TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1008.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
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Oeorg B. Tsiwhuck. treaaurer of The
Bee Publishing company,, being duly
worn, says that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Pally,
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of March, 108. was as
follows:
1 35,880 IT 37,800
30,640 II 36,630
S 36,360 1 86,800
4 36,430 20 36,680
6 ,. 36,870 21 36,880
36,660 22 ,, 36,400
7 30,160 21 46,300
I 8,800 24 36.730
36,480 26 36,680
10 38,300 28 3640
11 86,670 27 36,700
13 86,600 2t 36,870
II 36,130 2i 88,360
14 38,970 10 36,880
16 36,380 SI 36,930
II 36,660
Total , 1,133,860
Less unsold and returned copies.. 9,183
Nat total 1,133,098
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changed aa oftea avs reaet4.
The resumption of the city asphalt
repair plant is the most welcome sign
of spring In Omaha.
Mr. Hearst says that Bryan is "a
self-advertiser," and Mr, Hearst baa
expert knowledge of the advertising
business.
"Who Is the champion quitter?"
aika a New York paper. It's a toss-up
between Hackenscbmldt and Senator
"Jeff Davie.
Governor Fort of New Jersey says
be is not happy unless he is working.
That ought to put, an end to his vice
presidential boom.
Business organizations are still
passing resolutions denouncing the Al
drlch bill. It Is hardly fair to kick a
bill when it's down.
"Are all of the president's messages
directed to congress?" asks a sub
scriber. Oh, no, many of them are
llrected at congress.
A Chicago minister has resigned to
to Into the business of selling fire es
capes. Furnishing fire escapes ought
to come easy to him.
That municipal affairs committee
of the Commercial club hasn't peeped
audibly since Mayor "Jim" straight
ened up his "backbone."
There will be some anxiety among
the fans to know whether Fa Rourke
ts going to bar "Merry Widow" hats
on ladles' day at the ball park.
In the meantime, what are we going
to do about the decision of the federal
court of appeals affirming the validity
of the water works appraisement?
The New. York World Is still appeal
log to Mr. Bryan to step aside. The
World Is wasting Its time. Mr. Bryan
may sidestep, but never will step aside.
Under the amendment offered to the
Hepburn law railroads may give
passes to "objects of charity." Char
ity may cover a muiiuuae or pass
holders.
Vacation will be on soon and the
government may decide to send a few
college boys down to subdue Castro,
Instead of wasting time on a battleship
junket to Caracas.
A GeorglA physician has advised Mr,
Rockefeller to seek a dryer climate.
This does not agree with reports that
the prohibition law Is being enforced
to the letter in Georgia.
Japan proposes to make war on the
Standard Oil company. Japan should
think of the difference between licking
a weakling Jlke Russia and a real
power like the Standard Oil.
bill prohibiting betting on base
ball In the District of Columbia has
been reported for passage by congress.
' Just as If anyone would want to bet
on the Washlugton ball team.
The National Corn show, which is to
be held here next December, is going
to be a bigger proposition than anyone
who had anything to do with its In
ceptlon ever dreamed. Keep your eye
on the Corn show. .
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The engagement of Mme. Gould
and Prince de Sagan has been for
mally announced, accompanied by the
very pleasing promise that after their
marriage they "will live In absolute
retirement for a number of years."
tha ft r cord or congress.
While much criticism has been di
rected ft congress for being dilatory
In the consideration of measures Jn
which the public has expressed deep
concern, the record of enactments up
to date Is quite creditable, with a fair
prospect that an early adjournment
may be had, leaving only a few, If
any, of the more Important matters
under the head of unfinished business.
At every session of congress, particu
larly at those preceding a presidential
election, there is talk of early adjourn
ment and a desire to defer action on
many pending measures until after the
election. As a rule, however, adjourn
ment has not come until early In June,
and it Is doubtful If the present scs
sion will be closed much before the
first of June, although some of the
leaders are already figuring upon ad-
ournment about the middle of May.
The employers' liability bill has
been passed by both branches of con
gress, and efforts are now being di
rected to secure the passage of legisla
tion revising the currency system.
