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TI1E OMAHA DAILY BEE; TIT UH SPAY, MAKCII 27, 1002. Tiie omaha Daily Bee E. K08EWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVEIIY MOKNINQ. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Bee (without Hunday), One Year. .14.00 lslly Bee anil uunriay, one Year i-W) Illustrated Hee, One Year -00 Sunday Uee, one Year V" taturaa Uee, one Vear I Twentinh Century tarmer. One Year.. l.uO DhL.1 V'hKKD HY CARRIER. Pally Uee (without Hunday), per copy 2c laliy Be' (without Hundayi, per week. ...lie ially Bee ilnclucllng Hunaayj, per week..Lc Sunday wee, per copy 6c Evening Uee (without riunday), per week. 10c Evening Bee (Including bunaay), per week 'fic Complaint of Irregularities In delivery Shouiu oe audremed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha-The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hail Building, Twen-ty-rtftn and M Btreets. Coum-il Bluffa 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington oul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial matter Hhuuld be addressed: Omaha Uee. Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and romtltunres should tie auiireHHe.i; 'i he Btta publishing Com iany, Omaha. REMITTANCES Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Uee Publishing Company. Only J-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. 1'ernunul checss, except on (jmaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE UEE PUULUSUlMi COill'A.MI. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, fitate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. ! George it. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee Fubllsnlng Company, being duly sworn, ays thai the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the jnonia or. February, ivu, was as ionows: 1. 30,100 3 804(20 80,00 4 80,720 16 SO.BUO 1 80,240 17 30,100 18 30,310 19 30,380 so ao,aao 21 80,lt0 22 80,120 23 80,100 24 80,470 26.. 30,300 26 30,070 71 SIO.BBO 211 UW.OtfO t 80.4MO 80,540 7 80.U10 30,300 30,200 10 80,100 11 80.24C 12 80,230 II 80,140 14 80,420 Total t47,t40 Leas unsold and returned copies.... 10,124 Net total sales , .tf37,81 Net dally average 29,022 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 28tu day of February, A. D., 19"2- M. B. HUNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. One of the Best. , Northwestern Banker (Des Moines). 1 The Omaha Dally Bee is recog nized as one of the best Journals In tbe entire northwest. Not only Is It an up-to-date and reliable newgpa- per, but Its editorials on current topics are among the best. The lengthening dally list of realty transfers la showing Indications that Omaha real estate la already on the tnovs. No. history of South Africa can be fwritten that does not make several chapters turn on the life work of Cecil Rhodes. ' , The mayoralty contest In South Omaha 'hasf reached the fever heat , BtjBge.. Tho,. competing candidates have commenced to issue cards.' . With rebates and differentials knocked out by injunction, the chances for com petition In a free field with no favor should be materially improved- Jan Kubellk has sailed for his home Sn Europe. Thanks to liberal American music lovers, be was under no neces sity of borrowing money to pay his re turn passage. All quiet again along Salt Creek. Tbe hrmy and , navy has concluded that , it is not necessary to Invade Nebraska Just now to put down the reported up rising of disease germs. The proposed spring cleaning at the police station should not be deferred tnany days after Easter, whether ex Judge Gordon persists in occupying the corridor or not. That market house proposition, like Banquo's ghost, will not down. So long as it affords., a chance for sparring to belligerent counrllmen, it will not be taken off the boards, . These false alarms about the impend ing capitulation of the Boers may be re peated so often that If the opposing forces really come to terms it will be difficult to make anyone believe It Kansas democrats and populists have finally declared off all negotiations for fusion during the coming campaign. Evidently the offlceholdlng contingent bas lost Its grip on tbe two parties. It Is hoped the burning of Omaha's match factory will not be cited In Justl flcatlon of the proposed raise in insur ance rates. Match factories are an ex tra hazardous fire risk at all times and at all places. General Otis announces that on retlr lng no proioses to rest and will not write v book. The general probably bas no desire to live long enough to see the end of tbe controversies such a book would provoke. 