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before me this lat day of March. 1906.
(Seal) U. B. HUNGATE,'
Notary Public
"Pawnee Bill's buffaloes seem to be
a better advertisement tha a Buffalo
Bill's "rawnees."
The gospel -of good seed corn ought
Mnn. a 1. n . 1 1 . 1 . 1
i, utjvf iv uo pit-nj wen Bureau turougn-
out the corn belt
The people of Omaha are not disposed
to favor boosting official salaries unless
they get a new charter.
Spring has come and the council has
begun planting 'a ' few more electric,
lamps in out-of-the-way places.
. In announcing its tentative terms for
peace Russia has " evidently forgotten
What has happened in Manchuria.
Minister Dawson seems to be a better
manager than Minister Bowen, but then
he' is not working so far from home.
If those explosions continue in the
subway New York. ;wU soon .have sim
ply a street railway In a sunken garden.
That rural free delivery division head
quarters is now a sure thlnu; for Omaha.
Give Senator Millard u credit mark
here.
The most taking Apr l fool Joke that
can be played on the people of Nebraska
is for the legislature to close up shop
on April 1. ' . .-
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.Let residents of t)hlo beware! Mrs.
Chadwlck. now baa a certain number of
papers In, a, cigar box, and Nebraska
tnows Jut what that means.
( Ralsouli has been invited to meet the
German emperor. The Moroccan may be
able to tell the kaiser how to make an
"American Invasion" profitable.
i It looks as if the biennial elections
till might go through the legislature and
the Douglas county beneficiaries save
their 5,000-if they ever1 had it.
Base bail fans will, say goodby to
pscoratioh day games, A law is enroute
to the Nebraska statute book putting
SUCb desecration of tbe day beyond the
pale. ', K '
s With revolts iu Tersla, Russia and
Arabia It begins to look as if the eastern
question, which will require the real at
tention of the powers, might He closer
than Japan.
Now that all members 'of the Panama
'commission have been asked to resign,
the real work of constructing the big
ditch will probably begin, and unless all
signs fail Nebraska will be largely in
terested in the matter. '
On the subject of the Rockefeller gift
the American Board of-Forelgn Missions
and the state of Nebraska seem to have
reached an understanding which will not
replenish the pockets of the donor to the
extent of the contribution.
Admiral Doubassoff has been made
. aide-de-camp on the staff of tbe csar for
bis work on the North sea inquiry. Rus
sia should have higher honors than that
or the only officer who has been able to
fight Y draw for his coiintry.
By, indicting a man for interfering
with a witness who is to testify before
'a grand Jury those Chicago inquisitors
fchowjthat they believe the quality of
truth! should not be strained at least
not through a prejudiced strainer.
Should Judge Munger decide to make
the injunction permanent tbe water
( board will exclaim, "We can't do any
.thlng for Omaha. Our bands are tied."
Bat they will not be tied so tight ss to
prevent tbeua from drawing their sal-,
artet with monthly regularity. -
- From the astouudlug ignorance of
bow th business is run manifested by
the managers of tha big packing bouses
when called before the grand Jury, tbe
only wonder l bow they manage to
bol4 their Jobs with employers who de
mand the best business talent
THE PROMISE OF PEACE.
Very Indefinite are the reports regard
Ing the promise of peace In the far east,
but they Indicate that the matter Is re
celving serious consideration at St
Petersburg, whatever tuay be the case
at tbe Japanese capital. But while It
appears that the Russian government,
under both home and foreign pressure,
Is about ready to consider pence pro-
Dosals. It Is evident that' these must
come In a form that will not add to the
humiliation which that government haB
already experienced and it cannot be
confidently assumed that Japan will
offer terms which Russia can accept
without a further loss of prestige and a
sacrifice of national dignity. It has been
very distinctly declared by Russia that
she will not pay a pecuniary indemnity,
It Is still thought that this will be a part
of Japan's demands, though no authori
tative statement Mas been made to this
effect Should such- a demand be made,
however Justifiable, It would very likely
defeat peace negotiations. A few days
ao it was reported from Paris that
among the conditions of peace which
Japan might ask would be that Russia
would give a pledge to build no more
warships for a terrfi of years. While
such a pledge would give assurance of
prolonged peace, it is most improbable
that Russia would make it under exist
ing circumstances, or indeed under any
circumstances that can be regarded as
probable. It Is her undoubted purpose
to rebuild her navy and rather than
abandon this she will fight the war to
the end. All that Japan could reasona
bly ask is that Russia" should keep her
warships out of Asiatic waters and It is
unlikely that even this would be con
ceded. There are manifestly difficulties in the
way of negotiating peace which warrant
belief that cessation of hostilities in the
far east is remote. Nothing Is definitely
known as to what Japan may desire and
demand and until there Is such informa
tion all peace talk Is largely conjectural.
