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TTIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JfAKOT 12, 1007. The Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROBKWATER. VICTOR ROBEWATEJl. EDITOR. Kntrd t Omaha poetolTlce a second class matter. TF.RM8 OF BL'HflCRlPTION. rIIjr p (without Similar), om year. .14 I'nllr fcce and Sunday, on year t 00 Similar Hee, one year IM tiaturda Ftee, cne year 1.60 KH VERF.D BY CARRIER. Dally Hee (Including 6unlay), per week.. 150 l'ally l!ee (without Bunday), pr weea,...10o vnlng He (without Sunday), per week. So Evenlrur lee (with Sunday), per wMk 100 Address complaints of Irrerulerttlea In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha-Jthe Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Ounrll Hliins 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Vnity HulMlng. New York uoi Home Life lnstirsnee Bid. Waahlnrfon Ml Fourteenth fltreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newt and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha line. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or aostal order, rayable to The Bee Publlehlng Company, mly 2-cent atampa received In payment of mall accounta. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE DEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County. ee: ' Charles C Roeewater, general mnff Of Tha Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that tha actual number of full and complete coplea of Tha Dally, Momma-, Kvenlng and Sunday Pee printed during the month of Febntnrv. 1907, was aa follows: 1 91,900 it Sl.BM I Sl.BAO IT 30.S9O t 80,100 , II a,630 4 I... Sl,30 it a.oo I.......... S1.N0 4 OT.BS0 31,0 tl 33,470 T.. 33,190 li... 39,400 R 31,090 J J 38.00 1 83,130 ti .0,880 10 80,480 tt 83,080 11 81,760 !.. 81,860 It ....81,670 ST..., 83,0.10 13 31340 II 83,130 14 81,640 15 01,600 Total 833,730 Lcas unsold and returned ooplee... 8,763 Net total 866,857 Dally average 31,677 CHARLES C. ROSEWATKR, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before m this lat day of March. 1907. (Seal) XK B. HV'NOATE, Notary Public WHBS OCT OF TOW !t. Sabserlber a leaving the eltr tern piora rlly ahonld kT Ttat Bee tailed them. Address will be ensnare often aa reqaested. Wall street reports a very poor out look for the spring lamb crop. "How can I get a. man's salary!" asks a woman teacher. Marry him. The czar of Russia says he Is satis fied with the new Douma. but the Douma Is far fora boing satisfied with the czar. Champ Clark, predicts that Roose velt will run again and be defeated. Champ also predicted the election of Alton B. Parker. The Steel trust profits for the year aggregated 1115,000,000. The Steel trust' is getting a little large' for the Infant Industry class., .. . , - ,v - ' '-I.', ."Judge Carnes left for home this evening, guarded by the mllltla," says a Virginia' dispatch. ;. The Vunwrltten law" la supreme In Virginia. Senator Spooner denies the report .that he has been gobbled up by Mr .Harrlman. The -senator roust feel as lonesome as some railroads. "Combination really benefits the Public" says Mr. Harrlman. The nub lie is convinced, since it has been com bining against railroad extortion. Former Senator Blackburn of Ken tucky has been appointed a Panama canal commissioner. It Is hoped that be Is a better ditch digger than be Is a fence builder. The charge of culpable negligence made against Senator Depew by a New York court Is based on his railroad connection and not for bis refusal to resign from the senate. If a United States marshal swore to padded expense accounts like those sworn to by Sheriff McDonald, bis offi cial bead, would come oft before he could say "Jack Robinson." That plan to quarantine Speaker Cannon at Colon is foredoomed to failure. The speaker may simply re fuse to recognise tho quarantine or may order it laid on the table. If Senator La Follette's statement that the democratic party is on trial for its life is true, a mistake Is being made. The men who killed the deiu ocratlc party ought to be on trial. . It looks as If first proof of Mr. Har rlwan's desire to co-operate with the government and secure favor with the publlo would take the form of defl ance to the Nebraska J -cent fare law The hot fight for places on the South Omaha school board would in dlcate either a patriotic desire to serve the public or an Idea that a Job with est salary may still b turned to per sonal profit, ... Washington advices show that the president bas made no plana for. the summer except to arrange for opening a correspondence 'school , tor -'the In Btructlon of railway presidents in transportation laws. . Tbe terminal . tax bill Is a special order for consideration In tha lower house of the Nebraska legislature this week. There will be a great convoca Uon of railroad lobbyists and sym pathUers at Lincoln tor the occasion. The South Dakota legislature has passed 8 bill extending the required period of residence in divorce proceed lugs to one year, The honesty of th residence Is more Important than the ' length of It, la Dakota or elsewhere. THK TERMINAL TAX