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An edict Is in order making beer the
national drink while Prince Henry la
our guest.
Miss Stone has at last been liberated
by the brigands. The cable companies
will feel the effect in reduced receipts.
Uncle Sam should get out an injunc
tion to prevent pigeons from intimidat
ing our poBtofflce clock to go on a strike.
It ia to be apprehended the auditorium
directory may feel it Incumbent to ap
point a committee on well-defined ru
mors. Senator Tillman should stick to bis
pitchfork. --Ilia colleagues have never
objected to its use and it has proved ef
fective. - '
One swallow does not make a summer.
The Commercial club must not allow
itself to rest satisfied with one step in
the expedition after pew mills and fac
tories for Omaha.
Now that Washington oratory baa aub
, sided people are reminded that the Il
lustrious George waa a novice In the use
Of the hatchet compared with one of the
present day experts. . x
Society is all at sea regarding the
proper thing to do in the presence of
Prince Henry. The country la full of
men who know what to do when dealt
klnga and queens, but princes are a little
new.
With all the great imported musicians
making tours of the west, our friends in
the effete east may reasonably be ex
pected soon to drop the adjectives "wild
and woolly" when referring to thla sec
tion of the country.
Iowa merchants are petitioning the
legislature to make the use of trading
Stamps illegal. - If they will wait a
iwhlle no law will be needed to abolish
them. When a community geta bit once
the game will not work any more.
The people of Nebraska are waiting
!wlth bated breath for the next develop-1
stent in the Fremont postorBce fight . If
this silence continues the conclusion will
be forced that nono of the contestants
have ginger enough In them to deserve
the prize.
Denver is talking of breaking tradl-
new
cruiser named after that city with
something besides a silver service. For
'Colorado people thus to abandon sliver
Is nothing short of treason.
Not for several years has there been
reported so many soles of Nebraska
land as at present People In states to
the eastward are opening their eyea to
what Nebraskana have long known
that a Nebraska farm la a good thing to
own. y
The habit has obtained In Colorado
mining camps of blowing up people and
buildings with dynamite when they be
come " distasteful to the' neighbors.
Under, such conditions the wise man
will move when he finds himself In dis
favor. t
In his latest newspaper Interview
Colonel Bryan senda bis compliments to
Colonel Watterson, but intimates that
the loyalty of the .eminent Kentucklan
to the democratic party is still under
k suspicion, when viewed from the look-
put of a Nebraska farm.
This is the season when Omaha enter
tains the visiting retail merchants from
surrounding towns In quest of new
stocks of goods, s The number of vis
itors in the advance guard attests the
prosperity which prevails In the terri
tory commercially tributary to Omaha.
WITHOUT JURISDICTION. .
The decision of the supreme court of
the United States adverse to the ap
plication of tbo atate of Minnesota to
file a complaint against the Northern
Securities company, for the reason that
the court la without Jurisdiction, will
delay proceedings In the merger case,
but the Minnesota authorities will take
other steps and meanwhile the Depart
ment of Justice Is expected to act, as
already announced by Attorney General
Knox. The government should soon be
ready to Institute a suit to test whether
the merger of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railroads Is In viola
tion of the anti-trust law of 1800, and
there Is reason to believe that when
proceedings are begun they will be
pushed aa rapidly as practicable. It la
not to be doubted that President Roose
velt Is very much in earnest In this mat
ter and will see to It that so far aa the
legal department of the government Is
concerned It shall faithfully perform Its
duty. Attorney General Knox Is an
able lawyer and In his Judgment the
merger la illegal. The public therefore
expects that he will aa soon aa possible
submit the question to the courts.
This matter la of Interest not merely
to Minnesota, but to the entire country.
It involves a question of vast and far
reaching Importance the question
whether such railway monopoly aa' this
merger creates can be made effective.
