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GEORGE B. TZSCHLCK.
SuWrlbed In my presence and sworn to
before me thla 311 day of December, 1804.
iSeal, M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
At last Colonel Bryan ling found one
presidency he Is willing to decline.
One can but wonder how much of the
Missouri senatoriul entanglement la due
to talk over the notorious "Harrison
telephone" line.
When Kaunas erects that proposed
fate petroleum lefluery the Standard
Oil company may have a chance to start
a fight with au organization In Its class.
So far ill the proceedings It bus 1mpii
unnecessary, to ask the polities of the
newly elected senators, for In no In
stance has a republican given place to a
democrat'
Judging by the unanimity that has
characterized senatorial elections in all
. the lrepubUctu.ttoui thtsLw Inter. It
wpuld.aeem ;nlfc wfl. ha '.outlived the
senatorial .contest" and legislative dead
locks. Now that two men arc- on trial for
responsibility for the Sloc'um disaster
there Is some hope that the Iroquois
theater mutter will .be aired in the
courts before the present generation
passes away.
Fraternal society Incorporation and
fraternal insurance appears to monopo
lize about one-third of tho time of the
Nebraska legislature, although it is an
open secret . that grips and passwords
are no passport to political office.
The city council has blocked tho
scheme for the erection of ,a gas plant
at Twenty-second and Burdette streets.
This would Indicate that the council
proposes to retain the monopoly on gas
holders within Its own membership.
1'erhaps those Itusglun shipbuilders
would have hud too much patriotism to
strike while their country was In a
state of war and needed ships, if they
were permitted to express themselves
effectively on the subject in some other
uiauuer.
Another British ship loaded with
munitions of war for Ilussla has been
captured by Japanese.' It Is a wonder
lhat the Japunese minister to London
does not call attention to that "alliance"
of which so much was exjiocted when
the war began.
The Mine Workers' union paid out
benefits of over $l,Stk),(KH) lust year, of
whlvh nearly faio.ouo went to Colorado.
Iurlng the same time It cost Colorado
over $11110,000 to keep soldiers at the
tBincs. Two good arguments In favor of
arbitration of labor disputes.
It Is to be hoped that the lire riend
Will observe the ieace while the volun
teer firemen of Nebraska are showing
off their tine point at Columbus, ruder
somewhat similar cimitustuuces the
president of the association lost his busi
ness house a year tr two ago.
The Juvenllo court may do a great
deal toward. the. reclamation of youth
ful criminal, but it will take organiza
tion and co-operation on the part of the
men and woineu o Omaha who are in
terested In the Juveulle court to accom
plish very effective and lasting reform.
i i.
The operatives at Fall Itlver have de
ckled to return to work at reduced
wages while other differences are be
ing settled, which would indicate that
Massachusetts made no fatal mistake
when it elected W. 1 Douglas, who hut
brought about the resumption of work,
as, its chief executive.
. Th proposed construction of a (juar
ter of a million sewer system would
comnieud itself to the great majority of
South Omaha taxpayers If coupled with
the assurance that at least half of the
cot will bo borpe by tho parking boue
for whose special accommodation thee
ewer are said to have been projected.
stSAvm nrinttTT--
Klmer Jnt.-ob BurlnMt bag Iseu duly
elected by the legislature to represent
Nebraska iu the L'nlted States senate
for a full term of six years from March
4 next. This action was foreordained
from t lie time the last republican state
convention made Mr. Burkett the party
nominee fjr that exalted position. Sen
ator Burkett will enter' the tipper house
of congress as one of the youngest, if
not the youngest,' among its members
and his transfer from the house to the
senat .ls in the nature of a promotion
fmm a lo
?wer to n hitter legislative
body.
While Mr. Burkett s new honors have
come to him practically without a con
tent, his elevation to the senate Involves
two features which should not be al
lowed to stand ns precedents. The Bee
has for years been championing the elec
tion of United States senators br direct
vote of the people, but this principle re
quires the candidates to go lefore the
people with a declaration of principles
and views on pending Issue. The
nomination of Mr. Burkett In state con
vention was what may be called "ma
chined," without any popular expression
or Intervention from the rank and tile
of his party. It was procured under a
false pretense of avoiding the projection
of a dark horse after a protracted dead
lock, ns had been done four years 1h
fore. but it was procured by the very
men who were actively responsible for
the dark horses of the preceding sena
torial contest.
