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Subscribers leaving tha elty teas
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inallad tkaiu. Addraaa vrtll ba
kaaaad aa afa a raaeatc4.
John Burroughs says there will be
loot nature faking hereafter. Let hliu
wait until the fishing oeaaon la fairly
Henry Jameo baa made a plea for
a simpler English. He must have been
trying to translate the base ball re
porter's slang.
If Evelyn Thaw gets her divorce and
returns to the stage,, she would
naturally want to Jela "The -Merry
Widow" company.
Senator Bailey aaya that President
Roosevelt la "a mixture of xood and
evtL" la other words. President
Itoosevelt is hnman.
Those New York to Paris autolsts
may find consolation in the thought
that none of them has been arrested
for exceeding the speed limit
When Mr. Bryan urged that dele
gates to the Denver convention be In
structed, ho did not mean that they
should be Instructed for Governor
Johnson.
Mr. Bryan la going to deliver an ad
dress in Chicago on St Patrick's day.
He will doubtless pay his respect to
Roger Sullivan and other "snakes In
the grass."
It Is comforting to know that the
New York to Paris autolsts still think
they are in "a race." Theyt may wake
up some time to discover that it is
only a procession.
Judge Gray Is prorafeed the electoral
Tote of Delaware it he is nominated at
Denver. That Is a good start lie
will need only 239 more electoral votes
to be elected president
r , '
fc. 1L Ilarrlmaa has given the city
f San Francisco IS 0.0 00 with which
to make war on rats. ' Evidently Mr.
Ilarriman does not like rats any more
than he likes Fish.
Tha mayor of Cincinnati declares
that no woman Is capable of running
an automobile. Perhaps not. but she
is quite capable of running the man
who runs the automobile.
Every report from . Lieutenant
Colonel Goethalo at Panama Is that he
is "making the dirt fly." The first
thing Goethala knows he will have a
soap powder named after him.
In a masastne article, Lillian Rus
sell gives "an infallible recipe for
catching husbands," Lillian's trouble
has never been la catching them, but
la holding them after once caught
Courage begets supporters. The
anarchists and revolutionists cheered
the Spanish king when ha visited
Barcelona, after he had been warned
of their plots to kill him if he came to
that city.
N The democratic ,World-Herald com
plains because the editor of The Bee,
while addressing the recent republican
state convention, kept his hands in his
pockets. Please note that they were
his own pockets.
'From wht source will the Inde
pendence league draw recruits?" atks
the dewocratlo Baltimore Sua, and
then answers Its own question with the
statement that Kearttst baa enough fol
lower "to make the league's move
ments Interesting 'and .disagreeable
Ur Mr. atTyaa, .
Aisri rnvsT law amksdmksts.
Practically every legitimate Interest
directly or Indirectly affected by the
operations ef the law regalatlng cor
porate combinations has been con
sulted by the president, and the con
sensus of tbeir best Judgment Incor
porated In a measure which the presi
dent will Pah eoitgreB to pass for
radical amendment of the Sherman
anti-trust law. The president's csbl
nct; Seth Low of New York, represent
ing the National Civic federstlon;
Francis Lynde Stetson, representing
i. Plerpont Morgan; th? goneral solici
tor of the flanta Fe; Samuel Compere,
representing the American Federation
of Labor, and a number of leaders of
both branches of congress, have taken
part in the conferences looking to the
framing of a measure that will best
serve the public welfare.
Out Of these conferences among
men who represent Interests heretofore
snreconcllable has come a substantial
agreement as to the terms of the pro
posed amendments that will put a
penalty only on the kind of combina
tion that does actual harm to public
and private interests, without prohibit
ing agreements beneficial to the public.
It Is proposed by the new law to per
mit railroad companies to combine
among themselves to maintain rates
and possibly for a division of traffic.
conditioned on compulsory publicity
of accounts, the subjection f books
and papers to the inspection of gov
ernment officials and a prohibition
against the purchase of stocks In one
corporation by another without the
consent of government officers. Those
who hav fctren much study to the
subject believe that such an arrange
ment would operate both to the ad
vantage of the railroads and the pro
tection of their patrons. This would
slso give the federal authorities data
upon which to prosecute any combina
tion operating to the detriment ot the
public.
The rights of labor in combination
are also to be defined more clearly in
the proposed law. Under the existing
federal laws the labor union la aa
much amenable to punishment if It
attempts to restrict the price of labor
on an interstate raiiroaa as is m
railroad which combines with another
to put In a through rate for freight
or passengers. It Is proposed to legalize
both the labor union and the traffic
association and base the test not on
combination, but on the character of
the combination.
Revision of the Sherman law along
these lines, long advocated by the
president, should help restore public
confidence' In corporate undertakings
and thus hasten the complete recovery
ot business prosperity.
