TTTE OMAHA DAILY BEE: "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1009.
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Stata of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Oeorga B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ssys that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Kvanlng and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of January, 1008, was as fol
lows: 1 36,800 17 36,300
2 8,lfl0 IS 36,150
J 86,390 It 35,400
4 86,400 20 36,580
6 36,300 21 36,410
,.. 86,340 ' 22 36,140
7 36,600 - 23 .. .. 36,950
8 36,990 24 36,400
9 36,300 25. ......... 36,540
10 36,410 2 33,100
11 ,..86,390 .27.. 36,140
12 38,160 28 37,190
II 36,430 29 36,060
14 36,960 30 36,330
IS 36,360 11 36,980
36,100
Totals 1,193,990
Lass unsold and returned copies.
8,460
Net total..; , 1,114,840
Pally average....... 35,963
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ROBERT HUNTER.
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WHEH OUT OK TOWS.
. Babacrlbers leavln the city tem
porarily ahoald fc'atvo Tha Be
mailed to them. Address Will be
changed aa often as requested.
Sir Oliver Lodge Insists that he has
talked with the dsad. Did not know
that he had ever visited Philadelphia.
The Atlanta Constitution says that
"money la no longer tight In Georgia."
So money Is obeying the new prohi
bition law.
Governor Hughes will not promise to
attend the Chicago convention. Never
having been that far west, he is per
haps a little timid.
Governor Johnson says he likes to
hear Mr. Bryan talk. Doubtless Mr.
Bryan would like to hear Governor
Johnson keep quiet.
Senator Foraker Insists he Is going
to keep on fighting if he has to fight
alone. That it impossible. He can
not lose Senator Dick.
If Harry Thaw wants to get out of
the Insane asylum he should at once
end a requisition to Nebraska for the
services of Judge Hatner.
The simplified spelling board has
offered another et of . seventy words
which you may vpell two ways without
being liable to a charge of Ignorance
The agreement drawn up between
Miss Shonts and her duke makes no
mention of the - marriage settlement
Still, the man claims to be a real duke.
Th silence of Hughes and Cortel
you is looked upon as good advertis
ing for them. That may or may not
work la politics, but it would be dis
astrous In business.
While President Roosevelt's latest
message was directed to congress, the
lawmakers should understand that it
was also addressed to the people and
has met popular approval.
An Arkansas court has decided that
a husband inn be punished for read
ing letters addressed to his wife. The
husband surely learned that before
the court told him about it.
California has passed a law making
it a misdemeanor to give a racing tip
The man who gives the tip should be
punished, The man who accepts It ac
complishes his own punishment.
Omaha la down on the books for an
automobile show next month. There
is no good reason why Omaha should
not get Into this game and play it Just
as successfully as it has been played
in other cities.
John Philip Sousa had $20,000 in a
New York bank but his wife got sua
plojous and drew It out tho night be
fore the bank failed. Mrs. Sousa evl
deutly is ecual to her husband in the
matter of quicksteps.
Uncle Sam is on the boards for
1,900 horses and Is willing to buy
them through the Omaha horse mar
ket, If he can get what he wants. That
order of the president requiring prac
tice rides by all army officers Is bearing
fruit. "
A nun charged with grafting has
made an affidavit that while he was
locked up in Jail In New York he was
compelled to pay $2 for a l-cent can'
did, II for a telegram and BO cents
each for two New York papers. Prices
always advance when grafters get to
poaching on each other.
real intent or that message.
While congress and trie public may
have received aa a first Impression that
the latest message of the president was
designed aa . a strikingly forceful
answer to the attack on the admin
istration, more careful study will die
close the fact that It contained a de-
Idedly emphatic notice upon congress
that the president and the "Country are
expecting additional legislation for the
advancement of policies already out
lined by the president, endorsed by
tho people at the polls and partially
crystallized into law by the preceding
congress.. Such notice seems to have
been made necessary by Indications
that loaders In both branches of con
press have agreed on a do-nothing pro
gram for the present session. The
president refuses to approve such a
program and. In his message, points
out the subjects of Importance upon
which additional legislation Is essen
tial.
The president recommends action by
congress as follows: '
First The amendment of the em-
foyers' liability law to comply with
the requirements of the supremo court
decision.
Second Provision for compensation
of government employes Injured In the
government service.
Third Amendment of the law re
lating to the issue of injunction! In
labor cases. .