It Is understood that Russia desires to
proceed through an Intermediary. If
the Japanese minister to England rep
resents the position of his government
that course will not be 'acceptable to
Japan. He is quoted as saying that
when peace negotiations commence it
will be between his government and
Russia direct and not through any in
termediary. Which nation will take the
initiative? Russia Is unwilling to do so.
Japan doubtless feels that she Is not
called upon to do so when the advan
tage in the conflict Is so greatly on her
side. It is a most natural attitude for
her to take and It seems safe to say that
she will adhere to It It is by no means
improbable that the Toklo government
has already determined what its de
mands will be, subject to modifications
as circumstances shall suggest, but It Is
unlikely that these will be disclosed un
til Russia proposes negotiations and
states upon what terms she Is willing to
make peace.
Meanwhile the sentiment in Russia
favorable to peace appears to. be rapidly
growing, while her internal troubles are
spreading and becoming increasingly
grave. Nearly all the influential news
papers'in the empire are urging peace
and an even more potenV force than this
Is the fact that Russia Is unable to ob
tain money abroad for continuing the
war. The latest advices are encourag
ing, though they do not give positive as
surance that the end of hostilities is
near.
SHALL THE SILL PAS81
The bill abolishing off-year elections,
which properly might be denominated
a bill to extend the terms of several
hundred county officers and Judicial offi
cials," has reached tbe stage of final
passage, and the question is, Stall tbe
bill pass? On broad-gauge principles
The Bee would answer most emphatic
ally "No."
The only argument advanced by its
champions Is that it would save the tax
payers many thousands of dollars by do
ing away with elections and will, more
over, do away with the turmoil and wear
and tear of every other year campaigns.
Conceding that there would be some sav
ing of money and time, the saving that
will be effected will be more than offset
by the abridgement of the independent
choice of local officials on their merit in
stead of on their party label.
The makers of our constitution wisely
separated the election of regents of the
university, Judges and county officials
from the election of national and state
officials, and the proposed change is an
infraction of the plain letter of the con
stitution. The abolition of annual elec
tions would throw the election of county
commissioners, county Judges, treas
urers, clerks and even road supervisors
with presidential electors, candidates for
congress, state officers and members of
the legislature that are chosen in the
even years.
The change would result inevitably al
most in the choice of officials who are
able to secure nominations by barter in
party conventions, regardless of their fit
ness or popularity. While it would assist
Incompetent and unfit candidates to elec
tion, it might also defeat good candi
dates who are Included with them on the
same ticket. ,
The trend of public Bentimeut every
where is for a divorce of municipal and
county elections from national and state
politics. When a man votes for presi
dent,, congressmen or state officers he
votes bis party choice because they rep
resent bis Ideals on national or state
policies, but wheu he votes for county
officers be usually exercises his freedom
to choose the best men . regardless of
tbelr political affiliations. This would
apply even more forcibly to the selection
of supreme and district Jpdea and re
gents or tne universitjvwno are pre
sumed to nilngle less In politics than
state officers and members of congress.
Independent of these 'considerations.
however, the proposed extension of the
terms of offices- of Judicial and county
officers Is wrong and indefensible. It
goes without saying that good officers
will have no trouble of belua re-elected.
and the bad should be dispensed with
as soon as possible. While the investi
gation Into the alleged $5,000 boodle
charges has not definitely disclosed "a
downright attempt at bribery. It Is an
opcfi secret that the pressure brought In
favor of the biennial election bill and
the petitions with which the legislature
has been flooded have emanated from the
beneficiaries of the bill who expect to
profit by the extension of their terms.
It is to be hoped that the bill will not
pass, but If it should pass. Governor
Mickey should discharge bis duty fear
lessly by the use of his veto pen.
SEC HE TARY HAY.
The country will learn with great
satisfaction of the improving health of
Secretary Hay, who, while still far from
well, there is good reason to hope
will be fully restored to health in the
salubrious climate to which he has gone.
