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aaaeritara iMTtsf the elty tem
porarily aaaala kar Ta Bee
tailed to tacsa. Address will be
efcmaejeel as often as re.este.
"Two fingers" is the sign of the
times for the kids In summer.
Mora aharp dealing has been dis
covered among the Importers of cut
lery. No wonder the Sugar trust got in
so heavily, with 6,000,0Q0 of
watered stock. '
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River navigation may be slow, but
It Is not half as slow as congressional
action on river navigation.
Queen Mary may have adopted the
sixty-foot train as a means of keeping
the crowd at a safe distance.
The man who Is always trying to
get something for nothing is the one
to avoid in a legitimate transaction.
The resurrection of the Maine, from
descriptions at least, leaves no room
to doubt that there was an explosion.
When a couple divorced for forty
years remarry, it surely cannot be laid
to the attraction of superficial beau
ties. Some Mlssourlans wish to make
their Folk-song, "Champ, Champ,
Champ, we are marching," etc., but
there is at least one discordant note.
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Doubtless Mr. Bryan would like to
apply the recall to several eminent
democrats who are getting too near
the center of the stage he has so long
occupied alone.
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The dlspatcheB say the present Lorl
mer Inquiry Is going after the truth.
For mercy sake, what was that ava
lanche of evidence disclosed by the
former investigation?
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A San Franciscan In Europe refuses
to attend the coronation because he
does not care to "witness a spectacle
of 2,000,000 empty stomachs cheering
a $2,000,000 empty show."
Senator Bailey's friends say that
Woodrow Wilson is not a democrat.
He la not, at least, the kind of demo
crat that Bailey of Texas and Haskell
of Oklahoma and some others are.
"Where is the old-time red-beaded
woodpecker?" asks the Oldest Inhabi
tant. Heard him pecking away on a
telegraph pole the other morning be
fore the ordinary man's gettlng-up
time.
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President Taft has promised his
home folks that on retirement he will
open a law office In Cincinnati and
make that place his home again. That
is enough to encourage Cincinnati to
Install a winning ball team.
Twenty-five per cent more Is ex
acted for Ice delivered to the house
hold in Omaha than in Denver, where
the general level of prices is supposed
to be higher than here. The ice men
will have to get another excuse.
And some day perhaps the country will
put In the White House a man old enough
to have a golden wedding there. World
Herald. Is this a hint as to how long Mr.
Bryan will have to keep on trying for
the White House, seeing he has al
ready celebrated his silver wedding
anniversary ?
Former Prealdent Dias will not at
tend the crowning of Britain's king,
doubtless feeling as did the little girl
In the old McOuffty reader whose
father was lost at sea:
14 gt to the yard and get ohtpe,
Dut then It would make me ao sad
To see the men building the ships (of slate)
And think they had built one a had.
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It la costing the county more to
wrap up, hand . out and record the
charity doled out at the county store
than the wares that are dlatrlbuted
coat. And yet the democratic combine
that runs things In the court house
refuses to dispense with (he unneces
sary bundle wrappers. That's demo
tratla economy or you.
Combining" Buiineu si ft Business.
This Sugar trust Investigation 4s
furnishing Interesting information,
whether it ever amounts to anything
more or not. Each witness adds a
little to the entertainment of the pub
lic, If he does not contribute vitally
to Its enlightenment as to how such
concerns sre formed and manipulated.
It Is Interesting to know that the mere
matter of combining la an art within
Itself and that the late Mr. Havemeyer
and some of his associates were able
to turn it to such good advantage,
even before they came to the point of
reaping the larger gains. This gives
us a rather new view of the trust
this professional service of men
uniting several companies for a stip
ulated price. The Job was worth
$10,000,000 to Mr. Havemeyer, him
self, and this fee, of course, did not
shut him out of the dividends to
follow.
No doubt the public at large is seri
ously surprised to And from the testi
mony of his former associates that the
late Henry O. Havemeyer actually
owned such a comparatively email
part of the Investment which he con
trolled. His genius as a financier
really must be vastly enhanced In pub
lic estimation by the details of this
Investigation. But It cannot be said
that his system has found any more
justification than It formerly pos
sessed. It is always In order to dfj
count the ultimate resulU of such an
Inquiry; but we venture to say that
few persons will doubt by the time
this evidence is all In that such a
thing aa a Sugar trust exists, and has
existed for years, and that, as some
of Its own men have admitted, its
methods have been about as reprehen
sible aa could possibly escape the toils
of the law.
