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How could such
Lincoln?
a thing happen in
The closed season on oysters Bug
getts clans.1,
U Juneau were In Mexico Instead
of Alaska they would call it You-no.
At any rate, the backward spring is
retarding the advent of the house fly.
From the reforms it is effecting,
that Audoboa society is certainly a
bird.
In that Lincola mayoralty race Arm
strong proved to be strong in the legs
as well.
"We must all walk in the light,"
exclaims Mr. Rockefeller. Fill up
the lamp.
The St. Louis Times saya "Whoa"
hus been the slogan of St. Louis toe
long. Qlddap,
Senator La Follette believes in re
ciprocity, en general principles. But
bow about specifics cases?
1
Still, as able men aa Judge Wakeley
have been kaewn to possess whiskers
and a bald head at one and the same
time. ?;
Ab additional guard te watch the
rock pile gang Is called for. A goed,
strong barbed wire fence would be
cheaper.
Congressman Victor Berger seems
to be a cenerete answer to the ques
tion, "Why Aa not the peeple prefer
uoclalisBS?"
The contest for popularity between
Mayor Gaynor and Governor Dii is
proving almost as exciting as a slew
mule raee,
Prof, flee, the man who saw those
sixty new worlds, being from Missouri,
looked ever a field f 160,000 planets
before deciding.
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Unless we are misinformed, those
centers who are meeting in our midst
will be compelled to pronounce Omaha
painfully healthy.
Senator Frye of Maine is now called
the "father of the senate." He is
going to find some mighty mischievous
little boys to handle, too.
;
And now "Cock Robin" is accused
of being a nature fakir. "The spar
row with bis little arrow" may be ex
pected to be exploded next.
Now that Mayor "Jim" and Gov
ernor Aldrtch have handed one an
other verbal bouquets, we may con
sider the political armistice in force.
Sixty million dollars is spent by
tourists Id Ixmdon every summer, so
statisticians say. No wonder the
British sneer at our "American dol
lars." it is to bo hoped the acme of art at
tained by Kentucky which recently
hanged a negro on a theater stage will
not excite the Jealous rivalries of
other southern states.
New York's Indicted city chamber
lain, although asserting he is the vic
tim of a great conspiracy, will, never
theless, resign. No resignation yet
in the Omaha post office.
When former Senator Carter in the
dald-head-agalnst-beard debate said
the chin-bewhlskered fellows were al
ways the peacemakers he must have
forgotten the period of Jerry Simpson,
Senator Peffer and other patriarchs of
those hirsute days. ,
Congressman Lobeck has scored is
first signal victory "down east." He
spoke in Baltimore a few days before
the city election there urging votes for
a democrat for mayor as an induce
ment to "we democrats to hold our
national convention here." And the
democrat was elected.
The Gubernatorial Succession.
The vacancy in the office of lieuten
ant governor to be filled for a period
of one year and eight months by the
prenldf-nt of the senate presents a sit
uation entirely novel in the history of
Nebraska. Never before in this state
has a vacancy been created by death
In the office of lieutenant governor,
and but once before has the president
of the senate been brought within one
remove of the chief executive's posi
tion. In this case there Is a further
j exceptional condition in the fact that
a dem
ocrat, while the governor Is a repub
lican, so that a transfer of political
power from one party to another
would occur should the office pass
even temporsrlly along the line of suc
cession. Under the present constitution of
Nebraska the gubernatorial succession
In Nebraska passes to the lieutenant
governor, to the president of the sen
ate and to the speaker of the house In
the order named. In territorial days,
and until the new state constitution
was adopted and became effective in
1877, the succession passed from the
governor to the secretary of state.
The first territorial governor of Ne
braska. Francis Burt, died two days
after he entered upon his duties and
the vacancy was filled by the secretary,
Thomas B. Cuming, who succeeded to
the governorship a second time three
years later to All a vacancy created by
the resignation of Governor Izard. An
almost exact repetition of this oc
curred In the case of J. Sterling Mor
ton as secretary of tbe territory filling
the vacancy created by the death of
Governor Richardson In 1868, and
again filling the vacancy created by
the resignation of Governor Black in
1861.
' The first governor of Nebraska after
statehood was impeached and removed
from office, being succeeded by the
secretary of state, W. II. James, but no
further vacancies occurred in the office
either of governor or of lieutenant
governor until the election of Gov
ernor Dietrich to be TJnlteT"Btates sen
ator opened the way for Lieutenant
Governor Savage to become governor.