THE "HOVtsSfflFK."
The enlisted, man of the army Is apt
to get proud enough to put on airs
by a vey embarrassment ot good
things that are coming his way. After
neglecting to adjust the pay of the
soldier for neatly thirty yeaVs. con
gress has finally decided that .he has
been underpaid. It has increased his
wages and' made provisions by which
humble defender ot the nation, by
the exercise of his brains, can make a
very comfortable living and be assured
of promotion and emoluments formerly
denied him.
But that la not all. Congress has
provided that each newcomer to the
ranks of the enlisted men shall be
presented with a kit in addition to
the regular outfit that will contain a
rnLor, brushes for the hair, teeth,
shaving and shoes, combs, polish for
both black and tan shoes, two towels,
toilet soap, a whisk broom, and, most
important of all. a "housewife." The
women know all about it, but for the
benefit ot mere man. it' is explained
that the "housewife" In this case Is
a small box, containing thread, need
les, buttons and patches.
With the "housewife" at his com
mand there seems nothing left to be
desired by the soldier, unless It, la the
restoration of the canteen. The en
listed man may now spend as much
ot his spare time as he wishes brushing
his teeth or bis shoes, sewing on bat
tons or darning box. He may wash
one ot his two towels occasionally, or
devise other methods of killing time
ith profit by the use ot his new
acquisitions. It anyone has other
means ot making army life mora at
tractive now is the yme to present it
to the attention ot congress.
CARISO TOR COSVKSTWHS.
A thing that Is worth doing la. worth
doing well. For this reason it
should be more than gratifying to the
people of Omaha to have the testimony
ot Lincoln that the republican state
convention was properly and satisfac
torily entertained, and that the dele
gates went home feeling that their
presence had been welcome. . ,
This is what' the Lincoln Journal
haa to ssy: -
Omaha learned how to care for a state
convention Juat aa conventions are going
out of buatneaa. In tha old days whenever
they managed to Set a convention up there
tha different factlona of Douglas county
war ao buay watching each other that
they had no time to get tha vlaltors aa
much aa a cua of water. It waa easy for
even Omaha to be a graceful boat under
the new party unity. Tha Douglaa county
delegation maintained a reception room.
had tha theater In good order for the meet.
Uif, secured a good orcheatra and did ether
thlnga for tha convention. AU theae'
features helped to make It a pleaaant
gathering.
A simitar word of commendation Is
given by the Lincoln Star, as follows
Omaha took good care of tbe convention.
Even the must ardent Lincoln pertlaaa will
not deny that, The local arrangemeata
were well made, tha great fault with
Omaha, and one that cannot be overcome,
being that delegatea from tha denaely aet.
tied portion of the state cannot reach that
city as easily aa tbay can reach Lincoln.
The convenience of a greati-r numbrr is
erred by having such conventions here,
hut thera are ao n-greta over the fact that
thla one waa glvrn to Omaha. It provided,
moreover, a (title Journey for tha repub
licans of Lincoln, who were not accuatomed
14 leaving hnma when a at ale convention
waa on and whe rather enjoyed the change
cf program.
So far as the city In which such a
convention Is held Is concerned, the
after effect is the all Important part.
It does no good to get conventions un
less those who attend them are made
perfectly at home and provided with
all the facilities for convenient trsns
sctlon of the business In hand and the
personal attention requisite for their
Individual comfort. Taking care of
a convention is a business In Itself and,
like any other business, - should be
handled la a businesslike way. Ex
perience, also. In entertaining conven
tions should make it easier to handle
properly each In succession.
Omaha has the opportunity through
these conventions to make firm friends
snd grapple thera "with hooks ot
steel." It ought to make the most of
the opportunity.
BRVAX Attn MASTgnX DSMOCRA T3
The eastern democrats of tbe school
that look to Judge George Grsy of
Delaware, Judson Harmon of Ohio,
Grover Cleveland of New Jersey and
men of that type as the real represent
atives of slmon pure democracy refuse
to be reconciled to any proposition con
ceding them second place on the ticket
The Cincinnati Enquirer, In giving
public expression to the sentiment In
the Harmon neighborhood, haa the fol
lowing:
"No; never. Impoaaibla!" ara the replies
of Judge Harmon's boomers to the at
tempts of Bryan workers In Cincinnati to
hand out the olive branch In tha form of
aecond place on the ticket.
'Judire Harmon could liave had second
place with f'arker four years ago, but ,
turned it down." aaid one of Judge Har
mon's personal frletulB today, who knows
tha judge's attitude toward the attempt at
peace by the Bryan forces. "Much more
now will ha refuse to play second fiddle to
Bryan. They represent different Ideals and
different brand of democracy.
