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1908. M. B. HUNOATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Fortunately shortage In the coal'srip
ply has not Interfered with Missouri
river navigation at this port. .
The discovery of a fine diamond em
bedded In a meteorite was not needed
to gtlmulate the star:KazIn Industry.
The. first thing applicants . for places
on Governor Mickey', "' Water board
should do Is to get a( plpd line to Lin
coin. . ' ' '" r ' '::.'
The Chicago elevator strike will be
submitted to arbitration.. This relieves
the suspense of sky-scraper tenants
averse to using the stair lift
If all the bills Introduced in the leg
islature prohibiting the carrying of con
cealed weapons should pass, the average
Kebraskan will have no use for a hip
pocket " """"
One of the bills Introduced ' Into he
Nebraska legislature Is to prevent
frauds In the use of railway passes. No
wonder It Is labeled as Introduced "by
request."
Nobody In Nebraska will be surprised
to learn that Dave Mercer Is In line for
a good political job. Dave always has
been In line for soft Jobs since he grad
uated from the railroad lobby.
In order to promote religious educa
tlon, It Is sugested that Instruction be
given in the public schools In only those
doctrines accepted by all religious de
nominations. Tray, what doctrines are
these?
The . steamship carrying . Minister
Thompson seems to have encountered a
few little difficulties and delays In get
ting him started for his post In Brazil,
but be is used to trifling obstacles like
No wonder the grand Jury la Cleve
land returned an Indictment against a
local democratic boss who tried to buy
100 votea for f 20. But a plea of tem
porary Insanity is sure to be accepted
as a valid defense.
One-half of . the legislative session is
over and yet Omaha still remains in
the dark concerning the proposed
changes In the city charter that are be
ing batched in star chamber session by
the Douglas delegation.
The St. Louis exposition management
Is having the customary experience with
striking mechanics objecting to the em
plbyment of nonunion men. A success
ful exposition requires the good will of
the working classes and the manage
ment may as well recognize that propo
sition first as last
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
will expend $8,000,000 for a bridge
across the East river at New York City,
If an $8,000,000 bridge were only to be
constructed In Nebraska by the Union
Pacific railroad the tax bureau would
want It .assessed, for taxation at mile
agev rates for half a mile, or about
15.000.
Despite. the Inroads of the automobile
and the electric trolley, the number of
horses In ' the United States Is est!
mated to have been 111,533.224 in 1002
and to have Increased to lff.M7.3T3 in
1003. The demonetization of the home
by aelf-propelllng vehicles has evideutly
Dot been very effective.
Ex-Governor Stanley of Kansas, re
serving the right to change Ms mind
has finally concluded to accept the place
offered him by, President Roosevelt as
the successor to the late Senator Dawes
as member of the Dawes Indlun com-
mission. ' -When once la office, he will
be more careful about his .resignation
is a resignation once filed rau seldom
be pulled back.
abrabah uncoil.
Ninety-four years ago Abraham Lin
coln was born. In a number of the states
this anniversary of his birth will be
observed as a tegs! holiday, while at
many banquet tables In most of the
states the memory of Lincoln next to
Washington the most Imposing and the
most revered character In American his
tory will be duly honored. Apprecia
tion of the great qualities of this Illus
trious man, admiration of his character
and gratitude for the mighty work he
accomplished, grow with the passing
years and so long ss the republic
stands, or so long as free Institutions
are cherished, tne memory oi me
emancipator of a race and the savior of
the uulon will not fade from, the minds
of men or cease to command their affec
tion and reverence.
