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Sehserlnsr leavlaa th elty
, tewiperarily ahoald hsv Th
. Bee aaalled la the. Addrea
will ha eh ease aa fta aa re-
saeeted, ,
B a booster all Lb time.
A little disfigured but itlll In the
ring. Oh, yon htl
. Always remember that spring la
It 11 cam In br the calendar routs.
'. Governor Marshall of Indian la
the latest entry la th dark bora
raea.
.. Tba ecu n tea of Warwick pleads
for pension (or mother. Foot old
dad. br all mean.
Listening to then now, very on
of those patriot left, off tba "lata"
la glad of It anyway-. .' . ' '.'V
I It Is going , to requlr a lot of
diplomacy to keep tboaa seven gov
mora from fighting over second
lc.
'NewTorir chiropodist ar dls
satisflsd with tba taw as It afreets
them. Probably want to get a to
bold oa ft - i V .", V: J ''
' rVt
An aggressive campaign la ta ba
mad for tba "ilat." No depend
ence her on any apontanisua popu
lar nprlalng. .
8tlU Woodrow Wllaoa la pretty
aura to gat tba popallit endorsement
In tba Nebraska presidential prefer
ence primary.' .
A Salt Lake City man 18 years of
age baa been sentenced to tlxty-one
year la prison.' They do not be
lieve In aandlng man up for Ufa out
thar. , ' , v' -' . . i i
Tba Philadelphia Praia, 'hopaa
Colonel Bryan may llv' yet another
fifty-two yaara. So do wa and ba" a
candidate airy i fourth yeas if h
If tha pralriaa wara really ablaaa
with Insurgency, what need would
there ba of either La Folletta or
Booaerelt coming out this . way to
kindle tha fire? '
Tha St.. Louis Time wants to
know "what has become of that old
fashioned Institution, the democratic
party:'' 'Oh. It la up there on tha bill
above Lincoln,' Net). " . '
, For fear there) may ba om mla
imderataadlng about It, v Colonel
Bryan Comes tout 'each day with a
ew declaration that h will fight
governor Harmon. . ,
t Tha 4ltfereaca betweea tha Brit
ish and ' American temperamenta la
tpa d.lfferenc betweea "Are yon
tierej",. and - "Hello." tha formal
ttl phone greeUngs thera and bar.
Mr. Carnegie wnd Mr. Rockefeller
doabtlesa appreciate the kindness of
their friend. Congressman Under
wood, la planning to exempt them
from taxation tinder tba Income tax
. That reaslad aa, some rank regla
tratloa frauds were perpetrated in
tha county poor farm district ' last
fall, which the) grand Jury has not
deemed Important enough to Investl-
t ft I to be hoped now that things
irlll quiet down around the pMltea
tlarv, but not become so quiet that
the next leglilaure will forget to give
adequate eonalderatloa to needed re
forms. ' ,
For blind devotion that approach aa
hero worship, nothing can outdo th
fealty displayed by Edgar Howard to
Mr. Bryan. Edgar la now Just as
ready to apaet the people's rule pri
mary whose Inviolability ha a long
preached aa 1 his. political patron
saint -,' ,". ..,''
Sooterelt't eal Friend.
It is unfair for tboaa advocating a
tblrd term for Roosevelt to deny the
friendship for him of many of the
men opposing hie third term as
pirations.. Soma of, the beat and
truest frienda Colonel Rooaevelt aver
had are not supporting -him In the
present campaign and they are actu
ated by the very beat motive, atlll
giving credit to him for tha great
reforms hie administration pro
moted or brought to completion.
And It is because they believe in
him and his great achievements and
wish to aee him and them go down
in history clear of diaparagement
that they oppose his return to the
White House for the tblrd term aa
president ' "
. The dsy will surely , come when
Colonel Rooaevelt himself will ap
preciate the difference between hla
unselfish frienda who counselled
agalnat hi present venture and his
friends," with personal objects to
serve or grievances to redress, who
dissuaded him from bis own high re
solve not to run again. Hla beat
frienda, we believe, are those, who.
like Senator Lodge, for Instance, and
Senator Root and others, wer eager
to hare him leave unbroken his ring
ing declaration to tha American peo
ple that "under no circumstances"
would be accept another presidential
nomination. And had it not been
for men, disgruntled at President
Tart, some of them dislodged from
public office by him for good , and
sufficient reasons had It pot been
for the Impetuoua dealre of these
men to "get even" It la reasonable to
believe the luster of tha former pres
ident' fame and name would now ba
undiminished.
