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    TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, MAY ' 21, 1908.
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when out or lotrif.
Saberrlbt-ra leavtast h ally tem
porarily ahoald kavo Tfce Baa
mailed to then. Addreae will a
i" ka uiici aa oftoai as ejaoetoo,.
The backbone of winter has been
bent, if not actually broken.
"Money making ia a disease," says
Mr. Carnegie. Most folks are im
mune. The "whirlwind" campaign for
Johnson in Alabama did not raise
much dust after all.
Of course, the socialist who does
not like -Debs as a presidential candi
date may vote for Hearst.
The governors are to meet next
year in the middle west. Omaha
should put in the first bid.
Feeding 70-ccnt corn Is one of the
reasons for high priced beef, and there
is not much money In it at that.
Commander Peary says be is in ur
gent need of money. He knowa how
it feels, then, to be with the majority.
London did not take kindly to
George Ade'a "College Widow." The
"College Widow" must be known to
be appreciated.
England threatens to put the bar
en American hops. This is a reversal
of form. In this country the hops are
put on the bar.
Mayor "Jim" may be assured of one
thing and that Is, the support of all
of the loyal f ana in his advocacy of
Sunday base ball.
Senator Tillman has gone to Europe
to be away until October. Prospects
for a restful summer In this country
are growing brighter. x
Congressman Vreeland and Senator
Aldrlch are both warmly In faror of
currency legislation, but each la op
posed to the other's kind.
.; The "allies" who published bulletins
a month ago to the effect that "the
Taft boom is rapid! waning," ought
to discharge their press agent.
.The Nebraska parson who resigned
lis pastorate rather than give over
bis real estate business, shows his
faith In Nebraska aoit, at least
The congress has paired a deflency
bill for 17,000,000. The government
has also presented the Standard Oil
company with a dsiclency bill for
2.. 40.000.
With oorn soaring around TO cents
In Omaha and plenty still iu the hands
of the Nebraska farmer, It doea not
look very much like hard times In the
Antelope state.
Another candidate la being trained
to succeed President Diss ot Mexico,
About a dozen men have been trained
for that position, but most of them
have died of old age.
A man has been sent to jail at At
Jantlo City for trying to Impersonate
W. J. Bryan. His deceit was discov
ered when he declined an Invitation
to make a public address.
The; revolt ot the insurgents In th
house ot representatives cornea a lit
tie late. If it had been started In
March Instead ot May it1 might have
bad some effect on legislation.
An Indiana detective la convinced
that Mrs. Guinness bad "a silent part
ner." Her matrimonial partners al
ways became silent aa soon as .they
fee transferred their property to her
TAHirr PROGRAM.
While persistently clamoring tor a
revision of the tariff and signally fall
ing to offer any comprehensive or def
inite policy on the question, the dera
ocrata are already attempting to make
political capital out of the republican
action, looking to an early revision
of existing schedules.. When there
was an apparent sentiment In congress
In favor of the appointment ot a non
partisan tariff commission, to make
scientific investigation of the ques
tion and report ita findings and recom
mendations in congress, the demo
cratic leaders violently opposed the
plan, Insisting that It meant more
delay and demanding that the tariff
be revised "at once." Now that the
republicans bave planned to have the
finance committee of the senate, and
the ways and means committee of the
ouse sit during the summer recess
and conduct tariff bearings, the demo
crats are shouting against the plan
and pleading for the appointment ot
tariff commission, so obnoxious to
them a few weeks ago.
Ultimately it will be found, as
usual, that the republicans are pur
suing the proper course. The party
la practically pledged to a revision and
adjustment of tariff schedules at a
special session of the new congress, to
be held immediately aftor March 4,
909. This plan, first urged by Mr.
Taft, has been endorsed by President
Roosevelt, and has been approved by
the republicans in many of their state
conventions. It is accepted as cer
tain that the national platform of the
party to be adopted at the Chicago
convention will unequivocally declare
for tariff revision at such an extra
session. Preparatory to this, the hear
ings of the committees ot both
branches ot congress will be of great
value to the new congress. These
bearings will be printed and the con
gress that will bave tariff revision aa
one of iU duties will be furnished
with all the data obtainable on the
subject. The adjustment of sched
ules must be made by the congress
and experience baa shown that the
work of tariff commissions has never
been of any great service to congress,
while it has always been a prollflo
source of delay.
