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TIIJ2 OMAHA DAILY I1EE: BATtTIlDAY, MAHCII 15, 1005. Tim omaiia Daily Bee n ROSEWATER, EDITOR. I PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF INSCRIPTION. Pally Bawthout Hunrtay). One Tear..$i.'X latly Bs and Hunday, One Year Illustrated Bee, One fear tu euniliiy Um, Use ear Saturday lt, On lar IW Twentieth Century Farmer. Ona Year.. 1.00 DEUVERKD BY CARRIER. , Daily He (without Bundey). per copy.... 2c lally Ba (without Sunday), per week.. .lie ially bee (Including Sunday), per week. .lie Sunday Bee, per copy Evening Bee (without Btinday), per week.luti livening Bea (Including Hunuay), per week 10 I Complaints of Irregularities In delivery ahould be addreeaed to City circulation Department. OFFICES. , I Omaha The Bee Building. 1 Houtn Omaha City Hall Building;, Twen-ty-flfth and M Streets. Council Blurts 10 Pearl Street. , Chicago 1 Unity Building. l New kork Temple Court. I Washington Sol fourteenth Street. I CORRESPONDENCE. I Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha bee. Editorial Department. . BUSINESS LETTERS. ' Bulnea letters and remittances ahould be addressee;; I he Bea Publishing company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, esprees or postal order, Say able to The Bea Publishing Company, my I-eent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal check, except on ;(lmilw iir eastern exchange, not accepted. TUB BEE PUBLISHING COM PAN X. . BTATKMENT OP CIRCULATION. 'State of Nebraska, Douglas County, sa.: , Oeorga B. Tsschuck, secretary ol The Bee I Publishing Company, -being duly sworn, :aays that the actual number of full and ! complete ooplea of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of February, Wi. was as fol lows; i 1 .;...S0,I0O . U BO.BtW M 80faaO . 1 80,240 ' ....w......3o,ao 17 ,.Jk,o I 80,720 18 80,370 I I .....80.4S0 , a 80,3W M.,.80,B40 SO 80,820 7 .80,810 & 80,180 ; i .....oo.soo a 80,180 ... '. ao,8so a 80,100 .10.. ..i.. 80.1BO U 80,470 'jl 80.84C ft 80,300 12 ,...,80,830 ' ..,.. 80,070 is 8o,i4o n sn,Bo 14 80,480 tS 89,880 Total .847,840 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,184 . Net total sates .8ST,S1 i Net dally average..... 8,aa I , OEO. B. TZBCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 2SU day of February, A. D., 1902. M. B. HUNOATE, (Seal.) ' Notary Public Toe carpet beater are expected to strike before long. It Is unkind to send a cold ware Just when tbe coal miners are threatening to go on 8 strike. Another sign of approaching spring the increasing noise emanating from the base ball magnates. The month of March la bound to ex hibit Its unequalled versatility as a dis penser of all brands of weather. Gable dispatches from London an nounce, that Lord Hope has been de clared bankrupt lie still has his name to bank on. Ex-Senator Allen and Edgar Howard will hare to declare a truce, at least over the meeting of the fusion state committees scheduled for next week. A South Dakota woman has pleaded guilty to having two husbands. In a state where It is so easy to dispose of a marital surplus such a condition is inexcusable. Field Marshal Lord Wolseley Is going to South Africa, purely on personal busi ness.. South Africa, Just at present. Is not an Ideal place for British soldiers on pleasure bent Nothing short of the presentation of a handsome marble bust of Colonel Bryan will offset tbe advantage scored by the Douglas County Democracy in the ac quisition of that new Bryan portrait Tothe Omaha Woman's club belongs the credit for tbe enactment of tbe ordi nance regulating billboards. Tbe club women can earn another credit mark by exerting themselves for its more rigid enforcement Reports from the Danish West Indies i Indicate that the negro inhabitants of the Islands are of tbe opinion that after an nexation each one of them will have aa office. The fakir who started that story should have thrown In a mule for good measure. The season's business of issuing li censes to sportsmen .under , the new Ne braska game law Is opening with a rush. We suggest that the four-leaved clover would be a more appropriate de sign for the hunters' licenses than for the dog tags. Tbe reason given for the resignation of the retiring city health commissioner Is that too much work is connected with the office for the money. Yet there seems to be plenty of ambitious phyal clans willing to assume the burden along with the salary . Representative Cochran of Missouri never neglects aa opportunity to urge this country to take a band In the Boer war. If the administration could be forced Into engaging In war with Great Britain tbe Missouri congressman would undoubtedly be willing to sacrifice all his wife' relations. Manufacturers and Jobbers can now bid for furnishing Indian supplies with the privilege of Omaha delivery. It has been contended In the past that the lack of this privilege operated r.s a dlscrlml cation against local bidders. With this discrimination removed, several of the Important Indian supply contracts ought to come west Eastern