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Notary Public.
Washington' blrthdny oratory lias the
next call.
No one renliz' what a power tirund
Duke Herglus wan until his (loath
brought about Immediate talk of' peace
with Japan.
If 'New. York police are to arrest all
persons, who exwres sympathy with
Kusslan revolutionists, a Ihjoiu In prison
'building Is Imminent.
Oklahoma,' Missouri and Wisconsin
seem to have-Joined the Kansas stam
pede. "Standard OH -line riders must
have been off watch In more places than
one.
Will the legislature count Washing
ton's birthday as a legal holiday or will
It Ignore the holiday and credit Itself
for a full day's work while marking
time?
If later testimony by other Russian
officers' 1 to lrt nclleved,- Emperor Wil
liam whs rather precipitate In conferring
that medul for bravery on General
Stoessel.
The enthusiasm of the Fontanelle
braves for Mr. Dodge's direct primary
election bill seems to have fallen several
degrees below their ardor for Mr.
Dodge's water bill.
If KtMisHH succeeds in Its contest with
the Standard Oil company Pennsylvania
and -Ohio may realize the opportunity
they missed but at present there Is no
evldeucc of regret there.
Hoke Smith believes that "nothing
but good should be said of the dead,"
and so he warmly resents the reference
to oil land lenses approved by him while
ecretary of the Interior.
We feel safe In assuring the legisla
ture that there would be no resignations
filed on that account by members of the
Omaha Are department even If the two
shift acheme should fall through.
What ha hnppened to all our First
district statesmen? It has been at least
a week since a new candidate was pro
jected for the congressional shoes about
to he kicked off by Senator-elect Burkett.
Canadian lumber men asking for a
higher duty on lumber refer to cheaper
prices of lumber sawed In' the United
Rtates, but. few Americans are willing
to admit the fact, especially at building
time.
MAMXfl A pHtCtDEST.
if' the senate ratifies the Dominican
treaty, tinder which the United States
would collect and disburse the customs
revenue of tliHt republic, with special
reference to the gradual payment of the
Indebtedness to foreigners, a precedent
will be created that might have far
reaching consequences. If this govern
ment shall assume the obligation or
responsibility of seeing that San Do
mingo pays what Is due to Its foreign
creditors, may it not le called upon at
some time to take upon Itself a like
duty resecting some other of the re
publics of this hemisphere whose for
eign creditors press lor payment?
That Is a question which seems to re
quire very careful consideration. So
far a the Dominican debt la concerned,
the task of looking after It may not
prove very difficult, though it would ex
tend over a considerable period, but
having created this precedent our gov
ernment might And It difficult to avoid
handling an Immense amount of Spanish-American
Indebtedness. This Is es
timated to amount to f 1. 500.ooo.ooo, and
while a large portion of J now dis
honored or questionable, it Is by no
means Improbable that the assumption
by the United States of supervision of
Dominican finances, with the distinct
purpose of looking after the payment of
foreign Indebtedness, would stimulate
the creditors of other republics to action
with a view to enlisting In their behalf
the services of this government. It Is
very easy to understand that In such an
event the United States would be con
fronted by a perplexing problem that
might ltecome exceedingly troublesome.
The president urges the proposed
course In regard to Snn Domingo as a
duty Involved In our assertion of the
Monroe doctrine. This gives a new In
terpretation and significance to that doc
trine which perhaps most of our people
will not be willing to accept. It contem
plates so vast a responsibility on the
part of this country that many will be
disposed to fear the possible conse
quences. According to this Interpreta
tion. In order to maintain the Monroe
doctrine we may find it necessary to as
sume a virtual protectorate over any
Spanish-American republic that shows
Itself Incapable of so exercising Its na
tional Independence as to avoid Incur
ring debts that It cannot pay, '
Scientists are awaiting the eclipse in
August to discover Just what has been
do no by the spots on the sun, and at
that time the average sweltering citizen
'Will probably be wishing that the spots
had iH'en larger and longer In evidence.
Kansas commissioners turned back to
the treasury about $32,000 of $175,000
appropriation for the St. Louis exposi
tion, following the lead of the Nebraska
4'ommlsslnn, but Nebraska still holds the
record for securing the best advertise
incut for the least money.
