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TZSCHUCK Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 31st day or January. i jd. (Seal) M. B. IIUNGATE, Notary Public. Now they are having earthqunkea over In Aila. It must bo a reflex of the recent commotion at St. Petersburg. If the price of the product of the poultry yard keeps Its present tendency It will not take much of a goose to lay a golden egg. If that rullroad pass Investigating committee wants to cut It short. It might couch Its report In these words: "Sic semper McGlnnls!" Just congratulate yourself that you do not live at Glendtve, Mont, where tho column in the thermometer refused to top till It reached S3 degrees below. With the ferries In New York tied up because of Ice In the harbor, the de mand for a subway extension to Jersey will receive vigorous reinforcement. If the railroad traffic Vnnnagers would busy themselves for a little while cut ting the coal rate instead of the grain rate, they would strike much closer borne. No danger, however, that the refusal tf legislators to turn in claims for mile age as allowed under the .Nebraska Constitution will become violently contagious. . On the question of local option and the regulation of the liquor traffic, the Nebraska legislature would not go far wrong if it invoked Mark Hanna's pop ular rule by "letting well enough alone." Typical of one phase of American life la the report from Washington that all clerical positions on the canal cone are filled, though there are places still for several good men in the shovel brigade. It is alleged that General Grlppen burg will retire from the command of Russian forces In the orient, but if the present death rate Is maintained for any considerable time the army will beat him into retirement It was only 22 degrees below zero In Lincoln when the thermometer regis tered 26 degrees below in Omaha. Who says the presence of the legislature and its attendant lobby is of no advan tage to the capital city? Admiral Botrovsky should send notice of his Intention to Join the squadron of Admiral Rojestvensky several days in advance If he wants to make sure that his squadron is not mistaken for part of the Japanese navy. Texas has decided to make the mar riage of divorced persons difficult in that state. And yet there are people who will not admit that the Lone Star state has Improved much from the descrip tion given by a distinguished army officer. The World-Herald has not yet taken back its double-shotted demand upon Governor Mickey to endorse Governor Folk's rules for the guidance of pro fessional lobbyists, which Governor Folk now denies having promulgated. What 1 It waiting for? In the light of the report of the Inter state Commerce commission those offi cers of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany who were calling for troops to sup press the lawlessness of strikers last year seem to have been close to the position of the man who shouts "stop thief while gelng away with the plunder. Some Americans familiar with polit ical discussion in this country will be surprised to hear that one reason Ger many is considering the purchase of the coal mines is for the purpose of combat ting socialism. Over here advocacy of government ownership of coal mines brings down at once denunciation of the advocate aa a socialist THE POLICY Of FAIR DEiUWh It is an unfortunate fact, very gener ally recognized, that fair dealing be tween railroad managers is the excep tlon rather than the rule. There have been from time to time many so-called agreements between the managers of the railways of the country and invari ably these understandings, apparently entered into with the best of intentions, have been violated and proved to be ut terly worthless. -The record of railroad agreements for the past twenty years will show that there has been an utterly unscrupulous course pursued by most of those entering into such understand ings. In view of this there Is great force In the declaration of President Roosevelt made in his Philadelphia address, that "It is In the interest of the conscientious and public-spirited railway man that there should be such governmental supervision of the railway traffic of the country as to require from his less scrupulous competitors, and from un scrupulous big shippers as well, that heed to the public welfare which he himself would willingly give, and which In of vital consequence to the email shipper." Referring to this view of Mr. Roosevelt one of the most prominent railroad mop in the country, the presi dent of the Southern railway, says President Roosevelt is absolutely right. He declared that the vast majority of the managers of the railroads warmly second Mr. Roosevelt when he recog nizes that conscientious and public spirited railroad men should be pro tected