It la a question of vital concern to the
public Interest and welfare and Its de-
wnuiuauua bqouiu wait, no longer uhd
la necessary to its "proper and adequate
Judicial consideration. The people are
now looking to Washington for early
and vigorous action in the matter and
there ia good reason to believe they will
not be disappointed.
RtLCASE OF MIS $ STOX&. V
There will be a very general. feeling of
graiincation ai-uje release oriuiss Btone,
the American missionary, and -her com
panion, for although it appears that so
far aa physical requirements were' con
cerned the captives "were well treated, it
Is easy to believe that they may have
suffered not a little from mental anx
iety and apprehension.
The statement that the capture of
Mies Stone and ber companion was a
political move, probably Instigated by
the Macedonian committee, to which It
Is said the ransom money will go, , Is
very likely well founded. ' The Mace
donian committee is a body of revolu
tionists who aim to free Macedonia,
now a part of European Turkey, from
the rule of the sultan. . It baa existed
for years and has made Bulgaria, espe
cially Sofia, the capital, a base of opera
tions. Its methods have been to se
cure the intervention of the powers by
agitation or insurrection in Macedonia,
to the end that the powers may deprive
Turkey of the province as they. de
prived her of Servia, Bulgaria, Bosnia
and other regions. There are many
Christiana in Macedonia and the revolu
tionary committee' has ' worked' the re
ligious phase of the question most dili
gently. The first secretary of the Amer
ican legation at Constantinople, who has
Just arrived in this ' country, has no
doubt that the kidnaping was done for
the purpose of raising money to pro
mote the political work of the Mace
donian committee, the American mis
sionary being selected because it wasJ
thought this country would give a more
liberal ransom than any other and raise
it more quickly. The brigands, however.
did not get all they demanded and there
waa a great deal of effort in securing
the sum paid fo ransom. The only
practical lesson which the incident sug
gests is that in future American mis
sionaries should be careful not to place
themselves in danger of being kidnaped.
STARTLING-BUT HOT TBUt.
It la boldly announced In the Lincoln
Journal that an attorney at the atate
capital, who formerly served aa a mem
ber of the supreme court commission.
has made the discovery that the supreme
court of Nebraska may be enlarged by
the creation of additional Judgeships by
simple legislative enactment and with
out first waiting for a constitutional
amendment. This la certainly a dis
covery which would be startling, If
true. It would reflect no little discredit
upon the eminent constitutional law-
yen who have been laboring for yeara
for the enlargement of the supreme court
by constitutional amendment If It were
found that they, had been expending
time and effort to accomplish something
that was ln.no way Deeded.
But an examination of the constitution
laAlAOAfl lHnvlnMfl0'npAnffl that tho nM.
- . - Af ,h. al,,M
ate supreme judges ad libitum does not
exist The argument advanced in Its
favor Is said to rest upon a decision of
the court rendered fifteen years ago up
holding the power of the legislature to
create additional district court Judge
ships. In the opinion In that case the
court Interjected this explanatory re
mark:
It ia apparent that the constitutional con
ventlon Intended to provld adequate means
to administer the law In all th counties ia
th slate. It had already provided, la aec
tlon IS. article 1 of th constitution, that
"all courts shall b open and every person
for any Injury don him In bis lands, goods
person or reputation shall have remedy b
due course of law and Justice, administered
without denial or delay." Th provisions
would b meaningless unless th legislature
i clothed with power to furnish th
necessary tribunals for th prompt disposi
tion of th cases pending in th courts.
What bearing thla opinion could have
on' the legislative power over the au
preme court Is not easily discerned.