The second had feature was the dou
ble nomination of Mr. Burkett for repre
sentative and for senator at the same
time. Other members of congress havo
sought senatorial honors, but they have
almost Invariably tlrst relinquished
their places in the house before asking
the suffrages of the people for the higher
position. As a consequence of his run
ning for two oflices at one time, Mr.
Bnrkett's congressional constituency
will be left without a representative and
the chances are that they will be put
needlessly to the trouble and expense of
a special election to fill the vacancy.
In point of qualifications Senator-elect
Burkett Is unquestionably well equipped
to meet the requirements of the office
and to make an eminently respectable
and creditable representative of the
state In the senate. Ills experience as a
member of the house has given him a
familiarity with public questions and an
acquaintance with public men that will
contribute materially toward his effi
ciency and usefulness. As anticipated
by The Bee, Mr. Burkett has come out
publicly with a pledge to uphold the arm
of rrpsldeut Roosevelt in bis national
policies and especially in his recom
mendations of railway rate regulation
legislation. Though this pledge Is at
variance, as already pointed out. with
the interests of those who were chiefly
Instrumental In the promotion of his
candidacy, and the conduct of his cam
paign. -tlm repnl Moons' Nebraska' w til
exiiect .tb pledge 'to) e,'fa1tMnljy. car
ried out.. The new senator tuts promised
to do his utmost; to serve the best Inter
ests of the state and In these efforts he
should have the support of every loyal
citizen of Nebraska.
COURT rLAS OAIXISO OROUKD.
The question of railroad rate regula
tion Is receiving the most earnest atten
tion at Washington and it is stated that
tho Buggestiou at present most favor
ably considered Is that a court be cre
ated which shall be clothed with author
ity to declare a specific rate too high,
anil that only after a thorough investi
gation of. nil the conditions. It is said
that accompanying this suggestion Is
the declaration that the Interstate Com
merce commission cun uever act in a
broader capacity than that of federal
prosecutor before the proposed court.
There Is no doubt that the more care
fully the court proposition is considered
the stronger it will become In popular
favor. It has already received the in
dorsement of a number of prominent
railroad men, on the ground that such
u court would possess a higher standard
and be composed of men of larger
ability, who would be farther removed
from political considerations than any
government commission could be.
It Is argued that It would on the
whole be better to have a court of high
standing to decide Anally whether a
rate is just or unjust than to have a
commission pass upon the rate with the
right of appeal to a higher court. Tho
weight of argument Is clearly in favor
of an Interstate commerce court, pro
vided It be so constituted as to guaran
tee quick decisions iu all cases and ex
ecutive power sufficient to make sure
that its decrees are carried Immediately
Into effect. Manifestly in the case of u
disputed railroad rate a speedy decision
Is esseutlal. What Is obviously needed
Is some tribunal of high standing that
shall make a fair but quick Investiga
tion, decide promptly and nut Its de
crees Immediately into effect. Under
existing couditlous there Is great delay
and tho public Is tho party that suffers
from this. This would be remedied by
the creation of such a court as is pro
posed and which has been advocated by
the editor of this paper for years.
Of course it Is suggested In regard to
this matter tbut there muy be some
practical or constitutional flaw which
will remove It from the field of consider
ation. We think there Is not a question
as to the constitutional power of con
gress to create such a judiclul tribuual
as contemplated and It Is not easy to see
what there Is of , a practical nature in
the way. There Is very strong opposi
tion in congress to cularglng the power
of the Interstate commission for regu
lating railway rates and there is re j son
to doubt whether this will be done. Iu
fact. It is contldeutly predicted at
Washlugtou that little Increase of wwer
will t conferred ou that branch of the
executive department of tho govern
ment. On the other hand, there is pruc
tically no, opposition to the suggeslUm
that a tribunal be established to deter
iclue itsuts rlaing under the interstate
commerce law. and the plan has been
wisely approved as the most practicable
method for solving a troublesome prol
len.
