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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1907.
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Vita of Nebraska. Dougta County, aa:
t'harie C. ftosewater, general manager of
tits Bee, Puhilahlnf Company, being duly
worn, say that the actual number of full
Ihd complete copies of Tha Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tb
rtonth Of March, 1WT. wa follow:
1 31,080 II S3.S90
t -.. H,sio J w.380
I 80.800 10 83,(30
, 4 89,10 il 93,340
3.4 39.180 Jl 33,390
... 81,870 t 33,600
7 81,830 14..... 30,480
' I 31,850 23 84,040
3140 Zf 33,880
10 30,400 37 33,860
11 M.370 23 33.790
II 81,870 tt 84,180
13 38,80 SO 33.P80
14 38,840 31 80,860
IS.! 88,880 1 '
1 33,890 Total 1,008,880
IT 80,410
Lea unsold and returned ooptea, 8,184
Net Total , .876
Dally average W,33T
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WIIBft ovt or TOWS,
Subscriber leaving? tha city tem
porarily sheold have Tb Be
mailed te then. Aadreea will be
chaaared a a raoaeated.
.'. Omaha's new police board will now
ret busy and shine by contrast.
' Gambling, except In copper stocks,
has been made a felony In Montana.
The sympathy of the country would
be with the Thaw Jurors if they were
to strive for more pay.
According to the legislative calen
dar adjournment day is a day made
up of an olastle number of hours.
It must be said to Mr. Harrlman'8
credit that he never suggested Harry
, Lehr for a diplomatic appointment
Railway and corporation chiefs de
clare they are afraid of the republican
party. The fear is not reciprocated.
1 The defeat of Mayor Dunne in Chi
cago threatens to leave J. Ham. Lewis
and his sunburst whiskers, political
orphans.
' Both Taft and Foraker may find out
that the rest of the country does not
care very much who is the political
boss In Ohio.
No strike of railway trainmen for
th present another indication of
good sense on the part of both sides
to the controversy.
Colonel Dryan is telling what he
would do if he had a million dollars.
A lot of people have a grave suspicion
that he baa 8 million dollars.
"Railroad men are talking too
much," says J. J. Hill. In Mr. Harrl
man's case, amend by adding "and
writing" after the word "talking."
While women do not, as a rule, fol
low financial news very closely, they
are much Interested at this season of
the year In the clearing house reports.
The muszle-less dog Is about to havr
his day in court In selecting his
tribunal he should be careful to aseer
trdn first whether the Judge owns a
. pup.
Secretary Taft has decided that any
army officer's mother-in-law is not
member of the officer's "immediate
family."' The officer, however, knows
better. .
Tha presentation of & cane to Lieu
tenant Qovernor Hopewell and of a
carving set to Breaker Nettleton must
not ti takiu as having personal sig
nificance. '
President Roosevelt's sympathies
were with Busse In the Chicago may
oralty fight, notwithstanding the fact
that Mayor Punne 1 the father of ten
healthy children.
The World-Herald is going out 'of
its way to boost the anti-brewers' bill.
Is this its method of reciprocating for
help received in electing Mr. Hitch
cock to con tress?
Congressman Rslney of Chicago
must be grievously disappointed at his
failure to achieve notoriety by his al
leged discovery of an embalmed beef
scandal at Panama.
Naturally. President Roosevelt
keeps his correspondence with Harrl
man, Foraker, Senator Tillman, the
Bellamy Storers and others of that
school In a "Scran" book.
The public will anxiously await
news from Ohio as to how Senator For
aker and the Bellamy Storers stand on
that conspiracy proposition against
President Roosevelt and his policies.
RAILWAY 8TR1KX AVTBTttX
The adjustment of the differences
between the trainmen and the rail
roads west of Chicago, by which a
strike that would have been Utile
short of national calamity, has been
averted. Is a triumph of the spirit of
conciliation and concession and a
tribute to the good Judgment of both
parties to the controversy. As is us
ually the case where differences are
adjusted in this manner, neither side
secures the full measure of its de
mands and possible rights, but both
will be gainers in the end by the com
promise. By the terms of the -agreement the
railway employes secure a substantial
increase in compensation which, while
it is not Urge as it relates to the indi
vidual workman, will add a large
amount to the operating expenses of
the railroads Involved. This conces
sion is apparently Just, 88 the em
ployes have long felt that they have
not been getting their proper share
for handling the enormous traffic busi
ness which has taxed the railroads be
yond their capacity. In turn the em
ployes abandon their claim for a nine
hour day and accept a ten-hour day,
with allowance for overtime and an
agreement by the railroads that no
change of schedules shall be made
which will affect the earning ability
of the employes.
