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porarily should ksm The) Be
mailed to them. Addreaa will ha
ckasgtd aw often aa reeaeste.
The latest Chinese puzzle la
cause of the outbreak at Canton.
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For the fourth or fifth time,
fake of Fez'a fall baa fizzled flat.
Well, who's to be wakened early
this time to be Queen of the May?
The Automobile trust will doubtless
give the government a hard chase.
May day 1b a good day to renew the
agitation for a safe and sano Fourth.
Now, on the whole, don't you agree
that April has been a cute little
caonth?
Denmark will bar Mormons. Prob
ably fears there might be a Dr. Cook
among them.
The correspondent who asks the
meaning of "armistice" should specify
the nationality.
Still, it was not always necessary to
put bejewcled ankleta on them to at
tract attention.
The number of insurgent republican
senators ia now thirteen. Who's
afraid of signs?
At the age of 300 years the Bible
one copy sells for $50,000,
Investment, that.
Paying
Whether the boy kidnaped himself
or not, he should be duly admonished
not to do it again.
The plumbing combine has been at
tacked in the California courts. Bet
ter take a lead pipe to it.
The dogs ot war are giving
doves of peace a rather tight
down in Mexico, though.
the
race
The unanimity of the socialist party
In the house Is admirable. It has not
yet divided on any issue.
President Taffs proposition that "It
takes at least two to make a war," 1b
gain a demonstrated fact.
Qee, they have got down to poetry
In that reciprocity debate, prose hav
ing evidently been exhausted.
The Des Moines Register ' and
Leader speaks ot "Mr. Bryan Again."
Why "again" Instead of "yet?"
"Down with Diaz" is the slogan of
the Madero party. But slogans never
made much of a hit with Diaz.
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Premier Stolypln is out with the
statement that Russa is pacified. The
czar and his official family may be.
The acme of fastidiousness seems
to us to be the man who sends his pa
per money to the treasury laundry to
be washed.
Mayor Oaynor la said to have cut
out 6,000,000 of the police graft.
Presumably that brings it down to the
last 110.000.000.
Uncle Joe says this reciprocity ques
tion is the most important since the
civil war, which ls one good reason
for treating it seriously.
It is natural that as a former judge
himself and a lawyer with a lofty re
spect for courts of Justice, the presi
dent would refuse to abuse the pardon
power.
Considering bow long the lid has
been down, Lincoln has not run the
odds up very high on whether the
band about to be. dealt will produce
in opener.
Perhaps the supreme court is wait
ing for the effect of the other dyna
mite explosions to die down before it
renders ita decision on the oil and to
bacco cases.
When summoned to appear In court
John D. Rockefeller, jr., sent his sec
retary Instead. And the court stood
for It, which ought to shift the burden
of criticism from Mr. Rockefeller.
Compensation for Industrial Acci.
dents.
The movement to fix by law the
compensation of workmen for Injuries
sustained In Industrial accidents has
suffered a severe cetback by the de
cision cf the New York court of ap-
! peals adverse to the constitutionality
of the workmen's compensation law
enacted In that state. This decision
i rests squarely on the proposition that
lany plan to compel the employer to
compensate for loss from accidents
for which he is not at fault Is an in
vasion of property rights without due
process of law, and that the police
power of the state does not extend to
the point of transferring to the em
ployer all the risks of industry now
borne in whole, or In part, by the em
ploye. If this court decree were to be ac
cepted as final the whole movement
for workmen's compensation would
nave to be abandoned so far as It con
templates compulsory legislation. For,
although the court Is gareful to ex
plain that It is construing merely a
conflict between the law and. the bill
of rights embodied In the state consti
tution of New York, It would be of
universal application, because the
same guaranty against the taking of
property except by due process of law
is incorporated into the Fourteenth
amendment of the federal constitu
tion, and would be equally effective
regardless of any state constitutional
limitations.
From expressions emanating from
those actively Interested In the reform
which this law is designed to bring
about it is certain that the New York
declaion will not be the last word.
