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C. C. ROSE W ATE K
Secretary.
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(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
WHE1 4IT Or TOWJt.
Sabacrlbrra tearing the city tem
porarily ahoold bart The Be
mailed to them. Addreaa will be
changed aa often aa requested.
Omgha'g Indian feiipply depot ling once
more been saved. I'lalse tioil, rroin
whom all blessings flow.
Nebraska deiuocratn ure strenuously
in favor of direct JVlniarr nominations
for all parties except the democratic
party.
Andy Hamilton may have returned
to New York to attend the special
session of the legislature Just by force
f habit.
What better evidence of qualification
to vote could be given by female suffra-M
gists who stormed the home of the Brit
ish premier?
l'at Crowe is said to be contemplat
ing reprisal on the ftohber Knights who
are invading his special line of busi
ness, not only in Omaha, but New
York.
Mr. IVavers will have dlnVulty in
making his plea of guilty to conspiracy
conform to the verdict In the Green case
unless ho admits that ho conspired with
himself.
The mystery and uncertainty that
shrouds the location of the new Union
ruciflc headquarters hag. been a source
of profit to the real estate option
gambler.
The Knioot case is due to make its
reappearance at "Washington March 23.
Tha senators who fixed that date surely
eouat upon the equinoctial storms to
clear the atmosphere.
Since the lies Moines Capital refers
to the present governor as a "monu
mental bluffer and pretender" it logins
to look as if compromise were iiutossl
ble in the present lowu cnnipulgn.
No wonder. Charles M. Schwab , be
came ill when he saw the great umoiiut
of water irolng to waste In .th Taclfic
ocean and thought of the little be had
been able to use In bis shipbuilding cor-suu-atlona.
flltury commanders lu Jolo, in tkelr
eagernes to present the island In the
best possible light to General Wood on
ht visit, could think of nothing better
1 show him than the remains of the
latest Insurrection.
With flOO Moron killed at a cost of
fifty lives to the United States the
tadrones of Jolo should be willing to
rtop their warfare; but the loss of lifty
American lives greatly overbalances tho
loss of tX) natives.
!eplte the senatorial program of ob
struction, the rate bill occupies first
jils.ee In the senate. If the upper house
really Hud something it cannot side
track the Interns I reformation of that
body may be considered as well started.
The recount in the South Omaha
primaries made no material change In
ihe returns as between the contesting
candidate. If this keeps ou coutents
over nominations are likely to become
a a unpopular hereabouts a contests
brer elections. i
With a rebate granted on ugar ship
ments bet wee u Saa Francisco and New
York It would seem that railroads want
lousiness evea at a loss, since it hag for
years been claimed that the published
rata between those points was un re
munerative. Tho qovea f Italy has decided to
postpone her autmuobtla tour of tao
United States. She mug- be waiting
until ttahuu courts establish a precedent
In the YsadVrtillt caso before marring
harn es w ith Afnertraa Jurioa prejudiced
agnlust royalty.
CHAXOES IX THE oTrRE.WK COCR.
Justice Brown's noliflratlon to the
president of bis Intention to retlso from
the supreme court of the United States
is to t;e taken as a forerunner of numer
ous changes la the membership of that
prent tribunal. Two other members,
Chief Justice Fuller, who has been in
feeble health for some time, and Jus
tice Harlan, are each 73 years old. and
Justice Brewer is within a year of 70.
Of the otlier members Justice Peck ham
is 6fl, Justice Holmes 65. Justice Mc
Kenna M and Justice White 61. several
of whom are physically infirm, the
youngest member, Justice Pay, being
67.
There Is thus prospect of vacancies
by retirement or other cause in tho
places of a majority of the court to be
filled during President Roosevelt's terra.
The constitution of the court. Im
portant at any time, Is of extraordinary
and far-reaching concern at this period
when the whole subject of the adjust
ment of the relations of the govern
ment to modern Industrial and social
development Is coining np for settle
ment. Legislation Is fairly and broadly
engaged upon this adjustment, but ths
transcendent Influence of the court upon
the solution of the problems arising
out of it is a fact understood by all
who have deeply studied the history of
otir government.