The settlement is practically the re
sult of arbitration, although formal
directions to that end were not em
ployed. Chairman Knapp of the In
terstate Commerce commission and
United States Commissioner of Labor
Charles P. Nelll. acting under author
ity of a federal law, tendered their
good offices in the adjustment of the
differences and are given the credit
for proposing the compromise which
employers and employes have accepted.
Their part in the affair Is slgnlflcant
as a precedent for similar action In
case of future disputes between capi
tal and labor employed in Interstate
commerce and as strength to the hands
of the men who, under the direction
of President Roosevelt, are planning
methods for securing universal Indus
trial peace and making wage-destroying
and capital-losing strikes Impossible.
rnff Mir railway commissioner.
By the appointment of Henry T.
Clarke, Jr., to be member of the State
Railway commission Governor Sheldon
has properly recognized the claim of
Omaha as the largest commercial cen
ter in Nebraska to representation. The
State Railway commission will have
to decide questions of vital moment to
every business interest and it is only
reasonable that one member should be
thoroughly familiar with the indus
trial conditions existing in this metrop
olis. The vacated membership had
been accorded to Omaha by the state
convention for these very reasons. Re
alising the pressure brought upon Gov
ernor Sheldon to place the appointment
elsewhere, his action must be regarded
as a sign of friendly interest to the fu
ture of our city aa one of the con
trolling factors in the prosperity of
Nebraska..
The selection of Mr. Clarke for this
honor la in reward for services per
formed in the legislature in helping to
bring about the redemption of the plat
form pledges, in consideration of which
the people at the last election en
trusted the state government to the re
publicans. Mr. Clarke is a young
man educationally equipped for the
work and has demonstrated a measure
of ability which should be developed
by this opportunity. It will rest upon
him In conjunction with his associates
to make the board a really useful
agency for the regulation of common
carriers and redress of grievances
against them. The fact that his re
tention of the place will require a pop
ular endorsement at the election next
fall should, and doubtless will, stimu
late him to conscientious effort as a
publio officer. To . Insure re-election
he will have to make the railway com
mission meet popular expectation.
A WOMAN ON TBI BENCH.
By the votes of her fellow citizens
Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCullough
has been elected Justice of the peace
at Evanston, 111., one of the delightful
suburbs of undellghtful Chicago, and
will enter upon her duties In a few
days. The election of a female Justice
followed a campaign that caused more
excitement than the peaceful little city
has experienced, and enjoyed since the
last church choir fight The politi
cians had pooled issues In the cam
paign and agreed. In the division of
the spoils office, to give this judical
toga to a plumber who had some po
liticaland possibly trsde claims on
the men who make and unmake office
holders. For rearons not explained,
the women of the city were displeased
with the plumber and started a move
ment which . resulted in the nomina
tion of Mrs. McCullough, a leader in
club circles, to the exalted office of
Justice of the peace.
The experiment of a woman adminis
tering Justice will be worth watching.
Mrs. McCullough has, beyond question,
more ability than Is possessed by the
average Justice of the peace, but it will
be interesting to 'see how the public
and the litigants will take to the Inno
vation. The removal f the loafers'
room with its collection of cob pipes
and other accommodations for the pro
fessional Jurors and hangers-on Is as
sured, and the next step will bo the
employment of a Janitor who will give
more attention to the duties of a char
man than to politics. The windows wtll
"have to be cleaned, and It Is Just possi
ble that the old handle of papers over in
the southeast corner will be moved out
to make room for a stand with a jar
diniere and a few flowers. Attorneys
will be required to keep their feet un
der Instead of on the table during the
examination of witnesses, and the card
bearing the telephone number of the
nearest bidder for the growler trade
will be removed from Its conspicuous
place on the wall. Lawyers will doubt
less be asked to refrain from smoking
while addressing "Her Honor" or the
Jury and other Innovations along
similar lines may be expected.
While Mrs. Justice McCnllough's ad
ministration may be a shining success,
and we hope It will. It is bound to
play havoc with the customs and tradi
tions of the typical Justice of the peace
offices.
BALK1NQ AT DISARMAMENT.
