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Notary Public.
It In announced that the Mogul fences
on the public domain "will come down
once more.
General Kouropatkln has the further
ntlpfnetion of knowing that none of
bis ubordtna.tra; have developed, suffi
cient ability to be a rival.
Contemplating Oyama'a 70 years, the
R inula ns may be inclined to agree that
he has reached the age that entitles
hlni to retirement on full pay.
In the Colorado gubernatorial contest,
Governor Adams Is demonstrating anew
the undlmmed lustre of the adage that
possession Is nine points of the law.
The big oatmeal works at Cedar
Itapldfl has been unfortunately de
stroyed by Are. Better hurry up those
cereal mills which' are on the program
ef the Omaha Grain exchange.
Russian.' military experts found a
similarity between conditions at the
fihakbe and Liao Yang, and just to show
them that they were right the Japanese
proceeded to win another victory.
Lincoln claims a directory population
of 50,000. It IS to be noted that the
claim Is set up while the legislature ia
in session, with Its army of onhangers
and retinue of camp followers on the
ground.
Printed copies of the charter bill are
overdue. People here in Omaha would
like to know Just how many and what
changes the charter bill proposes that
have not already been brought to pub
lic attention.
Tarls hears that Itojestvensky has
taken the back track. The admiral evi
dently wants Russia to have ships left
for that survey of the Arctic ocean
which it announces is to begin at the
close of the war.
There may be only fifteen days of
regular session remaining for the legis
lature, but there is nothing to prevent
Nebraska lawmakers from serving over
time, provided, only, they are willing
to serve without pay.
If every banker who honored checks
when the man who signed them had no
' money In the bank, were guilty of con
spiracy against the United States there
would bo more work than the federal
courts could attend to.
Japanese fishermen arrested for mak
ing an attack upon a ship in American
waters have been released. The strong
est link in the chain of evidence which
exonerated them was the fact that they
failed to capture the vessel.
Kansas is not troubling Itself over
tho suggestion that Us attacks upon the
Standard Oil company may be illegal.
It never argued the legality of John
Brown's raid, but although the old agi
tator wai bung things came his way
after death.
Where does the World-Herald stand
on tba question of preparing for a
Greater Omaha? , Is It afraid to say
where It stunds? Or is It In favor of
eventual , consolidation of Omaha and
Houia Omaha on one page and against
It ou another? ....
l is suggested, that New York City
may term rat a the lease of the company
which la . operating cars through the
municipal subway In case the strike is
not settled, but Mr. Belmont la tt Us
ed that ha has the situation so well In
baud that he can remain lu Florida.
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Kvery editor of a democratic news
paper Is urgently Implored to attend the
meeting of the Nebraska Democratic Ed
itorial association, which is to be held
at Lincoln Wednesday of week after
next. There are fewer democratic edi
tors now than there used to be and no
effort ran be bjai4 to keep the ranks
Uuteuled.
THE rACK t)F Jf.TCE.
"We wish pence," said President
Roosevelt In his Inaugural addresa, "but
we wUh the peace of Justice, the peace
of righteousness. We wish It because
we think It Is right, and not because we
are afraid. No weak nation that acts
manfully and Justly should ever have
cause to fear us, and no strong power
should ever be able to single us out as
a subject for Insolent aggression'." The
sentiment will be endorsed with practi
cal unanimity by the American people.
It is In accord with our history from
the beginning of the republic. The
United States has always, stood for the
peace of Justice. There may be some
to assert that this was not the cane in
our war with Mexico, but we think
that no fair-minded reader of Jhe his
tory of that contest can doubt that the
course of the United States was justifi
able. This country Las never sought war.
It lias never done anything to provoke
hostilities with another nation. It has
always demanded and always will de
mand Justice from other nations arid in
the future as In the past it will insist
upon this at whatever hazard. That U
the spirit and Instinct of the American
people. We will not tolerate wrong or
injustice, from whatever source they
may come, whetlwr from the strong or
the weak. We want only Justice and
Justice we will have. The American
nation Is not afraid. It doe not stand
before the world In an attitude of tim
idity asking with bowed head to be
treated fairly and Justly. Its position is
rather that of a courageous assertion of
its dignity and its rights and an Intrepid
notice to the world that these must be
recognized and respected.
There is nothing of menace or of chal
lenge in this position. It Is the simple
declaration of a great people who know
their rights and dore maintain them.
This is not a militant people. Unsur
passed, as unquestionably we are in
military prowess, we do not like war.
