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Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before ma this 2d day of March, 1908. ROBERT HUNTER. Notay Public WHEJT OUT OP TOWS. Subscribers leaving the elty tern, ornrtly shnnld hava Tho Bee Ileal to them. Addreaa will be ' cha,aarl ava often aa requested. If Emma Goldman Is deported, It rill be on account of her deportment. A French scientist has discovered that snails snore. Nature, faker? President Roosevelt has decided that Public Printer Sailings is not fit to print. China and Japan are engaged in another deadly war in the Paris newspaper offices. This third term talk may as well be put in cold storage. Mrs. Roosevelt has declared against it. Castro of Venezuela; is acting like a man who wants to get a look at a few American warships. Mrs. Herman Merry has Just been granted a divorce by a Salt Lake court. She Is the real Merry widow. The night riders are insisting that Kentucky farmers shall quit raising tobacco and keep on raising Cain. Guess confidence is returning, all right. Florida strawberries are on the market at the regular price for March berries. It will, help some if the Chautauqua managers follow the example of the Circus trust and decide to leave out the freaks this year. Fifteen-foot snowdrifts are reported In Scotland. The New York to Parts autolsts will hardly change their route In order to see them. Chief of Police Shlppy proposes to drive the anarchists out of Chicago. No one will thank him for starting any of them In tuts direction. In the meantime It will be noticed that Mr. Taft is the only presidential candidate who 1b getting delegates in other than his houj state. George Fred Williams has denounced the election of Serator Bradley of Kentucky. The American people are sadly disappointing to George Fred. If it comes to a pinch, Nebraska might yield at the Denver convention and let some silver-tongued orator from another state present Mr. Bryan's name. The Charleston News and Courier wants ex-Governor Beckham of Ken tucky named for vice president. Reck ham is something of a party wrecker himself. Eight Boston churches have been turned into lodging houses for the ac commodation of the unemployed. Bleeping in church is no novelty even In Boston. I Clark university, in Massachusetts, is going to appoint experts to study the manners and customs of ghosts. The Foraker presidential boom should make a good subject. A Chicago woman has just discov ered that the "duke" she married Is Just a plain grocery store clork. She ia a winner on the proposition, if ho has a Job and ia a good clerk. Aa Imported Bryauite agitator from Chicago has prevailed on the Omaha Centra) Labor uniou to reso lute itself opposed to Mr. Taft. The Intelligent mechanic and . artisan know a hawk from a handatw and recognises ao audi dictation la ail politic TARIFF RKTIXWX PHOSrECTS. According to semi-official announce ment, republican leaders in congress are preparing to give serious atten tion to the question of tariff revision. The demands that have been pre sented from different parts of the country for a readjustment of the Dlnglcy schedules to meet changed conditions have had the effect of arous ing the party managers from their former attitude of indifference. It Is proposed to abandon the Beverldge bill for a tariff commission, and. In lieu thereof, to have the ways and means committee of the house, and probably tho finance committee of the senate, bold hearings during the com ing summer to outline a definite plan for revision, to be taken up at a spe cial session immediately after the next president Is inaugurated. 8uch procedure would be in keeping with the course the republican party has followed since the civil war In making periodical tariff readjustments Instead of keeping up a constant and disturbing tariff agitation. The pres ent tariff law was enacted in 1897 and will be twelve years old when, a year hence, the new president steps Into of fice. No other tariff law bus ever had such a long life without change. The first republican tariff act after the civil war was passed in 1870, the next in 1883, the third in 1890 and the fourth in 1887. Each tariff law rep resented a change In the industrial conditions of the country that called for a revision of tho schedules. In each case, the adoption of the new tariff was followed by an amasing ex pansion of American industries and trade. Each had been preceded by a period of depression. In 1896, the year before the adoption or the present tariff, our exports of manufactured ar ticles amounted to $253,000,000. In 1907 they reached $499,000,000, an increase of almost 100 per cent. Democratic dealing with the tariff problem has resulted only in business disaster. The Wilson-Gorman tariff of 1894, over which the democrats spent a year of wrangling, was fol lowed by the overwhelming defeat of the party that did tho revising. It failed even to provide revenues suf ficient to meet the expenses of gov ernment. When enacted the Dlngley law was a remarkably well balanced tariff, but the