moore and J. G.

McNab, president and director ofthe San Franciscofair, tp favor the "world's fair"to be held at San Francosco andrefuse to recognize the San Diegofair.

"In return, Moore and McNabpromised Taft or his campaignmanagers an instructed delega-tion.

"Well, there's one satisfaction.Moore and McNa"b can't deliverthe goods. They can't get an in-

structed delegation from Cali-fornia. California is progressive,and wont send a delegation forTaft."

All of which is very fine, butisn't national politics a grand, big,honorable sort of a proposition.Yes? No?

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Pittsburgh, Pa., thinks it's hav-ing cold weather because ther-mometer has gone down to 8 be-

low.August Hoge, 89 years old,

Waukesha, Wis., acquitted ofmurder of wife. Juryonly deliberated 4 minutes.

Former Gov. Folk, of Missouri,has retired from the presidentialrace, thus making things easyfor Champ Clark.

Not that Joe Folk ever was inthe race so durn deep.

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did you takethe pills I sent you?

and Idid not; ye wrote on the box onepill three times a day, and I'vebeen till I see you to askhow a man was'to take a little pillJike that three times in wan day,'

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NOBODY MEEK

THE USUAL

LERP YEAR

Doctor Dennis,

Dennis Indade, docther,

waiting

CATCH

,MEei

Johnny (grabbing his hat)I'm not a bit hungry and don'twant any dinner, mamma.

Mamma Where are you goingin such a hurry?

Johnny Out in the back lotwith the boys to roast sweet

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NOBODYBY MEEKHERE'S fl TIP, YOUNG-

GIRL HAS ANOTHERrCLlOW ON THE STRING.XNV TetL WHO TOLD YOU.

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BITS OF NEWS.

" ' Carpenters' strike was. settledyesterday, contractors agreeingto scale of 65 cents an hour forthree years. Work resumed Mon-

day. '

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I VE SUSPECTEDTHAT FOR SOME.TIME. NOW I'MGOING AND PUNCHHIS HEAD

street, was engaged to FannieKaplan, 3922 W. 12th. Miss Kap-lan changed her mind and mar-ried another man. LaBow suedher for $125, price of ring h"e hadgiven her. Jury in municipalcourt said girl didn't have to re-

turn ring when she jilted herfiancer. ,'

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VtJ" Ttffyp WW crrificriWlcould no i pay higher wages.

The attitude of 'local businessmen, many of them mill stogkownjers, was interesting. Onecharitable merchant had beengiving away bread to children.The merchants' society protest-ed, saying children carrying

I'M ON HAND TO

JUST THIS SORTOF THIN- G- HIMS!

loaves of bread through the streetwas bad advertising fpr the town !

So in this community, whereeverything is, under the massive

of the iiighly protectedwool industry, there is anarchyand plutocracy is its

NOBODY" By MEEK

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D. Haywood, theWestern Labor Leader, after re-

ceiving word that Col. Sweetserwciujd arrest him the moment he

"NOBODY"

GOOD MORNING. A

CHflK. I SEE YOU HAVE

SOME POEMS TO SELL.

I WILL BUY THEM ALL.

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NOBODY !!,

A Angeles man left anof $1,000,000 with the

it should be used for

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set foot in Lawrence, sent a tele-

gram here saying he would come

on the train.

By MEEK

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only as many of his relatives andfriends as needed assistance.Some sense to that.

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No Danger.Peevish persons crowded

car) Madam, have prickedmy cheek with, that barbaroushatpin

Stylish Woman Don't bitalarmed, sir! sterilize everyday. Judge,

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Hubby I wont say marriageis a failure, "but some' are morefortunate in what they get thanothers.

Wife You are quite right,dear; for instance, you got mebut I got only you. Tatler,London.