rLKDGK. The republican state platform of 1906, upon which the present state officers and all the republican metu lrs of the legislature were elected, contains, among others, the following plank: Vhlle we believe that the present method of assessing rallrnud property In cities and villages, and distributing; taxes therefrom through the various counties, la just and fair Insofar as It relatea to county, state and school taxes, we demand that the reve nue law be so amended that the railroad property within cities and villages shall also be assessed and taxed the same as other property for city and village pur poses. ' , This platform- pledge Is not only peciflc, but was subscribed to In wrlt- ng by nearly all the legislative candi dates and thus became one of the In ducements to their election. More than this, through the stupidity of the democratic state chairman endeavor ng to enlist railroad support for the fusion candidates, this particular pledge was made an issue and was In fact emphasised more than any other one plank In the platform. If the terminal tax pledge means nythlng, it means that without eta an g- ng the existing law as to the assess ment and taxation of railroad property for state, county and school district purposes, a law Is to be passed to ena ble cities and villages to levy and col lect municipal taxes upon railroad property within their corporate limits on the same basis of value as levied and collected upon other property within their jurisdiction. . The justice of this proposition Is not gainsaid even by the most ardent of the paid railway lobbyists. They ad mit that the railroads are shirking their city taxes. Besides attempting to stir up prejudice as between Omaha and the rest of the state, their only plea In defense is that to authorize terminal taxation would tend to dis turb the distribution plan of assess ment for state, county and school dis trict purposes. But this does not fol low at all, nor does It deny the justice of the proposed terminal taxation for city and village purposes. The whole case In a nutshell is elm .tto ply this: The railroads have up to this time escaped practically all city axes and naturally want to perpetu ate such a valuable privilege of tax evasion. If they can do this, what they save will have to be paid by the other taxpayers in he respective cities and villages. The railroad lobbyists are hired to protect the railroad pocketbook. If they can defeat ter minal taxation they will be entitled to ask for Increased salaries. while the law-makers who play Into their hands will be left to look out for themselves The terminal tax pledge, more than any' other pledge In the platform. In volves the question of railroad doral nation. When the railroads are com pelled to pay taxes like other people, to exact only reasonable charges from patrons without discrimination,-and to provide proper facilities for transport ing passengers and freight, they may be less active in politics, but so Ions; as they have special privileges and te.x exemptions to protect, they will try to nominate - candidates and manipulate politics to held their advantage. PERKISS" RESTITUTIO. The whole question of the right of corporations to make contributions to political campaign funds seems to have been reopened by the action of Georgo W. Perkins, a partner of J. P. Morgan and a former official of the New York Life Insurance company, In returning to that company the money which be subscribed to the campaign fund of the republican party In 1904. Mr. Per kins was Indicted in the lower courts of New York and convicted on the charge of larceny, the indictment charging that be unlawfully took some $48,000 of the funds of the life Insur ance company, of which be was vice president. This was the sum which Mr. Perkins bad given to the campaign committee. The full -bench of the court of appeals dismissed the finding of the lower court and held that while Mr. Perkins bad done wrong be bad committed no crime in so doing. No charge was made that Perkins had per sonally profited in the dealHis in tegrity was not. attacked by the charge against his conduct as trustee. Now Perkins bas returned the funds to the life Insurance company and the con- trlbutipn to the campaign fund must stand aa his personal offering for the good of the cause. The decision of the court, amount ing to law until overruled by higher Judicial authority, baa an Important bearing In Its effect upon the future operations of campaign committees and the collection of campaign funds. The decision Is clear in holding that the life Insurance company had not the power, under the laws of Its existence to agree to make contributions for campaign purposes. It places a now construction on the rights of truateci and dissipates the contention of cor poratlon managers' that they have acted for what they believed to be the best Interests of the stockholders, when they have made big contributions to the campaign funds of different polit ical parties. - The court gave a broad bint that Mr. Perkins should return the money be .bad taken from the life Insurance company