THE OMAHA DAILY HEK: WEDNESDAY, APIUL 8, J!I03. The Omaha Daily Dee E. ROdE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED KVF,RY MORNINO. TERMS OF fiCSaCRIPTIOSJ.. -Dally Hee (without Sunday), One Tear..$4.0 lally lift and ahinclay, Ont Year........ lllumratert Hee, Unt tf,-. i..,''1 fiunday Her, one -Year: ....... ...-.... Saturday Hc, one Tear 1 Twentieth Century 'armr.-ne Tear.. LW DELIVERED BT CARRIES. Ially Ilea (without Sunday), per copy.... ic Dally Hee (without B inday), p-r week. ..12c lally bee (including Sunday), par week..liq Hunday Hee, per -copy Kvenlng Hee (without Sunday), per wrek tc livening be (Including Hunday), P week .......10c Complaint of Irregularities In delivery hould b addressed t City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building.. . South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twen-ty-nfth and M rltreeta. Counrll Bluffs 4 I'earl Street Chicago 1 MO Unity Building. New $ork-2X!S I'ark Row Building. Washington Sol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edl torlal matter should lie addressed: Omaha pe, Editorial Department. RtMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postsl order, ....,-. i . i . -. 'rv. - u. ViiViiTahtn -Vim nany. , Only J-cent atampa accepted in payment of mall account. Personal cheek, except on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not rcctwju. THE BEE PUBL18HINU COMPANV. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. 4.1. ne K.hMaka TV-ii-rliia County. 8S Oeorae B. Tcarhu'ck. secretary of th Bea a,va nut ihm ectnai number of full and rntnnl.t em.lea nt Th Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday He printed during tha month of March, 1908. waa aa followa; 1 .....W,ai 17 81.TOO t .....Sl.BlO 1 81.THO t... ......, ...at, is. at.aso 4....... Sl.fJlO . : 81.4BO I at.itao xi . 81.WW . S1.000 22 80.210 7.... 8i,hm . u .sano KM TO . 24 81,4 .... SI.IUW 2& 81,510 10 SMUIO . 2 81.T40 11 , 81,TnO 27 St.TTO 12 .....81,T0 28 31,070 18 81.TBA 29 8M.OOO 14 ai.Too o 8i,ao 15 , j.xa.imo u ai.Too M....,..... .81,64 Total .....W70.OO5 tm unaoid and returned coplea.. 4 Net total sales...?. 10,481 900,814 Nat average sales.. 8t,ns QEOROE B. TZ8CHUCK Subacrlbad In my presence and sworn to befora ma. this alst day of March, A. D., 1908. Id, B. HUNuATB. (Seal.) "' Notary Public Those who wonld ba free,, themselves must strike the blow. "Antl-machlne" li nothing but a cover for corporation stool-pigeons. Wnether It was accident or eulclde, the death of Fennell evident! came at just the opportune time. '.' Tha Real Estate exchange should hire brass band to serenade the antl-ma-chlne delegation when It comes march lag borne. "' Judge Adams seems to have accom plished more for peace on the Wabash by dissolving his Injunction than he did br granting It Qolden Rule J opes has been elected mayor of Toledo for a fourth term. The revised edition of bis golden rule reads "One good term deserves another.'' With six men In the council to over ride vetoes, the corporations can snap their fingers at the people and ask them what they are going to do about It, County Commissioner Harte's volun tary assurance that he did not profit by the grading Jobs, and bridge frauds forcibly recalls the story of the boy who cried, X did not steal that watermelon." Bookings may now be made for Tom Johnson'a automobile circus for the coming season. By special arrange ments the services of William J. Bryan as ringmaster may also be, secured. The weather prophets have already gotten the peach Crop killed in Mary land. This, however, will not deprive them of the pleasure of killing It ft few more times before the fruit la picked, President Roosevelt talks about the farmer 'with sympathetic feeling. The president could not ranch it in the west when be was a young man without Im bibing some .of the atmosphere of prairie life. W1U Omaha tamely allow itself to be manacled hand and foot by the allied corporations? That la tbe question that must be answered at the democratic, primaries Thursday , and at tbe repub lican primaries Friday.. ' Councllmen who want to be above usplclon will not stay away from coun cil meetings in order to prevent the In traduction of the ordinance that pro- Tides for- the municipal ownership of alec trio light and power. If Mr. Rockefeller has any loose change be wants to turn Into the cof fer of tbe University of Nebraska be Will Cud no difficulty In being accommo datedprovided, of course, tbat be does not Impose conditions that would make tbe gift a white elephant The Illluols railroad commission is said to be preparing an order fir a re duction in the local freight tariff for tbat state. It must be perverscness on the part of Illinois shippers to refuse to believe In the benevolent Intentions of the railroads when tbey screw freight rates up. , The Burlington pluggera at the stAte capital have deliberately forced upon tha state a constitutional convention, and the Burlington pluggera in