A distinguished contemporary of Lin
coln said there could be no exaggerated
estimate of him. The more his char
acter Is studied the stronger becomes his
claim to be classed among the most
Illustrious statesmen and patriots the
world has produced. He saw with un
erring vision the inevitable clash be
tween freedom and slavery that was to
shake the union to its foundations and
he had unfaltering, faith that, freedom
would triumph. There is nothing in
history more sublime than the patience
and fortitude with which Lincoln car
ried the tremendous "burden that came
to him and the perfect faith that con
stantly inspired hlra. There were peri
ods of darkest gloom in that'bltter con
flict when the cause of the union seemed
hopeless and many despaired, but the
great pilot while fully conscious of the
perils and dangers, was ever steadfast
and confident believing profoundly In
the righteousness of the cause' and the
patriotism of the people. It has been
said that the world will never know the
sum total of. betterment that came to it
through Lincoln's 1 Incarnation of some
of the highest ideals of life, that his
example doubtless has been of Inde
scribable worth to rulers and chief
magistrates everywhere whose burdens
have seemed easier to bear since he
showed how. to carry burdens with a
serene faith, if not -with a light heart
always. President iMcKinley once sold
in an address that.for him at least the
thought of Lincoln's vgreatei; burdens
ami the spirit with ; which he carried
them had been an encouragement to
him , to . think of his . own . burdens of
state as. seemingly light
'.''Abraham Lincoln was a many-sided
man and on no slde . was he other than
ah' entirely good man.' To Americans
generally his character, as a potrlot ap
peals most strongly. His love for and
devotion to free Institutions . was pro
found and intense. He' had also an un
falling faith In the survival of. those
Institutions and in the grand destiny of
the republic. Lincoln's' patriotic ex
ample Is a legacy to his countrymen
which cannot be too often presented to
their attention. ..
THE Mff DKPARTMtXT.
The bill creating a Department of
Commerce and Labor only awaits the
signature of the president to become
law and this will not be unnecessarily
delayed. The new department will be
promptly organized, with a secretary
who will have a seat In the cabinet,
and will begin the work assigned to It
by the law as soon as possible. Most
of this is now being performed In ex
lsting departments, but the Department
of Commerce and Labor will have new
work In the bureau of corporations,
whoso function will be to investigate
the workings of trusts and " combina
tions. This, bureau Is empowered to
make, under the direction of the secre
tary of commerce, Investigation into the
conduct condition and organization of
any corporation, Joint stock company or
combination engaged in Interstate or
foreign commerce, except common car
riers, which are tinder the supervision
of the Interstate Commerce commission.
The information obtained by the bureau
is to be at the disposal of. the president
for bis guidance In making recommen
dations to congress and may be made
public at his discretion. It has been
objected that this does not make ade
quate provision for publicity, but the
president can be depended upon to make
public so much of the Information ob
tained by the bureau as In his Judg
ment the Interests of the public require.
W 1th the organization of the new de
partment there will be nine members of
the cabinet Most of the employes of
the Department of Commerce and Labor
will be transferred from other depart
ments, but there are some new places
and of course there are numerous ap
plications for them.
a nctr riNASciAh bill.
The bill Introduced a few days ago by
Senator Aldrlch, intended to give greater
elasticity to the currency and permit
the release of larger volumes of the
government funds in times of string
ency, has beeu approved by the. senate
committee ou finance aud will -be at
once reported to the seuate. It provides
that In addition to government bonds
national banks 'may deposit with the
secretary of the treasury, as security
for deposits of government funds, state
bonds, municipal bonds of cities of 50,000
population which hare beep In exist
ence for twenty -five years and which
have not defaulted In any of their debts,
ana tne nrsi mortgage bonds or any
railroad company which have puld dlv
idends of not less than 4 per cent for
ten years. The United States is to have
a Hen on all "assets of banks In which
public moneys are deposited. .The sec
retary of the treasury is authorised to
determine the proportion of the various
securities he will accept aud also to at
any time require . additional security,
The bank are, required to pay interest
on government funds deposited with
them and the deposits are payable on
demand., , . .. . ...
Secretary Shaw' has recommended a
policy of this kind and it has been pro-
posed before in congress. Those favor
ing It urge that there will be perfect
safety in the treasury taking other se
curity than government bonds for the
deposits of public moneys and with a
lien on the assets of natiounl banks
taking deposits there can be no ques
tion that the government would le fully
secured. Of course under such a policy
the banks would be able to secure more
government funds than If restricted to
the bonds of the government, which
would certainly be helpful In time of
stringency. The . requirement that the
banks shall pay Interest on public funds
In their keeping Is proper, though quite
likely the banks will object to this fea
ture. It would seem to be the expecta
tion of the senate finance committee, of
which Senator Aldrlch is chninnan,
that the bill will be passed by the pres
ent congress.