5 rersoual damage suits for amounts ag gregatlng f 2.000.000 have been brought against one of tbe leading railroads on account of a recent wreck. Railroad wrecks come high, but there is no good reason why we must have them. The American Tobacco company is ' negotiating for the purchase of the government , monopoly In that product in France. If the Frenchmen will only permit it, the American trust magnate will kindly run their government for them. President Kruger has been formally extended au invitation by the city couu ell to visit Omaha under assurance that he will be accorded tbe freedom of the city. If any . further inducement is necessary we feel sure Mayor Moores will add the promise of a gilded key to the city's gates appropriately festooned la. Uk Boer national colors , IOWA'S MISTAKE. The lower bouse of the Iowm legisla ture bns declared almost unanimously in favor of the elerlon of United States senators by direct popular vote and memorialized congreos to submit an amendment to the federal constitution to bring about this reform. This is, however, not the first time an Iowa leg islature has pronounced in favor of tbe election of United States senators by tbe people, but their prayers, like those of all the other states, have been una vailing and will so continue until the wnate Is brought face to face with the alternative of submitting such an amendment or having It submitted In spite of its opposition by a constitutional convention. Right here Is where the friends of popular senatorial election in Iowa have made their mistake by consenting to the mutilation of their original resolu tion, joining with the other states In a all upon congress to summon a consti tutional convention for the express pur pose of submitting the proM)sed amend ment for ratification to the states. Such a course would compel the obstruction ists In the senate either to concur with the house in the submission of the amendment or to take the rink of a gen eral revision of the constitution by a national convention under the provision of tbe federal constitution which makes It mandatory to call a convention when ever two-thirds of the states - through their legislatures shall have made a formal demand. It is an open secret that the senate Is anxiously watching the action of the various legislatures and long before the number of states calling for a constitu tional convention reaches the necessary two-thirds the amendment passed by the bouse will be put through as the nly means for preventing the calling of a convention. If the Iowa legisla ture Is in dead earnest about reforming the mode of electing United States sen ators, It will revise its resolution by restoring the clause relating to conven tion and thus emulate the example set by Michigan, Colorado, California, Ne braska and other states whose legisla tures have spoken after thorough dis cussion of tbe probable effect. Those who have given this subject profound study agree that the shortest cut to the election of United States sen ators by direct popular vote Is by. tak ing advantage of tbe clause of the con stitution authorizing the states to take the initiative In the submission of amendments demanded by the people, but blocked by their representatives in either house of congress. It Is to be hoped Iowa will fall Into line with this plan before the present session of tbe legislature adjourns. DEMOCRATIC REORGANIZATION. The movement for a reorganization of the democratic party, which of . course means renunciation of Bryanlsm, ap pear to be making progress.-. It is stated that since the last visit of Colonel Bryan to Washington there has been some lively maneuvering un der cover among the democratic poli ticians looking toward party re organization. . A fact in tbe situation noted as significant of the anti-Bryan tendency was the turning down of Representative Griggs of Georgia for chairman of the democratic congres sional campaign committee. "The com parative ease with which this was done," observes the Washington corre spondent of the New York Tribune, and the gratification which it bas produced in democratic circles known to be hostile to Bryan In the' sense that there Is a demand for new leadership, have emboldened the prime movers in the enterprise to take a still bolder step and arrange for tbe management of tbe congressional campaign to be placed In the bands of men who were notoriously antagonistic to Bryan and the Chicago platform In 189." Those who want this done include democrats from tbe south and west as well from the east 1 . . The speech of Henry Watterson at tbe banquet of tbe