'The Rryunltea fool themselves If they
think with Harmon In second place Har
mon's friends would support Bryun. They
would not. Harmon quite recently had
aecond place offored to htm on that south
ern trip with Bryan and refused It then.
It can never be. It's Harmon at tbe top
or not at all. ,
Mr. Bryan insists that he has ex
pressed no wish or opinion on the sub
ject of the vice presidential candidate
ot his party, so some questiou will
arise over the power that offered Jud
son Harmon second place on the ticket.
He recently traveled through the south
with Mr Bryan and very soon after
that publicly announced that be would
not accept the nomination for vice
president That may be only circum
stantial evidence and Mr. Bryan may
be able to prove an alibi, yet, at-the
same time the politicians would like
to know who offered Mr. Harmon the
second place.
The significant feature of the situa
tion, however, is that the attitude ot
the gold democrats has not changed.
They refuse to be reconciled to Bryan
and Bryanlsm, and while, by force ot
circumstances, they may be compelled
to aid in his nomination at Denver,
they leave it plain that they are not
going to wear themselves out in fight
ing for his election. By the same
token, Mr. Harmon and hla friends
must realise that peither Harmon, nor
Gray, nor Johnson, nor any other
democrat, could be elected without the
support of the Bryan wing of the
inrty. a support that would not be
more lusty. In case ot his defeat for
the Eominatton. than that which they
promise htm.
Looked at In any way, it Is evident
thst What Judge Parker described as
the different ideals and different
brands ot democracy" are no nearer
tofcMher than they were In 1904.
Tbe democratic World-Herald
breaks loose with a double-shotted
load of black-faced type, purporting to
be tbe Lincoln Journal's account ot
what Governor Sheldon sald at tbe
state convention, over' which .it goes
into its usual spasms. The trouble is
that the governor never said it that
way. It he had. the World-Herald
reporter was at the table within hear
ing distance, and it would have ap
peared in the World-Herald first
Mayor "Jim" is to be Immortalised
by attaching his name to a new fire
engine. Only it the fire engine proves
its ability to throw a stream as accu
rately as Mayor "Jim" throws a rope
the two may trot In the same class.
A Carnegie Instltutesclentlst says
that "when life la apparently extinct
the vital spark can be brought back
by the use of magnesium." There are
several presidential booms ready tor
the administering of magnesium.
The Real Estate exchange has
finally gotten tn line for the new court
house proposition, a few kickers to the
contrary notwithstanding. The Real
estate exchange should always be
pushing snd never pulling back.
"If Cray or Harmon or Johnson
should be nominated at Denver, would
Mr. Bryan support the ticket?" asks
the St Louis Globe-Democrat Cer
tainly; Just aa heartily as he supported
Judge Parker.
It Is reassuring to hear Mr. Krutt
schnltt talk in a hopeful vein. Most
of the big railway men have been so
Impregnated with the "hostile legisla
tion" virus tbat they have been wear
ing blue goggles all the timo.
The World-Herald and other demo
cratic organs have not yet begun to
tell how dissatisfied Nebraska repub
licans art with the work of she recent
state snd district conventions. That
will come, however( before long. The
World-HeraM can always find revolt
stirring in the republican ranks even
If It hss to set up ail the men In buck
rum itself.
South Dakota has Just gone through
Its first experience with a. statewide
primary, with a nice bunch of contests
In sight By fetching these experi
ments in neighboring state Nebraska
may learn how not to do It.
Another trade excursion by the
Omaha Commercial club is ia prepara
tion. Tbe beet testimony to the value
of the trade excursion as established
bere lnpmaha Is the number of imita
tors ft has raised up.
"Legally speaking," says the attor
ney for Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, "Harry
Thaw Is dead." In that case. Mrs.
Thaw Is a widow and should drop her
divorce proceedings and order a
mourning cost rime.
If "Tooy". Donahoe had only landed
in his race for sheriff last fall, would
he now be trying to make a disturb
ance? Hardly.
Tbe Laat May Be tft.
Chicago Record-Herald.
' There ara strong- Indications tbat soma
of the-atates which come along toward
tha end of tha roll call may not get a
chance to cast even tha first vote for tholr
favoHte sons.
Jaafc!aar Uoad 1'hlag Along;.
Kansas" City Star.
Tha blhop of Buffalo' advises atngle
women to pray for- huabands. While ha
waa about It, tha hlahnp might have ad
vised tha married women to pray for theirs,
too.
Naval Crlttea II waned.
' Bt. Louie Globe-Democrat.
Tha big fleet when It reached Magdalene
bay had steamed U.M miles In eighty-alx
days. Including atops at various cities, with
out an accident of any kind, arriving three
days ahead of time. What have the naval
critics to say to this reoord?