J.4JV4.V .4L.SU HAS URIEYAXi t:S.
It is au admitted fact that neither
Japan nor Uussia has strictly observed
the rules of neutrality In the far eastern
war, but so far as failure to preserve the
neutrality of seapurts may be concerned
the burden of testimony Is with Japan
and against Hussla. While the former
entered Che l'oo forcibly on one occa
sion there was provocation for doing so
in the use mode of that harbor by a
Russian torpedo boat escaping from
Japanese attack. China then failed to
maintain her status as a neutral and
the Japanese admiral took the law Into
his own hands. His course under the
circumstances was very generally re
garded as Justifiable. It was a violation
of neutrality, of course, but it would
not have occurred lind the Chinese
authorities performed their duty. On
the part of Russia repeated violations of
neutrality have occurred. The first lu
stance was that of tho gunboat Mandjur,
at the very beginning of the war. That
vessel stayed In port at Shanghai,
while the Japanese waited and watched
for it outside for several weeks and It
was not dismantled until the end of
March. Another ase In which Russia
violated Chinese neutrality was that of
the protected cruiser Askold. which ran
into Shanghai for shelter and its com
mander refused to dismantle until or
dered from St. Petersburg to do so. Still
another violation of Chlnesox neutrality
on the part of the Russians was In using
Che l'oo as a naval base and maintain
ing there a v-lreless telegraph station in
regular communication with Tort Ar
thur. The recent raid of a large force
of Russian cavalry Into Chinese terri
tory was another and very flagrant vio
lation of neutrality.
These and other Instances make up a
bill of grievances which Japan may of
fer as an offset to the charges and com
plaints presented by the Russian gov
ernment In its note to the powers. That
she will not fail to recall the attention
of tho world to these circumstances
when she makes reply to the Russian
allegations It Is safe to say. That reply
will be regarded with universal Inter
est and there will be very general as
tonishment if it does not show, to the
satisfaction at least of the unprejudiced,
that the Russian allegations are for the
qiost part baseless and. when not this,
very much exaggerated. Our govern
ment, which Is manifesting n proper
concern In the situation, should soon
have information from its representa
tives at Peking that will throw some
light upon the Russian complaints-and
possibly also the motives of that power.
TL'ltX OX THE SKAKCULWHT
Within the past ten years forced con
tributions have been levied upon the
taxpayers; of this county for the main
tenance of county goVernmeht'amohnt
lng to very nearly f (5,000,000. During
all this period the bulk of this money
has been voted out of tho county treas
ury by commissioner combines without
taking the people into their confidence.
The publication of tho proceedings of
county boards in a weekly newspaper is
worse than a furce. Out of the 30,000
voters of Douglas county about 6 per
cent read weekly newspapers and not
1 per cent of the taxpaylng citizens of
Douglas county read the particular
weekly paper in which county proceed
ings have been published. The only pa
pers that have general circulation in this
county are the dallies and publicity of
county management anil county expen
diture lu the daily newspapers has at
best been fragmentary.
We make bold to assert that more
Jobs and steals aud more crooked work
has been done in the court house within
the past five years than has been perpe
trated In the city hall In twenty years.
There' have been bridge steuls, road
steals, vault steals, county hospital
steals and jail steals Innumerable, but
it is almost Impossible to run them
down and trace them so long as existing
methods of doing business continue.
While the county boards during this
period have been dominated by demo
crats, all the booillers and grafters were
not of that political faith by a long
ways. Political creed does not set very
heavily upon the conscience of the
grafter, the boodler and the crooked con
tractor. Up to ISlMt there were annual publica
tions showing the sources of revenue,
receipts and disbursements of county
fuuds. but under the pretense of econ
omy that method of periodic publicity
has been discontinued. As a natural
cousequence the taxpayers of Douglas
county have been kept In .the dark con
cerning the wastefulness and extrava
gance and the lawless raids uion the
treasury sanctioned by the county
boards. It seems to us the time has
come for turning over a new leaf.