Omaha waut to foist upon this city a mayor and council who wlll.be subservient to that eoriorutlou and keep Omaha under subjection. Tbe liberation of Johann Most will serve ouly as a reminder of the excit ing scenes that followed tbe assassina tion of President McKluley aud the dis mal forebodlugs, then too prevalent, which happily bave nut come tru. Most confines bis work to shooting off bis mouth, leaving the real shooting to lucre courageous followers. TH BASIS or pnosrtHlTT. I The world over the basis of ft genuine I prosperity Is the well-being of the pro- during and working classes. This Is as rue of . countries where our economic policies are not observed as In those trfc CiTiL atRVKt! BKQVLAT10XS. where they are.' As a practical fact It Civil service regulations Interest bun cannot bo otherwise anywhere, because dreds of thousands of persons in this In the flnni adjustment that principle must alwavs prevail. In order to have a proper, economic and social arrange- ment It Is absolutely essential that there shall be such 8 fair and equitable ad- tiifltmont nt mndltlons that neither will have any reason to combat the position I of the other. I This Is what .we understand to be the posltlon of President Roosevelt in what he snfd'ln 'hls very admirable speech on the wnge worker and the tiller of the soil. Their relations are mutual. Wh; benefits the one Is of advantage to the J other. Their interests are general, of course, but after all they come into I most close connection by reason of the 1 fact that of all the classes these are more nearly allied than any others. It Is not qimcuit to unaerstanu Wis. tin mo . I .aam.. mm Akvlnii. tnn 4Hne I . . I or ail our people tnere is none more .-..x.r- i,- miimii.i i.ir.r!. w '" are our agricultural producers and our waire workers. WhT Is Ibis so? For the perfectly plalu reason that each is equally concerned in maintaining the home market. That is the great source of the prosperity of both. Great as has been the growth of our foreign com- merce, aggregating as It does hundreds of millions of. dollars ft year, it Is a relatively- small matter to our domestic commerce, We enn get accurate facts In regard to the. former, but we can know only approximately as to the latter, yet we can get near enougb to it to be certain that It amounts to many times what we send abroad, that it is very much more valuable to our -pro- 1 ducors and that It contributes more to the welfare of American labor than does our manufactures that are sent abroad, President Roosevelt . said that "In a country like our. It Is fundamentally true that the well-being of the tiller of the soil and the wage worker is . the well-being of the state. If they . are well off, tben we need concern our- selves but little as to how other classes stand, for .they will be Inevitably well off. too: and. on the 'other hand, there can be no real general prosperity unless based on the foundation of the prosper- ity of the wage worker and the tiller of the soil." This in ft nmnnslttnn an Shan, lutely sound that It may be regarded as !, .....' .-f . commonplace, yet It. is one that does not receive the attention which It merits, particularly from that great element of oilr people which It " most directly af fects the wage workers, ... rFH.1T IT MKAtlS FUR OMAHA.- The people of Omaha will now begin to realise what a constitutional conven tion put through by the treachery of Douglas coujityji legislative members means for this city and county. . A constitutional convention will throw open all tb6 questions that have been fought out In past years at enormous cost of labor .and money prohibition, woman's suffrage, single tax, state so clallsm and all the other isms that are afloat In these fights In the past the people of this city and county have bad to bear the brunt of the bv.rden and they will have to furnish the sinews of war again. A constitutional convention means In all probability a loss to Omaha and Douglas county of the bulk of the uuurjr K.ulWi iw uic uwn me schools from liquor licenses. In this City alone this amounts to nearly $250,- 000 ft year d in Bontb Omaha to $75, 000 more. We have enjoyed the use of inia revenue up w mm time Because uie coubuiuuou proviues ior us pay- ment into tbe treasury of tbe school dlatrlct in which it I. raised, but the constitutional convention will not' be anowea to go Dy Wltnout ft proposition to have all license fees paid Into the state treasury, as in other states, and .... ..... .1 apportioned naca o an r tne counties as pan or tne state scnooi runa.- in that case the DroDertv owners of Omaha nil rtnuo-lna ntnnt. Trill tiara in - - " .... .j ..... - -kil - - W t,.,lln Ik. 1 Vl 4 C. rn . .1 ft r-. .ml ft M,cwUU . .