TflE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1903.
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Notary Public.
It Is beginning to appear as though
Count Leo Tolstoi had less Influence
with his family than with the world at
large, -
Reports from Washington would Indi
cate that the much vaunted "age of
teel" Is not ready to abandon l1 wooden
foundations.
That California weather observer who
has found so many double stars should
take his associates into his confidence as
to the brand be uses.
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General Nogi and General Stoessel
have met, but we fear there was no ap
ple tree present to become famous as a
result of the conference.
Now that Chinese railroads have gone
to issuing passes, the popular assembly
for the Flowery kingdom may be ex
peeled in the coarse of time.
The report that the Standard Oil com
pany has purchased the Sun Francisco
gas plant should give Mr. Lawson a
chance to extend his continued story.
In proposing an International alliance
against the mosquito the physicians at
Panama have discovered a ground upon
.which the people of all nations can
agree.
The charter revision committee has
unanimously agreed to recommend the
abolition of tho Board of Public Works
as now constituted. There will be no
tears shed.
Governor Durblu suggests that vote
buying be made a crime In Indiana, and
friends of Tom Taggart are likely to re
sent tills as another attack upon the na
tional democratic chairman.
Perhaps those Russian officers who are
low In accepting parole at Port Arthur
are waiting to ascertain the reception ac
corded those who first arrive in Russia
before deciding to leave their prison.
What If the offer of the trustees of
Illinois college to make W. J. Bryan
president of that institution prove to be
but another effort of the "money power"
to take the great leader out of politics!
The Forestry congress at Washington
recalls the fact that Nebraska, with its
establishment of Arbor day, can right
fully claim to be among the pioneers of
the forestry movement In this country.
Nebraskans more or less closely fa
miliar with Winnebago Indian affairs
may recall the fact that one Father
Schell had something to do with starting
the Investigation of the Oregon land
frauds.
The first news direct from Tort Ar
thur for several months has been re
ceivedand it shows that the siege
bound correspondent has not lost the
faculty of making a good story In spite
of the censor.
The popocratic demand for an investi
gation of the state insane asylums seems
to have visibly cooled as the opportunity
to get the Investigation has come closes.
Still that is no reason why the investiga
tion should not be had.
That bombardment near Mukden may
mean that General Kouropatkln is get
ting ready to avenge Tort Arthur, but It
la more probable that he Is destroying
stores preparatory to retiring In the di
rection of Harbin for a protracted stay.
' The Instrument providing for a trust
. mortgage as' part of the plan to finance
the new grain elevators at Omaha has
been recorded. Indicating that at least
$250,000 Is to be spent during the coming
year In this Improvement. And this is
only one of the enterpi'l" booked for
the year Just beginning which are to
push this city further forward in the
race for commercial and Industrial
supremacy.
THE STATEHOOD BILL.
As Indicated in the opposition to the
statehood bill which developed la the
senate Thursday, it is by no means cer
tain that the measure will be pawed at
the present st-ssion, though It was gen-
erally thought wlien congress convened
that its passage was assured, a canvass
of senators causing the supporters of the
bill to feel very hopeful. There Is oppo
sition to it in both parties, some of the
democrats, it is stated, having declared
that they will oppose the bill by filibus
tering tactics. A Washington dispatch
says there are two grounds of democratic
opposition. One is the belief that it covers
a plot on the part of the republicans to
strengthen their grip on the senate and
house by bringing in more republican
votes from the proposed new states. In
view of the existing conditions the ab
surdity of this is obvious. Another
reason for objection to the bill Is the
belief that the area embraced In the pro
posed states should have a greater rep
resentation than is contemplated In the
pending bill. It is snld that the men
who hold this view think that it Is unfair
that a little state like Rhode Island
should haT6 the same number of sen
ators that the tremendous area embraced
la the territories of New Mexico and
Arizona will have. They prefer making
four states out of the territories, though
to attempt to do this would simply post
pone their admission indefinitely.
There Is no good reason' why the ques
tion of statehood for all these territories
should not be disposed of at the present
session. It Is a matter as to which
political considerations should have no
Influence. No one can foresee how the
people of the territories would vote after
being admitted to statehood. The only
question is as to whether the conditions
in regard to population, industries and
resources are such that the territories
could meet the requirements and respon
sibilities of statehood. It Is very gen
erally admitted that these conditions nre
sufficient and that being the case there
is no valid reason for keeping them
longer out of the anion.
