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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 190G. The Omaha Daily Bee R. ROSE WATER. EDITOR. . PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Be (without Sunday), on roar.. $4 0 Dally Be and Sunday, oiw year J ? Illustrated Bee, one year J J Sundny Be, on year....; Saturday Bee, on year l w DELIVERED BT CARRIER . Dally Bee (Including Sunday) per week.. Yio Daily Bee (without Sunday!, per week..l2c Evening Boa (without Sunday), per week. c Evening Baa (with Sunday), par wek...loc Sunday Bee, per copy.. :"v" Address complaint of Irregularities In de llvery to City Circulation Department OrriCES. Omaha Th Be Bunding. South Omaha-City Hall Building. . Council BtufTs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 160 Cnfty Building. New YorWlStt JlomeLlfe Ins. Building. Washington fioi Fourteenth Street.. . , CORRESPONDENCE. Commwotcatlona relating to news and ed itorial matter shonld be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. ' " " M Rem't by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Be Publishing-Company. Only 3-cent stamps received aa payment ot mall account. Personal checks, exoept on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. ' STATEMENT OF" CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County. .! C. C Itoaawater, secretary of The Be Publishing company, being uly wern, says that th actual number of full and complete copies of Th DaUv. Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of December, 1906. was as fol io?: 1..". Sl.frtO 83,740 I mofiao 4..; SI JitiO I ,...411,780 ..8l600 -7..k ,...JU,U 17 ; o,oao II .81,890 It 81.770 jo saao a...k :. .83.080 a. 80,100 JJ 83.6HO ,14 80,000 J5 ; 81.7BO ... ... 10... 11.,, It... 13... 14.. 15... ..V'..n.S2,500 , ....... .80.10 .81,040 81,780 si.eso 81,80 81,780 ' g ; 83,210 . ?.- A '29 . M... II .aa.oio .SU.OOO .81,840 .33,010 .30,1 BO It, .. .01,710 Toti sa.two Less unsold copies 10,808 Net total sales Dally average.. 7 1,883 81,849 C. C. ROSE WATER, 1 Secretary Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before m tots sist any oi uectmmr, (Seal) M. B. HUNOATB. Notary Public ' WHIR OUT OP TOWH. . . . Sabserlbers leavlag th elty tem porarily shoald bay Th Be mailed to them. If i better thas s daily letter from home. Ad dress will be changed flea astad. There Is still plenty of time for the ripening of the ice crop. The ground bog hag not yet been heard from. Among the reforms for which Omaha hag been waiting for a long time Is the suppression of the mock auction shop. William Jennings Bryan has been cre ated a Datto, but that does not signify his intention to abdicate bis claim to the presidency. . '.;'.' - The attorney general of Missouri has discovered . by this time that oil men are very slippery on the witness stand and off the stand, The murder of shepherds In Wyoming is a fitting curtojn raiser for the "con solidation" meeting of stockmen to be held In Denver this month. Reed Smoot can congratulate himself that the senate has toojnucb real busi ness before ft to, take time digging up any more Utah sensations at present. The democratic cry of "Incidental pro tection" reminds one that a fair share of democratic votes comes from sections where Iron and steel Industries are growing. President . McCurdy threatens to tell tales out of school. Is it possible that he desires to be saved from the necea sity of placing a mortgage on his borne as McCall has done? Kansas City, as -well as Omaha, Is wrestling with the gas question. In Kansas City the Issue la between ar tificial gas and natural gas. In Omaha, however, it Is the reverse. Perhaps Congressman Overstreet more fully appreciated the remarks of Secretary Taft anent Mr. Cox of Cin dnnatl since the Indiana combination failed to work at the White House. Before passing Jlnal opinion upon Wall street Senator Heyburn should consider the course of "Charley1 Towns, who found "the street" an easy avenuejto wealth despite his former rears..,' ...v. . . With Russian credit equal to borrow ing French money at 5fc per cent. It Is trident that those closest to the scene of disturbance are not willing to admit that the autocracy has been seriously shaken. Attorney Hartley has at least proven that "Tom" Law mm knows enough about the Standard Oil company to know that he doesn't know It all, which will fce a surprise to some of Mr. Law son's, friend. i . - la jthe creuuou t a tiatto out of Mr. Bryaj the Moroa showed tuolr recogni tion it the eternal ftuiess of things, as the cU'inocratlc leader is as strongly bouutl by rock-rooted tradition as the Moros themselves. President" Aiinaits iius lollowed the Dominican surplus to the American leg ation confident bat the power which tould take money from the island should have no trouble in getting a man out of the clutches of the officials. - ' i There Is a well-defined rumor that the democrats' expect to hit the bull's-eye wlta