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    TOE OMAnA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1903,
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STATEMENT OF CIRCTJL.ATIofo.
Stat ef Nebraska, Dnuglaa County. .!
Georg e . B. Tsschuck. treasurer of. The
Pee publishing company., being duly
worn. aay that the actual -number or
full and complete copie of Th Dally.
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during th month of March, 10, waa a
follow II
1 8BO IT 8T,SB0
J.... 86,040 II 86,630
.... t,3eo it aaoo
4 M.430 t. ......... 86,680
I. ......... 86.870 21 86380
86,660 II 86,400
7.......... 86.166 It 36,600
I..... 88,500 14 86,790
1 86,460 2S 36,680
16 86,800 It 86340
It 86.670 J7 86,700
It 86,600 tl 86370
It 86,190 t 86,300
14 86370' It 36,500
It 86,850 II 86,980
Id. 86360
Total 1,139,380
Lsinol and returned cople.. 6,188
Net 'total..... 1,183,098
Dally ver(e 36338
OEOROB B. TZ3CHUCK,
Treasurer.
Suhecribed In my preenc and worn
to before in thl let day of April, 190a.
(Seal) ROBERT HUNTER.
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WHBJf OCT or TOWS.
9rartlr akaaJd k-ava Tfe) B
mailed t tkeaa. Address will 1
haaged afteai mm raeeld.
Who la that "magnificent lawyer" at
Fremont, anyway?
Ohio Is 120 years old and acta Ilk
aizty moBt ot the time.
A St Paul man fasted thirty-one
day and will never eat again.
It la also about time to revise the
summer clothing and the straw hats.
Parasol makers are not going Into
any ecstasies over the "Merry Widow"
bats.
In a pinch the president, might send
Congressman Hob son, down to sup
press ' Castro. . ,
The April grade of showers might
be improved to the great satisfaction
of the farmers. .
For an example ot "embezzlement
of power" see the democratlo usurpa
tion la South Omaha.
The Knox presidential boom is tak
ing no chances on being charged with
pernicious activity In politics.
(
A steamshlp Is being loaded at
Shanghai with 400,000,000 firecrack
er. Guess their destination?
The Erie railroad was named after
Lake Erie and lt(ls an open question
whether the lake or the road holds the
most water.
It Is announced that Luther Bur
bank Is going into politics. He has
proved himself an expert grafter In
other lines.
Congressmen who are opposing the
president's naval enlargement program
should remember that America is a
two-ocean country.
New York democrats are reminding
Mr. Bryan that "east la east and west
is west and never twain shall meet,"
or words to that effect
-
Mr. Puck was among the men fined
in Toledo for maintaining a lumber
trust It is hoped Puck can find
something funny in the situation.
It la not many years since the peo
ple of Arkansas rather prided them
selves on sending none but "southern
gentlemen" to the United States
senate.
The house at Washington has about
decided, that there is neither a finan
cial nor a political emergency to war
rant the passage ot the Aid rich cur
rency bill.
8enator La Toilette still Insists that
the country is owned by ninety-seven
men, thus refuting the old impression
that Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Morgan
own all ot It
An actress who was dismissed be
cause she refused to wear tights has
been awarded 15.000 damages. Evi
dently she had a proper understand
Ing of her rights.
The latest treasury report showed
the per capita circulation at M5.35.
It must be less than that now since
Prince de Sagan has been introduced
to the Oould millions.
Th debate Is still on whether Lin
cola did or 'did not wear a beard when
inaugurated president. Poetic license
would overlook such trifles, but ap
parently there tj no such thing as
artlstlo license.
MISREPRF.SKBTIXQ MR. TAFT.
In public speeches and editorials in
the Commoner Mr. Bryan persists In
the declaration that Mr. Taft has made
no announcement of his attitude to
ward the truRta and no promise that,
It elected president, he will Inaugurate
or continue any legal prosecution of
them. He asks Mr. Taft to name
what trusts he would punish and to
state what his attitude toward all Ille
gal combinations of capital would be
and then, without waiting for the an
swer, goes on to assert that the elec
tion of Mr. Taft would spell Immunity
for "predatory wealth" and that "Taft
does not stand for any reforms worth
mentioning."