That White House Party.
The celebration of the sliver wed
ding of President and Mrs. Taft must
have been a auccess in every respect,
and the feature of it, which came as
pleasant surprise to all. was Mrs.
Taft's ability to take her place in the
receiving line at the side of her hus
band. Illhealth had limited her ac
tivities during the social season and
it waa supposed she could not take
part In this happy event. The people
everywhere will hope that this proves
token of returning health to the
first lady of the land.
Reports say that the president
shook hands with 6,000 persons. That
Is easier said than done. People do
not ordinarily appreciate the strain
that auch social obligations impose.
Most men would regard It a strenuous
day's work to stand up and shake the
hand of 6,000 persons, one after the
other. It ought to give good exer
cise to a man'a muscle. Many presi
dents who have a good deal of thla
to do have become expert In their
method of handshaking.
In some respects this twenty-fifth
marriage anniversary Btands out as
unique In the annals of White Houaa
functions. It was democratic in the
extreme. The president had invited
16,000 persons and 6.000 attended.
coming, it is said, from all the varied
walks of life. Such an event contains
a spirit of wholesome fellowship aulte
too valuable to be lost sight of by the
thoughtful citisen. The country will
wish that both the president and Mrs.
Taft may celebrate their golden wed
ding and would be glad to loan them
the White House grounds again for
that occasion.
The Paving; Rumpus.
If the paving rumpus before the
city council will serve to direct public
attention upon the way the paving
contractors have been having things
all their own way in Omaha it may do
some good. The real trouble is that
our city charter is so drawn, so far
as It relates to specifications for brick
paving, as to make an absolute
monopoly and put the property own
ers, who must pay for the paving.
completely at the mercy of the con
tractors.
The fight for competition In paving
In Omaha was precipitated first when
the Barber Asphalt company under
took to hold the field by limiting bids
to "Trinidad" asphalt. The fight
against the Barber people, led by the
late City Engineer Andrew Rosewater,
finally succeeded In throwing the bars
down so that asphalt bids could be re
ceived subject to a material test Irre
spective of the source of supply, and
prices for asphalt dropped like a sky
rocket stick. The city engineer was
not so successful on the brick proDoel-
tion, and the contractors have to this
day held intact a charter provision for
the designation of a particular make
of brick, which la almost as good as a
legal monopoly. How much this has
cost the people of Omaha Is problem
atic, but that It has made good pick
ings for the paving contractors Is a
dead certainty. Unfortunately, by the
time Umaha gets rid of this charter
Joker its streets will be almost all
paved.
Democrats Oppose Parcels Post.
"The democrats may scarcely hope
to deceive many people by their
evasive attitude toward parcels
post, which simply amounts to
out-and-out opposition. They propose,
through their leadera. Speaker Clark
and Mr. Underwood, that the express
companies be abolished, but that In
stead of throwing the parcela trafflo
Into the postal department of the
government, to give it to the railroads
and make new regulations for its con
trol.
The present express system Is sub
ject to Improvement, la fact, It
could hardly be worse, but why atop
short of the best possible arrange
ment that can be made. Giving the
business to the railroads would be a
windfall to them, but not the people.
The people demand, and have for a
long time demanded parcels post.
They believe It would be to their ad
vantage. Our Postofflce department
la eminently equipped to manage the
parrels post as well ss those of other
countries.
These same democrats have had
much to say about extravagance in
the Postoffice department and about
methods of taking up the slack In
its management, curtailing expense
here snd creating new sources of earn
ing power here. Yet here they
would shut the postofflce out of its
legitimate field. The Postofflce de
partment could carry on parcels post
at comparatively little extra cost. It
Is a poor business concern that falls
to employ all Its resources for ex
panding business and revenues. With
our splendid free rural delivery serv
ice, we could easily add to our postal
system this parcels post and make it
a revenue producer.
Waiting on Democratic Slate Makers.