-uncu py toss or tne license runa. A constitutional . convention means resurrectlon of the vicious principle em- -ij v fr,-t. ..i . . ... . v..R. in tne meinoa or scnooi runa apportion- ment, oniy in a more radical form. At present tne aistnmitlon of the entire state school apportionment is based on the number ot children of school age, which give this county Its fair propor lion, nut tne cnances are good that a part. If not all, of tbe school fund will be distributed on the basis of the num- ber of school districts, hv which Omaha 7-, 1 ,11 .. . , "" '"!.'" -TJUUlJ win uc U1H lusen and the rural districts the gainers. A constitutional convention will en - danger all the safeguards Incorporated in the present constitution for enual taxation and against corporate air- grandizement And In every such con- stitutlonal change to the advantage of the corporations the heaviest part of ak in .!! ili. I-"J P" cuy ana county. ; The constitutional convention must consist of the an me nnmlvnr nt tT..n.w. as the lower house of the legislature " " end mimt be elected ln the same way. This means that Omaha' and Douglas county, with 100,000 people, will have only nine members out of a hundred, when by rights It sbould be entitled to not less than thirteen. Y ith less than ft tenth of the membership of the con ventlon, what chance has Omaha's in terests as against those of the outside districts in all these matters with which its rights ate so vitally concerned? Vet to serve, their corporate masters and promote some of their political schemes the member of the legislature front Douglas county have sold out Omaha's birthright by saddling npon U. a constitutional convention under wjo iuu.1 um.,yfui fvuuiuuui poeei ble for this city and county. Never be- I fore have our people been so shamefully I betrayed by men pretending to rep- resent their Interests. country. There are very few who have sny conception of the number or people who are all the time watching out for what Is to come In the matter of civil service examinations and whether there Is to be introduced any new conditions 1 or requirement.. Since that service was inaugurated, some twenty odd years ago, there has been a constant con- tentlon in regard to Its operation, but the outcome has always been In favor of maintaining the policy. Today there Is no Issue In regard to I cjvll service reform. Men of all parties with a very few exceptions agree that It is the only proper policy and that It must be upheld. It Is uufortuuntely true that there are eomo politicians, both republicans and democrats, who persisienuy ucmana tun. me poucy 01 ..Itrll Aivlna fAfnnn ilirli1t a ihfln. I . . L i , , , uonca anu mni we snouiu rain in .,. ,.1 .... .mi. --, i i""- the politicians absolute control over the political patronage, but It is only a small minority that takes this position. Whenever the question of sustaining me civil service rerorra poucy nas oeen presented to the national legislature it has always found a decided majority in that body In favor of maintaining that policy, and there Is no doubt that this will be the case at any future time when this question may be pre- sented to congress, The simple fact is that civil service reform, as It is commonly understood, and the regulations concerning it, has become ft matter of the most command- lng Interest to & very large number of . , .... the American people. The interest taken In It say ten years ago has in- creased several times and today thou- sands of our young men and women who never thought of a competition tor entrance into the public service are novr looking to that for the future, under the regulations recently an nounced and which go Into effect at the middle of the present month, the clas- slned service Is extended to. all posl- tlons which are subject to classlflca- tIon untler the civil service act This 19 a eteP forward which all friends of tne merit system will certainly approve and which Is In absolute accord with the r this particular of Presl- ,W nv.aH The fight for equal taxation Is only I begun In Omaha. Unless the next I mayor stands by what has been accom- pllshed, much of the good work already done will go for naught The next mayor I will appoint the members of the next I Board of Review. The Importance of having men on that board who will be unflinching for the right overshadows everything else. "What, kind of men will yon appoint on the Board of Re view?" should be asked of every man who aspires to be mayor. "Will yon appoint men who will stand up for the great mass of small taxpayers or will yon let the railroads and the franchlsed I corporations name the men for you?" The man who refuses to answer these ,, , . . . . . questions Is not to be trusted. e I The anti-machine delegation at the legislature has given Omaha the worst I black eye that it has ever received since It was Incorporated as a town. And yet business men and nronertv owners I wh0 will have to Day 20 Der cent more taxes three years hence and from that L . . np-.u. fnr ..wtinc . o,. UoQ gaQg to mlBrepre8cnt Omaha ithe ieglBiature are expected to support the anti-macblne delegations at the rennh- Jican primaries When they OUKht to know nine.tenths of those deW J tlon8 on ftntl.mftcnln, . ' lth Ljupes or cappers who want to use them to rlvpt the ehalna of mnv.r.tlnn .M nDon the llmba of our riHn the limb, of our citizens. - . a constitutional convention means an addition of at least $20,000 In state I taxpa to Omnhn's nrrilnarv it itt. .,. ,. ifwt .