The constitution expressly authorizes
the legislature by a two-thirds vote to
Increase the number of judicial districts
and the number of district judges any
time It' sees fit not oftener than once In
four years, provided only that no change
in boundaries of the district shall vacate
the office of any Judge. With reference
to the supreme court however, the
legislature Is strictly limited Section
2 of article vl reads: The supreme
court - shall consist ot - thzoe Judges,
majority of whom shall be necessary to
form a quorum or to pronounce a deci
sion.", Other sections describe how the
Judges are to be elected, so that, while
each serves a term of six years, one
shall be elected every two years all of
which provisions would be entirely out
of place if the number of Judges had
been left to the discretion of the legisla
ture. ,
This so-called discovery that no con
stitutional amendment Is needed to give
ua a more adequate Judiciary la doubt
less Intended to allay the growing de
mand for constitutional revision. That
demand cannot be satisfied by any ex
tra constitutional makeshifts. The longer
the constitutional revision Is postponed
the more costly will be the experiences
for which the state Is called to pay.
AMERICAN HIOHT3 IN CHINA.
The note addressed by our government
to the governments of China and Rus
sia, relative to the granting of conces
sions by China In the province of Man
churia, evidences the active interest and
the vigilance of the Department of State
respecting affairs in the far eaBt It was
pointed out In the note that the conces
sions referred to would constitute a dis
tinct breach of the stipulations of the
treaties concluded between China and
the foreign powers, thereby seriously
affecting the rights of American citizens
in restricting their rightful trade and
exposing It to being discriminated
against Interfered with or otherwise
eopardlzed. It was furthermore de
clared that the Inevitable result of such
concession must be the complete wreck
the policy of absolute equality
treatment to all nations re
specting trade, navigation and com
merce within the confines of China.
was urged that the 'attain
ment. by one power, of exclusive 'privi
leges conflicts with the. assurances re
peatedly given by the Ruaslan govern
ment of Its intention to follow the policy
of the open door as advocated by the
government of. the United States and
accepted by all the treaty powers, having
commercial Interests In China. '
There may be no special -significance
in the fact that the date of the Ameri
can note coincides closely with that of
the treaty between Great Britain and
Japan, which has in view the same end.
Our government knew that the treaty
was being negotiated and it Is possible
that this knowledge prompted the note,
s being the only proper way In which
our government could Indicate its sym
pathy with what was being done by
Great Britain and Japan for the purpose
of preserving the territorial integrity of
China and maintaining equality of com
mercial privileges In that empire for. all
nations. At all events the statement
of the American position gives a force to
the attitude, of the -trading powers in
China that the Anglo-Japanese treaty
alone could not have lent it The ef
fect la to Identify the United States as
fully; with the position pf Great .Britain
and Japan as. if our government were, a
party to the treaty,' It "recognizes the
fact that the interests and aims of the
three powerr, in respect to China, are
the same and Is a virtual declaration of
the purpose of the United States to sup
port the other powers in maintaining
those Interests. There Is no threat In
the note, but simply a plain statement
of the case and an appeal to the sense
of justice and the friendship of the pow
ers addressed. It is a plain and earnest
diplomatic representation the signifi
cance of which cannot be misunderstood.
The United States wonts no exclusive
concessions or privileges in China and It
asks that - none shall be given to any
other power. The American view was
stated some time ago by Secretary Hay
when he sold: "We believe that 'a fair
field and no favor la all we require, and
with less than that we cannot be satis-,
fled.-
A Russian paper recently advised the
British to forget Manchuria, saying that
the destiny of Manchuria was settled
when the first step 'was taken for the
construction of the eastern Chinese rail
way and was definitely settled when
Russia announced that ber troops would
remain In Manchuria until China guar
anteed the protection of Russian, inter
"It Is a matter which will ha
ests.
aettled by agreement between Russia
. . .4 . .... . .
and China, said that paper; "the treaty
Detween ureal Britain ana japan will
not affect it" With those powers and
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China it is improbable that the Chinese
government will make any agreement
not satisfactory to the three powers.
It la announced that preliminary ar
rangements have been completed to com
mence the work of paving promptly on
the opening of the warm weather sea
son. The unfortunate experience of
last yea, when all the paving contracts
were heia up Decause or aerecuve pea J
tions until the summer was entirely
passed, should not be repeated. There
la no good reason wby the prospective
street Improvements should not be laid
out sufficiently in advance to avoid rush
work in the face of cold weather, be
cause rush work too often means
slighted work.