IN FAVOR OF THE MILLERS.
The persistent efforts of the flour mill
ing interests of the northwest to secure
a liberal interpretation of the drawback
law, as it affects imported wheat mixed
with tlie domestic product In flour for
export, have been rewarded with suc
cess. The attorney general of the United
States, to whom the question was re
ferred by the secretary of the treasury
for an opinion, has held that evi
dence that all the wheat. Imported and
relieved of duty goes into the' product Is
sufficient, that the drawback may be al
lowed upon Canadian wheat mixed with
the softer American grain to produce
flour that Is exported, though the foreign
material cannot be distinguished and
identified as such in the product.
There la no doubt that this is a com
mon sense construction of the law and
Its effect cannot fall to be favorable to
the export trade in flour. It is pointed
out that it will be an alleviation of a
hard situation for the millers this year
to be able to get Canadian wheat on
the terms allowed by. this ruling. The
entire product of the Canadian north
west Is only about 60,000.000 bushels and
it cannot nil be brought into this country
to be ground, but another year both the
Canadian and American supply may be
more abundant and this mixing process
for flour-making will be quite as Impor
tant to the milling industry. That the
ruling will be materially helpful to tho
industry, especially in the northwest. Is
certain. It will contribute to the en
largement Of exports of flour, which is a
matter of no small Importance to an in
terest which for several years has? not
been growing and prospering as it
should. With the liberal interpretation
given the drawback law by the attorney
general there probably will be a less
urgent demand for the bills relating to
the matter that have been introduced in
congress.
KORTIIERX SECURITIES ASSETS.
When the supreme court of the United
States declared that tho Northern Se
curities company must bo dissolved,
there was left unsettled the question of
the distribution of the shares It held of
the two railroads under Its control. Tho
Hill-Morgan interests wanted a distribu
tion on a pro rata basis, while the Har
rlnian party insisted upon having re
turned to theui the . very same stock
which had been turned over originally to
the Northern Securities company. To
prevent a pro rata distribution the Ilar
rlman Interests first attempted to reopen
the case brought by the state of Minne
sota, failing in which they brought a
suit In equity in the New Jersey courts
and received an Injunction temporarily
restraining the dlstributiou of the North
ern Securities assets on the pro rata plan.
An appeal was taken to the federal cir
cuit court of appeals, which a few days
ago handed down a decision dissolving
the temporary Injunction. It Is an
nounced that the Harriman interests will
now take the case to the supreme court
of the United States.
It appears that the Tlarriman Interests,
representing the Union Pacific, deposited
In exchange for Northern Securities
stock a total of $S2,491,000 Northern Pa
cific stock, being a majority , of such
stock, so that if those Interests can com
pel the return of these holdings they will
secure the control of the company.
Should the pro rata plan of distribution,
which the Hill-Morgan interests are
fighting for, be carried out, the Harri
man Interests will secure part Northern
Pacific and part Great Northern stock,
but the control of both companies will be
In the hands of the Hill-Morgan Inter
ests. The control of Northern Faolflc,
with its $155,000,000 of capital stock, de
pends on the outcome of the suit
It Is stated that the determination to
take the ease to the court of last resort
was a distinct disappointment to Wull
street which had hoped that the decision
of the circuit court of appeals would
pave the way for a settlement of the
dispute between the Harriman add Hill
Interests. So far as the public Is con
cerneil. It Is perhaps cf no great con
sequence what the final outcome shall
be. ' In any event control will cot be In
the hands of men who have hitherto
shown any marked solicitude" for the In
terests and welfare of the public.
GOVERXUR MICKEY'S MESSAGE-
Governor Mickey's message is a busi
nesslike review of the affairs of the state
during the past two years and a plain
statement of the problems presented by
his administration that require legisla
tive attention. While it is somewhat
Imposing In length, that is to be ac
counted for by the varied activities of
tho state government and the expanding
interests of our people.