Bullard for mayor. Tha boundary of Bullard" kingdom la yet to be de fined as soon as his declamation bf prin clplee la' promulgated. It is up to Bui )ard to tell the people of Omaha. what he would da If her wert king. ... HO RETALIATION IJf TWED- There is very naturally a good deal of Interest being - felt In ; portions -of this country as to what may be the decision: of the iHtmlnlon tariff commission. This Is especially the Cfe Jn New Kng- land and . In . a, part of the northwest, where the sentiment in favor of reci procity with Canada Is mora or lens ex tensive. The commission haa not ,yet completed Its hearings, but It lsrso near the end that those who have given care ful attention to the progress of the In quiry are able to form a tolerably cor rect Judgment of what will be the out come. ' ' According to what appears to be trust worthy opinion, the tariff commission will not 'avor any retaliatory duties against this country. It was under stood to be the original plan of the manufacturers to urge rates all through the manufacturing schedule of a radi cally protective character, but it ap pears that petitioners for such duties have been turned down by the commis sioners all along the line and the Mine fate has'.Wfallen advocates of retalia tion against the United States. In stances are noted of certain Interests that have appeared before the commis sion and urged an Increase of duties for the particular ' Industries represented which have received no encouragement, but on the contrary have been totdj at least In effect, that the policy contem plated does not look to, any; such changes In the tariff as would operate in a retaliatory way upon American, trade with the Dominion. If these reports correctly- represent the situation there seems to be no reason to . apprehend any serious Interference with the commercial relations between the United States and Canada through any modifications of the tariff law of the latter country. It Is impossible,; of course, to foretell Just what changes will be made, but the prexent indica tions are that they will not be very extensive or very radical, and that per haps the most Important will be in in creasing the preferential In f avoT of British manufacturers, though, it Is by no means certain that even this will be done, since the Canadian manufactur ers would manifestly be losers' thereby, What they desire Is , more protection and they want this not only against American competition, but also against that of British manufacturers. They argue that they cannot grow and make prosperous progress without such pro tection. They are quite ready for' any sort of concession to British manufac turers If given a higher, tariff against the competition of the United States, but if they cannot have the latter they will oppose the former. What now seems probable is, that there will be no tariff conflict between Canada and the United States, aa some have feared would be the case. ' There will be changes in the Dominion tariff, undoubt edly, but as now indicated, they will) not be so general or so radical as to materi ally affect our commercial relations with that country. r j IMMIGRATION TO THE SOUTH. A steamship with 800 Italian imml grants is on the way from Palermo, to New Orleans, this being, the beginning of a bi-monthly immigrant vessel ser vice Inaugurated by the Italian Royal Mall Steamship company ' which ! has been promised for the southern port for some time. A dispatch from New Orleans a few days ago stated, that this Is one of the initial steps toward In creasing the immigration to the United States through that port aud practi cally stamps with approval the effort to turn the tide of Immigration that; way. The coming steamship v ill arrive ' in about ten days and the immigrants will be distributed throughout that section among the sugar plantations and cotton fields, where it Is said the demand for labor is daily becoming greater and more Imperative. A New Orleans paper notes that labor in cottou and cane fields is' badly needed and the encouragement of immi gration seems to ' be .' the only sure method of solving the problem. It is stated that of the Immigrants coming the majority are farmers, and peasants and Immediately, upon their arrival In this country sre practically ready to take their places In the cotton and cane fields. Hence the steps to encourage the turn of the tide of immigration and to bring lntp the country through the port of New Orleans greater numbers of those wishing such employment as the fields and farms afford.' It is esti mated that at least 6,000 Immigrants from Italy will be brought to New Or leans annually... v. - t Coming here with a definite purpose snd with opportunities for employment open to them on their arrival, there can be no doubt that these Immigrants will be of great usefulness in the localities where they may be distributed and will iu due time become desirable citizens. According to the report, the