Workmen's compensation laws have
been enacted in two or three other
states, in which they will have to run
the gauntlet of the courts, and eventu
ally make a test which may be carried
up to the supreme court of the United
States and elicit a ruling by our high
est Judicial tribunal. Other ways of
accomplishing . the desired object by
methods not subject to attack may
likewise be worked out.
A plan of compensation leaving It
optional with both sides to take ad
vantage of its provisions would be
feasible and legal, but It is feared that
in extra hazardous undertakings,
where employers would welcome such
relief, the worklngmen might reject it,
and similarly in industries where the
workmen would prefer automatic com
pensation the employers would be
tempted to stand upon their rights In
court. In European countries this
difficulty is obviated by paying the
benefits out of a fund made up by en
forced contributions from employers,
employes and the public, and it Is pos
sible an equitable apportionment could
be devised for this country which all
concerned would regard as desirable.
But here we find an obstacle in the
way of using public money to compen
sate individuals for losses incurred by
accidents in private industries, the
courts having Invariably "held that
public money must be used for public
purposes only.
Incidently, it may be noted that the
workmen's compensation bill which
failed In the recent Nebraska legisla
ture was an optional measure, but
would probably, unless amended.
come within the scope of the New
York decision. It 1b perhaps Just as
well that no action was taken, for by
the time another legislature meets
two years hence the ground should be
better charted and the Way cleared for
effective progress.
' Focus.
The veriest amateur in photography
knows that a view of an object may
be completely distorted by being out
of focus, and thus give an entirely
wrong notion of its relative propor
tions. To get the correct focus the
eye of the camera must be neither too
close nor too far from what is to be
photographed.
So It is with the human vision,
though merely a mental photograph,
the same precision of focus is, neces
sary to arrive at relative values. The
trouble with too many people la that
their minds focus wrong, and grasp
events at either too near or too great
distance, or from extreme angles, or
magnify unimportant details at the
expense of the vital elements.
The man who is out of focus with
hia surroundings or with the subject
he is discussing is quite common,. and
the peculiar Ideas of which he be
comes obsessed are as bizarre as a
photograph made by a freak camera.
To get such a man back Into focus Is
much more difficult than to adjust a
lens, yet that is precisely what must
be done In order to give him clear per
ception and enable him to see things
In their right relation.
A Magio Circle.
A strange combination of two
things has revolutionized conditions
among the farmers of the great
middle-west automobiles and lnten
sive agriculture. A rev years ago,
when the railroads first began sending
out their "seed corn specials," they
encountered in most places a rather
passive Interest In their enterprise.
Some localities were even inimical to
it. "It's another one of those literary
farming schemes," waa heard on oc
casions. But the attitude of the farmer ia
very different today. The aeed corn
special la still in vogue, but so is the
land show, the corn exposition, the
agricultural college and other agen
cea for propagating the gospel of mak
ing two blades of grass grow where
but one grew before. Intensive farm
ing has proved itself, so that it no
longer bega for a hearing, but holds
the center of the stage. True, it has
jmuch yet to do before perfectiag its
mission, but it Is revolutionizing the
farm and its profits.
One of the current magazines pre
sents an Illustrated article on the seed
corn special and in one place in Iowa
the train is shown surrounded by doz
ens of vehicles filled with happy, prosperous-looking
farmers. Their vehi
cles are not dilapidated wagons, or
carta, or old buggies or buckboarda
they are automobiles. They look as
If they were large, expensive ones.
Indeed, there is just a suggestion of
humor In the picture. The expert
stands upon the rear platform of the
train telling the farmer how he may
raise better crops, and the farmer
beams a broad smile upon him from
his big, fine auto.
Evidently a magic circle envelops
the farmer. Intelligent farming be
gets automobiles and automobiles help
for more intelligent farming.
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In Fear of Reyes.
President Diaz's recall of General
Reyes from France seema to have
aroused new suspicions among Madero
and his party in Mexico, for they are
unable to disassociate the name of
this famous soldier with war, and,
while professing not to fear his mili
tary prowess, yet, If reports correctly
reflect their state of feeling at his
coming, they would a good deal rather
he remained in France than Mexico.
The revolutionary leaders make no
pretense at concealing their uneasi
ness at Diaz's action in recalling
Reyes. Avowedly they construe it as
an anti-peace measure, though they
may, of course, be entirely wrong.