march of Industry has moved so fast in twelve years that it is in many features out of touch with the times and revision is necessary to bring it back to harmony with business needs. The plan of revision, after careful in vestigation, promises a comprehensive overhauling of all the schedules, to the end that those which guard Amer ican industries will be retained and those which operate only to the injury of the consumer will bo modified. CASTRO' S DE FIANCE. President CaBtro of Venesuela has just notified the American minister at Caracas, Mr. Russell, that Vene zuela will refuse to submit to arbitra tion five claims which have been made against that country by our govern ment. This is Castro's third refusal to abide by former agreements to sub mit such differences to arbitration and each refusal has been a little more im pertinent than its predecessor. Sena tor Lodge, at the instance of the State department, has offered a resolution In congress calling for full information on the subject of the disputed claims and there is some probability that congress may determine on rather radical action to bring the saucy Cas tro to terms. The claims in question have no con nection with the long standing row over the asphalt troubles. That was such a nasty mess, ratslng such 'a well grounded suspicion that the rival claimants bad mixed up in Venezuelan politics and revolutions that tho Amer ican government wisely decided to keep out. The fivo pending claims, how ever, are based on charges that Castro has confiscated the property of Amer ican citizens, has hustled some of them out of Venezuela without proper warrant, and has shown an utter dis regard of property and treaty rights. The State department Is satisfied that these claims present proper issues for arbitration, under agreements to which Castro and the Venezuelan government are parties. Apparently CaBtro is a shifty schemer. He has taken shelter under the Monroe doctrine several times when threatened by his European cred itors and the United States has pro tected him from punishment richly de served. Unmindful of this, he is now defying tUe United States and It may be necessary to give him a little ele mentary Instruction in International de cency. EFFECTIVELY PROVIDED AGAIXST" If Mr. Taft were to secure the repub lican nomination, a contingency which haa been effectively provided against, he could not be elected. New York Sun. It is eminently unfair for the New York Sun to have such thrilling in formation and refuse to share it with tho great American people. The cam paign is opening up nicely in the dif ferent states. Delegates are being chosen to the convention at Chicago and a majority of them are going with instructions to vote for Mr. Taft for the nomination for president. The people generally are about convinced that the nomination is going to Mr. Taft and they all seem, with very few exceptions, exceedingly pleased with the prospect. It his nomination has been, as the 8un asserts, "effectively provided against," the people ought to know It. It (s not right to deceive them. , it la possible hat a deep conspiracy gainst Mr. Taft Iras been formed and that the Sun has learned of it, as Mr. Bryan did about the conspiracy of "the Interests" against him, "from a man who overheard a telephone conversa tion on the subject." But the Wall street crowd voiced by the Sun are not likely to control at Chicago. MEETING OF COVSTT ASSESSORS. All the assessors of the various Ne braska counties have been called to meet at the state capital during the coming week to interchange vlewi on the knotty problems with which they will have to grapple in making up the new assessment roll. All of these as sessors were elected last fall and en tered upon their official duties in Jan uary of this year. Under the pro visions of the Nebraska revenue law the office of county assessor carries with it a four-year term with ineligi bility to re-election. As a consequence all of the assessors throughout the state, with the exception of those who may possibly have previously served as deputies or aa precinct assessors, are having their first experience in making up an assessment roll and all that was learned by their predecessors during the four years that the new revenue law has been in effect has to be learned over again by them. The first work for the new assessors this time includes not only the quad rennial re-valuation of real estate, but also the inauguration of the new ter minal tax law two difficult tasks In themselves to say nothing of the an nual listing of personal property. It remains to be seen whether the legal limitation of county assessors to one term of office confers any advantage on the public to compensate for the loss of tried officials. It depends on the assessors in great degree to en force the revenue law equitably as be tween all owners of taxable property and some uniform methods applying to nil the counties are absolutely neces sary to prevent the reappearance of old abuses. . The coming meeting of the assessors will be worth while if it helps