The A Id rich bill has passed the
senate, and while strongly opposed In
the house, It may possibly be used as a
basis for some legislation looking to
Inject the element of elasticity into
the currency system and to serve
temporary demands until the entire
question of reforming the currency
may' be determined through a joint
committee or other means. The presi
dent's recommendations of amend
ments to the anti-trust laws will prob
ably be embodied in legislation be
fore adjournment. Both branches of
congress have the matter under con
sideration, with every prospect of
reaching an agreement that will satisfy
all proper demands for changes In the
anti-trust laws and the method of
their enforcement. Tariff revision was
not made an urgent issue before the
present congress, but it has been con
sidered in both branches, in an in
formal manner, and a decision reached
to make it the head subject at a special
session to be called immediately after
March 4, 1909.
Good progress has been made on all
the appropriation bills and most of
the measures of urgent consequence
have been acted upon. It Is possible
that a law will be passed establishing
a ' postal savings bank system, in a
modified form, inasmuch as the sen
ate Is practically committed to such
legislation, although action upon It
by the house may be deferred.
Altogether, the record of the pres
ent session, when finally made up,
promises to be one which will meet
public approval and reflect credit up
on congress.
IN XO HURRY.
An agitation started by "the better
class of Haytians" to induce the United
States government to assume a pro
tectorate over that troubled repub
lic should be discouraged. Haytl hat
been trying without success for more
than a hundred years to establish a
stable government, but brute force Is
still the recognized authority and the
few educated peopre there are asking
that our government take a hand in
the management of the affairs in order
that the vast natural resources of
Haytl may be conserved and developed.
The United States has not been par
ticularly happy In the performance of
Its duty as International policeman for
Latin-America and the West Indies
and the national sentiment is strongly
In favor of a go-slow policy In assum
ing further duties or obligations in
that line. The nation's experiments
in Cuba and F-vnto Domingo, while
both have been highly successful in
establishing and maintaining better
governments than either of the coun
tries ever had, have been sufficient to
satisfy fully any longing the country
may have had to act as foster-parent
of unruly waifs. American interests
In Haytl are not sufficiently important
to Justify the establishment of a pro
tectorate. Even to redress wrongs to
American citizens the proper remedy
could be applied without involving us
in permanent responsibility tor the
government of the republic.
Eventually, pernaps, this country
may be called upon to exercise super
vision, if not actual government of the
West India group of islands, but no
plan to hasten the coming of that time
should be encouraged.
ESLARGIXQ THE JfAVT.
The president and congress are at
apparent odds over the naval approprl
atlon bill now pending in the house.
The president is urging the construe
tlon of four new battleships, while the
house committee on naval affairs has
recommended but two battleships of
the North Dakota type, ten torpedo
boat destroyers, eight submarine tor
pedo boats and, In the discretion of the
secretary of the navy, three subsurface
craft According to the house plan
during the next fiscal year, 177 vessels
of various classes are to be in full
commission and as ten new vessels are
to be included in this number, the en
listment of 6,000 additional men Is
suggested. The house officials contend
that we cannot afford, in the present
condition of the national finances, to
order more than two new battleships
for the coming fiscal year.
President Roosevelt's request for
the construction of four new battle'
ships is based on the contention that
this number is necessary to maintain
our present place among the naval
powers of the world. We now have
but a very slight lead over Germany
and France In naval equipment, but
the plans already made by those na
tions for naval construction in the next
two years shows that by 1911, accord
Ing to the construction program urg
ed by the house, we will have dropped
from, second to fourth place In the
ranks of naval powers. By the end
of 1911, if the present plans are car
ried out, Great Britain will have thir
teen fighting ships of the Dreadnought
class, Germany thirteen, and the United
States six. In addition to its plans
for constructing new battleships. Great
Britain Is in the market for the
purchase of other naval equipment,
with the avowed purpose of maintain
ing its lead over other nations on the
seas. To the argument that the battle
ships are expensive, the president re
plies that they are cheaper than war
and that the best guaranty of peace
is preparedness for any emergency
that may arise.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS PLANt
The Washington announcement
that President Roosevelt will spend
the first year after his retirement
from the White House in travel out
side of the United States should go
far towards easing the minds of those
who have been troubled greatly In re
gard to the president's future. These
solicitous persons have slated the pres
ident for the United States senate
from New York, have given him a
place in the next cabinet, have made
him director-general of the Panama
canal, and elected him to the presi
dency of several universities. No one
doubts that he would measure up to
the highest expectancy In any of the
positions named, but he is fully cap
able of selecting his own course and
the one he has chosen will have to sat
isfy those who have worried so much
about him.