Whether or not Colonel Hay will ever
be able to resume the arduous duties of
secretary of state is a question of no
little interest to those of his country
men who have a Just appreciation of his
great ability and his distinguished serV'
Ices to the country. There are per
sistent reports, some from trustworthy
sources, that be will not return to the
Department of State, having signified
before bis departure abroad his
intention to retire from public life.
On the other hand it Is stated
that President Roosevelt is hopeful
that Colonel Hay will remain at the
head of the department and therefore Is
not thinking of any one to succeed hi in.
The retirement of Secretary Hay would
be cause of general regret not only In
this country but also abroad, for he is
held In as high esteem as alplomatlst
by the foreign offices of Europe as by
our own people. Tresent conditions call
for great ability and the soundest Judg
ment in the direction of our foreign af
fairs and Secretary Hay has these, to
gether with a ripe and varied experience
in diplomacy that few men anywhere
have had. He has done great service
to his country and to the world as sec
retary of state and his retirement from
public life at this time would be a very
great loss.
Howell that be had mastered the law
problems as thoroughly as be bad the
engineering problems of the water
works, may not be able to comprehend
why Mr. Howell could not fight It out
In the courts himself and save the city
the expense. Surely a man who know
how to frame laws that hold water
ought to know how to defend them
the courts.
Members of the legislature who voted
for the anti-pass bills are all very par
ticular to correct any mistaken iinpres
slon that would put their names In the
list of the opposition. It is plain that
the pass question already Interests sev
erai constituencies ana it is dead cer
tain tbat still more of them will be In
terested before another legislative sea
slon convenes.
LOORIltO FOK ORIENTAL TRADE.
It Is stated that the Southern Pacific
and the Great Northern railways are
sending expert Hgents to the orient to
study out the means of expanding the
markets in China and neighboring coun
tries for American manufactured cot
tons. China is importing $80,000,000
worth of these manufactures annually,
only one-tenth of which is taken from
the United States. It is remarked that
meantime raw cotton is being shipped by
both routes from the southern states to
Japan to be manufactured into cotton
goods there which enter Into competi
tion with American and other foreign
manufactures in the oriental markets.
The San Francisco Chronicle suggests
that the railroads which are showing so
much solicitude for the development of
markets In the far east for cotton and
cotton fabrics should do something to
encourage the development of the cot
ton manufacturing industry in Cali
fornia, now that that state has an
abundance of cheap fuel drawn from its
petroleum measures and an unlimited
supply of cheap power and heat in the
electric energy generated from water
power. That paper urges that if cotton
manufactures can be transported from
eastern and southern mills to the or
iental markets and compete successfully
with Japanese manufactures dependent
upon a raw cotton supply obtained from
the southern states, hauled across the
continent and shipped over sea, the in
dustry ought to thrive in California
under present conditions. This certainly
appears plausible, but If the Chronicle's
argument is sound why Is it that Cali
fornia capital does not Invest in the cot
ton manufacturing Industry and take
advantage of the facilities which it says
that state affords? At all events we
think the railroads are doing quite the
proper thing In looking for the oriental
trade and have no doubt they will be
found willing to do whatever they can
to promote a California Industry when
ever capital shall be enlisted there In
this line of manufacture.
A large majority of tiie members of tli
Commercial club are opposed to two
telephone systems in Omaha, and by the
same sign they are in favor of a com
pulrory act that will give the Indopend
ent telephone companies access
Omaha patrons of the Bell Telephone
company. This is not exactly what the
Bell company wants.
to
Preparations for the annual spring
tug-of-war between the wets and the
drys In tbe various Nebraska towns and
villages are in active progressj This is
the true essence of local option, be
cause it enables every community to
have Just that kind of liquor selling reg
ulatlon that a majority of the people
want.
Twentieth Centary Dope.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
A new drug, marrahuana. Is being ex
ploited by a Chicago university professor.
It is said to be a substitute for tobacco,
opium, cocoaine and' hasheesh, and as
deadly as all of them put together.
Tltal Doty of Listeners.
Chicago Record-Herakl. ,
An orator with lnfluensa can spread mi
crobes among the audience for a distance
of forty feet. And fallacies for an Infi
nitely greater distance. Moral: When at a
meeting keep your mind open and your
mouth shut.
