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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1907.
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changed as often as requested.
If Japan isn't careful, she'll tear
her kimono.
Even an installment plan summer la
better than none.
The noiseless Fourth, means no hos
pital Hat on the fifth.
The art museum at Pittsburg haa
rejected "The Bath." Pittsburg balks
at novelties.
Omaha boosters are now among the
Mormons, but this will not keep them
from having a good time.
"Kid" McCoy, the retired pugilist,
has bought a home In New York and
proposes to punch his way Into society.
The undertakers have gone again.
Omaha will be glad to see them about
this time next year, but not profes
sionally, t
The prospect of another teamsters'
trlke In Chicago ought to make busi
ness good for the accident Insurance
companies.
Harry Orchard evidently was deter
mined to go the limit in hlB career of
crime. lie posed as a life insurance
agent for a time.
Reports that the cherry crop will
be fairly good carry no cheer, now
that the Department of Agriculture
has placed the ban on pie. '
"Criminals are having too much
rope In this country," says the St Paul
Dispatch. On the contrary, the crim
inals are not getting rope enough.
The highest court in France has
granted Count Bonl the right to reopen
his divorce case. The count proposes
to fight to the last ditch rather than
go to work for a living.
Sunshine and the rain-maker are a
combination against which bulls and
bears alike are Impotent Prices In
the wheat pit are going down almost
as fast as they went up.
Juno days remind us that Omaha ts
getting to be quite an educational cen
ter, the fact which we are likely to
overlook during the commercial activ
ity of other months of the year.
While the high school Is occupying
o large a space In the public eye, It la
well to remember that other schools
ire sending out classes and are having
commencements Just as interesting.
The Department of Agriculture, In
boosting a certain rat trap, says It
ihould be baited with beef. The man
who can afford to buy beef will eat It
himself and take chances with the rats.
'Mayor "Jim" Is going to Wyoming
to' orate on the Fourth, but he should
leave one of his Justly celebrated
proclamations calling aUvuliou to the
ordinance) prohibiting the sale of dan
erous explosives.
. Tom Lawson says he will stump the
country unless President Roosevelt at
once consents to accept another nom
ination. That's the strongest argu
ment yet offered Id favor ot renom
inating the president
. -Before) leaving for his vacation at
Oyster ' Bay, President Roosevelt
dapped out a line of work for the
Department of Justice that will pre
vent Attorney General Bonacart from
taking a vacation during the rVt of
kit life, If he rtuudua va the Job.
1TU 9RYAS AND THE rARAMOVVTH.
Democratic papers are criticising Mr.
Bryan severely for his refusal to accept
Mr. Cleveland's advice and force tariff
revision as the paramount issue of the
democratic party in the next presi
dential campaign. Mr. Bryan admits
that the tariff question will be an issue,
but insists that It shall not be given
precedence over railroad regulation
and trust suppression. Democratic
leaders who have been watching the
developments 4n national affairs have
a fear that before the next campaign
is fairly opened, Mr. Bryan will find
himself In a position where he will be
compelled to admit that some more of
his political clothes have been stolen
by the republicans. Indications are
that about the time delegates are being
chosen to the next national conventions
of the parties, the railroad question
and the trust problem will be bo well
toward final and satisfactory solution
that the democrats will not find enough
left In them to make a respectable
Issue.
President Roosevelt has taken the
country into his confidence respecting
the scope and plan of the legislation
which he will press upon congress next
winter, looking to further regulation
of railway and corporation affairs. The
plan has been subjected to discussion
by railway and legal experts and no
considerable opposition has been
offered to any phase of It. The con
summation of the president's plan
promises to leave little or nothing to
be desired in the matter of legislation
rolatlng to railways. The democrats,
at least, will be unable to make an
Issue of that question, as a majority
of the party rather enthusiastically
endorses the president's attitude, and
Mr. Bryan has offered nothing that
promises a better solution than that
proposed by President Roosevelt and
the republican administration.