SIMUN SAi'S THCMBS IP.
It Is announced that "the Omaha Com
mercial club will act In conjunction with
the Western Hardware Jobbers' asso
ciation in opposition to the eulargement
of the powers of the Interstate Com
merce commission by endorsing a strong
resolution recently adopted by the hard
ware Jobbers of this city, protesting
against the bill pending before congress,
calculated to give the Interstate Com
merce commission the same powers as
are accorded to the courts." It Is fur
thermore announced that after a great
deal of discussion, In which It was
plainly denied that the Interstate com
merce law ever was or Is now any ben
efit to the Jobbers of the west, the Com
mercial club was enthusiastic In favor
of the resolution.
This is decidedly refreshing,, although
not at all surprising. It is an open
secret that the Jobbers' end of the Com
mercial club has for years been a mere
appendage of railroad headquarters, and
Its opinions on railway regulation have
been a mere echo of the wishes and
utterances of the railroad traffic mana
gers. When the traffic managers say
"thumbs up," there is a uniform raising
of thumbs even though at heart the
owners of the thumbs believe and know
it to be absolutely wrong. When the
traffic manager sends out a tip that
such and such a project is bad, the
whole rebate brigade cries "bad, bad.
bad," like so many sheep. And tnls is
why Omaha has suffered so much in
the past from railroad discrimination,
while its rivals, . who have time and
again arrayed themselves against the
traffic managers, have secured conces
sions. Every Omaha Jobber knows as well
as we do that the reason why the Inter
state Commerce commission has not
helped the west or the east for that
matter, Is because its hands have been
tied so that it could not enforce .any
order or decision that public carriers
did not feel disposed to obey. Give the
commission the same .powers now -exercised
by the Board of Trade in Great
Britain, namely, the power to compel
obedience to Its findings, and the com
mission will be of great use to western
shippers and Jobbers In all sections.
The trouble with the Jobbers' section
of the Commercial club is that its mem
bers do not dare to stand up for their
own rights for fear of railroad disfavor
or withdrawal of rebates. Fortunately
for them, for Omaha and the country at
large, the new antl-rebato law that has
Just passed both houses of congress will
go far toward emancipating the Jobbers
from their humiliating serfdom. When
that day comes the Omaha Commercial
club will be a business man's club in
stead of a traffic managers' club. When
that day comes the Commercial club
will stand up for Omaha and Nebraska
as against all other Interests, and the
Jobbers will be lined up behind the
newspapers that fight the battles of the
city and state Instead of being lined up
against them whenever the railroad in
terests eiasn with the Interests of
Omaha and the state.
Mayor Moores' message Is a- compre
hensive review of the work of the vari
ous departments of city government
during the past year. It reasserts his
well known views on all the different
municipal problems presented from time
to time on which he has already taken
a stand In communications to the coun
ell and in every case in the interest of
the taxpaying citizens. As an annual
report from the executive officer to the
stockholders of the corporation known
as the city of Omaha, It is a carefully
prepared and well-considered document
containing all the pertinent information
and replete with good recommendations.
The bill for equality la municipal tax
ation of railroad property aud of private
property means more to, the people of
Omaha than any and all other bills
members of the Douglas delegation
have fathered. It' would be far better
for their constituents if thej would drop
all their other legislative schemes aud
concentrate their efforts on this one
measure.
Governor Fraukliu of New Jersey ven
tures to predict that unless greater har
mony be restored between labor and
capital In the near future the country
will be plunged into a civil wa more
disastrous than any previously recorded
in history. He might have added that
unless the sun coutluues to shine all life
on this earth will speedily come to an
end.