The statement Is made that the tax
ferret law In Iowa, which has resulted
in the listing of millions of dollars' worth
of property which had escaped the
assessors, is' driving many rich men out
of the state. As a rule rich as well as
poor live where they find It profitable
to themselves, and it is not likely that
any large number of wealthy ' people
will leave Iowa for the aimple reason
that they are forced to pay their due
share of faxes.
President Mitchell of the mine' work
ers' organisation expresses the opinion
that 'the arbitration committee of the
Civic federation will not be .able to pre
vent strikes entirely in large, industries,
but that It will render, them less fre
Zitiat andfBhorteclaratiojaheo-theji
occur. If It can accompiisa tms mum
one of the greatest steps forward In
labor matters In the present generation
will be taken. .
On account of hla suspension from the
senate the Invitation of Senator Tillman
to attend the Prince Henry dinner at the
White House has been cancelled. If
the senator was as obstreperous when a
boy ss he Is since arriving at mature
years. It can be .no new experience to
him to be sent from the table In dis
grace. Bryan objects to the Manhattan club
of New York having a hand In the fixing
up of a platform for the democratic
party. As the members of the Man
hattan club object also to ready-made
Bryan platforms, the famoua harmony
dinner does not appear to have accom
plished much. 4
With a municipal campaign on right In
his own bailiwick It behooves the states
man from South Omaha who, so gener
ously volunteered to give the business
men of Omaha advice as to how to apply
business to politics to apply some of his
principles to the political business at
home, :
Revlalaa- A Spell.
Boston Globe.
'Will the new attorney general proceed
to demonstrate, by attacking the big rail
way merger la Minnesota, that his ' last
nam ought to he spelled "Knocks."
' Texas Leyal to Poll."
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Kansas City Star. .
Th use of twenty-two tons of silver dol
lars la making a bond payment ia Texas
thla week would seem te detoU that there
Is one stat which, la still true to Mr.
Bryan.
- Fame's Bovle-rard.
Washington Post
' If the American boy will apply himself
closely and become great In pugllistlo cir
cles, the press associations will send bul
letins from his bedside when he catches a
severe cold.
Hot Air la Snow Pile.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Dominion patriot who thinks Canada
can whip th United States In six months
Is unfamiliar with the length of time It took
to convince less than haf the United States
that It was whipped. t
"Foralnst the Go-rerameat," Aayfcow,
Indianapolis Journal.
To estimate at their true value the at
tacks and criticisms of the administration I
policy In the Philippines it must bo re
membered that It would have been Just the
same no matter what the administration
had done. If It had done any of the things
the "kickers" are now demanding that It
do, they would have opposed and denounced
it Just the same.'
Force. Promotes Peace,
Philadelphia Ledger.
It appears , to be- certain, that. If wo
Intend to keep the Philippines, we must
keep them by force, and maintain a strong
government there tor many years to come.
The character of the work . makes It in
dispensable that a large fleet ef the smaller
-naval vessels shaU. be maintained, and this
makes the proponed, nary, yard en a large
Scale a necessity. , The present policy of
bringing the vessels home for repairs la
at once tod costly and .too inconvenient.
More Vital Tham Greek.
Brooklyn Eagle.
By request of their superintendent the
teachers la the publlo schools of Reading,
Pa., (will read newspapers hereafter. He
does not believe, that they can be well In
formed or capable persona unless they And
out what la going, on In the world. We are
doing many things today that are far mors
Important, not merely to us, but to the
whole world, and to the world of the fu
ture, than were done by certain Greeks and
Romans, of whom one has painfully to
learn In the history classes.
Tyranny Rears Its) He4.
Chicago Post.