Now that congress has gone so far as
to order medals struck to persons sav
ing lives la railroad wrecks It Is pos
sible some effort will be taken by the
government to make such wrecks less
frequent, otherwise the medals might
become too common.
There are grounds for suspicion that
some of the occupants of the rlty hall
whose official berth might be abolished
, by, merger of city and county tax as
sessing and tax collecting machinery are
' not quite so reconciled to the proposed
'change as they professed to be a little
wbUtt ago.
.Omaha's Junior yellow' suggests that
terhapa the police think Grand Duke
Merglus threw that bomb at himself.
Hardly that Had be thrown the bomb
himself, or arang"! to have It thrown,
he would hare taken cape to get out of
rang and would have come through un
Lurt ao4 uuscard. ...
THK CANAL COMMISSION.
It is probable that the Panama canal
commission will not be disturbed by the
present congress." The house last Thurs
day passed a bill abolishing the commis
sion, but It Is said to be unlikely that
the senate will agree to the measure, the
commission having some strong friends
In that body. A Washington dispatch
says that when the session nears the
end the leaders are likely to tell the
president and Secretary Taft that this
part of the Panama reform program will
have to be abandoned.' The administra
tion, It Is said, will doubtless accept this
result,. Imposing couditlons of work and
residence on the part of the commission
which will lead' Its' iue"iubersrther to
resign or to do business along the lines
of the present endeavor. . ' ;
The opinion has been freely exnressed
that, the commission Is too large and the
charge has been made'that It does not
work harmoniously,' the friction neces
sarily having the effect to retard opera
tions. Secretary TtfV. when he vtaft-4
the Isthmus, did not find nffnlrs In an
altogether satisfactory condition and the
commission was sharply criticised bv
some of the congressmen who accom
panied the secretary of war. The presi
dent concurred In the rlen- iiipf ,.,ii..oi
reforms were needed. The require
ment ror tms was to abolish the com
mission, as provided for In the .lmii
bill. If that should be rejected by the
senate the tenure of the commission will
continue for at least another vesr imi
In the meantime conditions may so Im
prove that there will be no further effort
to abolish It.
THK OIL TRUST INQUIRY-
The order for the Standard Oil in
vestigation appears to have aroused a
degree of public interest not less marked
tlmn that which was incited by the in
quiry Into the operations of the Beef
trust. It is stated that telegrams and
letters have been pouring Into the De
partment of Commerce and Labor, to
members of the cabinet and to repre
sentatives In congress, urging the most
rigid Inquiry and Immediate action.
These expressions of popular Interest In
the matter will not be unheeded. It is
the Intention of Secretary Metcalf mid
Commissioner Uarfleld to make the in
vestigation as thorough as possible.
While the Kansas field will receive first
attention the Inquiry will not be limited
to that. It Is announced that after the
agents have finished there they will go
to Pennsylvania. West Virginia and
omer neins. Including Texas. It Is
stated fhat the department officials hope
to develop Important facts In the Penn.
sylvanla field, where It la probable they
tu re aide to find men who have been
horboring old grievances against the Oil
trust and who will tell all they know.
The plan appears to be that the in-
vestlgatlon shall cover all the ramifica
tions comprised within the title of the
trust, such as producing companies, re
fineries, pipe lines, private car lines and
the manufacture of by-product, it
stated that the department will have
practically unlimited funds with which
to work and It Is probable expert oil
men will be employed to assist It men
who are familiar with all the technical
Intricacies of producing and refining oil
and skilled In the tricks of the trade.
According to one statement from Wash
ington President Hoosevelt will person
ally superintend the Investigation by
holding frequent conferences with Sec
retary Metcalf and Commissioner Gar
field. However thin may bo there can
be no doubt that the president Is very
much In earnest In the matter and is
determined that no effort shall be spared
to ascertain and lay before the country
all the facts la regard to ihe method
and operations of the Standard Oil com
pany that can be obtained. .
