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4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MAKCJI 1. me. Tim Omaha Sunday Bee E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINQ. TERMS OP 8UIWCRIPTIOS. Pally R twlthnut Sunday, one year. fumy See nl Sunday, one year Illustrated Bee, on year Sunday Ie, one year Saturday Pee. one year 11 M . . 50 . 1.6 . 160 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dully Pee rtncltHllna- Sunday), per week..l7e Dellv Pee (wlthmit Sunday), per week...ize Kenln pee (without Bunday. per week So Kvemns; pee (with Sunday), per week....ine Burnley Pee, per ropy c Address complaints ot Irree-iilarltles In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building-. South Omaha City Hull Building. Council Huffs 10 Pearl Btreel. Chlraro 1M0 Cnlty Buildlne;. New York lVH Home Life In. Building. Washington 6ul Fourteenth Btreel. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter ehould be addressed: (Wnaha Bee, Kdltorlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order parable to The Pee Publishing Company. Only J-cent atampe received as payment or , mall accounta. Peraonnl check, ex-ept on 'Omaha or "astern exohanffs, not accepted. THB BKE PUBLISHING COMPAM. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.: C. C. Rosewater. secretary or The Hee Publishing Company, being duly worn, my that the tictual number of full and timpleie roplrs of The Daily. Morning. Bvetilng and Sunday Bee printed during he a,or.th of February, 19"!. ' " fol lows: 1 .' 1,34 BIJM S2JBOO 2,K2 i Sl.TSO Sl.TIO 7 81.SOO S1.4SO t St.4 19 JV2,T4 U , 11 nijww is xi.aiMt 14 8t,20O 15 Ill .MO H 83.A40 17 -., XSUMM IS 3tt.W 19 SlMeO 3 HI. TO 21 31.80 22 1JIM a xi.tao 24 32.01)0 2J 2M.2RO 2i. SlMMI 27 81.430 28 i. SIIMO Total ST.ai Le unsold copies ,1M Net total sale- WWI.04M Dally average 81.8T4 C. C. ROSE WATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to oefore me this 2Sth day of February, 108. (Seal) M. ti. ninuAih Notary Public. VINES OIT OK TOWS. Sabaerlbera leaTlaar the) lty tea porarlly should kl Th Be Mallet to thesa. Address will be Johann Most is dead. New York po licemen will now have to find another 'man to make famous as "the lending anarchist." -British' reports would Indicate that American reciprocity with Canada la an accomplished fact, even though it la not to be found In the archives. It looks as If the year 1906 mere not going to be behind Its- forerunners In the matter of holocausts, wrecks and catastrophes, generally causing loss of life. Iowa democrats aro to have a "dollar dinner." They may have some faces at the table If they postpone the feast until after the republican state con ventlon. The fact that Russian naval plans have been sold to another nation Indi cates that the "gold brick" artist does not confine his attentions entirely to In dividual. Japan is to buy all Its privately owned railroads. This stroke of enterprise will be watched In America, which may be able to learn something more from the "coming race." Omaha's bank clearings for the week are nearly twice those of St Joseph, St Joseph, however, is still credited with a fictitious census population equal to that of Omaha. The African tribe of Nandls are the latest to have civilisation injected into them by British guns.. The Anglo-Saxon spirit goes marching on until It meets a race which can put up a fight. With Sweden and Austria both consid' erlng new election laws designed to ex tend the privilege of voting It seems that Russia la not to be permitted to catch up with the procession unless it travels more rapidly than at present. If the vagrants .nd Idlers In Omaha from whom tb,e holdups and burglars are recruited were up against the pros pect of compulsory labor In a wort house whenever arrested as suspicious characters, tbey would make tracks to some more restful climate or go to work to earn an honest living. The profits of the "Steel trust" last year were over $1,000,000 a month in excess of the profits of the preceding year. Trade seems to hare combined with fate to make it impossible for An a raw varnrgiu 10 accomputin fits pur pose of dying poor without walling quite while longer. A large tract of land in Arthur couuty is to be set aside for a forest reserve. The maps no longer show Arthur county, but perhaps the government ex ports will have no difficulty in locating the land and the trees will grow Jnst as well as though the county had not been merged into Ucrhereon. "Upon the threshold of what prom la to be the moat remarkable business development the world has even known," the democrats of the south will hardly jeopardise that prospect by turn ng back the pages f history and for getting the lessons of forty years ago even at the suggestion ot so eminent an adviser as Judge Parker. Tbe republicans of Nebraska are on record in their last state platform favor of bringing the nomination candidates ou republican tickets close as possible