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STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION.
State af Nebraska, Doug! a County, ai.:
George B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing company, being dul
sworn, . say that tha actual number of
full and fomplet copies of Tha Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Boa printed
during; th month of January, 10, waa aa
follow, ,
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Total.... 1.1M.1M
Ls unsold And returned cop lea. 10,41
Nat total..... .1,184,714.
Emily, average IM44
. . ... GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
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before ma this Id day of February, 10.
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WHKS OCT Of TOWN,
kawlkere leartnsj tka city teat,
pararlly ' aaaald m Tka Be
mailed ta tkeaa. Addraaa will ae
CBaaaa M aft aa a-aeatd.
Those) saiicy Nevada citizens know
that no Jap battleship could ever cross
the deserts of that state. '
Pittsburg haa abolished the term
"alley, eveni to the point of removing
AUe-theny from ths map.
Congress may com; to the preat-,
dent's view that oeniua is for Infor
mation and not for spoils.
The poach crop. sad the orange crop
hare been greatly damaged, but the
potato crop la holding its own.
;; It seems that the senate has found
a Crum of discomfort In one of Presi
dent ' Roosevelt's southern appoint
ments. The person who restrains the im
pulse to send a comic valentine should
have credit for doing some good In the
world. J V
"Most of the backwoodsmen in Ken
1 tucky are still children," says a mag
aiiae writer. With the accent on the
"stuirr
Turkey owes Ryssia $11?, 000,000,
but the ctaf is too wise to list the
claim among the available assets of his
empire. '
; There ia the usual large crop of
men "who look like Lincoln," and the
usual small crop of those who try to
set Ilk him.
Having exhausted his stock of alibis,
Governor Haskell answers the recent
charges against him by simply admit
ting his innocence. ,
A Long Island man haa been ar
rested for eating up a saloon keeper's
license. That's on way to put down
the liquor business.
cold wave is reported from Ha
vana. It appeared aa aoon as the
newly elected Cuban officials began
distributing th spoils.
It takes courag a. for our brave law
makers at Lined - to hit' the Japs.
Th Japs in Nebraska can't hit back
and they have no vote.
Spain propose to spend $400,000,.
00 for th construction of a new navy.
It haa,ben,g) long time since Spain
has put much money in a alnking
fund.
California papers are dlscusaing th
Question. "When la a man drunk?"
WIL he's pretty well along when he
Insists en, kissing th bartender good
night. '
Of coorto, th congressmen who will
remain in Washington for th special
session will collect their mileage at the
rat of 20 cento a mile, going and
coming. ' ' '
When pointing to th bonds paid off
by th lty. doa't forget th haif
mllllon dollars i of interest-bearing
judgments that have been' accumu
lating at th sam time, and which
mora than offset. ,-,
Banker Reynolds of Chicago has de
clined th offer of th post of secre
tary of th treasury In Mr. Taft's cab
inet. Mr. Reynolds has Just had hia
salary increased from $$(,000 to $60.
000 s year.
Castro announces that while he will
Uv abrcd, he is still anxious to have
hand In Vnaulan affairs. This
ratably means that he may be found
conducting a carrMpoadence gchool of
slots and assassination.
1HK L&bSO.y OF M.Vtut.V.
Only a few years ago a bibliography
of works referring to Abraham Lin
coln contained more than 1.600, title
and this number has doubtlen been
doubled within th past year, owing
to the interest aroused in this the cen
tenary of his birth. We have had
books and special articles about Lin
coln, the unschooled boy of the rude
frontier, Lincoln the railnplitter, Lin
coln as a flatboatman, as a store
keeper, aa a surveyor, as a lawyer, as
a lover, legislator, debater, construc
tive statesman, president and a mar
tyr. We have had literature covering
practically every phase? of his career
and yet the great lesson of Lincoln's
life Is as live and potent and influencing
today as when he was indelibly stamp
ing the impress of his superior charac
ter on world history. Lincoln is a liv
ing force today, hot only In his own
country, but throughout , all Christen
dom, appreciated the more as nations
move toward freedom and free Institu
tions. No man in history has been more
misunderstood and erroneously esti
mated than Lincoln. He haa . been
hailed a genius, when earnestness and
a capacity for taking infinite pains
would better describe him. He - has
been proclaimed an orator, when in
the common acceptance of the term
he was eloquent only because hla lips
uttered what his heart felt. A man
without a creed, he yet comprehended
in the profundity of hia faith the
truest things of life, the broadest arti
cles of a living belief. He gave .mag
nificent recognition to the claims of
the lowliest to the rights God meant
all men to enjoy. He was not a sol
dier and yet, charged with the conduct
of one of the greatest wars in history,
he felt keenly every battle between
the sections, lamented the losses on
both sides and entered upon' his duties
with the seal of a prophet who sees
that peace is wrought through strife.