The taxpayers of Douglas county
have a .right to know from now on what
Is being done with county funds and
how much Is drawn out of the treasury
by each of the departments, Including
the county clerk, treasurer, surveyor,
county court, sheriff, register of deeds
and clerk of the district court, aud how
much Is expended and for what purpose
for poor relief and the maintenance of
the so-called poor farm, and how much
we are expending for the making of new
roads, building of new bridges, the
maintenance of roads and the repair of
old bridges. In other words, the man
agement of county affairs should hence
forth be placed under the liuie-llgbt of
publicity and every transaction of the
county board and county officials affect
ing the taxpayers should be brought to
the knowledge of the taxpayers and clt
ircus generally.
South Omaha charter revisers propose
to ask the legislature for a special per
mit authorizing the mayor and council
of South Omaha to issue J50.0liU of
sewer bonds without submitting the
proposition to the people. That unique
scheme may not startle the legislature,
but It certainly will the taxpayers of
South Omaha. The precedent once es
tablished the Issue of bonds without the
consent of the people Is not likely to
stop with sewer bonds.
t.overnor Folk of Missouri has served
notice on all reputable and disreputable
legislative lobbyists that they must re
port at the governor's office ' promptly
on their arrival at Jefferson City, or as
soon as possible thereafter, by register
ing their names aud the object of their
visit, and must also pronounce them
selves to representatives of the press.
If Governor Mickey will now emulate
the example of Governor Folk the first
step will be taken toward the banish
ment of the professional lobbyists from
the state capital.'. It must not be for
gotten, however, that the most danger
ous lobbyists generally manage to have
themselves enrolled among the em
ployes of the two houses. The perni
cious work of this class enn be checked
only by rigid rules forbidding employes
of the legislature from acting; in the ca
pacity of lobbyists under penalty of
summary dismissal.
The first constitutional amendment
has been Introduced In the lower house
of the legislature, but It Is to be hoped
that It may not be the last and only one.
His admitted on all hands that the con
stitution needs revision and If the pres
ent legislature would devote a few days
to the consideration of constitutional
amendments that have become lnqiera-
tlve It would Immortalize Itself and earn
the eternal gratitude of Its constituents,
Iast year the city council levied a
municipal tax of 14 mills upon all prop
erty lu Omaha, while during the pre
ceding year the levy was only 0 mills
by renson of the omission of the water
tax from the Howell charter. Had the
water tax lieen levied the total would
have been 10 mills. Is there any good
reason why the tax levy for I'.stf should
be higher than 10 mills?
The Board of Educatlou has voted a
levy of 2.6 mills upon the taxable prop
erty within the city limits of Omaha.
That levy will provide more than ample
funds for conducting our public -hool
system. A Judicious use of the pruning
knife to cut out fads, frills and sinecures
would enable the board to accumulate
a nice surplus by the .end of the present
year.
Teople who point to the carrying of
revolvers as the cause for the many
murders In the United States should not
forget the knife wlelder and - the
poisoner. While It Is possible more mur
ders are committed by shooting than by
any other single means, it is a fact that
more persous are killed at one time by
poison than by guns.
Batttnsr. !.
' :, Chicago. News,, . . k ,
-During the lull following ths fall of J'ort
Arthur the Balkan war cloud will avail It
self of -the opportunity to play a brief en
gagement. ...
Its naalneaa. Von Know.
Chicago, Inter Ocean. i
Another British steamer carrying coal to
Vladivostok has been cuptuied by the Japa
nese. Thla is, of course, an outrage. Japan
should not Interfete with the business of
her ally.
Kolly f Freak Reform.
New York Tribune.
New York Is now reaping aotue of tha
fruits of the three platoon system impoaed
upon It by sentimentalists who played Into
the bands of Tammany politicians. Soon
or late, cities, like me must pay the price
of their follies.
Grinding; Oat Penalona.
New York Sun.