President Roosevelt Is recognized
as one of the foremost men of modern
times. If he decides to make a tour of
the world, as did President Grant after
his retirement, he is certain to be
showered with honors in every foreign
country, and would doubtless do much
toward giving other nations a better
appreciation of our people. Whatever
the president may decide to do after
his retirement from office, the keen in
terest of the country will follow him.
LAST CALL FOB CONVENTION CALLS.
Less than a week remains to finish
putting In motion all the machinery
whose operation is required prelim
inary to the nomination of the repub
lican presidential ticket The na
tional convention call provides for the
assembling of the delegates at Chicago
on Jnne 16, and, furthermore, requires
the delegates to that convention to be
chosen not less than thirty days prior
thereto and after not less than thirty
days' notice.
To comply with the terms and con
ditions laid down by the republican
national t committee, all the calls for
state and district conventions to
choose delegates to Chicago must have
been promulgated at least sixty days
before the date of the national conven
tion, which, computed on the calen
dar, fixes April 17 as the time limit
for regularly summoning the repub
lican voters of any district to choose
their delegates. The last delegate,
furthermore, must have been chosen
by May 17 and any district delaying
longer than that will run the risk of
being ruled out for irregularity.
It will be seen from this that Ne
braska this year came In among the
early birds with Its delegation com
pleted more than a month ago, as con
trasted with some other states which
are apparently waiting until the last
minute in order to be sure to land on
the winning side. It is plain, however,
that Nebraska republicans made no
mistake In buckling down to business
and helping to make it easier for their
preferred candidate to secure support
in those states coining after.
Talking about democracy being the
rule of the people, Illinois is giving a
beautiful illustration of how It works
when the machine Is well organized
and thoroughly oiled. The state con
vention which is to name the delegates
to Denver under instructions for
Bryan is being made up of delegates
appointed by the county committees
of all the various counties. The com
mlttee in Cook county, alone, has is
sued credentials to more than 600 del
egates to the democratic state conven
tlon by resolution, telling them at the
same time to line up for Bryan. This
is part of the agreement by which
Roger Sullivan Is to deliver the goods
on consideration that Mr. Bryan for
gives the past. In the meanwhile the
individual democrat in Illinois has no
more to say about it than the individ
ual republican in Illinois, each being
tied up respectively to Bryan or Can
non without asking aid or consent
Members of the State Railway com'
mission profess to believe that the ex
press companies will now submit to
the requirements of the Sibley law
without further contention. If they
submit it will be only for one of two
reasons either the express business
wholly within Nebraska boundaries is
not important enough to warrant tak
Ing the risk, or the companies are con
vinced they have no chance to win
out by going Into the federal courts.
Nebraska makes a roodly contribu
tion to the roster of officers and sea
men who are to make the cruise
around the world with the big fleet
With 101 men on board the battle
ships, Nebraska Is doing tolerably well
tor a state which is navigated by noth
ing bigger than prairie schooners.
The people of Omaha who have chll
dren in the public schools wsnt the
very best man available to fill the va
cant princlpalshlp of their high school.
That means that education, experience
and personality should be the deter
mining factors as between applicants
and no playing of favorites.
Even the democratic World-Herald
now concedes Mr. Taft's nomination
In fact, says that there Is no more
chance to nominate another than Taft
at Chicago than there Is to nominate
another than Bryan at Denver. Isn't
that about as strong as it could be
put?
President Roosevelt announces his
Intention to go abroad for a year im
mediately after March 4, 1909. This
will be an awful surprise to those who
have been expecting him to take the
spare room at the White House and
boss President Taft
The Southern railway has complied
with the Washington suggestion that
like accommodations be furnished for
white and black passengers. To do so
the company has removed the soap
and towels from the cars reserved for
white passengers.
While Governor Hughes is recog
nized as New York's favorite son, Mr.
Taft appears to be at least a member
of the household, with a hearty pros
port of being remembered in the dis
tribution of favors.
New York sends out a fairy tale
about a woman shopper who was
robbed of $200 after buying her Eas
ter hat. That is too much money for
a woman to have after buying an Eas
ter hat
Tbe Only Way.
