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TIIF, OMAHA DAILY BEK: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1009. The Omaha Daily Bel FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROBE WATER VICTOR ROSBWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha ostoff!ce as second Class matter. TERMS OP SOnflCRIPTION. Pally Bee (without Sunday), one yeer..Wno tally Bee and Sunday, one year DELIVERED FT CARRIER. Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week..1 Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week...lOe Rvenlng Pea fwlthotit Sunday), par week Je Evening Pea (with Sunday), par weak... 10c Sunday Dee. ona year ,2 Saturday Baa. ana year If0 Addra all eomplalnta of Irregularltlee In dtllvary to Cltr Circulation Department. orncr. Omaha-The Bee Bunding. Pouth Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffs IS Seott Street. Unooln til Little Building. Chicago IM Marquette Building. New Tort Rooma 1101-1101 No. 4 Weat Twenty-third Street. Washington 721 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial matter ahnuld be addreaaed: Oinaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. . Remit by draft, expreaa or poatal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 1-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. PeraonaJ ohecka, except on Omaha or eaatern exchangee, not accepted. STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, Oeorgo B. Taachuck, treaaurer of The Bee Publishing company, being duly worn, aaya that the actual number of full and completa copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of January, 1109, was aa follows. a,soo a.s?o 88,300 88,180 98.010 IT. II. It. 39. 38.100 3S.660 38380 38,00 80,180 4a,a4a :i 87,880 7 88,400 88,380 08,400 10 8,eO0 11 38,810 13 88370 la..,t9f. 38,880 14.......... 38,878 16 38,890 It..... 39,030 St 38480 34 , 37,800 ti 39,010 St 39,030 21 89,840 21... 38,990 39 ,.. 38,080 10 . 88,800 31 3T.700 1C 38330 Total Leas unsold and returned copies, 1,198,130 10,418 Nat total . 1,188,714 Dally average 38,848 OEORQK B. TZSCHUCK. Treaaurer. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before ma tbla 3d day of February, 109. BeJ) M. P. WALKER, Notary Public. WHEN OUT OF TOWN. Sabserlkers leavlaa; the city tern, rarllr aaaaH have The Baa walled then. Address will be cfccr aa of tea aa reo.aeatea. The oldest negro minstrel has just died. His jokes live after him. Mr. narriman is to take a rest, after which he will probably proceed to take the rest. "What does the rest of the country think about Nevada?" asks the Chi tago News. Not much. A scientist asserts that jaded nerves can be cured by music. On the the ory, probably, that like cures like. California is evidently vieing with Kentucky , for the privilege of . being recognized as Uncle Sam's incorrigible child. " . ' - "Women are never half so bad as they are painted," declares Lillian Bell. Women, then, should learn to paint better. President Oomez of Venezuela and President Gomez of Cuba are both having difficulty in living up to their prospectuses. . The price per plate for the Taft banquet at New Orleans was $26. They must have served egg sauce with the alligator steak. Mias Lizzy Lind-af-Hagby has come over from England to carry on a cru- mq against vivisection. Her name of era a temptation. Congress has a bill Increasing the weather man's salary by 20 per cent ;o uojecuon ii ne win furnish a cor respondingly improved weather. Congressmen, are calling attention to men who have outridden President Roosevelt. Possibly, but they have not found any who can override him. A navy officer, charged -with drunk enness Insists that he drank but one glass of sherry. The size of the glass might have something to do with the case. The mayor of Los Angeles has been petitioned by 10,000 voters to resign and take his chances of allowing them to get even with him at a special elec tion. . California will learn that the Amer ican Is never pusillanimous enough to deny the' privileges and benefits of ed ucation to any who aeek after knowl edge. I, A . democratic paper published at Little Rock says "Senator Jeff Davis ma4 aa ass of himself yesterday." Still, that can hardly be classed as news. ' Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin admits that bis primary election cost him $107,000. The' per capita circu lation In Wisconsin must be above the average. California , has started a crusade with the object of having tae Amer ican people drink ' wine instead of whisky, California, it may bo bo ted, raises grapes instead of rye and corn. , Secretary Wilson Is said to be con sidering plans for the Improvement of the Rock Mountain burro. . The effort will be futile. The bum cannot be made any better or any worse than it Is. It la formally announced that Sec retary Cortelyou will become head of a big gas company In New York. A man who baa had twenty years' expe rience la Washington political life should be an authority on gas. VS8AFE. The bill la the legislature authoriz ing the Board of Regents to draw against the university levy as soon as made makes the amount immediately available 95 per