The tariff revision that will be un
dertaken at the next congress will be
an adjustment of the system to bring
the protective tariff into accord with
the commercial developments and in
dustrial changes of the past eleven
years. It will provide for a reduction
of schedules that hamper competition
and the widening of the nation's
trade field and retain those necessary
to" the protection of American Indus
tries and American laboring men. It
will probably be highly disappointing
to free trade democratic statesmen,
but there is every promise that it will
be satisfactory and beneficial to the
country.
POLITICAL WATERED SI OCR.
Referring to the campaign that Is
being planned by James T. Lloyd of
Missouri for the fight for control by
the democrats of the house In the next
congress, Mr. Bryan, through the Com
moner, says:
Mr. Lloyd's committee is a democratic!
committee a committee composed of real
democrats who are wedded to democratic
Ideas, and who are making a fight for denv
erratic reforms. That being true, tha com.
mlttee hai no dlepoeltlon to collect funds
frcm predatory corporations, and could not
secure such contributions It It desired to.
It must make Its fight upon the contrlbu
tlona aent In by the democrats who are In
terested In democratic .success. The Com
rooner, therefore, appeal to Its readers to
send contributions to Mr. Lloyd for the
carrying on of this work. Tha democratic
fight ought to be made by the rank and
file of tha party; a small sacrifice on the
part of each democrat would enable the
committee to supply tha necessary literature
and get tha party records before the
public.
Certainly the committee under Mr
Lloyd has no occasion to call upon
Predatory Wealth for contributions,
The committee "is composed of real
democrats who are wedded to demo
cratic ideas." and they know how to
carry 'districts for the democratic can
didates without resort to the use of
money. They hajre carried the south
for years without the use ot corrupt
ing money, and Colonel Bryan, in a
recent speech at - Madison Square
Garden In New York, onpnly approved
the methods employed by the demo
crats in carrying the south for the
party, declaring that If the negroes
were aa numerous in the north as
they are In the south the white voters
ot the north would disfranchise them
just as they have-done In the south.
In opening bis campaign for the
Control ot the house in congress,
Chairman Lloyd has a distinct ad
vantage over his republican opponents
In that he Is able to use a lot of polit
ical watered stock, secured through
methods ot inflation or intimidation
that are not available in the north.
He can start with a nucleus ot some
thing near 100 democratic congress
men from the south, who owe their
elections to disfranchising laws and
who are sent to congress year after
year without contest, tinder the opera
tion of a southern political regime
which leaves nothing to chance.
The Congressional Directory, the of
ficii! publication Of datA Cuuuerulug
members Of congress, throws some very
Interesting light on the political ca
reers ot these "democrats who are
wedded to democratic Ideas." Nine
members ot congress, for example,
come from the state ot Alabama. Th
total vote for these nine members at
the last congressional election was
61,647 to 6,993 tor the opposition, a
total vote In the state, on the selection
of congressmen, ot 68,638. The total
vote for congressmen In the Eighth
and Ninth congressional districts of
Iowa, just across the river from
Omaha, waa 73,808, or about 6,000
more than was polled tor the entire
state of Alabama, with Ita nine mem
bers. Minnesota has the same number
of members of congress aa Alabama.
The total vote for congressional can
didates in Minnesota was 213,861,
compared' with 68,639 in Alabama.
The voters of Minnesota are not
"wedded to democratic Ideas," and
accordingly allow all male cltlsena ot
legal age to participate in the battle
at the polls.