Wall Street Journal.
The way to get business la not to alt at
home and mope over hard times, but to get
out after it and bring it back with you.
Presumptoaa and Nervy,
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
John Bharp Williams' attempt to define
democratic principles Is objected to by his
fellow-democrats on the ground that he Is
trying to furnish tha party with a plat
form. Such an Interference with the ex
clusive rights of Mr. Bryan Is calculated
to bring a storm about tha. ears of the
minority leader In congress.
T Decide the Palp Qaestlon.
Toronto Mall and Empire.
If doubt as to corresponding action on
the part of the dominion restrains the
United States from putting pulp on the
free list why are not steps taken to clear
up the doubt? Aa tha Washington govern
ment and the Ottawa government are now
negotiating In respect to boundary water
ways and other matters. It should be easy
for President Roosevelt to ascertain
whether the Ottawa government would ba
willing to leave tha exportation of pulp
wood untaxed If the United States duty
on Canadian pulp were removed.
Health of Working; Children.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In urging tha adoption of the eight-
hour day for all children under 18 years
of age, the governor of Massachusetts
suggests that a certificate of health be
required before, any minor be sent to
work. His reasons are thus stated: "The
epileptic boy must be kept from the ele
vator. The tuberculosis child must be
kept from tha, emery wheel and tha cot
ton card. The child with spinal weakness
must be kept from employment where the
backless bench or the wooden chair cre
ates a cripple, not a clUcen."
William Howard. Taft.
Louisville Courier Journal (dem.).
As a citizen he belongs to the highest
type of American; as an official, both on
the bench and In the cabinet, he has al
ways commanded universal respect and
confidence; as a candidate for the presi
dency his compalgn, insofar as controlled
by him, would necessarily be clean, dig
nified and able. If his party proposes to
make Its fight for the continuance of the
policies of the present administration, it la
fortunate In having at hand a leader so
well qualified by temperament and training
for the chief magistracy of the nation.
Qualifications of Bankers.
New York Times.
There Is no necessity for a guarantee of
smartness. Perhaps no profession requires
more character and less talent To' insure
a bank against failure nothing mora Is re
quired than good business ability, common
sense, honesty and observance of the stat
utes. One of the most distinguished bankers
in the world has said that no bank officer
needs to have any more intelligence than
suffices to distinguish between a mortgage
and a promisory note. What 1 required Is
rare decision enough to make It certain
that neither friend nor enemy shall palm
off one for the other. No statute will gtve
these or any other mental or moral qual
ities, and there Is no reason to believe that
any bank ever failed which faithfully com
plied with the laws aa they exist
MEAT PRICES AND PUBLIC LANDS
Restricted Ranges aad Restricted
Prodaetlon of Live Stock.
Wall Street Journal.
The tendency to restrict graslng of sheep
and cattle on western lands, which are sub
ject to publlo control, Is one of the rea
sons for the higher level of meat prices.
From year to year large pasturage districts
are closed against the owners of herds and
flocks by private purchase of lands. Also
the areas over which stock raising on (the
open methods of earlier years Is conducted
are gradually being narrowed by tha neces
sities of protecting the watersheds of Irri
gation districts. This likewise applies to
the restriction of graslng on forest re
serves. The Investigation now going on as to
whether some system of regulation cannot
be devised to prevent overgraslng of for
ests and watersheds can only stay for a
time the period when the live stock indus
try will have to be divorced from tha man
agement of forests and reclamation areas.
While the practice obtains of private pas
turing on publlo lands. It will be subject
to much more limited conditions than have
hitherto prevailed. The tact Is that the
old-fashioned methods of over-grating, or
skinning the land by herding many more
head of cattle or sheep than vegetation
could aupport with permanent advantage
to future growth, has come to be looked
upon sia robbery of the publlo resources.
This is quite aa much the case as If tha
government ahould use Its public buildings
without making repairs, or as if a railroad
should try to go on operating without ex
pending anything on maintenance of way
or equipment.
As this change proceeds, with tha neces
sity of protecting natural resources against
wasteful methods of utilisation, the coun
try will have to depend more and more
upon Its farms for live stock supply and
to a decreasing extent upon the practices
which have been gradually disappearing
with the disposition of public lands. In
other words, the consumers of meat will
have to pay the cost of production under
conditions to whlcn the public resources do
not cjjjurlbute
ARMY CJOPSIP IN WASHINGTON.
