THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAHY 14, 1906.
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E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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C. C. ROSE WATER,
Secretary.
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WHE.1 Ot'T OF TOWH,
nbscrlbers leavlnsr the city tem
porarily thoald hare The Ue
(nailed to them. Address will be
changed aa often as requested.
"Democratic harmony and Dnhlruan
without foos" is the watchword of the
federated corporations. No others need
apply. .,
Now that the senate baa fixed n date
for voting ol the pure food bill the
public may soon get a measurement of
the influence of Dr. Wiley.
Promoters of "poverty parades" in
London should not have made the mis
take of trying to continue thera after
the votes hnd been counted. .
Omaha occupies third place In the
tatisticg of com receipts with Chicago
nd Kansas City alone outranking It
But the Omann 'grain market is Mill
young.
Former Premier Balfour's speech on
the subject of tariff laws reminds one
of democratic arguments during the
days preceding the passage of the Wil
son bill."
When Victor Hugo wrote his Bell
ringer of Notre Dame lie hnd not heard
Of the Bell Telephone ringer of Omaha
Which is said to cost a thousand dollars
wring.
The Russian political prison estab
lished by Catharine II has been aban
doned, but the spirit which created It
Is still dictating some of the policies
from the Teterhof.
I r-r-
That German diplomat who fears a
repetition of the conditions which pre
ceded the Franco-Prussian war should
be looking around for worthy successors
for Bismarck and von Moltke.
..
Colonel Bryan should elucidate. Many
people can see no difference In theory
between accepting political funds from
allver mine owners and taking educa
tional funds from steel masters.
Rome of the findings of the New York
Insurance commission have been made
public, but no report has been published
of the misappropriated funds which It
failed to find In the insurance treas
uries. The cocaine rice Is found to be deeply
entrenched In the city of Washington.
A little while ago we were led to believe
that Omaha was the only city In the
country that had fallen Into such bad
habits.
Fighting lias been resumed In Vene
guela but the partisans of PresMent
Jlmlnes will never be able to make their
republic an international charge despite
the anxiety of creditors who may live
In Europe,
The promoters of the Lincoln Farm
national park project should not be too
positive In their statements about the
lack of suitable memorials to Lincoln's
memory. The capital of Xehrabka is a
standing tribute to the name of our
first martyred president.
President Baer says be must be per
mitted to violate the laws of Pennsyl
vania because be was violating them
at the time the present state constitu
tion was adopted. From this It appears
that the Taited States Is not so young
that evils have not had time to acquire
the standing of rested rights by the
lapse of time.
It seems that Senator Ixxlge was un
able to convert the president to his
views of railroad rate regulation and the
president was not able to convince the
gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr.
IxMlge might redeem himself by follow,
in the footsteps of his late associate
talk as he pleases and vote with the
majority of his party.
I
It appears that the statements of Mr.
Wallace, former clilof engineer of the
Panama canal, bvforo the senate "'
inlltee on Interoceanlc canals, in whl.ii
he pointed out some problems not before
presented, created In the minds of the
members of the committee an enlarged
view of the difficulties of the great
undertaking, lie iirped that the govern
ment outfit to build, with as little delay
as possible, a double-track railroad of
the lest modern construction and equip
ment across the Isthmus, and ought
to construct it with n view to adding,
before long, a third and fourth track.
This should be done for the reason that
the railroad. Instead of being out of
commission when the canal Is com
pleted, will then Just bo getting ready
for Its great future business. He ex
plained that the canal will draw freight
from all over the world to the isthmus
and after It gets there the railroad will
haul much of it across. It will be Im
possible to avoid this situation If the
Isthmian route Is to be encouraged and
made the most ot. If this view Is cor
rect It means a large addition to the cost
of the enterprise.
The fact that the Tehuantepee rail
road Is nearing completion and is
destined to be in competition with the
Panama canal and railroad gives plausi
bility and force to the suggestion of Mr.
