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comple conies of The Daily. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Pea printed during tha
month of January. 1S06. waa aa followa:
1 30.220 17 T.7IO
1 20,040 II 2T.02O
1 KH.470 It 2TJKS
4 2N.2IO 20 X7.R30
1 27,070 a SO.OSO
( 27,00 IJ HO.tWO
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87.760 28 17.S10
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Net total value.
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17 28.070
28 8OJM0
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U 27,000
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Subacribed In my preaence and iworn to
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(Seal) M. tt. HUNGATE,
Notary Public
Another striking proof of Roosevelt
prosperity several school house Janitors
have voluntarily tendered their resignations.
(Jencrol fctoessel is attain on Russian
soil. AVhen he arrives at the palace of
the czar he niuy learn something about
a real siege.
South Omaha seema to have no diffi
culty with competing paving con
tractors. South Omaha has no Board of
Public Works.
Kvldenoes are accumulating that Ad
dicks only had a lease on those Delaware
legislators, In place of a vested title, as
many Imagined.
From the action of Illinois, Texas,
.Missouri and a number of other states
Kansas has apparently found something
for which many another has been look
ing. ,
Now that former Attorney (Jeneral
Monett of Ohio hag gone to Kansas, the
center of the fight on the Standard Oil
company can be fixed with greater certainty.-
The Nebraska, bone-setters and bone
shakers have made a truce with the
Nebraska saw-bones in the amended
medical bill now pending before the legislature.
Now If delegates from the Business
Men's 'association, are only given seats
In the Central Labor union, all will be
peace and harmony on earth as well a a
In heaven.
If the Filipinos want to keep the af
fection of tho American people they will
send few reports of lawn fetes In honor
of official dignitaries until the grass
sprouts over here at home.
From now until next winter the "soft
track" will have to be taken Into con
sideration by railroad operating depart
ments, but this la easy compared with
the snowdrift and the chilled rail.
The report cornea from Russia that
Musselmen have attacked Armenians
within the Russian empire. Under pres
ent conditions Russian soli offers free
righting ground for all elements.
If the bill prohibiting the sale of pat
ent medicines that contain more than 10
per cent of alcohol passes the Nebraska
legislature another bill creating the office
of patent medicine taster will be in
order.
It Is too bad that the report on the
Binoot case is to go over until the next
session of congress. The people are
really becoming anxious to know Just
what the senators learned from the witnesses.
The Omaha Indian supply depot Is
safe once more. It has been miracu
lously saved so many times that Its
saving at the tall end of every session
of cougress has become one of the
periodic features.
Japanese evidently object to the occa
sion rather than to the fact xt bat Rus
sians march prisoners of war In parade,
evidently thinking that the time is not
'ripe for triumphal procession (u the
realm of the ctur.
It now transpires that the Department
of Justice has been for weeks at work
'on the '"Beef trust" matter while oppo
sition journals have been twitting the
'administration with Inaction. Kvldently'
the "big stick" Is not operating with a
' brass bund. .
That army officer who has received
cumulative sentences of sixty years in
' the penitentiary for falsifying his ac
. counts must realise that tho weight of
1 Uncle Hum's hand loses nothing through
t dint a ncc. even though he was sentenced
la the rbillpplues.
TTASHlXOToXS BIRTHDAT.
The recurrence of this anniversary,
which Mill be celebrated throughout our
country and which is nit forgotten In
any quarter of 'the gloltc, serves only
to det'pen nud intensify the cmltiring
fame of the one figure in all history
whose splendor no hostile criticism has
ever for a moment dimmed. Tho nnino
of (Jrtirge- Washington is pre-eminent
among the most Illustrious of mankind.
An eminent English hlstorlnn tins writ
ten of him that of all the great men in
history he wa the most Invariably Ju
dicious and tliere is scarcely a rush word
or action or Judgment recorded of him.
"He never acted, on the Impulse of an
absorbing or nncslculntfng enthusiasm,
and he valued very highly fortune, posi
tion and reputation; but at the com
mand of duty lie was ready to risk and
sacrifice them all. He was lu tho high
est sense of the words a gentleman and
a man of honor, irncl he carried into
public life the severest standard of pub
lic morals.". Tributes to the character
of Washington equally as fine as this
have been paid by other Europeans.
