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Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publlhlng Company. tHily 2 cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks except on Omaha and eastern exchange not accepted. APRIL CIRCtrrATlON. 48,106 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as: I 'wlnlit Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the average dally circula tion, less spoiled, unused and - returned copies, for the month of April, 1811. was tS.ll. DWIQHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of May, 1911. (Seal.) HUBERT HUNTER, Notary Public abserlbera leaTlag Ike city tesa porarlly shoal have Tfce Be saallesl to (hem. Ad areas will he Tbe mob Is still cheering Madero. Poor Madero. What Madero needs Is Hank O'Day to umpire his game for him. James J. Jeffries is said to be in favor of universal disarmament. The Egg trust better not cackle too Moud or Uncle Sam will break it. Now let the supreme court squirt out that Tobacco trust decision. Some clever comic opera writer will set that Mexican revolt to tune and cash it in. The weather will soon be warm enough to thaw out even the man with a grouch. Says little Japan: "That arbltra treaty game looks good to me. Guess I'll try to sit in." No, Mohonk is not the progenitor of all the honks now heard on the by ways and speedways. At any rate, Lawyer Wells is getting a lot of free advertising out of It, which Is probably what be Is after. Otto, the InsAne' king of Bavaria, Is said to have forgotten that be is a king. Then he must be on the road to recover his sanity. It would be a tragic end of a thrill ing career If the end of his official life should also mark the end of President Dial's mortal career. '. It must make politicians like Wil liam J. Dryan turn green with envy to see how smoothly novices like Woodrow Wilson get along. I Now that our old friend, "Charley" Towne, has elucidated the Standard Oil decision, of .course, there is no use Wasting any more time on it. : . I i The son of a Standard OH magnate Is sued for divorce because be takes "thirty or. forty drinks a day." An other dissolution decree coming up. It Is up to the Nebraska food com missioner to explain why he has de ferred his bad-egg crusade to the very nd of the fast closing theatrical teason. I In the same issue of the paper we Dnd Mr. Dryan and Edward IUnes railing against the newspapers. Hope this is the only thing they have in Common. June 8 is the day set for the real istic lld-liftlng act in Lincoln. We trust our good neighbors will demean themselves In moderation, and not get too hilarious about It. The sun became bo hot in San Fran tlsco the other day as to expand the itreet car rails and stop the cars. If that had only happened before New Orleans lost out for that exposition! Even ft his salary as governor Is flocked for time out, Woodrow Wilson Might to be able to persuade himself that he has recejved a full value con ltderatlon In what he has learned of the slxe of the country. The Indian supply depot beJng reasonably safe for Omaha for another fear or two, our senator and congress man may devote themselves exclu sively to performing the rescue act for our army headquarters. Attorney General-For-a-Llttle-Whlle llullen's reference to that saffron-hued Mdnapiug rase Just when everyone toncerned thought they had succeeded tn living It down and forgetting It Is tnfortunate, to say the least. The democratic members of the Ne braska delegation tn congress have a tomplete defense in opposing free wool without excusing themselves on the (round of "policy." Is not the Den rer platform, silent about free wool, (till binding on them for what It Vmt, even If It Is no longer binding , Mr. Bryan? King Caucus in the Saddle. Down at Washington "King Cau cus" is in' tbe saddle more securely with the democratic majority in the houie and the democratic minority in the senate than ever before. The iron hand of the caucus is heavier on tbe shoulder of the democratic congress man at the present time than it was ever on a republican congressman in the palmiest days of czar rule. In the organisation of the house a score of republicans refused to vote for the caucus nominee for speaker, but not a single democrat failed to record himself for the nominee of the democratic caucus. The same is true with reference to the legislative pro gram that is being followed. It em braces only such subjects as are agreed upon In caucus, and no member, dem ocrat or republican, can get any at tention whatever for any bill without the caucus stamp. To make sure that there will be no deviation from the plans and specifications laid down by "King Caucus," calendar day, re garded as one of the principal fruits of tbe revolt against Cannonlsm in the last congress, when any member Is supposed to be free to call up any bill, has been practically abolished by ad journment each week over that day In order to prevent the privilege from being exercised. "King