Wallace, ne said that if common sense
business methods were not soon applied
to the management of the Panama rail
road It would presently lose all its busi
ness. Likewise, if the Panama route
were to compete successfully In the
long run with the Tehuantepee it would
have to afford equally desirable facili
ties. There Is no doubt thnt the compe
tition of the railroad across the Mexican
Isthmus is a matter to be seriously con
sidered and as this Competition will
come In the near future it would seem
that provision for increasing the facili
ties of the Panama road should not be
delayed. Mr. Wallace said that competi
tion with the Tehuantepee, with Suez
and with the Panama railroad must be
counted on in all the phases.
Thus new problems, more or less
perplexing, continue to be presented In
connection with this vast undertaking,
all calling for additional expenditure.
In the meantime the canal work Is mak
ing rather slow progress and little Is
being done to expedite it. The question
whether the work is to be carried on ns
at present or done by contract ought to
be soon determined, so that greater
energy and vigor could be put into the
work and the people 1e assured that
the money being expended Is producing
adequate results.
AMEJIDIA'O THE TREATY.
The senate committee on foreign rela
tions will, at the suggestion of Secretary
Boot amend the Santo Domingo treaty
in a way that is expected to give satis
faction to several senators, including
some on the democratic side,, who have
hesitated to announce full support of
the convention, says a Washington dis
patch. Article vil of the treaty provides
that "the government of the United
States, at the request of the, Domini
can republic, shall grant the latter such
other assistance as the framcrs may
deem proper to restore the credit, pre
serve the order, Increase the efficiency
of the civil administration and advance
the material progress and welfare of the
Dominican republic." This article will
be changed so as to provide that the
United States government shall have
authority only to intervene to protect
American citizens acting as agents for
the collection of Dominican revenues In
the performance of these duties. This
Is a Judicious change and removes the
objection that the article eliminated con
templated a virtual protectorate by the
United States over Santo Domingo.
Whether or not, however, the amend
ment will have the expected effect of
satisfying senators who are hostile to
the treaty remains to be seen. Some of
tills opposition Is on the ground that
the policy Involved In the convention
is one which our government should not
adopt, that It creates a precedent which
may In the future cause the government
no little embarrassment and trouble.
Those who hold this view are not likely
to be Influenced by the change suggested
by Secretary Root.
It Is perhaps unfortunate for the
treaty that another revolution Is re
ported from Santo Domingo, for al
though It Is said not to amount to much
and may be easily suppressed If the de
facto government will act promptly, still
It furnishes another Illustration of the
character of the people of that republic
and the difficulties attending any effort
to bring them to the ways of civiliza
tion. FAILURE PRIMA RLE
It la stated that the British govern
ment has given up hoje of an amicable
settlement by the Algeclras conference
of the main Issue between France and
Germany, that of control of the Moroc
cun police, and thut government Is un
doubtedly most fully informed regarding
the situation. It Is further stated that
Emperor William, realizing that there
is no hope of Germany's demand being
endorsed by the powers, is now anxious
that the conference shall end without
actlou being taken. It has been appar
ent since the meeting of the conference
that agreement regarding the policing
of the Moroccan frontier was hardly
possible. This Is a very vital matter
with France and the could not afford
to relinquish the control of the forces
on the frontier. Germany wants Inter
national control. In which she would of
course participate. The kaiser is anx
ious to obtain a larger Influence In Mo
rocco, for both commercial and political
reasons. Most of the other powers, it
appears, are not willing that this ambi
tion shall be gratified.
What would result from failure to
reach an amicable agreement cannot be
confidently predicted. Morocco 1 not
friendly to French control and it Is alto
gether probable would actively resent It.
Should France adopt coercive measures,
as it Is very likely nhe would, that would
give (Jermany an opportunity to inter
pose and It Is evidently the belief that
the kaiser would do this. That would
mean war. unless the other powers
should unite in warning Germany that
th?y would support France. That they
might do this Is suggested by their
attitude in the conference. There Is
manifestly a feeling of apprehension. A
few days ago a prominent London paper
suggested that the United States be
asked to undertake the policing of Mo-'
rocco. It is needless to say that such a
proposition would receive no serious
consideration from our government The
Moroccan controversy Is wholly an af
fair of the European powers and they
must settle It as best they can without
American assistance.