senators are blocking the bill to gtv settlers free homes In the ceded lands of the Sioux reservation. East ern, senators are always fearful some thing In the name of government bounty will Inure to tbe west No people are so provincial as those whose vision Is bounded by a state no larger than an ordinary western county. . A DISORDERLY RETREAT. The local organ of sluun reform is again at its favorite cuttlefish tactics. In trying to cover Its disorderly retreat on issues tbat.hpve been agitating tbe people it emits barrels of Inky fluid about the Philippines. In Its last issue The lice propounded these pertinent questions: Why does the World-Herald persist In fighting battles at long range? Why does It seek to suppress .public sentiment and refuse to talk about Issues that hare agi tated tbe people of Nebraska? . Joseph 8. Bartley was pardonsd on the 1st day of January and. although tbe Whole stats Has been convulsed over his liberation, the World-Herald bas been as silent as the grave. Not a word about the Bartley par don bas appeared In Its editorial columns. The acquittal of Meserre In spite of tbe tacit admission that he had appropriated In one swoop $3,000 of interest on school money Illegally farmed out has also been studiously Ignored. ,. And so bas the pointed intimation of Judge Baxter tbat the remedy for treasury looting mnst be sought III the amendment of tbe state constitution. Surely that point bas been manifest te the World-Herald as well as to Tba Bee, wblcb bas for years exerted Itself for a speedy revision of tbe constitution tbat will put an end to Specu lative Investment of public funds and te other abuses arising out et tbe outgrown organic law. ....... Once more we ask, Wbydoe the World Herald shoot over the beads ot tba people Of Nebraska at targets in Asia and Africa, wbtla It abuts Its eyes to tba targets within reach? Instead of answering these questions In a frank and manly way, the cuttle fish shoots several volleys of black type Into the air to prove that The Bee had continued to express disapproval of tbe annexation of the Philippines three days after the ratification of the Treaty of Paris. Suppose that The Bee bad con tinued to denounce the annexation for three months or three years after the ratification of tbe treaty, how would that Justify tbe Indefensible silence of the World-Herald on the Bartley pardon? How would It Justify , the studied de fense of Meserve? How would It Justify Its refusal to advocate constitutional re vision t In order, however, to put an end to cuttlefish contortions over Rosewater's change of attitude on the Philippine question, we deem It proper to state that Rosewater was absent from ' Omaha when the treaty was ratified and could not be held Individually responsible for tbe views expressed by The Bee during that period, although he Is presumed to be responsible for all that appears In tbat paper. But whatever Rosewater said, or failed to say, on the Philippine policy three years-ago, affords no ground for tbe World-Herald in dodging the vital Issues of tbe hoar- Tor the steenth time we ask, Why is it that the World-Herald has maintained such profound si lence about the Bartley pardon for more than nine weeks? Why does It throw cold water upon the proposed submis sion of amendments to the state consti tution that will put an end to the farm ing out of public funds for private gain and give us a higher grade class of state officials? - ' - - RtapoNSiBiLiTr or shippers. It Is perhaps true, as recently stated by Senator Elklns, that the large ship pers who secure rebates from the rail roads are chiefly responsible for tho apathy which Is said to pervade con gress In regard to the proposed amend ment of the interstate commerce law. The West Virginia senator stated, doubtless with the authority of personal experience, that a good many of the large shippers want to haver-things re main as they are In order that they may profit by unlawful rebates In vio lation of the law and he cited the case of one firm operating west from Chicago and shipping 60,000 cars of freight each year which is known to make a rebate of f 15 per car a fine Income, observed Mr. Elklns, If the firm made nothing more on Its business. He said this is not a solitary Instance of the aid which the present law lends to such practices. Of course shippers that have such an opportunity to gain from violations of the law will exert all - the Influence they can command against any amendment of the law Intended to deprive them of this gain and to make the act generally more effective. They can afford to spend money liberally to this end and In all probability do so. How shall this In fluence be met? Manifestly by a united and persistent effort on the part of the smaller shippers and such vigorous ex pression of public sentiment In behalf of a change In the law aa congress will hardly dare to disregard. Mr. Elklns said that the petitions and other docu ments tbat have been sent to congress have had no effect and be thought that nothing short of a united public