Ho Reed of t trike.
George F. Baer for tha anthracite
eoal mine owner and John T. Demp
sey for tha miners agree that a atrlka
la not tha only possible way of aet
tllng existing differences. .Then why
not take another way fcrery con
alderatlon, private and public, will
gala by avoiding and loaa by precipi
tating a atrlka. No matter which
Ida finally auoceed In It demands.
tha strikera or tha employers. It will
sustain tremendou loaa under tba
streas of continued Idleness. That 1
perfectly wall known by all before
hand. Tha beat that la proposed by tba
miner I to secure a new contract for
two years. Then at tha and of that
time, whatt Must thay atrlka every
time their contract expiree? Tha an
swer to 'that question is up to the
operator Just aa much a It I to tba
maa la the abaft. Thla cannot ba
made a one-aided affair, and It la
mora than a two-elded Issue It la
three-aided and tha blggeat side I tha
third, tha general public, on whom, a
10 all such crises, tba heaviest burden
ultimately falls.
Soma day tha public may tire of
such medieval waya of adjusting In
dustrial disputes and take atepa to
provide better waya. But juat now
wa are so engrossed with letting tha
people rule In other matter that we
have no time to exerclaa our majority
might la thl direction. ,
Soma and Eer Doll Bag.
Having failed In Ha attempt to
dictate tha terma of tha International
loan to China, Ruaala baa decided
not to participate with tha Unltf
States, England, Germany, France
and Japan In that concert In other
words, Ruaata has no use for tha far
east except a a field of exploitation,
and thla financial arrangement, of
course, contemplates nothing of that
sort Dispatches from 8t Peters
burg aay that "Ruaala la Inclined to
see in tha loan another and mora
dangeroua form of tha achemaa par
sued by, American banker in China
some year ago and which threat
ened strategically Russia' whole po
sition in tha far east."
Rusaia'a whole position In tha far
eaat haa looked steadfastly to the
dismemberment , of tba Chinese em
pire for. tba ultimata aggrandise
ment of Ruaala, while the only mo
tive actuating Amerleaa influence in
tha far east haa centered about an
opea door . that would s. give tha
UaltM State a equare deal along
with the other power. Indeed, tha
concert of tha five leading power In
a $IOO,000,vO loaa for China' up
building as a republic must be as
disheartening as it 1 disastrous to
Russia'a whole position In tha far
east" To the world, however, such
a united movement Is most propitious.-
Twenty per cant of thla loan
la to go toward strengthening
China'a military arm, aa additional
causa of discouragement to Russia'a
military aaplratione.
It Is a matter of much satisfaction
that Japan refused to follow Rus
sia's trample In declining a share In
this loan. ; Japan strengthens Its
own position and relations with the
leading powers by thus choosing be
tween them and Ruaala, which has
been singing a atrea song to the
mikado for some time solely because
the cxar felt that it would pay him
to keep oa terms of friendship, at
least, with, his little conqueror in the
east, as-ha could then faava freer
scope for the exercise of hla prowess
against China when tha time came.
With (trained relations with Japan,
it 1 easy to aee how Rassla's plan
might not go forward so readily,
Thla actios et Russia la la entire ac
cord with its established policy in
djplosaaey and detracts nothing from
THE BEE: OMAHA,
the general causa of International
good will, ainca Rueata . bad con
tributed nothing to that eauae.
A Kebnuka Object lesion.
Although of all the states Ne
braska is reputed to have the small
est percentage of Illiteracy and the
greatest amount of Intelligence
among It Inhabitants, It I particu
larly cited In the report of the presi
dent of the Carnegie foundation aa
aa example of wasteful expenditure
of energy along educational lines. In
this report President Prltchett, argu-
ng for the necessity of higher stand
ards of scholarship and better ful
fillment of obligations to. teachers,
deplores that denominational, state
and local rivalriea have dona so much
to swell the list of weak, and even
superfluous, colleges. It la In thia
connection that ba uses Nebraska aa
an object lesson:
In Nebraska, which had a population
In I9M of LlK.a. ther are thirteen cot-
feces and unlvarsttlaa, all ta th fertile
and populous southeastern quarter. On
of the thirteen Institutions Is th well-
supported and areeaalbly located state
university, another la an university eon-
ducted by th Jesuit father, and a third
Is a privately endowed Institution. Each
of ta remain In ten colleges was found.)