Fourth Empowering the Interstate
Commerce commission to pass on any
rate or practice upon Its own Initia
tive without waiting for complaint to
be made.
Fifth Provision for phyfilrnl valu
ation of interstate railways , when
needed to prevent stock-watering and
overcapitalization."'
Sixth Amendment of the Sherman
law so as to allow certain Wrmles3
combinations to be made.
Seventh Grant of power to Inter
state Commerce commission to control
certain shipments fend regulate the
physical operation of interstate rail
roads, t
None of these topics is new. All
have been discussed before In greatest
detail and the overwhelming prepon
derance of public opinion Is that legis
lation, along the lines indicated by the
president, is greatly to be desired, al
though some of the problems are far
reaching and difficult of solution.
LAWLESSNESS IS TWO STATES.
Much prominence has been given in
press reports to the operations of the
night riders in Kentucky who have
been raiding plantations and towns,
threatening farmers who refuse to
unite in a combination to fight the
Tobacco trust and destroying property
of the trust wherever found. This
surfeit of publicity la due largely to
the spectacular methods of tha. raid
ers, but the reign and rule of the law
less is no more marked in Kentucky,
so far as the principle goes, than in
Wisconsin, where the supposedly
peaceful dairymen of the state are
committing depredations that are as
vicious and radical assaults upon Jaw
as the mutinous uprisings in the Rus
sian provinces.
The Kentucky trouble arose over
tobacco, while that in Wisconsin is
caused by milk. An association of
dairymen, according to reports, have
banded themselves together to force
higher prices and are making war on
fnrmers and small dairymen who are
supplying Milwaukee with milk. No
tices have been posted throughout the
country to this eftect:
If you sell another can ' of milk lit
Milwaukee, we win blow up your, place
the first chance. Beware! We mean
business.
Perhaps no great harm would have
been done if the operations of the
Wisconsin night riders had stopped
with the posting of these notices, but
the raiders have been maklngf good
their threats. They have stopped milk
wagons, beat up drivers, destroyed
milk cans, cut the harness of the
teams and. in some cases, have gone
to the extreme of ham-stringing the
cows of the offending dairymen. Lo
cal authorities have been unable to
suppress this form of violence, which
appears to be spreading . Instead of
diminishing.
The organizations in both Kentucky
and Wisconsin plead the excuse of
trust exactions. That the Tobacco
trust and the Milk trust are'gullty of
many offenses may be true, but this
cannot condone lawlessness and mob
violence While Its operations may be
a little slow, the law provides meth
ods for remedying ' the evils against
which the tobacco growers and the
milkmen complain and both Kentucky
and Wisconsin will have to make ef
fective amends to be reinstated In pop
ular esteem.
OKLAHOMA'S BAD BEGINNING.
Oklahoma is peopled largely by for
mer citizens of Texas, . Arkansas and.
other southern and southwestern stales
and the anti-negro sentiment brought
with them from their old homea is be
ins molded into a law In the new state
with a purpose to disfranchise the
negro. A study of the conditions in
Oklahoma shows that no claim can
justify the proposed disfranchisement
by the danger of negro domination .
the excuse made prominent In other
southern states as a reason for dis
franchising enactments, as less than 5
per cent of the citizens of Oklahoma
are negroes. In the final . analysis,
race prejudice and t discrimination is
the only explanation of tho proposed
law.
The Oklahoma disrancuistn,? bill
which has been approved by commit
tees of both branches of the legisla
ture, is mora danjeerous than the
"grandfather" clauses of certain
southern states, in that It makes the
test at the polls Instead of at tho reg
istration booth. Under the proposed
Oklahoma law, the judges of election
are empowered to refuse the right to
vole to any person who cannot "con
strue, to the satisfaction of the
judges," any' section of the constitu
tion of the United States or of the
constitution of Oklahoma. The test
gives the election officials absolute
power to disfranchise as many intend
ing voters as may be necessary to
throw an election result to suit th
Judges.
Without reference to the con
stitution of the United States,
the constitution of Oklahoma con
stitutes a book of several hun
dred . pages and Is one of the
most complicated documents ever con
tributed to the political history of our
counfy. Eminent attorneys fail to
agree upon the construction of it and
the plain wayfaring voter would have
no chance to stand the test, particu
larly If the Judges had agreed In ad
vance not to accept his construction of
the test clause.