people to be brought here are more or hxft familiar ith the kind of labor which will be offered them and consequent ly ran from the start perform it efficiently. They will not, of course, come here under contract, but simply with au understand ing of the class of work that is available to them, and which they will be entirely free to accept or not on their arrival. The south is urgently in need uf more labor. For several years au earnest effort has been made to draw imtnlgra-j tion to that section, whose rapid de velopment has created a demand for labor in 'excess of the native supply. Moreover, the negroes of the south, it appears, can no longer be generally de pended uMn as they could lu' former years. The MtalianViU'.mtgtanfs are suited to the climate and- there Is no doubt as to their falthf ainees and relia bility. Their coming win attract others, very likely some, who' land ft. northern ports, so that lu the not. very remote futura the south .will; vrolxtb be well supplied with this class of white labor. It Is needless to say that the people of that section are not In sympathy with those who would Impose extreme re strictions upon Immigration. XOMIXATIOlt 31-' SffWlET COSTLATB. The avowed object of the direct pri ma r'y election law has been the abolition of the packed caucus and bargain coun ter convention system, whereby candi dates, notoriously incompetent, unfit or even disreputable, have been foisted upon political parties by combinations of spoilsmen and patronage brokers. In other words, the main object of tha direct primary was the selection of can didates by the rank and file of. the re spective parties without the Interven tion of the snap Judgment caucuses and sealing put conventions. But lo and behold 1 The very. men who have been clamoring for direct primary reform are now banded together In the Fontanolle club to subvert the law and make the direct primary a bowling farce. Instead of exerting their Influence by precept and example to make the law meet the expectations of men who are conscientiously In favor of the principle of direct nominations they have organized a movement to re establish the bargain counter system In a new form, more pernicious and more dangerous to good government than were the nominations by packed caucuses and trade conventions. The most flagraut abuse of the in direct nomination system was the pur chase of delegates and trading of can didates, but that plan of nominations was no more reprehensible than the star chamber nominations by a club sailing under the flag of "Reform," or ganized for the division of spoils and manned by political buccaneers, held together by the cohesive power of plun der. What difference is there between nom inations made In the open by a packed political . convention and nominations made in secret conclave by ward heelers professional politicians, styling them selves "governors?" la the open con vention there is at least the redeeming feature Of publicity In throwing the dice although they may be loaded. ' In the open convention there Is at least some semblance of responsibility by the an nouncement and record of the vote of each delegation and frequently the an nouncement of the vote of each Individ ual delegate when the votes of a dele gation are publicly polled. In the star chamber conclave the gov ernors are able to screen themselves be hind the paper ballot when they sell out or trade away candidates to whom they are pledged. What share can the rank and file of the party have in the nomin ation of candidates If they are to be named for them in advance by an irre sponsible set of politicians making selec tions behind closed doors? If primary elections ore to be held simply to ratify the choice made in that fashion, what object Is 'there in holding primaries? Why should the taxpayers of Omaha or Douglas county be made to pay thousands of dollars for a farce? Why not let the "governors" of each party meet on a given day at a fixed hour to make nominations and proclaim their choice as the choice of the party? That would simplify matters and relieve the members of each party from register ing their preference, when, in fact, that prerogative has thoughtfully been exer cised for them by the governors before hand. , The impression created from the re port of the Minneapolis hotel disaster is fully borne out by the detailed report published in the Minneapolis and St. Taul papers. The" hotel Is fireproof, but all' human precautions cannot prevent people from losing their heads when a fire alarm Is sounded. In speaking of the disaster, Mrs. Wood, the owner of the building, la quoted as saying she did not understand the reason that prompted the people on the upper floors to leap from the windows. The side of the house from which the men and women Jumped was farthest from the seat of the fire, and there was not even a flame In the halls! that would have ac counted for the undue excitement of the guests. The people who