Patriotism, In the truest and highest
sense, was Washington's most command
ing quality and the one which most
Strongly appeals to the citizens of the
republic he founded. His foremost
thought was that his country ought to
be a nation and not a confederacy and
with unselfish devotion ho gave all his
great ability and energy to milking It
a nation, pausing at no sacrifice required
of him. -It has been very truly said that
above all Washington Is our great na
tional example and that In this respect
he still serves the country he loved more
effectively than In any other. No other
land, however- rich In great, men. can
show a man who through the years re
tains so Influential n relation to the
morat life of the nation as Oeorge Wash
ington. An American ora"tor has said:
"He was the ancestor of a nation. Iet
not repetition of his praise lose for you
the true value of the man. He left to
us, the heirs of his renown, a record
of unfailing courage, a . story of heroic
conduct, an example of life-long duty.
The unequalled life of an unequalled
day." On this anniversary of the birth
day of that Illustrious man It would be
well for every American to devote a
little time to the contemplation of his
lofty character. ' ' '
TO EXTEXD MARKETS FOR COTTUX.
A committee representing the cotton
interests of the south called on President
Roosevelt " Monday ' with a request for
the creation of a commission to extend
the foreign markets for cotton products.
The president stated that he. would take
tho matter up with representatives in
congress from the cotton belt and do
all he could In the matter. The circum
stance is interesting as showing that the
men who are .Interested in the. produc
tion and manufacture of the smith's
great staple itr at last seriously deter
mined to take some practical steps for
extending the foreign markets for their
products nnd. In this they should have
whatever help, from the government that
can properly be extended. Seeking mar
kets for cotton. Instead of burning It, is
the wise policy and the southern plant
ers should have all possible encourage
ment to pursue this course.
The fields which seem to hold out the
best promise are those of China and
South Africa, but It is quite possible to
overestimate the value of these markets,
particularly that of China. Wo exported
to that empire In 1002 cotton cloth to
the value "ot $10,000,000, but the next
year this amount was cut down by one
half, while tn 1004,. though there was a
considerable recovery, the figures of two
years before were not reached. It Is
Indicated, however, that our exports to
China of cotton goods for tho current
fiscal year will be materially larger than
for 1002. There Is encouragement In
tills, but so fluctuating Is the trade that
what may be realized this year cannot
confidently be counted upon to be ac
complished next year. As statistics quite
conclusively show, there Is hardly any
market less to be depended upon from
year to year than that of China. The
South African market, it appears reason
able to assume, will be largely controlled
by the British cotton manufacturers.
President Roosevelt, as shown in his
last annual message, is favorable to a
commission to study Industrial and com
mercial conditions In the Chinese em
pire, but his recommendation of an op
proprlatlon for this purpose has not re
ceived attention from congress and of
course will not at this session. Moan
while It would seem that tho great south
ern cotton interest might send a com
mission to Investigate the conditions In
foreign markets and report B to the
opportunities for enlarging their trade.
' THE yAVAVAPFROPRIATlOS.
The bill passed by the house of repre
sentatives makes an appropriation for
uaval expenditures of nearly $100,000,000
an provides for two battleships. ' This
Is a considerable reduction from the de
partment estimates which contemplated
three battleships. The adlministratiou is
understood to have been quite lnsisteut
upou the program of the Navy depart
ment for enlarging the navy, but owing
to the prospective treasury deficit and
the general sentiment lu favor of keep
ing down expenditures wherever it was
practicable to do so without injury to
the public service, a good deal of op
position arose among tho house repub
licans to the department's recommenda
tions. Whether or not a like feeling
exists among the senate republicans Is
not known, but It Is, probable t'lmt body
will not support the three-battleship
recommendation of the department.
The question of naval appropriations
has come to be oue of commanding in
terest. The prevailing sentiment In the
country Is unquestionably in favor of
maintaining and gradually enlarging the
navy. We cannot safely permit any
weakening of our sea power., But there
Is also feeling that we should not build
up. the navy. At tliexpcttsfof other im
portant public lutert'Dts. lu a speech by
Representative I.lttlefield of Maine he
presented figures showing that naval
Appropriations for IKiM-1 !)(.", Inclusive,
amounted to over $tW1,(KUK. and he
slnted out that in point of tonnage we
slmll be the third naval power In the
world when the vessels now authorised
are completed, exceeded only by tJreat
Britain ond France, while in the matter
of efficiency we shall perhaps le second.
