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    THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1904.
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Notary Public.
Logrolling does not seem to be as
popular In the AUHtrlau Iteichsrath as
bottle-throwlut;.
That Iowa boy who set's everything
upside down baa great possibilities-as
the founder of a new political party.
That Cincinnati girl who horsewhipped
the man who Jilted her must only have
confirmed his blgb opinion of his own
good Judgment.
The season Is fast approaching when
the report of fires' open by describing
how someone attempted to piny the role
of Santa Claus.
While the orthodox Christian may wait
until Lent to use his sackcloth, it is to
be hoped he will have bis ashes ready
for the first slippery day.
General Stoessel is evidently afflicted
with the same trouble which handicaps
the czar a number of subordinates who
desire to do as they please.
Tom Lawson may be unintentionally
paring the Way for a more sensational
series of articles on the 6ame subject
from the pen of Mrs. Chadwlck.
It seems that the different national as
sociations of. postofflce employes do not
all know a good thing when they have it,
and they have also yet to learn to let
ill enough alone.
Market reporters must have over
looked one large movement of gold to
Tarls, but the courts may find out how
much of the yellow metal Dr. Chad
wick took with him.
Only nine fuslonlsts will hold seats in
the coming Nebraska legislature, but
that will be enough to Introduce all the
bills promised by the fusion candidates
during the campaign.
When those Frenchmen finish their
duels over the Maid of Orleans they may
be able to get up a flgbt over the ques
tion of responsibility for the fall of man.
Eve hap long needed defenders.
Our modern business college will be
compelled to Introduce a course of study
teaching familiarity with the signatures
of great capitalists if cases like the
Chadwlck matter become common.
As leader pf the democratic minority
in the next bouse of representatives
John Sharp Williams will hare an easier
Uiii than any of his predecessors, as he
' IPflU have fewer statesmen to guide.
After contemplating the 11,000 divorce
cases pending in the Buckeye state a
bunch of Ohio women have passed reso
lutions declaring against the female ste
nographer. The men are yet to be heard
from.
Land Commissioner Follmer, in bis re
port to the legislature is asking for fire
proof vault fixtures to protect the val
uable records stored in the state bouse.
When the new vault equipment is in
stalled it will be in order to erect a new
capltol building around It
, Philadelphia newspapers are still dls
cussing the last national election, and one
declares that Judge Parker made the
best race possible under the clrcum
stances. By the time of. the next cam
paign perbapa Phlladelphians will hare
succeeded In arriving at a satisfactory
conclusion as to the cause of he lund
slide.
The special attorney of the Interstate
Commerce Commission asserts that ship
pers of live stock to Chicago will save
at least $750,000 annually by reason of
tbe recent investigations of conditions
attending tbe traffic. The shippers, how
ever, will prefer to wait till they balauce
their books at tbe end of tbe year before
crediting themselves with having saved
. so much money.
ORGANIZATION Or TBS LEGISLA TUBS-
The overpowering republican majority
that will dominate the coming legislature
will constitute a very serious menace to
the future supremacy of the republican
party of Nebraska. With a senate
unanimously republican, a bouse 92 per
cent republican and every executive
office filled by a republican, the opposi
tion will, to all intents and purposes, be
yolcelcss in the statehouse, and the meas
ure of responsibility for wholesome leg
islation will be greater than ever before.
For the wellbeing of the republican
party, as well as for the welfare of the
state, It is, therefore, of the utmost im
portance that the legislature be organ
ized In the Interest of the commonwealth
rather than In the interest of the giant
corporations; in the Interest of the pro
ducers rather than In the interest of the
public carriers.
It Is an open secret that the forces
that have for years controlled our legis
latures for selfish purposes, to the detri
ment of the great masses of taxpayers,
will again endeavor to manipulate and
control tbe coming legislature by taking
charge of its organization at the outset
so that its political agents may practi
cally block all legislation they deem un
favorable to their own interest and detri
mental to the common people, through
packed committees.
The machinery by which this is us
ually accomplished Is the political cau
cus, that enables a minority of the whole
body to dictate the officers and distribute
the patroiiRge at the disposal of the leg
islature. The question that every repub
lican member of the legislature, who de
sires to make a reputation for himself, Is,
whether that object would be subserved
best by the selection of officers and em
ployes In the caucus or in the open? The
prime object of all political caucuses
Is to prevent the opposition from con
trolling the political action of a legisla
tive body by combining with a fragment
of the membership of the majority party.