The Clevelaud Leader notes that In
the nine years from 190 till 10O4, Inclu
sive, the Standard Oil company has dis
bursed In dividends $:i4S.i)O0,ooo-a
much greater amount than the Spanish
American war cost the United States,
a sum exceeding the total assesssed
valuation of many cities of 200,000 In
habitants In the United. States and
Europe, an aggregate that, were It with
drawn suddenly from circulation, would
precipitate a panic, not only In Wall
street, but on the stock exchanges of all
the great foreign capitals. "It would ap
pear." remarks that paper, "that the
cause between the people of the United
States and what has been popularly re
garded as the greatest monopoly In the
world Is obotit to come to trial. The
time has come to find out the truth,
and having found out. either to acquit
the company before the world or Indict,
try. punish and restrain It." ' It Is gen
erally recognized that the Investigation
may not prove an easy task, since It is
expected that the trust will offer resis
tance and obstruction at every point,
but the people will patiently nwalt th
result being confident of the unyielding
purpose of the administration to make
the Investigation thorough.
1TILL SOMEHOW EXPLAIN?
Up to this time no member of the
water board or anyone else who favors
the Dodge-Howell water bill has come
forward to explain why Omaha should
bo taxed for the maintenance of a sal
aried water board before Omaha has
acquired the water works.
Nobody who favors the water bill has
yet risen to explain why the water board
should be empowered to employ salaried
general attorneys and special attorneys
at its own option, whatever may be the
cost, while the citizens of Omaha are
taxed $12,000 a year for the maintenance
of a city law department, which Is ac
knowledged to be equal to any emer
gency and conversant with every phase
of the water works question.
Nobody who fuvors the bill has yet
been able to explain why the water
board should be authorized to negotiate
and Issue from $4,000,000 to $(1,000,000
of bonds, In case they are voted, with
out specific safeguards In the act that
will prevent the sale of the bonds below
par and also provide that they shall not
be Issued unless the proposition Is rati
fied by two-thirds of the votes cast on
the proposition at a special election, or 'a
majority of the votes cast if the proposi
tion Is submitted at a general election.
Under the Dodge-Howell bill the
water board is empowered to negotiate
for the modification of the contract with
the water company, which means ex
tension In case the proposition to Issue
bonds for the purchase of the works at
the price awarded by the appraisers Is
rejected, but no member of the water
board or anyone else who favors the
bill has yet risen to explain why no pro
vision Is made In the law to submit the
new contract for ratification by the
people.
The only explanation yet made of that
omission Is that Inasmuch as the mayor
and council, under the present ehorter,
have been enjoined from extending the
contract without submitting the ques
tion to the people, the water board will
be in the same position. This assump
tion Is. however, fallacious. The courts
have only enjoined the extension of the
purchasing privilege period, hut the ex
tension of the contract for hydrant
rentals has not been enjoined. Even
If the injunction had covered that fea
ture, it must be obvious to all familiar
with similar legislation that the charter
provision will not govern the negotiations
of the wr.ter board. Inasmuch as the
legislature Is now creating an entirely
separate corporation, with sole and para
mount control over all questions relat
ing to the appraisement and purchase of
the plnnt or contracts hereafter to he
made for the supply of water for the
city of Omaha.
Lastly, no member of the water board
or anyone who favors the enactment of
this extraordinary piece of legislation
has yet risen to explain why Omaha
should maintain a salaried water board
and salaried water commissioner In case
the purchase of the works falls through
and the contract with the water com
pany shall be extended on mutually ac
ceptable terms.
The postofhVo appropriation bus been
Increased In the United States senute
by $1,000,000 for the extension of the
pneumatic tube postal service, which Is
now being performed by a private cor
poration under contract with the gov
ernment. But why should not the
T'nited States build and own the pneu
matic tubes used in connection with the
postal service In large cities, the same 'as
has been the case for mony years In
European countries, where the pneu-
mutic tube service has been In operation
for expediting the conveyance of letters.
Bills have been Introduced in tho
legislature to prohibit the giving away
or selling of liquor within three miles of
any military post in the state of Ne
braska. Why not also enact a law that
will prohibit the licensed sale of liquor
within ten miles of any Indiun reserva
tion in the state of Nebraska? Does not
the untutored Indian need more protec
tion from the temptations of tln drain
shop than the disciplined soldier?