The unfortunate part of this conten
tion, so far as Mr. Bryan Is concerned.
Is that It Is a complete misrepresenta
tion ot the secretary of war. In his
speech at Columbus, before Mr. Bryan
began asking questions, Mr. Taft said:
I would restrain unlawful trusts with
all tha efficiency of - Injunctive process
and would puntsh with all the severity of
criminal prosecution every attempt on the
part of aggregated capital to suppress com
petition through Illegal means.
This address was widely published
and could not have escaped the atten
tion of so omnlverous a reader of po
litical news as Colonel Bryan. In his
address at Louisville a tew days ago
Mr. Taft said:
Mr. Bryan asks me what should bo done
with the great combination of capital.
Ho aay he would extirpate trusts root
and branch. I don't know how he would
carry out thia policy unless he means
that ha would destroy,: the .'plant that
create our prosperity. I ' do not believe
either in that or government ownership,
but I believe In making corporations obey
the law and being prevented from destroy
ing the prosperity of others or refusing to
bare with other tha prosperity existing
In their line of business.
One of the greatest sources ot Mr.
Taft's popularity with the ' American
people Is the complete candor and
frankness with which . he states his
position and discusses public ques
tions. He has practiced no evasion on
the trust question, the tariff issue, im
perialism or anythlng"else Id which
the people have shown Interest or con
cern. Mr. Bryan alone appears to
have failed to discover this trait in Mr.
Taft's character and to be the only
one to conclude that Mr. ' Taft .lacks
posltlveness on public questions.
THE HEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
Even the most ardent champion of
Oovernor Hughes will be forced to
recognize the fact that the New York
republican state convention has failed
to strengthen his position as a formi
dable candidate for the presidential
nomination at Chicago. The conven
tion Instructed the four delegates-at-large
for Oovernor Hughes, but made
it plain that the delegates to the state
convention were by no means enthusi
astic in support of his candidacy. A
motion to request - the district dele
gates to vote and work for his nomina
tion was voted down and the entire
spirit of the convention was that of
perfunctory compliance with plans for
promoting the presidential boom of
the state's "favorite sou" candidate.
The failure of the Hughes boom to
arouse the New York ' republicans is
not easily understood, except upon the
theory that the party leaders realize
that, able and qualified as he may be,
he Is comparatively unknown beyond
the Alleghenles. The support expected
for Hughes in New England has not
materialized and the New York repub
licans apparently feel .the hopelessness
of rallying sufficient votes to secure
first place for him at Chicago.
By the action of the New York con
vention the delegates from that state
will be free, after discharging their
pledges to their candidate, to vote for
other candidates ot their choice. Noth
ing in the action of the convention in
dicated any concert among the dele
gates for or against any other candi
date. Apparently It will be an open
field, so far as the New York delega
tion is concerned, with Taft 'occupying
the vantage ground. . .
THE SOVTB OMAHA VSURPAT10X.
The attempt of the democratic
mayor of South Omaha and his asso
ciates to hold on to-' office after the
people ot South Omaha have voted
him out comes strictly within Mr.
Bryan's definition of "embezzlement
of power." If the defeated candidates
at the recent South Omaha, city elec
tion had any good grounds to believe
they were not fairly beaten they would
have Instituted a contest of the elec
tion. By setting up the claim that
the election Is void because of various
Irregularities for which they, them
selves, aie to blame, the very enumer
ation of these alleged Irregularities
show how flimsy they ark
It Is alleged that the - democratic
mayor forgot to issue .his election
proclamation until after "the time
specified by law and, therefore, his
neglect should keep him in office.
It 1b alleged that the primaries at
which the usurpers were nominated
were kept open longer than they
should have been. Were it not for
this the chances are they would not
even have bad their renomlnatlon, but.
having got a nomination by question
able methods, they think that ought to
entitle them to perpetual tenure.