-. . 1 . . t tug jcai xwu auu a iudb hi more lllBU I .11.(1 "T TV - ) I wjg vi rereuue every year aner 1006. For this deadly blow Omaha mav thank the manncer of the Rnrlinrtr.n . managers of the allied franchlsed corw .. . ... .. . (juranuua uuu luyiu xi. mercer, wno dictated the nominations of the repub- lican delegation from Douglas county last falL Nebraska will participate in the Louisiana Turcbase exposition and it can be creditably represented with the $35,000 voted by the legislature If the money is wisely spent and not squan - dered in providing soft berths for need- aiiT-rniiTr,r,rli T.fr thn .. . . niv priation be vieC to exhibit the state's 1 agricultural products and resources and I keP tbe payroll barnacles at home. -ano'ber tempest la ft teapot Is said t0 '",wIng la Leland Stanford unl- I Ter8,ty' where a preacher of the Memor - ,aI Imported all the way from I . .... NV nrlf . I it TT hni roalirnaf t fal ;" . salary attached to it because of Inabil- I t0 I'roauce religious harmony. For- tunotely there Is no Question here of I freedom of speech or the old sore might , . . ......, Valno of Sober Reflection. Washington Post furnished tha necessary time tor aober re- flection, and there Is to be no strike. In - 1 Junctions are at times very successful at- falra. Cheer that (asud a Chill. Brooklyn Eagle (dem.).' Kindly referring to the Iroquois club banquet In Chicago, at which Mr. Bhepard spoke, Bryan aayai "Some at the table were In the habit of votlnc tha democratic I ticket, but the general character ot tbe I crom1 shown by .tha fact that the .ruests climbed on their chairs waved their na, WM mention.' They did. they dlW - 1 and' they dlda't when Mr. Bryan's namelemy tor hJiuselt wss mentioned. Cheer. Ilka straws, show nlcn T th wln1 '' Safe Patka ta Follow. St. Louts Globe-Democrat. The employes of tha Wabau can cor dially recommend peaceful methods, obedi ence to law and arbitration to labor or ganizations generally. Ilaraoay with I lt. Chicago Chronicle (dem.). Triow.Tha heV d contained a reference to the "Princeton One of the harmonizing utterances at tha pachyderm." The Lincoln lu-lu evidently approves th' sort of thing. Atrfal to Contemplate. Detroit Free Preas. A shudder of horror goea over tha entire country at tha ' thought of Mr. Keene'a trying to hold up Mr. Harrlman on South em Pacific. Can It be possible that Wall Street haa abandoned Iti former exalted standard of ethics? Keeping in Practice. Philadelphia Press. Senator Clarke of Arkansas, who has the been pummellng a congressman en reets or Little Rock, evidently haa so f;p,"u ;y en a !o, ! a me United States senate. sweet Inoraela for t onanmera. Philadelphia Presa. A new war of rate haa hrnken out among the great sugar refiners, and aa a result the prices of this great household "'RPle have suddenly lowered. While -7:"" Hot Air Story. Indianapolis Journal. At Omaha the president will deliver short speech from the rear platform of a dilapidated old passenger car on a con venient side track. The car has a history, having been Abraham Lincoln's ' private car during his term as president and hav- !gBC0I!Te7fle,1hl, JLemlM tr,0 yMWnton entered this city April 80, 1866. ' 1 nn-,ornm,ngrf ld. Repub"n' M , Government fiscal operations during March contrast peculiarly with those of the month last year. Customs revenue is "om 12,000,000 larger and Internal rev- 3;Ta Tft m ,,r' ,eiTl,ns ' ,n" v:v? surplus of less than $500,000, contrasted with $8,400,00 In March of last year. Ex penses on account of war and navy were 60 per cent larger than a year aco. Previous surplus calculatlona for the fiscal year have been a Uttle upset by the March experience, though the later months may ,erTe t0 em again. Pnrpoae of Labor Vnloaa. Minneapolis Journal. The labor unions aim at industrial demoo racy; they seek to change the present 'h! L Im J,be it' "1," production Is decided. They frankly dis- pute the claim of the employer to have the sole right to determine what fair treatment shall be. Those paternallstto employers wh0 bul,d clubs for their workmen and ?w ? , cltleB , "em ometinM, feel the workman doM not Mk phiianthrtpy or coddling; he asks for the recognition of wt,t 08 conceives to be his rights, and one ?f ' PTtlcipatlo- with the employer iu uvbciuiiuiuB inq iDMQuer iu wmcn tae fruits of production shall be divided. LEAVE TH-K. BJIAVES. AlrOSE,, ; -STi il : ' .