The governor naturally and quite
properly places the experience of the
state with its new revenue law first
frankly calling attention to Its apparent
shortcomings with suggestions for their
remedy by amendatory legislation. That
the new law is a considerable Improve
ment upon the old law is so obvious that
the assertion will stand unchallenged
even by those who Insist that It has not
yet reached In full measure all the prop
erty subject to taxation. The changes
suggested by Governor Mickey with ref
erence to enlarging the power of the
state equalizing board so that it may dis
criminate between different classes of
property and the postponement of the
levy by county and local boards until
after the tax valuations have been
finally equalized are good so far ns they
go, although they will not be found to
exhonst the lessons of the first year's
experiment with the new law.
The discussion of the work of the
boundary commissions and the results
of boundary litigation is Important to
the extent that It brings out the unsatis
factory condition of our state boundary
on the north and east which at several
points Includes land cut off by the river,
while Missouri, Iowa and South Dakota
have Jurisdiction over territory which
should geographically belong to Ne
braska. The difficulties arising from the
administration of civil government and
the enforcement of criminal law, the col
lection of taxes, etc., in these strips
would warrant the negotiation of some
sort of an arrangement by which the
river boundary would be restored.
The governor's recommendation, of a
uniform system of bookkeeping and ac
counting in slate institutions, his urgent
advice for economy and curtailment of
appropriations, his suggestion for the
correction of the law authorizing official
bonds furnished by guaranty bond com
panies, will be generally endorsed, but
not so his approval of the recommenda
tion of the attorney general that the
legislature direct the dismissal of the
Hartley bond .case on the proposition of
the bondsmen to evade obligation by the
payment of the mere costs of the litiga
tion. The section of the message which will
probably strike the most popular chord
Is that relating to the pestiferous lobby,
which regularly Infests the legislative
halls. Other states have grappled with
this scandal with reasonable success and
Nebraska can if It will erect barriers
against the corrupting lobbyists that will
minimize the evil, If it does not banish
It altogether.
While the charter revisionists are In
session we commend to their considera
tion the question of doing away with tho
general fund as a general dump. The
fund system Is supposed to exercise a
series of checks and balances as between
the different branches of municipal gov
ernment but the practice In vogue here
of drawing on the general fund for
every other fund as It becomes exhausted
renders these limits almost useless. It
ought to be made unlawful for the comp
troller to draw a warrant upon any fund
covering nn Item of expense Incurred by
any department chargeable to another
fund.
While the legislature Is in session is
the time to try and straighten out the
situation that threatens the dlsbandment
of the local companies In the National
Gunrd on account of the extra burdens
Imposed upon state militiamen to provide
drill and armory quarters. The appro
priation for the maintenance of the Na
tional Guard ought to contain a special
stipulation that would make a commen
surate allowance for rentals In the larger
cities as compared with the small towns
and villages.
' Congressman Klnkald has given tip
hope of securing the enactmerit of a bill
extending the time for settlement under
his 640-acre homestead law? which was
passed at the last session of congress.
There are rumors to the effect that some
of the entries made under this act are
speculative and not bona fide. The real
settler who wants to take up the land
for his home will suffer no hardship by
the rules, which require residence the
same as for other homstead entries.
A St Petersburg pewspupor declares
that Russia's fate is In the balance and
that loss of the present contest would
mean national retrogression. Some Rus
sians may feel that they can afford to
spell nation with a little "n" for a while
if the czar will permit them to use a
larger letter when spelling "people."
The Water board has, since Its creation,
taken out of the city treasury nearly
$10,000, but the man, woman or child
who can find where the taxpayers have
any value received to show for this
money will be entitled to a prize.
Raise th Elbow Gently.
St. Louis Republic.
Emperor Wllhelm has nothing but good
wishes for the United States, and to his
"Prosit" tba United States replies, "Here's
how."
A Good Proposition.
Philadelphia Press.
James J. Hill, president of the Northern
Securities Company, favors a law to make
It "necessary for any industrial corpora,
tlon that wishes to do an interstate busi
ness to secure a federal license; but Lie
fore that license Is Issued the corporation
must proys that Its capital la real money
and based upon actual value." That la
proposition that appears to meet with favor
generally.
Daaareroos to Iok I poo.
Chicago News.
An English educator says that rests are
dangerous garments and expose the wear
ers to Influenta. In this country about the
wot., that can be said of waistcoats Is
that some of them are exceedingly danger
oua to the eyesight.
Walt Till the Soreness Goes.
Indianapolis News.
