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THE BEE: OMAIIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1911.
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t,Seei.) ROBERT HUNTER,
, Notary Public.
S a bear t hers leaviasr the city
t4nsvll? shewM have Tha
Dee mailed te tfcrm, Address
will tie ehanared as eftea as
reqaaeied.
October is tb first month jto act
natural In a long time.
' Had soma ona questioned the Im
portance of the Panama acquisition?
Tarhspt Dr. Wiley might give ss
Solicitor MeCaba a place as assistant
bouse physician.
Prisoner's baea should be the
popular school game during the
Prison congress,
"Vr. IDdlsoa Is electrifying his
friends with ths narrative of what
he saw In Germany,
' Speaking of money, and war, per
haps there la a chink or two also in
those Chinese troubles.
It Is ret vanity, of eoursa, far a
really pretty woman t tall her. lis
ters hew to bs beautiful.
New (or the tug of war between
tha New York Giants the Phila
delphia White HsphanU.
Y Can. II TtTSvrior"" tjr Umslltht
lapels to many, notor falsi ta aek
Ua radium ef tha dlvoroe court?
And now Chicago has to mak artU
flcial caws to get tha lantern kicked
ever, Progress and Improvement. ....
If Turkey could hold en l'Ula
longer it m'ght employ yelnfree
meats' (rem tha American gridiron
In speaking of "that dam affair"
Pennsylvania, yen will have to fpaa
Ify which ona becaase thay are so
numerous,
8U1I, tha advent into family' of
a quartet of Infanta at ena and the
asms doss haf always warrant eea
gratulatlona.
That's the thanks tha Third ward
gets for starting Master Hitchcock
n his Illustrious aareer by lending
tlm to aongrsss,
. Bin hundred Panama hats auc
tioned recently; at l.!f ft piece,
Must make ths (allow (eel good, who
paid 1 10 (or his,
Tha financial reports show that
tha muck-rake magazine that Hosts
Watered stack It not mar successful
than tha other water carriers.
It remains te be teen whether
the Turkish' army can thwart tha ad
vance at the Duk ( Abruast as
skillfully as a csruln American heir
ass did.
. Our reformed reformer must be
holding up those complaints against
Other disorderly resorts besides his
own up his ilsevs. What Is ba wait,
leg for?
i If It takes as long to get tha
Eleventh street viaduct rebuilt as
to get ths original viaduct, thsr
111 have to b hurry-up calls every
year or two.
' Tea. It must have been humilia
ting to discover that Mayor "Jim"
was tha. more popular even. In the
wsrd in which ths World-Herald
home is located.
; "Governor Din BaUafled." Head
line. The real point is, arc tha
people aafjsfled whom Governor Dlx
was elected to serve, those outside of
Tammany bail?
The Baltimore American observes
that "It Is proposed to save the
democratic party at tha expense of
the people." Tha people may decide
the salvage ts not worta tztst price.
It's "Columbus day- ta Nebraska
and "DUwtery day" ta other stale
that have zuad It a Vagal fcolldaj.
&r 4sm for far zurlng
tti coeraf Ua recognise tho dJsv
epvtrer asg gjo li entett tot bis
acXfet-eaMit.
The Prison Conereti
Omaba becomes hot today to tbe
American Prison congress, which
will .mark a notable gathering here
of distinguished men and women
bent on smellorstlng tbe environ
ment that produces crime,
and humanising tbe treatment of
criminals. The men and women in
terested in tbla Important work are
student of a large problem Inherent
In and almost co-eztenalve w'ltb the
advancement of civilization, and are
sure to bring out many new view
points of conditions existing in nearly
every communllty, and, therefore,
concerning one and all.
It would be greatly to be desired,
if it were posaible, that every person
In Omaha, who takea life seriously,
should attend some of the sessions
of tbe congress, and, by listening
to the addresses and discussions, get
Inspiration, not only to right per
sonal conduct, but also to determined
effort for steadfast social Improve
ment.