Virginia Democratic association was significant of the feel ing that Is growing among democrats favorable to party reorganization and new leadership. "Let. us have done with dissension," Bald Colonel - Watterson Let us turn our backs on tbe past, our eyes to the future; call the old fight off and the old scores square." Tbat Is the spirit of the resolution recently adopted by the Mississippi legislature urging the renunciation of Bryanlsm. It is the feeling that very, largely pre vails among tbe democrats of the east and Is entertained by many in the party In other sections of the country. These democrats want to eradicate populism from tbe party and give it something at least of Its former -character, so that It may appeal ' with'' "some hope of suc cess to tbe confidence and support of tbe country, which it cannot under ex isting conditions. ' Doubtless the men engaged In this movement fully, understand the difficul ties. They know that Bryanlsm Is still a strong political .force and that its leader, still ambitious and aggressive, will tight for It. with all bis characteris tic energy and persistence. The New York Times, which earnestly advocates democratic reorganization, recently said: "It may be argued thut it Is no longer worth -while to attend to Mr. Bryan. Undoubtedly he must be at tended to for some time yet, and reckoned with. Mr. Bryan will use his strength and the numerical strength of his following to defeat democratic re organization. It must be plain to those who are moving for reorganization tbat attempts to conciliate them will be futile. He will not meet them half way, and even if he would, to meet him half way would be fatal to - their purpose." There are shrewd politicians' lu the movemeut for democratic reorganisa tion, but one - jjreat dlmcuity, per haps tbe greatest, is the want of leader wba bas Jtha.'Wjard to 'command confidence and the ( qualifications for Jajpble mi aucceaiM leadership. Is In this respect that the reorganiza tion movement Is manifestly weak, for men like David B. Hill and Arthur I. Gorman, for example, experienced and skillful politicians though tbey are, have not the records to make them available as national party leaders. XEWMoVE OF THE SVUAH TBCST The statement tbat the American Sugar Refining company, commonly known as the trust. Intends to go into tbe beet sugar Industry, Is Interesting if true. The report Is that the company will purchase lands In Colorado for cultivating sugar beets and will erect sugar factories In that state and the Denver Republican says tbat as far s appearances go the company really Intends to go into the manufacture of beet sugar upon what may prove to be a gigantic scale. If the trust has de cided to become a producer of beet sugar it will undoubtedly be on a very xtenslve scale, giving a great Iniin-tus to the Industry uot only In Colorado, but perhaps in other states where It can be successfully carried on, as Ne braska for Instance. The entrance of the American Sugar Refining company into this business would be conclusive evidence that it is convinced of Its great possibilities, as well as of the fact that Its continued development will be encouraged by the necessary protection against the compe tition of foreign sugar. We do not be lieve that any party will now venture to withdraw this protection. If tbe sugar trust has really concluded to fur ther develop the beet sugar Industry it has decided wisely, for there is no doubt that industry is to become one of tbe most important in the country. A REMARKABLE CAREER CLOSED. The deuth of Cecil Rhodes closed a remarkable career, tbe Influence of which was almost worldwide. A man of 'extraordinary 'ability and force and of vast ambition, it has been said of Rhodes that he determined the destiny of myriads of men of all nations when he conceived the Idea of ex tending tbe British empire and tbe foundation of the higher civilization that he believed to be found only on soil under the shadow of tbe British flag. He was tbe foremost Imperialist of his time and In tbe prosecution of his scheme for tbe extension of the Brit ish empire be stopped at uotblng. As an English writer recently said regarding blm, so long as his end was secured tbe means were a matter of Indifference. Bloodshed, violence, bribery, chicane- all these things were practiced to se cure the triumph of the imperial Idea." That he did a very great work In the development of South Africa will not be questioned, but tbe terrible conse quences that have come from the pur suit of bis Imperialistic plan, in wiiicu he was able to enlist tbe support of tbe