Trouble Is in sight for the delegates
to the coming peace parllinent at
The Hague. Russia has sent a circu
lar note to the other powers to be
represented at ' the conference that
Russia, Germany and Austria will ob
serve the right to abstain from the
discussion of questions "which In their
opinion can not lead to practical re
sults." The only construction to be
placed on this note is that these three
powers will refuse to take any action
on the proposition, favored by Great
Britain, France and the United States,
looking -to a program for checking
naval expansion, with a view to final
universal disarmament. Great Britain
has gone so far In this direction as to
withhold work of construction upon
one of her Dreadnaughts, pending the
action of The Hague conference. Her
delegates have been authorized. If the
disarmament proposition Is to be dis
cussed, to submit a definite and feasi
ble proposition looking to immediate
action in the limitation of navy expan
sion. Russia's circular note dispels any
hope that the conference will be al
lowed to discuss the question.
The attitude assumed by Russia, Ger
many and Austria makes it plain that
the coming peace conference can not
be productive of results other than of
an educational character. The pro
gram will be limited to academic dis
cussions of international law, the
rights of neutrals, better definitions of
contraband Of war and like topics. The
failure to include disarmament or
limitation of navy expansion In the
program will not prevent the delegates
from discussing the question Inform
ally, and this probably will be done,
although no action ran be taken on
the subject as long as two powers dis
sent The discussion, therefore, will
be as theoretical as It was at the
former conference and parties to it will
make pious professions of faith in the
universal disarmament plan, while the
authorities at home will proceed with
estimates for the next navy budget
The international peace conference will
have no terrors' for the armor plate
manufacturers.
The tender of the resignation of
Representative Clarke to Speaker Net
tleton and his colleagues of the house
raises a nice point of constitutional
law. The usual custom has been for
members of the legislature to file their
resignations with the governor, who
alone can call for the choice of a suc
cessor by issuing proclamation for
either special or regular elections.
The constitution of Nebraska seems to
be ambiguous on this subject, but
whether the resignation should go first
to the house or not, some way must be
found to bring it to official notice of
the governor before he Issues his next
election proclamation.
Police Commissioner Cowell draws
the short term of only one year in the
present distribution of appointments,
but his year will expire during Gov
ernor Sheldon's present incumbency,
which makes a four-year re-appointment
practically certain. This Is an
other case where the last shall be first
The announcement that Mr. Hearst
haa Joined in a trust conspiracy to de
feat President Roosevelt's policies In
the next republican convention ought
to be reassuring to the president, In
view of the proverbial Hearst success
in political ventures In New York and
Chicago. -
Of course, a lot of meritorious
measures have met an untimely end In
the death throes of the legislature,
bnt so many good bills ran the gaunt
let successfully that our. people will
bear bravely with the loss until the
law-makers get together again.
The first requisition for the enforce
ment of a new child labor law will be
for the Board of Education to employ
somebody on a comfortable salary to
write out certificates for school chil
dren who want to earn pocket money
by working at side lines.
The resignation of Representative
Clarke opens the way for some one
looking solely for glory to ask - the
voters of this county to give him the
prefix of "Hon." at the next election
by a commission to fill the vacancy.
Without revealing the identity of
the person who has been trylug to get
money from her, Mrs. Hetty Green de
clares people would be better off if
compelled to depend upon their own
resources.
It must be taken for granted that
Chancellor Day of Syracuse university
will support the. Hearst-Harrlman-Rockefeller
campaign against any pol
icy championed by President Roosevelt.
When the trophies are eounted up
It will probably be found that the
8tate university got all the appropri
ations it expected- The practice of
padding estimates and asking for more
money than can be reasonably granted
is a long-standing one with the univer
sity, as with some other state Institu
tions that go constantly on the theory
of "nothing asked, nothing sained."
The Vegetarian Teat.
Washington Poet.
All thl talk about tha hardiness of veg
etable eatera cornea Juat at the time when
moat women ar urging their huebanda to
get buay in tha aarden.
'K
learrltr of Fond laapector.
Baltimore American.
It Is aaid that the sovemment cannot
aeoura enough pure-fpd Inapector. Nat
urally, thla Is a difficult poeltlon to fill, a
recent revelation have made It very plain
that pure food ta something very few are
able to Identify on lrht.
Foree of Habit.
Pittsburg mpatch.