Georgia has eleven congressmen,
According to the Congressional Direc
tory, two of them "received all the
votes cast in the district," but the
number is not stated. The other nine
members were chosen at. -an election
at which 26,789 votes were cast for
congressional candidates, or over 1,000
votes less than were cast at the same
election in the First congressional dis
trict In Nebraska. Florida has three
members of congress, elected by a total
vote less than that cast for congress
men in the Second Nebraska district.
Arkansas has seven congressmen,
elected by a vote less than that cast
in the Ninth Iowa district. South Car
olina has seven democratic congress
men, elected by a total of 27,909 votes,
or 8,000 less than the number of votes
cast for Congressman Hull and his
opponent In the Des Moines district.
Louisiana has seven congressmen,
chosen by a total of about 86,000
votes, and Mississippi has eight con
gressmen, elected by less than 20,000
voters.
Colonel Bryan, waxes exceedingly
eloquent In denunciation of the "cen
tralization of power" at Washington,
although the greatest illustration of
the evil effects of centralization of
power is furnished In the south, the
work of "democrats wedded to demo
cratic Ideas."
THE VRRBNCr DEADLOCK.
Despite the hopeful tone of Washing
ton dispatches, following the prac
tically unanimous adoption ot the
Vreeland emergency currency compro
mise by the house, the outlook for In
telligent, well-digested currency legis
lation at this session ot the con
gress has never been very bright and
all indications now are that the sen
ate and house conferees will fall to
agree upon any compromise that
would stand a chance of being adopted
by both branches.
The senate and house have passed
two radically divergent measures. The
Vreeland bill, as passed by the house,
contained but one provision, that
charging Interest on government de
posits in national banks, that was in
the original Aldrlch bill, as passed by
the senate. The Aldrlch bill provided
for additional circulation based on
bond securities. The Vreeland bill
provides for currency based on bank
assets. , There is no similarity or pos
sible harmony between the two
biys. The difference is not one of
detail, but one of principle and it
would appear Idle to talk ot a
compromise measure coming from the
conference committee.
While the country at large may be
convinced that some currency legis
lation Is necessary, it Is perhaps bet
ter that action should be deferred
rather than that a bill should be
passed, in a hurried compromise at
the closing days of the session, that
might work hurt Instead ot benefit to
the country. Out of the conflict may
come the adoption of a law creating a
currency commission. This Is provided
for in the Vreeland bill, in a number
of sections which may be framed into
a separate bill by the conference con
mittee. The measure provides for the
appointment of twelve members of
congress and six outsiders to Bit dur
ing the summer and to report to the
president "not later than January 1,
1909, and their report shall be forth.
with transmitted by the president to
congress with such recommendations as
he may deem proper." The scope of
the proposed commission's work Is
thus defined:
That it shall be the duty of this com
mission to investigate carefully the causes
of the recent financial crisis and the rela
tlon of the banking and currency system
thereto, and to make recommendation to
congress for auch changes In the existing
DanKing and currency system as may. In
their opinion, be. dealrablo; and aald com
mission may also recommend auch changes
as they may find desirable and within
tna constitutional power of congress In
regard to the banking Institutions of the
states and In the laws governing the dla
trlbutlon of public funds.
Prompt adoption by congress of this
proposition and active work by the
commission would furnish congress
with material for the intelligent prep
aration and consideration of a measure,
at the short session, that would meet
the demands of the country. The
country can better afford' to wait a
year for a proper currency law than to
take the risks that might follow the
adoption of patchwork legislation on
the subject at this session
1
THE RATE-MAKIXQ POWER.
While the scope of the' Nebraska
State Railway commission has not as
yet been exactly defined, its existence
has had a direct and beneficent effect
on conditions. ' It was but natura
that tha CuiuuilaaSuu Ou ita Oiulza'
tion should be overwhelmed with ap
plications for changes in rates and Ue
mands tor relief from many parts of
the state. The commission was not
disappointed in this and since It waa
formally constituted a little more than
a year ago, its docket has been filled
to overflowing with various petitions
from communities and Individual ship
pers.