Yet the then president of the senate,
the late C. F. Steele, was of tbe same
political party aa the governor, so that
the possibility of a transfer of polit
ical control was, not involved.
Fortunately, Governor Aldrlch
seems to be enjoying robust good
health, and the prospects of Lieuten
ant Governor Morehead being moved
up soon again appear to be remote.
The potentiality of the gubernatorial
succession, however, must be recog
nized.
American and British Courts.
Americans have crltclsed their own
courts and heard them criticised so
much by Englishmen that they are
generally prone to concede that Justice
here is an uncertain quantity in alto
gether too many Instances. It is sur
prising to read, therefore, in a London
paper the illuminating statement that
even British courts are beset by sinis
ter obstacles that often defeat justice
and make a travesty of law. This
journal tells us that the British courts
are scandalized by alibi-makers and
that the evil has become bo prevalent
aa to menace the system of Jurispru
dence. The paper hastens to explain,
though, that this thing exists, not
among real Englishmen, but among
foreigners, who have organized for
mutual protection. .
Yet, if this is so, Britons cannot
evade responsibility even by estab
lishing the verity of this statement.
The United States haa as intricate Ju
dicial problems with which to deal as
Britain can possibly lay claim to. Tbe
fact seems to be that no system of
Jurisprudence devised by man is error
proof, though those of the high order
which both these countries have come
near meeting the ends of Justice. Per
haps on comparison it might be found
that with all our admitted frailties,
American courts tally favorably, both
in method and administration, with
those of Britain. We have here often
urged the distressing frequency of per
jury among witnesses and litigants,
closely related to the grievance of the
Britons. Perhaps we and our British
cousins might profit by one another's
experience in efforts to root out these
defects.
Hyde and Gaynor,
Surmounting in importance the
question of Chamberlain Hyde's guilt
or Innocence of the charges connecting
him with misappropriation of stupen
dous sums of money in Now York, the
most conspicuous feature of the whole
situation seems to bo the utter failure
of Mayor Gaynor'a administration to
accomplish the reforms and improve
ments in city government which were
set for it in rather flamboyant fashion.
Hyde was the law partner of Gay
nor, has been bis intimate friend and
adviser for yeara and was appointed
receiver of public money when Gaynor
became mayor. His Indictment on
grave charges can reflect no credit,
upon ana contriout no strength to
the Gaynor administration. Especially
is this trui in view of the mayor's
steadfast support of Hyde. Hyde may
be proved innocent, in which event the
mayor but commends himself for his
adherence to a friend, but that is not
so much the point just now, for Hyde's
downfall cannot and will not be con
sidered except In connection with and
as a part or the administration of
Mayor Gaynor, and if In the end he
should be adjudged guilty It will be
all the worse for Gaynor.
But this is rather a climax than the
beginning of trouble for Gaynor.
From the first bis administration has
been on the defensive. He has had
so many things to explain that he has
not been able to realize on the high
hopes set ' for htm In that position.
Hyde, like most men In similar posi
tions, pleads that he Is the victim of
a base conspiracy. In which it so hap
pens every newspaper In the city prac
tically is against him and in line with
the testimony of Banker Robins. In the
meshes of whose confession Hyde was
tripped up.
Judgment, of course, has not yet
been pronounced, and will not be until
Hyde's guilt or Innocence Is estab
lished. It may be regarded as sig
nificant that In pleading not guilty the
former city chamberlain reserves the
right to .change or withdraw his plea
If developments suggest the advisa
bility of such action.
Lincoln Lifts the Lid.
After several years of dense drouth
Lincoln has voted by decisive majority
to lift the ltd and license saloons to
do business there again. That Lin
coln should go wet would not ordi
narily be of particular moment to out
siders, for other cities and towns have
alternated between the wet and dry
policy, but Lincoln has made so much
of its vaunted superiority over other
cities by virtue of its dryness and its
boasted goodness that its relapse is
like a fall from a high pedestal.
Writing for publication a few days
ago, a well known citizen of Lincoln
declared that, "next to Mr. Bryan,"
Lincoln's dry policy Is "our biggest
advertisement," and that a majority
for the wets would be most serious
"from an advertising standpoint." If
this was really the moving factor the
majority of Llncolnltes have evidently
concluded that the name Is not worth
the game and that as long as they con
tinue to have the other big advertising
feature the fame of their city will be
secure, even though It be wet In spots.