Lincoln was not a political boss and
yet controlled politician, not by force
or trickery, but by persuasion, by pa
tiently and good-temperedly convincing
those differing with him ' that while
their view might have the elements of
plausibility and even Justice, his view
was, on the whole, sounder and must
be adopted because the responsibility
was his. While he traveled the long
road from the log cabin to the highest
office In the gift of any people, even
Lincoln's enemies did -no accuse him
of being ambitious to gain power. His
aupreme purpose in life was to grap
the truth and then strive to. reach the
convictions of men. Th prominence
and high station that this ' effort
brought him was an .incident, not the
object of his public service.
After all, the lesson of Lincoln is
that he exhibited traits which all ad
mire and which all would like to pos
sess. He had honesty, industry, in
tegrity of purpose, courage of convic
tions, patience, gentleness, charity and
love for justice and his. fe-llow men.
None of these are impossible at
tributes of man today and the men in
public life now and In the future who
most nearly follow bis" example in
dealing with ' the weighty, dutlea of
each day will render the best service
to the nation to which Lincoln gave
the most masterful contribution to
civic duty and moral. earnestness that
ever enriched a people.
THE CALL FOH THE UOAT.
The forestry bureau of the govern
ment has undertaken a scheme to
clear the underbrush out of some of
th big western forest reserves that
promises to be of exceeding interest.
if labor organisations , do not interfere
by protesting against the employment
of imported labor for the task. The
plan is to turn some 8,000 Angora
goats loose to work for Uncle Sam in
the job of clearing brush to make "fire
line" in the Lassen national forest In
California. A outlined in a forestry
service bulletin:
Th schema la to run fire lines parallel
with the contour of the slopes by cutting
trails about eighty rod a apart. These tralla
are to aerve aa guides for - the Angoraa.
They will graae In eavh direction from the
trails, killing, It is estimated, a strip of
bruih about ICO yard wide. The wide lanes
cut out and grased by the goata will serve
aa Ideal fire llnea In protecting the format
covered lands lying beyond and around the
chaparral areaa, and alao make a placa
for reproduction of merchantable trees.
If the scheme works the chaparral
problem in California and other west
ern states may be considered solved.
This chaparral growth chokes out
seedlings of valuable commercial trees
and, when dry, burn like tinder. ..The
forest rangers are unable to cope with
this constant menace and the depart
ment ha decided to issue a "C.v Q. D."
call for th goats.
While the Angora goat is a flne
wooled animal and highly valuable for
commercial purposes, its taste is just
aa common as that of the plain barn
yard William Ooat that take any
thing from the week's washing to a
keg of nails with equal relish. Ex
periments have shown that the An
gora will eat anything vegetable or
mineral that may be offered, with un
derbrush, prickly pears, i-attua and
scrub treea aa its special preference.
It thrives and growa fat on just the
sort of material the government Is
trying to get rid of in the forest re
serves. The goat's appetite ia mighty
and the supply of chaparral ia appar
ently unlimited, so the goat 1 in for
th time of its Jlf.
The chief drawback to the schema
is tbst appetite often grows by what
it feeds on,' and after a long diet of
chaparral and underbrush the Angora
may acquire a tast for pine, cedar
and th giant redwqod and thua rival
th lumber barons In the work of de
vastating th big forests. But the ex
periment Is worth trying sai the coun
try wilf hope that that.'goat.' however
hungry, will still male proper dis
THE OMAHA
tinction between underbrush which we
want destroyed and commercial timber
which we are trying to save.
TARIFF Ap BCSISESS.
On the eve of his departure for a
long vacation In Europe Charles M.
Schwab, one of the steel magnates, de
clared he would prefer a radical re
vision of the tariff schedules rather
than the depression and halting of
trade, which he ia convinced will result
from a long debate on the tariff ques
tion at the special session, with the
prospect of a more or less bitter fight
over the law finally enacted.
Mr. Schwab is but stating the facta
of a situation apparently inevitable
whenever congress turns its attention
to the question of tariff changes, and
this is one of the chief reasons why a
tariff, when once fixed, is allowed to
remain long after the change In indus
trial and commercial affairs would In
dicate the desirability of revision. Un
certainty concerning tariff duties on
raw material and finished producta
serves to paralyxe important indus
tries. Manufacturers hesitate to ex
pand their operations, fearing that
foreign competition may involve them
in loss, while jobbers and importers
adopt a hand-to-mouth policy in their
purchases in order not to be caught
with large stocks on hand when the
change comes.