accomplish this desired result THE LATEST WAR TALK. European rumor factories, unsuc cessful In producing a war between the United States and Japan, are now working Industriously to convince the world that war is imminent between China and Japan. The stories of Japa nese aggression In Manchuria are being exaggerated and given a sig nificance that neither of the nations interested apparently Tealizes. The Paris newspapers have it all figured out that the voyage of the American fleet to the Pacific Is for the express purpose of having American Interests guarded by a fleet of battleships in the orient when the clash comes be tween the two nations. Nothing less than a war, in which China or Japan, or both, shall be crushed will satisfy the trouble forecasters. While relations between China and Japan are somewhat strained there Is slight prospect of a clash at arms be tween them. China is woefully weak, from a military standpoint, in spite of efforts made for years to place its army on a modern fighting baBls. Japan, on the other hand, knows the art of war almost to perfection, but Its national finances are exhausted and the anti-war sentiment so strong among his people that It is doubtful If the mikado would dare risk their opposition by engaging in any war other than one in self-defense. There is certain to be diplomatic differences between Japan and China for a long time, owing to their con flicting interests in territory and trade. but the war talk seems to have small foundation. It probably has Its origin In the wish of some of the powers for a conflict between these two nations that would open the way for the ab sorption of Chinese territory by the various European powers. The local democratic organ tries Its best to smooth out the ruffled feathers of "Billy" Thompson by telling him wbat a good fellow he is and how it might have been different. In the meanwhile, however, the vote of Doug las county, made up supposedly of friends of the democratic editor congressman, stares him In the face as a gentle reminder. The platform put out by the Ne braska democrats for 1908 consists of tho platform put out for 1907 ver batim et literatim, with a few addi tional paragraphs tacked on. If this method of platform-making becomes chronic it will take a book in several volumes to hold the platform promul gated when Bryan runs for president for the fifth time. The bequests of the late Bishop Worthlogtoa to the various church In- tltutlons of this diocese indicate that, though far away, he had Nebraska con- tantly in mind and desired to show substantial appreciation of the favors he had received here. In leaving ntarly half of his personal estate to harltable or public objects he has set a good example. Nebraska life Insurance companies claim to be Buffering from a feud be tween the Insurance departments of California and of this state over the reciprocal insurance law. It ought not to be a question where an insur ance company is Incorporated, but of its financial soundness and Its hon esty of management Developments in Minnesota Indicate that Mr. Bryan does not abide by any doctrine of favored eon Immunity. Inasmuch as the Nebraska delegation to Denver la already sailed down tor Mr. Bryan, he is perfectly safe against reprisals by the friends of Governor Johnson. Apropos of the national corn show, nothing beats making two ears of corn grow where only one ear grew before except to make each ear of corn of such Improved variety as to be worth two ears of the common kind. No one disputes the need of a new court house In Douglas county, but ft few real estate brokers would like to have the site changed so they might speculate In lots around the new loca tion. Fire escapes on school buildings are all right but good, broad stairways made entirely of nonlnflammable metal or stone are much better. Sentiment with Few Votes. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The democrats of Nebraska are heart and soul for Mr. Bryan, but there Is where the state of Nebraska draws the tin. Speed the Day. Chicago Inter Ocean. Every minute brings us closer now to a tumble In the price of butter and eggs. Let us be calm and patient, but firm. Fltr the Poverty-stricken. Chicago Record Herald. Mr. Elkins of West Virginia pathetically declares that there Is not a multi-million-aire in the United States senate. Has Mr. Elktns decided that the senate has arrived at a point where It needs public sympathy? Patriotism of a Candidate. Kanaaa City T.nv s. Mr. W. 8. U'Ren. an Oregon candidate for the United States senate. Is quoted as saying: "I'd go to hell for the people of Oregon." Well, then. as It Is against the rules to be a candidate for two places at the same time, why not send somebody else to the senate? - , West Front for Unci Sn.ni. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Henceforth the United States front west ward as well as eastward. Another mile stone Is marked off In the American empire's march toward the sunset. To a tar larger degree than ever before the Pacific, must from now onward be a center of interest in the world's affairs. , I , Interstate Commerce. Wall Street Journal. Whether we like It or not, the develop ment of business In the United States It revolutionizing all of our conceptions and changing most of our points of views. Com merce Is no longer an affair of a township or a city or of a state. The economic unit has become a continent. The mailing of a letter, the sending of a telegram, and tho holding of a telephone conversation bi tween New Tork and Chicago, and almost all of the operation of business, have be come interstate in character. Drastic Economy -of IlaUroad. New York- Tribune. How effectively the railroads are econo mising can be seen from the report of gTOss and net earnings now being made. Until the panic, though stop earnings were increasing, operating expenses were increasing so much more rapidly that net return were falling. When the ranlc came on the manager were not able at one to effect savings partly to counter act Its effects, 00 that' while gross earn ings fell off only 6 pep cent In December the net declined 25. January figures show the paring knife. Gross earnings are sJll weak, but net earnings now show less de cline than gross. The cut In operating ex penscs Is very drastic.' Pa bile and Private Libraries. Boston Transcript Andrew Lang, who I interested in every thing from sealing wax to Huckleberry Finn, has recently been expressing his view of the decay of the private library. It is perfectly true that the vogue and success of the public and circulating libra ries has decreased the private seal In book collecting, though Lang's definition of that room In the establishment as a place where no one goes and where the master of the house keeps a collection of walking sticks, while It may apply In England, hardly applies here. If a house boasts a library, and most houses do, it is usually of the "working" variety. The public libra ries have removed the obligation to keep on hand collections of reference works. If rwer families have a mreat many books. at least more people read those which they have. RAILROAD EARNINGS. Responsibility for shrinkage Noted in Pabllahed Reports. New York Journal of Commerce. President McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad. In the report of the company for the year 1907. says: "While a number of causes seriously disturbed public confidence and thus brought on the financial panic which so sharply affected the business in terests of the country, an Important one was undoubtedly the fear that aa the reault of recent federal and state legislation the regulation of the railways had approached so nearly to an effort to control their man agement and revenues that Investment therein were not assured for that protec tion to which they are justly entitled." This Is appended to an explanation of the effect of the 2-cents-a-mile-passenger-fare act of Pennsylvania, and Its pertinency would seem to depend somehow upon the effect of recent legislation upon the rev enues of the company. - It Is our belief that this legislation had very little to do with bringing on the finan cial panic when It came, and It had nothing to do with preparing the conditions which mad such an event inevitable sooner or later. No doubt business depression, from whatever cauae, muat affect the volume of their traffic, but what relation ha this tu the reoord of earnings of the Pennsylvania system last year? Up to nearly the end of the year the trafflo continued heavy and for the entire twelve inonths the volume was unprecedented. There was an increase of over 116,600,000 in the gross earnings from operation compared with 1908, but operating expenses Increased more than 118.000,000, so that there was a decrease of nearly 11.600.000 In net earnings. As this loss in net earnings was due wholly to an increase In expense out of proportion to that In gross earnings, It could not have been caused by the business depression or the recent federal and state legislation that Is said to have contrib uted to it. We do not see wherein either could have contributed to the increase of operating expenses during the year 1907. This waa unquestionably due mainly to hTgh pricea of materials and supplies and high wages of labor, which were not cauaod by any fear of an effort to control the management and revenues of the rsllwaya by regulation. Those high prices and wagea had much more than legislation to do with the Impairment of confldem In In vestment and with bringing about the financial panic. It ia easy to attribute ef fects to the wrong causes, but there is nothing gained by doing so consciously, and if our great capltallata do aa uncon sciously they show an Incapacity for sound reasoning which la calculated to detract from our respect for their judgment. O PRESIDENTIAL FIRING USE. Inane of Conalnc Campaign Struck by Garfield's Keynote. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Th keynote address of Secretary Garfield St Columbu may In thla en.in be taken to forecast the platform to be adopted at Chi cago. Aa would be expected from the lips of a man as close to President Roosevelt a Mr. Garfield Is, and In a convention so completely under the control of Secretary Tft, th Roosevelt candidate for the White House, the address waa entirely Roose veltlan. Except for a variance In rhetorical style It might be taken for a Roosevelt stump speech or a special message ad dressed to congress, but designed for pub lic consumption. With Mr. Taft on such a platform, and there Is no reason to doubt his Intention of choosing that kind, he will go before the country as the Rooeevelt can didate and be voted for or against a such, In spite of anything he may do to contro vert such an Impression. Mr. Garfield hits upon a weak place In the armor of the opposition to Rooseveltlsm when ha say that part think the president ha gone too far In hi corporation cam paign while the rest thinks he ha not gone far enough. Of course Mr. Garfield maintain that the president has neither gone too far nor stopped too soon, but ha adopted the only safe, sane and rational middle ground and gone Just far enough. The president cannot complain that the re publicans of Ohio show a reactionary spirit A Indicated by th Garfield speech they see no flaws In th Roosevelt doctrines. Bryan, Beckham and Bradley. Washington Star. Speaking of embexzled Dower, on Januarv 8. 1900, William J. Bryan appeared at a banquet at Frankfort and made a speech that was construed to be an order to th democratic, legislature to embezsla th power to reverse the verdict of the people of Kentucky aa expressed at th polls In November. 1899. When one contemplates the unnumbered misfortunes that overtook Kentucky since Mr. Bryan order of Jan uary 8, he Is inclined to agree with Mr. Bryan In hi declaration that it la mor wicked to embezzle power than to steal money. Those domocrats in the Kentucky legls lature who voted for Senator Bradley did It to free th democratic nartv of that state from the embezzler of politic. Their motive wa to restore to the- democratic party of their state the blessing of self, government They had seen numberles offices created, not for the publlo service, but to make places for the henchmen of unscrupulous "embezzler of power" at Frankfort, and so they smote the machine hip and thigh, and from February 8 there will be a free democratic nartv In Ken. tucky. That Kentucky Is democratlo by 40.000 majority everybody knows. That It win give a democratlo majorltv next November fnv Vmllj.UA r ' . xjijoh cannot carry Louisville, and as (roes Louisville an Kentucky. No Halt Nor Tarnlna; Back. Baltimore American. Reflecting a it doe the statement of principles that will probably be made by the next national convention of th re publican party, the platform set forth by the Ohio state convention in connection with the designation of Mr. Taft as th choice of the Ohio state delegation Is of supreme importance. Its chief char acteristic Is It lack of vagueness or reser vation. At a time when every power is being brought to bear upon the party ta name a it standard bearer om one who will trim and par th national policies, the Ohio republicans avow the American principles that have done much to vital ize the Industrie of the country and to place the American flag in the fore among the standards of tho nations. Mr. Taft ha never equivocated. H ha never sought to avoid declaration of his position upon any political principle. He does not do so now. The platform, that wa largely of his framing or framed along the lines of his suggestion, Is In every particular a reflection of the best and truest thought of th day. Where Stands the Sooth r New York Sun. Will Virginia, Maryland. Kentucky. Mis souri. Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas In struct for Bryan? The aame might be asked of Geitgla, Alabama and other south ern states, like the two Carolines, Arkansas and Mississippi. The real question Is not whether they will Instruct for any one, but whether they will send on to the party gathering a lot of open minded men. The south Is not given to instruction. It Is subject rather to preconceived opinions. Down st the bottom is th character and mental grasp of the delegate. There 1 the problem after all. Th south ha been ravaged by the clash of local candidates. Bryan la elim inated in Kentucky by the defeat of Btck ham. In Tennessee Mr. Carmaok, hi former opponent, haa appealed to Bryan sentiment. In Texa Bailey, another quon. dam "hostile," has been playing on tho same keynote. In Mississippi John Sharp Williams owes hi election to the Bryan crowd. So doea Hoke Smith in Georgia, who, however, I not a Bryan man at heart. The question Is whether these con flicts will influence the choice of delegates, and If so to what extent. W are not at th end of the tangle by any means. Cheap Political Trick. Kansas City Journal. Tn an Interview at Jackson. Miss.. Mr. Bryan admitted that he had written th paragraph and stated that he had the Information from "a man who overheard the conversation on the subject." When asked what interests were behind the movement, the Nebraska