Saturday the house of representatives
"broke the record" by passing 469 pension
bills in one hour and forty-three minutes.
This is not a "record" to endure or to be
proud of. Surely, en automatic law-making
machine can be devised that will paas
sixty bills a minute.
Chances for the Poor Young Man.
New Y'ork Sun.
Mr. William F. Potter, formerly con
ductor of a freight train, becomes tha presi
dent of the Long Island Railway company,
lie had the grit to leave a Job lu the cleri
cal department of the first railway thut
employed him and go to work with his
hands. His last' advancement, like those
that preceded It, was due entirely to "pull"
the "pull" thut consists In knowing thor
oughly one's business, devoting oneself to
It entirely, and not being afraid to work.
Mr. Bryan suys that the poor young man
has no chance for advancement any more
for example, Mr. Potter and Mr. Hedley
of New York and Mr. Bryan of Nebraska.
AMERICA'S LESSONS 14 HEALTH.
Art of Prervlng Hainan Life In the
Oatlylng; Poaaeaalona.
Philadelphia PreM.
Not the least beneficent thing which
America has carried to the Philippines is
tho art of preserving human life. A regu
lar army captain who has served in the
Islands and who Is about to return there
saya he would now "no more fear cholera
than meaales" with the proper kind of at
tention. The Americana have taught the
Filipinos that cholera, like typhoid fever, is
a preventable disease. It is not contagious,
but the germ mint be taken Into the
stomach with food or drink. A little care
renders these absolutely aafe, even with
cholera patients dying on all sides.
Tha small command of fifty troopa under
thla officer became Infected with cholera
through the negligence of a servant when
at an Isolated spot with no physician near.
Seven men died In one day between sun
rise and sunset. A rigid enforcement of
the simple rules which every experienced
regular soldier now understands stopped
that violent outbreak within twenty-four
hours. Yellow fever, which was once the
moat dreaded acourge of Cuba, has been
virtually annihilated through the daring
kill of an American surgeon. He proved
beyond a single doubt that If mosquitoes
are exterminated yellow fever vanishes.
Befopa beginning the actual work on
the great Panama canal sanitary experts
from the United States have gone ahead
and biased a path of health across that
fever-Infected Isthmus. An army of la
borer perished there once when France
undertook to build the canal. Hereafter
men with pick and shove) there will be
as Immune from yellow fever aa those
who dig In the streets of Philadelphia.
'i'hestj are aome of the great leasons of
how to preatrv health which the Ameri.
cao soldiers and men of acirnoe hare
taught the weaker races that hare not
yet emerged into tit fuii uvtm of eijlghtr
emucaiL
BITS OF tftHIGTO I. IFF..
Minor Srenra and Incident Sketched
on the Snot.
Captain Algernon Kartoiia, grandson of
General Giant, cuntrllnites to Harper's
Weekly a breeiy sketch of Washington
social life, its divisions, struggles, and
heartburnings He finds the eituatlon
"most amusing." from a European point
of view, and the amusement he decrltes
tow-lira a tender spot In Washington. The
captain writes:
A certain vety wealthy lady had evidently
determined cither to get lieiaelf aaknowl
edged as the principal leader of the g.iy
and smartest or fall In battle, fighting
bravely. Her courage entitled her to the
auccesM her tactics brought tier.
Several prominent ladles of old Wash
ington "cave dwellers" (members of the
exclusive residential set), for the moat
part had organli'd a scries of subscrip
tion dunces. Tho rich adversary selected
an evening upon which one of the most
Important of these dances was to be given
and gave a great cotillon." The "cave
dwellers'' committee at once dispatched a
messenger .with an ultimatum demanding
the. postponement of this "cotillon" until
after theirs waa over. A firm r.nd courte
ous reply was rent to the effect that !t
would be too muoli trouble to recall tiiu
invitations In fact. Impossible, and sug
gested a postponement of thrirs. This put
the "cave dwellers" on their mettle, and
they prepared for war. One scarcely dared
to go out In the street for fear of being
stopped and compelled lo promise attend
ance. Some weak men. ni5 9lf among the num
ber, lu order to secure peace and un
impeded passage on the highroads, prom
ised to be present at both functions. It Is
due, however, to the rich lady to say that
she did not resort to conscription. She
simply let it "come out" In tho press and
through her close friends that If sny one
was guilty of being absent from her func
tion aid present at the other she, should
she be victorious, would no longer keep
them on her visiting list. As . the night
sppr isclied the excitement grew Intense.