Another question the legislature will
have difficulty In answering Is, Why
should Omaha and South Omaha require
goveruor-appolnted police commissions
while Lincoln Is left to run ita own po
lice and fire departments In its own
way? If It la denied that the principle
of home rule Is souud, why should one
city be singled out as the victim T
A compilation of the city ordinances
that are in force Is certainly a long felt
want. The Bee has repeatedly called
attention to the lack of an authoritative
compendium of municipal legislation. If
it is felt that the expense, would be too
great for the city, It ought to be possible
to persuade some attorney to do the
work, with the privilege of selling the
volumes when prepared, the council
agreeing to buy the number required
for use in the various city offices.
Didn't Kavw Kaate.
Minneapolis Journal.
Evidently the Standard Oil people didn't
know "your Uncle Knute." Antt-trust
messures prepared In Standard Oil offices
are entitled to no consideration and that's
just what they got. .
Wky the Lawyers lomtlals.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The complaint of the attorneys that the
SpanlBh claims commission was unsatis
factory In Its work is fully explained by
the statement that the . attorneys desired
to charge 33 1-3 per cent fees and the com
mission refused to sanction It.
. tnele Tiers, la Wise.
Chicago Chronicle.
Mr. Morgan, It Is to be observed, sends
no telegrams telling people what they
"must" do. Instead, he dispatches the
suave Mr. Auerbach and the conciliatory
Mr. Covin to adjust matters. In this re
spect Mr. Morgan manifests considerably
more acumen than his esteemed contem
porary of the 'kerosene trust.
Csairi af Divorce.
February Pilgrim.
Most divorces are granted after a mar
riage of short duration, one-halt within six
years. During twenty years nearly two
thirds of the divorces granted were given
to women, and the most frequent, causo
was desertion. Sexual morality seems at
as high a plane In the United States as In
most ether countries where divorces are
less common. Temper, rather than unlaw
ful passion, Is perhaps the most serious
enemy of the home. '
Bankruptcy Law Amended.
Buffalo Express.
After two years of agltatloa the bank
ruptcy law has been finally amended to
meet the wishes of various Interests who
have desired to maks the prevention of
fraudulent bankruptcy more thorough and
to increase the security of creditors. One
of the sensible provisions of the new law
Is that , It shall be an objection to dis
charge if a bankrupt seeks to go through
bankruptcy proceedings more than once In
six years.
' Wider Horlson of Coantrjr Life.
Portland Oregonlan.
The Isolation of country life Is passing.
In fact. In many sections it has passed.
What with railway stations at frequent
Intervals throughout the farming regions,
free mall delivery pushing Its way out Into
the rural districts, electric cars singing
long on trolleys and telephone lines ex
tending far and near, loneliness has been
banished from thousands of farm houses
within the past year.' If under the old
regime the farmer's life was the most In
dependent of all, it Is now the most en
viable In another direction, since It com
bines the quiet and; beauty of the country
with the touch of urban Ufa that brings
the world, divested of strife and noise, to
Its doors. -.
Grovrlns Tired of Trast Rale.
Philadelphia Record.
Many manufacturer who have sold out
to trusts have grown weary of Inaction or
salaried place sveuhmiesioii 4o a board
of directors and .have gone back Into their
old. business with the capital which the
trust paid them tor 'the Works almost In
variably more than" tho works are worth.
Thus the combination to suppress competi
tion has resulted : In more competltioa.
One of the chief members of the type
writer trust has withdrawn and Incor
porated a company with $5,000,000 of capi
tal to manufacture writing machines. It
s explained that the profits of his com
pany were larger in proportion than those
of other members of the trust and he Las
made up bis mind to use his own business
ability for himself Instead of for other
people.
WORLD'S OOLDEJt AGIO.
Stream of the Yellow Metal Largest
la History.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In 1903 the world will see produced a
larger amount of gold than ever before In
all Its history. There Is a probability,
however, that the United States will not
bold the first place this year In the list
of producing countries. In 1902 the gold
output of this country was placed at
nearly 381,000,000 by the director of the
mint, though some other authorities put
it at a higher figure. Nearly 38,000,000
of this amount was from Alaska, chiefly
from the Nome district The Klondike's
output In 1902 was a little over $14,000,-
000, which was a large decrease from
1901. While the last-named locality la
likely to decline instead of Increase In 1903,
the outlook from the United States la tol
erably certain to go above 1902's mark.