and be, was oommendably prompt In sending his check tor the amount with Interest. The court' bint and Mr. Perkins' promptness In taking It has also a peculiar slgnlfl ranee. In view of the fact that a dosen or more suits are pending against of flclals of other life Insurance com panles In New York for the recovery of funds they have diverted from the! companies and devoted to political pur- poses. They nave received, m eiioci, rtotlre that tha pending suits will be eclded against them and that the cam paign of restitution may be commenced as soon as they are reedy. Nothing but aood may be expected as a result of the decision. In addition to returni ng to the Insurance companies the monies that have been wrongfully di verted, the officials of these organisa tions have been taught a new lesson in trusteeship and their duties made clear. A stricter observance of the duties of trusteeship may be expected, with the resultant gain to the policyholders and those whose Investments swell the big trust funds that have heretofore offered such temptations for manipula tion by trustees. BEARST DESERTS DEMOCRACY. New York democrats have had their calculations completely upset by the latest political attitude of William Randolph Hearst, who has announced that he will no longer affiliate with the democratic party, but will lead the In dependence league In a fight for su premacy In the Empire state against both the old parties. The announce ment brings the Tammany organisa tion In Greater New York and the up state democrats face to face with a very puzzling situation, Just at a time, too, when they have begun laying plans for the national campaign of next year. It bas been demonstrated very clearly that the democrats can not win In the state with Mr. Hearst and the leaders have a strong suspicion that they can not win without him. It Is now a question whether., the party will be stronger with him in open opposition. In the state campaign last year thous ands of old line democrats openly bolted Mr. Hearst and accomplished his defeat while the rest of the stats ticket was elected. On the other band, Mr. Hearst carried New York!, the Tam many stronghold, and the leaders fear that if be places his Independence league In the field with a national ticket be will secure sufficient demo cratic, support In Greater New York make democratic success In the state hopeless. . Democrats have learned the error of underestimating Hearst's influence. He was outside the party when be ran for mayor in 1905 against McClellan, who had the prestige of two years' suc cessful administration, and there Is no doubt that a fair count in that contest would have shown Hearst's election by a big majority. He forced the party to nominate him. for governor In 1906 and was defeated by defections in the democratic ranks. He bas not wasted any time, however, but bas been per fecting the organization of the inde pendence league In evef y voting pre cinct of the state. He bos made allies of both republicans and democrats from-time to time until be now . feels that his organization Is strong enough to open a fight on both of the ojd party organizations. His lieutenants are now busily, engaged- In organising branches of the league In other states, with the evident hope' of being In a po sition to cut a big figure in the cam paign next year. ' Outside of New York there is little prospect that Hearst will cut much of a figure In the next national campaign. The administration at Washington has taken intelligent action on the railroad rate Question, the meat inspection, trust prosecutions, campaign expense publicity and other issues which Hearst bas been agitating for several years and his most effective work on those propositions In the next year rnuBt serve as an endorsement of republican policies. In New York Governor Hughes has been making every effort to secure legislation correcting abuses which Hearst has denounced In that state and in' which he has failed to re ceive the support of the democratic party with which be has been ' asso ciated. It Governor Hughes succeeds, Hearst's field ot activity will prac tVcally be limited to New York City, where bis municipal ownership agita tion still gives him a strong following. From every viewpoint the democrats have the most to fear from Hearst's decision to work on independent lines in the next national campaign. STANDARD OIL IS COVRT. Since the government entered upon Its campaign of trust busting several years ago, the Standard Oil company, generally recognized as the king bee of the trusts, has been remarkably suc cessful in evading a contest In the courts in which the Issues were clearly drawn between the government and the companies. . Kansas, Ohio, Ken tucky, Missouri and Texas have been particularly active in fighting tha Standard and the court' dockets In those states have been filled with cases against the company. In most cases the company has been represented by its agents and the effects ot litigation have been largely local. Now, bow eer, a case bas been prosecuted to a point In St Louis that gives promise of accomplishing