demand will attain any results. As we have heretofore said In regard to . this, It would seem that little more could be done than bas been doue to convince congress tbat there' Is an overwhelming public demand for a change. This de mand bas been voiced not only In tne numerous petitions tbat have gone to congress and In tbe action of many commercial bodies, but also most freely through the press. For years congress bas been urged by the leading news papers of tbe country to amend the In tcrstate commerce law so as to make It more effective and to Increase the powers of the commission. Evidently, however, there is necessity for doing more In this direction and It should be done at ouce. As now In dicated, the present session of congress is likely to end In June, so that those who believe that the Interstate com merce act should be .improved and strengthened have no time to lose In an effort to Impress this upon congress. There Is o doubt tbat violations cf the law continue. Unquestionably the large shippers who, as admitted by the railroad officials, have received rebates, are still profiting by this Infraction of tbe law. If those who want this abuae remedied will do nothing to secure the needed legislation tbey will have them selves to blsme if , congress shall fall to act It is not an easy matter, of course, to secure a united public de mand, but something very near It can be had If the commercial organizations of tbe country not dominated by the large shippers will assert themselves and bring such pressure to bear at Washing ton as they may do. Unless the required legislation Is obtained at tbe present session there will be very small chance of getting It at tbe next session, so that correction of the evil of rats-cutting may not be had for several years. An earnest and determined effort should be made to arouse congress from lis apathy regarding this very. Important matter. . A MIC RITE D PROMOTION. The promotion of Colonel Robert C. Clowry to the presidency of the greatest telegraph system In the world Is not merely a merited recognition of long and faithful service, but a wise selection In the Interest of the most efficient admin istration of Its affairs. Among practical telegraphers the new president of the Western Union Is recognized as by all odds the most capable manager in the staff of "General Eckert the retiring president and tbe best equipped man for the arduous duties of tbe position to be found in the ranks of American tele graph men. President Clowry Is a striking ex ample of the self-made mani having climbed by his own ' efforts from tbe loweBt to the topmost rung of the ladder from messenger boy to president In his promotion, also, the west has again demonstrated Its capacity for producing men of energy, pluck and Intelligence as captains of Industry. Omaha and Nebraska have special rea son to feel gratified over tbe elevation of Colonel Clowry. As one of tbe pioneers of this city and state he con tributed to the upbuilding of this sec tion and bas always been actively Iden tified with its growth and development In any enterprise that promises to assist In the future progress and prosperity of this city he may be depended on to ex hibit a warm Interest and lend a helping hand to the fullest extent of his power, PROTECTION or RVR At, DELIVERY. WW The action of the house of representa tives in defeating tbe proposal to place rural free mall delivery under tbe con tract system Is very generally approved. The Philadelphia Press, whose editor was lately postmaster general, says: "Who would think ot letting out the house delivery of letters In the cities by contract? Who would substitute for Intelligent and responsible carriers a Job-lot of plcked-up messengers under an auctloned-off competition? But why not In the cities Just as much as In the country? Are not Intelligence and re sponsibility and accountability Just as Important over a route twenty-five miles long as one over a route a half mile long?" In regard to tbe obviously ab surd contention that the country car rier will organise and exercise political Influence, the Press asks if there is any more danger from them than from tbe city carriers and urges that the true policy Is to establish the right system and then apply whatever checks may be necessary. There Is no reason to doubt that the bill will become law In about the shape It passed the house and that the result ot Its operation will be satisfactory to the people who are most Interested In this legislation. Rural free delivery has thus far been on tbe whole a gratifying success, proving a very great benefit to rural communities where it bas been established. It bas come to stay and it should be extended as rapidly as prac ticable or as tbe demand for it Justifies. A STEAMSHIP MONOPOLY. The Morgan steamship syndicate has Just come Into control of another At lantic line, tbe White Star, and IS now credited with the control of six lines running between American and Euro pean ports. This movement toward a monopoly ot steamship transportation to Europe