In a legislature made up almost unani
mously of one party there Is no rational
reason or excuse for a caucus. Take
for example the state senate: A caucus
of that body would be made up of every
member of the senate, consequently It
would take the same number of votes to
nominate a candidate for any office or
employment In the caucus as It would
on the open floor. Almost the same con
ditions would obtain in a caucus held by
the members of the house.
The only difference between electing
officers In the open and. electing them in
the caucus would be In the manner of
their election. Under the constitution,
every member in. both houses Is required
to register his vote for every candidate in
the open. In the caucus, however, nom
inations may be made by ballot, whereby
members are enabled to cover up their
votes and violate individual pledges to
various candidates by claiming to bave
voted for each of them. This is the
most objectionable feature of the legis
lative caucus. Dishonest men and trick
sters can cover tip their votes and place
the stigma that would attach to. their
own conduct upon honest men who hold
themselves ready at all times to answer
for their acts to their constituency.
In the interest of the republican party
and good government, it is, therefore, to
be hoped that the coming legislature will
organize itself withou. resorting to the
caucus.
A QUESTION OF POLITICAL ECONOMY-
In bis message to congress President
Roosevelt declares that "the period of
prosperity through which the country is
passing justifies expenditures for perina
neut improvements far greater than
would be wise in hard times; battleships
and forts, public buildings and improved
waterways are lnrestments which
should be mado when we hare the
money." Paradoxically as it may seem,
in this declaration the president puts
himself at variance with nearly all the
recognized political economists from
Adam Smith down to the present day.
It Is an almost undisputed part of the
doctrine of economics that tbe rule
which applies to private individuals with
reference to curtailing expenditure with
curtailed revenue, under the stress of
hard times, is reversed with govern
mental agencies which are expected in
times Of depression to expand rather
than to contract activity in the direction
of permanent public improvements.
The line of reasoning on which this
conclusion has been based is that when
industrial stagnation and financial de
pression sweeps over the country, de
priving its working people of employ
ment and forcing them by the menace
of starvation to seek to labor at any
price rather than apply for charity, it
becomes the part of wisdom, . if not the
duty, of the government to provide all
additional employment that it can. It
is an accepted axiom that it is. better
for the government to give work rather
than relief, and our own government has
proceeded on this theory at various
stages of its history by expediting the
construction of canals, harbor improve
ments, etc., at periods immediately fol
lowing industrial crises, even though the
straitened condition of the national
finances were produced by the same
causes that depleted tbe individual's ac
cumulations. On the other hand, when
times are good and employment on pri
vate account plenty, the necessity for
furnishing employment on public works
becomes less urgent because the work
ing people are able to take care of them
selves without government assistance.
All this, too, leaves out of account the
fact that the government can mtVo
money go farther and have more to show
for its expenditure In slack times, tu.it
bring prices down, than when business
is brisk with prices at their highest
The whole proposition, of course, is
academic rather than practical, insofar
as permanent improvements are in pres
ent contemplation by our government
The building of tbe Rmama canal Is,
doubtless, the largest single piece of pub
lic work ever undertaken and its urgency
calls for prompt execution. , It is a busi
ness undertaking and net a charitable
venture, so that good times or hard
times will cut no flgura with It While
the president's political economy would
require the government to abandon the
work, if our prosperity should .wane,
there Is no likelihood of interruption,
much less abandonment, under any con
ditions except for unforeseen physical
obstacles. In fact, should we have a
recurrent period of hard times, the out
let for unemployed labor afforded by
the Fanama canal would surely serve
the country in good stead.
OOVERNMENT AND RAILROADS.
Inevitably there is opposition to the
proposal that the government shall
sdopt a policy, as suggested by the presi
dent for restraining tbe railroads in tho
matter of rates. The recommendation
made in the annual message in regard to
giving the Interstate Commerce com
mission increased powers in the matter
of regulating rates that were 'found to
be unreasonable was certain to be met
with opposition by the railroads and by
all Interests that are allied with the cor
porations and receive benefits from them.