the government's de sire to get all the heads of the Stand 3rd Into court on a charge ot con splracy against the government The judges of the Eighth Federal circuit, before whom the original suit was Instituted by Mr. Moody, then at torney general of the United States, have united In an order requiring the presence of all ot the beads of the Standard. , The order followed an at tempt ot the company to prevent the bearing of the ca.se In 8t Louis. By the terms of the order of the court. the beads of the seventy-two distinct corporations dominated by the Stand ard will be required to appear at 8t Louis In the role of defendants to the action. - The Rockefellers, Payne, Flag ler, Rogers, Archbold and all the others associated with tbetn In the management of the Standard and Its subsidiary companies will all bav to appear as defendants or witnesses and give the court their long withheld con fidence on the methods of their oper ations In securing and controlling a monopoly of oil and kindred products In the American markets. Aside from the Interests ot justice. the trial promises to be a remarkable one. It will certainly be something of a spectacle to find a majority of the tap'.ains of Industry who think In mil lions and hold 3 large share of the bus luces of the nation in their grasp rec ognising the authority of the courts and telling the world, bow and why they got It It will be In the nature of a trial of high finance for Its life and the government will go Into It with the best legal talent obtainable and the experience gained by several fears' contest with combinations and) their methods In btber fields of activity. If the government wins Its contention the result' will be a notice to other com modity-controlling combines of what tltey may expect The entire country has an interest in the coming contest at St. Louts and the outcome will be awaited anxiously. Over in Iowa the legislature has per fected a statewide direct primary bill which will probably become a law. It la not a wide-open primary, however, but each voter on requesting a ballot must state what party be belongs to and, having once stated it, must con tinue to vote with that political party until be files formal announcement ot a change of faith. The Iowa bill also provides for an alphabetical ballot and requires in addition to a petition an affidavit from the candidate asserting that he is eligible to tho office be Beeks and designating the itolitlcal party by which he wishes to be nomi nated. xFrom a goneral survey It strikes us that the Iowa direct primary bill Is several . lengths ahead of the Nebraska bill. It has remained tor Chief of Police Donahue on his own initiative to give notice that the prize fights disguised as boxing contests, which have been pulled off weekly in Omaha for several months, must stop. The action of the chief will have the approval of the great majority of the community, who have no desire to see Omaha advert Used as a pugilistic center. The strange part ot U is that, in spite ot having their attention called to it the mayor and police board have made no move to stop this flagrant law viola tion. The amir of Afghanistan has been visiting in India and says be made more friends than he could havedone by staying at home for twenty years. Unofficial reports state that he left home with the Afghanistan bank roll an returned broke, having spent bis days and dollars In learning" bridge whist at Calcutta.' Of course he made friends. v 1 Sheriff McDonald is said to be hold ing out some $1,700 of, excess fees which hd has collected and which ought tohave been turned Into, the county treasury lost January". ' The other county officers are turning their fees In promptly. Why. should the sheriff's office have a special dispensa tion t When the republicans appeal again to the Voters ot Nebraska they will have to do so either upon a record ot promises performed or upon a record of broken pledges. It is pretty Tiard to get a second vote of confidence after betraying confidence already re- pOBed. The democratic city council, elected on a promise to reduce telephone charges, voted down the ordinance to enforce the concession which the tele phone company, itself, volunteered to make last fall. Comment is superflu ous. . The railroad decoy ducks In the Ne braska legislature were tipped off early In the game and they are ac knowledging their, masters nearly every time a vote Is taken on any ques tion as between the railroads and 'the people, f Wemld Be Worth the Prlee. Washington Post. Mr. Harrlman says he la willing' to sit by the president and advise him all day Inm We wnuM like to have an oil nalnt Ing of Theodore Roosevelt taking some oi Mr. Karriman'a advice. Areeble Clilak Maale. Cincinnati Enquirer. . . The supreme oourt of the United States has held that the rallroada will have to pay the state of Nebraska 11,000.400 In bark taxes. This Is one of tha cases In which money talks to some purpoae. Oe tt. Ball mm Bear. Indianapolis News. Bradstreet's report that trade conditions continue to Improve would seem to Indi cate that other people, lnatead