There are some who think that the
United States ought to take first place
among the naval power, but It Is doubt
ful If n majority of the people are ready
to approve such n policy of expenditure
as would 1m necessary to give us that
position. We should not permit the navy
to decline and there Is no likelihood
thnt this will be permitted nt any time
In the future. On the other hand, there
Is no good reason for rushing naval en
largement, especially If In order to do
so other Interests must be neglected or
receive less consideration than Is de
manded In the public welfare.
The house nnval appropriation Is suf
ficiently nigral under existing conditions
ond It Is perhaps safe to say will not be
Increased by the senate.
(1 R VKDLESS APPREli B X S MX.
OMAHA. Feb. 20-To the Editor of Thy
Bee: Will you kindly call the attention of
your Readers to the fact that In case the
"Nelson charter" would be adopted and
patfd with the emergency clause, as con
templated, tho city would have to make an
othur levy in 19)5 at the same time th
county levy Is made; for this reason, the
19ofi pergonal taxes would become due No
vember 1. 1005. and delinquent December 1,
1905. In other words, the personal taxes of
two years, that Is the year 1905 and 190).
would become due and delinquent In the
same year. Would the personal taxpayers
he willing to submit to this? Take for In
stance the Omaha Street Railway com
pany; they would be called upon twice In
tho same year to make a payment of about
jnn.ofm of personal taxes. They certainly
would have a good cause to enjoin the city
from collecting the cond levy.
The "Nelson charter" la also silent on a
very Important point. If the 1906 city taxes
Is consolidated with the 1905 county taxes,
how would It be possible to Issue one re
ceipt for the two years of taxes? If tho
county treasurer would Issue one receipt for
the city taxes and another for the county
taxes) there certainly would be very little
Improvement over our present system. In
order to make the city and county taxes
become duo and delinquent at the same
time, and for the same year, the charter
should give the city government the right
to levy on the first Tuesday In February,
190rt. the taxes to pay city obligations for
fix months from January 1 until July 1,
1900. Said taxes would necessarily have to
be paid In the city treasurer's office. Dur
ing the month of July, 1906, at the same
time the county levy Is made, the city must
make an additional levy for the year 190H,
due November 1, 190fi. This tax would have
to cover twelve months, nnd thus the cltl
xens) of Omaha would be compelled to pay
the expenses of the city for eighteen months
In twelve months' time, ond besides that,
would have the extra expense of making a
special levy, assessments and tax records.
Since we are Just recovering from a high
levy, would the taxpayers be willing to have
a levy for 1905 or 1906 of not less than 1 or
17 mjlls? This Is what consolidation means;
you cannot consolidate different yeara of
taxes, and to overcome this an additional
levy of elx months would have to be made
for city purposes. CHARLES TNITT.
The objections raised to the proposed
merger of the city and county treas
uries are in the main groundless. They
are manifestly raised tinder tho Impres
sion that the merger Is to take effect
immediately, or not later than July 1, If
the charter bill is passed without the
emergency clause.
As a matter of fact, the proposed
merger will not go Into effect until May,
Wi0, when the terms of the present city
treasurer and city tax commissioner
shall have expired. There Is. therefore,
no ground for apprehension of double
taxation during this year and there need
be none for the year following. All that
ueeds to be done to prevent cumulative
taxation Is to insert in the charter such
provision as will render Impossible the
heaping up of taxes In one year.
Another groundless objection to the
proposed merger, which is being indus
triously circulated. Is that no saving will
be effected because the county treasurer
will be compelled to keep at least one
deputy or clerk in the city hall to collect
the license taxes, namely, liquor licenses,
licenses on peddlers, market hucksters
nnd owners of dogs. The probabilities
are that Instead of keeping a deputy In
the city hall the county treasurer will
move himself and all his clerks from
the court house to the city hall and
transact all the city revenue collection
and disbursement from the city hall
building, and the county will haye.the
use of the room vacated for one of the
courts or some department that Is now
cramped for room.
Representative Dodgo explains that
his bill to permit owners of land used
for agricultural purposes within the lim
its of Incorporated towns to have them
detached In order to avoid paying mu
nicipal taxes applies only to towns of
less than 5,000 population and should
not, therefore, be objectionable. How
this helps the case Is difficult to see.
The same idea Is engrafted In one of the
Oninlm charter bills and Mr. Dodge Is
doubtless ready to apply the same prin
ciple to Omaha as to the smaller towns.