These influences arc today arrayed, as
they have been uniformly in the past
against every morement to correct the
abuses of the railroads against the gen
eral public. What they are now doing
today In this respect is largely a matter
of conjecture and yet there is no doubt
that throughout the country there Is at
the present time as well-defined a policy
of railroad discrimination which is in ab
solute violation of the law as there has
ever been at any time in the past. The
objections to the president's position In
this matter are largely clue to the fact
that bis policy of correcting abuses
would Interfere with the well established
habits of the corporations and this Is
Just what the general public wants.
Those who criticize the view of the presi
dent are the people who demand that the
very conditions which now prevail and
which are unquestionably antagonistic
to the public interest shall be main
tained. In opposition to this Is a very general
popular sentiment and in this the presi
dent of the United States concurs. He
believes that it Is the duty of congress
to protect the public against the im
proper exactions of corporate monopoly
and he points out how this may be done.
We believe that the general popular
sentiment Is with the president, and we
hove no doubt that it will be found that
a majority In congress will be agreeable
rto the proposition that the govornment
should assume a larger supervision than
It liajJ already assumed over the corpora
tions, particularly the railroad corpora
tions that are engaged In Interstate com
merce. It seems to be an established
fact that in the future there is to be a
greater surveillance over corporations of
all kinds by the federal government than
there has ever been in the past and the
expediency of this Is being more and
more recognized.
THE )S0tTIIERN REPUBLICS.
There is no mutter concerning the
people of the Ci'tcd States of greater in
terest than their lelntlene to the soiitr
em republics of this hemisphere. We
are as a people Identified with the Inde
pendent countries of this hemisphere
more closely than with any other portion
of the globe and our political interests
especially are moro bound up with tbcm
than with any other part of the world.
This was very definitely proclaimed
when the Monroe doctrine was declared
moro than eighty years ago and the re
lation Is still recognized. It is proclaimed
in the last message of the president of
the United States and in terms that
ought to be absolutely reassuring to
every one of ,the South American repub
lics. The statement of the president that
ought to be reassuring Is that this coun
try has no land-hunger, that there Is no
desire on the part of the United States
to absorb any territory of the country
south of it. That represents the uni
versal American sentiment We want no
part of the countries south of us. We
seek no lands of the independent repub
lics that belong to this hemisphere. On
the contrary the purpose of the United
States is to see that the independence
of those republics is preserved and that
they shall be given every opportunity
and advantage to build themselves up
and adrance in the scale of civilization.
Yet at the same time it Is essential that
tho United States in its essential part as
a protector of all the independent coun
tries of this hemisphere should insist
that those countries shall do their duty
as nations and perform their proper ob
ligations with respect to the other coun
tries of the world. It is a perfectly le
gitimate demand on the part of the
United States,. when assuming as it does
a protectorate over the southern repub
lics against European aggression, that
they should conform to all the principles
of- international law and obey the prin
ciples that are recognized as binding
upon civilized nations. That Is all that
President Roosevelt suggests in his ref
erence to this matter'and It Is absolutely
fair and proper. The Idea that there is
any "big stick" in bis proposition Is ut
terly absurd and unwarranted. It does
net in the least imply any hostility to
the southern republics. On the contrary
It should be regarded by them as a re
newed assurance on the part of the
United States of friendship and support
so long as they give proper recognition
to their Internationa obligations. That
is all that the United States can ask of
them and its position in this respect Is
absolutely legitimate. President Roose
velt has not gone in this respect a single
step beyond what a majority of the in
telligent Judgment of the country be
lieves to be right.
We are anxiously awaiting reports
from the Philippines chronicling and de
scribing the home-coming of the natives
who have been brushing up against
American civilization at the St. Louis
World"! fair. It Is not difficult to linsg
ine that their tales will be received by
those they left behind very much as
were those of the first American Indiana
who were taken to Europe by the Span
ish discoverers and brought back to this
country after having been exhibited in
the various courts abroad. If anything
the dazzling splendor of what the Fili
pinos saw at the exposition must bave
appeared more miraculous and will carry
less credibility than the display of roy
alty sprung upon the sixteenth century
red men. To trace the effectof this ex
cursion In after years will surely be
most interesting.
Governor LaFollette has been criticiz
ing Iowa's educational system that gives
It so many small colleges and no great
one. "Iowa would be better off, he de
clares, "If the State university and the
State Agricultural college were consoli
dated into one." The same criticism,
while not applicable to Nebraska's State
university, applies nevertheless to the
normal school situation In this state. If
anything, the last legislature made a
mistake in providing a second normal
school, and thus dividing strength that
should be centered. It is probably too
late to retrace the step, but every prop
osition for more normal schools and
there will probably be plenty of them
should be turned down at the coming
legislature without ceremony.