Enumerating the list of "men
tioned" for nomination for supreme
Judge on the democratlo ticket thla
fall, our amiable democratic contem
porary, the World-Herald, says:
Still, other names will doubtless bo pre
sented with the assurance that the demo
crats, from among them sit, wilt have an
opportunity to select three candidate
whose legal ability, Judicial experience and
exceptional standing as men and oltlsena
will commend them strongly to ths voters
of this state.
This would, Indeed, be interesting
if true, but the chances are ten to one
that the democratic voters will have
nothing to say as to who shall be the
democratlo nominees, because a slate
will be picked by the bosses, as usual,
and forced through by driving all
other formidable aspirants off the
track. Democratic candidatea for su
preme Judge have always been picked
by the democratic machine, and what
ever show of competition there has
been has been mere pretense.
Two years ago the democrats mas
queraded as "nonpartisans" In the
hope of fooling republicans and Inde
pendents, but having failed to land by
this route, the fake nonpartisans will
doubtless run this year under their
own party label. If they were really
sincere in professing devotion to the
principle of conpartlsanahlp our dem
ocratlo friends would put a republican
or two on their ticket, but we may
be sure no one will get on the slate
without first passing the test of hide
bound democracy and taking the tag
of the bunch of bosses at the steering
wheel.
J. Proctor Knott, Humorist.
The death of J. Proctor Knott at
the age of 82 in the little city of Le
banon, Ky., removes a once conspicu
ous figure from llfe Admitted to the
bar In Memphis, he was elected attor
ney general in Missouri and to con
gress from Kentucky, which state he
later served as governor. But his ca
reer reached Its climax in congress
and his fame terminated about as sud
denly as it began. It originated in
his speech upon Duluth, which has
been classed aa one of the gems of
American humor, but It was a costly
speech and a costly fame that It
brought to Knott. It stamped him aa
the "humorist of congress," a dis
tinction no man has been able to sur
vive and remain in public life. Though
of a Berlous mien, he could never get
himself taken seriously afterward and,
It is even said now, that this effort
stopped him as a rising lawyer. At
any rate, he soon left congress and re
turned to publlo life, only to serve his
state as governor for four years, since
which time he has lived In utter re
tirement, all but forgotten by the out
side world.
Duluth is supposed to have derived
its title, "The Zenith City of the Un-
salted Seas," from this speech of Proc
tor Knott's, but the phrase Is not to
be fend in the speech as It appears
In current books on oratory and. In
deed, la not in the report of the sDoach
in the Congressional Record. It waa
probably coined and added by Duluth
after it got over being mad. The
speech, a burning bit of satire, angered
Duluth at first, but in later years came
to flatter It so much that the city In
vited Knott there for an address and
laid claim to him as its patron saint.
No humorist in congress since.
Knott's day and there have bn
several has quite matched the wit.
satire and humor of thla speech, so
that he still stands as the chief cor.
nerstone of this melancholy monument
reared to the memory of congressional
humorists, living and dead.
Down In Lincoln the antl-aalooniata'
are Interposing every possible obstacle
to prevent the issue of liquor licenses
pursuant to the town voting wet.
Their objections are, of course, all
technical quibbles, because the ap
plicants had no licenses last year, and
therefore had no chance to violate tha
conditions of sale. Note the contrast
with the anti-saloon Ists here In
Omaha, who, although boasting that
they had In their possession all kinds
of evidence of Blocumb law violation
did sot file a single remonstrance
when the licensee were up for re-Issue.
What's the answer? And how much
did It costt
The Board of Education proposes to
buy two motorcycles and loan them to
the police department for use In trail
ing auto speeders, the Justification
being found in the fact that the fines
imposed by the police court go Into
the school fund. That looks as If the
expectation was to make the cinching
of aatomoblle drivers a profitable In
dustry. Suppose the police Judge,
however, should takers notion to lnx-
pos'e imprisonment sentences Instead
of fines, would the school board call
its motorcycles in?
The promotion of Miss McHugh to
be principal of the Omaha High school
puts a woman at the head of the Insti
tution for the first time, and, ao fsr ss
we know, makes ours the only High
school of Its site In charge of a woman
principal. Miss McHugh's talents
and abilities are universally recog
nixed, and it will devolve upon her to
show that she la fully equal to the
task. It goes without saying, too,
that while her Success means much to
Omaha, It will also set an example
that will command attention In edu
cational circles throughout the whole
country.