The local demo-pop organ Is devoting
much time, labor and editorial space to
the comniendution of President Hoose
velt for dolnis after election what he
promised to do Itefore election. In this
regura t'res4ient rtooseveit presents a
striking contrast to the defunct demo
pop state officials, who made profuse
promises of reform beforv election,
which they did not even attempt to ful
fill after election.
It should be noted that the Hon. Bill
Dech has resurrected himself by his
bootstraps Into the public print to ask,
"Why Is it thiisly?" with special refer
ence to the lingering langulshmetit of
the antl pass bill. If '.his bill does not
become a law forthwith, he will bold
the republicans personally accountable.
The only thing the Hon. Bill fail to
explain Is how he managed to serve
through two legislatures without put
ting an anti-pass law on the statute
book and taking the wind out of the
sails of all the reform craft afloat tliere-
a f ter.
Of course, there Is no politics lu the
demand for the alKtlltion of the "off
year" campaign. The fact that more
democrats are In office in Nebraska
than ever expect to get there again and
that their terms would be extended a
year longer has nothing to do with It.
But If the proposed bill were to go into
effect only after the next batch of "off
year" candidates shall have been chosen,
the democrats protesting against off
vear" elections would suffer a sudden
and severe chill.
Ob for the VaaUhed Hand)
Chlcngo Tribune.
Pennsylvania line a surplus of over $10.-
C09.000 In its treasury. I there nobody
powerful enough to ehake the state plum
tree these day?
The Country I Sf.
New Vork Tribune.
The VeliraUca. lcvlelatur Is trying to vin
dicate the Darwinian theory. ' It has Just
passed a bill applying the eight-hour law to
monkevs doing service coin collector
for Italian or other organ grinders.
"lle'a All niht."
Boston Transcript.
James M. Beck's characterisation of Mr.
Roosevelt as "the reincarnation of Alex
ander Hamilton" Is worth remembering,
and with It his quotation:
Whom the luat of office ennnot kill.
Whom the spoiler of oftVe cannot buy,
Who has opinions and a will.
One who will not lie.
On the Wrong; TraeW.
New York Telegram.
Dr. Charles W. Llttlcfleld, ft scientist of
Alexandria, Ind.. whose discoveries In the
line of creative energy, spontaneous gen
eration and magnetism have Attracted at
tention, ha just, by mean of his formula,
evolved an octopu having eight arms, each
with two rows of suckers. "Doc" hat bet
ter quit right there. There are enough
arms, with hands attached thereto, out
now. But if he can produce fewer arms
and more suckers we can hump over to
Jersey and Incorporate right away.
".o Hard Ferltn."
Indianapolis News.
Wa are solemnly Informed that there
I no "hard feeling" between the president
and the senate, ana that each recognizes
that the other has acted within constitu
tional limitations. Browning ha a poem
In which he traceB the development of
hate or "hard feeling" Into contempt.
Prohablv there Is something of that In the
present very Interesting case. It will
hardly be Insisted that the president loves
the senate as ha does the Rough Riders.
And we are very sure that many of the
senator would "turn down" the president
at any time In favor of an enterprising
and eloquent promoter.
ConarreaNman Snlllvan at Home.
Boston Transcript.
t vi.. iiourat had been better advised he
would never have provoked the crushing
effectiveness of Mr. Sullivan's explanation.
The fact that Mr. Bulllvan was in trouble
at the age of 17, under circumstance that
he frankly detailed In the house, wa not
news. It was forgotten hereabouts long
ago save by an element of democratic poli
ui.n. nf Hoarat kvmtiithles. . One of these
In Bald to have offered the tory to the re-
publican leaders, in the Kleventh district
tail nd wm told bv them that under
no circumstances would they use It. Not
only did they refuse to use it, but they re-
...wri to touch It. or let It be toucnea.
Another of these Hearst sympathizers Is
understood to have supplied Hearst nimHeit
with tho tory to be sprung In the house.
RESTORING FORT OMAHA.
Plan ' and Vroarrea of tho Work
I oder Government Anaplce.
Army and Navy Register.
Work began last week at Fort Omaha,
which la to be turned Into a school for the
United State signal service corps. A few
men are tearing out the Inside work on
ome of the larger buildings. This work
can be continued In spite of the cold. J ne
work Is under the supervision of Major M.