from illegal acts of "less scrupu lous competitors and from unscrupulous big shippers." This railway official as serted most positively that practically all the railroads in the country are op posed to the rebate system and were prepared to second the efforts of the national administration to have this abuse done away with. Upon this point he is quoted ns saying that there is no difference of opinion between the rail roads, the country, the congress and the president on the subject that re bates are wrong and that they must be stopped; that secret and discrimina tory devices of all kinds, direct or in direct, must meet with the same fate, and that the highways of transportation must be kept open to all upon equal terms. If the railway men of the country generally were earnestly in sympathy with this view of President Spencer of the Southern railway there would be no difficulty in solving the problem that confronts the country and Is recognized on all bands as the most serious ques tion for the determination of the federal government. An obviously vital point in the whole matter is that of protect ing the conscientious railway man against his less scrupulous competitors and if this can be done there will be no serious difficulty In regulating rates and putting a stop to rebates and un lawful discriminations. EXPLAXATIOKS ABE IN OHDEB. Two vital amendments to the Dodge water bUbwere offered in . the house before the passage of that measure. Ono provided that the water board should not be allowed to draw salaries or perquisites, or make expenditure out of the water fund before the city shall have acquired the water works the other that the board be forbidden to renew, modify or extend the existing contract between the city and the water company without first submitting the proposition to a vote of the people for ratification. - Against these amendments Mr. N. P. Dodge, Jr., vehemently pro tested, declaring that "practically the whole of Omaha is for this bill Just as It stands and there are but two powers fighting it, namely, The Omaha Bee and the water company." Now let Representative Dodge ex plain to the people of Omaha why he wants them taxed for salaries of a board that has no water works to manage and, in fact, no duties whatever to per form, except to draw salaries. Let him explain also why the citizens of Omaha should be deprived of the privilege they now enjoy under the charter to declare through the ballot box whether they approve or disapprove the granting of any franchise for the supplying of pub lic utilities. Let him also tell when, where and how the water company has Interposed or obstructed the passage of his bill. It Is a matter of notoriety that the water company was in accord with Mr. Howell in his attempt to force the pur chase of the works' by compulsory leg islation. It is a matter of notoriety that the capitalists who have a con trolling Interest in the street railway company are also largely Interested In the water company. It is a matter of notoriety that while the first water bill was being engineered through the sen ate by Howell two years ago, it was being railroaded simultaneously through the house by the engineer of the street railway company, Mr. Gilbert It was also a matter of notoriety that Superintendent Hunt who is the chief political manipulator of the water com pany, was given a vacation to Califor nia during the whole session of the legislature two years ago, and not a soul lifted a finger against the water bill . while it was pending before the legislature. It is an open secret that Superintendent Hunt is now on a vaca tion to the Sandwich islands, and not a finger has been lifted by the water company against the Howell bill No. 2. And It is not too much of a stretch of the Imagination to surmise that the sec ond water bill was inspired by parties not Inimical to the water company. It Is a matter of notoriety that the ex isting water board, Including Howell, is eminently satisfactory to the water com pany, and the company prefers to close the deal for purchase of the works or extension of its contract with the board without the consent of the citizens of Omaha. Because a baker's dozen o! Fqntanelle braves, including Mr. Dodge, endorsed the new Howell bill at a star chamber meeting, Mr. Dodge takes It for granted that all Omaha favors the pernicious measure, when. In fact the overwhelm Ing majority of our citizens are against It The mere fact that people who are opposed have not rushed to Lincoln at their own expense In way-below-tero-weather, while the members of the board and the would-be $10,000 water commissioner, who travel mostly on passes, have camped at the capital, affords no proof that the bill Is in har mony with popular sentiment TJ.TT ON THE PHlLIPrlXES. The American people are very