Carreat Eveats Gleaned from the
Army nnd Navy Register.
The army signal office is In the market
for two more military balloons, one of l.ono
cubic meters capacity and the other of b
cubic meters rapacity. These balloons, will.
In due time, be sent to the signal corps
ernautlcal park at Omaha and be added
to the outfit of balloons at that place. These
new baJnons will be of the free as distin
guished from the captive type. This makes
four baloons which have been or will be
purchased by the War department during
the last two years. When the signal corps
has acquired Ita dirigible balloon and It It
succeeds In obtaining three flying machines
there will be aerial vehlclea acquired for
military use to add to the supply of bal
loons already at Omaha.
The War department has under considera
tion tha detail of a general officer as com
mandant of the service schools at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., as tha successor of
Major General Charles B. Hall. United
States army, who will bo transferred to the
retired list, under operation of law, xon
April 19. The present policy of the secre
tary of war is to detail aa commandant of
the service schools at Fort Leavenworth
the younger generals of the army. In order
that they may there become thoroughly
acquainted with the system of military edu
cation established for the army and have
their interest therein promoted by thorough
familiarity with the subject. It seems prob
able that General Frederick Funston will
be selected to succeed General Hall.
The quartermasters general's office is in
receipt of most of the Philippine campaign
badges which are being Issued to those of
the regular establishment who are entitled
and required to wear It as a part of the
uniform. It is expected that all of those
badges covering that service will be re
ceived from the mint in Philadelphia dur
ing the coming month. The Philippine
badges constitute the largest portion of
these campaign medals and It will be easy
to dispose of the others. The War depart
ment has adopted the design made by the
artist, Ml'let, for the civil war badge. The
obverse side contains a head of Lincoln,
considered by the artist to be the best of
many types, together with the motto.
With malice toward none, with charity
to all." The reverse side contains the
legend, 'The Civil War, 1361-1866," sur
rounded by a wreath.
An order will be Issued from the War de
partment for the guidance of departmental
commanders In the cases of enlisted
men who are tried by court-martial at the
general recruiting depots. Some confusion
appears to have been occasioned by the
fact that In such cases the reviewing au
thority designates the place of confinement
and orders that the prisoners be held at
the post where they are now serving until
further orders. This la evidently with the
Idea that the department commander has
no authority to direct the removal of the
prisoners from their post to the prison.
The order will have the effect of Instruct
ing department commanders to restrict
their orders to the designation of the ulti
mate place of confinement of prisoners at
recruiting stations, leaving to the proper
authorities at Washington tha determina
tion of the time and method of their re
moval to the place which' may have been
fixed aa that for confinement'
The increase of service pay has made
substantial and encouraging progress dur
ing tha last week. Provision for the In
crease of pay of officers and enlisted men,
active and retired, of , the army, marine
corps, tha revenue cutter service, is in
cluded In the army appropriation bill as
It passed the senate and Is now In confer
ence. It represents tho features of the
Warren bill so far aa that measure, when
It passed the senate, applied to the com
missioned personnel. It Includes the en
listed men's schedule of pay as It passed
the house In the army bill with slight in
creases rendered necessary In the interest
of justice In the pay of first-class ser
geants, privates and acting cooks of' the
army hospital corps. The only other de
parture from tha house bill Is In the provi
sion of a continuous service pay for the
enlisted force where It is provided that the
Increase for re-enllstment shall be at the
various rates of K $3 and II. In different
grades. The house conferees on the army
till will make an effort to have adopted a .
change in accordance with the recommen- j
datlon of the paymaster general of the
army so that the Increase for continuous
service shall be identical In an enlistment
for all ratings. It Is probable that the
change will be made so aa to have an in
crease of Si on the second and third en
listments and $2 for each subsequent en
listment up to and Including the seventh.
This represents aboQt the same amount of
money which would be expended under the
provision made by the senate In the army
bill and It would facilitate the payment
of troops In a way which would be ap
preciated by tha pay officers.
ASININITY MM. REGULARITY.
Bfrj Bryaa'a Assertions at Omaha
Sharply Contradicted.
New York World (dem.).