were killed on the Sixth street side of the building lost their heads Just Jong enough to result fatally to themselves. ' If there had been some re straining hand there at the critical mo ment, I am sure that the mortality would hav been much lens, as it was unneces sary, in that part of the building at least. ' Now, a evr, - pstronagw la ) treat, hone of contention between the presi dent and members of congress, and it will continue until an absolute divorce Is decreed between the legislative and executive branches of the government It was so In Great Britain up to the first quarter of the last century, but since the abolition .of parliamentary office brokerage there has been no trou ble experienced by the administrators of the Hritlfb government. The voice of the venerable Kelfer of Ohio, who twenty years ago presided over the bouse of representatives. Is again heard on the floor of the national machine shop. Kelfer's reappearance was very reminiscent and bis vociferous I declamation recalled the charge of the Light Brigade, with muzzle-loaded can non roaring In front of blm aud muzzle-loaded smooth bores belching forth thunder to the right and to the left of him. It Is now "up to" Toultney Bigelow to show that be was at least the Inno cent victim of designing men at Panama if he cannot prove bis assertions; other wise the general public may take little stock In bis future magazine articles.- The United Bute circuit court of Arkausas has decreed that , a disputed Island .In the MiaaisHlppl that detached itself some years ago from Arkansas Is now a part of the state of Mississippi. The East Omaha decision,' by which a part of a Missouri river sand bar was divided between Council Bluffs and Omaha, was the shining precedent by which the court reached Its conclusion. Now that graft Investigation bat reached the stage where St Louis po licemen are Involved, the subject has become one which Is only Interesting locally, as each town bag Its own prob lems in this direction and charges are more easily made than cither proven or disproven. Flegaat Damping- Grtssl. Boston Trs a script. A consular report tells us that pho nographs, graphophoncs and -gramophones are now being sold in Manchuria. W are not surprised. fTls an uncivilised, barbar ous sort of country and exactly the plac for them. ' Rockefeller Del sv Lie. New. Tork Evening Post. . . John D. Rockefeller, Jr., defines a It as "deceit Intended for personal' advantage." The district attorney of Missouri might ' ke that down in long hand, to be used for reference In-'.the pending Investigation of Mr. Rockefeller's friends and business associate. Where th Dlffiemlty Lie. Baltimore American. ' As th revelations about hazing come out In th court-martial at Annapolis still the wonder grows in th publio mind that discipline Is so easily enforced in the rank and file of the army and nary among men, and seems Impossible of effectual enforce ment In a national school for boys. -Perhaps th trouble Is not so much with the discipline Itself, -but In th way in which It is administered in various cases. Nurseries tar the Navy. Pittsburg Gasette. Admiral Dewey's recent statement that the middle west furnishes most of the en listed men of the navy Is corroborated by the dispatch from Washington, giving the navy department's latest tabulation. . Of th present total enlisted force of 30,804 one-fifth Is provided by the state of Il linois, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Pennsylvania makes a good showing with 2,754 'enlisted men, holding third place in the union, New Tork being first with S.548 and Massachu setts second with 2,971. Illinois leads the middle western states with 1.512. It is a curious fact that those who have been brought up to the sea as a profession do not always ' make the best man-of-war's men. Those dwelling farthest from . the sea are often the most eager for a life on the ocean wave. Slow Pace of Jastlce. Portland Oregonlan. The slow pace at which Justice some times moves when millions are Involved is noted in the verdict -Vehacred a few days ago by Judge Coxe of the United States circuit court- in New. Tork for $S.0,333 against Edward L. Harper, the wrecker of the Fidelity National bank of Cincinnati eighteen years ago. it Is necessary to brush up one's knowledge of ancient his tory in order to recall the circumstances of this disastrous ban - wreck.. Having evaded penalty thus far (except for a pal try six years spent In prison), It is probable that Edward L. Harper will find means further to delay payment and. finally to , outwit Justice. He is at present vie presl dent and general' manager of a $80,000,000 steel corporation, and . amply; able to pay, with .Interest,' 'the money he fraudulently appropriated nearly' a score of years ago. But that la another " story, the sequel of which will not be written as long as this prince of bank Wreckers can help It. A DREAM OF. THE FT. TURK. Taaael I'nder Bering