A railroad aupertntendent In Nevada I In
jail for refudng to how the books of hi
company to th grand jury. Thl doe not
prove tbat tha railroad are not going to
reform. It simply llluetratea the persist
ence of an old and irroughly fixed habit.
From Sire ta Son.
Chicago Record-Herald.
James J. Hill haa realgned the presidency
of the Great Northern railroad In Order to
make room for hla son. The Great North
ern evidently la not one of the roada on
which there are good chance for working
one' way up from th bottom.
Hypnotic Nnnaenae.
Chicago Chronicle.
If New York physicians succeed In re
forming and regenerating certain disrep
utable women by menn of hypnotic sug
gestion there seem to be no reason why
tho whole world may not be rendered
moral by the same agency. It Is declared
by professor of the hypnotic art that all
people are susceptible to suggestion. Why
pot set the hypnotists to .work In squad
and by "suggesting" morality and hanosty
to the entire population do awny with the
necessity tor Jnlls, penitentiaries, police
men and burglar-proof safest
Navigation of the Ml'soart.
) Springfield Republican.
There are difficulties about th naviga
tion of the Missouri river strange to eat
ern experience. Th river season opened
Monday, when three steamboats started
from St. Leula for Kansas City and Omaha.
Uncle Sam has been successfully nppetlert
to to take the anaga and other obstructions
out of the muddy Mlsanurl, and three
nigboat are to Imnrove the river be
tween the mouth at St. IjouIs and north to
Fort Benton. . Mont. Besides clearing out
the thousands of snags, the government
engineer In charge of the work will make
yA new survey of the river between 8t.
i Joseph and Knnsaa City, which ha
changed It channel several time within
the last few year. There Is much Interest
In the cities along the way In thla new
effort to make a difficult river navigation
amount to something.
STAXDIHO BT HIS Gl'Kfl.
President' Letter on Shin Subsidy
and Western Sentiment.
Boaton Transcript.
The president stand manfully to hi
gun on th ship subsidy question. In a
letter to Congressman Pollard of Nebraska
ha expresses the opinion that the difference
In standard Of living and wage between
foreign and .American vessel, together
with "subsidisation," give the former an
advantage that I an obstacla unsurmount
able exoept by a subsidy. Thl obstacle th
president would clear away "aa we would
clear away a bar from the mouth of a
river." Congressman Pollard voted for
subsidy, but moat of hi colleague from
the west were either unflinching In their
opposition or perfunctoy In It support.
The president certainly ha.a chosen the
region most In need of missionary effort
In addressing the republican of the west.
Whether success will attend his labors Is
open to doubt - The west hate the word
"subsidy," and what la mora, 1 economic
ally Indifferent to what flag cover It
product so long a they are carried to
their destination speedily and cheaply.
Even the most consistent advocate of fed
eral aid to shipping find themselves unable
to Ignore the fact that forty-three of th
republican who voted against th bill will
be In the next house. If these continue
unswerving In their opposition, th demo
crat will do the rest.
WORK AND WAGES.
Present Condition a They Exist In
San Franolaco.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
The California labor commissioner has
gathered, largely from th records of the
labor unions, some Interesting facts a to
labor and wage In San Francisco, which
go far to account for the prevailing pros
perity In the retail trades. In th forty
four building trade there wer employed
last January 18,461 mechanic, aa against
14,460 In January, 1906. These number pre
sumably represent the full roster of th
unions, whose member are assumed to be
all employed a very af asaumptlon, a
the number of unemployed 1 negligible
when th weather will permit work, to go
on. The aggregate dally wage earned, at
current rates, were, lit January, 1906, t&T,
701, and In January, 1907, 1143.838. Approxi
mately double the number of workmen
earned two and one-half times the wage.
The bricklayer have made the greatest
relative gain, jumping from 401 in 1906 at
M M per day to 1.806 In 1907 at 33 a day, th
last seeming to be the union scale; but, a
all know, many gat much more. In fast,
all 'through the list; which seem to be
calculated at the union wage scale, th
xcesae actually paid will mora than offset
th small amount of Idleness. Th small
est Increase Is In the trades employed en
tirely on the better class of residence work.
The greatest absolute gain haa been in the
carpenters, who Jumped from 3,097 at 34 a
day In 1906 to 3,802 in 1907 at 35 a day.