TWO-t,KNT TARE RESULTS.
The railroads and railroad spokes
men are now busy proving up figures
showing decrease in passenger earnings
and charging the loss up exclusively to
the 2-cent fare laws which went Into
effect for the most part last July. The
Railway Age, which speaks with almost
official authority, emphasizes the re
ports of reduced passenger earnings on
a number of different railroads that
have made the facts accessible for" No
vember, December and January Just
passed.
For the first twenty-two days of
January the Chicago Great Western's
passenger earnings were about $4,000
less than for the same days in 1906.
The Burlington reports for Its lines
east of the Missouri, subject to 2-cent
fares, a slight decrease in November
earnings and estimates for December
and January a decrease "not Blight,
but of important amount." The Mln-.
neapolla & St. Louis reports for No
vember a decrease in earnings of 1 per
cent and an increase in the number of
passengers carried one mile of 26.3 per
cent. The Iowa Central shows a like
decrease In earnings of 1 per cent and
increase of passengers carried one mile
31.2 per cent. The earnings of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe from
passenger business are said to have de
clined. $149,000 In December, of which
$117,000 was in 2-cent fare states.
The other railroads cited are in terri
tory remote from this section.
The facts as to the falling off of pas
senger earnings on these railroads is,
doubtless, not subject to dispute. But
to trace it to the 2-cent fare laws alone
will be Impossible. The railroad peo
ple must make allowance for the one
big fact staring all business in the face,
namely, the panic of last October and
the shock it communicated to all
branches of commerce and Industry.
How much passenger earnings would
have decreased as a consequence of the
panic and business depression cannot
be definitely determined, but the dis
closure that out of the $149,000
dropped by the Atchison on passenger
business In December $32,000, or more
than one-fifth, was in states where no
2-Cent fare laws were enacted, would
indicate that the contraction of passen
ger traffic since October has drawn no
lines at 2-cent fare states.
Some railroad men may go further
and ascribe the panic in part, at least,
to the 2-cent fare legislation, but even
they will differ as to 1U importance as
a contributing factor. At all events,
there Is nothing to distinguish the
natural consequences of the panic from
the alleged effects of the 2-cent fare
laws. w
So long as that $500,000 voted for
new school buildings is hanging in
plain sight bids for a slice of it will be
put in from all parts of the city be
cause the people of one section can
convince themselves just as well as the
people of another section that they are
in most urgent need of additional
school facilities. It will devolve upon
the school board to weigh the relative
needs of various bidders as well as the
claims for completion of the present
high Bchool building before any final
disposition is reached. This much is
certain, that were not the kapression
allowed to go unchallenged by the
board that half of the money was to go
to the completion of the present high
school building the voting of the bonds
would have met with some pronounced
opposition.
Governor Sheldon says he is open to
suggestion in the matter of naming a
delegation to represent Nebraska at
the Mothers' congress, which is to meet
in Washington shortly. The governor
should say first whether or not he will
insist on appointing only mothers to
attend the Mothers' congress.
The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune
asserts that the Kentucky tobacco crop
Is worth t wice as much f s acre as
the Nebraska corn crop. Perhaps It
costs twice as much to grow It. And
then, too. the Nebraska farmer can
gather his corn without the aid of the
state militia.
)
A New York man has been sent to
prison for two years for killing an
other man with an automobile. Court
records show that It is much safer to
use revolvers than automobiles when
anyone wants to kill a roan in New
York. ,
The Iowa plan of dispensing federal
patronage seems to be bavin, consid
erable trouble la getting acclimated in
Nebraska. It may even decide that
I
tne political weatMr on this side of
the Missouri Is noi conducive to its
health and refuse to move over except
for an occasional visit.
Army and navy authorities are di
vided In opinion as to the best place to
construct the proposed fortifications of
Manila. Why not refer the dispute to
the Japs, who are understood to have
made all the Inquiries and Investiga
tions necessary to settle the moot
point?
Notwithstanding the fact that they
are consumed by a desire to consult
the voice of the people as expressed by
direct primary,' the Dahlmanltes will
nonetheless make one more effort to
patch up peace with the Jacksonlans in
order to avoid a primary fight.
"There is this to be said about
Colonel Bryan," says the New York
Mail. "He has furnished more edi
torial and news copy than any other
one man for ten years." We doubt it.