of getting nervous, have ''concluded just to let the Wall etreeters fight their own troubles out among themselves. A Cheerless Preepeet. Washington Toe. While Mr. Oliver la thinking ot present ing that bill for (4Q.0UO for bis little doae of "whangdoodle," It might cheer him tp somewhat to remember that a good many people are still trying to collect Revolu tionary war claims. State mmm Federal klisti. Brooklyn Eagle. There are rights reserved to the state and by the states reserved from the fed eral government. The omission of the tatae to act upon the rights reserved to them algnlnea that those rights may be come moribund, not that the federal gov eroment shsjl usurp or evade theinl The federal government la simply required to mind Its owa business and to keep within its own let ARM T OOSSIP 15 WASHUflTO. f'arrent Rrrala Gleaeed freaa the Army ad aT Healeter. The War department will adopt a general policy of furnishing troops when p'lctlo able to celebrations of a purely patrlotlo nature or to commemorate Important his torical events. It Is believed that adequate provision for military representation should be made on occasions of this sort and to systematically meet the requests which are constantly being received at the War de partment. It has been decided that here after requests for the attendance of troops as an additional attraction at local affairs, carnivals and other demonstrations . of a purely commercial character shall be dis approved. The War department believes that the regular troops could be put to a more legitimate use and tiat demands of this sort cannot be met Army officers who are Interested In mil itary horsemanship will appreciate the rec ommendation which has been made to the War department In favor of some provision for polo at army posts. At present thlsHs a spirt quite beyond the opportunity of enlist' 4 men and In which but few officers have means to Indulge. It Is pointed out that proficiency In riding would be most quickly attained by means of polo and the recommendation Is that there be provided at each poet of sufficient sice to assure Its conatant urn a complete outfit of ponies and equipment necessary for the playing of the game. Last summer when the Sixth and Tenth regiments of cavalry were In camp near Fort D. A. Russell they were engaged in polo practice almost dally with results which were noticeably advantageous, all of which suggested the value of making this exercise accessible to officers gen erally, not only those of th'e motnted branches but those of the Infantry as well. The Judge advocate general of the army has rendered an opinion relative to the use of the typewriter In preparing bonds, leases and other, contracts. He finds there Is no legal objection to the use of the ma chine for the purpose, provided care Is taken to use In the Impressions Indelible ribbons, which Impressions are regarded as being permanent and as indestructible aa pen writing. There Is no objection to the use of carbon copies If such coplea are alwnrs mrde under favorable conditions that is, with good carbon paper and type writer paper adfipted to the purpoae. The use. of carbon paper In filling out forms, however, is believed to be objectionable. both because the paper Of these forms Is not suited to carbon copies and because of the difficulty In making the work "reg ister." As la stated, there la no legal ob jection to the use of the typewriter In filling out these forms, and any objections due to carelessness of operators should be overcome by a more careful verification of their work, rather than by requiring the forma to be filled out by hand. ' Preliminary examinations for appoint ment of assistant surgeons In the army will be held on April 28 and July 29, 1907. at points to be hereafter designated. Permis sion to appear for examination can be ob tained upon application to the surgeon gen eral. United Statea army, Waahlngton, D. C, from whom full Information concern ing the examinations can be procured. The essential requirements to securing an in vitation are that the applicant shall be a cltteen of the United States, shall be be tween 23 and 80 years of age, a graduate of a medical school legally authorised to confer the degree of doctor of medicine, shall be of good moral character and habits and shall - have had at -least one year s hospital training or Its equivalent In prac tice. The examinations will be held con currently throughout the country at points where boards can be convened. Due .con sideration will be given to tha localities f rora which , applications are . received . In order, to lessen the traveling expenses ot applicants as much as possible. In order to perfect all necessary arrangements for the examinations of April 29 applications muet be complete and, In possession of the surgeon general on or before April J. Early attention Is therefore enjoined upon . all Intending applicants. There are at present twenty-five vacancies In the medical corps ot the army. w PERSONAL NOTES. IiOts Lewis of Olrard college, Philadel phia, Is believed to be the oldest physical Instructor in the