willing to accord to Secretary Taft the best possible motives in his efforts to pro mote the Interests and welfare of the people of the Philippines. No one will question for a moment the sincerity of his desire in this direction or doubt the earnestness of his declared convictions. Ills hearty sympathy for the Filipinos is the quite natural result of personal contact with them and is altogether commendable. They are a people who for centuries were subjected to Spanish greed and oppression and knew little or nothing of the civilization to which they are now being Introduced. Secretary Taft has confidence in their ability to improve and progress, if the right conditions for this are afforded them. He regards them as capable of being uplifted and of bejng made use ful to themselves and to the world and he most earnestly thinks that It is the duty of the United States to spare no effort to advance the welfare of these distant wards of the nation, nis view is that the archipelago being territory of this country our government is as much bound to give It every Industrial advantage and benefit as in the case of nawaii and Porto Rico. In regard to this he says: "Whatever ultimately will be done with the Philippines, they are necessarily for the next generatlcn a part of the United States, and there Is no more reason for a tariff against them thnn against nawall or Torto Rico or our territories." This plausible view Is concurred in by a very considerable number of the American people, but on the other hand there are many who think that a proper care for our domestic Industries, with which those of the Philippines would compete, requires that a tariff rate be maintained on the products of the srolil. pelngo which will continue adequate protection to our own sugar and tobacco Interests. It Is the view of Secretary Taft that these Interests would not be materially affected even should the Philippine sugar and tobacco Im ad mitted free to this country. Perhaps he is rignt, but no reasonable fault can be found with the American producers nf sugar and tobacco for holding a differ ent opinion and for insisting that the principle of protection in regard to their Interests shall not be abandoned. As we have heretofore said in relation to this matter, the Importance of which Is ob vious, let all that can legitimated be done for the benefit of the Philippines be accorded the Islands, but the pri mary duty of our ffovernmenr la sider and conserve the Interests and the welfare of our own people. South Omaha taxpayers flr-A nrntAet. ing against a bill purporting to rt the city authorities with power to (.. $250,000 in bonds for the construction of a sewer, denouncing it as dangerous. What would they say about th bill slated to be saddled upon Omaha, puinng the door wide open for the water board either to saddle Omaha with bond issues up In the millions or to tie the people of this city down to an extension of the present water contract without so much as a word aa to . terms? easily obtainable. The president aa usual, takes hold of the right end of the skein. First find out the prevalence of an abuse, and the causes thereof, then be prepared to provide an Intelligent remedy. ButbIbbt Wards Pa Oat. Chicago Tribune, A man may, and probably sometimes does, think strongly when trying to talk through a telephone, but there are tea good reasons, lately supplied by the courts, why he should keep hi violent thoughts to himself. Eqaallty lav Rates. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. President Roosevelt Is a good friend to ths rsilroads. He has Just called their attention to the fact that it costs no mors to haul a poor man' freight than a rich man', and that the rates ought to be equal. Graft's Last Prop Gone, New Tork World. The supreme court ha declined to In terfere In the ease of Machen, Lorens and Groff, and the three postofflce "grafters" must go to the penitentiary. Occasionally the mills of the gods turn out a highly satisfactory grist. Two Salaries Better Than One. . Chlcazo Chronicle. The republio of Panama naturally ob jects to the consolidation of the offices of United States minister and governor of the canal tone. In a country like that there cannot be too many omc holders when somebody else pays the bills In gen uine money. Long, Tedious Walt. Philadelphia Press. If th Russians are to wait for General Kouropatkln to win a victory before con sidering peace negotiations, a reported from St. Petersburg, it looks as though they would have a long time to wait. And If General Kouropatkln won a victory there would be a good chance for him to repeat the success. In which case the Russians would not want peace until the Japanese sued for it. So far there has been no Indication that Japan will be forced to take that course. Degreea of Wifely