LAST) LEASIKO OH LAUD BUT1N0
A delegation of Nebraska range
stockmen has gone to Washington to
urge the enactment of a law to enable
them to lease the unoccupied public do
main in the semi-arid region of Ne
braska. In this effort they are sup
ported by numerous petitions and reso
lutions adopted by commercial bodies
In every section of this state. While
no harm can come from the movement
In favor of the enactment of a special
land lease bill. It Is extremely doubtful
whether a special or general land lease
bill can be passed at this or any future
session of congress.
It should be borne In mind that the
Millard-Bowersock bills authorizing the
leasing of the cattle range domain at
2 cents an acre per year failed to pass
after an exhaustive Investigation of ex
isting couditlons. Whether congress
has undergone n change of mind since
1002 is decidedly dubious.
It seems to us the western ranchmen
who desire to avail themselves of an
unoccupied public domain would find It
much easier to secure the enactment of
a land-selling bill, which would be pre
ferable from every point of view. The
owner of a ranch can fence and Improve
his land with perfect Impunity. The
lessee always has to take the risk of
being dispossessed of the land either by
the enactment of a new law or by set
tlers under the homestead law. Land
ownership, moreover, means permanent
settlement, and permanent settlement
should be the aim of the national gov
ernment as well as of the state govern
n'ent Leased lands, whether owned by the
government or by the state, contribute
nothing In taxes toward the mainte
nance of state government The owner
of every acre of land pays taxes In pro
portion to its value and becomes a sup
porter of the state, county and school
district. The land lessee Is like the
wandering Arab, who moves from place
to place with his herds without a per
manent habitation. The time ' Is not
distant when the state of Nebraska will
abandon its policy of leasing school
' lands and substitute the policy of sell
ing the lands to the highest bidder, even
If to carry out this policy it becomes
necessary to change the constitution,
which forbids the sale of school lands
below the minimum of seven dollars
per acre.
A TELESCOPIC VIEW.
After profound study and comparison
of the American railway systems with
those of foreign countries Senator Lodge
has discovered nothing wrong with i
American railroads excepting under
handed discrimination by rebates and
drawbacks.
The Massachusetts senator evidently
has not troubled his mind concerning
the effects of the colossal inflation of j
railway capltaliration and the conse
quent imposition of arbitrary and ex
cessive tribute upon the American peo
ple to meet interest on fixed charges and
pay dividends on four or five billions of
water. Like other political astrono
mers who have viewed the railroad horl-
zon through the Inverted telescope, Sen
ator Lodge claims that American ship
pers are served at' a very much lower
rate than European shippers, tho basis
of comparison being the American long
haul against the European short haul,
and regardless of the fact that government-owned
railroads haul free of
charge troops and munitions of war,
army and navy supplies, and last, but
not least, the mails, including postal
packages excluded from United States
malls and carried by express at exces
sively high rates.
Possibly, also. Senator Lodge has
never heard any complaints of political
railroad domination by which sovereign
states have been aubjugated and de
graded Into mere political provinces
ruled by Irresponsible railroad auto
crats that occupy seats by proxy in the
American House of Lords.
Council Bluffs, too, has reached the
Injunction period. A temporary injunc
tion has been served on the mayor and
members of the city council of that city
restraining them from passing an ordi
nance providing for a provisional water
works franchise and schedule of water
rates. Now let the mayor and council
men of Council Bluffs come over to
Omaha and take a few lessons in the
counciimanic disjunctive, conjunctive
and contemptuous injunction business.
A bill has been Introduced in the New
York legislature to repeal the act which
created a state commission of gas and
electricity because the commission has
proved of no value to the public and Is
an expensive luxury. By the same sign
the next Nebraska legislature should
abolish the electric light and gas Inspec
torships of Omaha.
According to the city health commis
sioner's report, health conditions In
Omaha have been exceptionally good
during the last yeur, notwithstanding
the fact that anyone reading the local
yellow Journals would lw thoroughly
convinced that infants were being
slaughtered by the score by Impure
milk, and typhoid was a raging epidemic
as a result of contaminated water, to
say nothing about other rampant con
tagions bred by filthy streets and alleys.