Outside the building trades there are. In
this city eighty-three unions. In thes
union there has been a alight decrease In
members, but some Increase of aggregate
wagea. Th figure are: January, 1004,
39.613 member, with aggregate wagea
when all are employed at union rate, of
3108.460, and January, 1907. 39.0&8 members,
with aggregate wage of 110,7SZ In thl
case 600 less member earn, dally, 37,302
more money. Probably the figure In th
case of tho union Ve not so reliable a
those of th building trade. Thar ar
more nonunion men In th outside trade.
In some of thVm the competition of other
cities prevent any important raise of
wage and in other trades th Industry 1
not so fully re-established a to furnish
employment for all. The fact, however, re
mains that according to th best informa
tion of th labor bureau, assisted by th
officers of th labor unions, there I now
being paid out In wase In this city, to
union men only, ti aggregate of l-'X.OOO
per day, aa against tlol.OuO a year ago.
While these totaJa may be subject to criti
cism, there la no reason to doubt that
they are relatively correct and that the
present dally wage payment In thl city
are substantially- Ml per cent greater than
a year ago and that thla ratio 1 mors
likely to Increase than to diminish for a
long time to com. - And that account for
tb great activity of local trade,
OTHER LATIDft THA! Ot RS.
Whn at the Inception of the Russo-Japanese
war the German emperor gave Eu
rope warning of the "yellow peril" his
fear were attributed to envy and mocked
at. The remarkable success ot Japanese
arm In wresting Co re a and Manchuria
from Russian Influence and In blocking
Russia' adrance to an open port on th
yellow aea. Inspired a degree of self -confident
In Japan that makea the yellow
peril a force to be reckoned with. A suc
cession of recent events furnish significant
evidence of Japan's ability to ruin In com
mercial and Industrial lines victories as
far-reaching a those achieved on battle
field. Gradually and surely the sunburst
empire la monopolising the carrying trade
of the Pacific. Japanese merchantmen are
taking business out of the hands of Amer
icana at Pacific coast ports. It merchant
marine I constantly expanding and that of
the United 8tatea diminishing on th Pa
cific. Low wagea for crew nd eagerness
to secure traffic at any price give the
Japanese an advantage which American
cannot contend against profitably. The
Japanese are the dominant race In tha
Hawaiian Islands. They control three-
I fourth of the business; they represent
three-fifths of the population, and render
whit labor or business a hopeless struggle.
To what extent the Jnp are entering the
Philippine Is not known. Evidently the
number ha not been large enough to pro
voke comment. But the Dutch Island of
Celebes, west of the Philippines and ad-
Joining Borneo, la attracting th Jap In
j such number as to excite th fear of the
Nethorlnd government. Celebes Is a
sprawling Island of connected peninsulas,
with mine of gold and copper, prec'.ou
stones, a rich soli, an equatorial climate,
varied by earthquake and monsoons.
These events are symptomatic of the fu
ture. The marvelous expansion of the em
pire, th sharp recovery from the effects
i of war and the activity and enterprise of
the people at home and abroad demonstrate
a racial virility and aggressiveness which
Is bound to direct the destinies of the
oriental nations.
The T'nlted States does not enjoy a mo
nopoly of campaign contributions from cor
porations 'friendly to the party cause. Sim
ilar Instances of "enlightened self-Interest"
occasionally pass under the arc light of
publicity abroad and with result as disap
pointing as here. During the recent mu
nicipal elections In London an organisation
known as the London Municipal aoctety
was actively at work on behalf of the
"moderate" candidates, who were the oppo
nent of the progressive or municipal
ownership party. The directors of the Lon
don and Northwestern Railway company
subscribed 31.000 to this society and entered
the amount on their books under "undry
expenses not classed," so that It wa ef
fectively hidden. Nevertheless, the facts
leaked out, together with the further fact
that a private bill In behalf of the road
was pending In Parliament. Thereupon
Beven liberals moved In the House of Com
mon to the effect that "no bill can be
satisfactory to this house which confer
Increased power on a railway company
created by act of Parliament which has
subscribed out of Its corporate funda to a
party organization." The innocent direc
tors were very much surprised that their
money had been used for party purposes,
and at once refunded the sum to the com
pany out of their own pocket. The x
pected party favor vanished at the same
time.