Omaha welcomes the delegates to
the Prison congress with cordiality
prompted by recognition of Its high
purpose, snd tbe sterling character
of the delegates. Omsba realises
that there la nothing in the Prison
congress of a commercial nature,
but It also realizes thst it Is a meet-
lng that Is worth while, and Is glad
to be able to offer hospitality snd
entertslnmsnt.
Presmnins' on Irnoruice.
i - . ...... . v..
aiiiwwi in a a i t-'ijucBt lur uia view
of a plan to have the United States
ai . . t-... .
uiouaa ui mo ruiiiypiDRs ana
use the proceeds for developing
our national resources br reclama-
our national resources by reclama
tion, irrigation, etc. W. J. Bryan
wines iu luo ieaver rum, saying. I
1 am not In favor cf selling tha Phil-
Ippines to any country. I do net agre
with thota who believe that Denote-ran
ba rightfully bought or sold. The sale of
ths Philippine, uianda would ba virtuaiw
tha sale of the people. The queatlon of
price Is not to be considered In a matter
of this kind.
This is a characteristic Bryan an
swer. No one in this enlightened ags
would favor the buying or selling
of people, and yet money Indemnity
Is regularly claimed and taken when
territorial possessions pass from one
country to anther without Involving
tha sale of the Inhabitants.
.When Thomaa Jefferson, .bought
Louisiana from Franca for the
United Statea. ha paid tha price de
manded, and there, vera people, la
the territory acquired whose wishes
were not consulted, much less their
prior consent obtained. Would Mr.
Bryan . denounce and renounce tha
purchase of Louisiana for that rea
son? When Alaska waa bought by Pres
ident Grant from Russia, the same
thing took place ao far as , the in
habitants of Alaska were concerned.
What tha United States paid for was
Russia's title to the public demaltt
and the priceless natural resources.
which have since then turned back
many times the money considera
tion.
When tha United Btatea acouired
the Philippines as an Incident of
war, the peace treaty nevertheless
ealled for the payment to Spain of
130.000.000, and Mr. Bryan threw
up his commission In the army to a-o
to Waahington and exert his personal
Influence td lecture ita ratification.
Of course, w"e did not bur the people
then, but we Indemnified Spain for
tha public property which It had
possessed lands, buildings, whsrves.
fortifications and Mr. Bryan saw
nothing wrong In It.
The Bee Is no mora In favor of
selling the Philippines to some other
country now than Mr. Bryan ts. but
If we ahould ever adopt the policy
na advocates, by nromlalnr the
Philippines their Independence, and
later rcogn!ilng It, we would still be
entitled to repsyment of the money
paid to Spain, and money since ex
pended on public works ss a condi
tion of rellqulshment of our rights
This would not be a sale of people
to themselves, but It would ba a
sale of our property, to which no
objection could justly be made.
We admit that the whole Question
la remote, but evidently It 1 not
remote enough to prevent Mr. Bryan
using it to make a demagogical point
presuming wholly on Ignorance.
' Key to Sugar Price Problem.
An Secretsry Wilson ts not given
to boasting of his own service to the
country, when' he states the simple
fact, - that at the time he became
secretary of agriculture thin country
waa producing but 11,000 tons of
beet sugar annually aa compared
with 600.000 tons now, It will not
h. aaaumad ttr.r .h- vm...ki I
be assumed tlfat tha venerable secre-
aiuivTawvui. ui course, ue would
not hsve It said that thia Increase
ln sugar production waa all brought
about by hi. work, though he has
been vary Influential la promoting I
the Industry. I
And now the secretary la still I
busily urging farmer, to rale, mora
suxar beats. He a vera that thlal
country. If It would, could supply
Itself eutlraly with sugsr, can and
K-. k. (V. n-
beet, and by that u4na arfwctually
ramedy the reeurrlag probla of ab
normal advance ts prto to tha con
sumer. It la his arawvd belief that
vo AjaartcM puDiio cao iorovr
rf.it. ..! .v- - kiA-
' I
PriW TOT rug', by going tut th
snca basts eaa zaoro artanarralr I
aVserejtarr WUioo"! amir. Von kaaarf a.
v i .
uaaiujy
e ea va-iaa. Sbiuiean our ajaenaiva
production of other commodities has
not always had the effect of forever
delivering ua from the peri: of high
prices.