For some unexplainable reason the
death rate has failed to reflect any of
these red Ink scares.
At the next meeting of the county
commissioners the sheriff should be di
rected to present all footpads, porch
climbers and perambulating burglars
with a copy of the Revised Statutes of
Nebraska, tKiund in calf and an en
graved personal notice to desist from
grand and petit larceny while operating
In Douglas county.
Beavers justified his strong light
against the removal to Washington for
trial by pleading guilty to the charge of
conspiring to defraud the government:
but It is probable Senator Greene of
New York does not see where his former
friend was warranted In confession until
a Jury passed upon It
Every time William J. Broatch has
held elective office he has made a record
that forced him into Immediate retire
ment to private life as soon as his term
expired and the people had a chance to
repudiate him. His present candidacy
presumes upon popular forgetfulness.
While Tat Crowe is being tried, Joe
Crow is knocking at the door of con
gress for $1,000 refund, which reminds
us that $2,000 were fraternally con
tributed on the presumption that it
would make good the shortage created
by the sporty embezzler.
Our democratic friends arc not hav
ing so much trouble In weeding out an
overplus of candidates for places on
their municipal ticket. Their trouble
will come later when they try to elect
the democrats who shall have been nom
inated. Omaha business men are promised
better mail delivery service. Now, if
they could only have train schedules
rearranged so as to accommodate out
going malls better they would have still
greater cause to rejoice.
Before attempting to shift the blame
for disagreement at Algeclras, both
France and Germany should make sure
that the representatives of other powers
will not take the matter entirely In their
own hands.
It Is but natural to wonder why the
United States could not build Its own
railroads In the Philippine islands if it
can afford to guarantee 4 per cent in
come on 95 per cent of the cost of con
struction. . Easy Comes, Easy Goes.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Borne of the captains of industry have
been Investing heavily in "magic boots"
with insoles made of white pepper. It
would be difficult to catch the common
people with fakes like that
Short-Llved Champions.
Cleveland Leader.
England is felicitating itself over the
launching of the world's greatest battle
ship. Beter to felicitate while It can; a
champion battleship, holds Us rank a shorter
time than a champion pugilist.
Valnnhle Advice I'nheeded.
Philadelphia Press.
Another physictnn has been telling us
shout thines that are not Rood to eat. If
all these physicians were correct and all
people heeded what they say. the doctors'
business would be a pretty slim one.
Proper Course to Pursue.
Kansas City Times.
The senate accuses President Roosevelt
of using "political methods." So far as re-
called Andrew Johnson Is the only resl- j
dent who did not use such methods, and he
came within one vote of being impeached.
Weird Flight of Blrdsall.
Washington Post.
Representative Blrdsall of Iowa, through
a speech in the houpe, has warned the na
tion that "sansculottlsm Is not dead, but
only sleeping, and will be aroused. If at all,
and again whirl In bloody maelBtrom. not at
the behest of men who would obey the law,
but of those who defy and set it at
naught." That's pretty bad, 'tis true, but
it will be attended to either by Dr. Crafts
or Dr. Wiley, whose pluns, although along
different lines, look to the protection and
final purification of everything mundane.
LI KITES A T GENERAL.
Movement In Congress to Leave
Grade Vacant.
New York Sun.
In an army no larger than that of the
United States the grade of lieutenant gen
eral is superfluous. Hitherto it has been
used in recognition 'of distinguished mili
tary service rather than as a useful or
necessary rank in the army. Vp to 1900
only six men In the American service had
held rank above that of major general.
Washington. Grant, Sheridan and Sherman
were made full generals, and Scott and
Schofleld were lieutenant generals.
81nce 1900 four officers have been raised
to the rank of lieutenant general; two more
are slated for promotion this year. In the
list immediately after Corbln and MacAr
thur. are Wood, Grant, Funston, Carter.