Preliminary arrangements for th Inter
national peace congress at The Hague ad
vance slowly owing to the difficulty of
formulating a program satisfactory to all
participating powers. "It Is now certain."
say the New Tork Sun," that the British
government some days ago officially re
quested Russia, to which the task of
drafting the programme of the next Hague
congress was delegated, to Include the ques
tion of the limitation of expenditures on
. armament. Notice of thl application has
been sent to all the power Invited to par
ticipate In the congress, but as yet no reply
haa boon received. It I known that ob
jections either to the form or to the' sub
j stanco of tho proposal have been made by
i n o uvnnin inn ausuvui amuMsaanni ac
St. Petersburg, but precisely what tha ob
jection are, and how they have been re
ceived by the czar, remain to be ascer
tained. There la ot course no ground for
the notion that Great Britain and the
United States will withdraw from the con
gress if their wtfth to discuss th reduction
of armaments Is unheeled, or that. In the
opposite event, Germany, Austria, and pos
sibly France, will pursue a similar course.
There are many other Important matters
to be dealt with if the work of the flrvt
Hague conference I to turn any develop
ment. Conspicuous among theae are an
exact determination of th tight and
duties of neutrals, the treatment of th
private property of belligerent at sea, and
th permissibility of the bombardment of
unfortified ports, towns and villages by
a naval force. There I no doubt that thes
phase of warfare deeply affect the Inter
est and well being of mankind."
Th German regulation of automobiles,
like the German regulation of many other
things, la draatlo almost to the point of
tyranny, from an American point of view;
till, so many American are contemplat
ing automobile trip through Europe the
coming eaaci that they should know th
conditions to which they must conform
when they strlk th German highways.
The. method of identification I very com
plete. For thla purpose Germany 1 di
vided Into thirty-eight sections, the king
dom of Prusula Including- thirteen of these
Every automobile must bear the kingdom
number, th province number and the Indi
vidual number, and these must be so placed
a to be easily read and not defaced by
mud. dust or other cause. This 1 Impor
tant because the owner la liable to very
heavy damages for Injuries caused to per
son or property by hi oar. There have
been case where live have been sacrificed
In which the courts have compelled owner
not only to pay large Indemnities to
widows and children, but In extreme In
stance to pay annuities fb minor children
until such time as the should reach a
self-supporting age. A natural outgrowth
of thl practice I a greet development of
the system of liability Insurance.
A Russian Journal tell the story of how
the murderer of General Lunnlts, prefect
ot St. Petersburg, obtained admission to the
eml -official party at which th ded wa
committed. After the crime all th guest
were detained and their ticket were ex
amined. There was one ticket the right
ful holder of which wa not present. It
wa no other than that of Premier Btolypln
himself. The murder had been committed
under cover of the Invitation ticket of no
less a personage than th prime minister.
Th premier bd not been able to go, and
hi ticket fell Into the hand of a member
of the secret police named Nakolene. He
mold It to th revolutionist for 316.000.
A Comfortable Serein.
Springfield Republican.
Over 310.ouo.OUO wua added during March
to th government's accumulation of sur
plus revenue, making a total of over 81.
000.100 for th fiscal year to data. Thl
compares with a surplus of only .?00,000
for th same period laat year, and a deficit
of 324.su0.000 for th Ilk tlm two years
go. Federal taxes remain unchanged, and
government appropriations have been In
creasing. The anomaly of sn Increasing
surplus under such condition I explained
by tha ruaglo word prosperity.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
Mayor John Weaver of Philadelphia re
tired from office last Monday and dropped
Into the cavern of oblivion with the cus
tomary dull thud.
Th hypothecation of stenographic notes
of political letters materially Increase thj
excitement of political life. To avoid them,
don't dictate.
FVr some unaccountable reason the trim
mer of Pvnnsylvanla's capltol charged
double price only for the clock supplied.
The charge of "a thief of time" will not
stick.
Frederick A. Busse, mayor-elecf of Chl-
i cago, la 41, the second native son to reach
' the dignity of chief executive of the city,
; and tho twelfth to secure election on the
republican ticket.
Since going to New Tork former Secre
tary of the Treasury Shaw Is said to have
developed an exquisite taste for sausage,
sauerkraut and buckwheat cnes, topped
with flagons of sweot cider.
Secretary Taft " cannot be seriously
troubled about his presidential boom. An
order comes from his office declaring that
mothers-in-law Sre not members of army
officers' families and are not entitled to
free transportation as such on government
transports.