The party leaders at Washington
fully appreciate the effect of tariff
changing on business and their appre
ciation is responsible for the action of
the ways and means committee in do
ing everything possible toward fram
ing a bill In advance of the special ses
sion to be charged with tariff irevision.
This has had some effect in! allaying
uneasinens among the industrial and
commercial interests, but the wariness
in new deals may be expected to re
main until the new congress has taken
final action.
Much haa been made public of the
ways and means committee's plans.
These include a reduction on coarse
yarns, with higher duties on finer
goods, which will be of advantage to
the eastern manufacturers; a reduc
tion on wool tariffs which will be far
less than that provided for in the dem
ocratic Wilson bill; tbe placing of
umber, coal and Iron ore on the free
list and the admission of machinery
rree of duty, with a reciprocity pro
vision. The schedules on hides, steel
and sugar are still under considera
tion. Altogether, there Is nothing in
the announced plans of the tariff re
visionists that should furnish excuse
for prolonging the incubus that now
appears to rest on trade and industry.
OUR CUSTLT COVRTS.
The figures recently printed in The
Bee out of the county comptroller's
report, showing the cost to the taxpay
ers, of Douglas county for. court and
jury services for last year to be up
ward of $100,000. must be an eye
opener to most people. When this
large outlay is contrasted with the
small amount paid by the parties to
the litigation in the form of court
costs and fee, which for the same
year was but a trifle over $12,000, the
need of some change in the system
that will make the administration of
Justice more effective : and less costly
must be apparent.
Either the expenditures for Judicial
officers, Jurors, etc., are excessive, or
the sums collected from the litigants
directly interested are inadequate, or
both. The most wasteful part of the
expense la unquestionably Involved in
the jury cost, the number of talesmen
kept on the pay roll being for the most
part wholly disproportionate to the
number actually engaged at any one
time in the hearing of cases. The
more economical handling of the juries
depends almost entirely upon the
judge, and the extent to which they
hold the trial lawyers to strict condi
tion of challenge and to definite
limits of time.
Another ' Item which makes our
court so costly Is to be found in the
time devoted to vscations and holi
days. This point i well mad by a
writer in the New York Wrorld. who
asserts that the actual number of
working day of courts there and the
same Is not much different here Is
not over half of what the ordinary
man puts In at his regular occupation.
When the Judges shut down their
courts for holidays, or take from two
to three months' vacation each year,
the fixed charges of. the courts go right
on, although the judicial machinery is
idle.
The writer referred to. who la a
leading New York lawyer, suggests
that the Judges could add two months
to the working season of the courts by
doing a brisker business and sticking
to it. Increasing the efficiency by at
least one-fifth without any material
increase In the cost. Of course, if the
courts kept going the lawyers would
have to stay on their Jobs as well, so
that this reform might be unpopular
with members of the bar, but It would
make up for this unpopularity by
striking a responsive chord with liti
gants who chafe at the law's delay
and with the taxpayers who foot the
bills.
Mayor Brown of Lincoln has been
personally investigating the operation
of the commission plan of municipal
government at Dea Molnea and finds
the verdict there to be that it all de
pends on th men who sre put in
office. The sam verdict will b ren
dered on every plan of city govern
ment that has ever been devised or
ver will be devised.
The latest plan for s deposit guar
anty law for Nebraska to comply with
the democratic platform pledge con
templates making ths deraocratio gov
ernor a member of th banking board,
DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1909
but giving him sole and exclusive con
trol of all patronage of th board.
Deposit guaranty that does not guar
antee all the jobs to the democrats
would not fill the Mil. Let the people
rule.
A bunch of Omaha sports of the silk
stocking variety gives it out that they
are going to bet $10,000 on a squaah
ball contest to be pulled off In Chi
cago. Should the Omaha favorite
win. we suggest that the soliciting
committees of our various charities
and other public enterprise get buy
at once and ee if it is real money.
Mark it down that consolidation of
Omaha and South Omaha will have to
be effected before the coming census
or it will be postponed for several
year. After the census figures are
promulgated the Incentive to Omaha
to assume the obligations that would
come with th annexation of South
Omaha will be seriously impaired.