Bliss and Mills, all hoping to attain an
honor to which their military services gave
them no claim. If the grade Is for them
or for any of them, it must also be or
many others.
An amendment to the army appropria
tion bill reads as follows:
"Provided, further. That when the office
of lieutenant general shall become vacant,
t shall not thereafter be filled, but said
office shall cease and determine."
There Is one thing to be said of tis provi
sion. It could not and probably would not
be final. A latei congress could restore the
grade, and nothing would have been ac
complished except a possible injustice to
officers whose terms expired during the
interim.
The proper solution of the question seems
to rest entirely with the appointing power.
The office may be left unfilled and public
sentiment should make It impossible for
the president to nil It on any other ground
whatever than that of eminently dis
tinguished service In actual warfare.
The rank of lieutenant general of the
United States army should be a reward
for special distinction In actual military
service. It need not be abolished, but It
should h kept sacredly, by presidents and
by ceorle, as a mark of special honor.
ROIXD ABOIT SEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.
"Bcotty." the Death Valley plunger, did
not seriously disturb New York as a money
spender. New York Is uat-d to the various
shades of blowing the coin and Is not dis
turbed when a cyclonic pilgrim hits tlte
local pace. In a spirit of reciprocity a
New Yorker wltii money to burn recently
stopped over In Scotty's terrltoty and
made things hum.
E. Oscar Hart, a young New Yorker,
with pockets lined with $1m) bills, appeared
on the streets of lns Angeles and at
tracted large crowds by his yells and gltU
of bunches of violets. He bought the en
tire stock of violets carried by the flower
department of the largest store there and
distributed them to tho women In the storo
and on the street, emitting a terrifying
coyote yell with every gift. Then the youth
Invited all he met Into a hotel bar to
drink with him. Hundreds drank cham
pagne at his expense, and the bartender
was tipped with a 1100 bill after each
round.
After the flowers ran out he bought oth
ers, and because the florist could not change
a 1100 bill he tore it into shreds and threw
the pieces Into the crowd. The mob be
came frenited and tore his clothing from
his back, almost denuding him on the
street. He escaped on a street car to Ven
ice, an ocean side resort, where he con
tinued his profligacy.
Nothing is known regarding Hart be
yond his name and address. It Is esti
mated he squandered more than SlO.000 in
the one hour he spent o nthe streets.
Believing, as the Irish boss explained
it, that they had knocked off "the chimney
of hades," a hundred Italians, working on
the night shift In the cut through St.
Mary's park, in the Bronx, to carry the
New York, New Haven & Hartford rail
road tracks underground from the Mott
Haven to the Dak Park yards, fled in terror
when one of them drove his pick through
a six-inch wall of the Plntsch Gaslight
company, which supplies the cars In the
yard, and the gas Immediately caught fire
from a torch flame. The Itullans did not
understand what had happened, and In su
perstitious fear, well expressed by their
less excitable Hibernian boss, they fled
from the spot.
In running away one of the Italians,
Salesla Nassla, 37 years old, of 18 Spring
street, fell over a fifteen-foot embankment
and bruised himself severely. His com
panions thought he was killed for the mo
ment, and this added to their excitement.
It proved, however, that he was not badly
hurt, though he was taken to the Lebanon
hospital to be patched up.
The rintsch company has a plant in One
Hundred and Forty-ninth street and has
mains to the railroad yards to supply the
ears there. The main was laid some years
ago, and the workman's pick probably,
struck a rusty spot that gave way, Tho
outrush of gas caught fire from a torch
that happened to be near and In a mo
ment a roaring pillar of flame shot up
from the hole in the main. The Italians
couldn't stand such a sight and they find.
It was an hour before the gas could be
shut off and the flame put out, and It was
even longer before the terrified Italians
could be Induced to go back to their
work.
For a half century Brooklyn, in the eyes
of the residents of Manhattan, has been
all that is slow, "tacky" and ridiculous.
The big borough may never take on the
urban smartness of Manhattan, but those
who prophesy that Brooklyn will in a
short term of years be the dominating
borough in the greater city are probably
erring only by being too conservative.