A clergyman who was Invited by the
regular chaplain of the California legisla
ture to offer prayer, with uplifted eyes and
'outstretched arms, Said: "We regret, O
Lord, that o many member have come
; here solely to draw pay, draw corks and
: draw poker."
j United State Senator William Plnkney
I Whyte, who has- Just won an acquittal
for a client In his eightieth homicide case,
has been In active practice for the laat
sixty years. His remarkable success In
criminal casts is said to be due toVhls elo
quence in pleading, almpllclty of method
In dealing with Juries, and hi keenness
In examining wltneasea.
While It I douhtle true that the radical
Ideas o Brand Whltlock, mayor of Toledo,
are frowned upon by the great majority
of Americans, he has Introduced one ohang
which seems to work admirably, A parole
officer has been appointed whose bualnes
It I to look up situations for th Inmates
of the workhouse. The Inmate who suc
ceeds In obtaining work goea forth with a
letter to his employer. No guard goes
with him. No one has ever run away
their word of honor wa enough to bring
them back at the appointed time. In
order that hi plan mlghj, be carried out
Mayor Whltlock 'abolished striped clothing
in the workhouse.
Postal Shrewdness In Canada.
Baltimore New.
Canada I not willing to sit down under
abuses of second class mall matter priv
ileges as patiently aa thla country, and
stoutly object to th transmission In that
country of matter that would not be al
lowed to go second class If tt originated
there, the result Is that our government
ha been forced to make, a new postal con
vention oovaring. that class of matter, and
It la now aubject to a rate' of 1 cent for
each four ounoea Instead of 1 oent a pound
as before. . The Canadian government
how an ability to protect the public ser
vice from Imposition that seta a good exam
ple to this country.
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The Mallory Cravenette Hat has Qualities of style and material
which would male it a leader, even though it had not the added
value that comes from tho famous Priestly Cravenette (rain
prooflng) process. This process, aa far 88 hats aye concerned,
is exclusive with the Mallory Cravenette Hat,
We have them ia
all the shades and
shapes that have the
sanction of careful
dressers in the great
fasbinn rrrtcrs.
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TLRASAXTLY PIT.
"rid I understand you to say," asked
Mrs. Chatters, "that your husband had no
vocation?"
"Worse than that." replied the minis
ter's wife. "1 snld he'd had no vacation."
I'hllndlnhla lress.
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"Don't you think that divorcee really
merrled fcr money?"
"I rather think It wa for alimony.'
Xialtimure American.
"Yes. sir." declared Hamlet Fatt, "I hav
finally secured a pUy which uits me ex
actly."
"What I It?" Inquired Torlck Hamm.
"A monologue In three acts?" Loulsvlll
Courier-Journal.
"You must admit that you are liable to
mistakes."
"I may be." answered the eminent of
ficial, 'but It would be the greatest of
-!takes for me (o admit IU" Washington
Star.
"Theatrical manager are very lnconslt
ent kinds of men." ,
"Whv so?"
"Because they growl If their houses are
dark, and grumble if they are light." Bal
timore American.
Yenst In Italy time Is reckoned on th
twenty-four-hour system. Thus. S o'clock
In the afternoon there is designated as IS
o'clock.' Midnight ia 24 o'clock.
Crlmspnbeak Great Scott! Imagine
crawling upstairs with your shoes In your
hand at midnight, and hearing the old
curkoo announcing 24 o'clock to your wait
ing wife! Yonkers Statesman.
THE IIOISEWIFE'S LAMEST,'
Baltimore American.
Oh, what's a poor woman to do Just now
I really would like to know!
Today It's so hot I put the fires out.
Tomorrow it's likely to snow.
I pack all the blankets and wrap away,
With trouble and time and care.
And the very next day I pull them all out.
For all need their warm things to wear.
Todny folk exclaim at the heat of the
house.
And declare eomewhere else they will post
If I don't cool the furnr.ee Inside of an
hour,
For otherwise really they'll roast.
Tomorrow a chill blast come out of th
north,
And again do they threaten with ire
Unless I do something, their death's at
my door,
For they'll fraeae If they don't get some
' fr.
You can't dress to suit thl bum climate, I
wear.
Unless with a stage lightning change;
The effort to keep up with this weather's
pace
Ij enoUTh any mind to derange.
The family's all growling, each one has a
cold,
Everything done for comfort you rue;
Oh, what's a poor v woman to do In such
ca.e.
What )s f poor woman to dot
To Keep Healthy
live simply. Rat reasonably, drink
sparingly, breathe deeply, sleep regu
larly, and keep the stomach, liver and
bowels in good condition with that
grand old medicine
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