It is explained that tbe democrats
at Lincoln are to be compelled to en
throne King Caucus, "because of a
gradually organizing hostility and
campaign of obstruction on the part
of the minority under skillful leader
ship." In other words, the rule of
the people mean the rule of the party
whip.
Secretary Garfield' request for an
additional $500,000 for the prosecu
tion of land and timber frauds indi
cate that those infant Industrie have
become pretty well established, In
spite of obstacles placed by the gov
ernment in the way of their develop
ment. That democratic senator who ex
plained his vote in favor of qualifying
the University of Nebraska to partici
pate in the Carnegie foundation by
saying that he "could see no reason
for not accepting the money" must be
very obtuse. Mr. Bryan's unreason
ing opposition is the reason.
Senators Foraker. and Dick both
plead "previous engagements" to the
invitations to the banquet tendered by
the Ohio delegation in congress to
Senator-elect Burton. The congratu
latory banquet should be a pleasant
affair under the circumstances.
The business management of Doug
las county needs audit and control,
and the controlling officer ought to be
Independent both of the officers who
collect the taxpayers' money and of
ths officers who spend the taxpayers'
money.
"Happily there. Is not the slightest
chance of th anti-Japanese school bill
becoming a law," says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. Unfortunately, how
ever, ther is no chance of muzzling
the California sand lot agitators.
Mr. Roosevelb will not care much
for that proposed pension of $12,000
a year for ex-presidents so long as he
can earn that much with a single
12,000-word story for a magazine.
Congressman Glass of Virginia pro
poses to run tor; governor on the pro
hibition ticket. , It Is doubtful if Vir
ginia will take kindly to the proposi
tion to turn Its Glass down.
Speaker Cannon refuses to consider
a proposition to elect him United
States senator from Illinois. v The
speaker has always looked upon the
senate as an inferior body.
Make It laaalmoai.
St. Louis Olobe-Democrat.
Tha Idea that one of the new states in
the southwest should be called Lincoln
finds support in all parte of the country.
A Ianareaaloa Hatataaereel la.
Chicago Tribune.
It has seemed necessary to Impress upon
tha disturbers In California the fact that
Mr. Roosevelt la a president who thinks It
Is his duty to preside.
Twa Eseeptloas Noted.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr. Bryan admits that with two excep
tions tha recent atory of his serious auto
mobile mishap ia true. He wasn't In any
auch automobile and he wasn't hurt. Under
hia breath he preeumably repeats, "How
this world ia given to lying!"
What a Little Irrigation Did.
St. Iuls Qlobe-Democrat.
Mr. Rockefeller aaya he went Into buai
nesa for himaelf because he failed to get a
$100 raise in his salary. If the calendar
could ba turned back the American peo
ple would make up that $100 with a rush.
(.at 'Ka oa tha Hip.
St. Lou la Republic.
It must be disconcerting to the food
manufacturer who has Just succeeded In
proving that bonsoate of aoda. Is health
ful and necessaay to read the advertise
ment of his rival, who says he doesn't uaa
it becausa it is neither.
Pratmatlae; the ftaral Ipllft.
St. I,ouls Globe-Democrat.
In discuaslng an uplift for the farmers
the president recommends a larger use of
tha parcels post. The spectacle of e0,4O0
rural delivery carriers going their dully
rounds with miniature loads because the
parcels post rate ia still IS cents a pound
Is rue of the absurdities of the age.
l.aat of th l.larola Faanlly.
tiprlngfteld Republican.
No man ia mora out of politics than
Robert T. Lincoln and for yeara he has
preferred private to public life. Tha eug
gestlon is made, however, that Lincoln
week ba celebrated in Illinois by electing
tha son to the United Stales senate, thus
breaking the aenatorial. deadlock In the
legislature. Robert T. Lincoln la now tt
years old. He will attend none of the
Lincoln celebiations, although he deeply
apprecialea the honor done hia great sire.
Tariff Ciaata af Laaahcr Baraaa.
Philadelphia Record.
The lumber kinga are getting In their
work Id opposition to any reduction of the
duty .on lumbar. It la represented that
Canadian compatltora are buying up tha
right to rut ' merchantable treea oa vast
traots of forest land, and, la anticipation
of lowered tariff rataa, threatening to
aw amp tha Amarioaa markets wtth cheap
pulp and (tlaaka and timber. What a
calamity thia would be for American con
sumers who are ncrw favylag while pine
nrtnaa for nemloojtl i .
LINCOLN AS OEPKW KNEW HIM.
Why tka War Proaldeat Wlahed Jef
feraoa Da la to Kerape.
Senator Depew In Leslie's Weekly.