An Ineffectual Armistice.
No reason is apparent for doubting
the reports that hostilities In Mexico
did not cease with the signing of the
armistice, pending peace negotiations.
The armistice, therefore, seems to
have ' proved ineffectual. Desultory
warfare, reports say, has come to some
very serious results In the northwest
states and some American nonpar
ticipants have lost their lives as a con
sequence of the perfidy.
Taking the proper view that the
armistice was made in good faith and
that both parties to the agreement de
plore assaults upon Americans in Mex
ico, we are still confronted by this
fact: Chaotic conditions more formi
dable than , orderly powers can easily
handle exist in the southern country
and threaten to annoy whatever reor
ganisation force is evolved from the
revolution. It will be a long time be
fore bushwhacking and guerilla war
fare, aa the ultimate fragments of the
rebellion, are finally and completely
wiped out. Here Is sure to be a task
quite equal to the best efforts which
the old or the new regime can bring
to bear. Under such Irritating cir
cumstances the United States, Indeed,
does well to restrain its power and
deal compassionately with its turbu
lent neighbors.
Immunity Baths Denied. -Prosecuting
officials have been
rather generous in this country with
their immunity baths, but the limit
seem to have been reached in Ohio,
where fifty (about one-third the total
number) members of the legislature
are involved in a bribery scandal and
propose to confess in exchange for
immunity from prosecution. . The law
officers certainly are not to be blamed
for refusing to trade. They and the
people would surely be on the short
end of the deal. Better many times
over take a chance on missing out
entirely on convictions than to let
loose the whole flock of culprits
merely to have them confess.
People may not admire the char
acter of a briber or bribe-taker, but
they will have to allow a little for
the commendable audacity of these
men, who, when about to be trapped
in such a wholesale Job of dishonesty,
blandly offer to swap confessions for
immunity. Of course they probably
think the law would be satisfied to get
at the fellows who "corrupted" them,
but such a view is not quite consistent
wththe highest demands of Justice.
But is it not about time anyway
for Ohio to be good? Is it not time to
purge itself of its moral obliquity
without the aid of immunity processes
and put on a complete new suit of
civic virtue? Has the whole state been
contaminated by Adams county? Or
was Adams county only a sample of
the stock in trade? Seriously, the sit
uation Is deplorable. If the facts be
anywhere near aa bad as represented,
this will go on record, perhaps, as the
most extensive system of bribery the
country has known, at least that has
been exposed, and everybody will hope
there have been none worse unex
posed. . . .. . J
i d civn service investigation or the
Omaha postofflce shake-down has been
hanging Are now for two months. It
did not take President Roosevelt that
long on a certain occasion to decapi
tate a United States marshal and a
United States district attorney on
much less serious charges.
Tbe pool hall regulation ordinance
nas gone naci to committee once
more. But then, has not Omaha been
engaged in the "Immediate and com
pulsory" purchsse of the water works
for over eight years?
The campaign of misrepresentation
Is on. A local organ of mendacity
pretends that the so-called farmers'
free list would rut off custom house
revenues of only 11,600,000, when the
official treasury figures place the loss
at not less than 110,000.000 annually.
A little discrepancy like thst, of
course, cuts no figure.
Why, of course, it Is usually better
to settle out of court controversies
such ss have arisen between the city
and several franchise corporations,
but If an adjustment were reached
without litigation how would all these
high-priced lawyers be able to take
periodic trips to Europe?
It wss a long time after the incident
at Appomattox that fighting ceased in
Texas, so we need not be surprised if
the neighbors a little to the south of
there fight on long after the Mexican
war Is over.
The New York Sun, responding to
a challenge, has made Us annual pub
lication of "Sassafras, Oh, Sassafras."
Now, come on. Gentle Lady, with your
blithe and happy spring.
In a ( las by Himself.
Washington Star.
J. Q. Cannon remains one of th few
prominent statesmen whose public utter
ances and confidential conversation can al
wnys be depended on to sound pretty much
silk.
The President On;h to Know.
New York T. Ibun..
The president, denouncing aa "bosh" the
talk about Canadian annexation, pointedly
declares that the United States haa quite
enough to do lit governing lta prevent pos
sessions. And after his experience In the
Philippines he knows.