All must agree, however, tha. we
ought to utilize our gf.lendld re
sources more than we are doing to
ward sugar production. We have
only begun to raise that highly
profitable sugar beet, chiefly in Ne
braska, California, Michigan, TVis-
consln and Colorado. The northern
tier of states, Secretary Wilson de
clares, will produce it Just as abun
dantly, and tbe yield in each of the
states named Is nowhere near what
it could and should be. At present
our country Is practically at the
mercy of Germany,-France, Cuba and
other sugar-producing countries. It
should not remain so when it Is
better able to supply its own de
mands.
Perkins on Publicity.
George W. Perkins is not the first
to conclude that Judicious publicity
i-ould help cure many of tbe evils
rising from corporation mlsmanage-
raent. Some men not aa closely
Identified with areat cornorate Inter.
ts as Mr. Perkins has been came to
this decision long ago and if they
could have had the co-operation of
the men at the helm, some of these
problems might have been already
solved.
And still, even now. Mr. Perkina
offers no definite method of proce-
dure, but merely proposes a commls-
SlOn Of general rnmmorca tn aiva n,,h.
i
M'cUy o the activities of corporate
I hiialneaa rnnrarm .illnn
fuu-
lk,tjr 'Ion wU1 rlht the wrongs."
How th,B commission i to bo con
stituted so as to get the facts to pub
lish and what legal potency is to be
- -.-- cvwuij n, ud
s'Te" which other processes and
functions of Isw have not had ars
uestlons not answered. There has
L. . , u ' lner nM
ben B0 Pec' absence of effort on
the part of tbe government to get at
facts about big business, but when
ever It attempted to exercise its right
to Inquire it encountered stubborn re
sistance. e
Mr. Perkins announced some
months ago that . he . would retire
from active business and devote his
time' to quasi-public affairs and phi
lanthropy. If he will use tbe power
of his acquaintance and Influence
with-corporations and hla-knowledae
of their ways to convert them to tha
doctrine of publicity, perhaps In that
win lie his most useful service. So
far as his proposed commission aoea.
Its authority and powers, of course.
would have to bo determined at the
outset.
Whenever the democratic World
Herald doea not use Dennlson as a
political ally, it tries to use him ss
political bocie occasionally at
tempting both at the same time,
and, this looks like ane of tbe times.
Remember their recent Joint carat
palgn against the commission plsn?
Mr. Brysn' ssys be would like ta
see Benstor La Toilette nominated
in 1912 by the republicans,-because
ha Is sure he could not be elected.
If he thought the Wisconsin senator
would be elected, Mr. Bryan would
be. urging republicans to nominate
some on else.
Still, should such a thins aa the
election of J. Ham Lwie to th
sonata befall Illinois, the senator will
diubtless remember thst something
beside whiskers are needed In the
upper branch of congress.
It is no trouble at all to run
a cltisen these days who doeen't know
wnai tne preaiaent talked, about last
uee Moinea Register and Leader.
how different these are from
other days In that respect!
Lincoln street railway natrons are
aaking for three-cent fares on cer
tain short-distance lines. Borne of
Lincoln's street cars , ought to pay
passengers to ride on them.
Whether he wine or loaaea. Mr n..
U wedded to' politics Nashville Banner.
-oe no nieep over Mr. Bryan los
ing: he haa It fiiact an n.
whether h losl or not.
Projaetea Reinforcement.
St. Louis Republic.
A merger of forty-four cement Dlanta 1
projected. If an official eon li wanted
why hot "Bleat Ba the Tie That Binder"
A Nelaafcorly Die
Slous City Journal.
The Man and Religious Forward M.tve.
mant bas established headquarters tr
Omaha, Looks as If the management
waa setting dowa te buaineee.
Nat Mac a of a Boo.
Waahington Herald.