In connection wlthlhe report that Bus
sla, seriously resents all this peace talk It
should not be forgotten that Russia is
naturally a bit Irritable Just now. Walt a
few days till It thinks It over a little and
takes a trial balance of Its war books
then It may be better able to see the
light.
Soaadtng High Kotes.
Springfield Republican.
Governor Higglns of New York sounded
two notes In his brief Inaugural address
which will command attention. One was
against extravagance, the other a declara
tion of personal Independence. "I shall
welcome the suggestions of all citizens," he
said. "Ultimately, however, with Ood's
help, I shall Jealously guard my prerogative
of personal independence, and whether for
good or evil, I shall assume responsibility
for all my official acts." Governor Higglns
will command the sympathy and support
of all fair-minded men In his efforts to give
the people a strong, honest and progressive
administration.
Tariff Helps the Farmer.
Philadelphia Press.
A good deal of wheat has been purchased
this year In Manitoba for American millers,
and imported, paying 25 cents a bushel dutv.
A miller In New York state purchased
60.000 bushels, and Chicago millers 82.000,
and other large purchases have been
recorded. The American market price has)
been so much higher that the purchasers
of this foreign wheat could afford to pay
the duty. But If It were not for the tariff
this foreign wheat would all have been
brought Into the United States, reducing
the price obtained by American farmers.
It Is positive proof of the benefit of the
tariff to the farmers. They In turn are
enabled to purchase other" products, and
thus all are helped.
Progress In Civil Service Reform.
Philadelphia Record.
It Is stated that President Roosevelt will
make another forward step In civil service
reform by promulgating a new rule provid
ing that persons employed as "laborers,"
but capable of performing clerical work,
shall be put in the classified list after an
examination. The examination will be
confined merely to a test of the laborer's
fitness for the work assigned him. Many
persons employed as laborers have proved
trustworthy and capable of other duties,
and the heads of departments are there
fore In favor of placing them under per
manent protection of the civil service laws.
The next and much greater reform. It Is
believed, will be the placing of the whole
body of fourth-class postmasters In the
civil service list.
THE WEST DEEPLY MOVED.
Sentiment In favor of Government
Control of Railroad Rates.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
That the west n arses a deep, and powerful
sentiment In Tavor of government control
of railroad rates ought not to surprise any
one. For a geitefaUdn all the radical move
ments In politics out there have made the
railroad qusti ode of their chief Issues,
and Paul . Morton couldn't -have breathed
the air of Nebraska all through his youth
without learning the fact of this Irrepress
ible conflict between the people and private
transportation . monopolies. , All the old
"granger" and populist attempts to place a
curb bit on the railroads are now being
vindicated In the virtual espousal of the
same essential cause by a republican presi
dent. Speaking of his mall these days,
Rftiotor rullom .of Illinois says It "beats
anything" In his twenty yeilrs of service In
the senate. Ho gets about a bushel of letters
eve:y day, and most of them are from sub
stantial western business men, not run-behind
farmers, demanding railroad legisla
tion. It all reminds one of what ex-Senator
Peffer said not long ago. A good many or
the "crazy" schemes which he advocated
as a populist, he declared, hnd now becomn
a decent sort of doxy In tho seats of the
mighty.
POLITICAL, DHIFT.
Legislative mills are being oiled up for
the grind,
David Bennett Hill of New York; retired
eight months In advance of the legal age
of 62.
The; only Industry In this country that
Is not enthusiastically welcomed is the leg
islative Industry.' 1 .
Carter H. Harrison of Chicago Insists
that be will not seek a fifth term as mayor.
He has had enough.
New York City's government lives on
borrowed money nine months of the year
and pays $2,000,000 in Interest for Its folly.
Since reading his last deliverance on
press muzzling the Philadelphia North
American concludes that Governor Penny
packer Is "the prince of official buffoons."
Grover Cleveland, David B. Hill, Levi P.
Morton, F. S. Black, Theodore Roosevelt
and B. B. Odell, Jr., are now the only men
living that have been governors of New
York.
A pretty girl gave Senator Cullom a
rousing kiss for saving her soldier lover
from going to the Philippines. That was
an exhibition of feminine courage worthy
of a Carnegie medal.
Berks county, Pennsylvania, adds to Its
laurels as a democratic stronghold the rec
ord for beer manufacture for 1904 In the
Keystone state. Democracy and beer pull
together In that seotlon.