present British ministry, is almost dis astrous to his . fame as an ' empire builder. It bas been said of Rhodes that he surrounded himself with people who were immeasurably bis inferiors, many of them utterly unscrupulous in char acter, -and tbat these did more to blacken his reputation than anything else. Doubtless he needed such people in the carrylug out of his schemes men of tbe type of Jameson, for whom he had a brotherly affection. That Rhodes was responsible for tbe raid which led to the war tbat bas desolated South Africa and cost Great Britain so enor mously In life and treusure there Is no doubt andtyad he been held by the Brit ish government to a Just accountabil ity for this tbe terrible conflict might have been avoided. There are not very many, we believe, who will agree with the opinion of Lord Grey that the world will be poorer for the death of Cecil Rhodes. It may be admitted that he was. In bis way, a genius, but the good he did is outweighed by the evil results of his unbridled ambition. The South Omaha election affords the usual opportunity for the fabrication a'nd circulation of roorbacks. One of the most stupid election fakes has been sprung in the columns of the World- Herald under pretense that it came all the way from Washington by wire. We refer to the report' that Rosewater had telegraphed the War department that Koutsky, the republican candidate for mayor, was opposed to the proposed South Omaha bridge bill. As a matter of fact, no dispatch was. sent to the War department either by Rosewater or any body else opposed to speculation in bridge franchises and Koutsky's name as not mentioned In any dispatch, petition or remonstrance sent to Wash ington by telegraph or malt The same roorback, magnified, appears in the Lin coin Journal as a special dispatch from Omaha, with the additional information that Rosewater was called down and that Senator Millard telegraphed that he bad a conference with the president and that the president assured him he would sign the bill if it passed congress, Inasmuch as Senator Millard represent ed the business men who asked the president not to approve the bill, which had been smuggled through Uie senate his absence and was then In the hands nf the president, the remarkable ca pacity of the popocratlc organ for Idiotic faking is strikingly illustrated. Another Nebraska-Wyoming oil land development company, proclaiming Its Intention to become a second Standard oil octopus, bas been Incorporated with an authorized capital of $1,000,000. If the promoters can get the $1,000,000 to start with, they will be In position to sink a great many wells, but whether their enterprise will frighten tbe Stand ard oil magnates no one can prognosti cate, j President Roosevelt has declared that so long as he is president no bill to restore a deserter to the rolls of tbe army or navy will become a law except over his veto. This determination will ItJmo.terlail reduce, the number of such Nebraska's Fat Year Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. Next to tbe pleasure et having plenty of money one's self is that of learning that a lot of other people are flourishing, espec ially If the other people hare complained of poverty In the near past Fortunately such opportunities are aot Infrequent, should anyone care to look for them. A case In point, and a very large one, may be found in the recent report of the secre tary of the Stats Banking Board of Ne braska a stats which several years ago was most eloquent, touching and therefore Influential, In its complaints of poverty and Its demands Tor relief. Last year Nebraska suffered by the general drouth In tbe vest and had an alarming reduction of lu corn yield, corn being a Nebraska staple, as It is of al! western states whose Indus tries art principally agricultural. Yet de spite a shortage of 100,000,000 bushels of corn, Nebraska's bank deposits last year exceeded those of tbe previous year by nearly $12,000,000 a gain of about 15 per cant over those of the previous year. These figures take no account of the many private hoards In cracked teapots, old stockings and other time-honored repositories, of peopls who have no confidence In banks or who live far away from them. Not long ago Nebraska complained bitterly tbat there was not enough money in the state to make ordinary commercial exchanges, and tbat farm loans, which when really needed are as Important as the doctor is to persons dangerously 111, could be had only at destructive rates f Interest Yet the secretary reports that within the year farm loans dropped to 6 per cent Interest, the