to the rank and file ot the party. There is no question either but that this declaration voices a constantly deepening demand of rw- Vublicsns iu everr part of the state. A ftl-CORO THAI' F1KKLD rtfUKT- , Kvery public officer is expected to d) his full duty, but when be comes to ask the siiffrngos oj his fellow cltlsens for continuation or promotion In office the record he has made Should count for or against him according as It discloses energy and faithfulness In public serv ice, or mere time serving and reckless ness of public Interests. The record made by A. H. Kenning as city treas urer for Omaha for two tepns. covering six years, should count decidedly In his favor as a candidate for therpubllcan nomination for mayor. Mr. Hennlngs' record is stamped pre eminently with honesty, Integrity, fidel ity and energy. I luring the period n little short of six years ending Decem ber 81, 1WW. that he has Ikh-u in the treusurers office. A. II. Hennlngs hits collected mid disbursed in receipts of tnxes. proceeds of Irfmd sales and other municipal rwenue, a grmid total of 18,ar4,3S2.70. Kvcry dollar of this colos sal sum has leen strictly accounted for and no one has even breathed that a penny of it has stuck to his fingers. During the period In which A. H. Hen- nlngs has been charged with the hand ling of city funds. Interest on daily balances of deposits In his custody from the beglnulng of his first term to March , 1W0, figure the striking total of. 'i3.ni5.3T.. Qf this amount ?42,84t.Sl was paid and credited to city ruuna, 10,3t4.49 to the school fund, $30.33 to the water board. In a word, more than ."),0n0 has been saved to the taxpay ers or this city by tfte interest incre ment on their money in the hnnds of Treasurer Ileuulngs, and no one has even entertained a suspicion that he ever farmed out any public money for his private gain. City Treasurer Ilennlngs Inaugurated and put Into force a vigorous policy of personal tax collections with the result that delinquent personal taxes have been almost wholly wiped off the tax books. During previous terms It took from five to ten years before the 00 per cent of the regular tax levy drawn gainst Immediately, was collected, while over Is) per cent of the 1005 reg ular tax list was In the treasury by February 1. 1000 within seven months fter date of delinquency. The effect of this more busiuesslikc administration of personal tax collec tlons has been not only to save the city large amounts of taxes due that would otherwise have been wholly lost, but also to save the taxpayers the bur den of expensive penalties and Interest During the first year of Mr. Ilcnnlngs' term more than $10,000 was exacted for penalties and Interest on the personal taxes collected, while for the last year of his term, although the aggregate col lections had Increased fully W) per cent, penalties and Interest on delinquents was reduced to but little more than 13,000. The unprecedented record as a pub lic official made by A. II. Hennlngs In the treasurer's office Is the best guar anty that be will fulfill the duties of mayor with eminent satisfaction" when nominated and elected to be the city's chief executive. tMXUXirX 8UBTEBFUOE DESTROYED. The decision of the United States su preme court In the Tobacco and Taper trust cases defining the scope of im munlty to witnesses, removes one of the greatest obstacles in the way of public officials in enforcing the state and na tional laws governing corporations, There has, of course, never been a doubt that the clause of the fifth amendment to the federal constitution, "No one shall be compelled. In any criminal case, to be a witness against himself,' af forded complete immunity so far as the witness himself Is concerned, and nu merous laws have been passed both by congress and state legislatures car rying out the exemption, going so far as to provide that no testimony of witness may be directly or indirectly used against him In any other pro ceeding or trial. But no weapon in the hands of cor porations has been more effective hlth erto for nullifying the laws for their control than the misconstruction of this coi.stitutional provision whereby their officers aud agents have refused to tes tify as to violations of which they had knowledge because men testimony would incriminate them. As they were the only witnesses by whom the of fenses could be proved and as the courts have entertained or sanctioned the Im munlty excuse for years, the force of the most Important laws, like the Sher man anti-trust law, under which the cases arose, has been in large part lost and corporatlona viciously encouraged by the belief that they were beyond reach of the law. The supreme court uow sweeps away the Whole ground of thla ezasneratlnir system of corporation evasion. The de rision holds broadly that the constltu tlonal provlslou has no reference what ever to corporations. IU reasoning Is Impreguable, for if one person cannot refuse to testify