Popular Klevtloa ot Senator.
Baltimore Transcript. ,
Maasachuaotta refuaea to Join the proces
sion of statea which are demanding the
popular election of senators. If tha preaent
plan worked as well throughout the coun
try as it does in New England, the advo
cates of the change would ba deprived of
most of thetr ammunition. And still In New
England It gives us Wetmore In ihode
Island and Bulkeley In Connecticut, neither
of whom would be Judicious candidates for
the party to select to go before the people
In a November election.
. Opea Poora foV Vodealrabtea.
Philadelphia Preea.
The difficulty of keeping undesirable
oitlsens out of the' country, when they
make up their minds to get In, Is Illustrated
In the ease of Emma Goldman. This
notorious woman later attended a con
crete of anarchlats in ' Amsterdam, and a
government watch of arrivals from abroad
was Instituted with a view to her arrest
and deportation. But she turns up unex
pectedly In Chicago despite the vigils of
Inspectors. She does not tell how sh got
unobserved Into the Jurisdiction, merely ob
serving that she did tint walk across the
ocean or come 1n a balloon.
THB PRESIDENT'S COTJP.
A Bit of Folltleal Stratea-y ftalcklir
a4 Cleverly Perforated.
Baltimore American.
Preatdent Roosevelt seems never to let
any thread slip from his hands. His fa
mous order , dismissing the Brownsville
regiment and prohibiting the re-enllat-
raent of any persons who did not olesr
themselves of participation tn that offense
was not the end of the matter. It Is Quits
probablo that had not Mr. Foraker secured
the appointment of a senate committee of
Investigation President Roosevelt would
himself have taken steps to do Individual
Justice wherever this was practicable.
Mr. Foraker, it is said, had in his pocket
for presentation to the senate a bill to grant
an extension ot time to the persons affected
by the Brownsvllla order to show causs
for their reinstatement, but President
Rooaevelt has anticipated him by a mes
sage to congress advocating tha passag
of such a maaaurS. Thla may be regarded
aa receding from his position. But It Is fair
to Mr. Roosevelt to believe that ha has
not felt satlatsction In tha punishment of
a large body of soldiers for the action of
some of their members, granting that the
finding of the committee Is correct.
Nothing haa been more unjuat than tha
effort tn soma directions to make Mr. Taft
a scapegoat tor tha act of Mr. Roosevelt.
The country will be pleased to sea tha
latter's disposition to act with mag
nanimity and absolute falrhess. No one
more so than Mr. Tft, who, while officially
concurring In the order, showed at the time
evldenoe of his personal dissent from H,
' PLAY A MINOR PART.
Divorce Mills aa laslawiacant Fea
tare of Soata Dakota Product.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It Is said that tha divorce mills of South
Dakota have emiched the state to the ex
tent Of S&.000.000 during tha laat decade.
A careful computation for the year 1909 Is
given aa follows: Total dlvorcea K2, of
which i'JO were to nonrealdents. Each non
resident must claim a residence for six
months. Expenses ef living, setting up
and maintaining residence, $200 per month.
Additional allowance for - attorneys' fees
and court eosta and Incidentals for tha en
tire term is 1300. - Total expenae par per
son, I1.&00. Total for tha lot, t4SO.O0O, which
la counted aa a profit for tha state.
Possibly there may be some queatlon
about the value of this asact in a moral
sense. But we pass over that point for the
preaent to suggest that, anyway, Boulh
Dakota is not altogether dependent upon
the divorce mills for Its support. Recently
in yearly periods it has had 7.O00,0UQ from
Its gold mines and tha same amount from
Its sflver. The value of the horses in tha
state was estimated by tl.e bureau of sta
tistics of the Agricultural department of
tha United States at I,0u0,0d0; awlne,
19.000,01)0: milch cows, tlT.OO.OOO; other cat
tle. ta.00e.000; sheep, $3,360,000.
Tha state also has an annual output of
grain that is valued at a higher figure than
Its divorces. Tha wheat crop tn 19ut cam
to J. 600,000; oats, tll.eOO.OOO; corn. $18,100,000.
This is a partial view, not a complete
tabulation. It leaves out divers things
that sr grown in the ground snd also the
great American hen. which la doing busi
ness In the atata with tha usual aatound
Ing rvaulta. W are Justified In coaalud-
Ing, therefore, that tha divorce mill fall
aomewhat ahort of being the chief Induatry
of South Dakota, and It may b that tha
loaS of tha revenue from them would be
hardly perceptible te the atate at larsa.
In fact except to a comparatively few
people In a few local It le. It may ba aa
unknown quantity. From a money aland
polnt the population as a whol would
aeera te have eonalderabry les te fear from
tha abnlttloa of the mllle thaa from s
Single bad ssaaoa ftr corn.