It promises to be equally difficult
for Mr, Bryan to find material for the
construction of a trust-prosecution
plank that will appeal to the voters
more strongly than the record of Presi
dent Roosevelt and the administration
In the line of trust suppression. Ade
quate laws for the remedy of the trust
evil have been enacted and the courts
of the country are busy in securing
their enforcement. Splendid results
have already been achieved and the
president's plan for future work is
complete and comprehensive, leaving
the democrats no room for building an
Issue on that question.
With the railroad and trust prob
lems practically eliminated as ma
terials for campaign Issues, the repub
licans are taking the lead in discussing
the necessity and importance of tariff
revision. Senator Allison, Secretary
Taft, Congressman Tawney and other
republican leaders are openly pro
nounced in favor of action at the next
session of congress, looking to the
appointment of a tariff commission and
there is a healthy prospect that the
next republican national platform will
contain a tariff revision plank. The
least that may be expected is a party
declaration. that the Dlngley rates will
be revised and readjusted as soon as
feasible and by the party to which the
operation may safely be entrusted.
Under the circumstances, it looks as
though Mr. Bryan would be compelled,
In his search for a paramount issue, to
rely upon a gun which the republicans
have already spiked.
coxvicnoy or mayor schmitz.
San Francisco's citizens are to be
congratulated upon the prospect at
being finally relieved of the scandal of
political corruption and municipal
graft, which has been a greater burden
to the city than the loss incurred by
the earthquake and fire. The convic
tion of Mayor Schmltz is the second
step toward civic purification, the first
having been the forcing of Abe Ruef,
the political boss, to confess to his
share In the corrupt practices and to
furnish evidence which has been used
by the officials in the prosecution of
Ruef'B associates.
Political and municipal conditions
la San FranclBco will not be bettered
materially, however, it the activity of
the prosecuting officials ends with the
conviction of Schmltz and Ruef. They
were but paid participants in a scheme
for robbery of the people, in which
men who ostensibly stood and still
stand high In the Bocial and business
life of the city were to be the largest
beneficiaries. Schmltz and Ruef ac
cepted bribes, because they were In
position to make their services of great
value to the bribe givers. These capi
talists, seeking valuable franchises,
found valuable allies In Schmltz and
Ruef and encouraged them la the plans
to rob the public. These franchise
seekers have already presented the plea
that they were compelled to buy their
way or abandon their enterprises.
Here were the road agents, they say,
demanding tribute. It was a case ot
give up tribute or lose everything.
What was the every day business view
ot the situation?
The plea of the Ban Francisco capi
talists Is not new. It has been made
in other r!ls, where charges of brib
ery have been made against municipal
office holders. It is a specious argu
ment, but It does not becloud the broad
question of an honest public policy.
The man who for any purpose corrupts
a public official commits a crime
against the state and should be placed
promptly la the dock beside the official
he haa corrupted. These managers of
corporations, men of the highest in
telHgence, who connived at bribery of
officials for the Bake of personal profit,
deliberately conspired to corrupt the
public service, in Insolent and open
defiance of the law, are entitled to
let tytupatby and consideration than
are Schmltz and Ritef, who were their
tools. The triumph tor good citizen
ship and good government in San
Francisco cannot be complete until the
bribe givers share the punishment that
Is being meted out to the bribe takers.
THE HIGH 8CHOOL.
From the Omaha High school this
year will be sent out the largest class
In Its history. Two hundred and ten
boys and girls are given diplomas set
ting forth that they have completed
the course of study prescribed and
have satisfactorily stood the test of ex
aminations. This is gratifying for
more ways than one. It means that
the citizens of Omaha are drawing a
big dividend on their Investment In
the high school. Two hundred and
ten boys and girls trained to a high
point In scholastic attainment are a
notable addition to the potential citi
zenship of the community and tho
world at large.
Much good-natured scoffing at the
expense of the graduates has been In
dulged In from time to time. This
should not discourage them. They
will find that the world Is not such an
unfriendly place after all. It Is the
place where all must work, and many
must work hard, but even hard work
has Us compensation, and in time they
will learn the sweet joy that follows
on the doing of things. Their courage
will early be put to the test and they
will find that high Ideals are not eas
ily attained, but they will also find
that side by side and keeping step with
them In the great march of humanity
are many people whose Ideals are also
high and who will by their presence
and companionship aid the boys and
girls of today to become the men and
women of tomorrow.