politician re plied: "I am convinced that It Is the interest representing th trusts and the railroads. They do not hope to prevent Instructed delegations In the Mississippi valley states, hut ihev are trying to get a personnel of delegate who will be unfriendly to my nomination." ahaurd and far-fetched political trick than this would be hard to Imagine. It 1 certain' that no man tn hi right mind, with less than Bryan' monumental egotism, would attempt to make sensi ble people believe such an absurdity. There is no doubt in the world that the trust and th railroads. If they took an active part In th campaign at all, would pre fer to anend money to aid in Bryan' nomination rather than to defeats. It la a matter of common knowledge in political "Circle that a larg majority of ratio leader bellev Bryan' de feat for the presidency a foregone con clusion. They consider him one of the weakest candidates their party could name. This estimate 1 concurred In by almost every political expert in the coun try. Then why .should th trusts and railroads fear his candidacy? Westers taenia ta Aetloa. Philadelphia Record. A western philanthropist of an inventive turn of mind has patented a fender or scoop net to be adjuated to the front of automobiles. Autos so provided do not have to turn aside for wayfarers on ths high way. They are Just picked up snd given free transit and a passing view of the landscape without solicitation. This bruises th dignity of th wayfarer, but a hi 11 fs ta apared ti get off uncommonly welL MESSAGE FROM OHIO. Platform of the Repohllraaa and What It Really Mean. Chlcaito Record-Herald. There is a long declaration of principles oh national topics In th Ohio republican platform which may be summed up In the words: "These ar th policies of th re publican party as exemplified tn the ad ministration of Theodore Rooeevelt. We endorse his splendid administration and de clare that neither halt not retreat shall be sounded In the march toward better government." Senator Foraker received uch consola tion as he may derive from "we congratu late the people of Ohio that our repre sentatives In the senate and house of rep resentatives of the United States maintain the high reputation of the stale." Before the platform was presented the senator had learned that he was hopelessly down and out as an organisation dictator. He knew that the poor sop that waa thrown him very Imperfectly concealed th notification that the republican of Ohio condemned him as a reactionary. They represent themselves as militant, progressive republican and their declara tion have great significance for the coun try. They have mad the opposition within th party of an alert and once very pow erful leader contemptible. They have de stroyed his machine. They shirk no re sponsibility that goes with their progress ive principles. And what they have Oone will arouse tha enthusiasm of the pro gressive everywhere and increase th vigor of their campaign. It will also give a fresh Impetus to the Taft presidential boom. Th platform an nounces "with pride and devotion that every delegate here aaembled la instructed for William H. Taft," and adds: "He is th man equipped for the day and Its duties. His conspicuous part In tha achievements of a greater America, his broad knowledge and experience In law and government, his genius for world peace and advancement, hi rare tact and steady courage, and, more than all else, his stead fast devotion to th enduring policies of re publicanism, make Ohio' candidate the Ideal leader for 1908. We pledge him our earnest and loyal support and Instruct our delegate to th national convention, thla day chosen, to vote for William II. TaTt until he is nominated." That seems to be sufficiently explicit. It will b particularly reassuring to those persons who were shedding crocodile tear because Taft did not have th support of his own stat. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. i Dr. Washington Gladden, of the First Congregational church at Columbus, O., re cently completed twenty-five year' work at that church. Baron Eugene St. Clair, who was a mem ber of an old French family, who had been a professor in American and European col leges and who could speak twelve lan guages, died of starvation In New York a few night ago. Why did th New York heiresses permit this? Frederick Van Eeden, the sociologist poet and founder of th communistic colony of Walden, In Holland, will arrive In New York at th end of this week, and will be entertained by th Civio Forum. H la tn th first rank among th poets, essayist and dramatist of Holland. Since 1902, when the federal reclamation sot was passed, the government haa added 5,000,000 acre to the country' habitable land, and these, with tha 7,280,000 reclaimed from the desert before that year, males an increase of mor than 12,000,000 acre In the country' habitable area. Asphaltlo layers have been found In Syria, near Kferlo, a village about twenty five miles northeast of the port of Latakl, along the road leading toward Aleppo, which have been declared by