Stirring; Cnrrenta of Trade.
Philadelphia Record.
Good times breed good times. Last
year's crops enriched the railroads, the
railroads bought rails and? rolling stock
and bridges, the steel business experienced
a revival and the United States Steel cor
poratlon is about- to announce an increase
of wages that will divide 13,000,000 a year
amor; 30,000 men.
Justice Losr Drawn Oat.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Celeb Powers has been granted his fourth
trial on the charge of complicity in the
Ooebel murder in Kentucky. However
thla appearance before a Jury may result
the people of the country ought at least
be satisfied that justice has been shown
The day has passed when narrow minded
persons are permitted to think with much
impression that all members of their own
party are pinks.
WHY ARE THEY SURPBlSEDt
Members of the Omaha Water board
are said to have expressed much sur
prise over the restraining order Issued
by Judge Munger enjoining them from
attempting to meddle with established
water rates. Why should any member
of the water board be surprised? Was
not a foregone conclusion that the
water company would Invoke the power
of the courts to intervene whenever the
water board attempted a reduction of
water rates?
Has not The Bee pointed out time and
again that any attempt to change these
rates, either by the mayor and council,
the legislature or the water board,
would inevitably meet with a check
through the federal courts, that have
several times passed upon the contract
of the water company and pronounced it
valid in other words, binding upon tbe
city as well as upon the coiupauy and
consequently not changeable except by
mutual consent or after the city shall
have acquired the works?
With the announcement of the great
surprise comes the other announcement
that the water board will employ emi
nent legal counsel, which means high
priced lawyers, to test the question
whether or not it can exercise the power
conferred upon it by the Howell-Dodge
water bill to cut the water company's
rates before the expiration of the con
tract. This also is not a surprise. It was
foreordained when the bill, gave the
hoard the power to employ attorneys In
dependent of the law department of the
city, which costs Omaha taxpayers
$12,000 a year, and nobody will be sur
prised if $4,000 or $5,000 are squandered
on favored lawyers In a legal battle that
Is liable to terminate very much like the
orderly retreat of Kouropatkln'a army.
The people of Omaha, who have been
assured over and over again by Mr.
A Forlorn Hope.
Chicago Post.
When Admiral Cervera was Deremntorllw
ordered to have Santiago he could not
have been more certain of his doom than
Admiral Rojestvensky 'will feel when he re-
(celviea his orders td .cut loose from Mada
gascar and steer for Singapore and destruc
tlon. Although the Ruxslan fleet is noml'
naliy superior to the Japanese that is, it
has more battleships; such as they are no
naval officer in this country haa any doubt
of what will happen when Admiral Togo
comes within fighting range of the heroes
of Dogger Bank. The Russian naval officer.
like tbe Spanish, Is a brave man and an
agreeable member of society; but, unfortu
nately, he has generally failed to make hia
profession the first object' of hla life. Con
sequently, through his neglect of his pro
fession he is likely to come to his death.
If Rojestvensky's fleet Is ever permitted to
go into battle with Togo's it Is highly Im
probable that any of the Russian ships will
get away, except by surrendering at the
nearest neutral port for disarmament until
the close of the war.
GIVE SIISIC MORE ROOM.
Chicago to Adjust Its Notes to tbe
Area ( the Hall.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The musicians of Chicago who love art
for its own sake and not for the money that
it brings In, cannot be Induced hereafter at
any price to furnish more music than a
dance hail will conveniently hold.
We are told upon the authority of those
Who speak for the profession that the num
ber of musicians will henceforth be regu
lated by the number of square feet in the
hall, although it would be even more grati
fying to learn that the output of music was
to be regulated by tha number of cubic feet
of space between the floor and the celling,
and the opportunities of escape placed
within the reach of the occupants of the
hall. At all events, In future, "the cornet
player will not blow quite so hard and the
pianist will manipulate the keys as if he
were playing a piano and not breaking
rocks."
The Immediate impulse to this reform is
the growing tendency of people who can
afford to pay the price to compress more
harmony into their receptions than can be
readily assimilated by their guests. There
will ba no more full brass bands or full
concert orchestras concealed behind chints
curtains In a 10x14 sitting room.
The man who orders music by telephone
must state to the director the exact dimen
sions of his floors, and If he orders a bass
fiddle, a cello, two violins, a flageolet and
a cornet for a room which was constructed
only to take care of a couple of mandolins,
he will have to be content with the mando
lins, for the musicians' union will not break
its rules, no matter what the temptation.
