MARCH 14, 1907. 0 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT The enemies of the dogs in Massa chusetts are said to have given up all hope of achieving anything while this pioneer protector of animals still lives. From this time on Mr. Harriman is going to give the public his confidence, but the public mustn't ask for any thing more than that. , If taxation can drive notes and mort gages into hiding on April 1, why mlgnt it not drive obiectionaDie signs out of sight all the year round? In stead of prohibiting them, as some cities propose to do, a New York legis lator would impose a tax of twelve cents a square foot on all signs everywhere-having an area of more, than thirty-two square feet. The decision of the Pennsylvania railroad to increase the limit of age at which new employes may be taken on from thirty-five to forty-five years merely reflects the condition of scarcity in the .labor market. The company prefers to fill all vacancies with young men, and the increase in the age limit indicates that under present conditions they are not to be had in the desired abundance. A Minnesota newspaper suggests that saloon licenses ought to be issued di rectly to the brewers rather than to the irresponsible dummies who are projected into the business by them. That might do in Minnesota, but in Nebraska, where the man who retails intoxicants must first be shown to possess a "good moral character," the same as an applicant for a teacher's certificate, that would never do at all. Negro railway mail clerks will con tinue to take chances on having to work in the same cars with white clerks, notwithstanding a desire among some of the latter that runs be Bo arranged that this will not happen. That is to say, mail clerks will be treated as men, not as whites and negroes. Uncle Sam could hardly do otherwise, and the only recourse of the men who wish to be exclusive is to resign., Current comment upon the retire ment of Senator Spooner shows the need for an , efficient information bureau of some kind at the national capital. The Outlook, for example, finds the resignation to be a "publie calamity" and the cause of it "near being a public disgrace," for it be lieves mat tne senator goes out oi public life because of poverty and be cause the senatorial salary does not leave him any margin to support his family and provide for Ms old age. The "Wisconsin people who understand the senator to be worth from half to three quarters of a million dollars will nat urally receive the Outlook's views npon the resignation with a skeptical grin. In response to many requests for in formation it may be well to explain: ! Under the "open primary" you go to the polls and are handed all the tickets offered by different parties. Ton enter the booth, vote as a republican or democrat or a prohibitionist or as a socialist, poke all the ballots into the box and go away without telling Any body what primary you participated in. Under the "closed primary" you de clare your party affiliation and receive the ballot of that party only on which to mark your preferences. Politicians as a rule prefer the "closed primary" , because they believe it helps keep up the party organiza tion. Political idealists prefer the "open primary" because they believa it gives better government. An article by C, D. Howard of the Now Hampshire experiment station will serve jointly to warn candy deal ers and candy buyers against adulter ated sweets. Glucose, which enters largely into the manufacture of cheap candies, is frequently treated with concentrated bisulphite of soda to bleach it, and remove a tendency to stickiness in the candy product. Numerous samples examined showed the presence of considerable quanti ties of sulphurous acid, enough to bring the person to blame for its presence into direct relations with the enforcer of the pure food law. This, of course happens only In case the bad candy la made in another state. Until the Nebraska legislature give us a pure food law Nebraska people can protect themselves from adulter ated goods nly by refusing to pat ronize home Industry- Militiamen, cadets and others who have "drilled" know no more familiar command of their early training than some form of "chests out, stomachs In," or the less elegant substitute command common to the drill squad. The Ideal soldierly bearing has been en the order of the puffer