Brooklyn is growing more rapidly than any
other of the four boroughs. On the other
hand there is evidence that Manhattan
borough instead of Increasing in popula
tion Is falling off.
Figures upon which this forecast can be
estimated are fo I !n a report made to
the Board of Estimates. It Is shown there
that while the growth in the number of
scholars in Brooklyn's elementary schools
has been Just a little short of 8,000. there
has at the same time been a falling off
In pupils In Manhattan's schools of over
1,800.
The building In Brooklyn for the year
Just closing breaks all previous records.
Tho cost will exceed $70,000,000 and the new
houses built there. If set side by side, would
reach thirty-seven miles, according to the
estimate of the department officials. These
things seem to Justify the prediction that
Manhattan, although maintaining its com
mercial and financial importance, will In
time lose its political Influence and the seat
of power will move across the bridge.
A native New Yorker in the editorial de
partment of a newspaper in New York is a
rarity. Probably 90 per cent of the editors,
reporters and special writers on the New
York dallies are men from the south, the
west and up state. Mayor McClellan, al
though not born in New York, is regarded
as a native of the city, and in his appoint
ments on his personal staff he has recog
nized one of the few New York-born news
paper men William A. Willis, who took
office recently as assistant private secre
tary. The mayor hlmBelf began his career
as a reporter on the Sun and was mildly
successful in a field not altogether suited to
his taste. His lieutenant, Mr. Willis, who
is a newspaper man to the core, was the
promising sub on the same paper Just as
McClellun relinquished Journalism for poli
tics. As a Sun reporter Mr. Willis ranked
with th stars. He was educated in that
robust school of journalism which the Sun
has done so much to foster, and the pros
pect of doing 4,000 words on a single story
and turning up "early copy" bothered him
little.
One of the city's Important works that Is
nearing completion is the extension of
Riverside drive. It is expected to be com
pleted and opened to tho public by this time
next year. It Is a mile and a half from
Grant's tomb or Claremont to the begin
ning of the magnificent Boulevard Lafayette
In One Hundred and Fifty-eighth street, a
short b'ock from Broadway. With the Man
hattan viaduct In One Hundred and Thir
tieth street already open only a mile and a
quarter of the drive remains to be finished.
On this more than one-half the work is al
ready done. The new Improvement will
cost the city 13.30,001). The new drive is
much more pretentious than the lower drive.
The average width will be 260 feet. There
will also be a bridle' path twenty feet wi.e
and two walks of fifteen feet each, bordered
with turf and trees. This magiflflcent boule
vard, unrivaled In the world, is not a local
Improvement, but a great municipal thor
oughfare Id daily use by a large part of the
population of New York and visitors, and
many whose carriages snd autos will fre
quent it the oftenest muy live miles from
the neighborhood.
Going forth to dispossess a family from
rooms for which it owed rent, a New York
city marshal recently found the head of the
family sick In bed and all the other mem
bers old enough to walk vainly doing their
best to earn a combined living. Whereupon
the marshal tucked his writ in his pocket,
started a subscription list and raised enough
money to tide the family over its difficul
ties. Here was a family that one may be
pretty sure deserved help; and a marshal
who certainly deserves whatever reward
may hereafter cum to Lira.
For BreaLkf est
Luncheon
or Tea
A few small biscuits easily made with
Royal Baking Powder. Make them
small as small round as a napkin ring.
Mix and bake just before the meal.
Serve hot.
Nothing better for a light dessert
than these little hot biscuits with butter
and honey, marmalade or jam.
You must use Royal Baking Powder
to get them right.
OVAL BAKING OWDtlt CO., HtW VOSK
PERSONAL NOTES.
The spectacle of Americans begging for
Invitations to a wedding gives national
pride a jar.
Now we know why the modern American
j girl Is so energetic. A lecturer on science
, assures us that candy Is a great source
' m
vi energy.
Handwriting experts are having a duel
over In New York. They appear to be
evenly matched, the sides swearing with
equal force and confidence.