This is a step In the right direction. It la
likely to lead to still grander achievements
In behalf of one of the most delightful but
most abused of the fine arts. If the profes
sional musicians are willing to make sacri
fices like thla that others may not suffer,
why cannot the flat landlords follow their
example?
Why, for example, should there not be a
rule that no piano or phonograph be ad
mitted to a flat the rooms of which do not
exceed lOOxlM In floor area?
We see no reason. We see no reason
either why a man who is learning to play
a violin, or a young woman who la training
her voice, should not be compelled to hire
a hall In the center of a forty-acre lot, or
why a family that loves to sing amuslo
book through of a Sunday afternoon, while
all the people above and below them would
prefer to take needed naps, should not be
compelled to hire a houseboat and have It
towed out to a point beyond the four-mile
crib. ,
Muslo should not be confined within the
narrow limits of the ordinary hall, room,
apartment, block or neighborhood. It
should have plenty of air Jn which to vi
brate. Look, for instance, at the planets,
which go singing through interminable
apaxe.
TUB WIIARD OF FIC'TIO.
Philadelphia Record: Verne was a whole
some. Instructive and delightful writer.
How the childrenthe larger as well ss the
lesser children will miss him and mourn
him.
Baltimore American: The name of Jules
Verne haa been one for tbe youthful Im
agination to conjure with, and, as Is always
the case, the magnetic attraction he had
for youth was reflected In t)iat he Inspired
In maturity and age. As both a literary
and a moral force he has exerted only a
good Influence upon his time, than which
no great writer could wish a higher epi
taph. Brooklyn Eagle: Before he' became fa
mous he made a contract for two stories
each year for H.OM) annually, and he car
ried It out until his death. Like hundreds
of the Inventors whose minds his so much
resembled, he made fortunes for other peo
ple and reaped little profit for himself. But
through all this monotony of hard work
Verne seems to have lived a happier and
more tranquil life than that of many au
thors of far greater fame.
Philadelphia Press: Kor the magic of a
past day Jules Verne substituted science.
He wrote plays and travels and novels and
geographies, but his empire was In his
stories. They began forty years ago. He
has published in all eighty volumes. He has
v.-u ivuu uj- minions. io modern child has
escaped Ms thrall and no adult haa ever
been emancipated. The man or woman is
to be pitied and has lost touch with the
childhood of the race who cannot in ten
minutes of Jules Verne lose touch with
reality and live in the ancient world of
magic and of wonder, rearranged to suit
the modern imagining of science.
Boston Transcript: And Verne Is dead.
We picked up "Twenty Thousand Leagues"
the other day, and It wasn't the same as in
our youth. The dully press has crept in
with its wireless and its submarine, and
youth, too, has gone from us. We don't
know Just how much the children read
Jules Verne today, but one of the best
wishes we can make for them Is that they
may devour those romances of happenings
under the sea and above the earth And off
in space with an avidity equal to our own
In thoso fine old days when we doubled nn
In a big chair and forgot our meals because
we naa Just obtained another "Julea
Verne." If children, now grown ud. can
give him peace, he will have it
PERSONAL NOTES,
The
people of Denmark are nrensrinir
to celebrate the centenary of Hans Chris
tian Andersen with all pomp and cere
mony. He was born at Odense nn Artril
2, 1S06.
Colonel Lorenxo, Alexis de ClairmnnL
chief of staff to President Cabrera of
Guatemala and military dictator of that
country, was a ticket taker in Denver
about a year ago.
Mrs. McDonald, wife of Colorado's new
governor, regards her husband's promotion
as an outrage because it will take him from
his home In Leadvllle and she cannot keep
tab on his evenings out.
Senator Menefee of the Oklahoma legis
lature spent most of his boyhood days
among Indians. Hla father died when he
was 18, and the child was adopted by
Fastrunner, a chief of the Caddos, with
whom he lived for about seven years.
Alexei Sergevltch Suvorln, editor of the
Novoo Vremya, has been for years the
greatest figure In the Russian Journalistic
world, a position ho still holds, in snlte
of the fact that he is 70. Ho is self-made.
having begun life as a school teacher.
and is now the possessor of great wealth.