Mr. Lincoln was a thin, spar man, large
boned, and apparently rather laose-llmbed,
and aix feet four Inches In height. Ha had
a very homely face, with a sad expression,
as if weighted heavily- with care and
anxiety. But when earnestly discussing
some question, and especially when telling
a story, his countenance fairly beamed
with the fit of hla talk or tha enjoyment
of Ma anecdote. He always wore a black
broadcloth suit, the coat a long skirted
frock, and a high vest, and out of doora,
the Invariable silk top hat. His towering
figure in this dress made him the marked
man in every assemblsare, and especially
so when he rode horseback every after
noon to his cottage at the Soldiers' home,
accompanied by a staff of brilliantly uni
formed officers. In speaking, he had a
peculiar cadence In his voice. This was
caused by special emphasis on some word
near the middle of the sentence and a
stronger one on the last word. He apoka
very deliberately, and his sentences were
so carefully constructed that the two words
thus made prominent gave particular point
to the remark. For Instance, he said to me,
after narrating several stories: "They say
I tell a great many stories. I reckon I do;
but I have learned from long experience
that plain people, take them aa they run,
are more easily influenced through the
medium of a broad and humorous Illustra
tion than in any other way; and what the
hypercritical few may think I don't care."
General Sherman told me of an experience
of his own with Mr. Lincoln and his sug
gestive method of solving difficult prob
lems. The general said that the president
was anxious that Jefferson Davis and tho
other leading members of the confederate
government should escape. He felt that If
they were In custody It would embarrass
the object he most desired the pacifica
tion of the south snd tho restoration of
the union, with the late tebels participating
ss loysl cltisens in all the privileges of
American cltlxenship as before the war,
under the old flag except slavery. After
the confederacy broke up and Its president
and cabinet were fugitives, the general,
asking for orders, informed Mr. Lincoln
that he could locate them every night, as
they were fleeing along the coast, seeking
transportation to Cuba or Europe. Mr.
Lincoln knew that In tho inflamed condition
of the popular mind the people would not
submit to an order for their release, but
were crying for their arrest, trial and
punishment. So, Instead of giving any di
rections, he looked the general steadily
In the fsce for a few minutes, and then re
marked: "I knew a brllllsnt lawyer who
toon to drink snd sank Into the gutter.
The temperance folks reclaimed him, and
then he became their most successful lec
turer. Returning to Sprlnfgleld, the bsr
gave a dinner of welcome. When the toast
in his honor wss proposed, the hosts In
sisted the guest should take spirits, aa
water would not express the warmth of
their regard, and he finally yielded, by
aaylng: 'Gentlemt'n, if you can put some
whisky in my glass unbeknownst U me, I
will bo happy to respond.' " Jefferson
Davis was captured against the wishes of
the president and the orders of General
Sherman.
MR. TAFT 0- LINCOL..
Aa Inspiration far Heroism and lae
f alueaa.
Presldont-Elect Tuft in Cosmpolitan.
It seems to me as I study the life of
Lincoln, that in his development and thu
position to which; he attained, there Is
more Inspiration for heroism and usefulness
to the country than In the life of any
other one man In history. He had Ills
weaknesses, like others. His education was
faulty. But by a certain sort of Intellectual
discipline, by self-education, ha clarified
his methods of thought and expression so
thst he was able to meet every problem
presented by a solution as simple as It
was effective. The responsibility which he
had to assume when he came to the preal
dency waa awful to contemplate, and the
proverbial sadness of his featurea It Is
easy to understand. The criticism and abuse
to which he waa subject in the crises of the
civil war one la ashamed to review as a
matter of hlatory. And yet it Is of the ut
most value In the encauragement of others
that they may not be borne down by the
weight of hostile and persistent criticism.
Mr. Lincoln's bloa-raohar anri nr,n.
Judge Herndon, raises a question as to
wnetner love made up a part of Lincoln's
nature. Ho auggeats that his consideration
and charity resulted rather from his sens
of Justice. I don't know that auch a dis
cussion is profitable. Certain It is that w
nava nover had In public life a man who.
sense of duty was stronger, whose bearing
lowara inose with whom he came In
contact, whether his friends or political
opponents, wss characterised by a greater
sense of fsirneiis. And wa have never had
In public life a man who took upon him
self uncomplainingly the woes of the nation
and suffered In his soul from the weight
of them aa he did, nor In all our history
a man who had such a mixture of common
sense, of high sense of duty, of power, of
Inexorable logic, and of confidence In th
goodness of God in working out a righteous
result, as had this great product of the
soil of our country.