Our $8,3(0,000 Water board now
assures us that acquisition of the
water plant will not Increase taxes,
and may some day In the dim distance
produce lower water rents. What has
become of those solemn promises that
compulsory purchase would reduce
taxes and give us lower water rents
Immediately? What has become of
that schedule of reasonable rates
which the board promulgated for the
water company T
The frlenda of reciprocity gain noth
ing by resorting to the silly charge
that Senator Root's opposition is In
spired by revenge because the presi
dent did not appoint him to the su
preme court. Reciprocity has sincere
foes as well ss sincere enemies.
A special election Just neld at Des
Moines has voted the council authority
and instructions to buy the water
works or build one. If Des Moines
will come to Omaha It can get some
valuable pointers, that cost us several
million dollars, on how not to do it.
Nebraaka railroads want the State
Railway commission to authorize a
raise of lumber rates. The railroads
must scent a drop In lumber prices as
a consequence of Canadian reciprocity,
and want to intercept it before it
reaches the pockets of the consumers.
Reisd Robla Laaaehlaa.
Chicago Tribune.
Senator La Follette's presidential boom
has baen launched In the form of a round
robin, a Bob's well-known modesty pre
vented htm from putting his own name at
the head of the list.
Knocking- the I'sdrr Dog-.
6t Louis Republic
We'll have to begin feeling a sympathy
for tha Standard OH company as tha under
dog pretty soon. Kansas, though a little
late about getting Into the game, has just
outlawed three of those subsidiary branches
of the trust.
Election Dsy Carrtasres Discarded.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
In the old days In Nebraska, as In Minne
sota and other states, the campaign com
mittee always set aside a good slice of the
available funds for the hiring of carriages
on election day to carry to the polls voters
who were considered In line for the party,
but who had to he coaxed to vote and In
sisted upon being taken to tha -polls and
back to their homes or places of business.
The Nebraska law puts a stop to this
practice and it appears to be a measure
that might well be adopted in other states.
VETERAN EDITOR HONORED.
Aa Edacatlonal Trlaatc (ha
Foaader of The Bee.
Nashville Tennesseean.
Omaha recently dedicated a handsome
new school building which bears the name
of Edward Rosewater, the late owner and
founder of the Omaha Bee.
Cities do well to name their schools after
men who have been prominent In local af
fairs, and no man was more conspicuously
Identified with the upbuilding and better
ment of the Nebraska metropolis than Mr.
Rosewater,
Mr. Rosewater's history reads like a
romance. He came to thla country as a
young boy from Bohemia ' and, without
frlenda or money, made his way to wealth
and a prominent place in the newspaper
world. He located In Omaha in 18SJ, when
that city waa a frontier village, and
founded the paper which baa alwaya been
Identified with his name.
The Be grew apace with the new city.
Whan -the railway which first connected
tha two coasts completed Its line to the
Pacific coast. The Bee became the best
known paper for a thousand miles west
of the Missouri river. Mr. Rosewater had
great faith In the new west, - and was
Influential In encouraging Its settlement
by many of the worthy Europeans who
have been so conspicuous In the develop
ment of the great territory west of the
muddy Missouri.
Edward Rosewater school Is very properly
located in a section of Omaha Where
families of many nations bave found a
home. It Is a cosmopolitan school, whose
very nam offers hop to the young for
eigners who have settled In tha new land
of liberty, and spurs them on to emulation
of tha notable career of Mr. Rosewater,
People Talked About
The president of. Panama, anxious to
concentrate all spar energies to swatting
the flies, has issued a decree prohibiting
the playing of poker la the toy republic
The countless boat of "Jlners" who have
taken three or four degrees at on Initia
tion sitting can give a fin exhibition of
brotherly good will be uniting In a tele
gram of sympathy to King George.
Th British soldiers from St. Johns, N.
B., who visited Bunker Hill last week,
were welcomed to hospitable boards In
stead of the "hospitable graves" tendered
their predecessors In the way back days.
Evidence of th growing accuracy of
New Tork papers la Indicated by th
unique reference to a citlsen's domestic
affairs: "H lost his wife by death a
year ago. Such dlatlnctlons sre neces
sary to. view of the erowded condition of
th Reno rout.