In the meantime the peace envoys
prepare for council and Diaz intimates
he wants Reyes to aid in re-establishing
peace. It is more reasonable to
take him at his word than to conBtrue
it to mean precisely the opposite. Of
course, If the coming conference falls
of Its mission and war is resumed the
government will have the advantage
of Reyes' services in directing Its
army, and that la an advantage not to
be belittled.
This country will hope, however,
that Reyes' return is for the purpose
of helping to close, not to widen, the
breach In Mexico. And then when
peace Is restored probably he might,
with general satisfaction, head one of
the Important departments of the gov
ernment and aid in a complete rehab
ilitation.
One thing is quite certain, Mexico
needs the best services of Its ablest
men right now to readjust the unbal
anced political and social equilibrium
and give its institutions real stability.
Pardons and Penalties.
In declining to pardon a man from
the penitentiary purely on sentimental
grounds, the governor of Georgia
enunciates the sound principle that
where a man has been fairly tried,
convicted and sentenced, pardon
solely for sentimental reasons is not
justifiable. This would be an excel
lent example for other governors to
follow. The man and his friends
make no claim of a miscarriage of jus
tice in this case; they simply ask, vir
tually admitting his guilt and fairness
of trial, that owing to certain mush
and milk considerations, he be par
doned and allowed to go free.
It is easily believable that with
fewer pardons there would oe fewer
crimes. Evasion of the penalty after
conviction and sentence weakens the
law to that extent and. lessens peo
ple's fear of ft. The law punishes no
man because it hates him and wants
to hurt him; it punishes him because
it cares enough to want him to become
a better man, while at the same time
offering to society the measure of pro
tection to which it is entitled. The
St. Louis Times puta the point fairly
when it says:'
Sentences mean opportunities for expia
tion; and the moat conclusive proof of
worth In those who offend Is a willingness
to bear the consequences according to the
law.
If this particular Georgia offender
were entitled to a pardon merely for
the asking, so would every convict be.
Abuse by executives or pardoning
boards of the pardon power for per
sonal pull, aentlmental reasons or
other similar consideration is not the
best way to reform men or create
wholesome obedience of law.
Neither Alliance Nor Disarmament
London observed with great pomp
and ceremony, and that, too, in the
"venerable Guild hall," England's ap
proval of the Anglo-American peace
treaty, and in the midst of the cele
bration Mr. Balfour and Mr. Asquith
wisely reminded Britons that this ia
simply a peace pact, and neither an
alliance between the two nations nor
an agreement for disarmament. That
is a fact which needs to be kept before
the world. This treaty, proposed by
the president of the United States and
accepted by Great Britain, binds these
governments only to submit to arbi
tration all difficulties arising between
them and In the Interval to avoid war.
And this is definitely enunciated by
the participating powers, though oth
ers have sought to twist the pact into
different forms and constructions. It
is natural, though regrettable, that
some other nations might wish to
spread the wrong Impression abroad
aa to the meaning and intention of
this agreement, but Englishmen and
Americans should not permit them
selves to be deceived as to either.
The press dlspatchea aay that this
great meeting at Guild hall repre
sented the democracy of England
rather than the aristocracy. That la
the more gratifying to Americans,
since It is toward democracy they like
to believe the course of Britain is
tending. It discloses an international
spirit of good will and amity that
must be comforting la the extreme.
Yet we see that the lord mayor of
London, himself, "In his scarlet robes
and with his mace in front of him,"
held the center of the stage during the
ceremonies. His presence . and par
ticipation, together with that of Prime
Minister Asquith, Mr. Balfour, the
archbishop of Canterbury, the arch
bishop of Westminster and other dig
nitaries of church and state, however,
gave the stamp of aristocratic as well
as democratic approval, showing that
the movement for peace and arbitra
tion Is confined to no particular class.
Insurance and Industry.
The enormous growth of insurance
portrayed In figures is almost incredi
ble, but it should not be when re
garded as a principle underlying every
business transaction, and even life
itself. Every man's every motion ex
poses him .to certain and uncertain
risks which he cannot afford to main
tain at his own expense, hence he
transfers it, for a consideration, to an
association of men whose risks he
helps to carry. No other provision
as practical as that can be made. And
the uncertainty as to the amount of
indemnification diminishes, as the
number of associated risks increases.