On cannot read of Abraham Lincoln
without loving him. One cannot think of
hla atrugglea. of his life snd its tragic
end, without weeping. One cannot study his
efforts, his conscience, his heroism, his
patriotism and th burdens of bitter attack
and calumny under which he suffered and
thing of the plsce he now occupies in
the history of this country without a
moral Inspiration of the most stirring and
Intense character.
LINCOLN ORBAOEU TO PINISH.
Qaallty af Hla Mercy as Proportioned
ta Hla Power.
Harper's Weekly.
The altitude of President Uncoln toward
the death penalty in the army is one which
arn-y men and civilians have never ceased
to discuss. Lucius E. Chittenden, in his
Introduction to "Lincoln and the Sleeping
Sentinel." the little volume which the
Harpers have Juat printed, narrates how
tha gentle president shrank from confirm
ing a death sentence ss If It were a mur
der by hia own hand. "They say that I
datroy all dlaclpllne. and am cruel to th
srn-y when now and then I will not let
them shoot a soldier," said Uncoln once,
"but I cannot see It. If God wanted ma to
see It He would let me, and until He does
I stall go pardoning and being cruel to th
end " An old friend calling upon the presi
dent by appointment found him with a pile
of oourt-martlal records before him. "Go
swsy. Bweit:" he exclsimed, with Intense
In, patience. "Tomorrow Is butchering day,
and I will not be interrupted until I have
found excuses for saving the lives of these
poor fellows."
Hana rtur la tha Philippines.
Springfield Republican.
Tha loas by resignation th laat two years
of 0 American officeholders In the Philip
pines haa driven th authorltiea to recom
mend th eatabhahmrnt of a civil pension
system. It twoi iropoeaible to keep an
American olerk ther more thaa three or
four years, and tha same la trua af vmi
teaohera and governor general.
LIMCOUf AD THE POUTS.
War
Prraldeat'a Favorite "war.
latlty."
Oh, whv should th spirit of mortsl be
proud?
Like a fsst-flittlng meteor, a fast-flying
cloud. , ,
A flash of th lightning, a break of the
wevr.
Man passes from llf to his rest In the
grave.
The leavs of the oak and the willow shall
'" . ...
Be scattered around and togethr-r be laid:
And the young and the old, and the low
and the high.
Shall molder to duet to together shsll lie.
Th child that a mother attended and
loved.
The mother that Infant's affection that
proved.
The husband that mother snd infani that
blessed.
Each, all, are away to their dwelling of
rest.
Th maid on whose check, on whose brow,
In whose eye.
Shone beauty and pleasure her triumphs
ara bv:
And th memory of these that beloved her
and praised.
Are alike from th the minds of the living
erased.
The hand of th king that ths scepter hath
borne,
The brow of the priest that the miter hath
worn.
The eye of the tage, and the heart of the
brave.
Are hidden and lost in the depth of the
grav.
The peasant whose lot wa to sow and to
reap,
Th herdsman who climbed with his goata
to the steep,
The beggsr that wandered in search of his
bread.
Have faded away like the grass thai w
tread.
The saint that enjoyed the communion of
heaven.
The sinner that dared to remain unforgiven.
The winn and the foolish, the guilty and
Just,
Have quietly mingled their bones In the
dust.
So Ire multitude goes, like the flower and
the weed,
That wither away to let others succeed;
So the multitude comes, even those we be
hold. To repeat every tsle that hath often been
told.
For we are the same that our fathers have
been:
We see the ssme sights that our fathers
have seen
We drink the same stream, and we feel the
same sun.
And we run th same couree that our fath
ers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers
would think;
From the death we are shrinking from
they, too. would shrink;
To the life we are clinging to, they, too,
would cling;
But It apoeds ficm the earth like a bird on
the wing.
They loved, but their story wc cannot un
fold ;
They soorned, but the heart of the haughty
is cold:
They grieved, but no wsll from their slum
bers may come:
Ttey Joyed, but the voice of their gladness
is dumb.
They died ay, they died; and we things
that are now.
Who walk cn th turf that lies over their
brow.
ho make In their dwellings a. transient
abode,
Meet the changes they met on their pi!
grimage road.
Tea! hop and despondency, pleasure and
pain.
Are mingled together like sunshine and
rain:
And the smile and the tear and the song
and the dirge
Still follow each other, like surge upon
surge. .
'TIs the wink of an ye, 'lis th draught bf
a breath.
From the blossom of health to the palenesa
of death.