Colonel Roosevelt has also filled a
scrapbook.
Council Bluffs ,1s having almost as
much trouble in solving its water
works problem as Is Omaha. Council
Bluffs, however, has the advantage of
not yet having been touched by the
lawyers and experts to the tune of
$50,000.
"He radiates sunshine," says Mr.
Tillman in speaking of Mr. John D.
Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller radiat
ing sunshine and Mr. Tillman radiat
ing hot air ought to make a great
combination on the lecture platform.
Both the Dahlman Democracy and
the Jacksonlans are missing the chance
of a lifetime. The first of these clubs
to change Its name to Bryan Volun
teers and plank down the $10 per
would surely have the call.
Is tbe Measenarer I.oat f
Washington Herald.
Mr. Brian's official Invitation to retire
from the presidential situation has not
been delivered yet; In fact, It Is still In the
hands of those who never did like his
tyle of beauty, anyhow, and, doubtless.
never will.
X, A National Obligation.
Baltimore American.
It ought not to be left to private patrio
tism or generosity to rescue such relics of
the nation's history as the flag- of the fam
ous old frigate Chesapeake, defended by
the gallant Lawrence. Such relics should
be In the national museums aa the people's
property.
Qnlclc Recovery.
Wall Street Journal.
Now that hoarded money is returning to
the banks the financial situation Is clearing
up In great degree. It Is certainly amazing
how rapidly we are recovering from the
effect qf panic so far as the movement of
money is concerned. In the panic of 1893
It took five months for the clearing house
banks t6 retire their loan. certificates. Al
though in the panic ot 1907. tbe amount of
loan certificates Issued was two and one
half times as large as In the crisis of 1893,
yet It Is taking practically only three
months to retire the certificates.
Fillpina Postal Savings Banks.
Washington Post.
Perhaps nothing that our arms has done
nor any act of our laws nr any expres
sion of our sympathy has accomplished
more for the helping of the Filipino Into
civilisation than the establishment of the
postal savings bank system. Whatever
may be said against banks In our own
country, it Is certain that it Is the very
first step upward upon which the Fili
pinos as a whole people have set their
feet. It haB taught them to save. That
Is the first rung In the ladder which
leads from barbarianlsm Into' enlighten
ment. Costly Warships.
The World Today.
If there IS any limit short of 30,000 tons
for tho warships of the future, It is not
now In sight. And certainly there seems
to be no limit In the matter of cost. A
few years ago $3,000,000 was considered an
extravagant amount of money to' put Into
one battleship. Since then armored crui
sers of the Colorado and West Virginia
type have been developed, and the 20,000
ton battleship will cost at least 110,000,000.
The four new battleships asked of con
gress at the session are estimated to cost
$9,500,000, exclusive of guns, armor and
equipment.
Barnlnw tbe Money.
New York Tribune.
Who says hard times are here? The
country has money to burn. Within forty
eight hours Chicago had two fires, involv
ing losses of ,300,000 and more than $1,000,000.
Indianapolis enjoyed one conflagration
which licked up $500,000, and Kansas City
treated herself to one of like proportions,
while a dosen smaller towns did the best
they could with their limited means, hav
ing got rid of as many business blocks
and factories, each worth about $26,000. A
country that can go on a pyromaniacal
spree like this and keep up the pace week
in, week out, certainly muBt be Immensely
rich.
Sound Banklav.
New York World.
Alleging that failure to pay its New
York drafts in cash caused it great dam
age, the MoComb City bank of Mississippi
has brought suit against the Oriental bank
of New York City. Every bank through
out the United States whose valid drafts
on a New York bank were not paid In
cash on presentation has similar cause
of action. No "currency reform" or as
set currency or Issuance of bank notes
on Block exchange collateral would alter
the contract between a bank and Its de
positors. Not currency reform but bank
ing reform Is the remedy for periodic
repetitions of banking panics.
Savlas Elements of Basiaeaa.
Wall Street Journal.
We may continue to pile up wealth until
the blitness ot our totals in the form of
statistics stagger the Imagination. We
may consolidate corporations under ail
sorts of abstract names, snd we may write
hundreds ot millions of added Insurance
year by year, without necessarily giving a
single atom fit guaranty against the possi
bility of all thete things going the way of
Bablyton, of Ninevtsh, of Egypt and f
Home. Without a free regard for honesty
that fears for nothing that man could do.
wlthou Hie rational aims that redeem us
from laslness of thought, from the tender
fooled regard for luxury, and from the
undertow of love ef mere camsl living, wa
shall fall as sura aa fata In all those great
objects which main the Ufa of man In
society anything mora worthy of respect
than that of ovrbrd hounds In sumptu
ous kennels.
rnEIDK5T ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE.