The Hooat After Death.
Philadelphia Record.
We are aJlright in this country In the
matter of putting up big money for old
books. We can do It, sure pop, and do
It Impressively. But when it comes to
buying new books the tendency seems
to be to shy off. yWe don't play fair
with the possible IrVlngs and Longfel
lows of this generation, who in conse
quence "die a-bornln'."
Xot a Jingo Scream.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Some people find It singular that the
war alarm bureaus have not summoned
the nation to arms because the Dutch
have taken possession of a miscroscoplc
island In the vicinity of the Philippines.
But It Is entirely natural. The probable
employers for our warmakers in print see
nothing for themselves in a war between
the United States and Holland.
Dlarecardln'ar Pabllo Policy.
New York Outlook.
In the decision on the Workmen's Com
pensatlon Act, In our opinion, the New
York Court of Appeals has disregarded
all considerations of social Justice against
the conscience and judgment of the civil
ised world, and In Its forced Interpreta
Uon of the constitution haa disregarded
alike the history of the constitution's ori
gin and of its judicial Interpretation by
th highest court in the land.
Prompt Action on Reciprocity.
Springfield Republican.
The sjggle over reciprocity In Canada
would speedily come to an end If the
United States senate would get ready tor
business and pass tha reciprocity bill with
out much delay. Aa matters stand, th
Canadian opposition la much heartened by
hopes of obstruction to th measure In th
upper branch of congress, while Premier
Laurler naturally hesitates to push th
business so long aa there Is a chance that
reciprocity may fall on this side of th
boundary. The protectionists in England,
meanwhile, are doing their best to sus
tain the opposition at Ottawa. The pro
longation of th contest means that the
premier will attend neither the Imperial
conference next month In Ijondon nor the
coronation In Jun.
People Talked About
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Mr. Black was born In Canada, but
Jumped ovr th lln as soon aa he ob
served th good thing on this side. He la
director of many railroads and banks and
president of th United States Realty
company of New York.
Remember Chauneey M. Depew. United
States senator that waaT Chauncey cele
brated his T7tb birthday anniversary with
200 friends In Brooklyn last Saturday and
Jollied th youngsters with reminiscences
and Joemlllerisms. His Is the smile that
won't com off.
Mrs. Barnay and Miss Barney, mother
and daughter, who secured first page
publicity by exhibiting nude statuary In
th lawn of their Waahlngton horn last
summer, ar honeymooning In Paris. The
mother I Mrs. Hemmlck and the daughter
Is Mrs. Dreyfus, both husbands being
hlghoockaloruma In the American Bahalst
.society In the French capital.
Th city council of Chicago fired a reso
lution at th managers of the fund col
lected for the benefit of the widow and
orphans of firemen who lost their Uvea
in the stock yards fire last December. The
plan of th managers Is to keep tbe princi
pal of the fund Intact and dt-vot th in
oom to th support of th living victims,
many of whom ar In sore distress. Ob
jection Is made to the plan, and the out
come Is likely to be a lawsuit that will
eat a large slloe of the fund.
Th hairy and hairless debate in Wash
ington didn't prove a thing. Th whisk
ered 'disputants ar married, so ar th
bald heads. Each took a turn at teaching
Sunday school and In other ways showed
symptoms to the rostrum of the Young
Men's Christian association and have of
fered vocal banquets to members of the
Young Women's Christian association and
th Women's Christian Temperance union.
For all that Senator Kerns and Uncle Joe
Cannon poasea whiskers and hairy domes,
while Nick Long worth and Ollla James
haven's eoougb on top to afford a llf lln
for a fly.
L VL ftHAKRY
Around New York
Ripple on th Current of T.lf
a Been la tb Great American
Metropolis from Day to Day.
Figures made public by the health de
partment of the metropolis make clear
whrt nationalities are increasing the race
and the sections of the city most conspicu
ous In the birth rate. In 'the Jewish dis
tricts the birthrate Is the highest, averag
ing K per l.ono of the population. in
Optically Italian districts the birth rate Is
50.5; In the negro districts the average Is
.M 6. But In the high class native American
private residence districts the rate Is less
than seven per 1.00. The children result
ing from mixed marriages Indicate, too,
it Is said by the health board experts,
that the second generation of Immigrants
In New York are not so prolific In off
spring as are th first generation, the
new settler.