1NW th" rraB that
th. oauea of high prtoe. 1. tb. evar-
?!! " ""l
1k wiimwu ui iota, toe QiBcowr .r a
New Tork c.beralat of a meaaa for ax-
I irwcima; srao irora seai water aoes not
h" to b muo of hon.
. ' 1
"SXitZiT R-bLa.
rWbax the kaiaar can u m ti-
saerck's old role ef "th. hoaeat broker."
T0 p100 ciMiua-uiahad
VTeT saU'S
. . ...
am mtuaea pvwar ox I
the map of Europe. The Turk's extrara-
1(7 ta iware eoaiaeodre export unity.
Let ue bare peaoa,
- , An Pineda. Taw.
BC Laufcs BapubOa.
Taa anperlotan4cit ec the re pec eooa-
U Waaklac of
Aimll. rmtmt ta taatUv
" rm"Mmtm leaury
at ua siniiaat. -Ty aartoa or ranneal.
bata-nae af tbe aaaatlblUty mt crlmlnaj
H ooaieiihai. Za ve- of an tfeo cbnua.
laoe. d oat atOtaaW wta go U to
raaeaaablt aaa toaa A art
praaaruifcaB Si naaavte. ' aa U aacton
aay.
EEbokin(JBackward
IhisDciy in Omaha
COMPILED FROM DEC FILM
6CT.lT L-
Thirty Tears A
The Right Reverend Blahop O'Connor
haa returned from Milting ths mlMlons
at Rawllna. Bvanaton. Laramlo. Aldner.
North Platte. Plumb Creek. Kearney
Central Columbua. "Irene' Pralrte. fi.
Bernard, and a Poltah congregation In
Platte county. He- leave. Sunday for
I'lattsmouth.
Among the armv orders la one
for Acting Aetletant Surgeon John
E. Summers. Jr.. V. B. A., to
report' to th. commanding officer at
Sidney not later than tha 14th Inst, to
accompany the escort of the Cheyenne
Indiana en rout, to th. Pine Ridge
agency, and then to report to th. com
mandlng- officer at Port MeKtnney for
duty.'
The cae. of Ferd Schroeder for kep
lng hie barber shop open on gundaya waa
dlemlased In the police court.
The meetings at th Christian church
conducted by Rev. Tyler still continue
notwithstanding the rain. Stoves have
been put up and the room will ba made
comfortable.
John A. Crelghton la confined to hie
house by elcknesa.
Chief Galllgan of the fir. department
la home again after his visit to St. Louis
snd Chicago.
Mother Ketderkorn. mother superior of
the western province, returned to Chi
cago after a short visit with the Sacred
Heart slaters here.
'M'llaa' Is the show playing at th.
Academy of music
An Informal German was given by Mrs.
Loomls st her home on California and
Nineteenth streets to her friend, Mrs.
Minns Hall. The following composed the
company: Miss Wells. Miss Etta Wells,
Miss Love, Ml. Johnston, of Keokuk,
th. Mlaaea Doane, Rig-wait, Hall,
Walker. Thomas. Clarkson and Loomls,
and Mrs. Beale and Mrs. Tomlln, Scott.
Morris. Clevoland, Theo. and H. Ring-
wait, Walker, D arrow, N orris and War
wick. Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Korty were
the victims of a surprise party at their
home on Eighteenth street, on occasion
of their tenth wedding anniversary.
That company that swooped down on
them Included. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Curry, and Mrs. and Mrs. J. B. Brun
ner, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hartman. Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Horton. Mr. and Mrs. Charlea
Frasette. Mr. and Mrs. Llnlngar, Mr.
and Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Mr a John
Guild. Mr. and Mrs. Fretwell, Mrs. Bow
Ian, Mrs. Schwartzlander, Mrs. E. Lin-
inter, Misses Swob., MoClura, Brady,
Kennedy, Benman, Llbbl. and Eliza
Wlthnell, Montgomery, Brass and Messrs.
Main., Cralle. Jamee and Revel Franca,
Wells, Traynor, Festper, Synder, Swobe.