In the third place, it is alleged that
the voters were not required to
produce their tat certificates. Inas
much as the outgoing democratic
mayor and council, themselves, ap
pointed the entire set of election offi
cers and specifically instructed them
not to require tax certificates, this
claim is remarkable for ita brazenness.
The attempted usurpation In South
Omaha Is, ot course, merely a cooked
up democratic job. Had the democratic-candidates
won out in the elec
tion they would have Insisted that
everything was fair and square and
that they were entitled to enter upon
new terms for the full two years. It
s a poor rule that does not work both
ways and a poor politician that plays
the baby act when beaten at his own
game.
ADMIRAL EVAKS' PROMISE.
In preparing for the reception to the
battleships now on their way north
from Mexico San Francisco has been
much worried over the condition of
Admiral Evans, who Is under treat
ment for rheumatism at a health re
sort in southern California. It hat
been feared that the admiral will not
be able to take part In the festivities
planned 'largely in his honor and his
physicians have Issued strict orders to
htm to remain at the springs for some
weeks yet and to make no effort what
ever to go to San Francisco.
But those landlubber doctors evi
dently do not know "'Fighting Bob."
He has notified that reception com
mittee at San Francisco that he will
be on hand when the fleet arrives. All
reports are that the admiral Is in very
poor physical condition, but he comes
of fighting stock and his promise to
meet the reception committee at San
Francisco simply means that he will
be there If he has a leg to stand on.
The country will back him against the
doctors and will hope that he will be
able to be present In person to get the
cheers which he and his men deserve.
WHO IS THE "MAQMVICEyr' hA WYER1
As the democratlo oracle who stands
nearer to Colonel Bryan than anyone
else outside the Commoner office, our
old friend, Edgar Howard, has set up
new democratic platform plank "to
drive out of existence all federal
courts except the one United States
supreme court, to which every citizen
the United States could appeal his
case wherein a federal question shall
bo Involved." In support of this pro
posal he prints In his Columbus Tele
gram a letter "from the pen ot a mag
nificent Nebraska lawyer." Not hav
ing express permission to publish the
etter, Judge Howard withholds the
name of the writer, giving only the ad
ditional information that "his home
in Fremont." The letter la as
follows:
FREMONT. April 4. 1908.
My Dear Howard:
Permit me to congratulate you on your
article concerning our judiciary, under the
heading of "Superstition," In your last la-
sue. You have staved.wav within h
lines of truth and could have gone much
farther and not passed the boundary of
honest criticism. While there are judge
who merit criticism on personal grounds.
the Judiciary a a whol 1 deserving of the
deepest censure for the wrong it doe by
It fatuous adherenca to foolish ultra-
oonaervatlsm.
You have without doubt noticed th nail
ing of the lawyer In our country. There
was a time, not long ago. In these United
State, that th lawyer wa the man of in
fluence, who decided; he ruled, .Jhe civil
war came, -and in 'it train brouaht on the
corrupting influence which th lawyer by
hi bogle of conservatism and hi fetich
of "precedent" became unable to meet
The Jacksons, Webster, Clay and Lin
coln subsided, and in their stead have
come the corporation grafters, and the
lawyer of modern day who gain enor-
mou Income by partnership with nubile
plunderer, by devising plan which will
keep the perpetrators out of the Denlten.
tlary. These corrupting lawyer, by their
large gain and the plaudit of an equally
corrupting press, are held up as the Ideal
lawyers of the country, when In truth thev
ought to be behind the bars.
The mania of the American neonln for
courts Is unfortunate. Take history, and
I make the assertion that you will find the
courts have always been the last and
strongest fortress of tyranny. They are
taking their accustomed position in this
country, and you will further find that
they are the last redoubt of tyranny to
fall. Thl come not so much from the
personal dishonesty of the Individual
Judge aa from the method of doing busi
ness, th ritual, so to apeak, which la used
to decide question and contentions, al
though dishonesty has played no small part
in the Judiciary.
Thl is a abject which ha been close to
my heart. Anything you can do to bring
the people to their senses respecting the
courta I good work, and the aooit T-nr
will not forget you. Very truly your.