President Roosevelt's administration
marks an era in which public policy
has to deal critically with prodigious
changes In the business and Industrial
life of the people, and the problem is to
reconcile with constitutional limitations,
ordained more than a century ago, ef
fective enough for the purposes of that
time, the needs growing out of great
concentrations of capital and a society
highly organized In every Branch. The
relation of the supreme court to these
vital questions in the Immediate future
cannot be less Important than it was
during the first third of the last cen
tury, when guided by the genius of
Chief Justice Marshall It vitalized the
constitution by a series of decisions
establishing a national power adequate
to deal with national needs. That
power must now be applied, likewise
largely through the ultimate agency of
the court, to the new class of needs
which have become so clearly para-n-.ount.
No other acts of President Roosevelt's
official career are likely to have a more
far-reaching and lasting effect upon
the course of things than those which
will determine the character of the
supreme court long after his term of
office shall have expired.
I
FROSECUTIOX OF IXSCRASCE OFFICIALS
The Indictment of the president and
first and second vice presidents of the
New York Mutual Reserve Life In
surance company on charges of grnnd
larceny and forgery, on the basis of
practices which Investigation hag
demonstrated to have been more or less
prevalent among Insurance officials, Is
proof that the movement for reform
of the companies is reaching a really
practical stage. The chief purpose of
thc movement was veritably to bring
men in sucn nign places or trust to a
Just sense of duty therein, by the force
of law if not by their own conscience.
The developments of the insurance In
vestigations the past year have iudeed
shown that pubHc opinion when fully
nrouped Is armed with heavy penaltlcg
of its own, but In addition the emer
gency requires the demonstration that
such offenses are not beyond the reach
of the law.
The acts charged against these de
fendant officials are of a class which
have become familiar to the public
through mountains of evidence built up
in the course of recent investigation
misappropriation of trust funds aud
concealment of the offense by falsifica
tion of the books and records. The
names of the offenses In the Indictments
are theft and forgery. But the ominous
phase of the matter was that It had
come to be assumed, by the public
generally as well as by those who were
guilty, . that, such crimes could not be
reached by the hand of Justice, how'
ever ready It might be to be laid heavily
upon ordinary offenders.
It Is different when the penalties of
the law arc brought luto the lmuiedi
ate prospect. Tbts Is a prospect which
ell the publicity and aroused public
sentiment carry with them. And It
means that officials of insurance com
pa ales and all others who hold like
places of trust must discharge their
obligations with more scrupulous fidel
ity or be called to account and suffer
the consequences.
THK MAIS PREREQriMTE
The main pre-requlsite to making
Omaha an unhealthy place for holtoes
and criminals to tarry in Is a work
house lu which vagrants and suspicious
characters may be consigned as soou as
tbey take up headquarters lu this city
Every large city will always- have
periodic outbreaks of crime, but the
crime that Is committed by professional
pilgrims can be repressed and miul
mixed only by tersuading them that it
Is to their advantage to give Omaha a
wide berth
As long as a police court senteuc
for vagrancy or suspicious character
Imposes uotblng more severe than
few days or a few weeks detentiou at
ease aud r.lothfulnes in the county Jail
with all exjteuses of board aird keep
paid by the taxpayers. Omaha will he
a haven for the class of tramps wbhru
graduates holdups and burglars, no mat
ter what vigilance is displayed by Hie
police. As The Bee has already jsjlntwd
out, the erection of a workhouse by the-
city wou)4 hg a good Inroatn-ent tnaa
dally. M wot I as front ra ttgndnola
at sHe aewroatten, hoes see tho la
mates would be oeiwpelkia to ter eat
their food aad lo4gisga, rhna anttag
a complete stop the JsH feeding
graft.
Tho city council Is already moving to
submit bond propositions at the com
ing municipal elevtlon for fire engine
houses and other Improvements which
are leas pressing and less Important,
but the ordinance for a city workhouse
has not yet msile its appearance. The
only explanation Is that the beneficiar
ies of the present costly system are ex
erting their Influence to prevent any
change, and that they would prefer to
have the city continue crline-rtdden
than to give np the graft they are en
Joying OHt of the jail feeding abuses.
Rewards for the apprehension and cou
vtctlon of holdups may be all right lu
their way, but they are not preventives.
The Workhouse would snuff out th
training sehool of holdups at its kinder
garten grade.