average ia the best of the older states. Yet besides caring for home Interests, the bills slipping past congress and incident ally be pleasing to the majority of vet erans who quit tbe service with good records. Omaha freight traffic men assert that there Is no reason for securing an in junction to compel them to charge tariff rates, because no secret cuts have been made at this point! If that were really true It would Indicate that Omaha in dustry had In the past suffered from a serious, handicap. But is It true? The last time the World-Herald re ferred to Reformer Meserve be was the only honeBt treasurer, who ever man aged the state finances. Has the World- Herald revised its verdict since Meserve was vindicated by the help of Reformer Smyth? Silence covers a multitude of reform. While the courts are busy trying to break up his big railroad merger, J. Plerpont Morgan is busy, according to gossip in tbe financial world, attempt ing to place under one control all the lectrlcal companies of this country. This is positively shocking. Since the return of the Chinese court to I'ekln social, affairs in which the women have participated have become quite common.. The Chinese women can pot ha ve' suffered any from tbe breaking down of barriers by the "foreign devils.."' ' ."' " The Short-Arm Hold. Bt Louts Globe-Democrat A good many democrats would like to dispense with Mr. Bryan as a leader, but they experlenoa a sensation of goneness when they think of the number of votes he sUll controls. What Would Help tho Party. Washington Post. Yet we are quits willing to agree with Colonel Watterson that the democratic prospects would be much Improved If cer tain democratic members of congress were to fall into the hands of General Chaffee and be chucked Into prison until after the November elections. Recollections of tbe "Mitten." Baltimore American. The supreme court of Iowa bas solemnly decided that a young woman cannot legally hold her lover to bis plighted troth under pain of damages when she has deceived him by wearing falsa hair. This looks as though some past feminine deceit were still rankling in the heart of the aforesaid supreme court. That Renalads Me. Brooklyn Eagle. Senator Hawley of Connecticut Is re ported as having said: "I have an utter abhorrence of - anarchy and would glve4 f.1.000 to get a good shot at an anarchist." This reminds m of the man who said of his son: "I have! noticed that Johnny has takea to swearing, but where the he learned it I can't imagine." Rocks tn front of St. Loots. - Indianapolis Journal. The managers of the St Louis exposition are alarmed by the discovery that tho act of cod gross providing for tho exposition prohibits tho coming into the United States of any Chinese for any purpose whatever. This provision would, of course, prevent an exhibit by the Chinese government. This Is only ono of many embarrassments that are likely to flow from unreasonably prescriptive legislation on this subject PlnrMna; the Booket Shops. 1 Springfield Republican. As the war tax repeal bill passes the left senate the tax on bucket shops is standing. It Is not easy to detect tbe rea son for this action unless it be that con gress has become curious to see whether the tax caa be enforced or not. There has been no general enforcement as yet, be cause of the difficulty of establishing, a clear and practical distinction between the bucket shops and the legitimate broker. This difficulty becomes all the greater In Massachusetts now tbat the state supreme court bas decided that ownership of stocks bought by a broker for a customer Is vested la the broker, for taxation purposes at least. Platatina; Trees for Ties. Springfield Republican. Aa unusual development in railroad econ omy la the planting pf trees to establish a supply of timber for ties, posts and other purposes. The Boston ft Maine road re cently bought 10.000 catalpa saplings to be planted this spring upon vacant lands owned by tbe company. Some chestnut and black walnut will also be started. The Illinois Central road will at tho same time plant 110,000 eatalpas on land of the com pany, near New Orleans for similar pur poses. ' Aa agency in bringing this matter to the attention of tho roads Is the "Inter national Society of Arboriculture," of which ex-Secretary J. Sterling 'Morton of Ne braska is president It seeks also to inter est municipal authorities, park boards and state governments in tft necessity not only of preserving, but restoring forests ia the Inter eats of natural beauty aad a far- jjrtgatsd. BUsbaodry t Nebraska banks, according to the secre tary's report