cent of the total that the tax should produce. This is higher than sound financiering would warrant. The usual practice in Ne braska has been to limit warrants drawn in advance against any tax levy to 85 per cent. Here in Omaha the city charter makes the limit of the levy to be credited at once for dis bursement 90 per cent of the total, and our experience has demonstrated fhis to be the upper line of safety. If the university regents are authorized to draw warrants each year against 95 per cent of the university levy they 111 soon have a floating debt of out standing Interest-bearing warrants, which will never be completely re- eemed by the proceeds of the taxes, and at some future day the legislature will be called upon to make a special pproprlation to liquidate the deficit. THE SECRET SERVICE AGAW. The exceedingly frank testimony of Chief Wilkie of the secret service be fore the house committee on appropri ations places congress in a most un enviable light in its controversy with the president over the use of the se cret service. Mr. Wilkie stated em phatically that no member of the serv ice had ever shadowed any senator or representative in congress and that the activities of the bureau had been confined entirely to investigations of law violations in the different branches of the government service. He in sisted that the restrictions placed on the service by congress had resulted n retarding the work and, in two spe cific instances, In defeating the ends of justice. Members of congress are apparently very anxious to controvert the impres sion that their legislation was de signed to limit the field of operations of the secret service, but the record shows that the curtailing of the force in the Interior department and confin ing the work of the inspectors of that department to checking' up accounts of land offices have forced the post ponement or abandonment of some important land and timber fraud cases. As a result of the restrictive legislation the Department of Justice has been compelled to organize a se cret service force of Its own at a cost probably greater than If Its work could have been done by the regular secret service men. Mr. Wilkie made a strong plea for the organization of a central secret service bureau under the Department of Justice, whose services would be available to any executive department for the actual detection of crime. He made it clear that the business of the secret service Is not the shadowing of congressmen or the collection of facts for political uses, but simply the in vestigation of alleged cases of law vio lation. In the light of Mr. Wilkle'a statement It appears that the wrath of congress was entirely without , war- lant and that the detail of secret serv ice mtn to the different departments should be authorized by law instead of being fot bidden. THE FARMER'S GREATEST XEED. President Roosevelt's Commission on Country Life In a report covering three months' investigation places the building of good roads first among the reforms needed to raise the standard of living In rural sections. Many other aspects of farm work and farm life are considered, but the members of the commission unanimously agree that the first step toward betterment should be the improvement of the highways which furnish the farmer access to market and communication with his neighbors and the outside world. The commission earnestly ' recom mends the Increase in the number and activity of colleges and schools teach ing agriculture with particular effort to furnish farmers instruction as to the agricultural possibilities of the toll and means of preventing soil de pletion. The demand, or need, is for a broad campaign of publicity that will inform the whole people on the aubject of rural life and the necessity of giving this phase of our national development as much attention as is given other interests. The opportunity for state and fed eral co-operation in this field is great Congress can extend the educational work through Its already established bureaus, Investigate the system of handling farm products, eliminate discriminations against farmers In transportation rates, enlarge the rural free delivery and parcels post systems and extend federal supervision and control of the public health. This can be still further advanced by the state In building good roads, equaliz Ing taxes and state educational work The state and federal efforts must be supplemented by much volunteer work among the farmers themselves and among teachers, ministers, editors and others interested in the general development of social and recreative lite on the farm and elsewhere. To thla general purpose the commission makes this call for leadership: On the development of this diatlnctively rural civilisation reeta ultlmctely our ability, by methods of farming requiring the highest Intelligence, to continue feed and clothe the hungry nations: supply the city and metropolis with fresh blood, clean bodies and clear braina that can endure the strain of modern urban life; and to preserve a race of men In th open country that. In the future as the past, will ba the stay and strength of the nation in the