Of the 127.021 white children who were
born In New York In 1310. 64.DS1 were boys
and 62.040 girls. Of th colored children
born, 1,031 were boys and 1.070 girls. There
were born twelve Chinese boy and nine
Chinese girls, mostly of mixed parentage.
Michael Donnelly, of Albany, N. Y., who,
In 18S, sued his brother-in-law, P. J. Mc
Ardle. for a bill of sale Involving ll&0,000,
which suit has been In the courts ever
since, haa made public this table showing
the cost and other features of It:
Period of litigation (years)
22
Number of trials 1
Total number of trial dayS 87
Number of lawyers M
Number of justice
Numiwr ot witnesses
Number of justice who hav died 1
Number of lawyers who have died ... 1.1
Number of witnesses who have died.. 42
Donnelly counsel fees lltW.fifO
MeArdle's approximated expenses.. 2n0.W0
EBtrniated cost o county, salaries
etc 20.000
Amount involved irR.0H)
Cost and disbursements 20.UU0
Mr. Donnelly and his brother-in-law wer
In the Iron business when they went to
law. Six times Mr. Donnelly's complaint
was dismissed, but each time the higher
courts reversed the judgment. Mr. Don
nelly was advised today that H. A. Glider
sleeve, the referee, had reported that his
share of what was left came to J41.00O,
with 120.000 for counsel fees. Mr. Don
nelly says he will not accept It
One result of the recent fir In th Asch
building in Washington place, In which 145
persons lust their lives, was th ordering
of a fire drill for the 680 employes of the
Appraisers' stores, 661 Washington street.
Two of the men who took th teat a few
days ago are now trying to discover who
sprinkled about 15 cents' worth of mixed
carpet tacks and screws along the hollow
steel baa of the spiral fire escape on
which the employe w expected to slide
to safety from the upper floors in th
event of fire.
When the signal for th drill was given
tho two most active clerks on the ninth
floor rushed to th entrance to the spiral
slide, and launched themselves on the
downward Journey. More might perhaps
have followed their lead had It not been
for yells arising from the steel cylinder.
Instead of descending the fire escape,
other . employes ran down the stairs to
the sidewalk, where they arrived in time
to assist In picking some of th tacks
from th anatomy of their conferee. An
official investigation haa been commenced
to discover the perpetrator of th Jok.
There is an unofficial Investigation under
way which promises even mor dir con
sequences for the culprit.
Tha extent to which Fifth avenue. Is
gradually succumbing to business was
shown when at lunch time a group ot
twenty men more or less stood about th
stoop of th Harry Payn Whitney house
on the southwest corner of Fifth avenu
and Fifty-seventh street. Four of th
most striking houses in New York ar on
this corner. Mrs. Vanderbllt, Mrs. Hunt
ington and Mrs. Hermann Oelrlchs afe th
occupants of three of these houses. The
Whitney house Is now vacant and win not
be sold for business during th lifetime of
Mrs. Vanderbllt, who Is th mother-in-law
of Mr. Whitney. But the slight, dark men
with their cigarettes, their foreign mon
grel tongue and their excited manners
gather every day now to paas the luncheon
hour on this comfortable comer. They
come from a fashionable dressmaking es
tablishment in the neighborhood. The
blocks a few afreets south on Fifth avanu
are already becoming so crowded at mid
day that they differ littl In appearance
from those below Twenty-third street.
-yPlans have been filed by th Broadway
Pork Place company for th construction
at Broadway and Park Place of the high
est building in the world. From the curb
to the apex of the tower it will stand 750
feet There will be thirty stories in the
main building and an additional twenty
five In th tower, flfty-flv In all. Th
highest building In the world now stand
ing Is the Metropolitan tower, 700 feet I
inches, and the second highest, th Singer
tower, 612 feet. The Eiffel tower, a skele
ton steel structure, la riot reckoned a
building. It is 1,000 feet high.
Sending little love messages or snatches
of love songs by postcard to be translated
by your sweetheart's phonograph Is the
latest dsvelooment In th Picture postcard
crate In New York. On th back of fTTtl
postcard Is a small record resembling the
regular disc record used on some ma
chine. It la a vry thin film pasted on
th card and containing som phrase of
tender sentiment or a bit of som popular
tnualo. Th card has a hoi In It so that
it may b placed on th machine and when
this Is don th nedl make th card
talk and th on to whom It waa sent gets
the message. The Idea was born In Ger
many, but the foreign buyers ot the
American stores this winter ar said to
hav bought up about all th German
makera could turn out.