REBATES Bl WHOLESALE
The asseverations of railroad offi
cials, so much heard when the agitation
for public control of rates was begin
ning but less frequent lately, became
ludicrous and ought to cense entirely In
view of the revelations concerning the
dealings of the Bugar trnst and the
eastern trunk lines. The evidence of
the payment of large sums of money
by the roads to the Pugar trust are such
that Attorney General Moody has acted
promptly to Inaugurate prosecutions in
the courtg havrag Jurfctlon, and does
not hesitate publicly to affirm its serious
character
The fact that the railroads implicated
are among the oldest aud greatest In
the country and that the beneficiary
of their lawless discriminations is one
of the most conspicuous aud arbitrary
trusts will not be lost upon public at
tention at this time. Nor will the In
adequacy of the peunltles of the ex
isting federal statutes ns a deterrent
to such violations fail to emphasize the
Imperative need of more drastic reme
dies. The settling basins of the water com
pany are being tiitereu inrougn uie
courts and fl great deal of scientific dis
sertation as to high pressure and low
pressure Is being evolved to stay the
payment of the hydrant water rentals.
In the mean time, the $100,000 collected
from the taxpayers for the water fund
(a on deposit In the banks drawing 2
per cent interest, while the city even
tually will have to pay 7 per cent to
the water company and incidental attor
neys' fees, that may mount up Into the
thousands of dollars. And Jones lie
pays the freight.
The strenuous lnbcr undergone by
members of the Water lward once a
mouth to earn the salaries they are
drawing out of the city treasury Is al
together too burdensome to be exacted
from such strong men. It will be up
to the next legislature to devise ways
and means either to relieve members
of the Water board of their onerous
duty to bold two-minute sessions every
month, or to increase their pay to some
thing commensurate with tho sacrifice
ef time and gray matter.
The arrival in Mexico of a distin
guished Nebraska n, who has been made
ambassador to the sister republic on
the south, has been duly celebrated by
a brilliant reception for the presenta
Hn of his credentials to President
Diar. Nebraskans seem to have an
especial call to the front among our
Central American nelghliors.
A noted survivor of the Omaha
Claims club, who spent' his- winters In
Florida and his summers In New York,
urgently suggests the resumption of
ptrtneer methods for suspending road
highwaymen: but Omaha has receded
so far from the river that It would be
difficult to organize a Baptist vigilantes
committee.
Ilennlngs and Benson have' promul
gated their platforms as candidates for
the republican nomination for mayor.
It Is unnecessary for Broatch to
promulgate a platform; for the fact that
Tom Dennlson and niter Moise are
both openly supporting Broatch leaves
no one In doubt where he stunds.
Since the viceroy at Canton aud the
American consul at that place have
dined together a better feeling Is said
to exist In official circles. Terhaps If
the United States will only feast a suffi
cient numtcr of Chiuese officials there
will te no trouble.
I,et Well Knooch Aloac.
Boston Transcript.
The late General BchoAeld was one of
two prominent commanders with the good
ens to discourage overtures looking to
the presidency and Oeneral Bherman was
the other.
Great Self-lacriace.
St. Louis aiobc-Democial.
Senator Foraker's magnanimity in elim
inating himaelf from the next contest for
preatdent la all the more to be wondered
at when the fact Is remembered that hla
actual residence la In the state of Ohio.
Mltata of Mrlklaa; Trlatera.
Philadelphia Record.
In revising an injunction against atrlking
printera Judge Blanr.hard of New York
stated the law of atrikea with an unuaual
amount of liberaftty.. He aald: "The right
of the defendant to maintain pickets waa
well eatabliahed;" the local uuiona "are
free, within the limits already Indicated,
to make any requeata, or give any advice,
or resort to any aerauasion. for tha pur
pose of winning aupport." and he refused
V enjoin the laiue of clrculara designed
to Injure the trade of the plaintiff, though
thev were aald to contain libeloua implica
tions. Tralalaa toloar Adaalaletratloa.
Chicago Tribune. '
It is In no sens a reflection upon Ameri
can ability, earneatneva or patriotism to
assert that tha great thing needed by tba
t'nlted States In connection with Its colo
nial mserosts la a reatliarlon that men
anoat kava a aaeolaJ and technical training
In certain details errertlona before thar
can become etrictant colonial administra
te!, and taat ft la wore than stupid for
ua to Mundar for another century, when,
by arofltlag ay tha experlwnc of otlier na
tlosa, wo migat bring tho beat aoacainery
of the world Into the hands of Intelligent
Imerlua ofllclala, and lliue have tha moat
j effective combination poaeible-
rni,inci iwift.
Mr. Helnie of Itutte Is believed to have
made enough of his Amalgamated deal to
break Into the cnppf r senatorial class In
Montana.