All of these bave not. as yet, been
acted npon. The commission has
taken up the matters as fast as pos-
slble and has generally succeeded to
adjusting local rates to the satisfac
tion of both shipper and railroad.
One ot the greatest benefits that has
come to the people of the state
through the existence ot the commis
sion has been the reduction of rates
on coal 'from the western fields. The
adjustment ot grain rates and rates
on live stock within the state has also
been taken np seriously and relief
granted as fast as possible.
The railroads, naturally, bave not
taken kindly to the course ot the
board, but bave submitted with what
ever grace they might to the orders
issued. The existence of the railroad
commission, so far, has more than en
dorsed the wisdom that created it
The Union Stock Yards company
objects to being classed as a common
carrier because of Its assistance In
unloading live stock for the railroad
and will endeavor to secure from the
supreme court an order to that effect.
This is an argument between corpora
tions and one that does not interest
shippers very largely, because the rate
will be charged just the same.
Claude Monet, the French artist, Is
said to have destroyed paintings
valued at 8100,000 because they did
not come up to his artistic Ideals. He
might have done better by adopting
the popoular custom of Parisian ar
tists by discovering that they were
genuine Van Dykes and unloading
them on American connoisseurs.
"Mr. Bryan is' better known and
better understood than he ever was
before," says Governor Folk of Mis
souri. Perhaps that explains why
there ia so much opposition to Bryan
in states that used to be so en
thusiastically for him.
A democratic congressman wants to
know what it will cost to repair the
battleships after their trip around the
world. Practically nothing. The
ships are kept In almost perfect condi
tion and their service does not Injure
them.
The list of names published In con
nection with the commencement pro
gram of the Peru Normal school shows
that the schoolmaster is not only
abroad in the land, but his numbers
are daily increasing.
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas is
planning for a busy summer on the
Chautauqua circuit. That sounds like
open defiance of the "Society for the
Suppression of Unnecessary Noises."
The Judges of the juvenile court got
their report before the grand jury a
couple of days after the theaters had
closed and it will likely be forgotten
by the time the. next season opens.
Favorite SSs to Ike Shelf.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Taft, having fixed things up at Panama,
returns to put the final crimps In tha fa
vorite son foolishness, ...
Wanted. A Bit of Kxrltement.
Washington Hesald.
Unless a little excitement cam be stirred
up. over the vice presidency. It doesn't ap
pear that the Chicago convention will
amount to much . In the way . of a good
time. ,
Oklahoma's Governor Balks.
New Tork Bun.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma has vetoed
an anti-trust bill because ha "would not
destroy the cow to kill the tick." The
governor should take care. He will be con
demned aa a hireling of the corporations
If he behaves In this way.
Sharp Fall tn Immigration.
Springfield Republican.
Immigration Into the United States dur
ing the first four months of this ralcndar
year amounted only to 124.39. compared
with 404,332 In the r.ime time last year,
and SS3.UB !n the first four months of
1906. This Is Indicative of a smnllor In
coming of all;ns for the whole year than
has been known since 2699. when the ttreat
business recovery from the depression fol
lowing the panic f)C 1S8.1 began
Present Benefits of Economy.
Baltimore American.
The peorio who worry over the fact that
In 200 years our national resources will be
exhausted are more altruistic than the
Irishman who wanted to know what pos
terity had done for him tliat he should
do ao much for posterity. Still, notwlth
standing the glaring, if selfish, truism of
the Irishman's suggestion, It la also a fact
that If every generation took care to safe
guai d the interests of posterity, it would
make life better worth the living for it
self.
STATE) WITHOUT A PARTY.
Old Distinctions In Oregron Destroyed
by New Election Lswi.
Portland Orgorjlan.
Party ltnea have been virtually obliter
ated In Oregon. For years there has beun
a tendency In that direction; and the pri
mary law and insistence on statement No.