have had so murh money that at least 25 per cent of the loans and dis counts have been to eastern financial In stitutions and on eastern securities. In plain English, Nebraska has become a "cap italistic state." States, like Individuals, change their manner according to their poverty or wealth. In a very old story, which Is not read as murh as It should be, the patriarch Job, wise, good and wealthy, is presented by the highest authority as a model "a perfect and an upright man" "none like him In the earth" but when, at the suggestion of satan, Job was deprived of his property and his children, he became sick In body and mind, went down Into the dumps and found the world so much awry that with much eloquence of detail he cursed the day in which he was born, and his wife urged him to make the curse more comprehensive, so as to Include the De signer and Manager of all things. From poverty-stricken states, as from men re duced to penury, comes att sorts of financial and social and moral heresies and lunacies, some of which are infectious, turning the heads of the people and unsettling business foundations. It would be invidious to name states where this has been the case, for no one caa say with certainty tbat similar disturbances may not begin at scant notice In one of the oldest and wealthiest But at present Nebraska deserves the congratulations of her sister states for hav ing made so handsome a showing and for having proved herself willing and able to spend less than she ' earned, and thus fortified herself against tbe bad years which always are possible. BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE. Scenes and Incidents Sketched by Artista ob the Spot. With characteristic generosity your Uncle Bam provides modern comforts and modern renovators for those who serve htm well and truly. To none of his vast family la he as lavish as to members of congress. Not because he loves them more, but be cause when they press the button kicking becomes a waste of precious energy. Be sides, tbe venerable U. S. has a reputation to sustain. Being an "easy mark" In many respects, and having an abundance to gratify all tastes, he yields gracefully and never talks back. But the cares and re sponsibilities which congressmen bear and the wear and tear incident to drawing their salaries touches a sympathetic chord, and prompts the many provisions made to keep congressional vitality at the top notch. Electrical baths is the latest means adopted. The electrical adjunct to the legislative baths is a comparatively recent addition, and as yet seemingly few members have learned of its wonderfully Invigorating ef fect on a tired legislator. Those who have, however, are constant patrons, and the state machine is creating for Itself an en viable reputation as a "next morning" anti dote. And tor putting a member Into con dition for a speech In the senate or house it bas no equal. The "bath" generally proceeds In this order: First, tbe "chain shower" two round metal bars about eighteen inches long are connected to the respective poles of the machine by a small brass chain. The electrician holds a bar In each hand and holds his hands about three feet apart The chain connects the two by running loosely through a metal loop near tho far end of the bars. When the current Is turned on tbe one operated on has a sen sation as of a warm breeze blowing on him. .The "bath" ia taken with all the clothing on, but the breeze seems to penetrate it as though there were no obstruction. The breeze soon changes to a warm, prickly sensation. The hair begins to crackle like a bunch of Chinese firecrackers, and when the current Is suddenly allowed to descend from the brass crown also there seems to be a general conflagration In progress. However, there is nothing violent or un pleasant experienced. After tho shower and bead sprays. If the statesman is in a bad way from the "night before," he takes a chair, and a glass bulb. not unlike an electric light bulb, but with the big end flat, Is caressingly brought in contact with his face and brow, and the swelling banished. Meanwhile, the weary statesman Is given a tonic or two warranted to remove the "dark brown taste," and then he Is fit for song or speech or spoils. When Senator Warren of Wyoming met Senator Clark recently In the capltol lobby, relates the New York Times, be suggested adjourning to the senate restaurant for re freshment Accepting the invitation. Sen ator Clark observed, thoughtfully: The derivation of tbe word 'restaurant' Is very plain. It Is derived from two Latin words, res, meaning a thing, and taurus, meaning