School training is training for life.
The education given at the expense of
the public is In the Interest of better
citizenship. The annual output of the
high school Is the return the commu
nity receives for Its liberality In the
maintenanceXof the public school sys
tem. The concern ot the public la
this class Is well founded and Its
record through the school gives reason
for the belief that it will realize much,
at least, if not all that Is expected ot
its members.
SECRETARY TAFT AND TUB ARMY.
Secretary Taft's appeal for an in
crease of the numerical strength of the
standing army undoubtedly will fall on
dull ears. The sentiment of the noun
try, Justly or unjustly, has always been
pronounced against a large standing
army in times oi peace, ana it is im
probable that any enthusiasm will be
created by the assertion of the secre
tary of war that the present army of
57,000 men actually under arms la
wholly inadequate. In an address at
Minneapolis Secretary Taft stated that
the army was deplorably weak, as
compared with the navy, that fortlflca-
tins on both the coast were but half
manned and that more officers were
needed In the army in order that volun
teers might be properly handled In
time of war.
However strong the secretary's argu
ments may be, from the theoretical
standpoint, he will have greatest diffi
culty in convincing the country of the
need of a larger army. The American
army is essentially a volunteer one,
for fighting purposes. History has
shown that while the national senti
ment has always been strongly opposed
to a large standing army, there has
never been any lack of abundant fight
ing men when fighting was necessary.
With the improvement of-the militia
in the different states the drilled civil
ians, competent to be transferred di
rectly into the regulur service, form
a force that would supplement the
work of the regulars and go far toward
removing the dangers of unprepared
ness, in case of war. So long as the
nation's peace is not threatened, the
appeal for an Increase of the standing
army will find no popular support
wotth considering.
"Why should the newspapers or peo
ple of Omaha assume a hateful and
envious attitude toward LlncolnT"
asks the State Journal. The question
would be pertinent if it were based on
even a semblance of foundation, but
the people ot Omaha have not now or
at any other time assumed a hateful
or envious attitude toward Lincoln or
any other community in tho state.
Omaha's attitude has been and will be
for Nebraska first and the communities
of the state afterward. Omaha can
only prosper when Nebraska prospers,
and Nebraska cannot prosper without
all of its communities prospering. This
Is well understood by the citizens and
Is In no sense a new or novel policy In
Omaha.
The Union Pacific will have an op
portunity to train Its objections
against the 2 -cent fare law in court
sooner than It expected. A passenger
who complains of tha policy pursued
by the Overland's passenger depart
ment has Started suit for damage,
which may settle some of the points
Involved.
One by one the American is being
deprived of hlB cherished principles
and robbed of his Illusions. The De
partment of Agriculture having issued
a warning against the use of pie, may
now be expected to declare that a lunch
of coffee and sinkers ts not conducive
to longevity.
"The nomination of Bryan means
another defeat for the democratic
party." says Harper's Weekly. The
defeat Is assured, whether Bryan or
some other victim Is nominated for
the slaughter.
If Chancellor Andrews had only
stuck to his free sliver Ideas he might
still b high In popocratlo favor, but
the chancellor made the mistake of
advancing In thought as he progressed
In experience, which Is the unpardona
ble sin from the popocratlc standpoint
"We ask the consent ot no man In
carrying out this policy," sold the
president in speaking of his future
plans for railway legislation. Still It
will be Just as well to have the consent
of the nine gentlemen on the supreme
court bench.
The Pennsylvania has added . a
clothes pressing equipment on Its fast
train to St Louis. The Innovation
will not pay, as the man who has to
go to St Louis docs not care whether
his clothes are pressed or not
A St Louis paper solemnly states
that Senator Bailey's visit to that city
"has no political significance." It Is
simply Impossible to attach any politi
cal significance to anything that Sena
tor Bailey may do these days.
Laaitl Await a Discoverer.
Baltimore American.
Someone has discovered how to matco
Iron and steel rustproof. It now remains
for a Columbus of Industry to discover a
way to make these commodities trust
proof. Remorseless Ratsn,
Chicago Tribune.