Insurance, that is, commercial In
surance, ia supposed to have origi
nated with transportation by water.
Men found they could not afford to
hazard their merchandise on stormy
oceans without making some pro
vision for loss. So they resorted to
the principle of Insurance. This is
nothing more nor less than the ac
cumulation of funds set aside to make
good the losses to which one and all
are exposed. Death 1b a certain loss,
sickness and casualty uncertain. Just
as is fire, tornado, flood, bombs, bur
glary or anything that might impair
or destroy life or property. But the
classifications of Insurance are almost
aa numerous as human occupations
and increase with the spread of inven
tion. Even the detail of business
transaction - Involves divers other
forms of Insurance, such' as employ
ers' liability, credit, bond and fidelity.
The business man of foresight is
not today taking unnecessary chances.
It would undermine his stability In
business and his credit to do so. He
could not afford It for that reason
alone. So with each stride commerce,
industry or invention, makes, comes a
new kind or class of insurance. With
plate-glass came an Insurance to fit
it; with the automobile came a spe
cial kind of policy and undoubtedly
when the aeroplane shall have es
tablished its place it, too, will be pro
tected by a form of policy to suit.
The growth of the insurance busi
ness, life, fire and commercial, la In
deed enormous, but not surprising ex
cept as surprise comes in tho prodi
gious development of our Industries
and the alertness of our people to
take advantage' of every means of
protection against loss.
Clean Eailway Stations. .
The Union Pacific Railroad com
pany did a wise and beneficent thing
when it offered prizes to Its station
masters for the best kept depot, tak
ing into consideration cleanliness and
sanitation. Incidentally the Omaha
depot master won first prize. This
has attracted some favorable comment
abroad. The Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican referring to it says, "that
spirit ought to be catching, the coun
try over."
No public meeting place 1b more
cosmopolitan than the railroad sta
tlon. with ita large assemblages of
people of all classes and description
It Is a splendid place for exposure to
disease. It Is where the streams ot
life converge, bringing into India
criminate contact the flotsam and
jetsam of society. Certainly too much
care cannot be taken to make such a
place as nearly sanitary as possible,
and simply building large, airy,
well lighted structures, comfortably
equipped with all the necessary ap
purtenances la not enough to insure
that. The atatlon must be kept aa
free as possible of waste and refuse,
which, without the most diligent ef
fort, will accumulate with ahockng
rapidity.
Indeed, this Is an example that
should be emulated, and, doubtless
will be. The Union Pacific has 856
depots on Its line, and the station
master of every one is being stimu
lated to maintain the cleanest, most
healthful atatlon. That means aa
enormous lot of sanitation in the ag-
rgegate. But think what It would
mean If every station master In the
country were exerting a similar effort.
Europe Inviting Tourists.
Reports come of the skill and suc
cess with which Switzerland and other
European countries are courting
American ' tourists. The notion had
gained some footing in this country
before the report came. But over
there shrewd resort keepers and bus!
ness men In resort centers, even rail
road managers, have cut their trade
lines to meet the American's disposi
tion. Railroad and hotel rates have,
it is said. In many places been cut to
the bone as an Inducement to Amer
ican travel. This may be news to
some American travelers in Europe,
who have been unable to discover any
appreciable cutting, especially In vital
places.
Yet, of course, the European Is do
lng what be can to cultivate this
profitable trade from the United
States. The claim Is made that one
may visit, for instance, In Switzerland
for leas, counting all the expense from
the time he leavea New York, than it
would cost him to spend a similar
period at one of our American resorts.
That might not arouse the least in
oxAduiur amnnjr DeoDle who h4 ever
been to some of our American resorts,
for If any of them has ever thought
of cutting rates It doubtless will bo a
matter of general news.
So the Bteamship lines predict, on
the basis of reservations, a greater
European traffic? this year than over.