We know Its cost and its consequences.
We also know the benefits and advan
tages of peace. The glory of victories
in war Is not comparable with the value
of the achievements of peace. But we
wish peace, as was said by Mr. Roose
velt, because we think It la right and
not because we are afraid. If the
protection of our Interests and rights
demands that we go to war we will not
hesitate to do so. whoever the foe. No
nation Is powerful enough to Invade our
rights or to do us an injury without
having to answer for it.
In the utterance of President Roose
velt above quoted there Is the assur
ance that we have a chief magistrate
who, while most earnestly devoted to
the cause of peace, will permit no ac
tion on the part of foreign governments
Inimical to American interests to go un
challenged. He will Insist in the fu
ture as In the past that every right of
the United States shall be observed and
respected by foreign nations. This Is
well understood by every government
abroad and we may be sure that all of
them will carefully avoid giving any
offense to this country.
. IN A NUTSHELL.
The shallowness of the pretense that
municipal taxation of railroad terminals
located within city boundaries ' would
mean tho withdrawal of values dis
tributed In the mileage returns subject
to taxation In the rural districts could
not be better Illustrated than by the
colloquy that took place the other night
between a rural lawmaker and one of
the railroad tax bureaucrats:
"You aay, Mr. Clancey, that If this ter
minal tax Is levied It will divert taxes
from the coffers of the country dlst'i'.ta,"
observed Representative Jones. ,
"Yes," said Clancey.
"But it won't Increase the railroads'
taxes, will it?" aaked Jones.
"Oh, no," rejoined Clancey.
"Then," replied Jones, "It's just a mat
ter between the country and city dis
tricts?" "That's all," asserted Clanoey.
"Then why don't you get away and let
us settle the matter?" was Jones' re
joinder. The reason why Is obvious. The
railroads are now altogether evading
the largest part of the city taxes which
they ought to pay and are unloading
upon other taxpayers, while enjoying
all the protection and benefits, the
shares of the burden of municipal gov
ernment properly and equitably devolv
ing upon the railroad property. They
are simply trying to use the represen
tatives of tho rural taxpayers as cat's
paws to pull their tax shirking chest
nuts out of the tire.
lXQZNIOVS BVXCOMnt,
Some Ingenious pleas are certainly
being concocted to overcome the point
of unconstitutionality raised against the
bills to abolish off year elections by
statutory enactment. "Ono of the most
eminent Jurists in the state," who, how
ever, la nameless, la quoted aa saying
that "in his mind" there U no question
but that the lutent of the constitution
makers In providing that elections be
held on the first Tuesduy In November
"of each year" was simply that the
election be held ou that calendar day
of each year in case any election Is
held at all. The absurdity "of this con
tention Is at once seen when tba con
stitutional provisions are considered,
which arranged the terms of the first
members elected to the supreme court
and to the Board of University Regents
so that the; should expire in two, four
aud six years, in order that their suc
cessor's terms might overlap aud one
third of the uicmliershlp tie reuewed
every two years. Had tho constitution
makers had an eye to biennial elections
they could just as easily have fixed
these terms for one, three and , five
years, making the terms of all tbd state
ottlcers expire simultaneously.
The fact Is, that the constitution
makers never thought of anything but
annual elections and that the only
promise of the 'present plan runnlug
the constitutional gauntlet Ilea in the
fact that It proposes to extend the term
of every Judge t tho supreme court
for one year, and that these Judges are
expected to stretch a point In their own
favor. If the attempt were made to
bring at Mint biennial election by abol
ishing the even year elections, thus ex
tending the terms of the executive state
officers and leaving those of the judicial
officers untouched, it would not have a
ghost of a chance to pass muster In the
courts. Furthermore, if the legislature
has the right to extend the terms of
certain constitutional and statutory offi
cers for one year by abolishing the off
year election and permitting them to
hold over until their successors are duly
chosen, it could extend the terms of
all officers In the same manner. If It
could extend the terms of these officers
In this way for one year. It could extend
them likewise fer two. three or four
years, by simply repealing the laws
providing for elections altogether and
letting the present Incumbents hold
over Indefinitely.