was begun only a short time ago and has been carried forward with the rapidity characteristic of the syn dicate of which J. P. Morgan Is 'the bead. Whether or not It will be able to fully accomplish Its manifest purpose cannot now be determined. In order to do that It must absorb several British lines and also tbe German lines and this may be found difficult though It Is pos sible that a community of Interest ar rangement may be effected that will place all the existing lines practically In the control of the syndicate. It has been reported that Americans bad bought considerable blocks of the stock of the two great German steamship com panies and this appears to be confirmed in a late dispatch from Berlin regarding negotiations which have been held in this country between directors of these companies and the American syndicate. The companies already In control of the syndicate constitute the most powerful combination of maritime Interests, ssys the New York Journal of Commerce, that bas been formed anywhere with the possible exception of the British shipping trust more extensive than this, but much less solid, because it Is without common ownership. This investment of American capital In foreign steamship companies has been referred 'to in the debate on tbe ship ping bill In the senate, but it Is not ap parent tbat It can have any relation to that measure, which it la pointed out would not In the least benefit the syndi cate. What this movement to establish a steamship monopoly really means Is that the ocean transportation business will be made more profitable, which ' as already shown involves higher freight rates. The caterer who served the luncheon to the 2000 guests at the time Emperor William's yacht was launched bas taken advantage of tbe bankruptcy act not because the guests bad too large appe tites, but because tbey carried away all bis silverware as souvenirs. As none but the extra select were admitted to the function, the result Is a caustic arraignment ot the smart set Tbe next restaurateur who secures such a con tract should adopt the cheap souphouse plan of fastening the dishes to the table. Tbe western commercial traveler Is br'aVe man. nere be is preparing to form 8 new organization to reform tho hotel service in the territory through which his Wanderings bring him, boldly Intimating that many of the bostelrles whose guest he is from time to time are not up to the standard he bas a right to expect If it comes to a war between the commercial traveler and the hotel keeper,, bet on the commercial traveler every time. ... Does anyone believe that If ex-Treas urer Meserve could have shown that he didn't pocket the 3,000, be would have shielded himself behind the tech nicalities of the law? Would a custo dian, of public funds true, to his trust set up -a defense that the interest oil school fund Ueposlts nlleged to have been embezzled by him, did not belong to tbe state and therefore could with Impunity be appropriated to himself? It turns out that the manuscript rul ings of -the state department ot public Instruction have not been destroyed by fire, as reported, but like the Phoenix have risen from the ashes. It would certainly have been Irreparable to have lost the commentaries made on the school laws of Nebraska by all tbe learned educational luminaries who have occupied the office of state super intendent In years gone by. Soma Olary Placked. Philadelphia North American. The exploit ot Metbuen's cavalry in beat ing tbe Boers la a four-mile race vindicates the remount department of tbe British army. Mlsaowrl Plea, for liberty. " Kansas City Journal. Tbe Missouri mules have won another Victory for the Boers In South Africa. What in the world do tbe Boers want to stop the shipment of mules for? Coaandram Passed I'p. ' . Washington Post. A reader of tba Post propounds tba fol lowing pertinent and interesting question: "Will you please inform ma through tbe columns of your esteemed paper tbe pro fessed politics of tba Commoner, a western publication of recent birth?" Tbe Post strives to please, but this is a request it will be compelled to pass. The Streaaona Get Together. ' Philadelphia Record. Representative Moody, wbo will succeed Secretary Long upon his retirement from tbe Navy department. Is In his forty-ninth year and vigorous. He has a reputation for strenuous statesmanship and will make a strong helper of the president as long as they shall both poll in one direction. Absaral KawsU Heqalreaaeats. ; Baltimore American. A gunner whose examination testifies tbat he Is morally, mentally and physically quail- fled for a commission In tha navy Is rejected because ha la "professionally" lacking. Perhaps tha Vprofesslonal i qualification" which Is thus officially ranked above moral, mental anf"Flcal tests la to bo trans lated Nrements." And thus tha America-, JTht all men beTug equal, and with tqMstght of each man te all ha can earn, Is again turned down. Foand What He Want For. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. General Methuen is to ba congratulated. Ha went out to look for Delarey and be found him. His condition afterward re minds oae of John Phoenix's combat, wherein be got tba best of his adversary by throwing himself on his back with bis nose inserted between the enemy's teeth and his hair tangled around bis enemy's bands; and there he bad him. There Is a great deal of glory obtained in the South African war, but tbe Englishman Is toe often on bis back In a humiliating position. POLITICAL DRIFT. Populism la looking up in Kansas. A Wichita infant, only three weeks old, is said to have predicted six years of famine. The Low administration ot New York City bas not yet discovered a way to reduce municipal expeaaes below that of the Van Wyck regime. , Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, a loyal and loud foghorn of free sliver. Intimates tbat it la time for Bryan to go away back and sit down. Think of a Mack forsaking a Bryan. Sheriff Ouden of Brooklyn, becoming en tangled in a crooked job, refused to resign when requested and was unceremoniously pitchforked out ot office by Oovarnor OdelL Qudenuff. One poet was turned down and one nominated for councilman In Chicago. Email as tbe handout Is, it Is something of a tribute to the divine muse, consider ing the surrounding. Tba retirement ot Dr. Washington Glad den from tha city council of Columbus, O., In which ha tried in vain to effeot a few reforms, lends significance to Mark Twain's epigram: "Be good and you'll be lonely." Senator Clark ot Montana is regarded tba coming man for tha chairmanship of tha democratlo national committee. In losing Jones, tha prophet, the party will gain a commodious bar'l, a very useful article la a political acrap. When two senators got Into a heated al tercation tha other dayTlllmaa rose and said to them: "If you gentlemen are not careful, you will get yourselves into the same fix I was a few days ago." The senate smiled, order was restored and tha debate ceased to be exciting. Congressman Talbert of South Carolina will not be a candidate to succeed himself because ha mesne to run for governor. Mr. Talbert la a typical southerner slouch hat, loag frock coat and waistcoat half un buttoned. Congressman Latimer of tba same atata Is out to succeed Senator .Me Lauria. Ha la a big, black-haired man with vast breadth of ahoulder. Congressman ' Wheeler, tho anti-royalty warbler from Paducah, Ky., la up agalnBt tha real thing now. HI opponent for tha democratlo nomination ha a daughter who plays tha violin and alnga charmingly and she is to take herself and bar talents on tha stump for tba benefit of ber pa. If Kentucky chivalry Is what It Is cracked up to be, Wheeler can aea bis finish. Former Oovernor Hogg of Texas cherishes wholesome respect for publlo sentiment in tha Lone Star atata. In aa Interview la London about bis refusal to wear a court suit he said: "It la tha cuatom hero to wear court costume at a presentation to tha king, but I don't think my figure la such tbat It would please my Texas and other Americas friend to aea pictures of ma la silk breaches, silk stockings and a decorated eoat I have alwaya worn even' Ing clothes, as tbey seem to bring out bet Ur tha curves of my fine figure. A court cos turn la all right, but (Hogg of Texas would look like a guy la It" , OTHER LARDS THAN OltlS. It Is two years sad upward since Russia gulped down Finland and began tba process of Its benevolent assimilation, which Is evidently not yet completed, as the anniver sary of tba denationalisation of tbat pa trlotlc and interesting country la atlll cfle brated with riota from one end to tha other, which tho Russian police vainly try to put down. In taking over the country of the Finns, the Muscovite bear finds tbat la Its quest for boney it bas swallowed a beehive, but It is much too tough an snl mal to be disconcerted by a little thing like that. Student riots In Russia reach a magnitude and latenslty unknown else where, and serve to show how deeply tha government Is hated by lie young scholars, as well as a good many of it older ones, At Moscow recently five hundred of tba for mer bung out from their windows the red flag of revolution and anarchy, and, armed with bludgeons and Iron bars, prepared to defend It, and though the police and the military united put them down and locked most of them up In priBon, it is not likely tbat they have In any measure subdued tha Insurrectionary spirit which animated them. Russia's foes of her own household are ot more peril to her than those outside, though even under the influence of her most cutting east winds the latter are not to be sneered at T,he topic ef the duel came up for dlt cusslon tha other day, both In tbe Reichstag and in tha Prussian chamber. More than one speaker insisted In more or less dl rect tones that tbe real responsibility la the matter rested Upon the shoulders of the emperor. One of the radical members of tba Reichstag said that In bla opinion, the only effectual cure for this avll was a de cree Issued by tba supreme head of the army absolutely forbidding all duels