Tha Caaatrr Back" af II I m.
Boston Transcript dep.).
Wa believe the country stands back of
the great Roosevelt policies, and that pub
lic sentiment will ratify the further steps
which he proposes.
A ThoiMud mini.
Wall Street Journal.
President Roosevelt has done so much
that Is magnificent that l is a thoushnd
pities that he has written this message.
Heard and Herded.
Philadelphia Press, (rep.).
Ills pleas will be heard and heeded by
Ms fellow-countrymen. No man In our
history has so won them. If his unceas
ing seal sometimes Irritates even those
who agree with him and admire him. this
is because of tho very qualities which have
made his presidency a great moral awaken
ing of the deeper convictions and con
science of the American people.
Backet Shop Gambling-.
Cleveland Plain Dealer (dein.).
Tho sound business sense of tho nation
will approve the suggestion of President
Roosevelt, that the power of the federal
government ho used to stop the "bucket
shop" form of gambling In stocks on the
ground that gambling In any form is con
trary to public policy and public morals.
Jost and Sonnd.
Chlcngo Record-Herald (Ind.).
As for the substance of the message, the
recommendations that It contains, these al
ready have public opinion behind them.
They are Just and sound. They are In ac
cordance with modern progress and the en
lightened statesmanship of the age. They
not only deserve hearty support, but they
will command tho support of democrats
and republicans and will be written In party
platforms If not In the laws of this session
of congress.
Round to Bear Fruit.
New York Tribune (rep.).
These views may not find expression In
legislation this year or next year, or even
the year after. They are the legacy of Mr.
Roosevelt's administration to the adminis
trations which are to follow. But they
contain seed which Is bound to come to
fruitage, and from that point of view they
are of general and permanent importance
and deserve tho searching and sober con
sideration of the American people.
Unnecessary and Inopportone.
Chicago Tribune (rep.).
The Tribune believes In the president and
In the policies with which he Is Identified.
He has voiced the general demand for a
better ethical standard in business and In
politics, which came Into being before he
came into office, and he has performed a
great public service In arousing the con
science of the country. The Tribune be
lieves In the principle to which he sub
scribed, but the Tribune also believes that
the message Which he sent to congress
yesterday was unnecessary and inoppor
tune. Good Thins for Railroads. ,
Springfield Republican (ind.).
There Is something In the president's spe
cial message to compensate the railroads
for the various suggestions ot further re
strictive legislation. lie urges strongly
that traffic associations be legalized which
means In effect that the Sherman anti-trust
law as applied to railroads be repealed.
Since the government has adopted the pol
icy of accepting the railroads as monopolies
to be under close public regulation, It log
ically follows that the effort to maintain
competitive conditions anmong the trans
portation companies may be safely and per
haps advantageously relaxed.
A Political Manifesto.
Washington Herald (dem.).
The message Is plainly enough a political
manifesto a speech to the people. Con
cerning this there is no concealment. The
utterance is really after the method of
the impassioned orator. Intent upon sway
ing a popular audience, and It Is quite
conceivable that when tho president penned
some of the more particularly stirring pas
sages he was, In his mental attitude, pacing
up and 4own a platform, swinging his
arms and talking directly to a listening
multitude. How else could he have strung
up to the fervor of that paragraph in
which he declares that "the federal gov
ernment does scourge sin; It does bid sin
ners fear, for It has put behind the bars,
with Impartial severity the powerful
financier, the powerful politician, the rich
land thief, the rich contractor all, no mat
ter how high their station, against whom
criminal misdeeds can be proved."
Tha Best Ever.
Portland Oregonlan (rep.).
Mr. Roosevelt's special message to con
gress Is one of the most powerful pieces
of political eloquence In the English
language. It contains passages which will
be read with passionate approval by ma
ture men and recited with flaming hearts
by ambitious youth long after the presi
dent has ceased from his fight with the
powers that prey and others have taken
up the weapons for liberty and Justice
which he wields so potently and manfully.