It Is In tbe rest of the world, chiefly
South Africa, that tbe greater part of the
gold gain for 1903 will be scored. Tbe high
est mark ever touched by the gold pro
duction of the world in a single year was
In 1899, when It amounted to $307,000,000.
Estimates made about the middle of that
year put the production of 1900 at about
$350,000,000 and that of 1901 at $400,000,000.
Something not foreseen at the time puts
these figure far astray. The Brltlsh-Boer
war, which started In October, 1899, shut
up the mines In the Transvaal, the most
prolific gold field of tbe world, and they
remained closed until peace came In May,
1902. Tbe Transvaal's gold output In the
nine months of 1899 was about $60,000,000,
and thia helped to swell the world's prod
uct for the whole year to $307,000,000. The
shutting oft of the supply from South Af
rica cut down the world's product In 1900
and 1901 to about $255,000,000 In each year,
but that of 1902 was close to the $300,000,000
mark.
There has been a steady Increase In the
output In South Africa since the end of
jfcthe war last spring. Last December s pro
duction wss about two-tblrdi of that of the
biggest previous month, September, 1899.
The reports from the Transvaal field for
the present month thus far Indicate a gain
over December. All the mines In the
Transvaal are not yet running to anything
like their full capacity, but tbe gain which
is being made Indicates that the $90,000,000
rate per year, which was the figure for
August and September Just previous to the
beginning of the war, will be reached before
1903 closet. Present prospects are that the
world's gold yield for this year will be In
the neighborhood of $350,000,000, and that
the $100,000,000 mark, which seemed to be
In close view Just before the outbreak
of war In the fall of 1899. will be
reached In 1904. Some of tbe officers of
the financial arm of tbe government In this
country, notably Ellis H. Roberts. Imagine
they sea a serious embarrassment In this
Immense flood of new gold, between $300..
000.000 and $400,000,000 a year, which will
be poured upon the world, but business
men In general, neither in this country nor
.i..mhr have anr such fears. Never
theless. this gold deluge will not only es
tablish the gold standsrd in tba few coun
tries in which tbe silver basis still prevails,
but It will have a tendency to quicken and
expand all Ike worlds principal activities.
BIT OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Ml a or Bceaes aad laHdeat sketched
oa the Spot.
Iowa pat In a strong lick and partially
corked countless "original packages" of
booie by putting through the lower bouse
a bill which takes the sting out of the
original package derision of the federal
supreme court. Tbe bill Is now before the
senate. Tbe essence of the measure Is to
restore home rule to communities in the
regulation of the liquor traffic. Jt pro
vides that all Intoxicating diquort trans
ported Into any state or territory, or re
maining therein, for use, consumption, sale
or storage, shall be subject to the opera
tlon and effect of the laws of such state
or territory and shall not be exempt by
reason of being Introduced therein In origi
nal packages. It further provides that "all
Incorporations and persons engaged In In
terstate commerce shall, as to any shipment
of Intoxicating .liquors, be subject to the
local laws and police regulations of the
locality to which the shipment Is con
signed." Express company offices all over
Iowa have become mere retail liquor estab
lishments and the prohibition law has been
nullified. The amendment to the law of
1890, provided by the bill which has passed
the house, overcomes the "original pack
age" decision by Including liquors going
Into the state as well as the distribution
after entrance, and will make Is pesslble
for every prohibition states In the union
te enforce Its laws thoroughly. The demo
cratto members of the house supported the
bill because It was In harmony with their
Ideas regarding states' rights. They held
that a state had a right to enact , any
legislation It saw fit under constitutional
limitations and that no law of congress
should be made Interfering with that right!
Speaker Reed was so sharp with his
tongue and so accomplished at repartee that
few men, If any, could tell of him being
worsted In a wordy bout. It seems to have
become the fashion to tell now of the
prowess of Mr. Henderson, the present
speaker, in the same connection. That Is
why a good story of how the tables were
turned on him is particularly relished
here. It was on the day near the close of
the last session, when the house voted to
unseat J. J. Butler, the member from St.