country. Prof. Lewis baa passed his seventy-eight birthday. Thomas 'l. Crittenden Is the oldest living ex-governor of Missouri. The state has had thirty-one governors, of whom five survive Thomas T. Crittenden, David R. Francis, William J.' Stone, Lon V. Ste phens and A. M. Dockery. Mrs. William Zlegler s monthly magaxlne, published' In the Interest of the blind, made Its first appearance this week. Through tho generosity of Mrs. Zlegler the sight less folk now have a publication ot their own and which la devoted solely to their Interest and welfare. Prof. Brandar Matthews tells of an un dergraduate student ot science who was asked: "What would happen" If an Irre sistible force met an Immovable bodyT" The youth hesitated a moment and then responded: "The result would be some very Interesting by-products." Curtis Guild, father of the governor of Massachusetts, who has Just resigned the presidency of the Bostonlan society, has reached his eightieth birthday In perfect physical and mental health.' He founded the Boston Commercial Bulletin In 1859. Mr. Guild has published three books of European travel. R. William Waterman, who set In type the manuscript of Longfellow's "Hia watha," Is still living in Athol, Mass. The work was done In 1865. He personally car ried the proof sheets to the poet for cor rection. At a celebration In Athol on the 6th Mr. Waterman gave personal reminis cences of the poet. ' A New York man who speaks German only, wedded a woman who cannot speak at all. Friends of the bridegroom tendered unusually warm congratulations and gavS him sympathetic, leasona In the sign lan guage. As the bride weighs ISO pounds It Is believed she can give a few Impressive signs should occasion demand it. Robert Louis Stevenson was in poor cir cumstances In San Francisco before ha made his hit with the world. During the time that ha used to loaf, penniless, upon the lawn, where afterward they put up a bronse and marble statue to him he picked up a few quarters acting as super in the old California theater In Rush street. Salt Lake City, reputed to be the city of saints, baa a few sinners In the lot. The chief of police and the head of the city deteotlve department have been or dered to , show why they permitted two pilgrims within the city's gates to chase the tiger and drop a roll of 110.000. The Incident shows that the Mormon metropolis can do a handy jub of fleecing. . ' . ' While nutoy.of'the great explorers of Africa among them Barth, Speke, Living ston, Burton, Rohlfs,. Nachtlgai. Stanley have paused away, one ot the pioneers. Qeorg Bcbwelnfurth, celebrated tils 70th birthday a few weeks ao fn perfect health and as easier for work aa ever. When he first visited. Africa, in a even the Nile re gions were bu-gely unknown. He explored the Delta, the deserts, the region between the Kile and '.he Red sua; be learned Ara ble and soon became a acclimated that Africa seemed bis real home a paradlae cotnuared to Eurvpe Through The Storm . the lirritrtoute shines. while subjected to criiicium just and unjust, th Mutual Life paid fordesth claims and endowments over 26 million dollars. After the storm the lighthou stands. To-day, underanewmanseement that has cheerfully fco formed to every new, legal requirement, and carefully in Btslled every possible economy, the Mutual Life stands before policyholders and public on a sounder basil than vivt The Mutual Life Insurance Company hat never had its solvency questioned. On the other hand, its pre at solidity 8n! strength have caused wonder in the financial world. With itt vast resources and great advantages employed solely in the policyholder's interest, still more is to be ex pected from this time on. To get behind its protection .a i a ! and to get the benefit of The Time to Act Is NOW. For the new forms of potlcles consult OW nearest sgent, or write aueci o The Mutual Ufa laauranos CocaBjr . of New PESITEST RAILROAD MAGNATES. 1 Era of Good Will. Indianapolis News. With Harrlman ready to "co-operate" with the government, and with Hill and Morgan apparently sate for the time being, we should not be surprised to see peace re established. And that at an early day. The mere fact that Harrlman Is able to speak of the president without "cussing" Is Itself one of very great significance. It Is as great a thing to know when to stop a fight as it Is when to begin it. Publicity as Purifier, Minneapolis Journal. The high-handed methods of the railroad dictators have resulted in a legislative anti railroad campaign- that has extended to most of the states of the union. So de cisive is the reaction thus brought about that there Is danger of going too far. Meanwhile, the Keen, white light o? pub licity with Its' powerful sterilizing quali ties Is the best prophylactio agent that can be used In driving out the microbe of commercial Infamy. Before and After Taklna. Wall Street Journal. Mr. Harrlman before the Union Pacific Investigation, hard to get at. Indifferent to publlo opinion, and uncommunicative In his dealings with the business world, and Mr. Harrlman after the Investigation, smiling, obliging, and