because the reault would be to Incriminate another person, mucn lees can the intangible thing known as a corporation, itself the crea tion of the law, be permitted to escape on this plea. The court takes the broad position that the Immunity of the con sutution la, as it was intended to be, solely a persoual privilege of the wit netw nimseir, aud not a niouiment of coiK)ratioiis 1n their violations of the law which, as they can Its perpetrated oily through officers and agents, can likewise tte proved and puulshed only through their testimony. Obviously this adjudication In IU effects must be epochal lu the great movemeut to subordinate corporations to public control. It puts their officials an agent in a position in which they can no longer refuse with Immunity not merely to testify as to their own knowl edge, but al to" produce before the courts itn4 ell authorised repreeenta- tlves of the government the books and reoiirds of illegal frpontlon transac tions. Heyond that an almost limitless field Is opened for further effective legis lation in dealing with corporation abuses. JllKiK rARKER TO THE SUVTH- Judge Alton B. Parker's address at Charlotte, N. C, in the guise of an appeal to the conservatism of the south ern democracy, thrusts to the frout the whole internal Issue which has par aljred the energies of the party as R political organisation since 1800. The substance of his speech Implies ac knowledgement that his own nomina tion for the presidency was In pur suance of nn effort to restore the party to the doctrliml and traditional ground which It occupied prior to 1800. Con fessing the failure of the attempt on tlmt basis, itnd the hopelessness of fur ther attempts under northern deino- nttlc leadership, Judge Tarker urges tlmt te time has come for the democ racy of the south to take Initiative and direction of the party, both as to form ing its policy and as to representing it on the national ticket. "While broadly holding up the prospect that the con servative force of the north and the east will Join In the movement the weight of his argument bears upon the point that It must leave behind all that Is comprehended in "the Nebraska lead ership," ns he calls It. However this proposal of the late presidential candidate of the party may strike the southern democracy, to whose pride and old-time convictions and sec tional prestige It would naturally ap peal, very prompt and nervous protest may bo expected In quarters associated with "the Nebraska lendershlp." Which Is by no means ready to yield to the south any more than It was to yield to th; ast when the nomination of Judge iirker wns forced at St. Louis. ELIGIBILITY. A point of eligibility under the con stitutional prohibition upon a member of the executive department seeking election to another state office during the term for which he may have been chosen hus brought about the with drawal of out; prominently mentioned candidate for gowrnor, who, rather than embarrass the party, will volun tarily retire to private life. The constitution and the laws pre scribe a great many qualifications for eligibility to public office, but they are for the most part of a technical charac ter, such, for example, as the require ment that the governor shall have been a cltlren of the state and of the United States for two years next preceding his election; that he shall have attained the age of 30 years; that he shall not hold at tlic same time any other state of fice; that the treasurer shall be ineligi ble to a third term; that members of the legislature shall reside iu the dis tricts respectively which they repre sent and bo on. On only one point of eligibility does the constitution of Ne braska get beyond the technicalities of age, citizenship and duplicate office holding, aud that la when It disqualifies any person iu default as a custodian of public funds from being eligible to office. In the tribunal of public senti ment, however, there are a great many other considerations that go or should go in determining the eligibility of aspirants for public office. The qualifications exacted outside of and in addition to the legal pre-requls- Ites doubtless vary from time to time. according to tne issues that aro pre sented. They at nil times include hon esty, integrity, verriclty and the at tributes that go to make a man reliable and trustworthy, as distinguished from unreliable and untrustworthy. In the present state of public opinion in Nebraska Just now it is safe to say, too, that one of the prime pre-requis- ites to eligibility to office is a satisfac tory record of public and private life, measuring up approximately to Presi dent Roosevelt's Idea of the "square" deal.. The railroad capper and the dis credited oil room lobbyist are on the list of inellglbles, and so are the cor poration attorneys who constantly take orders from headquarters. The bars are up against rebate shippers who have sold themselves for railroad favors and