Gray Zallnskl, constructing quartermaster,
and the repair work will lie perfomed by
clay labor, with the material purchased In
the open market, while the plumbing, steam
heating, etc., will be done by contract. Pro
posal for bid are already prepared for
quarternytste' stables to accommodate
forty-two horse and ulso for a big wagon
shed. The present adminUtradtlon building
will be added to and used as a barrack and
mesa hall. The present guardhouse will be
equipped with steel cell and Major Zal
Inskl will try to secure an appropriation
for the construction of new roadway,
which it Is estimated will require an outlay
of about 115,000. The amount of the present
appropriation for the Improvement at the
fort 1 $117,000. The large commissary
building will still be uarTfor a commissary
and new quarters will be constructed for
the commissioned and noncommissioned
officer. Old Fort Omaha wa a favorite,
place for the people of Omaha to drive to
In the evening to witness the dress parade,
and It Is thought that the new signal service
school will he able to present some specta
cles of rare Interest. With signal balloons
and the other paraphernalia which the sig
nal ervlre uses the new school la destined
to become quite a show ground for the peo
ple of Omaha.
THK SENATE'S MISTAKK.
Infrlnalnat on the Hlsht of the Ho one
Quickly Resented.
Chicago Tribune.
While the senate Is maintaining Its own
constitutional right It should be careful
not to Infringe on thoe of others. Jt ha
done bo, but perhuua Inadvertently, and
surely will hasten to correct the error, now
that it ha been pointed out.
The constitution say that "all bills for
raising revenue shall originate In the house
of representative." The house sent to the
senate the agricultural appropriation bill,
which Is fur from. being a revenue bill. On
motion of Senator Hansbrough of North
Dakota an nmendmmt wa adopted declar
ing that the drawback section of the tariff
act shall not apply, to the duty on wheat.
If congress were o to declare, the opinion
of the attorney general that miller may b
paid a drawback on Canadian wheat which
they mix with American grain to make
nour for export would be null and void.
Evidently this Is revenue legislation orig
inating In the senate, where uch legis
lation cannot constitutionally originate.
Here Is a palpable lnvuxlon of the preroga
tive of the lower house. No senator called
uttentlon to the Impropriety of the amend
ment while It wa being dlscuased. The
constitution was forgotten for the time
being.
The house ha been stung by this tres
pass on it right. It proposes to call th
attention of the senate to the violation of
th constitution of which that body has
been guilty. It I now for the senate,
which I clearly in th wrong, to retract
and apologise. Since It 'nslst o strenu
ously on the obtierVHnce 01 'he constitution
by others. It should set then, an example.
9TAMT tRI) OK I. ROM. KTHIC.
Lawyers Flayed a F.nemtea of the
rnhlle Welfare.
Samuel E. Atoffett In Colliers.
The fact that a packed meeting of the
(New York) State Bar association has held
that petty "gruff at the expense of the
t'nited State government does not sffeel
a man's fitness for the position of a Justice
of tho supreme court of New York has
shocked some high-minded lawyers. Wil
liam B. Hornblower thinks It "disastrous
to the profession." But why? What Is
there In the record of the legal profession
In general, or the Bar association In par
ticular, to Indicate that one little spot
more or less will make any difference In
the public estimate of It?
Justice Hooker Is chars-ed with thriftily
quartering some of his relatives and de
pendents on the public service In low-salaried
sinecures. That Is one of the time
honored perquisites of statesmanship, rank
ing with the practice of franking one's
laundry to the wash a public documents,
and not rising, at the most serious esti
mate, above the dignity of petty larceny.
But what of the gigantic schemes of public
plunder, whose conception snd execution
confer the blue ribbon of honor in the
modern practice of the law?
The standard of legal ethics ha always
been deplorably low. and there has always
been great difficulty In reconciling It with
the common, unsophisticated conscience.
"It shall be a base and vile thing to plea!
for money or reward." satd John Ioeke In
his "Fundamental Constitutions of Caio
llna." The Idea of a man's arguing for
hire that right Is' wrong nnd wrong right
ha. always been repugnant to the crude
mind of the untrained person In the street.