The supreme court has declared un
constitutional the section of the new
revenue law which provides for the as
sessment of insurance companies on the
gross premiums tif the preceding year.
This leaves the insurance companies so
that they pay no adequate taxes what
ever. When the legislature comes to
patch up the revenue law it should not
forget to fill out this hole and to do It
In a way that will stick when tested in
the courts.
Whatever the merits of the contro
versy precipitated by the election of ft
new president 6f Bellevue college, the
people of Omaha will hope that it will not
Impair the usefulness of that Institution.
Bellevue college can in time be built up
Into a strong secondary college and Its
adjuncts developed into parts of a true
university with proper administration
and reasonable support. That is the
task before the president and trustees.
Lord Curzon's promise of a "friendly
understanding from L'Hassa to Kaboul"
may be a warning to certain Asiatic
people to prepare friendly greetings for
British commissioners or strengthen
their defenses, and before making their
choice they 6hould contemplate the Jour
ney of the late Llama who is now trav
eling in foreign lands.
If President Itoosevelt orders the law
officers to proceed against the rebate-
giving railroads, the railroad managers
will be more convinced than,ever that he
Is not a safe man to occupy the White
House.
Time (or Improvement.
Chicago Tribune.,
When railway accidents become so nu
merous and deadly aa to form the subject
of comment in a president's message It Is
time to apply a course of corrective treat
ment. Room (or Expansion.
Chicago Tribune
There la a general feeling that the presi
dent, while on the subject of railways,
might bave penned a few strenuous
thoughts concerning the passenger who in
sists on occupying four seats.
Rising; to Its Opportunities.
New York Tribune.
Panama has reduced Its postage and
tariff, and In many other ways is preparing
to do business on a friendly plan with the
United States. The new republic is small,
but It seems to be able to rise to the occa
sion. Master and Servant.
Stock Market Bulletin.
The following figures are very Interest
ing, by way of comparison only: The net
public debt of the United States Is less
than 1,009,000.000, which is $500,000,000 leas
than the total capitalization of the United
States Steel corporation figured at par.
Think It over!
Now Watch the For Fly.
Baltimore American.
The Women's Army and Navy leagues
are to Join In the petition to congress for
the restoration of the canteen. The
Woman's Temperance union, which was
mainly Instrumental In abolishing the same,
will fight the petition. And the contest
between the two feminine organizations
will be one of spirit in more ways than one.
Great Place (or Fencers.
New York Sun.
Hawaii Is the place for the man who
wants to be on the winning side. Six
hours before the polls closed on election
day the voters In these Parlflo Islands
knew that the republicans had triumphed
on the mainland. The Hawaiian could't
vote for a president, but they elected a
republican delegate to congress and re
turned a solid republican legislature for
the territory. The men who hate to lose
should move to Hawaii.
THE GKMIS OF CONTEXT.
Facilities (or Happiness Greater Than
Ever Before.
St Louis Republic
There are natures which resist gratifica
tion, which crave agitation and sourness,
which cannot enter into sympathy with the
ennobling conditions of life and which are
Incapable of responding to the higher sen
timents of mankind. If there were not
such natures, In these times content and
hope would be felt unanimously and there
would be no manifestation whatever of dog
gish affliction.
Facilities for happiness never were
greater than they are now and In this
country. The average man has more lux
uries than a prince had only a compara
tively short while ago. Society aa a whole
Is well off, and is so organised as to pro
vide the individual with unrestricted liberty
and with ample encouragement for effort.
The highest positions are open to charac
ter. The opportunities for spiritual and
mental advancement and for material pros
perity are not only unlimited, but are ac
cessible to the very humblest person.
The man who complains about his cir
cumstances in this country, who cannot ap
preciate the freedom and blessings which
he enjoys, who cannot reconcile his heart
to the existing order of affairs, and who
In bis soreness longs fur a state which
never could be, can only be looked upon aa
the victim of some disease of temperamelit
It Is uot tbe country which Is WTong, nor
the people who are wroxig; the malady Is
of bis own Datura.
WBAT WAS SAID AT TBE CONFERENCE.
OMAHA, Neb, Dec 11, 1904.