time of War, and ita guiding and controlling spirit In time of peace. It la to ba hoped that many young men and women, fresh from our achool and Institutions of learning,, and quit: with ambition and trained intelligence. all! feci a new and strong call to service. It is gratifying to know that activ development is already in progress along the Improvement lines In many sertlons of the country. The rural dweller is finding many directions to turn his mind 8nd his energies for the betterment of his own condition and that of his community and with gen eral co-operation and encouragement the farmer will achieve bis emancipa tion from the remnants of a drudging existence. FOREGAT TRADE OF 1W. Advance sheets of the detailed sum mary of our exports and importa for the calendar year show a decline in Im ports from 11,423,169.820 In 1907 to $1,116,449,681, a loss In value of $306,720,139. In round numbers there was a loss of $12,000 in crude foodstuffs, $3,000,000 in manufac tured foodstuffs, $100,000,000 in crude materials for manufacturing, $82,000,000 in manufactures for fur ther use in manufacturing and nearly $26,000,000 In manufactured goods ready for consumption. This shows the extent to which the loss of im ports was due to the falling off in pur chases abroad of materials used in our own industries. The decrease in exports was much smaller, the total exports be ing $1,728,688,188, compared with $1,895,356,464 in 1907, a loss of $166,668,276, or about halt the de crease in exports. The loss In exports was largely in crude food products and in manufactured goods. The loss was entirely due to a lessened demand due to depressed commercial and financial conditions abroad. Since the beginning of the present year there has been a marked increase in Imports as well as in exports, indi cating a general revival in business that is getting back as nearly to nor mal conditions as can be expected un til the coming special session of con gress completes Its work of revising the tariff. THE SIXTIETH COyGRESS. With but eighteen working days re maining to the life of the Sixtieth con gress, the measure of its work may be taken, as it is now certain that nothing can be expected in the remaining days of the session except completion of the pproprlation bills and disposition of minor measures over which there is no room for discussion or time-killing debates. The short session has been marked by incessant wrangling and violent language and no considerable effor, at constructive or progressive legislation. This was evidently the determined program of the anti-Roosevelt repub licans and the democrats at the be ginning of the session and they have carried out their program to the let ter. They have been keen to seize upon every pretext offered, and to make oretexts when none were in sight, to shift congressional attention from reform legislation recommended by President Roosevelt to some trivial cause for contention. No progress has been made on currency reform, which commanded much attention of the first session of the congress. Nothing has been done with the voluminous report of the immigration commission and . no progress has been made toward additional regulation of rail road and transportation companies or amendment of the anti-trust laws. As the net result of this inaction the new congress that will come into existence with President Taft's admin istratlon will have matters pressing for attention that will make it one of the most important in years. It will have, as Its first duty, the revision of the tariff, to which the party is deft nltely pledged. It will have the postal savings bank problem, the reform of the currency, the amendment of the anti-trust laws, the enlargement of the powers of the Interstate Commerce commission, the revision of the reve nue laws, statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, inland waterway im provement, conservation of natlona resources and a mass of matters of more or less general interest and im portance, whose prompt, intelligent and satisfactory disposition will help or hinder the success of the party in the congressional contests of 1910 and the presidential election In 1912. EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW. It is in accord with the eternal fit ness of things that the local Bryanlte organ, the World-Herald, should un dertake to fan the anti-Japanese flame and put In a boost for the Jerry How ard bill to segregate Japanese labor ers in Nebraska. Although pretend ing to be democratic, that newspaper has repeatedly stood for class distinc tlona and lent aid and comfort to antl foreign outbreaks in all the varlou forma. Of course, the Japanese in Nebraska may have few friends, but the princi pie involved is not confined to the yel low skin or to a single nationality. If the Japs ahould be segregated and blacklisted as laborers the next de mand may be for the segregation of the negroes, and then of the Irish, or the Poles, or the Italians, or the Lith uanians. or the Swedes. It is amaz ing that the effort to put a brand on the Japs should emanate from a rep resentative Irishman whose own peo ple have themselves been