We suggest that Judge Howard get
permission to disclose the name of the
author of this remarkable pronounce
ment. Let us know who "the mag
nificent Nebraska lawyer" who lives
in Fremont Is.
When Governor Sheldon and Lieu
tenant Oovernor Hopewell together
take their trip to the Pacific coast to
present the sliver service to the battle
ship Nebraska Omaha will have the
acting governor for a fortnight. It is
possible that the state may yet be ed
ucated up to realize that a governor
living In Omaha might perform the
duties of the office satisfactorily for a
full elective term.
Colonel Bryan's pact with Roger
Sullivan does not seem to suit some
of the Bryan followers in Illinois, who
are disposed to repudiate their chief's
agreement If Roger Sullivan de
served all the names that Mr. Bryan
called him a little over a year ago it
Is pretty hard to understand how he
could be clasped to the Bryan bosom
now.
The Commercial club ia to give a
series ot personally conducted local
trade excursions to enable members to
familiarize themselves with what la
being done In big business institutions
right here at home. Familiarity with
our own manufacturing and trade re
sources is essential to explaining
Omaha's industrial advantages prop
erly to outsiders.
On the same theory which the dem
ocratic usurpers in South Omaha are
pursuing, no office holder could ever
be dislodged except with bis own con
sent All he would have to do would
be to try for re-election and, falling
at the doIU, assert that the election
was Illegal and deny the right of his
successful competitor to take the office.
The country will approve President
Roosevelt's veto of a bill granting val
uable water rights to a company with
out price. Congress has been too
slow In saving the nation's natural re
sources for the benefit ot the whole
reople.
The Germans of Omaha do not think
that Insulting cartoon of Emperor Wil
liam is quite so funny as does the congressman-editor
of the democratic
World-Herald which perpetrated it
And they do not hesitate to say so.
Mayor "Jim" Is to proclaim a clean
ing day for a combined assault by all
loyal citizens upon accumulated filth
and refuse. This will be one great
combination not In restraint of trade.
"Come and Find Me" is the title ot
a new novel written by a woman. Her
photograph, reproduced In the pub
lisher's announcement, does not fur
nish Incentive for extensive search.
Another congressional district in
Illinois has decided that so far as
Speaker Cannon's presidential boom
is concerned the first ballot may be
considered as having been taken.
Substance Better Than Shadow.
Washington Post.
Mr. John A. Johnson is being eagerly
sought by lecture bureaus. Better take
them up, Yon! A bird In the hand is
worth a whole lot of imaginary; fowls In
the bush. "
Dextroa Rope Walking.
St. Louis Republic.
The compromise betwen Senator IiOilgn
and Senator Crane by which the Massa
chusetts convention omitted Indorsement
of Taft while recognising that a majority
of the delegutea chosen desired his nomi
nation Is as dexterous a feat of fence walk
ing and pole balancing as haa been per
formed In American politics lately.
m. MMaBaananBM fife.'
, -. i...iiuiia u. inrill.
Baltimore American.
German paper complain that thrift has
become a rare virtue and that the only
places where it is practiced are France
and Scotland. Americans would like to try
it, but when they find they have to spend
on one thing what they save on another,
they ask. "What's the use?" and lay the
whole blame oh hard times and high
prices.
Free Trade with Philippine.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The republican national convention will
be called upon to declare in favor of ad
mitting the product of the Philippine free
of duty. Every consideration of national
honor and obligation demand that the
Filipino be given free entrance to our
markets, but they will find it hard to
break In while the tobacco and sugar
trust are in control.
Steel Tmat Mast Come Down.
Philadelphia Record.
The policy of maintaining price although
trade fall off is not meeting with much
success in the case of the steel trade. Its
principal exponent.- The big companies
were willing to tufa their rnen off and shut
down their mill rather than reduce prices,
but the smaller manufacturer have been
getting business by recognizing the condi
tion of trade, and now the big consumer
of iron and steel are reported to have
served notice on the Steel corporation that
It must cut prices at least 10 per cent or
they will no buy anything from it, and
it is reported from Pittsburg that the
magnate of the corporation are trying
to decide what they will do about It
Congressional Oratory.