by a Protestant denomination. Is con
trolled by It and appeal to th denom
inational constituency tor support One
of thee eolleces sires in Its catalogue
as means of estimating th number of
Its collet students. Th other ntn have
a total colter enrollment of Ml, or . an
avaras of nlnety-thr aoliec students
each. Th total enrollment of all th de
partments of thee tnetltuttona, apart
from th summer schools. Is I.0G1, or an
averace of let each. It thus appears that
thee eollsces. founded In days of
pioneer enthusiasm or of boom prospect,
sad maintained by efforts of denomina
tions and th sacrifice et Individuals,
are ehlafly encased In preparatory.
must and business school work rather
than la collece education. To reduce
thee tea wtrussllng oc4 loses to two or
three would relieire many conscientious
people from sever financial pressure and
would crest I y Improve th level of
higher duostlon la Nebraska.
These may bo rather unpalatable
observations, bnt they are worth, at
leaat, aerloua eonalderatloa by all of
One point which Dr. Prltchett
passe over, however, j offer om
mitigation, and that ta that Nebraska
I yet comparatively undeveloped and
sparsely populated, and that some. If
not all, of these educational Institu
tions may have a legitimate cbance
for growth, yet there must be gen
eral agreement with him that the
two or three universale supported
by tba itate, or out of ample endow
ment, have tba start, and muat keep
tha lead, and that tha others must
always occupy a relatively subordi
nate position.
Wtak Spot la that Excite Bill.
Chairman Underwood baa urged
hla Income tax bill chiefly upo the
ground that It would make up for
th $55,000,000 of revenue the coun
try would loae If hla free augar bill
became a law, of which there 1 little
or no likelihood. But critics of the
bill are skeptical of - tt revenue
producing power, chiefly because It
seems to leave a loophole tor the
escape from taxation of aome of th
largest fortunes. The bill taxes alt
Income above It, 000 a year, where
th recipient I engaged In business
for a profit or livelihood. Thla, tt ta
maintained with seemingly good
ground, let out th idle rich who are
not engaged actively In business for
a profit or livelihood.
With this weakness In th bill It
can never become a popular meas
ure. So long aa tb medium salary
of 15,000 and 11,000 1 to be taxed
and th Income front a fortune of
1100,000,000 or IS09.eO0.00O re
mains exempt. Chairman Underwood,
wo Imagine, I going to hare a hard
time explaining hla bill. If thla la
one of th schemes aa astute party
leader Is depending on to land him
tb presidential nomination we tear
folk wtll begin to discount his
shrewdness.
Tha bill sprung to suddenly calls
tor more consideration than baa been
given it or can ba given on tbe eve of
a national campaign.
Bengtor Hltchoock'a World-Herald
object to th persistent charge that
all tha force back of Harmon are In
spired by corrupt Wall street wealth
and privileged special interest and
that all the unselfish patriotic ele
ment are enlisted with Mr. Bryan,
yet that la th vary course habitually
pursued by th democratic organ
with reference to lta republican an
tagoulat whom It always paints la
tha blackest ot colors, no matter
what scalawags it may ba supporting
tagged with the democratic label. It'a
a long tan that baa no turning.
Tha republlcana of Montana, the
state of Senator Dlxoa, who ta acting
aa director general ot the Rooaevelt
campaign, hav gone on record by
their stats committee atrongly for
Taft 8traws point tba way tha wind
ta blowing.
. "Bryan Sees Succeas for Demo
crats." That Use ta bold, black
type runs across th top ot the front
page of tba Pittsburgh Post: Muat
have been picked up from th dead
atone of 1S6.
Pa4tB th Dlettwajasr.
Indianapolis News. - i
Body sou tie. permit th president Ho
Introduce late th carapaica that per
fectly good United States word honey
tusle," which Is effect! rely xprealvs
when used ra th proper piac. Aa then
la no copyright on It spellbinders sill
he at liberty to slip It over whenever
they can find a good rhaasa
MONDAY, MARCH 25,
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3tawch 85.
Thirty Years Ago
au signt tool est th clouds glowered
by the city and th sky was illuminated
by vivid and conUnaous flashes of light
ning.
Thomas O'Leary, a plasterer, waa roostd
about 4 o'clock la the cellar ndernemth
tb Grand Central botes. It la bettered
he weet la I Inspect th new building
and tell lot the cellar.
Th Uat ef marrlac lioeneea printed la
Tb Be la headed "Borrowing Troubl.'