pigeon for chest prominence. It Is reported that an this Is to be done away with In the lUltlsh srmy and the Kwedlh method substituted. It Is claimed the eipandrd chest U bad for the heart. and that the whole formula is un natural and therefore impractical. The repudiation of this athletic no tion after more than a hundred years of acceptance will tend to increase skepticism ot all athletic, hygienic, medical and dietetic creeds. This can hardly be helped as long as it seems possible to confront high authority for any notion along these lines with equally high authority for a. conflict ing idea; It is considered settled around the county court houses of Nebraska that the primary bin will pass, and that aU of the nominations will be made under it for the next election. Hence a gen eral stirring around and numerous an nouncements of candidates. Other thtn3 being equal, the primary Is ad vantageous to the men in the court houses. They have had a chance to de velop a big acquaintance. If they have also been efficient officers or deputies or even cierks, they have a. better chance for getting a nomination than men on the outside. The system of di rect nomlLArions is counted a good thing for young men who have served a few years in deputy positions - and feel that it is time for a promotion. It is also a comfort to officials to have served only one term with a good -record. They wlU be nominated again without trouble unless an unusual combination of circumstances is made against them- What does "Uncle Joe" Cannon mean by selling his Nebraska farms? Throughout the winter the speaker has engaged in what in Wall street they call profit - taking. The Cass county farm is typical. Bought in 1901 for $15,580. Rising prices gen erally, assisted perhaps by an effort to tax cash and securities, drove the price upward until now he cashes in for $27,115. Why? His salary has just been raised, so he can not need the money. Perhaps from the attitude of the speakership he see an oncoming storm and decides to take in sail. Maybe he really thinks Nebraska land is as high as it Is going to be, and wants to put his money into "west ern" land. Perchance he supposed the duty on Philippine sugar would be reduced to the great detriment of Ne braska agriculture, or feels that the failure of the ship subsidy spells dis aster to the farmers. The speaker is as foxy an Investor as politician, if we may Judge by his success in either role. It would be almost a& interest ing to know why he . withdraws his capital from Nebraska as to know who he really expects will be the next president. .... - . , , Some spreading, of the idea of a gen eral interest lobby to offset the special interest lobby with which we are only too familiar is Indicated by recent movements in New York. The citizens union was formed in New York city after J public spirited men had been forced to the conclusion that it was im possible to depend upon their repre sentatives in the legislature io defend legitimate fights and 1 interests of the city. It is now proposed to form a coal ition of this and local organizations of the kind in other parts of the state for the purpose of establishing a central organization to devote Its efforts to all state and local affairs, opening the way to full publicity of the acts of the. leg islature and the votes and conduct of each member. As the members of the Nebraska legislature have no doubt learned long since, the legislation which lobbies ask to be passed in the interest of business is commonly In the interest of one business or locality at the ex pense of all the rest. Well intentioned members of any legislature would not resent an organized effort to expose such, schemes. Not the least value to such movements is the local civic spirit which they tend to generate. At a time when political feeling ran high even for Colorado, when import ant cases were being adjudicated by the state supreme court strictly along party lines, Senator Patterson's papers cartooned and lampooned the court very much as If it were any other political body. The senator was haled before the court for contempt, fined $1,000 and ordered to Jail till the fine should be paid. Mr. Patterson ad mitted his responsibility for the articles In question, and by way of defense offered to prove that they were accurate and Justifiable. The court refused to hear his evidence