corporation hirelings generally, whether they get their pay in cash or In free passes for themselves and their relatives and friends. The people of Nebraska are making a few rules on eligibility to office for themselves these days, and while these rules may not be recognised by the courts or be enforceable by mandamus. injunction or quo warranto, they will have the more potent backing of the ballot box, which is the real court of last resort on the qualifications of pub lic servsnta. ARMSTRUXU IXVESTIQATIOX CLOSED- The Joint special committee of the New York legislature, commonly called the Armstrong committee, whose hear ings have Just been formally closed, has accomplished a memorable work. Noth ing remains but to put in final form by any necessary changes of details the bills embodying the committee's recom mendatlons . for the amending of the laws concerning insurance, corporations and the penal rode. Those bills are of the most important character, going to the roots of the momentous abuses of life insurance management exiiosed iu the course of the investigation. That the reform measures thus formulated by the committee will be adopted by the legislature, at least in considerable part la very generally believed, in spite of the formidable opposition, open snd covert which it is sure to encounter. To have accomplished this much is notable achievement But whether these recommendations shall be enacted In whole or only In part into law at this time, the influences for good which have beeu put io motion by the committee are of fsr-reachlng effect! and of IncaW-ulahle valtin. IVrhapa these In the aggregate transcend any Imme diate legislative results In the one state of New York, Immensely Important as the latter msy be. As a means of pub licity touching matters of such uni versal and vital Interest as are affected by the administration of life Insurance It Is hardly Ksslble to overstate the potency of the work of the committee. The publicity alone which It effected compelled the correction of a multitude of monumental abuses and the saving of vast sums of nMny to policyholders before Its report was signed, and even lefore Its hearings were half over, and so aroused moral sentiment anil focal ized public attention upon the subject that thorough reform, legislative or vol untary, Is Inevitable in every state in the union. The Armstrong committee, to Its own lusting honor, stnnds a signal object les son to the public and to all like legis lative commissions everywhere of what an investigation which verily Investi gates can do. HARD .4 AO SOFT COAL 1XTK RESTS. It Is a mistake to assume that the crml troubles are so simple that they can be accurately stated as a mere dis pute between the miners' union on the one hand and the mine operators on the other. Back of that and more Impor tant Is it growing antagonism between the anthracite and the bituminous coal mining interests. Indeed It Is the con flict between them that the directing ii. i nds of the miners' union have seized upou as an opportunity for forcing large concessions to It and that In large part has encouraged them to stand out so boldly for their demands. The great strike In the anthracite re gion four years ago was a tremendous competitive advantage to the soft coal Interests, which was not slow to profit by it The enforced use of the cheaper fuel not only proved to be a saving to consumers while the strike lasted. but also by overcoming their preju dices uud revealing to large users the danger of dependence on the anthra cite supply which Is practically monop olized caused many to resort to soft coal lonrj ftfter the labor trouble had been settled. Another prolonged struggle in tins anthracite region would be a grave blow to the proprietary Interest there and could not fall Immensely to advance the soft coal Interest in the market This is a fact which gives point to the ofticbO refusal of Tresidcnt Boer on be half of the anthracite operators to unionise the mines on the score that the miners', organization is "controlled bv rival industry," and It also explains long seilee of maneuvers the last six months on the part of the operator rep resentatives of the bituminous regions, particularly their disposition recently to concede n considerable increase of wages. It will be impossible perma rcntlyto bold the hard and soft coal interests together against tire competi tive forces pulling them apart but one of the chief points in the pending labor trouble rests upon the answer to the question whether for the time a truce cau bu maintained between them. Collier's Weekly throws a spring bou quet at American newspapers by declar ing that they "today have more power and use it for 'better ends than at any previous time." It goes on to say that the permanence and reality of the gain depends on whether the public will show its appreciation of higher stand ards by support and patronage of the better class of newspapers rather than the