Congressman Longworlh brought from
Cuba an eighleen-lnch cigar and presented
It to t'ncle Joe as the beet means of de
termining the epeaker's pull.
New Jersey proposes to do some Insur
ance Investigating on Its own hook. For
prudential reasons New Jersey Insurance
magnates prefer the federal rrobe.
While governor of Texas the late Stephen
Hogg made a railroad company give up
TO.ono acres of land grabbed by It. Mr.
Hogg did not have an annual on that
road.
The curtailment of free pasies and the
consequent necessity of economical con
gressmen remaining In Washington over
Sunday glvea tho projected religious re
vival much good material to work on.
The salary of the speaker of the bouse
of repreaent stives is S.0f a year. $3,000
more than that of hla fellow members of
the house. The speaker of the British
House of Commons receives a salary of
IT0.GK) a year, with a commodious furnished
residence.
New Tork Is nut sufficiently Anglicized
to drop Its h's. The seventh letter Is the
leader of leaders In the Empire state. Hig-
gins Is governor and Hughes, Uerrlck ad
Hearst seek the Jeh. The state, however,
would enjoy dropping Hooker, the judge,
but It doesn't know how.
Abraham Lincoln indicated In speeches
and letters that he was chock fu4 of senti
ment. Here Is one of his utterances: "I
want It to be said of me by those who
know me bet that I have always plucked
a thistle and planted a flower In Its tlac
wherever a flower would grow."
Rev. T. H. Kuhn, pastor of the Flrat
Christian church In Richmond, Ind., an
nounces that he will contest for congres
sional honors in his district against James
E. Watson, republican nominee. Mr. Kuhn
has been making vehement warfare from
the pulpit on the administration of local
affairs and muchlne politics In general. It
is believed he will secure the democratic
nomination.
The case of Governor Pattison of Ohio
has become pathetic. He has suffered an
other relapse, caused by worry over the
race riots at Sarlngfleld, and at last ac
counts waa unable to sign the appropria
tions bill, which had been passed by both
branches of the general assembly. Mrs.
Pattison has canceled all her social en
gagements, and the condition of the execu
tive has greatly depressed his political and
personal frlcnda.
I.KsSO OP COMMOS HONESTY.
rreaeut Searching of Hearts Pra
l active t Beneflt.
Century Magazine.
Tho gnoc! citizen and square dealer falls
hack, however, upon two points of com
fort. First, thnt there was a prodigal
amount of rascality In the days when there
waa vastly less publicity; and, second and
here la his best consolation that the stand
ards of public opinion are as high as ever.
and that, contemporary with this hideous
exposure of wrongdoing, the signs are
numerous of a revival of the ethics of
business, as well as of the ethics of poll-
tics.
In a private discussion nut loag ago cf
one of the most pathetic cases of ruined
reputation that recent events have Illus
trated, the fact came out that this man so
widely honored and beloved, and still so
sympathetically regarded had long realized
the misforrane of . his situation, deeply
deprecatlnif the supposed necessity of coo
tinning certain corrupt and demoralizing
practices. It hi evident that If auch ethical
questions as he, for ninny unhappy years,
decided according to unfortunate custom,
could reach hla authority again, after a
period of exposure and retribution such
as has just taken place, he would not hesi
tate to declare to hla assnctatea that, obvi
ously, "honesty la the best policy." as well
as the most agreeable part that honorable
men can rli". So It !s now everywhere
easier for honest Impulses and suggestions
to prevail In all matters relating to the
conduct of business.
The mast conspicuous exposure that has
taken place is. ef course, that which was
precipitated by certain Insurance imbrog
lios, and fhere was good fortune In the
fact that theaa exposures, almost more
than any other possible ones, touched In
dividual interests well nigh infinite in ex
tent. The lesson of common honesty has
tnererore been carried Into every family
in the entire country where exist responsi
bility and thrift. Every man In the busi
ness world is now watching his neighbor;
better than that he is watching himself
taking to himself all sorts of warnings;
making to himself all kinds of good resolu
tions; witnessing and taking part rn a re
vival of applied ethlca, not only in the
community, but in his own heart.
There Is Indited, nowadays, such a search
ing of soula, and such a stem application
of higher standards, that there Is almost
danyer that Judges Uiumselves will "stand
up ao straight" that they may fall back
ward into the pool of judicial demagogy.