What's th matter with th tribe of arch
itects In Pennsylvania T Architect Huston
of th stats "palac of graft" Is doing
time la prison. Two architects and th
contractor of Wilkes-Barre are charged
with conspiracy to cheat tuaern county
la th construction of a (2,000,000 court
house.
Dr. Anna Shaw, president of th National
Suffrage association, was tr.a first woman
to speak from th pulpit of th Established
church of Swedes when she presented the
Initial sermon of th sixth congress of th
International Woman Suffrage all lane
June 11 U the Ouatav Yaaa cathedral of
Stockholm.
Army Gossip
Matters of Interest ea and Back
of th Firing Line Gleaned front
th Army and Bavy mglst
The military authorities are still cms d
eilng the question of mobilisation of the
army and the concentration Idea aa applied
to the construction at army posts. It is
Intended to apply this principle In the new
Infantry garrlon to be established, accord
ing to present plans. In the outskirts of
Honolulu, it having been derided to aban
don the scheme of establishing a large
cavalry garrison on the reservation about
fifteen miles from Honolulu. Nothing can
be done In that direction, however, until
cngress authorises It by the enactment of
a bill which has passed the rnste. ' The
same style of construction Is Intended to
be used In the garrison at Culebra on the
Isthmus of Panama, where will be sta
tioned most of thp 6.000 troops to bp used
In the defense of the canal. It Is Intended
to have the barrack building constructed
In a quadrangle with detached build ng
for officers' quartern. This Idea will b
used In any new nrmy posts which are built
In tha United States. Several general plans
have been made In the quartermaFter gen
eral's office and have been examined by
the chief of staff. No decision has been
reached In the matter.
There may be some trouble encountered
by the paymaster general of the army be
fore the end of the present fiscal year on
account of the fsJure of congress to ap
propriate for pay of the army as much
money as was estimated for that purpose.
The estimate for pay of the army for the
present flccal year, as originally submitted
by General Whipple, called for a total of
I18.6S7.01R. Th secretary of war regarded
thla amount as excessive; at all events, by
his direction the estimate was arbitrarily
reduced by $1,000,000. The Yl'bursements
for the six months of this fl cal year In
dicated to the army pay officers, that there
would be a deficiency of approximately
$V)0,000, and last February Oerrr-1 Whipple
submitted a deficiency estimate of inoo.CO
with the view of avoiding the possibility
of funds becoming exhausted before the
obligations of the pay department are fully
met. Congress fa'led to make the appro
priation to the extent recommended by the
paymaster general, and appropriated but
I2R0.000. It will require som pretty close
figuring to avoid embarrassment, and to
meet all th obligations up to July 1.
Much Interest has been taken In the re
oent changes announced by the War de
partment In th uniform of officers of the
army. These changes have been described
In detail In the Army and Navy Register.
No general order has been Issued on th
subject, and It Is not contemplated to pro
mulgate one until all the ehanges have
been approved. Ther may b some minor
alterations later, and it Is considered more
satisfactory to prepare a new general order
on the subject to take the place of the
numerous amendments which have been
made from time to time since the Issue of
the latest general order on th subject In
1907. in the meantime the quartermaster
general of the army has prepared a memo
randum describing th changes made In
the dress cap, service cap, full-dress and
white cap, cotton and wool service coat
and breeches. In tha Insignia, and In tha
algullettes. The quartermaster general's
office Is at work on specifications to be
distributed to military tailors for their
guidance. Standard articles of the new
uniform are being prepared In the quarter
master's depot In Philadelphia, and will
shortly b ready for Inspection at the War
department.
Tt looks aa If nothing would be done dur
ing the present extra session In the matter
of special army legislation Incorporated In
In the Hay bill. There la a remote
chance that the democrats will have
another caucus before the end Of the
present session and permit Mr. Hay to re
port the bill, which has a value aa a
measure of economy In army administra
tion and organisation. There were rea
sons, tnvolvlna in no war the pending
army legislation, for this action of the
cauous, and it may easily come about that
th bill will still he reported and paste 1
he for. adiournment. It Is certain to come
out of the committee at th beginning of
tha regular session and is likely to pass
the bouse without much objection. , It may
meet with some obstruction In th senate,
hut without the president expressing Dim-
self In favor of It th bill la destined to
pass the upper house. It Is recognised at
one as possessing a political value, whloh
the republicans can hardly Ignore, espe
cially aa they are not likely to gain any
advantage In defeating It on tha theory
that by that proceeding they are frus
trating the rismocrats. who will still claim
credit for the effort they bave mad to ef
fect economies.