poorer and demoralizing class. Some few pessimists who bewail the fact that the most vicious yellow Jour nals seem to flourish may be disposed to question this, but a careful and un prejudiced survey will surely confirm Coiners conclusion that the tone of our American newspapers is steadfautly higher as well as the tons of American business and society, both, doubtless, reacting upon one another in the same direction. Hie advertisement which the Ne braska state penitentiary Is getting by the voluntary return of paroled prison ers speaks altogether too well for the management of that institution. It re calls the Incident when a prisoner in the county Jail here feigned illness In order to get transferred to the county hospital, some years ago, and then after a brief experience with hospital fare begged plteously to be returned to Jail While we are all Insistent that nothing but humane treatment shall be ac corded inmatca of state prisons and local Jails, there is no good reason why conditions of penal servitude should be such as to make them preferable to freedom outside, even though coupled with the necessity of working for a living. Missionaries who see in the education of Chinese In America a solution of the troubles between the races evidently put little faith In the reports of correspond erits who find In Chinese with foreign educations the cause of the whole trouble; but maybe the missionaries are homeopaths. The suggestion of an Iowa legislator that professors In state institutions should stay at their posts rather than become lobbyists for their schools is point well taken. If salaries were sus pended during the time they are trying to innuence legislation the comment might be less iertinent. Ex-Judge Parker's appeal to the south to assume the leadership. of the demo cratic party may be taken to mean that he fears that all democrats but those of that section sre either OMoHallst' or "Roosevelt republicans." The reform spelling be which the National Educational aocnttlou Is try' Ing to Institute seenjs to be encounter- Ing levity and . sarcasm rather than serious consideration. There are so ninny .reforms that strike so much nearer hnm that It' Is pretty hard to enthuse any one In favor of a new spell ing book, except possibly the School Book trust. The allegation that Standard Oil com pany Btvnmer hnve gone Into a com bination with British companies to In jure the trade of America with Asia Is not calculated to help the company lu Its present troubles. Tin fe Jeremiahs. Wall Btreet Journal. ltri continually look at the country through ft porous plaster. Away with pes simism! Haas and Joaafhaa. Brooklyn Eagle. Uermany does not want to engage In any tariff war with us. is, It possible tlmt she Is casting about to see who are her friends In case of a renl war? 1 Asswiaet Vested Interests. Boston Transcript. Only simple people suppose that English spelling can be simplified without the over coming of Intense opposition. Kvery li brary, every publishing housa Is a vested lntrest, with capits! locked tip In our present archaic orthography. - tiree Fatteaa the Grareyard Chicago Record-Herald. The recent mine disaster In France, which caused the death of 1,000 men, is Bald to have been due to the greed of the mine owners, who refused to provide proper safe guards. Greed works out In about the same way the world over. Relief In the Dim Distance. Ban Francisco Call. There is no douht that the railroads have systematically aided the Sugar trust to crush lta competitors, and It is possible that evidence to that effect can be pro duced tn court, but a suffering public ex pects nothing In the way of punishment or arrest of the practice and Is not likely to be disappointed. Business Methods an the Farm. Boston Olobe. Thousands of farmera In the more opu lent agricultural regions of ths country still conduct their farms In a haphazard way, but everywhere the advantage and necessity of the business spirit are being recognised. The west has been warned, for example, that the fertilizer problem of the east and tha south will have to be met be fore many decades unless the soils are put uoder better rotations and economy of land is being preached. It is now generally ac cepted as a truism that the better business man the agriculturalist of today becomes, the more profitable will be found that oc cupation which once was described by a keen, though not wholly wise farmer, In the statement that "farmln" ain't all keepln' books, by a long shot." The Grin ot the Trasta. Philadelphia Record. After the trusts are done with their grind- i Ing. what Is left for the rest of us? The Coal trust and the Labor trust are at odds about a division of the profits derived from the mining of coal. The Labor trust refuses to delve unless its share of the profits la Increased, When the dispute reaches a crisis likely to reault in stoppage the Steel trust takes a hand. Having a twenty-five-year contract with the