1 have about completed tha dissolution of
the republican party; while the democratic
party already had become so weak that It
had virtually ceased to live as a party, and
since has existed only by professing non
partlsanshtp and being wielded as a club
by republican factions to beat out the
bralna of each other.
From two-thirds to three-fourths of the
voters of the atate are registered aa repub
licans; but that fact signifies little or noth
Ing. It doesn't mean that all electora so
registered Intend to vote for republican
candidatea. The past, for years, has proved
this. Men haven't registered aa demo
crats, because It haa seemed to them that
it would be absurd, since there was r3
democratic party. Hence they have regis
tered as republicans, but with no Intention
ofaoting for republican candidates for any
of the offices over which there might be
a oontest.
Tha fashion of tha day now is to rec
ognise no party ties or obligations. It
really haa become almost abaurd for any.
body to run for office in Oregon as a re.
publican,; especially for an Important office.
Tha Interpretation given generally to the
primary law virtually annihilates the uaages
or claims Of party; for it makes politics a
contest or scramble between Individuals
for place; which ia more odloua or offensive
in candidatea who rely on party numbers
than in thoaa who do not. but who frankly
claim tha benefits of tha nonportlaarahlp
which the saw system is pledged to enforc.
GOVERNORS AT WASIIMOTOW.
How tho Western Eaeeatlvea looked
Throagh Eastern Spectacles.
Washington correspondenta' ot eastern
papers have definitely discarded a moldy
dlsortpltve phrase that has been In steady
service for mora than a quarter of a cenJ
tury. In all the descriptions of the scenes
at the conference of governors not ona
rings in "tha wild and wooly weat," whose
executives and representatives bore away
much of tha honors of the hlatorlo as
semblage. The New Tork Herald of Sun
day devotes a page to pictures and de
scriptions of the Incidents, particularly tha
peculiarities of the governors evidenced
by dress, oratory and movement. The
sketches of the governors of the mldle
weat follow:
Nebraska's governor, CI. L. Sheldon, al
though a republican, clung close by the
side of Mr. Bryan all through the confer
ence. If Governor Sheldon did not wear
his hair so long he and not Governor Hlg
gins would have been pointed out aa the
"baby governor," but his black locks flow
gracefully to hla shoulders and then turn
up In a roll ilka that which at once adorns
and obscures the back of the neck of
William Jennings Bryan. Tha Nebraska
executive plainly had "stage fright" when
he ascended the diaa and stood by the side
of President Roosevelt to sound loud the
glories of hla atate. He had recently made
a railroad Journey from the Pacific coast
back to Lincoln, and he Insisted upon de
scribing the glories of the scenery through
which he passed. His language was flow
ery. The president watched him closely for
five minutes. Then Mr. Roosevelt diverted
his steady gaze from Nebraska's gov
ernor, not In contempt but In pity, for It
waa evident to Mr. Roosevelt that Ne
braska's governor, havTrig ventured upon
tha most dangerous ground of oratory
that of florid description that had not been
carefully prepared and memorlxed knew
he was going to "fall down." Judge George
Gray, another of the democratic candidates
for president who attended every session
of the conference, was every whit as sym
pathetic with Governor Sheldon as was the
president, but being less bhrdened with re
sponsibility he was freer with his tongue.
His wings are weakening, and when he
falls he'll be hurt," Judge Gray whispered
to a companion while Governor Sheldon
continued bravely to flutter around high In
the air.
But when Nebraska's governor reached
the earth again from which he had taken
such sudden flight he settled down to real
business and made a speech that was more
liberally applauded than probably It might
have been had ha not attempted his
haxardous flight.
' Governor Folk of Missouri, though not
the senior of Governor Ulgglns, looks
nearly twenty years older. Governor Folk
has lost the debonnatr air that dlattn
gulah'ed him when he was last east, only a
little mora than a year ago, In mien he la
now grave and solemn. Moreover, hla
clothes don't fit as well as they used to.