Baltimore Sun.
In a recent debate in the house of repre
sentatives an agry and disgusted states
man denounced the speech of a fellow
statesman as "childish. Idiotic, disgraceful,
purile, asanlne, foolish." Most congres
sional oratory haa a depressing effect upon
the public. It may be that upon states
men who are compelled to listen to It sev
eral hour a day it has an Irritating effect.
Nevertheless, it seems to us that congress
men, who desire publicity In an official
organ ought not to speak with such savage
candor about the quality of their speeches.
They may aroui th dark suspicion In the
public mind 'that It Is a wanton waste of
the people' money to publish the Congres
sional record. It is bad enough that "child
ish, idiotic, disgraceful, purile, asinine, and
foolish," orations should be delivered In the
halls of congress. But to use the money
of the taxpayers to publish such speeches
might be considered Indefensible extrava
gance and misappropriation of public fund.
THE DE9 MOIXKS PLAN.
Interest Manifested in the Coanmls
( lion Experiment.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The United State Is one vast laboratory
for political experimentation, and the
states and cities are substations. One
great advantage of freedom in local gov
ernment Is not only that the people have
what is culled home rule, but that the na
tion at large may study the results of pe
culiar and unknown steps in legislation
without hazarding an adventure into the
unknown. The Pes Moines plan in Iowa
1 a most interesting law. The first city
elections under the new law have been
held, and the next few year will bring
fruit for Judgment.
The object of the law i to get rid of the
complexity and cumberaomeness of city
governments. All ward lines and both
chamber of city council ar abolished,
and the city official are elected on a
general ticket. These officials constitute
a governing board, consisting of a mayor,
who la chairman, and four councllmen. The
city' business I conducted by five de
partments pubiio affairs, account and
finances, streets and Improvements, pub
lic safety, park and public property. Each
department 1 under tha Jurisdiction of one
ot tha five member of tha governing
board, which elect or choose all subordi
nate officials, such aa clerk, attorney,
treaaurer, auditor or comptroller. Just as
a president and board of directors of a
modern corporation select it operating of
ficial. Student of municipal government will
note the Iowa method 1 almost Identical
with the commission plan of conducting a
city government adopted and used with
success by Galveston and other Texaa
cities. The aim is to concent rat responsi
bility Sharply in tha hands of a few men,
to abate th spoil system and to hold the
few men to a rigid accountability to the
peopl for the conduit of a "business"
enterprise. Th powr of those few men
I limited In Important matter. For In
stance, the general law provides that no
franchise or other valuable right In th
streets of tha city shall b granted without
submitting the question to the people, who
must glv majority vote for Ui prlvl
Icms.
O Fl EVIDENTIAL FIRtXn LINK.
Cam pa I an of 'apposed "Allies'
Aaalnit Taft a Complete Flaaeo.
New Tork Commercial Advertiser (Ind).
There is adequate explanation of the
seeming fiasco that has overtaken the at
tempt to prevent the nomination of Secre
tary Taft at Chicago. American political
history is rich In the roeord of silly cam
paigns, but nothing touching in silliness
th antics of the so-called "allies" during
the last three months. There was plenty
of material for a robust and Intelligent
oppVttlon to Taft, but It was practically
Ignored and endeavor concentrated on ef
forts to foist on the public ridiculous and
childish things.
During the last three month th Taft
opposition, when It was not merely making
faces, has hopelessly floundered to and fro
In behalf of the following propositions:
1. That President Roosevelt did not mean
and would not stick to hi declination.
2. That Taft wa a man of no character
or personal independence a contemptible
"me-too."
3. That to secure the nomination of Taft
the chief reliance wis on the disorganized
and in many cases rotten republican bor
oughs of the south.