In his address at Omaha, after having
received the Indorsement of the democratic
and of the populist state convention for the
presidency, Mr. Bryan said:
"Democracy faces the future, with hope.
Our party Is united, '.while the republican
party Is divided. As the republicans
used one faction of tha democratic party
to defeat us In 1896, we' shall return the
compliment this year and use one part of
the republican party to defeat the other."
Taking Into consideration the personality
of the speaker and the time, place and
circumstances under which It was mads,
that utterance may be fitly described as
the most asinine In the history of recent
oratory.
If the statement wss the candid epression
of a sincere belief on his part, it reveals
In the mind of Mr. Bryan a most childish
credulity. If it was a piece of rhetoric de
signed tot delude the democratic rank and
file into a further acceptance 0 hia leader
ship, it shows an impudent contempt for
the stupidity of his followers and a brasen
disregard of the plainest facts of tha polit
ical situation.
Call It egotism or call It hypocrisy, it
will be equally silly and equally false.
The democratic party Is not united. It
never will be united under Mr. Bryan. Not
only it la divided, but It Is discredited and
demoralised. In some states It has almost
ceased to exist. Even In tha south its con
tinued coherence Is due to stagnation
rather than vitality; and should Mr. Bryan
be renominated there will be many states
where It will hardly be worth while for
the party to make a contest at all.
The republican party, on the other hand,
was never at any time more united, more
vigorous, more sure of Its purposes and
its leaders or more confident of success.
Out of the splendid traditions of the past
republicans have drawn not only fidelity
to party principles, but a genuine loyalty
to strict party discipline. If they err It Is
on the side of blind devotion to party
rather than of division and desertion.
When such leaders as Seward. Cameron
and Chase were defeated by Lincoln In the
Chicago convention of Uto all factions of
the party rallied to the support of the
nomine. The cry of loyalty wss spou-
.
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made From the whole, wheat berry healthful
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r- and satisfying.
united republicanism against a divided
democracy, and the result was a triumph
for discipline and regularity.
So It has been ever since. When the
great republican statesmen were set aside
In 1868 for Grant who had been a pro
slavery democrat, they gave him an un
broken support. In the long series of con
tests between Blaine and his opponents In
the party, when In convention after con
vention the favorites were defeated and
Mayes, Garfield and Harrison were nomi
nated, the party discipline was never re
laxed save In one Instance, and In that
the defection was so slight that the chanite
of a few hundred votes In New York would
have elected the ticket.
As It was In the past so It Is now. If
Mr. Bryan be nominated the democratic
party will be more disordered and disin
tegrated than ever, while the republican
candidate, whoever he may be, will receive
th full vote of hti confident and aspiring
party. '
It will be a contest between organised
political Intelligence and disorganised asl
nlnlty. PttHSONAL NOTES.
Jn spite of the fact that one of his arms
Is of little use, Emperor William of Ger
many Is an expert marksman and an en
thusiaatlo hunter. '
Mrs. Russell Sage has presented the New
York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals a forty horsepower automobile
for use In ambulance service.
A social and judicial crisis Impends In
one section of Missouri. Is hard cider a
"wet" or "dry" confection T The state su
preme court is wrestling with the ques
tion. An Augusta (Ga.) husband came back
after eighteen years and made a muss of
his wife's domestlo relations with her sec
ond. That was far meaner than staying
away.
. Oregon has just put under the willows a
resident who lived to the ripe age of 130
years. The possibilities of a diet of prunes
surpass the wildest encomiums of board
ing house keepers.
Mr. Koch, the eminent German bacteri
ologist now visiting, this country, discred
its the theory that beards harbor germs
by wearing a crop of whiskers rivaling tho
alfalfa of Kansas populists.
A Chicago man's wife obtained a divorce
from him on the ground that he had been
drunk 1,000 times in ten years. With a lit
tle more sealous application to the inter
vals he might have made that just one
jamboree..
David S. Rose, who has Just been elected
mayor of Milwaukee by a plurality of 3,000,
has four times before held that office. He
was elected four times in succession as a
democrat and met defeat two years ago
by the present mayor, Sherburn M. Becker.
Hiram Maxim experiences some difficulty
in keeping his inventive ability and his
humanitarian principles In separata mental
compartments. Speaking of his new silent
firearm, he says he felt appalled at the
thought of the uses to, which the Invention
might be put but then someone else would
have done the work atnd the result would
have been the same.