on this point. Mr. Patterson then ap pealed to the supremo court, claiming that In punishing him for alleged "wanton defamation" without giving him a chance to prove that the articles were neither wanton nor defamatory but the truth, Involves a violation of sacred constitutional rights. The de cision In the case, which Is now being heard In Washington, will be of Im portance as denntng to some eitent the freedom of the press In criticism of the cfMirts, al the defensive rights of persons accused of contempt nnd halM before, a bench which Is at once Judge, jury, and complaining wltnrM, QUESTION - BOX A bets that the population of Des Moines, la., has decreased from 1900 to 1907 In proportion to the increase of population in Lincoln during that time. Kindly decide. We presume you would not be satis fled with anything less certain than official figures, and there have been no official figures for Lincoln since 1900. Des Moines has made a good in crease, and Lincoln also. Kindly explain the system of gov ernment recently established in Persia. Since the establishment of a legis lature, the constitution recognizes the sovereign power as vested in the dy nasty of the Khajars. The rulers must govern, however, in co-operation with the representatives of the nation, and In conformity with its laws. The ex ecutive power is exercised by the shah through his ministers. Whether the latter are to bold office at the pleasure of the parliament, Is one of the mooted questions. The legislative power is vested in a popular chamber, elected for two years and comprising at pres ent 162 members, a number which may be increased to 200, and a senate of sixty members," of whom half are elected and half nominated. - Laws may be originated by parliament or by the government, and afjer being passed by both houses receive the royal' sanction, which would appear to be a formality, since the right of veto is not conceded. Financial bills may originate only in the chamber. The shah may dissolve the lower house in case of conflict with the senate, but the consent of two-thirds of the latter body is necessary to such action, and it may be exercised only once in two years. New elections must follow within a' month, and the chamber as sembles immediately after the close of the elections, irrespective of the ab sence of members from the more dis tant provinces. Freedom of the press is guaranteed. Please give the number of and sheep in the United States . worses. Number, Maine 115,500 New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island 60,600 92,721 80,800 13,667 Connecticut 60,345 New York New Jersey 695,877 101,886 Pennsylvania 607,010 Delaware 36,503 Maryland 158,180 Virginia 307,920 West Virginia M6.850 North Carolina 185,846 South Carolina 83,096 Georgia 139.297 Florida 51,278 Ohio 940,440 Indiana 798,102 Illinois 1,575,000 Michigan 696,518 Wisconsin ........ 637,500 Minnesota 723,141 Iowa 1,390,950 Missouri 948,420, North Dakota 680,880 South Dakota 548,760 Nebraska 994,850 Kansas . 1,085,750 Kentucky . 887,327 Tennessee 315,435 Alabama 158.245 Mississippi 257,295 Louisiana 224,076 Texas 1,277,641 Indian Territory 296,400 Oklahoma . 432,361 Arkansas . 278,761 Montana 291,970 Wyoming 119,054 Colorado 261,655 New Mexico 119,258 Arizona 99,249 Utah . 113,827 Nevada ................... 96,541 Idaho ; 143,651 Washington 296.400 Oregon ........mu. 282,240 California ......4. 391,630 horses Sheep. Number. 267,325 78,292 223,087 44,573 8,050 33,566 1,120,000 44,198 1,102,058 12,104 164,873 612,261 675,000 223.965 60,034 276,632 101,255 8,140,720 1,190,828 777,022 2,108,795 1,023,933 43C.593 703,902 697,500 674,409 863,980 457,834 233,581 1,060,000 844,954 189,729 183,289 189,142 1,665,963 30,977 58,385 295,741) 6,636,711 4.9X6,796 1,677,561 4,559,365 859,397 2,853,250 U09.977 i.tf,133 824429 2,688,000 2,422,423 Jan. 1. 