among officers. There was, ha maintained, no such a thing as a peculiar "officers' honor." If officers had such abnormally sensitive Ideas on tha subject of honor, they ought te take special cara to do nothing which could lead other people to offend them. The councillors of tbe crowa were In duty bound to bring to tha natlce of tba wearer of tha crowa tha desires, founded upon tha deep est' religious and moral considerations, felt by the representatives of tba people. Tha socialist leader, Herr Bebel. speaking in similar strain, declared tbat so long a dueling was tolerated by tba supreme bead of tbe army it could not be expected ta cease. Dr. Barth, in tba Prussian chamber, was no less emphatio in declaring that so long as the practice of dueling was up held openly by representatives of tha law, It was absurd to expect tbat the law would ba employed to suppress It. Commercial depression and crop failures have been Inflicting severe suffering on Rus sia for two years. It is about that period since the collapse ot speculation prostrkted many of the most important lines of busi ness andv caused several Important bank failures. Some of tha provinces were suf fering from famine a year ago before there could ba any knowledge ot what tha crop of 1901 would be, and the suffering was widespread and acuta before the harvest ot laBt year was entirely over. Idleness and hunger breed discontent. Political Institu tions aea threatened by prolonged periods of bad business. It Is not surprising to learn by way of Copenhagen and London that political disturbances In Russia are spreading in all directions and assuming threatening proportions. Of course , these stories may be exaggerated, but it let quits certain tbat whatever of truth there Is in them would ba suppressed in all news sent out of Russia through tba usual channels. All wa can be sura of Is that tbe economic condition of Russia bat been favorable to political agitation for more than a year. Extraordinary vigilance Is to be exercised henceforth in Franca to prevent unneces sary waste of Ufa. A new law just promul gated obliges tha mayor of every commune to enforce tbe sanitary regulations against transmissible diseases, and measures for tha disinfection ot bouses and outbuildings. Tbe notification to the publlo authorities of every infectious disease is compulsory upon every doctor and midwife. Vaccina tion Is compulsory within tbe first year of a child's life, as is also revacctnatlon in the course of the eleventh year and twenty- first year. Responsibility rests with the municipal authorities In towns ot mora than . 20,000 inhabitants, and with a departmental service In communes with a population be low that figure. In the ease of an epidemic in any district a decree will determine the measures to be taken to stamp It out The coev of tbe execution of these exceptional measures will b4borne by tba state. When for three successive years the mortality In a commune may have exceeded tba average rate of mortality of tbe whole of France, tha Prefect of the Department must order the departmental sanitary council to institute an inquiry. In tha event ot the council de claring tha necessity of sanitary works, and especially the provision ot potable water tor the Inhabitants, the commune win ba called upon to execute them. If It should refuse to do so, a special law will impose upon It tha cost of tbe" improvement . Tha penalties enacted are severe, and consist of Imprisonment as well as fine. Tba present demonstrations In Russian university town must not ba Interpreted to mean tbat tha new minister ot educa tion, General Vannovsky, has shown him self to be as great an enemy of student liberty as his predecessor was. On tha con trary, authoritative advices from St Peters burg reveal that tha great majority of stu dents appreciate tha difficulties tbat Gen eral Vannovsky labors under and are ready to alve him all tha support In their power by continuing to attend tha lectures and refraining irom maaing Dawuuuiui. On the other hand there is a small, per sistent body ot irreconcilable and radicals, who. with the aid of civil riotous elements, take tba smallest pretext for agitating against tba government, thereby bringing whole student colonies under suspicion Tha students ot this class are at present very active In their endeavors to create dis turbancea and are attempting to exploit tor political purposes the distress among tha working claases ss well as tha aiscon. tent among tha students. That tbe ap thorltles are prepared to act vigorously In tha event df a crisis is shown by a notice which has been aent to tha students of tba University ot St. Petersburg. Tba stu dents are warned tbat it It Is found neces sary to cleaa tba university for any length ot ttma the annual spring examination will not ba held, and all the students will therefore lose a year's seniority. Tha loss of a year Is a very serious matter, and It ta bellaved In St Petersburg tbat this an nouncement will Induce tba mora serious students to exert their Influence in order to restrain their comrades. A.Prablras ta MeSletae. Philadelphia Record. Probably moat physicians will agree with Dr. Lee (one of tha surgeons who operated on President McKlnley at Buffalo) la hla testimony In tbe Patrick murder trial In New York that "aa anesthetic cannot be admlnlatered to a sleeping person wl'hout awakening him." Whenever an ... sthetlc is used In a hospital tha patient struggles vigorously as be inhales the euffoeatlng vapor. There Is reason to think that the manv nersona wbo affirm that they have been chloroformed by burglars are deluded. 