To T. J. Maboney, President Civic Fed
eration: Last Tuesday's conference between
yourself, Mr. W. T. Graham and Gov
ernor Mickey, in which I participated by
invitation of the governor, was held
within closed doors, and was, therefore,
regarded and treated by me as semi-confidential.
For that reason I refrained
from giving publicity to the acrimonious
discussion touching your relation to Jo
seph Bartley, the state treasury embez
Kler, but you have seen fit to give out to
Omaha newspapers your own garbled
version In which I am made to appear as
completely cowed and silenced by your
denunciations and threats, thus compel
ling me to make public what actually did
transpire.
You opened the conference by the dec
laration that the Civic Federation had
within the last year succeeded in clos
ing the largest gambling house In Omaha
through a mandate of the supreme court,
caused the suppression of wine rooms in
the lower part of the town and was mak
ing a etrenuous effort to bring about a
strict enforcement of the Sloeumb law.
After giving your views of the powers
and duties of the police commission, with
which I substantially concurred, and
without the slightest provocation you
launched out Into a personal tirade in
which yon sought to class me with ha
bitual law breakers.
To this I retorted that It did not be
come you to Indulge in such crimination,
at any rate not until, you had turned
over the money collected by you for
Bartley, which by rights should be
turned into the state treasury. You flew
Into a rage and pronounced It a damna
ble He and malicious libel without an
lota of fact to back it. You declared you
had never had any financial deal with
Bartley and never handled an I. O. IT.
belonging to Hartley.
Yon were admonished by me to cool
down. I said: "What I published may
be false, but it. was not a malicious in
vention. My Information came from
Judge E. M. Bartlett directly nnrTirom
Joe Bartley through another person,
whose name I will not disclose. I never
knowingly published anything about any
man that I did not believe to be true. I
may be deceived sometimes, but I al
ways have Information that would war
rant me in making the charge. If Judge
Bartlett misstated the facts you must
settle It with him. My information was
that you were one of Bartley's attorneys
when he was on trial In the criminal
court and that you had afterward real
ized on one or more notes handed you by
Bartley for collection and that you pock
eted the whole amount, between $4,000
and $5,000, claiming It as your fee."
"This Is absolutely false," you retorted.
"I was retained by Bartley for his de
fense and charged him $500, which was
not too much." (Judge Bartlett declares
since our interview that it was only
$400.) Continuing, you said: "I also col
lected some rent for Bartley from prop
erty that he owned In Omaha before he
was sent to the pen, and I handled a
note for an eastern party against a con
cern in Holt county with which Bartley
was connected, but I have retained only
n small fee and paid over the balance to
the parties. I don't owe Bartley a cent.
and I warn you never to connect my
name with Bartley again unless you
want to invite a libel suit."
I was not very much flustered by this
implied threat and simply advised you
to settle this matter with Judge Bartlett
and Bartley. who were the sources of my
informotlon, directly and indirectly.
Then you turned in and asked me why I
was hostile to tbe Civic Federotlon. "I
am not hostile to the Civic" Federation,"
was my response, "but I do not like the
methods by which It Is trying to do some
of its work. I cannot comprehend why
Walter Molse and his man Friday, I. J.
Dunn, are being projected as reformers.
It is a matter of notoriety that Molse
was the clearing bouse of grafters and
crooks during the exposition, and in the
prosecution of saloon men Dunn was
only doing his bidding as was evidenced
by the fact that be protested over 190
saloons last year and, then withdrew his
protests as soon as the Board of Police
Commissioners bad granted Molse
licenses for his saloons."
"Molse and Dunn do not in any shape
or manner represent the Civic Federa
tion," exclaimed Mr. Graham. "We have
nothing in common with them and can't
comprehend why you should assoclato
their names with our work."
"Because they bave cut a big figure in
your crusade," said I. "Didn't Mr. Ma
honey at the very outset of this confer
ence tell the governor that the Civic Fed
eration had closed tbe biggest gambling
house in Omaha? If I remember rightly
that gambling house, which was a pool
room in which gambling is carried on
very much the same as it is in bucket
shops and stock exchanges, was closed
at tbe instance of Dunn, acting for
Molse. If you repudiate these reformers
now, I cannot quite reconcile your claim,
but that is neither here nor there."
There was more cross-fire and contro
versy, but time and space forbid repro
duction. Sufflceth to say, that I most
emphatically disclaim any opposition to
any rational effort to purge Omaha of
vice and crime, but I want all move
ments in thiB direction divested of poll-1
tics, imposture and shams.