It breathes the Spirit throughout of clear
preception and undaunted courage. He
discerns with unerring accuracy the mean
ing and extent of the struggle which is
on In this country between the forces of
predatory wrong and the forces of common
right, and he strides Into the fray without
flinching. If Mr. Roosevelt has ever
dreamed of compromise with those in
sidious enemies of the republic who en
deavor to make their success an excuse
for their crimes against morality and law,
he has thrust that dream from his
thoughts. If he ever dreaded the con
sequences to trade which might flow from
the inflexible pursuit of Justice and the
unmasking of glided wickedness the dreads
them no longer.
llos-vrll's Achievements.
Baltimore News (ind.).
The first and most undeniable fact in
tho whole situation Is that President
Roosevelt has brought about a radical
change, and a most wholesome change. In
the attitude of the people of the United
States toward wealth as a political power.
It Is almost literally true that six years
ago no proposition to which the great cor
poration interests of the country were
strongly opposed was looked upon as hav
ing any practical chance of being realised
so long at least as the republican party
remained in power, and that seemed a
practically endless period. The killing or
maiming or stifling of bills of this kind
in committee was a foregone conclusion
and the only answer to protests was
Tweed's old query, "What are you going
to do about It?" Mr. Roosevelt has changed
all that. He has driven Into congress the
Idea that measures behind which can be
massed a powerful public sentiment can
be forced through congress by a resolute
president. And the moral effect of this
political emancipation lias been far more
important than its political or economic
effect; It has, throughout the country
strengthened ttie conviction that the right
or the wrong of a proposition, and not
the power of the purse, is what must de
cide Its fate in the last resort. For the
courage and power which Mr. Roosevelt
has manifested in bringing about this
change he Is entitled to the profound
gratitude of the nation.
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Admirers of Bryan Painting; Rainbows
' of Victory.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.).
Thus a Washington correspondent: "Mr.
Bryan Impresses every ono who meets him
with the absolute conviction -that he can
win the presidency next year." No doubt.
So It was twice before when victory
perched upon the banners of the other
fellows. As a mere political weathervane
W. J. B. has not pointed true, and so
far reason is given for democratic dis
trust of him which lacks the ability to
make Its convictions effective. Some of
the Washington observers have It that the
two dinners which were given by Senator
Newlands to enable the democratic sena
tors to meet Mr. Bryan, and the letter's
visit to the capital were part of Mr. Bryan's
purpose to give advice regarding demo
cratic action in congress to shape his
party's policy. In short. The mere sug
gestion of this brings Its sad reminder of
the time when Colonel Bryan left his com
mand during the war with Spain and went
to Washington to urge democratic sena
tors to vote for the ratification of tha
treaty with Spain by which the United
States acquired the Philippines, and all
the troubles and expense that have fol
lowed. The late Senator Hoar never for
got that Bryan Intervention and what It
entailed, and neither have a lot of other
people now on the stage. Mr. Bryan's
Idea appears to have been that ratification
of the treaty would put tha republicans Jn
a hole. The effeot was larger and . mora
disastrous than that it put the American
people In a predicament that wise men
saw and regretted then, and which an
overwhelming public - opinion has since
come to recognise and deplore. Mr. .Bryan's
statesmanship limped woefully when ha
was colonel of the Third Nebraska volun
teer regiment In 1908 and went to Wash
ington to give counsel to senators of his
party. He dealt in a partisan spirit, and
so unwisely, with a great national crlBls,
as the light of history abundantly shows.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Unemployed men In Detroit demanded
work. Steady Jobs were offered to 2,500,
and ten showed almost a willingness to
accept.
A BoBton corporation forced to reduce
the wages of employes, reduced by 60 pei;
cent the rental of the bouses in which the
employes lived, manifesting symptoms of
something very like & soul.
Albert Midlane, the well known English
hymn writer, has Just celebrated his
83d birthday In London. His children's
hymn, "There's a Friend for Little Chil
dren," Is sung all over the world.
The Emperor of Germany has sent
twenty large cases of books, duplicates of
works In the Imperial library, to the Con
gressional library at Washington and Yale,
Harvard ana Columbia universities. The
books, which are valued at $15,000, mostly
deal with modern scientific research, art
and history.
In tho London Sketch appears a picture
of the "most versatile man." Louis M.