From the gilded saloon to the bier snd the
ehroud
Oh, why should th spirit of mortal be
proud?
-William Knox, 1825.
The Birth of Liacola.
No choir celestial sang at Lincoln's birth.
No transient stsr Illumined th midnight
sky
In honor of some ancient prophecy.
No augury was given from heaven or earth.
He blossomed like a flower of wondrous
worth,
A rare, sweet flower of heaven that ne'er
ehould die,
A It ho' th vase In which it grew should
He
Most rudely rent amid the darkling dearth.
There, In that humble cabin, asperate
From everything the world regarded great,
Where wealth had never pressed Its
greedy feet,
Where honor, pomp or fame found no re
treat; E'en there was bora beneath the eye of
God
Th noblest man His footstool ever trod.
GEORGE W CROFTS.
West Point, Neb., February, H0.
Lnlted All.
Into the south they come to do him rev
atence, That one whoa power brought mighty sev
erance Of chain and ahackle to a suffering race,
And north and aouth tnls day stand face
. to face.
Into the south they come to do him rever
ence, That aplrllt which to Freedom gave rebirth;
No wound, no scars, remain on blue or
gray.
For north and aouth united atand today.
Into the aouth they com to do him rever
ence. And from that glorlou aoul beyond the
tar .
A benediction not on south or north,
Nor black nor white doth fall.
But upon all.
Josephine Callahan In Loulsvill Courier
Journal. A Hlgbty Kama.
Firm and full hath been the century' pace
Since tn rude cabin of the pioneer.
That knew no comfort, little hop or
cheer.
Gave to the world the saviour of a race,
Whose simple, noble life bespok no trace
Of bigotry, hatred, pomp, pride or fear
From lowly birth to sacred martyr'e bier.
Tet speaka to men with fir the wan, aad
face;
Among them towers still the rugged frame;
Quick throbs with love the great unselfish
heart;.
Now nobly puts the right, the wrong to
shame.
Men ages yet unborn will thrill snd start
With pride to breathe th mighty Lincoln'
name ,
That to all men doth faith and hope im
part. Harlan Horner In Leslie's Weekly.
Akrakaaa Llaeola.
O, slow to smite snd swift to spare,
Gentl and merciful and Juat!
Who, In fear of God, didst besr
The sword of power, a nations trust!
Pnra waa thv lif Um k.l,wtj4.. i
Hatb placed thee with the aons of llaht
Among the noble host of those
Who perished in the cause of right.
William Cullen Bryant.
Aa I aeeaylaelasT lUnatralioa.
New York Tribuna.
When Senator Lodge cited Senator Alii,
son many re-elections from lows as an
argument against a change In the matho.l
of chooelr.g senatora he used the Illustra
tion rot altogether convincing. Mr. Alii
son wss nominated for re-election a sev.
snth tlm by a party primary, and there is
bo reason to think that he would not have
been suoceaaful before th voter t earlltr
elections If primaries had then been In
vogue. He wa returaed su many times be
cats he enjoyed the confidence of his con
stituency, aad tha legislature only reflected
popular sentiment la glviug him Its sun
pol
rF.noSAt. NOTE,
I
Th rumor that George OchiIcI is m u,.'
the railroad business used to lr current I"
connection with his father. But come ;
thing of It, Jay did quit.
Mrs. J. L. Parks of Ixs Angeles mani.
at U. has seventeen living children, mp
of whom are caring for themselves out i'
the world and eight are now at home w
her. She Is now 4ft, and lins Jim br,
Investlgsled" by the Children's llumn
society for speaking crossly to her hi up.
The horns In Trlnceton, N. J.. hii
Grover Cleveland lived after his retirement
from the Whit house, on Mxrch 4, m:. i
advertised for sale. The house Is very full
of delightful memories for the people of th
town and Trlnceton , university, and there
will be local regret that the Clvveian.l
family are to leave It.
President Roosevelt ,has been pm t.i
honorsry president of the American Hm,.n
society, and Earl Grey, governor genera
of Canada, honorary vice president. In hln
annual report President llornadsy
that th plans of the society, whnse ohlec.
Is the preservation of the buffalo in th
United States, were progressing aatlsfac
torily.
New York Sun writer, telling bnut th.
expenslveness of cotillon favors noala.n
mention a fashionable danc whrre th
outlay on thia account alone was !;'
and this lan't the top figure, b? any m u -Jewelled
corsage, ornaments, Jewelled t,
pins, gold bangle' bracelets, Isce fan.", iyih
les, procelslns and other choice ornament
mean dipping deep Into the host's pockr,
when the gueats are numerous.