In which our county affairs have been
managed. The question now Is. How
much money has Ikhmi taken from the
taxpayers Illegally by the court repor
ters, and will any steps Ik taken to
recover and turn It back?
a rmLirriyt: jyvKSTiOATiox
It is announced that Secretary Taft
Is going to the Philippines and will be
accompanied by several congressmen
and probably a few government offi
cials. It Is not definitely known what
purpose the secretary of wnr has in
view, but It Is conjectured, from what
he said before the house committee on
ways and means regarding the attitude
of the administration respecting the
Philippines, that he contemplates mak
Ing an investigation to see Just how far
tho Filipinos are fitted now for a
larger measure of self-government, with
Independence as the ultimate object In
view.
A Washington dispatch says it is not
believed by anyone that Mr. Tnft would
visit the Philippines for the purpose of
investigating the administration there
and if he did he would certainly not take
democratic Congressmen along, some of
those who have been Invited to accom
pany him being democrats. The belief
Is therefore strong that the secretary's
visit will be for the purpose of seeing
how far the administration's present
policy toward the archipelago can be en
larged and liberalized. It Is well known
that both President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Taft are not unfriendly to the
Idea of ultimate Independence for the
Filipinos, though they think the time
Is somewhat remote when those people
will be prepared to establish and main
tain self-government. What they are
undoubtedly anxious to do is to as rap
idly as possible advance the Filipinos
toward self-government and the deep
Interest which Secretary Taft takes in
those people probably Impels him to
make an Investigation of existing con
ditions In the Islands. Nothing that has
recently come from there Indicates that
the situation Is not on the whole satis
factory, but good may result from an
Investigation of conditions by Secretary
Taft.
A grand Jury In Jefferson county bat
been discharged tiecause the Judge dis
covered that k man had lieen drawn to
serve as a Juror who had been dead for
two years. A little thing like that ought
not to knock out the Jury. Up here In
Douglas county the last grand jury list
contained the names of several women,
as well as one or two dead men, but the
places were supplied and the grand
Jury pulled off Just the same as If noth
ing unusunl had happened.
As an objec lesson on the growing
necessity of a change In onr federal
constitution that will provide for the
election of United States senators by
direct vote of the people, the Missouri
deadlock is eminently a success.
I nlTeraat Motto.
Minneapolis Journal.
"Regulate every one except me" is a
sentiment we all enn appreciate.
Notes for Friendly Kara.
Baltimore American.
President Roosevelt Is to attend n session
J of the Congress of Mothers In Washington
and make suggestion. He Is likely to
I have a better and easier time than in his
of fathers.
lXDiayAST ALASKAyS.
The failure of congress to pass the
bill allowing a delegate in congress for
Alaska, which the people there had
most earnestly hoped would pass, has
naturally cause'd a good deal of Indig
nation, since Hawaii, Porto Rico and
other territories have representation lu
congress. The Alaskans feel that in
this respect they have been most unjustly
treated and so strong is their resent
ment that they have even urged annexa
tion to Canada of course aa impossible
thing, yet vigorously denoting their
great disappointment.
President Roosevelt recommended a
delegate for Alaska and the house of
representatives concurred In It, but the
senate killed the proposition. There is
no good reason why Alaska should not
have representation in the national con
gress. There are large and most im
portant interests there. It is a far more
valuable part of the national domain
than either Hawaii or Torto Rico, both
of which send delegates to Washing
ton. There are eoine 60,000 American
citizens residing in Alaska and the num
ber ia steadily Increasing. In order that
their Interests and wants shall be prop
erly looked after it is absolutely neces
sary that they should have at Wash
ington eome one entirely familiar with
conditions In the territory and capable
of properly presenting them to the at
tention of congress. Alaska has repaid
many times what it cost. Such of its
resources as have already been devel
oped are highly profitable. In the judg
ment of those who have Investigated
that great region there are vast possi
bilities, agricultural and otherwise, and
undoubtedly there will be much greater
returns from it than have yet been
realized. At all events the American
citizens of Alaska ought to be repre
aented by a delegate in congress and it
is not to be doubted that their request
for this will ultimately be complied
with.
Whether a judge for the time being
In San Francisco can hold court. In
Honolulu by transmitting his rulings on
motions by cable is a nice question
of law now raised in a concrete case. If
it were only a little thing like perform
ing a marriage ceremony by telephone
or admitting a deposition taken In a
phonograph the modification of our sys
tem of jurisprudence to conform to the
wonders of tweutleth century science
would go as u matter of course. As a
verdict for big damages Is at stake,
however, on the validity of court de
cisions by cable, the matter Is apt to
go clear up to the highest court of appeals.