Twenty Years Ago
Boyd's theater was filled at night.
when Irishmen gathered to celebrate the
bl-centettnlal of the signing of the treaty
of Limerick. Hon John J. Flnaerty of
Chicago was the big speaker of th.
occasion and John M. Thurston another.
Mayor Cushlng acted as chairman and
on the stag, with th. speakers sat Hon.
M. V. Gannon, Governor Boyd, T. J.
Mahoney, P. H. Carey, Jtmea Murphy.
Thdmaa Brennan, J. P. j Breen. Mrs.
O'Neill of Council Bluffs eaa a solo
and waa folio wad by Miss Mary Rush.
"Garry Owen" was not forgotten. "Mol-
lie Muldooa" was recited by Miss Stacla
Crowley. Mr. W. Downey sang. Con
gressman W. J. Bxyea and McKeighaa
were expected, but failed to arrive.
James Kelley, a one-legged inebriate,
Jumped en Conductor Van Lester's street
car as it was turning In at th. Cuming
street barn at midnight and walloped th.
worthy conductor over th. head with his
crutch,, for which on the morrow Judge
Lee Helaley cf police court granted him
thirty days' free board.
In honor of Mrs. A. Furst and Miss
Furst cf Cincinnati. Mrs. Qeorge Backer,
2221 Dodge street, gav. a high fiv. party
from i to t p. m. Among thos. present
war. Mesdamas Hell man, A. My,er. New
man, Orotte. DegMU Lae Rothschild.
Louis Rothschild, Rau, Host.ttar, Adlar,
Heller, Klrachbraun, Charles Klrsch
braun, Xata, Jacobsoa. SUbersteln,
StonehlU, Charles 8tonehlll, Calm. Zun
der, Harris. Frolic h. Levy, gchleoinger.
Goets, Sampson.
Miss Edith M. Pratt, daughter ef Mr.
and Mrs. Orlow H. Pratt, ill South
Twenty-fifth street, was married to Mr.
Russell B. Clin, of Xansaa City, at th.
residence of th. bride. Tbe bridesmaid
was Miss N. Fc Wood snd tbe boat roan
Mr. John M. Welshana.
On account of th. illness of Mrs. 3. W.
Cotton, the recital at Brownell Hell in
th. evening was postponed.
Ten Years Ago
Th. democrats In cVy convention named
this ticket: School board: F-ti'1 Cermak,
Julius Meyer, M. F. Vunkhouaer, A. N.
Ferguson. John F. ' Andreeaen; poUc
Judge, Bajnuel L Gordon.
Charlea Patterson and Miss Nellie
Bheely formerly of Omaha, ware marrlad
in East St. Louis.
Dissatisfied members of 8L Mary's
Avenue CongTegaUocAl church ' had te
admit when tha matter came to a vote
that their pastor, Dr. C a. Bargaant.
was not as unpopular se ; thay had
thought. Ha was upheld by a majority
vote. John D. Ware preeldea at the
meeting. T. W. Blackburn lotreduoed a
resolution reciting diaaaUafaoUoa with
th. pastor and aaking th. advisory board
to investigate and take steps to saver bis
relations with the church. Th. vote was
M to 19 in favor cf Dr. Sargent.
John M. Morrta and Mlas Louie F.
Hamilton ware married In the evanlag at
their home. tU Bristol street, by fie v. C
W. Bavidg.
A eon waa bora to Mr. and Mra. Ray
niond Welch.
People Talked About
The good fortune eg autuaaa tempera
ture enable the human family to great
with languid Interest the statement of
Astronomer Flammartoa that the balMng
averaae of last summer's hsat waa tha
hifW aver. Old Sol made the circuit
of the atobe for two month an beat the
record by 417 eases Ogreea. The wortd
pennant for hot stuff at etacbed.