Th social esaaatlos of th day la th
Sparry dlvorc cas aa th boards at
Denver, th eouple being wtll knows la
Omaha.
Tb call for th republican elty prl
mary and convention Is eicned by Charles
K. Content chairman pre tern, and L.
H. Webster, secretary.
Th final rehearsal of "The Union Spy,"
th grand military and spectacular drama
to be presented under th supervision of
Colonel E. B. Temple, took place thla
evening with most satisfactory results.
A vail executed burslary was com
mitted In th hows of John Little, a
grocer oa South Tenth street, th haul
oonslatins of a gold watch and jewelry.
ML a Uait Calderwood publishes a card
of thanks to those who originated and
carried out bar compltuioatary coaoart
Mrs. Manchester fcs prepared Jo raesivu
pupils for Instruction In painting. P lease
call at northwest corner Leareaworta
and at. Mary's avenue.
Twenty fears Ago
Thomas and J. C. Hut aeon, formerly
Omaha young man. were la the elty as
representatives of New Tork rrrmrasrrlsl
Arms.
The g-yaar-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Narlaja, Ull South ThlrtMnth
street was hilled by a motor ear at
Thirteenth and William streets.
About seventy-flv members of St
Mary's Avenue Congregational church
met and extended a formal call to Rev.
a Wright Butler of Port Chester, N. T.,
to become their pastor.
Th following honorary decrees war
announced as recently eonferred by th
University of Omaha: Doctor of divinity
upon Rev a g. M. Ware, pastor ef Second
Presbyterian church of Omaha; , J. . M.
Wilson, pastor of Castsllar Street Pres
byterian church of Omaha; doctor ef
philosophy upon Rev. C. O. Sterling,
Low Avenue Presbyterian church, and
Prof. VT. J. Bell of Bellevu; master ef
arte upon Prof. Oeorge D. Crothers ani
Mary L. Lawrence of Bellevu eoUeg.
Edward Rosewatw mad a speech be
fore th republican county commute on
th plana for reform In .th election
machinery for th purifying of politics,
which aroused much Interest and com
ment Mr. Rote water said: "1 am In
favor ef abolishing the caucus entirely.
Let th voters decide st th regular
primary election upon the deUgaia they
wish to elect and do away with th
caucus."
Ten Years Ago
Th Nebraska Match factory. Twenty-
eighth and Boyd streets, was aitlrely de
stroyed by fir. Th ownert Charkss
anionic, placed th loss at taa.ju, Insur
ance half that
Tax Commissioner Fleming eocupted
th witness stand nearly all (ay la the
hearing on th tax assessment caa.
K. W. Bart let! died at hla residence.
OM Mandaraon street after ail Illness of
a month. Mr. Bartlett had resided In
Omaha sine UN, when he entered thd
firm of Klopp, Bartlett A Co., with which
be continued until his teach,
Joha Herbal was found dead alongside
the residence ef John Wallace, S22 Pop
pleton avenue, where he bad beea en-
saged removtnc storm Wtcdowa, He was
lying at the foot of the ladder,' having
fallen. It was supposed, when be sus
tained a stroke of heart disease. ' He
lived at-Twenty-eighth' and Hickory
street.
Charles Auld, head sheep buyer for th
Cudahy Packing eompany, waa seriously
Injured by a bull that gored him In the
stomach sad finally threw him behind a
poet.
Th Board ef Park Commissioners wss
runnlnc for gunners who gun In parks.
B. J. Cornish of the board laid down tha
law that this trespassing must cease. -
People Talked About
A woman lecturer propose that girls
be taught how to flirt Ooed etigiesilua
Ther may yet be a class tor th pur
pose ef Instructing ducks la th art ef
swimming, also.
Just before cat ling from New Tork for
th seat ef suffraaett war, Mia Sylvia
Pankhurst left with her American ad
mirers the sweet and happy thought:
'8h who makes oae brickbat fly where
none flew before Is a beaefaoter ef
esaaklnd."
Captala Bernler, th Canadian Arctic
explorer, la urging the Canadma rovers
men t to send him north aala Ibis year
a board th steamer Anil. It la Inti
mated that he desires to vlatt th ground
I'eary went over to express sn optnioa as
to whom th territory salons.