All of this unimproved land was brought
Into the city limits at the demand of tho
owners, who were holding it for a spec
ulation nnd expected to sell It shortly
for town lots at big prices. They were
disappointed In the venture and now
want to unload after participating In
all the benefits of n growing city. The
original annexation was a two-sided
bargain and no segregation should be
permitted unless the taxpayers assent
equally with the tax shirkers.
Before the legislature authorize the
sale of the penitentiary lands It should
Inquire ond ascertain where the lands
are located and what would be gained
by the proposed sole. Penitentiary land
sale schemes, like the Keunard swamp
land claim, have been the subject of
many discussions and scaudnls In former
legislatures and there Is a natural auspl
clou that there Is a Job somewhere
whenever the subject is brought ujl.
The school hoard "apportionment for
rest .for. the. focal year Is $2.V but $.x;o
has already been puld out for reut and
the fiscal year scarcely half gone. The
same is true for the Item of cartage,
which Is similarly overdrawn. Still
there is $7.XoU- left to the credit of the
"miscellaneous" account out of a nest
egg of $".-.00().
While the drenmer atv dreaming,
they might as well dream that their bill
to charter another Missouri river bridge
at this point has become law ond thnt
the dream bridge Is already erected and
In operation. It's just as easy as to
wake up before the dream Is hnlf over.
The Board of Education is making
steady progress In tho direction of re
trenchment, judging by the contracts it
has let for winding up the docks that
are supposed to keep time and tab upon
the opening nnd closing of schools. Time
Is money nnd timekeepers cost money.
There seems to be a division of opinion
on the board of Inquiry as to the Justifi
cation of the firing upon the British
trawlers, but this can hardly mean that
there are admirals of other nations who
would have followed the same course.
Senator Klklns has practically declared
that no railroad rate regulation will be
enacted by the present congress. Hold
over members may as well make nr-
rangfinenta to spend part of their usual
vocation at the national capital.
Incautloaa Kipoiire.
Chicago News.
Buffalo Bill vast experience as a hero
of Injun stories ought to have warned him
to stay under cover while so many hostile
witnesses were lurking In the tall gross.
Pipe Line Bos.
Washington Post.
Officials of the Standard Oil trust re
fuse to discuss the proposed congressional
Investigation of their business. They have
all they can conveniently do signing re
ceipts for their dividend checks.
The Secret la Oot.
Boston Transcript.
It seems that the Inventor of the cake
walk, who has Just died, waa emnlnveri
by President Roosevelfa parents In his
youth. May be that'a how the chiof
executive got his taste for the strenuous
life.
Time Fuse for Anknard I.ettera.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The reappearance of one of those hiatnrln
letters containing the Injunction to burn It.
ana wnicn aid not get burned, calls at
tention to one case In which science nnd
Invention have not come ud to the neri
of progress. Some Inventions are wonder-
iui; out me paths or statesmanship will
never be easy until a time fuse is perfected
which will make sure of burning up the
letters to which It Is attached.
The Ideal Snail Pace.
New York Evening Post.
Our Spanish Claims commission bids
fair to rival the almost Incredible story of
the French claims, on the score both of
delay and Injustice, i fp to date. It has
made awards In but three claims, amount
ing to $1.1,000. Meanwhile, the commission
ltse-lf has cost the government, since Its
creation In March, 1901, only about 1518,000.
In salaries and expenses. This Is a pretty
sad record of ' Inefficiency. At this rate,
It will take the fjommlsslon somo 600 years
to pass upon -alLthe. claims before It. In
any cane, the claimants and many of their
heirs will have died before they see the
color of their money. Yet we went to war
with Spain, partly on account of these Just
claims of our citizens, and In the treaty
of Paris solemnly undertook to liquidate
them.
Kponomy In Government Work.
Leslie's Weekly.
It has been our belief for a long time
that the expense Involved In the construc
tion of battleships under private contract
waa grossly extravagant. If nothing worse,
and figures recently given out showing the
comparative cost to date of the battleships
Connecticut and Louisiana, the former un
der government construction and the latter
being built by a private company, seem to
afford a positive confirmation of this be
lief. The Connecticut, at tha date given,
had cost $2,234,937.08; the Louisiana had cost
$.1,648,250.66; or more than 60 per cent more
for similar work. The apparent aavlng of
coBt by direct government construction Is
thus $1,213,313.68. As the two ahips are prac
tically alike, this enormous margin of ex
pense In favor of government construction
Is not easily explained away.