OX PRESIDENTIAL FIRING LINE.
Natlooal Politician Slae t a Repaa
Ileaa Presidential Sltaatloa. v
New Tork Tribune's Washington Letter.
"Personally I would Ilk to Senator
Knox the republican nominee. I ballev
h would make an Ideal president. I have
not before expreased thla preference be
cause I aaw no end to be aarved by ao
doing, and now I am not saying It for
publication, because I am convinced that
Taft wilt be the party nominee, and I
am advising my friends to abandon a
useless resistance and to get together to
help Taft beat Bryan."
This statement waa made to a repre-
entatlr of tha Tribune today by one
of tha moat Influential and far-seeing
members of tha senate, a man whose
name. If ha would permit It to be used,
would carry the greatest weight. As an
anonymous statement It might not be
worUi publication war It not for the
fact that It represents the view which
Is steadily gaining ground among the
politician In the national capital.
The entire political situation ks care
fully canvaeaed almost daily In the pri
vate office of senators and representa
tives theae days, and very gradually they
sr arriving at a consensus of opinion.
A few, of course, ara so fsr committed
to th candidacy t aorae favorlta son
that they can sea ao one else and a few
are so hostile te the president that the
mere knowledge that h favors tha can
didacy of Secretary Taft affords thera
ample ground for latenae opposition.
Th majority, however, outline th aitua.
tlon aa Indicated In thla dlanatch. and
among that majority are many man who
personally would prefer tha nomination
or aoma other candidate. Looking over
the field, they say It I now obvious that
Taft will have something over 400 votea
on the first ballot without counting any
or ire southern states except Maryland,
Tennessee and Kentucky, which tha politi
cal prophets think they can now divide
among tha candidates.
The defeat of Taft can therefore be ac
complished, they say, only In one of two
waya tn comblnlnr of all tha favorite
son delegations with tha doubtful statef
on a single candidate or the seating of
only anti-Tart delegatea from the south
ern states. But, they ask. Is It possible
to combine the favorite son deleaatea on
a single candidate? And they answer no.
ror tne reason that tha delegations in.
atruoted for favorite aons will be. to
use tha Inelegant expression of an antl.
Taf tit, "rotten with Taft sympathisers."
ror instance, aa they understand tha alt.
uatlon, in Illinois thera Is a Taft senti
ment so strong that only tha most stren
uous work on the part of Speaker Can
non's supporters will secure for him a
solid vot on the first ballot Already
three of tha largest counties In tha atata
have Indorsed Taft. and this without n
work on the part of the Taft organisation.
eenaior jwopKlns. who will be a delegate-at-large.
makes no secret of the fact that
Taft Is his second choice.
Neither can tha Pennsylvania M,niu.
which Is heart and soul in favor of the
nomination of Knox, ba delivered cn masse
to any other candidate. It will .lan k
Knox until It abandona hope, but once It
Breaks fully half of tha delegate. It la
asserted, will vote for Taft.
The New York delegation, it la helleveH
will be loyal to Governor Hughes perhaps
longer man that of any other favorite
son, because It la the his tor v nf enn
that delegates stand longest by a candidate
woo seems to have some chance of becom
ing the favorite of the convention. ,
The Indiana delegation, tha political ob
servers referred to say, Is permeated with
Taft sentiment, so much so that in Judge
Crumpacker'S district, the Tenth, tha dele
gates could not be elected until It was
known thst Taft was their second choice.
Wisconsin will prove an exception to the
rule of a delegation's anlna to the
candidate. Senator La Follett will dom
inate nis delegation, and It Is his disposi
tion never to give up a fight, so that ballot
after ballot might ba taken without Wla
constn's voting for any but her favorite
son.
The accompanying table repreaenta the
views of some of the ablest political fore
casters in Washington, segregating certain
southern states, some of which It Is be
lieved will send two delegations, and tha
doubtful states, which they cannot jet
place with any certainty:
HHBSjflhSM
fL cs fa- sf g H g 5
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut ...
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illlnola
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Loutslana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts.
Michigan
Mlnneaota
Mississippi
Mtaaourl
Montana .......
Nebraska
Nevada
N. Hampshire.
New Jersey.,..
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota.
Ohio"
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania..
Rhode Island..
South Carolina
South Dakota..
Tennessee
Texaa
Utah
Vermont .......
Virginia
Waahlnirton ...
West Virginia.
Wisconsin
Wyoming ......
Arlaona
Hawaii
New Mexico....
D. of Columbia
Alaska
Philippines ....