Senator Stewart, the new, but elderly
senator from Vermont, has not been ac
tively engaged In either business or poli
tics for some time. He Is well advised,
however, on all matters of Importance. He
Is well known among his colleagues, but
when he spots a senator unknown to him,
however, he does not hesitate to Introduce
himself or have himself Introduced.
iliigplceamng
WsLl Two Shredded
,Sf Wheat Biscuits, three xtf
times a day, with mUkji;
or cream and a little
fruit, will supply all the
strength needed
'0M for work or play
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wjH milk over it (hot milk in winter) and add a little
cream. If you like the Biscuit for breakfast
M you will like toasted TIUSCUIT (the Shred-
vdHu dd Wheat waferj for luncheon or
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WJrW. or marmaiaae. At your .-Wivr
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LINES TO A LACGH.
Ruffon Wrats What'd you do If yoO wuS
' Greasy Grimes I'd build a marble palaco
with sixty rooms In It, all lined with K"ld
Iraf. an' call it mo bungalow. Chicago
Tribune.
Pretty Chatterer Professor, If there Is
anything In the doctrine of reincarnation,
what do you think 1 was In classic times'
Professor Possibly ono of the saorid
geeno who saved Itnm by waking every
body with their cacklo. Baltimore Ameri
can. "You Americans don't appreclato art."
said the man from abroad.
, "Wo don't, ch?" rejoined the earnest
patriot. "Why, we pay Rome opera singers
more than we do basu bull players!"
Washington Star.
"Are you the man from Sodrter Co. 'a
to do tho repairing of the water pipes?"
asked Mr. Subhubs.
"Yes," replied the plumber, "and Mr.
Soiiilcr says it'll cost you $60."
"What? Why, he hasn't seen the .lob;
he doesn't know how much I want done."
"Mebbe not. but he told mo how much
to do." Philadelphia Press.
"You may all live to be a century," said
the near-new thought speaker.
"What for?" queried a voice from tho
audience.
Then the listeners realised that a really
new thought had ventured Into the place.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Vlck-Senn What do you suppose
you would do If you were to meet the fool
killer?
Her Husband I'd tell him I was the man
he was looking for. all right. I have Just
given orders to have that new addition to
the house torn down and built again ex
actly as you want It. Chicago Tribune.
THE HAND OP LINCOLN.
Edmund Clarence Stedman.
Look on this cast, and know the hand
That bore a nation In its hold:
From thin mute witness understand
What Lincoln was how large of mould.
The man who sped the woodman's team, '
And deepest sunk the plowman's share.
And pushed the laden raft astream,
Of fate before him unaware.
This was the hand that knew to swing
The are since thus would Freedom tralS
Her son and made the forest ring,
And drove the wedge, and tolled amain.
Firm hand, that loftier office took,
A conscious leader'a will obeyed.
And when men sought his word snd look.
With steadfast might'-the gathering
swayed.
No courtier's, toying with a sword,
Nor minstrel's, laid across a lute(
A chief's. Uplifted to tho Lord
When all the kings of earth were mute!
The hand of Anak, sinewed strong.
The fingers that on greatness clutch;
Yet, to! the marks their lines along
Of one who strove and suffered much.
For here In knotted cord and vein
1 trace the varying chart of years;
I know the troubled heart, the strain.
The weight of Atlas and the tears.
Again I see the patient brow
That .palm erewhlle was wont to pressf
And now 'tis furrowed duep, and now
Made smooth with hope and tenderness.
For something of a formless grace
This moulded outline plays about;
A pitying flame, beyond our trace.
rjreauies ii&tj a euiru, in anu oui
The love that cast an aureole
Round one who, longer to endure,
Called mirth to ease his ceaseless dot.
Yet kept his nobler purpose sure.
Til)!), ,,n f-Am ..nr. larWA honH onnAttra.
A type that Nature wills to plan
rtub iiiiw 111 ail m piupia m yeira.
What better than this voiceless cast
To tell of such a one as he.
Since through Its living semblsnca passed
That thought that bade a race be free!
hv man or woman
at a total cost of
a . A I 1 J
than a King for it
rtrer n I fTFTirtn nnrl
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