- Indian Bwroimi It forms Take the " Wrorirf Direction,' , .,. Plttsbtjrg tlispatph. -7nmTTl1KtnnAf .Tnno nf ttia Tnl.n ..., possessed of a reformatory spirit which, while It may have a laudable aim. Is open to Question as to juofciousness. His order to' wholeBa, cuUlnf ot th Inlln alr. while an extreme assault on the personal h.hlt. of tha tru AlP.,.. .. wi- justified by a Zeal for cleanliness. Rut when he undertakes to wipe out the whole ayatem of ornamental, descriptive and met- aphorlcaJ Indian names It seems time to "-.sunt lust, mm uur nuurigium waraa nave had no other rights left them, they should at iat h nnrmittaii tn nin- uni,t.ii possession of their own names. 11 u tru" that ,ome ' the Indln names translated Into curt and bald English S thTearLmUar.t, .o lated; and In the second tbe criterion for names Is the sentiment of the persons " i mo ou-sma sooner tne !r,yM! nm, from bonest and honored father veil entitled lo stick to It. The In dlanl majr clft,m tbat the 8mlth. Browns Ld ?l.ck. of our own race have . lea. i aigninea origin man tne Indian names I which in English mean Red Dog, Sitting BuU or Bain-in-tbe-Face, l Really, we .think the Indian commls Sloner Will be Wise to leave the Indian I anil jnt. 1,1- m t t reforming the morals of Indian agenta and traders. That Is a task which has proved more than ample for a whole line of com- mm.T'J'.V! can be classed as easy beside the Job of undertaking to say what the Indians shall or shall not call them selves. COMMERCIAi-IZINO 1.1 VE-!fTIOl9. Hew Ctalary Spec Contrasted with the Old Pnee. New York Tlmea. It Is only Just now that tbe Marconi sys- tern of wireless telegraphy haa been put 1 upon a commercial basis. That la to aay, 11 na8 JUBt entered the field as a competitor i.uui.u-.i t-.u miinlo.Mnn ,., l.n .r.A i,nA.r TV,. time spent In the experimental stage seems I long to newspaper readers who seem to have been knowing all about It for years and wondering when It would become "practical." Aa a .patter of fact, the time haa been singularly short, as compared with that 1 which It took other inventions which can nea to mis io come into general ua. I TYt a fl af ttalant fnm 4 ilaamhAtt mm 1Ltiia1 I m v " " " v ln EngUB(l ln 17S6 hut ,t w not until 1807 that the. steamboat passed the "toy stage" by the voyage of Clermont from New-York to Albany. Btephenson con I L . . . I A 1 ll t Dl 4 V .. lb u l1" i - - English railroad waa begun, and sixteen before It waa opened to travel, while, on this side, Boston and New York were not connected by a continuous railroad until 1848. In the light of these Instances, It will be seen that tha commercialisation of wire- I less telegraphy haa been surprisingly rapid Ot course. It ba been greatly favored by the extortionate and so often prohibitory rates Imposed upon telegraphy by wire especially across the sea. An enormous bounty was offered by tbe existing condi tions to whoever could circumvent tha cable companies by Introducing a chsaper mode of communication. It now appeara that tha reward of Marco.nl will be very great. Nobody will grudge It to him, for everybody 1 wtio helpe to pay it will, for soms year that his shan of the payment U aa econ ROISD ABOl T SEW TOBK. - Rlpplea the Carreat of Life la the Metropolis. The telephone grip appears to be much stronger than that of the gaa and electrlo light companies in Nsw York City. Of course a vastly greater number of people are patrons of the lighting companies and the kick against high prices la necessarily more emphatic. There Is a strong prob ability that the oily will go Into the light ing business or force existing companies to reduce prlcea. But tha telephone grip Is not disturbed by agitation. Is equally as greedy, and even more effective in prevent ing adverse legislation at the state capltol. The announced purpose of the parent com pany to Increase Its capital stock $100, 000,000 has given rise to the notion among New York patrons that the rates should be cut In two. The notion is regarded as preposterous by holders of the stock who know a good thing and clingy to IU It Is Interesting ss a text for discussion. Listen to the pleading of the Financial Age: "After diligent Inquiry It haa been Im possible to find a single bolder of the stock In New York City, nor has there been, so far aa can be recalled, a single public sale of It In any amount made in ten years. Possibly the ultimate destination of the rapidly Increasing capital of the American Telephone and Telegraph company is to take up the stock of the licensed com panies Increased almost necessarily to ab sorb profits. "But 1n view of the tact that the tele phone la an absolute public necessity, and that the service must, . to be at Ita best, ever be a monopoly, is It not time to con sider that the public is entitled to a share In the profits, to a general curtailment In the chargea made for service T As It Is, the service Is as necessary to the business class as coal Is to all classes, while the profits much greater than those of coal, accrue In the fnaln to a much more limited number. "Surely It is time to consider tn tbta connection a phase of profit sharing which will Include as ono of the parties thereto, an addition to the two, those of employer and employe, heretofore assumed to be In Interest, a