Consideration Is being given by the mili
tary authorities to the proposition that
army signal corps organisations should be
armed with pistols only. In this connec
tion a report filed with th chief signal
officer of th army states:
"Each signal corps company should
carry with Its equipment one eas of
twenty rifle and 1,000 cartridges to be
placed In th hands of th men engaged
on duty without proper escort and when
In th judgment of ths commanding of
ficer such lssus Is considered desirable.
Rifles are a hindrance to th proper per
formance of signal corps duties. Line
men, operators, In fact, all signal corps
men who have any work to do, are seri
ously hampered by th presence of th
rifle. Th tendency to make line troops
out of th signal corps should be effec
tively and permanently checked whenever
the opportunity occurs. Signal corps men
always have all the work they can do. If
there is ever a Situation In whloh
th line troops must call upon a hand
ful of signal corps men. to us rifles,
it la a situation in which ther Is no
need of any signal men at all, and In
which their very presence would constitute
a tactical blunder. It is sincerely hoped
that th example of efficient and straight
signal corps work don by the signal corps
with th army of Cuban pacification will
Impress those concerned with the desira
bility of perfecting th signal corps as a
body of expert professional telegraphists
In th application of that art to th line
of Information on th field of battle. Th
signal corps cannot be all this and be re
quired, as a part of th line of th army,
to do guard duty, furnish clerks and supply
special men as draftsmen, plumbers, car
penters and whatnot."
In accordance with th recommendations
of th chief signal officer of th army, th
shoulder rifl has been withdrawn from
two of th field companies and pistols sub
stituted for trial In field work. It la likely
that th substitution will be mad With all
signal corps companies when th recently
adopted Colt automatic pistols are avail
able. Mesa narhadsf
Chicago Record-Herald.
" When ba was questiontd by a congres
sional committee th prealdent of tha Sugar
trust professed to be almost completely
Ignorant of the workings of th organisa
tion. Does tb Sugar trust pay a large
salary to Its president for being a mere
flgurha4T
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Chicago Tost: Mr. Taft's silver overflow
promises to equal to the equipment of a
few battleships.
Chlongo Record -Herald: John Hays Ham
mond, special American ambassador to the
coronation. Is threatened with nervous
prostration. Perhaps h has seen th stilt
he will have to wear.
St. Louis Olob Democrat: Mr Bryan la
In vigorous health, and between his paper
and the rostrum has extensive facilities to
mak It unpleasant for democrats who
slyly tickled his vertsrbra with cutlery
during any of th three battles
Brooklyn Eagle: La Toilette s scheme to
make himself a republican candidate for
president by helping out the notions of
the democrats In th senate, has the merit
of entire originality. As a popular leader
In Topsyiurveydotn he would be a start
ling and Immediate success.
Philadelphia Record: Don't make pat
ronising remarks to th young people with
brand new diplomas and Intimate In your
superior way that they are not needed In
the battle of life. The truth Is they are
needed. Never before hav Intelligence at d
Integrity been mor needed than now.
EGO OS THE JOB.
K"eTaea Notions of Persons
Chosen Rale.
Kansas City Times.
Every man has a more or' less exag
gerated notion of his Importance In his Job.
and as a rule the longer he holds the
Job the surer he Is that the machine would
go to pieces if he dropped out.
On May 7 Portlrlo Dias, president of
Mexico, issued a manifesto to his people,
whom he had ruled more than thirty years,
aaylng he wanted to quit his Job; In fact,
that he was extremely anxious to retire,
being 81 years old, but anarchy! No, he
could not do it st once. To prevent the
nation from being pillaged and laid waste
he would have to wait The people must
be prepared for th shock attendant upon
his leaving the engineers seat. It must
bo done slowly, cautiously, In order to pre
vent national wreck. He could not even
make a rough guess as to how long It
would take to prepare Mexico so It could
do without him. It waa In the future.
Then came the capture of Juarea and
the determined uprising of the populace
against Dlaa. Th president thought a
second time and decided that he might
be able to get out sooner than previously
planned; In fact, maybe In a week or so.