No more pronounced: Instance of the
grinding heel of corporations crushing hon
est labor could be given than the action of
the brewer In cutting down the allowance
of their employes' beer. Up till now the
workmen have struggled along on a beg
garly sixty or seventy glasses of beer a
day. Now they may drink only three times,
and thla at the discretion of the foreman.
Can we wonder that there are serious dif
ferences between capital and ' labor when
such soulless oppression falls on the shoul
ders of the horny-handed sons of tollt
.Blessed Be Lent.
' Portland Oregonlan.
With the butchers In "merger" and gro
rera at war with the source of supplies.
I threatening' boycott,- retaliation and all
0.mmere"
1 consumer may m uw mnmi wi iiu
forty dayll. respite from feasting attorned
I by Lent. At the end of that period let ua
hope that the conservators and dlsbursers
of our food supplies will have reached a
DUH VI DLUDIUDUk W. M.w w fwv
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snd have something left with which to pay
taxes, not to' mention street Improvements
and necessary spring clothing.
AMERICA IjBAD THB WORLD.
Fro-Esstaeaee of ' the Vsilte States
t Ameaar Exporting- Rations.
Caweland Leader.
At last the United States stands at the
head of the exporting nations of the world,
its nroducts sold abroad la the last calen
dar year having exceeded In value those of
the United Klnadom by I76.ooq.ouo. tms
indicates what a remarkable change naa
taken place in the last decade tn the rels
ttve position of the two great Industrial
nations as providers for the world's mar
ksta. '
Ten yeara ago 'the exports of the United
Kingdom were valued at 26S.6O0,0OO In
round numbers," or about ll.llo0Oa.000.
Last rear they were valued at $1,865,000.-
000 In round numbers. The lacreass la
ten yeara had been se small aa to be
hardly worth considering. On the other
hand the exports of the ' United States
have Increased from tm.000.000 In 1891 to
$1,438,746,081 la 1901. or more than half a
billion dollars. During the last year the
United 8tatea not only beat the United
Kingdom, but her exports exceeded those
of Germany by about f SO.SOO.OOO a month.
Under the circumstances tt Is not, per
haps, surprising that ' the people of the
United ' States should have enjoyed a
period of prosperity that haa no parallel
la the history of the world, and Incidentally
it may not be out of place to mention the
tact that all thla has bees brought about
with a protective tariff law la force U
this country, with the gold standard tor
the national currency, and with a repub
lican president In the White House. This
la worth thinking sboat, la view of the
prophecies of disaster that were uttered
In ISM whan It waa seen that rspjuUsiloA
:QUil U1 -uocte4sClUav
W1TH1J THB OPPOSITION FOLD.
York Democrat: It Is hard for on to
have to believe that ex-Benator Allen has
a Jealous disposition, but Judging by the
sneering manner In which he refers In his
paper, th Madison Mall, to Hon. C. I.
Smyth's candidacy for governor, that Is
just what everybody will bave te believe
regarding the ex-senator from Nebraska.
St Paul Press: As candidates for gov
rnor are being mentioned by the different
parties, ther are none among th many
good men mentioned that would suit us any
better than ex-Congressman R. D. Suther
land of Nelson, Neb. He has a clean record
of four years la congress and la a staunch
populist. He Is a hustling campaigner and
would b a tower of strength at the head
of th ticket.
Columbus Telegram: Victor Vtfqualn, th
magnificent democrat statesman and sol
dier, has been suggested by th Nebraska
City News, Fremont Herald and other abl
democ ratio newspapers as on worthy the
democratlo nomination for governor of Ne
braska, and the Telegram unhesitatingly
endorses every word which th newspapers
named have uttered In hie behalf. He Is a
democrat of the old school, free from cor-
poratlop Influence and his record as a sol
dier Is spotless. In the field of politics, he
has been as ' brave as upon th . Held of
battle. He has never taken orders from
any railroad manager and his presence In
the gubernatorial chair would be a guar
anty that during his term of offloe ' the
railroad managers would be relieved of th
arduous task of running the affairs of state.