talkative, anxious to create good will what a testimonial to the magi cal qualities of one of the Roosevelt pills! The investigation has performed Wonders, evert In achieving this result. ' . . - - - Great Changre of Heart. Chicago News; ' ' Harrlman talks about President Roose velt's "change of heart"' But the preal- dent has held to a consistent policy. "What we need" is not vainly to try to prevent 'all combinations, but to secure such vigorous and adequate control and supervision of the combinations as to prevent their In juring- the public," he aald in his last an nual message. The conversion of the rail road mon, which seems to be well ad vanced, should be of assistance In bringing about the control which the president deems necessary. ' ' Reading; Slerna of the Times. Pittsburg Dispatch! While skepticism is inevitably caused by these new professions, so hopelessly at variance with Harrlmai) practices of a de cade past, the fact is clear that if Mr, Harrlman la not sincere he ought to be, if only as a matter of self-interest. No man in this country can read the signs of the times more clearly than he, and it Is nonsense to assume that he Is blind to the folly of keeping on his course despite the warnings to shorten sail that are every where observable.. The conciliation he Is showing may be a step t toward the co operation he is promising. Come Oat of It. Philadelphia Press. If there wasn't anything the matter with the railroads but the S-cent fare legislation they would be all right. In the Name of Sense, that good common sense of which all of us have a share, how can you continue to buy ordinary soda crackers, stale and dusty as they must be, when for 5 you can get Uneeda fresh from the frpm dirt by very beauty of you hungry NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY .r As We Crow Dettor We Meet Cotter Peoplo And Use Sheridan oaS BSST OP ALL WYOMING COALS; CLEAN, HOT. LASTINO, VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1635 Farnam-Te!. Dans. 127 W Dunns the year 190fJ, its economies is surciy wis. York. N.Y. j BORROWED SMILES. He (absently) How the wind Is rising. She (bitterly) Well, what of It? You're not raising lt.-J3altlmore American "Go Insane, Bill!" yelled the lookotn, "Oo Insane!" "Wot s eatln' yer" growled the burgmf, who was stuffing swag Into the sack, "Go Insane. 1 tells yer. Yere comes th cops." Pittsburg Post. "What do you thing of Ideals In pon tics?" "Why, man, they're practical Jokes." Washington Herald. ' "Pid you accomplish anything during1 tha session of congress?" "Yes, Indeed." answered the statesman, "I got some very good ideas for my sum mer lecture tour." Washington Star. March iad come In like a lamb. ' ' "To carry out the simile," It remarked, "of courae I mtiHt have a fleece " But the people, not understanding tha snow, said to March: "You're not a lamb at all; you're a lyin'." Philadelphia Ledger. "Well," remarked the man who favored, a greater rjavy, "that-recent war In the east waa a great lesaon to us." "That's what!" replied the . other. 'Tve learned a lot of new namee that I never knew were In the geographies." Philadel phia Press. Neptune had Just been appointed god of the sea. "Well," aaked Jupiter, ''why are yosj looking so glum about it?" . "It makes me sore to think I'm not the president of a great railroad system. Think of the watering I could do." -Chicago Reo ord-Herald. A Methodist negro exhorter shouteftt "Come up an' Jlne do army of de Lohd." ' "lee done Jlned," replied one of the con gregatlon. "Whar'd yoh Jlne?" aaked the exhorter. ''In der Baptia' church." "Why, chile,' said the exhorter. "jroK "S alnt In de armyf yoh's In de navy.'' Har- v Der'a Weeklr. i r" ' MONASTERY FELLS. Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate Of England, In New Tork Independent. ' ' I. Sometimes, when weary, the sod soul rebels Against the strife and discord all around. One seems to catch the faint and far-oil sound ' ' Of melody that softly sinks and swells, It is the sound of Monastery Bells In solitudes by sanctuary crowned, ' . . From meditation peaceful and profound ' Calling grave Friars to prayer from silent cells. Then yearningly one craves to hav release) From the world's rivalries and worthless prise. To hnd some apot where Glory's aelflab, alghs And struggle's endless tribulations cease To Join in vesper chant as aunset dies. And pass life's evening In monastic peaoe II. But when resound, as day dawns dim and , drear, , Moaning of anguish, sobbings of distress. From heartless homes of famished loneli ness, With none to rescue, nothing to revoro. Again one feels one still Is wanted here. To aid, admonish, comfort and carenn. Smooth the hard piliow pallid sufferers press, . Stanch the fresh wound, and wipe away the tear. . . , So, the one longs as ever to depart, " ' And to gross sounds and alghs live deaf and blind. Sorrowing one stays with sorrow, still re signed To work, unhired, amid life's hireling mart. To cherish In the crowd monaatle mind, And in a world profane a cloistered heart. BiscuS oven, protected a package the which makes 1