ChAlrnaa Hnppoch. managar of tha
tUoaearau state saaaw.bae la Maw Tork.
ts eavs ef ta Wail Papar tmot magsatas
tadlata by rhe zaoaral rraa4 Jury tor
vtolettas ta ghartnasj law. Mr. Hus-Pu-n
waa a farmer kiisaieas partner of
Governor Ma, Th aWga eaainat the
liyl-rcod truat raa&agera ts conspiracy in
raatratat at traAe fee tacttataai to sail road
ta aat pnao stores, TK stisaeas at eoa
vtatioa saiZ4 a msrsssig by elaJalAg
wao th rte eater ta aravaU
lag styla eg waS yaaaa.
In Other Lands
Ida Llhts oa Wkat la Treat
plrtac Aanoa Near aad
Far Natlaas of. the Earth.
i
Laag Problem la Geraaaar.
Industrial Germany, grown great and
powerful, the "pride of th. emplr.." hat
for a background the ominous shadow of
decreasing rural population and a pro
portionate Increas. In large landowners.
The cause of the steady drift from coun
try to cities is practically that which
provoked In Ireland an unarmed revolu
tion against landlordism. Tenancy Is
rhe rule in Germany, aa it waa In Ireland
until the passage of the land reform law.
Rack-renting - la-common, and inability
to become owners of the land they cuiti
vat. deprives the farmers of th. Incen
tive cf permanency, without which cultl
vatlon is haphazard. In these clreum
stance, the lure of the Industries at home
and tha cheap landa of newer countries
are wall nigh irreeiatibl... From 1885 to
190A the plains of eastern Prussia lost
500,000 Inhabitants. At th. praa.nt time
two-thirds cf th. territory eastward of
th. Elbe haa less population than in 1870.
The number cf rural towns haa decreased.
others ar. gradually decaying, "choked
to death." as described by th. Frank
furter Zeltung. "by the vast Idle estates
that enctrel. them.',' The gape the Ger
mans leave in their native land, th.
Zeltung explains, "are partly filled up
by Russian and Galllclan immigrants
who work for the grCat landed proprietors
at low wagea- and contribute to swell that
tide of Panslavlc Invasion which Prussia
ao vainly-Strives to withstand."
Pen Ptetaro of Tripoli.
Th. neglect whloh tb. olty and barber
cf Tripoli has experienced at the hands
of the festive press agent will end, doubt
less, as soon as Italy finishes the war
and restores order. For th. present a
pen picture of th. captured city written
by John Horn for the Travel magazine
last November must appease th. demand.
'Along the water's edge, viewed from
th. steamer," Mr. Horn writes, "lays the
most truly eastern town I had ever seen.
Before its snowy domes and spearlik.
minarets Algiers, Tunis and even Con
stantinople paled and ware as nothing.
Tripoli could not lay claim to Che splen
dors of these others, but her. was no
mixture cf east and west, no blending of
styles. It waa the purity of line and the
compl.te absence cf European architec
ture which made one feel that this at
least waa the true Arab east Away
along the oasis, framing the white town
with Its dark green; while in th. center.
bathing Its gray portions In th. sparkling
water, towered an old.ppa.nlsh fort, half
In. ruins, 'but still used as a prison and
residence of the Pasha. Tha rest waa a
maze of white roofs, with there and her.
a splash of red, where th. cloths of the
bath house, fluttered In th. sun. On ths
south tb. desert touches the very walls
of the town, extending "away In arid
grandeur over hundreds of miles of gray
hills and valleys. Under the terrlbl. rays
of th. midday sun It seems aa inferno of
monotony and heat, but at sunset a very
fairyland cf rose and purpl. takes th.
place of th. palpitating gray."
ee
Tha Preach Army.
In an addreaa at the dedication of a
monument to the soldiers who f.U ia the
war of 1S70, M. Klotx, French minister
of finance, reviewed th. work which
had been accomplished for the army
under the Third republic. The effective
strength, - be said, had Increased from
416.591 ia 1S7S to 6S1.491 in 1910. notwith
standing the fluctuations in the birth
rate. Thanks to ths elastic provisions of
the short service system. 800.000 reserv
ists, belonging to the recently discharged
contlgents would be available en the first
day of mobilization, and. together with
the sanding force, would form a perfectly
trained and equipped mass cf nearly
1,400 men. The so-called second lines would
be constituted by a similar number of
reservists belonging to earlier contingents.