Caucus" is apparently doing an almost equally thriving business on the democratic side in the senate. Democratic solidarity has been thus brought about on the question of re opening the Lorimer case, on the di rect election of senators, on the choice of the president of the senate, and on other questions, showing the complete subversion of individual freedom of action. While, then, the democrats have been encouraging Insurgency and di vision among the republicans, they have been scrupulously maintaining discipline and obedience within their own ranks. It remains to.be seen, however, whether "King Caucus" can make himself more popular as a democrat than he has been under other party labels. A Technicality. The Water board's $8,250,000 water bond proposition does not say any thing about the authority voted in 1900 to issue $3,000,000 of water bonds and the authority voted In 1909 to iasue $6,500,000 of water bonds. The presumption, is that these other bonds, authorized but not issued, are to be annulled by voting the present bond preposition, but It is not so stip ulated. Of course, the assurance of the Water board that they will not resurrect the old bonds should set all fears at rest, but then water boards sometimes change, and even Water board members sometimes change their minds. Tbe voting of the $8,260,000 bond issue ought definitely to rescind the authority to issue the $3,000,000 water bonds voted In 1900 and the $6,500,000 water bonds voted in 1909. I Fire Waste and Its Remedy. This country must do something more than It has done to prevent un necessary waste and loss in fires. The nation has the problem of the forest fires on its hands and the cities have the less difficult task of diminishing the loss from building fires. Neglect and inadequate provision cut a big figure in both cases, but in the case of the city neglect is probably the vital element. An immense amount of the waste and loss through fires in cities is due directly to the inflammable character of structures erected. This the city could prevent by enacting laws or ordinances calling for fire proof material In every structure erected within the business districts and enforcing the laws. And not un til they do this are they going to solve this distressing problem. , Of course, that alone will not com pletely do away with fires. No one supposes that it will, but It will be a long step in that direction and make the others easier to take. For cities to permit fl ret rap buildings to go up In congested centers of business is little less than criminal In itself. Secretary of the Interior Fisher has Just called attention to this fault on the part of municipalities In a speech before the National Fire Protective association. He has done a good service, though no more than others have .been doing for a long time. Fires are not going to stop themselves. The remedy lies within reach, partially at least, ot every municipality, and the municipality that falls to apply it must expect to pay the penalty. Our American cities are far behind those of Europe, particularly Germany, in dealing with this problem. Anto Colon and Speed. A New York court has decided that the colof of an automobile, as well as the speed, may be taken into account In determining the owner's responsi bility for the harm his machine may do. Tbe issue came out of a smash up by an automobile of a farmer's vehicle drawn by a horse. The auto, which was painted a brilliant red, was moving along the road the farmer was traveling and the latter's horse be came frightened and ran away. The court held the autoist for the loss and maintained tbat It was the color of his auto as much aa its excessive rate of speed that caused the mischief. Thia verdict doubtless will a-lact wide notice and may have some Influ ence on autoists in other parts tH the country. It accords with common sense to say that brilliantly tainted autoa whizzing along rural highways at great speed are likely to frighten horses, for their color as much, if not more, than for their speed. Tet on the other hand, may not the bright colors have a compensating effect aa a danger signal? Most any careful autoist will tell you that what he mostly fears In running his machine is the other fellow. He knows what he Is going to do, but he can not tell what anyone else may do. Therefore many a collision or wreck. Now, why would not tbe Red Devil or the Blue Heron or the auto of Chinese yellow or other conspicuous hue, serve as notice to stop, look and listen T The dasillng lamps serve tbat purpose at nights, but In the day time the color of the auto might act as a warning tnd fail ure to take heed mitigate the award of damages. No More Unit Rule. One effect of Nebraska's new law for election of national convention dele gates by direct vote that has escaped attention is its nullification of the unit rule, that time-honored feature of the organic law of the democratic party. Under the unit rule It is the privi lege of the democrats