But by long habit and the constant re
iteration of Sophistical excuses the public
has become In a measure reconciled to the
spectacle of criminals turned loose by legal
lng?nulty to prey upon tho community, and
Justice denied to litigants without the
means to match counsel fees with their
opponent. Thece things are es old a the
ej-al profession Itself, but the condition
we nre confronting now are something
new. Formerly the very' liberal code of
legal ethics drew the line at complicity In
the commission of a crime. The lawyer
might become an accomplice after the fact,
hut not before It. He could help a thief
keep out of Jail, but ho could not directly
help him pick n pocket. Probably that I
still the rule with regard to picking pock
ets. The methods of crime have advanced
and lawyers have advanced with them.
The modern esptaln of criminal Industry
robs the public Instead of an Individual,
and he takes every step under the advice of
his attorney. A corporation would no more
think of trying to buy a legislature or
steal a street without the assistance of a
high salaried legal bureau than a burglar
would think of trying to crack a safe with
out his Jimmy and hi bottle of nitroglycerin.
And the accomplices In this sort of work
are always the ablest and the most re
spected members of the legal profession
the leading citizens who ornament reform
movements when their own clients are not
among the things to be reformed, who hold
the decorative positions at political con
ventions and deliver commencement ad
dresses telling young men htyv to succeed
In life. On one occasion there wa a great
lawyer one of transcendent ability who
held the position of general counsel for a
corporation that had long been one of the
most corrupting Influences In the life of
New York, and which then held and atlll
holds millions of dollars worth of property
rightfully belonging to the people of the
city. He had long been known a the
special representative of the Interests that
thrived upon the franchiee and other form
of public privileges. As a trusted member
of a constitutional convention he had
worked to intrench these privileges In tho
fundamental law of his slate. This emi
nent legist was appointed to a high posi
tion in the national government. When he
took It he announced that he would con
sider the government a hi client and would
work for It as faithfully a he had worked
for his previous employer. He did so,
and the record of hi achievement in that
office is splendid and at the sani time a
depressing indication of what he might
have accomplished for the public good If his
whole career hod been governed by the
conception of citizenship Instead of by
that of employer and employe. When he
resumed the practice of law he wa hired
by certain lntereRts to try to thwart the
will of a popular majority of nearly $300,000
In the state by furnishing an "opinion"
that the expression of that will was un
constitutional. Immediately afterward he
was elected president of the New York City
Bar association. Daniel Webster was a
lawyer, but Imagine Webster hired to give
an "opinion" In favor of a nullification I
Imagine a clergyman hired to preach a ser
mon against the Inspiration of the Bible or
Mr. Bryan presenting a purchased opinion
In favor of the gold standard! The able
lawyer whose costly views were enlisted
against the people's desire for an Inde
pendent waterway wa also employed by
the public dls-servlce corporations he rep
resented to try to deprive the public of
over t-5,000,000 due to it In franchise taxes,
after which he became a prominent member
of a committee of leading citizens ap
pointed to reform the police force.
As every aulmal la said to have It own
particular variety of fleas, bo every claas
of criminals has lis own particular variety
of lawyer, from the unspeakable creatures
who share the prollts of the east side
"cadets" to the high-minded gentlemen
who participate In the proceeds of gas
grabs, street railroad raids and electrical
conduit monopolies. Reformers have been
fighting corruption In America for forty
years, and they are Just beginning to
leaVn where their real enemies are. They
started with the idea that the trouble was
with the politicians. A few years ago they
began to realise that the politicians were
only the small end of the evil, and that
for every corrupt alderman or boss who
sold there wa an equally corrupt and
more dangerous business man who bought.