Straits Recalls a. Dream of the Past. Some twenty years ago William Henry Kent, then city editor of The Bee, Indulged In an occasional day dream between calls for "copy," and one of his dreams was a bridge across the neck of Bering strait con necting Alaska and Siberia and making pos sible a railroad Journey from New Tork to St. Petersburg. Kent took his dreams seri ously, going so far as to obtain through Senator Manderson permission to visit Alaska on a government boat and letters to American diplomats in Russia, combining a tour of Investigation and the enlightenment of Russia on an all-rail route. Events had shaped themselves for great deefs when officious friends elected Kent to the office of coroner and the grave duties of that posi tion absorbed his energies and the Bering strait project passed out of sight. Other great minds are Indulging In like dreams now, and one of the dreams Is thus told by the New Tork Times: The excitement in the money markets of th world which might hav been expected to follow the announcement that Russia and Germany have "agreed" upon the con struction of a railroad tunnel between Si beria and Alaska, does not seem to have oc curred. The scheme, as might be sasumed, la German as to its backing, although de vised by a French engineer, Lolcq de Lobcl, but It is Interesting to know that It has the approval of the Russian government and that a commission has been created In Ber lin to formulate contract specifications. St. Petersburg and Berlin having thus amicably agreed. It does not appear to have occurred to any one that It is either necessary or de sirable to make It a tripartite agreement and Include Washington. Well, perhaps it Is not. Trio likelihood of the matter being taken- quite seriously by the president and his cabinet is not very great, and while con ditions In Russia remain as they appear to be at the moment th concurrence of St, Petersburg and Berlin would not seem to lead anywhere. It Is easy to understand why the German emperor should And satis faction In a negotiation of this character and be willing to surround It with all th forms and ceremonies of official sanction; but for the present his Imperial majesty -of Russia has a number of things to think about, which, if not more important, are somewhat more exigent. But the Bering straits tunnel Is a project which at some time in the future Is likely to command a great deal of very purposeful consideration. At East Cape th two con tinents approach, within about thirty-six miles of each other, and even the average depth of water between them doe not op- pose any serious engineering obstacle In the way of establishing railway connection thereunder. Meanwhile, however, a great deal Is to be done In the way of develop ment, both In Siberia and In Alaska, befor even a ferry will be needed. Something very different from th existing railway connec tions established by the Transaiberian road will be required to make an exchang of passengers or merchandise practicable by rail between Europe and America. The present difficulty is that after reaching Si beria on the on side or Alaska on the other, neither travel nor trade could be dis tributed where either would want to go, and equal difficulty would attend concentration at th tunnel termini. Perhap half a cen tury bene th situation will hav so changed that th scheme of the Bering tun- nel will force itself upon the consideration or those for whom It has espwlal Interest, but for the moment It is about as practical aa a plan, to colonise th dark side of the moon. OTHER LAXDS THA OIR9. M. Charmes Lolseau, a French authority on such subjects as advocating the con struction of a new railway line to con hect western Europe with the Balkans In dependently of the Orient Express. Th valley of the Danube has hitherto been re garded aa th most direct and easy rout to th Balkan peninsula, and ha been fol lowed by th Orient Express and other im portant services from Ulm lo Belgrade. M. Lolseau points out that the completion of the Slmplon tunnel and the piercing of th Faucllle pass In the Jura, between Lons le Saunter and Geneva, would open up a shorter and more advantageous route to Belgrade by way or Milan and Venice. It would, he contends, be in no way inferior to that of the Orient Express, either from a technical point of view or the Importance Of th commercial centers which it would tap. The proposed line, after passing along the coast from Venice to Trieste and crossing the Karst region and Camlola, would meet with no difficulty from Btetn bruck to Belgrade, and would be about 100 kilometres shorter than that of tha Orient Express through Germany and the valley of the Danube. A further advan tage In his eyes lies In th fact that it would enable France, England, and Italy to communicate directly with the near east Independently of Germany,' and help to cement their growing friendship. Moreover, he thinks the scheme would be regarded very favorably