M4.11MS OF W4HIMiTO.
Ralea of oadnct Drafted r the
First President When n Hoy.
(These maxhns were writ en by Washing
ton when a hoy of 1.1 and reflect Ideals of
Social etiquette in vogue in Virginia tn
Colonial times.)
Every action In company ought to b
with some sign of respect to those present.
In presence of others sing not to your
self with a humming noise, nor drum with
your fingers or feet.
Sleep not when others speak: sit not
when oth'rs stand; speak not when you
should hold your peace; wnlk not when
others stop.
Turn not your back to others, especially
In speaking; Jog not the table or desk on
which another reads or writes; lean not
on anv one.
Be no flatterer; neither play with any
one that delights not to be played with.
Read no letters, books or papers In com
pany, but when there Is a necessity for
doing it, you must ask leave. Come not
near the books or writings of any one so
as to read them, unless directed, nor give
your opinion of them unasked; also, look
not nigh when another Is writing a letter.
When another speaks, be attentive your
self, and disturb not the audience. If any
hesitate In hla words, help him not, nor
prompt htm, without being desired; Inter
rupt him not, nor answer him, till his
speech Is ended.
Be not curious to know the affairs of
others, neither approach to those that
speak In private.
Make no show of tsklng great delight
In your victuals; feed not with greediness;
lean not on the table; neither find fault
with what you eat.
Let jour discourse with men of business
be short and comprehensive.
Be not Immoderate in urging your friend
to discover a secret.
If ;wo contend together take not the
part of either unconstrained, and be not
obstinate In your own opinion; In things
Indifferent, be of the major side.
Speak not In an unknown tongue in
company, but In your own language, and
as those of quality do, and not as the
vulgar; sublime matter treat seriously.
In dispute, be not so desirous to over
come, as you are to give liberty to each
one to deliver his opinion; and submit to
the Judgment of the major part, especially
if they are Judgea of the dispute.
In writing or speaking, give to every
person his due title, according to his de
gree and the custom of the place.
Strive not with your superiors In argu
ment, but always submit your Judgment
to others with modesty.
Be not forward, but friendly and cour
teous; the first to salute, hear and answer;
and be not pensive when It Is time to con
versa. AVhen your superiors talk to anybody,
hearken not, neither speak, nor laugh.
When you speak of God or His attributes,
let it be seriously. In reverence. Honor
and obey your natural parents, although
they be poor.
In your apparel bo modest and endeavor
to accommodate nature rather than to pro
cure admirutlon; keep lu the fashion of
your equals, such as are civil and orderly
with respect to times and places.
Play not the peacock, looking every
where about you to see If you be well
decked, If your shoes fit well, If your
stockings set neatly and clothes hand-somelj-.
Think before you speak; pronounce not
Imperfectly, nor bring out your words too
hastily, but orderly nnd distinctly.
Undertake not what you cannot perform,
but be careful to keep your promise.
When you deliver a matter, do It without
passion, and with discretion, however mean
the person may be you do It to.
Be not tedious in discourse; make not
many digressions, nor repeat often the
sumo, manner of discourse.
Vse no reproachful language against any
one, neither curse nor revile.
liet your countenance be pleasant, but In
serious matters somewhat grave.
Being to advise- or reprehend any one,
consider whether It ought to be In public
or private, presently or at some other time,
In what terms to do it; nnd, In reproving,
show no signs of choler, but do It with
sweetness and mildness.
Mock ndt nor Jest at anything of Im
portance; break no Jests that are sharp
biting, and if you deliver anything witty
and pleasant abstain from laughing thereat
yourself.
KANSAS POUTS THE WAY.
Importance of -the More Against
Monopoly In that State.
Chicago Record-Herald.
While no one can accurately estimate
the value of the work that the Kansas
legislature is doing. It Is certain, that the
time had come for action of some sort.
For the state was put distinctly on the
defensive by the wholly unscrupulous and
predatory corporation that was bent upon
robbing lta people. It waa dealing with no
conflict between the theories of socialism
and Individualism, but with hard facts.