Just now the people of the United Statea
need sun heat more than they do remedial
legislation of any kind. The parsimony
of nature Is more costly for them than the
exactions of monopolies.
eaaonable Advlc.
St. Louis Glqbe-Democrat.
Tha doctors are advising against the use
of meat In view of the present market
quotations and tha housewife's dally ex
perience at the gory block the advice is
timely enough.
Assuming a Great Hlslc.
Washington Star.
W. J. Bryan Is reported to have spoken
In very complimentary terms of Governor
Hughes. It was a bold chance to take.
The republicans may yet take oocaslon to
quote the Nebraska orator In their cam
paign book.
Also Chrymanthemam.
Minneapolis Journal.
Japan's arrangement to give us the Jiu
Jltsu treatment Is said to hinge upon
whether the sunflowers or the cauliflowers
have a majority In the next Parliament
We are in favor of the cauliflower and
peace.
Significant Proarreaa.
St. Louis Globe Democrat
The late Senator Morgan of Alabama
was not only named at a state primary,
but In view of his tog a successor was
chosen to fill out a vacancy If ona should
occur. The practical selection of senators
by the people Is getting to be a large faot
A Strange Omission.
Now York Tribune.
In naming two magnificent vessels after
American heroes, Lincoln and Grant, one
of the German steamship companies pays
a grateful and somewhat original compli
ment to this country. Nevertheless, there
will be some popular eagerness to learn
why the first incumbent of the presldental
office In tha United States was not the first
to be thus honored. Was la los rait Wash
ington. Opera lion IT e Politics.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Should the Japanese opposition gain
power, Its action could hardly be different
from that of the present administration.
Should its action be different It could not
make the policy of the Americana govern
ment any different from what It la and will
be. The less of opera bouffe the Japanese
put Into their polities now the better they
will think of themselves when tha excite
ment Is over.
' Boost In Food Price.
Baltimore American.
Tha remarkable Increase In the price of
nearly all articles of food has given the
housekeeper of moderate means some hard
problems to solve. It may be easy to ex
plain the cost of vegetables on account of
the untoward season, but tha excessive
prices for meats Is a different proposition.
There Is a strong suspicion that this can
be blamed on a meat trust and that the
government should make a special inquiry
to sea what the trouble is.
FOREST POLICY ALL RIGTIT.
Dasla of the Protest Against Admin
istration Hales.
New York Sun.
A few days ago Tha Bun copied from a
Colorado paper an editorial article de
claring that "the entire west Is justly
indignant at President Roosevelt's forest
reserve policy" because. In addition to
other alleged evils. It "establishes a sys
tem as obnoxious and oppressive as English
landlordism In Ireland." Let us see how
this complaint works out along the line
indicated by tha complainant
Our Rico contemporary admits that the
ostensible purpose of the forest reserve
act Is "to preserve the forests and non
serve tha water supply." It is difficult to
aee what reasonable objection can be made
to such a purpose. Our forest areas and
our water supply are matters of vital Im
portance to tha entire country. But this
complainant, assuming the right to speak
for "the entire west" declares that in the
"practical application" of this act "the
government's chief purpose seems to be to
squeeze every cent It can out of tha set
tlors who have made their homes In the
vicinity of forest reserves." They are
charged a fee If they grase their cattle on
government land, charged a fee If they cut
government timber, and are charged "a
fee for this and a fee for that, and these
fees go to swell a surplus In tha national
treasury."
These poor victims of government op
pression have obtained their homesteads
from tha United States on eaay terma.
They are now Indignant because they can
not pasture their cattle on public lands or
cut trees In the public forest without pay
ing for the privilege. The principle In
volved Is entirely clear. If government
land and public porusts 111 Colorado or any
other part of the west are free for the uue
ot residents of their vicinity so are govern
ment lands elsewhere. The logical exten
sion of this proposition would give' tho
people of Washington the right ot free
pasturage for oowa In the White House
lot and permit them, without charge or
fee, to chop down the trees on tha mall for
firewood.
Our forest laws and our public land laws
are greatly In need of thorough revision.