E. ROSEWATER.
gsservtsloa of Insurance Companies.
Kansas City Times.
The matter of Insurance Is one that
reaches almost every home In the country.
It Is fitting, therefore, that the president
should urge upon congress the duty of
considering whether or not the powers of
the government, through the Interstate
Commerce commission, msy not be ex
tended to cover the Insurance business.
Where such large capital, representing so
great a proportion cf the people and all
classes, Is employed for Investment, some
times In speculation, it Is of the greatest
Importance that there should be govern
mental supervision tf some kind at least
sufficient In scope to inform the country
fully as to the private operations of the big
companion.
SUITABLE
Christmas
A Complete Wine Set-ftX! ll
Sl.00 and up.
A Fancy flask or Demijohn of
Whiskey, 75c and up.
Aa Imparted Stein, . . . SOc and
A quart of Killers Wh skcy. SOc. $1. $1
A quart of Hillers Wine, J5c.S0c.75c
As Assertmest ol Fancy Liquors
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SERMON BOILED DOWN.
Character Is the true culture.
Borrowed trouble always comes to abide.
When a man has fame he does not know
It.
The cynic gets his opinions before the
mirror.
A little cant can spoil a whole lot of cen
secratlon. No soul was ever paved by a scheme of
salvation.
The crudest truth Is better than the most
cultured lie.
Trickery in. the pulpit does not make truth
in the pews.
He who will not pray for others cannot
pray for himself.
No man gains anything until he Is willing
to lose everything.
It will take more than gold-loving hearts
to make the golden age.
What the church needs Is not fortifying
so much as filling with life.
It is not hard to believe in the total de
pravity of the rest of the race.
You canr.ot cover sin by offering 3 per
cent of the spoils to the church.
If you are looking for a chance to love
you are always finding love Itself.
A man's ascent amongst the living counts
for more than his descent from the dead.
The first step toward curing a crook world
will be to straighten your own glasses.
Religion has nothing at all to do with life
when it has not something to do with all
life. Chicago Tribune.
SECILAR SHOTS AT THIS Pt'LPIT.
Washington Poet: Rev. Dr. Mlnot Bavago
of New York, is not satisfied with the Book
of Job. The good doctor is talking like a
man who had a stock of Job's comforters.
Kansas City Journal: A Boston clergy
man says that If John D. Rockefeller will
give away all his money he will make him
senior deacon of his church. Tempting as
this offer Is, Mr. Rockefeller had not closed
In with It at last accounts.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: It seems quite
pertinent to reproduce what the Rev. Dr.
Morgan Dix has to say concerning the an
nual crusade against Santa Claus. "I was
brought up under Santa Claus," he says.
"and my children were, too. Why should
I oppose him now?, When the children
grow up and learn there Is no Santa Claus
they can be told to remain children and
keep on hanging up the stockings at Christ
maslots of grown people do that."
Boston Globe: Imagine the young men
of young Mr. Rockefeller's Sunday school
class standing around Mr. Rockefeller Sr.
Sunday, with wide eyes and open mouths,
while the Standard oil magnate said: "I
was taught to get the full value of my
money, and also to give the full value,
and I have lived up to that principle. I
was taught to appreciate the value of
money, and taught to save money, and
I always saved something, no matter how
little I earned. The trouble with the young
men of today Is that they are apt to re
gard the accumulation of wealth as the
one great success in life. Money Is only
a trust In man's hands, and to uso it im
properly is a great sin."
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Mr. Lawson of Boston Is giving his dear
friends on Wall street practical illustra
tions of his literary ability.
George Ade, the playwright, Is not seri
ously 111, as reported. He is taking the
water cure for past transgressions. That's
no joke.
The opinion prevails at O'Neill that It
takes an uncommonly wise man to tell
by outside appearances what a bank vault
contains.
There Is a note of potential farce In
Mrs. Chadwlck's tangled affairs. Her
troubles began when she turned down a
dressmaker's bill.
When a Chadwicked banker admits that
he Is "a dups or a. fool," onlookers can
accept both as authoritative and let the
characterization go at that.
A bunch of New Jersey people think
the world is about to come to an end
and are preparing for It, New Jersey is
well provided with Jumping off places.