Tolstoi's sister,' Marie, relates that
day, at the hour of luncheon, he succrelcii
In eluding the vigilance of his tutor m
order to carry Into execution a project In
had long had In view. This was to jump
out of the wlndoy Into the covrtyard, i
distance of fifteen feet below. The hn
did It end, providentially, did not break
any bones, but the shock was so grcn'
that ho slept afterward for eighteen honis
It is Interesting' to note that In the recerv.
tax roll In New York, Mrs. Rusncll S,ik
Is assessed for twice as much as John u.
Rockefeller. Mrs. Ida A. Flagler is down
for $2,000,0(10. Tho two daughters . of tli
lata Mr. Brokaw and two daughters of tlic
Vanderbulta are . the other inillionalr
women. These women and others not men
tioned pay more taxes than the Harri
mans, the Goulds,, Aslors and J. Pier pom
Morgan.
MIRTIiriL MKMAItKS.
"In his conduct of the bank robbery, th,
chief of police proved he waa a prucik.ii
l-unster?"
"Jn whst way?" '
"in tuning in slight clue lie had as cun-clue-sive."
Baltimore American.
"Are there any spirits here?"
The little group aoout tne table listened
snxlously.
"Are there any spirits?'" repeated tlie
spokesman. -
"Wall," said th landlord, "aw kali'
hustle you-all a little moonsnlne, If mat
will do." "It old." Philadelphia Ledger.
"African Hons are fierce and unruly, mo
they not?"
"I don't know about their present state
of mind," answered the statesman, "but 1
haven't any doubt about their being tlent
and unruly after the head of the prot?
pective hunting party geta through tellm
them what tie thinks or them." Washing
ton Star. -
"When a man wants anything In the b.g
game line he goes to Africa."
"Yes." answered the - man with the
checked clothes and th big diamond, "th a
anti-horse race legislation Is liable to leave
us a nation of pikers." Chicago Tribune.
"Thought you were going to quit keeping
house and live In a hotel'.'''
"We did "'Intend ko." '''' m
"What made you change your mind?"
"The cook wouldn't leave." Cleveland
Leader.
"Cummnrford went upon his roof llu
other day to dislodge the snow, and
slipped."
"Good gracious. Did he fell to tlic
ground?" "No, but he wished he had."
"Why?" , t
"A nail in a shingle stopped him!" Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"The newspapers rush you Into print
every chance they get. don't they, sen
ator?" gushed an ardent lady admirer, ad
dressing a famous statesman at a White
house reception lately.
"Yes. indeed," replied the senator, ami.
do you know, madame." he quickly added,
without the sign of a smile, "that the very
day I was born the newspaper of my town
had It!" Washington Herald.
Lord Palmerston was Interrupted si a
publla meeting.
"Will you support such and such a re
form. If returned?" demanded a vote from
the hall.
"Palm" considered a moment, then re
plied, "I will at which there were thun
ders of applause "not" he continued,
amid vociferous counter cheering "tell
you" then there was general laughter.
Baltimore Star.
BABIES SUBJECT TO
COUGHS AND COLDS
KICK OFF THE COVER AND
TAKE COLD.
How One Baby Was Cured of ft
Dreadful Cold by Cnamber
Iain's Cough Remedy.
All th world love a baby snd evsryon
? or or less inUrud in tWr health and
PPin. TOar .robably Bvr iu a
baby that did not kick off th cover and
tak cold; in fact, bable ar particularly
susoepUbls to cold sad croup, and the favor
VI r?0' U, silmenu U Chamber
lain Coor n Remedy. It always giy quick
rlif and i pleasant aad safe to take, io
fact, it contain nothing injnriou. Mothers
fcv baoom acquainted with thu fact nd
w not heeitat to gi, t their bbie
bn such it preparation Is required. Mr.
D. HarsaoB, of Haifa Btation, Vs..
i": "A1bout.tw0 ago our baby had
a dreadful old, and at on tim I feared it
woDldkav pneumonia but on of our
ighbor told how ChJnbrlin's Cough
i d curd h" ,Utl t"?. '"' I b
f a flying it to our baby st one and it loon
fv M,.I.ha1 tridothr remedies and
they all ui to do her any good. Our
baby is now well snd w heartilv thank
ClaaaUrlaln' Cc-ogb, Remedy, for it cured
Mr. I cannot recommend it too highly or
ay too much in it f,or. I hop all who
read th,. will try it aad b eotvinoed a. 1
waa.
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