Members of the Ministerial associa
tion of the Capital city aro protesting
against the dances that are being held
from time to time at the state univer
sity. Here is a chance for another vol
canic eruption that will drown the out
burst over the campus oil well.
The discovery that court reporters
have beeu drawing money out of the
county treasury for transcripts In state
(uses which they are by law required
to furnish without extra charge Is only
another illustration of the loose manner
Asi Offering ta Peace.
Chicago Journal.
That bronse replica of the original mar
ble bust of Washington sent to us from
France and presented by the French am
bassador to the congress coat but & trifle;
but it was worth more than a, battleship
In keeping the peace of the two great republics.
Another "Good" Traat.
Philadelphia Record.
For nix months the iron business has
been in a state of great prosperity. The
result of this Is about to be enjoyed by
the employes of the Vnlted States Steel
corporation. It la reported from Pitts
burg that $12,000,000 b year will be added
to the wages of 170,000 men. Trusts are
not credited with souls, but they have
plenty of brains.
Castly Carelessness.
New York Tribune.
Some- years ago an American entomolo
gist hod sent to him for examination a few
specimens of the gypsy moth, and he acci
dentally allowed some half dosen to es
cape. . These Increased and multiplied In
such an alarming fashion that the moths
spread over a certain locality. In which
they wrought considerable damage. It
has cost the state of Massachusetts quite
$500,000 in the attempt to suppress them;
and it i estimated that It will take an
other $126,000 per annum to keep them from
traveling outside the area which they at
present devastate.
Crowing; Old Gracefully.
Portland Oregonlan.
Some folks, and those the best loved of
their time, have the happy faculty of
holding their own with their souls, even
when limbs stiffen a little and the run
Is exchanged for a walk, the hair whitens
and the pursuits of the contemplative life
begin to loom up above the urgencies
of th active life. What charming com
panions they arei t : home and abroad.
The ripeness and 1 mellowness of autumn
are as beautiful arilhe early greens of
spring, and the heats of the summer world.
Competition with the. young la far from
their thought, and they are willing to
stand by and give fair and full play to
the coming generation, taking pleasure in
the sight of their activities and pride in
their power to do.
Catting Oat a Rich Snap.
Springfield Republican.
The senate did on good thing when It
cut off the enormous income from fees
long enjoyed by United States District
Attorney Burnett of New Tork. As prose
cutor In cases arising out of violations of
the customs laws Mr. Burnett has been
privileged to collect fees aggregating $210,
009 within four years. In addition to a reg
ular salary of $6,000 a year. The man's
official compensation has really exceeded
that of the president himself, and the won
der is that so scandalous and outrageous
a "snap" should have been allowed to
exist so long. The senate has now adopted
an amendment to the sundry civil bill by
which Mr. Burnett will receive hereafter
$10,000 a year in salary and no fees what
ever. If $10,000 is fair compensation the
$aoo,000 or more that he has been allowed
to pocket has been legalised graft.
THE PRESIDENT AMD CALLERS.
Method of Mr. Roosevelt ta Disposing
ef a. Waiting RiiBch.H
Jackson Tinker In Public Opinion.
One o'clock in the executive offlce ad
joining tho White House. Ten men are
waiting in the small' reception room, for
the president has been engaged for an hour
or longer with two members of the cabinet.
Jle has an appointment, too, with several
friends from a distance for luncheon at
the Whit House. A tall, military man has
Just entered the reception room when
"Hing," the door to the president's private
office files open, and Mr. Roosevelt steps
out.
"Your name, please." he exclaims as ho
comes squarely agalimt th big military
man.
Tills expression has the same effect on
the visitor as "Attention." Ho straightens
up another inch or two, and without the
lightest tremor replies: "I am the deputy
chief of constabulary of the Philippine
Islands." ,
"Ah," exclaimed the president, "I am
glad to see you. But I am fearfully busy
and have not a minute now. I have some
Ideas about your work over there and I
want to see you. When are you going
away?"
"I must leave early tomorrow morning
for 'FVlsco to catch the transport back,"
Is the reply. .'
"I see. Well I will not have a minute
today. See here, can you com to the
White House tonight at 10:90? We can
hav an hour's talk then undisturbed.
Come right to the front door and tell them
who you are. 1 will leave word that I am
to se rou."
"Certainly," says the grim visitor.
"Remember, 10:30 tonight," Is the presi
dent's lust word to him.
"How are you?" he exclaims, for now
he Is grasping the hand of a magaslne
editor who has been his friend for many
yvars.
"And you?" to a third from the south.