PEPPESY PARAGRAPHS.
Minneapolis Journal: President Taft was
dined on fogash by the Hungarians the
other night. The Hungarians seem to live
on fogash, goulash and rhapsodies.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: There Is In
creasing talk of Champ Clark as a pres
idential candidate. Simply ahows that the
peopl hav not lost their sense of humor.
St. iouls Republic: That man Lorlmer
has a great system. While writ of ha
beas corpus wer blocking th Springfield
end of th attack th senat elections
committee was being stacked In his favor.
Houston Post: The president at four
dinners In one day In New York, but as
they were .not anything Ilk those famous
Nebraska dollar dinners, w suppose with
a little pepsin or bicarbonat of soda h
recovered all right-
Brooklyn Eagle: Th Er.gllah coronation
authorities ban the hobbl skirt. Ty
traditional low courtesy, performed In such
Tsklrt. would mean a bad tumbl for any
woman not a professional contortionist.
Prevention is better than cur, every
time!
Baltimore American: President Taft was
refused to pardon tha wealthy cattlemen
who wer convicted of grabbing gracing
lands In th west. He deserves the thanks
of the people for refusing to make his high
offlc a refuge from punishment of th
violators of th publlo Interests.
NEBRASKA TRESS COMMENT.
The Sidney Trlecraph: Willi Colonel her-
reincr s ostrich farm to tie cManllplir! one
.mile froi.i Sidney" and Colonel Lynch pro
' during a fnlr quality of itiiiim In Mrlilge-
Iniirt. the banAna holt eiiia to hit niini.
Into It own.
Kearney Democrat: Colonel Bryan Is all
right. He belleyes In Jiidlclou' advertising,
even In his own pnper. The tifune of Mr
Bran appeared 112 time, not rountlng t'ie
heading of his psper. In the Con-mom r of
last week.
Auburn Republican: If Nemaha county
fruit lands were located where the boomer
could manipulate them, thev would be
worth as much as the Hood river lands. It
Is best, however, for the Nemahn county
Isnds to create their own values on their
own merits.
Hastings Tribune: WllUnnt .1. Bilrn cer
tainly throws the hook into Ponator
Thomas 8. Martin of Virginia. vho was
chosen democratic leader In spite of all
that Bryan could do or say to prevent It.
If Martin Is as bad as Bryan has painted
him then It will not be long before there
will he all kinds of dirty democratic nrn
hung on the line.
Chadron Journal: The Sunday base ball
occupied considerable tlm In the last legis
lature and the governor vetoed the bill
which finally passed. Consequently the has
ball situation Is, as It was, against the law.
However, we believe Sunday base ball will
continue In communities where the people
do not object to It. Many tilings which are
against the law are allowed because no
body care to have the law enforced.
Central City R,-publiraiv-Thore are lota
of people w-ho don't agree with Governor
Aldrtch. but everyone concedes that he
is a real governor. If anyone has any
strings on him they haven't been very suc
cessful In pulling them. His Job Is not a
bit too big for him, and already there is
a growing sentiment over the state that
he Is fitted for bigger things. H Is what
a man does that counts, and Aldrlch's
record rings true.
Falls City Journal: Norrls Brown had to
take what was left In the way of com
mittee assignments as the regular republi
cans said he was none of them and the
progressives have never been able to place
him in their lost of the slmon pure stock.
This Is about where he belongs, both In
point of ability and reliability In politics.
At the next turn Nebraska will either send
a democrat or a republican to the senate.
It will not be a German carp of the Brown
breed.
Wayne Herald: Every person wishing
to fish In Nebraska must pay a Herns of
$1 per year, excepting women and boys
under 18 years of age. Many boys under
the age mentioned are experts at fishing,
and therefore In that respect the luw ap
pears weak as an attempt to protect fish.
As to women, they are not apt to do any
Injury to fish, though they may consider
the liberty given them by the law an un
favorable reflection on their ability to
catch fish.
Columbus Telegram: In all Nebraska
there Is only one newspaper which Is In
favor of Joe Bailey's preferred democratic
candidate for president. This particular
paper Is published in Omaha, but it will
not be fair to blame Omaha for the fact.