One is not prepared to question It, de
spite the little letting down of busi
ness tension - JuBt now. There are
plenty of Americans with surplus
money and a love for a good time,
and there are. enough tourists for all,
borrowing an expression of a great
sea captain. American pleasure re
sorts have not and will not suffer from
the patronage by Americans of Eu
ropean resorts. We are able to keep
them all going and then have money
left. What Is far more Important is
that Americans who travel do not
overlook the advantage to be gained
from touring their own country and
becoming better acquainted with Its
points of beauty and interest than
they are with those of any foreign
land.
The debate precipitated by the ap
pointment by President Roosevelt of a
special ambassador to represent the
United States at the coronation of
King Edward VII was much more
stormy than the criticism elicited by
the appointment by President Taft of
a special ambassador to represent the
United States at the coronation of
King George V. A few more corona
tions and the receipt of his commis
sion by our special ambassador will
not raise even a ripple.
When little Japan hears of how the
great nations are dreading to offend
her she must feel as the dark-skinned
gentleman down south did when he
was asked for the loan of a dollar and
replied: "I ain't got the money, but
I certainly appreciates de compli
ment." The irony of fate would not be a
circumstance to It if, during the pres
ent Bojourn of our Junior United
States senator at home, nothing
should come to a vote In the senate
on which he would prefer to be
marked absent.
Champ Clark's chickens have come
home to roost again. He was the
first to ridicule reciprocity by holding
up the scarecrow of annexation, so he
cannot now say much to the repub
licans for stealing his thunder.
It was Talleyrand who said, "Lan
guage is given to man to conceal his
thoughts." And those statesmen just
now debating Canadian reciprocity
seem to be making the most of the
language.
Of course, when he comes west Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson will travel in
an upper berth to show that he Is
naturally democratic, and has nothing
of the high and lofty about him.
A Flash from the. South.'
Cleveland Leader.
There is a bright gleam of light in tha
south. Governor Brown of Georgia, has re
fused to pardon a murderer for the reason
that "tho unwritten law presents the
hideous features of anarchy."
Impertlrnt Quisling.
St. Paul Dispatch.
The great lumber monopoly interest
seems to have been deeply concerned In
sending Lo rimer to Washington. While a
guess might be easy, still It would be
Interesting to know exactly why.
Opportunity Passed I'p.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Nebraska Judge gave a wearer of a
harem skirt five minutes to get out of
town. It la unfortunate that she did not
give the squire five mlnutea to find the
law under which he was Issuing the order.
A Spiel for Nimhrr One,
Philadelphia Record.
The duke of Manchester, after all that
Is said of him. Is not wholly wanting In
business sagacity. With an eve upon the
millions of Father-in-Law Zimmerman of
Cincinnati, the "Jook" la decidedly op-
posed to an Income tax either In the United
States or England.
Plnmes of Governor Wilson.
New York Tribune.
Governor Wilson of New Jersey has suc
ceeded better than most governors In get
ting hla pet measures enacted. But he
had the advantage of uncommonly favor
able circumstances. Most of his reforms
were such as the republican opposition de
sired even more than hla own party; and
the whole atate had Just had a most lm
preaelve object lesson In the desirability
of keeping campaign promises and plat
form pledges.
A NEBRASKA BOOSTER.
Host Industry Speaks Loudly for N.
braaks.
Collier's Weekly.
Nebraska has more than one cltlsen of
whom It can be proud. Oratory and politics
have for so long been advertised as the
state's chief product that the world has
overlooked Its other records. E. L. Bow
era of Verder In two weeks' time marketed
1.287 hogs of his own breeding, raising and
maturing. These hogs averaged 262 pounds
apiece, and sold at an average price of
$H 26 -10 per hundredweight. They brought
their owner the sum of 127,740.92. Mr.
Bryan's lecture receipts are large, but th
hog Indsutry speaks even more loudly for
Nebraska.
TO BED, TO DREAM f
Much Depends on the Nebraska Bed
Sheet I.nw.
Bloux City Journal.
Governor Aldrich of Nebraska la now
hoti commissioner In charge of the en
forcement of the bed sheet law. He will
appoint a deputy who haa authority to
seize and carry away on payment of the
value, any hotel bed sheet less than ninety
Inches In length, after It has been thor
oughly laundered and has had every pos
sible opportunity to shrink.