Elshemus, who has painted 3,000 pictures,
Written forty novels, written plays In
English, French." German, Italian, Spanish,
Arabic, Sanscrit and . Chinese; who has
composed 100 songs, been around the world
seven times, and has a great reputation
as a plemaker.
The national house of representatives Is
composed of lawyers, doctors, merchants
and representatives of the common people,
but there is only one real live actor in
that body, and his name Is Julius Kahn of
California. He was born In Germany, and
for ten years after graduating at college
he followed the theatrical profession, play
ing with Booth. Joe Jefferson. Salvini, W.
S. Florence and Clara Morris. Tho stage,
strut sticks to him and his walk down the
aisles of the house is suggestive of a stage
other than the national legislature.
Information Due the Customer
Which He Does Not Always Get
In every city there is but one store where the Apollo and
Apollo Player-Piano are on .Bale.
When a customer enters any of the other stores and Inquiry:
"Do you keep the Apollo?" the salesman is in honor bound to royy:
"No, we do not." Of course there is no law to prevent his adding:
"We keep the Piano-Player, which he claims is Just as
good," etc. Consequently we are compelled to advertise this over
and over again:
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SAID IS KV.V.
"I see where a man editor out west
has accepted the leap-year proposal of a
woman editor, provided she can cook."
"Yes, but I'll bet he draws the line al
her making 'pi.' " Baltimore American.
Nevada Man I tell yoti sir, nature has
done a greet deal for this state.
Tourist (from the east) Why, yes. All
you need Is to get a few people to corns
and live here. Clilcagro Tribune.
Tho American father was coldly received
at tho home of his son-in-law.
"I can't Introduce you to my friends over
here, of course," he explained; "you sold
your daughter."
"Well, If I did, you bought her."
"A gentleman may make a purchase, but
only a tradesman soils." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Little Willie ran away to hunt red
skins."
"Yes."
"But he didn't find any until his fathet
had finished with him." Harper's Weekly.
"Yes," said the foxy business man,' "1
need an office boy. Are you a good
whistler?"
"Yes, sir," replied the bright boy, "I'm
a good whistler."
"Well, I'm afraid you won't do"
"Hold onl I said I was ft cpod whistler,
I only whistle when I'm .out of th.a of
fice." Baltimore American.
"What did old Moneybags give you when
you' asked his permission to put his nam
down as a patron ot .your charitable en
terprise? "He gave us assent." Philadelphia Press.
"Your daughter was playing the piano
all day yesterday."
"Yea, slm did It to cheer her mother, who
was doing the washing." Cleveland Plain
Dealer. . , '
" (' ' I - ,' I Ur flint
"Hram," asked Mrs. Meddcrs, "you don't
thlnle there's any danger In wearing theso
celluloid combs, do you?"
"There would be all kinds of danger In
It for you, Alvlra,"- said Mr. Medders.
"Your hair Is too red."
' At which simple remark, much to
Hiram's astonishment, she flamed out.
Chicago Tribune.
I LOVE Til E OLD MELODIOUS LAVS.
John Greenleaf Whittler.
T love the old melodious lays
Which softly melt the ages through.
The songs of Kpenser's golden days,
Arcadia Sidney's silvery phrase,
Sprinkling our noon of time with freshest
morning dew.
Yet, vainly In my quiet hours
To breathe their marvelous notes I try.
I feel them, as the leaves and flowers
In silence feel the dewy showers.
And drink with glad still Hps the blessing
of the sky.
The rigor of a frosen clime.
The harshness of an untaught ear.
The Jarring words of one whose rhyme
Beats often Labor's hurried time,
Or Duty's rugged march through storm
and strife, are here.
Of mystic beauty, dreamy grace.
No rounded art the lack supplies;
Unskilled the subtle lines to trace,
Or softer shades of Nature's face,
I viewed her common forms wltn ua.
anointed eyes.
Nor mine the seer-like power to show
The secrets of the heart and mind;
To drop the plummet-line below
Our common world 'of Joy and woe,
A more Intense despair or brighter hop
to find.
Yet here at least an earnest sense
Of human rlsht and weal is shown;
A hate of tyranny Intense,
And hearty in Its vehemence.
As If my brother's pain and sorrow wera
rny own.
O Freedom! If to me belong
Nor mighty Milton's gift divine.
Nor Marvell's wit and graceful song.
Still, with a love as deep and strong
As theirs, I lay, like them, my best gifts
on the shrine!
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