With th. 1,700,000 territorial troops,
France. therefore could count upon
nearly 4.500,000 combatants, z.sOO.OOO of
whom would be fully trained and
equipped, while th. second-line troops
would., attar a few days, become as for
midable as the first line. Since 1871, he
said. Fraao bad spent mors than twenty-
seven milliards of trance (15,400,000.000) on
her army,
Ireland's Blee Terrier.
A dash of native humor friagtag the
cheery optimism ef Irishmen la re
flected la the proposed decoration for the
Insignia ef nationhood, the crown of
heme rule. The harp, the shamrock and
the green Hag will continue aa the fav
orite symbols of the race, but the Irish
hound Is to be supplantad by the blue
Irish terrier, th. moat typical animal on
th. Island, and rarely found elsewhere.
Th. hound la eeteemed the fleetest run
ner cn four feat, but supremacy in speed
IS not considered th. proper trait te
symbolise the century's struggle for self
gevenuaent. The blue terrier, on the con
trary, is tbe bast fighter la Ireland's
cantos kingdom, and tha bast friend of
all. And he la really blue. He haa long,
thick hair ef 'unmistakably slatay ceru.
loan. He Is absolutely sa Irish specialty;
la fact, he Is hardly found outside his
nstive stamping ground of southern Ire
land. But the blue terrier's chief claim to
national tmportanoe la his long lineage.
Blue-hatred, he also is blue blooded, for
he belongs to tb. oldest family of the
Irish canln. world. H. waa known In th.
days of th. Irish kings; he barked at th.
heals of Cromwell's soldiers; be waa
svlctad la raokrant days with ths suffer
ing peasantry. He haa braved It all. and
his brlthrata shews ao signs or oecao-
aaca. Perhaps th. blue terrier may yet
adorn the ahleld of a bom. rule govern
ment In Ireland.
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Portae-el'a Now President.
(tenor Manual de Arraiga. tbe aew
president ef th. rejiubllo ef Portugal, is
TO years cf age. but b. hardly looks SO.
H. wears his hair brushed back from his
forehead, the height ef which is exagger
ated br growing baldness. His mustache
and Imperial are snow , white, but his
senile reveals a row of front teeth that
would do credit to a youth of ZO, and hie
ayes are full of fire and animation. He
is la full physical and mental vigor.
The president 1. a net of "charming,
but somewhat aristocratic" n annexe. He
is th. descendant of aa excaadlngly eld
and noble famUy. but also one ef honor
able lyoverty. H. was bora at Horta, ta
the Island ef Fa-yet la the Azores, and
he has some French blood la his veins,
oae of his ancestors having married a
Basque lady from th. northern aide of
the Pyrenees. Saner Arrtasa. however,
declares that he waa bora a republican,
and he has certainly bean oae la politic,
throughout Ida career.
Bright Side of War.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Italy has a bo Ua had slavery ba Tripoli
This sort of war ha It bright
after all,
WHY BEHATOESmrS COKE HIGH
Washington Post: If It is th. custom
In WJsconsIn to give voters kegs of beer
and Jugs of rum, tha Interest which
everybody la that state seems to take In
politics Is no longer a mystery.
6L Paul Dlsnatch: Senator Rtenhanann
at least, haa furnished aa argument for
those who are opposed to statewide pro
hibition Just think of having to live In
an atmoeph.r. reeking with HOT.79J worth
of campaign cigars,
Philadelphia Record: A few years ago
th. "soldier vot." was ens of th. mot
decisive factors In politics. But th. eld
soldiers ar. dying off pretty fast and
other voting elements are comtng for
ward. Striking evidence of thla Is af
forded by three items In th. expense ac
count of Senator Stephenson: "One man
to attend colored picnic, 500;" "trip
through Ghetto, thre. men. $35;" "touched
by two old soldiers. $2."
New Tork Tribune: One of Senator
Stephenson's managere. Rodney Sackett.
testified that 4T conduct a campaign for
the senatorshlp, in Wisconsin properly
would cost from 1150.000 to $200,000. Mr.