The bed sheet Inspector Is also required
to look for bed bugs and to make It hit
for them. Restaurants as well as hotels
must maintain wash rooms, with towels,
clean towels, not leas than tine Inches
wide and fifteen Inches long. 'Penalty, 125
to Z100. All h' jls more than two stories
high must have Iron fire escapes with
red lights to show where they are. Hotels
mora than fifty-five feet high must have
wrought Iron atani pipes three Inches in
diameter aa fire protection. If any hotel
proprietor refuse to comply with the
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People and Events
If you rannnt conveniently reach the
source of the grout. li do the next best thing.
Swat the flies.
A snapshot of the Iceman's smile as he
hands out the e.ison's price affords solace
lor the extra touch. The smile won't coma
off the picture.
Word cornea over the cable that the last
census of Germany shows the men are
catching up with the women In that coun
try. It Is a snfn bet the men are not obliged
to run very hard.
Much encouragement Is being offered
mothers' clubs a.i a means of furthering a
"safe and sane'' Fourth of July. It should j
be understood, how ever, that this does
not put mother's slipper out of business.
Governor Wjodrow Wilson of New Jer
sey Is claiming a tour of the outposts of
democracy this summer, to get a near view
of the boys In the trenches, who are ready
t switch their trolleys from a dead to a
live wire.
A package of $600 was handed an Alton
young man on his twenty-first birthday as
a reward for having abstained from the use
of tobneco. N'o state In tha union ap
proaches Illinois In the artistic beauty of
its jackpots.
The greatest aggregation of Innocents
abroad slnco Mark Twain plucked the halo
from Nero's bald spot, is the convention of
editors In New York. Aa a matter of
courtesy and good will they are permitted
to dictate If they have the stenographer's
price.
Martin V. Littleton, congressman from
the Oyster Kay district, has had his name
taken off the list of applicants for mem
bership In the Metropolitan- club In Wash
ington. He was regarded as too strenuous
a politician for the standpatters In control
of the club.
Under the new liquor law of Massachu
setts selling liquor by the glass and by
the bottle must be carried on In separate
stores and under separate licenses. It la
a Boston highbrow Idea based on the theory
that a stimulated Inner consciousness re
Quires moderate exercise before putting
a reserve stock In the pocket.
The toughest specimen of thievery and
graft ever revealed among policemen Is o'i
exhibition In St. Louis. The police relief
fund amounting to $50,000, has been looted
by members of the force Intrusted with Its
care and the families of deceased and crip
pled policemen deprived of legitimate as
sistance. Justice and public obloquy reached
some of the looters. Thirty-five members
of the force, Including one chief and one
lieutenant, have been dismissed In disgrace
and one patrolman sent up for five years
tor embezzlement.
CHURCH SLEEPERS.
wr Women nrinaln Awake Millet
Men Dose.
Washington Post.'
Why la It that men will go to sleep in
church? What profound meanings lie at
the bottom of this Inclination to som
nolence on the part of the brother dearly
beloved when under the ministrations of
the bishop of his soul? No one ever heard
of a woman sleeping during a sermon. She
Is as bright and as alert at the conclusion
of the sermon as she waa when the text
was read. But man, poor man he, like
the sluggard, slumbers and aleeDs. His
record Is bad from the beginning. Acts
XX contains the Inexorable record of the
first offender of one Kutychus, who, while
Paul preached, sank into sleep and fell
from the third window.
Let a word be said In defense of the
Order of Kutychua. And in thua coming
to their support there Is no wish to cast
reflection upon the wide awake and breezy
sermonixer. To begin with, man Is in
ferior to his mate In the highest sensibili
ties of the soul. Calloused In his nature,
the assembled array of dresses and bon
nets ia wholly without appeal to his sordid
instincts. What does he know about the
cut bias or the latest effect In ruchlnga?
Or whether the Jones girls have turned
the black bombasine they have worn for
two seasons already T Or how much Dea
con put. into the contribution box? None
of these Inspirations cornea to hla relief.