in any state to decree through their state convention that the vote of the delegation in na tional convention shall be cast as a unit, and as a majority of the dele gates decide. The democratic delega tions from Nebraska have almost in variably been under unit rule instruc tions and have been voted solid on all questions, whether pertaining to or ganization, to the Beating of contested delegations, to the platform or to the nominees. With the delegates elected by direct vote, each responsible only to his own constituency and under no Instructions whatever except the pref erential vote on president and vice president, there will be no way of in voking or enforcing the unit rule, and the vote of the delegation will go solid or split according to the Individual poll, and not as the majority dictates. We do not wish to be understood as Intimating that this will not be a good thing, because it will merely be mak ing the democratic procedure conform to that of the republican national con vention, which has never recognized the unit rule. The Justification of the unit rule by the democrats has been that it is a necessary complement of the requirement of two-thirds to nomi nate. If it becomes the general prac tice the direct election of national con vention delegates will certainly put an end to the unit rule, and may carry down the two-thirds vote to nominate along with it. Widening the Arbitration Movement. Japan's reported desire to Join the United States, Great Britain and France In the arbitration treaty di rects publlo attention at once to the alliance existing between England and this oriental kingdom with a most reassuring and comforting suggestion. If Japan makes a formal application to unite under the terms of this agree ment it must tend to discount all the foolish gossip spent at the expense of the United States with reference to the British-Japanese alliance. It was never to have been supposed that any alien people could come between the two great English-speaking nations in any sphere of action for their mu tual advantage. Recent events Indicate real and un expectedly rapid progress In this movement of international peace through arbitration. It seems that what was wanted was for some nation to take the lead as boldly as the United States has done. And if these powers join with us in this agreement, what Is to prevent broadening the treaty in general? Since the United StateB has caused the modification to be made In the draft which removes from the list of arbitrable issues, questions Involving national honor and Integrity, the benefits may be ex pected to appeal more strongly to many countries that would otherwise hesitate to entertain a suggestion of arbitration and once set In motion the arbitration machinery would work out Its own destiny.' County Commissioner Lynch Is on the right track in his efforts to hold the proposed court house bond Issue down to proper limits. The original estimate of $250,000 was plainly pad ded, and the water should be squeezed out of it. The plea that the new court house should be equipped in a manner that befits a million-dollar structure is good as far as it goes, but must stop short of putting money Into things that are not needed at all. The work of the weather bureau is of uch a technical character, and the people know so little about It, that it is unsafe for the uninformed to reach any conclusion whatever as to the merits of the row. Lincoln Star. ) Against this we protest and dissent. This suggestion Is wholly at variance with all Ideas of democracy which qualify all of us to form valuable and veritable conclusions on everything, whether we know anything about it or not. A public mass meeting to let our social prescription' writers show how widely they disagree In diagnosing the eruption of hold-ups is probably the best way to enable them to let off sur plus steam. In the meantime Omaha will expect Its police force to do its duty to the best of Its ability, notwith standing Bmallness of numbers. . Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus of Chicago advises young people never to marry unless they can marry their Ideals. Good advice, which, If followed, would helft mightily to diminish tbe number of divorces. But it won't be followed Our late attorney general-for-a llttle-whtle has Just filed his brief in the ouster cas he brongbt 'against Chief of Police Donahue eight months ' ago. It is a safe guess that he will J not be so slow In putting In his bill. ' raahlna- av Oool Tklas;. New Tork World. I Fifty, more postal saving's banks, with ' further Installments of a hundred a week to come. Indicate the near approach of the time when their usefulness can be Indeed more definitely than the small beginnings made possible. "A Fool There Was." Chicago Kecord-Herald. A New York bachelor killed himself after he had lost 12.000,000 speculating In Wall street. A man who has $2,000,000 and tries to get more by speculating In Wall street doesn't leave