Louis, because of the frauds practiced In
his district. After the sessldn Jim walked
over to an Avenue street car and boarded
It near the front where the' narrow seats
permitted of his own bulky form being
ensconced quite comfortably, but left little
room for others. There are only a few of
these narrow seats near tbe front of the
car. Just before tbe signal was given to go.
ahead Speaker Henderson came puffing up
to the car and boarded It Just beside
Butler. He noticed neither Butler nor the
fact that he was at the narrow. seats, but
attempted to push his own liberal propor
tions into the space which would hardly
have been sufficient for a 10-ycar-old.
Butler sat stolid and Indifferent, as tho
crowding proceeded until tbe speaker mani
fested some Impatience and began to be
more vigorous. Then Butler suggested:
"Look here, Mr. Speaker, you have crowded
me out of one seat today, but I don't pro
pose you shall crowd me out of another."
His Illinois colleagues In senate and
house are having a lot of fun at the ex
pense of Representative George E. Fobs,
relates the Washington Post. Mr. Poss
would like very much a seat in the United
States senate, as would many another
statesman on the house side.
The stalwart - Chicago Inter Ocean,
which Is, naturally enough, for Mr. Hop
kins, sneered editorially the other day at
Mr. Fobs' ambitions. J.
"What has he done for Chicago?" asked
the esteemed contemporary.
"About as much," was the Inter Ocean's
reply to Its own question, "as a cipher
with the rim knocked off."
The Department of Agriculture is the
greatest patron of the "art preservative"
In Washington. Last year the department
Issued 757 different publications and a
total of 10,586,000 copies. The allowance
last year for printing for the department
was, to begin with, $130,000, to which should
be added a deficiency appropriation of $30,
000. This did not Include cost,' from va
rious funds, for binding and printing de
livered to the department which amounted
to $255,000. To this must be added tbe sal
aries of the editors, writers of bulletins,
the artists and clerks who address and mail
the publications. This came to $383,000.
But there was more. There are special
funds for particular kinds of publications,
such ss the Year Book, the soil surveys,
the annual Industry books and similar mat
ters, which cost $400,000. Leaving out the
weather bureau printing, the grand total
amounts to over $1,000,000. Of this large
sum but $107,600 was spent for farmers'
bulletins, the publications that go directly
to everybody on a farm who wants them
and knows how to write to get them. The
bulk of the rest of the stuff waa printed as
so much "dough" for senators and mem
bers of congress to send out to voters to
curry their favor. "If the items for bun
combe printing, for the franking privilege
and similar perquisites of the representa
tives of the people In congress should be
assembled," says a Washington letter, "It
would present a spectacle of waste, at tbe
expense of tbe taxpayera, that would be as
appalling as It Is monumentally ridicu
lous."
"Can I say that you have been talking
to tha president on tbe trust problem?'
asked a reporter of Senator Hoar, when he
came out of the president's office this
morning. Tbe senator smiled ' his most
seraphic smile, stopped, looked at the sky
and said.
"Let me See. Yes, you could say that.
Certainly jou could say It"
"Then, Senator" the reporter Inter
rupted.
Senator Hoar waved his hand.
"Yes," he said again, "you could say
that, but It wouldn't be true."
And tbe venerable man from Masna
chusetts chuckled for three blocks.
PERSONAL NOTES.
A St. Louis paper apologized tbe other
day for printing the name of a member of
City Councils "Beery" Instead of Berry.
Mme. Pattl Is going to give sixty fare
well concerts in America at $5,000 each.
Every time she raises her voice it seems to
lift the price a little.
There Is no great surprise In tbe news
that President Roosevelt is gaining flesh
with great rapidity. The nation at large
has always known that be la a heavy
weight.
Secretary Chamberlain Is distressed over
the cordiality of bis reception by the Boers
and has requested tbem to cut out the
social functions, the brass bands and tbe
resolutions.
F. W. Cushmsn, eongressman-at-large
tor the state of Washington, has accepted
the invitation to deliver the address at
the Republican club banquet In New York
on Lincoln's birthday, February 12. 4
Tbe famous Ward McAllister farm, near
Newport, R. L, where McAllister wrote the
edition da luxe of "What I Know of
Society," has been rented to Morgan Barry,
an Irish farmer, for farming purposes.