Should It permit the corporation to ruin
many of lta citizens and exact tribute In
perpetuity from all of them that were
consumers of oil or should they make an
effort to defeat the monopoly and .protect
the public? That was the general prop
osition. There are besides certain Interesting
questions of detail. Standard Oil was pur
suing Its usual detestable tactics. It was
Juggling with freight rates so as to kill
competition. It waa Juggling with prices
for the effect on particular localities. And
there waa no power to stop It or to try to
top It except the state. Through tha
plunder It had acquired by similar opera
tlona elsewhere It was creeping into tha
control of the railroads. Its enormous re
sources developed all possible business com
binations Into utter inaignlficance.
That waa the status of affairs when tha
Kansas people and the Kansas officials
showed that they meant to fight, and then
came another characteristic, move by the
gang of pirates who manage these corpora
tion. They sent a delegation of the pro.
fesalonal bribe givers whom they keep on
their par rolls to buy off the legislators.
This Is their final reaort. tha culmination
of a aeries of aneaklng. underhanded and
criminal methods, and, to tha glory of Kan
aaa be It aald. It met with dismal failure.
Its creeping parasites had to leave the
capital without a single purchase to com
mend them to their employers.
The Issue, that la now defined ahould ap
peal to American manhood everywhere.
Kansas repreaants the country In a con
test to decide whether the creature of tha
government la to dominate It and pollute
It and at tha same time to practice extor
tion upon the people unopposed. We have
In thla case one of the moat conspicuous
Instances of that anarchy of capital which
hua stirred the president and which ex
plains the speeches delivered In Chicago by
the democratic governor of Minnesota and
tho republican governor of Iowa. That It
portends great danger we do not believe
because we have flth in the ability of the
people to tal.e care of themaelvea They
will proceed practically regardless of the
blame or praise that may he given to any
theory, and the vast majority of them will
unit in saying "Oodiexl to Kansas."
Be not a.ngry at table, whatever happens,
and If you have reason to be, show It not;
put on a cheerful countenance, especially
If there be strangers, for good humor makes
one dish of meat a feast.
When you meet with one of greater
quality than yourself, atop and retire, es
pecially If It be at a door or any strait
place, to give way to him to pass.
They that are In dignity, or In office,
have In all places precedency; but, while
they are young, they ought to respect those
who are their equals In birth, or other
qualities, though they have no publio
charge.
It la good manners to prefer them, to
whom we are to speak, before ourselves,
especially If they aro above us, with whom
In no sort we ought to begin.
Associate yourself with men of good
quality, If you esteem your own reputation;
for It Is better to be alona than In bad
company. '
Utter not baae and frivolous things among
grave and learned men; nor very difficult
questions or subjects among the Ignorant;
nor things hard to be believed.
Bpeak not of doleful things In time of
mirth, nor at the table; speak not of mel
ancholy things, aa death snd wounds; and
If others mention them, change, If you can,
the discourse. Tell not your dreams but
to your Intimate friends.
Go not thither where you know not
whether you shall be welcome or not.
Give not advice without being asked, and
when desired, do it briefly.
Treat with men at fit tlmea about busi
ness, and whisper not In the company of
others.
Be not hasty to believe flying reports to
the disparagement of any.
Speak not Injurious words, neither In
Jest nor earnest; scoff at none, although
they give occasion. '
Detract not from others, neither be ex
cessive In commanding.
Be not apt to relate news If you know
not the truth thereof. In discoursing of
things you have heard, name not your
author always. A secret discover not.
Show not yourself glad at the misfor
tune of another, though ha were your
enemy.
When a man does all ha can, though U
succeeds not well, blama not him that
did It.
Let your conversation be without malica
or envy, for It la a algn of tractable and
commendable nature: and, In all oausea of
pasalon, admit reaaon to govern.
.lvlos the lias Array.
Philadelphia Press.
The quarrels of corporation magnatta
for which the common people have to pay
In the end are so usual as hardly to
arouse comment. But the udage that there
Is nothing new under the sun Is con
tradicted by the quarrel between Insur
ance and financial magnates, as a result
of which the policy holder 111 get an ad
vantage. This Is so striking a departure
from precedents as to Justify the wildest
cnthusiam-when tha advantage arrive
PRRSOV4I. OTF.S.
IUiwn In Kansas they call him John O.
Roba feller.
William 11. Tart will be the orator at
the Yale law school commencement next
Jur-e.
After being Jilted three times by the same
trlflcr an Illinois woman accepted the
wrexrh when he proposed a fourth tint?
during the trial of her suit for KZ,no.