the victims of proscription crusades. And yet, as the mouthpiece of the democratic party the World-Herald puts its en dorsement on a plan to create a new serfdom and a new slavery in thla land of the free in this year, when all ara celebrating the centenary of the great emancipator. . The exclusion of undesirable Jap ness from the country by refusln them admission as immigrants Is one thing and discriminating against those who are here quite a different thing The government may by law prescribe conditions of and regulate Immigra tion, but under our treaties the Japa nese who are admitted muat have every legal right accorded any other aliens within our boundaries. No leg' (station enacted by Nebraska conflict ing with the treaty provisions In force between this country and Japan will for a moment bold In the courts, but even If there were no treaty whatever Nebraska's motto, "Equality before the law," would require equal treat ment of all its inhabitants white, black or yellow. That reminds us, there are several states besides Nebraska that have emocratlc legislatures. What has become of the deposit guaranty scheme and the Oregon plan of elect ing senators in Colorado, In Indiana, in Missouri and in the states of the solid south? Are the pledges of the Denver platform binding only In Ne braska, where the defeated candidate makes his home? The introduction of a bunch of bills at Lincoln, limiting the prices to be charged by gas, electric light and tele phone companies, and enlarging the street area to be paved by street rail way companies, ought to be notice sufficient to make each of the desired corporations sit up and send out an emissaiy as minister plenipotentiary, with full power to treat, negotiate and settle. The World-Herald is erupting again with a demand for the "strict enforce ment" of the so-called 8unday blue laws, unless they shall be repealed by the sitting legislature. What about the other laws that are disregarded or nly partially enforced? Does the enforcement to the letter" demand include them, too? An eastern railroad man charges that the Interstate Commerce commis sion has 2,000 men at work on Amer ican railroads In order to unearth vio lations of the safety appliance act. The harge Is, of course, a gross exaggera tion, but the relief from any espionage of that kind lies in compliance with the federal law. Members of the New York Stock ex change have been prohibited from using violent and intemperate lan guage during the sessions of the ex change. It is getting so that a man who wants to use violent and intem perate language has no chance unless he gets himself elected to congress. If there Is anything in the Omaha charter bill, as presented by the sena tors from Douglas county, that 18 not completely . satisfactory to the fran chised corporations or to the liquor interests, let them speak out now or forever hold their peace. The Nevada, legislature has passed a law requiring applicants tor divorce to have a residence for two years In that state. 'The applicant who can stand two years of residence in Ne vada makes a strong case. "We view with alarm" is the open ing phrase of a recent resolution adopted by the Nevada legislature. It is refreshing tov note that there is something that can frighten the Ne- vadans. Coast the Maltttade. Chicago Tribune. How many public men there are now adays who are particularly noticeable for being not at all like Abraham Lincoln. Where Genlas Blooms. Cleveland Plain Dealer. If the legislatares of California and Nevada feel that they muat da something aensational, why don't they pass a couple of nlne-foot-sheet-ln-hotel-bed laws. The Difference. Chicago Record-Herald. Taft says he la satisfied with the prog ress that la being made on the Panama canal. The difference between Taft and the people who are dissatisfied with It is thst he has been there and examined the work. Doaaeatle Problem Solved. Baltimore American. The secretary of commerce and labor has decided that a trained nurse la not laborer. But when one considers some of the patients who have to be nursed even the beneficiaries of this decision will agree with the contention that labor la about the right term for the work Involved. State Rights and Treaty Rights. Brooklyn Eagle. Our Impetuous friends on the other side of the Rockies should remember that the treaty obligations of the United States to the cltzens of other nations are enforce able from Washington over the protest of any atata in the union. Nevada and Call fornia may not Ilka the Jspanese, but if they resort to exclusion, to segregation or to any other form of objectionable die crimination, they at once Invite the Inter ferencee of the federal authority to main tain the aanctlty of the treaty made with Japan in ISM. MORE LINCOLKS TO COME. Prophesy Bora of Faith la Aaaerleaa Democracy. Boston Globe. Lincoln the man and the democrat la precious heritage. lie la worth mora to us than any empire. He Is an unfailing foun tain of hope and courage and morale, at which all men may. drink. Happy the gen. eration in which hia centenary falls, draw Ing uj to him and his example!. There are those who would dismiss