third party namely, the con sumer 1. e.i the telephone subscribers, of whonl there are about 75,000 In New York City alone." Of the 5,000 visitors who dally throng the New York aquarium 90 per cent la made up of atrangers In the city. New Yorkers do not realize that the aquarium In the old Castle Garden Is already the greatest of Its kind In the world, although It waa not es tablished until 1896. The old aquarium at Naples, Italy, and those at Brighton and Plymouth, ' Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam snd Paris, are all smaller than the. one In New York, and their purpose Is more for biological study than as places of free pop ular entertainment. More than 2,000 speol mens, representing 200 different specie, give a faint Idea of the vast and varied life of the sea, of which relatively we know so little. From the Oulf of St. Lawrence to the Quit of Mexico and the West Indies, from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi, all waters have been laid under contribu tion and collectors are constantly searching for new and interesting varieties. Managers of big department stores have been trying harder than ever In the last year or two to nullify the Influence of bad weather on their business. They cannot do this altogether, but they have Improved conditions, tbey think. A few years ago wet day meant positive stagnation In dry goods stores. Women kept closely to their homes, whether they might be suburban ites or residents of Harlem flats. They looked on every rainy day aa an Impossible one, for shopping. Nowadays with cars running In all directions and the center of shopping operations coming up town, women go. out on vet days If they desire particularly to purchase something as much as tbey do on dry ones. Meeting them half way, 'merchants provide all kinds of en tertainment for them, in addition to show ing goods. In one big store there is an art gallery, with many valuable paintings, a music ball, a restaurant, a curio depart ment, where all kinds of antiques may be examined, and now, this week. It haa added an automobile show. An Immense hall on the top floor has been prepared for the dis play of autos and there la a track upon which electric machines are speeded. As all this is under cover the management says It finds that rainy days bring a larger attendance of women to their establish ment than ever before In Its history. A New Yorker of considerable age and of real New Amsterdam Dutch descent, was speaking of the restless activity and mad dog haste of the metropolis. "It always rests me," he said, "to recall an Incident told me years ago by my grandmother, of her grandfather." ' "The old man was slow and phlegmatic. He had a neighbor of the same build. Many an hour . would they sit on his vine-covered porch, near the Bowery, and smoke. Their conversation was usually of the or der described by the eld man's wife, as overheard one day In June, "The neighbor came over and sat down. After each had pulled away for halt an hour, the visitor said: 'It's a fine day.' There waa no response. The clock ticked away. The smoke rose. Two hours passed. Tnere waa a cioua over tne sun. Then a drizzle. The shower pattered on the leaves et the morning glory. My ancestor looked up; It was I In the afternoon. 'Yes,' he said, 'but It does look like rain. I wonder It we are any happier In these exciting daysT ' Mr. Charles C. Nqtt, whom District At torney Jerome has mads his flrst assistant. a young man of distinguished connec tlons. He 2s a son of Chief Justice Nott of the United Btatea court of claims, grandson ot the late President Ellpbalet Nott of Union college, and on his mother's ride of the late President Mark Hopkins of Wllllsms; a nephew of tbe preaent presi dent of Williams, and a cousin of Rev, John Hopkins Denlson of the Central church. There la a good deal ot Ireland ln the vicinity of Broadway and Dey street, ac cording to the Press. At Dey Is tbe Mer eantue national bank. Borne two years ago a hand organ paused with Its grinder In action beneath the window of the bank and played, "Wearln' of the Green." The cashier, a genuine son of England, It Is supposed, threw up the sash and yelled: Clear ont of therel GUI I'll have the police after you!" The Uttle patch of Ire land la tbe street saw and heard. Imme diately there was a call for a meeting, at which It was unanlmoualy reaolved that the organ should ooms to tbe window every day for a year and play "Wearln of the Green." Immunity was guaranteed to the grinder and a collection amounting to CO cents a day waa placed ln bla hand. On last Mondsy a contract for another year was entered Into, with the understanding that the tune Is to be played aa many times aa tha chief conspirator demanda. A touch of old world color will be given tbe banks of the Hudson river, near Pough keeptle, this summer by two great religious bouses tbe Jesuit novitiate, which has Just been completed, and a t.ew monastery of the Holy Cross. The Jesuit