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"He'll be a great deal easier to put out of office if he doesn't bo good." Philadelphia Press: "He's got a great schema to exterminate mosaultoes." "What is ItT That idea about petroleum!" "Not at all. His schema la to cross them with lightning bugs so you'll know when they re coming. Philadelphia Record: "What ar you swearing about?" inquired tha senior mem ber or the firm. on. that new omce noy, repuea tne si lent partner; "he's never to ba found when M i wamw. . : ' 'Hereditary. I suppose. His father's a policeman, you know." Chlcaaro Tribune: "Tbey asked ma to their reception." said tho girl with the two story pompadour, "but it wasn't because they like me. It waa because I can sing." Oh. I m aura you re mistaken! said tne other girl, impulsively. V II II .11 invuua. w .iiwni asked the long, slim person with the wild look In his eyes, "whether or not It was real wine that waa used In christening the emperor's yacht Just now?" XOU nnve no rigni, saia m omw nerson. "to summon me to aieieoncuiar confession." Cleveland Plain Dealer: ."What's the matter with Mrs. Fondlove's face? "Her baby boy ecratcnea it. "She should have worn a veil." "Why?" . ' "Bo the son couldn't spoil her complex ion." Ohio Btate Journal: "When I waa your age I dltln t have tne advantages you have," said the father sagely. Well, father." reDlled the eon. "It's too late to kick about it now. You should nave mougni aouui move uunga i mv time." ChltasTO Post: "la he really such an- ex pert stenographer?" "Exoertness Is no- name for it. Why. Just for practice ha actually took down a church How's the Boy? Have you given him tbe necessary thought about his spring wardrobe? Soon be time for a new school suit, or a Sunday one, and vre have, iqfne' fine ones ' just in from our factory. Norfolk, sailor, blouse, kah-ki, two-piece, three-piece and long pants suits ranging in price in the different styles, from $3.50 to. $15. And in articles of fur nishings, underwear, hosiery, waists, - shirts, blouses, etc. Nowhere can you. find such an as sortment at such modest prices. And Ilats and Caps. Have you noticed our windows? If not, do so. You never saw such an array of pretty things for the boys to wear. r.Oc to 3.00 each. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. H. S. Wilcox, Manager. Light Biscuit Delicious Cake Dainty Pastries Fine Paddings There are cheap bakinjr powders, made from alum, but they are ex ceedingly harmful to health. Their astringent and cauterizing qualities add a dangerous element to food. 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. sewing; circle discussion without missing a word." Fittsbirrg Chronicle: Mr. Tltt-There'e a slight change In Lord Kitchener's regrets. Mr. Penn So? -1 " . Mr. Pitt Yes: unually he regrets to re port, but this time he deeply regrets. ABOl'T THIS TIME OP YEAR. ' Chicago1 News. The swell and jolly days are come, the glad dest of the year. When Jesis which nrtedate ' the- flood In newest garb-appear To claim another smile or two from ail who will give ear. Again are wa enlivened by tha mediaeval skit On the crabbed Bnd cruel stovepipe whlcfl no human skill can fit And the soul-destroying ' expletives . un- , leashed because of It. Aa usual wa cachinnate with- undiminished -seat. O'er the prehistoric persiflage of origin un- Suessed. eemed germane to moving day and consequent unrest, . ., Likewise do wa precipitate the mlrth-dls-tllled tear ,.. j O'er the moss-grown coruscation which w cannot choose but hear, - Anent the sklpful booklet, emblematic ol the beer. And yet fllna. et again we titter at tha customary By centurlee of nroner thlnr precedent . decreed the To launch at rhyming rhapsodlsts who rave o'er balmy spring. . ' m My lady's Easier bonnet, too, claims jocu lar attention, While sundry Lenten 1 pleasantries' too numerous to mention Redemonstrate their worthiness to be re tired on pension. - ' On these and other Jests of data cpavsi with creation, 1 Do we bestow the wonted meed of mirthful adulation. , - Our witless glea Increasing with each added perpetration. , . - By what uncanny magto do these quips of yesterday . Avoid i the debt to nature which all ls that live must pay ...-.m. . And, like old ains, confront us, the w deemed them passed away? , Ah, were the potent aecret of their grip en life betrayed. Tha life Insurance business In a night would ba unmade .... . And undertakers ba compelled to learr an other tradel : . t