him as a miracle, an Isolated, meaningless freak of fortune. Why not give humanity the benefit of the doubt and believe that be waa only a plain man who did only what other plain men could do If duty called? What ara the qualities of his eulogists unite In ascribing him? Honest, courage, patience. Justice, kindness. Are not these within the reach of all of us? Are they not as likely to be found in dsy laborers as In magistrates? Let us cherish the faith that hla life represents only the triumph of a common man and his statesmanship the triumph of common sense, and that a gevernment of the people, for the people, by. the people will stop short with the production of single Lincoln, but in good time will bring forth from the soli and even from city paveiucn's a line of LJncolna. CHARACTER Haw and Why He Raved the Life af the SleeplasT fteatlael. ' One of the heart searching episodes of the civil war Is the oft-told atory of the pardon of the young soldier from Vermont, who waa condemned to death for sleeping while on duty aa a sentinel. In the garb of fiction the story tells how Denny and Jimmy, two country chums, enlisted to gether. Denny was the atronger and bore the hardship of campaign well. Jimmy's strength slowly diminished under the strain of hard marches. On one of these trying marches Denny carried his chum's haver sack as well as his own .and helped In other ways to prevent him falling by the wayside. The stronger boy wss thoroughly tired at the end of the day's march. The weaker one collapsed. That night was Jimmy's turn for sentry duty. Denny came to hla rescue again, took up his aentlncl duties In order that his tired chum might secure the rest his physical condition de manded. But Denny misjudged his own strength. Tired nature overcame the de mands of duty, and during the night the self-sacrificing boy was found asleep at his post. The penalty, under the rules of war, wss death. Between the passing of sen tence and the execution Denny was given several days In which to communicate with his parenta. When his letter reached his Vermont home, Blossom, his sister, secured possession of It, traveled with It to Wash ington and presented It to President Lin coln, with the simple request, "I want my brother." The great heart of Lincoln waa moved by Blossom and Denny's letter, and the condemned soldier wss quickly par doned and ordered to aooontpany his sister to the family home. Divested of the garb of fiction the Inci dent is equally Impressive as an illustration of the kindly, fatherly spirit of Abraham Lincoln In public and private life. The Inci dent as It actually, occurred la related In a book Just published by L. E. Chittenden, register of the treasury from WW to 1865, a closa friend of the president, and one who write from personal knowledge. It was a dark September morning In 1861, the author relates, that he was waited on at hla Washington office by a party of soldiers. They belonged to the Third Ver mont regiment, then stationed at the chain bridge, some three miles above George town. One of their number, a vouth of 21. had fallen asleep at his post aa sentinel. A hardy boy, not as yet Inured to military lire, he had found It Impossible to keep awake for two nights In succession. He had been found by the relief sound asleep, had been convicted by a court-martial and sentenced to be shot. With tears In their , eyes, his comrades pleaded with Mr. Chittenden to use hla In fluence and save the boy's life. He s as good a boy aa there Is In the army," said their leader, "and he Is not to blame." Scott had never before been up all night In hla life. He had been "all beat out" by his first exoerienee. The second night he had succumbed to sheer physical exhaustion. ir. Chittenden's heart was touched. He determined to put young Scott In personal touch with Preaidont Lincoln. By using ail his Influence he succeeded. This is how Scott himself told the story or the interview: The president was the kindest man I had ever aeen. I knew him at once by a Lincoln medal I had long worn. I was searsd at first, for I had never before talked win a greet man, But Mr. Lincoln was so easy with me. so rentle. that I soon forgot my fright. He asked me all about the people at home, the neighbors, the farm and where I went to achool, and who my schoolmatea were. Then he asked me about my mother, and how ahe looked, and was glad 1 could take her photograph from my bosom and show it to him. He saw how thankful I ought to be that my mother still lived, and how. If he waa in my place, ha would try to make her a proud mother and never cause her a sor row or tear. I cannot remember It all, but every word was so kind. He said nothing yet obtu that dread- fult next morning. I thought It muat be that he was so kind hearted that he didn't like to apeak of It. But why did he say so much about my mother, and my not causing her a sorrow or a tear, when knew that I must die the next morning:? But I suppose that was something that would have to go unexplained, and so determined to brace up and tell him that did not feel a bit guilty, and ask him wouldn't ha fix It so that the firing party would not be from our regiment! Thst was going to be the hardest of all to die by the hands of my comrades. Just as I was going to ask him this favor he stood up, and says to me: 'My boy, stand up here and look me In the face.' I did as he bade ma. 