"I was going to write to you. 1 hav
found you were right about that fellow.
He la not the kind of man I want, and
he cannot get that appointment."
"Hello! 1 know whut you want," to an
other from New York. "You want me
to go to that dinner of your club. Now,
nothing would glva me greater pleasure
than to be with the boys, as you know,
but I really cannot go. I have declined
twenty Invitations to dinners In two days."
Smiling all the tl .i. but decMve and
brusqu. th president dlnposea of all ten
visitors In ten minute. Then he goes to
luncheon aud discusses questions of slat
or administration policy with his friends,
as they din with him and Mrs. Roosevelt.
ROIM) tnniT HEW YORK.
Ripples on the C arrent of l.lf la the
Metropolis.
"Dead essy" Is the familiar expression
New Yorkers use to describe the facility
with which some people' from the country
are taken In and relieved ot their money
In the big town. The ton of the ex
pression would lead the hearer to suppose
that Qothamltes ss a whole are the
smoothest people on the planet, familiar
with every game and sharp enough to skin
a professional and take the tall with the
hide. These pretensions are unadulterated
hot nlr. There Is no snot In the republic
possessing as large a percentage of "easy
marks" as the boastful metropolis, and the
strangest part of the Indictment la that the
so-called 'Tasy ones" are not Ignorant nd
Inexperienced, but intelligent business and
professional men.
Recently a New York publisher paid
$1,200 for a spirit picture painted under his
very eyes, tho woik being done by a
"smooth Jay" from Chicago. A Wall
street Wool clipper confesses In the Sun
that ho was plucked by con men three
times last year. One of the common
methods Is thus described:
"A lively fellow popped Into my office
and asked me what my electric light bill
cost me a month. I thought he was a
tenant In the same building, but, at any
rate, It wis no great secret that my bills
ran about $t0, and I told him so.
'You don't mean It,' he said, with ap
parent astonishment. 'They ought not to
cost you a quarter of that.'
"Then he explained that h made a busi
ness of examining electric light .and gas
bills and getting tremendous rebates. He
assured me that he had collected $2,(KK)
overcharges for one client.
"His fee, he said, was half the saving,
but If 1 wanted to make a year's contract
he would do my work for $100 for that
period. I figured that, on the percentage
basis he might get $fitt) a year, but I beat
him down from $100 to $50, paid him and
got his contract.
"He Instructed me to mail my light bill
to him each month and he would mark
any errors and Rend It back in such shape
that the lighting company would come off
its perch In a minute. So when my next
bill csme in I think It was for $.181 mailed
It to the Con Bunk Revising company, or
whatever he called it.
"The bill came back to me the next day
It had been stamped 'O. K. C. B. R. Co.'
The following bill day the thing was re
peated. "I went to the 'revising' company's office,
My friend of the glib tongue was not there,
but a young woman clerk was there and
she was as busy as a bee opening letters
from clients, hitting them with an O. K.
stamp and remailing them.
"I closed the door on the distressing
scene aud propelled myself to the street
with a series of easy kicks."
Mounted Policeman IjOuIb Martin, one of
Commissioner McAdoo's traffic regulating
Cossacks, gave Fifth avenue an exhibition
of rough riding the other day. He has
spent some time on the plains.
Martin was at Sixty-fifth street when a
horse came galloping south, dragging a
hansom cab. The driver, George Great
bach, had lost his reins, which dangled
along the asphalt. Martin galloped along
side for ten blocks, clutching the bridle
and tugging with all his strength, but the
runaway wouldn't stop.
Durlna; the struggle both horses nar
rowly escaped collision with vehicles of all
sorts. Many people on foot barely missed
being run down. At Fifty-ninth street the
runaway narrowly missed a crosstown car.
In front of the Hotel St. Regis Martin
decided to adopt new tactics. He veered
some few feet away from the runoway and
released his hold on the bridle. Then whip
ping up his mount he raced along abreast
of the .cab .horse, and at Fifty-fourth
street suddenly reined hla horse to the
left, causing it to bump against the run
away with great force. The cabihorse was
knocked off its feet, and, falling, landed
on its haunches, in which position it slid
along the asphalt for ten feet.
Before the animal had time to regain Its
footing Martin and three Infantry cops
were nt its head. Martin was applauded
by the crowd that witnessed the stunt.