Grand Island Democrat: Quite a number
of papers throughout the state have been
mentioning General Vlfquain as an avail
able candidate for governor this fall.
Apropos to this the foreman of the Demo
crat desires to say that away back la the
'70 he first made th acquaintance of th
gallant Frenchman, while he was editor ef
a democratlo paper and working under htm.
In those days It meant some sacrifice to be
an anti-republican in Nebraska. H Joined
hands with the - reformers la trying to
wrest our state from the clutches of the
"Redeemers.'' He won a star for gallantry
In the '60s, during the time that tried
men's souls, and when th call te arms
sounded to rescue Cuba from the grasp of
Its tormentor he again went te the front
and after a campaign In Cuba returned
home as the idol of the gallant Third Ne
braska. If it should be the fortune of th
fusion party to nominate him he will have
no more ardent supporter than the Demo
crat.
"COME ROME, FATHER, COMB HOME!"
Plalatlve Cry of a Chlcaa-o Orphss-
Waers Is the PareatT
Th Chicago Tribune of the 23d Inst.
prints a quarter page reproduction of a
pnotograpn or a little girl asleep on a
lounge. Nearby a dog watches the sleep
ing child. Th picture Is entitled "On
Guard,'
and waa awarded first prise In com-
petition with, seventy-five others in Illi
nois. Attractive and appealing as the pic
ture la, the story attached to It la more
so, and should awaken Interest In every
home. The child Is an orphan. . Her
mother died soon after the child's birth.
and the whereabouts of her father is un
known. The picture was printed In the
hope that It might lead to hla discovery, and
the story vouched for by the Tribune, is
reproduced below, for the purpose of pro
moting the search for the wandering par-
Fattier and children are nameless for the
purpose of this story. . Perhaps only he
knows why he went away from his mother
less little ones.. No one Is sure that he Is
living. . Bat kindred and former friends are
hoping; and there la belief among them that
he may be somewhere in Chicago, burled In
lta cosmopolitan fastnesses of humanity,
and they hope that the instincts of father
hood may be awakened in htm by this like
ness of another child, . grown so like hla
shadowy remembrance of that one dead
under the snows of a northern winter.
To an enfeebled grandfather fell the care
of these two babes when the father turned
from them nearly three yeara ago. Lots
for the eon and love for the orphaned
grandchildren made wretchedness aad mis
ery for the old man.
"Where has papa gone?" waa the Insis
tent cry of the elder babe, until the heart
of the old man waa sore.
Then, when the question bad been un
answered for weeks, a new fear awoke In
her heart.
"When will papa comet" waa the wail.
"When will papa comer'
"Oh. some time, dear," waa the prayer of
the grandfather; "some time some time.
soon."
But the father had not corns when, weary
of waiting and watching, the child crossed
over Into those green pastures which He,
sunlit, by the still waters.
Has she found him there? Or Is the
father, in the flesh, to come to this other
little pne In the flesh and, with the memory
of the dead in hla heart, give to her the
love of the father she has never known?
That love of a father which aent hla first
born into the unknown with the word,
"papa" on her Hps?
I adopted thla baby of th picture,'
writes the foster mother of the child. -"Her
i wua vu. uim
of grief, and today the poor grandfather la
I wearing bis lire away longing to see his
I son. Thla little one bears such a wonder-
ful resemblance to the older child aa she
" J -
reaemblanoe and by the likeness of the dog,
that was the dead child's playmate, I be
lieve I can And the father.
"He is aomewhere in Chicago, I believe
in the city or lta vicinity. He known I
adopted hla child, but no one up here knows
but the little one is my own and for that
reason I want to find him without making
publlo -the fact that the little one Is only
my adopted daughter. He will recognise
thla picture at once If he sees It. After
advertising for him everywhere I at last
thought of thla picture aad If you assist In
winning him back to his father aad child
I God alone will be able to repay you.