the world much poorer when he takes himself out of It. Going ame. Minneapolis Journal. Seven hundred and eighty thousand auto mobiles are registered In the different states. At an average value of $1,000. they represent more wealth than the national debt. Wrio will be first man to sell his auto to pay the national debt? Will Cnha Qalt the Gamer Boston Transcript. In Cuba a movement to put an end to the national lottery In under way. It Is pro posed that congress shall give It three of four years In which to wind up Its affairs and go out of existence, but It remains to be seen whether the Cuban lawmakers will realise that the lottery, despite the revenue It brings In, Is not a paying Investment for the republic The advocates of abolition are confident that, given time, congress will banish the lottery, dear as It Is to the pop ular desire to try a chance at the turn ef the wheel. Senatorial Evasions. Springfield Republican. Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota as a tariff reformer of long standing Is cutting a grievous figure In his attacks on the reciprocity bill. Ha now says that the president Is evading the constitution and trifling with the senate when he tries to have the bill accepted without amendment. Just where the evasion and trifling come In Is not clear. The senate can amend the bill If It wants to, can It not? And It can defeat the bill If wants to, and those sen ators who are trying to amend are trying to kill It. Let us make no mistake about that Sandbag; Methods of Trade. Philadelphia Record. The courts have almost uniformly held the boycott to be unlawful. The method used by the Bathtub trust and the Eastern States Lumber Trade association, and many other associations, some Incorporated and some not. are entirely analogous to the boy cott. They have been repeatedly condemned by the courts and a more specific definition of these methods of coercing trade may be looked for as the result of proceedings instituted by the United States against the Lumber Trade association. Sandbag meth ods of forcing trade, whether, used by -capital or labor, have been and will continue to be condemned. All parties would show wisdom and good citizenship by obeying the laws. OLD STAND Ann OIL CHOWD. Moat of the Master Builders Have Passed Away. New Tork Journal of Commerce. One by one the stalwarts of 26 Broad way are receiving their final summons, and the younger generation have not yet dem. onstrated their ability to successfully fill the gaps. Seven 'prominent Standard Oil men have died within the last few years, so that today , onlyr a few of those who were associated, with John D. Rockefeller In the early stages of his career remain at the helm. Daniel O'Day i was among the first to go; the public did not properly ap preciate the part he played In directing the great enginery of the Oil trust. H. H. Rogers, often described as "the brains of Standard Oil," died under lamentable cir cumstances; In financial circles It was well known that thia rugged flnanoier lost heart over the events of 1907. W. P. Howe, W. H. Tllford, F. Q. Barstow and Philip Kupect have all passed away, while this week James Smith, head of the manufac turing committee of the Standard Oil com pany, died suddenly at the age of 63. How far overwork has been responsible for the mortality among Standard Oil officials can not be gauged, but those best acquainted with the facts believe that the strain in volved has been a factor In cutting short the Uvea of more than one of those here enumerated. People Talked About 5 e MA TOM. TIMOTHY D SULLIVAN Senator Timothy D. Sullivan, the un crowned emperor of New York's Kast Side, and known from the Bowery to Tlm- buctoo as "Big Tim." Tim, Old Scout, here's looking at you! Qeorge B. Cox is going to move from Cin cinnati to New York City, althouKh Tam many la not suffering for an instructor tn political economy. Missouri bakers gathered In St. Louis boldly assort the "bread that mother baked" was a sinker compared with the product of a modern bakery. A man who blows the personal horn while mother's rolling pin Is at a safe distance personifies the courage of the Showmes. Addressing a gathering tn Buffalo re cently. Dr. J. If. McCormack of Kentucky declared that a health department at Washington ''Is as much of a necessity aa Is our supreme court." Evidently there are some people In Washington who are not working solely for their health. George J. Lonstorf, a multimillionaire Iron min owner, was married unexpect edly last Saturday In Chicago to Miss Margaret McCarry, who, until recently, was a saleswoman In the book department of a Milwaukee department store. They started at once around the world on their honeymoon trip. The readiness of a Minnesota resort to furnish a site for a "Hummer White House" for the president and his family, congress to furnish the building, brings out a flock of rival propositions. Each stands ready to furnish site and building, capaolous grounds and