The people are coming, although alowly,
to realise this fact. The movment in the
direction of such revtat.tn encounters blttor
and determined oppcaltioa from those
whose Interests, tn some cases merely sel
fish and In other cases actually criminal,
have profited by the laxity and the con
fusion of the laws aa they now stand.
Among the opponents of legislation In tha
J public Interest are thmw people who are so
jusuy inaiannni occbuim inuy are not
permitted to take or tn un government
pmpeitj alihuut l.n fvr U.
OTHER LAJIDI THAI OCR.
The alleged emotionalism ot tho French
people haa long been a popular theme
for a class of critics who take delight In
belittling their neighbors. Incidents of
unusual public excitement or a stormy
session of the French assembly are seised
upon as proof of the assertion that the
French people are unable to conduct their
affairs with the calm deliberation and
dlsnlty which the critics claim Is an In
heritance of Americana, Britons and Ger
mans. It Is unnecessary to show the
fallacy of tha assumption by citing notablo
instances of emotionalism among the peo
ples held up aa models by tha critics. A
Diom effective reputation It supplied by
the French wine growers, whose marvelous
self-control and peacefulness under stress
of poverty now commands the admiration
of the world. Within six Weeks three
meeting have been held, tho first at
Betters, the second at Perplgnan, and the
third at Montpeller, last Sunday, surpas
sing all. Reports of the number of people,
assembled range from 400,000 to tOO, 000. It
tha lower figure Is approximately correct,
the meeting far exceeds In numbers any
peaceful demonstration of modern times.
The nearest to It In magnitude Is the
monster repeal meeting held at Mullagh
mast Ireland, in 1843, attended by 2SO.000
people, and addressed by Daniel O'Con
nell. Not alone In numbers was the Mont
peller demonstration Impressive. The calm
determination, the orderly movement tha
unity and obedience to leadera, together
formed an Inspiring spectacle of racial
self-control. It Is fairly certain the gov
ernment was Impressed. Whether legisla
tion will check the evils of adulterated
wine, the general sale of which Imperils
tha wine growing Industry, depends on the
patriotic earnestness of the cabinet Un
less tha necessary relief is forthcoming,
popular Indignation whetted by poverty
Is likely to assume menacing proportions.
Tha 61m Fein movement in Ireland Is
growing steadily in Influence and power.
Irish correspondence and Irish press com
ment guardedly admit that the aggressive
attitude of the Blm Fotners was potential
in ahaping public sentiment which made
possible tha rejection of the Illrrell Irish
council's bill by the Dublin convention. It
is fairly well established that John E.
Redmond and most of the members of tho
TrUh national Dartv favored the measure
as an Installment of home rule. Mr. Red
mond was consulted by the ministers as
the drafting of tha measure progressed
and expected to secure the endorsement
at the Dublin convention. It Is now clear
that Mr. Redmond misjudged Irish senti
ment and waa forced to execute a hasty
change of front when the convention as
sembled. That the Sim Feinera were re
sponsible, In part at least, for the right-about-face,
la not to be doubted. Its
policy ot jealous racial cxcluslveness,
heightened by the successive failures to
secure homo rule, strongly appeals to the
masses of the people. Though barely six
yeara old it is attracting to Its ranks the
better class of young men In tho towns.