But the searching will go on, and, on the
whole, its dangers ure few, while Its bene
fits 111 bo many and Immense.
ABISK OF FRAKIC IR1 VILKUK.
ConareaaloBal Pertinlalte fervrrted
for Private Gala.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The decision of the postmaater general
that the literature of a bureau at Wash
ington devoted to the propagation of va
rious "reforma" la not proper matter for
free tranamtseion through the mails under
the cover of a congressional frank Is a
tardy official recognition of a fact that has
been plain to the public for a long time.
It la not necessary to inquire into the
ethical vulue, or otherwise, of the docu
ments sent broadcast by this agency. It Is
sufficient to know that the free use of the
mails was not Intended to cover auch cases.
Aa In the whclesule use of Vranka to
facilitate the malltng of a vast volume of
partisan political literature, the system In
general has become an abuse the correc
tion of which haa long been a patent ne
cessity. Now that the department has had
the courage and honesty to attack one form
of the evil, perhaps the least serious, the
ruling may be extended to exclude all mat
ter that la partisan or la foreign to the
public oervlce.
If temperance tracts, divorce- reform
brlefa and the like are improper subjects
for the ocngrsnioual frank, much greater
Is the abuse when the government Is forcod
to pay for the dissemination f documents
bearing solely on partisan aspects of po
litical qu-atlons. Perhaps it is Utopian to
look for action fmm ning r-ss for the total
abolition of the whole franking system,
but there is no niunnt-r of doubt that it
ought to tie controlled in some may. If a
lirulud iiumtx-r of stamps were Issued to
each senator and representative they would
be more likely to be safeguarded and used
or the dispatch of legitimate public docu
ments and correspond!- tl.an undr the
present system, where a rubber stamp or
printed faoejmfTle of tea meanaorsa signs
tare Is mil) to eovor a araaaor of ttlora
ruro. afvaa If tha entire a store of frauko wars
eased sad aravhrloa aaaSe for the payment
of tho postal exaeaa of Hie congress, the
government wnurd he the garner, for then
the operations of aollrlral cummitleea and
eo-rulloa reforut Vurtsui wuuld b impossible.
HEALTH
7T T7 TT
Every
Powder is
uses it with confidence, and she is justified
in so doing.
But how few realize that Royal Baking
Powder is a direct product of the healthful
and delicious grape! The product of the
grape, crystallized and ground, is the cream
of tartar which forms the active principle of
every pound of Royal Baking Powder.
Fruit properties arc needful for the health
fulness of the body, and the grape as used
in Royal Baking Powder is the most valua
ble and healthful of all.
Royal Baking Fowder
produces food remarkable both in flavor
and wholesomencss.
ROYAL BAKINO POWDER CO.i NEW YORK,
OTHER LANDS THAN OIR8.
"Africa for the Africans'" is the latest
rallying cry of the natives In the British
colonies of South Afrlcs. The movement
which it symbolises is spoken of as "a
black peril," and possesses many elements
of danger to alien rule. Prominence Is
given it by the pending agitation over the
form of constitution to be granted to the
Transvaal and ths Orange river colony. In
tho whole of British South Africa the
blacks outnumber tha whites Ave to one.
In the Cape Colony the negroes have been
glren political rights, ana while the white
opinion on tho subject is not unanimous,
ao change more radical than a special pre
sentation (the Maori system of New Zea
land) would he likely to command a ma
jority. Kevertheless, tha possession by the
Capo negroes of the same political rights
as the whites will We the most seTious ob
stacle to federation when that question
comes to be considered. From the white
man's point of. view there are four main
solutions of the problem: Kqual social and
political rights to tin, blacks when quaii
Ircd; a separate political representation oi
the blacks In such a manner as te pe.-p?u-
ato white supremacy; Isolation of
blacks on reservations of their own. leav
ing thesi to work out their own develop
ment, and, finally, to treat the blacks aa
aa Inferior race and give them ao political
rights whatever.
After much deliberation, the cxar, on the
suggestion of the ministry and the grand
dHioal family council, has IncoraoTatoa into
th fundamental law of the empire a lim
ited bin of rights. No law shall hereafter
aeeomo effective until it shall have re
ceived the sanction of the counctl of tho
empire and the national assembly. It will
be noted that the copulative conjunction
"and" Is used. The nntional assembly
must concur In the making of all lam-.