Mrs. WUsou Woodrow, writer ef fic
tion, recently was asked whether she
waa a college graduata, She replied that
sh was not, and that she hsd never
son t school even, go was th young
eat et ight ehlldrea aad was allowed as
grow up pretty muoh as ah Ukad. )
Slcnor Bantora, th Italia crews
pruMcutor talked tor fifty hours In
summing up the case against the Cam-
morrlsta at Vltarbe. it was not a con
tinuous parfgrmaaea, however, sad ss
not In' th Immortal vocal records ef
William Vincent Allan of Nebraska and
Senator La Folletta of Wtsoonat. ,
John P. Whit of iBdianaaeaa, presi
dent of th United Mine Workers' at
America, mad a favorable tmprtsaloa at
tb conference bakt with th aataraett
operators ta New York. He I slmosa stx
feet tan, bread shouldered aad brae-eye.
with clean-cut feature aad a aback M
hair that Just beainalnc to gray. He
Is la tha early forties aad m a . good
talker.
Th nine of'Utti Dr. Mary Walker,"
saya tn Brooklyn Bagls, "being Into
prsmlaeae thai advocate ef women's
rights who got tat the enemy's oohatry
by wearing It cloth. How asueh bai
ter Is this noiseless method thaa that at
brick heaving Dr. Mary Walker1 re
form If carried eat by bar emx would a
revelaOonree Industry that every diaart-
meat store would dwtodl lata a gent's
runtlsMrjc good shea. Before this could
haaeaa lawmaker weald be farced by
claasostag bust use k yield erecTthlnc
rather thaa go to such Omits, A radseai
blow struck at nUlHnery and dresaniaklng
1912.
MerilJerll
ox
laMallsaeat Pa reseat Tax-
OMAHA. March &-T th Editor ot
The Be: Our new county and city
treasurer wants ta assist th taxpayers.
so prusss that all taxes be paid ta en
lump at en time bestead of giving the
taxpayers a breathing spell betweea one
Jolt and th next.
In Kansas, Calif or ala aad In other
benighted reglona, they dtvtd each set
of taxes tat two payment each eta
months apart. That this hi a real as
sistance to taxpayer is proved by th
fact that they usually pay th taxes la
the divided sum.' They can pay at first
payment If they wish,' tn fact are usually
allowed a small commlsstoa for prepaying
th extended payments.
I think thst tb maximum Mr. Ur
(that it Is easier to pay- a large sum at
ones than in divided payments) is new
with htm and grows out of st least two
considerations to gather In th money at
once and make lets work In his office
ta other word making two records for
himself. Why don't be propose thst two
years' taxes be paid at ones sad tax
payers net be bothered next year; X. X.
Favara tiit!v Belief.
OMAHA, March Xt-To the Editor ef
The Bee: Please excuse me for adding to
what haa beea written about thla deplor
tbl affair, but I havea't noticed aay
sucgestloa as to exact legislation to pro
vide aome recompense la Mrs. Blunt sad
so su greet Ion as to enactment of a law
to Indent ally aay person Injured or billed
or maimed and rendered help lees for Ufa
by pablt efrioeee, soUcvmea, firemen or
others In dlschsrglng their duties. Any
of us are liable to such accidents. W all
de what we caa to carry life Insurance
ta leave our respective families provided
for when we providers are gone. Why
sot the stat help when In such a way
reaponetbloT Can't ail elttsens of th
state t together In soms way to, by
concerted action, gt th stats legislature
to take action and actually pass soms
such law? O. a GILBERT.
Fwr Negri to Thlak Over.
OMAHA, March K-Te the Editor of
Th Bee: Wall tb Georgia convention
which pssssd th ordinance of secession
was sngaged la hot debate over that
question. General Roger Q. Mills, a spe
cial correspondent ot th National Intel-
lUrencer, wss stationed st Jackson. Miss.
Th general Was not by any mean an
enthuslaetlc secessionist and bene was
not st sll popular. Ha took pleasure ta
reading Alexander R. Stephens' eloquent
defsnse ef unionism end his one paring
denunciation of the doctrine of secession
ss advocated by Mr. Toombs and others
In thst convention. When It wss finally
reported that the convention had de
clared for secession. General Mills, with
iry apearsae ef utter disgust, rx-
otalmad: "Hell's broke loose tn Oosrgis."
Whether General Mill at that time or
iginated thla energetic. It not elegant.
phrase, I de not know. It waa the first
time I sver heard It
My memory naturally turned 'to this
Mt of history ss 1 read tn the press dls-
latchas a day or two ace that Senator
Hoke Smith of Georgia attempted to pre
vent farorahl actios upon a number ot
private pension bills that ware pending
before lh,Ln1ted State serrate. Among
tkoe seeking the meager benefit of a
pension on that sooasian were probably
several Afro-American veterans. Toward
such people as theaa, Individuals tike
Meters. Smith. Tillman, Vardamaa, ate.
entertain a hatred aa hearty aa that
which th devil is said to entortsia for
holy water.