a bull. It means, of course, a bully thing." The both drank cold tea in sorrowful silence. Poet and humorist combined Is Repre sentative Candler of Mississippi, reports the Washington Post Tbe burden of his song is the Tomblgbee river not a poetical name, but Invested by Candler with all the attributes of sweetness and light Mr. Candler besought tbe house to spend a few dollars improving tne Tomnigoee river. Not only is it one of tbe oldest rivers In tbe country, according to Candler, but it bas been traveling the even tenor of its way ever since it was discovered. If it can only be opened to commerce, there will be no trouble to navigate It, "for," according to Candler, "there will be no storms to dis turb, no ice to block, and the silvery moon will light up the crystal waves by night and the dazzling sun will lend its transcendent rays by day." Mr. Candler told the house that "the river moves as when the red man trod Its banks and lies like the sleeping beauty of old, awaiting tbe magio touch of improve ment and progress to awaken It to new life." Mr. Candler appealed for the maglo touch, but tbe house voted against him and the crystal waves of the Tomblgbee will not dash against the- prows of com merce. Tbe flying of flags over the capltol at half-mast. Bays the Washington Star, Is regulated by the strictest rules. When ever these flags are seen floating halt way down the mast it is a sure indication that a vice president, senator or representative is lying dead, or that the actios la taken in response to a presidential proclamation ordering the, flags on public buildings at half-mast in- respect to the memory of some prominent official of the government who has passed away. When the ser-geant-at-arms of the senate or house of representatives learns of the death of a member of either of those bodies they at ones order that the flags over the senate chamber or ball of representatlvea be half masted. This . ia often dons before the bouses of congress themselves are officially notified of the death. A good deal of dis cretion is exercised In the manner of plac ing tho news of a death of this kind offi cially before tbe senate or the house. Upon such announcement It is customary for the bouses to adjourn In respect to the deceased senator or representative, and in order that current business may not bo stopped early in the day the announcement la generally made Just before tho houses aara ready to conclude their da's work. Price's Cream Baking Powder ii everywhere the acknowledged standard, the powder of the highest reputation, greatest strength, and absolutely pure. It renders the food more healthful and palatable, and using it exclusively you are assured against alum and other dan gerous chemicals from which the low grade powders are made. Dr. Price's Baking Powder is sold on its merits only never by the aid of lotteries, gifts, commissions or other schemes. The entire value of your money comes back to you in baking pow der the purest, most economical made. rict Bakino Powder Co, Chicago. Officers of the senate and house, when they fly the flags at half-mast In response to a proclamation by the president, regard their action as one of courtesy, as they do aot recognize the power of the president to order congress to do anything except to assemble in extraordinary session. PERSONAL NOTES. Right here, gentle reader, is where you dig for tbe price of the Easter bonnet That Louisville hearth officer has done a good turn for Llmburger cheese; he has dropped it into poetry. Former Governor Robert Taylor of Ten nessee has entered an old-time "fiddlers' contest" to be held st Decatur, Ala., early In April. Dr. D. M. Foster, one of the few sur vivors of the band of men who built the first railroad west of the Alleghanles, about 1830, is still living at Bloomlngton, 111.. Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma has Just teen photographed for tho first time in twenty years. Tbe governor is not ec centric, but old-fashioned and extremely modest Thomas O'Day, who lives at Vevay, Ind, Is one of the very few survivors of the famous British cavalry Light Brigade, which immortalized Itself in history by the charge at Balaklava, Russia, September 25, 1854. Trof. John H. Gray, head of the depart ment of economics at the Northwestern university, has been appointed by Commis sioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright to go te England and Investigate the effects of tho labor unions on the output of mills and factories. Otto Schmahl of Cincinnati has received $12,000 under the will of his grandfather, Max Schmahl, a wealthy