It Is allied with the Gaelio movement the
literary, artistio and Industrial revivals
now going on In Ireland. "Its Leaders,"
writes a correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, "have adopted the doctrines
of the German economist Frederick List
and are endeavoring to promote a narrow
and tariff-bound national self-sufficient
manufacturing and commercial system,
hoping to attract capital largely from
Irish-American sources. One of the curious
results of this propaganda has a distinct
nr.i .n-M on Its members. They pro
claim thet every source of revenue which
Is now paying toll to foreign, inai ie
-nruish mil must be systematically boy
cotted. Tha most Important of thesa at
present It excise, ana to avom ynyu.B
in thlt direction tha young men in the
towns are encouraged to become absolute
abstainers with the valuable result that
the moral standard of Its members Is
sensibly above that of the general popula
tion." I- ...niiini tn babv orlnce of the At-
turlas in a Spanish Infantry regiment
King Alfonso merely follows me cuui.i
of royalty. It pleases a regiment to have
a royal prince appointed one of Its honor
ary officers while yet a child, for It means
a succession of good things for the. corps
. ,,i n annual gift dlvlalble among
the men or a Silver table service for the
nm..r Honorary commissions come nign
to the holders. In the old times, and not so
very old. either, royal children hetd some
very profitable sinecures, not always oi o
.nu.n nh.nriar The duke of York, the
second ton of George III. was invested
with the office of bishop ot usnaourg, or
-.. h-,.ir while vet a lad. and the way
In which this ecclesiastical possession came
to him is illustrative of me spini pi mo
times. Osnaburg Is a town In Hanover of
divided religious allegiance. It was under
an old arrangement'alternately ruled by a
Catholic bishop and a Protestant biBhop.
When it waa tha turn of the Proteatanta
to have tha mfter, It was usually worn by
one of the reigning house. Tha duke of
York was not at alt clerical In his habits
or character. The English caricaturists
took delight in depicting him at wearing
a costume half military and half ecclesias
tical, crosier and sword, epaulets ani
miter. Tha army and navy abounded in
"good things" that went to the privileged
youth, and even young women enjoyed tha
emolument of military rank.
Statistics recently compiled In England
and Wale thow that the Wrth rate tor
1906 was p, being . lower than 190C, and
below tha rate of any recorded year. On
the other hand, the death rate was 15.4,
being .1 higher than the previous year,
but 1.4 less than tha decennial average. In
London, with It estimated population of
4.721,217, the marriage rate waa 17.1, an In
crease of .1 over lSuti. but 4 below the
average. During the laat thlrty-alx year,
and baaed on the total number of mar
riageable persons in the community, the
tables show that the decline has beeni a
per cent. The birth registered In London
wer In tha proportion ot S&T per 1.000 pop
ulation, which Is the lowest figure ever
recorded. The figure, which are taken
from the annual summary of the mar
rlagea, births and deaths for the year
1908, show that the marriage rate for Eng
land and Wales waa 11.6 per 1,000 of pop
ulation (eatlmated at 84,647,016 peraona In
tha middle of 1906), or .8 above tha rate
for IMS and .1 below tha decennial aver
age. According to the report, W per cent
of tha decline during the period oovered by
the figure la due to the decrease In the
proportion of married women In the adult
female population, and 6 per cent to the
decrease In Illegitimacy. With regard to
the remaining 75 per cent, "there can be
nn touht that much of It U due to de
liberate restriction of child bearing." Cal
culated on the basis of possible mothers
the fall In the birth rate during the last
thirty-six year amounted to no leaa than
(7 per oent or taking married women
alone, tha decreaaa Is returned at B par
cent.
The recent general election tn Austria,
tha first fruit of universal suffrage In that
country, had tome queer results. In the
first place. Count Bylandt and several
other prominent laborers In the causa of
universal suffrase were decisively beaten.
In the second, the fat of aeveral minis
ters waa decided by th aodal democrat.
The aam party captured Trieste, hitherto
a stronghold of purely "national" politic.
Moreover, In a Parliament where tha In
dustrial working elasaea, the artisans, have
plmd mi miuiaitm a part Industry lt-
slf In the rerson of Its leader has no
place. The new Parliament Is practically
sent to Vienna by tha Industrial and agri
cultural lower claasea. The former march
under the banners of social democracy, the
latter under that of the Christian social
ists, where thfy are mnrshnlcd Into line
by the country clergy. Neither th capital
ist nor the agrarian proprietor has any
adequate counter force. Their defeat Is
ascribed to their attitude ot opposition to
free education.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Returns from the Oklahoma primaries
thow that the democratic party has rotes
to burn In the territory.
Looters of the Pennsylvania state house
point to a surplus of 14.0OC,000 In the state
treasury at evidence of their extreme
moderation.
Hon. James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago
touches the button when he asserts thet
tha democratic party "needs fewer leaders
and more followers." Mr. Iwls' toussled
hair covers a level head.