other ecsentlaia to comfort. Meanmhlle Beverly looks wise and happy, confident that providing a presidential lawn mower and a man to puab It constitutes a citing 1 i VpO J Washington Lif o Bnme Interesting Phases and Conditions Observed a the atloa's Capital. When Mayor Pierce Charles L'Rnfant j mapped out the national capital on the I dream scale of a "city beautiful," ho made no attempt to match the weather to his design. In thoie wayback times the pioneers realised their limitations and wisely dodged the Impossible. Their suc cessors in later times are convinced that It is an easier task to regulate the rest of the world than to regulate Washington weather. A coy, whimsical coquette, seemingly Its greatest stunts Is to fool the weather bureau and turn Its prophecies Into a Joke. For ten days past solar radi ation pushed the mercury over the 90's, causing the residents to sweat about it, and and say things. While the multitude were sweltering in shady places and sobbing1 for cool drinks, the official vendor of pure food labels, tr. Wiley, let loose a scream of Joyous comfort. "Why, it Is easy to keep cool," he axclaimed. "Don't think about heat, but go on with your affairs with your mind on something else." The crowd scoffed and watched the mercury climbing the bulb. A few wise ones In congress, comprising the committee on District of Columbia, concluded to try the doctor's prescription. With due solemnity and soma doubt the members settled down on the windy side of electric fans and soberly discussed the draft of a bill for removing snow and Ice from the sidewalks. The attire of the statesman takes on the warm tones of the weather. Vests are dis appearing Xrom the capltol by the score. Low collars are taking the places of hlRh collars, and a good many members ore going around In soft shirts that do not re quire the addition of any collar at all. In tho senate the pages have been given the word to peel off their coats. They now appear for duty attired in white shirt waists and blue knickerbockers. The sena tors themselves retain their conts, but a good many of them are of very gauiy ma terial and lots of the vests and boiled shirts are missing. In the house there Is an even greater recognition of the fact that the hot days have arrived. The first white suit was sprung yeBterday by Representative Shirley or Kentucky. Mr. Shirley was all in white from collar to shoes. Some of the other members who have been waiting for the ice to be broken are expected to trot out their tropical costumes Immediately. Unole Joe Cannon has a white suit, but has not yet worn It in the house. Thomas Wlllrette Sims of Tennessee has been wear ing a black alpaca coat for the last ten days. A lot of other congressmen are now in the same garb. Aged Genera Sherwood of Ohio presents a cool exterior clothed In a light brown linen roat, with dark trousers. Some of the members who go In for comfort, rather than style do not take the trouble to wear belts when they throw away their waistcoats. They stick to sus penders. Speaking about spasms of economy In congress the Army and . Navy Register prints this Bhlnlng example: "An example of the way things are run in the senate is afforded by the resolution Introduced on May 9 by Senator Curtis, authorizing the senate committee on coast defense, of which he Is the chairman, to employ a stenographer to be paid from the contingent fund of the senate at the rate of $1,200 per annum, the employment to continue dur ing the Sixty-second congress. That com mittee Is already provided with a $2,220 clerk and an assistant clerk who receives $1,440. This Is a pretty good provision In the way of clerk hire and to it Is now. to be added the $1,200 stenographer. This com mittee has never held a meeting, so tar as is known. No legislation Is referred to It. Mr. Curtis resolution has been solemnly submitted to the committee with the chance thtit the senator, as Its chairman, will feel justified in reporting It favorably to the senate. "I was riding down Pennsylvania avenue in a car with Justice Harlan of the United States supreme court," remarks Charles Francis Bedloe of Missouri In the Wash ington Post, "and after admiring the fine old man, whose face reminds one of the old statesmen whose portraits we see In the capltol, I could not help noticing the fine scarab that he wears as a scarfpin. I have looked over the senators and other members ot the supreme court and have not noticed that any .other one of them wears a scarab pin. They may have them at home, but Justice Harlan wears one that would attract an expert. The genuine ones are becoming rare and that is why the Harlan scarfpin would be noticed. You know a scarab Is an Imitation beetle made of clay or carved colored stone. The an cient Egyptians seized upon a peculiar beetle and referred to Its symbczlng the problems of life and death, or, rather, the perpetuity of life. "The Egyptian beetle would lay Its eggs In the mud of the Nile, roll them In