John Taubman, elected treasurer of La
fayette county, Missouri, Is the only repub
lican elected to a county office In that
county In the past thirty years. The last
republican elected was his uncle, the late
Robert Taubman, as sheriff and collector
In 180.
The proposal of Interested parties to turn
the trust question over to state legislatures
for prompt settlement Is mighty Interesting
reading. There Isn't much In night for
lawmakers at present and any scheme that
would Increase business would be highly
appreciated.
W. Hall Harris, Just appointed postmas
ter of Baltimore by President Roosevelt,
was born In that city fifty-two years ago.
and Is a lawyer by profession. He Is a
scholarly man. actively Interested In the
Maryland Historical society and national
secretary of th Sons of the Revolution.
Congressman Lacey, who represents th
Sixth Iowa district, has run nine times,
being beaten once, and the total of hi
majorities for seven of the times he was
elected was (,718. Last November he was
chosen by an official majority of 1,718, ex
actly tqualinf the total of all his previous
majorities.
Congressman Frederick II. Glllett of
Massachusetts has secured tho appointment
of several women to take charge of post
offices, and his activity In this way Is not
relished by the spoils element In his dis
trict. Mr. Glllett says that the women he
has aided have given entire satisfaction
and that he has not heard a word ' com
plaint against any ops of thenj. .....
OTHER LAX I TI1AS OVR9.
In the multitudes of parties and In the
complications attending political strife In
Hungary, It Is not easy to see what the
present opposition hope to gain by their
obstructive tactics. The great mass of
Hungarian statesmen share In the national
aspiration fnr the autonomy of the kingdom
under the Hapsburg sovereignty, but they
differ as to the extent to which the de
mand for Independence shall be carried.
While Count Tina has vigorously upheld
the constitutional rights of Hungary In re
lation to the army, he has not been radi
cal enough for the Independents, whose
program extends to an absolute severance
of any governmental connection with Aus
tria. The hope of the radicals has been
to make the premier's position Impossible,
and so to undermine his hold on the con
fidence and favor of the emperor. In this,
however, they appear to have overreached
themselves, and their recent violence and
rioting have strengthened Tlsza's hand and
given him an Issue upon Which he can ap
peal with confidence to the country. That
Issue Is, shall parliamentary government In
Hungary be at the mercy of a minority of
obstructionists?
It Is to be hoped that the declaration
that the Italian government will not allow
foreigners to participate in the excavations
at Herculaneum is merely "a weak Inven
tion of the enemy," as Prof. Waldstein has
reason to suppose. There Is every reason
why the Italian government should wel
come th co-operation of the whole world
In carrying on this Important archaeologi
cal work, although It Is but natural that
Italy should wish to retain "supervision
and autonomy" as far aa the excavations
are employed. The work Is too Important,
from an archaeological point of view, to
be neglected, and If the whole civilised
world Is allowed to participate In the work
and In sharing the expense, results can be
reached far more quickly than if It were
left entirely with the Italian government.
Under the eighty feet ci iava which covers
the burled city of Herculaneum are doubt
less Immense treasures of classic art and
literature, and It Is manifestly for the ad
vantage of the whole civilised world that
these be unearthed. The reported opposi
tion of the Italian government is likely
nothing more than that of the party which
Is opposed to the governmet.
Natural Increase In the population 01
France Is making slow headway. The num
ber of births exceeded that of deaths by
73,106 In 1903, as compared with 83.944 In 1802
making the total population at the begin
ning of 1904 39,118,995. But the number of
births continues to decrease, being 18,60
less In 1903 than In 1902, and 24,832 less than
the average for the preceding ten years.
That there Is any Increase at all In the pop
ulation Is due to a coincident decline in the
number of deaths, which in 1903 were 64,788
below the average for the preceding ten
years. Excess of births over deaths in
France Is now 21 per 10,000 of population,
compared with 153 for Germany and Hol
land, 150 for Norway, 126 for Austria and 119
for Great Britain. The number of divorces
In France Is steadily Increasing, being 8,911
In 1903, or 1,758 more than the average for
the last ten years.