buildings, which are occupied by tha novices of ths society, who wera formerly located at Frederlok, M4 , are- of colonial style and Include ac commodations for other people then those who wear the cassock, as It is Intended to make the novitiate a retreat like thote ef the Cat hollo oouatrles. Tha Order of Holy Cross consists exclusively of priests of tha Protestant Episcopal church. Their building on the Hudson will be completed wlthla a short tint - -JIDICIAL TVRAKNV. Leaaoa ( the ttnllna In the Wahnah - tnlnnetloa Caao. Chicago Chronicle. While It would be difficult to set any bounds to the possible aasumptlon of power by federal courts hereafter. It Is probable that the case of Judge Adams ot St. Louis will be as appropriate as any other for use by tbe foea of Judicial absolutism. In this Instance the magistrate haa con victed himself. It may be soma time be fore another Judge will go to such lengths ot oppression as he has done and at the same time place upon record an open con fession of his wrong-doing. If the enemies ot Judicial tyranny desire a sufficient Justification tor a demand that congress shall take aotlon for the defense of popular rights, or If tbey shall conclude that Impeachment proceedings will more quickly direct public attention to what has become a monstrous and a dangerous abuse, the case of Judge Adams will be feund sufficient for their purpose. The utterance of this magistrate at the time when he dissolved the Injunction against the officers of the Wsbsah train men's organisations amounted to an ad mission that his peremptory action In the matter la tbe flrst place was unlawful, op pressive and unjust. Furthermore, he asserted, tn an attempt to excuse his ac tion, a power over the minds and con sciences of men which is new even la In junction proceedings. The injunction was granted, we are told, on the representation that the officers of tbe employes' organisations were about to order a strike which the members did not approve of. It was dissolved on the show ing that this contention could not be sus tained. It followa, therefore, that If a Judge la assured by Interested parties that a strike, lawful ln Itself, Is to be ordered without the approval of the men Involved an Injunction may issue on this ex parte showing without notice to the other side and without evidence aa to Its truth or falsity. In this way a movement wholly lawful ln Itself Is stamped by Judicial absolutism as unlawful and is forbidden under pains and penalties prescribed by no law and to be determined only by the caprice of the Judge himself. If this Is not ft misuse of the writ ot injunction It would be difficult to Imagine what would be. In a matter In volving the legal rights of thousands it accepts the word of one party and refuses the Other even a hearing. It deprives tbe court at the very outset ot Its Judicial character and makes It an Instrument to be used flagrantly to the advantage ot one disputant and to tbe disadvantage of the ether. People who Inveigh against government by Injunction have something real and tangible here to take hold of. In many cases their complaints are not well grounded. Here la a caae In which the in junction process haa been carried beyond the possibility of successful defense. If agitation against this sort of thing Is to be effective It must be aimed at palpable wrong. Judge Adams has exposed himself and tbe whole wretched system to ft sweep ing and ft' successful attack. PERSONAL KOTBS. The king of Greece has an alde-de-oamp who rejoices ln the name ot Pappadlaman-. topoulos. Dean Farrar, the great preacher and successful novelist. Who died last week, always- had as a companion a green par rot, . and. insisted . he couldn't work com fortably without her. i The bridle which was used by Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux, when he led his band of braves into the valley of death at the battle of the Uttle Big Horn," haa beet presented to Mr. George nab fit Phil adelphia. , The redoubtable Colonel Jack China, ot Kentucky, who ased to make the earth tremble with bis roar, was knocked down and out and hla weapons taken away from htm by a constable who served an attach ment on him in Cincinnati. A steady stream ot Mormons continues to pour through the port of New York on its way to Utah. They are for the most cart thrifty, industrious folk, who go to the great desert In the expectation of In creasing their wealth and their families. Prof. George Pro well, curator and li brarian of the York County Historical so ciety, has come Into posiesston of a bound file ot the famous Virginia "Gazette" for the year 1776. It contalna the declaration ot Independence aa It was originally drafted for publication. Dr. Robert Sanglovannl ot New York has opened systematto warfare on the cor set, which he stigmatizes as "the direct conductor ot tuberculosis." The doctor has secured the active co-operation of the New York Board of Education, whloh haa Invited him to deliver