Th funniest )ok I ever heard from tha
tote General Sties A. Strickland waa ta
tin words: "There are two type ef
humanity I've sometimes almost doabted
Jehovah took any part la creatine; on
is sa irishman that votes tba republican
tlokat; th other a colore maa that
vote th democratic ticket." General
George M. CBrlaa was present and ad
dressed this sain meeting, and no one
enjoyed thla practical Joke of hla com-
rade more than he.
To me tt has always been a matter of
arret that so little could be said In
Jnatlfleation ef tbe serro'a affiliation
with the democrats party ss a who.
I have always rewarded It sa aa absurd
proposltlaa that the colored rots should
be divided for tha mar saks of basing
It divide. The same eonstdaratloas that
cause division sanong other elements of
eur eitiseDahlp with reference te parties
would under normal conditions produce
similar results among Intelligent colored
voters. But It must be confessed, after
all that can be said to tn contrary has
beea carefully weighed, that the rule of
unanimity on the part ef the colored
voters In their adherence to the repub
lican party Is Justifiable upon tha ground
ef Mind, brutal sad relentless hostility
that has sver characterised tha conduct
of the democratic leadership when con
fronted with measures or proposttlona.
however Just or meritorious, which would
have a tendency to add to tb negro's
uplift
But let ss trust the Intemgence and
patriotism of sll true Americans to save
ss from th bitter alternative of choosing1
between th reckless Mr. RooeeveH sad
the dtnocratle party with Ms darerereus
senatorial sppendages In th coating cam
paign. . CTBUS D. BELL
Had tat the Hasuslaar.
OMAHA. March B To the Editor of
Tbe Be: As th spring election uaesr
th new form of elty gevernsMnt Is fsst
approaching .peopl are naturally rooking
around for those who would be beet
qualities' t fill the office of eonunls-
aer. Th iaatellattea ef any new sys-
uss sxs th on w are tastag twauaus
a et known ability and tatagrtty to
bring shout the proper wer sine of th
nil hlaanr et esty guei mneat. That maa
who cannot make a such et Us sent
private busses la not th en to be
elevated and latrusted with the msasga.
ment of a department of dry affairs.
What we need honesty backed by good
sound business sens, sad that we nave
In many of thee who have filed or are
about t fu fur the nomlaatloa. Let
the who favor a good huslniea ad
ndalstratron In th lrt crest of th nttr
city get together.
Many of my wen meaning friends have
been urging m te file, but knowing my
Inability to win, and being connected with
oa of th largest Jobbing bouses ta th
city. Lee-Glass-Andreeeea Hardware com
pany. I feel that I cannot at thla time
atsr th uncertain f)M ef politics.
Te thaa wh have beea Catherine votes
for me ta The B earnest 1 offer my
sincere thanks, but as I have hot filed,
do not Intend as file, aad am not a
endat. I respectfully request that
yea withdraw say aaass frees th pub
Orhed list. CORLISS F. HOP PCX-
Army Gossip
Matters af I a tercet Oa aad
stack ef FlriaaT Lis Sleaaed
. fiwaa Army aad Navy steertatc.
New Marwataa- .
Th War department has received a
suxmlcnMtttal report from tb army shoe
board, la seaeioa st Fort Leavenworth,
of which board Major S. U Muasoa,
army medical corps. Is president. In
this supplemental report th board sub
mitted recommendations for a modified
marcbinc shoe, making certain chances
ia tb present type la sosse alight par
ticulars, such as reducing tb bellows
tongue to half bellows, altering silently
the shape of th toe, removing soms of
tbe oil from th leather and so on. An
order has been placed for th manufac
ture of IS) pairs, accord ns te th new
modal and Msjor William J. Glasgow,
recently detailed en the general staff
will uperlntendent th manufacture ef
tb shoes ss far aa tb type is concerned.
while the quartermaster general ef the
army will designate the Inspectors to
Inspect th materials. The War depart
ment has also sent to the board at Port
Leavenworth let pairs of garrison shoes
and a tike number of th marching
show ef th present type. The shoes have
been fitted te the feet ef SOS men and
there will be a comparative test of the
three type of footwear. The men
selected are ef th Seventh Infantry and
care was tskea to hsve a variety of
sos pes ef feet. These soldiers will Wear
th shoe In post for a month under tb
observation ef the board. Thla will be
followed by a march of UI miles tn dally
tramps, the troops returning to the poet
each night. It Is behaved by th board
that this test will b sufficient to de
termine which ef the three types are
beat suited for military aa.