1907. .i. 13.746,583 53,240,282 Year 1906 18,718,578 50,631.619 Is the question of who was the youngest soldier of the civil war set tled yet? It seems not. One of the latnsjt claims is put forward for Colonel Ber nard F. McGuire, who lives at 231 West 139th street New York. With the consent of his parents. Colonel McGuire enlisted and was accepted the 5th day of May, 1SGL at the age of twelve years and two months. lie entered the army as a drummer boy, but he had a higher ambition, and as soon as h got to the front he punched holes) In his drum, "by no accident," said his superior officer, and carried a musket until mastered out on the litb dy of October, IStt. He proved a faithful and efficient warrior, and took part In a groat number of bntUee and skirmishes, Including the fights at Big Bethel. Moiiocacy Junction, siege of lurt Hudson (fortyfl.ve days), Saline ('roes Heads. Pleasant Hill. Cane Kiver, Ced.tr Creek, Va., and numer ous feaa Important event a lie saw General Sheridan in his great ride of twenty miles, being one of the thou sands who cheered his welcome to the" demoralized 1 wing of the army at the battle of Cedar Creek. What is at present the longest tun nel In existence? The Simplon, under the Alps, twelve miles long. Does the amount or paper according to population signify anything regard - jug me uevetupiueiii. vi us jjcujuc . We should think so. Judge ljor your self from this: The consumption per head in Canada and the United States is almost 18 kilos (a kilo equals 2.2046 pounds), in England 17, in Norway 14, in Sweden 13, in Switzerland 12, and about 10 kilos in France, Belgium, Holland and Australia; but It fluctu ates between 1 and 2 kilos only in Hungary, Russia, Finlund. Brazil, MexicQ and Japan, and falls to 100 grams (2.5274 ounces) in India, where the use of paper is limited. Are cardinals of the Catholls church chosen with reference to the Catholic population of the different countries? No. You will see from this table: .' Catholic. .... . Country. Population, Cardinals. Italy I.. 82,000,000 1, Spain , 19,000,000 6 Portugal 6,000,000 1 Austria-Hungary ....30,00f,000 I Germany ...20,000,000 I France . 40,000,000 4 Great Britain 1.600,000 0 Ireland 8,000,000 I United States ......... 8,000,000 1 Please print the record of pugilistic championships since Sulllvans time. 1882 John L Sullivan defeated Paddy Ryan, champion of America, Mississippi City, Miss.; (London prize-ring rules), 9 rounds, Feb. 7. IRSfi Jem Smith beat Jack Davis on the Surrey and Sussex border, for $500 a side and championship of England. 1887 Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith, a draw, 106 rounds. $10,000 and the championship. Isle St. .Pierre, France. Dec. 19. 1889 Jem Smith and Frank P. Sla vln fought to a draw', 14 rounds, for $2,600 a side and championship of England, Burges, Dec. 23. 1891 Robert Fitzsimmons defeated Jack Dempeey, . middleweight , cham pion of the world, 13 rounds, New Or leans, Jan. 14. 1891 James J. Corbett and Peter Jackson fought their memorable draw, 61 rounds, San Francisco Cal., May 21. Declared "no contest" by referee. 1892 James J. Corbett beat John L Sullivan, championship of America, 21 rounds, New Orleans, La, Sept. 7. 1894 James J. Corbett beat Charles Mitchell, of England, 3 rounds, Jack sonviUe, Fla., Jan. .25. 1895 Peter Maher, by gif t. " He beat Steve O'Donnell in 1 round in 1 min ute 3 seconds, at Maspeth, L. I., Nov. 11, and was given the championship by James J. Corbett, who retired. 1896 Robert Fitzsimmons beat Peter Maher in 1 round, in 1 minute 35 sec onds, in Mexico, opposite Langtry, Tex., Feb. 2L 1897 Robert Fitzsimmons won un disputed title from James J. Corbett. at Carson, Nev., in 14 rounds, Mar. 17. 1899 James J. Jeffries beat Robert Fitzsimmons at Coney Island, N. Y., in 11 rounds, June 9. 1899 James J. Jeffries won from Thomas Sharkey on points, Coney Island, N. Y., in 25 rounds, Nov. 8. 1900 James J. Jeffries knocked out James J. Corbett, 23 rounds, Coney Island, N. Y., May 11. 1901 James J. Corbet won " from Hank Griffin in 4 rounds at Los An geles, Sept. 17; knocked out Joe Ken nedy in 2 rounds at Los Angeles, Sept. 24, and won from Ous. Ruhlin in 5 rounds at San Francisco, Nov. 15. 1905 James J. Jeffries knocked out $91 Pe b mosth, expenses adranded. Men to travel, collect names, advertise and distribute lamplsa. Permanent. Saunders Co , Dep. 5, 6th av. Chicago Want Goluoiin If you want to buy, sail or ex. change anything; if you have a farm to rent or want to rent farm, a small advertisement In this column will bring about the desired result Try it only 2 cents a word. No ad. ' vertiaement for less than 30 cents first insertion. All ini tials) and numbers counted as words. Cash with order. Ad dress A tl.M rasor for 65 ceeta; and a watrn-1 a good timekeeperfor t cents, out paid. Bend for catalogue. Wesura Huppy Co., Central Otjr, Neb.