But who I Jo Bailey's favorite candi
date? Harmon of Ohio, 1 his name, and
Jo Bailey 1 his prophet, and Standard
Oil I sponsor for Jo Bailey. It speaks
for th Integrity of th Nebraska news
paper fraternity to observe that In all the
state ther Is but one publication boosting
th Joe Bailey and Standard Oil candidate.
HITCHCOCK'S GREAT SHOWING.
Notable Achl-TmatNf tb PostmaJl
ter General.
Buffalo News.
Postmaster General Hitchcock 1 abl
to show that his department Is self-supporting.
The latest returns show that In
come practically balances outgo and Is
still gaining, so that the difference of a
few dollars shown in the last monthly
statement will be wiped out within, a few
days, and the next statement will un
doubtedly show a small credit balance to
the department. .
The way In which General Hitchcock has
worked out this success redounds Im
mensely to his credit, for during the year
In which he has changed a deficit of
117,000,000, the highest ever known In the
department, to a credit, he has added
aomethlng Ilk 12,000 offices, opened up
many thousands of miles of rural delivery
routes. Increased th force proportionately
to match th growing business and Is still,
by efficiency In handling, by practical
methods, without discharging men, without
crippling the service, without regard to tho
service Itself, he haa accomplished these
things.
In a word. General Hitchcock has greatly
Increased the efficiency of the department
In many directions, and at the same time
retained the fore undiminished, and ac
complished taies things without change In
the rates of postage. He reported last De
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a change In the rates on second clasa mat
ter, and a great controversy arose over
that subject. But without giving up his
Idea he has gone on working out improve
ments, including the postal sayings bank,
and pushing forward toward parcels post
and showing the people In most convincing
way that the Postofflce department can
be made a great de:ii more useful to them,
than It used to be, and still pay Its own.
way. "
Vhateversmay be said of the ways and
methods of the head of tho Postofflce
department, It Is certain that no one has
accomplished so much in two years of an
administration within the memory of living
men as General Hitchcock has in improv
ing the postal service.
LAUGHING GAS.
Doctor You are considerably under
weight, sir. What have you been doing?
Patient Nothing. Kut I'm a retired
grocer, doc Puck.
"Don't you think that new congressman
will be a popular Idol 7 "
"I dunno about Ma beln' popular." re
plied Farmer Corntoesel; "but he's Idle all
right." Washington tu.r.
"Have any luck on your fishing trip?"
"Yes. Counting those that got away and
those we threw back we almost got seven.''
Detroit Free Press.
The proud heiress, no longer In the bloom
of youth, stood before the mirror.
She noted tbe streaks of gray In her once
raven locks.
"I'll do It!" she exclaimed, with firmly
compressed lips. "You eun't make me be
lieve it s a disgrace to dye rich!" Chicago
Tribune.
BrigRs-Here's a queer Item. "Six men
could be parked between the jaws of the
prehistoric shark."
Wigas The Jaws of tha prehistoric shark
must have been built along the lines of the
modern street car. Clevelund Plain Dealer.
Her What, going already? I don't sup
pose it would be any use to ask you to
stay a little longer?
Him Not In that tort of vole. Milwau
kee News.
Bailey Think your wife will learn to run
this automobile?
Dady Certainly! Didn't she learn to run
a coffee percolator? Chicago News.
Landlord (smilingly) Ar you awar that
ou slept In a real mahogany bed last
night Mr. HowellsT
-Howella (meanly) Was that what it was?
It fslt Ilk lignum vltael Puck. ,
spirit op spring.
Baltlmor Sun.
No earth-born Joy lathla.
No thing of clod,
But from a cup of bliss
W drink of God.
No clay around this thing.
No dust of toll;
Bhod like an anl, Spring
Doth kiss th soil;
And wher hr feet do pass
In steps of glsaxn
They on the mrald grass
Leav prints of dream.
Not Joy alon In life.
But, bush and tree,
Shak with th silken atrif
Of testacy.
Is It a world ? who cares 1
A dream? who knows!
Only whera'er It fares
On feet of rose.
Soon Ilk a myetto thine,
None may defn
Flashea a rainbow wing
And blooms a vln.
Thus might a child b born.
And w might say,
How ilk a golden morn.
A branch of May I
Yet. it 4a not of birth
Bo much as spall.
Of something upon th earth
Intangible.
Something that softly strays
Into our hearts till w
Turn like a child that plays
And ar aa free.
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