Captain P. Lchlond of the United States
coast guard service In the Philippines has
reached New York from Russia, on hla
way to Manila He w-as unsble to get
across Siberia by rail on account of the
military operations.
The New York supreme court has estab
lished a state record by granting seven
teen divorce decrees at the rate of one
every twelve minutes. That's about as fas:
as folks ran be married, even under New
York's simple laws.
Although District Attorney Jerome be
longs to one of the oldest and most distin
guished families In New York and holds a
membership In five of the most fashionable
clubs, he prefers to live In a little flat over
on the east side. At home he leads the
simple life and In the office he leads the
strenuous life.
Governor Brady of Alaska protests
against talk of the "vlie, dirty Ksklmo."
saying those who make such remarks are
in Ignorance. "I don't know what he
may be like In, other divisions of the
frigid tone, but I do know that the Alaskan
Indian Is as fine a type of his clans as can
be found anywhere. Take them aa a
whole, they are sober and Industrious,
make homes and adopt civilization readily.
They are truthful, honest, hospitable, gen
tle and kind-hearted."
Colonel "Bill" Sterrett sat in a Washing
ton hotel lobby grumbling about the cold
and miserable weather. "Down In my
Texas home," be snorted, "the peach treea
are probably blooming, the scent of the
spring grass In the air, and I suppose my
children are going swlmmln'." "Oh, I
don't know," said a northern acquaintance.
"I have Just received a letter from a friend
of mine who Is down there. He says the
Texans are enjoying a fuel famine, while
the woods are froxen up. Garden truck Is
dead, and Ink, whisky and molasses are
frosen hard." "Yes, there you are." aald
Sterrett, "the minute I come up to this
country they let things go to rack and
ruin."
It
GOOD THUG PISH IT AI.OXG.
Slffniflcant Enthusiasm for the Rate
Regulation Bill.
. Brooklyn Eagle Washington Dispatch.
A, curious situation Is presented here In
the spectacle of representatives of the pri
vate car lines clamoring for the passage of
the Townsend-Esch rate bill. This Is the
measure which Its framers claim Will wipe
out the private car lines, along with other
transportation evils. The fact that agents
of them Independent car companies are no
longer opposing the Townsend-Esch bill,
but, in fact, are urging Its adoption, raised
the suspicion that somewhere In Its pro
visions a "Joker" Is concealed.
There has been a pronounced change of
front on the part of the private car in
terests within the past few days. A month
ago they were thoroughly alarmed over the
legislative prospect, owing to the fact that
the president, both branches of congress,
railroads and shippers were all demanding
that something be done to check tho private
car evil. It was d-escrlbed as the powerful
right arm of the Beef trust, and one of Its
most potent agencies In crushing out com
petition among shippers of all perishable
products. The united howl on the part
of all hands against the private car lines
led to the belief that If any remedial leg
islation were adopted In the present ses
sion It would be aimed at this monopoly.
Representative Stevens of Minnesota was
requested by his associates on tho houso
committee on Interstate commerce to pre
pare a measure that would secure govern
mental regulation of the operation of these
lines. That was the first committee meas
ure that was drafted, and until the presi
dent conferred with Messrs. Esch and
Townsend and approved the bill which
bears their name, It was thought .tho Ste
vens bill might be the only railroad bill
to come out of Chairman Hepburn's com
mittee during this session. Hearings on
the Stevens measure are now under way.
Attorneys and officers of the Beef trust
are fighting It vigorously and throwing
every possible obstacle In Its path. The
argument Is now brought out that If the
Townsend-Esch bill Is passed by the sen
ate there will be no occasion to enact the
Stevens bill. The unique claim is made
by the private car men that the former
measure provides all the means necesiary
to give to the government general con
trol over these lines. It Is significant, how
ever, that this opinion Is not shared by
leading republicans In congress, nnd that
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Com
merce Commission believes the Townsend
Eech bill Is defective, so fsr as applying a
cure to this evil is concerned.
Among those who are here advocating
the adoption of the Townsend-Esch meas
ure Is A. C. Mather, president of tha
Mather Private Car line of Chicago. He
declarea that the first section of tha bill
which was last week adopted by the house
confers authority upon the Interstate Com
merce Commission to deal with com
plaints against private cars, on the same
basis as complaints aguinst common car
riers. The section In question authorizes
the commission to fix reasonable rates In
complaints against chargea "for the trans
portation of peraona or property." Mr.