4. That the movement for Taft, so far as
there was one, was of, for and by the of
ficeholders. Not only are all of these things untrue,
which Is Important, but they are demon
strably and manifestly untrue, which Is
more Important. No sooner wa there a
fair amount of team work In the advocacy
of one or the other of the foregoing propo
sitions than the underpinning was knocked
from underneath. The theory that the pres
ident is merely seeking to use Secretary
Taft as a decoy is an Insult, not merely to
the president, but to the general intelli
gence. President Roosevelt has his faults,
but it has been impossible to convince any
considerable number of his fellow citizens
that he was capable of deliberately play
ing so despicable a game. As to the "me
too" charge, it became dead and showed
not even mechanical life when it appeared
that with respect to the Roosevelt policies
Governor Hughes, Senator Knox, Speaker
Cannon, Vice President Fairbanks and the
others were quite as much for them as
Scoretary Taft. Not a few people in this
country have personal acquaintance with
the big secretary, and it has been diffi
cult to persuade them that he is a mere
echoing nobody.
But to the south, it early developed that
the "allies" were corrupting and "rough
housing" far more than the Taft faction.
It has been from northern and republican
states that Secretary Taft has received the
200 Instructed delegates now on his list.
As to the officeholder theory, it is so ut
terly refuted that it Is no longer worth
the dignity of notice. It is the republican
rank and file that Is Instructing delegates,
not coteries of machine politicians, acting
from instructions higher up. More of the
federal officeholders are for Taft than for
any other candidate, but so are there more
nonofflceholders 'for him than for any
other candidate. It is profitless to inquire
whether the people caught the Taft senti
ment from the officeholders or whether the
officeholders caught It from the people.
The main fact is that it exist and that
never has there been a freer chance for
candidates to get a fair hearing.
Taft Sentiment In Minnesota.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press (rep.).
While there has been no doubt for many
weeks that Taft would secure without
much of a struggle the solid vote of the
Minnesota delegation, there few
expected that he would make' so clear a
weep as, at this writinar, he seem to have
made, or the sixty-five counties n tar
heard from, every one. Is for Taft and only
nva railed to give Ironclad Instructions for
him. In only a few counties was there a.nv
substantial contest for any other candi
date except La Follette. It la not Improb
able that every county In the state will be
found, when the full return are In, to
have elected Taft delegate. But ince
there are already enough counties hear
from In every congressional district to in
sure a sona tare delegation, the two or,
three counties that may have gone to
La Follette will not affect the result and
will probably not Impair even the moral
effect elsewhere on the (weeping Taft
victory.
Maryland for Taft.
Baltimore American, (rep.).
Months ago the American voiced the sen
timent of the republicans of Maryland
when it is said this state wa for the en
dorsement of the policies of Theodore
Roosevelt and the nomination of William
H. Taft.
Two months ago the republican members
of the Maryland legislature met and passed
resolution In favor of Roosevelt's admin
istration and Taft's nomination.
A month ago the republican editor of
Maryland declared for the endorsement of
Roosevelt and tha nomination of Taft.
This week county convention are meet
In; In the Sixth district. The1 Allegany con
vention led the way by giving unqualified
endorsement of the policies advocated by
President Roosevelt and his administra
tion of public affair and instructed the
delegate for Taft.
So It goes. There I not a single note
of discord in all the chorus.
A Republican Asset.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (rep.).
Mr. Bryan has no right to find fault with
fortune, and he Is not finding any. His
first nomination was an accident, and aftei
ha had split his parly In that canvna. ad
had brought upon it tha worsf Seating
which It had received since 1S72, he ob
tained the unanimous nomination In the
next campaign. Then, after a still worse
defeat than he received in his first can
vass, he retained his hold on hi party,
and now he has a firmer grip on It than
ever. The person Johnson of Minnesota,
Judge Gray of Delaware, Harmon of Ohio
and other who are being suggested as
possible opponents In the convention will
probably not be heard of In Denver. Bryan
will sweep tha field, and though he haa no
chance for election, he will be fresh and
strong for the canvass of 1912. Mr. Bryan
Is a valuable republican asset, and Mr.