"That's an old trick out west," said Mar
tin. An eighth wonder will be added to the
world when the New York Rapid "Transit
company completes its plan to dig a tun
nel across Manhattan Island at Thirty
fourth Btreet, connecting the East and tho
North rivers and draining heavily popu
lated territories on both sides. The part
of the project to make this new enterprise
an eighth wonder will be the installation
of two moving platforms, each 8,000 feet
long and going at a speed of nine miles
an hour. Each moving platform will be
equipped with scuts to accommodate 8,000
passengers. The moving platform Is, to
all intents, a regular railway propelled by
electricity. There are no stops, hence no
delays in slowing down, allowing passen
gers to alight or get aboard, no interrup
tion ot t radio and at all times an ample
seating capacity. The car itself Is run on
a platform which rests above a set of
wheels. These wheels are so geared as to
give the platform a speed of nine miles an
hour. As the wheels Are stationary and
rubber-tired, there is no noise or Jar.
Next to this train platform is another
platform, also on wheels and traveling In
the same direction at the rate of six miles
an hour. Next to this second platform Is
a third, traveling at the rate of three
miles an hour. Passengers step from the
regular station platform, which Is of stouo
or concrete and Is, of course, stationary,
and reach the three-ml!e-an-hour platform.
The Increased momentum Is no greater
than that required In abandoning a stand
ing position for an average walking pace.
The passenger steps from this to the sec
ond, or slx-mile-an-hour, platform with
out experiencing any greater Increase of
velocity than when planting his foot on the
first, and from that to the faster one.
THRISTS AT THF. REKF TR I ST.
Chicago News: However, the beef trust
need not tep down from th wltnrsa stand
Just yet. There are a lot of questions which
Mr. MKdy would lll:e to ask.
St. Lrfiuia Globe Democrat: Between the
price pid the farmer for a steer and the
price paid by the consumer for beef theie
Is a large margin not explained In th Gar
field report on the operation of th trvist.
Kansas City Star: The beef trust might
reduce Its lossea somewhat by revoking the
ancient rule which allows the tail to go
with the hide. In the sort ef straits lo
which the big packers are reduced. It would
be perfectly Juliriahlc to charge for the
tail.
New York Tribune: Commissioner Gar
field's report on the beef trust will hardly
satisfy the eastern consumers of meat.
They have been paying so much for steaks
and every kind of focd from cattle, sheep
and pigs for a considerable period that
they have mad up their minds that the
prices In New York City ar altogether un
reasonable, and, Justly or unjustly, they
will continue to blame the packers who
control the market.
New York Commercial: Furthermore, a
profit of 2 per cent on the gross volume
of th "combine's" yearly business foots
up about $16.5urt,0u0; and, their combined
capitalisation being less than $100,(W0,0o0. the
profit on the investment is thus seen to be
at least 1 per cent: Add to that what pro
fit happens to flost In from prlvute csr
lines set In one Instance by the commis
sioner at XI per cent ss well as from hlg
salaries and possible railroad freight re
bates, and none of the "beef trust"
magnates can fairly be looked upon as en
route to the poor house. They are a good
deal of a "public ehnrge." however.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
rKRSONAI, MOTES.
General Miles says he will write no more
letters about the Jefferson Davis contro
versy. The country takes him at his word
In this matter.
By the deatli of ex-Governor Boutwell,
ex-Secretary John D. Long Is now the
senior ex-governor of Massachusetts.
The memory of Ceclllus Calvert, Lord
Baltimore, ia to be honored by the So
ciety of Colonial Wars by the erection of a
monument in the city named for htm.
President Roosevelt will attend the an
nual banquet ot th Empire Stat society
of th American Revolution, which Is to
be held In New York Friday evening,
March 17, the 129th anniversary of th
evacuation of Boston by th British.
A few days sgo Ol Oleson, the last sur
vivor of the Ole Bull colony at New Ber
gen snd Oleona, Pa., died at the age of
87. His desth removes the last representa
tive of that impractical scheme of th
hardy Norwegians who In 1810 went into
the wilds of Potter county, led by the
famous violinist, Ole Bull, and a year
later, driven out by starvation, scattered
to various parts of the t'nlted States.
Mrs. Blla Bayard Clinch Anderson,
widow Of General Robert Anderson, th
hero of Fort Sumter, died recently in
Washington. D. C. When the attack on
Fort Bumter began Mrs. Anderson, then
living In New York, distinguished herself
by kecking out a faithful sergeant, who
had been with her husband In Mexico, and
In pcrnon escorted him through the enemy's
country to the besieged fonrees, wher h
becam th pergonal attendant of bsr bus-
SHORT IVtVUI RAI, ADDKKSftE.