I determined within myself to keep friendly
with both, and, with that In view, drove
to the "cave dwellers' " dance first. To
get In was eaay. Tho warmth of my wel
come was Intense but when it cams to
getting out again oil, ro! There were at
least six dragons guarding the single exit.
Several of the guests endeavored to pass
them, but returned, crushed and shamed.
Then I remembered the German waiter,
and, followed by a youthful diplomat,
gave that worthy a dollar.. "I.et us coma
with you Into the kitchen," said I; and In
the middle of a waits, the dancing couples
hiding us from the dragons, we went
down the kitchen stairs und out through
the area. We waited for nothing, but
made a beelino through mud and slush to
the "mllllonalreas." We arrived In time
to be present st one of the most gorgeous
entertainments of the kind ever given,
and, Indirectly, of course, to congratulate
the victor for It was the "Waterloo" of
the "cave dwellers. At 11 o cluck nothing
but the ladles of their families and one
or two frightened conscripts were left,
all having "gone over" to the representa
tive of the mighty dollar. The defeat was
final. The "cave dwellers" went back to
their caves and Washington society, with
the diplomatic corps, cabinet, judge and
all. fell down and worshiped the golden
calf.
The House was passing private pension
bills so fast the recording clerks were
getting dizzy. Representative Louden
slager of New Jersey, hopped up and broke
the monotony by presenting a bill to cor
rect the record of a soldier who had a
qharge.of desertion against him.
"Do I understand," asked Judge Mad-
dox of Georgia, "that this man now draws
a pension as a lieutenant?"
'Oh, no," replied Loudenslager; "he's
dead."
'Surely," exclaimed Judge Maddox, "the
gentleman doea not want to restore htm
after ho la dead?"
"Not a bit of It," T.oudeuslager replied.
I Just want to correct his record."
General Grosvenor had been listening in
tently.
'See here." he said, breaking into the
colloquy; "ahould there not be an amend
ment that a certified copy of our proceed
ings with reference to the matter shall he
sent to some place, to be of benefit to him
In any future overhauling he may have
to undergo?"
'I have no doubt," declaimed I.ouden-
alager, "that any communication from this
House will reach him where he is."
'It would be very apt to." snapped John
Sharp Williams, the democratic leader,
unless he was a very, very good man."
Senator Bate and three prominent citizens
of Nashville, Tenn., have Invited the presi
dent to visit that city. The president said
that he Intended to visit the south next
fall, when he would go to the home of his
mother In Georgia. At the an mo time he
will take in Atlanta, Richmond and other
cities. He would like to go to Nashville,
especially, to visit the Hermitage, the home
of President Jackson. The president said
that tho trip he will make iu the spring
will not be through tho south proper. Ho
will go to 6an Antonio und a few Texas
cities, taking in Louisville on the way,
but that would be the extent of his
southern Journey.
St'iuitor Morgan of Alabama has not
learned to look with any great degree of
favor upon young colleagues. While the
statehood bill was being dlsrussed last
week he addressed the senate at some
length, one part of his speech seeming to
contradict another. Senator Beveiidga of
Indiana pointed out the alleged incon
sistency In rather sharp fashion, where
upon the venerable southern shitesman
retorted: "That is an argument which
might do fur a debating society when no
boy In It was over 10 years old, but it will
not do for the senate of the United States."