Trpheld Immunity.
Th army medical officers have oc
casion to be gratified over the vary
practical results which have beta ob
tained during tbe last year la the reduc
tion ta the number ot typhoid fever
esse ta the Philippines and tn the
United Btstes. This I attributed to
typhoid prophylaxis, which ass come to
be gwncrslly accepted as sa effective
preventive. At posts In th United States
this last year ther war only forty-five
esses ss against 14 in Ult sad tn ta
ISO. Th record In 11 was the beet
sp to thst tint, and about one-fourth
ef the army had been vacdaated, Ther
wss only ons esse of typhoid la the
United Etstes In January et this year,
according to the reports received by ths
sore eon ceneral of th army, and this
waa a ess where there bad been as
vacctnatloa and where the patient bad
Just returned from ths Philippine Islands.
Sal af Ftetela.
Th Colt automstls pistol, caliber .tt,
modal ef BU, adopted for th army, has
been placed en sal to office ra of th
srmy. Ths pistol may so obtained by
application to tbe Springfield armory.
Mass., at tll.lS, exdustve ot transporta
tion. This Includes on roagadne, and
extra aiaeaainee may ba obtained at II
cents each. Ammunition for' th pistol
may be obtained st th Springfield Ar
mory and tba Frankford and Rock Island
arsenals st im per thousand. Helrtsrs
for th pistols may be obtained from th
Reck Island arsenal at gLU each. Ths
holster Is susceptible et use with th
pistol and rlfk) cartridge belt aotd by
th ordnance department but It. ts net
tilted for uss with ths present officer's
saber belt - MUltla officers can obtain
ths pistols sad sutflts only upon appli
cation of ths covers ore ef their reepeo-
tlv Mates to ths Army ordnance depart
ment. . ,
Retired List tatsrasatleaa
Th Army and Navy department have
completed th information which waa
called for by the senate ta two resolu
tions relating to th coat of tha retired
Uat ef the military-naval personnel. Tbe
compilation which Is desired by Senator
Biistow, elves the number ef officers
and enlisted men an th retired Ilat f
th srmy and navy of each rank, aad
th total amount ot yearly compensation
paid to such officers and enlisted men
et each rank: the number of officers
snd enlisted men, retired, tabulated ac
cording to present age, snd th total
amount of yearly compensation paid te
such officers snd enlisted men of each
present ace: and an estimate, based on
present authorised ursngth, as to wbst
th total eoet for retired pay will be In
the year of 1N and a similar estimate
ss to what ths total cost for retired pay
will be In th year 130. Th disclosure
IS not st sn startling, but thar Is con
siderable curiosity In both ths War and
Navy departments te knew the purpose
In obtaining this Information, if he has ,
any purpose beyond the gratification of
his awn curiosity in th matter, but he
may make soms uss ef the statistics
when th military naval personnel legis
lation comes before ths senate. -
Old Cineetten Served.
Louisville Courter-Journat
It begins to look ss If the best thing
to do with our former premdenta, If we
would get rid of them entirely ia to en
courage them to throw their hats In ths
ring snd go after a third-term nomina
tion. Ha OsnasSsai ta
Chic aa-e RecorS-Heraid.
People who sre worrying about Dr.
Wiley may well dry their tears. Ha
wouldn't hsve resigned If he bad not
beta offered a larger salary than the
government wss paying hint.
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I0BIH DAKOTA'S J0IT,
Chicago Inter Ocean: The harvester
trust does not seem to o ui ..,.
be called popular to North Dakota,
st. fitr Journal:' Roosevelt was
snowed under ta North Dakota en Tues-
.t.v .nd on the next day it snoweu gen
erally throughout the northwest.
Washington Post: In a nutshell. Jortn
Dakota's first experiment with soap-box
primaries Is decidedly embarrassing to
Roosevelt encouraging to La Follett.
and a subject of mixed amusement snd
eaiisf actios te Taft.
t iaim Renubrlc: Tb republican ex-
. a.. feawl the hsrveeter
tenet an North Dakota Old not
do as
it i- k Mewttal rjrlmsriea
I ss m
thought he would. Perhaps hie dear
friend, George W. Perkins, would have
beea a better man In his place,
s, fnie Tim: North Dakota's
action Indicates clearly thst the west Is
not to he carried oft Its feet oy a man
with the manners nf a COWfoOV and StStcS-
manshlp of s phrase-book variety. There
are always plenty or people ot in yenms
rm, nrhn nm ready to become Parties
to a dress performance. But It Is true
of tbe west ss or otner sections oi me
MiinM the wnlrann nf nnund la not a
ssf Index to the way votes will be cast.