There Is now about the cut of his coat and
trousers a noticeable looseness and "bag
glness" that reminds one of William Jen
nlng Bryan's manner ot dressing. It may
be that it Is Ms raiment that adds appar
ently to tha age of Missouri's ambitious
young governor. Borne of hla friends say
that he has so profoundly studied the char
acter, achievements and methods of Mr.
Bryan since the report gained currency
that Mr. Bryan favored the Mlssourlan
above all others except himself, of course
for the democratic presidential nomina
tion thU year that Governor Folk uncon
sciously has adopted the Bryan style of
dress.
Governor Folk probably strove harder
than any other member of tho conference
to Individualize himself.' He worked as
hard almost as President Roosevelt, and
had the hardihood to undertake the or
ganisation of a revolt to the president's
complete domination of the conference.
The Mlssourlan took the lead In very move
that had obviously for Its object opposi
tion to the president's absolute mastery
of tha assemblage's procedure and results,
but in the end he was compelled to ac
knowledge complete defeat and yielded
gaacefully In the closing hour of the con
ference to the away of "Rooaeveltlsm," as
he previously called It.
A friendship developed at the conference
similar to that between the governors of
Kentucky and North Carolina waa that
between Governor Hock of Kansas and
Governor Burke of North Dakota.
Thoy "chummed It" around Washington
from the hour of their Introduction to their
departure for tho west on different rail
roads. In the recent election Oovernor
Burke, a democrat, who shows plainly hla
Irish ancestry, astonished the northwest
by driving the republicans out of power In
North Dakota. "Can I do It the next
timer' he said, repeating an Inquiry. "I
don't know. But I consider It my duty to
try." Which caused hla playmate from
Kansas to aay of himself: i
'That's the way I look at my own case
out In Kansas. And If Governor Hughes
of New York, whom I respect very much.
doesn't take the same view of thla ques
tion in relation to nimseit, tnen lie s a
strange sort of a governor."
"North Dakota," said Governor Burke tn
a llttlu pop-up speech, "la bounded on the
north by the wind-swept plains of Mani
toba, on the west by the mountain-ribbed
state of Montana, on the south by South
Dakota, and on the east by John Johnson."
Governor Johnson was one of tho marked
figures of the conference from Its opening.
Even the president paid htm particular
honor by calling him twice to preside a
distinction bestowed by Mr. Roosevelt upon
no one eluo. The Minnesota executive In
physical conformation looks more like an
Indian than bwede by deceit. Hearty and'
democratic In manner he strides about as
If walking in sandals, and, Indeed, his
tread la high and careful, like that of an
Indian. Until three years ago a country
newspaper editor, hla friends declare that
the presidential bee now bulling ao nois
ily in his bonnet and which dehumanises
ita victims, to a greater or leaa extent
haa changed neither his manner nor view
point. He and William Jennings Bryan did not
meet often while here, though their casual
meetlr.ga were marked by outward cordi
ality. Governor Johnson Is neither a ready
nor a fluent apeaker, and this he aaya of
himself. Jamea J. Hill, one of the world's
greatest masters of transportation and ac
counted one of the shrewdest Judges of
men, takea pride in Governor Johnaon aa
a typical product of tha northwest.
"Keep your eyes cm that young governor
of ours," he aald to Andrew Carnegla while
Governor Johnson was presiding over the
conference. "He may neither be elected
nor nominated for president this year, bat
he has the essential Uncolnsque quality
of sincerity and sympathy. Ha works all
the time. Keep your eye on him. He la
young and full of tha health of the north
west." Governor Cutler of Utah, was kept busy
explaining that ha waa not a Mormon. Ha
la email, but compact of stature, and looks
more like a typical New England peda
gogue that a western politician. Although
a member of the committee on resolutions,
and put there by the president, the Utah
executive aeemed earnestly to endeavor
from making himself conspicuous,
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TWO TYPES OF PREACHERS.
Measare of Their Power la Reaehlna-
tho Multitude.
New Tork Sun.
The message of the Rev. Dr. Aked to his
congregation on Sunday seems to have
been that Christianity Is dying and run
be nursed back to health and vigor only
by the expenditure of lnrg sums of money.