Ex-Senator Bhoup of Idaho, who died
recently, clung close through all his resi
dence In Washington to one old frontier
precaution that seemed Ingrained. He
would never sit with his back to a door
or an open window, but always took a
seat or atood In a room where he could
command the entrance and where no on
could come up behind him. In his early
days In the west he had got mixed up
In one or two feuds, but being a man of
the world and quick on his feet had con
trived to com through unhurt. During
thoae busy and trouble-filled years he
learned the necessity of caution. He had
seen too many men snuffed out from be
hind not to recognize the potential dan
ger that lay in an unwatched door or win
dow. The habita of a lifetime are not
easily shaken off, so that even In th
same secluidon of the senate restaurant
Mr. Slioup always sat wher he could keep
a wary cy on all who entered the roum.
Senator Beveridg of Indiana, who does
not Indulge iu tobacco, has as fine brands of
cigars aa can be found at any committee
room in the capltol. Good smokers so
testify, after ample opportunity tor an
xpert opinion. Strange to say, most of
th large and splendid assortment of woods
ram to th senator aa Christmas pres
ents from friends In Indiana, who did not
know that he had forsworn th weed.
Penalty- Fits th Crlm.
Philadelphia Press.
On Mormon has been diaebvorod wbo Is
aoalad for tsrrnlry to forty wiroa. and ret
some people think there is no punlsnment
for th Mormujj
mv
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clearly, and you are sll out of sorts.
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of bile. Take one of Ayer's Pills each night,
for a few nights. These pills are liver pills, all
vegetable, sugar-coated. They act directly on the
liver, curing biliousness, constipation, dizziness.
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PERSO A I. IVOTK.
A NpunUli estimate of American life is
that the Americans try to see how much
they can work and still live. The Spanish
policy In Just the opposite.
Mlas Kiitherine L. Craig, the Just-elected
superintendent of public Instruction In
Colorado, is one of the lst known women
educators In the l'nlted States. She 1s the
author of several text books.
lr. Charles A. Kiisiman, the noted Sioux
Indian lncturef, author and historian, is
on the Pacific coast collecting material for
his comprehensive history of the Sioux
nation. The work Is being prepared under
direction of the Interior department, special
attention being given to land titles.
John W. Widgeon is the most Interesting
negro In Baltimore. He la connected with
th? Maryland Academy of sciences and Is
engaged at present upon the arrangement
of a collection of crosl, which he gathered
last summer In and near Jamaica, and auld
to be one of the best in the country.
The legal formality of addressing a rourt
sticks to many a lawyer of congressional
preferment. It la nothing unusual to hear
an Impassioned orator In the house, paus
ing In his argument or breaking In upon
the argument of another, exclaim: "Now,
if your honor please." Of course, the
house always marks the slip with a burst
of loud laughter.
A Parisian physician has founded a
"mirth cure" for dyspepsia and receives a
large fee for treating patients. Ho puts
a number of them around a room and
makes them grin at each other. All look
so foolish that In time they get laughing
heartily and arc made to keep it up for
two hours a day. Two weeks of this treat
mi nt is said to cure tho worst case of
dyspepsia.
A I "HtCH ALDBII EVr'.Vr.
- 4V . . ... i
Luk ' Iniereat V n -r Caatlng
the
Klrrtoral Vote for President.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Few persons realized that a president of
the United States was elected a week ago.
There was practically no mention of It
In the papers. Some papers announced
In obscure corners the meeting of the
electors In one, two or three states be
sides their own. There was no tinging
of bells or tooting of whistles by day, or
burning of red fire by night, no staring
headlines in the paper to announce the
fact that Theodore Roosevelt hud been
elected. Yet he was elected ou that duy
and on no other, lie was not elected,
technically speaking. In November, but a
week ago by all the electors of the several
states meeting In their respective capi
tals and costing their ballots for him and
Fairbanks or for Parker and Davis. Had
the electors hi New Y'ork, Pennsylvania
and Illinois or any other ninety-nine elec
tors In Roosevelt's 36 chosen to cast their
votes for Parker, as they had a perfect
legal right to do, Parker would have been
elected. That such a course would not
have been exactly conducive to the health
and longevity of the electors responsible
may be granted. The lack of Interest In
the exercise by the electors of their Im
mense constitutional powers and the com
mon forgetfulness that the president Is
not legally elected until January, afford
a striking example of the force of prece
dent, the ascendancy of custom and the
might of public opinion. It would prob
ably be difficult to find an elector who
would not almost rather face death than
to face the people of his stale If he
should exercise his constitutional preroga
tive in Any other way than that to which
he was Implicitly pledged.