MittTHi'UL BEXABXS.
Fuddy (at tha phone) Hello! Can you
let ma have s box for four tonight?
What's thatf Tou only make 'em to
hold one. Say, who la this speaking, any
how? Eh! th undertaker. Thunder!
Ring off! I want th theater box office.
Boston Transcript
Patient Your mental science is . not
doing m one bit of good.
Mental Sclent let (tsrtly) But my dear
sh. mental sclenca must hav something
to work on. Baltimore American. .
Pat McOulre Is desd. '
Jim Dead? Was he mtared?
Pat No; he's a total loss. Life.
"Th hour of twelve has struck!" hissed
th shoat.
"I don't blame It" rrpUed th ma
terialist. "It waa worked to death long
ago.'1 Judge.
"You are being trodden under foot"
bowled th 'campaign orator. "You are
surrounded by neurotics there Is a
sn . ...
"Stop right there." yelled Pat "slop
there. There a not s par nor there's not
one of thlro ther felers In the wh
ett.wit. tin and tlolkn ann't HHvLr.
with such bkwmln furriners, ' Philadel
phia Record.
Mrs. Leeder Mr. McOonvlus, whst sre
your reasons for opposing woman rut
trace? Prominent Cltlsen They are seven In
number Mrs. MoOoovlus and our six
daughter. In case of s division In th
family on a question of pubUo policy,
madam, how much lot would 1 cut? Chi
cago Tribune.
Nell Here la the en re cement - tins
George gave aa Lovely, lent It? I
wonder what It s worth?
Mar I know lust what It a worth, dear.
When George gave It to me I went down
and asked ths pric. It's H7 on Install
ment of a dollar a .week! Cleveland
Plain Dealer. r
' THS OLD FIDDLER.
He tightened the string of his fiddle and
rosined his worn old bow.
And then scrota the catguts bs pulled
it son ana slow;
Young ants smiled ss he struck a tune
none of them ever knew.
But their elders sat snd fidgeted, for
they uncled through snd tnrougn.'
The notes grew mud and louder as ths
fiddlera body eweyed.
And youngsters ceased to Slcgl St
the "time'' the old man slaved:
Dim eyea crew bright with visions ef
two score years saw mors
When gay youna folks had tripped tn
die te the musia ot wis now. . ..
When the old man switched to "Money
Musk" with a twinkle In hie eye
A murmur roe from th gray-haired
crowd that sounded like a rich:
But quick sa a flash it vanished to ths
sound of patting feet
For young folka laugkt th spirit to
tn old suu ssoiy sweet.
A girl snd boy still In their 'teens stepped
to th light refrain
And ta th cheeks of withered ags ths
rosea bloomed aestn:
Coy maiden of altiy-Uv and gallant
youtna ot yore
With courtly show of oldea grace mer
rily took ths noor.
Thea gladness tugged at many a heart
crown ssd with weary yaara. .
For all had known llfes keenest . Joyt
snd wept Its bitter tears:
But the house held naught, but Joy thla
nlsht ana many a love retold
And ancient song and Jest and wit
taught reckless youta new reverence
for the old.
ANTHONY M. EA STERLING.
Omaha, Neb,
Sprains
Sloan's Liniment is excellent
for iprzini lad bruises. It stop
the pain at once and reduce
tbe swelling, very quickly. .
SLOAN'S
LINIMENT
ia penetrating and antueptic.
Mr. g.tkiixrr.ef W Cedar St., C at-tsasngs,Tetaw,saya.-
I rprslasd aiy as.
kle.it palaed we very amok and wubtsly
swoltee. After a few applies tinse ef
Sioaa'e Lhttweat sir aakl was reUevee,
axd U new entirely wnlL-
atmanan. rritstas, tea. a si.st. .
Dr. Earl S.Soa
CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS
Other Pom, ka
FOR FULL XKfOKHATtOH ADDRESS
L L DAYENP0XT, D. P. L, St Lawk, K.
F. W. MOSIOW; K. W. P. A, Okga, Q.
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