sters show signs of reviving spirits, which is an
encouraging sign.
Most of the prophets are predicting Denver
for the pennant." The season is five months long,
however, and there's no telling. Our prognostica
tion is that the pennant lies between Lincoln, Den
ver and Sioux City, with Topeka and Des Moines
fighing to escape subcellar honors. Our next
guess is that Omaha will land in the first division,
with St. Joe leading the second division. Paste
this prediction on a dollar bill, sign your name
and send the dollar bill to Will Maupin's Weekly.
If we are right we'll keep the dollar. If we are
wrong we will not send the dollar back.
The scribe accompanying the White Sox on
their post-season tour is suffering from a chronic
case of adominal convulsions superinduced by oc
casional defeat. How those top-notchers do love
to be walloped by the teams they dub as "bush-
ers.
If it be true that Ex-senator Burkett is respon
sible for the appearance of Robertus Unglaub in
an Antelope unicorn, we stop the press to an
nounce that Senator Burkett's term of office was
not wholly in vain. We dare Senator Hitchcotk
to match the Burkett record.
If the weather man desires to escape lynching
he will order the proper brand of weather for"
April 21. We'll not stand any fooling on this
point. A cloudless sky, temperature between 78
and 82, a slight breeze from the southwest, and
just enough of a shower the day before to keep the
dust down. These are our orders. If we don't
get 'era we'll ladle a few choice remarks into the
auriculars of the aforesaid weather shark.
The Commercial club and the Ad club are co
operating in making opening day a stemwinder.
Every business house is requested to look up for
the major portion of the afternoon and let em
ployers and employes go out to Antelope park and
tear a few holes in the circumambient atmosphere.
Committees from the two hustling organizations
are now at work getting signatures to an agree
ment to close. Don't be a grouch !
A GOOD LAW
The legislature enacted a law which requires
the state treasurer to dispose of the bonds of
other states now held in the permanent school
fund, and invest the proceeds in Nebraska county
and municipal securities. The resultant good
will be two-fold: it will keep a big volume o" Ne
braska, money at home, and it will increase the
income of the permanent school fund. The in
terest on the foreign securities will average about
3 i Per cen I the interest . on the home securities
will average nearer 5 per cent. . This added inter
est will mean upwards of $100,000 a year to the
school fund quite a sizeable sum.
j A WISE ENACTMENT
If the session of the legislature just closed had
. enacted but one law, and that one the bill in
troduced by Senator Alberts and aimed at the
"white slave" ' traffic, it would, have been worth
while. It is a most drastic law and was" fought
bitterly by those elements of society that profit
from vice and immorality In brief it makes the
owner of a property rented or used for immoral
purposes financially responsible. More than that,
it practically confiscates property so used. And
whether that property be a mansion, a hovel or a
tent pitched upon a vacant lot or piece of land,
conviction means that the owner of the property
or land is not only subject to fine, but the prop
erty is taken in charge by the state for one year.
If a house, it is closed up; if a tent it is destroyed
and the land taken out of use.
Senator Alberts fought the bill through to final
enactment in the face of terrific opposition.
Every method known to shrewd and conscienceless
political workers was brought into action, but the
senator from Platte "stood pat."
The mere fact that the owner of property used
for immoral purposes may be ignorant of the im
moral use does not save him. He must know
what kind of tenants he has. Ignorance will not
excuse him. That was the fatal defect in the
old law which was a make-shift at best. The
new law will make it possible to close up assigna
tion houses, disorderly houses and dives, and thus
wipe out the recruiting stations so much depended
on by traffickers in "white slaves." It was, in
many ways, the best bit of legislation accom
plished by the thirty-second session.
MELVILLE R. HOPEWELL
Every tribute of respect and admiration paid
by the senate to Lieutenant Governor Hopewell
was deserved twice over. For three sessions he
has presided over the senate with fairness and
with marked ability. A republican by affilia
tion, he has never allowed partisanship to sway
him in the least. Affable, able, courteous and
always fair, he has made an enviable record and
has won the respect and admiration of all. ' Men
like Melville R. Hopewell are none too numer
ous; their services to the state are beyond price.
Quite a number of advocates of home rule
living in other municipalities are over-fre with
their advice to Lincoln just now.
Governor Aldrich says he is glad to have the
democratic legislature off his hands. Some of the
democrats opine that he will never get a few of
his official acts off his conscience.
How awfully it must shock the truly good soul
of Senator Lorimer every time new proof is sub
mitted showing that he really was elected by
bribery and corruption.
PHILOSOPHY BY THE WAYSIDE
Am Ambition.
I envy not the man who leads
In great reforms as days go by ;
Or points to human wants and needs
With many a loud and warning cry.
I'm only asking now and then.
As I beside the roadway stand,
A chance to help my fellowmen v
With cheering smile and helping hand.
I yearn not for the fleeting fame
Of mammoth gifts with pride bestowed;
Nor for loud mention of my name
By those who bear life's heavy load.
I only ask once in a while
Some man bowed down by direst need
May clasp my hand with thankful smile
And say, "You were a friend indeed."
I may not steer some ship of state
Past sunken rock or hidden shoal ;
Nor lead an army strong and great
Through war to some victorious goal.
But let me serve in humble way
My comrades of the rank and file.
By holding out from day to day
A helping hand with cheery smile.
and then spends the rest of his time complaining
about his ill-luck.
There are others.
The man who spends all of his time : boasting
of his ancestry is putting up a mighty mean job
on his posterity.
Few men appear big to us after we have meas
ured them with our own yard stick.
If everybody who fails to agree with us is
hellbent, heaven is going to be a mighty lonesome
place.
The Rebound
Perhaps you have noticed that the longer a
fellow enjoys a "snoft snap" the louder he com
plains when one end becomes loose and flies back
to smite him.
After beating around the world for about forty
seven years we have made up a partial list of men
it would be well to beware of and carefully watch.
The man who does not love babies and dogs.
The man who is willing to live in ease off of
the profits wrung from the toil of little children
and underpaid women.
The man who can not find rest and recreation
in fishing. v
The man whose handshake feels like grasping
the tail of a dead fish.
The man who is not as honest in politics as he
is in business. '
The man who makes a jest of woman's virtue.
The man who prays loud on Sunday and preys
long on Monday.
The man who makes the same mistake twice.
The world has no sympathy for the man who
complains about getting yipped in a horse trode.
Nor for the man who complains about the lack
of comfort of the bed he deliberately made for
himself.
Nor for the man who falls into the pit he dug
for his neighbor.
Nor for the man who is a chronic bellyacher
about the ill-luck that is the result of his lack of
pluck.
Kismet.
No longer doth the furnace call
Fill our poor souls with agitation.
But from our purse the coin we haul
For ice bought for refrigeration.
And through it all this thought we can not
smother:
"This life is just one damthing after another."
Two Fools.
He who does nothing in reason.
He who does things out of all reason.