Now that Lord Kitchener is busy In
India they are beginning to think In Eng
land that he could be employed to great
advantage at home. "We have sent
Hercules to the Himalayas," Is one of the
THE OLD
IS. ill
Absolutely Puro
THERE EG CIO SUBSTITUTE
phrases heard In London, where ' It la
thought the famous soldier ought te be
clearing out the Augean stable of the War
office.
Secretary Shaw was noticed to Join
heartily in singing the hymns while at
church on a recent Sunday. A friend whom
he met outside commented on the fact and
Mr. Shaw said In his slow, drawling way:
"Well, they say money talks. If that's true
the secretary of the treasury ought to sing."
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., with a detec
tive on either side of him as a bodyguard,
went to a church In New Tork Sunday
and delivered an address on philanthropy.
In the course of this he said that "the
man who needs assistance, doea not come
to you In the streets, as I have found
from . personal experience." Of course
not; he couldn't get past tbe cordon of
guards. . . .
Major William Hancock Clark, eldest son
of tbe eldest son of Captain William Clark,
of the Lewis and Clark expedition, will
have an- important part In opening tbe
exposition 'at Portland. In 1905. He Is a
resident of Washington. Major Clark baa
devoted himself to a study of the explora
tion of Lewis and Clark and the Incidents
which led to their overland trip to the
Pacific coast, and has given to historians
of recent days much information which had
been carefully guarded In the family an.
nals.
ORDERS FROM THE TRUSTS.
Detroit Free Press: If Morgan and
Rockefeller can and do dictate the anti
trust legislation of this country there Is
going to be more doing in this country next
year than at any other time since Lincoln
came through a winner In 1860. It Is up to
the party In power to decide whether It will
beat the trusts or itself.
Minneapolis Times: If anything could
confirm an honest senator or representative
In his determination to do his duty by the
public It would be this, and we have suffi
cient confidence In the honesty and decency
of the great majority of the members of
the house-nd senate of the United States
to believe that they will resent this Im
pudent attempt at dictation by a most
offensive and oppressive monopoly In an
effective way.
Minneapolis Tribune: Has Mr. Rocke
feller paresis? If he sent or authorized
this dispatch he is farther gone ttban Mr.
Schwab and the sooner he Is sent to Europe
tbe better for tbe Standard Oil company.
That Is the most odious of all the -trusts
and the 50 per cent addition to the price
of oil In the midst of the fuel famine has
not tended to make It popular. Kept sena
tors will not save It, If the new legislation
shall give tbe law a hold upon It.
Indianapolis. Journal: This Is the man
(Rockefeller) who so recently outraged the
millions by unnecessarily advancing the
price of oil when tbe masses most needed
it, who Is addressing American senators In
words more dictatorial than William II
would dare send to the German legislature.
The American people will turn with un
measured wrath upon the bead of the hated
monopoly for this display of arrogance.
Even It he had been a good man he would
deserve castlgation for his dispatches to
senators.
Kansas City Star: The report that the
"Rockefeller telegrams" against any trust
legislation would probably rouse congress
to action shows tbe dread that exists in
Washington of the accusation of specifics
Influence of legislation by tbe trusts. So
long as corporate Influences can be kept
In the background tbey may be effective.
But let the people become convinced of
some direct effort to control congress and
there Is always trouble. Most senators and
representatives have a wholesome fear of
being considered trust agents. If corpora
tions are' to be favored tbe act must be
passed under some disguise. The ' ship
subsidy bill, for Instance, waa put forward
simply as a measure to build up American
shipping. The way in which the corpora
tion agents keep themselves in tho back
ground, and their indirect methods of at
tack, testify to tbe power of public opinion
over congress.
TICKLISH THOUGHTS.
. "Some Important folks." said Uncle Eben,
"Is like the groun' hog. ley manage to
step in in' git de credit foh what were
rwlne. to happen anyhow." Washington
star.