Ia a motherly way she goes oa to apeak
of the charms of "Dorothy," aa the child.
now almost 4 yeara old. Is known:
"Her father haa not sees her since she
grew into an age where she waa particu
larly Interesting or beautiful. I have a
little one of my own now, but this strangely
beautiful child la fully as dear to me as my
own and unless something unusual haft-
pens I never want her to know that I am I
not ber mother. If In any way I can win
the father back through the little one I
shall teach her to love and respect him.
It is that I want to do, as well as to have
him be again the comfort to hla feeble old
father which ho once was.
"My own little one is not beautlfut, but
thla child ia noticed even in large gather
ings for her beauty of face and figure- She
Is S years and It months old, unusually
bright at learning and months ago was
abls to say her multiplication table ot
twos. It has alwaya aeemed aa If her
Heavenly Father - had endowed her with
more than the usual allowance ef graces to
atone for her aad loss aad when I see the
little one loved aad admired by both high
and low It pleases me more than I caa
tell.
"1 do not wsnt the little one's Ufa marred
la say way by the publicity which her life
story would give her. She has relatives on
both aides la Chicago and tor ail of their
it aaaoc ILs mit -ontlxiniia
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enough about her told only to strengthen
the resemblance which the father must see
In thla photo for I feel sure he will see It.
'Then, too, I wish to Insert a 'personal'
in the paper, the same Issue the picture Is
printed in, for I reached him once in that
way when his father waa ill aad it may
do aome good again:
Personal Frank, recognise your baby's
picture, with Carlo, In paper. Father sick.
Come. CLARA.'"
Come.
This ia the burden of the cry whloh haa
been going up from a western city for
nearly three years. A child voiced It first
and when her little life had gone out In a
broken wail another child child in hla sec
ond childhood took It up: took It up in his
childishness, with the anguish of a parent
added to hla child cry. Now, when this
other voice is broken, a mother heart has
taken up Its burden and is calling for the
living and the dead ''Come."
Will he answer?
There is no doubting of the welcome that
awalta him. Home-coming will Involve no
notoriety for him. His name is unknown to
the Tribune. Only the name' and address
of his dead brother's wife are given to the
Tribune and they will be 'kept sacredly.
Surely the meeting with a doting father
cannot be looked forward to in doubt. A
atster, who has written aa thle one haa
written, can be only a sister In all that
the word implies. Even dumb Carlo, placid
and self-contained aa becomes his dignity
and age, would receive him with every
show of dumb delight that belongs to his
faithful kind.
Only In the baby eyes, round aad wide
and questioning, can thla missing one tear
Inquisition. " .
And who, looking Into the baby taoe of the
picture, could doubt the baby heart that in'
spires it?
"Come home! Come homel"
It haa been a long, far cry, all these
years. Shall it be in vain, to ue last, as
It waa to that little one now over the
river?
PKR80WAI. MOTES.
The senatorial scrap must be classed aa
unDrofesslonal. The customary advance
notloea were omitted.
The house of representatives has made
a new record, naving passeu ia private
bills In thirty-seven minutes.
Prlnoe Henry will listen to debates tn
the senate and house. Incidentally he may
be Introduced to Wheeler of Kentucky.
John Hays, the first white man to dis
cover the Immense copper deposits of Mich
igan, still Uves la Cleveland, O., and is 17
years old.
"Nourish your mind and nurse your spir
its" is engraved on one ot ue seais 01 ins
empress dowager of China which was sold
In London last week.
Senator George R. Carter of the Ha-
wallan legislature, at the request of Presi
dent Roosevelt, left Hawaii on February 11
for the United States to tell the president
what "he knowa about Hawaiian politics.