Either house may take the Initiative tn leg
islation, an ministers are required to an
swer Interpellations. The weakness of the
constitutional reforms lies In tho reserva
tion by the csar of tbo autocratic power.
Ha naiy amend or disregard the farria
mental law or any other law of the em
pire. Nothing bat his' willingness not to
do so prewnts the abrogation of the edict
creating the National Assembly, and the
latter body has no power to modify or add
to the so-called constitution.
The payment ef the , members of the Brit
ish Houae of Commons is being seriouslv
considered by the liberal government, and
a law authorising It may be enacted. The
premier has lately taken pains to Inform
the country that all the aelf-governing
British colonies pay their members of Par-.
liament. his purpose apparently being to
prepare aristocratic England for the blow.
The traditional view over there is that
salaries for service In Parliament are de
grading, but the view held by the new
labor party, which demands the payment
of members In order that poor men --ny
enter public life, new seems likely to re
vail. Ould production on the Rand has r.nw
paased the point at which It waa Inter
rupted by the Boer war. The largest
production before the war was Just under
4.O,0trt ounces, in 1S9S. The production of
would have been much larger had not
the war broken out In Otober. But in
1WH the produi tlon was a little more than
tOUO.uW ounce, and In IS It waa .S9:.S;l
ounces. This la worth about H,0SO.at).
and mining, although already going dean,
can probably be pursued with substantial
returns for thlrtv and possibly forty years.
A railroad tbrmigh the Nubian d-sert
from the Nile to the Red tins been
I ooened for buKiiie. It is aa) mil's long
land coat ... Rerber Is the Nile ter-
minus. The. Rwl sea terminus is the new
I town of Port Sudan, thirty niils rioilh of
Suukin. where theie Is u naturally good
I and well proteeted hurU.r. The Improve
ment at this port nave made astomsmng
pi ogress In the last year. Maey hous,s
have been built '.or t)ie whites, a railroad
talinn and a lighthouse have be-n com
pleted. 4.J" lalKiiers are ut work Improving
the port and It la expected that the work
ing force will lie increased to a.otf thra
satnmer. Sua':ln. so long famous sa the
starting point of cars vane hetweon the Fad
a and the Nile, la Ixxonriag a place of
liette lnipwrtanee. 'trltiKn eaaerptisea have
abandoned It became It is unheallhttrl;
tha passage through the coral reef ro the
epen sea is dangerous, and ia ether re.
apects the plat Is tnfevW to Port ftudaa
tor roinmerclal purposes. The country
through which lbs now Una passes caa
F
one knows that
absolutely pure.
provide little traffic, as nearly all of it is
eoaspletely desert. The purpose of the
road Is to supply the wholes Anglo-Egyp-iran
Sudan with a short rout to the ocean,
where Us commerce may have the ad
vantage of cheap freights.
tXirlng the-tm-years of unionist govern
ment the popnlatlon of Ireland steadily de
clined, the latest statistics showing that,
whfle there were 2t,e0 more births than
staLths, the year saw a loss of 39,000 emi
grants from the Islanad. At this rate be
fore long the English government will have
ao Irish question to borher it.
LIEITE.MUT BERALS.
Congress Cornctwaleo to Hold the Place
far Two More.
Chicago Record -Herald.
Consider tho Hen teas at gvasrals, how they
provaor.
Consider als congross, which hates to
hart their feelings.
Tha lieutenant generate aren't really lieu
tenant ganerals. They are good major
fc-eneral by right of service. In the higher
aradc they are "puppets of a day," bom to
olooni just' long enough to entitle them to
rertr on a good daal hhaher pay tha they
nwd or than thera Is any reason the coun
try should g4v thorn.
For tho benefit of Major Generals Mac
Arthur and Corbla, who are destined to
soon experience this brief luxuriant blos
som and aermaaont fruitage, certain con
gressmen have succeeded In eliminating
from th army appropriation bill the pro
vision to strike off th llentenaht generajcy
front tho list of army grades.
It hi to ho hoped that congress will not
ellmfnate the other useful provision of th
army appropriation bill. Intended to pat an
end to the promotion "for retirement only"
of officers of lower grade. Such promo
tions havo degenerated Into a systematic
form of army graft. IT ts to be honed
that a oaparate bill to abolish trie grade of
lievtortaat general, which haa now been In
troduced, will anmage to get safely past
te breaotworko and become law.
BHXaVK AID UBUICZV.