Jap Kose
Soup
is exquisite and delightful.
These qualities are the
result of simple purity and
extreme care in manufacture.
It has the delicate odor of
spring-time flowers.
Soothing to an irritated skin;
it makes bathing a pleasure.
James s. kirk
Bl
You
cannot
wipe off
thd blur!
And the reason is
there is nothing the mat
with your glasses. The
POINTKn BRMARKS.
Ne buchailiiezzar was going on all fours.
"One thing." he chuckled. "Mrs. N. can't
tell If I'm under the weather when I come
home from the lodge."
Thus. Indeed, did he find a bright aide
even In his affliction. New York Sun.
"Knows a lot, doesn't he?"
"From tho length of time he lias been In
the real estate tmalneas I should think ha
ought to by this time." Cleveland Leader.
Watkyns Hicks tells me that he Is work
ing like a dog.
Wylkyns Yes, lying around and stretch
ing himself all day long, and harking at
everyone who comes ajong. Somerville
Journal.
"Well," said Mr. Marryat. during their
quarrel, "you'll give me credit for a good
disposition, at least."
"Not at all." replied his wife. "It Isn't
that you have a good disposition, but that
you're simply too lny to kick." Philadel
phia Press.
Johnny lover the 'phone) I'd like to talk
to you about your daughter's hand. What
tlmo shall I call at the bank?
Hank President Any time after 1 o'clock.
Johnny What time does the bank close?
Hank Iresldent Three o'clock. Detroit
Free Press.
"Do you think that statesmanship Is at as
high a l;vcl aa It was In days gone by?"
"Much higher." answered Senator Sor
ghum. "It's true that they knew a little
something about government. But look at
what some of us know about finance."
Washington Star.
"Ho carries himself well."
"He doea today."
"Doesn't he always?"
"No. wo had to darrv him laat night."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hicks We wm talking shout suburban
cottages and Hubbubs remarked that every
thing out around lilra In fewamphurst was
Queen Anne.
Wicks-Well, well! la that the way he
pronouiirej. It now?
Hleka Pronounces what?
Wicks Quinine. Philadelphia Catholic,
etundurd.
Bunker You've seen Ml Dash ou th
links, eh? Then you mutt hav noticed how
recklessly he -apprrteemig. tfcSi 811 Tf 1
New-come YeS. tliat Was IW first-thing
to strike my eye. Chicago Tribune.
YOl'I.l. EVER BR .HISSED.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
In sailing o'er the aea of life, my brother.
do not think
If you should leave tho Progress craft 't'd
go to wreck and sink:
Don't feel that you possess th earth and
all that In it lies,
And hold a chattel mortgage on the planets
In the skies.
You're but a tiny single drop of water IS
the sea
Of nil the great and active tide of live hu
manity, And you ahould always bear in mind the
ainallnena of your might
The earth will spin on just the same when
you drop out of sight.
Though you bo rich in gold and landa and
hear an honored name.
Though as a star you glitter In the firma
ment of fame.
Remember that the humblest man you
scornfully pass Dy
Will stand your equal at the bar of Justice
up on ni
in on high.
Though you may think yourself above the
ign you may tninK yo
honest working man.
May look on him aa dross while you're a
nugget In the pan.
You scarcely will be miesed when from the
earth you take your flight
The world will never feel u Jolt when you
drop out of sight.
The proudest monarch ou the earth must
some day take his stand
As humble as the lowest slave the breezes
ever fanned.
And when by hand of God the aeals of that
greut book ure liven
The man of toll may be a prince, th king
tihut out of heaven.
Then as you meet your fellow men don't
for a moment think
That In the endless chain of life you are a
leading link.
And ulways keep this grain of truth within
your memory bright:
This earth will nevrr allp a cog when you
drop out of eight.
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