Self-Sacrlfl.ee, Kansas City Star. Just what degree of self-sacrifice a hus band may rightfully demand of his wife has never, it Is believed, been definitely determined1 by the courts. The matter Is rather a delicate one and standards have been changing rapidly of late years. Many of ths things which a husband was per mitted to Insist upon a century ago are no longer countenanced by enlightened public opinion. These desultory reflections are suggested by the Washington dispatch announcing that when Senator Clark of Montana made his first appearance as an orator yesterday before the senate "his young wife was the sole occupant of the reserved gallery." MAKI.1Q MILLIONS IN A DAV. Op- From the reported activity of the cattlemen trying to prevent new Hft tiers from taking up homesteads under the Ivlnkald law, one would imagine tney uiought the law intended i cluslvely for their benefit If the cat tlemen are going to stand In the way of the success of this law, thoy will be in poor position to ask further favors or to continue to take privileges with the public domain without regard to law. fifteen American warships have started to see that Japan and Russia preserve the peace in American waters. It goes without saying that if anv flo-hr. ing Is to be done within limit of the Philippines Uncle Sam pre- rers to ao just a little more than hnif or it himself. The attention of Representative Bur ton of Indiana is called to the present condition of the Ohio river as rnnno to his remarks derogatory to the Big aiuaay, wnicn tias never shown a dispo sition to scare people when it should be firmly ice-locked In its bed. Tips from the Water Logged. Baltimore American. Western Irrigation enthusiasts might re ceive some valuable Information by con sulting certain successful Wall street operators. Speculation Linked with Business. Chicago Tribune. Bomebody should call Mr. Rnrv.ft.it.,.'. attention now to the fact that nothing will mo me oust along nn railway tracks so well as a liberal sprinkling of oil. High Rone to Popularity. Minneapolis Journal. Nobody would for a moment hum, ,. government, but If the supreme court could do inaucea to nand out a light slap to the coal trust It would be appreciated about now. - A Forgotten Party, Philadelphia Ledger. Somebody has proposed that th. v.. braaka legislature shall pass a law provid ing ror an eight-hour day for the hand organ monkey, but nobody thinks of ths farm- hand. Take Hold of the Rlgrht End. Cleveland Leader. President Roosevelt desire congress to empower the director of the census to col lect data concerning divorce that can be used as a basis for general and uniform legislation, In th states, under which sev erance of matrimonial bond hall be less Inflated Capitalisation and the presalon Springing from It. Leslie's Weekly. The amazing statement was made before the City club of New York recently that while the aggregate nominal capital of all the companies which entered Into the Con solidated Gas company of New York In 1881 was $17,000,000, on the same day of the consolidation this capital was raised to mooo.000, although "no capital was con tributed to the consolidated company; ex cept that which was transferred to It by the several constituent companies." In other words, 122,000,000 was made In a day by those who manipulated the combination, and on this vast amount of water the citi zens of New York who patronise the gas company must pay Interest, for all of the Consolidated Gas company's stocks and bonds sell above par and pay good rates of dividends or Interest. One of the con stituent companies was allotted J7.600.000 of the new capital stock, though the entire amount Its stockholders had paid into the company was 1750,000, and they had taken out of it In dividends during the fifty years of its existence over 116,000,000 that is, they had- received their original invest ment back twenty times over. It was the former commissioner of water. gas and electricity, under Mayor Low, Mr. Robert Grier Monroe, an excellent author lty, who made this astonishing statement, and he followed It by another disclosure, equally astonishing, to the effect that In 1898 the independent electric light cornea nies in the borough of Manhattan had an aggregate capital of stock and bonds of $26,000,000, but when these were absorbed by the Edison company this capital was raised to 145,000,000 of stock and ,40,000,000 or bonds, and that the citizens of New York are now paying about $4,000,000 an nually above the cost of producing and delivering the electrlo current. On the same basis he shows that if the water supply of the city, which Is now conduoted by the corporation, were In private hands. the citizens of New York last year would nave expended for their water from $15. 