They have still to learn that the corrupt
business man would be comparatively
harmless If he could not hire a legal ex
pert to teach him how to buy safely. No
stolen franchise could he held; no crim
inal trust could Muud, If legal talent had
not cunningly fashioned a charter and stud
led out the loopholes In a law. It Is easy
enough to pas a reform law the trouble
Is to enfnrce It, and that trouble is wholly
due to the fact that the best brains of the
profession that ought to be the priesthood
of he law temple ure In the market to
betray It.
t'nder the code of ethics by which a
lawyer is held Justified In hiring out hi
brains and hi conscience to the highest
bidder, the public must always suffer, be
cause predatory private Interests can al.
way outbid It. A corporation that 1 try
ing to steal $K.ono,Oiio of public property
can afford to pay fl.OoO.ooO to the lawyer
that plan and execute the Job, but what
machinery could be devised by which a
community could offer a slmllur bribe for
Its defense? The greatest moral need of
our time Is a revision of the standard of
legal ethics. Reform work will be an uphill
LiaS. WiriSLQV'S
SOOTHIKQ SYRUP
as bsra Dsd r MllUnos of Mother for that!
lmr1y nic dlurtirna.
? hi Uinta while TnctUlu for orar fifty Tsars,
t suuuio iba child, softon th sum, altars
all fialo. ouns wlud uollo, and is to baat
TWKnTV-riVR CENTS A BOTTLE.
undertaking tirtll the profession that b
sorhs the bet minds of American youth
Is purified by the formation of a class
sentiment In the law schools which shall
hold It as disgraceful to sell out Hie public
as It Is now held to sell out a client.
J4V COOK K.
New York Sun: Jay Cooke did not live
to tee a banana belt girding the northern
tier of state, but he did live to see the
Northern Pacific a great transcontinental
highway, binding a new empire of north
western states to the union of which they
are part.
Philadelphia Record: Not any general
at the head of our battalion ws more
successful In his maneuvering or more re
sourceful In strategy than the great money
getter who placed the bonds and kept the
federal treasury In fund and the soldier
fed and paid.
Minneapolis Journal: The ordinary his
tories of the civil war may be searched In
vain for a more than passing reference to
Jay Cooke, and we do not know that he
wa ever mentioned at a Grand Army of
the Republic camp fire, yet he was the
man who did mor to put down the re
bellion than almost any other except IJn
coln and Grant.
Philadelphia Press: Peronlly, the vet
eran banker who ha Just died wa lovable,
gentle and philanthropic. He seemed to
radiate sunshine. He wa an optimist who
saw good all around him. He believed In
his fellow-men and in hi country and he
helped both. He bore his unequaled tri
umph no more serenely than hi misfor
tune. Jy Cooke long and useful life
was crowded with Incident that ought to
be at once a hop and an Inspiration for
every American.
Brooklyn Eagle: He was a man of ex
traordinary foresight, faith and force.
Thla nation owe to him the success of
that for which Abraham IJncoln stood,
and for which Grunt, Meade, McClellan,
Sheridan and Sherman put their live In
the balance. He lived long enough to ur
vive the aspersions which all success calls
up and which any ucceas, alike stupen
dous and benign, is especially certain to
call up from tbe myriad number of essen
tially base or petty souls.
rrRSOXAl. NOTES.
The ciar of Russia and the German
kaiser might each sleep in a different house
every night for a month and not exhaust
the number of their palace.
John Wesley Gains of Tennessee 1
cltod as the maker of a most appropriate
answer to a long-winded address by Groa
venor of Ohio. He said, "Oh, huck."
A an epigrammatist Ambassador Choate
excelled himself li once saying of the
late James C. Carter: "When he retire
he will make room for a thousand law
yers." Swinburne, the poet, spends his declin
ing year in tranquil pursuit of the simple
life, although it I doubtful whether the
book or the fad ha ever disturbed his
peaceful retreat. '
A Rockvllle (Conn.) manufacturing com
pany finished the cloth from which the
Inauguration suits for the president and
vice president are to be made. It Is all
wool and a yard wide.
Vespasian Warner, the new commissioner
of pensions, got a letter the other day
which wa addressed : "To the Honorable
the New Commissioner of Pension, whose
name I have forgotten, Washington, D. C."
Times have changed since the raven fed
Elijah. The state of Illinois 1 so moved
by the suffering of the quail and the
pralrio chicken. In consequence of the
long continuance of deep snow, that It
will ejtpend several thousand dollars, in
feeding the birds.
James H. Wolff, a negro, who has been
elected commander of the Massachusetts
Grand Army of the Republic, is the first
colored man chosen to snch a high office.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth college and
the Harvard law school and has practiced
law In Boston for some year.