'My boy,' he said, you are not going to be shot tomor row. I believe you when you tell me that you could not keep awake. I am going to trust you and send you back to your regl ment. But I have been put to a great deal of trouble on your account. I have come up here from Washington, when I have got a great deal to do, and what I want to know Is, How are you going to pay my bllir "There was a big lump in my throat. could hardly speak. I had expected to die you see, and had kind of got used to think ing that way. To have it all changed In a minute! But I got It crowded down and managed to say; " 'I am grateful, Mr. Lincoln. 1 hope am aa grateful aa ever a man can be to you for aaving my life. But It comes upon me audden and unexpected like. I didn't lay out for it at all. But there la some wsy for me to pay you, and I w.lll find It out after a little. There Is the bounty in the savings bank. I guess we could borrow some money on the mortgage of the farm There wss my psy, which was something, and If he would wait until pay day I was sure the boys would help, so I thought we could mske It up If It wasn't more than five or six hundred dollars.' 'But It is great deal more than that,' he said. Then I aald I dldn t Just see how, but I was sure I would find aome way If I lived. "Then Mr. Lincoln put tils hands on my shoulders and looked into my face as if he was sorry, and aaid: 'My boy, my bill is a very large one. Your friends cannot pay It, nor the bounty, nor the farm, nor all your comrades! There Is only one msn in alt the world who can pay It, and hla name la William Scott! If from thla day William Scott does his duty, so that, If I was there when he comes to die, he can look me in the face as he does now, and aay, 'I havs kept my promise, and I have done my duty as a soldier, then my debt will be paid. Will you make that promise and try to keep It 7 " ficott did promise and did keep hla prem ise, lie soon earned the reputation of being the bravest man in his regiment, the faith fullest and the kindest. If any maq were needed for the most exposed service, Scott waa always esger to be celled upon. If sny other man were In trouble, Scott was his good Samaritan. If any aoldier were sick, Scott was his willing nurse. He was ready to volunteer for any extra service or labor. Nevertheless, he steadily refuaed promotion, saying that ha had dona nothing to deserve it. The end came in March, 1862, near Tork tewa. The federal forces were on ona slds f the James river, the confederate on tbe ether. Oeneral McClsllan had ordered Gen eral Smith to assault and capture the works on the south bank. The coafeder- LINCOLN'S KIStlbT Makes delicious hot biscuit, griddle cakes, rolls and muffins. The only Baking Powder Made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar atei. however, were too strongly In. trenched. They drove their assailants back across the river. Scott was almost the first to reach the south bank, the first In the rifle pits and the last to retreat. Ho was carrying one of his wounded com rades across the stream when the fire of the enemy waa concentrated upon him He staggered with his living burden to the shore and fell, "Shot all to pieces." as a comrado said. PERSONAL NOTE". A New York gsmbler left four widows. He seems to have made a specialty of the lottery business. It was a Chicago man who wrote the best poem favoring equal suffrage.' And where were the poetesses? A New York bartender Is accused of hsv- Ing eaten hla employer's license. Possibly he thought It one of the sandwiches of the institution. According to a bill which has passed the Oregon senate, applicants for a marriage license must have a doctor's certificate of good health. Wouldn't a banker's certifi cate of a fat bank account be more to the point? Count Cassinl, who was the Russian am bassador at Washington at the time of the Russo-Japanese war and who has re cently represented his government at Mad rid, has applied for retirement. He haa been In the Russian diplomatic service nearly flfty-foor years. The esteemed vocal warrior and veteran, Jules Lumbard, linked war days with the present by singing "Rally 'Round the Flag" at the Lincoln centennial banquet of the Irish Fellowship club In Chicago last Saturday. It was the same song he sung In Chlcsgo at a great mass meeting held to endorse and uphold the war policies of President Lincoln. One of the innovations in begging in New Tork City Is the "team work" which haa been Introduced. Whether It Is because some of the beggars are without sufficient confidence to approach prospective victims alone or because they think that the slm uiated misery of two beggars is more potent than the hard luck of one, It la true that the custom of begging In pairs haa become widespread. ( The New York Tlmea tells of a distin guished cttlsen, asked the other day to sign a petition favoring woman suffrage. replied that he would do so