000,000 to $20,000,000 instead of $5,000,000. Mr. Monroe added, and those who are familiar with the facts know that this Is true, that "the lighting combination Is powerful and dangerous because It Include among Its members city officials and members of th legislature." A HATTER OF RIXES, Contrasts in the Methods of the Two House of Congress. Washington Post. .&acn senator is a powerful factor In legislation. "One senator, under the rules of the senate. Is equal to tho whole house of representatives," Is tho remark of member of the house. Of course his re mark was exaggerated, but he had In mind a time when one senator held up congress and forced the house to yield to an ap propriation that the house had well-nigh unanimously voted down. It was at the close of a session, and such Is now ap proaching. Congress would have expired In twelve hours. Two appropriation bills would have been defeated and an extra session made necessary. The senator gave notice that If hi appropriation was de feated th bill could not pas. The house yielded, and because of that It Is asserted that one senator Is more powerful than the whole house. Four years ago Thomas H. Carter, who has Just been elected sen ator from Montana, talked the liver and harbor bill to death after it had retched the conference stage, although It had passed both houses. When the house of representatives pro- vlded that the committee on rules should have Iron-clad authority; that the speaker could count a quorum, and that the fili buster should no longer be a factor, the members surrendered their Individuality and gave the senate great advantage over them. In fact the representative made Individual senators rank a high as the entire house In such Instance a cited. Of course It I plain that the fillbusterer in the house could not have prevented a filibuster In the senate accomplishing the defeat of measures, but a minority of filibustered in the house could have defeated the appro priation which was made, unless they also were afraid of an extra session. It is a common thing to hear the senators say to house conferees concerning some disputed point: "You will have to yield; under our rules we can never get a vote If we take the bill back there without this provision in It. You can put your Iron-clad ma chinery at work and get a vote any time." That is the advantage th senate, with Its liberal rules, has ever the house with Its ' restrictions ; OTHER LAXDS TIT A OCRS, Both Hungary and Austria are mosaic of populction differing In religion and In race of which no one element Is or can become predominant and the Inexorable logio of facts will eventually compel th oceptanc of the compromise which the Ausgelch represents. There might be a united and Independent Hungary were th Magyar numerically no lea than po litically In tho ascendant. They are not. They form less than half of a population, which comprises $.000,000 Rumanians, 2,000,. 000 Germans, 1,000,000 Slovaks, nearly 2,000, 000 Crcatians fend over 1,000.000 Servian and they are only able to elect a majority to Parliament because the law discrim inate In their favor. From a religious point of view the diversities are not less striking, for besides the 10,000.000 Cathollo are about 1,000.000 orthodox, nearly 1.000,000 Greeks, 1,250.000 Lutherans, 1500,000 Calvin lets and over 800,000 Jews. These would not long endure an exclusively Magyar ' and Cathollo administration, and the dual n plre will continue for the lack of an avail able alternative. But there may be some trouble before the triumphant Kossuth party Is o convinced. It require expert knowledge to trace the distinctness between the German par ties and faction. The following parties voted at the elections In 1903: Th conserv atives, free conservatle or Imperialists, clericals or centre, national liberals, antl Semites (who are divided Into numerous small groups), league of agriculturists, moderate liberals, radicals, southern Ger man democrats, Guelphs, Poles, Bavarian agriculturists, Alsace-Lorrainers, Danes, the social democrat A writer descanting upon the German political groups repre sented In the Reichstag says the principal drawback which prevents the German Reichstag playing the part due It accord ing to the constitution is the great number of parties of which It is composed. "Apart, perhaps, from Austria, there Is no Parlia ment In the world which has such a kileldo- scoplc appearance as the German Reich stag." The list of parties in nearly all of the countries of continental Europe Is a study In political nomenclature. The French parties are numerous. The republican group In the chambers Is composed of five parties: The democratic union, radical left, radical socialist left, extreme socialist left and the socialists, pure and simple. These groups constitute the republican "bloc" upon which M. Combes relied for