German sugar re finer, "because he was bravo and loyal to hie country in the time of trouble." Otto Schmahl lives In modest circumstances with his parents. When war was declared with Spain be was one of the first to volunteer in Cincinnati. He saw service In Cuba and in the Philippines. POINTED REMARKS. Brooklyn Life: "Oh, mamma, have you heard of my luck? I copied off thlo little story I saw in a scrapbook ten times and sent it to ten magaxlnes. And four of them have accepted It I" Philadelphia Press: Casey Whin Duteh mln begins taJkln' Oi'm all at say. Shure Ol cud nlver git anny Dutoh into me, could you?" Caasldy Ol cud; on the eighteenth av March. Casey Te cud? Caesldy Ayl Katzen Jammer. Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Old Violin I thought 'I heard the howling of cats dur ing the night. The Battered Trombone I guess some body has been stringing you. Chicago Post: "So you advise mo not to sue,' said the client. "I do," said the lawyer. "Well," returned the disappointed client, "It seems strange that when a man pays for advice he can't get tho kind he wants." Washington Star: "No man," said tho politician, "should be allowed to vote unless he can read and write." "That la quite true' answered Senator Sorghum. "Indeed, I should carry tho No Clothing Fits Like Ours. AND STTLB AND QUAUTT EQUALLY AS FINE. It has become such an established fact that our clothing la tbs best on earth that so little Is required la extolling Its goodness abroad. FHOM 110.00 to 125.00 We can fit you out In a Spring Suit or Spring Top Coat at a me merit's notice. Our lines ars large and very complete, especially bow. Hsvs you thought about something to wear Easter? New Bonnets for Men at $2.00 Up to $4.00 AND THE FINE8T COLLECTION Or FURNISHINGS IN TOWN. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. Note. Alum baking powders are low priced, as they cost but three cents a pound to make. But alum leaves in the bread or cake glauber salts, sulphuric acid and hydrate of alumina all injuri ous, the last two poisonous, qualification still further and say that no body shall vote who doesn't read and write what we tell him to." . Philadelphia Press: "Rimer's having some success with his poems now, 1 be lieve." "Nonsense! What makes you think that' "He told me ho waa holding Ms own." "Just so. H's Just realising that he might as well hold them as send them out anywhere." Chicago News: Cynlcus I read your spring poem in tho last issue of Blank s Magazine. Scribbles That wasn't a spring poem, Cynlcus Of course it Is. That tired feel ing got a strangle hold on mo before X had read half a dosen lines. New Tork Sun: "Do you know how to do plain and fancy cooking, hake bread, wash and 'ron. take care of the furnace, bathe the baby and wait on the table?'' "What wages do yes pay?" "Fourteen dollars." "No, ma'am. All I kin do Is cook." "Oh, well, that's different We'll pay you $20." TO THE EASTER HAT. W. J. Lampton. Oh. fit Of fancy, fuss and flowers And feathers, film and fluff. Upon a head as light aa you; Oh, delicatessen dream Of dowager and doll; Oh, mllllnered melody Of matron and of maid: Oh. rapturous bunch of botany Bedizening womankind How beautiful you are, Poised on the tresses Touched with glinting gold. Or sunset klseerf, Or richly brown aa Mother Earth Now flushed with budding spring; Or fair as streaming strands Of soft spun silver sllkl Man's fascinated eyes Are fixed on you And. lost In admiration of your charms, lie quite forgeto How great the cost of beauty Is. Set like a crown Of fair filigree Above a face an angel would Give heaven for. You diadem an Easter Queen With all the glories Of the Easter morn. And make a halo Look like thirty cents. You are a poem Wrought In wire and lace. And fabric fragile As the poet's dream. ... Illumined by the tints and shades That painters breathe Into the pictures of their sotHs. Your harmony of hues holds fsst The fancieo and the frensieo of The limner's spirit and It scope. And light divides Itself In seven times seven spectrum tones To make your color schemo A brilliant, bursting. Blasonry of bloom. The sculptor's soroery seeks All shapes Of earth and air and sky. And frost and sunny time, ' And molds all lines of figure Into you. ' Oh! Ester Hat: Oh! fleeting flaah That fulminates The flowery charge of spring And burets It into bloom That fills The circumambient air With rainoow remnants Multiplied a million times; Oh! Raster Hat. Infinity Of shape and else. Of colorature and cost; Oh! Easter Hat, Oh! prinmed nralse and prayer Of woman's love and hope. Oh! say. Are you on straight? I