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Total neceasary to choice 4!1
Taft (exclusive of aouthern stateafr 419
Hughes .-. ai
Knox 74
Fairbanks to
Cannon M
Ia Pollette M
Southern tit
Doubtful M
Deserved Trlbat.
Baltimore American.
Tha mother over the land must certainly
feel deeply the glowing tribute paid them
by President Roosevelt. "Th mother," he
says, "ia the one supreme asset of national
life," and few thinking men will contest
his statement that tha mother Is more Im
portant than th statesman, the soldier or
the scientist. If anything could exalt moth
erhood more than it own Inherent dignity,
it would P such a tribute from th pead
of th nation.
A riaartarlss Plalforsaf
Boston Advertiser.
Tha Nebraska platform, ostensibly written
by William i. Bryan, ia as SeHberat a
plseo of plagiarism as waa ever sa Is
politics.
THB AMERICAN WOODPII-S.
ladastrlee Which Mako for a Tree,
leaa Coaatry.
' t " American Magaslna.
Official estimates plsca th standing tim
ber supply of tha Vnlted States at from
1.4"0.000,099 to 2,000,000.000 feet Taking first
the figures baaed upon th minimum esti
mate of 1.400,000,000 feet, with an annual
use ot 100,000.000,000 feet ot timber and an
annual growth of 40.000,000,000 feet, all th
timber will bo cut within twenty-thre
years. With 1,000.000,000 feet eetlmated as
the maximum of th standing timber sup
ply, an annual use of 100,000.006,000 fet
and an annual growth ot 40,000,000,000 feet,
thera la Just enough timber te Isst thirty
three years. Without timber the building
of homes would bo curtailed. The heavy
timber frames for houses could not be had
and sheathing, shingles, lathing and
th hardwood f or .finishing would
also be Impoaalbl ot procurement
Where, In view of this scarcity,
would tha 100,000,000 cross ties used by th
railroads each year be obtained? At the
present ttm books, magsslnee and news
papers, which are vitally necessary to ths
hspplneas snd Intellectual life of human
beings, require about 2.900,000 cords of wood
made Into pulp every year. Already we are
beginning to Import wood pulp at aa In
creased cost and the substitution of an
other paper material would raise the prlo
of literature. The wood used in making
barrels runs to enormous figures and In
mlnea of the country about 16,000,000 eublo
feet of timber. Most of It, hardwood, Is
used- Mora than 1,198,130 cords ot wood
are used each year for distillation, and for
th seemingly insignificant Item of veneer
no less than 326,000,000 feet log scale, ot tim
ber are used. The telegraph, telephone and
slectrlo light companies us about 1,500,009
poles each year, snd about 120,000,000 cords
of wood are burned, A single mutch fao
tory, of which thera are mora than 150 In
this country, consumes 200,000 board feat
of sugar pine or yellow pine logs a day.
These are by' no means all of tbe uses to
which wood la put, but Immense as Is th
tax upon the forests, and as great aa It
may become In 1950. It Is no more than the
supply of timber will meet If the forests
are properly cared for. But before such
care oan be exerolsed In this country It Is
an actuality In Oermany save upon the
national and state reservations which con
stitute only 23 per cent of the total area
of forests, a spirit of national economy
must replace one ot national waste.
BANKER DRAKS'S NERVJB.
Omaha Incident Contrasted, with the
Experience of Raasell Sage.
Washington Star.
The Omaha man who demanded $5,000 of
a banker under penalty of instant death
by explosion carried oft his case with
enough nerve to get a good breakfast, at
least, and at the expense merslja ot a small
bottle and a little y alio wish water. The
eplaode, ridiculous as It turns out te have
been In some respects, nevertheless brings
forcibly back to mind the enterprise ot the
crank Norcross, who marched Into Russell
Sage's office one door about alxteen years
ago with a satchel and demanded a large
sum of money several hundred thousand
dollars. Mr. Saga, being of a thrifty dis
position, tailed to see why, hs should hand
over any sum, large or small, upon mere
demand, and began to negotiate with his
visitor, playing for time, Incidentally using
the person of a bystander for a shield.
Norcross differed from the Omaha crank
sufficiently to be in deadly earnest Hs
dropped the satchel when Mr. Sage, hav
ing maneuvered behind hla human barrier,
declined to give up the funds. When the
smoke cleared Norcross had disappeared.
He 'Was later. Identified by. -a button. Mr.
Sage was unhurt hut the man hs had held
in front of him was peppered with a great
variety of foreign substances and wrecked
for life. Incidentally, It may be noted that,
although he sought relief repeatedly In the
courts, hs never managed to recover a
penny In damages from Mr. Sag for hav
ing unwillingly shielded him from probable
death or disablement.