Mather professes to believe that the refer
ence to "transportation of persons or
property" .will cover the operation of the
private car lines. He therefore Is dis
couraging all talk ot passing the Stevens
bill.
H If
CHEAM
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Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food.
WAR OK THE OIL MONOPOLY.
Boston Transcript! Standard Oil goes
right on buying oil properties In Kansas
despite the threat of state competition.
Why not buy the state outright, aa has
been done In other Instances?
New York Sun: What Is the public most
likely to get as a result of the expenditure
of more than $IO0,0OO and the revelatlsn of
that which Is slready well and generally
known. Verily. It may get a good, hard
healthy run for Its money.
San Francisco Chronicle: It must be ap
parent by this time to the Standard Oil
grabbers that high-handed methods can
not win In this country. The people will
consent to be robbed If the, robbers go
about their work In "gentlemanly" fashion,
but they won't stand Insolence and brow
beating. St. , Louis Republic: Mr. Roosevelt will
have the unqualified support of everybody,
regardless of politics. If he will throw his
whole weight to send the probe down Into
the vitals of' this overgrown power, the
originator of corporate monopoly and
futher and breeder of monopolies. The
president has set about the matter In the
right spirit with a zest which quite fulfl 1
tho campaign promises of some of his
admirers, who whispered It around that
he "had It lit for the Standard." Let him
"go after It" like a strong man and the
peoplo will stand by him to the finish.
Philadelphia Record: The president now
seems disposed to tackle something of his
size. The Standard Oil company Is game
worth the bringing down. Its history Is a
history of daring brigandage, preying with
Indifferent appetite upon the consumer.
producer and refiner of petroleum and upon
the great transportation companies; and
with Its vast accumulated wealth exercis
ing a maiencent sway in me neia or
finance. A quarter of a century of rapine
should afford a most enticing field of ex- (
ploratlon for an Investigator armed with I
power1 to compel a showing of hands and
Impervious to the seductive blandishments
of corrupt solicitation.
BRIGHT AND BREEZY.
Perambulating Pete Tim, don't yer wish
yer lived In do tropics, where yer could set
under a cocoamit tree an' have de ripe nuts
fall right at yer feet?
Tie-pass Tim New. Who'd crack da nuts
for me? Cleveland Leader.
"You say you aro not afraid ot tha
trusts?"
"Not a bit." answered Senator Sorghum.
"Srime of 'cm have been the best friends 1
ever had." Washington Star.
Von Blumor While I was watching the
ticker some stock 1 bought went Up W
points In an hour.
Plmpleton So you made big money,
"No, I came out about even. Aly wife
was nt her dressmaker's at the same time." .
Brooklyn Life.
"What Is a retainer, pop?"
"A retainer, my son, Is the money people
pay us lawyers before we do any work."
"Oh, I see. It's like those pay gas mntarm
Tho people have to pay the mouev before
they get any gas." Yonkers Statesman.
"Yes," said the Cheerful Idiot, "there Is
one social chasm that politeness cannot
bridge." ,
"What, for Instance?" asked the Tired
Citizen, in the hope that the Idiot was
threatened with a lucid Interval.
"Sarcasm." replied the Cheerful Tdlot.
laughing ghoullslily. Baltimore American.
"Charles, have you ever considered going
Into any buslnras?"
"Naw. The governor wanted me to Iset
yeah, but I told him. dontcherknow, It was
enough to have one tradesman In the
jtiuiny- jucige.
Badlelgh Mlldude Mister, I'm goln' to Oak
ye an unusual question
Fellalre (formerly Rusty Rufusl Well,
I'm going to give you the uaual answer. I
never give a blamed cent to a man that has
no more pride In hln calling than to put on
the professional whine when he tackles a
stranger for the price of a drink. Here's
a dollar, though, for old-times' sake. Now
get out of my sight, you abject old vaga
bond, or I'll kick you out of It! Chicago
Tribune.
OUE TO WASHINGTON.
Somerville Journal.
George Washington was great and good
We learned that in our youth.
Of course, he chopped the cherry tree.
But then he told the truth.
He was a politician, too.
Which makes u wonder why
Tb world Is willing to bellrve
lie never told a lie.
The Father of His Country, ha
Would hardly know It now.
He couldn't use the telephone,
Unless you told him how.
He was a great and noble man.
Historians have said,
And yet, I do not envy him,
For Georgle, he Is dead!
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to know about your
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one will ae your
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