by Hungary, aa offering it an alternate means of communicating with western Europe. That the Japanese are a far-seeing rac Is shown by th way they build for the future. Consul Sharp of Kobe sent a clip ping from the Chronicle, a Japanese paper printed in English, which deals with the determination of the Japanese to have a large harbor that will rival Shanghai. Hongkong or even large western cities. Mr. Takugaro, a leading citizen of Osaka, thinks It is time for Japan to move for ward. He points to the work in the past of Europeans and Americans In building up trade on the Atlantic, and contends the same thing Is possible on the Pacific. Anitrlca, China, Japan, India and Australia are the lands visibly interested in the era opening in the orient and on the Pacific Alia vuunixy or countries lavumoiy sit uated for trade, he says, are sure to be benefited by every movement forward. Japan is already doing business with the principal countries on the Pacific, and is eagerly looking forward to the time when It will be able to extend Its trade into all parts of the world. To do this it will need facilities for handling, forwarding, receiving and transporting goods, t Panama, Mr. Nakahashl thinks, is to be the leading port on the Pacific, followed In Importance by San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Portland. No important port is possible on the South American coast, for geo graphical conditions will not permit it. In Asia, Hongkong, Shanghai, Osaka, Manila and Dalny are to be the ports, and im portant in the order Indicated. All of these are capable of being Improved und doubt less will be as trade increases. There is some speculation In European political circles as to the precise motive which induced the Prince of Montenegro to present his subjects with a constitution, af ter maintaining a paternal government for forty-five years. Ills friends say that It is only reasonable that he should seek to rid himself of the burden of responsibility which he has shouldered for so long. On the other hand, his opponents declare that he Is only anxious to establish an appar- ent,y ubera, form of government) , har. mrxnv with thnu ft. Itiatltutlnna m'hl,h Is convinced will soon replace autocracy In Russia, a country from which he has re ceived ieii miioh In the past arid expects So much In the future. The possibility, too, of a fall of the Karageorgevltch dynasty In Servia Is regarded as another Incentive. He feeis that his chance of securing the throne of that little kingdom either for himself or for one ' of his sons would be but slender if he or his successor were an autocrat. Another suggestion is that the prince, is aware how his ministers have abused their authority by selling conces sions and otherwise enriching themselves at the expense of the people. At the same ' time, he is unwilling to make enemies of them by dismissing them. Instead of doing this, he will simply leave them to the tender mercies of the new legislators, who are said to be anxious to exercise their new privileges. How far they will remain I subservient to the wishes of the prince himself remains to be seen. The French socialist leader, M. Jaures, evidently believes that the german emper or's recent attitude towards Morocco is due chiefly to his anxiety over the political situation at home. He discusses. In the Humanlte, the plan of the socialist democ racy In Prussia to begin on January B an agitation in favor of universal suffrage for the Diet. In the course of his remarks be says: "It Is a great crisis which is now beginning. If France prudently avoids giv ing the kaiser a diversion by Incidents of foreign polloy, William II. will find himself face to face with serious domestic dim cult ies. The German social system Is a solid piece of masonry; but when three millions of men begin to agitate, even if ' M to the right of an Individual merchant that agitation be as yet alow and somewhat j r Arm to boycott a customer for any rea Inert. the whole edifice Is shaken. The . ton whatever, or even without any reason contrast Is too violent between the pomer , fct ant na, been directly raised In a New of the socla'ist democracy and the oligarch! cal regime, which in Prussia, as In Saxony, completely excludes the people from the Landtag. The fortresses of. privilege will fall, and when universal suffrage has been proclaimed In each one of the German states, when in several of them a socialist majority has legally attained office, when the Prussian squirearchy, the nursery and support of militarism, is no longer pro- tected by a political regime ot eaata. ,. whole of Germany will be transformed.". The erase toi statistics showing what people read and who their favorite authors are has extended to France. Among the peasantry interest in literature seems to be Increasing. The peasants In very remote places read chiefly the local newspapers snd the "almanac," which In both France and Switzerland Is a kind of popular