The party of Parker, Bryan and Cleve
land has fallen Into such bad repute In
Pennsylvania that an afflicted wife asks
for a divorce on the ground that her hus
band Is a democrat.
If further evidence la needed to show
how readily the Japs adapt themselves to
civilised conditions, Prince Fushinl sup
plies It. While In New York recently
the prince was Initiated Into the mysteries
of the American cocktail and found It
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TRADING STAMPS.
so appetizing that he ordered the con
fertion added lo the regular menu.
The Idea of planting fruit trees along
city streets is both novel and meritorious.
How appropriate, for Instance, would bs
peach trees In the residence streets, plum
tres around the court house, city hall and
postofHce, and prune trees to lend their
charms to hotels and boarding houses.
DOMESTIC I'l.EASAMHIICS.
Mrs. Ferguson What did Dr. Fourthly
preach nbmit this morning?
Mr. Ferguson Well, he preached about
half the congregation to sleep. Chicago
Tribune.
First Bachelor Suppose you saw soma
beauiiful srencry coming over the Kockles.
What was it like?
Becond Ditto It had gray eyes and
brown hair and u blue gown; it sat just
across the uisle from me. Detroit Free
Press.
"Isn't It ridiculous to say 'Imitation Is the
slncerest flattery?"
"Oh, I don't know."
"Well, i know that It doesn't flatter a
(rlrl to receive an imitation diamond en
gagement ring." Philadelphia Ledger.
"It has Just leaked out that Miss Newell
was married over a yenr ago."
"Who gave it away?"
"The siork." Town Topics.
Towne My wife surprised me today bv
telling me she wanted a little money to
buy Christmas presents.
Browne Why should that surprise you?
Towne-Reoaus" UHually she tells me she
wants a great dent. Philadelphia Press,
"How can I make sure that he loves mo?"
ask.-il the sentimental slrl.
"I'iek out n nfektie for him thit corre
sponds to your Idea of the beautiful," said
Miss Cayenne, "and see if ho weurs it."
Washington Star.
Mrs. Blnks Henry, were you ever disap
pointed in love?
Mr. Binks Never but once, my dear.
I was never In love but once. Cleveland
Leader.
AX OLD SWEETHEART OP MINE.
James Whltcomb Riley.
As one who cons at evening o'er an album
all alone,
And muses on the faces of the friends that
he has known.
So I turn the leaves of fancy till, in
shadowy design,
I find the smiling features of an old sweet
heart of mine.
The lamplight seems to glimmer with a
flicker of surpiise
As I turn It low to rest me of the daxzle
in my eyes;
And I light my pipe In silence, save a sigh
that seems to yoke
Its fate with my tobacco and to vanish
into smoke.
'Tis a fragrant retrospection for the lor-
lng thoughts that start
Into being are like prrfumes from the
blossoms of the heart;
And to dream the old dreams over Is a
luxury divine
When my truant fancies wander with that
old sweetheart of mine.
Though I hear, brneath my study, Ilka a
fluttering of wings,
The voices of my children and the mother
as she sines,
I feci no twinge of conscience to deny me
any theme
When Caret has cast her anchor In the
harbor of a dream
In fart, to speak In earnest, I believe It
adds a charm
To snlce the good a trifle with a little
dust of harm,
For I find an extra flavor In memory's
medlow wine
That makes me drink the deeper to that
old sweetheart of mine.
A face of lily beauty and a form of airy
grace
Floats out of my tobacco as the genii from
the vase;
And I thrill beneath the glances of a pair
of asure eyes
As glowing as the summer and as tender
as the skies.
And again I feel the pressure of the slen
der little hand
As we used to talk together of the future
we had Dlannod
When I should be a poet, and with nothing
else to aa
But write the tender verses that she set
the mulo to.
When we should live together in a cosy
little cot.
Hid in a nest of roses with a fairy garden
spot
Where the vines were ever fruited and
weather ever tine.
And the birds were tiver singing for that
old sweetheart of mine.
When I should be her lover forever and
a day,
And she my faithful sweetheart till the
golden hair was gray;
And we should be so happy that when
eJther's Hps were dumb
They would not smile In heaven till the
ulnar s kmu nau come.
But ah! my dream Is broken by a step
Upon the stair,
And the door is softly opened and my wife
im tnnrilnir thtre!
Yet with eagerm-H and rapture all my
visions I re.Hlgn
To greet the living presence of that old
sweetheart of mine.
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