support ... The persistent reports of Italian anxiety over the movements of Austrian troops upon the frontier seem to be tho work of mischief-makers and one or two Vienna newspapers. They were started some time ago, soon after the disturbances at Inn bruck. Not long after a correspondent of the London Times writing from Vienna de nounced them as moonshine, and ridiculed the notion of the Italian government paying any attention to them. He said that five or six battalions of troops had been or would be moved from Galicla and the Ruko. wlna, In accordance with a plan established eighteen months ago, and lodged more com fortably at various points between Relchen berg, on the Bohemian-German border, and the southern frontiers, but that the move ment had no strategical or political Import ance whatever. Careful Inquiries, he added had convinced him that the Austro-Hun-garlan government had no Idea of adopting any policy likely to be annoying to any of the powers, or even to the Bnlkan states. It was too anxious that they should all be In agreement In case of trouble In Mace donia. Moreover, the Turks are Inclined to believe that the troubles of Russia will pro vide them with an opportunity of crushing Bulgaria, but they have no money at pres ent for enterprises of that sort. aa There are now two memorial tablets In the crypt of St. Paul' cathedral, London In honor of war correspondent who lost their lives in active service. The first of these bears the names of writer who perished In the Sudan campaigns of 1RS3-84. 86, and the second commemorate fourteen journalists who died on the field, either of bullets or sickness, In the South African war. Archibald Forbes has an Individual memorial. ine oouin Aincan tablet was unveiled by Lord Roberts. "Bobs," unlike Lord Wolseley, has never exhlhlted any in veterate antipathy to war correspondents and has never had much reason to com plain or tneir treatment of him. On the present occasion he spoke of them very handsomely. He said that the men whose names were recorded "died, as so many of their brethren had died before them, In the loyal performance of their arduous duties and proved themselves worthy of belonging io a nign ana nonorable profession, the members of which in all quarters of the globe had rendered valuable service, not 1 . I , . ., . uniy i ms juurnais wnicn tney repre sented, out also to the publlo at large. It was therefore befitting that a memorial to such men should be placed In that cathe dral, and It was highly gratifying to him to be afforded that opportunity of offering his meea or praise." At a meeting held after the ceremony the Journalists did not fail to repay Lord Roberts his compliments with interest. a. Belgium, with Its state railways, seems to have solved the problem of cheap travel. One can get a five-day "pass" In the little kingdom for $3.86, the price of a bargain counter pair of shoes, and for $7.72, the sum he would pay for an "all wjol" suit at a red letter mark-down sale, he can wander about over Belgium, by rail for fifteen days. Seeing that a good pedestrian might walk across the country In a day or two, one would have great difficulty In moving about Belgium constantly by rail for five days, let alone fifteen. At the same time, there Is plenty to see, and the traveler "doing" Belgium has every Inducement In the way of railroad rates to make It thorough. For the commercial traveler Belgium must be a paradise In the way of railway facili ties. A trifle over $15 a month in railway fare will keep him going. It Is a novel way of fixing railway rates a way In which time Is the only element considered. Armenia's misfortune I that It I behind Turkey. If It were In front of Turkey It would get as much attention from Rurope as Bulgaria, Macedonia, Bosnia, Herzego vina and Roumanla have received. Ar menia has no port that European men-of-war can appear In. Its borders touch no European country except Russia, and Rus sian sympathies are aroused only by the sufferings of members of the Greek church, while the country Is so Inaccessible that there are few foreign witnesses of the Turkish atrocities, which are not less In Armenia than they were In Bulgaria, where In 1876 they aroused the whole civilized world and precipitated the Russian war. POLITICAL DRIFT. fcew Tork City' salary roll for 1! foot up $61,000,000. Eigne come high, but Gotham ha th price. Senator Depew had his senatorial Job an chored for six more years before his rail road Job slipped away. Some impertinent scribbler want to know, you know, anent th Bmoot Inquiry, whether th rest of th honorable sonators observe the ten commandments In letter and spirit We pass It up. David B. Henderson of Iowa, formerly speaker of th house of representatives, I now with hi family In Lower California, "dreaming hi life