Through the kindness of Mrs. Custer,
widow of General Custer, the distinguished
cavalry leader who lost his life In the
Little Big Horn fight, the War depart
ment In about to receive the table on
which ' General Grant wrote the terms of
surrender of General Lee's army at Appo
mattox Court House, April 9. 1865. which
marks the restoration of the union of
states.
Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. McCler-
nand, chief of staff to General Bates, com
mander of the Northern division of the
United States army, with headquarters in
8t. Louis, will leave St. Louis within a
few days to become an observer for the
United States with the Japanese army in
Manchuria. Colonel McClernand will go
direct to Toklo on receipt of detailed in
struction from Washington.
There are more college men In the pres
ent cabinet circle than ever before in the
history of the country. Out of the nine
men who form the board of presidential
counselors, five hold degrees from well
known seats of learning, while two others
passed through the preparatory courses In
high-grade academies and only accidents
prevented their obtaining the sheepskin.
Only two are absolutely without college
training and one of these is entirely self
taught and never attended any school. (
Louis Gurber, a Philadelphia mlcln n,
sued a street railway company for Injuries
sustained through the derailing of a car.
He wanted $C,000. On the stand he de
clared that previous to his Injuries he was
able to drink fifty or sixty glasses of beer
day, but that now the best he can do
less than twenty. The court Inquired
gravely: "Would that be claimed as an
element of damage?" Gurber's counsel
thought it ought to be, and apparently
the Jury thought so, too, for the plaintiff
was given a verdict of 11,000 on account of
his reduced capacity.
ROrD ABOt'T EW YORK.
Ripplea oa the Cor rent of tlf l tfce
Metropolis.
People disposed to sneer at New York's
provincialism as expounded by Hon. Seth
Bullock of Deadwood, B. H., 8. IX. must
at least concede that In some respects It
Is not only up-to-date, but several laps
ahead of the hour. To accommodate Its
customers and at the same time enforce
a rule of the establishment, a Broadway
business house which prohibits smoking
In the store provides a check room, where
lighted cigars are checked and cared for
until the owners return and secure their
respective butts: A uniformed attendant j
Is provided wtlhout cost and one of his
responsible duties Is to keep the butts
warm and sweet during the absence of
the owner. It is said the pull of this
functionary Is a wonder to behold.
George W. Vanderbllt, leasing his Fifth
avenue house to Henry Frick, the Tltts
burg millionaire, recalls the time when ho
was fighting the city over the addition of
a portico to his mansion.
It was a few years ago, when Peres M.
Stewart was superintendent of buildings,
that Mr Vanderbllt conceived the Idea of
adding a porte-cochere to his residence.
J he portal was erected, but the city
raised the objection that It protruded over
the building Hue. The matter was fought
out In the courts and Mr. Vanderbllt lost
He made a vow he would never live In
the house If the portico was removed, but
on the morning that the city's employes
came to tear It down a friend found him
watching the process of removing the first
stone.
"Too bad, too bad," commiserated the
friend. "Sorry that you have to move, old
man."
"Oh, I don't know," replied Mr. Van
derbllt, "come to think of it, It won't look
so bad when It's down." And he stayed
there after all. It Is said that he Is now
getting SG,000 a J'far rentat from Mr.
Frick.
A HATTER OF HEALTH
II If i
A street advertising outfit that attracts
some attention consists of an old-fashioned
top buggy, not drawn, but propelled
by a horse marching behind It. The shafts.
Instead of being attached to the front,
are attached to the rear axle, the horse
being hooked up between them, with its
head to the front, but at the rear of
the vehicle, where it marches, as a led
horse would do.
And, as a matter of detail, one of the
me.i In the buggy leans over the back of
Its seat and holds the horse by the bridle,
there being no reins by which the animal
can be guided. The front axle Is con
trolled and the vehicle steered by means
of a rod attached to It, which runs up
to a height above the top of the dash
board, this rod having secured to It at the
top an old buggy wheel, which serves as
a steering wheel, this big steering wheel
adding to the outlandlshness of the outfit.
YOING AMERICA AS A SOLDIER.
Home Grown Independence Chafed
t'nder Military Discipline.
Chicaso Chronicle.
Respecting the heavy percentage of de
sertions from the United States army and
navy it Is probable that there is some
basis for the explanation offered by a
regular army officer, who attributes such
desertions to "an abnormal claim, view
nd development of personal Independ
ence" on the part or the American en
listed man afloat or'ashore.