Taft and other republican chieftains know
their business when they boom him byi re
plying to him, and by conceding his su
premacy in hi party.
Democratlo Apparition.
New York Bun. (rep.).
Th apparition of the Gray and Johnson
csndldate trapsforms the whole demo
cratic perspective. It re-nlnds the party
that there are others in the fild and open
the way for new propect and outlook.
There is no longer any compelling reason
for accepting Bryan. At last the party haa
an alternative, and the more on contem
plate it the more he discern a hope. Of
course nobody know what the democracy
alii do In an emergency. General Grant
once said tha'. in a critical moment It
cculd be counted on to do the -wrong thing.
It dots seem to us, hewever, that the
present situation is to obvious to mlslesd
even a dormouse.
Possibilities of Sblndr. ,
Washington Post.
Before the convention meet some of th
republicans who were smiling because
evorythlng seemed cut and dried about
the democratic program may come to th
conclusion that the Denver affair will b
the livelier circus of th two.
Absolutely
Pure
From Grapes.
the most healthful mSJiD
of fruits, comes the
chief ingredient of
O
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Th Doukhobnrs up in the northwest
have been parading again without their
clothes. That's no sign of spring, how
ever. A New York court has sentenced a biga
mist to support both families. "Premium
on bigamy" somebody calls this, but evi
dently a person who never has supported
two famllloa.
Dr. Andrew J. Park of Chicago, a
graduate of tha University of Victoria
college, Toronto, and of Harvard uni
versity, believe ho has discovered the
true origin of heat and Intends to lay
hi discovery before the Association for
the Advancement of Science in London
next June.
Dr. John W. Mallet, the chemist of the
University of Virginia, has been Invited
by the Carnegie foundation to become a
beneficiary. Dr. Mallet ha held pro
fessorships In Amherst, Jefferson Medical
college and the universities of Alabama,
Louisiana and Texas. He is a Fellow of
the Royal society of London.
With a view to the completion of the
memoir of the late Carl Schurs all per
son having unpublished letters written
by him are respectfully requested to Bend
them to his daughter, Miss Agathe Schurs,
24 East Ninety-first street, New York
City. Cople will be made and the originals
will be returned to the owners.
Mrs. Frances Van Alstyne, universally
known as Fanny Crosby, famous hymn
writer, ha Just finished a three days' cele
bration of her 88th birthday at her home In
Bridgeport, Conn. Th cheerful, unoom-
plaining life of thl woman, who ha been
blind from the -age of Six weeks, has won
th heart of all. Cheerily she goes about
her work Just as ably as though she were
60. Her health ia wonderful. She Is nearlng
th 9,000-mark In the number of her com
position.
A double distinction belongs to Henry
Dorman of Liberal, Mo. the oldest man
In the state and the oldest survivor of
the civil war. He ha lived in three
centuries, for lately he celebrated hi 109th
birthday. Since then congress has passed
a special bill, increasing his pension to
tn per month. Until a few year ago
Mr. Dorman was hale, ambitious and
active. Latterly he has begun to show
the effects of hi extreme age. He is a
native of New York atate, but enlisted In
the union army from Michigan In 1863.
when he wa 64 year old, an age at which
most men are Incapacitated for the duties
of a soldier In the field.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
He (panting as he nushes her over the
fence) Well, darling, you made a good
shot with the red hat of yours.
Bhe (also panting) What do you mean?
He (grimly) It hit the bull's eye all
right. Baltimore American.
"Why did you shake your fist at the
spesker?"
"well." replied th congressman, "I didn't
want the whole session to slip by without
my having made a motion of some kind."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Would vou like me to trim a little off
th end of that hair, slrf" asked the bar-
bar
"Naw," snapped tn grouchy customer.
"Leave the ends alone and take some out
of the middle." Cleveland Leader.
A prohibition exhorter in Kansas says he
would rather drink a bottle of red Irak than
bottle of beer.
Inc-red-lble! Clevland Plain Dealer.
Lawyer i ne ut-ienuaiii ixw inn case is
a Usy, worthless fellow, Isn't he?"