With ample means at Its disposal the
churches, if he Is correct, could sound a
call that would bring men and women
to the altar In auch numbers as to re
establish completely Its power In the land.
While Dr. Aked Is lamenting the exist
ing conditions, a former base ball player,
Mr. William Sunday, Is conducting a series
of revival meetings In the middle west that
have aroused a spirit most hopeful and
encouraging for Christians of all denom
inations. Mr. Sunday's appeals have
awakened In men and women of all classes,
of all degreea of education and of all
grades of Intellect a devotion to Christ
and the sect of their choice that haa
amased and rejoiced those who sympathize
with the cause which he represents.
Tet Mr. Sunday has no, great endow
ment, no rich bank account. His converts
Joyfully defray the expenses of hla re
vival meetings. Hla success Is due to his
apparent sincerity, to his ability to stir
up In his auditors, a realisation of their
responsibility to God and to bring them
contrite and humble to the mourners'
bench. He reaches their consciences, their
hearts, their minds. His work Is done
without elaborate machinery, without the
expensive adjuncta of the modern 'Institu
tional church."
Money tha churches can use always;' yet
an examination of the extraordinary work
of Mr. Sunday, who la affectionately
known as Billy, will convince Dr. Aked'
congregation that money is not the only
thing needed.
PERSONAL NOTES.
"The" Allen, the New York gambler, left
a big fortune. The question Is not as to
where he got tt, but as to who Is to
get it.
Dr. Robert Goldbeck, once noted as a
pianist and composer, died at St. Louts
Saturday, aged 73 years. In his youth, in
Prussia, Goldbeck was celebrated aa a
Virtuoso.
Fifty years a volunteer fireman, 70 years
old, and still In the active ranks, going to
fire alarms and fighting fires, la a record
not surpassed by any other fireman in
Pennsylvania, or possibly in the country;
and yet such Is the record of George V.
Corl of Harrlsburg.
Mrs. Elisabeth Cuater intends to build a
home for Impoverished literary women In
a memorial to her husband, who fell in
the Little Big Horn fight with the Indians
soma thirty years ago. Mrs. Custer has
recently bought a site for the proposed
home in Bronxvllle, Westchester county,
New Tork.
A Bcattle millionaire who ran his auto
mobile over a llttja girl has been found
guilty of murder In the second degree. The
penalty may be from one to twenty years
In the penitentiary and a fine of $5,000. Evi
dently the people of Washington have be
come tired of beln killed to make a speed
maniac's holiday.
A tablet, commemorating tha life and
public service of the late George 8. Bout
well, former governor of Massachusetts,
congressman, senator and secretary of tha
treasury, waa dedicated at the Groton
cemetery late Friday with simple exercises.
The memorial Is the gift of Andrew Carn
fgl. General W. A. Bancroft, Moorefleld
Storey, Albert S. Parsons and John Ritchie.
Those who find the higher education of
women unimportant would doubtleea dis
cover something rather Interesting In the
short career of Gervalse Raymond, a bril
liant .Texas girl who -has recently made
herself famoua In tha legal ctrclea of
Mexico, She has been engaged In a strug
gle with the ablest lawyera in Mexico and
she haa contested every Inch of ground
with such adroltneaa and akll In the high
est courts of the realm that she has finally
won a great victory, which makes her
father a millionaire at a time when he
was ready to abandon the fight and quit
the country without a dollar.
BREEZY TRIFLES,
"What'a the matter with your airship?"
"Nothing," replied tho Inventor.
"Put you smaehed It."
"That wasn't the fault of the ship. It
would fly all light If the earth would get
out of the way." Philadelphia Lelger.
"Work la something that none of ua can
avoid." i
"That's rlaht " answered Mr. riMn
Btax. "Even If you hire aomebody to da
your work you've got to work hard to
keep him from loafing or spoiling some
thing." Washington Star.
'Why doea your friend look so blue?"