mag azine. In less Isolated spot a great deal has been done for the people by the school masters, who have organised literary clubs, where books are read and discussed and often borrowed. People of th humbler classes hav begun to read works of his tory and Action. It appears that Victor Hugo is by all odds the most popular au thor, but It is his prose, mot bis poetry, which the peasantry admire. Alexandra Pumas Is next In their affections, and among th contemporary writers Zola, Daudet and Lotl ar th favorites. Som of them even profess ta like Voltalr. al though it Is to be feared that this is only a pose. They fail to designate any of his worka Lamartlne IS ine nronu pu". and Mlchelet th favorite historian. A lik ing for Victor Hugo s stories may not be a sign of fastld'ou taste, but It Is better than the mad Philistinism which worships some of our literary Dagons. Varlatloas la Versaoafe Greataesa. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The tallest polished granite shaft In th rnlted States is that Just unveiled to th memory of Joseph Smith, the Mormon, at his birthplace in Vermont. Briaham Toung also was born In that state. But It wss a Vermont senator who contrived th law ,i..t ninned Dolvramy. so the sreount is not all on the one side. ; Weak Lungs Bronchitis For over sixty years doctors have en dorsed Ayers Cherry Pectoral for coughs, colds, weak lungs, bronchitis, consumption. Cures hard cases, des perate cases, old cases. You can trust a medicine the best doctors approve. Ask your doctor all about it. ' We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. XaA y tae . O. Ayer 0., lewell, Mas. AIM stanuntotarers mt iTTPa Kirs TIOOK-Ver th aalr. ATBR'S PILLS-Per erastiMtioa. ATER'g aASSAPAEULLA For the blood. POLITICAL DRIFT. The reform mayor of Marion, O., declines to put on the lid, but he puts chronic topers on bread and water rations for forty eight hours. A St. Louis policeman has been forcibly separated from the public crib and given two years in the penitentiary for fracturing laws he was hired to uphold. Secretary Taft worked off twenty pounds of his surplus flesh by recent exercise. His letters on various official matters give evi dence of Increased elbow power. Former Governor Willis J. Bailey of Kan sas paid $1,200 to the state treasury In settlement of grocery bills which he put on the state. The money came late, but it was good. The railroad employes at the union ticket office in Albany report the largest sale of tickets this year ever known on the first day of the legislature. This Is due to the passing of the pass. An unknown Phlladelphlan, who over charged, the city on some Job, returned $1,296.50 to the city treasury on the first of the year. Thhe Incident almost knocked Father Penn off his perch. State Senator Anderson of North Caro lina wants $20,000 damages from the chair man of the republican central committee because the latter failed to deliver the goods a promised Job in the federal ser vice. It was noted that Governor Pattison of Ohio did not throw stones while occupying the famous glass cage. Congressman Longworth of Cincinnati In tends to seek re-election next fall and defy Boss Cox. Eight important departments of the New Tork City government are headed by trained newspaper men, with the mayor as chief of staff. That the metropolis will get , : "Pu wun- Worse than, swearing by the ''nine gods of war" la . the declaration ot the new commlssl(i.,er of police of New Tork City that "I shall always remember here that some one else pays frhe bills." And Tam many needs the money. A bunch of nutmeg buttlrfukys has placed the Connecticut supreme court 111 an embarrassing; position. ' ' The' court Is asked to decide whether its members are entitled to a raise in salary voted by the legislature, in defiance of the constitutional provision prohibiting changes In salaries during official terms. PROBLEM FOR THE COLRTS. Has the Seller a Right t Boycott Bayer r Chicago Record-Herald. Sometime ago . we directed attention to a Philadelphia case in which a federal dis trict court held that an Interstate combina tion of wholesalers and dealers to boy cott a retailer for, refusing to adopt cer- j tain. price schedules waa illegal under the ; Sherman anti-trust law. The decision practically laid down the principle that any form of concerted boycotting In the commercial field waa a restraint of trade within the meaning of the phrase as used in the trust set, ' A dictum In that opinion intimated that any Individual merchant or corporation might lawfully refuse to deal with any particular purchaser, but the point was overlooked by - most of those who com mented upon the case. Now the question Tork suit In which a Arm engaged In-the wholesale and retail tobacco trade is the plaintiff and the Tobacco trust the defend ant. Th latter, having vainly tried to In duce the plaintiff to sell to it his property and business, refused to furnish him with any