Characteristics Displayed by Former
Presidents.
New York Sun.
Tho shortest Inaugural address ever de
livered by a president of the I'nlted States
w have recently printed twice as a model
of brevity and solemn aelf-consecratlon to
duty under the law. That was George
Washington's address when he took tho
osth of office for his second term.
Another very brief Inaugural wa pro
nounced by Abraham Lincoln on March 4,
1865. Not because that wonderful speech
contained only about flno words, but because
of Its marvellous diction, rivalling, as John
Hay has sn Id. th Mr and dignity of the old
Hebrew prophets, and because of Its mag
nanimous sentlmenta prophetic of national
reunion, Lincoln's second Inaugural has
found Its merited place among the muster
pieces of all time.
Longer than Lincoln's second Inaugural,
yet brief in comparison with the greater
number of simitar utterances during our
national history, are Jackson's second,
Grant's first, and those of Zachnry Tay
lor, Chester A. Arthur and Andrew John
son. With Instinctive good taste Mr. Roose
velt restricted his utterances to less than
1.200 Words, about the nnmHnr ,.,l,,..,.l
by Andrew Jackson at the beginning of
nis secona term, and only 400 or 600 more
than Abraham Lincoln used on a memora
ble occaalon. Mr. Roosevelt has also con
fined his discourse to the broader gen
eralities of national duty nnd responsibil
ity. His sentiments are unexceptionable
and they are expressed In fine literary
form.
The comparative study or the Inaugural
addi-esses of the successive American pres
idents Is an education and a pleasure
which we commend to citlsens of the pres
ent generation. Once In a .i,n-
discover a really Illuminating thought, or
P.i, or ngwe. for example, how many
people are aware that It w. ?... ..,.
son who said. In his first Inaugural, lRO!.
; iuiuiian is the i cement of the
union?" ... .
It was and Is. Th or,,,, . . .
be hacked out or picked away from be.
i" Kioiiea or in edifice.
CAI SE8 FOR THANKFl I.ESS.
The Xatlon as it la and Its Fatore
Prospects. i
New York Times (Ind.).
"No peopi on earth." aaM Mr t...i.
In his inaugural address the other day,
"have more caus to be thankful than
ours. Let us hop so. Ami whv
not our hope be realised? We have a grrat
country, as our president has nft.n
us. We are a great and ivwi.i
reasonably Intelligent, virtuous perhaps
above the average of nations; we are Just
In our dealings; we are at peace with the
world; we have no enemies that we know
of, and we fear nothlnsr. it is a e.n.
and smiling land that we Inhabit w .r
industrious. The gains of our toil an,i h
profits of our trade make us richer from
year to year. All these are causes for
thankfulness.
We hav just Inaugurated mi,
dent a man whose great gifts of mind and
strength of character leave us in no doubt
whatever about his ability to bear up under
the responsibilities of that office. Ho H
high-minded, resolute. lnriennrin .i
sustaining, beyond all evil enticements and
persuasions, and fullv determine! it i,
can bring It about, that we shall Increase
in honor and estate during his chief magl
tracy. Other nations thus favored hv tnf.
tune might fall Into a conrim r.e .
sotted content. That peril does not m.
front us. Mr Roosevelt will not nermit
it. He admonishes us that the problems
wa have to solve ara mv ih.t .v..
perlment of administering under democratic
iiirms me mi airs or a continent Is "vast
nd formidable;" that If we fall ....
of free self-government thrmirhnut iv,.
world will rock to Its foundations." No
man save one actuated by the worst mo
tives would dispute or deny anything the
president said in his Inaugural. It is ln-
w -tiTT.ii "V
P017DISR
Absolutely Puro
HAS HO SUBSTITUTE
deed true that our duties and our responsi
bilities demand of us coursge, hardihood
and endurance.
President Roosevelt is alive to. th re
sponsibilities uf his place. He has a duo
sense of what Is expected of him as th
successor of Washington, of Lincoln and
of himself. He sees mote problem, mora
difficulties, more perils than most of us. It
may be, but he knows that he has tli
strength to withstand anything that may
come along, and triumph over it, whatever
its nature. Nor have we any anxiety on
that score. So why should we not l
thunkful?
KMII.IXi REMARKS.
Knicker See this Item? Mrs. Roosevelt's
inaugural gown Is woven and made in
America. Now. If nil you women would
cut out Paris and extravagance
Mrs. Knic ker .Ml right, any time you be
rotno president I'll follow the example.