competent mining engineer to b not only rich In asphalt, but also practically inexhaustible. Preparations for tha international cele bration of th eightieth anniversary of the birth of Count Leo Tolstoi at 8t Peters burg are progressing under th auspice of a committee having ths matter in charge, which . include many of th most noted writers, artists and publlo men of Russia. Tolstoi was born August 28, 1828. W. G. Conrad, tha Montana millionaire. Is most prominently mentioned of all the democratlo candidate for th nomination of vice president He is no novice at the political game. He ha held a number of political position in Montana, and camo within two vote of beating Senator Clark for a seat In th United State senate. Robert Bobbin Andrew, A. M., D. V. B., of Cambridge, on of th foremost dental surgeons of the world and an authority on that subject and dental histology, wa tha guest of honor at a banquet In Boston Sat urday evening in recognition of hi re search work and of th fiftieth anniver aary of hi entering upon the practice of dentistry. Mr. Sarah Crossman Hatch of Bouth Portland, Me., is one of th few daughter of the revolution. Her father fought both In the revolution and the war of 1812, and she t able to recall all the stories her father used to tell her of th battl of Bunker 11111. where b wa wounded twice, of the siege of Boston and of other battles In which h engaged. Mrs. Hatch Is 92 year of age. Commander James P. Parker, recently in command of the Florida, ha been or dered to Cavlte to becom commander of the navy yard there. He relieve Com mander Henry C. Gearing, who soon takes command of ths cruiser Chattanooga, re lieving Captain Roy Smith, who comes home for duty at the war college. Captain George H. Peter baa been ordered to re lieve Captain William A. Marshall a cap tain of the navy yard at Boston. Dr. V. A. Latham of Chicago and Mlas Mary A. Booth of Springfield. Mass.. ar said to be tho only expert women micro photographers In this country. Micro photography, be It understood, 1 th deli cate art of taking photographs through a microscope. Dr. Latham make photo graph In connection with surgery and anatomy, whil Mis Booth devote her skill to natural history subjects. She can take an exquisite picture of a butterfly's tongue, a spider' foot or th head or wing tip of a tiny insect. Prof. Guslav Eberieln, th German sculp tor, has recently com to New York with his charming wife, formerly th Cour.tssa Hertiberg. II will remain her for a time to study the American typo and spirit, which he professes to gTatly admlr. Later, after visiting our prominent cities, he will go to South America to so the placing of statues he has executed for the cities of Buonoa Ayrea and Montevideo. Prof. Eberieln created many of th great publlo monument tn Germany and ha been decorated aeveral tlmea by hi gov ernment. Th Nebraska Bryan Platform. fit. Louis Republic. Th Nebraska convention has not written the platform for the demoeratlo national convention to be held in Denver tn July. That convention will aaauredly add to and subtract from th declarations put forth at Omaha. But th Denver gathering w II be glad to draw from 4h Nebraska p at form much that will help th democracy of the nation In Its fight for th r eitab Ushmant of Jeffsrsonlan government In thla country. COMITY OF STATES. i . o DlaiMMttlnit to Bnf Ont Insamnr ('msasles Shonltl Bo Shown. San Francisco Chronicle. It appears that some Nebraska Insurance companle ar in a way of belnaj barred from doing business In this state unlra they make some change to comply with our Insurance laws, and lhat aa a result some California companle whosa solvency la unquestioned may be barred out of Ne braska as an act of retaliation, although they have fully compiled with all ths law of Nebraska. If that Is a correct state ment of th case It I a good exemplifica tion of human folly which, w may assume, will in th end get Itself adjusted In ac cordance with the dictates of human rea son. Each state owe to Its citizen ths duty of assuring, so far as statute can assure It, the solvency of Insurance com panics doing business In that atate, and from the necessity of the case the authori ties of each state must be the Judge of th requirement. California haa passed through a very costly experience, as a result of which our requirements hsv been omwhat modified. If Nebraska, not having had our experience, la less stringent in Its requirements, the people of Ne braska, and not we, may suffer, and it Is evidently not to the Interest of th people of Nebraska that they shall be denied tha opportunity to Insure In companle whose ecurity ia In excess of the Nebrka standard, because California, being doubt ful of th solvency of some Nebraska com panies, forbids them to do business In thla state. There are perhaps aomo cases In which states are Justified in taking re taliatory action against foreign Insurance companies, but the Nebraska case la not on of them. Th case In which retaliation may ba properly uaed ar those arising under the tax law. If a state, whether