away," as one of Mr. Henderson's lifelong friends states in th New York Sun. Mr. Henderson, In other words. Is very 111, mentally particularly, and is never to return to scene of former activity. The solons of Illinois, Nebraska and Cali fornia have each an Investigation on hand, Involving, the Integrity of members. Ne braska's investigation is a mere passing flurry, and that of Illinois an Insinuation of wholesale graft In California the meanest squeal Is heard, embittered by the fact that the accused closed their palms on marked money. Only six members of th Illinois legisla ture had the courage to face the scoffs of their associates by refusing railroad passes. Still It 1 claimed "the good die young." The new senator from Oregon, Samuel H. Piles, at on time worked In a logging camp, acquiring practical knowledge of log rolling. A mighty handy accomplishment in his present line. The governor of Kansas has accused the chaplain of the lower house of the Kansas legislature of stealing a prayer from the paragraph In the governor' newspaper. The chaplain prayed: "There Is so much bad In the best of us, and so much good In the worst of us. that It hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us." Tho governor says he thought that a very neat bit of phrasing up, and printed it more thnn a year ago, and naturally h wants credit for It. Representative Clayton of Alabama was talking on the Swayne case. "The tree is known by his fruit," he quoted from the Bible. There was some sneering laughter on the republican side. "I knew it," said Clayton. "I knew It. You people think It is wrong to say 'his fruit" I have quoted that before and have been laughed at. Now, If you scoffers on the other side will take your Bibles you will see that the quotation is correct. You laughed too soon over there. You ought to study the Bible more and laugh less." Governor Hlgglns of New York and the majority leaders In the New York legisla ture are considering a state tax scheme which, If made operative, will unquestion ably result In greatly Increasing state reve nues. The proposal Is to levy a tax of 2 cents on the $100 on all transfers in stock transactions. As actual transfers are pre sumed to be made, even In margin deals on the floor of the New York City Stock exchange. It will be understood- that uch a -tax would bring to the state a revenue of thousands of dollars every day the ex changes were open for business. State Insurance Commissioner Thomas D. O'Brien of Minnesota has refused to ao cept the fees of his office, which In the past have amounted to over $15,000 a year. Mr. O'Brien has Informed Governor John son that he does not believe the law which allows the commissioner salary and clerk hire contemplated his taking fees. He Is of the opinion that the fees belong to the state and will turn them Into the state treasury. Last year the attorney general ruled that the fees in question belonged to the Insurance commissioner, but the In cumbent takes Issue with the decision. Fifty ft" Mo Standard SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF CORN. Importance of Good Seed and Scien tific Cnltlration. Chicago Tribune. The corn special or "gospel" train which many of the western railroads are pre paring to send out this spring are another evidence of the Increasing Interest In scientific agriculture amung those most directly affected the farmers. It Is the purpose of the corn special train to warn the farmers against the dangers of poor seed and to Instruct them how to select the best seed and how to prepare the soil for planting, how to improve corn by se lection and breeding. The corn special train, which first ran In Iowa, probably will visit every corn raising state in the middle west during this conv Ing spring or the next. By correct applica tion of scientific principles it is claimed that the yield of corn per acre can be raised from thirty and thirty-five bushels to sixty and seventy. Tho fanner ha gradually come to respect the utterances of science, and he av. .its the arrival of the corn special train and listens reverently to the half hour "demonstration" which is given by the experts of the microscope and test tube. Thirty years ago there was universal apathy among the farmers regarding the development of agriculture. The fields were plowed in the same old way. The harvester and reaper had taken the place of the primitive "cradle," and machinery was gradually supplanting hand labor, and there was a growing understanding of the necessity of crop rotation, yet of real scientific agriculture there was little knowl edge and little Interest was taken In it. The farmers' Institutes were poorly at tended. The farmer regarded education as stepping stone to success in law, medi cine and theology, but of no practical value on the farm. The