Sackett ought to. hurry to Washington
next December and show congress that
It made a fatal miscalculation in limiting
the expenditure of a candidate for senator
to $10.000-one-twenUeth of the "proper"
maximum amount.
"Easy Cornea, Easy Goes."
Philadelphia Record.
After spending, two vun anA imaavi
in the construction of aa airship modeled
on me Zeppelin rigid form of construc
tion, the British admiralty had the mor
tification to see the monster collapse at
the first attempt to make It fly. Another
comprehensive plan gone to smash. An
other proof of official Incapacity and
blundering. But never despair; there are
more airship, and pergolas to be builded,
and there Is more monev alwava m k-
scr.wed out of th. pockets of confiding
taxpayers.
Reaslndlas- the Thwaghtlaaa.
Baltimore American.
President Tart makes It clear in his
speeches that he I touring the west, not
aa a political campaigner, but as presi
dent of all the people. He properly wishes
the public to become familiar with the
work of his administration In their be
half, and his efforts la this direction are
commendable and praiseworthy. The
president wants the people to understand
that his conception of government Is a
government of the poeple and for the
people that this Is their government and
he their personal representative.
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LUTES TO A LAUGH.
"fray. Weary, hare's a faller ta lg
paper saye da aa ia developta a kind
of artlsUo Idleness."
' fine. Dayu nave to admit dag wVra
de pioneers In die interestln' field.
Limpy." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What a the trouble with you and your
fiance? Is he Jealous?
"Well, he tan t exactly Jaaloua, but be
What you might call eld-faahioaad. He
doesn't want me to ba engaged to any
body else. " Washington Herald.
Crawford The law says that before a
room can be repepered tha old patter
must be scraped off.
Crabsbaw if it wasn't for that law,
the walls of the rooms In our flat house
would soon meet Judge.
Marks Ever run over anything la your
automobile?
Parks Yes; one. I ran over ths speed
'imlt. Boston Transcript.
via you aver long in vain ror a single
pleasant word or kind look?" said the
a n 1 1 m-n 1 ,ahI
"Yes," replied the practical pereoo,
"when I tried to get by a swell waiter
with a 25-cent tip." Washington Star.
"All animal products, you know," sjssd
the teacher, "are perishable, and soon de
cay. If not srtifically preserved.
"Yea. sir." cordially assented the ol
mn young man with the wicked era,
"especially elephants' ivory." Chicago
Tribune.
NEUTRAL.
T. Daly In Catholic Standard aad TTmee,
For talka mooch 'bout deesa war;
i in not. itauan no more.
Eh? Sure, I once was "Dagomaa."
But now I try be 'Merlcan;
An', glad dat here all men caa be
Jus' free an' happy like me.
So, pleass', I don'ta care, signor.
For talka mooch 'bout dessa war.
I mebbe would not mind to speak
5;
ii so De aey son- right da Greek,
Baycause be's Justa thief an' sneakl
Oh. I know w'at kind man he ess,
baycause he's steal dees frulta bee
An' mak' som' good Italian man
Gon' deegln' sen da streets agen.
Eef only dey fight heem. signor, ;
You hear from me een dasaa war!
Oh, myl I weesh dey fight da Greek!
But no, dey are sooeh fool, dey peecK
Da hardest man of all to leeck.
You no bayllev. dat dees ees trust
All right, I no care w'at you do.
out me, i Know now mooena trouo .
Dey maka w en dey sweeng delt clubt
So. pleass', I don'ta like, signor.
For talka mooch 'bout deesa war.
I would b. franda weath evra waa
Dat com' by dee. peanutta stan'.
An' mos' of all da Irishman
Eh? Sure I know for w'at I speak.
Eea true som' peopla call dem "Meeek,"
But don't you know Poleeceman Burke
Dat evra' wan call "Bigga Turk?"
Dat's name for Irish long bayfore '
Dees fight baygeen. No! no! signor,
I don't care speak of dessa war.
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