a ball and push them out of danger from the water. Then the old beetles would die and the eggs would hatch after their death. This very simple proposition was of inter est to the Egyptians, who used the scarab beetle as a symbol and burled Images of the beetle with all the mummies. The social rank or standing of the Egyptians long dead has been determined in part by the style of scarabs that were found around their necks or In their clothing, gome very handsome scarabs have been taken from the tombs of former Pharaohs who died thousands of years ago, and an ex pert at Cairo can tell you almost the exact age of every scarab that comes to him for Inspection. In recent years the experts are kept busy protecting rich Amer icana who want a genuine scarab and are not particular about the price if they are given assurance that It was taken from an ancient tunib and U aa old as represented. To tell the truth, the genuine ones are scarce enough, so great has been the de mand for them, but the museums have great collections that will never be broken up for the sake of scartolns." FROGllHsslVK CUKFUH AT I ON TAX Srhetn t'sdrr Consideration by Dem ocrats In rungrfH. Springfield Republican. Anti-democratlo gossip from Washington represents that party In congress aa con sidering the matter of graduating the fed eral tax on corporation pet incomes so as to make it bear heavily on the big corpor ations and operate to break them up. This would be about as foolish a policy as any political party could adopt. It would plae the party In opposition to the whole eco nomlo policy of the time the employment of capital In large masses where It may often find Its greatest efficiency. And It would have practically no effect toward the Jflster distribution of the tax burden which is the great merit of an Individual Income tax. The taxes loaded upon the corporations either fall upon the people In the last analysis, or they fall upon small stockholders as well as upon rich stock holders without more regard to ability to bear the burden than la observed by any proportional tax. It If pretty nearly time we In this country were getting over the notion that In hitting corporations we are only hitting wealth or making It bear a fairer snare of the tu burden. The Bee's Letter Box Contributions en Timely Subjects Hot Exceeding Two Bin nd red Words Are Invited, from Owe Keaders. Heatable Homes for Vaa-e Workers. CM' NCI L HIA'FFH, la.. May 23.-To the Editor of The Bee: In all of our boosting for Omaha it would seem aa though the worklngman had been forgotten. There are a great many of us that are forced to go across the river Into Council Bluffs In order to find homes for our families to live In. I believe that this is a vital question to Omaha and should be called to the at tention of Omaha people. There are a great many of us who work In Omaha and live In Council Bluffs for the simple rea son that we cannot find homes within our means to live tn. Omaha la certainly a great city, but It seems to be the sentiment among the work ing class of people that desirable homes cannot be had at a reasonable rental, 1 think this matter should be called to the attention of the general public. One-half a day put in house-hunting, when a man can only pay $J0 or X, will certainly dis courage and dishearten anyone. I be lieve in boosting for Omaha, but I also believe that the working man should have a place In which to live, and we are cer tainly very short of these places at the present time. H. T. (XIXJNNBU 301 North Seventh street. DamasjlnaT Publicity. OMAHA. May 24. To the Editor of The Bee: Let mo endorse what you say In The Bee abouT the bad name Omaha gets from the advertising abroad of freak schemes like that vigilance proposition. 1 travel quite a little and it Is certainly hu miliating to have things like that In the papers poked at mo every little while. Other cities have Just as much trouble with crime and criminals as we do, only they set to work In a senxlble fashion to Improve conditions and do not blazon it to the world to scare people away. H. M. W. PEPPEEY PARAGRAPHS. Louisville Courier-Journal: With a hos tile democratic congress bent on Investi gating not even the 8u(tar trust can see anything sweet In the uses of adversity. Chicago Post: An amateur robber, at tempting a hold-up In Omaha, lost an ear and was wounded by his own revolver. A Judge added to the uncertainty of his future. New York Post: Colonel Watterson ad vises the selling of the Philippines to Japan. Can he not think of a less obvious method of furnishing the Island Empire with a casus belli against us? Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Tell my friends not to be sorry," says the Cleveland bank embezzler, cheerfully. Never pity a man who carl sit In a cool cell while you have to hustle around the hot streets after money. Indianapolis News: Another advantage about taking a vacation at home is that It doesn't seriously Interfere with a man's working his Job in an emergency, but still after he has followed this plan for a few years It becomes rather monotonous. Philadelphia Record: We do not take any stock in the notion that those Vir ginia locusts with "W's" on their wings are war locusts. They are prophets of democratic victory In 1912 and they sig nify Woodrow Wilson. That's where the "W" comes In. Cleveland Leader: We plso have the Cox resignation. Its-construction was begun a long time ago. So far, It consists of the strongest features of the Bailey and Diaz brands. If the finishing touches are fash ioned after the Balllnger model. It will be Justly celebrated as a work ot art. Express Rate I'asale. San Francisco Chronicle. The tariffs of express companies have long been known to be Inscrutable, but why the corpse of a white person ahould be assessed at $1130 from Sun Francisco to Hongkong and that of a Chinese at only ST5 is a little more puzzling than even most express rates. ' Yet that is the text of a tariff schedule Just filed with the Interstate Commerce commission. What the commis sion will think about it will be awaited with Interest. She's rarer than a purple cow a woman With a sense of humor BUT DAWN had it, and very handy it was. Fate snatched her from glittering New York, stamped on her rudely and landed her in German, gemUtlich Milwaukee. Dawn straight ened her hat and came up smiling. She is no conven tional heroine, this bright Irish newspaper writer, but as chief figure in this jolly good novel she'll delight every reader. DAWN O'HARA The Girl Who Laughed" A Novel by 1.2S net HAVE YOU A SAVINGS ACCOUNT? On Time Certificates cf Deposit running for twelve months this bank pays 3i INTEREST Tn latest report to tbe comptroller shows tnat tnla bank baa 12,175,206.00 ot Time Deposits. Capital Surplus Undivided Profits TaaaaHsssssssssssssBtn WHITTLED TO A POINT. It' itrr That Miss Pullet t-rrris nfi;l'y Murk up lilililv Yes. alio claims rle-crnt Iimi,i ore of the hlrh-M r'",r,'d Incubators on the market. Bo'ton Transcript. "Whv doesn't congress meet until noun?" asked the visitor at the capltol "It require the entire ninrnin." repltrl the KUiile. "fur the various members ti Kct thoroughly funilllnr wlih one anoihei'a remarks submitted the day previous." Washington Star. When the Fox had Wi-! at the rnpet a irood tunny times, without helnir abl to rfBeh them, ho suddenly bethought hint self Whv, foxes are Carnlvori. and don't eat grapes!" he exeliilmed. With which ha slunk away, looktnir very foolith. Moral: A tolerably thorough croiinrtlna In Natural History Is often worth having. Puck. Daniel entered the lions' den. "Not that 1 cHre for the eireus myself." he pxplnined: 'it's Just to take Johnny." Harper s Haznr. "Yes. the mnnnitpr nf the English opera company turned her down." "What was his objection?" "Why. he fald her voice was rrmenlfl eent. but she snng the words too dis tinctly." Cleveland Plain Dealer. AN APPEAL TO THE HIGH COURT W. n. Nesblt In Chicago Post. Honnuble ledges of our S'preme Court, I've rend nil th' piies o' your report; 1 'preshlati, too. how you hud to toil Decldln' th' cae o' th' Standard Oil, Hut now that you've done It. I'd like to seo You make a dc.cltdon that mlKlit help me. My Sary she 'lows that 1 nniMn't smoke An' her word Is law Jet as soon n spokn. I say it's onreasanubble, restraint She ses it alnt. My Rary she sez I must stiiy home nlirhts, An' heshes me up when I sttite my Hunts. She ses that a husblnt ain't Rot no call To loaf at th' grocery store at all A-helpln' th' fellers to jiIhii nu fx Th' slate, nn' th' si-hemes In otir polities. I call It hen-peekln' that Is. I would Kf she wuz a woman thitt understood. 1 say It's onreasonubMe restraint She sez it ain't. My Parv insists I must sweep th' floor An' help with th' washln' an' whole let more. W'y Jedires. bilove. mo or not, but 1 Hev learned how to etlr up a custard plel I wash all th' dishes an' dust th' cheers. An' wunst, sirs, my &ry she boxed my ears Fer Jest intlmatln' I'd Jlne th' lodpre. Pence then, you may reekon, I've learnt to dodge. I say it's unreasunable restraint She sec It ain't. I don't want to fret you; I'll help you bust Th' daylights right out o' most any trust. But, Jedges. here's somethln' that's gone past me: I wlsh't when you've time you would think an" see Ef you can't hand down Jest a little rule Or else a decision. You're ea'm and cool An" you ain't a-lookln' to see things whiz I.Ike I am, out here where my Kary Is. But don't mention me In a thing you do! It's up to you. Louis Lamm&Go. Bankrupt Frank M. McKey Appointed Receiver. AUCTION SALE OF STOCK "By order of the United States District court for the Northern District of Illinois, we will on Tuesday, April 11th, 1(11, at 10:80 A. M., at Uoom 31S Mcdlnnh Templo. corner Jackso.i and Eth Ave., sell at publlo auction all assets belonging to the estate of Louis Lamm & Co., bankrupt, consist ing of Jewelry. SAM'L L. 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