Coal trust the Steel trust threatens to abrogate It unless the Coal trust shall reach an amicable agree ment with the Labor trust. T'pon this com pulsion, as the matter now stands, it ia be lieved that the Coal trust will agree to pay the Labor trust a 12Vi per cent advance in wages. The April 1 bituminous strike will have been averted. Thereupon hurrah and hallelujah! Calamity Is sidetracked. Glory to Theodore! The Steel trust - cures Its soft coal snap. The Labor tin..: gets Its percentage. The Coal trust adds the per centage to the cost of production and ths price of fuel. The rest of us foot the bill. IGRMOXI BOILED DOWX. It's mighty easy to mistake venom for virtue. Righteousness Is never better for taking rest The polished Christian comes from tha mills of adversity. The wisdom from above will be known by its works below. He who lays out each day with prayer leaves It with praise. Tou cannot measure a man's righteous ness by his reticence. There can be no finality to truth that comes to fallible men. The man who is too good for anything Is often good for nothing. The vices of earth become dominant when we are deaf to tbe voices from heaven. A successful candidacy for heaven Is more than learning to look like a corpse. Men often think they love the sinner be cause they are too lacy to prosecute him. There's a good deal of difference between social prominence and personal eminence. You are not likely to cheer tha hearts of others by looking down In the mouth your self. The man who always has the sins of others before him puts his own In his pocket. It's hard to steer a straight course when you keep your conscience In your pants pocket. It la easy to mistake the outer restraints of society for the Inner righteousness of tbe soul. Some men think that a pugnacious dis position provides them with all the piety they need. The beat banks are in heaven; but the receiving tellera are likely to be In some back alleys here. Many a preacher thinks that because he can ezpresa himself with ease he ought to be deadheaded through life. SECVLAR SHUTS AT THK PI XPIT. Springfield Republican: Protestant Eng land has had a wry face over the conver sion of Princess na, but It will wear away. If the princess ia happy, it's a small matter to tha world. Denominational ties aren't so Important as they used to be. These are not the middle ages. Baltimore American: A minister In Brook lyn has started a crusade to make women take oft their hats In church, but so far without brilliant success. With the time for the new Eaater hat In all Its glory drawing near, no true daughter of Eve would be willing to act the precedent for Its eclipse In thla way. Boston Transcript: Among the other ser mons of last Sunday we note that a New Jersey minister spiritually uplifted his con gregation by discussing "Business women do they reduce the number of marriages and do they make good wives?" These are Interesting conundrums, although we hardly Imagined that they were part of the cur riculum of our schools of divinity. Cincinnati Enquirer: lilshop Andrews saya "tha literature of today Is keeping tc'ks from church." The biehop probably means only part of the literature the frivolous stuff that crowd the new books and a good many of the magaalnea. He must be mistaken In supposing that the readers of the trash would ever want to go to church. Perhaps It Is simply a Chris tian Instrumentality to keep them out of wotso mischief. Order a Piano By Telephone We are selling Pianos by letter, by telegraph and by telephone. You can telephone to us for any Tlano in our stork and we will treat you as fslrl-, will give you exactly tho same good service as If Jon were here tn person. You can say to us over the telephone: "Send me out the best Piano you have for such and such a price," and you will get the best Piano In the country for that money, and our guarantee with It. We have new Pianos for $1P0. We sell the world's most famous Pianos at the lowest prices quoted anywhere. Come and examine the Immense stock of Knabe, Kranlch & Bach, Kimball, Bush & Lane, Wesor Bros., Hospe, Werner, Victor, Cramer, Burton and others. We save you $50 to $150 on a Piano. Economy and pleasure go hand In hand In buying a Piano at the Hospe store. Telephone or write, if you can't call. A. HOSPE CO. 1513 Douglas St. Omaha, Neb. The Most Complete Stock of Bhcot Music and Music llooks In the West V 0 B T FROM OUT OF TOWN YES ! AND IN TOWN Should Not Fall to See THE MAGNIFICENT ART COLLECTION .....AT ' . ., A. HOSPE CO. 1513 Douglas Strset. Th Oldsst.and Largest Picture Frsm Houss In th West. PERSONAL. AUD OTHERWISE. The knocker who knocks March weather is mighty hard to please. Hasn't It dropped several millions of moisture on the dreary landscape and given the coal man a fare well tip? The New Jersey genius who has devel oped a race of hens that lay eggs with handles is not as great a public benefactor as the race of hens that made cold storage men