lectures before certain of the public schools. Several notable persons have fallen vlo- tlms to the new ordinance at Waahlngton forbidding automobllea speeding. Lieuten ant Robert S. Clark of the Ninth Infantry, the stepson of Bishop Potter - and tha wealthiest man in the army, waa the flrst punished. He paid the oourt $10 for run ning his machine at a twenty-four-mlle-aa-hour gait. Frank Joy, a broker, was caught and fined 10 and a millionaire from the west who appeared as John Smith In the Waltham Watches They go. "The Perfected AmerlcM Witch," n Clastraied look cf Interesting information About witches, tulll be sent fret upon request, Amerlan WiUhim Witch Compiny, WiUfum, Mass. X . Don't Wait Until Saturday to make your Kanter purchiituv We take it for granted you intend to make one, It it's a top coat, a suit, a pair of trousers or a vaint coat, there might be some slight alteration to be made, that will need a little time. Thene are the early pur chases, we adTieie. Ilatu, neckwear, gloven, Khirta, underwear, etc, are different. We can ahvajH suit and fit you in a moment'H time. JVb clothing fits like ours. Fif'y Yesrs tha SfxnJard Awardad Klghitt Honors World' Fair Kfehist tssts U.S. Gov't Chomlst raioi baking eowoin oo. OHIOAOO police records paid $5 for five minutes et Joy at the rate of twenty miles an hour. Old-fashioned residents ot Washington deplore the fact tbat social Ufa there is taking on many of the objectionable feat ures which characterise the "rude and rich" New York set. Opulence at the capital is making great display In equlpagea, lunch eons, dinners, dancea, etc., and It Is com ing to be understood that nowadays money not only talks, but howls. . The cttlsens of Portland, Ore., are en tering enthusiastically upon the work of making it a city of roses tor exposition year. Two-year-old . rosebuds of many varieties are being taken Into the state from California by tens of thousands, and are being eagerly bought and planted anil are expected to be In full bloom on the opening ot the exposition, two years heme. LINKS TO A LAIG11. Perhaps you have seen a woman surl- . denly slop weeplnf at a funeral wnn,,,,,,f f haa taken out her handkerchief and notlo. I that there to a hole In It. Somerville Jour- nal. 4 "Drop me a line!" cried the excursionist who had fallen overboard. . "What's the useT" calmly rejoined the alleged funny man of tho party. "There Isn't any powtofflco where you axe going. American Hebrew. "Don't stan' aroun tellln how much yoh would have won If yoh hosa had come In fust," said Uncle Eben. "It'e Jea" de wune aa braggtn' 'bout a dinner yoh didn't git a chanoe to eat." Washington Star. Mrs. Woodby Ruyter What does your husband do for a living? Mr Kautton (haughtU) He's an author. Mrs. Woodby Ruyter I know, ao la mine; but I say what doea your husband do for a living? Chleago Tribune. "Are you the man that sells tickets ln the box-offloeT " queried a stranger In tha playhouse. .. "Do I look like I pt On airsT" replied the other man, In an offended tone. .Why, I am only the owner of the ,Ueater." Chloago Newa - .. Major Burbon I really don't knew, auh. now Old li) i a wniBHey is; niw in bwu oellah for twenty yeana, rui , Colonel Kalmuck Mah land, majah, bow did that happen, auh; did yo' mislay It? Philadelphia Press. ' Binge How do you cook that new break fast, food you manufacture T Bangs-Just add hot water and aerre. Blngs But how do you manage to place It before the public T Bangs Just add hot air and nerves-New York Tlmea . , ' He I suppose you are aware' of tha ten der feeling I have for you?,. Bhe No; I'm quite In the dark. He That being the raae, permit tne to suggest that we strike a match. Chicago News. - . , j- ;v' ';,'. "Gracious!" exclaimed lady Sybel Brit- . tonr "another momber of our nobility la to tnarry an American concert hall singer. Isn't It terrible?" "It Is so," replied Mis Gotham, "but really, the averago seubrette doesn't de serve much sympathy." Philadelphia Press. THE) ROAD TO YE8TKRDAT. W. t. Nesblt In Chicago Tribune. , There la a road to yesterday A wondrous thorough" e, Where wanton ureeses Idly play And blossoms scent the air. It stretches long and fur and straight; It wanders up and down; It passes many an open gate And many a Uttle town. .. There Is a road to yesterday; The grasses grow hralde. And trees that spread and swing and sway And phade the pathway wide. Its flowers are a goodly sight. And It goea on and on And leads- to many a starry night And many a cloudless dawn. There Is a road to yesterday. And we may trace Ita gleam. In flecking ahade or dancing ray Upon eome little stream; Or we may see It, when, with eyes Half closed, we hear a aog That oalla up many a glad sunrise And many a twilight long. There Is a road to yesterday. And each one knows Ita start The portal to this wondrous way la held within the heart; From there the pleasant courses lead Aa far aa one can see It reste on many a golden deed And many a memory. Wiimm. Mi