"Now. you mustn't try to talk," said the
surgeon, who waa setting and bandaging
the man's broken Jaw. "The least said the
soonest mended." Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Frankfort Aunt Clara says Uncle
John never tried to deceive her.
Mr. Frankfort I guess that's so, all right.
Uncle John says there are some persons
you can make believe anything you want
to without trying. Boston Transcript.
"Of course, you eould hardly expect me
to give you a pasa over my road in return
The
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Is 8.610 miles long and yours only 35."
"Ah! Allow me to remind you, sir, that
mine la Just aa broad." Detroit Free Press.
Old Greybeard It's a pity to keep such
a pretty bird In a cage,
Mrs. De Btyle Isn't It a shame? How
perfectly exquisitely lovely it would look
on a hat! New York Weekly. ,
"After all, you know, a man la aa young
as he feels .
"After all, yes. That la to say, he doesn't
brag about being as young as he feele
until he's old enough to know better."
Philadelphia Press. . .,
"I've been asked to take part In an ama
teur theatrical entertainment."
"Your friends will be present, of course?"
"Oh, yes."
"Well, I wouldn't do it, my boy. You
don't want to lose your friends, you know."
Chicago PoBt.
When a man asks himself: "What am I
good for, anyway 7" the right answer is
almost invariably: "Nothing." Botnervllle
Journal. ,
O, WHY SHOULD THE) SPIRIT OF
MORTAL BE PROUD
By William Knb.
The following poem was a particular
favorite with Abraham Linooln. It was
flnst shown to him when a young man by a
friend and afterward he ut It from a
newspaper and learned It by" heart. He
said to a friend: "I would give a great
deal to know who wrote It, but have never
been ahle to ascertain." He did afterward
learn the name of the author.
O' why should the spirit of mortal be
proud?
Like a ewlf t-fleetlng meteor, a fast-flying
cloud, ,
A flash of the lightning, a break of the
wave,
Man passeth from life to his rest In the
grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall
fori.
Be scattered around, and together be
laid;
Aa the young and the old, the low and the
Shall crumble to dust and together shall
lie.
The Infant a mother- attended' and
loved.
The jnother that Infant's affection,- who
proved, ' "
The father that toother" and' tnfan-whe..
blest
Each, all. are away to that dwelling ot
rest. '
The maid on whose brow, on whose cheek.
in whose eye. .
Shone beauty and pleasure her triumph
are by;
And alike from the minds of the living
Are the memories of mortals who loved
her and praised.
The head of the King, that the ecepter
hath borne; ... .
The brow of the priest, that the miter hath
worn ;
The eye of the sage, and the heart of the
Arerhldden and lost In the depths of the
grave.
The peasant whose lot was to sow and to
Theli rdsman, who climbed with his goats
up the steep; ... .
The beggar who wandered In search of
Have" faded away like the graas that we
tread.
So the multitude goes, like the flower OT'
That withers away to let others suo-
ceed;
So the multitude comes, even those. we
behold . .
To repeat every tale that has often been
told.
For we are the same our fathers have
been; . . .
We see the same sights our fathers have
seen;
We drink the same stream, we see tha
same sun, .
And run the same course our fathers nava
The thoughts we are thinking our father
did think; . . .
From the death we are shrinking our
fathers did shrink;
To the life we are clinging our father
But it stH-td's from us all like the bird on
the wing.
They loved but the story we cannot wn-
Theyecorned but the heart of the haughty
Is cold;
They grieved but no wall-from tnetr
slumbers will come;
They, Joyed hut the tongue of their glad-
nesa Is dumb. '
They died ahl they died we, things that
That' walkWon the turf that lies over their
And "make in their dwelling a transient
Meetbthe things that they met en their
pilgrimage road.
Yea, hope and despondency, pleasure and
ArePamingled together In sunshine and
And'the smile and the tear, and the aong
Btin" follow deach other like surge upon
surge;
Tls the wink of an eye; 'tie the draught
From thelonaom of health to the pale-
From"fhefgUdedhsaloon to the bier and the
O. whyhould the spirit ot mortal, be
proud?
Name