Lord Rosebery. sccordlng to T. P. O'Con
nor, lives the life of a great feudal lord oa
his estates. He has a host of retainers,
splendid equipages and everywhere hla cor
onet is in evidence. He travels from one
of his great houses to another with postil
There' sJJtxt&ngSo
Bad fora Cough
as CozgKmg
Tho poorest dbctcrinf
town-will tell you that, The
best onevilltdlyaa he present
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for ell
. throat end lung troubles. We-send
doctors tho formula tor this medl-r
cine. They know it's a splendid
prescription for colds, bronchitis,
hoarseness, and even for cca-
sumption itself.
I coughed terribly after havtag a tiard : attack of-la
Sppa. If It had .npt been for A vr Cherry PecttwaJ,!
not Relieve I -could posalbhr hVe polled fhxongh.'
' E. K Daw PrtrridejtfA-Bt.,
There's Nothing So .
Good for a Cough as
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
tie, tec, $1 St.
J. C ATEt
ions as If railways had not been Invented.,
The liberal leader la a great noble ana
the people like him all the better for being
apart from them in the pomp ana circum
stance of hla private life. '
Senator Tillman ia not as good in a mono
logue aa In debate. He is like a piece of
flint that needs the contact with steel to
make the aparks fly. In the senate the
steel upon which Tillman flashes the moat
frequently ia . Senator ' Bpooaer, The two '
men love to clash and yet there are notwo
senators who like each other better.
FOISTED REHARKS,
Judge: Egbert Know her? ; "
Filbert Yes.
Fgbert Quite Well?
Filbert We were throw together 'from
the same automobile.
Washington Start "Our delusione are the
sweetest things in life," said the gentle ..
optimist.
"How about the man who thinks he -can
sing?" asked the cynic - . . , .
Boston Transcript: ' Officer Weren't you '
a trifle absent-minded when you - retired I
from the field of battle in face of the or-.
ders to advance? .
Soldier Ob, no, not at alt. It waa ray
body that was absent; my mind remained
on the battlefield. .. . .
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Hauskeepi
OoodnnnsI I don't know" anything- more-n-surprialng
titan the way our gas bills run..-.
r. Hauskeep Oh! It lent so surprls- '
ins when you consider how many . thou- -sand
feet they have.
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
around without a hat is
"Thla running
pretty sure to
hrlnr on rjneumonla. '
"Well, If you keep your hat on too mnoh
It will cause baldness."
"Will it? Well, I'd rather be a live '
Pavld B. Hill than a dead Paderewskl."
Chicago Tost) "What are golna to give
up In Lent?" asked the assistant rector.
Bhe pondered the matter deeply for a
moment.
"I'll give up one of my engagement
rings," she sold at lnt. "I don't think
It's very nice for a girl to be engaged to
two men In Lent, do your'
The Smart Set: - "How did that stupid
Jones ever become editor of the Comlo '
Weekly" ,
"That's what makee the paper comlo." '
WHO'D UE A KING?
Henry E. Warner in Baltimore Neva' '
Who'd be a king, to wear
A crown of gold on the thorns of oare?
Who'd have at armor of purest gold
And glory and station and wealth untol(L
And face, on the breast of the war-curst
wind
A thousand deaths to his peace of mind
Who'd be a king?.
Who'd be a king and faint ' '
With rankling prods of a cold restraint
Who'd sell himself for a proud estate
And drink to the dregs of a people's hate
Perchance; or quail at the war's alarms
For a throne and a name and a coat-of-arma
Who'd be a king?
Who'd be a king, tho he
The czar of earth for a time might bet
Who'd lie awake thro' the solemn night
And tremble and pale, with his soul
affright '
At an echo faint from the streets outside
Where traitors, perhaps, with the soldiers
ride
Who'd be a king?
Who'd be a king, and sea
ith cut out to eternity?
. live In alternate shame and nrlde
His pa
Who'd
To be numea neaoe on a riot s uaer
Why, since you're anxious to know, Til
say
That I'll take the job. most any old day
Sure, I'll be a klngt
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