"I'ncle Aeorge," stsMl tha ttttl boy, "what
la an equinox?"
"An equinox," said Uncle Oeorge, who
was fraah from aallege, "why-er-that's a
sort of freuk. I suppoan; half horse aad
half ox." Pbi!ielpBs Ledger.
"You can't get a
than tna, oan you?
aroney order for more
"Don't you believe It,
day for IW."
I got one the other
'Through the aootorice?'
Sure. It as from my
Hre said:
'end ss Ira at once.
Press.
Philadelphia
There is a lesson In the following frctm
one of the old-time colored brethren:
"fT'enever I feels so happy dat I wants ter
holler. I don't holler fer fear I'll loa all
d happinesa. Stldder er in' aat, I dea
T75
Browning Ilng & Co
ORlf INATOtS AMD SOLE MAKERS Of IALP SUM IN CL0T1INI.
Sim Dm
Create thoughts of light apparl.
lt a man's ambition to look frefl at all tinM,
and now is the tim to ajrpear in a new trp ct.
Thy ate ready for yu in regular a4 half
size-!rl0. $12.50, $15, $20-alot amy pri th
wnnt to )trr.
And don't format the boy a! (Hir liu of coats
aud suits are ready for the choosing, and yon will
be Barpritied kow nice yau can liava the boy fitted
aat at a niall ct.
Fifteenth and
Douglas Sts.
aroaUlwajr at I lad atroof fVdV
OB
Royal Baking
The housewife
I keeps stMl en feels good." Atlanta Con-
stltirtfon.
"You dou't know how a minority mem
ber feel." complained the southern con
gressman. "Oh, yoe I do. old boy." responded the
northorn cangreasman. feelingly. "I'm mar
ried." Cleveland Leader.
' "Ira! ha'." laughed Deacon Kraft, 't
aartlnly did git the beat o' Deacon KoriV
top in thot horse trade ytstld y." I
Whv. friah!" exclaimed his wife. "D
ru allow thet wus Christian conduct?"
"Bh? Wat's th matter? Ylslld'y wui'n"
aoxid'y." Cleveland Leader.
"Did tho Insurance director retire be
cause he wm overworked?"
"No. Reaus th policy holders were."
rrashfngton Star.
''Yaa, I tried easting any bread on tli
waters, when I waa first married."
"And It returned to you?"
"NO, it didn't. I was ths first bread I
vr mad od heavier than lead." Cleve
land Plata baaler.
1 fel awful sorry for young Jenkins and
afss Jones. You know they have been
getng togrhr nearly three y.ar and new
thev have f nally decided that they are nut
good enough for each other."
"What caused it?"
"Their parents get together and talked It
Over." Milwaukee Sentinel.
TO WHOM IT MAY COHCEHV
V. P. Adams In Th Reader.
It's not for tne to criticise; It's not for m
t kaeek
A aoewi ss rorreahfag as "The Fodder in
the Shck."
For whom am I that I should dar to criti
cise a rhyme
Sa likely to en da re tha chill corrodhig
blasts of tim? . .
My quarrel's not with Riley I think thai
h Is great
Put with the bards that feebly try his
work to Imitate
And think they have a masterpiece It it
shmJM btrt contain
Soase plattfudy commonplace and obvious
rofi atn.
The cheerup School of Poetry Is open night
and day.
Its BTlaotalea aad principals are but tu
make you nay
With "Keep-a-Smliln' " veraes written by
aome doleful bard,
Whose bargain rate is juat about ao-
forty.nin a yard.
"When Sunshine I Bhlnln' What's the
I'ae to slop and Fret,
"Tho Tilings w Don't Remember Are th
Thlnus That We Forget."
"W Wouldn't Have No Rainbow If Wa
Didn't Hn.v No Rain,"
Or ativ other commonplace and obvious re
frain. Parnassus la macadamized; they've paved
th road to Fame.
Juia on th rented Psgaaus you'll And
Urn wry tame.
"Th Man Who Vvr Wornies I tho Msn
Who Oeta Along."
"When Trouble Comes to Bother Tou Just
Ring a IJtrie Hong' -"Tho
Man Who Makes You Hustle Is th
Man Who's Just Ahead."
'Tho People W Are Living Ain't tho Peo-
1 Who Ar Dead "
O bardlet of fh marine, a ward or
warning plain .
To ye that wrre the commonplace and
obvious: REFRAIN!
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