The suggestion I seriously made In Chi
cago that the addition of the manly art of
self-defense to the public school fads would
materially Increase the enthusiasm of the
boys. Sure. It would also open up new
avenues of oratorical distinction for the
professors whose Intellectual prowess Is
now limited to the pink supplement.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
PGUDHE.
Absolutely Puro
IAS HO SUBSTITUTE
MII.1X( LIES.
Pa:a What!
Daughter I wish to msrry the duke.
I 'a pa Well, I'll glvo up!
Daughter I knew you would, you der
old popper you, but the duke wants to
know how much? Houston Post.
An eloping youth write home to his fon.l
parents: "I am married now and all nr
troubles are over." Oh. youth, a th hani
sings, oh, youth, how radiant is tny
Ing! or word to that effect. Purk.
Noah called to hi wife,
"Mv dear." he grunted, "you remember
Dr .Hlghprlco advised you to take a Euro
pean trip? It exactly underneath."
Patting h!melf for an Indulgent hus
band, he went below. New York Sun.
"How do you manage to keep your tem
per so consistently?"
"Very easily," answered Mr. DustlnStax.
"I do It by being lucky and managing t
hav mv own way most of the time."
Washington Star.
Young Mr. Feathertop Baw Jove. h
called me a doddering idiot!
Miss Tartun I'd sue him for slander.
"Doddering" Is certainly actionable. Chi
cago Tribune.
N. Peck What would you do. my dear,
if I'd make a fuss and get ugly becaus
this coffee was cold?
Mrs. Peck I'd make It hot for you!
Cleveland Jjeader.
Washington explained why he chopped
down the cherry tree.
"I wanted to take Roosevelt's advice
and carry a big stick," he lisped.
Herein we may see the effect of strenuous
advice to th young. New York, Sun.
BAIX.ADB OF TUB PC FT".
Puck.
What hls that on the thoroughfares) wi
In shopping center, park, at church and
play?
We've een the thin before. Of course.
dear me!
How vexed one ret when mem ry fall
thl way!
Let's rack our brains a bit. Thi goods
display.
These bulging bags that we again perceive
On maiden arms are There! The word's
at bay;
Oh', welcome,
sleeve!
welcome. ler-oMnuttOQ
Mow temnu fucit! 'TwaS In S8.
or to, me latest, mac your iwv
Extended glrldom o'er from sea to Base,
And "purled" each subject up with. uch
array
That nmn staid manwas filled: with dire
dismay.
What lengths nay, breadths and heights-i
before you leave.
You'll go to this time, none In sooth, can
ay!
But welcome, welcome, ' leo-muttoa
sleeve!
Now, some will crj "vfhat fools thee mors
tai be
By mortals meaning maids to mutely
stray -
Wherever mode hall point, but not so we:
We would not censure, chide cr twit
thm nay !
For proper 'tis that glrldom should obey.
The stout, 'tis true, may pout a bit and
grieve.
But spare maid Ions; have prayed tot
just thl day;
So welcome, welcome, leg-o-'mutton eleevel
Envoi.
Dame Fashion, ma'am, to you we deed
our lay,
As well as to your works, so please be
lieve t
That we nre soul sincere whene'er we may
Sing wellcome, welcome, leg-o-'mutton
sleeve!
COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING
We sell the best Ohio Cooking Coal clean, hot, las tins
Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal.
Best medium grade Is Illinois Nut $6; Egg and Lump $6.23.
For heaters and furnaces Cherokee Nut $9.25; Lump
SS.50- A hot burner Missouri Nutv large size $4.50: Lump
$4.75. Scranton the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined.
Spadra the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite.
All coal hand-screened and weighed over any city soalee desired.
COUTANT & SQUIRES, ,40WeTO.983oR"T
9 O'clock
Wednesday morning our $1.00 and 81.f0 colored
stiff bosom shirts, and our $1.00 and $1.50
colored negligee soft bosom sbirts,thatre left
from our winter lines, will be sold, as long as
they last for
' k
OC each
About 10 dozen, and in all sizes, except 15.
BroWnir2- KS-W
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
Ad v met Salt ol Girls' Cetlt ni Child's
Wash Suits, on 2nd floor.
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