farmer's son who re ceived a college education looked upon a return to the funn as an abandonment of all attempt to put his special advantages to practical use. But there has been a change. Science has touched the soli with Its maglo Angers. The farmers are eager to learn what the class room has to any about the fields. The farmers' Institute have a larger attendance than the political meetings. The agricultural college are i. of Made from pure cream tartar derived from grapes multiplying, and they are filled with ear nest student. The special gospel train' L which bring the apostles of scientific agrl-W culture are thronged with listeners. m . , -. . . , X Alio now ariuuiiuro in uui ui Hflnu. mental growth. It Is extremely practical. It means more dollars from every acre of ground under cultivation. It means th use of lnnd which formerly was considered worthless. For this reason business men and railroads have been quick to see the practical value of the new scientific agri culture and are making efforts to extend it as far as possible. LIXES TO A L Al'C.H. mtl- tf irst plutocrat I'd willingly give a lion noiiars ror a new stomarn. Second Plutocrat I'd give two millions If I could get along without a stomach at all." Chicago Tribune. "Pe trouble wld de average man," said Uncle Ebon, "is dat when he ha three meals a day an' a warm fire, he can't see why ev'yhody else shouldn' be contented," Washington Star. . "What Is an Impulse?" asked the teacher.. No answer. "It's something that comes to vnu sud. denly. Can you form a sentence containing the word? Any one may answer." "A snow bail Is an Impulse," ventured the timid little girl with the curly hair. Chicago Tribune. Miss Pitts-Burger (seeing New York) And is Washington's the only statue la Wall street? Her Experienced Father Yes, my dear, the only full length statue: but you hear, now and then, of a brand new bust In copper. Puck. 'Yer honor." protested the seedy pris oner, "dls Is Jlst a case o' perllce porsecu- llon. uey se tryin ter keep me down, yer honor. You ain't goln' ter let 'em keep me down, are yer?" Certainly not, replied the magistrate. I'm a-oinir to send vou ud for ninety , days." Philadelphia Press. 1 "The trouble with you," said the musical enthusiast, "Is that you do not understand classical music. "Perhaps," answered Mr. Cumrox. "But I refuse to be regarded aa a man of In ferior Intelligence until I find some on who Is competent to prove that he under stands it." Washington Star. Archie's elder sister happened In while he was snavinr. "Why don't you wait till you've got somethlnar to shaver sne askea. "Because," he retorted fiercely, "beards! ain't raised that way nowadays. I'd have' to wait ten years before I'd have such a muBtache as you've got! Chicago Tribune. CAN IT BE f Oh. can be it be I ever thought This earth a torrid place? Oh, can it be I ever mopped My fiery brow and face? Oh, can it be a cooling bath Was once a precious treat? j, Oh, can it be I ever dreamed There could be too much heat? Oh, can It be I ever wore A ribboned 'tsn of strawf Oh, can be It 1 gloried when A cake of Ice I saw? Oh. can It be I fumed and fussed Way back in last July? Oh, can It be once on a time An end seat hog was I? Oh, can It be that once content Beneath a tree I basked? Oh. can It be one sultry night A fan was all I aiked? Oh. can It he I wondered once Where all tho hct came from? Oh. can It I ever longed For winter time to come? Oh. can it be I envied once The Ice man on his way? Oh, can it be I loved to sail Upon the glassy bay? Oh. can it be I once was glad To shed my coat and vest? i Oh. can It be I once rejoiced When Old Sol sunk to rest? Oh, can It be I ever cussed i Because the day was hot? Oh, can it I ever sought A cool and shadv spot? Oh, can It be a brimming stelil Was ever fine and nice? Oh, can it be I ever drank A liquid cooled with ice? Omaha. Neb. VAN. URS. WINSLOW'S SOOTKIMQ SYRUP nas been used by Millions of Mothers tor thetr ohlldren while Teatblns for over Fifty Tear. It tuothes tlie oblld, M.tuins the gunif, allays all pain, auras wind oollo, and is th beat lemedy for diarrhea. TWESTY-riVE CERTS A IWITLI, WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY U tar hair. ItGny or Blotched, It cm b ra ft tore d to Its natural color without Injury lohaoitk r fcHtip by oo.tpplkat.oa of tho Imperial Hair Regenerator THB STANDARD HAIR COLORING, It .(ut, J (JNB APPLICATION LAS1 dfVMONTHS. SiplJW yourh.tr c.lorcd Imtwriil ChMS.MIt.O W ?M ..Nw Varf, Ihirmaa A MrCoon.lt nra Ca., lltb pods ti THE Hr. Bryan's Position, Naw York World. 'My position at present," said William Jennings Bryan to some friend at Wash. Ington a day or two ago, "Is that of th young man down couth who was In love with a fine young woman. 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