"His mother was lying at tha point of
death and he promised to get her an auto
mobile If sa would live."
"But she died?"
"Nope, she lived." Houston Post.
Manager How did the woman look who
put In this matrimonial advertisement?
Clerk For ona thing, she waa drassed
fit to kill.
Manager (nervously) Then I guesa we
had better not Insert it. Baltimore Ameri
ca a.
"Is that man a lobbyist?"
"My dear sir, thera are no lobby lata.
But there must be patriotic people wao
3rll
perfectly.
m
Buy ealy where
tartar la
glye members of the legislature advice on
public needs entirely outside their own
range of experience." Washington Star.
"I notice," said the determined young
woman, "that you don't care to sit alon
In the parlor here with me any more."
"Oh, I don't know," repll-d tha lover,
who was growing cold. "Why?"
"Well, I Just want to remark that you'll
either have your courting m here or your
hearing In court." Philadelphia Press.
"But are you sure you love me?" asked
Miss Shrude.
"I swear It!" replied Mr. Terner. "I
value you aa I value my life."
"Ah! but do you value me as you value
your life insurance?" Cat hollo Standard
and Times.
"The animal trainer who waa a witness
In that damage suit showed the effects of
surroundings in his testimony."
"How ao?"
"He displayed so much horse sense In
answering dogmatic questiona categori
cally." Baltimore American.
Mrs. De Weary And so you have been
married five yeara and are as much In
love with' your husband as ever?
Mrs. Cheery Yes, Indeed.
"Hum! What business Is your hus
band In?"
"He'a captain of a sailing ship." Spare
Momenta. ' . .
WHAT TUB CYCLOAU DID.
Down arouRd the river,
With terrific roar.
Down aroMnd the river
The cyclone tore.
It struok a man on horseback
And lifted him aky-hl6h,
Then landed him astride a rail
In a pasture land near bv.
It snatched the horns from one old cow
And stuck them on a pig;
It awting the parsaa -madry -round t
And made him dance a Jig;
It grabbed a fat bartender up.
All quivering with fears,
And wedged Tilm In a pew In churcu,
Whera he hadn't been for years.
It carried full a doien eggs
To a hen that wished to set:
And not a single one waa cracked.
They'll all hatch out, you bet!
It snatched the feathers from a hen
And stuck them In a pillow;
It took the town musician's harp
'And hung it on a willow.
It turned a steeple wrongslde out,
And over at Fort Crook
It smashed the mess room dishes up,
And slung them at the cook;
It took the ears of an armv mule
And stuck them on Captain Gayso
The things became him passing well. -
But no one dared to say ao.
A Bellevue man had a trained rat.
To which he waa quite devoted;
The cyclone demolished his home and art.
And the rat on the swift gale floated.
When all the clouda had scattered.
And the cyclone ceased Its whirl.
They found the rat 'neath the merry
widow hat
Of a Bellevue college girl.
Tt tied m. ntnlr tmhnnn,t
Round the neck of a mooly cow;
Many have tried to untie the knot.
And many are trying now.
It found an entrance through the ear
Ot a reporter caught in the rainstorm.
And formed a layer of hot, hot air,
Which later caused a bralnstorss
It vanquished one old rooster
They nay, who surely know.
That hide nor feather can bo found, '
There's nothing left but crow;
And that waa found on the topmost limb
Of an elm on a Child's Point bluff
Shall I tell you more of the cyclone.
Or have you had enough?
Omaha.
Omaha. BAYOLIj ND TREXB. '
The Pessimist Nothing ever suits ma.
Tha Optimist That's because you
never went to the right place,
REGULAR AND HALF SIZES
With our original system ot
rutting clothes in both regular
and half sizes, hardly 'a ma a La
a hundred that we can't fit
offhand.
And we ran fit that -odd man
Cn a fCW huura outlie.
The Custom Tailor can't begin
to sliow our range of patterns.
As for the Strles well, we
practically set them.
bulla 915 to 40.
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