'It la to ba remarked that the Omaha
banker showed a stirrer nerve than did
Russell Sage. He met th man half way
and Invited him out to dine, using no third
parties aa barricades or otherwise showing
any fear ot his intrusive visitor. Even
though the bottle held nothing mora deadly
than colored water, th banker proved
himself of tha right stuff when he pur
suaded the man who menaced him with It
to walk quietly to a restaurant, wher he
could be seised neatly and safely.
WIRELESS REVELATIONS.
Remarkable Achievements y Fore
shadow Far Greater Reaalta.
Boston Transcript.
When once a new and Important Inven
tion has attained a recognised practical
Standing, Its subsequent developments re
ceive comparatively slight publio notice.
Yet It is through these successive stages
that perfeotlon Is reached and one or
mora of them may easily be of equal mo
ment with tha Invention Itself. A nsw
phase of potentiality has been demonstrated
by th transmission of diapatehes by th
wireless system from the fleet 800 miles
from Magdalene bay, to Fensacola, Fla.
The distance tha meaaaga traveled wlthdwt
retransmission was about 1,000 miles. But
It was not tha, distance alone that was sig
nificant. It had to cross landward and sea
ward stretches and this complication of
service was an extraordinary teat of Its
power and trectablllty. it has shown that
direct communication by almost Instan
taneous processea between the two oceans
can be accomplished and holds out the
prospect thst with proper apparatus no
part of the planet need be cut off from us.
To attempt a forecast ef what may be
possible by th steady evolution of this
system, staggers the Imagination: We can
hardly consider more than a single phase
of Its possibilities at a time, and ona that
la suggested aa of great value to civilisa
tion, is th rc-anforcement of tha servics
of the weather bureau. Already much haa
been don. Warnings of great storms are
sent to coaatwls and Inoomlng vessels as
far aa too miles from shore. But tha
achievement referred to shows that much
better work than that caa ba done and
it la th belief of the head of tha bureau
that ultimately tha dangers of ocean travel
will b minimised by the wireless to almost
a negligible point, so far aa th element
ar a factor. This of course means more
money, but it will ba expenditure likely te
yield a rich return.
Selcaes" of Jarlapradeae.
Philadelphia Record.
An Illustration of ths queernesa of what
lawyers call tha "eclno" ef Jurisprudent
comes from the upper part of ths atat of
New York. A prisoner Indicted far viola
tion of tha ststute for tha protection ot
deer under which etatut It la an etfens
to have any part of such gsme In one's
possession during ths closed aeasoa was
discharged on the plea that nothing waa
found on him but th hid of a deer. Th
hide, asserted his advocate. Is ao part of
th animal, and tha argument waa found
good enough to warrant tha discharge of
th prisoner. How old Prof. Teurfalsdrek
would havo roared against tha proposition
that th oulaid of aa animal waa no part
of It! Shall pluma and alike and tins (Inea
b oonaiderod th very ease do of th
clothed anlmsl called maa and the fclJa b
ao part ef Ui buck?
A POPVLAR MEASURE.
Mevo for Postal Savlaas Baaka Com
asaaal Hearty Sopport.
. . Chicago News.
Publio sentiment throughout th country
Is overwhelmingly tn favor ef postal air
ings banks. There can as no reaaonabie
doubt of thia In vlaw sf th many great
popular organisations which have declared
for them. Ths national administration,
speaking with th voices of the poatmasle.
general and the president also Is heartily
for the postal savings hanks.
The need of them has been demonstrated
tn many ways. During the period of doubt
and of money hoarding which the nation
paaaed through last November th lack of
postal banks ahowed Itself as a grievous
defect In the financial system of the coun
try. They were needed to keep In circula
tion the vast eums then withdrawn from
the light of day to be hidden In safety
deposit vaults and other places of eonoeal
nnt At all times they would contribute
a largo volume of money to the uses of
business by keeping In Circulation the sav
ings of timid persona
Senator Knox, who stands as a consarvs.
tlva ot wide knowledge, has Introduced In
the sonata a postal savings bank bill which
Conforms te the vlewe of the' postmaster
general aa to the best way to establish
postal banke. Though tha eenat s not
renowned for its responsiveness te the call
ef publio sentiment It would seem, ss It
that body ought te tako an active Interest
In this bin. It should perfect and pass tha
measure long before ths adjournment ef
the session. In the house It would com
mand strong support AO the old oxcuses
for not establishing postal, savings banks
have been worn threadbare or have been
tossed bodily Into th scrap heap. Th
present congress should win a long credit
mark by passing th Knox bill.
Friends of postal savings banks, who ara
numbered by millions, should take up thia
matter "with energy. They have the hearty
eo-operation of the president pt. th United
States something they never had before
as well as that of the postmaater general.