shell out last month. The art expert of Cleveland, charged with duty of chasing loud posters, pulled a bundle of Olbson girls posted as wall flcwers. "Them ain't art," he exclaimed Indignantly; "them's rubber." As a means ot recouping themselves for the license boost to $1,000. Chicago saloon keepers have decided to lift highballs from the two-fer rank. When the highball goes up it is pretty sure to go down. Startling 'events crowd upon each other's heels. Her Is the attorney general ot Pennsylvania bringing suit ag&lnst the Pennsylvania railroad for charging a rebate on mileage books. Matthew Stanley Quay Is dead, his spirit, ditto. Chicago has attained tl'at 'degree of com placency which Justifies cocking one's feet on the mantle piece. The traction octo pus stands without hitching, saloon li censes, cost $1,000, and the Chlcagoesque kiss is definitely rated at M.O0O. Ths reform spirit has taken such deep root In the New York legislature that ths members sre vicing with each other for the honor of fathering Mils to save Niagara Falls. A short year ago the same body handed out charities to all appli cant. Tha supreme court of Kansas tapped a large vat ot wrath last week by deciding that a person who sells liquor is respon sible for tha acts of tha purchaser, and clinched the decision by offering a Judg ment for 15,000. As Kansas is strictly prohibition there Is some mystery as to by the court should concern itself about that which does not exist legally. DOMESTIC PLEAS AXTH1RS. She I guess you didn't know.' Oeorge. that violets make the proper belt bouquet (or Lent? lie But. my dear gin. now can I give Jrou violets on a carnation salary? Cleve and Plain Dealer. ' "Well, well, there goes Miss Strong. When I saw her last she was posing as a bachelor girl. That's her hobby." "All that s changed now. She dropped that -hobby for a hubby." Philadelphia PrvHS. "It must be hard," said the friend, "to have your wife chasing oft to women's rights meetings and all that sort of thing every night." 'Hard! exclaimed Henpeck. "Why. It s great: I can sit comfortably at home and not have to listen to her." Chicago Trib une. "When the rich widow married the vouin fellow she told him he would bav nothing to do but spend her money." ' And nowr "And now she allows him lust 17 a week." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Miss Ooldrox," began Mr. Hunter. "I must confess that at least I have lost my heart and you " "Keaiiy. mat's too bad," she Interrupted; A Lucky Find. For instance the man who has found the right store ' to buy his collars. JIad he not found us, lie would perhaps, be wearing tho; same old brand of collars that hoodooed the whole appear- ance too tight or too loose, or something thai caused ' irritation; that comfortable "feel" to the neck that yon', longed for and can't find. Come to us if you want neck freedom and ease, and let ua fit you out in a Bize Arrow ' lirand Collar, at 15c; two for 25c. You will always be grateful and satisfied. Browning, R. S. WIlXIOX, Manager. m m "It's so small you can never hope to find it again." Philadelphia Ledger. "Whv do girls wear engagement rings?" "On the same principle that a person ties a string around his finger so they won't forget they're engaged." Cleveland Leader. Mrs. Swellman Oh, yes, she is one of our moot faithful church members. Mrs. Ascum You don't tell me? Mrs. Swellman Yes, Indeed: her husband Is so indulgent. She gets a new gown whenever she wants It. Philadelphia Press. "I'm sorry she refused you, old man." "How do you know she did?" "Uveryhody says she's such a sensible girl." Cleveland Leader. BALLADE OF MODERX WAYS. Kate Maaterson In New York Sun. Young lamb and pt-as are on tha stalls, Asparagus and shad are nigh, While o'er our senses fragrance falls Of ripe sirs wherries we may buy. ji we nnr nnunrs. you uib t May feast In springtime's gladdest way; Old Winter wears a languorous eye Gone are the snows of yesterday! Daffodils bloom 'neath florists' walls And blushing roses clamber high; A Insy purple orchid sprawls With daisies sw-et and violets shy To yon guy meadows let un hie. Gather our cut flowers while we may; Touth fades love goes and roses die Gone ere thn snows of yesterday! There in the shop a hat enthralls. Wreathed for softest summer sky. Hark how that little birdlet calls. And none so poor to say we lie. Or hem or haw or wonder why. Or hint that we are getting guy When for the Ice cream fount we cry Gone are tha snows of yesterday! L'ENVOT. Prince when to these fair fields you'd fly. Charter an auto not a sleigh: Through early primrose paths we'll pry Gone are the snow of yesterday! UNUSUAL DISPLAY OF TEETH Just received, about BOO Elks Teeth, plain and fancy colored ones, large and small ones, rough or smooth ones, teeth of all kinds and descriptions. Your inspection Invited. Popu lar prices. t ' YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD A. MANDELBERG 1522 FARNAM STREET King i Co