Nearly two and a quarter centuries ago
the Turks, who though they had been
planted in Europe for generations were es
sentially an Asiatic people, carried their
arms to the gates of Vienna and were only
turned back by the genius and valor ot
John SobieskI, king of Poland. That was
Europe's last critical experience with
Asiatics In war In Europe. Since that time,
however, Europe has maae vast Inroads In
Asia. England's great Indian empire Is but
a century ( and a half old, counting from
Ulive s conquests, itussia nas maaa its
greatest progress In central Asia within
fifty years. France has but comparatively
recently organized Its possessions of Ton
quln. - Germany has acquired what It hopes
will be the beginning of Asiatic possessions.
Here are 'nations to whom the advent of a
first-class Asiatic power, organized under
modern conditions, may mean in their fu
ture dealings In the far east something
very like what the appearance of Russia on
the great European stage In the eighteenth
century meant to statesmen of that day, a
new active factor rendering necessary new
calculations.
The nuestlnn whether the C.nnvn state
Is the scene of civilization enlightening bar
barism or of sordid oppression outbarbar
tzing barbarism seems likely to be brought
to tna point .or determination oerore an
other twelve months have passed. Ger
many will have to go on with her costly
Hnd IRVflfA WA l tllth t ,o tTntlantnt. , V, a I
penalty of evil administration in her col
onies. The late Boer states and all British
South Africa will nrobahlv rnntlnna thalr
rapid progress In the ways of rehabilitation,
consolidation and Deace. and the rn-in.
Cairo railroad will be pushed many leagues
toward the sources of the Nile. The un
surpassed beneficence of the rule mtnh.
lished In Egypt by Lord Cromer will go
on, blessing that ancient land and profiting
all the commercial world. In Morocco the 1
aggravated abuses of many generations i
ma rair to culminate in an enforced revo- '
lution, which will make the Shereeflan 1
sovereign a mere figurehead before tha
same enlightened and successful French
rule that has redeemed Algeria and Tunis
from a state which was as bad as that of
Morocco.
During 1903, of the books railed tr.r
the imperial library of Jaoan. 166.677 vni
umes, or 21.6 per cent, related tn nuih..
matics, science and medicine; 163,711, or 20
per cent, to literature and laniruairn- tho.
ology and religion 12,486, or 1.6 per cent.
wnne is per cent of the applications were
ror dooks on history and a-eoirrnnhv win
tlon finds no place in the classified table of
dooks in demand by readers in this Japa
nese library. Works on art in,i.i,i..
engineering, military and naval science
iigure prominently in the lists of ad.im,,.,
made In recent years to the shelves of the
library. Decidedly, the Jananesa ink nf
seriously and grasp with avidity every op-
poriunuy 10 rurntsh their minds with
knowledge of the most useful kind.
CLOIDIXG THE ISSIB.
Railroad Managers Misrepresent tho
scope of Government Regulation.
Philadelphia Press.
President Tuttle of the
railroad will hardly succeed In his effort to
get the workmen on railroads to agitate
against action by congress to carry out the
president's recommendation enlarging the
powers of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The Wages Of the workmen an
not concerned In the matter. The men
will profit by fair rates, aa th. r,H.
what they consume depends largely on the
freight rates. If too much Is charged it
may nelp the stockholders, but not the
workmen. If rebates are paid or such de
vices followed. It may go on Increasing the
wealth of a fow men, but It could only do
injury to the public.
There should be no misapprehension as
to what the president does recommend. He
dos not ask that the Interstate Commerce
Commission shall have the power to fix
rates. But where complaint la made that a
sped do rate charged by a railroad .com
pany la unjust the commission Is to In
vestigate and after a public hearing and
thorough consideration the commission may
change that rate. The railroad company
can then appeal to the courts, and if they
find that the commission has made a mis
take the courts can rectify the error.
Tha commission had that power for tea
Of
sTFR'8 SARSAPARItLA.
ATBK'B BA1R VIGOR.
years. No railroad was Injured by Its use.
Th very fact that the commission has such
power will make It unnecessary to use it,
because every railroad company will then
be careful to afford no reason for the com
mission to act. Either the commission or
some other body should have that power.
The fact that some of the leading railroad
men In the nation are not opposed to
such legislation demonstrates that It Is In
the public interest. It can hardly be de
feated, excepting by misrepresentation.
Other legislation may be needed at the
same time, but that should not delay ac
tion. SM1LISU REMARKS.
"Poor old man! About all In, Isn't he?"
"Yes, he appears to have one foot In the
crematory." Cleveland Leader.