Horace D. Taft brother of Beretary Will
iam H. Taft, says that he proposes to clean
up Connecticut. He spoke at Brlston.
Conn., the other day about the wicked
ness of the state, which, he said, was not
quite aa bad aa that of New York and
Pennsylvania,
Governor Guild of Massachusetts vetoed
a bill providing for a payment of flS from
tha publto treasury to each living veteran
of the civil war who did not receive a
bounty at the time. Undor another name
th bill la the same as the bounty measure
which the state supreme court declared
unconstitutional, and which haa been vetoed
by two governors preceding Mr. Guild.
The bill for tha regulation of public
utility corporations in New York state,
which has now become a law, takes ef
fect on July L It substitutes two commis
sions for four existing bodies, and Imposes
upon Governor Hughes the duty of nom
inating ten men, five for each commission;
and as the place command a salary of
116,000 there It naturally no lak of ap
plicant. John R. Dot Pas sos, a New York law
yer, regarded as an authority on cor
poration law and finance, Is one of the
counselors of the president In dealing with
the railroads. He haa a country estate
down tha Potomao and his yacht Is often
teen on the river during the tutnmer tea
ton. Ha Is 63 years old and la of Portuguese-American
descent
BOMB NATURE FAKING.
Classlo Precedents for Modera Exam
ples. New York Tribune.
. The wolf- that suckled Romulus and Ra
mus testifies to the old habit of nature fak
ing. Tha geesa that saved Rome did to
without rebuke from conscientious histor
ians. They had nature faking reduced to a
religion in ancient Egypt. Herodotus tells
tales of Hhe animals of Egypt related to
him doubtless by the veracious priests of
that country, which clearly entitle the
Father of History to be called the Father
of Natural History, too. Natural history
hat not been Improved upon since hit day
In th scope of Its Imaginative quality,
though much In detail. Aesop also wo a
peerlesa nature faker. He haa handed down
to us a compendium of classlo nature fak
ing. But nature faking does not require the
Inspiring influence of classic example. Doe
a man need to have read any of these an
cient personages or any of their modern
followers to come back from a week's fish
ing excursion a thoroughly equipped nature
faker? Nature herself made us all nature
faker. Only clvtlsatton, solf-restralnt re
spect for our reputations, a disciplined
imagination and bridled tongue keep us
within bounds. The stories we tell about
fish and snakes show we are own brffthers
across the chasm of th centuries to tha
men who knew all about th phoenix and
the ceuatur. Nature takers! Why, ona
haa only to go to the tuburbt and ob
serve the city man tallying forth with an
Incubator and a book on "Poultry Cul
ture" to realise how honorable a place
nature faking has In our economy and
how deeply Ingrained in humanity la that
simple faith that restrained the first man
who heard "Go to tho ant thou slug
gard I" We would not glv up our no
tions about the animals for tha world.
They are the heirloom of th ages. Tho
hoopsnake, tall In mouth, will roll across
man's path till the last sun sets. We be
lieve in the phoenix, and the centaur,
and the swan song, and th big fish that
never was caught and the Incubator and
all the thirty-nine articles of nature fak
ing. We shrink a little from tha Idola
tries of the new nature booka, but we
see plainly that they are well meant ef
forts to add to the phoenix and tha cen
taur and that fine gallery of our superiors
in the Inferior animal kingdom.
Pre-Inventory Sale
N JULY 1ST we take our' semi-annual in
ventory and we have quite a few broken
lines of suits and coat and pant suits
(303 all told) in sizes from 34 to 50, which
we wish to clean out before we take stock.
We have placed them all on one table
and will sell them Saturday for one price,
. ;
These suits sold from $15.00 to $25.00 most of
them are $20.00 and $25.00 suits.
They are made in all the well known fabrics
worsteds, tweeds, cheviots, serges, etc., and the styles
and workmanship are examples of the highest art in
tailoring (our label insures that).
In colorings they are mostly in the gray mixtures
which are so much worn this season, but there are
some plain blues and dark mixtures among them.
Browning, Ilng & Co
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.
noIIKMIAV. IX AlMK.Rtr.t.