Instead he begins with good Intentions,
lining out tha text, and setting himself
resolutely to unimpeachable behavior. But
to no avail. The soft swish of the skirt
of the lata arrival, the hynotle spell of
tha music, the murmur of repeated re
sponses, the chanting intonations, the ris
ing and falling inflections of the speaker,
are too .much. The imp of insomnia flees,
the eyelids fall and close, the drowsy god
usurps the throne of his righteous purpose,
and he is disgraced again, as the audible
snore resounds agalnat the Chanel and re
verberates from the celling. He awakea
with a start and tries to look solemn and
duly Impressed, but It la too late!
NEW JERSEY'S REVOLUTION.
Notable Showing; of Constructive
Work by Legislature.
New York Tribune.
New Jersey now confronts an accom
plished civic revolution. Never before in
the history of that atate, or probably in
the history of any state in normal times,
have so great changes been effected In
Its governmental system In a single
legislative session as those which, under
the urglngs of Governor Wilson, have
been made In the last three months. The
whole electoral system, including choice
of election officers, party primaries, plat
forms, forma of ballot and method of
voting, haa been radically transformed.
The most stringent corrupt practloea act
In America haa been adopted. Strong
and sweeping public utilities and em
ployers' liabilities or workmen's compen
sation laws have been enacted. The pub
lic school system haa been remodeled. A
law enabling municipalities to adopt the
commission form of government has been
placed upon the statute book. Tha merit
system in the civil service haa been greatly
extended end strengthened. The net result
la that while three months ago New Jersey
was one of the most conservative and
backward states In the union In govern
mental methodH, It now stands In the very
forefront as one of the most radical and
advanced.
For this achievement it would be un
just and churlish not to give tha highest
credit to Governor Wilson. He became
a candidate for tha governorship and en
tered upon that office with the explicit
Intention of effecting precisely such re
forms, and he has fulfilled his Intentions
and redeemed his ante-election pledges
with a completeness unrivalled by any of
his predecessors in anything like com
parable circumstances. In this achieve
ment, however, he haa enjoyed to an ex
ceptional extent the support and active
aid of the party which Is politically op
posed to him. Not one of these things
could have been done but for the co
operation of the republican majority in
the senate, and it doubtful If any of them
could have been done If the republican
minority in the assembly had opposed
them, since there waa an opposition to
the governor In his own party sufficiently
strong to have defeated hi policy had the
republicans been willing to Join It. It was
an Inspiring sight to see party lines Ig
nored and republicans unanimously voting
for measures proposed by a democratic
governor simply on the ground that they
wm far Lh waltaxe of Ute peonl-
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Boston Transcript: The Catholics object
to a missionary show that leaves them out.
Hut for Csthollc missionaries, Protestant
nations might still be pagan.
Cleveland Plain lealer: That Brooklyn
pastor. Dr. Russell, who does not believe
In hell has been railed to the London taber-i
nacle. Perhaps he'll change his mind w hen N
he gets to Iondon.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: A Ixs Angeles
pastor threw a book at a deacon who was
snoring through the morning sermon. The
pastor probably felt that deacons, like chil
dren, should be seen and not heard.
Houston Tost: A North Carolina preacher
says a man who plays poker Is no better
than a thief. That Is a harsh observa
tion, but tho man who Is lucky enough to
pull In a good crop of Jackpots can stand
a great deal of rough talk like that.
Chicago Post: The Boston clergyman who
refers to a Back Bay woman's club as a
"vestibule of hell" waa preceded by
clergjman who referred to St. Botolph tfor
nhom Phillips Brook's club was named) as
"a faint with a Bible In one hand and a
bottle of whisky In the other."
Kansas City Times: Among the advan
tages that the Rev. Florence Crooker at
tributes to the minister aa a husband la
the fact that he "eats at his own table
usually three times a day." Conventional,
but not correct. The average woman
doern t want her husband cluttering up the
house all day long.
New York World: The tercentenary
tributes to the King James version of the
Bible aa a well of English pure and un
deflled are deserved. Vet It would be a
difficult feat to describe a surgical opera
tion or an electric motor In Biblical lan
,.n - intentional nrosress has neces-
-iioohubirv unknown to the trans
lators, and one. In spite of Its Jargon,
which the modern world couia naiaiy ui-
pense with.