Ex-Congressman Baker of Brooklyn,
abruptly resigned a 11.000 position rather
than relinquish tho right to talk. If not
permitted to express himself he knew that
his ingrowing opinions would be fatal.
Poultney Blgelow has put up a sum of
money to back his assertions concerning the
Panama canal. The explanation is made
that his offer is not "aleatory," which the
casual reader will be delighted to know.
The Chicago Art institute has returned
to Mrs. Theodore Thomas the relics of her
late husband, because they have no real
historic value, and their artistic value Is
not sufficient to warrant giving them the
space.
Ralph D. Cole, the new congressman from
the Eighth Ohio district, Is the youngest
member In the delegation. He is the thir
teenth child of a family of seventeen chil
dren. He received nearly double the num
ber of votes of his democratic opponent.
President Roosevelt is to be Invited to
visit Chicago and attend the convention
of the League of American Municipalities,
which meets in that city the week of
September 10, and hundreds of mayors
from all parts of the country will be
present.
It is said Princess Ena, who is betrothed
to the king of Spain, writes dally to her
ruler sweetheart on a picture post card
In Spanish, and with similar regularity
King Alphonso writes a few words in
English upon the illustrated card which he
addresses to the princess.
"Have you a bible I can see for a min
ute?" asked Colonel Worthlngton of Chair
man Burrows at tho Smoot hearing. "No,"
replied Senator Burrows, 'Jwe seem to be
short of bibles." "I have one in my com
mittee room," said Senator Dillingham.
"I always keep a bible there." "Oh, yes,"
said Senator Knox, "you took my old eom-
mltteo room and I left a bible there when
I moved."
FORCE OK OC'RAX WAVES.
Effect of Tone of Wnter Hurled
Against n Ship.
New York Sun.
Every now and then in the winter months
an ocean steamer comes Into port with
twisted stanchions or a broken bridge,
testifying to the tremendous force hurled
against the ship by a big wave or two. It
Is fortunato for the vessels plying on the
greatest commercial waters that their
paths over the sea are far to the north of
the most tremendous waves that have been
recorded.
No such waves are met in any other part
of the oceans as those that form In the
southern seas south of Cape Horn and the
Cape of Good Hope. The winds there
have a clean sweep of the oceanic region
that girdles the earth south of the conti
nents; these winds have an average force
greater than those we know north of the
equator, and there Is no solid obstacle in
the way of the surges they raise.
Sailors In modern times have never seen
such waves as those which the early navi
gators declared attained heights of 100 to
130 feet. I .a Perouso asserted that he saw
waves towering in the Pacific to a height of
nearly 200 feet. In these more scientific
days we may say that the highest wave yet
measured had an altitude of about fifty
two feet. This was In the southern ocean,
a little north of the. Antarctic regions;
and It is quite certain that the highest
waves ever seen In that region did not
surpass fifty-eight feet in altitude. A wavo
of that height would certainly be a for
midable looking object, and its crest
would wash the windows of the fifth story
of many New York buildings.
The average height of the waves In dif
ferent oceans has been ascertained with
some approach to accuracy as the result
of a great many measurements. The
highest waves observed In the Indian ocean,
for example, are about forty feet. The
highest waves in the north Atlantic are
from twenty-five to twenty-nine feet, and
in the Mediterranean from sixteen to
nineteen feet.
Even the smaller of these great waves
has considerable destructive power. Some
of them travel along at a speed of twenty
five miles an hour. A wave about thirty
feet high contains thousands of tons of
water, and when this immense force is
dashed against any structure the ruin
wrought Is likely to be impressive. 1
! ART FRAMINGS
NOW DONE IN OMAHA
The beautiful line of Hardwood Mouldings, Gold Mouldings and
up-to-date designs of framing, both In ovals, circles, squares and oblong
shapes command your Inspection. See the Picture Frame Department of
A. MOSPE CO.,
1513 DOUGLAS STREET.
Our Frame Factory at 161 Izard Street Has Made Frame 83 Yearsv
SORB SPOTS IX SOLO.