Witness " Well. sir. I don't want to dn
Browning, liing & Co
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS nl HATS
The Spring Showing
UR Spring Suits
ed a lot of attention.
The patterns are noved and exclusive..-
The lines of the garments are original and
attractive.
The tailoring is altogether satisfactory. .
The prices should attract the man who has
been paying more for less desirable suits made
to measure.
S13.00
Don't wait until Saturday
Do it now.
15th and Douglas jljy 15th and DeugUa
Streets fiff Streete
t t R.S.WlLCOX,Mrjr.
a
e only taking powder
made from Koyal
Grape Cream
of Tartar
Cost s littls mts uSia th bijurncs slum
or photphaM of Em powders, hot with
Rojsl you its ra el para, rxiltUul food.
the man any injustice. I won't go so far
as to say he's lazy, but if It required any
voluntary work on his part to digest hi
victuals he would have died of a lack of
nourishment fifteen years ago."-:iileago
Tribune.
"But you confess, papa," protested the
beautiful girl when the fathpr showed In
dications of a deBlre to withhold his con
sent, "that you do not know of a single,
solitary thing that la in the least deroga
tory to hi reputation."
"That' Just It." replied th old gentle
man. "I don't like the Idea of bringing
anv one Into my family who Is so Infer
nally sly as all that."-Tlt-Blts.
MOMi MACHHKH.
T. A. Daly In Catholic Standard.
Mona Machree, I'm the wanderln- creature
now,
Over the sen;
Slave of no lass, but a lover of nature
now, . .
Carelecs an free.
Nature, the goddess of myriad graces.
Fours forlorn lovers a balm that effaces
Scars from the heart, In these smllin new
Far to the eastward an" far to th outh
of you. , ,
Sweet are the grape that she give me
to eat, ... .
Red are her pomegranate. iucloU n
sw?ct,
Dreamy the breath of her flower in the
lieat
But oh, the red mouth of you,
Mona Machree),'
Mona Machree, though It's here that the
money Is,
Rather for me
Dreams an' drowsed rovin through
blooms where the honey is.
Wild as a bee.
She, the new goddess to whom I m D-
Snares me" In days that are scented an'
G'enu the tresse. your mplc enfoldln'.
Aye! an' the blue, when the sun haa for-
BlosKom with Jewel, night lamps Of. her
Bright" "as"' two passlonjess eyes I hava
Ah' itnisWhere that my heart Is my own
But oh, the dull ache in It,
Mona Machree!
COMMON SENSE VS. STRONti DRUGS
Slmpl Oil of Wlntrfren Cures Iosma
and riv Out OldTogy Tratmnt.
If you were to hack your finger or
scald your arm, you would apply oms
healing remedy aa soon as posslb.e,
wouldn't youT
That would be good common en and
It would bring the quickest relief. You
surely would never think of drinking
medicine or doctoring th blood to cur a
surface affliction.
If Jurt the same principle with disease
of the kln. Ecsenja, porial. salt
.v...... harher'i itch can be cured and
cured easily If you atrlke right at th
trouble as you do wltna cut or ourn.
mh. .iu of itching, burnlnr kin
disease according to modern science, 1
. which feeds upon the weaker
part of th skin. To kill thes kln
bacilli which produce in ucmng .vi
and ug.y red Dioicues, uoo mo
prescription of oil of wlntergreen. glycer-
i ,v,vmri Mmmonlv known D.
D. D. Prescription. . This mild liquid was
advocated by a prominent, sain bkk.-uw
T-nn(. e fhimvft. long before It wa
adopted generally. Thia liquid I called
D. D. D. Prescription. it
specific for all skin diseases.
Don't done the stomach. Cura the akin
.i h tha kln. We know D. D. D.
and vouch for it. Call at our store and
let ua explain. Booklet on skin disease
A McConnell Drug Co., Kth
and Dodge Bis.; Owl Drug Co, ltu and
Harney Sts.
for Men and Boys havcattract-
to tf.40.00
to pick out your Easter Suit.
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