supplies. He alleged that this boycott Injured his business, and claims $100,000 In diimagrs. Haa tin a cause of action? And ,t a m8,,erlll, fact that tne defendant controlled nine-tenths of th. ,K ,,.,,, Judge Marean of the supreme court holds that no action for damages can be founded on the admitted allegation of fact to the case. The state law under which GOOD LUCK IN BUSINESS There Is such a thing as luck hut storekeepers make It for them selves Determination brings good luck: hesitation brings bad luck; honesty and fair dealing In business bring good luck; a hocus pocu. J way of doing business, a sliding price, commission paying and mis representation of piano, stunt business. Such house, don't .how growth and progress that', all there Is to It. THE HOSPB PLAN gives satisfaction to our customer, and to ourselve.. because It Insures a square deal, one price, no commission, and tha lowest price. That', why our. business forges ahead the way It does. , We sell the Knabe. Kranlch-Bach. Kimball, Hallet-Davls. Need ham. Krell, Weser Bros., Hospe, Burton-Cramer and others. HOSPE CO., A. 1513 DOUGLAS STREET, Ak t. H Hie Aitgelua Piano I'layer. Bet Place to Buy a Piatt. ATBR'S AOUB CURB For ilri and tpt th suit was brought prohibits tfstralnt of trade, but is refusal to sell gt restraint of trade? Can a corporation W compelled to sell to any would-be customer? Must It do business with anyone i chooses to patronise It? No, says th gfurt; th law does not attempt to force ntsn or corpora tions engaged In an ordinarxfbuslness to sell to any and every custom. The boycot ting corporation may belvery powerful, but that does not afreet Its tight. The boycotted In that case sinfply suffers from the lawful power that go with control ot an industry or trade. Hi has no remedy, unless a contract to sell has been violated. In these days of greatl combinations th boycott weapon can be (used with disas trous effect. It is very ftnportant to have it determined whether ttie right to boy cott, the element of conspiracy being ab sent, exists even where the law expressly prohibits restraint of trade. Th highest court of New Tork will ba appealed to by the plaintiff In the ease in question. , MERRY JINGLES. "Senator." she asked, "do you believe In fore ordination?" ... "If you will pardon me," replied the statesman, "I prefer not to answer that question, as I have never had occasion to auk Aldrlch about It." Chicago Record Herald. . i. "O! yes, he"s making money running a correppondence school of memory." ' "Aw! that's a dead scheme; teaching people how to remember " i "You're way off. His. schema is to teach you how to forget and his 'clients are insurance magnates and Standard Oil officials." Philadelphia Press. . "It Is a shame and a disgrace th way that things are wasted and mismanaged on the Panama canal." "Are you any relation to the Mr. Bingle ton who was summarily dismissed from the employ of the canal commission." "Yes, he's my brother." Cleveland plain Dealer. Mother Oh, Freddy, did you lick your little brother? Freddie Yes'm, but I told him it hurt rne worse'u it dij hlm.-W, X.l'k Pun, .. "I think that the people who have taken this an air In hand have made you sincerely repent." "Hepent!" exclaimed 'the man who' hud been Involved in questionable finance. "It's worse than that. They made me return some of the money!" Washington Star. "MV dear sir." said his wife, mildly.' "I need a little elastic currency this morning." His puszled look having sufficiently amused her. she explained that she wanted to buy some garters. "Very sorry," he replied, "but all my elastic currency went for suspenders yes terday. "-New York Times. Lenders See here, Uorroughs. don't be un grateful. I loaned you $6 a few daya ago, remember that; and remember that you still owe It to me. Morroughs I assure you, Lenders, ' I ex pect to remember that as long as I live. . Philadelphia Ledger. ; Philanthropist My poor man, you are In trouble, I see. Why do you wring 'your hands? ... . V Hoiin-1 Just washed em. Cleveland Leader. THE COM.MOX WAV. Somervllle Journal. Ten resolutions, standing In a line. One day 'he got mad and swore . Then there were nine. ... Nine resolutions, sober and sedate,' Some one asked him in to drink Then there were eight. Eight resolutions, pointing up to Heaves" Some one gave him a cigar Then ther were seven. . . Seven resolutions, all as square as brick. He told a little He Then there were six. ','-' Six resolutions how they do survive! He talked about himself w '. .. Then there were Ave. Five resolutions would that ther were more! He used a bit of slang Then there were four. , Four resolutions, cheerful as can b. He skipped his cash account Then there wer three. Three resolutions, so far tried and true. Ho got Into an argument Then there were two. Two resolutions, shining in ths sua,y He stooped to flattery Then there was one. One resolution, Pitiful to He stayed at home from church Oh, dear me! '-,'-