In other words, the American youth is
too free and independent an individual to
make a good soldier or sailor In the regu
lar establishment when no war is in prog
ress. As a volunteer, enlisting for a fight
and retiring to peaceful pursuits when
the fighting is over, he is unequaled, but
It Is probably true that as a mere cog In
military machine he never will compare
with the military units of the compulsory
service system of Europe. He is not built
that way.
Thia may be a bad thing In some re
spects, but It Is, on the whole, to be pre
ferred that our young men should be ex
ponents of "Individuals Independence,"
even though the technical efficiency of our
army should .suffer somewhat through
uch Independence. The product of the
conscript system may be an ideal soldier
from a martinet's point of view, but he la
not likely to be much of a success in civil
life when his term of military service U
over. The "individual independence" is
too thoroughly crushed out of him.
This Is not saying that our American
young men who enter the army and navy
hould be permitted to repudiate their mil
itary obligations whenever they tire of tha
rountlne, the desclpllne and the monotony
of service In time of peace. On the con
trary, deserters should be unsparingly
unlshed. But while we may reprehend
esertlon it Is Impossible to condemn un
sparingly the spirit which frequently im
pels active young fellows to chafe and
ret undr restraints to whlcn their train
ing and habits of tnougnt are repugnant.
The fueling of "individual Independ
ence" is not desirable In a soldier, but It
makes mighty good Americans. j
A man who supervises the machines
which automatically register cab fares was
telling. his troubles, or, rather, the troubles
recounted to him by the drivers of the
cabs equipped with the Invention.
"The Other day one of our men took a
patron frcm one of tho hotels to a theater.
At the end of the Journey the passenger
asked what was due. As he had been car
ried three-fifths of a mile he was told that
thirty cents was expected of him.
" 'I refuse to look like 30 cents,' he said.
Here's 60 for you.'
"Another time a cabman returned and
told me that he thought his last fare was
bughouse. I asked him why.
" 'Well,' said the cabman, 'he had a new
name for the Grand Central station. When
we got there I told him that 0 cents
was all that was due from him. He gave
me the change. out of a dollar; and said,
"We have arrived at Utopia."
"One of my drivers is hired every Sundaj
by some women to drive them about the
park. Until the machine was put In, his
rate had always been $8 for the trip, and
when he told them, after looking at the
dial, that the bill was $6.20, the one with
tho pocketbook looked at him susplcionsly.
" "How dare you be honest?" she said,
with mock indignation. But she gave hlin
11.80 for a tip.
"The machine Is a great thing for tho
public on short trips, and on most long
ones; but sometimes, on a very long trip,
the dial shows a bigger charge than you
would have to pay If you bargained with
a driver whose carriage doesn't have a
machine. The dial shows every foot of the
Journey and charges you Just so much a
mile.
"A Frenchman recently kicked on the
amount one of our drivers asked him. In
fact, he refused to pay It, and was taken
to the nearest police station. When the
sergeant showed him that the dial Indi
cated a Just charge he said, 'Ah, Just like
Paree,' and paid up like a little man. Of
course, our rates are a bit higher than
those abroad."
A Harlem woman who follows the old
fashioned plan of doing her own market
ing tells this as showing that New York
tradesmen are no respecters of persons.
She wont to her butcher's one morning
last week and took her place In line with
the rest of waiting customers. In front of
her was a negress, and the proprietor, be
hind the couni
life called out:
"All right. Mrs. Blank; this colored lady
Is before you. I don't prefer anybody."
The verb "ti. chadwfrV Is likely to ap
pear in the dictionary along with "to boy
cott." Opponents of the proposed mortaaae
tax law in Now York state have coined
the former phrase. Mr. Carnegie, It Is al
leged, said tht If the bill were passed he
was prepared to Invest from $50,000,000 to
ill
mil
Absolutely Puro
HAS HO SUBSTITUTE
$100,000,000 In mortgage securities, and
would be willing to pay the proposed an
nual tax of 6 mills on all the mortgage
investments he could get. Those who are
Opposed to the tax declare that the use
of the reputed Carnegie promise is a clear
attempt "to chadwlck" the bill through
the legislature.
A crowd gathered before a newly opened
uptown restaurant tho other night and
gaxed In. There was nothing, apparently,
to attract the attention of the gaxors, and
all soon left but five, who continued to
gaxe. An Inquisitive person asked one Of
the five what he saw Interesting.