INHERITANCES AND CHILDREN.
Graduating the Tut on the Reals of
Offspring;.
Collier's Weekly.
It is not often that we have the pleasure
ot presenting the world an original con
ception. This one has the distinction of
combining two things which belong to
gether, but which, ns far as we are awarel
have not. hitherto been Joined. The con
sensus of opinion Is general today that a
graduated Inheritance tax is one of the
moat Just forms of taxation, and also one
of the best ways of checking the over
ooncentratlon of wealth.. It is likewise
coming to be more and more agreed that
the limitation of offspring among tho well-
to-do growing out of the love of luxury Is
a degenerate tendency which owsht to be
combated. Why not have an Inheritance
tax. heavily graduated, and applying only
to fortunes over a certain amount, and
then have large rebates where the family
Is numerous? Suppose three men die. each
worth a million dollars. One Is childless:
the state takes perhaps 20 per cent of his
fortune. Another has three children; the
state takes 10 per cent. Another has six
children, and escapes the Inheritance tax
altogether. There would be considerable
Influence In such a law, not only because
of the actual money consideration, but also
because of the Implied expression of public
opinion. What objection would there be
to carrying the Idea still further, so that
those who are in the best situation to
bring up children shall be penalised, in
other forms of taxation also. If they avoid
that duty, and favored if they perform It?
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Mrs. Naj-bor You seem rather hoarse this
morning, dear.
Mrs. Lushman Well, my husband came
home rather late last night. Boston Tran
script. , .
"1 aaw peokham today," remarked . Nag
get, "and he waa very drunk."
"Well, there's some excuse' for him," '
replied airs. Nagget. "He lost his wife
last week."
"1 know, but a man should be able to
celebrate without making a hog of him
self." Cathollo Standard and Times.
Tommy Mamma had a lot of things sent
home C. O. D. today. What does O. C D.
mean?
Tommy's Pop C. O. P., my son. means
"Call on Dad." Philadelphia Record.
"Unique wedding, was It? In what way?"
"The bridegroom attracted nearly all the
attention. He weighs 8o7 pounds." Chi
cago Tribune.
"What do you think of dividing the day
into twenty-four hours?"
"I think It would be better If we could
arrange to have nine or ten evenings to
the week," responded the young man who '
waa beginning to call steadily on ene girl.
Kansas City Journal.
Mlsa Peach Now. Senator, look me
straight In the face and tell me If you
don't think we women should have the
vote.
Senator (gallantly) The eyes have It .
Washington Herald. ,
"Women would be complete failures In
politics. What do you suppose would
happen If they went to congress, for in
stance ?"
"losn't every man's domestic experi
ence prove to him that a woman la a .
born speaker of the house? Baltimore '.
Porklne I couldn't see that the
story Mr. Throgglns rtild you st the partv
was so awfully f innv. Yet you anoke of '
It aa a "rgular rib tirkler."
Mr. Dorklna Ho It was. Maria; so It waa. .
Didn't you notice that when he came to
what seemed to be the point of It he
nudged me In the ribs? Chicago Tribune.
RETURN OF GLADNESS.
Detroit Free Press.
There is laughter in the sunshine and
there's muslo In the air,
There's a new green In the valley, and
there's color everywhere;
Now the lilac trees are budding and the
skies above are blue.
And the daffodils are shining in their
diamonds of dew
Every morning near my window I can
hear the robins call
And the sparrows chirp and twitter, there
Is gladness over all!
And I look across the meadow where the
sunbeams dance and play,
Winters' silences are broken, Joy ii ruling
now the day.
Every brook now laugha and chuckles
as It gallops to the sea,
And the air la filled with singing, there's
a bird In every tree:
Every mossy dell Is fragrant with the
violet's sweet perfume.
And the hearts of men and women now
are bui-sting Into bloom.
We are growing kinder, gladder, once
aKaln we start to sing.
And our hearts are beating faster as we
feel the breath of spring;
Winter's silences are broken, once again
ness as the clover's drenched with
dew.
And our heart are drenched with Sweet
the skies are blue.
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