If two changea were made In the document; first, that If the suffrage were aecured by the women it should be taken away from the men. and, secondly, that all women over 40 years of age should have two votes. The women are thinking it over. W. O. Bradley, who was the first re publican governor of Kentucky and has been elected United States senator on hia sixth try for that place. Is to be accom panied ,to the national capitol when he takea his seat March 4 by 200 Kentucklans, all wearing hats like the one which Bradley has made famous through many years of political campaigning. The hat la of the vintage of I860, and of the aouthern slouch felt type. I i " Wouldn't you like to have This Beautiful Teaspoon silver plated, in this artistic and exclusive rose pattern, like the latest solid silver; finished in Frencb gray, tne newest jasntonaoie styie, suita ble for every occasion, and to the best society ; and made and warrantedhy Wm. Rogers & Son f It is of full size without s suggestion of advertisingon it ' It Is Yours if yeu will send oaly tea cents to pay for expenses, and the THISVl ii too oi s nr ot SH(MS OUR FINE S GIFT VTrTni Tbe aeauine hai the sirnahir In blue across the label, and we wanr von to it is tbe most delicious, beef extract : V teanDnonful finrt beef tea and It is lust as economical for cooking. You can get as many spoons this way as yon want, or if you will send 20 cents and a Liebig top we will send the fork, full size, same pattern and finish. Address, CORNEILLK DAVID CO.. Dept. S. 1JO Hudson St.. New yorx. Tve pictures tin only asugf estion of the beauty of the articles' aJ s TAKING A WHIRL The Suits and Overcoats for boys and young men that are on sale this week offer some remarkable price advantages. We have 107 Suits and 23 Overcoats, sizes 32 to 36 cheat, that sold from $15 to $20; all go at one price Of course, the Browning, King & Co. style snd tha Browning, King a Co. quality make this so noteable an occasion for those who know a bat's w hat in clothing. . . . Winter doesn't really begin till nearly spring. There ara twn months of cold weather ahead of us. The winter suit or overcoat bought now will do service for another year. And the present saving will pay big dividends on tha invest ment. 'Browning.Kiiig WW E. S. WILCOX. Manager. M1RTHFII. REMARKS. "What killed racing In California?" "8ulcide," replied the man from the Pa. olflc coast. What I" Suicide. So many who'd stolen money to bet on sure tips killed themselves." Phila delphia Ledger. What Is all that noise I hear from your house?" '1 suppose you mean my music, we have a baby grand.; But what la all that racket we hear from yours?" "we have a grand baby." cntcago Trib une. She-Do you think the married men really envy the bachelors. - . lie Ahk me if I think the barnysrd fowl envies the wild duck. Philadelphia Record. 'We could make a flylna machine to pul on the market that would fly all right," said the young Inventor, "if we could only get somebody to back It with capital." "ies. nssentea me theatrical manager, "what you surely do need In this flylna business is sn angel." Baltimore Amer ican. "But," said Gnudley, "Dv. Trlce-Prlce doesn't ask for pay from poor patients." "No," replied Markley, "because he wouldn't get It. When he treated me be asked me If I had any money, and I said, 'yes.' of course." "Well?" "Well, he said. Til take It.' "-Cathollo Standard and Times. "Why don't they put the great tpeeclie of statesmen Into the school books ss they UHed to?" "Because," anawercd Senator Sorghum, "they are made aa rapidly now that no school book publisher could keep up with them." Washington Star. "My employment," aald the blonde young person with the muchly marcelled tresaes, "is very exacting. - It is all head work." "Is she an author?" whispered the vis itor, much Impressed. "Nay. not eo," answered the office boy. who patronises melodrama. "She's a hair dresser." Baltimore American. REOGIO. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps In Independent. By the way of the throat of the earth, By the way of the flesh and the fire, By the way of the madman's lost mind There had come, scorched from hell unto hell. With eyes empty as shells of spent souls: There had fled out of Regglo a few Stumbling figurea of those who crawled up Psst the snapping black Jaws of tha hill: When they turned, dragged by chains ot the heart, To look back. I No man found words, nor woman tears. Who saw that sight, and lived to say What they had seen, whose coming yeart Are rooted, shuddering. In thst day. But thete aroaa one of the lords Who lesd the spirit, and Ita speech: A young priest, yearning out his hsnds Unto the woe he could not reach, And lifting wings of words he said: "Peace be upon the dying! And Peace be upon the dead!" When sank the people down, and fell Upon their naked knees, and prayed, But thla alone I have to tell. I know he blessed, snd that they prayed. I know that I could crave his prayer Of alien faith, of alien race I would that he should cry to God: "Peace be upon the living, who Must stand snd stagger In their place!" 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