Right la on, their side. Tha need ot postal
banks le so olesr that it scarcely admits
Of dispute. '
PERSON At, MOTES. '
The "oldest old maid" is 101 yesrs old.
How old would ahe be If eh had called
herself merely a bachelor girl?
Kentucky legislators have undertaken to
make their night-riders good by' statute.
They have framed a law to tell the noc
turnal gentlemen that they must not do
such things, really, you know.
An old man in Massachusetts, thinking
hlmso'.f about to die, gave away hla fortune.
Than he had th mischance to recover, and
is In want There was something faulty in
hla selection of beneficiaries.
M. Archdeacon, Santos Dumont and
Henry Farman have posted a bet of $1,200
In Paris against $2,400 posted by M. Char
ton, that an aeroplane would b constructed
within a year capable of carrying two per
sons, one of the persons to weigh not less
than sixty kilos (132 pounds) a distance of
one kilometer.
"Tbe political history ef Nebraska," Says
the Philadelphia Publio Ledger, "makes
record of Just two democrats. One waa 1.
Sterling Morton, who died soon enough to,
be spared tha knowledge that his son had
turned republican, and the other Dr. George
L. Miller, who got out of politics in dis
gust when Mr, liryan broke In.'"
Former Congrossmsn Allen C. Durborrow
of Chicago died Tuesday night at the Rob
ert Burns hospital In Chicago, after an
Illness of several months. Mr. Durborrow
waa born In Pennsylvania In 1967. He was
elected to congress over' former Senator'
William E. Mason by 8,500 votes In 1800. In
18&S ha waa re-elected, defeating Thomas
C. McMillan by more than 11,000 votes.
, It was announced last week In Boston
that Qovernor Guild has received official
notification from the Italian authorit'lea
that the king ot Italy haa nominated him
a grand officer of the Crown of Italy. It
Is understood that tha same decoration haa
been sent to President Charles W. Eliot of
Harvard university. His majesty wishes to
express to the people of Massachusetts by
this meana his appreciation of the reception
given last year to his cousin, the duke of
ths Abrussl.
MERRY JINGLES.
Bill Do you find It hard to dodge that
bill collector now?
Jill Sure; harder than ever. He goea
about t an automobile, you know. Yonkers
Statesman.
BJornatjern BJornson had Just been
chrlntenod.
' We re a little curloua to know," said his
parenta, "what the aptilllng reformera will
da when they tackle that name."
Thus far, however, his distinguished name
has escaped mutilation. Chicago Tribune.
dffic Boy I bought our fair typist a
bunch o' posies fer her desk today.
Messenger boy Wot did youee loosen up
like dat furl
Offlc Boy TryJn' ter bait da old man ter
fir da ehesty bookkeeper. Puck.
he I sm sorry you didn't ask father for
me yesterday.
He But you .ald he was In a dangerous
temper.
She Yes, but he said this morning thst
ha wished he'd seen you yesterday. Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Mr. Blllus T wlah I could find aome way
to make the hair grow on that bald spot of
mine.
Mrs. Blllus Don't do it. John. That's tha
only feature you've got that over seems
to smile. Chicago Tribune.
"I sir." remarked th eelf-lmpnrtant
statesman, "was never spprosched with a
proposition of graft in my life."
"That fact" answered Senator Sorghum,
"may be a recognition nf your honesty and
then airaln It may be a reflection on your
Influence." Washington Stst. , ,
"Haa Billy another new spring salt?"
"Yea" . ,
"What tailor did he go to?"
"He didn't go to any. He went to a
lawyer." Baltimore Amerlcai. ;
"And what la that lever for?" i
"That Is to us when I run ever a pedes
trian." .
"You press that and stop your machine?"
"No, liidwdy! I Jam my foot on It and
It turns my number up against th tonneau
so that it cannot be read while 1 mak my
get-away." Houston Post.
THB DESPISED NKEDKt'L.
Nashville American.
No matter how we argue.
No matter what we say,
Ws all bow down to money
And mH the coin, half way,
A common human wvakneaa
To try to make a mash
On evry floating dollar
Of unresponsive cash. ',
We talk about a dollar
Aa though we didn't ear
FVr anything ao vulgar.
Such language la hot air.
For when wa aes on coming.
W brae ourselves and try
With all our art and ruuacl
To M It not pass by. (
When apeaklng largo and earnest
before lbs infant class
Wa lH them to bunt virtu '
And let the dollar pass.
But. whea the talk la ever.
And ss we taka our seat.
Should w obaarv on paaalng.
We chase It down tho troet.,
Ths root of every ovtl.
Aa ws have rt bven told.
Tha source or all ir Irwttls.
la W. ly gulJ,
And. la.au a It we as xsrv ha
From it for pity asks.
Wa rs tookiae f.c nukS
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