Thereupon somebody started a rumor that
Dlaa would not resign. Mobs marched the
streets of the city of Mexico, Jeering at
the president and throwing stone at his
house. Engineer Dias thought a third
time, reversed his engine, Jumped, and
beat It for Spain, being chased even as he
was getting out of tha country In the
night.'
What happened after Diss's precipitous
desertion of the cabT The old machine,
which had been creaking and grinding and
threatening to blow up under the old
engineer, immediately began to steam
better. Within a week the old schedule
was being maintained Mexico was prac
tically at peace.
But Madero, the new hero of the hour,
waa reported as saying when told of a
plot against his life, that Mexico would be
given over to anarchy If he were killed.
And there you hav human nature again.
Aa a matter of fact, personal Interests
and habit keep things running along fairly
well. If the birth could be ascertained,
habit probably has more to do with It
than anything else. Every man Is In the
habit of doing a certain thing. He Is an
Infinitesimal ' part of the big ' machine.
Naturally he goes on doing the thinking he
has been in the habit of doing. But the
machine can run without him.
Fresh Hlood for the Army.
Baltimore American.
The army Is richer by eighty-two new
officers, fresh from West Point, and full
of youthful patriotism and enthusiasm.
The country unites with Uncle Sam In
patting them on the back and telling
them to go and do their prettiest. It Is
significant of the changes of times that
one of the officers who will command In
the United States army Is th grandson
of "StonewaU" Jackson.
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her very desrlv?
Maude I should say so. He mirrled hej
In spite of the f n it that he had hrrn out
In the rain with her ml one hMi mum. al
sesslik with her, hiiI saw her mi, xpotrdw
at home the morning alter a dance. I'uek.
The sluggard had gone to the nnt snd Son.
sldered her ways.
".lust the esme." he said. "I'd rather bt
a sluggard. The hrn.-tlv little thins don I
do anx thing but work."
Which set ma to show thnt on some men
good advice Is Utterly thrown away, Chi
cago Post.
"Why do you woir.en want to go Into
politics, anyway?"
"We simply want to show that we can't
make any wi.rse mess of it than you nten
do." Boston Transcript.
"I'll give you 12 a day if you'll work foi
me." said Kximer Cmntossel.
"Hoss." snswered I'loddltg Tete. "I know
puffickly well dut all de work Id d
wouldn't be worth plugged quarter. I'm
tempted, boss, but I resist. Although poor,
I still have a conscience." Washington
Star.
"Have you tried what they call the 'coro
nation cocktail'?"
"No; what about It?"
"ToU have to take It cautiously; It goes
right to th head." Chicago Tribune.
"Did you know that Nosh was one of tha
first base ball enthusiasts?" ,
'How do you make thst out?" '
"Tierause he made stich a point of th '
pitching of the ark'." Baltimore American.
STORY OF A STREET.
W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Tost.
A street Is but a thoroughfare
With houses rising here and there.
And creaking signs and swaying doors
A street Is but a way that goes
And fumbled rows of th.ips and ttor?s.
Where no one cares and no one knows.
And where folk hurry, straight or bowed
Old, young, commingled in th crowd.
A street Is but a narrow place
Where we meet strangers face to face.
Where people babble of the news,
What time each one his hop pursues:
One street another all the same
fave for the width or kind or name.
A million streets there are and more
That lie between the house and store.
Tet did we know the folk we see -How
different esch street would be..
One hurries by and hums a song,
tj,ie snuities paet with curses strong.
One strolls all leisurely of salt
As though he bade the world to wait.
Another rushes, with a grim.
Tense fear upon the face of him.
And women, too one old and weak,
nd women, too one old and weak, k
iie bold, and one all shy and meek, Jf w'
nd ones whose face with rapture beam 2s?
csuse she walks amid her dreams; f
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And little children lauch and rail.
Their play-songs echo over all
There goes a bridal coach, and there
A hearse creeps with some one's despair.
Why, bless us, it la but a street
That mutters of the tramping feet,
A place, a way, a common path
And yet It tells of Joy and and wrath
And failure, and of happiness.
Of woe, and of some one's success.
Ah, did we know of all we see,
How different each street might be..
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