Onaa FiaTar Hellrved to Re Relo-rv
the Mark.
New York Tlmoa
Th forlgn-bot n Bohemians In tb
t'nlted States In 1906 ar estimated ly
Rov. Valentino Kohlbeck to have num
bered &17.S"H, of which 40,000 are In New
York, 4S.00O In Texas and the remainder
acnttered throughout the west and south
west. One-half are In the large cities.
Emily Qrcne Halc-h, writing In ninrttlos,
estimates from a numbor ot data that In
communities fifty years old the census
figure for those born In Bohemia "must
be multiplied three or four times to give
the number of thou who count us 'Bohe
mians.' " Her chief reason for this belle!
Is remarkable:
In a tenacious race like the Blnvto,
which has had Its national foellnr Inten
sified by the fight It has had to make to
preserve its fifttlonal existence and. bov
all It own tongue, the third or even the
fourth generation may still so count them
selvesand be none the worse Americans,
either. Have the English sympathies of a
descendant of a Wlnthrop or a Ixe dis
appeared in half a score of general lutis 1
MIRTIIFIL JIXOLKS.
"Do you know, my dog teems to scent
electrical disturbance in the atmoauhers
when they are still far oft."
"Then, I suppose, you have warrant for
regarding his nose aa a storm center,"
Baltimore American.
"There Is a sort of Vessel called a
schooner,' Is there notT" asked the land
lubber, Pure," replied the 'longshoreman 'any
thing that'll hold beer or the Ilk o' that
1 a vessel." Washington Herald.
Nan Jack seemed craxy last night lit
tried to kiss me.
Fan He certainly was craiy If he
thought any effort on his part would b
needed. Chicago Tribune.
"Screechetn wa a barker In a circus once,
wasn't het"
Yes."
"When did ha give up thlt Una of con
tinuous talkT"
"Whon he married." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Dad What Is the latest concerning the
nebular hypothesis?
8in I'm sure I don't know.
Dad Embrace me, my ton! You have
completed your first year, at college, and
yet there Is one thing you ar aura you
don't know! Cleveland Leader.
"If your fortune was equal to mine I
would be your wife."
"You'r mistaken." Houston Post
"Brave follow!" exclaimed old Melserley,
to the hero who had just drsgged him from
the track In the nick of time. "If I had
chango for this half dollar I'd glv you
something."
"Never mind, old man." replied the hero.
"If you wanted to pay me what yir ltfo'
worth you'd need change for a cent."
Philadelphia Pre.
"How did you manage to catch such a
cold?"
"I suppose it I tha fault of my busi
ness." "Your business!"
"Yes; I'm In a bank and constantly sur
rounded with drafts." Baltimore Ameri
can. Him Would you consider me Impollt If
I should throw kisses to you?
Her Certainly. It It a rule of etlquet
that you must never throw anything to a
woman which you can give her In any other
way. Cleveland Leader.
"Is he a well-informed man?"
"I doubt It. He qualifies as a juror too
frequently to be a man who keeps posted
on wnat it going on. wasnington etar.
"I told you to let me off at tha next
corner," said the Irate passenger, "and yuii
have carried me a block past It!"
"This Is the next corner," answered tba
conductor, jerking the bell rope. i
"It Isn't anything of the kind! W(t
turned the corner back there a whola
hloetal"
"That Isn't a corner, sir. That'a a curve. v
Step lively. If you're going to got Oft
here." Chicago Trlbun. , r
"Going to attend a poker party at Tlte
wada, eh?"
"Yes."
"How often do you meet once a week?"
"No, we hav no regular meetings; Ttte
wad calls a meeting whenever he nedr
money." Houston Post.
A LITTLE) STORY.
Birmingham Ago.
A man, a maid,
Romance.
A few word said
By chance. '
Ho wooes; at laat
They wed,
And happy days
Ar sped.
Bom matters they
Discuss,
Which bring about
A fust.
A lawyer oomea;
Of course.
They both desire
Divorce.
" They get it too,
B'gee,
And sever cheer.
Fully.
Romano, where did
It go?
Gee whlal How should
We know?
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