by imposing conditions of admission or by the ordinary levy of taxes, attempts to Impose upon foreign insurance companies undue bur dens of which the state treasury Is the Deneflclary, other atate may with pro priety Impose the same burdens on the Insurance companies of th offending stat. It ia a form of war whose object la to abolish th injury which Is the subject of controversy. But the test in all cases must b whether the atate treasury benefit by th legislative or administrative act om plained of. If It doea not there Is no proper ground for retaliation. Statutes enacted in good faith for tho protection of tha people of th state and which bear equally on domestic and foreign corporations furnish no legitimate ground of complaint to the people of any other state. The people of California desire all tha competition which they can get from properly organised and capitalized insurance companies, and ao do tha people of Nebraska and all other state. MARCH BREEZES. . Old Grouch So you had a fight with Clarence. He claims he licked you. Cholly Oh! the boastah! It's Iwue h wumpled my cwavat dweadfully, but when it waa all ovah his colloh was fwlghtCully wilted. Syracuse Herald. She I see where a fellow married a girl on his death bed. Just so she could hava his millions when he waa gone. Could you love a girl like that? He Sure, 1 could love a girl llko tha'-! Wher does she live? Puck. " -'".f .udiiiii, k IIUL ib 111.1 "telephone! ear?" Mr. Chugwater If altogether a maltnr of choice. I always use the left car. Chi cago Tribune. "I suppose,'' said the visitor who wtn being shown over the suburban resident's new house, "that Is a coal bin? "No." waa the gloomy reply; "lt' only a 'haa-beep.' "Washington Str. Town There' one thing about my wife. Sh makes ud her mind it slie ean't lUfor I a tning inai sue ilui sn t need It. Browne Something like my wife, onlv ' she buys It first and make up l.r nilml afterward. Philadelphia Prra. Wyld I suppose your wife's will Is law. Enpec Yes, and worst of It Is that she can't be bribed not to enforce It. Brooklyn Lif. Mr. Jayback My goodness! What are you In such a stew about? Mr. Jawback Well, 1 have a light to fuss. I'm to deliver an address st the Don't Worry Club this afternoon, and I'm afraid it's going to rain. Cleveland Leader. "How did you come to write your 'Dream of Fair Women.' " "Ah," answered th poet ecstatically. f fot my Inspiration from tha corset ads!" lttsburg Post. "'Who Is that distinguished looking man?" "That's the official guesser of the Agri cultural department." "What are hla duties?" "They tell him when th seiamogTaph In dicates an earthquake and he gussses where it is." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I find." said the philosopher, "that If a man wlahe and wishes for a thing he's al most certain to get It If he'll only perse vere." "All he hss to do I wish for It, h?" "Oh, no. Keep on wishing and persevere In wishing for it." Catholic Standard and Time. ; Mis Ooodlny Miss Hussl goes in for everything. She's constantly doing somt- Mls Knox Yes, but the one thing sh I doing most steadily sh won't admit. Miss Ooodley What' that? Miss Knox Growing older. Th Catholic Standard and Tlmea. "Ye." said he defiantly, "I admit that I kissed him." , "Did he put up much of a struggle?" In- Sulred her best girl friend. Kansas City ournal. "They sy your brother used to have great luck a a fisherman." . "Yes, he did. Nearly everybody used to believe him." Plck-Me-Up. First Little Girl Have you been operated gond Little Girl No. No, mother says I am very backward for my age. Judge. Maud So Jack kissed you twice last nlsht. Didn't you protest? Ethel Indeed, I did. st first. I turned on him and cried: "Jack, how could you!" Maud And then? Ethel Well, then h ahowed ma how he could. Boston Transcript. "Whv ia Rllllnnton so unpopular with his fellow clerks?" He e alway tne rirsi one on nmy m mo suppose Uiey are practlelng on the way ...... in Ua..& .a V. . I i. hdn mrhen hm vet a to b their boss "Chicago Record-Herald. A Campnlaa Dream. Last night I dreamed the race was oa, The campaign roc I mean: Ana wonarous inmi Hughes wa th first that I beheld, Oh. such a shock he gave! To laughter I was much compelled. r or ne nau nuu r.m . . Then followed Knox, and lo, he eemed Quit garrulous ana iri The air with language rainy leemea. He had so mum to say. Next Cortelyou appeared in eight. AnH utralKht beuuii to dance; Through all the busy hours that night. He seemed to nav a cnancr. I looked for Taft. and when he cam I recognised lilm not; For be was thin and email of frame Th lightest or in lot. I worried much to think that h Was worn as thin aa that; For I had alwaya thought to sr A man enaowa wiui i si- Then suddenly a silent maa ' before the Judges came, He had no wis financial plan BUI liryan wa ni name. The tariff he oould not adjust Nor talk or war ausy; And of th evil of th trust llsd not a word to say. . And than I wok with sudden fright. And gav a oreaarui acreara; Thins go by opposltes at night. And this waa just a orearo.