"This brings In good money." was the
response. "The proprietor oi mis jwni
pays us 60 cents an hour to draw a crowd.
All we have to do Is to stay here 'and look
and the crowd comes and looks, too.
"Serins; Is Bellevlnc"
Philadelphia Press. ,
Some of the democratic senators and
representatives who will go with Secretary
Taft on the trip to the Philippine islands
have been advocate of cutting loose from
that territory. Perhaps their visit may
enlighten them on that point, unless their
political prejudices are too strong to over
come. But the more congressmen ee of
the islands and know their needs the bet
ter. For that reason the visit of So many
congressmen as will go on this trip will
probably be of publlq benefit.
WHITTLED TO A rOIKT.
G. Whiz The hnixl that rocks the cradle'
is the hand that rules the world.
N. Pec k Nonsense! I non t even rule
my own household. Philadelphia rress.
The Girl-What's up? .
The Man I introduced Vera, my fiancee,
to Jack Smith. Now they're marrtwd! And
only to think that Jack was my best friend,
too. '.' "
l he Girl on, cheer up; tnere are plenty oi
good girls still In the world.
The Man 1 know .tha4 but friends are
scarce. Modern Society. , r t
Hackbay Speaking of
Pickles, are you a Ba-
Mlss Emerson
Shakespeare, Mr.
cunian?
Mr. Pickles A a Baconian? No. ma am,
m a vegetarian. Cleveland Leader? ,
"I see Marsden haa Riven his wife a
handsome chatelaine watch."
"Yes, the poor thing told him that If sue
should be held up she wouldn't have a
single article of value on to save her life.
That's how she got It." Chicago Heoord-Hsrald.
titles of nobility
the distinguished
You don't recognlxe
in this country? said
lore' ner. ,
"O.., ves, we can," answered Mr. Cunv
rox. "Mother and lho"glrl ' Cannot bhly
recognise 'fin, but they can quote their
market valuation offhund." Washington
Star.
"Papa, I wish you'd sleep more quietly.
You made such queer noises last night
that Mr. Wllllnoy was greatly perturbed."
"Did I? Well. I was only chucklln"
when I smelt that Welsh rabbit you
was makin'. It started me to wonderin'
what sort o' nightmare that sissy feller
would have!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. '
"What pretty white flowers they are oh
that .lant."
"Yes, but they .don't stay on very long."
"No?"
"No, they're bachelor buttons, you
know." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Have yoil ever considered the debt of
gratitude you owe your country?"
"Yes." answered Senator Sorghum. "But
It doesn't bnlher me. A debt of gratitude
can't foreclose any mortgages." Washing
ton Star. -.ti
SOXi OK TUB SEASO.
Baltimore American.
When the gold is on the willow and the
maple buds are Ted.
When your feet have grown so heavy that
you fear they're made of lead,
When the fever's In your system and
you're lazy as the deuce.
And your every ready answer Is a muffled
"What's the use?" .
Then It's time to hang the kettle and pre
pare for making soap.
Just beside the ash (tiled hopper on the
orchard's sunny slope;
Then the season's full of trouble In this
semi-southern clime.
For It brlnps that awful something known
as "garden makin' time."
Fallow ground with clods to crumble,
paper baus of onion sets.
Rake and hoe and soil stained garments
and a soul that sotelr frets
At the prospect of exertion even of the
mildest kind, -
And your humping over makes you 'sort o'
rilxzy like and blind.
Beets and radishes and lettuce Jpeaa and
seven breeds of beans.
Popples, marigolds and larkspurs for the
warns ana in net ween.
These, the things lns parable from the
days that reek with rhyme.
These the tragedies that trouble us in
"garden makia' time."
Pe wish you would
feci perfectly free to
write tho Doctor at
any time. Ask bim
anything you wish
to know about your
bair. Ydu will ob
tain the best medical
advice free, and no
one will see your
letter but the Doctor.
Address,
Dr. J. C. Ayer, .
Lowell, Mast.'
Testimonials? We can furnish
them by the thousand. Here is one:
For over half a century Ayer's Hair Vigor has
been sold in every civilized land on the face of
the globev
Is not this long, unbroken history of success
the very best kind of a testimonial?
afada by th . O. Ar , Lowall, Mm.
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