Patriotic Citizen Look at the overwhelm
ing majority we gave the candidate of the
party last November. I say our state ought
to nave the presidential nominee next
time."
Practical Politician That kind of talk
makes me tired. If you people want the
nomination four years hence ynu go and get
a reputation as a doubtful stale. Chicago
Tribune.
"Next time you're In the armory," snld
the captain of G Company, proudly, "tako
a look at our room. We've had It re
painted and refurnished throughout."
l saw it. replied the major, "and
really, sir, your room is brighter than your
company." Philadelphia Ledger.
"I'm going to paralyse that waiter." said
Cholly. "Walter, bring me a plate of fren
rled pork."
res, sir."
The waiter was gone fifteen minutes.
When he returned he brought a few cakes
of sausage floating in a sea of tabasco
sauce.
'I can t warrant it to be pork, sir." he
said, "but It's frenzied all right." Chi
cago Tribune.
"Your husband ain't verr Industrious. Is
he?" said the woman who was sitting In
the sleigh In front ot the village store.
wen," answerea the woman in the
spring wagon, "sometimes he Is an' some-
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7th IS
THE LAST DAY
-OF
This Sale Absolutely Gash.
7 FARNAM STREET
Big January
Orchard SWilhelm
CARPET COMPANY.
This is but one of the many values we
have to offer during this Big January Sale.
Come Saturday and see the many other bar
gains we have in this special sale. Hundreds of
Couches', Rockers, Taboreta, Parlor Table, Desks,
Odd Chairs. Sewing Rockers, Gold Chairs, etc.
All offered at an actual avlnr
In price of 1-4. 1-3 and 1-2.
COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING
We sell the best Ohio Cooking Coal-clean,' hot, lasting
Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal.
Best medium grade Is Illinois Nut $6; Egg and Lump $6.25.
For heaters and furnaces-Cherokee Nut $5.20; Lump
$.50. A hot burner-MiSAOurl Nut large size $4.50: Lump
$4.75. Scranton-the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined.
Spadra-the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite.
All coal hand-screened and welshed over any city eoalee desired.
COUTANT & SQUIRES, t40Y.&te!. lT33K"
course consumption can
be cured. Modern medicine
teaches it.' No one longer
doubts it.
Babies have it. Young mothers
have it. The aged have it. None
are exempt.
For over 50 years doctors have
prescribed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
for this disease. It quiets the cough,
controls the inf lammation. I f inter
ested, talk this over with yourdoctor.
Hull ey the t. O. Arr Co., Lowell, aUse.
A1SIV SIM M I w ws
ITER'S A GUI! CURB.
AVER'S PILLS.
times he ain't. He'll travel for miles and
miles with a shotgun on his shoulder, but
he can t walk a hundred yards with n
armful of wood." Washington Btor.
"I saw a bargain today."
"What was it?"
"Some swan's feathers marked 'down.' "
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A DOlMTIXi (JEXKHATIOV.
Pall Mall Gasette.
Old myths are doomed without a saving
clause
The critics fall on them with fang and
molHr;
The demigods have lost their souls be
cause They are simply Solar.
In these sad days when Idols fall to dust
I can't feel sure of Caesar or of Nero;
The one may prove a dream, the other
Just
A Culture hero.
Gone Is the vision of an Age of Gold, ,
And science scouts a Paradise forsaken.
Bacon was Shakespeare we shall soon be
told
That Hogg was Bacon.
1
Tell never lived, although so fondly
praised,
And so, of course, he never shot the
apple;
Gelert whs Just a Celtic saint, who raised
A wayside chapel.
The Piper Pled of Hamelln has passed
Into a wind myth with his magi;: whistle;
And Bishop Hatto with his mice Is cast
In stern dismissal. 1
Our Wellington Is proving fabulous
At least, he never said, "Up, Guards, and
at "em!"
Few the historic glories left to us,
Though we begat them.
Perhaps St. Patrick hns no right to live
St. George is something tyWcal of the
Seasons;
I'm doubtful of our Nelson, and can glv
Some cogent reasons.
What Is the use of hopes and dreams thil
move
The earnest soul, in glory's cause en
listed. When future critics may arise to prove
We ne'er existed?
OUR-
ale
Furniture Sale!
Stool like cut
solid mahogany,
hand - polished,
regular price
$8.50, sale price
$5.65