Lose of Railroad Passes Riles Temper
of iJinsiskeri,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In order to make up for the loss of rail
way passes no attempt Is made to conceal
the reason a bill Is to be introduced In
Columbus to double the salaries of the
legislators and pay their fare to and from
their homes twice, a month during the ses
sion. Just at present it Is idle to discuss
the merits of such a measure, but at all
events the father of It deserves credit for
his frankness in thus admitting that here
tofore the lawmakers have been looking to
tho railroads for part of their pay. The
plan Is fair and above board and certainly
more worthy of attention than several
more dubious means to the saint Mid that
have been suggested in Columbus and' act
ually attempted in other state capitals.
For example, Pennsylvania has a reform
and likewise a passless legislature now sit
ting In Harrlsburg. On Thursday tho house
passed a bill appropriating 125,400 for post
age, the amount for that Item having been
in the past about one-thinl of that now
I proposed. This would mean about $100 for
each legislator, which, together with the
regular mileage allowance, would more
than reimburse members for cash paid out
for railroad fares.
Probably no such impudent grab would be
tolerated at Columbus, but If the law
makers really "need the money" it might
be well frankly to vote themselves the
necessary mileage, and without complicat
ing the issue with the unrelated question
of salary Increases.
FLASHES OF FIX.
Mabel It's queer what an aversion dear
pspa has for music. Isn't it?
Mamma Why, I never noticed that ha
had, my dear.
Mabel Yes, he has. Doesn't he always
leave the theater as soon as tho orchestra
begins to play bctwen acts. Cleveland
Leader.
Belsliaxzar's attention had been called to
the hnndwrltlna on the wall.
"Looks like a Chinese laundry rheck," he
said, carelessly.
But he learned later that it was a weigh
check and that he was phort welght.-Chl-cago
Tribune. i
"The milk you left yesterday was sour,"
indignantly said the young housekeeper,
"Was It. ma'am?" Innocently asked the
tricky milkman, "well, that's that lasy
farmer's fault. He overslept himself yes
terday morning and didn't milk the cows
until three hours later than usual." Phil
adelphia Press.
Washington had just said he couldn't tell
a lie.
"In that case," replied his father, "you
had better grow up a financier and not tell
anything at all."
Thus we may plainly see where Q. W.
got his sterling common sense. New York
Sun. t
"Poor old Uncle Rlchley!" said the fa
vorite nephew, "he's a very sick man."
"Yes," replied Dr. Slocum. "but 1 hhve
Ills case In hand now and there Is hope."
"Oh, I don't know," replied the other,
absent-mindedly, "xome of our patients
have been known to get well In spite of
you." Philadelphia Press. ,
Jane, leaning forward: "Will you please
remove jour hat It hides holt of the
stage."
The woman In front with much bitter
ness: No, I won't."
Jane, louder: "Excuse me. I suppose If
you took It off your hair would come with
it." Cleveland I'laJn Dealer.
Hicks I met Barelock yesterday. Typi
cal bald-headed man, Isn't he.
Wicks Typical? How do you mean?
Hicks I hadn't known him ten minutes
before he wus telling me how his mother
used to whip him because his hair was so
thick he couldn't keep It combed. Phila
delphia Catholic Standard. '
SAME OLD VALENTINE.
Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
Once more, my muse, 'tis time to be In
voking The offices of good 8t. Valentine.
This year 'tis Phyllis' name that 1 am yok
ing In veise with mine.
Last year It was a' ballad to Miranda,
The year before a triolet to Dot,
No doubt I acm a fickle goose or gander,
But I am not.
I hesitate to contemplate the number
Of female names I've fashioned to my
rhyme
When, er I rouse my weary muse (rung
slumber
About this time.
I've breathed my love for Dolly, Grace anil
Cora,
In other years I've run to Nell and Belle.
How many times I've yearned for Bess and
Dora
I cannot tell.
Now, In the charms of Phyllis I am bask
ing, And all the love I hear her must be told.
For if It's not my Mary will be asking
If I've grown cold.
The secret's out! The name's imaginary,
I never knew a "Phyllis" In my life.
All names are merely pseudonyms for
"Mary,"
And she's my wife.