New york Sun.
"Yes." said- the literary twrsmi. "I had
to give up smoking. Do you know, I had
the habit so bad tlist I Just rouldn t writ
without a pipe In my mouth?"
Indeed said the literary editor. "Well.
I've read your IhsI production, and I ad
vise you to go t smoking again." tThlcago
Tribune.
The germ of the $1 bill pricked up its
ears.
"Thev have found out I can live a month
In this, have they?" It chuckled. "Well,
that's more than any scientist can do"'
Thereupon, with u grin of satisfaction.
It began to feed cm the American eagle.
Chlcao Tribune.
He We must economise. Suppose: dar
ling, that you try your hand at making
your own clothes?
She Oh. George, dear. I never could do
that! Suppose I begin by trying to mak
yours? Philadelphia Inquirer.
Hubbubs Does your furnace draw well?
Town I should say it does It's draw
most of my salary for me this winter.
Cleveland Leader.
"I guess 1 am rather hilarious," th hujis
saw admitted. "The man who runs m
brought some whisky into the shop thle
morning."
"Well'.'" Inquired the lathe.
"Well, I took two or three Angers at his
expense." Philadelphia ledger.
Chnnce. Acquaintance Did you ere the In
auguration?'' ....
Cowbov (returning homeward 1 Did I see
It? Gre'ut Scott! See it! Say, you don t
read, tho papers, do you? Chicago Tribune.
SENATOR COPPER'S HOlE.
Wallace Irwin In Collier's.
Senator Copper of Tonapnh Ditch
Made a clean billion lit imnlu' nnd sii h,
Hiked rer iou ork, where his money h
blew ,
Biiliuiu a palace on Flft' avenoo.
"How,'' sez the . acnatur, "can 1 iook
. roiidcst?
Buiid me a houe that'll holler the loudest
None o' yer slab-rlded, plain mausoleums
Give me the treasures ot art and museums;
Build It new-fanglrd,
hcalloried and angled,
Fine, like a wcddln' cake garnished with
Tills;
Gents, do your dooty
Trot out yer beauty.
Give me my money's worth I'll pay th
bills."
Forty-eight architects came to consult,
Drawln' up plans for a splendid result;
If the old senator wanted to pay,
Thev'd give 'lm Art with a capital A.
Every style from the Greeks to the Hindoo"-.
Dago fmnt porches snd Siamese windows,
Japanese cupolas flghtln' with Itufslan,
Walls Senegambian. Turkish and Prussian;
Pillars Ionic,
Kavcs Bab;ionlc.
Doors cut In scallop, rrseniblin' a shell;
Rivif whs Kgyotlan,
Gables canltlun,
Whole grand effect, when completed, wus
hell.
When them there architects finished in
stylo,
Fortv-nlne sculptors waltzed Into the pile.
Swlngln' their chisels In circles and lines,
Carvln' the stone work In fancy designs;
Some favored anlnmls tigers and snakes;
Some favored cookery doughnuts and
Till the whole mansion wus crusted with
orn'ments,
Cellar lo garret , with hamman adorn
ments T-ettiicja and onions,
Cupids and bunions.
Fowls o' the air and the flsh o' the deep.
Mermaids rnd dragons,
Horses and wagons
Isn't no wonder the neighbors can't aleepl
Senator Copper, with pard'nahle pride.
Showed th grand house where he planned
to abide;
Full of emotion, he scarcely could speak:
"Can't find Its like In Noo York It's uneek!
Pe the variety, size and alignment,
Bhowln' the owner has wealth and refine
ment, Showln' he's one o' the tonler classes
Who can help secln' my house when h
iBMses'
Windows that star at you,
Statoos that swear at you.
Steeples end wenther-vane polalln' aloof;
Nuthin' can beat it ,
Jest to complete it, '
Guess I'll stick gold-loaf all over th roof!"
J
1 ' ' WJ ' III Ill IH
( SfMi MAKES YOU
j all
LT -Jy ) over.
Ache all over? Feverish?
Chilly? Just coming down
with a hard cold? Where do
you suppose it will settle?
In the throat? That means hoarseness, sore
throat, tonsillitis. In the chest? Then bron
chitis, pneumonia, consumption.
Do not let your cold settle. Break it up I Drive
it out! Ask your doctor the best medicine for
this. If he says Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, take it
at once. If he has anything better, take that.
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